Chapter 13 The Movie of the Heart of European Travel
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In October of the eighteenth year of Guangxu, Suiyuan City.
This plugged into the famous capital is a passage between the inside and outside of the connecting port. After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the rebellion of the Hui and Western Mongolia was put down. It has become the largest artery for exchanges between the west and the Central Plains. Mongolian furs, livestock, tea bricks, ironware, and salt from the Central Plains all meet here. With the gradual opening of the country, all kinds of foreign goods have also begun to flow here. Compared with the cities of the Central Plains, which were full of British and American foreign goods, the difference here was that there were many more Russian merchants, selling their somewhat shoddy goods.
The whole city is noisy and noisy, with people of all nationalities intermingling. Fleets of camels, caravans of horses and chariots kept passing through the city. The wooden wheels wrapped in iron rings crushed the sparks on the stone slabs of the streets. The bulgingly dressed Mongols had knives pinned to their waists and looked at the signboards of the shops around them like dioramas. The people of the Central Plains also followed the customs, and here they all wore black-faced lambskin robes and felt hats, with only big braids dangling behind their backs.
Here, as in other cities in the Qing Dynasty, there are beggars everywhere, weaving through the streets and alleys. The soldiers of the Jingbian Army and the Yi Army, who patrolled Suiyuan, wore tattered gowns and lazily basked in the sun in the city gate cave.
The whole city is filled with a wonderful vitality.
There were a few guys standing at the north gate of the city, looking out with their hands probed into their heads. Suddenly, one of them jumped up: "Da Shengkui and the friends are back!" ”
A shout beckoned the surrounding idlers and beggars to surround them, and sure enough, a team of carriages and horses meandered outside the north gate. Da Shengkui's recognition of the flag, and the dart flag of the friends of the dart bureau have all been played. Walking in front were a few dart masters, all of whom were cleaned today. Riding on a horse, he was in high spirits, and his thumb was pointed to his chest.
A few days ago, Da Shengkui's newspaper horse had already sent the news back, and this time the members showed their big faces. Less than a hundred dart masters and executioners repelled thousands of horse thieves on horses inside and outside the vertical and horizontal passes!
The people at the city gate gathered more and more, watching the convoy gradually approach. Several idlers had already shouted loudly: "The fifth master is powerful outside!" ”
Wang Wu rode a big green horse and came out from behind. With a smile on his face, he threw his hand towards the crowd: "Gentlemen, raise love!" The people below praised again
"Look at the knife! That's about the ...... of the portions."
"How much?"
"One hundred and twenty-eight pounds and six taels!"
"Drink, you can't do it without strength!"
"Fifth master, sing a voice!"
Wang Wu's face is full of light, the men on the rivers and lakes, isn't this picture! When he shook the horsewhip, he shouted out after passing five levels and cutting six generals. There was another round of applause below!
The few men guarding the cave of the city gate were Da Shengkui's people, and they had already come over and grabbed the halter of the carriage in front of the head, and led them to the warehouse.
The old shopkeeper Han was in his sedan chair, leaning in front of the window and quietly looking at a few pages of paper in the sun. The wheels of the packer car rolled over the rocks at the gate of the city, and he jumped with shock.
The old man beat his waist, lifted the curtain to look, and saw Wang Wu leading the way in front of him. Er Dezi had already followed him at this time, holding the dart flag taller than Wang Wu's chest.
A few men who greeted him had already come over: "Master, several semicolon stewards are waiting for you!" You can stay outside the mouth for a long time this time, I heard that you met a unicorn on the horse, we are like ants on a hot pot! ”
Old Han shopkeeper smiled and waved his hand: "Tell a few people in charge, we have distinguished guests today!" At night, no one should run! A fellow promised to report the news quickly. The old man lowered the curtain and picked up the pieces of paper again. didn't look at it, and patted his leg with a deep groan: "This young man surnamed Xu, what kind of road is it?" The book he wrote, as well as the advice to our Da Shengkui, were all come up by himself? What does this young man want? ”
Xu Yifan has already started to write this book along the way. The title of the book is called "The Heart of European Travel". The Manchu dynasty was in the midst of a change unseen in 3,000 years, and the central empire was linked to the world situation for the first time possible. In this era, people also vaguely realized that they wanted to change, and so many powers took turns to bully them. Why others are strong and why the "Huangqing" is always beaten and paid compensation has become a question that scholars and doctors are puzzled about. Some people close their eyes and become ostriches, still immersed in the dream of the Central Empire, but many more want to open their eyes to see the world. Find out what's really changed in the world.
But it's a shame to say that this was during the Great Enlightenment period of the Meiji Restoration. There are also characters like Yukichi Fukuzawa. With ten years of experience in Europe and the United States, he wrote a large number of books such as "Records of Western Affairs" to introduce the West to China. Takayoshi Kido, Ritsu Okubo, Hirobumi Ito, and other figures learned about the West from above, learned from the West, and revolutionized domestic affairs. Policies such as national education were basically copied directly from Western events.
However, in China, I have been holding Wei Yuan's "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom" for decades, which not only involves some Western skins, but also probably things like strong ships and guns, and more importantly, there are many fallacies. In the most critical two decades of the late 19th century, China did not have a single book that systematically introduced and studied the West!
Even with "Dianshizhai Pictorial", Guo Songtao's notes, there are some contents that introduce the West. But they are all superficial, and they are more keen to introduce those overseas strange things.
It was not that the scholarly class did not need such systematic books, and in 1903 Dai Hongci's book on his mission to the nine European countries sold for a high price in Luoyang. At that time, a military aircraft boss patted the book and scratched: "If I had known, how could we declare war on all nations, how could we eat a book in the northeast, and eat such a big loss as Lao Maozi?" ”
At that time, the ruling class also desperately needed capable personnel who were proficient in foreign affairs, and as a result, they were either translators who could only speak foreign languages trained by the Translation and Book Bureau, or a few young children who studied in the United States back then. It is difficult to talk about understanding the internal situation of the countries of the world at that time. Even Li Hongzhang's kind of bluffing, and finally acquiescing to lying down and being hammered, was touted as the Bismarck of the East, and the rest can be imagined.
Since he couldn't take the road of entering the scholar class by the imperial examination, he could only use this trick to move the ministers and soar in one fell swoop. Two years later, on the 15th day of the seventh month, the empire was subjected to unprecedented changes.
Myself, time is running out.
Xu Yifan is also confident that the title of his book will be nine times. Ou Youxin video avoids the style of the beard and eyebrows of the literati notes books of the time. The political, economic, educational, military, diplomatic and other aspects of the world's major powers at that time were rigorously introduced one by one. And the historical evolution of each country is explained in detail. In particular, the five countries of Prussia, the United States, Great Britain, Beneans, and Russia are highlighted.
On the rickety pannier, he wrote like he was going crazy every day. What was the scenery outside the car, whether it was almost Suiyuan, he didn't care much.
The little beauty is also honestly not looking for him these days. Occasionally, when she was eating, she also lowered her head and walked away quickly. Wang Wu saw him use his pen, a good man who played with knives in his life, and he simply flashed far away. According to his words: "When you see the pen of the book, your brain hurts, brother, I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of this!" ”
Only Lao Han is the shopkeeper, but he cares a lot about his behavior. If it's okay, I came over and asked him to borrow it. On a whim, Xu Yifan wrote him a note about Da Shengkui's business, and he saw that the old shopkeeper had been stuffy in his pannier for a whole day, and he didn't come out to eat.
“…… Since the Meiji enlightenment of the Japanese people, the heroes of the country have risen together, which does have the meaning of reinvigorating the spirit. Ito, Inoue, Katsura and others can be called handsome for a while. Politics from the top down, refreshing and supporting, sparing no effort. Education, economy, trade, and military affairs are all in accordance with Western regulations. The original surname of the Japanese people is fierce, and they are located in the corner of the island, less than 100 generations, and they are all precarious and uneasy. Only by going west to the mainland can we solve the terminal disease of its national situation. Ping Fan Korea, before and after the Imjin Incident, the war between the Japanese and our dynasty, and the East China Sea wrestling has begun. The Japanese people pay attention to this wholeheartedly, they are violent, and I am soft. He is fast, I am late. He is the new army of the whole country in West France, and I only use the six battalions of the Qing army. He is the elite of the whole country, and I respond to it casually with the title of minister of Korean affairs with the title of prefect. I am afraid that the disaster of the wall is not in the world after the summer, but in the present generation! ”
Xu Yifan looked at the words he had written, and suddenly felt that he had written the devil too well. Hurriedly turned to the front customs chapter, and added another sentence viciously: "The Japanese men and women are very prosperous, full of tricks, there are *, crazy men,, [***] and other names. He is a man and his ability is extremely weak. Those who know are not worth a shout......"
Only then did I feel a little Ah Q-style victory, and I heard a voice outside, which was Wang Wu's loudspeaker voice: "Old shopkeeper, I can't help it!" This time you spent 80,000 taels of silver, and I shouldn't have received this dart silver. How can you afford to add a little more? There is no such rule! ”
What's going on outside?
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