Chapter 660: Discussion on Tokushima City and Other Aspects (2)

"Perhaps, I'm a slow man in some inconsequential ways, and I know it. www.biquge.info Feng Longde shrugged his shoulders and replied, then took his own chocolate ice cream, held the plastic spoon in his right hand and began to scoop and eat it spoonful.

"Uncle Feng, it seems that you are still very self-aware......" Seeing Feng Longde answer like this, Hatsune Miku said helplessly. After spending some time with Feng Longde, a straightforward Teutonic man, Hatsune Miku found that he usually seemed to be quite serious and stereotyped and rarely spoken, but when it came to talking about some history, In terms of knowledge or mutual interests and hobbies, this Teutonic strong man or German macho man with a tendency to facial paralysis will become a lot more cheerful, even if the hard-lined uncle's face still looks stiff enough, but Hatsune Miku can keenly find that Feng Longde, who started chatting and is interested in it, feels more natural and relaxed than usual, "Sometimes Uncle Feng, you still have to be careful not to be so dull!" Otherwise, it's easy to miss something or delay something, Uncle Feng, do you know?"

"That's ......" Feng Longde nodded, he knew very well that he occasionally had a dull reaction, but when this situation occurred, it was often in a state where he was really relaxed, and he would never be too lax in serious occasions and doing business, otherwise it would be a big trouble if he really delayed things, "I'll pay attention to this, Hatsune Miku." ”

"Uncle Feng many times, you just react too slowly, otherwise Uncle Feng, you are obviously a very smart man, why can't you always notice something......" Looking at Feng Longde, who looked a little curious on his face, Hatsune Miku sighed and said, she even had some doubts about whether Feng Longde, a tough guy with five big and three thick, still had a hidden natural stupid attribute, otherwise even if he changed to the type of cold male god, even if Zhenji could understand her feelings, but Feng Longde, the Teutonic uncle, was ...... Alas, it's all tears when you talk too much......

"What do you notice?" Feng Longde scratched his head with his left hand in confusion, he really didn't understand what Hatsune Miku meant by that sentence, could it be that he had overlooked something?

It seems like...... I didn't forget to bring my wallet, mobile phone, or house keys when I came out today, right?

“...... Forget it, Uncle Feng, it's also very good for you to talk like this now, at least Uncle Feng, you are very straightforward, and you won't have any bad ideas and bad intentions. Hatsune Miku waved his hand, and at the same time added in his heart: "Sometimes, I hope Uncle Feng you have any bad ideas or bad intentions......

"If it's hot, do you want to continue eating ice cream?" Not knowing what the onion girl in front of him was thinking in his heart, Feng Longde asked casually after eating half of his chocolate ice cream, mainly because he saw that Hatsune Miku's strawberry ice cream hadn't started to eat yet, and some parts had melted, "Your portion has begun to melt." ”

"Oh, oh, thank you for the reminder, Uncle Feng!" Hatsune Miku noticed that his strawberry ice cream that had not yet moved was really beginning to melt, so he quickly picked up the plastic spoon and took a small bite, not forgetting to thank him during the process.

"Nothing. Feng Longde shrugged.

When Hatsune Miku took a few bites of her own strawberry ice cream, Feng Longde got up and bought two large cups of Pepsi Cola filled with some ice cubes, inserted the straw and brought them back, and put them in front of himself and Hatsune Miku: regular drinks in fast food restaurants such as KFC or McDonald's will be more or less mixed with water, if you order more ice cubes for the sake of ice, it is easy to reduce the amount of the drink because of the volume of the ice cubes themselves and further dilute the concentration of the drink itself after the ice cubes melt, and you will always feel that the water is drawn when you drink it, so Feng Longde specially instructed when ordering these two large cups of Pepsi that only two ice cubes are needed for each cup, Otherwise, he might as well use his sprinting ability to run out to the latest store and buy two bottles of normal drinks that had just been taken out of the freezer and showed some signs of freezing.

"Alas, it would be nice if Caroline was around, she could use water magic to transform liquids at room temperature or even high temperature into a frozen state in just a moment......" Thinking of these things in the soul heart, Feng Longde ate his half-eaten chocolate ice cream and most of the rest melted almost the same, picked up the napkin on the table and wiped the corners of his mouth clean, and then continued to speak: "So...... Hatsune Miku, what else do you want to know about Tokushima City?"

"Hmm......" After hearing Feng Longde's question, Hatsune Miku swallowed the strawberry ice cream in his small mouth, licked his lips quickly, and then replied to Feng Longde: "By the way, Uncle Feng, you have been telling me about the history of Tokushima City from ancient times to the present...... But I'm a little surprised, it seems that Tokushima City, as well as many other coastal cities in China, was once the first city in China to open its doors to the outside world, either actively or passively, right?"

"That's right, that's it, Hatsune Miku. Feng Longde nodded and affirmed Hatsune Miku's question, "At that time, the European and American invaders or colonists paid more attention to commercial interests, so they naturally fell more in love with coastal cities with superior geographical environment......

"Uh-huh, Uncle Feng, that's what I meant!" After listening to what Feng Longde said, Hatsune Miku nodded frequently in response.

In terms of the ability to speak, Uncle Teuton, who knows a lot more about history and humanities than most ordinary Chinese people, is naturally simple and easy to understand, so Hatsune Miku can easily understand what Feng Longde wants to express, and can also understand Feng Longde's personal preferences and his own cognitive habits.

"Uncle Feng, I remember that Japan was invaded by Europe and the United States at the same time as China during the Qing Dynasty, right?" When Feng Longde began to suck Pepsi Cola, which was half-iced by ice cubes, Hatsune Miku suddenly thought of this historical situation that few people would notice, and asked him curiously, "And if I remember correctly, China and Japan also started the process of learning from Europe and the United States at about the same time...... Why, then, did China have a bumpy road and defeat after defeat, while Japan, after a short period of setbacks, sang all the way and finally took the initiative to abolish all the unequal treaties and become one of the great powers of the world? Although I can rarely recall this situation...... But it's true that when I think about it occasionally, it's still quite strange and concerned, Uncle Feng, you know history very well, you should be able to answer my questions, right?"

"I don't dare to say that I can explain this in great detail, but at least it can be relatively detailed and fair. Feng Longde thought for a while and nodded and said, he usually chatted with Weisk and the others, as well as Zhu Henghong and some other Teutonic grassroots commanders or Teutonic soldiers who used to be human beings in the outside world, and he really didn't expect that Hatsune Miku, the V family singer whose main hobby is singing and dancing, would also be interested in these things, but if you think about it carefully, it will be relieved: creating songs requires good background themes and inspiration, and these are not things that can be obtained by falling from the sky out of thin air or thinking wildly,Naturally, Hatsune Miku and other V singers have more or less different interests and hobbies.,For example, history, which can find a lot of suitable and pleasing background themes, it must be their general concern.,Otherwise, it's difficult to sing the charm of many of the classic songs they sing that are related to historical figures or historical events.。

"Can you tell me more about that, Uncle Feng?" Hatsune Miku asked, tilting her little head, blinking her big, bright green eyes.

"Done. Feng Longde spread his hands and made a noncommittal motion, and then considered how to explain the sentence in more detail before continuing to speak: "Anyone who has studied the most basic modern history knows that Japan's Meiji Restoration was a success, and it enabled Japan to move from being closed to the outside world to opening up and introducing new people, from hierarchical rule to constitutional politics, from poverty and backwardness to a rich and strong country, and thus became one of the world powers at that time...... At the same time, anyone who knows the history of the same period in modern times will also know that the Wuxu Reform of the late Qing Dynasty in China was a failure, and this failure was not only manifested in the short life span - only one hundred and three days, at most only three and a half months, all of which are also called the 100-day Restoration...... The most important thing, however, is that the Wuxu Reform did not shake the fundamental system of the time in the slightest, and almost completely did not cause even the slightest substantial change in the society of the late Qing Dynasty....... Almost the same political goals, political demands, social conditions, cultural backgrounds, and paths of reform, Japan's Meiji Restoration was successful, while China's Wuxu Reform ended in failure...... There are too many similarities between the two, but there is only one difference, and that is the result. ”

"Well, it seems that this is really the case......" Listening to Feng Longde's narration, Hatsune Miku nodded slowly, "I still know a little bit about the Meiji Restoration in Japan, after all, I was born in Japan~ But what is the situation of the Wuxu Reform in the late Qing Dynasty in China? Uncle Feng? Why are there so many similarities between Japan's Meiji Restoration and the Wuxu Reform in the late Qing Dynasty, such as the fact that they both implemented the constitutional road from top to bottom in a state of poverty and weakness to save the country and survive, and they are both Eastern cultures with little difference in cultural background, and can even be said to be in the Chinese-type cultural circle, but the results are completely different?"

"There are so many factors to consider in this regard: geography, ideological traditions, the balance of power between the conservatives and the reformers, or the power of the military and the composition of the nation, all of which need to be taken into account...... But even so, in fact, there will be some personal subjective bias, which is unavoidable. Feng Longde shrugged his shoulders and replied, he rarely has such an in-depth discussion with people in terms of history, that is, with Weisk and other sworn friends of his own family, after all, in these years, the proportion of guys who can't talk about history fairly but is mixed with too many so-called national sentiments that don't go out of their minds or don't follow logic is too high, and Feng Longde doesn't have the leisure time to correct their three views one by one, if they really encounter it, it is also a way to deal with it if they can be killed and never disabled, "I have to admit that China and Japan are two' In terms of the form of government, the goal of the Restoration was to move towards a constitutional path – although neither country was initially identified, but it was an inevitable consequence of the reform of the political system...... Since Hatsune Miku knows a little bit about Japan, let me first talk about the Meiji Restoration in Japan: Japan in the mid-19th century followed in the footsteps of the late Qing Dynasty and was bullied by the European and American powers. Like the Qing Dynasty government, Japan's Tokugawa shogunate also practiced a policy of seclusion and seclusion for a long time, and even it began to implement the policy of seclusion and seclusion in China at the end of the Ming Dynasty; in the early 19th century, Britain, Russia, the United States and other countries began to send envoys to Japan to demand the opening of ports and trade, but all of them were rejected by the Tokugawa shogunate. In March 1852, in order to open the door to Japan, the United States appointed Perry as commander of the East India Fleet, and on July 8, he led the East India Fleet to the waters off the coast of Uraga in Japan, causing panic among the officers and men of the Japanese coastal guards. On the 14th of July, Perry landed with more than 300 American officers and men, fully armed, to clear the trade, while behind them were four black warships lined up, their guns glaring at the shore like the cold eyes of giant beasts...... After a period of exaggeration, Perry threw down the phrase 'Come next spring to hear the answer' and turned away, and in the spring of the following year, Perry arrived as scheduled, and this time he was accompanied by seven black warships and 500 heavily armed American soldiers, and the momentum was even stronger than last year...... In view of the strong neighbors who have been worshiped by themselves for thousands of years, the Qing Dynasty has long been defeated by the European and American powers, and the Japanese shogunate did not dare to rashly start a war with the American army, so it had to give in and invite Perry to the negotiating table. On 31 March 1854, the two sides signed the "Japan-US Treaty of Amity" in Kanagawa, which stipulated that Japan would open the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to the United States, that the United States could establish consulates in the two ports, and that Japan would grant the United States the most-favored-nation status. In June 1858, the United States forced Japan to sign the "Japan-US Treaty of Reconciliation and Commerce," stipulating that Japan would open to the United States five ports, including Kanagawa and Nagasaki, as well as the two cities of Edo and Osaka, and grant Americans the right of residence and the right of residing as ministers and consuls in the places where the ports were opened, and that nongovernmental trade between the two sides would not be restricted in any way, and that the US envoys in Japan would have consular jurisdiction. Subsequently, the Netherlands, Russia, Britain, France and other countries also signed the "Trade Treaty" with Japan, and obtained a series of colonial privileges such as the right to trade freedom, the right to tariff agreement, and the right to consular jurisdiction. Since then, Japan's national sovereignty has been seriously damaged, and it has entered a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and its national industry, handicraft industry, and agriculture have been severely impacted, and the market has fallen into complete chaos and prices have risen rapidly. The lives of the people at the bottom of Japanese society are struggling, and incidents such as rebellion and xenophobia have emerged one after another, and society is completely in turmoil, and the lives of both the upper and lower classes have suffered earth-shaking changes. ”