Chapter 462: The Death of South Africa (9)

"Your Excellency the Governor, it has recently been said that the Ottoman princess who married Leviren Pasha took her children home to save her family. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info"His Royal Highness suddenly asked such a question when the talks were coming to a close.

Wang Mingshan was stunned, he knew about it. And I know that this princess has also taken on some communication work. For example, China has no intention of building Cyprus into a military fortress, but it will have to send troops to defend the financial center, far from China's homeland, if it wants to store a lot of precious metals, banknotes, and bills in Cyprus. It is not impossible to communicate this matter through official channels, but the system of the Ottoman Empire itself is far less recognizable to the administrative body than the aristocratic blood.

The British side knew so much about the internal intelligence of the Ottoman Empire, and Wang Mingshan knew it. However, after personally coming into contact with the information related to this, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. But a guy like Wang Mingshan has already accumulated rich experience in his work, even if he is surprised in his heart, there is not the slightest sense of surprise in what he says. "The girl only goes back to her parents' house once in a few years, isn't it too strange that you care about this."

"We heard that the husband of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Admiral Li Weiren, has made great achievements in North America and may be promoted to general." His Royal Highness said to Wang Mingshan with an expression that he was in control.

Wang Mingshan was annoyed for a while, and this Englishman's teasing made him very unhappy. Such a bloodline can occupy a high position in Britain, and even if he is not expelled from public office in the Republic of China, he will not be promoted at all. Among the officials of the Republic of China, there are not many people who love to show off, but they have to show off their own ability. Selling information with information turned out to be a dead end.

"Haha. I didn't expect you to have such a great influence in the Ottoman Empire, and you can get such news. Wang Mingshan smiled with a helpless expression.

His Royal Highness's vanity was immediately inflated by Wang Mingshan's proper flattery, and he said happily: "Your Excellency, I have made great efforts to reach an agreement this time. And I am very happy to see the UK-China friendship, so I look forward to meeting with His Royal Highness Wei Kun and working together to promote the continued development of UK-China friendship. ”

Wang Mingshan originally did not particularly feel about the imperial system inherited by blood, even if from a political point of view, the imperial system was not advanced, Wang Mingshan would never object to Wei Ze handing over his position to his son. However, after watching the performance of this British Royal Highness, Wang Mingshan had a strong sense of disgust for blood inheritance. No one can guarantee whether their children are angry, and the heirs of the Wei Ze family cannot guarantee that they will always be wise and martial. There is a 100% chance that there will be a British Highness like this. There is no need to even specifically target Wei Ze, there are many unsuccessful children among the old brothers, and the proportion can be said to be quite large. At such a moment, Wang Mingshan suddenly felt that it was not necessarily wrong to engage in a republic. Not to mention that there are many sources that prove that Weese himself has a soft spot for republics. Just when Wang Mingshan was thinking about it, His Royal Highness was still babbling about how powerful he thought the blood nobles could build a powerful future together. even mentioned Wang Mingshan's Italian marquis very 'implicitly'.

Wang Mingshan didn't bother to talk nonsense with this British Highness, in order to let this Royal Highness get out of the way as soon as possible, Wang Mingshan asked a question, "Your Highness, if it is according to the agreement." What is the attitude of His Highness to those people within the borders of the East African borough and the colony of Cape Town, or rather the mobility of those Boers. ”

Having determined that it was impossible to seize ownership of the Rand gold mine, the British showed the power of the-stirring sticks. They did not give in excessively, for example, the British did not give up on the shallow veins that had been demarcated by the British. Even if you can't dig up the gold, you can still have a place if you don't.

But for something completely impossible, the British side also showed enough concessions. The main veins of the Rand Gold Mine are several large veins that go several kilometers deep into the ground, like several large swords plunging deep into the ground. Britain has not shown any interest in these key deep veins.

Another feature of the-stirring sticks is that they have a thin line, such as the British demanding ownership of the diamond mining town of Kimberley. But the ground that was originally all the area of the Boers was ceded. This leads to a very vague boundary line. This border is nearly 100 kilometers long and wide, and if it continues to blur, a new Boer state will probably emerge. Of course, Wang Mingshan refused to let such a situation occur.

His Highness was so confused by this topic that he did not want to speak, and it could be seen that this was the domain of British magistrates, and how could the noble Highness bother to study such a place in depth. But His Royal Highness looked at Wang Mingshan's attitude very firmly, showing the attitude that this topic should be dealt with first. He was bored, so he left the venue on the grounds that he would go back and ask the officials again.

Looking at the back of His Royal Highness leaving, Wang Mingshan felt relieved. This His Royal Highness's style is not completely unfamiliar, and Wang Mingshan's home actually has this kind of smell. Therefore, Wang Mingshan is particularly sensitive and disgusted by this. He was able to be pulled on the boat by Shen Xin back then because Wang Mingshan himself was fed up with that kind of life. According to Uncle Ma's "Communist Manifesto", this is called 'all kinds of feudal fetters of natural respect'. The young and the old are orderly, and the high and the low are different. The European aristocracy was far more stubborn in this regard than in China.

Just when Wang Mingshan was about to drink a cup of tea and relax himself, Wei Kun hurried over. As soon as he entered, he asked, "Are you sure that His Highness will not return?" ”

Faced with such a simple and straightforward question, Wang Mingshan felt relaxed when he boarded. Since breaking free from the feudal family, Wang Mingshan has lived in such an environment with the primary goal of solving problems for decades. There is no lack of order in this environment, and as for putting on a score, talking about face, making emotions, and even committing crimes because of greed, these things are common, but these things are not mainstream. The mainstream of this era is forward, forward, forward. Stumbling, making mistakes all the time, getting angry, passing the buck, passing the buck, everyone just doing it and moving forward. Wang Mingshan doesn't do those things now because he has become a saint or a gentleman, but because he has done enough. Doing those negative things doesn't solve the problem at all? Just as Wei Kun didn't think that His Royal Highness had a problem, he couldn't afford to provoke him and couldn't hide?

Wang Mingshan smiled: "Don't worry, that guy won't come." Even if he comes, I won't let you face such scum. ”

Wei Kun breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "Such a person really can't be provoked, but he still has to rely on his strength." ”

"Tell me, what are you going to do?" Wang Mingshan didn't mention the matter of His Royal Highness, but went straight to the point.

"I don't think it's okay to build the economy in the East African administrative region by relying solely on natural expansion. I consider whether to restore to a certain extent the model of scholars, Chinese people, and savages in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. And there must be some coercive action against African adults. Wei Kun put forward his opinion.

Wang Mingshan was a little disdainful in his heart, he had this kind of thought, and even deduced it on paper. However, the results of the deduction are not feasible. Because the conclusion of the deduction is that the cost of implementing this policy in China's centralized mode is too high to bear. If it is not implemented in a unified model, it is necessary to implement a separate sealing system. Let the local princes run on their own. For Wang Mingshan, his political philosophy made it impossible for him to accept such feudal things as the reappearance of princes.

Moreover, there is a parody effect in politics. If the East African administrative region is allowed to have an open princely system, then Asia itself can not be allowed to some extent. Even when Weser himself was alive, no one dared to do this, what about after Weser died? After all, the system of great unification itself is a thing with super high operating costs, and the feudal system can throw away a lot of baggage.

But Wang Mingshan didn't speak immediately, he was willing to give Wei Kun some time to let Wei Kun play on his own. Young people have problems growing up, and Wang Mingshan almost had to pick and choose because of personality problems when he was young. If he had been beaten to death with a stick as long as he made a mistake, Wang Mingshan would have known how many times he had been beaten to death. And when he was young, who could think about the problem so comprehensively, with such an opportunity, Wang Mingshan also wanted to see how high Wei Kun's level was.

Wei Kun himself was completely immersed in the narration of his design, in which the temporary existence of the feudal system was only a process. He hoped to weaken the feudal forces by constantly drawing labor from the feudal forces, and finally use the advantage of manpower to solve the feudal system in turn.

After listening to this part, Wang Mingshan couldn't hold back any longer, and his face showed the kind of smile on his face that old people looked at the ridiculous plan. Wei Kun stopped explaining with a hurt emotion and asked, "Secretary Wang, do you think there is anything wrong with this?" ”

Wang Mingshan still said with that smile: "The problem is that you think the grassroots will be of the same mind as the upper class." I can tell you clearly, our people have no such thing. Each stratum has its own interests, and the question is to look at where the ass sits first, and then to the opinions they put forward. People have class attributes, and even within the same class, different strata have different strata of interests. You allow the feudal grassroots to be legitimate, and then try to eliminate the feudal system by weakening the grassroots level, which is completely in the wrong direction. ”

"Secretary Wang, what you said doesn't make me feel right." Wei Kun does not support such an attitude.

Being able to educate young comrades, or promising young comrades, Wang Mingshan became in a very good mood. Waving his hand at Wei Kun, Wang Mingshan said: "Wei Kun, don't compare the system of the People's Republic of China with the current situation in Africa. The basis of the Minchao system is that everyone thinks that we are the people of the Minchao and that we are the same country. The basis of the administrative system of the Republic of China was that you had to consider yourself a member of the administrative system. This person has rights and obligations. This is not the case with feudalism. The rights and duties of the feudal system are never equal, you look at England, it used to be said that Britain had a Magna Carta. Later, I checked the information and found out that Britain does not have a written constitution. And Britain has only subjects and no citizens. Subjects and the British Crown do not have equal rights and obligations. And your method is to use the system of the Republic of China to operate the feudal system, which is a matter of the donkey's head not the horse's mouth. You either engage in the system of the people's dynasty, or you will engage in real feudalism. Those who take the middle way will only fail. That's something your dad has repeatedly emphasized. ”

Wei Kun didn't expect Wang Mingshan to finally move Wei Ze out, and he was speechless for a while. Of course, Wei Kun can actually understand part of what Wang Mingshan said. Wang Mingshan clearly pointed out the essential difference between the system of the Republic of China and the feudal system, and it was not Wei Ze's family that maintained the current situation of the Republic of China, but Wei Ze's contribution to the country to the extent that it completely changed the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the people of the Republic of China. After feeling such changes, the people of the Min Dynasty chose to identify with Wei Ze and the Min Dynasty. That is to say, Wei Ze worked hard in the front, and the people of the Republic of China followed behind.

Compared to Wei Ze's actions, Wei Kun's consideration is based on letting others work hard in the front, and Wei Kun hopes to be able to harvest in the back. Of course, Wei Kun himself knew his little abacus and the trick behind the construction of the support pier, so Wang Mingshan's opposition hurt Wei Kun's original careful thinking that hoped that the trick would succeed.

"Wei Kun, I appreciate what you have done before. You can take the bamboo shoots that you have developed, and I thought you were very similar to your father. In this life, he gave us things, and he gave things to the country. Then, we felt that we didn't like what he brought out, and the people felt that he made everyone more and more tired. I think you can probably understand that. Wang Mingshan said with some nostalgia. When talking about Wei Ze, what Wang Mingshan can think of is how his own life followed the great emperor. Decades have been like a day, and it looks like just a snap of a finger. But when we look back, we know what great things we have done.

Wei Kun did not feel this way, the world described by Wang Mingshan and the world that Wei Kun knew were too far apart. For example, Wei Kun felt that he was reading the textbooks written by Wei Ze, and that the laws derived from the constitution drafted by Wei Ze guided the operation of society. What I saw was the respect for the Emperor Comrade Wei Ze, and what I heard was the respect for Comrade Wei Ze. This is not at all the same thing as Wang Mingshan's saying that 'the revolutionary heroes do not like Wei Ze, and the people are not satisfied with Wei Ze'.

"Secretary Wang, since you didn't like my father back then. So why follow him? After Wei Kun adjusted his mood, he questioned Wang Mingshan with strong emotions.

Wang Mingshan was not angry because of such an accusation, he even felt that Wei Kun was able to use only such an accusation to prove that this baby was quite self-contained. Even if Wei Kun is now scolding Wang Mingshan for being a traitor or talking nonsense, Wang Mingshan is not surprised. And Wang Mingshan believes that even if this lawsuit comes to Wei Ze, Wei Ze will support Wang Mingshan.

"Wei Kun, we follow your father, the only reason is that if we don't follow your father, we will die." Wang Mingshan said solemnly.

Wei Kun was stunned, he never expected things to be like this. However, after thinking about it, he suddenly understood why a woman as smart as his mother would be willing to be a concubine. No matter what others think of Wei Kun's mother Li Yifang, in Wei Kun's mind, his mother Li Yifang is not a person who tends to be inflammatory. If the world was as it is now, the state strongly encouraged women to work, publicized that 'women can hold up half the sky', and guaranteed women's independent property rights through laws and systems. Thinking about it, Li Yifang will never rely on men to live, let alone become a tribute to the family's upward climb. With Li Yifang's personality, if she wasn't really desperate, she wouldn't agree to be sacrificed to a certain 'mountain king' anyway.

'Mountain King', the word that describes Wei Ze, is something that Wei Kun has heard his mother Li Yifang say many times. Even Li Yifang did not underestimate Wei Ze himself, but Li Yifang also used such a negative word to describe his opinion of Wei Ze back then, even if Wei Ze was already the dignified King of Qi in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at that time. Recently, Wei Kun received a letter from his mother Li Yifang, which said that Li Yifang did not follow Wei Ze north to Beijing. Instead, she bought a house in Nanjing that she liked very much and lived there alone. And Li Yifang also revealed some meanings that she wanted Wei Kun's wife to bring Wei Kun's children to live with her.

Such an independent Li Yifang is familiar to Wei Kun, but Li Yifang seen by others is one of the two wives of Comrade Wei Ze, the emperor who does not fight, does not grab, and has no jealousy. This view that is different from the facts makes Wei Kun agree that others do not respect the emperor Comrade Wei Ze as much as they advertise.

Wang Mingshan didn't care what Wei Kun thought, he sighed and said: "Back then, I waited to follow the governor, and I could live a better life by following the governor." At least eight or nine out of ten will survive, at least seven. Others say that one will be a success, but with the Dudu, we sacrifice far less than those who survive. And as long as we can survive, we can get honor and reward. So everyone thinks that if you scold at this time, it really can't be justified. ”

Wei Kun listened dumbfoundedly, and didn't know what to say about Wang Mingshan, a revolutionary hero. Being able to tell the truth so frankly, Wei Kun felt very admired.

"Wei Kun, in my opinion, I think the most amazing thing about your father is that he teaches everyone to read and write. You...... Your brother and his mother compiled the "Xinhua Dictionary" under the guidance of your father, which is really a big deal. The Manchu Qing Dynasty also compiled a "Kangxi Dictionary". The Tartars pretended to be literate and made the writing complicated. Your father openly said that the purpose of establishing simplified Chinese characters and compiling the Xinhua dictionary is to popularize culture and education more effectively. A word that can be written in ten strokes, and a word that can be written in thirty strokes, it is easier to learn which word, this is a clear thing. It is precisely because everyone reads and reads that more and more people begin to understand what your father is talking about. Only then will more and more people be able to agree with what your dad said. If you want to take it, you must give it first. I now understand how true that is! ”

Wang Mingshan's tone became more and more excited. Wei Kun listened more and more stunned. The world described by Wang Mingshan, who is Wei Ze's very important and newly appointed revolutionary brother, is too far from Wei Kun's imagination. However, Wei Kun felt that the world described by Wang Mingshan was more like a real world. The kind of description that is incomparably correct and beautiful on the surface looks too fake.