"The Great Tang is the center of the heavens, so it's naturally a superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire!”Wei Zheng said.
"Then Donglin is the heavens, and naturally, it is a kingdom above the heavens!”Lin Chen replied.
"How dare you! You are just…"
Before Wei Zheng could finish, Lin Chen interrupted,"Don't be so bold. If you're not bold enough, why don't you ask Secretary Wei what she wants to say?
Why don't you give me a practical example to show that you're indeed a superior country in China?
As a third-grade official, if you, Wei Zheng, can only boast, then I, Lin Chen, will show that I despise you!”
"This…the Great Tang has one million soldiers!”
Wei Zheng wasn't stupid and immediately deployed his troops.
"A million? After the Turks 'continuous killing and looting, there were still a million?
Secretary Wei, I'm afraid you have to include the old and weak!
But would that be a million strong army?
Donglin doesn't have a million soldiers. We only have 100,000 ordinary soldiers!”Lin Chen pointed at the soldiers under each flagpole.
"This…this…the Great Tang has a population of ten million!”Wei Zheng straightened his neck and said.
"Donglin has a population of 30 million!" Lin Chen chuckled.
Lin Chen wouldn't talk about the quality of the soldiers and the technological gap with Wei Zheng. Even if he did, Wei Zheng wouldn't understand.
"This is the year of the Great Tang, and the world is having a bumper harvest. All the vagrants have returned to their villages, and a bucket of rice is only worth three or four coins.
East to the sea, the South Pole five ridges, are outside the door is not closed, travelers do not bring food, from the road to get food!”Wei Zheng said.
Lin Chen nodded. He knew about this. It was the fourth year of Zhenguan, which was also last year, when the Great Tang finally had a bumper harvest.
To what extent was the harvest?
The refugees had all returned to their hometowns and settled down.
The price of rice fell like a cliff, and a bucket of rice was only three or four wen.
From the seaside in the east to Lingnan in the south, people would not close their doors when they came, whether they were doing business or going far away.
Everyone brought food and the roads were clear.
……
Seeing Lin Chen nod, Wei Zheng became even more proud.
Look, news of the Great Tang's harvest had spread throughout the world, even to the barbarians.
"The people of Donglin eat three meals a day. We don't eat supper. We eat big fish and meat every meal. There are no beggars.
Your Great Tang's Eldest Princess can attest to this, and when you officially enter our country, you'll be able to see for yourself how it is compared to your Great Tang.”Lin Chen sneered.
Wei Zheng's face stiffened, and his goatee trembled. After a while, he said,"Yu Baiwan, a disciple of Confucius and Mencius of the Great Tang!”
"The people of Donglin are not lacking in knowledge. No matter where you look, there are no illiterate people. They can understand government decrees by themselves. No one can spread false news.”Lin Chen said.
"Uh…uh…I, I don't close my doors at night!”Wei Zheng struggled.
The so-called 'not closing the door at night' was naturally just an exaggeration to describe safety and stability.
"No matter where I go in Donglin, I won't let the night pass.”Lin Chen grinned.
"This, this…you foreigners, you don't learn the ways of Confucius and Mencius, you don't respect Confucian etiquette, you're considered inferior!”Wei Zheng once again put on the act of a superior country.
"If your Great Tang doesn't learn the path of Donglin's science and technology, you're even worse!”Lin Chen mocked.
"Er…Er…"
Wei Zheng also knew that he was being unreasonable. For a moment, he was at a loss for words.
"The Master said: When three people walk together, one of them will be my teacher. Choose the good and follow them, and change the bad.
Confucius said: there is no distinction between education!
Confucius said: The people can be made to obey, but they cannot be made to understand!
I wonder if I, a foreigner in your eyes, am right?”Lin Chen smiled.
"Uh…yes!" Wei Zheng became proud again.
"Then, I'll have to ask Secretary Wei for advice!
Even Confucius said that one of the three of them must be a teacher. Even he did not think that if one was not a scholar, he would not be cultured or understand anything.
To put it bluntly, it was to live and learn. Didn't you, Wei Zheng, learn the way of Confucius and Mencius?
Could it be that you're more awesome than Confucius? Confucius said that one of the three of you must be a teacher, and you, Wei Zheng, are more awesome than him?
Confucius also said that there was education without discrimination, but you, Wei Zheng, opened your mouth to talk about the heavenly dynasty and the foreign countries!
You, Wei Zheng, have a big face?"
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