Chapter 49 China Needs a Dictator

On a sunny winter day, the Purple Mountain still has the golden color of late autumn, and the sky is blue and blue everywhere. The winter sun is shining, and when you squint your eyes and look up, the sky is like a new and huge sapphire, sparkling. The refreshing wind blowing in the face will only make people feel light and fluttering, and feel that their hearts are suddenly enlightened.

In winter, Zixia Lake has a thick layer of ice, and there is neither the turquoise of the chuntian sky, nor the hustle and bustle of summer, and the liveliness of summer, nor the purple and red of autumn, but there is only the severe cold of winter, but the quiet and quiet feeling unique to winter is not something that other seasons can give. Walking by the lake, you can only feel the coolness of winter.

"Your Majesty, judging from the newspapers, the parliament has agreed to declare war on the Ottoman Turks?"

Looking at the children playing on the frozen lake, Ji Li asked Chen Moran beside her with a smile.

"Hmm"

Nodding his head, Chen Moran turned his gaze to the children on the ice, where they were paddling on the ice, but Yi Xuan, who was the eldest son of the emperor, was like a little adult, standing motionless on the ice, without the happiness that ordinary children should have.

"Will there be a conflict with the British?"

Despite still holding an English title of nobility, Danshi is known as the Empress of China. When Chen is faced with the choice between China and Britain's interests, she will definitely choose the former over the latter, and no one in China will doubt this.

Her performance when she returned home before the empire was founded, and the subsequent conflict with the former British oil company, showed the duty of a Chinese empress, and in fact, for many years, for the people of the country, they had already accepted this blonde and blue-eyed empress.

"Conflict is inevitable"

Chen Moran did not hide anything in front of his wife, in fact, there was no need to hide it at all, he clearly knew that his wife may rarely interfere in political affairs, but she has the support of many people in the parliament, and in the eyes of some people, Ji Li is far more inclined to democracy than him, and she is also more supportive of democracy.

In contrast, it seems that for Chinese politics, the emperor is more inclined to **. Therefore, some things, there is no need for her to go out of the palace, there will always be some people who deliberately pass the news into the palace, although they don't like NV people to interfere in government affairs, but Chen Moran knows that they are just Xiwang in this way, and get some support from the palace.

"But in any case, China must establish its own power presence in the Arabian Peninsula, and in the process of carving up Shijie, China is far behind the other Shijie powers, and as a backward country, we must do everything possible to expand our sphere of influence...... Well, work hard"

Become a great power, become a great power

This is a dream of Chen Moran, or also a dream of China, in the past ten years, he has been working hard for this, the First World War is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, this opportunity must be seized, must not be missed, especially in the Middle East, the Middle East desert buried oil is enough to meet the needs of China for hundreds of years in the future.

Chen has even considered that if China could control the oil in the Middle East, and even incorporate oil fields into China's overseas territories, it would be difficult for Arabs, who had lost their financial support, to become the source of terrorist activities, as they had historically been.

Historically, it was through oil that the Arabs used oil as a new weapon, a weapon of political blackmail, in the economic confrontation with the West, the Arab liliang was thus strengthened, and the sharp rise in energy costs stirred up the financial markets of Western Europe and the entire Western Hemisphere, undermined the pattern of international trade, and pushed the industry into a long-term recession.

The most immediate consequence of the energy catastrophe is the pouring of money into the pockets of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in oil-importing countries. During the years when the Arabs used oil as a weapon, the capital that drove global economic growth was diverted to a handful of oil-producing countries.

But most importantly, the Arabs see oil as a "gift from Allah", oil brings Arabs a steady stream of wealth, wealth makes them arrogant, and when Shijie's dependence on oil increases, more money also flows to the Middle East, and the unproductive Arabs are hostile to modern civilization. In later generations, the dependence of various countries on Middle Eastern oil has been seriously misinterpreted, which has also severely limited their foreign policy options. …,

As Winston Churchill said, "Islamic extremism is as dangerous as rabies," and the poor and underprivileged Arabs are not worth vigilance, and the Arabs that hold wealth in their hands will be a nightmare for any great power when combined with religious extremism.

For China, which has become a big country and a strong country, there are some things that must be prevented before they are burned, and by controlling the oil in Arabia, the link between future religious extremism and huge wealth can be cut off economically, and the huge wealth brought by oil can be used as a blood transfusion to supply China and promote China's economic development.

World War I was China's only chance to gain oil in the Arabian Peninsula

"But it's just a desert, won't it ......?"

Ji Li appropriately expressed her worries, in fact, this is the worry of some people in the Congress, in their opinion, sending troops to the Near East, some are not very cost-effective, and many people even say in a strange way, "After spending a huge amount of wealth and bleeding hundreds of thousands of soldiers, we get just a piece of sand."

"Ji Li, what if there is oil under that desert?"

In front of his wife, Chen Moran didn't need to hide it, and he didn't want to hide anything, after all, she was his family.

"Oil?"

As the largest shareholder of China BO Petroleum Company, Ji Li naturally knows the important X-NG of oil, as well as the huge wealth brought by oil, it can be said that the reason why the royal family only receives 1.2 million yuan of royal expenses every year, and at the same time can maintain huge expenses, almost completely depends on the wealth brought by China BO Oil Company in the BOS oil field, as for His Majesty's industrial company, in the past many years, the profits of the industrial company have been used to expand operations or buy state bonds.

"That's right, there is oil in Bos, how can there be no oil in the Arabian Peninsula, which is a hundred and ten kilometers away? There may even be the most oil-rich area on Shijie, and many places are outside L-oil seedlings, so no matter what, you have to get there, even if it is 10,000 steps back. ”

Looking at his wife, Chen Moran smiled.

"We don't find oil in Arabia, but it's a fact that Danshi Zhongbo Oil Company is extracting oil in Bos Yijing, and having a colony in the Arabian Peninsula can guarantee our safety in the Bos oil field, China is an oil-poor country, and ensuring the supply of oil and energy is something we must consider for future generations."

When it comes to thinking about future generations, Chen Moran is looking at the ice, the future of oil exploration in Arabia will still be dominated by the China National Petroleum Company controlled by China BO Petroleum Company, the reason is very simple, the history of another time and space Yijing proves that the economic development rate of resource-poor countries is generally 2 to 3 times faster than that of resource-rich countries. This is the result of adjusting for demographic differences, initial per capita income, and other factors. And resource wealth will also bring too much trouble, dirty **, reckless consumption in large quantities.

The economies of resource-rich countries began to stagnate after the 1970s, in other words, after the influx of oil wealth. There are two reasons that explain this problem. The main economic problem is known as Dutch disease, which refers to the economic consequences of the discovery of large natural gas resources in the Netherlands in the 1960s. The sudden discovery of large mineral deposits led to a massive influx of foreign capital, which in turn raised the value of the national currency. The sharp rise in the national currency has greatly reduced the competitiveness of domestically produced products in the domestic and foreign markets. After some time, domestic manufacturing and agriculture began to shrink, and economic growth suffered.

Despite the headaches, Norway and Alaska in the United States have found sensible solutions. They split up a large amount of the oil trade revenue and injected it into a "stabilization" fund, with Alaska slowly distributing the oil "dividends" to the population, and Norway benefiting the people through public spending to avoid overheating the economy. Chile, one of the more successful developing countries, has taken the same step by establishing a fund to handle the huge revenues generated by copper resources.

And these are all seen from the economic books of the loan company run by the government in the past, and the future oil development of Arabia will also follow this model, as for the development led by the China BO Oil Company, even if Yixuan becomes the emperor of this country in the future, he will have the entire emperor, and he will never be like PetroChina and Sinopec in later generations, and he will be desperate for personal interests. After all, the whole country is "his", and as the "head" of this big family, he must "love his family", that is, the people here, which is the responsibility of the family and the responsibility of the emperor. …,

Chen Moran knows that in the past few years, Ji Li has been instilling this kind of thinking in the children, no matter what, his wife has started a start, and the future of this royal family will become an ornament or a symbol, in short, the royal family will move forward with history.

"That's why I ask the Congress to pass a declaration of war on the Ottomans, whether they approve or disagree, and a declaration of war must be passed, so that the army can justifiably attack the Arabian Peninsula."

When he spit out these words, Chen Moran's body exuded the breath of "power in the world", and in the eyes of many people, this is the taste of "**", Ji Li looked at his father-in-law, at this time he returned to the corner of the "Emperor of the Chinese Empire", she couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart, power will always make people lose themselves, Xiwang He will not really lose himself.

Aware of the gloom of his wife's god S-, Xiangdao many years ago, Chen Moran took her hand, and all along, she always reminded herself gently when she lost power, compared to many people, she can understand the future better.

"There are some people who say I'm a **,"

The sudden change made Ji Li stunned, but she smiled slightly, she hadn't chatted with him like this for a long time.

"You're not"

Ji Li said affirmatively.

"It's just that they don't understand you"

"No"

Shaking his head, Chen Moran's expression became serious, this was the first time that he really faced the other side of himself.

"I am a **person, whether it is the constitution of the empire, or the operation of the imperial power organs, it is to ensure the supremacy of imperial power and ensure my control over the government, so, until now, there are still people who oppose me, but what they don't know is that between the ** and the **, in a sense, there can also be an essential difference: that is, there are ** people who understand and ** who don't understand"

Those who understand and those who don't?

His Majesty's words only made Ji Li taste the difference between the two in her heart, and this was really the first time she had heard him talk about the reality he had been avoiding-"**", but Chen Moran looked very recognizable.

"I know, it sounds strange, but it's actually very real. Those who understand know that a democratic society is a kind of historical ch-o stream, and they are just the helpless result of a conflicting society, and they are a historical transitional figure. Those who don't understand will dream that the ** system is an inevitable society, and it will be passed down from generation to generation, just like the ancient imperial system. And I'm ......"

Turning to his wife, Chen Moran laughed.

"I'm just a transitioner of history"

If you say what the biggest change in the past few years is, I am afraid that it is to recognize your own position, in a few years, it is difficult for you to recognize your position, and people are valuable in knowing themselves.

"Before and after I became emperor, there were people who advocated democracy and advocated that the constitutionalists did not realize at that time that China had no tradition of autonomy for thousands of years, so there was no tradition of democracy, and in this case, the direct implementation of democratic politics was likely to lead to h-nlu-n. And true democracy must operate in a state where the opposition can exist. Danshi, our countrymen, but it is difficult to accept that the opposition, in the political struggles of various dynasties in Chinese history, has always been a life-and-death, shengli take-all game"

Maybe it's to justify himself, maybe it's to find a historical position for himself, Chen Moran explains everything for himself.

So, those who advocate constitutionalism ignore the fact that in a democracy, either side in power must have a realistic equal status for the opposition. The victorious side of the election will have the opportunity to tolerate the other side and lead the construction of the country, rather than gain a favorable position to use the national resources given by the people to eliminate the other side. When the opposition side raises objections, it should also be out of consideration for the benefit of the whole people, and there should be no hatred and actions that cannot be used to destroy the other side. Its premise is that both parties agree on a core value. This is a prerequisite for the implementation of a democratic system, otherwise, the democratic system will become a game without rules, and it will not be able to continue after two rounds of play."

A little helpless shrugged, the thinking habit of Xiangdao compatriots of "cutting the general Yu Yong to chase the poor", Chen Moran just felt a little helpless,

"Whether it is for the republicans or the royalists, the two sides lack common core values, and the democratic game will definitely not work, starting from political confrontation to a situation where you either die or I live, and finally everyone is dragged to both ends, and the middle ground cannot survive." …,

When talking about these, Chen Moran's mind came to mind in another time and space, that may be the largest civil war in Chinese history, in that era not far from himself and now, people perceive the decline and hopelessness of the country, people have their own imaginary justice and ideals, people fight to defend ideas, when ideas become organizations, people are involved in it, and finally the prosperity and decline of the organization replaces the success or failure of ideas, and finally the purpose of the organization replaces the justice of the process, and the organization replaces the ideal and becomes justice itself.

Perhaps, there has never been a great organization in China; Perhaps, in the choice of direction of Chinese society, China always chous to sign the sign; Perhaps, any opportunity for China leads to failure; Maybe. China has always repeated the mistakes and tragedies of history over and over again; Perhaps, China will never know where it came from and where it is going.

But here, I'd rather try it out, explore it, even if it's ...... After a moment of silent thought, Chen Mo turned to his wife, and his face was sad.

And in the end, when the final civil war decides the winner, no matter which side wins, the game of democracy can only brake. If things develop to that point, division, violent confrontation, rivers of blood, it will become an unchangeable reality, and gradually become an unchangeable history, and now, no matter what, none of this will happen, because whether it is left or right, above their heads, I have prepared a referee for them, a powerful referee. ”

As soon as the ch-n corner was raised, Chen Moran's gaze became more and more firm.

"Who's this referee? It's the law, no, it's better to make a law that no one respects, it's better to have no law, to be precise, it's me, of course, it's more important to be loyal to the royal family, to my army, in any case, under the suppression of the royal family and the army, they have to play political games within the framework of the constitution, and eventually get used to political games, and when they get used to political games, the day after they learn the compromise of democratic politics......"

Turning around, Chen Moran recognized and looked at Ji Li.

"On that day, I also succeeded, that is, the royal family Jiāo came out of power, as a day of symbolic existence, and before that day came, China must have an army of ** and loyal to **"