Chapter 55 The Meaning of War

"Ten years ago, when I was studying at home, I only knew how to eat and sleep every day. Even if you work hard, it's just reading an article and trying to cheat a few layers of fame. How can you know what the country is and what it has to do with me? It was not until the Year of the First Sino-Japanese People say that there was a country that defeated our China. In the year of Gengzi, the combined forces of Britain, Russia, France, Germany, Italy, the United States, Austria and Japan defeated China. At this time, I know that the people in the world are divided into one country and one country, and the other borders are different. We, China, are also one of the countries in the world, and I am also one of China, and why are our Chinese people ruled by aliens? ... When I grew up in my twenties, I knew that there was a country, that there was a nation, that the country was the whole country, that everyone should do their best in this, that everyone should do their best, and that everyone should fulfill the great righteousness of this nation.

Yanhuang said "Declaration" on May 31, 402 - saying that the country and the nation have nationalism first, then the concept of the state, followed by patriotism! Without the concept of nation and state as the foundation of a country, no country can achieve the prosperity of this country. Compared with the countries that fought hard for the interests of their respective ethnic groups, the weakness and lack of national consciousness of the Chinese people in Yanhuang's 4602 is an indisputable fact. For the vast majority of Chinese people, no matter who the rulers are, they are nothing more than donating sheep.

The strange shame of Gengzi is the rapid rise after the transformation of the nation-state. The outbreak of the Russian War on Chinese soil to a large extent stimulated and led to the awakening of China's nationalism. There was no nationalism before the First Sino-Japanese War, and there was no national nation-state before the empire. With the victory of the Japanese army in the Northeast battlefield, the nationalist Asian yellow people proved to be able to defeat the white people and become a powerful country.

At the time of the "Great National Uprising", the Restoration Association clearly put forward the requirements of "national liberation", which is the most basic task and the most basic driving force of the Chinese people.

After the awakening, nationalism was quickly combined with the emerging new military force of China. A large number of intellectuals joined the war in the face of the enslavement of the nation and the shame of the country. These hot-blooded young middle-aged [***] people, they early recalled accepting the nationalist slogan of "exorcising the tartars and restoring China", cut off the braids of the symbol of slaves, and held the belief that "the revolutionary name is internal, which is actually the most important external and external issues, military", and "the prime minister Tigo, exorcise and kill the tarians". "The first goal of the struggle is to complete my ambition in China.

Huangpu officers with an average age of only 17.5 years old have become the most reliable and powerful force in this national uprising across China, and young soldiers have become the forewords of national awakening. In the face of this nationalist force, everything is pale and powerless. Whether it is republic or imperialism, they must give in to the soldiers armed by nationalism.

During the national uprising, the soldiers could blow up the imperial mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty, execute the flag people of the Qing Dynasty, and do everything possible to build a "nationalized and Chinese" country, whether it is imperialism or republican, for young officers. They established a country, and then the fate of the country was decided by their compatriots, and the mission of the soldiers was to ensure the establishment of the nation-state and the defense of the nation-state.

During the "Great National Uprising", the power of nationalism was quickly exerted. The nationalized army was by no means comparable to the recruited Manchu Qing army composed of scoundrels. In Yanhuang's 4601, it easily buried the national pressure. The colonial regime of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was forced, feudal [***] and betrayed the country for glory, in the following six months, when the army, the army arrested any officials and civilians who tried to praise the merits of the empire and regretted its destruction, and directly committed the crime of Han annihilation... This is the only crime that does not need to be tried by the court. At the end of the battle, nationalism fermented in China under the impetus of the political axe.

On March 13, 4603, a modern [***] team completely armed by nationalism, in the northeast battlefield, when fighting desperately for the interests of the nation, were no longer insensitive spectators, but soldiers fighting for the survival of the nation.

In the human world, nothing can awaken the awareness of a country and a nation more than war. Especially when the hidden national consciousness is brewing, an appropriate war can awaken the national consciousness of the whole nation.

When the news of the breakdown of the negotiations came out, the newspaper reported the threat of "having to speak with guns". In the face of this situation, there is no disappointment and despair. On the contrary, it is a feeling that has never existed before is brewing over this country. People contribute to this country in their own way. Your own strength.

"Who is the master of China's beautiful country? We have 40,000 Yanhuang compatriots. The captives are fierce, and the revenge can be revenged quickly and permanently. The family can be broken, the country must be saved, the body can be killed, the will is inseverance, one heart and one force, united! Fight to throw your head for the country! Strive to kill the enemy and swear not to let him up..."

At this time, a song spread to Guan Mingtang's ears and looked along the song to another street. He only saw that the center of the Consultative House Square was full of pedestrians, and there was a platform in the north corner of the square. At this time, the people on and off the stage sang the song "anti-emy" all over the country in just a dozen days.

Listening to the song and looking at the stage, Guan Mingtang, who had been busy all day, involuntarily walked over there. When he walked to the stage on the street, "Song of Resistance Against the Enemy" had been sung. Guan Mingtang, who was in the crowd, looked at the stage and off the stage. Many of them were students, teachers, but more of them were citizens.

The bright clothes made Guan Mingtang extremely conspicuous in this crowd, and even the people around him deliberately kept some distance from him.

In the applause, a girl in a cyan student dress with short hair went to the chorus and bowed deeply: "Compatriots! Brothers and sisters! The land of Northeast China fell five years ago. The incompetence of the Qing Dynasty caused tens of millions of compatriots to be enslaved and slaughtered. But today, at this time, we have the determination to defend the motherland, and China will never be humiliated and neutral on its own land. At this time, the heroic soldiers are fighting on the front line to defend the territory and dignity of the country!

However, at the beginning of the establishment of the empire, the financial and material resources are not as good as the enemies of our land. The soldiers on the front line are not good at fighting to the death with big knives. They are defending our country with their own flesh and blood. Every patriotic person should not sit back and watch. Please give your strength. ! As long as you donate a dime, you can buy two more bullets for the soldiers on the front line. Thank you! Thank you..."

Female students bowed to the people in front of the stage. In the bow of the female students and the student chorus, people took out paper tickets, silver dollars and copper dollars from their pockets and stuffed them into the fund-raising box. Some women even donated earrings and jewelry to the money box. The large-scale fund-raising came from For the people.

In the crowd, Guan Mingtang walked to the stage and looked at the fund-raising box in the hands of the female students. Although he knew that most of the fund-raising in various places was a folk practice, he did not hesitate to take out his wallet from his pocket, and then threw more than a dozen banknotes with different values in his wallet into the fund-raising box. At this time, it was obvious that someone had recognized it. This middle-aged man in "new clothes".

"It's the Chancellor of the Exchequer!"

"The Chancellor of the Exchequer is here to donate!"

"Minister of Management, please say a few words!"

The students who recognized him looked at the "senior official" excitedly. For thousands of years, the Chinese people have always had a sense of officiality. Although the prime minister of the empire is prominent, the outside world knows that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is a "a meritorious official from the dragon". His Majesty's close servant naturally hopes that he can say something here.

Walking on the stage, Guan Mingtang first looked at the thousands of onlookers under the stage, and even some reporters with camera racks around him. He coughed softly.

"In the past, people used to say that China was a mess! China is not afraid, because we are a country without the basis of nationalism, and we are not even a country at all!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he said a fact that a Chinese people had always wanted to face.

"However, now, I am happy to see that China now is by no means the Manchu Qing Dynasty yesterday. In the Manchu Qing Dynasty yesterday, we don't know why the country is because the country is not our country, but now, we all the people can unite the country and seek to be strong! When the victory came from the front line, millions of people cheered for it. When the country was facing financial difficulties, it was the people who stood up and took out your hard-earned money to help the war!

Today, there is a report in Yunnan Daily that at the public fund-raising rally in Kunming, two beggars with hand-held porridge jars accidentally took out a handful of copper from their bodies, and they said to the staff with a ashamed face.

"We brothers asked for it for three days, and we only got 29 cents, but we didn't make up enough for 3 cents. Please accept it. Begging for food is already inferior to others. If you become a subjugated slave again, I'm afraid you will have to go underground."

At this time, Guan Mingtang's voice became a little low.

"Yes, if you become a subjugated slave, I'm afraid I'll have to go underground! We have been subjugated slaves for 260 years, and more than 200 million ancestors were killed by aliens. This is the reward of the subjugated slaves! On the 12th of last month, when the empire decided to make a decision to ensure the northeastern territory by force, His Majesty once said: If we don't fight, the enemy will kill us, and then point a bayonet at our bones and say, "Look, this is the slave!"

At this time, Guan Mingtang quietly stole a sentence in his words and changed a sentence that His Majesty inadvertently spit out a few days ago into a pre-war decision.

Look, this is a slave!

Everyone was shocked by a word. They never thought that your majesty had said such straightforward and realistic words. In the past October, if anything was engraved in their bones, I'm afraid it would be the bloody history of the killing of 200 million ancestors after Jiashen.

A country and a nation are the easiest to mobilize and arouse when they are oppressed by foreign enemies until the last minute. In Chinese history, this may be the first time that people have raised money for the country, but everything always needs a start. The amount of money is not the main thing. The important thing is that it is waking up a sleeping nation, a wake-up lion full of scars.

In the west pavilion of the palace garden, after leaving the fundraising site, Guan Mingtang, who came directly to the palace, was vividly depicting moving scenes.

Standing by the balcony of the gazebo, overlooking the dark night sky of Nanjing, Chen Moran was speechless for a long time. After a long time, he turned around and said to Guan Mingtang.

"Whether it is more or how much it is, this money must not be used indiscriminately. In addition, the list of total donations from provinces and cities is published in the newspaper. If there is a typical one, it can be sealed by the civil affairs department.

Speaking of this, Chen Moran raised his eyebrows again, showing some joy on his face.

"Until now, there are still some people who are unhappy. Why are they not happy? They have one reason or another to oppose this war. Yes, the country was first built and can't stand the risk, so they want stability and want to be perfect. I have surrendered, but what about this nation?"

The sound sank, and Chen Moran patted the stone tress railing hard.

"This nation has been commissioned for 261 years. We can't be recommissioned, and we can't be recommissioned. Our national soul, which has not yet been built, has disappeared. Up to now, we seem to have spent more than 50 million yuan on war expenses, but we have sold more than 40 million bonds in China and in Nanyang. There are still more than 10 million donations in China. What is this money? These cents of donations are the soul of the nation!"

He roared out those three words hard, and Chen Moran's eyebrows beat from time to time.

"National soul... National soul, if this country can one day establish its national soul, it is worth cutting off my head. A few years ago, we didn't know the country or the nation. We are all sheep and slaves who pay grain and taxes, but what about now? The people know the country through war. They cheer for the victory of the army on the front line. The pride of the nation and the country is being established. Can money be bought?

The words paused slightly, but they were locked together again. A group of figures appeared in Chen Moran's mind. Those who were against the war, and they always had one reason.

"National soul, national consciousness, nationalism, in the end, all of this will become patriotism. Without the national concept, there will be no national concept. Without nationalism, how can patriotism come from? Our generation is destined to sacrifice. Young people sacrifice their youth and lives. What do they want to build?"

When he asked this rhetorical question, he seemed to be questioning himself more.

"We keep shouting that we want to build a modern industry, which is not inferior to the army of any country, but if we don't have a doctrine and a spirit in the hearts of the people, then we are just taking the old road of the Qing Dynasty's foreign affairs movement. In the end, others only need a finger, gently It will be broken as soon as it is poked, so we want to build a strong nationalized country! This... is our goal"

"Your Majesty!"

Guan Mingtang gently patted his majesty, and proper flattery is still necessary.

Listening to his flattery, Chen Moran did it first.

"Don't call me holy, I can't afford those two words."

Then he sighed and added.

"So, I will say that this battle is not so much about the existence of the nation as the existence of the name of the country!"

As the direct commander of the war, Chen Moran knows the intention of the war better than anyone else. The original intention of the war is not to fight for the survival of the country, but just to "play to show people" and call the Chinese people to seek national pride.

It is also for foreigners to seek reputation, saying that I have used their military victory to prove to the world that Japan already has the capital to squeeze into a powerful country, and for China, the only thing that needs at present is only to "seeking all countries to treat China equally".

Only through an appropriate war that will not damage the country's muscles and bones make it possible for countries to face up to China's military strength and face up to China's demands.

"Your Majesty, this goal is directly related to the security of our country in the next ten years, and even the foundation of national revitalization. If a country cannot prove that it has the ability to protect itself, it will be difficult to attract external capital for its own construction. If China cannot prove itself on the battlefield, it will not be seen by other countries. China, and now, because of this war, China's image has changed in Europe and the United States. China is no longer a member of the "China Alliance", nor is it a rotten and immortal country of the Qing Dynasty, but an emerging country full of vitality!"

Guan Mingtang still adheres to the main reason why he persuaded His Majesty to launch this war. After staying in the United States for more than 20 years, he knows Europe and the United States better than anyone in this cabinet and understands how the citizens of that country view China. In their eyes, China is ignorant and backward, and even reaches a state of not wanting to make progress. For this country, which can't defend itself or even unwilling to change and save the strong, how can they borrow a lot of money at ease?

"I know that!"

He nodded, and Chen Moran was silent for a while. He looked up at the dark sky and said.

"At most, it will take more than a month. It is said that the Russian naval battle will be divided. At that time, we will face nothing we can predict, so we must end the war before the naval guns come from the sea. The key to ending the war lies in the United States, so we need to strengthen it. Public relations in the United States! The United States is a well-cooked country. Unlike other European countries, the policies of the United States are easily influenced by public opinion. According to the report of the Embassy in the United States, although Americans are a little confused about the war between China and Japan, in general, they have made gratifying progress. Now the U.S. financial community can take it to us. Shengxin is skeptical, so his attitude is extremely subtle. At this time, the more we need to pay attention to the public opinion of the United States. Therefore, the public relations special support of 100,000 US dollars a week must not be missing. This money does not need to be used. Huang Caishen is not greedy for this small amount of money.

(to be continued)