The night is as deep as ink.

But at this time, the Zhongdu Jiangbei Palace.

Zhu Daohua, the great tomorrow, was still sitting in his imperial study and pondering.

He is a modern Chinese who has received a complete "class view of history".

So his way of thinking is actually somewhat solidified.

As an emperor, when he analyzed problems, he always unconsciously applied the methodology of the "class historical view" of later generations to apply and apply it.

But now for Emperor Zhu.

He knows what will happen in the Hereafter.

There will be a period of turbulence and a time when the red flag is planted halfway around the world.

But in the end.

The climax of this movement is finally over.

Why is that?

Why did the working class in the British Empire, the United States, Europe and other countries not rise up, break the shackles on themselves, and build a motherland belonging to the workers?

Emperor Zhu remembered the division of the three worlds of the great man.

Why didn't the capitalist countries of the first world disintegrate and disappear like that workers' motherland?

Maybe it's because the standard of living of workers in the first world is much higher than that of people in the third world.

But what is the reason for this result?

The countries of the first world control the vast majority of the world's resources, including technological resources and control over the world's basic rules.

This means:

They can harvest from the countries of the Third World by various means, and although most of the wealth harvested belongs to the upper capitalists, there is no doubt that compared with the lower level of the Third World, the living conditions of the people at the bottom of the First World have also been greatly improved.

Other words

The high level of well-being and welfare in these countries is also based on exploitation.

But most of it is not the exploitation of the country's bottom.

but

The exploitation of other countries, the harvesting of resources of other countries through various means!

Obviously.

In the first world, workers are not in a fully competitive labor market – their wages are so high that if they were to compete in a fully competitive labor market, they would not be able to compete with the workers of the third world!

But in the future.

Workers in these first-world countries are clearly in the . Beyond the competition!

Take the British Empire, for example.

Through unremitting efforts and struggles, and at the same time the British capitalists were afraid of the propaganda offensive of the Eastern bloc, they were forced to raise the wages of the workers, so that the British workers were not in a completely competitive labor market.

Although the direct result of this is that the British Empire is no longer the industrial center of the world, nor is it a world empire.

The situation was similar in the subsequent countries of the United States and the Soviet Union.

Although the two countries have followed two very different paths of development.

But similarly.

The bottom labor force in both countries is "out of the competition".

But this soon led to the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the loss of the name of the first industrial country.

China, which was originally poor and backward, has become a new world factory because of its low-cost and high-quality labor.

Although not yet on the throne of world hegemon.

But according to the laws of history.

First industrial country.

It is often not far from the first power.

This is true of the British Empire, and so is the United States.

It's a real dilemma.

According to Emperor Zhu's idea, it is necessary to maintain the status of the first industrial country.

First of all, it is necessary to reduce labor costs as much as possible, and at the same time cultivate more high-quality talents.

This in itself is a paradox: it is necessary to have low labor costs and high quality of the population.

Of course, it's not impossible.

Here's the problem

Not to mention the present, even in the future, the cost of cultivating a talent is very high.

The cost of training a college student in later generations will be at least hundreds of thousands - this is not only the money paid by the family, but also the financial subsidy.

Producing a college graduate proletarian could take millions or more!

And the proletarian may well be forced to sell his labour power at a price below cost, which of course includes all the expenses necessary for lodging, medical care, pension, reproduction and raising offspring, i.e. the production of a new proletarian – yes. A proletarian couple must give birth to at least two baby proletarians to ensure that the proletarian species does not become a giant panda or a South China tiger in the future.

In other words.

In order to sustain the group of migrant workers.

The capitalists have to make it possible for at least a bunch of proletarian couples to afford a house for four people – whether bought or rented.

At the same time, the salary income of a proletarian couple also needs to support the cost of raising their two children to graduate from the university, and at the same time ensure that the proletarian couple does not starve to death and freeze to death, and at the same time can pay for medical expenses.

It's really hard.

It is no wonder that the fertility rate is getting lower and lower in later generations.

And the lower the fertility rate.

This means that the production of the proletarians cannot be sustained.

This forces capital to flee – to places with high fertility rates and lower labor costs.

Then the problem of the hollowing out of the industry followed.

This set goes round and round.

Where will there be an eternal overlord?

Emperor Zhu sighed.

Right now.

There was a creak in the doorway.

Empress Luo walked in with a blanket.

"Why don't you sleep yet? During this time, I was always running outside, and I finally returned to Zhongdu, so why not rest for a while. ”

is different from Emperor Zhu's worries.

Most people think that the current Ming Dynasty can be said to be thriving, and there is nothing to worry about at all.

Emperor Zhu turned his head, smiled at this mature woman who was in her thirties but still charming, sighed and said: "I can't sleep, this trip is hurting, I have seen a lot, I have thought a lot, and I have listened to a lot. But the future of this Ming Dynasty is probably not as good as I imagined, and some things must be prevented from slipping. ”

"Are you still worried about Hongmen? It is indeed difficult for Hongmen to deal with their relationship with the nobles of the DPRK and China."

"No, no, no, it's not this, it's all scabies, the relationship between Hongmen and Xungui is this generation, and the second generation of Xungui will still maintain a relationship with this kind of low-level gang." Emperor Zhu shook his head and said.

The nobles and the underworld are naturally two classes.

This generation has passed.

The second generation of honors and the second generation of the underworld, the social classes are very different, what can be the intersection?

So Emperor Zhu didn't worry about this at all.

"Gangs are in every country, and they can't be rectified. If the green and red gangs have any illegal behavior, they have their own bosses to intervene, and I don't have to get along with them. In fact, I have enough to take care of the old brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society, casinos, brothels, docks, rental carriages and a few other businesses to make a fortune for them, enough is enough, they should also be content! ”

"Therefore, the organization of the gang is not allowed to enter into any business other than the business of appeal. I'm not restricting them from investing in other businesses, but I won't allow them to enter as gangs! ”

"If they go to open a factory like ordinary bosses, I won't care, but they can't build a hall among the workers! You can't take the workers against the boss! ”

Emperor Zhu stood up.

I told what I had been thinking and thinking in the past two days.

He knows.

It is necessary to limit the activities of the gangs, especially those which can organize the workers against the capitalists.

Besides.

He also has to pass a [labor law].

First, it is necessary to stipulate the minimum wage, maximum working hours, minimum holidays, etc., in the form of law.

Second, it is necessary to restrict the emergence of workers' organizations and to prohibit by law some acts of sabotage of the means of production.

Of course.

If the working class wants more freedom.

Then they should fight for it themselves!

Emperor Zhu was the emperor of the bourgeoisie.

He will not give them these gifts of freedom.

Emperor Zhu thought about it for a few days and finally admitted that he was not a god.

Hundreds of years later, he can't take care of it.

But you can take care of the moment.

At present, he needs to build China into an imperialist and world hegemon outside the competition! 、

Harvest the world's resources, and try to make the bottom of the country live better than other countries.

This is the foundation for maintaining the long-term rule of the Zhu dynasty.

The economy always comes first.

Emperor Zhu, who figured this out, was quite enlightened.

"In addition, I want to give the Ming a monopoly on more power, technology, resources, and wealth, and I also want to suppress those potential opponents as much as possible. I know too well that both the British and the Americans have turned over and made mistakes, so I will not let the Ming make the same mistake, and I will not underestimate any opponent! ”

Obviously.

On the blacklist that Emperor Zhu was preparing to suppress.

A new competitor has been added.

The country with a population that makes your scalp tingle.

This country must not be united.

They cannot be allowed to build industrialization like China in later generations.

It's really not easy.

Just when Emperor Zhu was busy with internal affairs.

Central and Eastern Europe has become a pot of porridge.

The Ottoman Empire withstood the Russian offensive in the Balkans.

The Russian Empire suffered a loss in the Balkans.

In the Caucasus, they were similarly weak.

Because the Ottoman Empire learned the advanced fighting method of the Ming army: barbed wire squatting pit flow.

Although the Ottoman Empire was not equipped with many rifled guns, the barbed wire was enough - Daming steel production has been rising in recent years, and now it is at the point of some overcapacity.

Therefore, the market from the West quickly gave a new round of stimulation to the Daming steel industry.

The Ottomans bought large quantities of barbed wire, dug large trenches in the Balkans and the Caucasus.

Faced with a combination of barbed wire and trenches.

The Russian firing corps has suffered heavy deaths, and it will be difficult to push the front forward even a kilometer!

The army of more than 100,000 troops led by Russian Field Marshal Kutuzov could not advance an inch.

The Ottomans then organized reinforcements of 100,000 troops, forcing the Russians to retreat to the fortress trenches – and the Russians did the same, digging trenches and pulling up barbed wire.

outcome

The Ottoman offensive also ended in a crushing defeat.

The war situation in the entire Balkan Peninsula is in a state of anxiety.

The war is fought to this extent.

Both sides already know.

Both sides are weak in attack and more than enough in defense.

In the last few battles, the attackers have suffered heavy defeats and the defenders have won.

Obviously.

Barbed wire, trenches, rifled guns, high-explosive changes to the war are greatly beneficial to the defense, not the offense!

The defensive line composed of barbed wire and trenches is simply difficult to break through with the current offensive means.

Forced attack.

It's about taking human lives to fill in.

The attacking side was almost helpless in front of barbed wire and trenches!

But obviously.

Due to the superiority of the Russians in the early stages of the war, they captured a lot of Ottoman territory in the Balkans and the Caucasus.

If the war ends with the position of both fronts.

The Russians are the clear winners.

They got more land.

Such a result.

Tsarist Russia was clearly willing.

So they left tens of thousands of troops to fill the trenches, and most of them were drawn back, ready to attack Poland in the west.

Moscow.

Inside the Kremlin.

Tsarist Russian Field Marshal Kumikhail who had just returned to Moscow. In his report to Tsar Petrovich, Kutuzov referred to the overall changes in the war now.

"Your Majesty, it is now clear that the present mode of war is greatly conducive to defense."

Kutuzov said.

"We have a few tens of thousands left in the Balkans and the Caucasus, which is enough to stop the attack of the Ottoman army of more than 200,000! Conversely, if we want to break through the opponent's defense, we will have to pay the price of hundreds of thousands of casualties, which is almost a price that we cannot bear! ”

What does this mean? My marshal? ”

Petrovich asked.

"It is clear that this war cannot be fought, and we cannot afford to waste human lives in vain with the Ottomans in these two places.

"So, we need to make peace with each other?" The Tsar asked.

"It's not about making peace, it's about forcing them to negotiate, and we can ask the Ottomans to cede the principality of Moldavia, the principality of Wallachia."

"How is this possible?"

"Yes, my majesty, of course this is not possible, so. We can settle for the next best thing and let them cede our occupied territories, with the border between the two sides bordered by the military occupation zone. ”

"It's possible. And after making peace with them? We have lost Eastern Siberia, and if we only gain such a small amount of territory in the Balkans and the Caucasus, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain it. ”

Petrovich said.

As the Tsar came to power through a palace coup d'état, and at the same time sold more than half of the eastern territories of Tsarist Russia.

Petrovich had to establish his prestige on the battlefield.

Otherwise, the Moscow nobles may have a new tsar at any time, and this is the tradition of Tsarist Russia.

"Yes, we can look to the West."

"The West? Who are they, Prussian or Habsburg fools? ”

"Of course the Habsburgs, their emperor is a fool, and as far as I know, their army has not moved anything in the face of new military changes"

(End of chapter)