"There was a revolution in Russia, and the tsar was overthrown."

"The United States has asked for a formal treaty with us on the issue of a joint declaration of war between the United States and China."

"Large-scale battles between the French and German forces between Reims and Soissons."

"The Russian Provisional Government has stated that it will not push out the Entente and will continue to fight."

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After the People's Party entered the world stage for the first time as a relative equal, all kinds of complicated information poured in like a tidal wave. Before we could figure out how to respond, we found that the cost of international telegraphy had skyrocketed.

For his part, Chen has fully understood why the information technology revolution has enabled the United States to win so many real economic benefits. The higher the level of industrialization, the smoother the information and the lower the cost. When Chen Ke crossed, one gram of silver was less than three yuan. Not to mention network communication, even the use of international telephone to transmit a few messages from foreign countries to China will not exceed the price of a gram of silver. However, the above news cost more than 300 taels of silver on the cost of telegraphy, which is more than 10,000 times the cost of modern communications.

Chen Ke is thinking that if he wants to build a more effective communication system, the initial investment in technology now looks huge, but the efficiency in the future will not take a few years to save the money.

The comrades did not have Chen Ke's troubles and considerations, which was too advanced for the comrades. What everyone is worried about is how to deal with the current situation, trying to make all kinds of judgments based on the news they have received, and also determining the correctness of the judgment, which is no less difficult than Chen Ke considering how to consider how to improve the technical level of the information industry in the current situation.

In order to deal with external problems for the time being, Chen Ke organized a foreign affairs committee to be responsible for liaison and negotiation. Zhang Yu retreated bravely this time and continued to return to the propaganda mouth. Wang Bin, the commercial representative of the Ministry of Commerce to the United States, temporarily took over the responsibilities of the Foreign Affairs Committee. The so-called committee, strategic planning, and final decisions are also reported to Chen Ke, and Chen Ke is ultimately decided.

Comrades are now very lacking in the idea of even asking questions, not because they don't want to ask, but because they don't ask too few questions, it's just a waste of time. When asked about Chen Ke by the system, everyone knew that they and Chen Ke simply had no time to waste on this.

What seemed to be an inexplicable layout in the past has now become the cornerstone of the People's Party's external strategy. Even stuff like doping, which can't be put on the table, can exchange China for a national treasure that has been lost overseas. You can also earn some gold and silver from Britain and France along the way. The money earned can not only earn back all the investment in drug research and development, but even support the financial expenses of the Institute of Fine Chemicals and the Institute of Analytical Chemistry for three years.

The development of industries, which once made the cadres of the People's Party feel bitter and hateful when they saw it, has now made a profit through foreign trade across the board. Coconut processing, an industry with relatively thin margins and operating entirely on an industrial scale, also makes a lot of money because of the export of coconut portable food, palm cables, and even buttons. Iron and steel enterprises, as long as they can produce steel, will definitely not worry about sales. Even pig iron, which was not widely used and could not be sold at a high price, could make a lot of money by re-exporting it to Japan through the British. Not to mention the continuous rise in international grain prices, so that chestnuts produced in many mountainous areas can be sold wildly internationally. As for the more technical mechanical processing and heavy chemical products, these products have been the emperor's daughter for several years.

Whenever the railroad expands into a new area, the region's specialty products enter the BJP's ever-expanding list of goods. Not to mention the raw silk industry, which never disappoints. The people of Shandong, especially the impoverished areas of Yimeng Mountain, have shown signs of getting rid of poverty and becoming rich within two years by relying on silkworms. The impoverished areas of the Dabie Mountains near the Yangtze River have achieved the process of getting rid of poverty through raw silk and tea income.

Chen Ke's performance made the comrades feel more at ease, and after the ups and downs of the world situation, Chen Ke became extremely calm, as if the vigorous war in the world and the fierce changes caused by the war were as soft as the breeze and the moon.

Practical experience tells comrades that when the situation seems to be stalemate, Chen Ke occasionally shows anxiety and anxiety. Moreover, Chen Ke will always boldly carry out all kinds of drastic plans, or lead the whole party to bury their heads in hard preparations. The authorities have entered a stage of intense turmoil, which is the season when the BJP has reaped the harvest on a large scale. It used to be domestic, and now the scythe harvested by the BJP has begun to be wielded internationally.

The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army officially took over North Vietnam and Laos, and the masses in these two regions were not much different from those in Yunnan-Guizhou in Guangxi, and as long as the war in Europe was over, these two regions would be formally incorporated into China as provinces. When China was not unified, it regained lost territory and expanded its territory, and this kind of cultural and martial arts exceeded the imagination of comrades.

It's just that while the international situation is going well, domestic problems, especially the issues surrounding Cai Yuanpei's life and death, are becoming more and more fermented. The inflection point finally crossed in early May, after months of debate, and the situation became clear. Those comrades who were more anxious once again discovered that waiting and patience are essential virtues for human beings.

The attitude of the masses has always been very clear, and they all support the execution of Cai Yuanpei. The reason is very simple, the masses supported the policies of the BJP. The Liberation Society in western Zhejiang implemented policies similar to those of the People's Party. Cai Yuanpei launched a large-scale killing campaign against western Zhejiang, so if Cai Yuanpei seized the territory of the People's Party, he would also be bound to kill the people on the territory of the People's Party. Therefore, the masses of the people do not think that there is any reason to pardon Cai Yuanpei at all.

Those who support Cai Yuanpei's immortality believe that Cai Yuanpei did not kill people for personal gain, and his actions were entirely out of political considerations. Even if Li Dazhao in Beijing thinks that Cai Yuanpei has indeed committed great murder, political prisoners should not be executed. It would be unfair for the People's Party to criminalize Cai Yuanpei. Chen Duxiu, chairman of the Anhui CPPCC, greatly supported this. He even declared that if he had to kill Cai Yuanpei, he would also kill Cai Yuanpei as a political prisoner. Otherwise, this is "death is not a crime" and is a power trick played by the People's Party.

Zhang Yu's first job when he returned to the Propaganda Department was to write a signed article entitled "A Brief Analysis of the Constitution and Political Prisoners", in which Zhang Yu repeatedly analyzed that the concept of political prisoners did not exist in the Constitution of the People's Party. What is the position of what happens in reality is not a reason for conviction. Since the People's Party does not have the concept of a political prisoner at all, Cai Yuanpei is naturally not a political prisoner.

The focus of controversy immediately turned to the legislative basis of the BJP Constitution. Article 1 of the Constitution states that the liberated areas are political entities under the leadership of the People's Party, which has become the focus of attacks.

Zhang Yu took out the resolution of the provincial people's congresses in the liberated areas and recorded it, and this article was voted and passed by the people's congresses, not forcibly written into the constitution by the people's party itself.

The controversy has reached this point, first of all, Li Dazhao said that he would withdraw from the controversy. He simply implored Chen Ke to use the chairman's pardon power to grant an amnesty to Cai Yuanpei.

Zhang Yu immediately ridiculed Li Dazhao, "Although the president of the country has the right of amnesty, the request for amnesty was not made by the chairman, but by the people's congress, and finally issued by the president." It is really funny that they came to ask for amnesty without even knowing that the power belongs to the people. ”

Even though he was ridiculed by Zhang Yu, Li Dazhao stopped talking. On the contrary, Chen Duxiu continued to intercede for Cai Yuanpei, believing that it was a great political progress to not set up political prisoners and not punish anyone for political views. However, this does not mean that there are people who do not use judicial means against dissidents. Cai Yuanpei's actions were all during the period when Zhejiang was in power, and there were still political prisoners in Zhejiang at that time. Even if Cai Yuanpei is dealt with, the law of Zhejiang at that time should be used to solve the problem. In other words, the Constitution and laws of the Republic of China that were in use in Zhejiang at the time were used to solve the problem.

Zhang Yu ridiculed Chen Duxiu, where is the reason why the People's Party does not use its own laws, but uses Zhejiang's laws? Moreover, it was the family members and friends who were killed who prosecuted Cai Yuanpei, and the People's Party had no intention of paying attention to Zhejiang's past politics. Someone indicted Cai Yuanpei for homicide, and after an investigation, the People's Party determined that Cai Yuanpei's premeditated murder was a fact. Therefore, Cai Yuanpei was sentenced to death according to the facts. Since the concept of political prisoners is not included in the laws of the People's Party, it is naturally impossible to use political factors to move Cai Yuanpei's hair.

By the beginning of June, some local celebrities had either given up on the "rescue" or, as Chen Duxiu did, focused their discussion on justifying Cai Yuanpei's name. Whether it is to give up or to correct the name, in fact, these celebrities know very well that they are powerless to save Cai Yuanpei's life.

On the contrary, the former gentry in the local area, now that they finally had the opportunity to argue with the BJP, learned that the BJP would not punish them for their political ideas. Even with apprehension in their hearts, these people began to try to articulate their political ideas and oppose the various policies of the BJP, including land reform.

As a result, the BJP really adhered to its stated law that there would be no political prisoners and that people would not be convicted on the basis of differences in political ideas. These people, who originally seemed to have gathered together to try to rescue Cai Yuanpei, began to rapidly disintegrate under the strategy of the People's Party to adhere to the constitution and laws and respond to all changes without change, and they showed their true colors one after another.

All the policies pursued by the BJP, such as the agrarian revolution, equality between men and women, compulsory education, and the development of industry, were opposed by these people. There are many strange reasons for opposition, and there is only one way to sum it up, "the landlords and gentry will continue to be in power".

Zhang Yu didn't believe that these granite heads had any salvage value, and the facts also proved that these people shrank into the former "glorious memories" and refused to face reality. But Zhang Yu was a little surprised that these guys actually did not react to the fact that after the People's Party signed a declaration of war treaty with the United States, the United States declared war on the Allies in May. They attacked everything, but they didn't attack the biggest changes in the BJP's external world.

Because Yuwen Badu was also in charge of this matter, Zhang Yu couldn't help but talk to Yuwen Badu about this issue.

"Those people are afraid of foreigners." Yuwen Badu didn't even feel confused, "Besides, do you think they can tell what camp those foreigners are?" Do they know what the Entente and the Central Powers are all about? ”

"They just don't know, so they have to make a few noises, right?" Zhang Yu was still a little puzzled.

Yuwen Badu glanced at Zhang Yu carefully, wanting to determine whether Zhang Yu was joking, and to make sure that Zhang Yu was indeed not joking, Yuwen Badu replied: "Minister Zhang, let's be realistic, I can only provide an inference now." Those people are only afraid that they still want to rely on the power of foreign devils to kill our people's party in the future, and it is precisely because they can't distinguish the difference between foreign devils that they dare not speak up, they are only afraid that they will say the wrong thing now and be hated by foreign devils. ”

Zhang Yu hadn't communicated with low-quality people for a long time, and after listening to Yuwen Badu's explanation, Zhang Yu took several minutes to consider the explanation proposed by Yuwen Badu. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense. It's just that Zhang Yu thinks that Yuwen Badu still looks down on the landlords and gentry, how can such a bun of dirt buns take into account all kinds of world-wide forces?

"This inference makes a lot of sense, but the inference is still an inference." Zhang Yu said.

Yuwen Badu frankly admitted, "I have long said that this is an inference, and the basis of this inference is that the gentry have exhausted their skills in this matter. The biggest manifestation of weakness of heart is to shout Huan, and dare not provoke more enemies. ”

Zhang Yu's eyes rolled, "Comrade Yuwen Badu, you still gritted your teeth a few months ago and had to kill these landlords and gentry. Why, after a few months, you are not afraid of them at all. ”

This hit Yuwen Badu's "shame point", he blushed, and replied embarrassedly: "I also think it's shameful to take these birdmen seriously a few months ago." When someone says something, I believe it. It's shameful, it's shameful. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Yu looked a little solemn, and he said to Yuwen Badu very seriously: "Comrade Yuwen Badu, I know that superficial phenomena are always unreliable, and this is really a great progress. It seems that at the First Plenary Session of the Third Central Committee this year, I have to vote for you. ”

At the mention of the plenum of the People's Party, Yuwen Batu's expression completely changed to seriousness. In the past, the situation was turbulent, and the work of the central leaders often changed, and Chen Ke even took the General Office of the Central Committee to wander around. Now that the situation has gradually stabilized, by the time the country is liberated, mobile office will no longer become mainstream, at least not as volatile as it is now. The First Plenum of the Third Central Committee will be the meeting to define the new order, or at least the real core leadership.

Yuwen Badu said: "With my ability, I don't consider entering the decision-making level at all. Just be able to do a good job at the executive level. Minister Zhang, as Minister of Propaganda, you are qualified to participate in every meeting of the Standing Committee, and I am very optimistic about you. ”

"Cut!" Zhang Yu sneered, "Participating in this meeting does not mean that I am qualified to lead the resolutions of the meeting." I'm also an executive-level worker. At present, the Politburo has given the Organization Department and the Propaganda Department great powers, but as far as I can see, these two departments hold great power and will not have seats on the Politburo Standing Committee. ”

"Why?" Although Yuwen Badu felt that what Zhang Yu said was very right, he still wanted to ask what was going on.

These words undoubtedly disappointed Zhang Yu, he rolled his eyes, "You can ask Comrade Qi Huishen about this, or ask Comrade Ren Qiying." I think they'll make it clear to you. ”