C1681 Andreev Journey 4 (1/2)
What Andreev had seen was indeed something that Xiao Letian deliberately created. The reason why very few people knew about this plan was not because the level of secrecy was too high, but because most people could not understand it.
Xiao Letian had announced his plan to revive civilization several times in public. For example, he would take the lead in introducing the most comprehensive and strict health laws and city planning memoranda in the Ryukyu. Xiao Letian even wanted to personally raise funds to build the number one museum in Asia, a world-famous museum, to store all the antique treasures he had collected.
Every time Xiao Letian publicly announced his decree, he would mention this term. He believed that the contributions of the Chinese people in terms of culture, art, health, urban construction and so on, were all to boost the sense of existence of Chinese civilization in this world.
Ten universities in Ryukyu were to be expanded, and the campus library was to be opened to the public. The monasteries, monasteries, churches and other religious buildings invested by the social religious people must be examined by countless artists before they can start construction.
Almost every street was decorated with art. You could see all kinds of statues everywhere, including stories about myths that people liked to hear about, heroes that appeared during the revival of the Ryukyu, and even some moving stories of ordinary people.
What made Andreev's impression was a mother and son statue on the side of a commercial street. The bronze statue was actually a mother and son who had died in a battle while stepping on the ground.
The statue was so lifelike that the people who looked at it were shocked. His mother had given him the last encouragement of her life when he was dying, and the child had watched his mother enjoy her last bit of motherly love. The arms of the delicate mother was his last safe haven.
Surrounding the sculpture, the citizens of the city could often be seen collecting wild flowers and putting them there. Only later on did Andreev realize that this story was actually true.
”War is not just a game of kings and generals, it is also not the only way to achieve great empires. We exalted the heroes who expanded their territories. Who would care about the fate of minor figures in war … Xiao Letian! ”
Reading Xiao Letian's message below the statue, Andreev's heart suddenly had a myriad of emotions. He was extremely curious about Xiao Letian, a military officer who surrendered should have been filled with hatred for him, but now that the hatred had split, his curiosity surged, and some of it was even filled with admiration.
”Before I came to Asia, our officials all described Xiao Letian as a savage butcher, an Asian swindler, and a shameless pagan. I had also always thought that Xiao Letian relied on cruelty and deceit to reach such a position … ”
”But look at what happened today. I suddenly realized that this person is actually so good at literature and education. The etiquette of the Ryukyu's Chinese is actually so high …”
The change in Andreev's mindset was in fact the result of Xiao Letian's plan on the revival of civilizations.
Civilization is not obscure and profound. Civilization is around everyone. A people, every city. Do you want to see if they are clean and clean? Does walking on the street give you a sense of beauty?
Is the people rich and polite? How many libraries and museums are there? How many religious and artistic centres are there? How many people can orphanages and nursing homes cover?
The bits and pieces that can lift people's happiness are the building blocks of civilization.
No matter how many scholars preach to the world about the glory of Eastern civilization, and how beautiful China's five thousand years of ceremony is, show it to the world. Staying in words and language is nothing more than a self-satisfied boast.