"Governor, we're embarrassed to tell you that." Li Yuchang, who is about a quarter of Wei Ze's father-in-law, said very cautiously.

"Minister Li, are you worried that your comrades don't understand, or are you worried that we won't be able to do this unswervingly?" Weeser's answer was as straightforward as ever.

Such a frank question left Li Yuchang speechless, and it was obvious that what Li Yuchang was really worried about, or what he was unwilling to agree with Wei Ze in his heart, was the system that was quickly established by the Governor's Mansion after the restoration of the capital. In the face of pressure from the British, Weeser put forward an "anti-imperialist and anti-feudal" position. As the president of the Restoration Society, Wei Ze's position will undoubtedly be the attitude of the Liberation Society. According to the regulations, if there is no opposition at the first plenary meeting of the Liberation Society, which will be held in the near future, the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal will become the program of the Liberation Society.

"Governor, I'm not afraid of the British devils at all!" Li Yuchang chose a very skillful answer. Regarding anti-imperialism, Li Yuchang's attitude was very firm. In the face of the unreasonableness of the British, not to mention the new organization such as the Liberation Society, which was full of confidence in its military power, even the old and rotten Manchu Qing resisted. In terms of anti-imperialism, Li Yuchang can be said to be a "hawk".

The problem lies in the "anti-feudalism", Wei Ze not only put forward democratic centralism, but also constantly promoted democratic centralism. In opposition to the British imperialist position, Weeser wanted all comrades to have a common understanding and unite to fight against it. But Weeser proposed, "If I ask everyone to obey me and serve me in my own personal interest. So logically, many people can ask a corresponding question, what did you Weeser give us? Why should we die for your ideas? Therefore, our party's attitude towards the world and interests must be the same! ”

"So you think our prediction was inaccurate?" Weser asked.

In the face of such a straightforward question, Li Yuchang was silent. Li Yuchang didn't really care if his predictions were accurate, what he really didn't agree with was the democratic system that Weeser was working so hard to promote. The traditional system has established the superiority and inferiority of the people, and the traditional system explicitly supports the existence of privilege, and has strengthened the theory of privilege in the exhibition of civilization for thousands of years, and has used a set of tried and tested theories to ensure the unbreakability of privilege. To put it more bluntly, that is, the monarch is good, and mistakes are also the problem of the subordinates.

Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Period, and the key is to "make the rebellious ministers and thieves afraid". This old gentleman "denied the venerable" and set up a Confucian model by using rumors to force the truth, which simply challenged and even subverted the way historians with thousands of years of history.

Wei Ze's current approach is undoubtedly subverting the Confucian tradition and a comprehensive rebellion against the Confucian attitude of "defending the Venerable". For example, Weser predicted that a war might break out in nine months, and while the Restoration Committee began to make overall plans, he also democratically informed the members of the Central Committee Standing Committee of the predictions. This frightened Li Yuchang. China is a very culturally advanced civilization, and in the accumulation of civilization for thousands of years, the Chinese speak of "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith." And the most fundamental thing is actually the word "faith". Regardless of the rhetoric used by the literati to interpret "faith", the general conventional attitude is actually very consistent, that is, "being a human being cannot be without results".

Weeser has now openly laid out a prediction in the name of the "Central Standing Committee of the Liberation Society", and if this prediction does not come true, then who will be responsible? Naturally, the members of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Liberation Society, according to the normal state of the feudal system pointed out by Wei Ze, if the prediction is not accurate, Wei Ze has to let the members of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee take responsibility. As one of the standing committee members, Li Yuchang also can't run away.

Seeing that Li Yuchang didn't say anything about this, Wei Ze smiled and said: "It seems that Comrade Li Yuchang can't believe me!" ”

If it were usual, Li Yuchang would naturally say something about the scene, such as "Of course I can trust the governor" and "I support the governor's opinion", this kind of thing is on the lips and can be said at any time. But Li Yuchang just didn't want to treat Wei Ze with a perfunctory attitude.

According to tradition, Li Yuchang offered his niece to Wei Ze, and pulled one or two hundred people from Hui merchants to follow Wei Ze, which can be regarded as the standard table from the dragon minister. But Li Yuchang did not dare to put himself in the position of a relative of the emperor. First of all, the Governor's Office did not care about the origin of the comrades. The second is that there are too many ministers from the dragon who follow Wei Ze.

Of course, Li Yuchang now does not dare to use his status as relatives of Wei Ze to obtain privileges, but this does not mean that Li Yuchang is willing to follow Wei Ze to be unlucky.

has a relationship with Wei Ze that no one else can compare, Li Yuchang naturally has a special connection with Wei Ze. Therefore, Li Yuchang was quite disappointed with Wei Ze's "democratic" approach, and he believed that Wei Ze did not show the momentum and appeal that a "founding emperor" should have. "The king does not lose his country, and the minister does not lose his body", Wei Ze's practice of having to take responsibility is tantamount to gambling on his net worth, and even the gang of people who followed Wei Ze were also gambled.

In order to practice democratic centralism, Weeser pursued a policy of transparency within the party. It includes the work that everyone in the system is responsible for and the responsibilities to be assumed. From the top to the grassroots, the Liberation Society must be clear about its rights, obligations, and responsibilities. When there is agreement within the Liberation Council on the definition of these powers, the Liberation Council will need to revise the original constitution in accordance with democratic principles. Theoretically, if there were people with ill intentions and the war did not break out, they could demand that the personnel at the top be "adjusted", so as to overthrow Wei Ze's position reasonably and legally.

A person who openly allows his position to be challenged, and who openly acknowledges that his position can be overthrown, is not a qualified monarch in Li Yuchang's view.

Wei Ze didn't expect Li Yuchang's attitude, he was concerned about the overall strategy at this time, so Wei Ze said calmly: "How did the Manchus lose the Great Smoke War in 184o? Because the British seized the lifeblood of the Manchus and blocked the Caoyun, the Manchus' finances were hit hard, so they had to give in to the British. We are now in Canton, and the British can strike at us with more direct means, blockading the coast, attacking our ships. The characteristic feature of this stage is that we have no way to compete with the British at sea. Then all we can do is to give up the sea battle for the time being, and compete with the British on the Inner 6. ”

"What are the governors going to do?" Since Li Yuchang did not dare to directly deny Wei Ze's democratic attitude, he could only try to prove that this system was unworkable from another angle.

"If the Governor's Mansion is only my Wei Ze's alone, if this Guangdong is only my Wei Ze's Guangdong, in the face of such a difficult situation, in the face of hundreds of thousands of millions of taels of profits in the tobacco trade every year, I Wei Ze alone is a ball? If that's the case, just betray me Wei Ze alone, just ruin the anti-smoking policy led by me Wei Ze alone. Then the British would immediately be able to withdraw the siege of the Canton Sea. Everyone should do business as it is, and they should make a lot of money. Weeser expounded very cruelly, but the attitude was extremely rational.

Li Yuchang was speechless after hearing this, the truth is sometimes so simple, but the truth is so simple that it is extremely cruel, so cruel that people don't have the courage to face it.

Wei Zeke did not turn his head away from looking at the truth, so his attitude was particularly firm, "If we do not represent the interests of the broad masses in Guangdong, and if we do not represent the interests of the whole of China, the anti-smoking policy will not succeed." If I could not reach an agreement with the comrades of the Liberation Society on these principled issues, we would not have been able to persist in the face of strong military pressure. I think so, when we ourselves do not regard what we do for the masses as our own business, the masses have no reason to support us. There are only backward leaders, and there are no backward masses. So we can't expect the people to kneel before us and ask us to do this, but we have to sit down and try to get the people's approval! ”

Although Li Yuchang had his own ideas, it was obvious that the other members of the Standing Committee also had different ideas, and Bi Qingshan, who was actually equivalent to the governor of Guangdong Province, said with an attitude that he felt a little unbearable: "Governor, don't you want us to continue propaganda, right?" We really don't have that many of us! Besides, everyone has just dealt a blow to the heroes on the Guangdong side, and the people are at most afraid of it, so they are waiting. We don't necessarily convince the people! ”

Wei Ze sneered: "Of course the people of Guangdong are afraid of us, but in the current situation, we must move the masses. Let those masses who have been poisoned by the big tobacco know that the war we will encounter in the future will not be a conflict between us and the British, but that the British will continue to sell big tobacco to Guangdong and make money by continuing to poison the people of Guangdong. We fought with them to protect the people of Guangdong. If we can't let the people of Guangdong know the real reasons for the future war, if we can't let them know that we have the same interests as the people of Guangdong, how can the people of Guangdong support us? ”

Of course, it is easy to say that you are obedient, but it is difficult to put it into practice. Bi Qingshan asked in surprise: "Governor, can you do it?" If we say this, will the people believe it? ”

"We don't say anything, and the people don't believe it! Winning the trust of the people is, of course, not a matter of one or two days. But if you don't do anything, you won't be able to do it in ten or twenty years. Before winning the trust of the people, we must first win the trust of our comrades. Whether the prediction is correct or not, we must continue first! I'm going to ask everyone to get this down now, and whoever doesn't have anything to do with it can stand aside! There must be someone willing to do it! Weeser said very frankly.

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