From Chief to Ball

The opposition agreed to organize the action; the support agreed not to mobilize the support of the party's base, but only the unemployed and bankrupt.

Since each took a step back, it is determined that the failure of this operation is inevitable. Without the support of the basic board controlled by the Mexican party organization, it is meaningless to rely solely on the petitions of these unemployed refugees, because nothing will affect arrive.

The final result was a complete failure. The party property provided part of the money as material support, and thousands of people sat around.The members who were placed inside the Mexican party told the big figures in the county that the Mexican party would not launch a full-scale strike support, so those people had a bottom line in their hearts.

Some people just said: "If you want to shout here, you can continue to shout. Chinese people, of course, have the right to petition the country, but it must be in accordance with the law. Stepping forward and stepping into the council hall without permission is rebellion. Blocking normal access is a crime." Crime, the council has prepared mung bean soup for the consideration of fellow countrymen, worrying about your heatstroke."

Then some people made some reasonable and legal propaganda: "Any behavior that deprives others of their property and compensates another part is to harm the legal rights of those people in the country, so this petition is unreasonable and cannot be passed. Charity And relief, only in the form of individual moral voluntary, this is freedom."

In fact, the biggest difference from the last miners' petition is not whether it is reasonable or legal, but whether the participants can affect the operation of the city, and the kind of give-and-take without idealism. Wide class support.

In the end, there was no sound, the prestige of the Mexican party did not drop to the bottom, but some people were won over, and a solution that seemed to be better than going back to the old era was given, and there was also a basis for the reactionary old forces' public opinion war, at least It provides an improved solution to the problem that treats the head and the feet, instead of waiting for the development of the times like fate.

However, this suddenly truncated burst finally began to become uncontrollable.

In August, a storm caused food prices in Mincheng to skyrocket.A large amount of land in Min County is either planted with sugar cane, cotton, or mulberry trees to raise silkworms. The trade in the past few years has made the grain fields in Min County less and less.

The heavy rain caused the Min River to burst its embankment, making it difficult for ships carrying grain upstream to pass through; the storm temporarily stopped the grain ships transported by sea.The speculators took advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune. The large amount of food hoarded was actually enough for the normal use of Fujian County. The county guard came forward to suppress it and lowered some prices. The refugees who have a job today and have no job tomorrow can't hold on, and those small handicraftsmen who are on the verge of bankruptcy are even more difficult to sustain.

After the break, when food prices were gradually recovering, a pamphlet about starvation and the tragic situation of child labor completely ignited the anger of a large number of refugees.

One night, Qiao Shichang, who was on the verge of bankruptcy by a large water spinning machine workshop closely related to the party to which his brother belonged, and who became the backbone of the machine-smashing faction after the last March of Dignity, walked into an alley.

Go in from the stairs with two people's tight handles, and enter a secret cabin with curtains on the glass windows.

The kerosene lamp is lit in the hut, and next to it is a black and red intersecting temperament. The rectangular flag is divided into red and black along the diagonal, indicating that it is different from the black flag of the Mexican Party, but agrees with some similar ideas.

The room was filled with smoke, and more than 30 people had gathered. Qiao Shichang was probably the last one to arrive. After sitting down, the door was closed from the outside.

There are a few familiar faces inside. They are people who were exiled to sea during the last March of Dignity. They don't know when they will quietly return by boat.

"Is the news accurate?"

"Exactly. A ship bound for the Netherlands, with more than 1000 flintlock guns loaded from Chen Jian's ordnance workshop, as well as a batch of gunpowder and cast iron mines, destined for Amsterdam. There are our people on board. Conspiracy Send those who can provide some artillerymen who can use cannons, radical young men from the nautical school."

"There was no leak, right?"

"No, including those factions of the Progressive Alliance that were closer to us, they didn't tell. Those people in the Mexican Party should remain neutral, and they won't meet us in arms. If their pickets come forward to suppress, then They have completely lost their ideas, and they are not far away from disbanding. The garrison stationed outside the city is changing defense these days, the navy is also patrolling outside, and the county council is about to hold a meeting."

One of them took out a basically accurate map of Mincheng, which was obviously drawn by a hot air balloon, pointed to several places on it and said: "Grain warehouses, docks, joint-stock banks, futures exchanges...these are all Several places must be taken. But try not to touch the central party headquarters of the Mexican Party, don’t mess with them, just let them remain neutral.”

Several people said angrily: "These traitors. Now they all have the opportunity to be exploited by the big machine, and they are safely slaves. I am afraid they are still laughing at us for not having a chance to be exploited?"

Many people spit a few times, Qiao Shichang thought of his own brother, and cursed disdainfully.

"Everyone, we must be clear about our purpose. We are for those people who wander here from the countryside with nothing to rely on, for these bankrupt and about to bankrupt citizens. We must remember our purpose and achieve our goal. The goal, but it cannot be achieved in one step, it has to be done step by step.”

"At this stage, it is very difficult to realize everything we imagined, but we can hope that the king and the big families in the north will support us and oppose those big workshop owners and big businessmen. Only in this way will we be able to success."

"Break down the bank, and Shangshu petitioned for the bank to be brought under the dictatorial control of the king, and the king will act as a balance between our small people and the big businessmen and workshop owners, and provide interest-free loans for small producers to purchase raw materials. The siege discussion The meeting forced the members of the council to go up to ask for an increase in the king's arbitrary power. Landowners with more than 40.00 mu in Fujian County must allocate part of the land to accommodate landless farmers, and distribute part of the land to ensure the survival of the landless. The landless peasants help the landowners cultivate a large area of ​​land, and the land of the self-cultivating farmers remains unchanged; all cotton textiles are distributed according to the share of 60.00% of the large factories and 20% of the cottage industry, and the leaders of the guilds are elected, and the king is asked to send people to supervise and ensure the distribution. Cotton and the fairness of the purchase share; abolish the interest owed by the poor, and repay the principal without interest for [-] years; legislate to prohibit the establishment of new hydraulic workshops in Min County; set the highest grain price, confiscate the black money of previous speculators, Establish social workshops to teach children labor skills; confiscate the spinning wheels and other tools of the workshop owners and distribute them to families."

Chapter 25 Dominance ([-])

The critique of a weapon is always better than the weapon of critique, but that doesn't mean that ideas are useless.

While the conspirators and cadres were discussing the armed uprising, the theorists of this faction were also expounding the rationality and the logic of the society they demanded in a certain house.

Under the dim light, dozens of radical young people surrounded a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man expounded all this in a slow and flat tone without that kind of passionate excitement.

"An ancient book once said that people follow the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature. What is nature?"

"Nature is the foundation of everything, everything is self, and everything is natural. For human beings, what is our natural state? What is the natural state maintained by? If we understand this, we can Know what is the nature of human beings and what is the ideal society.”

"In the state of nature, there is no private property, and all natural resources and land are meaningless, and human labor obtains the basic necessities of life from natural resources and land. In this state of nature, human beings and There is no dispute or demand between people, so naturally there is no country and no rights, if everyone does not encroach on the labor of others, how can there be disputes?"

"Hundreds of years ago, Jixia recorded such a society in a natural state in the name of sleepwalking overseas."

"A small country with few people makes it difficult to use even the most valuable weapons, and makes the people die and not move far away. Although there are boats, there is nothing to take them on; even though there are armored soldiers, there is nothing to display them. Make people tie ropes and use them. , enjoy the food, enjoy the clothes, live in peace, and enjoy the customs. Neighboring countries look at each other, the sound of chickens and dogs is heard, and the people do not communicate with each other until they grow old and die."

"There is no government, no rights, no private ownership, no wars, no exploitation, and no laws. Such a society is a decentralized society. Everyone participates in labor, everyone enjoys the fruits of labor, and no one deprives others of the fruits of their work. Everyone Get what you want from natural resources and the land, no exchange of what everyone produces, no commerce and no profit-seeking.”

"Of course, we have to look at everything from the perspective of development. It can't be said that at that time everyone started to tie ropes to remember things, but now we need to tie ropes to remember things. Looking at it now, don't we want to destroy all the big machines? Isn't it the development of the current situation and the development of the knot back to the era of memorization?"

"At that time, everyone will have their own land that can be cultivated, but there will be no more land for their own labor. Every family uses a spinning wheel to weave its own clothes, and there is no need to exchange them, because everyone has their own land. Of course, it is impossible to exchange the spinning wheel."

"Although the small villages are close to each other, there is no exchange and no private ownership, so there will be no war, and there will be no rule of rights, legal shackles, and machine exploitation."

"People nowadays use all kinds of ideas to try to persuade many people to build a society with a better future, but if they don't return to the natural state of society, wouldn't it be the opposite? Of course, at this time, the opposite has already been said Not true because the earth is round, but the tradition sticks."

"It is said in ancient books that a husband and a horse eat grass and drink water when they live in Lu, and when they are happy, they will cross their necks, and when they are angry, they will part their backs. The horse knows it! Ni Jia choked on the prey man's tricky title and stole the bridle."

"In a natural state, can a horse stare sideways, stiffen its neck and resist the yoke, be violent and unruly, or spit out the rein in its mouth cunningly, or secretly take off the bridle on its head? Isn't it right? Do all these problems arise because people forcefully violate the nature of horses?"

"The potter said: 'I am best at curing clay, and the vessels I made of clay are round to the compass, and square to the square'. , can make the curved one meet the requirements of the hook arc, and the straight one match the ink line'. But is it the nature of clay and wood that they want to meet the compasses, square, hook arc, and ink line?"

"Things are like this, how can people be embarrassed? Is it human's natural instinct to cater to the acquired morality, law, rule and rights?"

"Before the emergence of morality, law, governance, rights, and various theories and ideas for creating a better society in the future, people's thoughts and behaviors in the natural state were integrated, without disputes, and in line with nature."

"It is obvious that we can return to the most natural state, but we still want to pursue a better future on various unreasonable basis. Isn't it ridiculous?"

"The society we are pursuing is a small country with few people, no government, no rights, no laws, no exploitation by large machines, no commercial profit exchanges, and a society where everyone works and everyone satisfies themselves, isn't it just the way of nature?"

"So, all the theories that require people to do, what they should do, and what they should not do are all reactionary, are against the way of heaven, are against nature, and will never be achieved. Only we What is pursued is the natural state of returning to the essence of human beings, and it is the real law of nature, not the law of law and morality.”

"Everyone, our cause is not only for these poor poor people, but also for the lost human beings to return to their essence, instead of being alienated into a slave who is lost in morality and law, and a hired worker in the vanity fair. , or labor exploited by big machines.”

"Only by returning to the natural state where there is no government, no law, everyone is self-sufficient, and there is no moral rule of right or wrong, can we truly understand the nature of human beings! Only then can we understand that man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, and the sky follows the Tao." , Tao imitates nature in nature, what is it to human beings.”

The radical young people sitting around listened to the plain but great words of the middle-aged gentleman in front of him.The metaphors and storytelling techniques often used in ancient books are not as good as those passionate declarations, but they have a power that reaches people's hearts.

Yet radical young people raised doubts.

"Sir, as you said, we should oppose the shackles of all rights, but why do we give so many benefits to the king and those big families this time? We want to oppose workshops, businesses, and big machines. We should also oppose those big families and rights."

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "From the natural state, there are steps. First, there are big families and those laws of rights, and then there are big machines, big workshops and commerce. So if we want to return to the natural state, we must It should be divided into steps, first oppose the big business workshops, and then oppose the rights of those big families and the king."

"Furthermore, heaven and earth are divided into yin and yang, and all things have contradictions. We should use these contradictions to achieve our goals step by step. These big merchants, banks, big workshops and factories have conflicts with royal power, big land families, and military families. We This contradiction is about to be exploited."

"What we are after is actually the easiest to achieve overseas. But Chen Jian betrayed us, and the Mexican party also betrayed us. We have no money, and we cannot immigrate overseas to realize the kind of anarchic small country with few people. A society where old age and death do not interact."

"I have been to the Great Deserted City. Is it really as beautiful as many people think? It is not so. Chen Jian and the people of the Mo Party used banknotes to exchange the fruits of labor of the people there, and then exchanged the fruits of labor for For silver coins, use the silver coins to exchange for things that the Great Deserted City does not have, and then take them back and let the people there buy them with banknotes. What a hypocritical group of people?"

"There is also law and morality there. Although it is not the same as here, it will never walk on the road of returning to human nature."

"And for us, what we want is a society like that of Min County. We don't need the idea of ​​the Mob Party that society is indivisible and the closer the connection, the better. So they have to do things for the whole country. even the whole world, and we only need one pure land.”

"We can get this pure land in Min County. The king and those big families have no roots here, of course they would be happy to do so. And wouldn't it be the same for those capitals and workshops to move to other places? Not to mention Min County, They don't even need a country, they don't need land, they just need someone with money and an alienated society. None of us hindered, none of us was sorry, we saved tens of thousands of helpless people, we Try to build a dream city that was betrayed by Hu Lin, Chen Jian and others, or a dream village. There is no city, only one self-sufficient village after another."