Chapter 51: Adventure
Chen Jian has experienced a lot of things surrounded by thousands of people, but most of the time there are some supporters below, and the worst ones are some sympathizers or people who regard him as philanthropic capitalists.
Only this time is completely different, Jian Chen knows what he is about to say, once he says it wrong, it will have an extremely bad impact, so he has to be cautious in his words and deeds.
In the past, in the newspaper scolding or pamphlet debates, the Mexican Party often accused some people of being reactionary, but now it is a bit ironic that they are accused in turn.
In the context of non-revolutionary regimes, reactionary is not a very serious word, but a simple description, roughly the same word as the left and right, and the opposite in the timeline of the historical process, just as it was when playing in the seats of the capital row a few years ago.
Those who were described as reactionary by the Mexican Party were not ashamed but proud. Just like those cannibal settlements, when civilization is not universally defined or accepted, the so-called barbarism is a glory for those people.
At this point, reaction, it seems, can solve many problems.
In a country with a huge machinery of violence, the top class needs stability most of all, and the problems brought about by capitalism cannot be borne by a country with a large population - in an island country that started with trade, there are nothing more than hundreds of thousands of people who are forced to live by the capitalist way of doing business; For a country with a population of tens of millions, this number will increase tenfold or dozens of times, and if it is not done well, it will be reduced to the road of being a good king of free grain in the field.
10,000 immigrants, for a country with a population of one million, that is one percent, can greatly alleviate the contradictions; And the same number, for a large country with a population of tens of millions, only one-third of a thousandth, cannot greatly alleviate the contradictions.
Before capital sprouts and grows, it is likely to be overthrown and accumulate again, and the landless also have the right to eat by labor, and today's industry has just started, and there is simply no room for so much cheap labor.
Looking at the thousands of people in front of him, Jian Chen understood that there were some careerists and some instigated by the current ruling family, but there must still be a large number of people who were motivated by their own interests, and there were also a large number of people who were really worried about the future of the republic.
Under the premise that most of the land is privately owned and can be bought and sold and merged, it is completely laissez-faire, for a large country with a population of tens of millions and the technological base at this time, it is a complete disaster, and the slightest carelessness will be a monstrous fire that will burn everything, and fall into the cycle of chaos and religious anesthesia and moral stability.
Jian Chen has never been so nervous, in the past, he always had enough information to make judgments, but this time he simply couldn't know more and faster than others, and no one could say that the accidents in the historical process could be completely controlled.
Constantly asking loudly, and constantly saying something deliberately ridiculed or ridiculed, Chen Jian picked up a rolled-up handmade simple megaphone and shouted: "People! The citizens of the capital, and all those who are worried about the future of the Republic. You asked me if I supported the petition of the people of Mincheng, but of course I supported it, because this is the right of the people of the country, and it was set in the golden document for the founding of the country hundreds of years ago. ”
"I support their call for a voice in the vote, not only for me, but for the whole party of the Mexican Party to support this vote change, and we have never been shy about our philosophy, which has always been the case."
"But just because we support the call for a voice doesn't mean we support their decision. I don't think it's a contradiction, so our comrades in Min County voted against it. ”
"Our support for machines does not mean that we are going to starve to death the craftsmen who have been squeezed out by machines. Chinese people, I still say that a person can spin one spindle of yarn a day, and now a person can spin forty spindles with the help of a machine, so it stands to reason that those who can't wear clothes can wear it, but this is not the case. So we firmly believe that it is not the fault of the machine, but the fault of distribution, even based on the rationality of this distribution. We never hid it and didn't dare to admit it, we always said it. It is said in Minjun, on the pier of the capital coastal defense acropolis, and it is still said here when it comes to this. ”
"No matter what the situation in Min County becomes, I would like to express my position on behalf of the organization of the Capital Branch of the Mexican Party: we support the citizens of Min County in fighting for their rights, we support the development of machinery and large factories, and we support the integrity and unity of the Republic. All the decisions we make in Minjun at this time will be based on these three points and will not change. ”
"If there is really any change in Minjun, we hope to give Minjun a chance to use it as a test field for the republic, and try to find a better way. We support the state's collection of reasonable and legal state taxes and garrison rights in Min County, which have been approved by the National People's Assembly, and if anyone dares to violate this bottom line, the Mexican Party will definitely fight against it to the end. ”
This is a bet that the organization of Min County can handle this big matter, and at the same time, those allies of Min County can seize this opportunity to complete some changes.
And in these high-sounding words, a very important administrative power is deliberately omitted. The right to tax the state and the right to garrison the army were the most important points at this time, and the issue of administrative governance was not too much of a concern for the ancient country at this time.
Having said this, it is impossible to satisfy everyone, especially those who have been deliberately instigated or hired.
However, Chen Jian did not hold on to this topic, but decisively died again, shifted the topic to the issue of distribution, and took the opportunity to make a rather incendiary propaganda, pushing the contradiction to those vested interests of the old era, and at the same time drawing a "post-migration idyll" cake for these small producers and citizens, but pushing the money needed for immigration to the beneficiaries of the old era.
By the end, the faces of some of the people hiding in the crowd had changed, and Chen Jian carefully stepped on the line, did not cross the acceptable bottom line, and blamed the problem on the income and expenditure of some tax-exempt and monopoly franchises in a compromise but extremely aggressive way.
This is the capital, and it would be a gamble to say such a thing, but it is also the only way to defuse the crisis.
If you don't dare to gamble with your life, you can only get back the various ideas of the Mexican Party to be completely passive.
And gambling with one's life, in exchange for kicking the ball back to the initiative of the old vested interests, is very important.
knows that it is impossible, but it is enough to pave the way for the subsequent irony and criticism, and let more people wake up.
When more and more people gathered around, Chen Jian's propaganda finally turned the situation around, and he used an unrealistic program and impossible methods to turn that anxiety about the future into dissatisfaction with reality, and also exchanged it for the crisis that he could die in the capital at any time.
When the crowd finally dispersed, Jian Chen kept that look until he got into the carriage and found that he was already sweaty.
The carriage staggered back to its lodgings in the capital, and many stalkers were spotted along the way, but no one fired a buckshot or stabbed with a knife or dropped a bomb.
After entering a temporarily safe place, Jian Chen immediately found everyone, took the recorded documents from the party personnel in charge of recording, looked at them and asked very carefully: "Today, there is no big opportunity to cross the line or loopholes, so that someone will seize the handle, right?" ”
"No, at most, it can only be regarded as a plea for the people's lives, it is not too radical, and it is still within the reasonable range of the original system."
"That's good. Anyway, in the old system, what I said was impossible to achieve, but it could buy us more time and reduce the pressure on us. ”
"Today is very dangerous, we are afraid that someone will take the opportunity to assassinate us, and we are all covered in sweat."
Jian Chen wiped his sweat and said, "It's okay today, and it won't be okay in the future." We are not the gang of the City Fox Society, nor are we the Jinlan brothers who cut off their profits, it is pointless to kill a few people, but it allows us to win the greatest sympathy and force some people who disagree with us to our side. Since they don't kill, it's not ready yet. After many years of not fighting, they also need to prepare and re-establish their own basic butcher's knife. ”
That's what I said, but in fact, it's just a comfort to everyone, normal is like this, but many things can't be normal.
"By the way, is there any news from Minjun?"
"Not really. We can only wait. Isn't it...... Ready for what if? ”
"Not necessarily. At this time, the preparation is actually realized. Besides, this is the capital, not Mincheng, not Nan'an, if something happens, you can't leave. I suggest that everyone sort it out, just follow this idea to publicize the petition and make a fuss. Don't they think they're the ones who really ask for the people's lives? Let's also follow their train of thought, and on the premise that the foundation remains unchanged, we will also ask for the people's lives, and for the time being, we will not shout for political change, but only for the reform of the distributive tax system and franchise, so that they will be set on fire. ”
Jian Chen thought for a moment and said with certainty: "The more trouble there is here, the safer we will be, and the less likely they are to completely turn their faces." Just be prepared to go to prison or exile in case of the unexpected. At the same time, I will raise part of the funds to solve the livelihood of some of the unemployed and unemployed in the capital, not to provide relief, but to build roads, bridges, a short canal, and a number of houses. Once it's done, let's kick the ball back on them and let them solve it; Before the repair is completed, we can spend money to buy the short-term support of these people, if we really dare to do it, it will also cut off the livelihood of these unemployed and displaced people. ”
Someone frowned and said, "What if they settle us and at the same time scrape together the money to continue to maintain the stability of those who are unemployed?" ”
Jian Chen laughed and said, "In that case, wouldn't it be a matter of celebration to exchange our lives for many people to be able to live and a change, as well as a little foundation for the future?" If this is a practice, it can be regarded as paving the way for future excesses, which is a good thing. If such a convention is formed, they can give out blood once, blood twice, will it come out a third? When the third time comes, we will think that the yeoman farmers and the small citizens will share the burden, and they will dare to push the basic plate inclined to them to the state of discontent, and the seeds of our survival will have the opportunity to burn the spark of this discontent into a monstrous flame. And our propaganda has already debunked this possibility in advance, so they really want to do that, doesn't it verify their hypocrisy and greed? Propaganda and public opinion are important, and fortunately now we have regained the initiative. ”
"The fear of the unknown in the future, the dissatisfaction with what reality already knows. In the capital, we will fight fear with discontent. And in Mincheng, we have to use the future to fight the fear that has already come. The conditions in these two places are not the same. ”