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The district was not big and only had a few high-rise buildings. The space between the buildings was very wide and there was a lot of greenery and fitness facilities. People and cars were separated in the district. People walked on the ground while cars went underground. It was very safe and quiet. It was very suitable for people, especially the elderly and children.
The elevator went from the underground parking to the 26th floor. When the five of them walked out of the elevator, Ren Sui rang the doorbell. There was someone in the house!
The person who opened the door was a young lady. She was tall and had black hair in a bun. She had an oval face and thin eyebrows. She had a slim body and was very well-proportioned. She wore a handmade sweater and a winter skirt. Underneath the winter skirt was a pair of light colored socks.
"My classmate, Lü Wei." Ren Sui introduced.
Lü Wei sensibly greeted Ren Guoan and the others. He accurately called out everyone's names. It seemed that he had done his homework before. She brought out a few new pairs of slippers for the four of them to change into. Then she placed their luggage in the living room and invited everyone to sit down.
Ren Sui said, "Lü Wei went to buy some bedding and daily necessities. He came back to tidy up the house and didn't go to the airport to pick you up."
"There's no need for so many people to pick you up at the airport." Li Jing said, "It's more tiring to tidy up the house. You've worked hard, Xiao Lu."
"It's not tiring. Sister-in-law, come with me and see if there's anything else that needs to be adjusted. "Lü Wei called out to Liu Yi. Liu Yi followed her to each room.
"Lü Wei. Which Lü? Which Wei? Where is she from? Is she your classmate or girlfriend? "Ren Guoan asked.
Ren Sui said, "Lv Wei, two mouths of Lv, Wei as in reed. She's from Dong Wu. Her family is in Jin Ling City. Her father opened a small trading company. His main business is the wholesale of food. In the past two years, he's done a few stocking and it's been very profitable. She especially likes to do trading and thinks that the highest level of trading is to stock up on rare goods. That's why we usually call her Lu Buwei. She's my classmate and also my girlfriend. In the future, she might be my wife. I like her very much and hope that she can continue to be with me. "
"As long as you think it's a good idea, we as your family won't object. You're also an adult, so you should think more about this. Our family isn't a high-ranking official, let alone a business celebrity. As long as the other party's character is good, it's fine. "Ren Guoan said.
"Why did you give her such a nickname? Lu Buwei, according to the children's book, she's a big bad guy." Li Jing said.
"Lu Buwei is not a bad guy." Ren Guoan said, "He is a famous politician and military strategist in China's history. We also studied his' Lu Shi Chun Qiu ', there was a passage that he asked us to recite. I still remember it:' When the soldiers enter the enemy's territory, the people will know that they are protected, the chief of the Qian army will not die. ' As for the outskirts of the capital, they do not oppress the five grains, do not dig graves, do not cut down trees, do not burn buildings, do not burn houses, and do not take the six animals. In these words, he proposed the idea of a 'volunteer army'. The so-called volunteer army was a 'righteous army, a benevolent army, and a brave army'. In the history of a warring state, there were endless wars from the beginning to the end. The number of casualties in a war was often more than hundreds of thousands. In 260 BC, during the Qin and Zhao Changping War, 400,000 prisoners of war were killed! This war was one of the most tragic wars since ancient times. At that time, Lu Buwei was in Handan and personally experienced the damage that war caused to the Zhao state. Therefore, after he took over, he tried to avoid fighting with force to reduce losses. He opposed large-scale killings in war and greatly reduced the damage of war, which led to greater victories later on. It should be said that Lu Buwei's view of war was progressive. "
This was the first time Ren Sui heard his father talk about this purely theoretical thing. He didn't expect that his father, who was born in the military, would know about Lu Buwei and the idea of a volunteer army that he had never been involved in. He asked, "I've heard of a saying, 'there is no righteousness in war'. It means that since the army has been mobilized, destruction is certain, and there will not be any positive meaning. As for Lu Buwei's idea of a volunteer army, can it be understood as a modification of the destructive nature of military operations? "
"Your idea just happens to be the prerequisite for the development of a volunteer army." Chen Weizheng said, "During the Warring States Period, because there were too many wars and too many killings, many people were very disgusted with war and proposed the idea of a volunteer army. The idea was to cease all military operations, cease all wars, and cease all military operations. In fact, this is impossible. War is the continuation of politics, the need for benefits, and the necessity of development. However, there is one thing that should be scrupulously observed in war, and that is a volunteer army. This is the second best way of doing things, and it is also because there is no other choice. "
"During the War of Resistance, the Nanjing Massacre, the Ten Thousand Pit, and the Thousand Slaughter, I have never heard of a volunteer army." Ren Sui said.
"A volunteer army refers to domestic wars. When it comes to foreign wars, there is no such thing as a volunteer army. If you want to talk about a volunteer army with an invader, it is better to just stick your head under the enemy's butcher's knife to save time. " Chen Weizheng said, "At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the western powers entered China. At that time, bored scholars used the idea of China's volunteer army to fight against the western theory of evolution. Therefore, we lost without even fighting. What we lost was not the Qing Government's axe, not the braided soldiers, and not the swords and spears against the strong ships and cannons. What we lost was that China's thousands of years of culture could no longer adapt to the needs of the new situation. "
"Brother, what you mean is that if the Qing Government's axe had killed all the invaders during the second Opium War, not leaving a single one alive, victory might not have belonged to the European army." Ren Sui said.
"No." Chen Weizheng said, "At that time, if all the Europeans who entered China were killed, including Nan Huairen, Tang Ruowang, and the others, the Qing regime would have been able to last for another one or two hundred years."
"Why?" Ren Sui asked.
"A country, a sovereign country, must maintain a certain bloodline. Only by maintaining a certain bloodline can it last." Chen Weizheng said.
"What you mean is that for more than two thousand years, the education that China's scholars received would not go against the principles of volunteer army in war." Ren Sui said, "In a civil war, those who do not go against the principles of volunteer army are wise and benevolent. If volunteer army studies are expanded to international war, then they are fools and bookworms."
"Yes, people need bloodline. A country also needs bloodline. Bloodline can only be obtained in foreign wars. Inside, China's traditional volunteer army studies will only make us fight with wisdom, conspiracy, and even a lot of soft bones. " Chen Weizheng said, "For example, in the early years of the Republic of China, the warlords were in a chaotic war. Those who lost would be electrified and would rebel as soon as they had the chance. The warlords were never finished fighting. If there was no volunteer army studies, the situation would be completely different."
"I agree with Weizheng's opinion." Ren Guoan said, "In the Republic of China, there was a famous general called Feng Yuxiang. It is said that he changed sides 13 times in his life, the most famous being three times. From this point of view, he was a political speculator. But from a nationalistic point of view, he was completely different. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, he actively advocated resisting the Japanese and opposed Chiang Kai-shek's policy of non-resistance. In May 1933, with the help and encouragement of China, he, Fang Zhenwu, Ji Hongchang, and the others in Zhangjiakou organized the Chahal people to resist the Japanese. He was elected as the commander-in-chief and commanded the troops to expel the Japanese from Chahal. In April 1935, he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army. In December, he agreed to carry out the resistance against the Japanese and became the vice-chairman of the military committee in Nanjing. In 1937, after the Lugou Qiao Incident, he succeeded as the commander of the third and sixth war zones. This person has been indecisive in politics all his life, but he has never been soft-hearted when it comes to killing invaders. There is another person who has been loyal to the truth all his life. He has only betrayed us once and defected to the Japanese. He has become the public enemy of the people. This person is called Wang Jingwei. "
"After the founding of our country, why did China give up on demanding war reparations from Japan? Was it also influenced by the Revolutionary Army's ideology? "Ren Sui asked.
"No, international wars are not influenced by the Revolutionary Army's ideology. That's for sure. The reason why China gave up on reparations to Japan was because of the quarrel between the snipe and the clam. Ren Guoan said, "This is the eternal pain in the hearts of the Chinese people. That's why it's said that only when there is peace can everything prosper."
In 1951, the San Francisco Conference involved the issue of reparations from Japan. When the representative of China was asked, Chiang Kai-shek's representative said, "I don't want any reparations. I only have one condition, and that is to recognize the Taiwanese government as the only legitimate government in China and that Chiang Kai-shek is the only leader." In 1972, before the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, Japan also asked the mainland the same question. The mainland's answer was the same: "Recognize that the mainland is the only legitimate government and that Mao is the only leader in China." At this point, China had completely lost the opportunity to ask Japan for reparations.
When the conversation reached this point, everyone fell silent.
As usual, Li Jing did not participate in Chen Weizheng's conversation. She did not understand these things and was more willing to use this time to cook some dishes for her family. She opened the four suitcases one by one.
Liu Yi and Lü Wei came out of the room and saw their mother packing up. They hurried over and helped her.
The first suitcase was dry goods. The first thing they took out was a big bag of nuts. These were macadamia nuts that were imported from the south in recent years. They were also called Hawaiian nuts. This was one of the New Year gifts given to Ren Guoan by the Ningzhou Public Security Bureau. After Long Jinxing went to Ningzhou, he processed the local macadamia nuts that had reached a certain scale and packaged them. Through Ou Jie's connections, he supplied them to the supermarkets of the National League on a large scale. This move made the local farmers profit a lot. Secretary Liu went to Ningzhou to visit Ningzhou and praised Long Jinxing.
Chen Weizheng ate one. As soon as it entered his mouth, there was a smell of oil. It was very light and crisp. It was very fragrant. It was more in line with the taste of the southerners.
Then there were some figs, cashews, white melon seeds, sunflower seeds, and a lot of dried Vietnamese fruits. There were dried mangoes, dried pineapples, dried bananas, dried pineapple honey, and dried durian. Lü Wei was dazzled and his mouth watered. The only bag of candy was a simple package of Li Jinji mixed sugar. It was said to be a counterfeit.
"Auntie, did you buy all these?" Lü Wei asked.
"Only that bag of candy was bought by me from the supermarket. The rest were given to each other by everyone," Li Jing said. "The city we used to live in was a border city bordering Vietnam. A lot of Vietnamese goods came through the border trade. So, there were a lot of nuts and dried fruits and they were very cheap. They taste good. Try it. "
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