Chapter 55: An Analysis of Germany

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Without MSG, without plastic, without new drugs, there would be no Chen Wenqiang's fame. If it is just a down-to-earth development, then not many people know about him until now, and there will be no rich people willing to invest and cooperate.

Although Chen Wenqiang was not a high-end scientist before his rebirth, he was highly educated, and the bizarre transformation after his rebirth made his chemistry major shine and achieve remarkable achievements.

In fact, this also had a lot to do with the level of science and social conditions at that time. Many new industries have just started, and many scientific researchers are not knowledgeable geniuses, but they can become famous through hard work or the favor of Lady Luck.

And how much energy Chen Wenqiang has, I'm afraid even he doesn't know. If he is given a well-equipped laboratory, with many good assistants, a lot of financial support, combined with the theories he knows but are not yet known to the world, it is not known that he may be able to become a generation of scientific champions.

Even if he is just pointing the direction and guiding the key, Chen Wenqiang's achievements are already amazing. And the reason why he didn't choose this path is naturally related to his personality and temperament, and he is not willing to be willing to work that monotonously and boringly.

But he doesn't like it, but there are many people who are willing to die, bury their heads in research, experiments, and hard work, which has achieved Chen Wenqiang's international reputation and benefited all mankind.

The syphilis drug -- arsenic vanamin has made the name Chen Wenqiang known to the world, and now, the advent of isoniazid will push Chen Wenqiang to another peak and become the world's top medical expert.

Tuberculosis is commonly known as "tuberculosis" in China, and it has almost as long a human history. It was widespread throughout the world, claiming the lives of hundreds of millions of people, and was known as the White Plague. By the late 19th century, there were still few effective ways to deal with tuberculosis.

For more than half a century in Western countries, doctors have kept patients in nursing homes to rest and breathe fresh air. If this treatment is not effective, doctors can only use atrophy therapy (artificial pneumothorax, artificial pneumoperitoneum, etc., to shrink the diseased part of the lung, reduce activity, and gradually heal). Also called compression therapy).

As one of the special drugs for tuberculosis, isoniazid, which is obtained by condensation of isoniacinic acid and hydrazine hydrate, can be said to be a very simple and cheap drug. But the point is that no one has discovered it, and the discovery has not realized its medicinal value, so that it has been forgotten and buried for more than forty years.

History has changed in this time and space because of the existence of Chen Wenqiang, and isoniazid came out more than 40 years ahead of schedule, so that mankind finally has a powerful weapon in the long history of fighting tuberculosis!

Isonicotinic acid prepared in the Frankfurt laboratory and hydrazine hydrate prepared in the Qiangzhuo laboratory have been condensed into white crystalline powder. Immediately, the white powder was sent to the biological bacteriology laboratory of Tongji Hospital, and when it was proved that isoniazid had strong anti-tuberculosis activity, the experimenters and Baolong could not wait to optimistically announce the sensational news to the outside world.

It's no wonder that the experimenters and Baolong are so impatient, as the first result of the cooperation between the two laboratories in Frankfurt and Qiangzhuo, it can be produced in such a short time, and it may be the world's first special drug to fight tuberculosis, how can it not be exciting?

By telegram, the Qiangzhuo laboratory and the Frankfurt laboratory shared the method of isoniazid preparation, and clinical trials began almost at the same time.

"This will be a landmark victory in the fight against tuberculosis, which will be eradicated by the end of the twentieth century......"

“…… It is too early to predict the closure of tuberculosis hospitals, but the effectiveness of the new drug should be undoubted, it will save millions of lives, and it will go down in the history of medicine......"

"Genius or luck, we are completely unable to judge with normal thinking, we can only call it the genius of the East......"

"This is the result of the cooperation between the elites of China and Germany, this is the first, but it will not be the last, bright prospects, broad areas of cooperation, will be worth looking forward to......"

Chen Wenqiang put down the newspaper, and several of them were forwarded from Hong Kong. The clinical trial has been going on for nearly a month, and the results are beyond doubt, but the media publicity is more and more unexpected for him. Why did Germany preach it so much, and why did it take it to such a high level?

No, there's a problem with that. Chen Wenqiang had read a lot of information, especially after he began to cooperate vigorously with German businessmen, and he paid special attention to the political attitude of the German government. At that time, Kaiser Wilhelm II was a staunch supporter of the "Yellow Peril Theory" and was actively pursuing the famous world policy instead of the mainland policy of the old Chancellor Bismarck.

From this analysis, Germany's enthusiasm naturally has a deeper consideration, which should involve changes in international political relations, and it should be out of Germany's own considerations, right?

Well, that's definitely the reason. Chen Wenqiang had some ideas, and realized that the surprise he had just made was a bit self-inflicted. This is nothing more than the political game of the great powers, and what is it for itself. But the other will be wrong and laugh at himself.

Judging from the international situation at that time, Japan had risen after the First Sino-Japanese War, and the Western imperialists were very worried about whether the huge Chinese dragon would rise up under the leadership of the Westernized Japan. From the perspective of Germany's own interests, the most worrying thing is that it will be attacked by France and Russia from the east and west.

After the Treaty of Berlin in 1880, Tsarist Russia was frustrated in its expansion into the Balkans and turned its expansion to the Far East, and Tsarist Russia and Japan began a fierce competition in Korea and Northeast China. Germany was eager for Tsarist Russia to turn its attention to the East, so it repeatedly preached the so-called Yellow Peril, hoping to drag Tsarist Russia's power in the Far East.

At present, relations between Tsarist Russia and Japan are at their most tense, and the imperialist countries have formed two major blocs on the Far East issue: one is the Anglo-Japanese alliance, backed by the United States; The other was the Franco-Russian alliance, while Germany opposed France in Europe and supported Russia in the Far East.

What is the intention of Germany suddenly hinting at enthusiasm for cooperation with China? In Chen Wenqiang's view, this is an upgrade and adjustment of the Yellow Peril theory, and it has the meaning of removing China from the Yellow Peril theory. In other words, the Yellow Peril theory may refer specifically to Japan.

Obviously, as the contradictions between Japan and Russia have intensified, the German side believes that the Yellow Peril theory has achieved its goal, and the drawbacks of attacking too widely are becoming more and more apparent.

Before the Gengzi Incident, Germany had gradually established its dominant position in arms sales in China. In particular, the Krupp artillery was favored by the Qing court. In order to consolidate the market, the German side actively established contacts within the Qing court and had a good relationship with the successive Qing ministers in Germany to keep the arms sales channels open.

Moreover, the "good image" established by Germany in the eyes of the Qing government was also conducive to its arms sales. Before the occupation of Jiaozhou Bay, Germany did not invade China by force on a large scale, and it obtained some treaty privileges mainly through most-favored-nation status. During the Sino-French War, Germany continued to sell arms to the Qing government, despite the military blockade imposed by France. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Germany, together with Russia and France, also exerted pressure on Japan to return the Liaodong Peninsula to China. This created a false impression for the Qing government that Germany was the "friendliest Western country" to the Qing Dynasty. At that time, many Chinese also had hopes for Germany, which facilitated the sale of arms.

However, after the Boxer Rebellion, almost all the convenient conditions created by Germany came to naught, and the arms trade plummeted. The Anglo-Japanese alliance suppressed German power in China; The propagation of the Yellow Peril theory has caused the Chinese's impression of Germany to plummet; In addition, the commander of the Eight-Nation Alliance, Wadsey, stated in his report to the German government: "The Chinese masses are still infinitely vigorous, and no country in Europe, the United States, or Japan has the brainpower and strength to rule over a quarter of the living beings in this world...... which made the German government begin to consider whether it can support the Manchu Qing to fight against the British and Japanese.

At the same time, it is necessary to sell weapons to China, etc., if this is necessary for China to hold back the Japanese and British forces in Asia. Let the Anglo-Japanese alliance shed blood in the confrontation with China, and Germany will be able to clean up the mess in Europe more easily.

Therefore, Germany's purpose in making such a gesture is also in its own interests. Just like the high-level reception of the Qing government's warship procurement teams by other powers, they are not worthy of it, nor are they really respectful, but they want to make profits and wait for opportunities to support agents to attack their opponents.

After such a detailed analysis, although Chen Wenqiang feels that he cannot be too optimistic, whether he can benefit from it is also a choice worth trying. At that time, China was bound to take advantage of the contradictions between the great powers to contain one another, so that it could find a prosperous development path in the cracks.

To achieve this, there must be sufficient capital, and it is necessary to make Germany feel that it would be more profitable to support revival than to support the Manchus. To put it bluntly, it is necessary to have the value of being used, although it is not good, but it is a fact.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty's decay and incompetence were well known to the great powers, and there were long-term or long-term estimates of their demise. This is where Japan acquiesces in or connives, violent revolutionary parties; The United States, on the other hand, has cultivated a pro-American political elite through cultural infiltration and aggression. The purpose is to cultivate and nurture the affinity and spokesperson in China, so as to occupy an advantageous position in the future changes.

In this case, Germany is also a partner that can choose to work with. At least geographically, Germany is not as threatening as Japan. Even after the outbreak of the First World War, all the concessions and sacrifices made to Germany were possible to be retracted.