From Chief to Ball

"In fact, the Mexican party can't solve anything. They can't solve any of the current problems, and what they think is a progressive capitalism at this time will drag the republic into the abyss - dragging 150 million to 200 million landless tenants to riot and revolt The abyss of the abyss. And the capitalism they think is progressive will surely perish, because they are mercenary in order to produce disorderly, and one day they will not be able to sell all the products they produce, making the gap between the rich and the poor in the Republic so large that it has reached the highest point since the founding of the country. And it's going to be far faster than it's been in the last 500 years."

"I cry for the traditional moral feelings that are about to be lost, for the one-heartedness of the tenancy system, for the master-student relationship of the guild system, and for the Republic. Republic, please go slowly, and wait for your people !"

This article full of feelings and humanistic care just appeared when the rumors about the establishment of a new company are getting bigger and bigger. The person who wrote this article is a good person, and he is a person with a forward vision.

When the organization of the Mexican Party in the capital was preparing to print newspapers and fight back, more unfavorable news came from the south.

An uprising of handicraftsmen and unemployed broke out in Mincheng, demanding to return to the era of guilds, smashing machines, and forcing land leases.

At the same time that the Mexican Party organization in the capital got the news, some big figures and behind-the-scenes figures in the capital also got the news, and soon there was a lot of trouble in the city.

Because of the delay in the dissemination of news, the first batch of news was that there was an uprising just now, the Mexican party voted against the bill prohibiting new hydraulic workshops, the handicraftsmen asked the city to establish an autonomous committee to be loyal to the Republic, and asked for reform votes to ensure the passage of the prohibition bill, etc. .

All the news in the early stage is extremely unfavorable to the members of the Mexican party organization in the capital. In their view, if they do not handle it well, they will be taken advantage of by others to destroy various new factories in Min County, rebuild guilds, etc. In that case, the Mexican The basis for the existence of the party has also disappeared.

Chen Jian was even more worried. This was the first major event that the party had encountered, and whether it could be handled properly would directly affect its future development. However, he was in the capital with a group of party members and could not go back at all.

The idea of ​​the Mexican party is doomed to be impossible to get the support of the majority at this time. If it is not handled properly, it will cause greater chaos. Thus completely reactionary in thought.

Even if the handling is not good, in the future some people will raise their arms and shout, wanting to obtain the supreme rights, as long as they can protect the interests of the majority of the owner farmers, redistribute the land to rebuild the main body of the owner farmers, and rebuild the guild, I am afraid that the first elected emperor of the Republic will have may be born.

Sometimes the emperor is the most suitable arbiter. Under the changing situation, there are countless ambitious people, and when traditional values ​​and morals are gradually collapsing, it is very likely to create such conditions.

Chen Jian, who was in a state of anxiety, cherished Min County in the capital and could not live in peace.

Under the deliberate tampering of some people, the demands of the Mincheng Uprising became: support for the expansion of royal power and the power of military families, support for self-cultivated farmers and leased land, support for the revival of guilds, and support for re-serfdom.

And it was dubbed: This is the wish of the Mincheng people, and the family of the Republic must take their opinions into consideration.

Just in time for the ten-day holiday, Chen Jian was surrounded by thousands of people, forcing him to express his opinion in front of the square in the capital.

Chen Jian knew in his heart that because Min County was not a place where the old aristocrats gathered, the pain from the budding of capitalism was far greater than the power of the land plutocrats, so the demands of many people in Min City were reactionary and utopian.And he doesn't know what kind of decision the Mo party made in Min County, it's even less clear whether the situation can be controlled, and it's even more unpredictable whether it will give some ambitious people a chance.

Many people are waiting for Chen Jian's answer. They are sure that Chen Jian has been pushed into a desperate situation-if he objects, it means that the talk of the country of Chinese people in the Mexican party is pure nonsense, and you yourself don't believe in the choice of Chinese people , and think that you are correct, then talk about the issue of voting rights in the People's Republic of China, it can be seen that you yourself do not support the council where everyone is equal and has more voting rights.

If he supports it, it will be even better, and it will prove that some of the ideas of the MCP and the definition of progressive and reactionary are wrong.The premise of support is that the Mexican Party believes that the Chinese people have created everything and have the ability to control their own destiny to make their own voices. Since the voices of the Chinese people are correct, what is wrong must be what you think is progressive and reactionary.

Chapter 51 Adventure

Chen Jian has experienced a lot of being surrounded by thousands of people, but most of the time he is surrounded by supporters, and the worst is some sympathizers or people who regard him as a philanthropic capitalist.

Only this time was completely different. Chen Jian knew what he was about to say, and if he said something wrong, it would have extremely bad effects, so he had to be cautious in his words and deeds.

In previous newspaper scolding, or pamphlet debates, the Mexican party often accused some people of being reactionary, but now they are being accused in turn, which is really ridiculous.

In the context of a non-revolutionary regime, reaction is not a very serious word, but a simple description. It is about the same as left, right, front, back, and reversed on the time axis of the historical process, just like a few years ago. The left, middle and right are the same when playing in the row of seats in the capital city.

Those who were described as reactionary by the Mexican party are not ashamed but proud.Just like those cannibal settlements, when civilization is not generally defined or accepted, it is an honor for those people to be called barbaric.

At this time, the reaction seems to be able to solve many problems.

In a country with a huge violent machine, what the upper class needs most is stability, and the various problems brought about by capitalism are beyond the reach of a country with a large population. Capitalism's way of operating forces people who can't survive; and for a country with a population of tens of millions and tens of millions, this number will be multiplied by ten times or dozens of times. this way.

[-] immigrants, for a country with a population of one million, that is one percent, which can greatly alleviate the conflict; while the same amount, for a country with a population of tens of millions, is only one-thousandth, which cannot greatly alleviate the conflict. contradiction.

Before the capital sprouts and grows up, it is likely to be overthrown and start to accumulate again. The landless also have the right to rely on labor to eat, but today's industry has just started, and there is simply no room for so many cheap labor.

Looking at the thousands of people in front of him, Chen Jian understands that some of them are fanned by careerists and some are instigated by the current ruling family, but there must be a large number of people out of their own interests, and a large number of people who really love the Republic. Worryers who worry about the future.

Under the premise that most of the land is privately owned and can be bought, sold, and merged, complete laissez-faire is a complete disaster for a large country with tens of millions of people and the current technological foundation. Trapped in the cycle of order and chaos and the cycle of religious anesthesia and moral stability maintenance.

Chen Jian has never been so nervous. In the past, he had enough information to make a judgment, but this time he couldn't know more and faster than others, and no one can say that he can completely control the accidents in the historical process. .

People kept asking loudly, and people kept saying some deliberate ridicule or ridicule. Chen Jian picked up a rolled-up handmade simple loudspeaker and shouted: "People of the country! Worried people. You ask me if I support the petition of Mincheng citizens, of course I support it, this is the right of the people of the country, and it was established in the founding of the country hundreds of years ago."

"I support their act of demanding voting rights. Not only I support it, but the entire party of the Mexican Party also supports this kind of voting rights reform. We never hide our ideas, which is consistent."

"But our support for the act of calling for the right to vote does not mean that we support their decision. I think this is not contradictory, so our comrades in Min County voted against it."

"We support machines, but it doesn't mean that we want to starve to death those handicraftsmen who are squeezed out by machines. People of the country, I still say the same thing. Originally, one person could spin one spindle a day, but now one person can spin four spindles with the help of a machine." Ten ingots, so it stands to reason that those who could not wear clothes can wear them, but this is not the case. So we firmly believe that it is not the fault of the machine, but the fault of the distribution, or even the fault based on the rationality of this distribution. We have never been secretive and dare not admit it, we have always said it like this. We said it in Min County, we said it on the pier of the capital's coastal defense city, and we still say it here."

"No matter what happens in Min County, I would like to represent the organization of the capital branch of the Mexican Party: We support the citizens of Min County to fight for their rights, we support the development of machines and large factories, and we support the integrity and unity of the Republic. All the decisions we make in Min County at this time will revolve around these three points and will not change."

"If there is really any change in Min County, we hope to give Min County a chance to use it as a test field for the Republic, and try to find a better way. We support the country's collection of Min County by the People's Council. If someone dares to violate this bottom line, the reasonable and legal national taxation power and military power, the Mexican party will fight to the end."

This is a bet that Min County's organization can handle this major event well, and those allies in Min County can seize this opportunity to complete some changes.

And in these high-sounding words, a very important executive power was deliberately omitted.The right to national taxation and the right to garrison troops are the two most important points at this time, and the issue of administrative governance is not something that the ancient country at this time cares too much about.

Having said that, it is impossible to satisfy everyone, especially those who are deliberately instigated or hired.

But Chen Jian did not hold on to this topic. Instead, he decided to die again, shifting the topic to the issue of distribution, and took the opportunity to make a rather provocative propaganda, pushing the contradiction to the Those vested interests in the old era also drew a picture of "pastoral pastoral after immigration" for these small producers and citizens, but only pushed the money needed for immigration to the beneficiaries of the old era.

In the end, the faces of some people hiding in the crowd had changed. Chen Jian stepped on the line carefully, not crossing the acceptable bottom line, and blamed the problem on some tax exempters and monopoly franchisees in a compromising but extremely aggressive way. right to income and expenditure.

This is the capital, and it is a gamble to say such a thing, but this is also the only way to resolve the crisis.

If you don't dare to gamble with your life, what you will get in exchange will be the complete passiveness of the various ideas of the Mexican Party.

And if you gamble with your life, what you get in return is to kick the ball back to the initiative of the conservative vested interests, which is very important.

Knowing that it is impossible, but it is enough to pave the way for the following satire and criticism, so that more people can wake up.

When more and more people gathered around, Chen Jian's propaganda finally turned the situation around. He used an unrealistic program and an impossible method to turn the uneasiness about the future into dissatisfaction with the reality. It also brought back the crisis that he might die in the capital at any time.

When the crowd finally dispersed, Chen Jian kept that look until he got into the carriage and realized that his body was already drenched in sweat.

The carriage swayed back to the residence in the capital, and found many stalkers along the way, but after all, no one shot lead bullets, stabbed with a knife, or threw a bomb.

After entering the temporarily safe place, Chen Jian immediately found everyone, took the recorded documents from the party personnel in charge of the records, read them carefully and asked: "Today's words, there are no major cross-lines or loopholes. , so that there is a chance of being caught by someone, right?"

"No, at most it can only be regarded as pleading for the people. It is not too radical, and it is still within the reasonable range of the original system."

"That's good. Anyway, within the old system, what I said is impossible to achieve, but it can buy us more time and reduce the pressure on us."

"Today is very dangerous. We are afraid that someone will take the opportunity to assassinate us. We are all covered in sweat."

Chen Jian wiped his sweat and said, "It's fine today, and it will be fine in the future. We are not the gang of Chenghu Sheshu, nor are we the Jinlan Brothers whose profit cuts money. It is meaningless to kill a few people. Instead, let us win The greatest sympathy is to force some people who disagree with us to our side. If they don’t kill them, they are not ready yet. They have not fought for many years, and they also need to prepare to rebuild their own basic butcher knife .”

That's what I said, but in fact it's just to comfort everyone. It's normal, but many things can't be normal.

"By the way, is there any news from Min County?"

"No. We can only wait. Are you...prepared for the eventuality?"

"No. At this time, the preparations are actually based on facts. Besides, this is the capital city, not Mincheng and not Nan'an. If something happens, you won't be able to leave if you want to. I suggest that everyone sort it out, and publicize the petition according to this idea, and make troubles." Get up. Don’t they think that they are the ones who are truly pleading for the people? Let’s follow their thinking and plead for the people under the premise that the foundation remains unchanged. For the time being, we will not call for political reform, but only for the reform of the distribution tax system and franchise rights. Let them set themselves on fire."

Chen Jian thought for a while, and said with certainty: "The more trouble here, the safer we will be, and the less likely they will turn their faces completely. Just be prepared to go to prison or be exiled, just in case At the same time, I will raise part of the funds to solve the livelihood of some unemployed and jobless people in the capital. Instead of relief, I will build roads, bridges, a short canal, and a batch of houses. Once the repairs are completed, we will kick the ball back to them , Let them solve this matter; before the repair is completed, we are spending money to buy the temporary support of these people, if we really dare to do it, it will also cut off the livelihood of these unemployed and refugees."