Dominate the Country

"The motherland needs you, the people need you!"

"It is the honor of all citizens of the empire to be a soldier who defends the country!"

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"Military training is to keep everyone calm in the face of a possible war. War may happen, or it may not happen, it is not decided by us. The Grand Commander's Office ordered: starting this year, all male workers in factories over 18 years old must take one day every ten days for military training.

... The training is under the unified responsibility of our Military Training Bureau. We are not trying to educate everyone to know how to kill the enemy and protect themselves on the battlefield. Qualified soldiers, but only to give you the basic military qualities. I hope that after training, you can become a glorious imperial soldier when the motherland needs you! Hold up your bayonet, hold your chest high, and let all enemies be terrified in front of the imperial army. "

"Participate in military training, be martial and defend the country."

"Let the enemy tremble! Victory will always belong to the glorious imperial army! Go forward! Young warriors! The bell of the motherland's destiny will be rung by you! Let those guys who try to infringe on our interests go to hell!"

The national propaganda agency is fully operational, and its power is no joke. Although the newspaper doctors in various hotels and teahouses have long disappeared after 40 years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, newspapers have long been integrated into the lives of the people. Even the farmers in the countryside know what newspapers are and what the content of newspapers represents.

There is no shitty southern system in China in this time and space. They are all patriotic media under the leadership of the General Administration of News.

This full-scale launch soon set off a great uproar in society. Before February was over, 300,000 new soldiers had all entered the recruit training camp.

The whole of China was shaken by Russia's toughness, like a god whose dignity was offended.

Ye Bangwei looked at his students below with worry, and his mood was extremely complicated. He did not expect that the students taught by his school would be so radical. Not only the students, but also some young teachers went from resistance to excitedly following the training. They are some of the highest-ranking students in the land of Chenhan. Many of them have been instilled with interests, parties, etc. by their families since elementary school. Standing high and seeing far, but under the overwhelming propaganda and the encouragement of military instructors, it has only been a few days since the emotions have been blazing.

"Terrible, terrible fanaticism. They are all crazy, crazy. Why can't we look at war rationally? We don't need war, especially this kind of war where we don't even know who the enemy is." Ye Bangwei muttered to himself in a low voice, and as soon as he spoke, he quickly closed his lips and looked around in fear.

Although he is the master of New Confucianism, he is a banner. And it is precisely because of this that Ye Bangwei knows very well that he cannot say anything against the military's speech now, otherwise those "patriots" in society will put a big and smelly hat on his head. At that time, not only will he be unlucky, but the entire New Confucianism will also be unlucky.

"Dad, I won't go home at the end of the month. Our department will organize people to go to Victory Square..."

Ye Bangwei just returned home and saw his youngest son, who had been admitted to Taixue University, carrying a bag and walking down from the second floor. Just when he was about to ask him why he came back today, he didn't expect his youngest son Ye Shuyang to speak first.

Today is not the end of the month, Ye Shuyang should not have gone home, but now he came back to say hello.

"Why don't you spend your good time studying and go to participate in a parade? The social atmosphere is not right now, it's too impetuous and too fanatical." He didn't dare to say it outside, but Ye Bangwei could still speak loudly at home.

"Okay, okay. What's the big deal about one day? Xiaoyang's academic performance won't improve by leaps and bounds in just one day. There's nothing wrong with participating in the parade." Ye Bangwei's father, Ye Changde, waved his hand to stop Ye Bangwei from continuing.

People should be sociable. If everyone else went, how could his grandson not go?

Ye Shuyang stuck out his tongue and hurried away, not even eating at home.

After his grandson left, Ye Changde saw a hint of worry in Ye Bangwei's eyes and asked, "Guohao [Ye Bangwei's name], what's wrong? Is something going to happen?" These days, the propaganda in the newspapers is overwhelming, but Ye Changde is not an ordinary person. He can't compete with his son in academics, but in the process of Ye Bangwei's step-by-step move towards the new Confucian school, he has also made a lot of efforts. His head and mind are very useful. I don't know how many traps he has seen through for his son on the road to Ye Bangwei's rise.

Anyone who thinks that Ye Bangwei has smoothly ascended to the position of the leader of the new Confucianism is a big fool.

Ye Bangwei sat down and nodded, tapping his fingers lightly on the armrest of the chair. After thinking for a while, he looked up at his father's eyes and said, "Dad, you don't know about the war in Europe. The Ottomans are really going to be in trouble this time. The British announced their support for the Greeks' pursuit of independence last year." And this news that has just been sent to Chen Han is simply stimulating Chen Han.

What does this mean? The British have begun to openly be enemies with the Ottomans, so what about the French? If the British hadn't dealt with Napoleon, would London have supported the Greeks so unscrupulously?

And if the British had dealt with Napoleon, would the whole of Europe have to unite? Then there would be trouble on the Russian and Ottoman battlefields.

Because anyone can figure out with their toes that the enemy of the united Europeans can only be China. The Ottomans are quite powerful, but that's all.

Ye Bangwei took a sip from the teacup, covered the lid, put it back and said, "It's easy to judge who is China's potential enemy. We are not in harmony with the British, and the whole world knows it. And the emperor's decision is so tough that it can be said that the contradiction between the East and the West is semi-public." That is, the Ottoman Empire pulled a layer of gauze in the middle to cover up its shame.

Ye Changde thought about what his son said and nodded in agreement, but then he thought about it again. How could China be weak to the outside world? Look at the emperor's praise for the Ming Dynasty over the years, what "no marriage, no compensation, no cession of land, no tribute. The emperor guards the national gate, and the king dies for the country! 'The Ming Dynasty is praised again and again, and this itself shows the concept of this nine-five emperor. How could he retreat from the Western barbarians who were baring their fangs and claws?

Strong against strong, hard against hard. This is the choice that Emperor Chen has always made.

As for what 'some people' said, we just need to manage the domestic situation well and let them fight each other abroad. Who wins or loses has nothing to do with us. No Chinese will die. We can even sell arms to both sides and take the opportunity to make some money from the war. This is the path China should choose.

Because as long as China is well developed and built, China will be the most powerful country in the world.

This is right and wrong. It is right because what they said about this matter is indeed very reasonable, and it is wrong because such a world No. 1 is too gentle and too soft.

The No. 1 who walks on the mountains of corpses and seas of blood to the top of the world is the real No. 1. This idea has a large market in China.

Ye Changde knew that his son was a little disgusted with war, and Ye Bangwei did not reject military training, but the overwhelming propaganda made him quickly grasp the true meaning of the court-this is showing off, this is praising soldiers.

Although the new Confucianism has changed its tone, Ye Bangwei is disgusted with the rise of the status of the military from the bottom of his heart. But he never said it out loud.

"This is the emperor's hand, no one can stop it. This war will be fought sooner or later. Let alone America, how can others snore beside my bed? I don't know how many people are crazy about India. Over the years, the domestic call for seizing India as an overseas colony has been enduring. Of course, everyone's words are very nice, such as liberating oppressed nations and opposing Western powers' colonization of Asia. But in fact, don't we want to get a share of the pie overseas?

In the past, the scholars and scholars represented the people's hearts, and now the industrial and commercial tycoons represent the people's hearts. India's wealth and the ignorance of the Indians have been announced to the public hundreds and thousands of times, so that the false has become true. The people's hearts have changed long ago!"

The people's hearts are the will of heaven. If the people want to fight, will the emperor not fight?

"Dad, do you think the court is going to turn against the British?"

"Does it have to turn against the British to get benefits from India?"

India, in addition to the colonies directly controlled by the British, there is also the core territory of the Marathas, and there is too much land waiting to be taken. There is no need to tear the British apart. It is completely possible to "fight without breaking"!

Ye Bangwei shrank in the chair, shrinking his whole body, and muttered: "Yes, the people's hearts have changed a long time ago. Do these ordinary people know what war is? Do they think war is so easy to fight? How many people have been thrown into the northwest? These people are still too stupid."

Ye Bangwei's overall thinking is similar to that of "some people". He is very opposed to war, but he is a little different from "some people". He is more enterprising than "some people".

He believes that with China's strong national strength, Confucianism can be imported into the Western world little by little, so that the grand concept of "enlightenment" can be achieved. After China has the merit of "enlightenment", it will have the foundation of "inner sage and outer king", which is one of the greatest pursuits of Confucianism. In this way, the whole world will be included in China's order, and China will naturally be the central empire of the world. And China's war against the Western world will undoubtedly hinder this "enlightenment".

Ye Changde's wrinkles gathered together, and he looked at his son with a bitter face. Ye Bangwei is still a little idealistic, which is also the main reason why Ye Changde tried his best to prevent Ye Bangwei from entering the officialdom. Ye Changde did not agree with what Ye Bangwei said. Ye Changde believed that it was right to launch one or two not-too-big wars at the right time, such as the Sino-Russian War and the previous American War. This would not only seize huge benefits, but such a war would also be of great benefit to a country to maintain its vitality.

No matter how fierce a tiger is, if it does not sharpen its teeth and claws for a long time, the combat effectiveness and deterrence of the king of beasts will be greatly reduced.

Killing a chicken can scare a monkey. If you don't kill a chicken, how can you scare a monkey?