In the conference hall of the China Revival Society, a flag embroidered with overlapping bamboo slips and ancient swords hanging high on the wall facing the gate. Under the flag, an altar stands a statue of Xuanyuan Huangdi, carved by a well-known local craftsman, holding the bamboo slips in one hand and holding the hilt in the other.

Political belief in the modern sense is still an out of reach for Chen Wen's soldiers of the Zhejiang Mingjun Group, and a more substantial idol is more conducive to acceptance.

Perhaps, Confucius' image is more familiar and easier to accept for ordinary people. However, Chen Wen had no intention of connecting his faith with the Confucian scholar class in the late Ming Dynasty, especially with those selfish Confucian scholars who only knew nothing about talking about themselves and knew how to maximize their own interests and did not hesitate to ruin national affairs. Therefore, Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi was the best choice.

With the order "Everyone stood up and saluted to the flag", with a sound of sound, the members and preparatory members sitting in the venue stood up one after another, and saluted the wooden statue of Emperor Huangdi, who was standing in front.

The vast majority of Ming Dynasty people, especially the most good families in Chen Wenjun, attached great importance to everything about their ancestors. This is not only reflected in the worship of ancestors, but also the choice of whether these people's values ​​of whether their behavior is correct or not.

The ancestors of a person may overlap, but most people have their own ancestors, and at least they will not overlap within the range where there is a genealogy.

In contrast, Xuanyuan Huangdi was the ancestor of the Chinese nation. It had begun to pay tribute since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. By the Ming Dynasty, it became more solemn and dense, which shows that people's recognition of this humanistic ancestor has been deepening. In this case, extending from ancestors to Xuanyuan Huangdi's belief and further extending to nationalist thought is more beneficial to Chen Wen's view than the Confucianism represented by Confucius.

At the venue, from Chen Wen, there were more than ten civil servants, including the first four members, including Sun Yu, Zhou Jingting, Gu Shouli and Qi Xiufeng, and more than 30 military officers. These people were formal members developed after a special meeting during the establishment of the meeting on the fourth day of July and the siege of the city. In addition, there were also reserve members with roughly the same number.

The participants stood on the venue and performed a flat-chest ceremony on the statue of Emperor Xuanyuan under the meeting. It was not until a moment later that Chen Wen, as the president, took the lead in putting down his arm, pinched three incense sticks and lit them, and inserted them into the incense burner. The ceremony was over.

This is not the first meeting, so naturally there is no need to read the opening speech. After celebrating the statue of Huangdi Xuanyuan, Chen Wen began the first topic today - the explanation of the company's charter and purpose.

Nationalism is the main idea of ​​the Chinese Revival Society, but it is not the extreme idea that "non-Han people have no right to survive", because the core idea of ​​Confucian "benevolence" has long been perfectly integrated into the Chinese civilization. Only barbarians will simply use burning, killing, lewd and plunder to show their so-called strength. While the Chinese civilization expands its force, it has never left the word "education". Through the unparalleled charm of Chinese civilization, it makes barbarians convinced and naturalized.

Of course, those who can be tolerated and naturalized are not included in the barbarians who harm the Chinese people!

According to Confucius' interpretation, "Barriages are beasts" those barbarians are just beasts wearing human skins. The acts of harming the Chinese people are enough to prove that they are hopeless beasts. They naturally cannot be tolerated by humans and must be punished as due.

According to the theory that "the princes use the etiquette of the barbarians and barbarians will barbarians, and barbarians who advance to China will be Chinese", barbarians who are willing to fight for China and contribute their strength and wisdom to China can be regarded as naturalization; and if the Han people make a fuss for tigers, they will be willing to fall into barbarians and naturally they will be punished.

Such a theory is more conducive to strengthening the justice of the Ming army fighting with the Qing Dynasty and enhancing the army's sense of honor from the inside out in terms of thought. Chen Wen used the story of Chinese heroes fighting against the barbarians when he was in Dalan Mountain to brainwash it, and the company's program is to truly systematic it.

However, today Chen Wen did not take the lead in giving a lecture, nor did he let other members talk about his own understanding, but instead invited a young man to tell him about the content of his family's studies that focuses on the defense of the barbarians and the Xia.

"This is the 65th generation legitimate grandson of the saint, my predecessor of the Ming Dynasty, the grandson of Zhenyun Gong, the doctor of the Five Classics of the Hanlin Academy, and the next hereditary doctor of the Hanlin Academy, the doctor of the Five Classics of the Hanlin Academy, the next hereditary doctor of the Hanlin Academy, the doctor of the Hanlin Academy."

Kong Yanzhen was only seventeen years old, so it is hard to say how deep the understanding of Confucianism could be. At least when Chen Wen discussed with him this time, he always felt that he was not as good as Sun Yu, and scholars like Zhou Jingting who had long been unintentional to the imperial examination should not be compared with great scholars like Qian Qianyi and Huang Zongxi.

However, the identity of a saint's grandson really scares the members and the members present. At least in their opinion, Confucianism is a result of the troubles of other ancestors, and their understanding is naturally different from that of ordinary people. There must be some unique skills of "family inheritance".

In fact, Chen Wen did not ask Kong Yanzhen to tell too much, but only published some understandings of Confucius's understanding of the passage that Confucius praised Guan Zhong in the "Micro-tube, my hair was left-sided." Then he continued this topic and told some stories about Guan Zhong assisting Duke Huan of Qi to respect the king and expel the barbarians. Allusions such as the old horse's knowledge of the way also attracted the attention of the officers.

There are many theories about the defense of the barbarians and Xia in Confucianism, not only the Confucians during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Later Confucians faced the invasion of nomadic peoples, the theories and ideas derived from the defense of the barbarians were even more vast. Chen Wen did not intend to make a fat man in one breath, and the cramming education was not conducive to the members' understanding. They explained some at each meeting and then understood and discussed by themselves to deepen their impressions, which was also very beneficial to the consolidation of ideas and the construction of the society.

After explaining theories and stories, Chen Wen combined it with the significance of the Ming army fighting with the Qing Dynasty, thus strengthening the justice of his own behavior. Immediately afterwards, Chen Wen also combined it with the traditional idea of ​​"good and evil will be rewarded in the end" and launched the next issue - commendation.

The military merit rewards for the war not long ago have not been issued, but the verbal commendation has already begun in the army. In this case, the members and reserve members are those who have performed well in the war.

Putting aside Chen Wen, Li Ruixin, Wu Dengke and Chen Guobao, who were fully in charge of the army to defeat the enemy in the battle, were responsible for the defense of the northern line, Yin Yue and Lin Zhongxiao, who were stationed in various places and could not return. This time, it was also a verbal commendation to give others an example of their longing. In addition to them, there were also some officers who were unable to return in the army, so naturally they followed the previous examples.

The achievements of members were read loudly. Every time they read one, there was a burst of applause. Even if the members who received praise were not present, they would still sound like thunderous applause. There were officers who defeated the enemy in the battle, and military judges who maintained military laws and regulations, of course, they were also indispensable to silently provide supplies to the front line in the occupied areas. The civil servants of the personnel, their contributions also need to be remembered.

The achievements of each member were read out. Since the scale of the China Revival Association was still very small and the power of the Zhejiang Ming Army also tried its best to deal with the war. All the members present and absent participated. After a long time, all the members present and absent were praised, and then it was the preparatory members' turn.

Compared with the proud official members, the preparatory members are more eager for this commendation, because according to the membership rules, if the preparatory members receive special commendation during the review period, it will naturally be more conducive to their promotion to formal members, which is very important for them.

Although the couplet outside the gate was not a false statement, everyone present knew that the Chinese Revival Society was the core circle of the Ming army in Zhejiang. Entering it, becoming a formal member can enter the fast lane of promotion and wealth, at least in civil servants who have not received nationalist ideology baptism and education, this seems to be the case with the officers.

The commendation of the official member has ended, so naturally the preparatory membership will be followed. Looking around, Chen Wen shouted An Youfu's name and asked him to come to him.

Youdao was hurting the muscles and bones for a hundred days. An Youfu, a member of the preparatory member, slowly stood up and then limped forward.

The leg injury has not healed yet, and there is still a slight pain when walking, which makes his lame even more obvious. However, the people present did not have any ridicule or contempt, because his injury was caused by a bloody battle on the battlefield. For soldiers, the scars on their bodies are ironclad evidence of heroic combat.

Seeing An Youfu approaching step by step, Chen Wen patted his shoulders afraid of him and then said to everyone present: "In the Battle of Shentangyuan, Qian Zong An Youfu was ordered to command two infantry bureaus to reinforce the Yiwu camp that was attacked by the Tartars Supervisor Battalion. Faced with the Tartars Supervisor Battalion several times that of his own and was replicated by our headquarters, An Qian Zong personally supplemented the battle formation, suffered several failures and fought to the death, and even the injured hamstrings were completely broken. He strictly guarded the battle formation and defeated the enemy's front several times, making a significant contribution to the defeat of the Tartars by our Zhejiang King's Division."
Chapter completed!