"When I'm standing here, a lot of people may not be convinced, thinking that I'm just a grandstander. Because I defined the six heroes who died in the Pentecostal Law as opportunists! Hu Xiaoyan propped his hands on the lectern.

He is now in a classroom at Gezhi College. This class is the class of the three little ones from last night. This lesson was supposed to be a Mandarin class, but I don't know how. Zhang Song, a Chinese language teacher, actually went to the newspaper office to pick up Hu Xiaoyan to give a lecture. Because classes were still in session, the audience consisted only of students in this class and a few teachers, including two bearded foreigners.

"I want to apologize to these six people for the sake of the prosperity of the country that they can sacrifice their lives. They are real heroes. But that doesn't contradict my definition of them. They are both heroes and cowardly opportunists who die worthless. ”

Hu Xiaoyan ignored the students who were already making a commotion below, but turned around and wrote the big words "International Relations" on the blackboard.

He turned back and dropped the chalk, looked back silently at the noisy students as they drew a line under the word international relations without saying a word, and continued. It wasn't until he drew the third line that the voice below fell silent.

"What is International Relations?" Hu Xiaoyan pointed to the students in the first row directly opposite him: "You come to answer this question." ”

This is a male student, very good-looking, even better if he didn't have that braid.

"Should it be the study of relations between countries?" The male student stood up and replied not quite in the affirmative.

"Good. Sit down. Hu Xiaoyan applauded softly, "International relations is the study of relations between countries. ”

"So what kind of relationship does there really exist between countries?"

Hu Xiaoyan didn't ask the students, because until this era, let alone China, few people even abroad understood.

"Looking back, I think about what I think of the six heroes. Isn't that a contradiction? ”

"The contradiction is right. There is no such thing as a stable relationship between countries, but it is constantly changing, and today's allies can become tomorrow's enemies, and today's enemies can be tomorrow's allies. ”

Will a great diplomat be born here in the future? Will there be a big businessman like Hu Xueyan born here? Hu Xiaoyan looked at the young faces under the podium, and thought while giving speeches non-stop.

"Friends who have watched the rise of great powers should know the Hundred Years War between Britain and France. The two countries can be described as mortal enemies. It was precisely because of Britain's defeat that Britain had no room for development on land, and they had to turn their attention to the endless sea. ”

"The Spanish Armada, they were the greatest enemy that Britain had to face on the seas. In 1588, England defeated the Armada on the sea. Then the Anglo-Dutch alliance dealt a fatal blow to France, Spain and others. France was completely reduced to a military power, while Spain was reduced from a first-class power to a second-rate or even third-rate. Since then, only the two great powers, Britain and the Netherlands, have remained on the sea. Netherlands! Known as the coachmen of the sea, they took over the baton of the supremacy of the seas from Spain and Portugal. There were three naval battles between Britain and the Netherlands. The Netherlands was completely defeated by the British. Britain has since become a powerful empire on which the sun never sets. ”

"Throughout the rise of Britain, Britain began to form an alliance with the Netherlands, and finally turned around and defeated the Dutch. Britain and France were mortal enemies, but they also briefly formed alliances against Spain and the Netherlands. Even Britain briefly cooperated with Spain against the Netherlands and France. ”

"Is this process chaotic?" Hu Xiaoyan wrote on the blackboard that England, France, Spain, and the Netherlands.

"At the beginning Britain was defeated, so he needed allies. Thus he could make peace with France and form an alliance with the Netherlands against the strongest Spain. Hu Xiaoyan drew a line between the four countries. The single arrow is cooperation, and the double arrow is alliance.

"But the alliance is not fixed, it is considered in accordance with the international situation at that time."

"After the defeat of Spain, the British, French and Dutch kingdoms divided the Spanish inheritance. At this time, the Three Kingdoms became enemies again. ”

Hu Xiaoyan looked down, except for the two foreigners who listened carefully, although the other students were barely listening, they obviously didn't have that concept.

It's me who is too urgent. Hu Xiaoyan secretly blamed himself.

He clapped his hands and erased the text. Rewrite on Great Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia, Japan, and China.

"Let's take a look at the current situation. With the progress of science and technology, huge industrial enterprises in Europe and the United States continue to produce a large number of goods. Among them are cotton cloth, kerosene, ash and even flour and other necessities for us. They relied on their strong industrial capacity to produce a steady stream of high-quality and low-cost products to China, and then shipped the gold and silver they earned back to China. ”

"China is a huge market for Europe and the United States, because it has a population of 40,000 and a market with no industry at all."

"China is a piece of fat in the mouths of all countries in the world!"

"Who, then, are our friends and who are our enemies?"

Hu Xiaoyan drew a line again under the five words of international relations. Then click one by one under the names of each country.

Then he picked up the roster in his hand: "Zheng Jin? ”

Zheng Jin sat in the third row on the left.

"Who are our friends and who are our enemies?" Hu Xiaoyan asked.

"Japan is our friend, and Britain and Russia are our enemies." Zheng Jin replied loudly.

"Sit down. Fang Yue? ”

"Japan is our friend, England and France are our enemies."

"Sit down. Liu Yun? ”

"These countries are our enemies." Liu Yun had two small braids on her head.

Hu Xiaoyan looked at her seriously. "Sit down."

"Sun Mingyu?"

"Japan can be our friend, and Britain and France are undoubtedly enemies. But others, such as the United States, Germany, Italy, can strive to be our friends. ”

Hu Xiaoyan glanced at Sun Mingyu in surprise. This cargo crosses, right?

"Sit down, Fang Hui?" ……

"Sit down, Liu Min?" When he stood up, he was a tall man.

"Japan cannot be friends, we understand the principle of long-distance friendship and close attack, and Japan also understands it. Britain and Russia were undoubtedly enemies. But other countries, I think we can win them over. ”

This is what crosses. Hu Xiaoyan nodded. Put down the roll call.

"Sit down. Most people's answers were unexpected. Hu Xiaoyan picked up the chalk and wrote the word "resource" on the blackboard.

"The great powers attacked China for nothing more than markets and resources. The market is easy to manage, China is not industrialized at present, and these markets are actually foreign. Then the question of who this market is for. There is no doubt that we should give the market to friends rather than enemies. So who is the enemy? ”

"Resources! Resources are limited. For example, iron ore, oil. These are limited. When the money is gone, you can make it again, but when the resources are gone, you are gone. So any talent who robs us of China's resources is really our enemy! Everyone else can be friends with each other. ”

"So who's robbing us of our resources? Japan! Our real enemy from beginning to end was only Japan. ”

"For example, there's a pretty little girl sitting over there. After class, I asked her out for coffee and gave her a watch and clothes worth 10,000 silver dollars. Then I say that I really don't want anything from her, just because of appreciation. Will you believe it? ”

There was a burst of laughter below. Many children looked at the little girl and winked. Several teachers laughed along.

"No one seems to believe it. Japan is a small country and does not have many resources of its own. They lack iron ore, coal mines, oil and other industrial raw materials. And these are precisely what China has. And even better, China's strength is weak, like a child walking on the street with a gold brick. It would be very unreasonable for Japan not to rob China. So there was the Japanese occupation of Korea, and then the attack on the Northeast. So there was the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle. ”

"After Japan had the resources of Korea, did it stop attacking because Japan was satisfied? Did they sign a treaty with China because they wanted to get along with China? ”

Japan says it wants to get along with China. I ask all of you who are doing it, do you believe it? It's like I said to the little girl that I don't have any thoughts about you, I just want you to come home to dinner with me tonight and have a few bottles of red wine. ”

"Do you believe it?" Hu Xiaoyan changed to a little girl.

"Do you believe it?" Hu Xiaoyan turned back and pointed to Japan.

"There is no love without a reason in the world, and there is no hate without a reason." Hu Xiaoyan pressed his hand. Silence the sound below.

"There is a saying that if you have nothing to do, you will be diligent, or you will be a thief."

"The reason why Japan stopped was because Japan's expansion violated the interests of European and American countries. To put it simply, if the Japanese occupy Shanghai, will the Shanghai market still allow British goods to enter the market? No. Very simple. Once Shanghai became a Japanese territory. Then there is no doubt that the tax aspect will definitely favor Japanese goods. Japanese goods are backed by proximity, low costs and favorable taxes, so what can British goods compete with? Britain would rather have Shanghai belong to the Manchus than see it occupied by Japan, and in the same way, where British goods appeared, Britain would never allow Japan to occupy it. ”

Hu Xiaoyan wrote on the blackboard the Revolutionary Party, the Restoration, and the Royalist Party, Sun Wen under the Revolutionary Party, Liang Qichao under the Restoration, and Kang Youwei under the Royalist Party.

"Japan was forced to stop its expansion in China. So did he really stop all expansion? Hu Xiaoyan pointed to the three parties on the blackboard.

"If you care about these three factions, you will find a problem. The leader of the revolutionary party, Sun Wen, was financed by Japan, and even their main base was in Japan. Liang Qichao, the remnants of the reformers, will take refuge in Japan in the near future. And Kang Youwei, who was a reformist, would also take refuge in Japan. ”

"I must declare once again that there is no love and no hate without a reason in this world! Do you believe that the Japanese are so noble that they selflessly fund these people and hope that these people will create a powerful new China? ”

"I declare once again that nothing is done to be courteous, either to commit a traitor or to steal. Some people may think that these people are of noble character and will never do anything to be sorry for China. Is that so? ”

Several people below raised their hands. Hu Xiaoyan ignored it, and he waved his hand.

"A person's character has nothing to do with whether they do something good or bad. We don't have to pay attention to these people. Because they have nothing to do with international relations. What we need to pay attention to is the relationship between Japan and China. So why is Japan funding these people? ”

"Why?"

Hu Xiaoyan pointed to a girl in the third row in the middle. She's been raising her hand for a long time.

"Teacher, you said that I have seen many people in these three rows with my own eyes and read their articles, and they are indeed very good people. So I don't agree with you. ”

"Good." Hu Xiaoyan applauded, "As I said just now, the character of these people is indeed good, but it has nothing to do with our class. My question is, why is Japan funding these people? Why don't you just invite them to a big dinner and drink some red wine and chat? ”

Hearing the drinking and chatting, the students below burst into laughter.

"Why does it have to be purposeful?" The girl asked, puzzled. "Japan is of the same language as us, is it not good for them that China is strong?"

"I entered your house, killed your father, and told you that we are all Chinese. Can you forgive me? Hu Xiaoyan asked solemnly.

"Me!" The girl was speechless, and her eyes were full of Mercury.

"Sit down. This is international relations. We cannot substitute people-to-people relations into international relations. Because you are you, you are just an individual, you cannot represent the country. Hu Xiaoyan smiled.

"Of course, I don't represent the country. But you and I can eat three meals a day to feed and clothe ourselves. But a country is not just one you and one me. It has thousands of you and me. You're full, I'm full. Does that mean that the 40,000,000 compatriots in China are full? ”

"I can't. It's the same in Japan. Japan is a country, and we can have a good impression of Japanese people of the same language and race, but we can't substitute this kind of affection for Japan as a country. The resources needed for a country's survival are massive, and Japan does not have them, so plundering from China, which is close at hand, has become his only option. ”

So I ask again: Why? Why did Japan accept these people wanted by China? ”

"Because Japan needs them!"

Hu Xiaoyan fixed his eyes and saw that it was actually Liu Min, a big man. He was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was 1.7 meters tall.

"Tell me more about it." Hu Xiaoyan said encouragingly.

"Japan is a small country, after all. and in the face of the intervention of the great powers. They can't send troops directly. However, they are heavily dependent on our country for their resources. So for Japan, China must not carry out reforms! This is because Japan's ability to deal with China, which is strong after the reform. A chaotic China and a backward China are in Japan's interests! ”

"Excellent! Go on! Hu Xiaoyan sighed for the first time, China is not without talents! It's that the situation at that time buried how many talented people with aura.

"So Japan didn't accept them because of their speech, fame, and status. Rather, these people's ideas have many supporters in China, and their rhetoric will lead generations of Chinese to rebel against the government. As a result, China's political scene has been in a state of chaos. As a result, China simply does not have the opportunity and time to carry out reforms. Although the masterminds of these reformers think that they have not done anything to be sorry for China, in fact what they will say in the future will have the worst impact on China's political situation. Japan's goal is to plunge China into complete chaos and backwardness. Liu Min breathed a sigh of relief after saying it in one breath.

"Good!" Hu Xiaoyan smiled and applauded: "My newspaper is still short of manpower, I don't know if this classmate is willing to be my student?" ”

Liu Min was stunned.

"What? Don't want to? Hu Xiaoyan asked with a smile.