Cultivating oneself, managing the family, governing the country and pacifying the world is a famous Confucian saying that has influenced Asia for thousands of years. On the surface, this seems to be just an inspirational word, but this sentence has exposed the real social structure of ancient Asia, especially the Confucian cultural circle.

Cultivating yourself means working hard to improve your abilities and moral cultivation. Only by cultivating yourself and becoming a moral gentleman will you be qualified to manage your family.

The ancient family was a very important cornerstone in the social structure. A family of three was also called a family, and hundreds of clans were also called a family. Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the seven sects and five surnames that even the emperor dared to mess with were also homes.

Even the royal family of all dynasties has the essence of family and world. As for the country and world above the family, it is often a very illusory existence.

For example, the famous Cui family in the Qinghe books was a famous family in the Central Plains from the Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The countries above their heads changed one after another, but in their hearts, only the family prosperity was the foundation, and the rest was nonsense.

After the Song and Ming dynasties, although such a perverted large family disappeared, the people's family concepts remained. The Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty fell, and the Qing Dynasty fell. In the eyes of the people who valued the family, what they cared about was the prosperity of their own clans.

As for what country and the world, they are all full and shouting and playing. Don’t take it seriously.

Japan, which began to accept the transformation of Han culture from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, certainly copied the practical information in Confucian culture. In fact, to put it bluntly, the names of various Japanese families are armed families.

The same is true for the Shimazu family. Since the Kamakura Shogunate period, it is equivalent to establishing a family since the Southern Song Dynasty. Over the past 700 years, the family has experienced ups and downs, but it is indeed very impressive to continue.

Even in their history, there were feats of almost the same entire Kyushu, when they almost became famous in Japan.

Not only the Shimazu family, but also the famous Oda family, Toyotomi family, Maori, Uesugi... and even the current Tokugawa shogunate are essentially large armed groups with family as the core.

The whole of Asia has actually been in the rule of this family culture for thousands of years. No matter how the dynasties change, its essence has not changed at all.

But just when all Asians think that this kind of family will last forever, a young man returned to Asia alone and jumped out and said to the Asian elites, "You idiots, family and world will not work long ago. From now on, it will be an era where the nation and country sweep everything. People who do not adapt to this era will be conquered."

The swearer is naturally Xiao Letian, and the point he explained is still too advanced for Asia now. There is no local force willing to accept it except the big-headed soldiers under his command.

This has nothing to do with right or wrong, it only concerns interests. Even if you are so flirting with the splendor, no one can refute you. But if you go to the Qing royal family, "You will be finished sooner or later, not only will you be finished yourself, but the land outside the pass and Mongolia must be spit out so that the entire nation and the country can be divided equally..."

The scene was so beautiful that even Xiao Letian dared not fantasize about it.

There are only two exceptions. Under the sky of Asia, there are only two forces who are willing to listen to Xiao Letian's principles and are also truly considering his principles carefully. One is the Ryukyu in the Jinliang Jin, and the other is the Shimazu Satsuma family, which was beaten to death.

The truth comes from the fist, and this is true. Only when you show incredible force can you convince the Japanese who worship the strong. Once they are convinced, they will immediately start the learning mode and try their best to squeeze you out.

Of course, Xiao Letian knew that Shimazu family would come to Ryukyu to mix sand. Sakamoto Ryuma, who had accepted his blood, had long become his younger brother. The information inside Japan was opened to Xiao Letian.

Xiao Letian is just waiting for this opportunity. His career is not limited to the Qing Dynasty. In his eyes, all the forces that can be united are worth trying. Since your Shimazu family is ready to be brainwashed by me, then wait to accept my ravages.

In a small class dedicated to foreign legion elites, Xiao Letian's deafening voice completely convinced these Shimazu family's "spy" and even Shimazu Kuraku and Shimazu Tadaoyi were impressed by this great truth.

"Remember, you must remember for me... the future world is destined to be a complete collapse of the whole world, and the world where nationalism is popular, all the old ideas will be swept into the trash can for me."

"Don't be dissatisfied, and don't look at me with the eyes of an idiot. If you don't agree, you can argue. Now I will tell you what the world is."

Xiao Letian broke three blackboards, which finally made these Japanese realize that some things that were inconspicuous on the surface had very deep tricks inside.

What exactly is a family? In fact, family is an inevitable choice for humans to evolve into social animals. The collapse of tribal systems and the rise of city-states and countries is the era when humans began to evolve the concept of family.

To put it thoroughly, a person's power is weak. Faced with floods, beasts, wars, plagues... Only when humans are together can they increase their chances of survival.

Humans have serious violent genes in nature, they are extremely fond of internal fighting, and it is common to snatch each other. It is precisely because of this that humans choose the only relationship that can be relied on by clan blood relatives.

In primitive societies, including countries with agricultural civilization, families with strong cohesion always have more resources and greater survival chances than others.

Taking the representative Han people of the Central Plains civilization as an example, if it weren't for the strong cohesion of the clan for thousands of years, they would have been completely exterminated in several foreign invasions.

"In other words, the family system we are going to overthrow now was not synonymous with backwardness in ancient Asia. In fact, it was an advanced social structure that was very suitable for Asia at that time... But why did I say that he was advanced and the other side wanted to overthrow it? This requires considering the major issue of the changes of the times..."

"You must remember that ancient society was a relatively closed environment. Japan was surrounded by oceans on all sides, and the Central Plains civilization was surrounded by deserts, plateaus, and permafrost... Such an environment naturally provides us with protection."

"The enemy of Japan comes from the sea, and the enemy of the Central Plains comes from the north. This has become an inherent thinking mode. In the tug-of-war for thousands of years, although the family concept of the Central Plains civilization has occasionally changed slightly, it is still not a loss overall, so they have no motivation to change it..."

"But now..." Xiao Letian smashed another blackboard with a bang. "But now, a more advanced and terrifying enemy is coming across the sea. All nations living under this sky have encountered the most serious crisis. If they can't overcome this hurdle, what is the result waiting for us?"

"Then you can only be colonized, not oppressed, or even destroyed the country and the race. Don't imagine that your family that has protected you for thousands of years can continue to protect you. In the face of such a powerful enemy, even the Qing royal family is a paper tiger, let alone your small Shimazu family..."

"Do you still remember the Shengmai incident? Did your Shimazu family buy all the three steamships they bought to protect you? Under the British artillery, how long can you resist? You only saw the Europa's sturdy ships, but do you know what the invisible hands that control these sturdy ships and sturdy guns are?"

"Now I tell you that all the European powers started with nationalism, and nationalism laid the foundation for a modern country. He told people that there are nations and countries above their homes. Only countries baptized by nationalism can burst out with vigorous vitality..."

"Give up the small family and take into account the interests of the entire nation. Only with such a dedication can we gather the strength of the whole country to accomplish such a major event as the industrial revolution... The great era of vigorous development of science and technology is unfolding before us, and every progress and development of science and technology requires countless human and material investment, and the emergence of any emerging industry requires massive funds to feed..."

"May I ask you, how many resources can our backward family society gather and how many major things can we do? In the end, it will only damage the public and private, and it will be broken into pieces and hidden among the people..."

"Time is too late, time is too late... Just as we spend a day and we are dying, the European nation-states are tightening their belts across the country, saving money to do large-scale industry and large-scale military... One step behind is to be slaves forever."

With a loud bang, Xiao Letian smashed another blackboard. His roaring sound even scared the sentry standing outside. "Just when we were hesitating and unable to see where the road ahead was, the Europa warship was driving into the sea like dumplings, and was trying hard to upgrade as if we didn't have money..."

"And their technology, in just a few decades, the rear-loading rifled gun will replace all the preloading guns, the fixed-loading bullets will replace all the split ammunition, the telegraph network will cover the entire earth, and I can even foresee that the moment when humans conquer the sky is not far away..."

"You unconscious elm-woods, just guard your acres and three-pointers to live. When the enemy can fly from the sky and throw shells into your head, you will find that the gap between the East and the West has long been as wide as the Pacific."

Daro Shimazu on the city wall never thought that he would have such a good eloquence. At that moment, the prime minister was possessed, and his sarcasm was depicted vividly.

At this moment, King Shangtai spoke, "Yes, I also attended that small class. On that day, the head of the Shimazu family made the same decision. We want to see the future depicted by the Prime Minister, and we also want to integrate into that brand new world..."

"Since change is inevitable, let's stand at the forefront."
Chapter completed!