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Chapter 5 The Great Election: The Emperor¡¯s Armored Face 256 Confucius said: This is unscientific

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    256 Master said: This is unscientific

    Monday morning of the seventh week of the election

    Zhangjia Village outside Longchuan County was noisy. Hundreds of people came, and the main road in the village was filled with darkness. The dogs in the whole village were barking.

    Most of the people from the county town were smiling. There were civilians wearing straw sandals with cattail fans, small townspeople wearing mandarin jackets and cloth shoes holding oil umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun, there were also many glass men in suits and leather shoes holding Western "bat umbrellas", and foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes; look.  There were people who had no business following to watch the excitement, and there were also many reporters, people from the church and the sheriff. They all surrounded the two core people noisily along the way.

    One of them is known to everyone in the village: Big Boss Zhang Qijie.

    Originally, because he ran a textile factory in the city, he rarely came back to his home in the village and Diaolou. This time, many villagers were surprised to see a famous person in the village return: This "tasteful" gentleman actually cut off his hair.  He wore his signature braids and his messy hair was styled into a shawl. He was unrecognizable at first glance. There were at least three dogs barking at Zhang Qijie on the road.

    However, although Zhang Qijie looked a little weak due to a serious illness, he looked very good and kept laughing along the way.

    Leading the crowd of people out of his home, Zhang Qijie stood at the door and introduced the road to Pan Jinxing beside him: "I invested in building this road in the village. It is the first Western road in the village and the first in the surrounding area."  It¡¯s a village connected to the county seat by a Western road. They also wanted to build a memorial arch for me at the entrance of the village, but I didn¡¯t ask for it, haha.¡±

    "Mr. Zhang is philanthropic to everyone, helping the countryside, helping the poor and the weak. He is worthy of being a disciple of Jesus." Pan Jinxing clasped his fists and bowed to express his admiration.

    Zhang Qijie waved his hand to show his modesty of denial. The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

    At this time, a reporter jumped out, pointed at the tall watchtower behind the two people and shouted: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Pan, can you take a group photo here? Please take a photo of your watchtower as well."

    "Ah? Okay, okay" Zhang Qijie and Pan Jinxing both nodded in agreement. Facing the huge crowd, they stood in front of the camera lens, holding hands and smiling.

    Today¡¯s group is Zhang Qijie introducing his property outside the city to Pan Jinxing. Soon the watchtower behind him and the surrounding farmland will all be transferred to Pan Jinxing.

    Zhang Qijie is serious, not only serious, but also resolute and resolute.  The matter of being revoked as a candidate seemed not to be a concern at all. The day after the announcement, he took Pan Jinxing to see another major industry besides textile factories.

    Although Zhang Qijie is no longer a candidate and has been completely eliminated from the election, how could such a strange incident not cause a sensation in the city?  I heard that they were coming to the countryside to see this industry. Reporters and onlookers came in droves. Those with carriages got on carriages, and those without carriages hired rickshaws. They were reluctant to pay for anything, so they simply followed the ruts of the carriages and walked closer.  It took an hour to get here.

    While they were taking pictures, the crowd stepped out of a large circle, and the village chief squeezed in. He was a young man dressed as a farmer (there were very few old village chiefs in the Hai Song Dynasty, and they tended to kill the old ones during the period of long-haired thieves)  , let the vigorous young people take over, and even gave such a direct order to Longchuan, the birthplace of the Tiehe Civil War: no one is over 30 years old, and no member of a big family is allowed to be the village chief). The village chief looked at Zhang Qijie and said respectfully  He took off the bamboo hat and put it under his arm, revealing his tanned skin, and shouted to Zhang Qijie: "Oh, Brother Zhang, I heard the day before yesterday that you were going to give your home away? Really?  Really? I don¡¯t believe it is it true?"

    Zhang Qijie, who was standing on the steps at the door, nodded, pointed to Pan Jinxing next to him and said, "It's true. I will do a notarization when I return to the city in the afternoon and transfer the land deed and other things to Mr. Pan"

    Looking at the thin braided man next to him who was smiling from ear to ear, the village chief stamped his foot angrily and shouted: "Brother Zhang, your hard-earned family fortune why bother!!!"

    Zhang Qijie smiled, pointed at Pan Jinxing again and said: "This is not mine. It belongs to Mr. Pan, and I return it to its original owner."

    After that, he stopped Pan Jinxing's eager modesty and denial, and said to the village chief: "Brother Xiaosan, we are having dinner at my house now, why don't you come too? Before that, can you greet so many outsiders and give them some food?"  Can you order some water and food?"

    Before the village chief could say anything, the reporters behind him rushed up with a roar, kicked him out of the crowd and sat on the road. He could only watch helplessly as the reporters rushed forward and surrounded Zhang Qi.  Jie and Pan Jinxing¡ªbecause Zhang Qijie¡¯s words indicate that the tour of the industry has come to an end, then it¡¯s time for interviews.

    Most reporters are blushing and want to interview Pan Jinxing. Although they all speak with various accents, there is actually only one question: "You suddenlyThe excited office manager paid a sky-high price and telegraphed it directly to Shanghai. After seeing the long telegram, the editor-in-chief of Shanghai Declaration slapped his palm on the table. The four treasures of the study and the tea bowl jumped together and shouted: "  Good article. It turns out that foreigners can build big towers? It turns out that we, China, are so strong, so we should be so strong among the eight ancient civilizations. Who is this reporter? If I want to reuse this secret, he will dig it out."

    He read this telegram for several days, until Liao Qingyun's letter with pictures arrived in the mail. The editor-in-chief put this ranking article, which was the first time for Chinese people to see it, into the editor for discussion: It must be the headline,  You must post it. This thing is much more interesting than some bird election. At least people know what it means.  How can the question be revised and polished better?

    The editors expressed their opinions one after another:

    Someone said from the perspective of operations and security: "Since Beijing was defeated in the war 10 years ago, teahouses have hung signs saying "Don't talk about state affairs. Although we don't have them in the concession, shouldn't we be more careful? Can this kind of ranking involving foreigners be done?"  "

    Some people questioned from a technical point of view: "I don't think that's right? Building a big square tower can arrange the eight major civilizations? What kind of sky garden? Isn't this our castle in the sky? It's obviously impossible and the lighthouse is hundreds of feet high.  ? How is this possible? The Leshan Giant Buddha needs a mountain to be so tall. It is impossible for foreigners to create a statue thousands of years ago and stand alone as a lighthouse."

    But the editor waved his hand and said: "We are in the concession. We don't care about external affairs. It is not our turn to talk about national affairs. We are loyal to the emperor and patriotic. Otherwise, how can we sell newspapers? What do you eat? In addition, I asked foreigners about this article.  Everything they say is true. Regardless of whether it can be repaired or not, they can telegraph messages thousands of miles away. In the past, it was possible to build castles in the air."

    Immediately, someone claimed to be a master of the West and considered it from the perspective of Confucianism and the Qing Dynasty: "I understand Christianity, isn't this done by the Jews? Can Jewish civilization be excluded? Isn't it right? They are poisoning our dynasty.  It is obvious to all that the current Song Yi and Ming invaders are traitors and foreigners from the Jesus religion, and they rushed in unreasonably, which is so annoying."

    As soon as the words were spoken, it immediately aroused thousands of waves. Everyone had an empty discussion, based on how to express their rich Confucian knowledge and hatred of foreigners. Finally, the editor made a decision:

    "Greece is the white foreigners. They must expel the Jews, not to mention the Jews. If they are not expelled, they will be national traitors. Indians are the same as us. They feel the same and are bullied by foreigners. Just look at their Indian traitors showing off in the concession and acting as lackeys. You will know that India  Now, just like the Song Dynasty, the people are in dire straits, and they are brothers and sisters with us. There may be Egypt, which, like us, was also rushed in by Westerners; Babylon can exist, because it is said that God destroyed it, too  It¡¯s so cruel and so worthy of sympathy¡­¡­.¡±

    Finally, "Shenbao" published a dazzling and heroic article that inspired the ambition and pride of countless patriotic intellectuals in the Qing Dynasty, that is, "On the Five Ancient Civilizations of the World: China, India, Egypt, Babylon, and Assyria."

    The "Declaration" gave sufficient evidence: others have pyramids, and we have the Great Wall (regardless of the fact that the earliest Great Wall was made of earthen walls); others have hanging gardens, and we have Afang Palace (which is amazing, but it was defeated by Xiang Yu's heartless Erduzi).  It was burned and there are no remains, but it is awesome anyway); they have primitive surgical technology, we have Shen Nong who tasted a hundred herbs; they have drainage and water supply systems and the Colosseum, we have Dayu to control floods

    And the top management of "Shen Hua" is full of confidence: In the ranking, in view of China's modest virtue, it did not dispatch the big killers "Shan Hai Jing" and "Huainan Zi", otherwise the moon will be ours (Chang'e flies to the moon).

    In addition, everyone admires Babylon and Assyria. In various rankings, Babylon and Assyria have always stood tall because of the light that was extinguished long ago. If they are included in the rankings, it means that the others are ranked higher.  Both of them also appeared to be humble and compassionate.

    This was the first time that the cultural circles of the Qing Dynasty (concession cultural circles) began to "open their eyes to see the world" and conduct historical rankings based on "historic relics" with "conclusive evidence". For a time, the national pride of "my ancestors were so rich" suddenly disappeared.  Got inspired.

    The "Shen Shen" became famous, and the theory of the five ancient civilizations also spread. It was not until a few years later that a public intellectual who urged the Qing Dynasty to Westernize saw this statement and sneered at it, saying: "This is unscientific, what about Assyria and Egypt?  Five ancient civilizations? It¡¯s too ugly! It¡¯s too ugly! Or is it more powerful to stand on three pillars? China has always been number one in the world with its vast land, rich resources, long history, outstanding people, and simple and kind people. We are the number one scholar. Even on the imperial list, we are only ranked second and among the top three.  What are you doing with four or five people? If we have foreign systems and technology, China can be as wealthy as foreigners and as powerful as foreigners overnight. Just look at Haisong and Wuming. Well, what? You said they are all  Sanctification? It¡¯s not scientific. It¡¯s not scientific. It¡¯s not scientific. They are stupid.¡±

    With a stroke of his pen, this public knowledge destroyed Egypt and Assyria from the air to the air, leaving only three ancient civilizations: China, India, and Babylon.

    Later, many Qing officials and their fans believed that China¡¯s ancestors were one of the two poles of the world: China and India

    So Liao Qingyun inadvertently created a "truth", and various statements about one of the greatest ancient civilizations spread in the Qing Dynasty.Weird gods, unscientific, they worship Jesus, it¡¯s not scientific, they are stupid¡±

    With a stroke of his pen, this public knowledge destroyed Egypt and Assyria from the air to the air, leaving only three ancient civilizations: China, India, and Babylon.

    Later, many Qing officials and their fans believed that China¡¯s ancestors were one of the two poles of the world: China and India

    So Liao Qingyun inadvertently created a "truth", and various statements about one of the greatest ancient civilizations spread in the Qing Dynasty.
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