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Text 1049 Unraveling the Old Wei

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    "Old Wei, what are you thinking about? You are selfish and disregard the country!" Jing Wen said.  As soon as Jing Wen came in, he immediately began to criticize Wei Zheng, saying that he ignored the country for selfish reasons.  This was obviously a very rude way of criticizing him and not saving face for Wei Zheng.  Jing Wen could clearly see that Wei Zheng was not purely nationalistic. In fact, he was mixed with a lot of personal hatred.  Because Jing Wen knew that absolute nationalism did not exist in the Tang Dynasty. Even among the nationalists of later generations, few of them would aspire to kill all foreigners.  And Wei Zheng wanted to kill all foreigners from the very beginning. It was obvious that his mentality was unhealthy, and he must have been stimulated by something, so he hated foreigners so much.  It can be said that Wei Zheng actually had a personal hatred and was not a nationalist.  And if we talk about the so-called nationalists in ancient times, even the so-called nationalists during the Five Husties Rebellion in China, in fact, they were not pure nationalists. They had hatred towards foreigners because of the massacres of foreigners.  Personal hatred cannot be compared with true nationalism.  Nationalism is nationalism, and personal hatred belongs to personal hatred, but many people confuse them.  Nationalism actually advocates the advancement of the nation, rather than relying on killing foreigners to relieve anger.  As for those who want to kill foreigners to relieve their anger, it is just because of so-called ethnic hatred.  So Wei Zheng¡¯s so-called desire to kill foreigners is not true nationalism, but he probably didn¡¯t know that he was seriously stimulated by foreigners at that time, so he hated foreigners so much that he even wanted to kill them all.  But Jing Wen would not agree. If you don't like foreigners, you don't necessarily want to massacre foreigners. After all, truly civilized people will not massacre.  The so-called massacre is the behavior of barbarians.  This has been recognized by later generations.  Of course, civilized people also massacre, but their methods are just more sophisticated.  They won't kill directly.  They will only continue to squeeze the living space of other ethnic groups to slowly eliminate them, and they will never rely on bloody methods to kill.  This Wei Zheng obviously also has his brutal side.  Because of personal hatred, other foreigners were implicated.  "Why do I ignore the country and the court for my own sake? Please explain it clearly to me! People who are not of my race will have different hearts. This is what our ancestors said back then. I refuse foreigners to enter the Tang Dynasty to serve. This is for the sake of the emperor.  For safety, and also to prevent the secrets of our Datang Center from being leaked, how could it be for selfish reasons?" Wei Zheng angrily said.  Jing Wen said very rudely: "Old Wei, I can see that you are not doing it for the so-called public spirit. On the contrary, once you face foreigners, you change. You lose your cool and become very violent and easy."  Angry. This is not what a civilized person should have. Old Wei, what happened to you that you hated the Turks so much that you even implicated other foreigners?" Jing Wen suddenly saw Wei Zheng's expression change.  It was dark, obviously thinking of something.  Jing Wen knew that maybe Wei Zheng did not know when and what happened that made him have a deep-seated hatred for foreigners, or that he was frightened by something.  This made him hate foreigners so much.  Being a foreigner is definitely a permanent scar in his heart, and this may have always been buried in his heart.  No one knew why Chen was disobedient, but Jing Wen felt that he had to explain it to him.  Because Wei Zheng is now also an important minister in the imperial court.  If he always harbors this kind of hatred towards foreigners, An will be very inconvenient for the Tang Dynasty in the future.  In the future, the Tang Dynasty will definitely gradually carry out exchanges between the East and the West, and even more and more exchanges with foreign countries. If Wei Zheng, a man with a deep hatred for foreigners, continues to serve as prime minister, then I am afraid the consequences will be chilling.  When the time comes, Wei Zheng will probably try every means to restrict those foreigners, and may even lose his impartial attitude towards dealing with foreigners.  If the prime minister of a country loses his impartial attitude towards something, it will be very fatal to the country.  As an emperor and prime minister, you must be fair. If you cannot maintain fairness, you must be fair.  Judging from the power they hold, it will definitely seriously harm those vulnerable groups.  Although later Westerners have invaded China for a long time.  But Jing Wen didn't think that Datang was going to take revenge on them now.  Let¡¯s not talk about whether Datang has the means to conduct an expedition thousands of miles away. Let¡¯s just say that currently the officials and people of Datang will not support an expedition thousands of miles away.  There was no deep hatred between them.  There is no hatred of Westerners like the people of later generations.  On the contrary, Westerners still rely on the Tang Dynasty. Their businessmen have always been kind to people since they came to the Tang Dynasty and will never offend others easily.  Their current state is actually that the later generations of Chinese people who go to the West are full of humility and will never dare to be as arrogant in China as they were in the 19th century.  ??So various people have very good impressions of Westerners.  But if there is any conflict in the future, and Wei Zheng's personal problem of hating foreigners is committed again, it will be easy for him to harm foreigners with his power.  At that time, it will be very harmful to the country's external image.  If those foreigners return to the West and they all think that China is a place that discriminates against foreigners, that would be very scary.  It turns out that the Tang Dynasty in history was actually strong and famous all over the world because it did not discriminate against people from any nation or country and treated them equally.  Only in this way can Westerners from thousands of miles away recognize Datang.  If China cannot treat foreigners equally, it will be a great hindrance to the country's image and the spread of Tang Dynasty's culture to the world.  Therefore, Jing Wen must explain Wei Zheng to prevent him from formulating discriminatory policies for foreigners in the future, which would also be very bad for Datang's future opening to the outside world.  Wei Zheng has the power to refute the policy. If he disagrees with the policy, it will be difficult to implement it.  "Old Wei, if you have any grievances, just say it! If you don't say it, you will definitely feel more uncomfortable! If you say it, everything will be easier. The emperor and I are by your side, so it is best for you to say it.  Okay. No one will look down on you, and everyone will comfort you if you tell me!" Jing Wen said.  (To be continued)  
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