At 12 o'clock in the evening, the train was getting closer and closer to the town of Dartmoor under the cover of night. The conductor had returned to the control room and the speed of the train began to decrease.
"Hongshu, the reason why Thomas Sindorah wanted to kill you, could it be related to Jack the Ripper?"
In the restaurant, Sakaki Makoto glanced at Jack the Ripper on the ground and asked:
"Otherwise, it's hard for me to imagine why Thomas Sindorah would have to kill you."
Sawada Hiroki lowered his head and said nothing.
He was also struggling over whether or not to tell the truth.
As for Jack the Ripper lying on the ground, he couldn't understand what they were saying at all. It was like reading a book without words.
"...Yes."
After hesitating for a while, Sawada Hiroki finally spoke:
"Thomas Sintra wanted to kill me because I knew his secret."
"What secret?"
"He had just adopted me at the time and invited me to visit his collection. You know, rich people all have a habit of collecting things..."
"During the visit, I found that he had a dagger passed down from his ancestors. In order to test the reliability of the DNA tracking system, I extracted the DNA from the dagger without authorization and compared it with the system library. Unexpectedly..."
"Jack the Ripper's DNA matches Thomas Sindorah's!"
"ah?!"
Hearing this, Conan almost dropped his glasses in shock:
"So, Thomas Sindorah is the descendant of Jack the Ripper?!"
"That's true. I don't think it's a big deal. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Besides, Jack the Ripper happened more than a hundred years ago. No matter how you think about it, it has nothing to do with Thomas Sindorah. But..."
Biting his lip, Sawada Hiroki sighed:
"After Thomas Sindorah knew that I had discovered his secret, he went against his usual practice and locked me in the house, not allowing me to go out."
"I can't figure it out...I really can't figure it out!"
"Does it mean that the ancestors did something wrong and that their descendants more than a hundred years later have to bear the consequences?"
"That's not the case."
Sakaki Makoto shook his head, extinguished the cigarette in his hand, and said seriously:
"Before you understand this, you must first understand the commonalities between the country of Qing, the United States, and Europe."
"What do you have in common?"
Sawada Hiroki thought about it carefully:
"color?"
"That may be a factor, but for people in these places, the blood flowing under their skin is more important."
RUA patted Ai's head, and Sakaki Makoto said:
"Before entering the game, Xiao Ai once said that the son of a politician is destined to become a politician, and the son of a businessman is destined to become a businessman. This will not change no matter how many years pass."
"The most fundamental reason for this phenomenon is blood relationship, also known as bloodline."
"In the history of the development of Western countries, the aristocracy system was the main system. The king distributed land to the nobles and asked them to guard the borders for him. Coupled with the influence of the church, it is natural that a gap arose between these nobles and the common people."
"What's more, Western countries have been promoting slavery in modern times, and they need to emphasize the difference between themselves and slaves, which further strengthens the importance of bloodline in their eyes."
"So, they pay a lot of attention to bloodline?"
Sawada Hiroki asked.
“Not a lot of attention, but a lot of attention.”
Xiao Ai pinched her boyfriend's arm, making him take his hand off her head. She elegantly picked up the black tea and took a sip:
"In addition to the national system, cultural factors also affect bloodline. Western countries believe in religion, and throughout history, they have not had a strong cohesive force. Countless small countries have fought against each other, which eventually led to the chaos that your king's mother is my third aunt, and my mother is your eldest aunt."
"To put it bluntly... it's class stratification, and it's hard for a poor family to produce a noble son."
"In order to consolidate their positions, rulers promoted blood relatives and constantly brainwashed the common people, telling them that as long as they were willing to work hard, they would be granted the title of nobility one day."
Nodding, Makoto Sakaki agreed with what Ai said.
Religion is the main culprit for this phenomenon in Western countries.
It’s different in the East. Although the East also pays great attention to bloodline, most of the time it is just for bragging. If you really talk about its actual use, it rarely has any practical effect.
Moreover, in the long history of the East Country, because of its unique geographical location, all foreign and small countries submitted to it, resulting in many coveters and even several earth-shaking changes.
Every change of dynasty meant a reshuffle of the aristocratic families. In addition, Mencius' people-oriented thought and Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's call for action established the basic theoretical foundation of equality. Later, Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang set typical examples, papermaking popularized cultural knowledge, and the imperial examination system broke the class circulation channel...
The so-called theory of bloodline has gradually become nothing more than the racial honor that flows in all people's bodies.
Of course, there is another very important point.
According to the Hundred Family Surnames of the East, and looking through the family tree, who’s ancestor can’t be found to have a king, general, saint, or emperor?
Are you guys still counting on your fingers to see who has more noble ancestors?
It's a joke.
But Western countries were different. Their revolutions were not thorough enough. For example, the British nobles established a system of co-governance with the king through the Magna Carta. Later, the Glorious Revolution was also a smooth process without bloodshed, and the theory of blood lineage was not overturned.
This is generally the case in Europe, except for France.
"But Thomas Sindorah is American!"
Sawada Hiroki still didn't quite understand:
"Wasn't the United States established only in recent years?"
"It was only established in recent years, but did you know that the United States did not originally have its own culture?"
Glancing at the confused Jack the Ripper, Sakaki Makoto said:
“The 15th to 17th centuries were the Age of Discovery. During this period, navigators connected countless continents that had never been reached before, forming a new world.”
"Colonialism also arose at this time. In order to accumulate capital and plunder resources, European countries were constantly in conflict. Those who were able to sail across the ocean and establish power in colonies were all aristocrats."
"Between 1629 and 1640, the Puritans who fled from the eastern part of the United States to Massachusetts were composed of the middle class and lower-level nobles. They were the ones who fired the first shot of the American Revolutionary War. Not only that, they also established famous universities such as Harvard University and Yale University to serve the nobles and monopolize local education."
"Between 1642 and 1675, a small group of elite nobles loyal to the royal family immigrated from southern England to Virginia and became major slave owners in the southern United States. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and the first few presidents of the United States all came from this group."
"The United States is an independent country, but at the same time, it is just a country made up of criminals who were driven out of their hometowns by the nobles and evil people with blood on their hands. Fairness will never belong to it."
"I'm saying this... Do you understand?"
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