Chapter 108: Trouble (11)
The deaths of Zeng Shuiyuan and Li Shouchun completely shook Wei Ze's troops. Until now, some death sentences have been handed down by military tribunals in Weeser's forces. However, these death sentences are based on military law and facts. In this age of agriculture, the slain was often seen as unlucky, hitting the muzzle of a gun. But there was no resentment against the military tribunal that killed them. At least the people who were killed did have a reason to kill.
However, the official prime minister of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government, the first secretary of the Eastern Wangfu Officials Department under Yang Xiuqing's personal subordinate, was killed because he did not immediately report some words to Yang Xiuqing, the king of the Eastern Kingdom. Undoubtedly, the generals of the General Staff felt a strong threat. If Yang Xiuqing's power entered Wei Ze's troops, everyone under the General Staff system would be under the threat of death.
Wei Changrong and Hu Chenghe were the first to come to talk to Wei Ze, Hu Chenghe's slightly chubby round face looked stern, but he kept his mouth tight, and there was a deep Sichuan character between Wei Changrong's two thick eyebrows. His voice was low, "Fourth Uncle, can we still follow the East King?" ”
Wei Ze was overjoyed in his heart, but there was no expression on his face, and he replied: "If you don't follow the East King, do you still have to follow the Heavenly King?" Compared with the King of Heaven and the King of the East, it is far inferior to the King of the East! ”
Wei Changrong was choked by Wei Ze's words, he took a few deep breaths, and finally held back a sentence, "Then if it really doesn't work, let's not follow the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!" With the fourth uncle you taking the lead, and we also have the General Staff, we can't do it ourselves! ”
"Don't talk nonsense!" Wei Ze said sternly.
Wei Changrong didn't understand what Wei Ze meant, and he was silent for the time being. There was a rather dreary atmosphere in the room.
Hu Chenghe was silent for a while, and then he broke the silence that shrouded the room, "Chief of General Staff, are you saying that Director Wei's construction is not feasible?" Or is Director Wei's idea now unrealizable? ”
Hearing this, Wei Ze felt that his heart couldn't help but beat fast. Of course, this answer is clear, Wei Ze actually didn't want to hide anything from Wei Changrong. But this was the first time someone had said what Weeser really thought, and the impact was still more intense than Weeser himself had imagined.
Of course, Wei Changrong is credible, and Hu Chenghe is not someone that Wei Ze can fully trust. This is not only because Hu Chenghe may be inclined to the Eastern King, Wei Ze cannot but consider whether Hu Chenghe himself is willing to break away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and go it alone.
Just when Wei Ze was in a dilemma, Hu Chenghe said calmly: "Chief of the General Staff, I, Hu Chenghe, have always admired the Chief of the General Staff. You have taken our brother all the way from Yong'an to the present, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be able to get to where we are today. So no matter what the Chief of the General Staff has planned, I, Hu Chenghe, will definitely follow the Chief of the General Staff before and after the saddle! ”
This expression of loyalty was too familiar to Wei Ze, and he had made such a statement to Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, so sincerely. But Wei Ze knew very well that his allegiance at that time was not to Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, but to the cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty. When Yang Xiuqing was irretrievable, Wei Ze abandoned Yang Xiuqing without hesitation.
Hu Chenghe, who was in front of Wei Ze, why was he willing to follow Wei Ze? Weeser is not very optimistic about this. Because Weeser has at least one great flaw, and that is that he does not come up with a truly attractive ideology at all.
"Is Director Hu willing to leave the Heavenly Kingdom?" Weeser simply asked.
This sharp fundamental question made Hu Chenghe show a hesitant look on his face, but he only hesitated for a moment, "Chief of General Staff, I think you are stronger than the king of Dong, you lead your brothers to govern the army on the horse, and dismount to calm the people." Since our Heavenly Kingdom settled its capital Tianjing, most of the new territories that have been laid down by the outside world have been led by the Chief of the General Staff with us. And compared with the East King, the Chief of the General Staff never bullies people! I will only follow the Chief of the General Staff in the future! ”
Wei Ze felt that Hu Chenghe's statement was not so much to show loyalty to Wei Ze, but rather to say that Hu Chenghe was making up his mind. What he said was nothing more than the strength that Wei Ze had already demonstrated, not what political ideas Wei Ze himself had put forward that Hu Cheng and had to follow.
This judgment made Weser happy and unhappy at the same time. It's just that what he needs at this time is everyone's follow, and the political program for establishing Wei Ze can only be pushed back. So Wei Ze said calmly: "Director Hu, since you say so, I believe Director Hu." But I have something I want to say earlier, Director Hu said that I am different from Dongwang, and I think this is the truth. Therefore, the king of the east will kill people who do not follow him, but I will not. If the brothers have any ideas, then say them bluntly. Even if you don't follow me, I just ask my brothers to tell me in advance, and I will never embarrass my brothers. If there is really such a day, although I will not blow and blow to send my brother, but the cost of the road will not be less! ”
Hu Chenghe didn't have any special reaction, but Wei Changrong knew that Wei Ze was not joking just by listening to Wei Ze's tone, and his expression became very uncomfortable.
As soon as Hu Chenghe left, Wei Changrong immediately said: "Fourth uncle, even if you are different from Dongwang, you don't need to talk about it." Isn't that allowing the brothers below to leave on their own? ”
Wei Ze waved his hand, "Changrong, I am originally different from the East King, so I naturally have to let the brothers know what is different between me and the East King." As for the brothers who really want to leave, can we stop it? If we want to kill or cut them, isn't this forcing our brothers to rebel? ”
While he was talking, Lei Hu and Ke Gongyu came together to ask to see him. After seeing Wei Ze, Lei Hu and Ke Gongyu glanced at each other, and Lei Hu asked tentatively: "Chief of General Staff, Dongwang has already killed Prime Minister Zeng and Li Shangshu." We thought repeatedly, if the king of the east becomes a long live in the future, sees us unpleasantly, and wants to do something to us, what will we do at that time? Mr. Storyteller tells stories, Han Gaozu killed Han Xin, and Zhu Yuanzhang killed Xu Da. In our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the chief of the General Staff, your contribution is no worse than that of Han Xin and Xu Da. What if the East King also came to that day, Chief of the General Staff? ”
"Do you want to get to that day, or do you want to do it?" Weser asked bluntly.
It seems that Ke Gongyu and Lei Hu have discussed this, and Ke Gongyu took over the conversation, "Then it depends on what you think, Chief of General Staff." ”
Seeing that the two of them were completely disappointed in Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, Wei Ze said, "I think so. If the East King is sealed long live this time, the East King will no longer kill people, we will continue to follow the East King for the time being. If the East King starts killing after sealing the banzai, then I have to take our brothers to protect ourselves! However, I consciously feel different from the East King, the East King is on a killing spree, but I will not do anything to our heavenly brothers. At most, let's go to one side of the road! ”
Lei Hu and Ke Gongyu both showed relieved expressions on their faces, and Lei Hu asked, "If the troops are transferred, do you have to prepare first?" ”
Wei Ze is more at ease with Lei Hu and Ke Gongyu, these two people are relatively straightforward, but they are not particularly assertive people. Since the two of them asked so, they didn't think they would have been ordered by others to test Wei Ze for the time being. So Wei Ze smiled: "Let's hold a group by ourselves now, this is the preparation." I will discuss the preparations in the future with you at the meeting of the General Staff. Brothers, don't worry, I, Weize will never let my brothers suffer with me! ”
"Chief of the General Staff, if you are prepared, then hurry up. The more I think about it now, the more scared I become! Lei Hu urged Wei Ze very bluntly.
After Lei Hu and Ke Gongyu left, Wei Ze finally felt a little relieved. These four people in the army are Wei Ze's four pillars, as long as they stand with Wei Ze, the others are like the military industry department, Wei Ze is fully confident that he can control it. What made Wei Ze not very relieved was Lin Asheng, who had re-become the Minister of Logistics. Lin Asheng is a staunch believer in the worship of God, and what Wei Ze is afraid of is not that Lin Asheng will choose Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, but that Lin Asheng will choose Hong Xiuquan, the king of heaven.
Up to now, Lin Asheng has never asked Wei Ze to express his position, and Wei Ze is very worried in his heart.
Back at his lodgings, where Weser hadn't even eaten, he went back inside and began to write an analysis of what had happened recently. This is the method that Weizer used to calm the restlessness. There are some things that you just think about with your brain, and the more you think about it, the easier it is to drill the tip of the bull's horns. Often the parts that I didn't think of will come up with some questions that I originally thought of very strictly, and after drawing a few relationship diagrams, I can see the relationship clearly.
In the past, this trick always worked, but this time Wei Ze became more and more difficult the more he wrote. This time, he has to face a big problem, "ideology".
Before he personally determined that his generals believed in the "Little Heavenly Kingdom", Weser didn't particularly care about ideology. After he saw Hong Xiuquan's ultimate concept of "Little Heavenly Kingdom", which basically had no operability, was quite marketable among the generals, including Wei Ze, Wei Ze was deeply shocked. The importance of ideology in the cause of rebellion became something that Weeser had pondered over and over again.
After considering ideology into Wei Ze's plan to break away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Wei Ze had already figured out why Yang Xiuqing was now frantically suppressing other powerful factions, and even looked very rude. That's not because Yang Xiuqing really doesn't understand reason, but because Yang Xiuqing is already determined to kill Hong Xiuquan. And Yang Xiuqing knows very well that after doing this, he will definitely be regarded as a murderer. If Yang Xiuqing can't let the powerful faction of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom accept such a "very excessive" approach now, then after Yang Xiuqing kills Hong Xiuquan, his country will not be able to sit still. Too many people in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had a reason to come to crusade against Yang Xiuqing.
Ideology is used to judge morality and determine good and evil. When morality comes out, every argument must be stopped. Because morality is the basis of judgment in human society. Don't look at Hong Xiuquan's set of things, which are basically not operable, but the concept of "Little Heavenly Kingdom" is everywhere uneven, which is indeed in line with the ideas of the people under the current small-scale peasant economy. Just like after the founding of New China, no matter what political turmoil there was, it failed to shake China's firm belief in industrialization.
After considering ideology into Wei Ze's plan to break away from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Wei Ze had already figured out why Yang Xiuqing was now frantically suppressing other powerful factions, and even looked very rude. It's not that Yang Xiuqing really doesn't understand reason, it's precisely because Yang Xiuqing is already determined to kill Hong Xiuquan.
Yang Xiuqing was completely able to slaughter Hong Xiuquan immediately, and what he was afraid of was not Hong Xiuquan himself, but because Hong Xiuquan controlled the doctrine, the ideology, and the moral authority of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Yang Xiuqing knew very well that after doing this, he would definitely be regarded as a murderer. If Yang Xiuqing can't let the powerful faction of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom accept such a "very excessive" approach now, then after Yang Xiuqing kills Hong Xiuquan, his country will not be able to sit still. Too many people in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had a reason to come to crusade against Yang Xiuqing.
As far as Wei Ze knows, in the large state-owned shipbuilding enterprise where he works, there was also a so-called line struggle between "grasping production to promote revolution" and "grasping revolution to promote production" during the Cultural Revolution. Neither the two conflicting factions, whether it is revolution or production, dare not completely negate either of them, and the core is the joint development of revolution and production.
Now, of course, Wei Ze can say that Yang Xiuqing is a bastard, and Hong Xiuquan deserves death. But Weeser could not directly deny the "Little Heavenly Kingdom", nor could he openly deny the idea of "everywhere uneven".
If Wei Ze remembered that the soldiers swept Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, perhaps there was a certain possibility in terms of purely military considerations, but it would not be feasible in terms of politics. As long as Wei Ze failed to come up with a political concept to replace the "Little Heavenly Kingdom" and let this concept be accepted by the entire Taiping Army, then Wei Ze's army swept through the upper echelons would only make Wei Ze a rebel in the eyes of everyone in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Yang Xiuqing didn't dare to do this, let alone Wei Ze.
But Wei Zexian, even in the form of complaints, he could not find a reason to dare to touch the ideological field before. In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Wei Ze was just a king of Qi, and touching such a fundamental problem was tantamount to competing with Hong Xiuquan for ideological dominance. Even if Hong Xiuquan didn't know anything after being overshadowed by Yang Xiuqing, Yang Xiuqing would never allow Wei Ze to dominate the ideology of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In any political system, whoever can dominate the ideology will be able to gain the ultimate dominance.
I didn't dare to do it before, but now it's not the time to make up for it. The ideology that Weeser really knows is completely the ideology under the industrialization system. In the agrarian era of 1854, Weeser's empty rhetoric of replacing the ideology of the agrarian age with an industrial-age ideology was purely self-inflicted.
Put the paper together and burn it. Wei Ze looked at the black and gray paper in the brazier, and made a choice in his heart.
Since there is a huge gap in his system now, Weeser can only choose to see the only feasible method now. That is to completely expose the bloody killing between Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, and Hong Xiuquan, the king of heaven. Let Wei Ze's subordinates realize that the Heavenly Kingdom of Balance is unreliable. There will definitely be brothers who will be disheartened and choose to leave. However, those who want to stay and continue the rebellion must be staunch. At that time, Wei Ze was able to use his accumulated merits and abilities to call on a group of people to follow him.
As long as he completely parted ways with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Wei Ze could act according to his ideas, and at that time the ideological problem was naturally not any problem. The collapse of the ideology of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was able to promote Wei Ze's indoctrination of a new ideology.
Just thinking of the risk of doing this, Wei Ze was not only not happy in his heart, but the heavy feeling made him feel that his breathing was a little unsmooth.
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