Chapter 144: A Wonderful Fate
Modern machinery and equipment are constantly running, even if you encounter a difficult bone will be pierced by the magic dragon blast of the dragon charm, modern industrial technology and ancient mysterious magic are blended with each other, and the original long excavation work has been preliminarily completed in just three days, I have to say that this is a miracle.
According to the practice since ancient times, the mausoleums of the monarchs of the past dynasties were built from the moment they ascended the throne, and then continued until the death of the monarch before the construction was completed, and the mausoleum of the Dragon Emperor can also be regarded as one of the best in the tombs of the emperors of the Chinese dynasties.
Just imagine, if it was two thousand years ago, if you want to organize so many people to excavate, in the absence of modern industrial equipment, no explosives (dragon charms), it is simply incomprehensible, the tomb of the Dragon Emperor should have been safe and sound, only by digging down little by little with a shovel, if too many people are summoned, it will attract official attention, so if you take a small-scale action, you don't want to dig out the tomb of the Dragon Emperor without digging for more than ten or twenty years.
It's just that the ancients who built the mausoleum at that time couldn't have imagined the power of modern technology, how Hafuz and his party relied on modern machinery and the help of a large number of Egyptian laborers in the original book to excavate the Hamna Tower, which was deep in the ground after self-destruction, and now they rely on the same means to excavate the tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
The numb Chinese were at a loss to help William and the foreigners dig up their national treasures, and Jackie Chan had mixed feelings, on the one hand, he was happy for the success of the operation, and on the other hand, he felt heartache for the numbness of his compatriots in this era.
"We'll give you your wages." The red-clothed man from Hafuz and his party said, taking out a large pocket containing money and distributing it to the Chinese participating in the project one by one.
"Thank you, foreigner."
"Thank you, foreigner."
The sound of flattery resounded in the crowd, and the director of the British Museum, Mr. Haftz, looked relaxed and natural, and as an imperialist, he did not feel that there was anything wrong with his actions, which were all aimed at achieving the conquest of the world by their organization.
"Without experiencing the baptism of the War of Resistance Against Japan, this nation has no hope, and it will not be reborn like a phoenix, Jackie Chan, don't mind too much." Dad saw the discomfort in Jackie Chan's heart and said with relief.
This kind of insensitive look makes people feel really uncomfortable to look at.
The Dragon Emperor was an emperor with mixed reviews in textbooks, he was not only the first emperor to unify China, but also the person who caused the absolute monarchy in China for 2,000 years.
Mr. Lu Xun once commented that there are only two eras in China, the era when you want to be a slave but can't, and the era when you temporarily sit firmly as a slave.
After the unification of the country, the monarch and the people are opposed to each other, and all the actions of the monarch are instinctively to maintain their rule, whether it is to build the Great Wall or burn books and pit Confucianism, it is to maintain part of their rule.
Whether it was the Qin Dynasty that used the "Book of Shang Jun" and "Han Feizi" as the guiding ideology of Legalist governance, or the successive dynasties that governed the country with Confucianism, they were actually all the way, and the vitality of the people has always been regarded as a flood beast by the Central Plains Dynasty, and all dynasties used the most meticulous, perfect, and solid autocratic rule to rule the people.
If we want to maintain the traditional Confucian moral and ethical values, we must let the social environment be fixed there forever and never change, otherwise changes in the social environment will inevitably lead to changes in people's thinking and morality.
The Qin Dynasty was the origin of autocracy, and the Qing Dynasty was the pinnacle of autocracy.
The emperor himself can be a good person or a bright monarch, but the authoritarian nature of the emperor himself has already been decided, and the emperor is destined to be a one-man thief.
"Do you want to resurrect the Dragon Emperor?" A young man in a military uniform walked in front of William with a soldier, his face looked a little immature at this time, and his official rank was not large, compared to the big warlord in the third part, he was only a small leader at this time.
The plot of "The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" is already after the end of World War II, China has become one of the five permanent members of the United Nations, because of the aging of Britain and France, so China's voice has been enhanced, so that the British decided to return the Shangri-La Eye to the Chinese official to improve relations between them, but the country is still in a state of division.
"Yes and no." William asked rhetorically.
"My country and my nation have been bullied by foreigners, China has been a big country since the Dragon Emperor ruled the world, a big country has the dignity of a big country, and it must also have the due status of a big country, I don't allow foreigners to show off their might on our land, especially when you dig the tomb of the Dragon Emperor, the Dragon Emperor is the symbol of our country."
The young officer said with indignation, but his gaze was on the Shangri-La Eye in William's hand.
"So what?" William said, "Do you think the resurrection of the Dragon Emperor will solve the problem? At present, the competition between countries and the gap in national strength is the gap between science and technology and civilization, and the competition is also the competition between the people and between the people and between the systems. China is indeed a big country, with a lot of glory, but this is only in the feudal era, now is now in the modern society, the huge energy accumulated since the industrial revolution has completely changed the world, the navigation industry has exploded, the world is small, the earth has become a village, in addition to the wealth of agriculture, the wealth created by industry is like a spring gushing out of the ground, which is far beyond the power of agricultural civilization, this material power can make Britain, a small country, become the world hegemon. ”
"The development of industry and the improvement of agriculture, such as chemical fertilizers, have freed European countries from relying on the sky for food, and the people have become rich, with a free spirit, with a spirit of innovation, so they want to seek more wealth, and in the face of social injustice, they will also put forward their own opinions and lead social change. If China wants to rejuvenate and be brilliant, it must rely on the people, come from the people, and believe in the power of the people, because the competition among the countries of the world is, in the final analysis, the competition between the people and talents of all countries. ”
"What do you mean?" The officer asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Are you stupid, what age are you, you don't engage in capitalism, let alone communism, you don't want to emancipate the people, emancipate your mind, and use the power of the people to transform the world, you actually want to restore feudalism, do you think that if you replace the Xuantong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty with the Dragon Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, the country will be strong? At best, it just makes the entire country and everyone become the slave of the Dragon Emperor alone. ”
William threw "Capital" in the face of the young officer and spat in his face, "Hell, no wonder you will become a villain and fail, with this IQ, if you want to save your country, there has never been a savior, and you don't rely on the immortal emperor, you actually have to rely on yourself, if you want to save your country, go to the Red Army." ”
The young officer picked up the book that had fallen on the ground, bowed to William in a daze, and was about to leave, when he saw a bag of packages thrown into his hand, and the young officer opened it to see that it was heavy gold.
"Just sponsor you, I'm sure you'll bring this country back to life." William chuckled, and the young officer waved his hand in thanks, then mounted his horse and rode away.
I don't think I'll make a founding marshal or a general, William thought to himself, but he also felt that the young officer might not be able to survive the last bullet and survive to the end.
Fate is so wonderful.