Chapter 457: The Europeans actually wore pants 600 years late
“…… The Chinese nation, with a glorious history of civilization for thousands of years, is the greatest and most outstanding nation in the world, and is also the nation that has made the greatest contribution to the history of human development. ”
"Anyone who has read Darwin's theory of evolution knows that our human ancestors evolved from ape-man, and it took millions of years of evolution before they gradually transformed into modern humans. In this great process, our Chinese ancestors have proved that we Chinese are much smarter than Europeans! ……”
This was an impassioned speech made by Song Zhewu at the closing ceremony after the Olympic trials held in Taiyuan.
"I'll give you an example that illustrates the problem very well. According to archaeological research, thousands of years ago, our ancestors learned the weaving technique at least 600 years earlier than the Europeans, that is, the Europeans wore pants more than 600 years later than our Chinese......"
Song Zhewu's words drew laughter from thousands of athletes and more than 20,000 spectators below.
"The history of our Chinese nation, if you start from the historical legend of the invention of the Suiren clan who drilled wood to make fire, it has been more than 12,000 years; It has been more than 5,000 years since the Shennong clan and the Yellow Emperor, who are rich in historical materials; Even from the beginning of the Xia Dynasty, which has written records, it has a history of 4,000 years. Ancient Rome, the oldest country in Europe and the first slave state on the continent, did not appear until more than 2,400 years ago. ”
"In terms of economy and culture, our ancestors have always been ahead of the Western powers. Economically, before the Qing Dynasty, the total socio-economic output of our country was much greater than that of Europe as a whole. According to statistics, at that time, our country's total economy accounted for more than half of the world's total economy; In terms of culture, there are countless ancient classics of a hundred schools of thought and a galaxy. ”
"In terms of oil paintings, which Europeans are proud of, the earliest oil paintings in Europe appeared in the park about 1,200 years ago, while in China, the earliest oil paintings were already available in the Zhou Dynasty, more than 2,000 years before Europeans. And the ink painting, which is full of verve and romantic freehand colors, is not far behind the modern painting schools in Europe......"
"Ancient Chinese science and technology have been in the leading position in the world for a long time. China's scientific and technological achievements in history have made outstanding contributions to the development of world civilization. I won't say much about the four major inventions, our Chinese nation also has a very great invention achievement to be proud of, and the decimal system was first established by us Chinese. Before the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese nation has always been the forerunner of the world's most advanced technology. And ......"
"In terms of national physique, our ancestors are not inferior to any nation, during the Han and Tang dynasties, our ancestors relied on the Changge and horizontal knives in their hands to kill the nomadic people who had been crisscrossing the north for hundreds of years - the Huns, who were blood-stained in the desert and fled westward."
"But today, foreigners call us the sick man of East Asia, why is that?"
Song Zhewu's passionate tone suddenly became low.
"Although there are many reasons for this, and they are also complex, there is no doubt that one thing is that since the Song Dynasty, the rulers have vigorously pursued a policy of emphasizing literature and suppressing military force in order to maintain their rule."
"It is true that a civilization can be sustained by a long and rich cultural heritage, but if the nation that bears this civilization does not have a strong constitution to defend it, this civilization can easily be interrupted or even destroyed by foreign invasions. This has been proven many times in the history of world development. This is how the ancient Greek civilization and the ancient Babylonian civilization were destroyed. ”
"Even our country has a history of foreign invasions, not to mention the farther Wuhu Chaohua, the Mongolian people at the end of the Song Dynasty and the Manchus at the end of the Ming Dynasty have all set foot in the Central Plains, so that the splendid civilization created by our ancestors for thousands of years has been wiped out in the long river of history."
Song Zhewu suddenly raised his tone again, aggravated his tone, and said loudly: "Now, our Chinese nation is at such a critical historical moment! ”
Song Zhewu's abrupt words made the excited crowd calm down in an instant.
How can this be? The Central Political Axe has just won the Central Plains War, and the local forces that dare to challenge the Central Political Axe have all failed, although the south is still encircling and suppressing the GCD troops, but it seems that there will be results soon. Now there is no foreign invasion, as long as the civil war subsides, the country's development will be on the right track, and the whole country will gradually prosper like the Taiyuan Administration. Where did Song Zhewu's words come from?
Song Zhewu's words not only surprised the athletes and ordinary spectators, but also the Olympic Committee chairmen Wang Zhengting and Xu Yongchang, who came to participate in the selection games, as well as the political axe officials who led the teams in various provinces, were also deeply surprised!
Song Zhewu looked at the thousands of athletes from various provinces and the more than 20,000 spectators in the stands on all sides, and said with a serious expression: "Over the years, our domestic war has been continuous, not to mention the development of science and technology, the establishment of a modern industrial system, even the people's livelihood is also very difficult. However, in recent decades, not to mention Europe and the United States, even the people themselves, who are not much different from us, or even lagging behind us, have tried to catch up with Europe and the United States in some aspects. And without modern science and technology and modern industry, there will be no strong and stable national defense. ”
"Our Republic of China has a vast land and resources, and it has long been coveted by foreign powers. Since the Opium War, our country has been humiliated by the foreign powers, and not only has it been forced to sign a humiliating treaty that has humiliated the country, but it has also to pay compensation and cede land, not to mention that the Russians alone have cut off more than 1.5 million square kilometers of our land north of Heilongjiang and Xinjiang Province, which is equivalent to the area of ten Shanxi. And they instigated the outside [***] to stand, which is more than 1.5 million square kilometers. ”
"There is also the saying of myself, who not only took hundreds of millions of taels of silver from our country in the previous wars of aggression, but also relied on these huge amounts of silver to build a powerful modern industry. They were not satisfied, and now they were not only occupying Qingdao and Dalian, but also forcibly occupying the South Manchurian Railway in the northeast, and regarded the surrounding area of the railway as their land. Now, I am constantly stirring up trouble in the northeast with the intention of creating a pretext for them to further invade our rich land, and then realize their dream of annexing our land and enslaving our people. ”
"Therefore, I say that our country has now reached another critical moment related to the survival of our nation, and this is not alarmist, but a grim reality in front of us."
"In order to save our nation, help the building of the generals, and turn the tide of the tide, in addition to vigorously developing science and technology and building a strong national defense industry, there is also a very important point, that is, to strengthen the physique of our whole nation, and in the event of a foreign invasion, our whole nation can afford to hold swords and guns and go to the battlefield."
"We are holding this Olympic Trials Games because we want to win glory for our country and the Chinese nation in the Olympic Games and in front of the foreigners who have always looked down on us, so as to promote our national fitness movement, strengthen our physique, and prepare to resist the invasion of foreign enemies through your perseverance and hard work......
The most eye-catching are the 100, 200 and 400-meter sprints of Liu Changchun from Northeast Dalian and the 800 meters and 1500 meters of Yu Xiwei from Northeast Dalian, as well as the 5000 meters and 10,000 meters of Shanxi Gu Desheng and Sun Che. If you train systematically early, it is very possible to improve your performance a little more.
In addition, although the results of the high jump and discus throw events are not satisfactory, they are not bad, at least not too far from the world's best results. Song believes that with his two newest and most advanced sports positions, the back-to-back high jump and the spinning discus throw, he will not only be able to do well in Los Angeles, but he will also be surprised to win medals.
It's just that the results in other events are still too different from the world's best results, which is not something that can be caught up in more than half a year.
This is true of swimming, for example.
The swimming trials were held in Shanghai, and according to the results provided to him by Wang Zhengting, only one young man from Guangzhou had good results, and the others were not ideal. Although Song Zhewu also provided Wang Zhengting with a short-course training method, he was not too hopeful.
In addition, Wang Zhengting and Zhang Yong and Zhang Chengwu, who were the leaders and coaches of the Shanxi training team, also insisted on selecting outstanding players from the provincial football teams participating in the games to form a national team.
Because, at this time, the level of football in China is the highest in the Far East, and any university football team in several big cities can compete with the national team with a high level of sports, and there are more wins and fewer losses. They all believe that the national team will definitely achieve good results in the Los Angeles Olympics.
Although Song Zhewu also very much hopes that this football team can beat him at this Olympics, he knows that this is impossible. Because arrogant Americans have no interest in football, there will be no football games at this Olympics.
However, Song Zhewu was not good at pouring this basin of cold water on everyone, so he readily agreed.
Because the opening time of this Olympic Games is July 30, 32, in order to ensure that the athletes can have enough time to reverse jet lag and resume training after arriving in the United States, Song Zhewu discussed with Wang Zhengting before Wang Zhengting returned to Nanjing, and decided that in early May next year, the Olympic delegation will be established in Shanghai, and set off from Shanghai for the United States.
He also instructed Tao Rong to arrange for the selection of shooting athletes in the army, and Xiao Guodong arranged for Zhou Liqun to shoot firearms for the athletes and prepare to participate in the shooting competition. At the same time, He Yingqin also telegraphed to ask He Yingqin to search for sharpshooters on behalf of all units across the country.
In order to ensure that Liu Changchun, Yu Xiwei and other athletes from Northeast China could participate in the competition without being affected, Song Zhewu instructed Zhao Pilian and Zhang Yong without missing a trace, and on the pretext of allowing the athletes to train with peace of mind, they should provide preferential conditions for all the selected athletes, mobilize the athletes to move their families to Taiyuan, and the Taiyuan Administration will provide them with free housing and work, and pay a relocation fee of 1,000 oceans at a time.
At the same time, for the more than 40 athletes on the selection, according to the standard of public officials at the division level of the Taiyuan Administration, they will all have a monthly salary of 200 oceans.
In the end, only athletes from Shanghai, Nanjing, Beiping, Tianjin, Wuhan and Guangzhou did not move their homes, and several athletes from Northeast China, including Liu Changchun and Yu Xiwei, moved their homes to Taiyuan, which made Song Zhewu completely relieved.
(To be continued)