On the ship of the King of Prussia, a group of Prussian scholars are discussing the history of China and the history of Tessie.

As the saying goes, all history is modern history, and the purpose of the Prussians' discussion of history is actually to consider the future of Prussia and Germany.

In the midst of a group of scholars, there was a man who spoke incessantly, and he was called Hegel:

Although Mr. Gauss is a scholar of mathematics and natural sciences, his comparative account of the history of Shenou in the Kingdom of Dongyi should be correct.

"The continent of Europa has never been truly unified since the Roman Empire.

"It's made us less powerful as a whole in the Europa, but it also gives us more possibilities.

"Most of the countries in Europa are only small countries compared to the unified Shenzhou, and the choices we make can only be regarded as trivial.

"But we have a lot of countries, so we can make many choices at the same time when history needs to make choices.

"As long as one country chooses the right one, it can take a relative lead and be imitated by others.

"In the end, we were able to make the right choice throughout the Europa and that's where our strength lies."

However, not all of those who patiently listened to Hegel's explanations were listeners, and there were also opponents.

A young man in his thirties named Schopenhauer, at the pause in Hegel's speech, directly raised a very clear objection and question:

"So you mean, the split in Europa is instead an advantage?

"The current countries of Europa, apart from prostrating at the feet of the Ming Dynasty, are there any other choices?

"Is the choice of the French and British now what you call the right choice? Should the countries of Taixi also follow suit collectively and throw themselves into the arms of the Ming Dynasty?

"Your argument that if only one country makes the right choice, it will be able to gain a lead is simply wrong.

"If it's correct, we should have directly defeated Da Ming, instead of being thrown farther and farther away now.

"The country that has the lead will be imitated by other countries, and it may seem right.

"But the reason for leading may not be correct, it may only be a short-term increase in strength, but it is overdrawn for the future.

"The point is, as long as one country does this, then other countries can only choose to follow it, even if they know that option is overdrawing the future.

"Otherwise, before the consequences of the future of the other countries come out, their own countries may have been wiped out by the other side.

In other words, the division and chaos of the Tessie countries have led to the fact that the countries of Europa can only take care of their immediate interests and have no chance to look at the future.

"On the contrary, it is the completely unified imperial court of the Ming Dynasty that can have the opportunity to temporarily invest in the future with immediate interests.

"This is the real reason for the long-term failure of our Europa!

"A thousand years ago, under the attack of our ancestors, after the collapse of the Roman Empire, the continent of Europa entered the Spring and Autumn Period of Shenzhou and the Warring States Period.

"The point is that it has been a thousand years, and we have never walked out of the 'Warring States'.

"Because, on our Europa continent, there has never been a Qin State, and the world has not been unified again.

"The division of the countries of Europa is the greatest disadvantage.

"If Europa can't be unified again, we will always have to follow behind Da Ming.

"And throughout history, we, who have inherited the mantle of the Holy Roman Empire, we, the Prussians and the Germans, are the people who are most like the Qin State.

"The unification of Germany, the rebuilding of the Holy Roman Empire, the unification of Europa, is our mission in Prussia!

"And the source of sorrow for our Prussians!"

Schopenhauer's point of view is indeed a refutation of Hegel, a refutation of Hegel's claim of the Ctesi superiority.

But he was also thinking from the Prussian point of view, from the German point of view.

The dispute between the two men over the point of view of concrete matters was only a façade, but in fact a reflection on the fate and future of Prussia and Germany.

These people may correspond to someone in the original history, and they may also have the same characteristics that the people in the original history had.

However, the environment in which they lived, the reality and history they understood, the education they received, and their life experiences were all very different from the original history.

Therefore, their way of thinking and concepts may have something in common with them in the original history.

But obviously there will be more differences.

It was only a coincidence of fate that put Schopenhauer in the opposite position with Hegel.

Hegel, of course, was not afraid of arguments, and even wanted to argue with others in public, so as to make his thinking more mature.

Whether it is failure or success, as long as the opponent is good enough, he should be able to provide some inspiration for himself.

After all, if you are a threesome, you must have my teacher......

However, Hegel's approach is not to ask politely, but to argue about the relative:

"It's really nonsense, throughout the past two thousand years of history, China has been repeating a cycle.

"The corruption of the ruling class collapsed, and peasant revolts destroyed the old dynasties, which then gave birth to new ones, which collapsed again two or three hundred years later.

"In fact, I think that the former Ming Dynasty had already died in the peasant rebellion in the year of Chongzhen.

"The current Ming Empire, and the original Ming Dynasty, have not changed except for the ruling family, and it is already a completely new country.

"The new system established by Emperor Zhu Cihong is completely different from the previous Ming Dynasty.

"The Ming Dynasty is now strong only because the Ming Dynasty has been making the right choice since Emperor Zhu Cihong one hundred and seventy years ago.

However, once the Ming Dynasty makes the wrong choice, the Ming Dynasty will quickly decline or even collapse.

"The treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty is too huge, and it takes a huge price to pay if you want to reverse the tradition.

"No one can stop this process, because there is no external force that can really threaten the existing Ming court.

"At that time, it will be our chance for Europa to truly surpass Daming."

Schopenhauer also immediately shot back-for-tat:

"What's the use of all this? What if your judgment is correct?

"If the countries of Europa cannot be unified, then even if the Ming Dynasty suffers an unprecedented defeat, we have no chance to surpass the Ming Dynasty.

"Prussia didn't have a chance, Lucia didn't have a chance, France didn't have a chance, England didn't have a chance.

"Only a united new Rome has this opportunity and qualification.

"The point is, it is precisely because of the dynastic cycle you are talking about that even if the central dynasty of Shenzhou collapses and splits in the later period, it will be reunited again.

"The rulers of the various forces in Shenzhou will regard the reunification of the world as the highest goal of their lives.

"We Europa people have never had this kind of mentality!

"What's more, every dynastic cycle in Shenzhou will give birth to something new.

"The new dynasty should learn from history and avoid the mistakes of the previous dynasty.

"If they make the wrong changes, or if they create new problems, they may collapse prematurely before the 300-year cycle.

"The nascent dynasty will make another correction in the future.

"Therefore, the dynasty of Shenzhou has made various choices again and again in history.

"The unified dynasties and separatist forces in the history of Shenzhou, as well as the peasant rebel armies that have been established every time, have tried all kinds of management methods that human civilization can use.

"Until now, we Europa people are still learning the management system of the Ming Dynasty.

"In this way, you still have the courage to say that when Daming is facing collapse, it is when Europa surpasses Daming again.

"As a German, when the reunification of the German region has not yet been completed, what qualifications do you have to discuss the question of transcending the Ming Dynasty?"

Schopenhauer seemed to be very squirting, and the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became a little chaotic.

This time, without Hegel's squirting, someone else directly questioned loudly at the scene:

"In your opinion, there is no future for Prussia and Germany at all?"

Schopenhauer immediately exclaimed:

"What is Prussia? What is Deutschland? What kind of future does it need?

"I think you should first think through these three questions before you are qualified to talk about the so-called future here.

"Otherwise, your discussion is meaningless!"

Although the history of Germany and Prussia helped Zhu Jingyuan sort out the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and China, the current Prussians themselves are actually a bit chaotic.

The key question is actually a little bit similar to history: how big should the scope of Germany be? Where should Germany's borders be?

Whether it was the current Kingdom of Prussia, or the German region that included Austria, or the entire Holy Roman Empire that once were.

The arguments and confusion among the scholars here attracted the attention of another group of people in the distance.

King Wilhelm III of Prussia talks with Prussian-German scholars returning from the Eastern Kingdom.

Including Goethe and Schiller, they once went to Dongyi to participate in the imperial examination like Gauss, and both of them were admitted to the Dongyi Kingdom.

He worked as a civil servant in Dongyi Country for several years, and later continued to be famous in Dongyi Country.

At that time, Goethe was already in his fifties, and after working for a few years, he retired according to the Ming system.

Goethe was very interested in the culture and history of the Ming Dynasty, but he did not have the opportunity to travel to the Ming Dynasty for the time being.

The Dongyi Kingdom was subordinate to the Ming Dynasty and used the Ming bureaucratic system, which was run by a large number of officials from the Ming Dynasty.

There were also a large number of Ming immigrants and merchants, bringing with them the pure culture of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Dongyi has become the best place to experience Ming culture.

After Goethe retired, he continued to live in the country of Dongyi, learning about the Ming Dynasty through books and newspapers, as well as through immigration.

As for Schiller, in the original history, he died of tuberculosis in 1805, and the world's antibiotics saved his life.

Then Schiller also went to Dongyi and served the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, until he officially retired this year.

Gauss has not yet reached retirement age, and with Gauss's current special status and ability, he has been given the opportunity to attend the ceremony as a representative of the East Yi Kingdom.

Both Goethe and Schiller had already obtained citizenship of the Dongyi Kingdom and had de facto settled in the Dongyi Kingdom.

However, Germany is, after all, the homeland of the two.

So after Schiller retired, the two returned to their hometown together, wanting to see what was going on in their hometown.

As a result, he happened to encounter the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and invited the royal family of Taixi to lead their own delegations to participate.

Goethe and Schiller were already very well-known in Prussia, and they also served in the Dongyi Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and they also had the fame of the Dongyi Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty.

Both of them received an invitation from the royal family to go to Daming together as representatives of the Prussians.

Although Goethe was seventy-one years old, his current health was still fine, and he lived to be eighty-three years old.

Now I have the opportunity to participate in the enthronement ceremony of the Ming Emperor, the largest ceremony in the world, which cannot be ignored and given up no matter what.

So Goethe naturally agreed to accompany him.

On the way from Prussia proper, the major nobles led by Wilhelm III often invited scholars who had returned from the Eastern Yi Kingdom, such as Goethe and Schiller, to consult and discuss the institutions and culture of the Ming Dynasty.

Now Wilhelm III and his own son are discussing the poetry of the Ming Dynasty with Goethe.

While the three of them were chatting energetically, they were affected by the growing noise.

So Wilhelm III and Goethe walked together and came directly to ask about the scholars:

"What are you discussing?"

When the king of Prussia came, the atmosphere of the scene was immediately much clearer.

Schopenhauer didn't wait for others to speak, and shouted out directly:

"Your Majesty, we are discussing what Prussia is, what Germany is, what our future will be."

When William III heard three questions, he looked at the young scholar in front of him, and he felt a little uncomfortable, this question is really difficult to answer.

William III also understood why there was a dispute on this side, and it was not normal for such a problem to be undisputed now.

Wilhelm III did not answer and comment directly, but turned his face to Goethe next to him:

How does Goethe think this question should be answered? How should we, the Prussians, think on such a question? ”

The scholars at the scene also looked at Goethe, a seventy-year-old gentleman.

This can be regarded as a highly respected German in the German region, and the key is that he has won the fame of the Ming Dynasty.

Goethe stroked his beard lightly, smiled and said something that he didn't seem to want to close off:

"Before the first year of the new Ming Dynasty, that is, before the Great Qin unified Shenzhou proper, 'China' generally referred to all the Central Plains vassal states.

"But after Qin Shi Huang unified the world, China became Qin, and Qin was China.

"It's the same today, the Ming Dynasty is China, and China is the Ming Dynasty.

"Prussia is still Prussia for the time being, and Germany still includes other parts, not to mention the Holy Roman Empire."

Schopenhauer, the young man, asked directly:

"What does Mr. mean that Prussia was the Qin State before the unification of the world? So what does the future hold for us? ”

Goethe first looked up at another ship in the distance, which was the ship of the Austrian mission.

Then he turned back and looked at the kings and princes beside him:

"That's what His Majesty the King and the ministers need to think about......"

Goethe lived in Dongyi for more than ten years, had an in-depth understanding of the traditional culture of the Ming Dynasty, and also dealt with the officials of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years.

The sensitive and complex question of the definition of Germany is now a bit insensitive.

The key problem is that he is now a citizen of Dongyi.