On January 10, 1868, the Battle of Toba Fushimi finally ended with the Shogunate taking the initiative to leave the battlefield. The shogunate army occupied Kyoto and put Emperor Meiji under "tight protection". The Sacho coalition army retreated to their old nest, but the impact of the defeat in the Four Frontiers War not long ago had not been eliminated, and the shogunate army was only satisfied with the current advantageous situation.

At this time, China's new government was making every effort to absorb the iron ore mines in the four newly liberated provinces, Handan in Hebei and Zaozhuang in Shandong, and the government began to invest in these areas. Lan Phong Province has preliminarily surveyed open-pit coal mines and hematite mines, and Lan Phong Province has also sent personnel to pat their chests to assure Wei Ze that as long as the investment is in place, there will be no pressure on the annual output of 200,000 tons of steel and 1 million tons of iron.

Historically, Britain produced 300,000 tons of steel and 6 million tons of pig iron annually in 1870, making it the world's first industrial power. According to available statistics and the vows of the provincial representatives, China would be able to produce 2 million tons of steel and 14 million tons of pig iron annually by 1870. If this is true, China can start to compete with other industrial countries in an honest way. Just like the Qin State did back then, "if you get an inch, you will have an inch; The ruler is also the ruler of the king. ”

It's just that Wei Ze is not so simply optimistic, the local government is asking for policies and projects from the central government at this stage, and the instinct of human beings is to occupy it first regardless of whether they can use it or not. If you believe them at this time, it is more real than hanging yourself.

Wei Ze said to the secretary: "Sue those people outside, if you want me to come here to beg for the project, then don't come." The state naturally has its own arrangements, and the initial work has long been made clear to the provinces, such as land reform, water conservancy construction, and railway construction. These are the basics. Let's talk about something else. ”

After all, if the people sent by the provinces are willing to go back to report without seeing Wei Ze, it is to find training. In the days that followed, many provincial governors and provincial party secretaries stayed in Nanjing, refusing to go back until they got some benefits. Wei Ze couldn't get through here, so they went to Premier Bi Qingshan. Bi Qingshan was almost annoyed by these guys, and he refused to discuss this matter. These guys with military backgrounds and strong personalities go to various ministries.

In the end, Bi Qingshan and the cadres of various ministries and commissions came to Wei Ze here to ask Wei Ze to come forward to suppress these things. Wei Ze could only come out and find these guys in the way of organizing life.

Organizational life is not a group of people listening to instructions, and its ways are colorful, especially after Weeser introduced outward bound training into organizational life, its content is more likely to stimulate the enthusiasm of the participants and enhance the relationship between the participants. All sorts of game-like activities are going on one by one, and the people in charge are not the guys who call the shots, but the ordinary members.

The punishment for various disciplinary violations was push-ups, and in the beginning, people were constantly punished for various violations. After a while, this kind of thing is much less. It seems to challenge the limits of human beings, but as long as we can work together, we can complete the projects one by one.

During this period, some comrades also wanted to get close to Wei Zetao, but the comrades in charge of the organization did not hesitate to call out those who tried to talk in private and punish them for push-ups. So the gang also broke off this idea for the time being.

The last day of organizing took everyone to the lake, where some wooden stakes floated. "The next one is to let the wood jump out of the water on its own. It can't be pushed by people. The instructor shouted.

Everyone looked at each other, these days everyone has a very high evaluation of the outward bound training, and when we rest at night, we have discussed that when we return to our own province or department, we must promote it. But without anyone pushing it, it is unrealistic to let the wood jump out of the water by itself.

"Everyone can discuss it now!" The instructor then shouted.

Everyone talked about it, it's winter now, although Nanjing is relatively warm, and it will freeze enough to try in the water. How to get the stake to jump out of the water on its own is indeed a big problem.

Lei Hu's military commission team is a strict military style, Lei Hu began to take off his clothes without saying a word, and discussed with his comrades while taking off. These people in the army build bridges and pave roads and are very familiar with logistics. They quickly came up with a plan. Several people went into the water to press the wood underwater, and then let go at the same time. Then buoyancy, the wood rushed out of the water. But in the beginning they made the wood horizontal, so it couldn't jump out. Later, the angle was changed, and a section of the wood finally jumped out of the water.

"Qualified!" The instructor shouted.

With Thunder Tiger they took the lead, and other teams completed the project one after another. Weeser was also personally involved in the project, and after everyone was done, dried their bodies and hair, and put on their clothes, Weser walked to the front of the group.

"This is the last project, and the organizational life is now over. So I'm going to give you a question. Doing things is like outward bound training, if you think about a five-meter-high obstacle, someone has to build a ladder underneath. We can't leave our comrades behind, so we have to use ourselves as ropes, let the comrades behind us hold our feet, pull them up, and climb up on the bottom. The comrades who are ropes in the middle have to endure this process of not being able to reach the world and the ground. If you want to float up, you have to sink first, and the deeper you sink, the higher you rush up. Of course, if you want to fall hard, you might as well climb up, and the higher you climb, the heavier you fall. If there were no comrades with so many arms to support, everyone would have fallen very badly when they did the back fall project. ”

Wei Ze spoke loudly, and the comrades below listened attentively. These words are their personal experience, coupled with such a long time of work experience, and there is no need for Wei Ze to say it, everyone at the summary meeting felt that they had gained a lot.

"Some comrades feel that as long as the central government gives policies, tilts, and projects, this industry will immediately fall from the sky. It's normal to have this thought, but it's like wood on the water, you can't jump out of the water on your own. If you want to jump out of the water, you either have someone to hold you up, or you have to sink down. Everyone has tried, and it is very uncomfortable to sink in the water. And when you let go in the water, you are afraid that it will affect the wood, and you are also afraid that you will be injured, and you can't see if the wood can jump out at that time. You can see others, not yourself. If there was another way, I don't think you would choose this one. But let me ask, if you want to sit in a sedan chair, someone has to carry the sedan chair. Who do you think wants to be the sedan chair bearer? ”

Those clever guys knew that Weeser was talking about industrial projects, and immediately someone raised their hands and asked to speak. The secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee quickly got Wei Ze's consent, and he said loudly: "Governor, now we are carrying the sedan chair, and the coastal provinces are sitting in the sedan chair." We just don't want to be sedan chairs. ”

As soon as this remark came out, the inland provinces expressed their approval. Even if Wei Ze came out to speak in person, everyone couldn't just listen to it, or it was precisely because Wei Ze personally spoke that everyone felt that they had to make it clear now.

In the face of the doubts expressed by more than half of the comrades, Wei Ze was not moved at all, and he said calmly: "How big a pot can cook how much rice, Hunan is a tea town, and silk is also very good." These goods are needed in the surrounding area and even overseas. Do you say there is no industry in Hunan? Silk reeling, silk, tea, these are Hunan's advantages. None of us are immortals, and we can't change them out because of the lack of raw materials. So does Hunan have any serious development of the golden rice bowl at hand? In addition, Guangdong's land reform was the first to be completed, and the construction of water conservancy was also completed with great efforts. So is Hunan trying to complete all the work that has not been completed due to time constraints? With the plane tree, there is naturally a golden phoenix. Guangdong has the plane trees of Guangdong, and Hunan naturally has the plane trees of Hunan. You have to make every plane tree look the same. Our ancestors have a saying, that is called carving a boat for a sword. How many times have we spoken about the Restoration Party, our program is very simple, specific problems are discussed in detail, and specific problems are solved! Forcibly copy other people's successes, Huainan is orange, Huaibei is orange. That's a joke! ”

The final discussion did not end here because of Wei Ze's words, originally Wei Ze wanted to take the opportunity to talk to everyone about the First Five-Year Plan, but everyone's attitude was so firm, Wei Ze felt that this was an excellent opportunity. He held a week-long meeting. He explained to the comrades the characteristics of each province and the basic ideas for future arrangements.

A considerable number of comrades may not accept Wei Ze's opinions after listening to them, but the vast majority of comrades cannot help but admire Wei Ze's understanding of China as a whole. From south to north, from east to west, Weize has different development ideas for each province according to geography, minerals, and humanities. Of course, land reform and the establishment of grassroots organizations by the government are the same requirements for each province.

This is the first time that everyone knows that Governor Wei Zedu has a very deep understanding of various localities, and in many respects he even knows more thoroughly than the responsible comrades in the localities.

While the Liberation Party was making preliminary ideological and theoretical preparations for the First Five-Year Plan, the British ambassador had already tried to see Weeser several times. I got the news that Weezer was working and didn't have time to see him. The British ambassador is well aware that Foreign Minister Zuo Zhidan's attitude may be Weeser's attitude. But this attitude was unacceptable to the British ambassador.

The shogunate suppressed the fallen shogunate on the battlefield and "protected" the emperor. Japan's situation is on the verge of a comprehensive turnaround. Recently, there is also a very realistic version that the Chinese army intervened in the Japanese Civil War and played a huge role. This was a radical departure from the position of the United Kingdom, which hoped that the Sacho Alliance would be able to lead the political situation in the new Japan together with the Japanese emperor.

Just looking for Zuo Zhidan, Zuo Zhidan sent the British ambassador with the sentence "China did not intervene in the Japanese civil war". Seeing that the situation had changed dramatically, the British, in addition to selling a large number of rifles and artillery to the Sachang Alliance, also tried to meet Weeser and make their request head-on.

Unbeknownst to the British ambassador, the Chinese troops participating in the war in Japan had sent back an assessment of the Japanese war situation, "No matter how much the shogunate army has an advantage, just one defeat can make them completely defeated." If China wants to intervene in Japan's civil war, it will have to face a difficult enemy. The real enemy of this was the shogunate. ”