Chapter 75: Sword Casting and Plough Casting (3)
"Governor, what if the British suddenly call? What will we use to block the British when the time comes? A part of the officers of the Second Army asked. &{}{}
Wei Ze listened quietly, thinking in his heart whether these soldiers were against letting the peasants get the tools first, or whether they could not accept the results of the war after several months. Or is it some other reason why they have to continue to pester the threat of the British?
"After several analyses, it is impossible for the British to attack again before increasing their troops." Without Wei Ze coming out to speak, Hu Chenghe, chief of the General Staff, made his attitude clear, "After this battle, we have openly set up an office in Hong Kong, and the British don't have the courage to move our observation posts. ”
The establishment of an office in Hong Kong was the price that the British had to admit defeat this time. The Liberation Army openly set up units under various names on Hong Kong Island and in the concessions, but in fact the British knew very well, and the Liberation Army knew even better, that those were observation posts for surveillance. For example, the observation post with a telescope on top of a three-storey house to directly observe the harbor can be regarded as an undisguised expression of attitude towards the British. But the defeated must bear the consequences, and the British army can only stare dryly when the Liberation Army does this.
The officers of the Second Army were still trying to argue, and the commander of the First Army was Wei Changrong, so no one in the First Army was involved in the debate. It's just that Hu Chenghe, chief of the General Staff, is pressing, and those officers of the Second Army are also defeated in the end.
In the end, Wei Ze expounded the concept of building a new "people's army" to everyone, and although everyone was shocked, no one dared to oppose Wei Ze's idea.
After the meeting was over, Wei Ze had no mind to focus on the specific work, and he simply went home first. Lying on the bed, Wei Ze repeatedly thought about his recent work and the problems he had encountered, and he determined that the problem facing the Liberation Army now was the lack of a complete set of guiding concepts. Needless to say, the guiding concept of New China at the time of its founding was Marxism-Leninism. No matter what the level of understanding of Marxism-Leninism was by the predecessors, the upper echelons were still true believers in Marxism-Leninism, and there were also gods like the chairman who could sinicize Marxism-Leninism to lead the ideology.
As the leader of the ideology of the Restoration Society, Wei Ze is not capable of this. More realistically, Wei Ze has too many government affairs to manage, including promoting the industrial exhibition of the Governor's Mansion. When New China was founded, it had experienced so many years of being beaten, tempered, and invaded, and the whole party had a profound consensus on industrialization. And the consensus of the Governor's Mansion is that there may only be one "fight the world and sit on the world" now.
This reality puts Wei Ze in a very awkward position, he really wants to do two things at the same time, but he really doesn't have the ability to do two things at the same time. Now we need a powerful person in charge of ideology to be responsible for theoretical construction, and after thinking about it, Wei Zesi really can't find manpower.
"Tea?" Li Yifang appeared beside Wei Ze with a teapot and a bowl.
Wei Ze wanted to say no, but he really needed to drink some water at this time. So he said, "Come on." ”
Li Yifang brought Wei Ze some water, and after Wei Ze finished drinking, he put the cup back on the table. She leaned back next to Wei Ze and gently rubbed Wei Ze's temples.
"No, I'm upset right now." Wei Ze gently pulled away Li Yifang's hand and said weakly.
Li Yifang leaned closer to Wei Ze, let Wei Ze's head rest on her lap, and then laughed softly: "The governor has established such a meritorious cause but is still upset, and the concubine can't understand why the governor is bothered." ”
"If you don't advance against the current, you will retreat, and lying on yesterday's merit book and eating the old book is self-destruction." Weese replied with some coping.
Hearing this, Li Yifang couldn't help but burst out laughing, "The Governor is really a big hero, and when the concubine listens to the Governor's lectures, she talks about criticism and self-criticism, and she also thinks that the Governor is hypocritical." Now I know that the governor has not relaxed his tempering for a moment. ”
Wei Ze also smiled bitterly: "Look at it now, that is indeed hypocritical." Criticism and self-criticism must have a principle that everyone recognizes as a benchmark, otherwise criticism and self-criticism will have no source. I thought I could make this up on my own, but now I think I'm so arrogant. ”
After saying these words, Wei Ze thought that Li Yifang would laugh at this matter, but he didn't expect Li Yifang to say nothing. After being silent for a moment, Wei Zexian couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you laugh at me?" ”
Li Yifang said gently: "What the governor still doesn't understand, the concubine doesn't understand. The governor can laugh at himself, but if the concubine laughs at the governor, it is too self-defeating. ”
"This ......" Wei Ze was speechless now, Li Yifang had a correct attitude, and there was no reaction to deliberately curry favor or deliberately lower his value, this kind of response made Wei Ze quite surprised. He couldn't help but sit up, looked at Li Yifang and said, "I think in terms of open-mindedness and calmness about things, Yifang, you are much stronger than me." ”
"Haha!" Li Yifang was amused, "Governor, I rely on you to support my family, and my sister works outside and also gets a salary." I just need to be calm and don't cause chaos for everyone, and I can live this life. If I am asked to do the things of the governor, I don't have the ability, I can't take the matter, I just have the heart to die. Where can you calm down? ”
Wei Ze knew that Li Yifang was by no means such a housewife, and this tranquil state of mind alone was by no means comparable to ordinary people. He said: "I can't make a decision on something, so I'm impetuous, but I don't know how Yifang will deal with such things? ”
Li Yifang looked at Wei Ze's frank gaze, she couldn't help but sigh and said, "The scriptures of learning are not very good, and the solemn rites are secondary." The upper can't be a good person, the lower can't be a grand salute, Ante will learn miscellaneous knowledge, and follow the poetry and books. The last days of poverty will inevitably be ugly. The original king, benevolent and righteous, then the rites are correct. If you take the collar and slap it, you will be able to count the obedient ones. ”
After saying the words in this "Persuasion", Li Yifang continued: "The governor is a great talent in the world, just look for a teacher." Why waste your time meditating on your own? ”
Xunzi said in the persuasion chapter that the fastest way to learn is to find a good teacher, get the theory, and the rest of the things can be easily done. Of course, Wei Ze knew this passage very well, and because he understood, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, where to find a good teacher who understands Marxism-Leninism?
Just thinking about this, Wei Ze was stunned at first and smiled bitterly, and after thinking for a few moments, he suddenly laughed "hey, hey, haha". In this era, there are good teachers who understand Marxism-Leninism, and the two great teachers of Marx and Engels are still alive at this time.
"Hahahaha!" Wei Ze smiled and leaned back and asked the two great mentors to come to China to guide the revolution, which was a very correct choice in theory, but when he thought of really putting this into practice, Wei Ze's heart was filled with an indescribable feeling. This is beyond the limits of Weese's imagination.
Li Yifang looked at Wei Ze with a gentle smile, and when Wei Ze put away her smile and frowned, she stood up and left the room. After another moment, Li Yifang took back the pen and paper and put it on the table. Such a thoughtful approach made Wei Ze really couldn't help but admire.
He got up and sat down at the table, couldn't help but pull Li Yifang over first, kissed her on the face, and then said: "You can take a look at what I wrote, if you can read it, it means that my writing is qualified." ”
Then Weser closed his eyes and thought for a while, then picked up his pen and wrote.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution was completed and immediately integrated with capitalism. From then on, workers were able to produce far more than their basic needs, and humans began to worry about overproduction, albeit painfully. Around 1825, Britain experienced its first economic crisis. Because factories have reduced production and closed their doors, the price of machinery and equipment has fallen to about the same as scrap iron. However, at this time, Britain is a unique industrial country in the world, and when it competes, other European countries are not rivals, so Britain can work hard to expand the market and solve the problem through guò foreign dumping. So the crisis passed in a year or two, followed by a decade or so of prosperity.
By the time of the 1837 crisis, things were different, not only did Britain learn to use machine production, but Germany, France, and the United States also began to engage in industry in the same way. Britain could no longer find a market in its old friends, so the crisis was long, lasting six years, and the size of industry in each country was reduced by more than half. It was not until 1843 that the trend of economic contraction was barely restored. The boom years that followed the crisis lasted only four years, and in 1847 another crisis broke out.
The crisis of 1847 was extraordinary, and the first feature was that it had lasted longer than the boom years, and it was a great blow to the social psychology - the average person felt hopeless. Second, this crisis has not spared any country, as long as all the countries that have entered capitalism have collapsed and become unemployed, and the scale of new industries such as machinery and steel has been reduced to one-third or even less. The combination of these two problems led to a third result - a general political revolution. The French ousted the king and re-established the Second Republic; The German rebels occupied the capital and forced the king to establish a parliament; The Austrian royal family was directly scared away by the demonstrations; Mazzini of Italy occupied Rome in an attempt to re-establish the Italian nation-state. As for Hungary, the Czech Republic and other small countries, as soon as the old aristocracy heard that the revolution was coming, they immediately pulled their legs and ran. For a time, the newly emerging industrial cities were almost entirely in the hands of the emerging proletarians.
Crisis years began to be more common than "normal" years. The fact that the proletariat occupied most of the industrial cities greatly encouraged the proletariat and the young Marx. From 1847 to 1848, the world's first **-** League appeared. …… In short, Marx almost felt that capitalism had come to an end. It is only a matter of time before the proletariat takes over.
The first reason for the easing of the crisis is actually quite amazing - gold mines. In 1848, the San Francisco Cash Mine, and in 1851, Melbourne also had a Cash Mine. Both of these places were anarchic at the time, and the gold mines were not too deep, so they could be mined directly without much investment. You can even pan for gold in the riverbed without making a hole. So poor men from all over the world flocked in, hoping to turn over overnight. The American cowboys have knives and guns, and Australia has always been a place of exile for prisoners, and the inhabitants are extremely fierce, such a place, whether it is the landlord who first occupies the veins or the later consortium, can not turn the gold mine into a source of wealth for a few, and can only watch nearly a million heroes full of wealth. Many of the ships reached the Americas and Australia, and half of the low-paid sailors escaped from the ships at night to pan for gold, and the captain woke up unable to even drive the boat.
What's in it for the world? There is no benefit, gold cannot be eaten or worn, and from the perspective of the whole world, there is not one more grain of grain, not one more cotton yarn, but there are thousands of less capable people engaged in production. Harmful but not beneficial.
But what good is it for the world of capitalism for the gold rush? Saving. What capitalism lacks is demand, and demand is money. In the era of the gold standard, gold was purchasing power! Of course, according to the principle of diminishing consumption mentioned above, if this gold is concentrated in the hands of a few large miners, it will only increase the collection of gold bricks in the castles of the rich, and it will not increase much purchasing power. But the gold mines of Australia and the Americas are in the wilderness, scattered to countless gold diggers, and the gold they take out is the purchasing power of the resounding one. It's as if God hired these people and injected hard currency into the whole of capitalism, so that there was a boom in buying and selling, and the economic crisis was alleviated all at once.
Alleviating the crisis in a god-given way sounds beautiful, but it's actually a lot of. The reason is still the above. Gold cannot be eaten or clothed, but consumes labor, which can alleviate crises and promote prosperity. This shows that the problem of the economic crisis is not material at all, but that human beings themselves find themselves awkward. Gold to save the world reflects the absurdity of capitalism. It was when Marx saw this absurdity that he proposed to build a more reasonable society. It's just that people are not as good as heaven, Marx didn't expect God to be more absurd than him, and he put two shallow gold mines on the new big 6, which was unearthed just in time for the world economic crisis. The crisis eased and Marx continued to read in the library. "** Declaration", a famous work with excellent literary content, had to be turned into a historical text.
Of course, the gold mine can be saved for a while, but it can't be saved for a lifetime. Slowly, shallow gold began to decrease, and "order" was gradually established in the mining area, and gold panning became a gold mining for a few people, and most people sold coolies. Even if such mines continue to produce gold, they are not as effective as they were then. But capitalism, which has multiplied its industrial capacity several times, still needs external purchasing power.
In fact, there is an even bigger gold mine in the world - the Oriental ......
This article has been written for a long time, and it is sprinkled with thousands of words. Wei Ze, who wrote the article, wrote it seriously, and Li Yifang, who read the article, also read it seriously. Wait for Wei Ze to finally finish writing this manuscript. Li Yifang said with an apologetic expression: "Dudu, I can understand the article, but I think it's the same as reading the story, and I don't understand many words in it at all." To whom is this addressed? ”
Weize gulped down the water and said tiredly: "It's written to the one named Marx, he has a friend named Engels, and I want to invite his friend to come to us to be our husband." ”
"Huh?" Li Yifang was stunned, "Dudu, you don't seem to have said too many good things about Marx here." ”
"Then Daxian doesn't care if others say good things about him, the key he values is whether the things written in this letter can be in his eyes." Weser replied exhausted.
Li Yifang could quite understand Wei Ze's words, she nodded slightly and said, "It is indeed the demeanor of a great sage." ”
Weeser gasped and continued: "In addition, I am going to give Marx two hundred taels of gold as a meeting gift, and he owes someone a lot of money. It's not going to be easy. I hope that after reading my article and taking this money, Marx will be interested in getting Engels to come to us to preach and teach. Let's hope. ”
Hearing Wei Ze's really utilitarian words, Li Yifang's eyes widened at first, and then she covered her mouth and laughed.
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