Chapter 80: Chiguoguo's Ambition
The so-called symposium is an exchange seminar for new party members after joining the party, the purpose is to let everyone get acquainted with each other, explain their respective situations and work, and listen to the plans and arrangements within the party organization.
The reason why I say this is because in general, when recruiting newcomers to join the party, according to the normal procedures, the newcomers must first apply to become probationary party members by themselves, after a period of preparatory inspection. During this period of inspection, it is not only the time for the party organization to inspect the newcomers, but also the time for the newcomers to familiarize themselves with the basic purpose and program of the party organization in advance, and it is a process of mutual familiarity and mutual inspection.
It can be said that the organizational structure of the Glorious Party is based on many references to the Red Party of the later republics, which is relatively strict, and the probationary party members are relatively relaxed, but the regular party members are very strict, and the principle of preferring shortage to abundance is practiced. So far, although there are more than 2,000 probationary party members in the entire Glorious Party, the official party members, even if Yin Ruizhi is added, there are only 32 people in total, but they are all backbone leaders in various industries, and including the previous honor guards, are only reserve party members, who can wear red ties, but cannot wear party emblems, and are not formal party members and cadres.
That is to say, Yin Ruizhi is a special case, a special case of directly joining the party without going through the reserve inspection period, so Yin Ruizhi does not understand many situations of the Glorious Party, not to mention the internal organization, and even the party's program and purpose that the reserve must know are vague, and he does not even understand the meaning of the party flag and emblem.
However, since it was the party leader Li Zhigao's special affairs, based on his authority, everyone could not say anything, so they could only introduce to Yin Ruizhi in more detail about the Glorious Party at this forum.
The person who introduced the situation to Yin Ruizhi was named Feng Xuanning, who, like Ma Weicai, was also one of the first teachers to come to Li Zhigao's first batch of regimental training troops to give lectures, but his age was very young, only 25 years old.
Feng Xuanning graduated from the Taipingfu Middle School rebuilt by Cuiluo Academy, originally a primary school teacher, the reason why he went to Li Zhigao's military camp was because he was very angry in his bones, often promoted reactionary remarks to students, and was not welcomed in the school, so he was dismissed by the school and forced to make a living, so he coveted the high salary and went to the barracks to be a teacher, but he didn't expect to find a new goal.
Li Zhigao saw that he had a very strong memory and was very good at rhetoric, and to put it bluntly, he was very able to speak, and he could easily enter a state of excitement, so he recruited him into the party and gave him the status of a propaganda officer, who was specifically responsible for propagating the party's ideology.
Now, it is also up to him to introduce the situation of the Glorious Party to Yin Ruizhi.
He first talked about the significance of the five-star red flag, the party flag, for example, the red background is a symbol of the revolutionary spirit, and the five five-pointed stars symbolize wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage and strictness, of which the largest star represents wisdom, which means that all the glorious party takes wisdom first, and all party members must learn to learn and think about themselves, think twice about doing things, and refuse to be reckless and reckless.
After that, it is said that the clothes of the party members are called Chinese costumes, which are designed by the party leader himself (when he said this, Li Zhigao bowed his head slightly and blushed), among which the right side and the standing collar represent the Chinese tradition, and the design of the straight almost suit represents the change.
In addition, the special red tie is also designed by the head of the party, and the name is the glorious tie, which symbolizes progress and glory, and you can have this red tie after joining the probationary party members.
In fact, although ties have been around for a long time, the materials and workmanship are different, and the popular one is the string tie, that is, the kind of denim tie, rather than the modern tie. The modern tie first appeared in 1924, before that, there were many styles of ties on the market, and there were also close to the modern ties, but they were easy to wrinkle and get old, especially the bow tie part of the wrinkles, so that year, the tailor Jesselangsdorf in New York invented a method, that is, the fabric was cut along the weaving fiber at a 45-degree angle, and then three pieces of fabric were sewn together, which became today's tie style, with this way of cutting, the tie is not easy to wrinkle, The style is more beautiful. At that time, he also applied for a patent for this invention, which was later sold all over the world and became the standard for modern ties.
Obviously, the kind of tie that Li Zhigao made for the Glorious Party is this kind of modern tie, and he himself is also playing this kind of tie, and at the same time he also named this tie the glorious tie, and he also plans to register a patent, and this kind of tie that is destined to be popular in the world in the future can only be the glorious tie, and it is precisely because he wants to be popular all over the world that he has made the connotation of this tie enterprising and glorious, rather than a radical purpose such as revolution.
After talking about the costumes, that is, the purpose of the glorious party, the code and the like, although they are all introduced in the party constitution, according to the rules, Feng Xuanning still has to explain them to Yin Ruizhi one by one in person. Obviously, these purposes and everything are Li Zhigao's copy of the party constitution of the later Red Party, but with some modifications and deletions.
After talking about this, the next thing is that Li Zhigao personally took the stage and began to explain his rebellious ambitions, or the pursuit of the glorious party, to everyone in front of a huge map, and for the first time clearly told all party members about the long-term, medium-term and short-term goals of the party organization.
The long-term goal of the Glorious Party is to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and make China the world's leader and the number one superpower, the medium-term goal is to achieve national unification, and the short-term goal is to occupy Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and other areas along the Yangtze River in the coming uprising, so as to prepare for future efforts.
Regarding the specific implementation of the short-term goals and the upcoming uprising frenzy, Li Zhigao also made a lot of reliable "predictions" in the tone of a "scholar", such as why the Qing Dynasty should fall.
According to Li Zhigao's statement, the Qing Dynasty has been suffering from internal and external troubles to the present, not only the control has been greatly reduced, but also the natural disasters [***] continue, the authority of the political axe is no longer there, and the finances are also on the verge of bankruptcy, and only one fuse is missing from the wolf smoke everywhere, and this time it is different from the Taiping Rebellion, it is an uprising that really wants to crush the Qing political axe.
What is the cornerstone of a regime's stability? Fundamentally speaking, it is the will of the people, but that is a bit mysterious, in fact, it is finance!
In other words, if a state power loses the will of the people and does not put it away as soon as possible, it will be equivalent to burying a larger and larger powder keg in its own house, and the danger of extinction will appear at all times. However, it is not enough to have a powder keg, there must also be a fuse, and this fuse is the finance of the political axe.
If a regime that has lost the hearts of the people is financially abundant and can afford to raise an army, it can still continue to survive, but if a country that has lost the hearts of the people is even financially bankrupt, it can only fall apart immediately! Throughout the ages, how many dynasties have risen and fallen, in fact, they have all followed this path.
The current Qing political axe is like this, the Qing Dynasty's popular hearts have been lost in internal and external troubles, originally engaged in a Westernization movement, the finances are still a little better, plus there is a new army, barely able to hold on until now, but now the Qing political axe's finances have been on the verge of bankruptcy because of the rubber crisis, and they have no choice but to borrow from the powers, and they have to find a mortgage when borrowing, what kind of collateral to use? Almost all of the mortgages that can be mortgaged are mortgaged, so it can only be the railway. In order to plunder wealth, many railways were privately run, and in order to plunder wealth, they had to be forcibly nationalized, so that it was easy to arouse great public anger and break out a railway tide, and the most likely to break out was in Sichuan.
Once there is a movement to protect the right of way in Sichuan, the anger of the people is ignited, and it will be out of control, and in order to extinguish the fire, the Qing government will have to transfer troops and horses from other places to quell the rebellion, and the most likely is the Hubei New Army, so that there will be an opportunity for revolution.
Obviously, Li Zhigao told the process of the Xinhai Revolution in advance, and as for whether the world will break out as recorded in history, Li Zhigao is not sure, but even if there is no Sichuan Road Protection Movement, other revolutions will break out in other places, and this cannot be escaped anyway.
That is to say, to put it bluntly, the revolution of the Baolu Movement, taken out alone, is not serious, and the reason why it can spark the prairie is that in the final analysis, the Qing political axe has been rotten, and the people's hearts are also disappointed.
But now, the Qing Zheng Axe has just borrowed money from the foreign powers, and the finances can barely hold on, and there is still a certain ability to control the army, so it is not the best time.
Therefore, in Li Zhigao's plan, the time of the uprising should be October 1911, and at that time, regardless of whether there was a Xinhai Revolution or not, he would have to rebel.
Because at that time, even if there was no first shot of the Xinhai Revolution, the finances of the Qing political axe would have deteriorated beyond measure, and their own strength would definitely be greatly enhanced. At the same time, if conditions permit, it is necessary to divide troops to the west and invade Hubei, at least to Wuhan, and then wait for the time to move.
It can be said that Li Zhigao has clearly stated all his strategic intentions in this conference room for the first time, and it can be said that there is no hidden intention. His intention is to bury his head in development first, and then start an army next year, and at the beginning he will swallow all of Anhui, plus Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and at the same time invade Hubei, and strive to occupy all these elite areas along the Yangtze River first. After that, he will stop and continue to develop as a warlord, sit and watch others sing, wait for the opportunity, and wait until others are almost tossed and he continues to become stronger, and then cannibalize or sweep, and then unify the country!
Li Zhigao's plans are not just empty words, but a combination of many statements in later generations, although I dare not say that they are 100% correct, but at least they are very suitable for his situation at this time.
After all, he started in Taiping Mansion, and he also has a golden finger that can cross back and forth, and Li Zhigao thinks that he is not a great military strategist, so his best choice is to bury his head in development, and after developing strong strength, he will rely on his strength all the way to push flat, which is the most suitable for him and the most secure way.
In fact, Li Zhigao's plan is quite reliable, you know, if Li Zhigao's strategic intention is really realized, then he will occupy the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the most elite in China at the beginning, not to mention anything else, just a tax and talent, it is incomparable with other places, and then he will become the richest and most talented warlord, plus his golden finger, a little boring development, and when others are tired, and then sweep the whole country, it is not difficult at all.
That is to say, if Li Zhigao is really not impatient and immersive, and immerses himself in farming and plays the road of accumulating grain and slowly becoming king, just by virtue of his golden finger, there will really not be many people who are his opponents at that time, and it can be said that the longer the time, the stronger his strength will be, but if he is too impatient, he will lose his advantages if he wants to unify the whole country from the beginning, and the example of the chairman of the NPC National Committee is a lesson from the past, and Li Zhigao does not want to repeat the mistakes of the past.
After Li Zhigao finished talking about his "speculation" and strategic intentions, everyone present except Yin Ruizhi was very excited, because this time they really understood Li Zhigao's intentions, and they absolutely believed that Li Zhigao could accomplish all this.
After that, Li Zhigao warned everyone that what he said today should be kept secret, and to the people below, don't say strategic intentions, but it can be said that Li Zhigao said before the speculative analysis. That is to say, after they go back, they should explain in detail to the reserve party members below that the Bai Qing political axe will inevitably perish, and the time of destruction will be the year after tomorrow, and let everyone work and prepare for war with a more positive attitude, and strive to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as soon as possible.
After that, everyone sang the party song "Loyalty Forever" again, and then sat down to eat a buffet lunch together, while eating, group discussions, waiting to participate in the military parade held in the afternoon, and these items were stipulated early in the morning.
When eating the buffet, Li Zhigao specially asked Yin Ruizhi to eat together, and had a detailed discussion with her while eating a sumptuous lunch at the banquet, and the conversation was mainly related to the Restoration Meeting.
To tell the truth, the reason why Yin Ruizhi agreed to join the Glorious Party at the beginning was that in addition to the fact that she was already involuntary and very knowledgeable about current affairs, another reason was that Li Zhigao agreed to her to join the Glorious Party while also retaining her membership in the Restoration Association.
This does not mean that Li Zhigao agrees that one person can join multiple parties, after all, the Kuomintang has learned from the past, and Li Zhigao will not make this mistake, so he has long decided that if he wants to join the Glorious Party, he cannot participate in the policies of other parties, and the reason why he agreed that Yin Ruizhi should still retain the members of the Restoration Society is because Li Zhigao has long had a plan to annex the Restoration Society.
As mentioned above, the members of the Liberation Association are mainly intellectuals, and they also engage in assassination, but in fact, they are relatively simple, at least much stronger than the League and the like, at least they are very modest, and such an organization is just suitable for Li Zhigao to annex and greatly absorb the talents in it.
According to Li Zhigao's statement, members are members and party members are party members, and there is no conflict between the two, and if Yin Ruizhi joins the Glorious Party as a member of the Restoration Society at this time, it will be tantamount to setting an example for others, and other members of the Restoration Society can also join the Glorious Party in the future.
Li Zhigao believes that with his strength, as long as he slowly simmers, don't be too impatient, sooner or later he can swallow the Restoration Society, at least absorb the backbone elites of the Restoration Society.
The reason why the Kuomintang failed to reform the Red Party at the beginning was because it was not good at it, it was weaker than the Red Party in terms of organization, it was unreliable, and its pattern was too small, and its glorious party organization came from the Red Party of later generations, and it was itself very tight, more advanced than the loose Liberation Society, with better treatment guarantees, and certainly better prospects, and it would not be difficult to swallow the Liberation Party when the time came.
Therefore, even if Yin Ruizhi retains the membership of the Restoration Association, it is nothing, anyway, sooner or later it will be a family, as for whether it will cause a small gang in the party at that time, this cannot be stopped, after all, people's hearts are complicated, even if it is **, it is impossible to eliminate gangs and factions, as long as those people of different factions listen to themselves at that time, it doesn't matter what else matters.
"Don't worry." After listening to Li Zhigao's question, Yin Ruizhi also made a simple promise, "I have been here for so long, and after listening to your words today, I already understand what you mean, and after watching your military parade, I will immediately send a telegram to our president, asking him to come over early and talk to you about in-depth cooperation." ”
"That's right!" Li Zhigao nodded with a smile and picked up a cup of green tea, "Come, replace wine with tea, and wish us success in our future cooperation!" ”