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Chapter 849: The Westernization Movement was an effort to prevent thieves, while the Meiji Restoration was an effort to be a thief! Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty was confused!
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"Although both the Westernization Movement and the Meiji Restoration were reforms, they are not the same thing. To compare them is to use the Westernization Movement to criticize the Meiji Restoration!"

A long review of over a hundred words below the sky curtain was very eye-catching and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Comment area:
"All that the Westernization Movement did, whether it was buying European weapons and ships, building military factories, changing the military system, setting up schools, etc., the Tokugawa shogunate did it in the three reforms."

"The Qing Dynasty waited until the Westernization Movement to take action, and its response speed was ten times slower."

"However, the results achieved were better than the three reforms of the Tokugawa shogunate. However, the Tokugawa shogunate's reforms lost their own innovations and laid the foundation for the Meiji Restoration."

"The premise of the Meiji Restoration was to overthrow the original rulers and change the land system of the island nation at that time."

"If the Qing Dynasty's Westernization Movement is to be compared with the Meiji Restoration, it should at least abolish the Eight Banners system."

Yongzheng, who had been angrily scolding his descendants for being incompetent, suddenly stopped scolding and stared at the comment section of the sky curtain in amazement.

What do you mean?
If the Qing Dynasty's later Westernization Movement wanted to be as successful as the Meiji Restoration, it should at least have abolished the Eight Banners system?

Yongzheng slowly fell down on the dragon throne and was stunned for a moment.

The Eight Banners system is the foundation of the Qing Dynasty and was passed down from our ancestors.

If the Eight Banners system is abolished, wouldn't that mean that everything left by our ancestors will be abolished? This is not a small-scale law left behind.

Once it is moved, it will directly affect the entire court.

So although he had the idea of ​​raising the Han army flag to check and balance the Manchu army flag, abolishing the Eight Banners system? He didn't even dare to think about it!
Moreover, the Meiji Restoration killed the original rulers.

Yongzheng murmured to himself: "If the Eight Banners are really abolished, can the Qing Dynasty still exist?"

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Comment area:
"To put it bluntly, the Westernization Movement was just a bunch of clowns putting on a show."

"The words are blunt but the truth is true. Even the more radical Hundred Days' Reform was a ridiculous joke. What's more, the Westernization Movement was just a means for a group of old aristocrats in the Qing Dynasty to try to save themselves. It can't be regarded as a real reform."

"I think of Kang Youwei, who was involved in the Hundred Days' Reform. He also believed that China and the island countries were both Confucianists and could unite to fight against the West. He wanted the island countries to rule the Central Plains and the Qing Dynasty to be a vassal state, and then merge the two countries to form a Greater East Asia."

"Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter at what the above person said. Although I don't like island countries, their Meiji Restoration was a revolutionary reform, which is completely different from the Westernization Movement and the Hundred Days' Reform, which were laborious methods."

"Well, the Hundred Days' Reform was more advanced than the Westernization Movement. Even with this kind of behavior, let alone the Westernization Movement."

"Didn't the Westernization Movement succeed in strengthening the country and enriching itself? But later on, it fought with the island nation and was defeated miserably."

"It was that one. When China's weaknesses were completely exposed, everyone wanted to take a piece of China's flesh. Later, there was even an invasion by the Eight-Nation Alliance."

“Since this is a major change, we must dare to change. Otherwise, if we do not change halfway, we will still lag behind the changes of the times and will be of little use.”

Guan Zhong looked at the comments below the sky curtain and commented lightly.

The era on the sky curtain was undergoing tremendous changes, and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty where he now lived was no less prosperous.

In order to make Qi a great power with a transcendent status in this chaotic world, and to enrich the country and strengthen the military, he also carried out a series of reforms.

These reforms can be said to have touched the roots of Qi.

Land was taxed according to rank, and the system of hereditary nobility was no longer followed. Instead, a talent selection system was established, and the nobles were prohibited from plundering private property.

Many of these events were unprecedented at this time.

It was almost equivalent to abolishing slavery at this time.

However, this era is also facing unprecedented changes, so it is time for unprecedented reforms. The changes brought about by the Westernization Movement were all technical, whether it was learning technology or building armaments, to put it bluntly, they were just superficial.

Without changing politics and systems, the technology and economy built on the old things are just half-old and half-new things.

How can we truly adapt to the needs of the times?
It was because the State of Qi underwent great changes and adapted itself that it became the first overlord at that time and the Duke of Qi was able to hold the first alliance.

The later Qing Dynasty could not adapt and was naturally eliminated.

"If you want to change the system, just change it. If you want to change the law, you can change it in any way you want. Why did you end up in such a situation?"

Zhao Heng huddled on the dragon chair and whispered.

Any kind of reform is fine, as long as it can preserve his wealth and glory.

What's the point of holding such great power as the emperor? Once they invade, they will have nothing.

When he heard about the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance, he felt terrified.

The Liao and Jin dynasties alone had caused such trouble for the Song Dynasty. If there were five more, would the emperor still have any good luck?

By that time, the country will be destroyed, and not only will he lose power, but also all his wealth and glory. He will become the emperor of a fallen country, and will either die or spend the rest of his life in exile.

Zhao Heng thought about it and shuddered. He decided that he might as well listen to the ministers below and carry out the reform.

Comment area:
"The core ideas of the Westernization Movement and the Meiji Restoration were different, so their outcomes were destined to be different."

"The Westernization Movement was to prevent thieves, while the Meiji Restoration of the island nation was to become thieves themselves"

"Those who were carrying out the reforms in the Qing Dynasty at that time did not see clearly at all. They thought that the West relied mainly on its technology and that since they had a developed economy, they must be civilized as well."

"The island countries see things much more clearly and don't have such illusions at all. The West can become rich and powerful mainly because they act as robbers and go out to rob other people's wealth, so they are also shameless and are strengthening their own strength at all costs."

"Hehe! That's right!" Hu Che'er pointed at the comment area and laughed, "A thief can steal for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days. You can't guard against thieves at all!"

They are thieves, and they are always thinking about how to steal.

Even if you guard against thieves for a thousand days, what good can it do? Can you really guard against thieves for five or six years?

As long as there is a little flaw, they can steal what they want.

He was quite experienced in this matter. He even stole Dian Wei's weapons and took them to Zhang Xiu to sell them.

Later, Dian Wei died because he had no weapon.

Didn't a great warrior and brave man finally die at the hands of these shady villains?
Besides, what's the point of being civilized? Can it be faster than stealing and robbing to make money? There's no need to worry so much.

"I would like to be a thief, but the problem is that even if I have the strength to do so, I may not be able to become a thief!"

Toghon Temur pounded his leg, shook his head and sighed.

After he ascended the throne, he implemented a series of reforms and worked hard to govern the country, but the problem could not be solved at all.

There was an uprising not long ago.

Doesn't he want to restore the glory of his ancestors, conquer vast tracts of land and mountains all the way westward, and invade other countries' territories?

However, no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't do it!
(End of this chapter)