59. Shenzhou competition: their own abacus
Tojo Kurasuke is also fighting the idea of the Shenzhou Confucian Temple, Liu Zhisi is afraid that the second uncle will not be able to get off the Japanese ship, and Liu Yedao currently knows very little about the Japanese, and he has no clear idea of Tojo Kurasuke's intentions, so he analyzed for him and said: "Tojo Kurasuke is lobbiing around in China under the banner of Oriental Co-prosperity, which is actually peddling his ideas and disintegrating the ideas of the Chinese people, so we can't be fooled by him." Although he promised to donate 5,000 oceans, I blackmailed him, and it would not be necessary to demolish the Temple of Literature. However, the second uncle must be careful, Tojo Kurasuke's donation to Shenzhou must be recorded in the account of the construction of Shenzhou National Elementary School. And the materials demolished from the Confucian Temple were used for the construction of primary schools, so the demolition of the Confucian Temple was only a part of the construction of national primary schools. We have to thank Tojo Kurasuke, although he harbors evil intentions, but this 5,000 yuan is a real wealth, enough to buy surplus materials, labor money, tables, chairs and benches, teaching aids and teaching materials, and even the teacher's salary in the first two years, as for his evil intentions, let's not let him release it, that is. Second uncle, it is important to remember that after receiving this donation, it should not be included in the demolition of the Temple of Literature, but should be recorded in the major project of building the school, and the Finance Department should also pay attention to this when giving Tojo Kurasuke a receipt, so as to avoid leaving him with a false pretense and leaving hidden dangers. ”
"Okay, I've got this one figure." Liu Yedao still didn't quite understand Tojo Kurasuke's original intention, and asked Liu Zhisi: "With such a large capital under Tojo, is what he does for the sake of an oriental common prosperity?" ”
Yanagi didn't scoff at Tojo Kurasuke, thinking that he took ambition as ambition, but he was too greedy, so he said to Yanagi Yedao: "Tojo Kurasuke is just flying a beautiful flag, in essence, to make theoretical foreshadowing for Japan's domination of the East, or to seek a kind of ideological support, just like a person who wants to cross the sea, when he sees a leaf of reed, he really believes that he can 'sail with a reed', in fact, the reed is no different from a straw, and sooner or later he will sink in the ocean with them." ”
Yanagi didn't pay much attention to the Japanese, and after listening to what Yanagi said, he thought to himself, why should Tojo Kurasuke? If a good counselor doesn't do it, what good will it do him to do these things? Yanagi believed that it was unprofitable and could not afford to be early, so he asked Yanagi: "Isn't it thankless for Tojo to do these things?" What is his vision? ”
Liu Zhisi knew that the second uncle just wanted to be an official, as for the rest, he didn't care, but at the moment in Tianjin, people from all over the world, all kinds of people gathered, if you can't recognize these, the second uncle's road to rise in the future will be automatically blocked, so he said to Liu Yedao: "Second uncle, people in this world, some people are concentrating on doing things, some people are walking in front of people doing things, and these people are the disseminators of ideas." For example, Confucius and Mencius in those years, missionaries in the West, etc. Japan is no exception, and they are competing with each other in various currents of thought, especially if Japan wants to become a great power that dominates the world like the European powers, it must expand. But how is Japan expanding? Only by force, which is the stupidest method, ideology and culture, is the most effective weapon, and this is the value of Tojo Kurasuke to many Japanese people. Maybe Tojo Kurasuke and what they want to establish in the East is not the Japanese Empire, but at least the Great Japanese Federation, this is his fundamental purpose, I think his source of funds, there must be someone behind the back, they have a black heart of wealth, big dreams of annexing the East, let's not blackmail him, blackmail whom? Besides, now that he has traveled all over China, apart from us, Tojo Kurasuke can't find another person who dares to demolish the Temple of Literature, so he can only choose to cooperate with us. It is not difficult to understand that Tojo Kurasuke's interests are appealing, he wants to set a precedent in Shenzhou first, so as to facilitate them to lobby in various places, so as to continuously demolish the Confucian temples in various places, so as to attack Confucianism and introduce their Japanese ideas. Judging from this angle, the value of our use this time is immeasurable, as long as he is a small 5,000 oceans, it can be regarded as cheaper for these Japanese. ”
Liu Yedao secretly thought that the Japanese could have such a big appetite, and he couldn't believe that a small Japan would want to swallow the East, isn't this a snake swallowing an elephant? It's just obsessive. Let's let them daydream, I will first cheat Japan out of some money, build Shenzhou National Primary School, and get some political achievements, which is the most important, so he said: "Your analysis, the second uncle understands, the Japanese think beautifully, do their spring and autumn dreams, let's take advantage of them by the way, it should be, how much compensation the Japanese have received from us, it makes people angry when they think about it." ”
Liu Yedao remembered the Xinchou Treaty, and he was angry, hating the incompetence of the court in the first day of the first day, and hating the stupidity of the Qing court for a hundred years, and it was inevitable that his face would be angry. Liu Zhisi saw that the second uncle was instantly happy and angry, and secretly said that this temperament is really difficult to change, and hurriedly comforted Liu Yedao and said: "Second uncle, why are you so angry, the gentleman is ashamed and brave, and then he is angry and strong, the Japanese were the first to drink, and the old empire was shocked, if you can study seriously in the future, not arrogant, not sad, only a generation, we can surpass Japan." ”
"Oh, beyond Japan?" Liu Ye Dao still asked in disbelief.
Liu Zhisi smiled and said, "Why is it difficult to surpass Japan? As long as we wait for real reunification, with the size of 400 million people, learn from Britain and the United States, and work hard to make the country strong, not to mention surpassing Japan, even surpassing Britain, it is not a difficult task. However, this is not a problem for us to consider, so let's do what we have at hand first. ”
"Yes, do what you have at hand first." Liu Yedao said with great ambition, "I want to give Shenzhou a new look next year." ”
Seeing that Liu Yedao began to be full of confidence, Liu Zhisi planned for him again and said: "Second uncle might as well make another rally speech, first, to find out the attitude of the people, and second, to summarize the achievements of the year, so that the people know what you have done for them since you took office, so that there will be wider support in the coming year, so that the opponents will be afraid and discouraged." ”
After hearing this, Liu Ye Dao even called wonderful, wonderful, so that he could surrender without a fight, saving a lot of trouble. He arranged the matter of the rally, and planned to make a gorgeous appearance on the 18th day of the lunar month, on the first anniversary of Liu Yedao's inauguration in Shenzhou, to earn a good reputation for himself.
Liu Zhisi was afraid that his second uncle would be impatient in the demolition of the Confucian Temple, but he would not be able to reach it quickly and be self-defeating, so he needed to arrange it for his second uncle first.
The next day, Liu Zhisi came to Wang Buting and asked him who would oppose the demolition of the Confucian Temple to build Shenzhou National Primary School? Wang Buting said that there are no more than two types of people who are likely to oppose in Shenzhou, one is the squire, such as the Confucian family, the Cao family, and the Yan family. As long as these three don't object, things will go well. The other type is a few ruffians, such as Shan Mazi and Li Guizi, who all rely on the market in front of the Temple of Literature to make a living, and the demolition of the Temple of Literature is equivalent to cutting off their financial routes.
Liu Zhisi already knew what to expect, so he asked, in the past year, the land of Kong Caoyan's three families has been verified. Wang Buting said that after verification, the situation of concealment was about: 60% of the Kong family, 50% of the Cao family and 50% of the Yan family, but they were not formally recovered. Liu Zhisi smiled secretly, sure enough, the world is as black as a crow, and the proportion of concealment is basically the same, it seems that this is an unwritten rule, and the government and the people silently recognize it, so there will be such a result. Liu Zhisi then ordered Wang Buting, in the morning, you go to the heads of the three families separately, leak the news of the demolition of the Confucian Temple to them, and find out their reactions. In addition, let someone find out the fault of Shan Mazi again, and reply to me in the afternoon. Wang Buting took the order and left.