After a while, Tojo Kurasuke was led by someone and came to the front.

It turned out that after Tojo had seen Liu Yedao and Liu Zhisi in Shenzhou, he thought that it was too early to return to Beijing, so he rode all the way to the north, carefully observing the people's conditions along the way. He arrived in Hejian the day before yesterday, had already quietly inspected Hejian for two days, and was about to return to Beijing.

When the old people saw each other, they sighed. Kurasuke Tojo said: "Twenty-five years ago, I went to see my husband, and the past was like yesterday. I think that at the beginning, my husband taught me a lot and benefited me for the rest of my life, and Kurusuke is very grateful. ”

Puyun smiled and said: "The past is like smoke, Tojo-kun is also nearly fifty years old, and I heard that he is now serving as the counselor of the embassy, which is promising, and it is gratifying." ”

Then, Puyun introduced Tojo Kurasuke, Li Keding, and Lu Wan to each other, saying that Li Lu and Lu are both studying in Beijing now, and they happened to return to Hema during the holidays, and they met Tojo-kun, which was also fate. Then, everyone sat down, and Puyun asked people to serve tea again.

Tojo Kurasuke looked at Li Lu and the others, both talented and good-looking, and praised them: "Seeing the two of them, I feel even more fearful, the one who comes will definitely surpass the present people, and the great responsibility of China is already a successor." ”

Li Keding and Lu Wan said modestly: "Mr. Counselor has a good reputation, we are only shallow in learning, where can we take on a big responsibility, I hope Mr. will give me more advice." ”

After each of them finished greetings, Puyun asked, "Tojo-kun went to the gate of my Confucian Temple today, I don't know what you are doing?" ”

Tojo Kurasuke smiled, and said with a sparkle in his small eyes: "I just passed by here, and I knew that Mr. was here to cultivate, so I came to meet him, and by the way, I asked a question to solve my doubts." ”

Puyun has gone through vicissitudes of life and knows people's hearts well, looking at Tojo Kurasuke's expression, he doesn't seem to ask for advice, but instead has a point to express, so he said: "Tojo-kun has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, you don't have to be polite." ”

Tojo Kurasuke saw that Puyun saw through his fake politeness, and secretly thought that Puyun was well-informed after all, and he had read countless people, and he also blamed me for my own lack of cultivation, and there were always clues revealed in my heart, and I needed to pay attention to it in the future. Thinking of this, Tojo Kurasuke slowly drank two sips of tea to make his mood reach the most peaceful state, and then said: "I came out of Beijing this time, and took a trip to Tianjin, Shenzhou, and Hejian, and the investigation of more than ten days made me see that the land of China contains a huge power of change, and I am glad that this ancient empire is finally going to take on a new look." However, on the eve of change, it is difficult to determine where to go from here, in my opinion. At present, Yuan Shikai is called the emperor and restructured, and it seems that it will not last long. How to go next, I think Mr. Puyun is already clear, I would like to hear Mr. teachings, and I hope that Mr. will not hesitate to give advice. ”

Puyun saw that he deliberately quoted words, he wanted to test himself and let Tojo express his thoughts as soon as possible for Kurasuke, Puyun waved his hand and said: "Tojo-kun, I can't hide it, how to go next, I haven't thought it clearly, I don't know what Tojo-kun thinks?" ”

Kurasuke Tojo said: "I have thought about this problem, and in the current China, various trends of thought are rising, and it is difficult to reach unification, which is also the main reason for the large number of factions in China. If this continues, I am afraid that it will lead to the disintegration of the country, so we must first unify our thinking and reach a mainstream consensus before we can have national unity and stability. ”

Puyun asked again: "How to unify thoughts, and under which kind of thoughts?" ”

Tojo Kurasuke said: "This problem was also encountered by the Meiji Emperor of Great Japan at the beginning, and because of the rough approach, a consensus was finally reached in Great Japan, which led to the rapid rise of Great Japan." As for today's China, I think that, just as Japan was in the pre-Meiji Restoration period, it was entirely possible to learn from Japan's experience and go in the right direction without having to explore it yourself. ”

Seeing this, Li Keding knew that the master did not want to talk about this, so he asked Tojo Kurasuke: "Mr. Counselor, can Japanese thought take root in China and flourish?" ”

Kurasuke Tojo was very conceited and said, "Of course I can, I am full of confidence in this." As long as we are committed to this, we will be able to successfully change Chinese culture and change China. ”

Lu Wan couldn't help but ask Tojo: "Since Mr. Counselor said so, then the first thing, what should we do?" ”

"It's simple. In order to establish new ideas, the first thing is to break with old ideas. Tojo Kurasuke began to talk about it, "The world is so big, resources are limited, and the great powers are all competing for it, for example, at present, the European countries, divided into two camps, launched a world war, and now it has been fought for a year, and it is far from over." In order for China to be strong, it must also control the corresponding resources, which is a tiger's mouth, and the strength of any country in the East alone cannot compete with the Western powers. Therefore, I believe that the East must be integrated in order to defeat the West, to obtain the corresponding development resources, and finally surpass the West and become a great East Asia worthy of the name. ”

"Haha..." Li Keding couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Counselor, please forgive me for being rude." I am afraid that your name is in line with the truth, I am afraid that it is wishful thinking, China has its own Chinese culture, the country has its own national boundaries, and Mr. Counselor's theory of integration is big, and I am afraid that it is just a mirror that cannot be realized. ”

Kurasuke Tojo saw that Li Keding did not understand, and explained: "If the East does not integrate, it will always be subject to the West, because the East is inferior in terms of access to resources." And the integration of the East, there is no one who leads whom, just like the ancestors of China, Emperor Yan and Emperor Huangdi, the two major tribes fused together, so that there was a powerful China, and the civilization has not been destroyed for thousands of years, which is covered by this. ”

"Mr. Counsellor proposes integration, which naturally includes the integration of China and Japan, but if China is unwilling to integrate with Japan, what does Mr. Counsellor think?" Li Keding asked again.

"For the benefit of the whole East, integration is imperative." Tojo Kurasuke said in a resolute tone, "At the beginning, Yanhuang also had the Battle of Hanquan, and it turned out that the Battle of Hanquan was a great achievement. On the road to integration in the East, I think even if there is a war, it will be worth it. ”

This is already a naked declaration of war, but it is dressed in the cloak of integration, Lu Wan was unconvinced when he heard it, so he said: "I'm afraid that Mr. Counselor's ideal is just a dream, who can win the war and who can lose?" Judging from the size of China and Japan, even if it is integrated, I am afraid that Japan will be integrated into China. ”

"As long as there is integration, it will be mutual, and of course it will also include Japan's integration into China." Tojo Kurasuke said, "But China is seriously backward, not only backward in the system, but also backward in thought, and there is a big gap between it and modern civilization, so in the process of integration, it is often the advanced civilization that can be preserved, and the advanced civilization is not a certain ethnic group, but the Chinese nation and the Yamato nation can absorb it." ”

"So Mr. Counselor is preparing for this integration when he understands China and the ideology and culture of the Chinese?" Li Keding asked.