"Our policy is first and foremost to serve ourselves, whether we allow foreign devils to do business with us or not allow them to do business, it is for our benefit. There is no policy that has only benefits and no harm, let alone that it is beneficial in the short term and can be maintained in the long term. So when you negotiate with the British, tell them that even if we tighten the control of shipping in Shanghai in the short term, it is to take care of the interests of foreign merchants. How you think and how you say it are basically the other way around. Wei Ze said to Zuo Zhidan very seriously.

Zuo Zhidan accumulated a stomach full of anger because he was looking for the person in charge on the first day. However, after a night's rest, he also returned to normal. After listening to Wei Ze's words, Zuo Zhidan asked: "Governor, that means that we are only negotiating with the British now?" ”

Wei Ze nodded, "Yes, since the treaty agreement has been signed, then we will implement it in accordance with the treaty and agreement." As for the unexpected situation of war, we have to tell the British only one thing. We are also working to end the state of war. If the British object, you sue them, and in China we have the final say. Who wants to oppose the status quo where we have the final say, we will not only fight them, but even kill them! ”

Such a tough attitude is actually unnecessary, and the cadres in the Governor's Mansion have all experienced the baptism of war, and this bit of backbone is still there. However, Wei Ze still couldn't help but take out the bottom line. Unprincipled concessions were a very terrible move, and some things made too much impression on Weese.

"When will normal trade resume?" Zuo Zhidan asked, since you want to negotiate, you can't tell the other party that you will give me unlimited waiting. The Governor's Office has never advocated such an outrageous approach.

Wei Ze laughed a few times maliciously, "Hmph! We will be able to do so when our fleet can take over those seas. You can even say to the British that if they want to fully restore navigation, they will help us build a fleet that can overwhelm China's territorial waters. ”

Zuo Zhidan could fully understand what Wei Ze meant, and the Governor's Mansion hoped to have a strong navy to resist any threat from the sea. Especially the threat of the British.

The talks were basically over here, and Wei Ze Zhengse said: "Comrade Zuo Zhidan, I'm not criticizing you, so I hope you don't think about other places." What I would like to say now is that when discussing this diplomatic issue, there is an important difference between whether I am the governor of the Metropolitan Government of the Liberated Metropolitan Government or the person who is responsible for the execution of this matter. Moreover, as a brand-new state system that we want to establish, the feudal system and the industrial social system based on labor are completely different contents. ”

After listening to Wei Ze's words, Zuo Zhidan said seriously: "Dudu, I also thought about it when I went back yesterday. I can probably understand what you mean by now. Each department is saved for the purpose of completing the work, not this department is someone's one-third of an acre. You have said many times, for example, there is no such problem in the current army, and the cadres of the army are saved for the purpose of fighting, and if they can fight, they will have a position, and if they can't fight, they will get out. But if we are not officers of the military department, we will not die if we do a good job, of course, we just want to be lazy. Just like yesterday, I actually learned something, I learned how to solve the problem. But at that time, I just wanted to be lazy, and it would be nice if someone else could send it to my door. ”

Zuo Zhidan's words made Wei Ze suddenly feel a sense of enlightenment, Wei Ze is indeed a "lazy person" in his life, working every day, and he has long squeezed his energy out. Even when it comes to eating, it takes energy to taste the food. So Weeser has no interest in the so-called enjoyment, because he simply doesn't have the energy to care about it.

The reason why the founding people of every dynasty appear to be vigorous is because those people have been tempered a lot, and those who are lazy to work are either dead or eliminated alive. The entire upper echelons still have a conscientious and hard-working attitude. Laziness to work was a sin in those days. This has nothing to do with noble ideals and noble personalities. In other words, it is precisely because of this view that these founders regarded laziness as a sin that they were able to look at the noble and noble.

A new state is about to be established, and Weeser can't help but think about the that will inevitably arise after the establishment of the state. At this time, he suddenly felt that he had gained something, and Wei Ze felt very happy in his heart.

Nodding again and again, Wei Ze said happily: "Comrade Zuo Zhidan, what you said is very good. As the secretary of the party committee, I still have to make my experience in this kind of work clear to my comrades. As a leader, we must establish a hard-working, down-to-earth, and hard-working atmosphere. ”

Zuo Zhidan waved his hand again and again, "Dudu, don't embarrass me." I do my job with such and such problems, and I still promote myself? Is it a joke? ”

Weser shook his head, "Jokes? When the General Staff was formed, there was a lot of jokes! Who dared to say that they could do a good job at that time? If you can not make jokes, you will be rewarded for completing the workload. ”

Zuo Zhidan shook his head, "Dudu, that's different." At that time, if you don't do it well, you will die, and if you don't die in front of the battle, you will die in military law. Now the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not directly kill people, and this kind of propaganda is obviously different. ”

"I see what you mean. I understand. Wei Ze did understand that when the troops sacrificed their lives and forgot to work, it was easy to get full recognition. Because for those who say cool things, a sentence "You think people are not doing well, you can do it yourself!" "It can gag most people's mouths. But it is difficult to be so persuasive without involving work that costs lives. It's so easy to see what others can get and say something sour out of jealousy.

Wei Ze said to Zuo Zhidan: "For the issue of style, I will come up with some articles and systems." As the secretary of the party committee, you should also discuss more with your comrades. ”

After this conversation, Wei Ze was inexplicably excited for a while. A lot of ideas that I didn't understand before, and I had strong feelings before but were far from being able to sort out, suddenly became clear.

Weeser remembered a sentence that had touched him, "Don't teach the biographies of those saints or great men to children, because this is to let those good normal people learn from those abnormal people." ”

A good "kind normal person", those kind normal people are obedient to nature, or can be called good and bad work. And those who are abnormal do overcome their indolent nature. That's why they can do that.

Weeser does not want to use this argument to defend the system of exploitation, which is another matter. Purely from the perspective of human nature, since ancient times, heroes have no good kind, and before drinking the blood of others, they must first drink their own blood.