Chapter 532: Winter is Coming (2)
"Although each of the 77 provinces of the Republic of China has its own characteristics and needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, we are 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 On average, we only spend five days in each province. Chairman Shen, do you think we can figure out all the problems in the whole province in five days? Wang Haiyang's tone was flat, but what he said was very sharp.
No matter what Wang Haiyang's attitude was, Shen Xin took a position of not changing everything, and he went straight to the topic, "What does this have to do with the North American military industry?" ”
Wang Haiyang continued to say bluntly: "The existing supporting parts in North America can already complete the work other than the engine, and it will actually take more than a year or even two years to expect to complete a military-level factory in North America immediately. It takes more than a month to ship the engine to the window assembly factory in North America. North America does have a lot of problems, but it can be solved by waiting another three or four months. They can better supervise the assembly part, Seiko manufacturing, Seiko assembly, this is a good way to improve military equipment. ”
Shen Xin was very unhappy in his heart, but his face was very calm, "Improving the industrial level of North America is also a way to cure the root cause." ”
As a bureaucratic leader, Wang Haiyang explained to Shen Xin in an extremely bureaucratic tone, "We have no money, and we have survived by over-issuing banknotes all these years." The prices of agricultural products were extremely low, and in order to maintain the supply of the Asian part, we continued to transport grain and meat from the six provinces of old North America to Asia during the war. The governor developed alfalfa in East Africa and shipped two to three million tons of dried alfalfa to Asia a year, which was difficult to support the supply of meat. After the development of the two major industries of electric motors and internal combustion engines, the total number of workers increased a lot. Workers' wages were sustained by war orders. We've overissued too many bills over the years. There was no inflation, simply because too much land had been seized. There is also the governor in charge, and everyone is super confident in the future of the Republic of China. What we need to do now is to operate it for a few years and let the society digest the excess banknotes. It's not that North America is not allowed to engage in industry, but now there is no money to invest in North America, and second, blind investment is very harmful. ”
Listening to Wang Haiyang's long explanation, Shen Xin felt that he actually knew most of the content, but he didn't understand it as thoroughly as Wang Haiyang. turned his eyes to look at Wei Ze, but saw Wei Ze listening calmly, and it could be seen that Wei Ze had no opinion on Wang Haiyang's statement. At this time, Shen Xin was a little skeptical that Wang Haiyang was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. It's just that at this time, there is no longer so much control, and since no one has expressed strong support for Shen Xin, this problem can only pass like this. If Shen Xin blindly hardened, he would only encounter more difficulties.
When the scene began to be a little cold, the foreign minister began to talk about the attitude of the European countries in a very natural manner. Shen Xin's heart was determined, this can be regarded as a rescue in a sense.
After introducing the statements of France and Russia, and focusing on the statements of the United Kingdom, the foreign minister concluded: "We don't know what the British want to do, but on the whole, they have a deep fear of our Democratic Foundation. ”
After this explanation, the Standing Committee members could not help but think of the discussion on peace policy discussed by Governor Wei Zedu a few days ago. Then I listened to the foreign minister continue to ask: "There have been many economic crises in Europe, and if the economic crisis leads to war, will there be a war between Germany and France this time?" After all, everyone thinks that Germany and France will definitely fight each other. ”
Wei Ze could see that the foreign minister was trying to cover for Shen Xin. Otherwise, he would never have asked such a naïve question under any circumstances. The Franco-German war was never the main contradiction in Europe, and the contradiction between Germany and France, whether it was World War I or World War II, was not the root cause of the war. Before World War I, Europe experienced several crises in about a decade, and before World War II, there were also several economic crises that lasted for a decade, including the Great Depression. War broke out when the crisis had grown to the point where successive governments were powerless.
In order not to let such a stupid question continue, Wei Ze just said a bland sentence of 'wait and see', and let the meeting start the next topic smoothly. A few days later, at the end of January 1898, Wang Mingshan received a notice, in which in addition to informing him that he had received information in China, there was also a supreme instruction to 'wait and see what happens'. At the same time, there was also an appointment and dismissal document, in which Wang Mingshan was dismissed from the post of envoy and secretary of the party committee of the East African administrative region, and was officially appointed secretary of the party committee of Cyprus.
Wang Mingshan has always felt that the party secretary of the East African Administrative Region is a burden to him, but after being removed from this position, Wang Mingshan still feels a little lost. After spending two days to straighten out his mood, he quickly recovered, and then Wang Mingshan convened the general meeting of Europa Bank as planned.
The attendees were very well attended, as Europa Bank was facing a strong boycott in Europe. Needless to say, the European monarchies were very dissatisfied with the 'democratic foundation' of the Republic of China, so they strongly boycotted Europa Bank. As for non-monarchical France, the sentiment against the Communists was no less than that of the monarchy. Because France is a republic, it is far superior to a monarchy in public shouting. Judging by the voice, it seems that France hates the communist system ten times more than the monarchy.
So in the beautiful scenery of Cyprus, thousands of employees of Europa Bank and the staff of the head office gathered together, and everyone was meeting, discussing, eating, drinking, and relaxing every day. The so-called reasoning became clearer and clearer, and a first-line observation of Europe came to the conclusion that 'all the European countries, with the exception of Great Britain, have been blockaded on the European continent. Like Gu worms enclosed in an isolated space, the upper echelons of Europe have probably no other way to sustain themselves than to eat each other in the midst of hunger'.
Winters in Hungary are extremely cold compared to those in Cyprus. Large clouds of snow fell in the sky, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow. In the heavy snow, the prisoners of the large ticket were taken under the wall. They were both men and women, dressed in very thin clothes, and they were all beaten and bruised. There is no prayer, no consolation at the end of life. The executioners knocked them down with a few rounds of guns, and then went up to refill the guns in the heart. After killing these people, some Jewish prisoners came and dragged the bodies away to make room for the next wave of executions.
February in ancient Roman times was the month of executions, and it is said that one emperor made it as short as possible. The Hungarian government's literacy may not have known about this allusion, but it coincidentally began mass executions of 'Communists' in February. The Jews were arrested for the same reason as 'Communist', but the use of these people was to clean up the mess.
The mass executions took place in Budapest's newly renovated prison dedicated to the 'Communist Party'. Behind this prison is a large courtyard, and the courtyard wall is two brick walls, which are filled with thick earth, wide and strong. The courtyard was built by the arrested 'Communists', who were not spared and were all shot under the wall.
When the Jews came to haul the corpses, they could see some carvings in different shades on the walls, and the most common words were 'The nobles never eradicate poverty, they only exterminate the poor'. Layers of blood dried up on it, making the words seem to be covered in clusters of black-red flames.
Inside the castle of Buda, the true masters of the country gave orders for execution with great enthusiasm. In addition to approving the death penalty for the Communist Party, another important task was to posthumously recognize the executions that had already been carried out by the militias of the noble landlords. The documents are stamped with the official seal of the Kingdom of Hungary and are confirmed to have gone through the judicial formalities. Since Queen Sisi of Hungary did not agree to a public proclamation calling for the extermination of the Communists, her value plummeted. The queen also knew about it, and left Hungary early to go to the warm Italian resort.
"A total of 15,327 communists were executed, of whom 4,129 were arrested and executed in the cities and 11,198 were re-signed in the countryside." The Registrar put a list in the Minister of Justice and asked him for approval.
The Minister of Justice frowned slightly and looked at the aristocratic representatives in the parliament. The nobleman's face did not change at all, and like many nobles, his family had a large vote in this great execution. Many of the 'Communists' who were executed in the countryside were really killed only because the nobles had a fancy for their land, or simply because they had beautiful wives.
Although the Minister of Justice has not learned the term 'class position', he knows very well that the ruling class must unite at a time when the poor are standing up against the ruling class. Even if you are not used to the behavior of the aristocracy, this is not the time to offend the class brothers for the sake of poor ghosts.
Therefore, the Minister of Justice used a beautiful quill pen to owe his name and stamped the official seal, and this document was approved. Whether it is the poor workers who were killed in the city or the poor peasants who were killed in the countryside, they all had the unified definition of the 'Communist Party'.
In March 1898, the Spring Fields began to slowly descend, and the Communists, who had been dormant for a winter, began to regain their vitality. The saying 'as long as you are poor, you will be considered a communist' began to circulate among the workers in the cities and among the peasants in the villages. There were workers who were shot dead in every city, and peasants who were executed as if they were communists in every village. No matter what crimes the officials or nobles condemned these people, these people are all poor without exception.
For more than a year before, a song that had been circulating in Hungary had sung 'The aristocracy never eradicated poverty, they only eliminated the poor'. What the officials and nobles are doing now undoubtedly proves this eternal fact once again. Only this time the poor seem to have a new title of 'Communist Party'.