Chapter 1203 New Land, New Era (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
expect!
In the Ming Empire, everyone is full of expectations for the future. Or, in other words, everyone is full of hope for the future.
hope!
It is precisely the people of this land that have left the deepest impression on many people, and it is also the biggest difference between them and others.
In the vast lands of the empire, from the mainland to the colonies, sparks of opportunity shone everywhere. People with hope and expectations for future life worked, labored, invested in industries, and established factories here.
This is the most vigorous era in the history of the Chinese nation, an era full of passion and hope. All the rules and customs, traditional concepts, dogmas, norms and constraints accumulated in China's five thousand years of history were torn to pieces on this new continent.
Mankind's most primitive and savage nature, its most valuable creativity, and its most precious spirit of struggle and pioneering are fully displayed in this vast grassland, forest, and swamp. People from China have abandoned the shackles of the old world, and tens of millions of people, like countless vital seeds, have blossomed, borne fruit, and multiplied in the New World. What they have created is a prosperous civilization that has amazed the world.
But what really surprised people were the people here. At least for Wang Kaiyun, since he came to the Ming Dynasty he had longed for, he had been in a state of extreme shock every day.
“Ah…Hey!”
Accompanied by a muffled shout from the young student, the student whose arm was grabbed was thrown from behind one or two meters, and then fell on the sponge mat with a "thump".
Although they were far apart, when the student fell, Wang Kaiyun couldn't help but gasp and felt pain for that person.
"This, this is a real fall!"
"Of course he really fell, Renqiu. Although the students are practicing here, they are all real physical exercises."
When Xu Li finished speaking, the student who had just been knocked down rushed forward again. While the two were fighting, Wang Kaiyun could see the students' solid muscles through their collars and watched these students fighting on the arena.
Wang Kaiyun finally understood why he always felt that the young people of the Ming Dynasty had a different spirit from the young people of the Tang Dynasty.
In terms of intelligence and appearance, there is no difference between them, but the young people of the Ming Dynasty have a sense of strength and enterprising spirit in their bones. What about the young people of the Tang Dynasty?
Wang Kaiyun's mind emerged the students he had seen in the new-style schools in the capital - after class they just walked around in a daze, or did their homework, almost never exercised, looked completely listless, and to some extent, perhaps even a little effeminate.
Weak scholar!
A weak scholar who can't even tie a chicken!
But what about the Ming Dynasty?
Their students are completely different. They study in class, exercise on the playground, learn wrestling, fighting, karate and other martial arts in the fighting field, and play football on the court.
Wang Kaiyun even thought of those "shameless" girls or young women he had seen on the football field before, who would even scream and cheer crazily for the players on the field.
That crazy look made Mr. Wang want to rush up and loudly scold them for being "shameless".
And now?
Looking at these college students who were "equivalent to Jinshi", Wang Kaiyun couldn't help but ask.
"Wenli, they don't need to take the martial arts exam, so why do they have to practice martial arts like this? Isn't this a disgrace to society?"
"Is it insulting? Why did Mr. Renqiu say that?"
Looking at him, Xu Li's puzzled expression soon became relieved. Isn't this the common thought of many scholars who first came to the Ming Dynasty? Even he himself had similar thoughts at the beginning.
"Mr. Renqiu, since the Song Dynasty, China has always valued literature over martial arts. Scholars even considered martial arts as a shame, believing that martial arts were the behavior of vulgar barbarians. This has also led to China's weakness for hundreds of years. The Song Dynasty fell to the Jin and Mongolians, and the Ming Dynasty fell to the Qing Dynasty. Such national shame was due to the weakness of our people. Therefore, as early as when he was in Nanhua, Your Majesty once said, "To restore the status and spirit of the nation, we must first develop a healthy physique; therefore, physical education is more important than moral and intellectual education!" Therefore, all schools in the empire, whether primary and secondary schools or universities, attach importance to physical education. Students are ashamed of being weak and proud of being strong!"
After saying this, Xu Li said again.
"Besides, cultivating both civil and military skills is the Chinese tradition. The "Zhou Li·Bao Shi" says: "To raise the sons of the country with the Tao, we should teach them the six arts: one is the five rituals, two is the six musics, three is the five archery, four is the five chariots, five is the six books, and six is the nine numbers." In the Song Dynasty, a few corrupt scholars castrated the original intentions of the sages for their own selfishness, and the poison has spread to this day, causing China to almost suffer the pain of national destruction. It was not until Your Majesty turned the tide and the collapse that we have the national strength of the Ming Dynasty today. The empire was established in a foreign land, surrounded by tigers and wolves. If we do not work hard and plan instead of practicing martial arts, but instead pretend to be sages and Confucian scholars, we are willing to be slaves and recognize the enemy as our father, not to mention the destruction of the Ming Dynasty, we Chinese people may also become slaves of foreign races, just like our compatriots in the Chinese homeland..."
The slaps on his face made loud noises. Sometimes he was called a "fake Confucian", sometimes he was called a "losing the country", sometimes he was called a "self-castrator", and sometimes he was called a "recognizer of the enemy". In a word, when you insult someone, you have to scold him for his shortcomings, and when you hit someone, you have to hit him in the face. While Wang Kaiyun's face was being slapped, his expression changed from time to time, and he looked a little embarrassed.
It took a long time before he spoke.
"It's really ridiculous, ridiculous..."
I just don't know whether this "very ridiculous" refers to those "fake Confucians" who castrated themselves, or to the Ming Dynasty. But one thing is certain: for Wang Kaiyun, since he came to the Ming Dynasty, he has seen two completely different countries.
Maybe they are brothers by blood, maybe they are from the same clan, but in just twenty years, they have relied on the human instinct for survival in this new continent, in this savage land, to break free from the shackles of the old continent's traditions and all kinds of rules and customs, and freely opened up a whole new world in this land.
In this process, the rules and customs accumulated over China's five thousand years of history, the traditional concepts, dogmas, norms and constraints were washed away in the fierce collision and cruel reality.
To some extent, perhaps this is the meaning of "the coming of the Vermillion Bird". The Chinese nation, like the Vermillion Bird, has been reborn from the ashes on this southern continent and is once again full of vitality.
No matter how outsiders view all this, one thing is certain: the Chinese nation has taken root in this land...
(End of this chapter)
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