Chapter 5725 Cultural invasion of the West
The ancestor sneered: "I'm afraid that this kind of education that you think is self-righteous will never succeed, because it goes against basic human nature. For thousands of years, oh, no, even from the Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Li's theory of being ordered by heaven and herdsmen of Heaven has been more than a thousand years. People's consciousness has long been used to accepting this, and being ruled by scholars who are better than themselves, more knowledgeable and educated than themselves, just like the current Eastern Jin Dynasty, even the old brothers in the Northern Palace Army are rushing to become aristocratic families, aristocrats, and those guys you hate the most, let alone ordinary people."
Liu Yu said coldly: "From now and then, in our era, these values that have ruled people's thoughts for thousands of years can still be changed, just like the emperor in the past could only conquer the world, and Qin Shihuang's great unification was the first of all ages. In the past, people also thought that it was natural for people to sacrifice people to sacrifice for others, but everyone after the Zhou Dynasty knew that it was barbaric and cruel, and that it was not benevolent and righteous. "
The ancestor raised his white eyebrows and sneered: "If I trap you here, your strange thoughts from later generations will not exist. It seems that I need to do this, because I originally wanted to cooperate with you before talking to you, but now, I think this cooperation is probably impossible, because everyone you want is equal, and we gods will completely disappear."
Liu Yu laughed: "Anyway, in our era, all the gods and emperors disappeared. As for whether they really disappeared or hidden, I don't know, but no matter what, China at that time was a completely dominated country dominated by the Chinese nation and no longer under the mercy and control of the gods. Perhaps, what I don't know is the gods of China who are secretly blessing our Chinese nation, but it will never be your way to rely on the incense of mortals or even souls to seek benefits for yourself."
The ancestor sneered: "Maybe the Western powers have their own gods to bless, but the Chinese gods at that time also learned these Western powers, including their gods, through some ways, and improved them. Just like in the Shang Dynasty, they were also Guifang tribes from the West, and their patron saints. They once mastered more powerful and advanced war technology than the Central Plains. With these technologies, they wiped out countless tribes and city-states along the way, which was also a bit similar to the Western powers you mentioned in later generations. But in the end, they were still defeated by the Shang Dynasty, and the ones who blessed the Shang Dynasty and the army were their patron saints and ancestors."
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "I don't care about the Shang Dynasty. I only know that in later generations, the defeat of the Western powers was the awakening of the Chinese people. The Western powers used their advanced weapons to defeat the decaying Qing Dynasty. In order to protect their power, the emperors and officials of the Qing Dynasty cooperated with these foreigners to open trade ports and use Chinese gold and silver to buy Western industrial products. Of course, it also included drugs such as opium. A large number of Chinese capitalists became compradors and helped these Western powers bully the Chinese. In those decades, China was dark, but some knowledgeable people also started the Westernization Movement through this cooperation with foreigners and started producing some foreign weapons. Even the navy's warships created a huge fleet through purchases."
"Decades after the Opium War, the Central Plains once fell into a chaos comparable to the Yellow Turban Uprising, which swept half of China at one time. There were people who believed in Western religions in the south, and those foreigners in the northwest. They also caused the world to fall into more than ten years in the name of their religion and the gods they believed in. After more than twenty years of chaos, the household registration of the world was reduced by half and the domestic air was empty. However, while the Qing Dynasty's army quelled these rebellions, it also gained the experience of war. Once, relying on these newly trained troops, it could defeat the reinvasion of some Western powers and even recover the Western Regions. At that time, the Chinese people across the country thought that China's revival opportunity was coming."
The ancestor sneered: "If we do not completely change the system of the country, just buy some advanced weapons and use some outdated technologies, it will not be truly powerful, unless we have the help of the Chinese gods at that time, and we can use spells and immortal techniques that can defeat the Western powers. However, according to you, the Qing Dynasty at that time was once revived and could it be defeated by the Western powers head-on?"
Liu Yu sighed: "After the victory of the Opium War, the Western powers chose to cooperate with the Han landlords and compradors of the upper-class officials of the Qing Dynasty. For them, as long as they conduct commercial trade, they can make money from China, even the most advanced weapons and the largest warships can be sold, because these Western powers are also capitalists in power. They only seek profit and do not care too much about the interests of the country. As long as they can make money themselves."
The ancestor laughed: "That's how I've picked up a chance for the Qing Dynasty and encountered enemies who were willing to sell their weapons and technologies to themselves, instead of having the opportunity to destroy the Central Plains regime, enter the Central Plains, and have the world, and will never give up or miss it," he said.
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "Because the Western powers are worse and more sinister and cunning, while they input various cheap industrial products, selling weapons, warships, opium and drugs, they also introduced a large number of Western religions, books, and ideas into China. The core idea is one, that is, the Eastern nations, including China, are inferior, low and stupid, especially the Manchus who entered the Central Plains as a barbarian from the Northeast at that time. Well, this Manchus was called in later generations, which is equivalent to including the Sushen and Goguryeo in Liaodong."
The ancestor nodded: "That place has been alien-spanning barbarians since ancient times, and was collectively called Donghu during the Qin and Han Dynasties. Now it has other names, but in general, they are completely different from the Central Plains culture and even races."
Chapter completed!