Chapter 154, The Choice of Path

"How so?" Joseph also felt a little numb for a while.

"Sure enough, poor people must have something to hate, this country of this big wave, if it does not die, then it is really unreasonable! Isn't this special Mo just a natural mage Tang Keqin who is worse than a devil? Joseph couldn't help but think to himself.

"In fact, there were quite a few nobles among the people who participated in our uprising, and a large part of the reason why they participated in the uprising was that they felt that the laws of the Russians were too lenient for their exploitation of serfs." Donbrovsky, who simply broke the jar and broke it, simply said it more clearly.

"But that's not what Mr. Vibitsky said to me last time." Joseph said.

"Mr. Bonaparte, Vibitsky ...... He was a city man, and he left Poland very early, and he spent much longer in France and Italy than in Poland, and there are some things that I guess he doesn't know very well. ”

"It is already a miracle that the serfs and the people of the lower classes in Poland did not directly join your enemies in striking you, like the peasants of Sardinia! And what kind of people are you in this team, you don't even know what your country is like, and you are actually one of the leaders, this, this is too much like baked (k) steamed bread (m) head (t), right? Joseph thought so, but said, "If so, then Mr. Dombrovsky, your business will be really difficult." Well, now let me ask you a question. ”

"You ask, you ask......" Dombrowsky said quickly.

"Who do you plan to rely on to restore the country in the future?" Joseph asked, "Do you rely on the landlords and nobles of your country, or on the bottom?" Which way are you going to go? ”

"What's the difference between the two paths?" Dombrowski asked.

"If you follow the path of relying on the nobility, you can only defend the interests of these nobles in order to gain their support. However, they were all land-owning people. You know, priests can run away, but churches can't be moved. And to keep the church, they had to compromise with the invaders. So unless your struggle has been going from one victory to the next, the slightest setback will inevitably lead to someone colluding with the invaders in order to keep their church. I think there must have been something like this in your uprising, right? Joseph said.

Dombrowski nodded with a dark face. This is the case, as soon as the rebels began to suffer setbacks militarily, there were immediate internal problems. There are ghosts everywhere, and sometimes you tell a joke at a military meeting to liven up the atmosphere; The next day the joke would appear as it was at a military meeting chaired by Suvorov.

"Of course, they won't really sell you out, and they will even support you from time to time to make trouble, so that the invaders will realize that it is costly and laborious to rule Poland on their own. It would be better to entrust Poland to the Polish aristocracy, who would tolerate a certain amount of 'autonomy' and perhaps even have an 'independent government' that was essentially their agent, as long as the Polish nobles paid their taxes on time. Anyway, they knew that under the rule of these Polish nobles, Poland would definitely always be a weak country and there was no threat to them at all. ”

Obviously, such an outcome was not what Dombrovsky wanted. So he asked, "What about relying on the people at the bottom?" ”

"Ah, relying on the people at the bottom? That's a lot of determination. Joseph smiled and said, "Have you seen the revolution in France?" Our nobles are quite enlightened compared to those of your country, but in the revolution, these nobles were still slaughtered. If you don't have the determination to guillotine, like France, then you should not talk about this road. ”

Dombrovsky was silent. After a long time, he spoke: "Isn't there a third way for both sides to compromise?" ”

"The third way, why is this term so familiar?" Joseph couldn't help but think, "But this kind of refusal to give anything, and want to get everything, will not end well in any case." However, anyway, Big Bobo is just a target to use, and if they don't get motivated themselves, then what's my business? Well, in the words of the Bible, 'The blood of that man is shed, and the sin is not mine.'" ’”

Thinking of this, Joseph spoke: "I don't know if there is a third way, maybe you can find it yourself." The only ones I know are the two paths I just mentioned. Of course, the choice of road is a major issue, you can go back to the dormitory first, and we can discuss it together and think slowly. We can also provide different training for different paths. ”

This was the end of the conversation, and Dombrovsky returned to his lodgings and conveyed Joseph's meaning to the more than 100 people who had followed him, and a great controversy arose among the 100 people.

The next day, Dombrovsky told Joseph that they had not yet been able to finalize the outcome and that more time was needed. However, Joseph was not in a hurry, anyway, the room and board fees were charged every day.

The controversy lasted for two days among the Poles, and at last the group of Poles split into two parts, one of which advocated the maintenance of Polish traditions by the Polish nobility, and they were the majority, numbering more than ninety; The remaining dozen or so people believe that they should follow the path of relying on the people at the bottom.

Interestingly, the former, i.e., the majority, are mostly from Poland, while the latter are mainly long-term students studying in France. It is clear that they received more French influence, but they may not really understand the situation in Poland itself.

It is said that at the time of the formal split, Wibitsky, as a representative of the latter faction, shook the hand of his former good friend but stood on the side of the "reactionary feudal aristocracy" and said something like this: "Yang, this is the last time we shake hands, we can't talk about it, see you on the battlefield in the future!" ”

So the Poles who came together were divided into two groups and learned different techniques.

Strictly speaking, the people of the Dombrowsky faction did not fully support the reactionary feudal aristocracy, and the people of his faction were actually more people like him, who wanted the so-called "third way". Joseph did not show them the "third way", so they spent two days conceiving a so-called "new way" on their own.

They mainly learned the various methods of assassination, because the "new way" they envisioned was to constantly increase the cost of direct rule in Poland by means of this "low-cost" resistance, so as to force them to adopt the method of mandate, give some of the power to the Poles, and then gradually realize the autonomy of Poland, and gradually accumulate strength, if the world changes in the future, although Joseph said that Poland is not included in France's demand for peace, but if France and other countries achieve peaceOther countries have been seriously weakened, so does Poland have a chance?

Of course, Dombrowski also knew that if Poland did not carry out reforms, the future prospects would be quite bleak, even if it was a temporary fluke. But when Poland became independent, the nobles were not completely unreasonable, and they should agree to everyone's reforms. For example, the land issue can be redeemed by the state; Another example is social reform, which can also be done slowly. Wasn't the feudal backwardness of Russia, like at the beginning, also a great power through the reforms of Peter the Great and Empress Catherine? So, it seems, the third way is really a way to go. And the French way is really ......

As for Vybitsky and his group, they believed that the so-called "third way" of Dombrowski was essentially to defend the interests of the reactionary feudal aristocracy and their right to oppress and enslave the Polish people. The so-called "future reforms" are nothing more than self-deception lies. Now that we can't make up our minds to reform in the face of the pressure that the country has already perished, how can we carry out reform when we are lucky enough to restore the country? As for the pursuit of "autonomy" first, it is to collude with the aggressor, which is simply a traitorous act! And those nobles who can harm the country for their own little interests are traitors in Poland, but they rely on these people, that is, they are acting as lackeys for traitors! Therefore, the Vibitsky faction believed that for the revolution to succeed in Poland, it was necessary to guillotine not only the nobles, but also the lackeys of the nobility.

There are many fewer people in the Vybitsky faction, but their study tasks are even heavier, and in addition to learning various reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance techniques, they also have to learn organizational building, propaganda, and agitation. Joseph even arranged for them to go to Italy for an internship to assist Napoleon's Italian legions in the construction of "autonomous democratic regions" in the controlled areas. On the contrary, it is necessary to learn some training in various combat skills. However, Joseph is not very optimistic about the future of these two factions.

"But it's nothing, it's just cannon fodder anyway."

The Poles were thus settled in the training camp, except for a serious split among them. As for the aftermath, well, naturally, there was a broad and deep struggle on the Polish side. Joseph later quoted this quote in a very pretending manner: "I have not come to bring peace to the earth, but to the sword-wielding soldiers of the earth." For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies are those of his own household. "At least, that's what he did in Poland.