Chapter 223 Wen Leyu: We are grasshoppers on the same rope
Li Ye's hesitation made the three people in the box feel as if they knew what would happen next. They felt very unhappy and very uncomfortable.
Wen Leyu would never force Li Ye, and the babysitter Xiao Liang didn't have the face to do so, so.
"guess?"
Guo Donglun laughed and said with some contempt: "I do know a few scholars who like to speculate on international trends. So, Li Ye, you are so outstanding?"
Provocation, absolute provocation.
Li Ye saw through Guo Donglun's little thoughts at a glance.
Of course, Guo Donglun didn't want to hide his little thoughts. I just provoked you, so what if you backed down?
Li Ye thought for a moment and said, "Let's change to a less sensitive subject for explanation! Do you know the Confucian cultural circle?"
None of the three answered, but from the looks in their eyes, Li Ye knew that they might know about the "vassal state" but did not understand what he meant.
"The Confucian cultural circle is a circle of cultural exchange centered on the Flower-growing Empire in history, radiating to all directions. You can also regard this exchange as infiltration and invasion."
"For example, the country on the northern peninsula that is one of the four little dragons was once one of the regions that was influenced by our civilization.
Even though they are much richer than us now, if you look at their ID card or household registration, there must be a name written in Chinese characters.
If you look deeper, you will find that their laws are written in our language.
Because if you use their language to write, many strict legal doctrines will be impossible to interpret, that is, they cannot be explained clearly, and you can't figure out what crime this criminal should be sentenced for."
Wen Leyu, Guo Donglun and Xiao Liang were all a little surprised.
In 1982, there were not so many channels for information dissemination for ordinary people to enjoy. Besides, this kind of thing was not deliberately publicized. If someone had not been to South Korea, they would naturally not know this knowledge.
Li Ye continued: "This is the power of the Confucian cultural circle, and this is only the residual power."
"Residual version?" Wen Leyu asked, "What does this mean?"
"It's the residual power of the deceased!" Li Ye sighed, "A few hundred years ago, our land was the center of the Confucian cultural circle.
From the 38th parallel in the north to Malacca in the south, from Fusang in the east to Suiye in the west, they are all within the sphere of influence of our Flower Growers."
"In such a large circle, everyone has great respect and admiration for flower growers. They think everything we do is good and right.
They will admire our language and culture, identify with our customs, envy our strength, and even learn our social system. "
“.”
At this point, Wen Leyu and Guo Donglun suddenly woke up.
System is a taboo topic.
Li Ye didn't look at their surprised eyes and continued, "For example, the Fusang Chrysanthemum Kingdom sent a large number of envoys to us during the Tang Dynasty. After returning, they reformed their social management system.
Needless to say, Goryeo in the north was directly our vassal state, and its power structure was also deeply influenced by us. Luzon in Southeast Asia paid homage to our emperor every year and called itself a subject.
"Stop for a moment."
Guo Donglun interrupted Li Ye and asked seriously, "What you mean by these words is that we will be influenced by the culture of the lighthouse and be changed by them?"
“.”
Li Ye was silent for a few seconds before he smiled and said, "So, this is just my guess! After all, it is something left over from our ancestors, and I don't know if others would like it or not."
"But I have met several people who have returned from overseas. They tell everyone they meet how good overseas life is and how superior the society overseas is.
Isn't this the same as the Tang Dynasty envoys who returned from Chang'an to Goryeo and Fuso?"
"There were also poor beggars in Chang'an who were starving, but the envoys to the Tang Dynasty only saw the talented and elegant men on the rooftops.
There are also bankrupt homeless people in the Lighthouse, but some people only see the executive elites in Manhattan. Why is that?
Guo Donglun asked directly, like a crosstalk actor: "Why is this?"
"Because they are all excellent people," Li Ye said, "If they want to become envoys to the Tang Dynasty, they must be talented and ambitious people selected from Fuso and Goryeo. You can't just pull a lazy guy from the village and send him to the Tang Dynasty, right?"
"These people have intelligence and resilience, and will never settle for mediocrity no matter what environment they are in.
From the moment they set foot on any piece of land, they would look up.
The cloud is their goal, what does the mud have to do with them?"
“.”
Wen Leyu suddenly moved his chopsticks.
"Okay Li Ye, stop talking, I'm hungry!"
"Ah? Oh, eat, eat. Look at me, I'm so talkative and I'm just rambling on and on."
Li Ye was interrupted by Wen Leyu, and felt that he had gone a little too far, so he smiled and invited Guo Donglun and Xiao Liang to have dinner.
But Guo Donglun and Xiao Liang didn't move their chopsticks and just watched Li Ye and Wen Leyu eat.
[I'm just watching you eat. Do you have the nerve to eat? Are you telling me a story? And you're still hanging me in the middle? ]
But as they watched, Guo Donglun and Xiao Liang were both surprised.
These two young people can really eat!
If Li Ye and Wen Leyu hadn't been so "elegant" in their eating manners, Guo Donglun would have laughed at them and said they were the reincarnations of starving ghosts.
The eight-inch plate is so big that one person cannot be satisfied even if he eats three plates of food.
Although the blue and white small bowl is not big, will you ever stop drinking one bowl after another?
This is soup, not water.
The appetite of Dongshan people is not exaggerated. It may not be obvious compared with the black soil of Shaanxi and Gansu, but if compared with the south of the Yangtze River,
Anyway, in Li Ye's previous life, whenever he went to the South to eat, the restaurant owners would always give him strange expressions.
It is really difficult for an average family to raise this child.
Guo Donglun took a break and said softly, "When I was in the army, there were two comrades from Dongshan who were also very good eaters. I originally thought it was a personal characteristic, but now it seems that it may be a regional characteristic."
Li Ye kept eating with his chopsticks and said, "Yes, we Dongshan people do have big stomachs, just like our temperaments, open and generous!"
【You are so open-minded! 】
Guo Donglun cursed in his heart, but waited with a smile on his face. He did not ask what was in his heart until Li Ye and Wen Leyu had eaten their fill.
"Since you have guessed the dangers of cultural radiation, have you guessed how to deal with it?"
"Do I need to guess this?"
Li Ye thought for a moment and said, "There are many ways. We have actually been using one of them for decades, and it seems to be still effective. The other way is to defeat them."
Guo Donglun: "Defeat them? What does that mean exactly?"
Li Ye said seriously: "It means exactly what it says. We must defeat them in an honest and fair way, economically and culturally."
“When our people eat better, wear better, and use better things than they do, what do we have to fear from infiltration?
By that time, the Confucian cultural circle will be revived again, and it will be time for everyone around us to learn Chinese from us again."
Guo Donglun asked doubtfully, "Let our people eat well, wear well, and use things well, is that enough?"
"What do you mean that's all?" Li Ye said with a smile, "This is not easy. We have one sixth of the world's population! And this is just the first step.
In short, we are all pebbles swept away by the torrent, and if we can make a splash, our life is worth it. "
“.”
Guo Donglun fell silent. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly said to Xiao Liang, "Give me a bowl of rice."
"oh!"
Nanny Xiao Liang hurriedly served him some food. He had drunk so much wine and had only eaten a little bit of the food, so he quickly needed a bowl of rice to fill his stomach.
Guo Donglun ate two bowls of rice slowly, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and stood up to say goodbye.
"Thank you for your hospitality. I may have to stay in the capital for a few more days. If you have anything to do, you can come to the Great Wall Hotel to find me."
Li Ye stood up and asked curiously, "You're going back so early? Didn't you come to Beijing to talk to me?"
Guo Donglun said calmly: "Haven't we talked about this before?"
Li Ye: “.”
After the four of them left the restaurant, the driver of the Volga bus hurriedly got out to open the door and let Guo Donglun and the nanny Xiao Liang get in.
Of course, the nanny Xiao Liang gave him a tip of 20 yuan when he came, otherwise he wouldn't be so diligent and wouldn't have waited here for so long!
After Guo Donglun left, Jin Peng and others reappeared.
Jin Peng asked, "Xiao Ye, how was the talk?"
Li Ye said: "It's hard to say, he still has to stay in the capital for a few days, we have to adapt to the situation!"
Jin Peng was sad, but he could only send Li Ye and Wen Leyu back to school first.
When they returned to school, Wen Leyu took Li Ye for a stroll along the shore of Weiming Lake and said to him, "You talked too much to him today, making him feel like we were trying to persuade him to continue the cooperation.
We don't need to lower our posture, love whatever you want, why should we be afraid of him? "
Li Ye smiled and said, "How could I be afraid of him? I just think he's interesting. He's bored anyway, so I'll help him find something to do. Maybe there'll be one more person to go with him."
"Isn't it me who's with you?"
"Oh, Xiaoyu, you are the one who walks hand in hand with me, different from others."
"Tsk~"
Wen Leyu rolled his eyes, and then asked Li Ye: "You deliberately expanded Pengcheng Seventh Factory just to fight with those financial groups?"
Li Ye nodded and said, "That's about right! We have to do something to make life meaningful."
Wen Leyu chuckled and said, "When you first applied for the Economics Department, I thought you wanted to become a billionaire! It turns out that your ambition is much greater."
Li Ye said in surprise: "You guessed right! Being a billionaire does not conflict with having great ambitions."
“.”
"Well, you said so much tonight and I was so moved. So you actually have this idea?"
"Wow, I forgot you're a reserve D member! Xiaoyu, you're not going to arrest me to claim the reward, are you?"
Wen Leyu kicked Li Ye's calf several times and said fiercely: "I want to catch you for the reward? You want to catch me too? We are both tied together, who can escape?"
“.”
. . . . . .
Guo Donglun and Xiao Liang arrived at the Great Wall Hotel and checked in with a letter of introduction.
Xiao Liang fulfilled her duties as a nanny, helping Guo Donglun wash his face and feet and waiting for him to rest.
Then Xiao Liang suddenly said, "What Li Ye said today was a bit exaggerated."
Guo Donglun said: "It's a bit exaggerated, but I have nothing to do right now, so it won't hurt to play for a while."
Xiao Liang glanced at Guo Donglun and said nothing more.
Although Guo Donglun said that he was just playing around, Xiao Liang felt that he was serious.
She turned and walked out. Guo Donglun behind her said, "Call Lao Liao and ask him to get me a Crown car. It must be bought through legitimate means."
Well, he really is serious.
(End of this chapter)
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