"Brother Ji Gao, there is no him, I just want to ask Brother Ji Gao for your opinion on the current situation. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Guo Ye said with a smile.

Zuo Zongtang's heart sank, and he replied: "What do you think about the current situation? Ming Shuai, now, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Twist Army have been pacified, the Qing Dynasty is about to enter a rare period of recuperation, as long as this time is used well, hard work, the Qing Dynasty is still possible to regain its glory, dare not say that the territory is expanded, at least to ensure that the land is not lost, there is still no problem. ”

Guo Ye nodded and said, "Presumably, a few days ago, I talked to you and Zeng Li and the two marshals, and you still have an impression." ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded and replied: "Well, Ming Shuai's analysis is indeed a clear vision, and Zong Tang admires it!" ”

"What about seeing thousands of miles?"

Guo Ye's tone was a little low, "You should know very well in your heart that now that the West is developing by leaps and bounds, one day at a time, but we are stagnant, can we really ensure that the land will not be lost in the next thirty or forty years?" ”

Zuo Zongtang was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Ming Shuai, you are a little too pessimistic, ten years of life and gathering, ten years of lessons, twenty years later, even if you can't say that you can restore the prosperity of Kangqian, you can definitely stand proudly, right?" ”

"Haha, ten years of life together? Brother Ji Gao said and laughed, now we have more than 30,000 Chinese, or even more! The entire Western Ocean taken together is not as large as our population, so what? In the first Sino-British war, we lost, and in the second Sino-British and French war, we lost again, if it wasn't for my all-out resistance in the north, I am afraid that the first emperor would have to follow the example of Emperor Huiqin! Does a large number of people work? Even if you don't talk about the war with the foreigners, just say that two hundred years ago, the Ming Dynasty had a population of 10,000 people, and Manchuria plus Mongolia was only a million people, but Huang Taiji and Dolgon could sweep through the United States and win the Central Plains, is it useful to have more people? ”

Zuo Zongtang's face turned red, his words were ruthlessly hit by Guo Ye, the population is large, and it is not enough to be ashamed!

"If we talk about the lessons of ten years, what can we teach the people a lesson? Is it just Confucianism? Brother Ji, it's far from enough, it's far from enough,"

Guo Ye sighed, "The current world is no longer the world of two hundred years ago, five hundred years ago, it used to be cold weapon warfare, and the development was very superficial, but now it is different, in addition to Confucianism, Western scholarship is more prosperous, astronomy, calendar, physics, chemistry, geology, mathematics, many fields are far above us, why are Western ships strong?" Isn't it because these Western learnings are far above us? It turned out that there was a golden house in the book, but now I don't know the golden house in the book, and now there is a world in the book to compete for the world! We only talk about the lessons of ten years, ten years, and it is enough to teach people to understand etiquette and righteousness, but if we want China to build warships across the seas, telegraphs that can be built in an instant, and artillery that hurts people in an instant, that is not enough, absolutely not enough! ”

Zuo Zongtang blushed once, because for the first time, his knowledge felt insufficient in front of people! Astronomy, calendar, mathematics, these are not difficult to understand, but what about physics, chemistry? Geology? What is this, I don't even know anything about it, I don't even know it!

"Mingshuai, what do you mean?"

Guo Ye smiled and replied, "What do I mean? It's very simple, if we want to really realize the dream of our Han and Tang dynasties, this Chinese land, there must be a thorough change, the so-called poor will change, change will pass, general will be long, we have reached the point where we must change! I heard that you once had a relationship with Lin Wenzhong? ”

Zuo Zongtang replied: "I'm ashamed, I don't dare to say it, Wen Zhonggong I was famous, I just had a few conversations with Wen Zhonggong when I was young, and I didn't want to get a few false praises from him......"

"Then you must know his friend Wei Yuan?"

"This is natural, Mr. Wei's "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom", I have read through it several times, and it is definitely a peerless masterpiece for decades!"

"Then you must know one of his famous sentences, master Yi long skills to control raze! Now the West is far superior to China in the study of things, and it is much better than us in military affairs, and we want to restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties, and master the long skills to control the country, this sentence is our foundation! Absorb the strengths of all families, to help the shortcomings of China, and the work of 20 years of poverty, it can be effective! ”

Zuo Zongtang thought thoughtfully, nodded constantly, and asked: "What does the famous marshal mean is to change the law and imitate the West?" ”

"Yes, follow the example of the West!"

Guo Ye replied firmly: "This is necessary, not only in these practical learnings, but also in the West, its political system is also extremely advanced, far beyond the comparison of China!" ”

"I want to hear about it!"

Guo Ye said in a deep voice: "It's very simple, China's political system is the whole world, all the power is concentrated and the royal family, regardless of whether the emperor is talented or not, they are all the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, holding the supreme authority, but in the West, it is completely different!" ”

Zuo Zongtang knows very little about these, although he has mentioned some of them in the "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom", they are all vague, and occasionally he has heard Western missionaries say it, which is like a leopard in a tube, which is difficult to see! Today, I finally met a Guo Ye who is proficient in foreign affairs, and naturally I want to ask someone to understand, where is Guo Ye asking Zuo Zongtang now, Zuo Zongtang is completely like a primary school student, listening carefully to Guo Ye's explanation, and almost taking notes next to him.

"The difference in the West is that they are not a family world, their world is the world of the people, whether it is the prime minister or the president, they are all elected by the people, only people with both talent and morality are qualified to be the highest power in their country, at least they must be outstanding! If the people are not satisfied with the supreme ruler, they can even remove the supreme ruler! ”

Hiss......

Zuo Zongtang gasped and muttered, "Ming Shuai, isn't this a mess?" Where is the distinction between dignity and inferiority? ”

"Hehe, you are right, there is a most famous saying in the West - natural human rights, everyone's power is given by God, everyone is equal in rights, there is no dignity and humility, and only in this way can they have the power to remove their own supreme leader, prime minister, president, and even king! Now you should understand why this system is so far superior to China, right? ”

Understand, of course I understand, Zuo Zongtang is originally knowledgeable, where is there anything I don't understand, with the supervision of the people of a country, the person in power dares to be disobedient and dare not work hard to do a good job? The people are not doing well, but they can remove him! This ensures to the greatest extent that the supreme leader of a country is always an excellent talent, even if he dare not say that he is second to none, at least he is one of the few elites!

(To be continued.) )