Chapter 505: It's All Paper Tigers (Part II)
"Look at what the Queen of England says to her people? They say they are gentlemen, and we in China are a bunch of barbarians. They should not use force to attack us, but should use gentle means and benevolent means against us, so that they can influence us. Let's all listen to them, and see, these are also the benevolence of the British Empire, and I hope they can use some kind of gentlemanly demeanor to influence us, hahahaha! Wang Guorui laughed and said.
And Wang Guorui listened to the words of the Queen of England, but he really almost laughed, the British are poor in donkey skills. Wang Guorui had already seen that it was impossible for those British to start a war against China at this time, especially since they were not prepared at this time. Don't think that those gringos are coaxed one by one, and they are prone to threaten war at every turn. However, they know that war cannot break out casually, let alone because of a casual threat from a diplomat, and that war is nothing more than a thing they use to blackmail China.
Whenever they find that China is afraid of war, they naturally threaten it with war, so that Chinese officials will continue to spit out benefits, and then let their mothers eat a lot of money. This kind of receipt is already perfect for them, and they will not actually break out into war anyway, this is just a means to blackmail China. However, those Manchu officials were still so uncompetitive, and they chose to compromise, so that the gringos continued to use this "killer weapon" to threaten. In fact, war is never easy to break out, even the world's largest power, Britain, can not easily break out into war.
Which war among those world powers broke out only after careful consideration and after careful consideration to determine that they had a good chance of winning. They have been calculating for a long time in the "temple calculation" to determine what benefits they will gain after victory, and what will happen if they fail.
"You've got it. In fact, those European powers are all paper tigers, which are useless. Don't look at them as threats of war at every turn, but in reality they are just threats, and they will not really break out. In fact, this kind of war means that the soft are afraid of the hard, and the hard are afraid of death. As long as we get out of the way. The 'gentlemen' of Europe will also choose to compromise. Their economy has developed, and their international standing has greatly improved. They are all civilized people, and they don't want to solve problems through war. However, in fact, they are also afraid of war. Once the economy develops to a certain extent, it will inevitably cherish its own economic achievements and international status. ”
"When war breaks out, not only will they not be able to produce much economic effect, but they will suffer huge losses. And war will inevitably change the international pattern, so they will naturally not be willing to change this international pattern. They also want to avoid war. The thinking of these foreigners is that if they can not go to war, they should not go to war. Don't think that they are constantly threatening us, as if they are also very belligerent. It's okay for them to bully those African black corns, but it's definitely not okay to bully us. They can't even swallow China if they want to, they can only get some benefits from the weak court, and they can't get too much. ”
Wang Guorui's officials were completely relieved to see the British react like this. Originally, they still thought that those British were very powerful, but Wang Guorui replied, "You want to fight." I will fight", after which the British will go to war on Taiwan. But the facts told them that the British were nothing more than a useless man. It's just a paper tiger that is strong on the outside and dry on the inside. Don't look at how fierce they are every time they clamore for war, but in fact they don't dare to fight a full-scale war with China at all, they don't have the strength to defeat China. The so-called China can't beat it, it's just scaring itself.
These ancient people did not know the potential strength of China, and they subconsciously believed that foreigners had industry and had a lot of strength to defeat China. But in reality, they have no idea where China's advantages are. At that time, they will inevitably say something that China will lose, and this kind of thing will make others morale and destroy their own prestige.
Wang Guorui was born in the era after the Anti-Japanese War, and of course he deeply realized that those foreigners could not easily destroy China. China's advantages are also clearly written in the history books compiled after the War of Resistance Against Japan, and everyone knows where the strength of the Chinese is. The so-called inability to resist, once resisting, will inevitably perish the country's argument is already absurd, in fact, this is simply impossible. Therefore, Wang Guorui is naturally not afraid of foreign aggression. Because as long as China has the heart to resist it, no foreign country will be able to destroy China. Since ancient times, as long as China does not die on its own, no foreign country can destroy China.
And this time, those officials under Wang Guorui also knew that those Western devils could not destroy China casually, they were just bullying the weakness of the Chinese Manchu court. If it were not for the weakness of the Manchu court, then it would not have been possible to be so arrogant. As long as you can be strong, not be intimidated by the strength of those so-called foreigners, and resolutely resist, then those foreigners will also be afraid of you. If it drags on at that time, China will completely drag them into the quagmire of war. Once they get caught in the quagmire of war, then the British will also fall. The British will not take the initiative to start a war against China, at most they are just here to take advantage, if they say that they are fully developed against China, then they will definitely avoid it.
Since the British dared to use war to blackmail him, Wang Guorui also dared to use war to blackmail the British. Anyway, there is nothing else in Taiwan, that is, a life. If you dare to persecute me, then I will fight you hard. Anyway, we didn't have anything else, we had one life, so at that time the British were scared. As an English "gentleman", they are already a "rich man", a rich man thinks a lot, once they break those altars and jars, then they will lose a lot. But it doesn't matter if it's a poor person, they don't have anything anyway, and if they break it, they will break it, and it's worthless. Anyway, it's poor enough, and it's not a big deal to fight once.
Just like the new China in later generations, when the founding of the People's Republic of China, the leaders dared to fight, and even the Americans dared to fight. But after decades, I didn't dare to fight, in fact, this is the mentality, when I have nothing, I dare to fight hard, but once I get rich, I cherish my wealth and don't dare to fight indiscriminately. This is true from a small person to a large country. Nations are made up of human beings, so they can never get rid of their human identity.
"What these officials need is not any ability, but the courage not to be soft in the face of foreigners. As long as they have courage and backbone, that is the foundation of a truly strong country. If they don't have the courage to face foreigners, then they can't be truly powerful. Wang Guorui thought.
What these ancient Chinese officials needed most was the courage to face foreigners, and to have the courage to fight back under the blackmail of foreigners. When these ancient officials faced foreigners, they all subconsciously believed that foreign countries were powerful and that they would never be able to defeat them. It's like a person who has been bullied for a long time, in fact, one day he became stronger, and the person who bullied him back then was also old, but the shadow in the young man's heart still existed, and he didn't dare to face the old man directly. And the old man is constantly using the deterrent power established in the past to threaten, and the strong young man doesn't dare to do anything at all, which is also a shadow in my heart.
If this psychological shadow is not removed, there will still be more and more traitors in the future. They don't think that China can beat foreign countries at all, and that resistance will inevitably perish, and that is the reason for their fear. And the shadow in their hearts is not so easy to remove, only if they see that it is impossible for foreigners to break out easily, and see the weak side of foreigners, then they will understand in detail that foreigners are actually no different, in fact, they are all strong and middle-handed. Only let them see that foreigners are paper tigers who are strong and strong in the middle, and as long as the Chinese can unite and resist, there is no way to take China with foreigners. In this way, we can solve the fear of foreigners in our hearts, and once the disease of this fear of foreigners can be lifted, then China can truly rise. Otherwise, they have always been afraid of foreigners, and if they don't restore the self-confidence of these officials and even the whole people, then even if they become strong in the future, they will just be slaughtered by others.
The strength of human beings does not lie in the strength of the body, but comes from the strength of the heart. The strength of the body is just an appearance, if you have a toned body, but you can't have a strong heart, then anyone can bully you. And a person with a strong heart is the one who has the ability to become a great man. And the same is true of countries, if they have economic and military strength, but they are still very afraid of foreigners, then they will never be able to ascend to the hall of elegance and become a world power, which is far away. If a group of officials who are weak when they see foreigners are allowed to be leaders, then this kind of strong military strength will not be useful! Therefore, everything is in the heart of human beings, and countries are made up of human beings, and if people's hearts cannot be strong, then countries cannot be strong. (To be continued......)