154 The Great Change (13)
Chen's public speech in the United States was quickly published in newspapers and picked up by major media outlets in various countries, causing a global shock. This is the world's first declaration that it is a country that expresses its intention to fight against global colonialism and to put an end to the colonialism that has prevailed in the world for more than 300 years.
The reaction in the UK was particularly violent. The Soviet Union and the United States were not colonialist countries. Chen Ke's speech in the United States has a seemingly terrifying meaning in itself. What is the attitude of the United States, this cannot but make Britain panic.
The attitude in the United States towards Chen's speech was also quite subtle. In his speeches to U.S. senators and representatives, Chen praised the "revolutionary nature of capitalism" and argued that the capitalist system eliminated "all fixed and rigid relations and the respectful ideas and opinions that correspond to them, and all newly formed relations become obsolete before they can be fixed." Everything hierarchical and fixed has vanished, and everything that is sacred has been desecrated. People finally have to look at their place in life, their relationship with each other, with a sober eye." U.S. lawmakers found Chen's praise of the capitalist system to be pertinent.
The humanities have developed rapidly in these years, and it is not for nothing that Americans are trying to solidify everything that exists. Similarly, there are many American intellectuals who claim that "the only constant is constant change." A theory is "universal but not universal", and it depends on the audience. The views of ordinary Americans are very different from those of the American elite. So the American upper echelons increasingly do not want a military conflict with China, at least not with China until the end of the war in Europe.
Britain was extremely anxious about this, and if the United States refused to wage war against China, Britain would not only lose everything in the western Pacific forever, but also lose its important colonies in the Indian Ocean. Seeing that India was already in flames, Britain tried every means to drag the United States into the water. There are not many cards that Britain can play, and one of them is the "religious question".
The People's Party's attitude towards religion in China is very clear. The first is that religion must get out of the political economy.
More than 30 years ago, when the People's Party first entered Anqing, it looted the church in Anqing. In the process of the People's Party sweeping away the feudal sects in Anhui, foreign religions bore the brunt. The local believers in foreign religion are better, ropes and ropes are tied up and paraded in the streets, and there are not a few people who are dragged out and shot. As for the foreign devil priests, as long as they harass the people, they will be arrested and sentenced. There is a very good foundation in the People's Party for hating foreign religions, and so many old comrades who were born in the Boxer Fist, no matter what their views on the revolution are, have completely the same views on foreign religions.
After all kinds of illegal acts of the foreign clergy were exposed, publicized, and tried publicly, those who should be shot were shot, and those who should be expelled were expelled. Then there was the public announcement in the civil service examination system that no religious believer should rely on the civil service. The recruitment regulations of state-owned enterprises also clearly stipulate that they do not recruit believers in God and Christ. The People's Party opposes "the king of Chu has a thin waist, and many people in the palace starve to death" in other matters, but they basically ignore the treatment of religious believers. The living conditions of foreign believers in China are becoming more and more embarrassing. Whoever is recognized as Protestant has little room for development except for the most basic life.
Of course, the BJP did not take the foolish step of molding religion into an all-powerful devil. The teachings of each religion will be presented in a very complete and rational way. From the perspective of historical materialism, the development and origin of religion are clearly explained. The characteristics and circumstances of the formulation of the doctrine, and especially its rationality and purpose, are given in a very rational manner. In order to explain religion clearly and clearly, many movies about religious themes have also been made. It does not talk about mysticism, but about the reality of religion.
Chinese culture is actually very materialistic, and the deep-rooted ancestor worship is because without ancestors there would be no present, which is an extremely materialistic reason. In reality, the mysteries of religion have been stripped clean, and the teachings of religion have been told very clearly. As for believing in religion, it will clearly affect one's future. Thus religion has become a source of entertainment among young people, a content related to liturgical traditions.
There are still things to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and most of them join in the fun, and the true believers are basically old men and old ladies. As for foreign religion, it has basically disappeared in China.
In the 30s, religion flourished in the United States because of the Great Depression. But the Republican Party in the United States at that time and the Republican Party in the 21st century were two different things, and the Republican Party believed in science and fought a big battle with the Democrats for the propagation of evolution. On the contrary, it is the strange of all kinds of Protestantism in the Democratic Party. Britain has tried its best to win over the Democratic Party, which has a relationship with religion, and tried to attack China from religion. Soon, articles accusing China of cruelty to religion came out.
At this time, Time magazine interviewed Chen Ke, and the two sides naturally talked about colonialism and religion.
As a normal Chinese youth in the 21st century, Chen Ke is very aware of the shady nature of religion. He spoke of the materialist attitude towards religion, "Materialists believe that if the God of religion can be proven to exist, then we will admit the existence of God. Religion is a cultural phenomenon, and historical materialists treat religion as a cultural phenomenon. There is no state religion in the U.S. Constitution, and this is the correct understanding of religion by our predecessors in the United States. And those who propagate religion do not aim to discuss religion, but to use religion for their own benefit. They are predators, not givers. The British were Protestant, and they oppressed the Catholic Irish in Ireland through religion. Some people accuse us materialists of oppressing religion, and this is the most comical part. Whether it is Jehovah or Jesus, they appear before us to show their divine power to call the wind and rain, to show their magical power to separate the Red Sea, and to show their ability to fish and two loaves of bread. Rest assured, we will absolutely acknowledge their actual existence. It's ridiculous to want to get our materialists to abandon their materialistic attitude with that idealistic thing. ”
After all, science has developed for so many years, and the reporter for Time Magazine who interviewed Chen Ke is still a Republican, and he does not believe that the earth is only 7,000 years old, as the Bible says. Therefore, Chen Ke's judgment of defining religion as a cultural field is quite in line with this person's appetite. The sharpness and subtle viciousness with which Chen Ke exposed the shady scenes of religion also made this person feel the unique joy of a cultural person. Soon, Time magazine sent out the interview.
After it was issued, there was no one-sided criticism of China in the United States because of Chen Ke's remarks. Instead, those who supported Chen's culturally traditional approach to religion expressed their views with those of religious extremists, and then a war of scolding ensued over the long-standing debate between science and religion in the United States.
Chen Ke, of course, did not have time to see this war of scolding, and after his visit, he took a special plane back to Asia, and on the way back, Chen Ke visited Japan.
"Chinese leader Chen Ke visits Japan!" The news caused a great sensation in Japan. Japan is a country that admires the strong very much, and the war with China proved that China is much stronger than Japan. In the past, Japan admired Europe very much in its strategy of breaking away from Asia and joining Europe, but now China has beaten Europe to the ground, and there is no need to look at the war in particular, but it is only Japan's updated latest map of China, from the Arctic Circle to the Antarctic Circle, from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean, and the new China map that stretches thousands of miles from east to west, north and south, has made the Japanese understand how powerful China is now.
Japan has already begun to reflect on its future strategy, and no one is talking about "leaving Asia and joining Europe." Moreover, Japan has made a lot of profits from the export of labor services to China. All Japanese who work in Chinese companies have their income transferred to their accounts in Japan through banks. This is a condition that the Chinese side has imposed on Japan. How the Japanese collect taxes from the Japanese is a matter for the Japanese. But Japan can't put this on China's head.
His relatives were working thousands of miles away, but the money was returned to his family's account on time. Even if the government collects taxes ferociously, and forcibly converts renminbi into yen when the Japanese withdraw money, in order to ensure Japan's foreign exchange needs. The Japanese people, of course, will not be hostile to the People's Party. Although the majority of the Japanese people have not figured it out, in fact, the People's Party supports the Japanese side in forcibly converting the yen at home. At least they can get more money than they can earn by working at home, and the Japanese people are very supportive of all kinds of trade with China. When the Japanese returned from overseas construction sites, they even claimed their daily food level, with enough meat and rice and steamed buns. Let more Japanese people want to work in China.
Being able to get a piece of the pie from China's expansion, even if it's just soup, has greatly expanded Japan's overseas market. Japan's upper echelons are convinced that they have followed the right boss this time. The fact that the young Japanese civil servants went to China to participate in the training has made them understand China's strength and believe in the wise decision of His Excellency Prime Minister Kita Kazuki. Therefore, the whole country in Japan is ready to seriously welcome Chen Ke's visit. Trying to make a good impression on the leader of the Western Pacific.
Of course, there are Japanese and Chinese who hold completely different positions. If Chen Ke is assassinated, even if the assassination is not successful, what kind of responsibility will Bei Yihui bear? What kind of predicament will Japan's "Showa Restoration" encounter now? For those who are desperate, being able to do this can be a great source of great satisfaction.
And some Chinese living in Japan have lost the struggle against the People's Party, and have even fallen to the point where they have no home to return. Ruling under the iron fist of the ferocious and brutal BJP, there is no mercy for some people.
Of course, there is also the support of the British behind this. If Chen Ke died, China would lose most of its power. In this regard, the desperate British were very convinced of this. Or rather, they want this to be the reality of China. In the past, Chen Ke had strong military and political power to protect him, and when he visited the United States, the United States did not want to make a fuss about the risk of Chen Ke being killed in the United States. Roosevelt was such a smart man, and if Chen Ke was killed in the United States, the United States would suffer a great moral loss.
No matter who did this, that person and the forces behind it will be the sworn enemy of the United States, and the Americans will never let go of their sworn enemy.
So the plot of the assassination was put in Japan. Chang Kaishen, who had successfully assassinated Tao Chengzhang, took over the task.