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"A new era has come, and from now on, when Chinese orthodoxy is corrected, as in history, under the protection of the mother country of China, the East Asian nations will go hand in hand, forge ahead as one, and work hard to avoid being enslaved by the Western powers...... If you are guided correctly, then the vitality of the Dongying people, as the brothers of the Han people, will be able to develop again, and you will once again prove your ingenuity to the world...... In the Chinese Empire, the Han Chinese, the Chao people, and the Dongying people were all citizens of the empire! We will respect each other and support each other to move forward side by side, and we will prove to the world through our own efforts that the East Asian nation has created the most splendid civilization in the world, and now, it is time for the world to once again appreciate the magnificence of the Chinese civilization once again......

Yuan Shikai, the first governor of the Dongying Governor-General's District, mentioned the unity of East Asia and forge ahead. In the language of the state, this is a noun! In the history of East Asia, this is an era, and the prelude to this era began in the first year of Hongwu and ended in the 20th year of Hongwu, and China spent 20 years catching up with the world powers.

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the concept of "developing countries" did not exist. China after the "Hongwu Kaiyuan" is just such a country. The period from 1902 to 1967 under the reign of Emperor Hongmu is known as the "Meiji Era". The new government has spent 65 years working hard to make the country prosperous, which means that like Western countries, "the country is rich with soldiers" and like Western countries, "the people are rich and the country is strong." However, the new government has not yet drawn up a concrete blueprint, and it can even be said that it does not have many goals, so it can only follow the example of Western countries, and it is facing thorny decision-making problems on the path of continuous experimentation. The new government is calling on people to make sacrifices for the sake of the future.

Sacrifice was the most striking word of that era. So much so that to this day, people are always arguing about that era, and perhaps it is most appropriate to quote the beginning of "A Tale of Two Cities": it was the best of times, it was the worst of times; It was the year of wisdom, it was the year of foolishness; It was a time of faith, it was a time of doubt; It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness; It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of disappointment; We're all heading straight to heaven, we're all heading straight in the opposite direction—in short, then and now, very much like now, with some of the most noisy authorities insisting on using the superlative of adjectives to describe it. To say that it is good, it is superlative; To say that it is not good, it is also superlative.

But there is no doubt that that era will always be longed for today, after all, everything we have today was laid in that era! ”

One Hundred Years of Empire

Sometimes time flows faster than flowing water, almost in the blink of an eye, time has passed three years, in the blink of an eye the four years of Hongwu have arrived, the winter of 1905 will soon end, and the spring of the fourth year of Guangxing Hongwu will begin to spread green life on the damp land.

Soon, after May, it is the season of cherry blossoms and spring in the Toei Islands. From Hokkaido to Kyushu, from the foot of Mt. Fuji to the Western-style parks in Edo Castle, butterflies and bees are everywhere. The cherry blossoms and hot springs of Dongying, of course, as well as the docile and amorous Dongying women, have always been loved by the people, and even many young people will go to Edo National University and the newly founded Heian National University and other Dongying universities, which are afraid that it is also because of the cherry blossoms, hot springs, and the amorous Dongying women.

Hakone has many hot springs and warm ground, so the cherry blossoms bloom a few days earlier than in nearby towns. In order to spend more time with the cherry blossoms, those who love flowers in Edo, Yokohama, Shizuoka and other places often go to Hakone to enjoy the flowers for a few days, and then return just in time for the local flower festival.

It is also for this reason that when the cherry blossoms are first blooming in Tokyo, taking advantage of the holidays, several Edo National Universities - in Wakadai China, there are only 17 national universities now, and Edo National University, formerly known as the University of Tokyo, is undoubtedly the most "old", but this does not mean that it survives as the best university, the best university in China is "Royal Tohoku University", just from its name, people can feel that the school is different from other national universities, of course, this also reminds people to some extent, Northeastern University played an important role in the creation of the empire.

Of course, for any Chinese, it is a very proud thing to be admitted to university, even if it is an ordinary secondary school, just like these students who wear school uniforms and wear the Edo National University emblem on their chests, they enjoy the respect of the people throughout the whole process - people will bow to them, the train will upgrade their third-class tickets to first-class for free, and respect for learning is an East Asian tradition.

Of course, these students are not the only ones who come to Hakone to enjoy the flowers, actually. When Liu Zonghua and Lin Yuanqiao came to Hakone, this place was already full of flowers and tourists. Thousands of cherry blossoms grow at the foot of the mountain, by the lake, by the water, and by the roadside. Some are as high as ten meters, the main trunk is thick, the side branches are dense, and the trees are full of bright flowers, which are quite like a fat sumo wrestler triumphantly returning to the inside, wearing red and hanging colors, full of spirit. Some are only a handful of people tall, and the branches are still immature, but they are also thousands of flowers pressed on the branches, just like a boudoir bride with gold and honeysuckle on her head, who is shyly waiting for the sedan chair to enter the door. As far as the eye can see, the boundless sea of flowers illuminated by the sun shines with a brilliant silver-white light red halo, and the entire lake and mountains of Hakone are illuminated and dyed red.

This kind of splendid magnificence and dazzling magnificence cannot be seen in China, even in Edo, Liu Zonghua and others have never seen it. Here and now, the world seems to have no darkness, no poverty, no ugliness, and no sin; The world is full of sunshine, beauty, peace, and happiness that people desire and pursue.

This made Liu Zonghua can't help but praise from the bottom of his heart:

"Life will always be like this, how nice it would be!"

His words only aroused a burst of approval from the surrounding students, and his fluent Chinese language was envied by the surrounding Dongying, in fact, although the government encouraged Dongying to learn "Chinese" through various channels, and sent many teachers - tens of thousands of Dongying people who have lived in China for many years were sent to the four provinces of Dongying as civil servants and part-time Chinese teachers, but because of time constraints, the vast majority of people do not speak Chinese now, and less than three adults can speak Chinese that is not fluent. Both sides can solve the problem through written talks.

However, as we all know, learning Chinese means more opportunities and easier success - government departments and clubs often use Chinese as a prerequisite for employment or promotion, which is why there is now a wave of enthusiasm for learning Chinese in the four provinces of Dongying.

Originally, Bei Yihui was also attracted by the prosperous flower affairs, and after listening to the emotion around him, he who wanted to practice Chinese hurriedly continued in blunt Chinese:

"Yes, it's a pity that there are fewer happy times in life, and more times when there are sorrows, just like this cherry blossom, it has been cold and lonely for many years, and the lively scenery is only for a few days!"

Because of the teacher's relationship, Bei Yihui's Chinese with Beiping pronunciation, his Chinese with Beiping pronunciation, if in China, will definitely be ridiculed, sarcastic that he is not enough slaves, even speaking with a slave tone, but in Dongying all this has been diluted, after all, the Chinese are magnanimous, Dongying as the homeland to return to China, they can seriously learn the Chinese, it is enough.

"Yes, that's why there is a saying about the 7th day of cherry blossoms, and there is the song "When the flower wants to be a cherry blossom, a person must be a samurai, the pillar is cypress wood, and the fish is a shark ......"

After this sigh, Liu Zonghua looked at Bei Yihui and others, although he was wearing a student uniform, but there was no school emblem, if he didn't guess wrong, he should be an auditor of a certain higher education school, in China because it is extremely difficult to get into a university, coupled with tuition fees and other problems, so there is a group of auditors, compared with regular students, they do not need to pay tuition, only need to pay a registration fee of 5 yuan per semester, and then they can be audited as an auditor in the university classroom, of course, as the benefit of paying the registration fee, They can take semester exams as well as graduation exams. Those who pass the test can receive a certificate of completion.

Although the certificate of completion is a notch lower than the graduation certificate, these auditors are still popular in the market that is hungry for talent. Of course, their salaries are often about 20% lower than those of graduates. In fact, the reason why various universities in China are so "magnanimous" to audit students, and even some universities will provide scholarships and work-study opportunities to audit students, is entirely because of His Majesty's experience as an observer in the process of "study tour" in Europe.

However, Liu Zonghua from Yunnan did not despise the other party because he was an auditor, but chatted with him closely, and the group of young students quickly became familiar with it, so they brought the meals together and sat under the cherry blossom tree to eat. Of course, there is another reason why Liu Zonghua and his party are enthusiastic - among Kita Yihui's group, there are also two girls from Edo Nursing School, and for young people, girls are far more attractive than cherry blossoms.

"Liu Jun, are there cherry blossoms on the mainland?"

Chibazi raised her face and asked Liu Zonghua, her white and red face was sandwiched between the flowers, and it was impossible to tell which was the cherry blossom and which was her face. Xiucai was born and suddenly remembered two Tang poems: "Last year, in this door today, the peach blossoms on the human face were red. He replied:

"In the mainland, there are no cherry blossoms, but there is a flower that can be compared with cherry blossoms."

In fact, this is Liu Zonghua's ignorance, cherry blossoms actually originated in China, introduced to Japan in the Tang Dynasty, prevailed in the Edo period, there are also cherry blossoms in the mainland, but there are not so many, but in the second year of Hongwu, His Majesty the Emperor sang the song "When the flower wants to be a cherry blossom, be a man to be a samurai" After the dazzling beauty of the cherry blossoms is also sought after by the Chinese people, and is widely planted, of course, this is more of a kind of pride of the winner, even if it is an appreciation of the samurai, it is also purposeful.

The courage and loyalty of the samurai are what the empire needs, and China also needs the courage of the samurai, and of course, what is more needed is that these Dongying people, who have just become Chinese citizens, can be like the samurai of the old days, unconditional obedience, unconditional loyalty to the Chinese royal family, and of course, it is best to maintain their contempt for death, so that they can bravely kill the enemy on the battlefield in the future as imperial soldiers.

Politics has always been just politics!

There is always too much purpose, but for many ordinary people, they can't know the purpose behind it, just as the people of the four provinces of Dongying regard the praise of His Majesty the Emperor as a praise for the traditions of the four provinces, and are more and more proud of the cherry blossoms and the samurai spirit, and inadvertently transfer that loyalty to the Chinese emperor.

"What flowers?"

Chibako asked with great interest.

"Peach blossoms."

Liu Zonghua replied. He remembered the peach blossoms in mid-spring when he was studying in Nanjing Preparatory School, and said emotionally.

"There are not many peach blossoms in my hometown, but there are many peach blossoms in Nanjing, after a few gusts of spring breeze and spring rain, the peach blossoms in front of the mountain and behind the mountain are blooming, which is very beautiful."

"No!"

Bei Yihui shook his head and said.

"Liu Jun, no matter how beautiful the peach blossoms are, they can't compare with the cherry blossoms in front of you. First of all, this kind of momentum: stretching expanse, boundless, the branches are majestic, straight into the clouds, enough to overshadow the peach blossoms. The second is the universality of the flower admirers, the intensity of the emotion, is not comparable to the people of the mainland, and furthermore, the fierceness of the cherry blossoms is also admired by His Majesty, if I Chinese people, are all as strong as cherry blossoms, and there is no shame that China has fallen into the hands of the Manchurians for more than 200 years, and there is a shame that I have been colonized by the people of Dongying for ten years. ”

Bei Yihui's words made everyone's mood depressed, such as Liu Zonghua, Lin Yuanqiao and others drank even more depressed, just when the atmosphere was becoming more and more embarrassing, there was a burst of cheers under the cherry blossoms over there, and it was several naval officers singing there.

“…… I have long had the consciousness of thanking as soon as I opened it, for the sake of the motherland, let's scatter calmly! ”

It is not known who created this military song related to cherry blossoms, but it is extremely popular in the Pacific Fleet, which has Yokosuka and Sasebo as its rear bases, especially after the "Great White Fleet" of the United States set sail last year. Looking at those naval soldiers, Bei Yihui suddenly spoke.

"I heard that the U.S. fleet is about to arrive in Yokohama......" (To be continued.) )