Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 31 Nan Lixiang
Subtitle of this chapter: After thinking about it, Murong decided to respect the Japanese performing artists and not make fun of them all the time. After all, these teachers are still very dedicated compared to their counterparts in a certain big country in the East.
"In the early 20th century, two pamphlets appeared in Japan that had a profound impact on history: one was "Outline of the Japanese Reform Bill" and the other was "Japan Can Say No". Later, people combined these two books into one and called it the Japanese version of "My Struggle."
"The author of the Outline of the Japanese Reform Bill is Kita Ikki, the 'Father of Japanese Fascism'."
"In 1906, when he was 23 years old, he joined the Revolutionary Review Society and the Tongmenghui, and began his 13-year career in the Chinese revolution. After Japan occupied Qingdao, anti-Japanese sentiment among the Chinese people was high, and Kita Ikki thought that he could no longer contribute to the Chinese revolution. After that, he began to turn his attention back to Japan. In order to achieve peaceful coexistence between China and Japan, he advocated overthrowing the current Japanese political system and completely abandoning the traditional policy of invading China. In 1919, he wrote the "Outline of the Japanese Reform Bill" in Shanghai, advocating the reconstruction of Japan through armed revolution."
"The book is divided into eight parts, and the last part is about the rights of states. In addition to defense, states have the right to go to war for other countries and nations that are oppressed by unjust force, such as India, China, Siberia and Australia."
"Kita Ikki claimed that Japan was the international proletariat, Russia was the world's largest landowner, and Britain was the world's largest tycoon, and that it was just to go to war with them. Through war, an Asian empire centered on Japan would be established, and national borders would be abolished to achieve world peace."
"However, 'Japan Can Say No' is more radical than the 'Outline of the Japanese Reform Bill'. It unabashedly proposes the 'ultimate world war', in which only one of the yellow race and the white race can finally dominate the world. Therefore, as the representative of the yellow race, Japan must prepare for this war from now on."
"However, the author of Japan Can Say No only has one pseudonym, a feminine one, Minami Rika. Most historians of later generations believed that the author used this pseudonym to pay tribute to Kita Ikki. He must have been a believer in National Socialism. And according to the writing style of the Japanese version, this person should be an officer who has received a complete military education. It is very likely that he was a member of the 'Showa Staff' in the future."
"The way "Japan Can Say No" was circulated is also very strange. The place where this booklet first became known was not Japan, but the United States. When it first appeared in front of the world, it was actually an English version. No wonder the Japanese side called it a fake work that "slandered the Great Japanese Empire" at the time."
"However, Americans and Japanese of the same era did not view 'Japan Can Say No' in this way..."
——Excerpt from "100 Books That Influenced the 20th Century"
Minister Shi Zhaoji quickly read through it and couldn't help shaking his head and sneering , "What kind of battle is this between Huang and Bai? It's really just a fool's dream..."
"Hongjian..." He hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Just tell me what you think."
Our Master Yuan smiled and said, "Mr. Zhi, you think it is a fool's dream, but there are fools in this world who are indeed dreaming such big dreams, and there are also non-fools who want other fools to dream such big dreams. And we want to let the world know that the Japanese are fools who dream such big dreams."
Shi Zhaoji was not stupid, and he completely understood Yuan Yanshu's tongue twister. However, he was a little dissatisfied with this operation method, and smiled and shook his head and said, "Hongjian, I understand what you mean. However, your idea is too unrealistic, and it is a bit... cough cough cough."
The intellectual, who was still too turbaned, swallowed the words "by any means necessary" and continued, "Besides, if we throw out this pamphlet, will the Westerners believe it?"
Yuan Yan suddenly opened his mouth to refute: "Mr. Zhi, why don't the Westerners believe it? They can believe the even more absurd Yellow Peril theory, so why can't they believe in this Yellow-White War?"
Whether a hundred years ago or a hundred years later, there will certainly be fewer Westerners who understand the East than Easterners who understand the West, and much fewer.
There is no way. After the Age of Discovery and the Renaissance, the center of human civilization was indeed in the Western world. It can be said that Western civilization suppressed Eastern civilization in all aspects. This forced Orientals, especially the elites, to understand the West and deal with Westerners.
Capitalism, which pursues profits regardless of all obstacles, has made Western industrial products penetrate into every household in the East. For example, in 1914, Standard Oil had more than 500 outlets throughout China. Anyone who could afford a kerosene lamp knew the name of this company.
Therefore, even the ignorant commoners who lived in remote villages, were illiterate, and even believed that there was an emperor at that time, all knew from the kerosene, matches, nails, guns and cannons how powerful the big-nosed Westerners were.
On the other hand, Westerners, their common people, and most of their elites have no need to understand the East.
This Western-centrism, coupled with the hegemony of public opinion, further blocks Westerners' channels for understanding the East.
This is why until the 21st century, some Westerners still believed that the Seres still wore braids and bound their feet.
For example, the famous Japanese cultural research monograph "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword". The author of this book, Mrs. Ruth Benedict, is indeed an anthropologist, but she has never been to Japan and does not even understand Japanese.
She simply collected information from propaganda films released by Japan at the time, interviews with Japanese Americans and prisoners of war in concentration camps, and Japanese literary works, and thus "constructed" a general picture of Japanese culture.
The bisexual anthropologist concluded that Japanese shotas are spoiled, which results in many contradictory personalities when they grow up.
According to this statement, the little suns of a certain big Eastern country, including Yuan Hongjian, will become neon gold when they grow up.
To our Master Yuan, "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" is simply a joke. He would never plagiarize it even if he were beaten to death... Well, even if he plagiarized it, he would do it anonymously.
But it is precisely because of this that he can easily guide Western public opinion to "smear" the little Japan. Anyway, there is no Mrs. Benedict these days.
Yuan Yanshu advised earnestly: "Mr. Zhi, Machiavelli once said that when you can win by deception, never rely on force. Another wise man also said that you should not let your sense of morality prevent you from making the right decision."
Well, this great sage’s name is Isaac Asimov.
"Let's not talk about our country's military strength, and this book is not a lie, it was written by the Japanese themselves..."
Hey, the Japanese ten years from now will still be Japanese.
"Of course, we should not believe in rumors or spread them, but we can still help Westerners recognize the true face of the Japanese and make them more vigilant. Mr. Zhi, Mr. Zhi, this will only benefit East Asia and even the world peace without any harm."
Well, for the sake of world peace and to give those Japanese devils some trouble, just give in!
