Chapter 242: Capital and Power (2)
The role of the state has completely changed by promoting the development of productive forces with the strength of the whole country and turning the profit-seeking and untheoretical action into a rational and planned action. Theory completely precedes practice, and in a sense, this is really not Uncle Ma's view of communism.
Uncle Ma believed that it was the development of social productive forces that brought about changes in the relations of production, and the final victory of public ownership was established on the fact that private ownership had completely become an obstacle to social development, and finally the communist revolution broke out in the developed capitalist countries of the world. In other words, although the poor and exploited working class is proletarian, it certainly does not belong to the proletariat as pointed out in Uncle Ma's theory. By the time of the outbreak of the communist revolution, the proletariat was by no means a poorly clothed class, but a class capable of being more rational, stronger, and more organized than the bourgeoisie.
As a historical materialist, Uncle Ma doesn't like to look at the world from the perspective of good people or bad people. The class nature of industrial society itself determines the position of the individual. There are individuals who betray the class, there is no class that betrays interests. This has little to do with the quality of one's character. Therefore, in the "Communist Manifesto", Uncle Ma spends most of his space attacking all kinds of "pseudo-socialism" expressions, this kind of guy who has all kinds of "seemingly anti-capitalist" on current social problems based on personal suffering, in fact, a large part of them are wolves in sheep's clothing.
The evaluation of the Chinese emperor Wei Ze and Uncle Ma also gradually tended to be negative. To others, it may be described as "lack of class consciousness", but it is obvious that Wei Ze does not have this problem. In China's junior high school textbooks, it is said that "the state is an instrument of class rule", and the person who took the lead in compiling such textbooks could not be a person with a very superficial understanding of class.
We cannot look at the problem from the perspective of historical materialism, but rather regard historical materialism as a tool and class existence as a condition that can be used. No matter how you look at this kind of person, it looks like a real traitor. The British newspapers had no reason to speak well of China, and with the efforts of the Spaniards before him, Weeser's various attempts to invade and expand were magnified a lot, and he succeeded in portraying a calm, cruel, wise, and ruthless Oriental autocratic emperor.
Uncle Ma hoped that his theory could help the proletariat to be liberated, but whether the proletariat was emancipated or not is still a bit far away, but the ruling class took up the sharp weapon of historical materialism and began to serve itself. In a sense, Uncle Ma also has to admit that this belongs to the category of great progress. No matter how good Wei Ze is, it is impossible for him to change the problem of the outbreak of the economic crisis. How will the great emperor, who stands at the pinnacle of power in the East, deal with it? Uncle Ma was full of curiosity about this.
Watching the excitement is not afraid of big drops. Uncle Ma can watch the economic crisis in China from afar in Europe, and is ready to study it to improve his knowledge system. Wei Ze didn't have such feelings, and after the economic crisis broke out, Wei Ze had to clean up the mess. The pressure on this Chinese leader, who is getting lower and lower in the eyes of Uncle Ma, is really not small at this time.
"Solve the Manchu Qing Dynasty and restore the traditional territory!" Weeser gave orders to the Northern Command.
The content of the Northern Command's response was a little bit "the donkey's head is not in the horse's mouth". Wei Ze, who grew up in Lushun and Dalian, was relatively familiar with the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, so Wei Ze simply marked the route of the railway directly at that time. The Northern Command informed Weeser that the survey had been completed and that construction of the railroad could begin immediately. Moreover, the survey of the railway from Beijing to Zhangjiakou is progressing well, and it is expected that the survey will be completed and construction will begin in 1869.
"Do you want to build the railroad before you march?" Weeser sent a telegram back.
The Northern Command's call back was simple, "We ask the Governor to come and preside over the work in the North. ”
What earth-shattering thing did it happen to make the Northern Command make such a request. Wei Ze felt that there were only a lot of problems in it, and even the Northern Command did not dare to report it to the Military Commission. When the matter came to this point, Wei Ze felt that he couldn't hide the news even if he was afraid. When he went to the government to ask, Premier Bi Qingshan also told Wei Ze about the situation. In the four northern provinces, there were successive revolts from the people. The Liberation Army has also swept away the civilian armed forces, but it is the first time that it has faced resistance from the majority of the people.
Opposed by the entire bottom of society, this is something that has never happened before. Even in Guangxi, where the people are fierce and full of fortresses, the Guangfu Army still obediently packs up the clothes over there. Coupled with the immigration policy, Guangxi's society can be said to have taken on a new look. When taking the entire four northern provinces, it was also overwhelming, and the enemy on the frontal battlefield was destroyed and swept away, and after taking the four northern provinces, it encountered strong resistance, which was a very surprising thing.
Bi Qingshan said a little stupidly: "Governor, we used to think that you were a little too anxious to go to the north, but now the comrades of the Northern Command regret that you can't do it." Our government can't solve the problem on its side, so we can only say that we can do our best? But almost a year has passed, and the government's work is limited. If you had gone north earlier, it would have been a different story! ”
Wei Ze said in his heart, nonsense! Can the North be the same as the South?! There were few natives from the north in the Liberation Army, and it was impossible for people in this era to have any trust in outsiders. Northerners are even less likely to have trust in Southerners who rely on the army to fight them.
But Wei Ze now feels a little bit of a duck on the shelf, the first five-year plan is in full swing, half a year later in 1859 officially debuted, this stage is a thousand things, Wei Ze really dare not go away. In a sense, the First Five-Year Plan is completely a product of Wei Ze's mind, and the party, government, and army are just following it. Now that Wei Ze is patting his ass and leaving, do you still want to do the First Five-Year Plan?
After much thought, Wei Ze finally made a decision, "I am going to go to Beijing for a few months. Will be back in time for three meetings. ”
Now go to the local area for two months, at least find out what is really going on there. Specific matters can be resolved after the third meeting, and if the situation in the four northern provinces is so unresolved, Wei Ze is always unsteady in his heart.
Departing from Nanjing on a warship and arriving near Shanghai, Wei Ze looked at the scaffolding in the distance and the various buildings rising from the ground, and he only felt very happy. Shanghai is no longer a ten-mile foreign market, let alone a place for foreign hooligans who have been dubbed "adventurers" to pan for gold. As an important industrial and commercial city in China, the city has a new future.
Leaving Shanghai and sailing to the sea, Wei Ze stood at the bow of the ship and smelled the familiar smell of the sea breeze, and he was even more comfortable. Weeser misses the taste. Since he was a child, he was accustomed to taking a boat to the sea, and at that time he thought that he would have to deal with the sea for the rest of his life, although too many changes have occurred later, but the ocean is undoubtedly the www.biquge.info of Wei Ze's Biqu Pavilion. Now that China has expanded its territory through the sea, there are many more territories that will become part of China in the future. Returning to his pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info, he felt that all his worries had been put aside, and the whole person enjoyed the feeling of relaxation.
After only two days of enjoyment, Wei Ze's warship arrived in Tianjin. To Wei Ze's surprise, the construction of the railway has actually begun, at least the railway in the port of Tianjin, which starts from the port of Tianjin and goes all the way to Beijing South Railway Station.
After getting off the boat, Ruan Xihao, political commissar of the Northern Command, and others were already at the dock to greet them, and everyone got off the warship and took a small boat from Tianjin to Beijing. Tianjin is known as the end of the Nine Rivers. At this time, there are still boats passing in the silted river, and unlike the smell of the sea, the smell of the small river ditch is obviously much stronger.
"Governor, the current situation in Hebei is completely beyond our imagination." Ruan Xihao bluntly admitted the problems he encountered.
At this time, the population of Hebei was about 10 million, and not long ago, millions of Manchus and Manchu hardcore vassals either left or died, vacating a huge amount of land. The confiscated Huangzhuang and the family land of various Hebei officials are good land. Ruan Xihao and the others felt that they did not encounter any resistance from the people when they marched into Beijing, and that there would be no problem after the Manchus were uprooted from Hebei. Land reform was the primary task of the Liberation Army, and the army immediately began land reform.
Things are far more complicated than imagined, and local land reform has encountered completely new problems. At the present stage, the broad masses of peasants stood idly by, and the landlords and gentry resisted passively or actively one by one, and no one at all expressed obedience. The army did not fail to consider this possibility, but when the Liberation Army swept through the south, it was obvious to the resisters that after the resistance was eliminated, it would be easy for the land reform to be carried out. Throughout Hebei, the main mode of resistance was non-cooperation. The boundaries of the new land drawn by the team during the day were destroyed at night, and people were sent to guard them, and the peasants who were allocated land did not dare to go to the territory.
The result of the Northern Command's deliberations was to establish authority in the local area, so that the people in all parts of the country could see the existence of the Liberation Army. Because of the lack of cavalry, the mobility of the troops determined whether they could effectively rule Hebei. Compared with the ability to maneuver, the backbone role of railway transportation is far greater than that of cavalry. What's more, huge trains rumble by, and the effect of this deterrent can be imagined. At least in the southern region, where trains have been connected, the people's attitude towards the Liberation Army has changed dramatically.
Listening to this remark of immediately fighting the world and ruling the world immediately, Wei Ze was not unhappy. If we expect military personnel to govern the country, we must be prepared to face this kind of way of thinking about governing the country.
"I am in favor of sending troops to various places to let the people know the existence of our army. I don't approve of the rest. Weese replied.
"Whatever you say, we will do." Ruan Xihao hurriedly replied. The Northern Command was also forced to be in a hurry, if it weren't for that, they would never have taken the initiative to ask Wei Ze to preside over the work.