Airstrike from Taiwan 楚使誇國 齊官嘲:奢侈淫靡

Day 2,347, 21:49 Published in China China by Roger Chan

Airstrike from Taiwan

5•2 days ago•United Kingdom • Battle orders Battle orders

Day 2346 - European wars


7th Cavalry daily orders

Day 2344 - fight for Netherlands --- victory
Day 2345 - fight for Germany --- victory
Day 2346 - fight for Chile --- victory

7th Cavalry under the command of Jockson the invincible has won every battle.

Then the day 2346 comes when headquarters says hold fire. This is an outrageous order for a soldier that is used to charge all the time.

The official orders from UK headquarters for today is to hold fire until Taiwan attacks. This decision is an odd bet, it's wrong, but you have to understand our headquarters' gambling nature in such situation, the stakes are too tempting not to make a bet this way. A classic mistake, but what can you do?

Message to Captains of 7th Cavalry

Your Commander will be offline this evening, so it's up to Captains to lead the troops. The war against Taiwan is coming up, as you probably know, and it's going to cost a lot of money, a money that one could bribe whole Taiwanese congress with.

This here is a tool that you can use for monitoring battles:
http://battle-watcher.com/campaigns/active/

shift+c is a shortcut to military campaigns.
shift+s is for business as usual.

The daily orders, I hope you know how to set them.




【本報訊】戰國經貿暨文化交流會議踏入第二天,主題為楚。楚外交使子虛透過表述楚王於狩獵場雲夢澤打獵之況,形容楚國力之強盛、地之宏大。惟在席的齊國外交官烏有嘲說楚王奢侈淫靡,惹起風波。子虛遣責其指控乃不文明。

子虛於會議中透過描述楚地狩獵場宏大作表露國情,形容楚王的狩獵場共可分為七大鄉澤,他只去過當中面積最小的雲夢澤,但其範圍也有方圓九百里,樹長參天,葉能敝日,奇珍異卉,不勝數載。他續說:「王逄狩獵均駕車千乘,選徒萬騎偕行,畋於海濱,列卒滿澤。」

齊官嘲弄起紛爭
惟子虛言未幾,齊國使節烏有聽後,暗自嘲說「君不見楚民隨地下出恭,奢言淫樂顯侈靡。」議會人士透露:「烏有明顯諷刺楚國日前多次傳出國民隨處便溺的不文明行為。暗譏楚國金玉其外,敗絮其中。」
然而,烏有的竊語被子虛聽後使之恚怒,直斥齊國未有尊重楚國,這些說法才是不文明:「齊使之言乃不文明、不包容和不尊重。吾國表強烈遣責,要求道歉且收回言論。」但烏有不從,兩人因此激起爭辯。最終由周室代表無是公出面說項方平息紛爭。

莊周:道在糞溺
對於齊使的指控,社會學學者莊周說並非無矢放的。他指楚國近二十年間軍事、經濟等硬實力都得到全面發展,可是人民質素方面的軟實力還未跟上。而莊指國家的硬件俱為表象,非成就強國之道的本質。他以買豬和小孩便溺喻作治國之道:「所謂每下愈況,汝往市集買豬,要看孰是好豬,不曾看豬之腦、脊,而看豬爪,因其是最難上膘的地方,豬爪若肥,豬便無不肥之理;治國之道亦然,若一小孩欲求下糞,有道之國的父母會呼之忍至茅廁,或早作準備,纏以布條;無道之國的父母則謂幼隨地而下。有道無道,道在糞溺。一國若連處糞之道也欠,難謂強國,僅及強夷而已。」