Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Ghost Crying of the Earth (17)
For Dewey's self-confidence and self-esteem, Yu Zecheng is completely understandable, after all, the Republican Party, which originated from the new forces in the north of the United States, has occupied an absolute dominant position in the political circles of the United States before World War II, more precisely, before Roosevelt came to power, and the Democratic Party is not its opponent at all, but since Roosevelt came to power and started the New Deal, the image and governing ability evaluation of the Democratic Party in the hearts of the people of the United States, especially the middle and lower classes, have risen sharply, and the Republican Party has begun to feel pressure for the first time since the victory of the North in the Civil Warใ
Although the election of the United States is, in the final analysis, a toy of big capitalists, and the Democratic Party, which claims to be the spokesman of the middle and lower classes, is essentially no different from the Republican Party, after the Democratic Party took office for the first time in many years, not only did it produce a leader like Roosevelt, who could be called a great man, but also caught up with the opportunity of World War II to create heroes.
The most terrible thing about war is not only that it will consume how much national strength and how many people will die, but that it can overdraft the future and be extremely risky.
Leaving aside the nature of the island's citizens after the defeat of the war in the nuclear era, to give a religious example, what were the consequences of epidemics such as the Black Death, which were relatively less devastating than wars, after the disease first swept through Europe, in addition to economic losses and population decline?
In the face of the sudden catastrophe, human life is as fragile as mustard, and people who witness their relatives and friends dying of illness every day, no matter how stupid they are, will ask themselves a question: What are we living for? What is the meaning of life? In the tragedy of millions of lives withering, people are struggling in endless doubts and moving towards despair day by day.
At this time, Christians tell people that these are trials and not complete deaths, that those deceased brothers who have left the world but have been freed, who have left us but are also leading the way for us, and that the living should unite to cherish life and live with hope.
In fact, most of the clergy of that period did the same, they took care of the sick without regard for their own safety, and used all their savings to hold funerals for the dead after the death of their brothers, which gave people warmth in the dark, suppressed panic and despair in the dark ages, and gave people the courage to continue on the road.
At the same time, the cowardice and incompetence of the upper lords were opposed to the behavior of these pious clergy, who left their people scattered at the beginning of the plague and did not return from the countryside until the plague was over.
People who have been through it all certainly know who is right and who is wrong. The rulers who exploited us endlessly and were so powerless in the face of calamity and treated our lives as child's play, while the Christians told us that God loves us, and we can not love God, but we must love one another, which is very shocking for the society at that time when everyone was in danger and ridiculed everything.
This is true of diseases, and even more so of more destructive wars, and it is Christianity that rises in the plague, and what rises in the war is the trend of social change led by communism, specifically in the United States, that is, the Democratic Party.
After the economic crisis in the early stage of the war and the outbreak of the war, Jesus and Roosevelt of the Democratic Party told the people at the bottom that the country did not abandon you, and the country with natural territory would not give up every one of its citizens, so the national policy began to rise, the tax system began to reform and focus on taking care of low-income people, and the free and profit-seeking market also began to be regulated by the government, and the United States gradually came out of the shadow of the economic crisis, and led the people to start a heroic counterattack after the island country attacked Pearl Harbor......
With so many favorable times, places, and conditions, the Democratic Party's dominance in the hearts of the people of the United States during this period is indestructible, and unless there is any accident, the Republican Party has no chance of electoral success in the past 10 years.
So how could Dewey, who was a high-ranking Republican Party and regarded himself as a philosopher, not know?
This is a problem, I can only say that those who know will know it, and those who don't know, just like Dewey, a meat eater, if it weren't for Yu Zecheng's awakening, I'm afraid I won't understand it in this life.
However, Dewey was certainly not stupid, and after Yu Zecheng spent 20 minutes giving him a detailed analysis of the status of the Democratic Party in the hearts of the masses in the current era and the long-term significance of Roosevelt's rapid promotion of Truman as vice president, a few drops of cold sweat broke out on Dewey's forehead.
Of course, although the above analysis can wake up the blindly confident Dewey, what really makes Dewey break out in a cold sweat is Yu Zecheng's following sentence.
"The constitution of the United States stipulates that if the current president of the United States dies before the end of his term, all internal affairs will be fully represented by the vice president until the next election. โ
"Are you saying..."Dewey was not stupid, on the contrary, he was very clever: "Will Roosevelt choose to deliberately 'die' during his term of office, and then let Truman succeed him, and make a shocking political feat before the next election, so as to completely defeat the Republican Party?"
"Yes, Mr. Dewey. Yu Zecheng affirmed: "If you want to avoid such an outcome, from now on you had better give me personal freedom and obey my arrangement, and I will help you sit in the position of president." โ
"It's your hallucination, and although it's beautifully concocted, I don't believe it. Dewey has calmed down at the moment, Yu Zecheng's statement is naturally very convincing, and the logic is quite smooth, but just based on these conjectures, it is not enough to want Dewey to completely believe in the foreigner Yu Zecheng, he Dewey is not a delirious retarded person who is fooled by the protagonist in a third-rate novel, only in terms of IQ and comprehensive judgment, Dewey is indeed several grades above ordinary people.
Yu Zecheng said: "I don't believe that it should be, but I can tell you two things, if these two things can be verified, I think you have no reason to reject me." โ
"Oh?" Dewey was intrigued, "Tell me about it." โ
"First, President Roosevelt would have died on April 12 of this year, and the cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage. Yu Zecheng did not talk nonsense: "Second, Director Oppenheimer is indeed a member of the Proletarian International, and at the same time he is tasked with stealing the top-secret experimental data of the Manhattan Project, and I can prove this." โ
"......" Yu Zecheng has brought too much surprise to Dewey today, and the two pieces of information that should have made Dewey jump at this time did not surprise Dewey too much, he was silent, thinking quickly and digesting the two messages given by Yu Zecheng in his heart, Caucasians are naturally not too deep, and Yu Zecheng can see Dewey's current state.
"Mr. Yu, can you tell me how to get these two pieces of information?" Dewey finally finished thinking and sorted out the language.
"This question is out of bounds, Mr. Dewey, but I can assure you that my purpose is to help you. Yu Zecheng smiled.
"It's hard for me to believe that," Dewey grimaced.
"Now, Mr. Dewey, you can continue to restrict my personal liberty until after April 12th before you decide whether or not you want to cooperate with me. Yu Zecheng said: "But at that time, time is already quite urgent, I hope you trust me as soon as possible." โ
"Alright Mr. Yu, please forgive me for being rude, please be patient and patient, if what you say is true, I will vouch for you in the party and win the full support of the party for you. Dewey added, "With your ability, even if your intelligence is wrong, I will hire you as my senior staff." โ
"Thank you, Mr. Dewey, I think we'll see each other soon. "Yu Ze became enlightened.
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April 12, 4 a.m., Los Alamos Laboratory.
Dewey rushed to the door of Yu Zecheng's dormitory surrounded by several guards, Dewey stood still and sorted out the instrument and knocked on the door, in fact, the key to this door was not in Yu Zecheng's hand, after getting Yu Zecheng's answer to invite in, Dewey personally took the key to open the door and went in alone.
About half an hour later, Dewey and Yu Zecheng walked out, and in just two quarters of an hour, Yu Zecheng gained personal freedom and won the trust and support of Dewey and the Republican Party, the time and reason for President Roosevelt's death were exactly the same as Yu Zecheng's words, and Dewey had no reason not to believe him.
Of course, Dewey and the party will certainly not fully trust Yu Zecheng, they are still in the stage of testing and trying to make a profit, but for Yu Zecheng, this is enough.
"Mr. Dewey, we need to start moving as soon as possible, or two days at most, and when the process is over, Truman will take over as president. Yu Zecheng and Dewey walked after leaving the dormitory.
"What are we going to do?" said Dewey.
"During this time, have you investigated Oppenheimer? He's the head of the Los Alamos lab, which is the top of the Democratic Party, and if we can get him to confess to being a spy, we'll have a chance to bring down Truman and the Democrats. "Yu Ze became enlightened.
"Although there is your testimony, Oppenheimer's attitude is very firm, he does not admit his membership in the Proletarian International, and we really do not have strong evidence, just with these things at hand, it is difficult to make a fuss about Oppenheimer's identity at present. Dewey was embarrassed: "After all, the Democratic administration is still in power, and it will be easy for them to defend Oppenheimer and drag it out for a while, and we have no choice." โ
"Then we have to get Oppenheimer to confess immediately......," Yu Zecheng said: "Mr. Dewey, can you go to interrogate Oppenheimer with me immediately?"
โ...... I'll buy you thirty minutes at most. Dewey thought for a moment.
"That's enough. Yu Zecheng said with a smile.
As a devout Christian, Dewey was about to see what real hell was tonight.