Chapter 493: The Way Out of Life (8)
"Your Excellency! Could you please give us some predictions about the recent development of the new Canadian Confederation? "The journalist spoke quickly and his pronunciation was clear. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Even after being interviewed by The Times, Liberal MP Lloyd?? George still admires the basic qualities of Times journalists. So he laughed and said, "Personally, I think that the new Canada will definitely become a very good province." ”
The reporter's eyes changed a little with these words, as if a hungry wolf had seen a delicious prey cub. "What level of personnel do you think you want to turn Canada into a province?"
After more than half an hour of talking, the reporter left in a hurry, then ran to the nearest café, asked for a pot of coffee, and began to write at the desk. The next day, an article entitled "The Future of Britain's Low-Income Earners" appeared on the second page of The Times. The report describes a future in which the land of the new Canada, like the island of Great Britain, will be owned entirely by the Queen. Unlike in Great Britain, the distribution of these lands would be managed by a committee and local bodies, and all those who wished to engage in agricultural and pastoral production would be able to apply for land without paying rent and by virtue of their status as subjects of the British Empire.
On the day this article was sent, Lloyd's?? George received more than 12 invitations to lunch at noon. Because I made an appointment to have dinner with the leader of the Conservative Party, Lloyd's?? George politely declined the invitation. The first thing the Conservative leader said at the dinner table was: "I have read today's Times, is it really what you think?" ”
"Isn't that weird?" Lloyd?? George asked rhetorically. The concept of state ownership of land is relatively new in Europe, and with the rise of the Republic of China, it was originally used as a major piece of evidence to attack the evil communist system of the Republic of China. With some propaganda by the diplomatic department of the Republic of China, from the well field system to the later land grant system, many things in Chinese history about the property system of public ownership or collective ownership of land began to circulate among the British literate class.
"Of course it's weird!" The leader of the Conservative Party replied with confidence. Since the time of Mencius, China has had the statement that 'the people are the most important, the society is secondary, and the king is light', and it was not until the French Revolution in England that the people had some signs of 'not negative'. Either negative is not the same as positive, and people, especially those associated with low incomes, are synonymous with dirty, stupid, cunning, greedy, potential criminals. Even the most benign gesture to the people must at least include the qualifier 'rude'. Providing land for such scum is on a par with perverse behaviour in the eyes of the Conservative Party leader.
Even if the other party is the leader of the Conservative Party, Lloyd's?? George did not back down in the slightest, "Your Excellency, if you look at the description of China by our correspondent 40 years ago, you will probably believe that the opportunity to farm can greatly improve the level of the people. For thirty years, almost every Chinese has had a job. Only thirty years later, the Chinese were able to conquer North America. ”
The brows of the leader of the British Conservative Party couldn't help frowning, as long as China was mentioned, this big man instinctively showed such an expression. China has demonstrated its strength by doing something that European leaders hate. If the link between these systems and China's achievements is completely severed, there is only one explanation of reality, that Chinese are inherently several times more capable than Europeans, and that Chinese are inherently several times more noble than Europeans. So no one in the upper echelons wants to talk about China, especially the reasons for China's rise.
At such an embarrassing time, a well-dressed man walked over, "May I ask if it's Lloyd's??" Mr. George? ”
"Yes." Lloyd?? George doesn't remember knowing the man.
The upper-class man laughed and said, "I am a contemptible man who runs a steel company, and I am very interested in your political views when I saw an interview with you in The Times today." I don't know how to contact your donor organization. ”
I didn't expect someone to say that they wanted to donate to themselves, or did they think that the upper class, Lloyd's?? George himself understood that he couldn't. His rhetoric probably won't please the upper echelons, Lloyd?? George was already determined to take it on. But there are still upper echelons in this world who have other ideas, and those who still want to pay for it. Lloyd?? George began to wonder if there was something wrong with him. Or maybe this person took the wrong medicine.
After exchanging business cards, Lloyd's?? George said he would visit when he had time. After recovering from his initial surprise, the young parliamentarian began to think that the well-dressed man was probably a liar, or at least not the boss of the steel company.
The leader of the Conservative Party did not speak, but he took advantage of this unexpected action to adjust his mood and once again have his own thoughts on the matter at hand. "We don't know what the Liberals think about the Suez Canal that we talked about yesterday."
"We Liberals think that since we can't stop the Chinese, it's better to just let them dig another canal." Lloyd?? George replied cheerfully. The Republic of China has officially proposed to the British side a plan for the widening or new digging of the Suez Canal. Since this is a formal proposal, there are naturally some collateral threats below. For example, the Republic of China believed that the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean should also be opened to the sea on a regular basis, and if the Republic of China decided to open it irregularly under the stimulus of the British, Britain also needed to be mentally prepared.
If it had been before, Britain would probably only be prepared for war, but now Britain is probably not interested in going to war with the Minchaos. The Conservatives want to see what the ruling Liberal Party thinks, the rising star in the Liberal Party, Lloyd?? George's opinion is very important.
"The Liberals are not worried about what the Chinese are doing by digging the new Suez Canal?" The leader of the Conservative Party was puzzled by the Liberal decision.
Lloyd?? George replied with a straight face: "We don't know what the Chinese will do with the new opportunity, it's all in the future." We only know that if the Chinese are not allowed to dig now, then the Chinese will do a lot of things at once. And we in the Liberals also asked the canal company, and the canal company said that it would never spend money to widen and dig the canal. ”
When it came to the war, the Conservative leaders fell silent again. Chinese don't like to talk, only do. Just as before the outbreak of the Sino-American war, the British did not see that China would immediately enter such a terrible war. Now that the Minchao has clearly made threats, these threats cannot be regarded as bluffs.
Just when the leader of the Conservative Party didn't know what to say, another well-dressed man approached. The leader of the Conservative Party knows that this is a shareholder of British Rail. Mr. Shareholder did not look at the acquaintance, but asked the young man under the age of 30 who he had never met with a straight face, "Are you Lloyd's?" Mr. George? ”
"Yes." Lloyd?? George replied.
"Lloyd's?? Mr. George, are you a communist? The shareholder of the railway company asked loudly. Because the sound was loud enough, a considerable number of people in the hotel turned their heads to look. The Communists were very demonic in Europe at this time, and the Anglican Church openly claimed that the Communists would go to hell when they died. Although the Anglican Church and the Holy See are not in the same pot, the Holy See has the same statement. Archbishops of at least several countries have given such instructions to their dioceses.
"If people could get rich through their labor, wouldn't your railroad company make less money in North America? No, sir, I am sure that your railroad company will earn more. "Lloyd's?? George also knew the shareholder of the railroad company, and this guy donated a lot of money to the Liberals, so most of the Liberals had an impression of this face.
"It's not about earning more or less!" Mr. Shareholder said angrily: "This is a policy issue. If there is a problem with the policy you adhere to, how can you engage in state ownership? How can there be such distribution instead of buying and selling? If you do it all according to your method, the whole of Britain can be divided among the poor ghosts. Because of what they are! ”
The fierce voice and dancing movements fully expressed the emotions of the shareholder, and in the end it was the Conservative Party leader who got up and persuaded the shareholder to leave, and accompanied the shareholder away. Lloyd?? George ate his dessert and drank the delicious black tea before getting up to leave. When the waiter opened the door, he asked in a low voice, "Mr. Councillor, is it really possible to divide the land among the poor?" ”
Lloyd?? George was stunned for a moment, he could understand that the rich and powerful cared about this matter. But it was surprising that a waiter had asked this question almost immediately at noon. He looked at the waiter who couldn't help but have a look of gain and loss on his face, and replied with a smile, "I have never been a person who would easily express my own opinion. ”
This answer brought a smile to the waiter's face, and the waiter looked radiant because of hope. The door was fully opened, and the waiter said goodbye: "Good luck, sir." Good bye! ”
In the afternoon of the same day, Lloyd's?? There were a number of visitors to George's office. Without exception, these visitors came to inquire about Lloyd's. George's suggestion is more specific, or asks how far the suggestion has been implemented. What can come here is probably that there are more supporters and few opponents. And the next day, other newspapers had already begun to appear in the Lloyd's ?? George's opposition is, on the whole, much more opposed than supportive.
The reasons for opposition are nothing more than 'believe in communism and go to hell,' and 'not engaging in buying and selling and engaging in distribution, which is an out-and-out evil road.'" Of course, some newspapers were full of scolding, full of fear of communism, and of Lloyd's ?? George's personal vicious attack. Some newspapers are rational, and they put forward their own theories to refute 'their imaginary Lloyd??' George'.
For example, a newspaper wrote a story about an explorer who sold his horse at an oasis for a lot of money before he went into the desert. My friend was very strange and asked him, "The price you pay for selling a horse is much lower than the price of a horse." Why are you doing this? If you say that you are greedy for money, you are obviously losing money. If you want to do good, why don't you just give the horse to the man? The rich man who sold the horses replied: "People only care about what they pay for, and the more money they spend, the more they care." If you give them a horse for free, they won't be sincere, and they'll spoil the horse.
Because for the first time he caused such a huge sensation, Lloyd's?? George spent the whole day searching the newspaper for articles related to him, in addition to hosting people. In all the critical articles, Lloyd's?? George couldn't help but want to respond to this elegantly written, well-written, and seemingly easy-to-understand article. This donkey's head is too deceptive to say that the horse's mouth is not even Lloyd's?? George felt threatened.
Horses are not land, and sending horses is not the same as cultivating the land. After studying the policies of the Republic of China, Lloyd's?? George found many things that went unnoticed in the land policy of the Minchao. The first is that the land that a person in the Min Dynasty can get no matter what the situation is actually only five acres. Only after they have learned and mastered the appropriate skills can they apply for more land. If a person is not able to cultivate the land well, the government will cut the land of that person until it is reduced to five acres.
For the Min Dynasty, the land was to be cultivated. If you lack the ability to farm or are not willing to make a living from farming, you will lose your chances. It's not at all the same thing as buying and selling that kind of horse, Lloyd's?? George has made it clear in the interview that his policy is that people must produce a certain amount of food from their fields every year. If there is no way to produce such food, they will be disqualified from applying for land.
The second day passed like this, and on the third day, a large number of tabloid reporters made appointments to interview Lloyd's?? George. Lloyd?? George, of course, refused, and as the councillor walked through the streets he usually walked, he saw people holding up banners openly expressing their support for the land policy to help the poor. In addition to emphasizing that 'the poor are also people', there is also a slogan that 'state ownership of land benefits the country and the people'.
Even if you know you're going to have a similar problem, Lloyd's?? George still felt a little uneasy. He did not want to be associated with the state ownership of land, a term equated with communism that would be too damaging to politicians. But he can't help it, and after he speaks, he can only let others comment.
Britain has a population of more than 30 million, and the newspaper industry is developed, so big things can make a fuss, let alone such a big thing. Over the next few days, Lloyd's?? George's own attention has not cooled down, but has further become the focus. The Liberals were also under tremendous pressure and had to let Lloyd's?? George gave a public explanation in Parliament.
Leaving aside the special explanations in the parliament, the next day, all the big newspapers posted Lloyd's?? George's speech, preceded by a paragraph that everyone could understand, but at the end, Lloyd's?? George expressed his opinion: "...... Gentlemen, two thousand years ago, a Roman said something. I believe that there was no communism at that time, and no one would have given him a red hat. That's what the Roman said. The beasts of Italy all have a nest to inhabit, while those who fought and died for Italy can only enjoy air and sunshine. They are homeless and wandering around with their wives and children. The generals deceived the soldiers into fighting to defend the ancestral tomb, but it was all a lie, because none of the soldiers had their own altar and ancestral tomb, they were only born and died for the glory and wealth of others. Is it just that they are called masters of Rome and that they do not own even a small piece of land? ……”
With the level of English culture at this time, 99% of readers do not know that this is Tiberius, the elder brother of the Gracchus brothers?? Gracchus' public address to the people when he was a tribune. Even the 1% of literate people did not notice that it was the era of the Roman Republic, and after the Gracchus brothers were killed, Rome quickly marched from the Republic to the oligarchs, and it didn't take long for it to enter the Imperial Age.
Of course, most of the 99% of readers don't earn much. They read sympathy for the hardships of the lower classes, and saw the possibility of being able to get a large tract of land in North America, and even to be trained in the knowledge of farming. When I think of living a life of 30 acres of land and a cow, the life of a wife and children on a hot kang, or the pastoral artistic conception of a peasant woman's spring and a little field, most of the 99% of them are interested in Lloyd's. Councillor George had a considerable liking. Just as the Romans 2,000 years ago had a strong affection for the Gracchus brothers.
The big newspapers are more reserved, and even if they are praised, they are also praised by quoting scriptures and chewing words. Small and medium-sized newspapers are for their own sales, so the things they write are all gimmicks and how to come. Really on Lloyd's?? What George began to support was the leaflets of various clubs, especially the Workers' Club. When I was young and strong, I went to the factory to earn money, and if I didn't have the opportunity, I could go back to the countryside to farm. When the people have a stable life of their own, who would not be resolute about the government? ’
Whoever can give us confidence in the future, we will firmly support him! ’
'Lloyd's?? Councillor George did not advocate the state ownership of land, but only advocated a system in which those who were willing to farm land would be given opportunities. Please don't slander him! ’
The workers, especially those who were genuinely interested in the policy, expressed their support very accurately, and the leaflets appeared in the workers' clubs, and then soon flew out of the workers' clubs and were distributed in the cities. This political issue has been thoroughly stirred.
Lloyd's on the cusp?? George was always super busy, and when he was exhausted, he was near a medium-sized residential area in the suburbs of London. Because he went by horse-drawn carriage, no one noticed the councillor. Mr. Councillor secretly got out of the car, sneaked into an alley, and then secretly opened the door of a family's backyard.
This action has ever appeared in the Conservative Party's attack on Lloyd's?? In the description that Councillor George is a 'regular visitor to the Whiplash House', but Lloyd's?? Councillor George has never had such intense sexual interest. It's just that his personal relationship is more complicated, so complicated that even his very tolerant wife can't accept it.
Because of the high psychological pressure, Lloyd?? Councillor George wanted to close the courtyard door behind him carefully, but he didn't bother to close it. Just open the back door, Lloyd?? Councillor George can throw his tired body and mind into the arms of the beauty, and then get complete relaxation. But at this moment, two people rushed in through the crack in the open backyard door. They restrained Lloyd in an instant?? Councillor George, and then blocked Lloyd's?? Councilor George's mouth, dragged him into the alley.
Soon, quiet returned to the alley. Only the half-open door hinted at someone coming in and out, but there was no movement around it, as if nothing had happened.