Chapter 215 Promoting the Democratic Process
The car broke down, and he could only rely on two legs, so he couldn't outrun the mechanized troops, and Kenji Dohihara was cornered, so in order to save his life, he had to take off his military uniform and dress up as a Chinese citizen. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
After all, Kenji Dohihara has been in China for so many years, and he is very familiar with this set.
Like a sharp sword, the Chinese army fiercely and quickly pierced through the defense line of the 14th Division, and then tore the entire fully formed division to pieces, suffering heavy casualties.
In just one day, the Chinese army paralyzed a Japanese elite division at a high level, which was unimaginable before. Of course, this does not mean that the combat strength of the 14th Division is not good, nor is it that Kenji Dohihara is incompetent, but it is really the 14th Division or the 14th Division, and the combat power has not changed much over the years.
However, the Chinese army is no longer the original straw sandal soldiers, and has made a qualitative leap in all directions.
However, it is impossible not to win a battle without winning a battle just because of the high morale and fearlessness of the army, and with these equipment and good tactical guidance. As long as the command of the upper level is stable, the lower soldiers are absolutely willing to gamble all their lives.
In the past, Wei Qidong stressed military discipline in front of Chairman Chiang on more than one occasion, first of all, it is necessary to rectify the discipline of the higher-level commanders, and those who do not obey orders and retreat without permission will be held accountable, and those who are serious will be shot regardless of whether they are close or not.
Chairman Chiang is not ignorant of this truth, but he knows that there are many factions in the Chinese army, and he needs to be the supreme commander of the Chinese army in name, but sometimes in order to maintain his rule, it is difficult to deal with people from other factions.
Moreover, Chairman Chiang himself is also close to each other and takes care of his own lineage, of course, to put it bluntly, in order to strengthen the power of his own faction and maintain his rule.
After cooperating with Germany, Wei Qidong suggested that the status quo must be changed, so the funds and equipment supported by Germany gave priority to the descendants of Chairman Chiang, so that the strength of his descendants was far stronger than that of other factions. Take 10,000 steps back, even if other factions unite against Chiang, they will not be able to compete with it in terms of strength.
In this way, Chairman Chiang dared to formulate military laws and rectify military discipline in a bold way, and with the support of Wei Qidong, he began to rectify the strength of various factions step by step, so that all the armed forces could be effectively used by the central authorities, and that there would be no more division into descendants, Gui factions, and the like, and all armed forces would be treated equally.
Only in this way can the Chinese army truly embark on the road of becoming stronger.
However, Wei Qidong wanted to take the opportunity to do another thing, and it can be said that this incident made Chairman Chiang very unhappy, because Wei Qidong wanted to divide his power, which meant that he wanted to make him dictatorial and establish a democratic government.
Although Chairman Chiang was very unhappy and even a little annoyed by this, he and others headed by He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi, and Li Zongren vigorously supported it.
Because they know very well that in the current situation of rapid development in China, their respective factional forces will be divided step by step. If there is no support from factional forces, plus Chiang's dictatorship, then they have no capital.
Wei Qidong's proposal was to establish a Chinese Democratic Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which would first democratically elect its members and then negotiate various major state affairs, so as to fully embody democratization.
Chairman Chiang had always admired and thanked Wei Qidong very much in the past, but this incident made his favor towards Wei Qidong suddenly discounted, because he felt that the power given to the Democratic Political Consultative Conference was too great, and it could not only formulate laws, appoint ministerial-level cadres, and carry out various political and military actions at home and abroad, involving all aspects.
Wei Qidong naturally knew that as soon as this matter was raised, it would definitely offend Chairman Chiang, but there was no way, in order for a country to become strong quickly and maintain stability, it must first be democratic.
"Actually, Chairman of the National Committee, in the official history, China's democracy was also proposed by you. The British are strong because they have been democratically enacted hundreds of years ago, so they have been strong for hundreds of years. For this reason, Wei Qidong also told a white lie.
"But today's German Führer also seems to be practicing a dictatorship." Chairman Chiang's meaning is obvious: China has learned from Germany in so many ways, but why is this crucial point different?
It can be seen that Chairman Chiang is still very enthusiastic about authoritarianism.
However, Wei Qidong, through various considerations, felt that only the path of democracy in China was the most suitable.
After all, the current German national conditions are completely different from China, Germany is originally one, and just after the severe sanctions of the First World War, the whole country hopes that there will be a person who will come out to change the status quo, and the fanatical Hitler is the figure that the whole Germany needs.
But China is different, China has many factions, and it is only barely unified, and it can't even control Xinjiang, Outer Mongolia and other territories. Moreover, the national strength is weak and the people are generally dissatisfied with the social status quo, and only when democracy allows the people at the lowest level to enjoy the benefits of democracy, will the people fully support the whole country and the nation can truly achieve unity.
Wei Qidong secretly mentioned these principles to Chairman Jiang more than once, but Chairman Jiang wanted dictatorship in his bones, so he never implemented them.
With the help of cooperation with Germany, Wei Qidong found an opportunity, after all, the cooperation with Germany seems to be the cooperation between China and Germany, to put it bluntly, it is the cooperation between Hitler and Wei Qidong. Therefore, it is not Chairman Chiang who really controls the lead, but Wei Qidong, and it can be said that as long as he Wei Qidong is willing, he can cut off Germany's cooperation with China at any time.
Chairman Chiang is also very clear about this. When Wei Qidong was promoting the democratic process, Chairman Chiang also saw Wei Qidong's determination, and if Chairman Chiang still wanted to practice complete dictatorship, then he Wei Qidong might have found another person to cooperate, after all, there are many powerful factions in China, and it is not that there is no one else except Chairman Chiang.
It is just that at present, from all aspects, he is the most cooperative. And if he does not agree with the democratic process, it will not be the most suitable one.
If he wants to continue to practice dictatorship, he may be pushed out of power by an undercurrent, and if democracy is practiced, he will still be the president.
Chairman Jiang did not think of settling all opponents by force, including Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi, but in the end, he vetoed this decision, mainly because he felt that the success rate was not high. And if it fails, it's really doomed.
In desperation, Chairman Chiang had no choice but to choose the latter and choose to promote democracy, because only in this way could his own interests be guaranteed to the greatest extent.
Of course, there is another important reason why Chairman Chiang agreed to implement the people's side, that is, Wei Qidong did not propose that the Democratic Political Consultative Assembly should have the power to recall the president, nor did he put forward a clause for the democratic election of the president for the time being, that is, Chairman Chiang could always sit on the throne of the president.
Wei Qidong did not think of this, but he knew that some things should not be rushed, and they had to be done step by step, and with the current situation in China, it is not realistic to achieve comprehensive democracy in one step.
When the democratic process reaches a certain level, many more democratic roads will naturally emerge automatically, and as soon as the democratic road is opened, it will be impossible to stop it, and Yuan Shikai's perverse behavior is the best proof.