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Volume 3: Stormy France Chapter 104: Race (Part 2)

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    Be tolerant to diversity, tolerance is a virtue.  Even if Western Qin and other ethnic groups are two completely different cultures and it is difficult for them to blend in, Bai Zhou must still devote himself to solving this matter.  After all, this is related to whether the Western Qin people can truly stand among the ethnic groups in Europe.

    Strictly speaking, ordinary Xiqin people don¡¯t have a good impression of the ¡°strangers¡± around them.  Although this is a normal behavior - no one will have a good look at someone of a different race than themselves, just like the attitude of the Chinese people towards foreigners during the Ming Dynasty, but even though they treat Bai Zhou  Yan, knowing that this is not a good thing, after all, no one likes to stay in a hostile and unfamiliar environment.

    Of course, Bai Zhou doesn¡¯t want the people of the Western Qin people to worship foreigners like some people in later generations. He just needs them to be friendly enough to make people like Howl and Winkelred feel that the Western Qin people are a different nation.  Let them know that in Western Qin, the criterion for being reused is definitely not nationality and bloodline, but the level of ability.

    Today's Europe is full of wars and can't be considered peaceful - Portugal and Spain in the southwest are fighting endlessly with the Moors coming north from Africa; France in the west is fighting with England and Burgundy; the Holy Roman Empire in the center is already in turmoil  They showed their sharp claws against the Italian city-states to the south; and to the east, the alliance formed by Poland and Hungary was always on guard against Russia to the east and the Byzantines to the south.

    In this land, which is about the same size as Middle-earth, many wars have broken out, which can be called troubled times.  Therefore, in such troubled times, the talent of a general is the most important.

    ?????????????????? In this unquiet era, morality can no longer be too demanding. As long as they are truly talented, they are what Bai Zhou hopes for. As for the issue of loyalty, that is not what Xi Qin and Bai Zhou can do at present.  After all, no foreigner from the West Qin tribe has joined in a real sense, so there is no so-called loyalty.

    As for saying that people who are not from my race must have different minds?  Bai Zhou doesn't think that what the ancients said is necessarily true. Obviously, this sentence, this sentence that has been circulated for a long time, in Bai Zhou's view, cannot be a reason to prevent him from reusing foreign talents.

    You must know that "Those who are not of my race must have different minds." This idiom was "praised" by many nationalists in later generations. The earliest one was the evaluation of the people of Chu by the people of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is found in "Zuo Zhuan":  "There is something in "Shi Yi Zhi Zhi", which says: 'If you are not of my race, your heart will be different.' Although Chu is a big country, it is not of my race, so are they willing to call me me?"

    The general idea is: "Shi Yi's "Zhi" has this saying, "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts." Although Chu State has a vast land, it is not the same nation as us. Will it be willing to accept us?"

    From this point of view, it is not difficult to understand that the State of Lu, which is in the south of present-day Shandong Province, covers one corner of the three provinces of Henan, Jiangsu, and Anhui; and the State of Chu, which originated in the southeast of Xichuan, in present-day Henan Province, are two vassal states that are almost together.  , were only considered to be different ethnic groups in the Spring and Autumn Period. From the Qin and Han Dynasties to later generations, are there still people who say that people in northern Henan and people in southern Henan are different ethnic groups?

    Middle-earth is a tolerant country, and the Yanhuang tribe is also a tolerant nation. Being entangled in ethnicity can only hinder the development of the nation.  Although in the long history, the Yanhuang tribe has been invaded and massacred by foreign tribes from time to time, no one can deny that it is precisely because of the characteristics of the Yanhuang tribe that they can still stand firm in the world despite many hardships.  In the forest of nations.

    Among the four ancient civilizations, Egypt, India, Babylon, and China, the first three have to be added with the word "ancient" in later generations, because whether they are ancient Egypt, ancient India, or ancient Babylon, they originally created brilliant civilizations.  The nation and culture have been annihilated in the long history. As for those who founded the country in the original place, they are no longer the original nation, and the cultural heritage has been cut off for a generation.

    If you want a nation to continue to develop and progress, you must absorb advanced nutrients from the outside. Only in this way can you not only ensure the advanced nature of the nation, but also ensure that the fundamentals of a nation will not be lost.

    So, from a large perspective, this is also an important reason why Bai Zhou wants to recruit foreign talents.

    ??Mountain Tai does not allow soil, so it can become big; rivers and seas do not allow small streams, so it can be deep; the king does not exclude the common people, so he can understand his virtue.  This is why the five emperors and three kings are invincible because the land has no four directions, the people have no foreign countries, the four seasons are perfect, and ghosts and gods bring blessings.

    Li Si's "Book of Remonstrance and Expulsion of Guests" is an article that has been studied by every queen since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty and by every prince of the Western Qin Dynasty.

    Although it is undeniable that there are some good-hearted people among foreign races who may have some adverse effects on their own race. After all, they themselves do not have a high sense of identity with the Western Qin Dynasty, but they are the worst because of choking and abandoning food.  practice.

    ¡°If so many talents were given up because of national opinion, Qin would not be able toIt may be the final winner of the Warring States Period. Similarly, Western Qin cannot survive on this land for a long time.

    Therefore, Baizhou now needs to let Europa see what kind of nation Western Qin is, and let them know that as long as you are capable, even if you are just a slave, you will be treated differently in Western Qin.

    Bai Zhou has actually thought of a good way now, which is a breakthrough, and that is Alan.

    This little nobleman who failed to pretend to be dead in the Battle of Basel has average abilities. Strictly speaking, he is a dispensable person and cannot be said to be a talent. But Bai Zhou understands the principle of "buying bones for a thousand pieces of gold".  Yes, I know that although this Alan's strength is average, fortunately he has no burden on his family. He has no father, no mother, no wife and no children, so it should be easier to defect.  As for his personal loyalty to Burgundy?  Again, loyalty is because there are not enough chips for betrayal.

    If Western Qin can reuse Alan, then of course he will become a symbol, a symbol that represents Western Qin's attitude towards foreigners.

    Of course, as for people like Winkelried and Tell, this alone should not be enough.  After all, the friendship between the two of them and the old Swiss Grand Duke lasted more than a day or two, and their personal characters were very good. It can be said that they were truly loyal knights.

    For a while, Bai Zhou really had no good way to deal with them. After all, the "formal" recruitment and surrender methods were definitely not applicable to them. The official titles such as Xu Jue and Ling Luo were definitely not applicable to them.  Moreover, Bai Zhou's current status is actually the same as that of the old Swiss Grand Duke, so whatever he can give to the two of them, the old Grand Duke can also give to them. Bai Zhou is too anxious to come now.

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    ps: Regarding the opinions of the four ancient civilizations and the statements in these three chapters, they are just one opinion. In fact, there are many different academic opinions, so please do not criticize them.

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