Yuan Shikai likes Li Hongqi's "convenience" very much, officialdom likes to talk about convenience with others, officials large and small have their own powers, if an official has no intention of being convenient with others, but he blindly wants to monopolize power, the entire officialdom will regard him as an enemy, and will do his best to get this official who does not understand the rules. Thinking of this, Yuan Shikai continued to ask: "Mr. Li, I understand a little bit about the convenience you said. But what is the difference between the People's Party and our Beiyang? ”

"Beiyang has the Beiyang way of life, and the People's Party has the way of life of the People's Party. Beiyang is now a practice for thousands of years, whether there are more foreign guns and cannons, whether there are more factories, has little impact on the overall situation. Li Hongqi replied, "But the way of life of the People's Party is completely different from the traditional Chinese tradition, and they have already tried to enter the era of great industrialization." ”

"The era of great industrialization?" Yuan Shikai didn't understand this word at all, the People's Party's propaganda documents rarely talked about industrialization, and the words related to it were never seen in Beiyang, and Yuan Shikai rarely heard of the word "big industrialization". "What is the era of great industrialization?" Yuan Shikai asked. He believed that industry was about building factories and starting enterprises. The People's Party has a large number of factories, and in Yuan Shikai's view, this is only the era of great industrialization.

"In the era of great industrialization, not to mention the appearance, but to talk about the concept in it, that is, the products produced by everyone are used for trading. Everyone ends up buying what someone else makes from the market, and what they make is selling to someone else. I think this is the inner concept of the era of great industrialization. Li Hongqi gave Yuan Shikai an unexpected answer.

Yuan Shikai himself is indeed a hero, but after all, he is a hero of an agricultural country, and it is too difficult for him to understand the core concepts of the industrial age. Even so, it took Yuan Shikai a full hour to finally figure out what Li Hongqi was talking about.

After understanding the core concept of the era of great industrialization, Li Hongqi talked about the concept of the People's Party leading the people into the "era of great industrialization," and he was able to understand it. Then Yuan Shikai ordered the attendants to send Mr. Li Hongqi home, and when parting, Yuan Shikai asked Mr. Li Hongqi if he wanted to have a deeper understanding of what is the best book to read in the era of great industrialization. Mr. Li Hongqi recommended Chen Ke's article "The Communist Manifesto and China's Industrialization". Yuan Shikai didn't have it at hand, so Mr. Li Hongqi promised to copy a copy to Yuan Shikai.

The guards were very clever, and after personally sending Mr. Li Hongqi home, he did not return immediately, but stood respectfully and waited for Mr. Li Hongqi to copy a copy of the "Communist Manifesto and China's Industrialization" and asked for a copy of the "Communist Manifesto" before taking the article back to see Yuan Shikai. Sure enough, when Yuan Shikai saw the guards, he asked if he had gotten the manuscript. The guards hurriedly handed the article to Yuan Shikai respectfully.

After retiring from the guards, Yuan Shikai opened the article, only to see that the beginning was written, "Marx explained in the "Communist Manifesto" that today's world has irreversibly entered the era of great industrialization, and in response to this era, Marx proposed to establish a new social system and a new moral system. This is a programmatic article with profound insight and based on Marx's basic concept of "labor to promote social development". At present, the comrades of the People's Party have not been able to fully live in the era of industrialization, so it is more necessary to appreciate its guiding significance rather than pay too much attention to its description. In the final analysis, however, the BJP measures the status of workers in society by labor, especially social labor. Marx's proposal for large-scale industrialization and communism must not be arbitrarily interpreted in disregard of this criterion. ”

The room was silent, except for the occasional sound of flipping through the pages. Yuan Shikai read Chen Ke's article for a while, then closed his eyes and pondered for a while. When you're done thinking about it, start reading again. Starting in the evening, Yuan Shikai spent the whole night reading the two manuscripts of "The Communist Manifesto" and "The Communist Manifesto and China's Industrialization", and it was not until the next morning that Yuan Shikai asked someone to wash his face.

After eating a little breakfast, he saw Duan Qirui hurriedly come in, "President, I heard that you haven't slept all night?" ”

"That's right." Yuan Shikai's face was a little gray, but he smiled in good spirits.

"President, take care of your health now." Duan Qirui hurriedly said.

"It doesn't matter if you take care or not, Chen Ke doesn't die, the People's Party doesn't die, and we will never have peace in Beiyang. Zhiquan, I read Chen Ke's article all night last night, and I completely figured it out. In the past, I really didn't see through Chen Ke, and I didn't know that Chen Ke was a scourge. After Yuan Shikai finished speaking, he handed the "Communist Manifesto and China's Industrialization" to Duan Qirui.

Duan Qirui didn't know what was going on, he took the manuscript Yuan Shikai handed him and began to read it. Duan Qirui is very well-cultivated, but the more he reads this article, the more ugly his face becomes, and in the end, the green tendons on Duan Qirui's forehead jumped up.

Chen Ke's article is written very bluntly, in addition to explaining the era of great industrialization, it also analyzes in great detail the situation that needs to be faced in promoting China's great industrialization. The analysis of various classes, the characteristics of China's historical traditions, and the habits and cognitions of the masses of the people. As a latecomer, Chen Ke naturally had a strong "forward-looking" when writing this article. And this "forward-looking" result, combined with the idea of "who is our enemy and who is our friend, this is the primary question of the revolution", really hit the nail on the head and murderous.

Except for the working people, Chen Ke did not believe that the BJP needed any allies at all. Those who cannot stand on the side of the working people, those who cannot stand on the side of opposing feudalism, and those who cannot stand on the side of opposing imperialism, Chen Ke's attitude is extremely clear: "As long as these people resist the revolution, they must be eliminated."

Duan Qirui read this article, so he completely understood that he was within the scope of "being eliminated". Not only Duan Qirui was within the scope of execution, but the entire Beiyang, including Beiyang's supporters, were all targets of the People's Party's extermination. Duan Qirui completely agreed with Yuan Shikai's attitude. Chen Ke will not die, the People's Party will not die, and Beiyang will indeed never have a peaceful day. In the case of warlords, the victors are tolerant of the losers. But Chen Ke's concept of struggle is not a struggle for power at all, but a complete hostility to those who take different positions.

Returning the manuscript to Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui asked, "What is the president going to do next?" ”

Yuan Shikai replied calmly: "Send this manuscript to the provinces, and order someone to correspond to what Chen Ke has done with this manuscript." He has seen that Chen Ke never talks nonsense, and the People's Party always has its own program for doing things. Let's explain it to other provinces. In addition, we must also explain clearly to the British, and we must let the British understand that Chen Ke is not only a scourge of our Beiyang, but also a scourge of the whole world. ”

"That's very good." Duan Qirui replied.

Yuan Shikai said: "In addition, the concept of large-scale industrialization proposed by Chen Ke, I think what Ping Qing said is very correct, and it is indeed very meritorious. We in Beiyang only built some factories and opened some mines. These things are completely for their own use, and even if they are bought and sold, they are forced to buy and sell. To develop industry and commerce, we have to follow Chen Ke's method. ”

"Uh......" Duan Qirui didn't expect Yuan Shikai to be so "open-minded", but he was a little surprised.

"Zhiquan, I thought about it all night yesterday, and recalled the things of these years, including what the Queen Mother had done in the past, including the words that people who went to foreign countries to investigate when they came back, and I felt that most of what Chen Ke said made sense. But there is one thing that I absolutely cannot accept. Chen Ke wants to let the people stand above the country, which is moral degradation. Chen Ke said that all history is created by the people. But if Chen Ke wants to use our lives to promote the progress of society, we will fight him to the death. At this time, war is death, and not fighting is death. Needless to say. ”

"Yes." Duan Qirui replied.

"You now order someone to invite Cai Yuanpei to Beijing and send this article to him first, Cai Yuanpei is a smart person, he knows what to do." Yuan Shikai ordered again, "In addition, the people in Beiyang only know that Chen Ke is powerful, but they don't know Chen Ke's wolf ambition at all, and those who propose peace talks with the People's Party in the future will never be tolerated." ”

In the following days, Beiyang began preparations for war around Chen Ke's article. Yuan Shikai's insight is indeed different, and sure enough, as he said, there are people in Beiyang who are afraid of how to start a war with the People's Party because of the recent defeat. Duan Qirui is responsible for discovering these people, and then those who should be removed from office will be dismissed, and those who should be sent to prison will be imprisoned. Beiyang began the "anti-rebellion movement." ”

"You now order someone to invite Cai Yuanpei to Beijing and send this article to him first, Cai Yuanpei is a smart person, he knows what to do." Yuan Shikai ordered again, "In addition, the people in Beiyang only know that Chen Ke is powerful, but they don't know Chen Ke's wolf ambition at all, and those who propose peace talks with the People's Party in the future will never be tolerated." ”

In the following days, Beiyang began preparations for war around Chen Ke's article. Yuan Shikai's insight is indeed different, and sure enough, as he said, there are people in Beiyang who are afraid of how to start a war with the People's Party because of the recent defeat. Duan Qirui is responsible for discovering these people, and then those who should be removed from office will be dismissed, and those who should be sent to prison will be imprisoned. Beiyang began the "anti-rebellion movement." ”

"You now order someone to invite Cai Yuanpei to Beijing and send this article to him first, Cai Yuanpei is a smart person, he knows what to do." Yuan Shikai ordered again, "In addition, the people in Beiyang only know that Chen Ke is powerful, but they don't know Chen Ke's wolf ambition at all, and those who propose peace talks with the People's Party in the future will never be tolerated." ”

In the following days, Beiyang began preparations for war around Chen Ke's article. Yuan Shikai's insight is indeed different, and sure enough, as he said, there are people in Beiyang who are afraid of how to start a war with the People's Party because of the recent defeat. Duan Qirui is responsible for discovering these people, and then those who should be removed from office will be dismissed, and those who should be sent to prison will be imprisoned. Beiyang began the "anti-rebellion movement." ”