Chapter 454: Talks (3)

There was a low knock on the door of "Tuk Tuk", and Su Tong put down the book in his hand and opened the door. Tie Niu, the head of the guard regiment, stood at the door and said expressionlessly: "Sir, Chief Jiang and Mr. Zhou have arrived!" ”

Su Tong stood up and greeted Zhou Tiecheng standing at the door and Jiang Baili next to him with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, you are a rare guest, welcome, welcome!" His hands held Zhou Tiecheng's hand tightly and did not let go for a long time.

The reason why Su Tong has a good impression of Zhou Tiecheng is not anything else, it is because of his noble temperament, as early as when he was in elementary school in the Northeast, he felt nostalgic for Japan and Russia to compete for interests in the Northeast, and in the Russo-Japanese War in the Northeast, which caused heavy casualties among the Chinese people, he wrote "Remembering Jiachen's year, I want to be sad about the Russo-Japanese War!" The poem "Read for the rise of China!" was issued in the classroom. That's what he wrote, and that's what he did. This vow also followed him throughout his life. When he was young, he was worried about the country and thought about the country, completely looking for a way to save the country in line with China's national conditions.

Chairman Chiang spoke highly of him and promised to woo him on several occasions on favorable terms, but seeing that the Congress Party was not the real force to save China, he flatly rejected the chairman and resolutely reincarnated himself in the arduous revolutionary cause. Although he lacks the determination and courage to kill and decide, and he can't be a handsome man on his own, he can face up to his weaknesses. Therefore, although he has a high prestige within the organization, he is willing to assist others, that is, he recognizes himself clearly, finds his position, and is responsible for the specific implementation of the work for a long time, although he cannot do the necessary lifting of weights for a handsome talent. However, he is good at solving all kinds of complex contradictions, has strong communication skills, can solve all kinds of things well, and is the kind of person who can avoid all worries as long as he hands over his home.

For such a good military advisor, Su Tong, a good staff officer-type character, can be said to be very envious. Although Jiang Baili has a high prestige within the army, it is only in military terms, and he is not as good as Zhou Tiecheng in terms of handling things and ability, especially not good at government decision-making. Su Tong is very clear about Zhou Tiecheng's ability, and in just a few interactions, he has seen his style of watertightness. When doing things, no matter how big or small, everything must be personal, meticulous, solid and steady.

Zhou Tiecheng saw Su Tong coming around from behind the desk and holding his hand, and he was also a little excited in his heart, the young man in front of him was the person who now controlled the largest and most elite armed force in all of China. After fixing his mind, Zhou Tiecheng also said with a smile: "General Su is busy, you don't have to be polite." ”

Jiang Baili on the side quipped: "Jianming, don't you make a good cup of tea to greet guests when Mr. Zhou comes?" ”

Su Tong let go of his hand embarrassedly and said with a smile: "Look, my master has forgotten, so I'll let people make tea." ”

After a while, the little nurse made tea and brought it to everyone, Su Tong handed the tea to Zhou Tiecheng and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, come, taste the oolong tea of Wuyi Mountain." ”

Zhou Tiecheng took the tea and tasted it and said with a smile: "This tea is a good thing, I haven't drunk such good tea in northern Shaanxi for a long time." ”

After speaking, Zhou Tiecheng just wanted to put down the teacup, but he was stunned after inadvertently seeing a book on the coffee table and the author's name written on the book, and couldn't help but say: "General Su, what is your book...... Can I take a look? ”

Su Tong nodded and said, "Of course you can!" ”

Zhou Tiecheng picked up the book and looked at it, the title of the book itself is very eye-catching, called "The Rise of a Great Power", he took a cursory look, the book is not thick, and it is divided into nine large chapters. It begins with the first colonial power of Portugal in the first chapter, which tells the story of the fifteenth century, Portugal embarked on seafaring adventures with the support of national power, and divided the world in competition with each other, relying on new shipping routes and colonial plunder to build a colonial empire with global power, and reached its peak in the first half of the sixteenth century, becoming the first world power. From the rise of the Netherlands and Britain to the Industrial Revolution and the final road of thought, this article reviews the development of various world powers over the past few hundred years, discusses the key factors of the rise of great powers, and the future path of China.

This book is Su Tong's later book of the same name after the events beyond the current stage and the ideas that are too advanced have been deleted and scrutinized before signing his own name, this book that has been edited by many historians in later generations and Su Tong's "carefully" deleted book naturally made Zhou Tiecheng's eyes shine, and he grabbed the book tightly and asked: "General Su, did you write this book?" Can you give me a copy? ”

Su Tong wrote his name, and said with a smile: "Hehe, this is my boring work in my spare time, since Mr. Zhou likes you, I will take it, besides, this book will be published in two days, I will give you a few more copies when you go back." ”

"Thank you!" Zhou Tiecheng solemnly put it away and put it aside. But at the same time, he also felt a chill in his heart, just now he just flipped through the first few pages and felt the grandeur of the book. As a well-read high-level intellectual, Zhou Tiecheng knew as soon as he read the contents of the book that if he did not have profound literary skills and looked at problems from the perspective of the overall situation, he would not be able to write such a majestic tome. He asked himself if he could write such a book that studied both Chinese and Western, so his heart became more and more curious and admired the author of the book in front of him.

"General Su, you are really amazing, you can write such a profound book in addition to your busy work, what a shame on my generation." It can be seen that Zhou Tiecheng is telling the truth.

Su Tong was a little embarrassed, and waved his hand again and again, "Where, where, you have won the prize!" ”

Jiang Baili on the side said with a smile: "Jianming likes to write something when he has nothing to do, and last time he wrote a book about the social structure and thinking of the Japanese, I also think it makes sense when I read it." Which book has been published in the United States and is said to be used as a special textbook by the U.S. government? ”

"Oh! Is it? This time Zhou Tiecheng was really surprised, the General Su in front of him was really a scholar-type general, he knew what kind of literary talent it would take to write a book that could be listed as a textbook for a country's government agencies, but this young general did it. That's amazing.

"What's the name of that book? Can you give me a copy? ”

"Of course, the name of that book is "Chrysanthemums and Knives", and I'll have someone send it to you later."

Zhou Tiecheng is also a book lover, his eyes turned around the study, and found that there were many kinds of books in the study, and the bookcase roughly contained books on the art of war, philosophical books, scientific and technical expertise, as well as some translation materials and some literary works.

Among them, the art of war in ancient and modern China and foreign countries occupies a lot of space, such as "The Art of War", "Wu Zi", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "The Art of War", "Li Weigong Asks the Right", "Yue Wumu's Last Words", "The Actual Record of Military Training", "Chu Military Camp System"; Suvorov's "The Science of Victory", Napoleon's "Selected Works of Napoleon", Clausewitz's "War" On the side of these books are various tactical battle manuals and various military textbooks and books. The art of war is fine, or at least they have heard of it, but they know nothing about the tactical battle manuals and textbooks, and it seems that they wrote them themselves.

Su Tong said with a smile: "Chairman Jiang has three treasures, "Bismarck Zeng Hu Zhibing Quotations" and "Zeng Wenzheng's Official Letter". And your army also has special theoretical books as a guide, I am alone, so I have to steal teachers to study, and some chaos is good for me These books are still very useful to me, as long as they are helpful to us, I have no reason to refuse to study. Just as Mr. Gu Yue of your party said: True knowledge comes from practice, not from reading dead books. Instead, I read more "Zizhi Tongjian", "Twenty-four History...... Such history books. Taking history as a mirror, these things are still of great significance to us now. ”

Zhou Tiecheng sighed and said: "General Su is so talented, no wonder he can govern Chahar so prosperously. ”

Su Tong smiled and waved his hand: "You are too polite, I only stood on the shoulders of giants to get today's achievements, not enough to worry about"

The three of them discussed some topics in the study, Su Tong believed that the rise of a country mainly depends on science and technology, and the contest between countries is, in the final analysis, a contest of national quality and talent. Su Tong also listed 21 civilizations that have appeared in history and have since died out. The conclusion is that the cause of the death of these civilizations, without exception, was not homicide, but suicide. They lost their vitality for innovation and were eliminated from history.

At the same time, Su Tong pointed out that among the four ancient civilizations: Egypt, India, China, and Babylon, in the great wave of development from the 15th century to the 19th century, none of the ancient civilizations could develop. Why is that? This has a great connection with thousands of years of feudal rule, in which people's minds have become deeply ingrained, lacking the spirit of adventure, and rejecting the new.

Coupled with the great unification of the country, the self-sufficient economy within the country fully meets the needs of its own country, and the competition with neighboring countries is less, unlike that of European countries, which forms a 'natural and natural' selection condition, forcing European countries to strive to explore in order not to lose in the competition, and become rich and powerful in the competition.

And Huaxia is still moving forward slowly in a very comfortable environment. By the middle of the 19th century, European countries had completed the industrial revolution one after another, and China was completely out of the way due to the lack of information in this game, and missed an excellent opportunity to develop the game.

The three of them argued in the study from time to time, and laughed from time to time, and the little nurse outside kept shaking his head