The Modern Mystery
Something is wrong in our schools.
A quiet pressure is growing.
It threatens how we think.
The government is attacking our schools.
They threaten to cut their money.
They stop their research.
They attack their programs.
Schools like Harvard and Yale are targets.
They are accused of many things.
Is this to keep students safe?
Or is it about power?
Is it a way to silence people?
The answer may be in the past.
A time when fear started a war on ideas.
The Time Portal
Let’s go back in time.
To China, 300 years ago.
The Qing Dynasty was in power.
The rulers were not from China.
They were outsiders.
They were afraid.
They feared the people they ruled.
This fear made them paranoid.
They wanted to control what people thought.
Imagine a scholar back then.
He is writing at his desk.
He is not a rebel.
He is a historian.
He is trying to save his culture.
But the emperor sees him as a threat.
His words are a challenge.
Spies are everywhere.
They listen.
They watch.
They look for any word they can call a crime.
The Parallel Revelation
The link between then and now is scary.
The Qing emperors feared scholars.
They saw them as a threat.
They started a war on ideas.
They burned over 150,000 books.
They punished many scholars.
Today, we see the same thing.
The government uses its power to silence people.
They threaten colleges.
They attack research.
They use words like “fake news” to attack free speech.
The goal is the same.
To create fear.
To make people afraid to speak.
The Pattern Recognition
Why does this happen?
Why do rulers attack learning?
The answer is simple.
Knowledge is power.
Colleges are where new ideas are born.
They are where leaders learn to think.
They protect our history.
They support open debate.
