Chapter 65: Kifutaro's empathy

Nizam had been away for a week and had never appeared at Yangquan Restaurant.

Kifutaro seemed to be moved by the spirit of Amir Nizam, and went to the library for the first time and borrowed a copy of "Four Thousand Years of Persia".

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"Four Thousand Years of Persia", the two authors of this book, one is the former president of Shiraz University and Tehran University in Persia, and the other is a well-known French scholar of Middle Eastern history.

Compared with the "Spring and Autumn Brushwork" of Cambridge historians in England, the joint works of French scholars and Persian scholars are relatively objective.

Narrative writing is the hallmark of this book, which makes this serious historical work emotionally rich and interesting.

The two authors consulted a large number of historical materials and presented a panoramic view of Persian history, which is a high-quality key to understanding the cultural heritage of Persia.

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In the 19th century, the Qajar Dynasty in West Asia and the Qing Dynasty in the Dragon Kingdom in the Far East can be described as a pair of sleeping dragons and phoenixes in Asia.

The Qajar dynasty was a 4,000-year-old Persian kingdom and the last feudal dynasty.

In 1779, the Turkmens of northeastern Persia, the Kega tribe, unified Persia and established a feudal dynasty. In 1925, it was replaced by the capitalist Pahlavi dynasty, and there were seven generations of emperors who enjoyed the country for 146 years.

The Kaijia Dynasty, simply put, is a weakened version of the Qing Dynasty.

The Kaijia Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty suffered Western colonial aggression almost at the same time, both signed unequal treaties, carried out Western-style reforms, and eventually completely degenerated into semi-colonial societies.

The main enemy faced by the Qajar dynasty was the same as that of the Qing dynasty.

Russia from land, Britain from sea.

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In 1813 and 1828, the Qajar dynasty and Russia fought two plateau wars and suffered crushing defeats.

He was forced to sign the Treaty of Gulistan that humiliated the country.

The content of the treaty, the familiar recipe, the familiar taste.

1. Persia ceded all land north of the Arras River (i.e., the Caucasus);

2. To compensate Russia for the arrears and military expenses of 20,000,000,000 Sassanid gold coins;

3. Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad, Kerman, and Tabriz shall be set up as treaty ports, allowing Russians to reside and send consuls, and enjoy consular jurisdiction;

4. The negotiated tariff, the Russian merchant shall pay the import and export taxes and fees, and the Persian customs has no right to be autonomous;

5. To allow the Russians freedom of navigation in the Persian inland waters;

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The agreement between the Qajar dynasty and the Russians has not yet dried the ink.

The British have the same nose as a dog, smell the smell, and come to the door to rob while the fire is burning.

Under the pretext of defending Russia, the British minister forced Persia to sign the Treaty of Tehran, according to the terms of the agreement:

1. The Bahrain Islands became independent from Persia and militarily controlled the Persian Gulf.

2. The establishment of the Indo-European Telegraph Office, which enjoys extraterritorial jurisdiction and is free to carry out intelligence activities without being punished by Persian law;

3. Establish the Persian Imperial Bank. This is the National Bank of Persia, with a board of directors based in London, which controls the right to issue Persian currency, mining rights, Persian taxes and customs revenues;

3. Joint venture establishment of Anglo-Polish Petroleum Company. 70% of Persia's oil exploitation rights were transferred to Britain on a 60-year lease. The Anglo-Polish oil company only needed to give Persia a rent of 20,000 pounds a year.

(Note: Another 30% are not benevolent to the British.) but because 30% of the northern lands belong to the sphere of influence of the Russians,)

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In the 19th century, in the direction of Central Asia, Russia completely controlled Central Asia in 1870, echoing the British power in India.

Subsequently, Britain and Russia coordinated, with Afghanistan as the boundary, and the two sides no longer sought to invade each other's spheres of influence in the south and north, but expanded in the east and west directions.

As a result, Russia annexed the northeastern part of Persia, and Britain encroached on the southeastern part of Persia.

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Tariffs were forced to be lowered, cheap Russian and British industrial manufactures poured in, and the traditional Persian handicrafts could not compete with them and went bankrupt.

The British garrison joined forces with the large Persian landowners to carry out large-scale land annexation, forcing the peasants to abandon wheat cultivation and instead cultivate a large number of "compound decoction" ingredients.

Some of these "compound decoctions" were sold throughout the country through British and Russian merchants, and some were sold to the Far East market.

As long as there are natural disasters and rising international food prices, the lower inhabitants of Persia will be hit by a great famine.

Peasants, craftsmen, and petty traders, who could not bear it anymore, organized the outbreak of the "Báb uprising".

The slogans of the Báb's uprising: "Equalize the land, the tiller has his land", "Glory in business, debts must be paid", "Protection of private property"......

This is the West Asian version of the "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom".

Under the internal and external troubles, the national fortune of the "Great Qing Dynasty of West Asia" can be described as a storm......

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On Wednesday night, Nobunaga poured a glass of Satsuma shochu and was watching the music program of Fuji Radio's "Mizuyo Song Festival", when a young girl, with black hair and long skirts and bare feet, sang "The Lullaby of the Thistle Girl" with a guitar in her arms.

Miyuki Nakajima, who was born in the literature department and has never been in love, seems to have an inexhaustible sense of poetry.

In the debut song "The Lullaby of the Thistle Girl", Miyuki Nakajima's lyrics read:

"Rape flowers bloom in spring, bellflower blooms in autumn, and as for me, it's a small thistle that blooms only at night......

is worthy of being a genius singer who has fed most of the Hong Kong and Taiwan music scenes.

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While Nobunaga was watching TV, Kifutaro was caught up in the vast expanse of Persian history because of Amir Nizam, a mysterious eater.

Syllable!

Kifutaro suddenly closed the book and proposed, "Brother Nobunaga, let's help Nizam." ”

Nobunaga Hato, eating a thousand cut cabbage, drinking Satsuma shochu, listening to a song, said, "Taro, you can read more history books." Throughout the 19th century, the world was ravaged by the ships of the Western powers. ”

"According to the theory of parallel universes. The same thing happened in the history lines of countless planes and countless civilizations. We can't help it. ”

Kifutaro insisted, "How much can we help." It's man-made. ”

Nobunaga Hato, although Kifutaro didn't learn anything, he didn't like to read. However, he has this kind of ability that many intellectuals lack, such as Lu Ziyuan, a reporter in the Dragon Kingdom in the 21st century.

That is "empathy".

First of all, the law of nature is survival of the fittest.

However, Darwin never said that the law of the jungle is the strong.

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People have an ability called "empathy".

That is to say, the pain that happens to oneself can be felt by oneself when it happens to others.

In order to make myself less "uncomfortable", I have sympathy and well-wishers.

So, most of the harm comes from ignorance.

I don't feel the same pain that I have never suffered, and when it happens to others, I feel that it doesn't matter.

This is a situation where you can't experience pain outside of yourself.

Some are antisocial personalities, others are "ignorant".

This will lead to a "why not eat minced meat?" "Why not use ibuprofen suspension for children to cool down? Hell jokes.

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Nobunaga thought for a moment, softened his tone, and said, "Even if we want to help, we don't know where to start. Under the influence of the repulsive forces of the plane, we cannot tell Amir Nizam the whole picture of the course of history. ”

"His reforms are doomed to failure."

Gifu Taro said: "You can use the puppet, that is, the machine for the 0823 universe, Han Shin." ”

Nobunaga Hatochi gave Kifutaro a glass of Satsuma shochu and explained with a wry smile:

"First of all, the five-dimensional abilities of this cooking puppet (intelligence, politics, force, commander, and charisma) are about equal to the level of miscellaneous fish. Moreover, we can only watch the battle from the [third perspective], and we can't do anything else. ”

Kifutaro: "......"

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The two stopped discussing, drank Satsuma shochu, and watched the TV, Miyuki Nakajima announced the release of the new album "Welcome Back" on the show.

The album "Welcome Back" continues the high quality of Miyuki Nakajima as always, and the song "ルージュ" ("Lipstick") included in it is the original song of "Easily Injured Woman" covered by Faye Wong.

Gifu Taro, a cold sentence suddenly came out: "The Interpretation of Dreams の manuscript ......"

Nobunaga Hato: "......"

Gifutaro, a guy with well-developed limbs and a simple mind, can actually think of this prop.