346. A long letter from Dunche
Why didn't Berkeley escape? On the one hand, because of pride and dignity, on the other hand, he also thinks he knows about the new alliance and the Shire.
Since August last year, he has ordered the collection of intelligence on the new alliance through various channels, and then he has done a lot of analysis, and even the twelve speeches of Charles, he has carefully studied.
In Charles, he can find a little bit of himself, calm, rational, full of enthusiasm and vitality, and should also be an idealist.
The new alliance is supposed to be an organization that robs the rich and gives to the poor, although they don't seem to have shouted such a slogan yet. After the new alliance seized the city, it confiscated the assets of a large number of wealthy people and used them as a source of financial funds.
But they behaved with restraint and did not loot and destroy, but probably wanted to occupy new territory for a long time, so social order was quickly restored. This is a order-oriented group, as can be seen in the public speeches given by their leader, the Charles.
Their military strength was strong, their troops were well-trained and well-equipped, and their commanders were especially skillful, so they suffered little loss in the process of expansion and advancement, and the battle ended quickly.
Although they also suppressed a number of people, their numbers were very limited, and there was no large-scale retaliation against the rebels.
However, perhaps because its main members are from the lower echelons and have little education, they do not seem to know how to uphold and respect human rights. Many of those captured were sent to reformed concentration camps for so-called reform, and they were required to obey the rules set by the new Union.
The New Alliance has engaged in a campaign to organize public gatherings of people to accuse and humiliate their enemies in public, to inspire hatred and recall their wounds, before punishing them, rather than teaching them to forgive and heal their wounds.
In Berkeley's view, even criminals have human dignity, and it is enough for the courts to try and convict. The new alliance undoubtedly uses the method of humiliation to stir up hatred among the public, which will exacerbate social conflicts.
Many of the humiliated people are respectable social elites, who are usually the most hated people at the bottom of society. In doing so, the new coalition may be trying to prove the justice of its actions, and it is also a means to coerce the people.
But at a higher level, doing so will only spread hatred and will not solve the real problem. If the country and society want to develop, it still needs to rely on the elite who have mastered knowledge and wealth and know how to use it.
But in any case, the new alliance is also an order-oriented military and political organization, and there are all kinds of indications that they also have the will to build the country well.
The confiscated assets of the new coalition were not destroyed and looted, but were taken over and continued to be maintained and operated, although they lacked knowledge of economics, but they were still working hard.
In the suppression of the enemy, although there were also deviations of humiliating personality and provoking contradictions, the new alliance generally followed the principles of procedural justice. The few who were repressed had a definite crime and a crime, which Berkeley admired the most.
So he felt that Charles could be communicative, and that he could sit down and talk about it in order to find the best possible outcome for both parties and for the country.
Berkeley believes that he has been incorruptible and upright since taking office, more incorruptible and upright than almost all officials in the country, and after learning more about the style of the new alliance, he has a little more confidence to dare to stay.
Of course, he has another confidence from Diga City, which is his sphere of influence, even if others are here, they still have enough power behind them.
The new coalition has seized the capital, but the Pakatan Front can still negotiate with it to form a more cohesive government that will make the fragmented country more intimatable.
The weakest control of the former central government was the three states in the northern part of the country, and the new coalition already occupied all three states. To integrate the country, they also need more experienced and knowledgeable people to help, and Berkeley has a lot to teach the Shire, at least at the level of governing the country.
After the presidential palace was taken over by the new coalition, Berkeley did not even know whether he was a prisoner of war or not, because he still lived here, and no one restricted his freedom of movement except for the removal of weapons and former service personnel, he just couldn't get out of the presidential palace.
Although the living conditions have become much more difficult, there are still people to provide three meals a day, so he has plenty of time to organize his thoughts and think about various problems. Many times when he thinks about it, he is almost moved by his noble feelings.
He is now incommunicado with the outside world, cut off from information, the computer in the presidential palace has been removed, his mobile phone has also been taken, and he can only read some books and magazines on weekdays.
After requesting an interview with Charles, he waited a long time without a response. He didn't understand what was going on, was Charles so inexperienced in politics, and since he had captured himself as president, didn't he understand the political value of this? Whatever he wanted to do, he should have done it a long time ago!
One thing is even more strange, why did Charles himself not stay in the presidential palace, but instead kept him under house arrest? Is it because this presidential palace is not good, and you want to build another presidential palace? But this presidential palace is already grand and majestic enough, even if it is built separately, it will not be possible in a short time!
Could it be that what happened to the new alliance was that the armed forces in the south, seeing the turmoil in the capital, also seized the opportunity to go north to fight for the central power, and so far have not yet decided on the results?
Or is the new coalition organizing a new presidential election, and when everything is done, it will push itself out for a smooth transition of power?
If this is not right, it is so lacking in political wisdom that Berkeley even wants to tell Charles in person how to better control the process of the transition of power, which he is most experienced......
When people have nothing to do, they will inevitably have all kinds of cranky thoughts, and Berkeley really thinks too much, and the reason why Charles didn't come to see him is because he can't care about it at all.
The new alliance did not just capture the main city of Mowang, but liberated the entire district of Mowangbang, and another army liberated the district of Digabang, and then continued south to liberate the entire territory of the country.
During this time, Charles was almost busy as an octopus, eating and living in the office building of the temporary command headquarters of the new alliance, and if he did not have a strong physique and extraordinary energy, such work intensity would probably not be able to sustain it. As for President Berkeley, he has always been an inconsequential figure, let him stay for now, and deal with it when he is free.
Never waiting for Charles, Berkeley asked the head of the service sent by the new league. As a result, the other party told him very seriously that he was not a person who served him, but the person in charge of the work of taking over the presidential palace, and that any information related to military operations could not be disclosed to Berkeley according to discipline.
But after these days, Berkeley asked about the situation that should not be a violation of discipline, and learned that Charles had not announced his inauguration as interim president, and the new coalition had not announced a "takeover" of the central government.
In other words, at the present time, the country is actually in a state without a central government. However, the reality cannot be said to be anarchy, and the new alliance has taken control of order and has initially achieved effective management of all regions.
However, the influence of the nominal central government is still very great, for example, if the diplomatic envoys of various countries want to present their credentials, who should they turn to? In another sense, Berkeley seems to be still the president of the country of Mile because no one has announced his resignation, and he himself has not announced his resignation. The new alliance is nothing but the act of political idiocy!
Beakeley, confused, wrote a long letter to Charles, which contained tens of thousands of words.
He first introduced his resume and life in detail, mainly the experience of studying abroad and working after returning to China, focusing on his ideals, ambitions and aspirations, as well as the many efforts he has made to achieve this.
He analyzed the situation in the country, including its history and current situation, and then talked about the ideas and methods for building and developing the country. The most space in the letter is devoted to his experience in governance and his philosophy of governance.
In the letter, he acknowledged that the new coalition had taken central power and, in his capacity as the previous president, expressed his willingness to cooperate with the Shire in a smooth transfer of power, at least nominally and in accordance with the law, so that it was not a military coup d'état from a procedural point of view.
He also spoke on behalf of the Front for Hope and the local government in Diga Bang to forge a closer partnership with the new coalition, or to join forces to build the country.
He also expressed his views on the political, economic, and military aspects of the government's organization, the appointment of officials, and the relationship between the central and local governments...... and other aspects of the policy to provide recommendations.
Although he is no longer the president, he is still willing to use his knowledge and experience to help the new president govern the country well.
The more Berkeley wrote, the more he sighed, the time that the gods had given him was too short, only three and a half years, he had too many things to do, the country had not yet been saved, and if he could, he really wanted to borrow another five hundred years from the sky!
Of course, he could not have written this in his letter, he just wanted Charles to accept his advice, so that even if he left the presidency for a while, his political wisdom and statecraft would continue to benefit the country.
The letter was written in Yin, and he had read Charles's speech, and Charles's English was fluent, so he should be able to understand it, right? Even if you can't understand something, there should be professional translators around.
In this long letter, there are indeed some words that Charles doesn't know, but Charles didn't look for a translator, he took out his mobile phone and scanned the query with translation software to figure it out, and there was nothing too complicated.
However, after reading it, Charles was completely confused!
He was shocked that, both nominally and substantively, as the former supreme leader of the country of Mile Miles, President Berkeley, had been cut off from the people of the country and the real status quo to the point of blindness.
The United Nations has a survey report, which is the data of 2019, and the economy composed of more than 200 countries and regions in the world ranks second to last in terms of development level! In the seventies and eighties of the last century, the country of several miles was still ranked in the bottom 20.
None of this is entirely to blame for Berkeley, who took over such a country in the first place. But what did Berkeley do when he became president, and what did the country look like under his rule?
Since childhood, Charles has lived in the most ordinary and representative neighborhood in the country of Mile Country. He himself is not at the bottom of the population, because his uncle was the second person in the Big Heads Gang, and he himself later became the backbone of the Big Head Gang.
Charles has not been malnourished since he was a child, and he is strong and strong, not more than 1.9 meters long. He also owns a banana plantation, a winery and a winery, and is by no means a "block bourgeoisie".
But Charles also knows what kind of world he lives in, which is purgatory on earth! It is so desperate that many people have no sense of hope, they have long been numb to a lot of suffering, and there is no guarantee of life and wealth.
The gangsters around him claim to be not afraid of death, and this so-called declaration of bravery seems so sad. Indeed, in a place where corpses can be strewn on the streets at any moment, is it useful to be afraid of death?
If Shire's childhood experience only represents the port of Africa, then in the process of the liberation of the country by the New Alliance Army, Charles also followed the actions of military and political cadres, not only studying the materials in various places, but also witnessing the scenes in various places.
Didn't Berkeley know what kind of country he was in the country of Jili? If he was clear, how could he still have the face to call himself "outstanding in politics" and "the best in history"?
Full of ambition and unpaid sighs, all because the new alliance jumped out to make trouble?
The bewildered Charles took the long letter and read it for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion that Berkeley should really not know the situation, at least the tone and attitude in the letter were serious, which made Charles even more confused.
The new coalition has long been gathering intelligence information on the government of several miles, not just military, and Charles is actually very familiar with the various policy measures of the president's tenure.
Berkeley should have been more familiar with the functioning of the modern Western financial system, so after taking office, he took control of the financial system of several miles of the country in a timely manner, focusing on data exchange and settlement centers, thus stabilizing the central finances and also mastering part of the customs and taxes.
This is the first thing that a central power needs to do, if it is evaluated on a 100-point scale, Berkeley can score 45 points, although it is not yet the passing line, but it can be considered fooled by the current situation of a few miles of country.
But other than that, the president doesn't seem to have much else to talk about, and there are some things that are better than not done.
For example, the president mentioned in the letter that he knows the importance of talents, and only by cultivating more talents can he build the country well, so since he took office, he has made great efforts to build the best university on the east coast of the Black Wilderness Continent - the public university of Jiliguo.
When he saw this, Charles was so shocked that he almost didn't kick the table in front of him. Because he has long known about the situation of this university, what a strange president would invest half of the country's education funds in one university? It's still a credit for this!
In the past, the public university of Jili was only a few hundred freshmen a year, but after Berkeley became president, the expanded enrollment scale is now 1,500 new students every year, and it is said that the future plan will reach more than 2,000, and at present, according to the student register, there are a total of 6,217 students.
After Berkeley took office, he not only expanded the scale of teaching, but also waived all expenses such as accommodation, tuition, and teaching materials, and even the restaurant was free of charge, which greatly improved the living and teaching environment.
As far as Charles knows, those who can enter this university are the second generation who are the least poor in China. To be more precise, there is a Garden of Eden specially built for the second generation of underworld and evil, and the training base for the next generation of syndicate crime bosses.
A "community propertied person" like Charles would not have gotten into such a university at all. Originally located in the southern coastal region, Philosot had one and only elite school, the New Pastoral School, where only a handful of the best or most well-educated graduates had the opportunity to attend the University.
Over the years, the university has become even more filthy under the care of President Berkeley. According to the latest survey report of the community cadres, the people in the neighborhood around the university "do not change color" when they mention the university, especially the students inside!
The university has a heavily armed security guard that protects the "freedom of academic research" within the university, and the local police have no authority to enter the campus to enforce the law if a student commits something outside.
There is a group of lawless Second Ancestors living on the campus, and no one dares to manage what they do. Dong Zegang, a graduate of his early years, is already a white lotus with high character compared with most of today's students!
The only thing that Charles envies about these students is that they are all in their twenties, and they all have fathers. How lucky it is that this is a group of people who have lived to adulthood and have a father, and the father is still alive.
Thank goodness to hear that more than three-quarters of the university's graduates have managed to go overseas after graduation!
The team of the new coalition also entered the university, but was stopped by the university's security forces. The other party claimed that it was not interfered with by the government police and was exercising completely independent duties.
The New Alliance team did not accept this and informed the army to come and disarm the force.
The disarming process went smoothly and there were no casualties. However, when the working group was about to enter the campus, someone opened fire with a submachine gun on a building not far from the outside of the school, resulting in the death of five cadres on the spot! This is a significant casualty event for the new Alliance.
The enraged entourage almost didn't call the demolition team to demolish the building, but was stopped by the calm commander, who ordered the bombardier to bombard the room with grenades from the window, and then sent a combat team to rush into the building......
Of course, all the people in the room were killed, but the scene was stunning. There were 12 bodies of four men and eight women, all of whom were C and L.
The results of the investigation after the incident showed that this was a group of students who brought in a few girls, sucking D and Y to cheer up, and finally X got high. They suck D and suck identity, and many D products are high-end goods that ordinary people in a few miles have never seen or even heard of.
Before reading Berkeley's long letter, Charles had just received a report on the team's presence at the University of Chili, and had just signed an order to temporarily control all the school's faculty and students, conduct a comprehensive screening review, and search the university for drugs and weapons.
It is important to distinguish who should be suppressed, who should be forcibly reformed, and who should be re-educated. If all these people were sent to be shot, maybe they would be wronged, and the new alliance would not be able to wrongfully punish the innocent.
Looking at this phenomenon, we can't just emphasize the identity of the student in school, everyone has multiple identities.
From Charles's point of view, let's make an assumption, if Jin Datou is not dead, there is a son in his twenties, and Jin Datou is still the head of the Datou Gang. So do you believe that this person is a black second generation with bad conduct and a ruthless heart, or a white lotus with both ability and political integrity, and who is not stained by the mud? Which is more likely, in fact, is self-evident.
And with Jin Datou's identity, even if he doesn't die, if the Datou Gang can't continue to "grow and develop", his son may not be able to enter the level of Jili University. The student body of the University of Jili is made up of people of higher "rank".
In President Berkeley's letter, he earnestly suggested that Charles should reuse the graduates of the University of Chile in the future, provide them with excellent treatment and important jobs as much as possible, and create various opportunities to keep them, because they are the hope for the future construction of the country.
President Berkeley also suggested that, although the new coalition had taken central power by military means, it would rely on the existing officials at all levels, especially those he had promoted since taking office. They are one of the few elites in the country, and without them, the country would be completely out of control.
Berkeley also earnestly exhorted that the existing system of this country must be properly maintained, which is a political and legal system formulated by drawing on the world's most advanced civilization, and it can be said that it is close to the most perfect and ultimate form of human civilization. In the final analysis, almost all the problems in the country of several miles lie in the failure to implement this system well.
President Berkeley hoped that his ideas of governing the country and the various policies he implemented would continue to be implemented, which would eventually bring bright prospects to the country.
In terms of diplomacy, he also hoped that the Shire would continue to maintain and consolidate the gains made so far, because the country is so poor and weak, and any improvement in the diplomatic environment will not come easily.
In providing "foreign policy guidance," Berkeley also mentioned how he had hired a military adviser to give advice, and how he decisively refused and sent the last presidential guard to protect the embassy district.
Before receiving this letter, Charles had already known about it, and the New Alliance had taken over the presidential palace and had not just occupied a building. But when he read this, Charles was convinced that Berkeley was not mentally retarded, and that he was sane at the time of writing this letter.
However, when a person who is sane and has a normal IQ comes from when he is faced with an opponent who crushes him in all aspects of politics, economics, military affairs, and even grassroots organizations, social mobilization, production and construction, government management, and civic education, how can he still put on the posture of a guide and a teacher?
What is this like...... Arrogant and ignorant, Charles couldn't find the right adjective! Did Berkeley take the wrong medicine, or did he grow up taking this medicine?
Through the letter, Charles seemed to see another person, telling him earnestly: "It is enough for the new alliance to conquer the country and you to establish power." If you want to rule this country, you have to rely on us and people like us, which is proven by history and determined by reality......"
Charles wasn't angry, really wasn't angry, he just felt a sense of horror from the bottom of his heart!
With this letter in hand, he deliberately convened a special meeting of the high-level members of the new alliance in Mowang City. The focus of the discussion was not on Berkeley himself, but on people like Berkeley, why there were such people, and how to deal with them.
After the meeting, Charles greeted him and informed the new coalition team in Diga to gather background information about Berkeley and his family, and put it together in a briefing.
A week after sending that long letter, Berkeley finally waited for a reply, including a good news and a bad news.
The bad news is that the city of Diga has also been liberated, and the new alliance has not only liberated the cities of Mowang and Diga, but has also continued to liberate the entire territory of the country several miles south. The reason why President Charles did not spare time during this period of time was because of the complexity of many military and political affairs.
The good news is that President Charles has finally replied and will meet Berkeley at the former presidential palace tomorrow evening. He gave Berkeley a whole night to say whatever he wanted.
Upon learning that the city of Diga had also been captured by the New Alliance, Berkeley was deeply depressed, and some of the cooperation proposals he had mentioned in his letter could not be negotiated. But on the other hand, he still has a lot to say to Charles in person, and some suggestions are not clear in the letter, and there needs to be a process of exchange and discussion.
The day Berkeley waited for the reply was December 31, 2021, and the day Charles officially met with Berkeley was January 1, 2022.