Zhao Nian. Mouth month, day. Shanghai Huangpu Port. China Merchants Code ...

A passenger ship anchored on the side of the main channel outside the port, waiting for the tugboat to tow the passenger ship to the dock and docked, while waiting for the tugboat to come over, the passengers went to the deck and looked at the scenery on both sides of the Huangpu River, among them was a middle-aged man about ten years old, he came from Nanyang. His name is Xiong Chengji.

Standing on the deck, looking at the Huangpu River, Xiong Chengji was full of emotion, and the attachés standing beside him were also in the same mood, going to China for many years, and returning to China this time, they finally understood a truth, no matter which country is written on their passports, at least one thing remains the same, that is, the small Chinese heart rushing in their chests No matter where they go, they are still Chinese.

"That is the Huangpu China Merchants Wharf small year" Wushen Revolution, after that, Mr. Tao was obediently landed, at that time I was still in Wuhan to assist Zhao Zhenhua to preside over the military, did not come to greet Mr. Tao, but at that time Mr. Huang Keqiang was at the wharf to preside over the welcome ceremony, now more than 20 years have passed, Mr. Tao and Mr. Huang have passed away, China's face has also changed greatly, back then, this China Merchants Wharf is still under the jurisdiction of Nanshi, but now it has been incorporated into the Huangbeng District, the world is like this, it makes people sigh. ”

Xiong Chengji introduced several young people in the attaché who had never been to Shanghai and then fell silent, his heart fluctuated, he thought of Tao Chengzhang, Huang Xing, Sun Wen, Cai Feng, Song Jiaoren, these people are no longer alive, they did not see the realization of constitutionalism, but Xiong Chengji did.

It's just that everything in front of me is real? Or a short-lived phantom? Is the constitutional system firmly established? History has shown that the real establishment of a constitutional system is a long process, during which there may be repetitions, as evidenced by Italy, and Germany now seems to have this trend.

Putting aside his troubles, Xiong Chengji stared at the banks of the Huangpu River in front of him, looking at this familiar and unfamiliar homeland.

The Huangpu River is still the Huangpu River, but the city is no longer the city of the year, the east of the river bank is Pudong, the west is the former site of the concession known as the "Ten Mile Ocean", in the past, the concession is the country within the country, the outer area, the French concession, the British and American public concession is there, after the republic, in view of the special economic status of the port of Shanghai, the central government decided to establish a new industrial area in the Pudong area, since then, the style of Pudong began to change rapidly, in the past, there is basically the countryside, But a few years later, the small Pudong area has become a key exhibition area of light industry, after the Shanghai concession was recovered, the industrial and commercial layout of the entire Shanghai area was basically determined, Pudong, Zhabei is the industrial zone, the original concession area and the south city plays the role of a commercial center, there is no factory here, but it can control the production and sales of the factory through financial means, this area is collectively called "Huangpu District" Although later, the district was divided into several districts, but generally speaking, the locals still call this business district Huangpu. Standing on the deck of the steamer, the scenery on both sides of the Huangpu River is completely different, one side of the smoke is white, the other side of the high-rise buildings, if in the economic boom period, the side of the smoke is usually not visible blue sky, the billowing black smoke from the smoke covers the sky, that is the factory is stepping up the production of industrial products in demand, and the side of the high-rise buildings is busy with traffic, drunk and golden, whenever night falls, the lights on the avenue along the river are bright, known as the "Oriental Paris"

Shanghai, with its unrivaled geographical advantages, has become the largest and most prosperous commercial city in the entire Far East. In order to support the citizens living in the city and facilitate the foreign trade county, the central government deliberately expanded the urban area, and the whole Shanghai area is active, and even Chongming Island, which is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, is also under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Municipal Government, so the name "Greater Shanghai" is extremely appropriate.

In the period of economic prosperity, Shanghai is the holy place in the minds of all industrialists, people who go to Shanghai to pan for gold are endless, it seems that every businessman who dares to work hard has found a shortcut to wealth in Shanghai, it is true that in the fierce commercial and industrial competition, the loser is gloomy exit, but people see more of the carnival of the winner, Shanghai during the economic boom, is the paradise of adventurers, before the world economic crisis broke out in the yo year, only one year, in the local relying on stock and futures speculation to become a millionaire, There are dozens of multimillionaires.

But now, the situation is different, although the smoke of the factories in Pudong can still be seen in black smoke, but it can no longer cover the sky, although the commercial street in Huangpu can still see the scene of people rubbing shoulders, but it is no longer the dancers who attend the dance party are competing for tickets to the dance hall, but to compete for a few. There is fierce competition for jobs as typists or janitors.

This is the most intuitive impression given by the world economic crisis, since the collapse of the stock price of the New York stock market in the year of the worm, the world economy has inevitably gone into decline, the old international market order no longer exists, all countries are beggar-thy-neighbor, in order to protect their own commercial markets and establish strict international trade barriers, the entire international market has been unrecognizable, "export" has become an extremely sensitive word, the export traders who have been envied in the past have now become synonymous with bankrupt businessmen, from, vomit, year toIn this international market battle, there are two countries in the worst situation, one in Europe, Germany, the other in Asia, Japan, although there are huge differences between these two countries in history, politics, etc., but in the face of the world economic crisis, they all have a common characteristic, that is, the domestic market is narrow and can not meet the huge industrial production brought about by the pile-up, the sales of industrial products.

Compared with Germany and Japan, China, as a large Asian country with a sufficient population and a vast territory, is now in a much better economic situation due to the existence of the domestic market and the protection of tariff barriers.

Although the Chinese people are still calm, they still show some violent reactions in the face of increasingly difficult life and anxiety caused by unemployment, and strikes, market boycotts, school boycotts, and demonstrations are no longer news, but part of daily life.

In today's China, although the agricultural population still accounts for the majority of the people, the number of people who rely on industry and commerce to make a living has accounted for one-tenth of the total number of people, which is a huge number, and this number represents the rapid rise of a new class of people, who depend on the prosperity of industry and commerce, and the depression of industry and commerce! The livelihood of the latter will become a problem, they have no land, all they have is a pair of hard-working hands and a hard-working heart, work is very important to them.

In this world economic crisis, industry and commerce were the first to be hit, due to the sharp contraction of export trade, the price of industrial products plummeted, which caused a chain reaction, as a result, factories closed, workers unemployed, shops closed, shop employees unemployed, followed by social turmoil, high crime rates, people grumpy, often because of a little quarrel and into physical conflicts, and even knives and guns, correspondingly, the central government and local governments had to adopt more stringent laws to deter crime.

It is not only the industrial and commercial sectors that have been hit by the economic crisis, but agriculture has also been hit hard in the economic crisis that has swept the world, which is manifested in a bumper agricultural harvest, but the income of farmers has fallen rapidly, and even bankruptcy, because the price of agricultural products has fallen more sharply than the price of industrial products. After calculation, the farmers made the same choice, that is, they no longer sell agricultural products, and the best rice and wheat would rather rot in the barn than be transported to the city to sell, or even not harvested from the field at all, because it also costs to hire someone to harvest, even if it is harvested with a harvester, it is also necessary to calculate the cost of diesel.

In contrast, small farmers are more "comfortable" than farmers, because they basically use manual farming to cultivate the farmland, do not need to bear the cost of purchasing and maintaining agricultural machinery, and more importantly, as long as the land does not accumulate the tax line, they do not have to worry about the problem of land endowment, although the fall in the price of agricultural products has also made the life of small farmers poor, but compared with the unemployed workers, their lives are at least stable.

However, tenants and agricultural workers are miserable, because they do not have their own land, tenants can only rent landlord land, although there is the protection of the "Rent Rate Restriction Law", the landlord can not increase the rent, but this law can not guarantee that the price of agricultural products will not fluctuate violently, therefore, when the price of agricultural products all over the world began to plummet, tenants also have to follow the farmers to bear the hardships brought about by the agricultural depression, as for agricultural workers, more miserable than tenants, at least tenants are protected by the relevant tenant laws, It was impossible for the landlord to terminate the lease of the land casually, but the agricultural workers lost their jobs because of the farmer's goal of reducing costs, so they had to go to the city, jump in the workhouse, and wait for the government to receive two meals a day or queue up to receive the old clothes released by the government to survive the cold winter.

No one can forget the vomit, the winter, it was a real harsh winter, not only a large number of homeless people appeared on the streets, but also froze to death many homeless people, it was also in the winter of that year, President Li Yuanhong accepted the proposal of the former President Zhao Bei under the anger and pressure of the society, and submitted to the National Assembly to pass a "Poor Law", stipulating that local governments must establish special poor stations to provide food, clothing, and shelter for the homeless and the urban unemployed, and at the same time, continue to implement the immigration policy. Evacuate the excess population from the cities and let these people go to the frontier to work in agriculture and carry out "de-industrialization"

As in other countries around the world, for the current Chinese, survival comes first, and as for money, it is no longer in most people's future life plans.

After several years of hard work, the current domestic economy has passed the most difficult period, although the recovery of the world economy has not yet begun, but people have calmed down from the initial extreme panic, the sky has not fallen, tomorrow the sun will still rise and shine on the earth, giving people warmth, giving people hope, not to mention, in this economic crisis, the government is not without a piece, the "New Economic Deal" has indeed played some roles, the development of public works, the nationalization of some large enterprises, official orders from the government and the army, The continuation of the immigration policy and the extension of the period of military service...... At least many of the unemployed workers have found work, albeit with meagre and hard work, but at least they don't have to queue at the workhouse to receive handouts.

Although the "New Economic Deal" was approved and implemented by the current President Li Yuanhong, if it had not been for the previous President Zhao Bei to formulate this detailed economic rescue plan, perhaps there will be more unemployed people now, and the society will be more turbulent, and even revolutions will break out, just like the revolutions in some European countries, overthrow the incompetent democratically elected government, elect a wise and wise leader to implement strongman politics, restore order and economy with an iron bowl, and expand the international market by military means. Instead of meaningless diplomatic consultations with those European and American powers that seek the skin of the tiger.

Many Chinese civilians now are beginning to miss the good life of the "mad president" when he was in power, that. Perhaps, if the "mad president" had not ended his politics in the first year and left the opposition for the people, perhaps today's Chinese economy would be better.

For some people's nostalgia for the era of "mad president", some economists and politicians also clearly told the people that this economic crisis cannot be prevented by manpower, this is a punishment for the greedy nature of capital directed by economic laws, even if Zhao Bei maintains the political system until the year of the worm, he must not be alone in this world economic depression, but may strengthen the military machine like Italy because of the instinct of strongman politics, implement high-pressure rule at home, implement military adventures abroad, and finally lead the country to the road of warTherefore, many constitutionalists criticized the idea of the people's nostalgia for the era of "mad presidents" in the newspapers. Criticism is criticism, the people have their own ideas, who is good and who is bad, and the people can see clearly, although the current president of the University of Lebanon, although he claims to be honest and close to the people, but with his inability to govern the country, he will not want to win re-election in the next presidential election.

Count your fingers, next year is the election year, when the time comes, it depends on who can confuse the people's hearts more, although most civilians have no chance to vote because of property rights, but as long as you can see the incompetent President Li Yuanhong get out of the presidential palace, then the small people can also export their evil anger, after all, in the era of economic crisis, it is not only the poor who suffer from poverty, those business owners, the middle class, which one is not full of complaints in this bad crisis era? They can use their votes to elect a president who is better suited to lead the country.

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