Chapter 540: Winter is Coming (10)
The Nanjing Olympics in 1900 was a major event of the Republic of China, and a large number of cruise ships brought athletes from all over the world to this beautiful city. In order to let more people feel the fun of sports www.biquge.info the main venue is located in Nanjing, and the branch venues are located in Wuhan, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other cities in the Yangtze River Basin. In addition to the Olympic slogan of 'Faster, Higher, Stronger', the slogan of the Min Dynasty was 'China to the world, and the world to China'.
The event was preceded by a nationwide torch relay and a comprehensive fitness programme in the five-year plan that Shen Xin participated in. To the shock of officialdom, a group of comrades were criticized and even punished for linking the 1899 crackdown campaign with the Olympics, and then self-righteously believing that Governor Wezetdu attached great importance to the Olympics.
Wei Ze hated the practice of 'the king of Chu loves a thin waist, and starves to death in the palace', in addition to conducting logical training in the party on this matter, 'one yard is one yard, and the simultaneous occurrence may not necessarily have anything to do with the inevitable connection', Wei Ze also conducted intra-party training on 'letting the officials take the implementation method of expanding and extreme, which is the standard performance of the saboteur'. He also spoke to the whole country for four weeks in the 'Weese Weekend Talk'.
Every day is the rising and setting of the sun, and it is not subject to human will. The work was being dealt with, and it was the day when the Olympics opened. The 50,000-capacity Nanjing main venue was packed, first with theatrical performances, followed by the athletes' entrance ceremony. According to the regulations, the entry ceremony of athletes from each country is arranged in the order of the first letter of the name of each country.
Just as the athletes of the first country were about to enter the stadium, the figure of Wei Ze appeared on the rostrum. The whole venue suddenly resounded with a tsunami of cheers. Athletes who have participated in the last Olympics have seen the Greek royal couple attend the Games, but the athletes know that Greece is a country that cannot be compared to the powerful presence of the Min Dynasty. What he saw and heard after arriving in the Republic of China proved to the world how powerful this country was. The huge city, the sports fields in the city, all let the athletes understand the strength of the country. Seeing that the emperor of the Min Dynasty, the most powerful emperor on the earth, would actually come to the scene to watch the entrance ceremony, the athletes were also excited and excited.
Of course, American athletes would love to rush to Weeser and kill America's worst enemy. However, the security of the Olympic Games is very meticulous, and athletes do not want to bring dangerous items into the stadium at all. They could only stare at Weezer with anger, trying to kill him with their gaze.
No matter what the people below thought, Wei Ze didn't care, in fact, these people didn't appear in Wei Ze's heart at all. Recently, the party building work is advancing every day. As soon as the central authorities fight corruption, the middle-level comrades will immediately cancel all their benefits, and even refuse to pay the necessary expenses to the grassroots comrades, whether or not they will make the grassroots comrades feel that the central authorities are close friends, Wei Ze did not know. At least there are many complaints in the middle level, and the biggest complaint is that 'the governor is too faceless'. Wei Ze can understand the thoughts of the middle level, and the means of resisting the central government have been ruthlessly exposed by the central government, and no one wants to sit on such a central committee on their heads. The middle level knows that it is one thing not to rub sand in the eyes of the center, but the middle level feels that the center makes the water too clear, but it is not good to raise fish.
The dissatisfaction of the middle level made Shen Xin feel very stressed, and when he went to ask Wei Ze, Wei Ze said indifferently: "It is impossible to solve the problem of hunger once and for all, you can only eat every day and fight hunger every day." And people have to be metabolized, which is elimination. The key lies in whether we stand with the people and whether we are following the mass line. β
The phalanx of athletes under the rostrum passed by one by one, and Wei Ze waved his hand to the bottom from time to time, and such a cordial reception made the athletes from all over the world feel very happy. Queen Sissi, who was not too far from Wei Ze's side, paid more attention to the emperor of the Min Dynasty. The strength of the Min Dynasty is far beyond Queen Sissi's imagination, she herself does not hate sports, and she also went to the training grounds of Austro-Hungarian athletes, most of these training grounds are the sports fields of the school, after learning that these beautiful schools that are empty because of the summer vacation are public schools, Queen Sisi no longer wants to think about how powerful the Min Dynasty is.
The Queen has submitted an application to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet His Majesty the Emperor, and she does not know if the application will be approved. In order to save Austria-Hungary, the queen had to do what she could.
The athletes entered and lined up, and Queen Sisi unexpectedly found that it was not Emperor Wei Ze who spoke on behalf of the Republic of China, but President Shen Xin. Just when she was puzzled, the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China handed an envelope to Queen Sissi. When I opened it, it said in German, 'Please come to Gate 2 and meet us in 20 minutes'.
The queen was not pretentious, and after 20 minutes she arrived at the agreed place on time. Guided by the staff, she arrived at a reception room, and after waiting for less than 10 minutes, Wei Ze appeared at the door. Seeing Weeser immediately gave the queen a sense of hope.
"Your Majesty, I beg you to let Hungary remain in Austria-Hungary. If there is anyone else in this world who can do it, only you can. Sissi did not pretend, and after seeing the characters of the Hungarian Red Army, she felt that the communists probably did not like the cumbersome court etiquette.
She guessed right, Weser liked the straightforward attitude. As he got older, Wei Ze felt that Uncle Ma's sentence that "Communists disdain to conceal their views and intentions" very much agreed. There is no inevitable connection between not wanting to hurt others and concealing it, the truth never hurts people, and an ugly monster who doesn't dare to look at himself in the mirror must be because the ugly monster thinks that the self in his heart is real.
"I never heard that Hungary was going to break off relations with Austria completely." As he spoke, he motioned for Queen Sisi to sit down, and after the two sat down facing each other, he replied, "Why is Your Excellency so insistent that Hungary cannot implement a socialist system?" Is it because you are afraid of losing your high position? β
Sissi didn't expect Wei Ze to ask such a question, and after thinking for a moment, she replied: "The revolution will cause chaos in the country, it will cause killing, and it will make many people die. β
"As far as I know, it was the English who executed the king of England, it was the French who executed the king of France, Hungary was a republic, and the Hungarian people did no harm to you. Hungary did not want to overthrow Habsburg rule in Austria, and from the law of history, it was the Austrian people who were destined to end Habsburg rule. The waiter served coffee to Weser and Queen Sissi at this time, and Weser turned to the waiter and said, "Thank you." β
Queen Sissi didn't expect Wei Ze, who was four years older than herself, to talk to her about the real existence of royal power in a historian's tone. In the long run, the Habsburgs are only 800 years old. In the long run, people die. Queen Sissi couldn't accept Wei Ze's attitude of ignoring death, and the fresh life seemed to Wei Ze to be more like a simple symbol of writing history. Even when the discontent was rapidly rising, the queen still controlled her emotions, and she came to continue the existence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Sissi also played a huge role in the establishment of this dual empire.
"Your Majesty, how can Austria-Hungary continue to exist?" Queen Sisi gets straight to the point again.
"Method one, you kill all the Hungarian Communist Party and the Hungarian Red Army. Destroy the revolution by force. The second option is to admit the status quo and then pretend that Austria-Hungary still exists. Wei Ze replied calmly. The translator next to him was dumbfounded when he heard this, and then struggled to contain his laughter.
Queen Sisi was also stunned for a while, and after a while she asked angrily, "Are you trying to humiliate me?" β
Weeser waved his hand slightly, "No, if you are incapable of suppressing the revolution, when Hungary does not choose to completely break away from Austria-Hungary, you might as well use the method of guiding public opinion to make Austria think that Austria-Hungary still exists." This is also the solution to the problem. β
After a moment of anger, Queen Sisi suddenly felt that she could understand Wei Ze's words. If someone else were to say the same thing, they would probably use words like maintenance, adjustment, or new heights. Weeser offered a helpless solution, 'pretending that Austria-Hungary still exists'. As long as the title Austro-Hungarian is still there, you can pretend that Austro-Crème is still there. As time goes through to solve the problems in Austria, people forget a lot of things.
"Your Majesty, can you guarantee that Hungary will not secede from Austria-Hungary?" The queen wanted to make sure.
"What I can guarantee is that Hungary will never accept Habsburg rule again, and Hungary will not accept a return to the old order." Wei Ze gave Queen Sisi the answer bluntly.
Then the meeting was over.
The weather was good at the Nanjing Olympics, as was the weather on Great Britain Island in the far west of the World Island. Uncle En took a sip of American ginseng tea, and the slightly bitter taste lifted his spirits. Adjusting the silk cushion he brought back from the Min Dynasty on his back, he continued to read the latest news he had gathered.
'Environmental assessment ...... throughout the British Empire'
'Water Conservancy Sector Implements New Soil and Water Conservation Methods......
'Forestry to increase forest cover in Great Britain over the next five years......
'Discussion of the pros and cons of family farms and agribusiness......
'Family farm members must be trained in an agricultural school and pass ......an examination'
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Comparing the news from the UK with the news from Europe, the UK is the only one that continues to carry out expansionary fiscal policy across Europe. These policies were very familiar to Uncle En, and he had seen such things a lot in the years of the Min Dynasty. The Republic of China set up family farms in North America, which mentioned that farms were obligated to invest in soil improvement. Now Britain copied the policies of the Republic of China in North America and began to try to implement them in the island of Great Britain. The so-called soil improvement sounds lofty, but it's actually quite simple. At this stage, livestock manure is collected to raise earthworms, and vermicompost is used to improve the soil.
Thinking of what he saw and heard in the Min Dynasty, Uncle En couldn't help but light himself a Mozambique cigarillo, and leaned back in the chair with his eyes squinted. The Chinese are really a magical agricultural nation, any young man can grow vegetables, and any young girl who is angry because of work can cultivate vegetable seeds. In the UK, this is a job that only horticulturists or old farmers can do. I don't know if Britain will become like China after learning from China's policy.
This gentle imagination did not last long, and Uncle Eun's train of thought returned to the cruel reality. The depression brought on by the economic crisis is finally showing signs of easing. Britain adopted an expansionary fiscal policy while making every effort to develop electrification, which meant that it was going to pursue the industry of the Republic of China.
With the rapid industrialization of Russia with the financial support of France, relying on new mining equipment imported from the Republic of China, the steel output in 1898 was already 3.8 million tons, ranking third in Europe and much higher than that of France. Of course, Russia's current industrial level is not as good as France's, and its scientific and technological level is not as good as France's. After losing two consecutive battles to Hungary, everyone's evaluation of the Russian army was greatly reduced.
Another country with a low starting point and rapid progress was the Ottoman Empire, where the railways undertaken by Chinese companies were built to a greater or lesser extent. The rapid increase in the number of internal combustion engines in Europe allowed the oil industry to develop rapidly in the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire's poor finances showed some signs of improvement.
Uncle En's greatest concern was the Hungarian Revolution. Uncle En had to admit that the situation in the Hungarian revolution was bad. Unable to get rid of Austrian control, the Hungarian revolution naturally could not succeed. Breaking free from Austrian control meant that Hungary had to face more and more intractable enemies. Uncle En launched the Second International and created propaganda in various European countries that 'those Hungarian mud-legged people are incapable of building a state, and they can watch them perish by themselves as long as they wait'. He has also done his best.
Lighting himself another cigar, Uncle En's heart was a little melancholy. Uncle Ma believed that the communist revolution would break out at the same time in the developed capitalist countries of the world. The revolution of the Republic of China and the rise of the Republic of China proved the possibility of a country implementing a socialist system. However, the unusually powerful People's Dynasty itself was not imitable, and the establishment of a second socialist state was of reference significance. Uncle Eun was eager to see what such a country was like, but he had no confidence in the struggle between himself and death.
There was a knock on the door, and the nanny who took care of Uncle Eun brought Uncle Eun the latest newspaper. The Times has been serializing the Olympic events in recent days, and this time the front page read, 'Austria launched a summer campaign against Hungary'.
Austria started the war at the time of the Olympic Games, and the Olympic Committee naturally expressed its opposition and regret in accordance with the statutes, but this had no influence on Austria at all. What really brought Austria to shame was the shameful defeat of the summer campaign. According to the report of the Democracy Foundation to the country, the Austrian army's chain of command uses seven languages at the same time, and the already rotten and rigid chain of command is now intolerable. This confusion testifies to the complete failure of the existing system of the Austrian army. Without a comprehensive reform, the Austrians in the next war would probably have to defend against Wiena.
When Queen Sisi and the Olympians returned to Austria after the Olympics, they saw a gloomy Austria.