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Whether it is the legendary Yin Shang remnant Hou Xi led his army to the sea, the Zhou Dynasty's expedition to Dongyi, or the Southern Expedition of Zhao Tuo of the Great Qin Empire, or the westward advance of the Han and Tang dynasties. The expansion of the Eastern Empire on the world's soil came to a standstill shortly after the beginning of the second millennium, followed by centuries of border strife. Basically, the territory of classical China did not increase radically, and continued to decrease for hundreds of years, and the distinction between "inside and outside" became clearer.

On the other hand, Europe and West Asia, which have long been mired in religious conflicts, have been fighting to the death for nearly a thousand years over a number of palm-sized lands. The Arabs, who had survived the glory days of civilization, eventually stopped in the Balkans, and with the exception of a few North African trading posts bordering the Atlantic, the Christian kingdoms of Europe failed to make any qualitative breakthroughs on the southern shores of the Mediterranean.

The geographical prelude of the Kingdom of Portugal finally gave the Christian nation trapped in western Europe the hope of expanding new living spaces and trade routes, and gradually spread its tentacles to every corner of the world with a small ship that only sinks and floats in the stormy seas.

In 1492, Columbus, representing the Kingdom of Spain, inadvertently "appeared" in the Americas, but it was not until 1512 that Basco. Nunez. De Balboa had only established a colony of the Americas 6 in Darien, Panama, a full twenty years after the current New 6.

The European colonial expansion in the Age of Sail was destined to be arduous and long, not only a process of measuring the scale of the earth's surface, but also a process of continuous intersection and collision of "new and old". The "New World" and "New Civilization" that were "revealed" made the European colonizers stay in a state of "hyperactivity and conservatism" for a long time in their expansion: the combination of early colonialism and commercial trade was extremely high, but the cultural diffusion was still only at the primitive level of religious diffusion.

When Western colonists first came into close contact with the massive body of the Eastern Empire. The seductive rumors that had been circulating for countless centuries turned into dazzling envy and admiration. Compared with the barbaric and backward indigenous civilizations that met along the way, the trembling awe of the Eastern civilization lasted almost until the beginning of the 19th century.

Even after that cannon shot in 184o. The overall impression of the West on the Asian order under the leadership of the Eastern Empire is still unbreakable, and the Eastern civilizations and peoples that dominate the region are still the masters of the world in its own right. With the exception of the conquest of the Eastern Empire by a Spanish madman at the end of the 16th century, few people thought of changing the Oriental Empire, and there were not even sufficient reasons to do so.

1859 was one of the most extraordinary years in human history. In that year, the British Navy officially adopted the Armstrong breech gun. The artillery weapons, which have been on display for hundreds of years, have turned a new page of qualitative changes, and the war at sea has entered a new stage.

At that time, the English philosopher, logician and economist John . Mill's official work, On Liberty. The book is the culmination of a liberal theoretical system, discussing civil liberties under capitalism, and is highly regarded in the West as "the most moving and powerful defense of individual freedom". On Liberty became a landmark work in the transition from modern capitalist theory to modern capitalist theory.

In June 1859, the German scholar Marx's Critique of Political Economics was published by the Dunkel publishing house in Berlin. The six economic elements of capital, land ownership, wage labor, the state, foreign trade, and the world market were analyzed in depth, and a revolutionary change in the theory of value and money was realized.

In November 1859, the world's first truly ironclad battleship, the Glory, was built by France and set sail, changing the rules of the game for maritime hegemony.

Surprisingly, in November 1859, the British scientist Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" (Theory of Evolution), which is of great historical significance in both biology and sociology, was officially published. In this way, European scholars have extended and distorted the views of human civilization and race. Colonialism has finally found a naked "scientific theory" basis for the "chiluo" that "legitimizes violence". The natural law of the jungle of survival of the fittest has begun to cross the moral and human limits of human civilization, and things that once did not want to touch or dared to touch have become objects that can be unrestrained in front of us.

The appearance of Armstrong Cannon, On Freedom, Critique of Economics, Ironclad and On the Origin of Species announced the end of modern European civilization, and the mainstream Western civilization officially entered the "quasi-modern" stage, which also pushed colonialism to the peak of history. Countless "blank" spaces on the globe were carved up in just a few decades. The results of Western colonial expansion are almost equal to those of previous centuries combined.

And Asia at this time, whether it is the Eastern Empire that sits in the top spot. Japan, Korea, Annam, and other countries that continue to stick to themselves in ignorance do not know that the ancient traditional order that they have been accustomed to and obeyed for thousands of years has completely declined, and then ushered in the 186o year that will make future generations Chinese miserable......

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Sunday, June 22, 1642.

It's rare that there is no business to deal with on a weekend, and the children just happen to be on summer vacation, so Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong simply agreed to go to a large forest park on the outskirts of Manchester City's northern district for an outing.

The sweltering temperatures are all over the place, except for the removal of certain dangerous creatures, the restriction of animal hunting and deforestation, which makes the North End Forest Park full of pristine nature. Hares, raccoons, red foxes and moose are commonplace, and these clever and clever animals are a must-have for every family visiting the area, and a small natural lake in the forest is a great place for older people to fish.

Two self-defense shotguns, a few fishing rods, plus tents, food, newspapers and other sundries, the family gathering organized by Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong was very grand. When the carriage came to the natural lake along the guò forest path, the two families together and 15 people laughed in unison.

Su Zining and Yuan Xinyi have a total of 5 children so far.

Boss Su Fangqi. He is 19 years old and a sophomore in an Ivy League college. excellent character and learning, ladylike temperament, the pride of the Su family; The second Su Fangwei, 18 years old this year, a first-year student at Fudan University, is honest and introverted, with a stable personality; The third child, Su Fanglin, is 15 years old this year. A third-year student at the middle school affiliated to an Ivy League university, the most beautiful girl in the Su family, she is often teased by Yan Xiaosong that she was not born to Su Zining; Su Fangmei, the fourth child, is 11 years old this year, just graduated from Manchester City No. 1 Primary School, and will attend the Ivy League High School in the second half of the year; The fifth Su Fangyue, 8 years old this year. The second-grade student of Manchester City No. 1 Primary School, although the full moon was named during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Su Zining gave him a too feminine name, but his personality was extremely jumpy, and he had the style of the eldest sister Su Fangqi when she was a child. And since the sixth child died in just one month before the fight, the Su family did not plan to have any more children.

Yan Xiaosong and Caterina are even more powerful. The couple now have six children.

The eldest son, Yan Shuming, is 18 years old this year, and Su Fangwei are classmates of the same major. The characteristics of Chinese are sufficient; The second son, Yan Shuhong, has just turned 15 years old. The fourth-year student of Manchester City No. 1 Middle School, who has more European ancestry, and even lived in the Hispanic grandmother and uncle for a long time when he was a child, and as a result, he spoke Chinese Chinese very awkwardly; The third daughter, Yan Shuzhen, is 13 years old this year, a second-year student at the middle school affiliated to an Ivy League university, a typical mixed-race little beauty, who plays a beautiful violin; The fourth son, Yan Shuping, is 12 years old this year, and he is the most father-like among the children, he has been bold since he was a child, but his grades are very bad, and his grades in the entrance exam of the high school affiliated to the Ivy League colleges and universities are miserable, and he can only pay the price of high tuition; The fifth daughter, Yan Shuyao, is 7 years old this year, a first-grader at Manchester City No. 1 Primary School, and has a European ancestry of all siblings combined; The sixth daughter, Yan Shuyin, is only 3 years old, and finally "guaranteed" the Yan family a little daughter with more external image of Chinese ancestry, but now she can only be tired of her mother's crying age, and she can't see anything.

"Eldest sister, aren't you going to row with Brother Shuming?" Su Fangwei, who was a month younger than Yan Shuming, saw that the other party was struggling to pull the boat by the lake, so he hurried to Su Fangqi and whispered in his ear.

"It's rude to make such a request to someone without first being invited. Take care of yourself! Su Fangqi sat on the straw mat with her skirt rolled up very ladylikely, and turned her head proudly, very disdainful of her younger brother's "self-depreciation" mentions.

"I'm going to row, I'm going to row!"

"I want it too!"

Before he finished speaking, the Yan family and several other juniors of the Su family rushed over, and under the climb with their hands and feet, the boat that Yan Shuming was holding in his hand was instantly full of people, making him smile bitterly at Su Fangqi with embarrassment.

"As the old saying goes, there is no time to lose. Look, there's no place, you don't usually have a good education! ”

The two mothers were still arranging a picnic, while Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong were walking by the woods with shotguns, and when they saw the slightly frowning expression of the Su family's daughter, Yan Xiaosong was happy, and patted his friend's shoulder proudly.

"It's as if my daughter still has to get on your son's boat?!" Su Zining said casually, but he seemed to feel that there was ambiguity in his words, and immediately had another black line in his head.

"Look at you, you don't have to buy a ticket." Yan Xiaosong was even happier, and almost laughed at the shotgun on his shoulder to the ground.

"Over the years, your eloquence has risen dramatically, and there have been more and more times to make me cheap." Su Zining sat on the grass quietly, holding his head comfortably and leaning against a big stone, "This person can change back and forth, everyone has become different, the only thing that is the same is that they are all getting old, until they can't change anymore......"

"Isn't it the same with the country, when everyone gets used to a certain rhythm and rules, they will become 'old', and the more difficult it will be to accept change or progress." Yan Xiaosong also sat down next to his friend, unloaded the bullets in the shotgun, and played with them in his hand, "What's that called?" Well, vested interest groups, and our children will be one of them in the future. The country will have to undergo several transformations in the future before it can truly reach the state we want. But there are some things that we don't want to touch in our lifetimes, and we're a little used to not touching them. It depends on whether they have the courage and wisdom to continue to change and progress. ”

"I put on a hat of 'high superiority' for myself again, and I have vested interests, didn't I leave you any warning in Qiu Ba's life in the first half of my life......" Su Zining Xun regained his unique meanness, and was disdainful of his friend's feelings on the surface.

"Well, the vested interests are still a bit of a self-aggrandizement. Isn't that stubborn? Yan Xiaosong knew that there was almost no chance of winning if he was meaner with the other party, "Have you read An Shaoqing's Far East research report?" I want to promote the Daming International Student Program in the local area. It's so difficult, look at the current Daming, even if it's a big member or Qiongzhou, hey...... Or are you right, I was too wishful thinking before, not everyone is Xu Guangqi. ”

"Before the old order was really turbulent, it was difficult for any habitual culture or mindset to accept new things from outside. Conservative is one of the six iron laws of interpersonal relationships. Not to mention what happened after the prophet. A lot of lessons from the past are put in front of us, and unrepentance is the mainstream of history. Otherwise, the thinkers and reformers of history would have been rotten long ago, and a country would not have spent hundreds of years tossing itself. Su Zining saw that Yan Xiaosong brought up the topic of change again, and knew that the other party had a psychological shadow on the National Assembly meeting the day before yesterday.

The day before yesterday, Friday, the parliament was divided into two factions during the informal discussion of proposals on the future of Luzon, Temasek, and the status of the senior and the export of the Chinese and American institutions. One moment the theory of national origin, the other theory of national culture. After a while, there is the pluralism of civilizational systems, in short, there are many things that come to mind, contradict each other, or whose positions change inexplicably. A group of people who are all old and not too old have been making trouble all afternoon without coming to a conclusion, and the proposal has not been resolved, and they continue to go with the flow.

"Hehe, we need to decide on a national policy that will affect the pattern of East Asia for the next few hundred years. It's really hard to choose...... Speaking of which, it seems that these days are the days when the Asian Fleet visits the Wèn Officers, do you think it is a kind of butterfly wings? ”

Yan Xiaosong had long been immune to Su Zining's characteristic words of sarcasm about history, but he suddenly remembered something, and quickly turned to his friend. Lowered his voice.

"What are you worried about?" Su Zining thought about it, and still threw out a rhetorical question first.

"Again, those are the subject of debate. Luzon, Temasek, Dayuan, and maybe other places, these forces that we rely on butterfly wings to 'artificial', what is their relationship with us and Daming in the future......" Yan Xiaosong said word by word, with a vigilant gaze in his eyes, "When Fan Li returned to the telegram of the official launch of the hermit crab project, I had a sense of danger...... This feeling seemed to remind me that there was something wrong with the whole direction. ”

"That's an extension of your intermittent Da Ming complex, and it's looking at this from the perspective of Da Ming. In fact, twenty years ago, you were well aware of the pros and cons of the proxy model, and you also made the final choice. Su Zining smiled slightly, and gently nodded at the other party, "Use the method of 'soft encirclement' to infiltrate East Asia, so as to change the Ming Dynasty." While I often contradict you, I have to admit that this is the mildest gradual approach we can take. ”

"You have opposed me for twenty years, and you have supported me for another twenty years." Yan Xiaosong quietly looked at his friend's slightly playful eyes, and his tone became more and more strict, "The transformation of the Ming Dynasty and the spread of the Chinese nation are two directions that do not conflict, why do you suffer so much when it comes to transforming the Ming Dynasty?" Didn't you throw out an opportunity for reform in Hong Kong at the beginning? ”

"Then we need to analyze and analyze, which is easier to transform the Ming Dynasty and Huaxia, which is easier to do, which is more in line with the core interests of this nation, which is more in line with this era, and which is easier to cover us?" Su Zining thought for a while, and probably understood what Yan Xiaosong was referring to, "Actually, I prefer to see a Chinese world rather than a Ming Asia." Maybe I'm more ambitious than yours, and I'm a little more nihilistic and reactionary. ”

"A Su Zining's version of the 17th-century Ming threat theory?" Yan Xiaosong couldn't laugh or cry a little.

"Hehe, you, you...... It used to be for ourselves, but now we are beginning to persecute paranoia for Daming. Su Zining smiled, the playful and sadistic expression on his face returned, "From the beginning, I didn't object to your willingness to transform Da Ming, and even most of us had similar thoughts. As the years passed, I felt more and more that the time and difficulty required for the whole process was far greater than that of supporting the establishment of a new number of Chinese countries around the world. ”

"Why?" Yan Xiaosong's brows furrowed slightly.

Su Zining stretched out his hand and drew a circle on the grass: "The whole of East Asia is a closed state that has been stable for thousands of years and operates freely, and all the countries in this system are surrounded by the Eastern Empire. Compared to Europe, although there are strong and weak, but for the most part. They are all abundant, prosperous, and interdependent. ”

"It's like an online game we play in the afterlife. There are local tyrants who spend a lot of money in the server, and there are petty bourgeoisie who spend a little money and pleasure. There are skilled otaku, and there are ** silk who don't spend a penny to have fun or hug their thighs. Everyone has found their place within the system, with their own hardcore friends and their own enemies. Under the constraints of the existing rules, a stable relationship between high and low, strong and weak, and mutual demand has been formed. ”

"East Asia in the 17th century was such a solidified game world, and since the day it was launched, it has gradually stabilized. It is China that dominates the order of this server, because China is the local tyrant in this server. It has also been online for the longest time, and its civilizational power is the order of East Asia. China has been charging RMB in this server for thousands of years, and no matter how capable other countries are, they can only be a second child at most, with equipment on par with China, skills to learn from China, and a copy of China's followers responsible for picking up garbage. ”

"Starting with the Han Dynasty. China's periphery was incorporated into the Oriental system, and he diligently and carefully studied China's system and culture. Even in the Qing Dynasty, they were the same. No matter how closed the Tokugawa shogunate was, there were still countless Hanshu imported from China every year, because the change of dynasty in China did not change the traditional cultural order and dominant force of the East under the leadership of China......"

"China. He has been a teacher and leader for thousands of years, and has been playing the role of changing and teaching others. The superior psychology of being admired and learned by others has been deeply rooted in the genes of our national marrow. This kind of national genetics is so strong that it has survived even after a huge shock in the mid-19th century, and it is our mainstream subconscious in the 21st century. You. Me, both. Although this is not necessarily a bad thing, the ancient tradition of superiority for thousands of years has imbued the cultural genes of the Chinese nation with an elder mentality, rather than a willing student mentality. ”

"Remember twenty years ago, I said that we are not qualified to be soil, we can only be gardeners, but we always involuntarily play the role of elders. For example, now, while we show our superiority to history, we are also unashamedly trying to be the teacher of the Ming Dynasty, which is our subconscious. ”

When Su Zining said this, he suddenly pointed at Yan Xiaosong's heart, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face. A kind of self-deprecation, or rather self-satisfaction.

"You mean, the Chinese nation refuses to be a student in their bones?" Yan Xiaosong heard such a sharp theory for the first time, and his expression was very stunned.

"The Chinese people are actually very good at learning, but they are unwilling to be students, and they will not accept new things or different views with the attitude of real students, which is the biggest difference with Japan and other neighboring peoples. Our textbooks are often 'introducing, disseminating, and integrating foreign cultures', and then 'others have learned and learned what we have'. ”

"The Chinese nation has been the boss and teacher for thousands of years, and it has almost never thought of being a second child and a student, without any psychological preparation...... In the heart of this nation, its power is obvious to all, and its culture should be emulated by all, it was, is, and must be! Su Zining's voice gradually lowered, "On the contrary, other ethnic groups around China and even in the world do not have this kind of psychological burden, because they have always been students regardless of whether they have the talent to learn or not, they used to be, they are now, and it is not a big deal to continue in the future." ”

"One day, the server suddenly broke into a technical micro-manipulation master, defeated me, the number one tyrant, and the students became uneasy, and I suddenly realized that I was lagging behind. I may reflect on myself, but I will never admit defeat, and it will be 10,000 times more difficult than others to accept this result......"

"I have money, I have the rich materials and game currency that have been brushed up on three thousand years of copies, I will use whatever weapon the master of the technology stream uses, and whatever skill the master of the technology stream uses, I will wash whatever skill I have, no matter how expensive it is...... It's a pity that the local tyrant flow and the technical micro-manipulation flow are two completely different mental and ideological realms for me, so I have been defeated again and again......"

"The Second Opium War, let China's server completely expose the essence of foreign power and middle cadres, the order of East Asia that has lasted for thousands of years collapsed after the Second Opium War, and the local tyrants couldn't play at all, so that Japan, a second- or third-rate Asian brother, really saw the direction clearly, began to find a way out and became a transfer student, and even finally found a panacea to step on the teacher's head. It can be said that the vane of the Meiji Restoration was actually in China. It's not that the Japanese themselves have any higher consciousness. ”

"Therefore, China, which has been a boss and teacher for thousands of years, has the least way out. It is also the hardest to accept change, either give up on yourself, or continue to work hard and wait for a turnover...... After the Second Opium War, the boss and the teacher were deprived of their qualifications, and in the end they could only choose the self-improvement of 'Chinese style and Western use', which although they did not admit it, but had to compromise with fate. This kind of compromise reform is destined to be nothing more than a superficial thing, but ideologically it is still an unwilling, stubborn, and backward attitude. However, countries such as Japan and South Korea can change themselves without hesitation. Leaving Asia and joining Europe...... Even in the 21st century, we have learned too much about Western things, but we are still obsessed with the injustice of fate. Because this historical throne is really used to sitting on it, it is difficult to give up for thousands of years, and it should grow on its own ass to be scientific. Chongyang is not necessarily wrong, but flattery is absolutely undeserved. But why these two words are used together most of the time is actually a contradictory expression of inner struggle. ”

"Now, Da Ming is the boss of this server, and other vassals of small countries can admit defeat lightly and change their ways, but Da Ming can't. As long as the power of Da Ming is still there. hasn't fallen for a day, this server is still the world of Daming, and all petty bourgeoisie, otaku, and ** silk still have to crawl at the feet of Daming. In the face of foreign enemies, Daming is the real fighter for his life! Transferred to the interior of the Ming Empire, Emperor Chongzhen is the local tyrant boss of this server. Others can admit defeat lightly. Change the doorway, but he can't. So he could only delete the number and hang himself. And ministers can participate in the change of dynasty. ”

Su Zining grabbed the shotgun beside him and gestured at the forest in the distance, imitating a gunshot in his mouth.

"Over the years, we have been discussing the relationship between the country and the Ming Dynasty, and even the future of the Ming Dynasty. Wanting to gain a foothold in the East to show a sense of superiority, thinking about being a teacher to improve the Ming Dynasty, thinking about operating on this nation, but wanting to maintain the traditional dignity of that land with a historical complex, this in itself is the most nonsense self-contradiction that cannot be discussed. Insist on your own strength, is to challenge the position of the Ming Dynasty, we do not consider ourselves the little brother, destined to be the hostile object of the Ming Dynasty! Therefore, we are unconsciously like Japan, South Korea, and Singapore in later generations, but on the surface of the oriental cultural attributes, in essence, we have broken away from Asia and entered Europe or established our own doors. On the surface, the oriental blood and culture are scattered, but they are still covered by the oriental boss as a number of classics and forget their ancestors. We have a historical complex, and it is just a matter of pretending to be a 'big belly' and not caring about this hat, the key is our descendants? ”

"I said back then, you support the Oriental Union Group to develop the Far East, expand the layout of interests in the Far East, and tie the country to the Far East, which is a double-edged sword in itself, because it will involuntarily make the people and our descendants sprout the ambition and ** to continue to expand in the East. If you don't want to give birth to these things too early, don't let the country really get involved, and your thinking about the East must consider the possible consequences, and don't go into the deep water area lightly. ”

"The use of the proxy model, on the one hand, is to safeguard our interests in the East, and on the other hand, is it not a compromise method to achieve the spread of the nation and replace our foothold in the East? From this point of view, it is the easiest for us to do. At least, the enemy that the Ming Dynasty needs to regenerate should not be us in the short term. ”

"Yan Xiaosong, we all have to think clearly, we want to change the Ming Dynasty, but that oriental tyrant boss and teacher...... There are many ways to decide whether China's peripheral forces will rise or not, but the Ming version of 'Chinese style and Western use' is an inevitably painful process, and the internal destruction will be far greater than that of the surrounding brothers. In later generations, I don't know how many pots and pans have been smashed in China, how many wolves have been lured into the house, and the pain is so painful that we can still clearly feel it now. Even this pain is brought back to the 17th century on the wings of crossing, still tormenting our hearts, always looking for an outlet. ”

"In the future, no matter how difficult it is, even if there is sadness, even if there is tragedy, self-improvement and self-reliance are necessary, this is the inevitable fate that it wants to continue to be the leader of the East and compete with the outside world, but now it is we who are worried about it...... History is being changed, whether the Ming Dynasty wants it or not, it can't escape the fate of being changed, but I really don't want to live to see the Chinese and American warships and cannons blasting open the country of that stubborn land decades later! Therefore, in our lifetime, in the choice of changing the Ming Dynasty and the spread of the nation, I am more inclined to the latter, that sense of national achievement may be too hypocritical, but it is pure and will not bring me any psychological burden. ”

After Su Zining finished speaking, the expression on his face was already stagnant.

"You have your own choices, but most people are actually avoiding multiple-choice questions, I understand......" Yan Xiaosong suddenly felt a little bored, and threw away the shotgun beside him.

"What are you doing, the two of you are lying there chattering, come and eat!"

In the distance, Yuan Xinyi and Caterina had already brought the children together, but only Yan Shuming and Su Fangqi were missing. Looking again, I saw that in the middle of the small lake, two figures in a small boat were still leisurely. The woman is dignified and ladylike, and the man is diligent and gentlemanly.

"The labor-management daughter is still on your son's thief ship......" Su Zining's expression suddenly changed, and he gritted his teeth.

Forest and lake, flowers, birds, beasts, blue sky and white clouds, two families of more than a dozen people are enjoying a rare summer trip by the lake.