Episode 66 Infighting

Xiang Xiaoqiang just persuaded Zhu Yourong and said that we still don't want to add this kind of clause.

Shen Rongxuan thought for a moment and said slowly:

"Actually...... Nor is it impossible to include such a clause in the conditions of negotiation. Whether it can be added or not depends on how we look at it. ”

Everyone was stunned and looked at him. Zhu Yourong's eyes lit up, and he also looked at Shen Rongxuan. She really wanted to add them.

Shen Rongxuan says:

"With regard to clauses such as 'open media' and 'freedom of movement,' we do not expect the Qing court to truly accept and implement them, but this does not prevent us from proposing them as clauses. On the premise that the Qing court did not accept it, although we could not use this to shake the foundation of the Qing court's rule, it had several immediate effects. The first is that we immediately stand on the moral high ground. Although it was not effective militarily, it was very good politically.

"Everyone has also seen that the Northern Qing Dynasty has been 'accusing' us in the League of Nations, saying that we took the initiative to provoke a war and violated many international conventions. For example, undeclared war, such as the use of incendiary weapons, such as the combat method of 'throwing explosives with aircraft', which is actually bombing, and our "Save Civilians Order", and so on. Seriously, we have really violated the relevant provisions of the Geneva International Conventions. Now the Northern Qing Dynasty called for the expulsion of the Ming Dynasty from the League of Nations, demanded that the League of Nations impose sanctions on the Ming Dynasty, and take collective military action against the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, for this request of the Northern Qing Dynasty, the vast majority of countries voted against it and sided with the Ming Dynasty. Among the six permanent members of the Executive Yuan of the League of Nations, only the Soviet Union and Japan abstained, which can be regarded as saying that they are on the side of the Northern Qing Dynasty without tearing up their faces with the Ming Dynasty. Among the 11 non-permanent members, except for the two 'concerned countries' in the Ming and Qing dynasties, who did not participate in the vote, the other 9 all voted against it and sided with the Ming Dynasty. Of the dozens of remaining rank-and-file member states, only a few small Latin American dictatorships, such as Paraguay, openly sided with the Northern Qing Dynasty. Other countries are also on the side of the Ming Dynasty. Including the Netherlands, which had just finished the war with us, also voted against the Northern Qing Dynasty this time. ”

Foreign Minister He Ziguang said with a smile:

"Hehe, it doesn't vote, it will be despised by the whole of Europe. …… Yesterday, just after reading the newspapers, the representative of the Soviet Union came out and told reporters that they had been blockaded by the imperialist coalition all along, and that the result of such a vote was the result of the whole world uniting to isolate the Soviet Union, and he himself was not surprised. …… He said that he believed that the League of Nations was a noble institution, and he also believed that the majority of the Member States and Mr. Delegates, were also noble. But the nobler it is, the easier it is to be deceived by meanness.

The representative of the Northern Qing Dynasty, he reminded the world that the Ming Dynasty's attack on the Northern Qing Dynasty was not at all to liberate the people, but to plunder land resources and improve its own strategic posture. He said that judging a person cannot be based on what he says, but also by what he does. The same is true of judging a country and an army. He said, Everywhere the Ming army went, wasn't it still a fire, burning, killing and looting? That's the proof. ”

Shen Rongxuan nodded and said:

"He was probably referring to the liquidation of the government by the local people."

Hearing Shen Rongxuan say this, Xiang Xiaoqiang felt that he couldn't sit still, he couldn't pretend to be stupid anymore, and he had to take the initiative to express himself.

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded and said very sincerely:

"Well, what Shen Ge Lao said is right, many of them have evolved into indiscriminate robbery by taking the opportunity. We used to put too much emphasis on the speed of the march, and after annihilating the Qing army, we would continue to advance, and we didn't pay much attention to many things on the ground. Now that the offensive has stopped, it is true that the management of the occupied territories must be taken seriously. ”

Shen Rongxuan heard that he had already said something, so he glanced at him, nodded, and motioned for He Ziguang to continue.

He Ziguang nodded and said:

That's what he was referring to. However, he did not mention at all that this was a spontaneous reckoning act of the people, and only said that 'the place where the Ming army passed was blazing, burning, killing and looting', which was completely to lead the audience to the idea that 'this is all the Ming army burning, killing and looting'. Fortunately, there is not only one newspaper in the world, "Daqing Daily", which is full of lies and is kept by the imperial court, but other newspapers are all private, and other bosses also have to make money to support their families.

Therefore, the Manchu Qing deputies' speeches were also misleading and misleading to the people of the country. …… However, from another point of view, although few people in the world believe that 'the Ming army burned, killed and looted', few people believe that the Ming Dynasty launched the war purely to liberate the people in the north. They believed that the Ming Dynasty fought for land, resources, and strategic posture, and of course, with the liberation of the people in the north.

"So, Your Majesty, everyone's concerns are justified. Of course, all of us know your true thoughts very well, and know that you are purely for the liberation of the people of the north, and not for any land resources. …… Of course, the Ming army was also for the liberation of the people in the north, not for any land resources...... But now that I say this, not only the Northern Qing Dynasty does not believe it, but also few countries in the world believe it. …… Therefore, Shen Ge Lao said that no matter whether the Qing court accepts it or not, we must put it forward publicly. I thought it was very feasible to do so. Now we need that moral card. ”

The more Zhu Yourong listened, the more disappointed he became, put the coffee in his hand on the table, and said:

"Morality is morality, and you play it as a card. Since people don't believe it, what are we still playing this card for? ”

Then, she picked up the napkin and wiped it, threw it back on the plate, stood up and said lightly:

"You decide. I believe in you and respect you. Okay, I'm not mixed up. ”

Then he turned around and walked away.

When Zhu Yourong stood up, a circle of courtiers hurriedly stood up. …… When everyone saw His Majesty walk to the door, he raised his sleeves and quickly wiped his cheeks.

…… Probably crying.

Seeing that His Majesty was angry and left, and maybe even cried angrily, everyone looked at each other. It is all too rare for His Majesty to lose his temper at the Imperial Council.

Several people looked at each other, and then they all sat down slowly, and for a moment no one knew what to say.

Xiang Xiaoqiang knows Zhu Yourong best, and he understands that this girl is stubborn again.

He knew that although Zhu Yourong was a little idealistic, he still had a certain level of looking at international issues, and his mind was not so simple. The main reason is that Zhu Yourong is too serious on this issue, especially the last time I saw it in the riverside observation fort, which stimulated this kind girl too deeply, and made her more firm in the concept of "liberating the people of the Northland" above all else. Now seeing several ministers in front of her, "shamelessly" playing the people of the Northland she cares about the most as a card, playing with their future like a card, this kind girl's bottom line has been broken.

Shen Rongxuan looked around at everyone and sighed:

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is really the luck of Da Ming that we can have such a Majesty. This is a Majesty who truly cares about the happiness of the people. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately nodded in agreement:

"yes, yes. Such a majesty is not easy to find. ”

War Minister Li Gaoting glanced at Xiaoqiang and said:

"Lord Xiang, but we can't count on the national fortunes of a country and the happiness of hundreds of millions of citizens on the virtue of a monarch."

Xiang Xiaoqiang glanced at him, smiled and didn't speak, and drank his coffee. Shen Rongxuan didn't speak, he was also smiling, picking up the coffee and drinking it.

Zhang Zhaoxian said slowly:

"Lord Li, what do you mean, one day Your Majesty is no longer so virtuous, don't you mean?"

Li Gaoting said lightly:

"I didn't say that. What this minister means is that if His Majesty lives long after the thousand...... Or just in case one day, Your Majesty can't decide for himself...... So what to do. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart sank, and he immediately understood that Li Gaoting was alluding to himself. What is "Long live Your Majesty", that is just talking, Zhu Yourong is now a big girl in her twenties, her body is great, and she is still early from "Long Live Qianqiu". What this guy wants to say is that if one day he is marrying Xiaoqiang or being a secret lover of Ming Media, anyway, he will "confuse His Majesty", and confuse Zhu Yourong as a whole, and at that time he has military power in his hands and controls the empress, then the whole Ming Dynasty is not his Xiang Xiaoqiang.

Xiang Xiaoqiang also knew that this concern had existed among the ministers for a long time, not for a day or two. But now that the war is going on, both the civil and military sides have been stopped for a long time, and they are unanimously in the foreign period, why did Li Gaoting suddenly come up with such a sentence at this time? Did he say it himself or was it instructed by Shen Rongxuan? If Shen Rongxuan instructed it, it would not be very smart to pick it at this time.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty had a good tradition, that is, when facing foreign enemies, there was generally no internal strife. This is also what has been forced to "evolve" under the serious threat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years. That is, "forced" out. Otherwise, Nanming would have been wiped out like the Southern Song Dynasty. Chinese love infighting, which can be said to be a "side effect" of the long-term state of great unification. Westerners do not have much infighting, or they do not like infighting as much as Chinese, because Europe has been in a multinational state for a long time, and the danger of multinational status mainly comes from the outside. Ethnic groups and nations that were fond of infighting were quickly eliminated.

However, China's long-term unification lacks external enemies, and the danger mainly comes from within. In this way, you must be able to play scheming, and those who can't play scheming will soon be eliminated. The so-called "liking infighting" means liking to play scheming. The struggle against foreign enemies is not called "conspiracy", but at most "strategy" or "strategy". Only by fighting with one's own people can it be called power scheme, and there is an additional word "power". There are pros and cons to everything, and the state of great unification is no exception. Its advantage is that it allows the people to live more in stability, prosperity and abundance, and more wealth and energy are used for non-war purposes, so that the great classical civilization can be accumulated. And the formation of a great classical civilization, long-term unification is a necessary condition. But the disadvantage is that after a long time, people will become servile, cynical, cowardly, lack of blood, and like infighting. There is no way to do this, and it doesn't matter who is good and who is bad, it is just a different result in the process of social evolution.

But Xiang Xiaoqiang has been in Daming for so long, and he feels that the confrontation state of nearly three hundred years is not without benefits, at least in his opinion, in the current Ming society, the tradition of "internal strife" is not as strong as that of later generations. This is also the result of more than two hundred years of competition. Nanming survived and did not become the Southern Song Dynasty. Since it can survive, its people must have evolved some good things and eliminated some harmful things.

Now that the Minister of War is suddenly making a difficulty-yes, in Xiang Xiaoqiang's opinion, this is making a difficulty-he is making trouble at this time, if it is instigated by Shen Rongxuan, then the time is really not good, and there will not be much support in the civil and military dynasties.

Sure enough, hearing Li Gaoting's last sentence, Shen Rongxuan looked a little annoyed, glanced at Li Gaoting, frowned, and said:

"Master Li, your words are excessive. Your Majesty is still young, how can you talk about 'long live the thousand autumns'? What is 'not being able to make your own decisions'? What are you thinking again, Lord Li? Your Majesty's private affairs are decided by Your Majesty himself, and we are not tabloid reporters as courtiers, so what kind of discussion is it? ”

Li Gaoting probably didn't expect Shen Rongxuan to be so faceless, his face was ugly, he made an iron face, nodded and said:

"What the elder said is that the lower officials are also worried about Sheji, and their speech is abrupt."

Shen Rongxuan nodded, looked at the crowd again, and said:

"In that case, since Your Majesty respects our decision, then we have decided. Clauses are added to the following negotiations. Do you have any opinions? …… Do you have any opinions, generals? …… No? Okay, that's it. ”

He stood up, and then all the people got up. Everyone smiled at each other and followed Shen Rongxuan out of the breakfast room one after another.

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