Chapter 53: The Difficulty of Scale (10)
The first general meeting of the Liberation Society was held on March 1, 1856, and almost all 1,722 members and probationary members returned to Canton to attend the meeting.
On the first day of the meeting, Weeser openly demanded that the three major ideas be included in the program of the Liberation Conference. First, land is owned by the state, and the people have the right to use the land. Second, the workers' and peasants' alliance should be the social foundation of the Restoration Society. Third, the principle of democratic centralism within the party should be determined.
In fact, Wei Ze himself thought it was quite ridiculous when he finally formulated this policy, in his previous imagination, these things were all false, just slogans. The road to the exhibition can actually look very simple, Wei Ze used the advantage of crossing science and technology to develop industry, build a powerful military force, and then conquer the world. He became an unprecedented great man in China, and later generations worshipped him.
It wasn't until Wei Ze himself became the leader of the military force that he realized that he was really wrong. The first is the land issue, which is complex in China. The most simplified theoretical model of land is that it is the landlord who leases the land and the tenant farmer who leases the land. As long as the landlords are restrained and the tenant farmers are pulled, everything will be solved.
The problem is that these simplified models look convincing, but they just "look". First of all, it is not necessarily the landlord who leases the land, because there are many mountains and little flat land in areas like the south, and after hundreds of years of land buying and selling, property rights and ownership are complicated. A person may lease a small plot of his land to a landlord and then rent a larger plot of land from the landlord to cultivate. As for all kinds of long-term tenants, short-term tenants, and even seasonal leased land. These are all very common situations.
Moreover, private land is not simply privately owned, and there are also zài "clan fields", "public lands", and "jukuda" (the things produced on this land are used to support private school teachers and ensure that the children of the family can receive cultural education). If you have to describe it, these are quite similar to the "trust investment" of later generations.
The land is enclosed in a large complex net, and if the same piece of land is combined with various mortgages, it may belong to more than a dozen people, families, and merchant groups at the same time, and similarly, it does not belong to any one person, no family, or any merchant group.
Weser memorized and read some classic articles during the test, and there was a passage that impressed Weser deeply. "In all historical epochs of the past, we can see almost everywhere that society is completely divided into different hierarchies, and we see social status divided into various levels. In ancient Rome, there were nobles, knights, commoners, slaves, and in the Middle Ages, there were feudal lords, courtiers, guild masters, helpers, serfs, and there were special classes within almost every class.
But our time, the bourgeois age, has one characteristic: it simplifies class antagonisms. Society as a whole is increasingly divided into two hostile camps, into two classes that are directly opposed to each other: the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. ”
In the 21st century, China's social structure is getting simpler, social relations are getting simpler, and social contradictions are getting simpler. Although this fundamental social contradiction seems to be difficult to solve, it is a contradiction that can still be resolved. In this era, the contradictions and relations of land have become so complex that there is no possibility of resolving them except for a complete overthrow and a new one.
In China, land is given too much, and at the same time it carries too much. If Wei Ze considers himself an "absolutely righteous person" and thinks that he can perfectly straighten out the relationship and solve the problem, then Wei Ze can commit suicide happily. Because this perception itself is undoubtedly extremely wrong.
Wei Ze didn't want to die, so he had to use the knowledge and solutions of his predecessors to form a political party with a unified political viewpoint, destroy it with strong means, and then rebuild it.
At this time, Wei Ze had a very favorable condition, because he was born in the Taiping Army, and there were a lot of people in the Taiping Army who were born in these peasants who supported the equal distribution of land, and everyone could easily understand that only the land country could guarantee the distribution of land. The problem is that these brothers have never seen industry, so they cannot understand the concept of "land as a means of production" by relying on industry to feed back. But Wei Ze just gave a brief introduction, which can be regarded as a foreshadowing. The plenary session of the Liberation Council was almost unanimously agreed on the first program.
As for the second programme, it is relatively easy. What is the Workers' and Peasants' Alliance, Weese's statement is very simple, the peasants farm the land and pay the public grain. This is the support for the Liberation Society, this is the own person. There is no reason why the Liberation Society should not stand with its own people. As for industry, the military enterprises set up by the Restoration Society, as well as many factories that make money, are even more Restoration Society personnel. This is the Union of Workers and Peasants.
The second program is the universal pass.
As for the third item, there are even fewer opponents. The members of the Liberation Society have the right to speak, which is what everyone can only dream of. Even the recognized leader of the group, Victor, said so, how could the people below openly oppose it?
When these three programs were approved, Weeser proposed other regulations for the guarantee system. For example, we should abide by the resolutions of the Liberation Council and ensure that the secrets of the Liberation Society are not leaked.
Sometimes space-to-air things are relatively simple to deal with, especially when they are not directly connected to reality. Depending on the region, the Liberation Council elected representatives from each region and elected the executive agencies of each region. It was also agreed that as long as there were three members of the Liberation Society, the conference organization would be established.
Then Wei Ze put forward a request that in view of the possible military attack of the British in Guangdong, the work of the Liberation Society should be transferred to mobilizing the masses in Guangdong in the near future. As much as possible, it is necessary to ensure that during the war, the people of Guangdong should understand the justice of the anti-smoking action of the Liberation Society, and ensure that the people of Guangdong will not side with the British at this time.
"Why did the Cantonese side with the British?" Questions were immediately raised.
"The British have done them a favor!" Weeser smiled at his comrades. And this answer is undoubtedly very correct, why should all the people of Guangdong stand on the side of the Liberation Society? Why did some of the Cantonese people who had taken advantage of the British refuse the benefits and resolutely wage a struggle against the British?
It was precisely because these words directly poked at the key point that some comrades immediately became angry, and some shouted, "Have these people forgotten their ancestors?" ”
"That's not right!" "If those people make a lot of money in this war, they can buy more land, they can increase their family's estate," he retorted. That's a glorious thing. I don't see why people feel that they have forgotten their ancestors! ”
After Weeser answered the question frankly, the room was quiet at first, and after a while, someone began to whisper, and it didn't take long for the room to start to be full of people. People with a little insight try to sort out a reason for the correctness, justice, and authority of the Liberation Society. Others cursed and thought that these people had to be killed. Others had never thought about it, and their lack of knowledge undoubtedly made it difficult for them to understand what it was. Not only do they not find the reason to convince others, but more importantly, they cannot find the reason to convince themselves.
Not only the members, but also the newly elected members of the Central Committee and the members of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee are somewhat helpless on this issue. However, these people understand one thing, Wei Ze dares to instigate such a discussion, and he must have his own way of dealing with it.
Wei Ze did have ideas, but he fell into a kind of exclamation at this time. The rise of the modern nation-state is actually to come up with the idea of a modern nation. The real significance of the French Revolution was more than just the overthrow of the king and the establishment of a republic. More importantly, the French Revolution created the concept of the "French nation".
The French at that time proposed "to fight for France, to fight for the French nation". It is this idea that allows people of all origins to be liberated from all walks of life and to have a new banner of the French nation, such a common banner.
France, which entered the modern nation-state, was once invincible in Europe, and the rest of Europe had to begin to learn the idea of the modern nation-state. Napoleon's fate was not decided by the Battle of Waterloo, but by the Battle of Leipzig. The Battle of Leipzig is also known as the Battle of the Leipzig Nation.
The European nations that accepted the concept of the modern nation-state flaunted the banner of their own nation and used their own nation as the concept and slogan of propaganda and inciting war, and the European nations that participated in the Battle of Leipzig joined the traditional perception of war and added a completely new understanding that they were fighting war for the future of their country and nation. A new modern nation-state began to fight fiercely in Leipzig.
France, as a neo-modern nation-state, has finally lost its advantage in Europe.
Now Wei Ze undoubtedly wants to borrow such a modern nation-state concept, and only by putting forward the concept of "Yan and Huang descendants" and "Chinese nation" can the Tujia, Hakka, Han, Miao, and Zhuang people all be included in one concept. Only by using the term "Chinese nation" can we reasonably explain why all the people of Guangdong and even the whole of China should naturally submit to the same banner.
So Weeser had mixed feelings in mind, and in the 21st century, a British sociologist proposed an explanation of the "imaginary community" about nations. Modern genetic technology proves that there is a high degree of unity in the Chinese paternal line. Wei Ze did not think there was anything wrong with the argument of the Chinese nation.
However, once the concept of the modern nation-state becomes mainstream in China, it is almost inevitable that some of the negative things that the modern nation-state will bring. Even if Wei Ze once thought that this was not a big deal, when he stood at this juncture, he couldn't help but feel a little frightened at this time.
But this feeling of compassion did not make Wei Ze hesitate for too long, and the basic principle of the primacy of matter determined a qiē. If Weezer is not able to win the war in the future, then there will be no tomorrow for him and the Restoration Society he leads.
So Wei Ze raised his hand high and motioned for everyone to calm down. Soon, the Restoration Order, who had seen Weeser's gesture in the midst of eager arguments and even quarrels, began to shut their mouths and turn to the leader they believed in. The controversy ceased, and all the Restoration members waited for their leaders to present their views and attitudes. It will also be the view and attitude of the Restoration Society.
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