From Chief to Ball

But as long as the property of the Mexican party is not confiscated, the association of the Mexican party is not declared illegal, and there is no bill prohibiting the association of black elements, Chen Jian’s gun and explosives workshop is still in operation regardless of cost, and the overseas schools in Dahuangcheng still train a large number of people every year. The reserve artillery and the barricade-throwing youth corps, dare not say that they still have the same advantage as they do now, but they are usually evenly matched, and there is no problem in controlling Fujian in a desperate fight.

There are advantages and disadvantages in everything, and most of the programs cover all aspects of Mincheng in the future.

In addition to these compromises and concessions in pursuit of interests, those who offended people were also offended. All kinds of old privileged guilds were swept away, but some members of the old guild organizations that the industry could not replace were supported.

He raised cash with the party property and mortgaged canal management rights and Turtle Island management rights, established the second bank in Mincheng, joined forces with the first bank, and asked the new council for permission to mint coins and issue banknotes and tokens.

The party-owned bank established mainly focuses on industrial and handicraft loans. It is strictly forbidden to participate in commercial and overseas investment with excess profits, so as to ensure that the industry and handicraft industry in Mincheng are supported by capital, and prevent a large amount of capital from flowing into trade and overseas. It is also to ensure the foundation of Mincheng The industrial and handicraft industries and the class of factory owners among the capitalists who can unite the front against the old forces continue to develop.

As for the remaining proposals such as building canals leading to iron mining areas, installment payment for agricultural horse-drawn machinery, and building self-defense bastions, these are some long-term policies after the establishment of the council, and they are also for the construction and cement controlled by the party. Calcination and the development of the forthcoming Mineral Metallurgy and Infrastructure Joint Venture.

Once a set of 73-point program is promulgated, those who can unite will be united, those who can be offended will be offended to death, those who are neutral will remain neutral, and those who oppose it can only oppose it with their mouths.

If you stand firm and don't compromise without a bottom line, the problem will be much clearer.

The interests of the employee class as the basic group occupy the second half of the program, and a large part of it has been determined in party discussions that it is unlikely to be passed—the factory owners are opposed, let alone the remnants of the old class who have offended the dead, and the newly inserted They will definitely take this opportunity to return the knife to the small citizens, and the rentier landlords offended by capital agriculture will also spread their resentment on the Mexican Party who proposed the rent reduction program...

But on the whole it is worth it. The change of voting rights and the common people's council of joint compromise are the most rare progress, and the road has to be taken step by step.

There are still three days before the election of the new council on October [-]th. With the silver coins owned by the party, several years of organization, the guns of the picket team, the long-term reputation and the progressive bourgeois program of the Mexican party, although not It is too likely to gain an absolute dominant power, but at least one-third of the veto power can be unilaterally obtained.

The final day has finally come to the [-]th. According to this situation, if the irreconcilable and uncompromising opponents want to change the established facts, they only have to turn the table and refuse to admit it.

Chapter 39 Conscience, Cold Heart

On the [-]th, flags of various colors were flying, and the streets and alleys were full of many low-level citizens who really felt the concept of "Chinese" because they participated in the affairs of the county for the first time.

The turmoil before January has gradually faded away. The main forces have all chosen to compromise at this time, and the radical and utopian turmoil has gradually been suppressed.

However, the riots of this month have truly exposed the bloody blood that is necessary for the transition from the old to the new. The collective anger and panic of thousands of unemployed people and many small citizens who feel the crisis and loss of dignity have made many people think that there is no limit The bright "future" casts an indelible shadow.

Not only the people in Mincheng saw it clearly, but also the guests in Mincheng saw it clearly.There were not only businessmen from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, but also several Ming people who were deceived or seduced by Chen Jian or who were curious and wanted to come and see this "land of the remnants of the Yin and Shang".

They came back more than half a year earlier than Chen Jian, and arrived directly with the ship across the Pacific Ocean, and did not participate in Chen Jian's expedition in the southern hemisphere to find the southern continent.

For nearly a year, they saw many novelty things.Flying hot air balloons, the original condensing vacuum steam engine used to pump water in the mine, a large telescope that can see the hills on the moon, a microscope that can see one water and one world, handicraft factories that accommodate more than a thousand people, and a large number of child labor The spinning mill...

When you look at the world with your eyes open, it is impossible to see only the good, and you will naturally see the bad as well.

When the uprising broke out in Mincheng, they finally understood the price they had to pay for what they had seen before, and many became panicked.

In the inn in the city, in the dining room below several people, they all shook their heads when they heard the agitated people in Mincheng talking about their rights and obligations.

These people are talking about state affairs, and they are talking about it for granted, but there is neither king nor father, no benevolence, no righteousness in their words, only straightforward and obvious interests, which are not concealed.

From time to time, there were bursts of street propaganda shouts outside, and bursts of applause from time to time. Several guests sitting inside looked at each other in embarrassment, and finally someone opened the conversation with a sweep of a paper fan.

"When Chen Jiangang first arrived in Quanzhou, I was also worried that these people would be like Flangji or Helan people, coveting the country and causing chaos in the world. Now it seems that I was worrying unnecessarily. Look at this posture, this country, I'm afraid it's over."

The person next to him also nodded and said: "Exactly. Thousands of people rioted, and the country will fail. What is this? The Chinese people rioted. Think about it, after the Chinese people's riots, although the emperor of Zhou is still there, he will soon become five tyrants and seven heroes. This is the kind of time when rites are broken and music is broken. If you want me to say, this country is bound to be in chaos for at most 20 years."

"Exactly, a businessman talks about profit, and profit is only for profit. Do you remember the old things about Lu Buwei back then? Rare goods can be lived in, strange goods can be lived in, what is a rare commodity? What can be more profitable than ruling the world? Zi Chu, whom Lu Buwei found, must pay attention to a monarch and minister after all. Fame, the businessmen here don’t even want the titles of monarchs and ministers.”

"The sage wants to rule the world, and it's nothing to discuss the meeting, but to rule the world, you must preach righteousness and benevolence. Otherwise, the world will inevitably be in chaos. When King Hui of Liang saw Mencius, he asked how to benefit my country? Mencius once replied: Why do you need to talk about benefits? ? There is only benevolence and righteousness."

Several people nodded and praised: "The king said, 'How can I benefit my country?' The doctor said, 'How can I benefit my family?' In a country of multipliers, the one who kills his ruler must be the home of a thousand chariots; in a country of a thousand chariots, the one who kills his ruler must be the home of a hundred chariots. Take a thousand from a thousand, take a hundred from a thousand, not too many. Go for the queen Righteousness comes first with benefit, and without plundering is not to be satisfied. Those who do not have benevolence leave behind their relatives, and those who do not have righteousness then succeed their rulers. The king also said that benevolence and righteousness are nothing more than that, why bother to call benefits?"

"The sage's words are still there, and it's not easy for all ages. Even if it's [-] miles across, isn't it the same here? People talk about benefits but not righteousness. Isn't this just trying to benefit first for the sake of righteousness, and you will never give up until you seize the country. Who is the most profitable? Who is the richest? In the future, whoever will take over the world. If the people of this country talk about benevolence and righteousness, it is actually much easier for me to talk about it.”

Hearing what this person said, everyone asked for advice, but this person said: "In my opinion, this matter is very simple from the beginning to the end. Because those businessmen are chasing profit without righteousness, they built a big workshop The factory only seeks profit. In this way, won’t it compete with the people for profit? How can these tens of thousands of small people who spin yarn survive? If they are benevolent and righteous, then this matter will not have to happen.”

"On the one hand, teach people to know benevolence, trustworthiness and righteousness, and the great rule of the world is within easy reach. On the other hand, if the world is ruled by benevolence and righteousness, the livelihood of tens of thousands of ordinary people must be taken care of. It only takes a king's order from Fan Wang to smash the machine, Make people in the world dare not use it anymore. In this way, how can there be riots by thousands of people? Seeking righteousness, the world will be safe; Not far away."

"Scholar, farmer, businessman, four words can break this mess. When things calm down here, I will go north to the capital city of this country, preach the words of the sage, learn from Na Lizi to teach thousands of miles, and open a school. If King Fan summons me, this country will surely be governed , It can also spread enlightenment thousands of miles away.”

After speaking, he let out a long sigh, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid King Fan is not Renzong of Song Dynasty, but King Hui of Liang."

Just as I was feeling emotional, I heard the street preachers shouting: "There is no pure white fox in the world, but there are pure white furs, and the whiteness is taken from all. If this whiteness is the wisdom of all people, it is taken from all. It is the reason for the prosperity of the Republic; if it is white, it is the benefit of all, and it is the basis for the continuation of the Republic! Citizens! Citizens! Speak your mind loudly, exercise your rights and interests that you should have as citizens Obligation! The Commonwealth Council wins!"

After the applause like a tsunami, another person preached the advantages of elite politics, refuting the somewhat radical declaration that the person just said.But compared to the former, which is easier to inspire people to preach, the person behind obviously didn't get much applause, but he took the trouble to explain many things until the people below gradually dispersed...

A few days later, in the hall of the new council, which was conferred a sacred status by the people of Mincheng, the Mexican party, which only represented a quarter of the members of the new council, was reading out its own party program at the council, and by the way proposed Various proposals were made, waiting for the support or opposition of everyone in the council.

Hu Lin is not a member of the Mexican Party, but because of his reputation, he was still elected as a new member of the council, sitting next to a member of the Mexican Party just like a month ago.

The most critical proposals have been passed, and the rest is the process of inserting knives and stumbling each other.

Profitable farmers, in order to repay the proposal of the Mexican Party to reduce land rent, supported the proposal of the Mexican Party to prohibit the employment of children under the age of ten.

Because they do not use child labor, especially child labor in agricultural production is of little significance, so that they can demonstrate their morality.

But when it comes to the minimum wage, these people won't give an inch.

Proposals such as the minimum wage and twelve-hour work system are beneficial to small producers, and in theory can increase costs and increase their competitiveness.

But in retaliation for the problem of the Smashing Machine Act, the faction of small producers opposed the minimum wage and the twelve-hour day.

However, on the issue of voting rights, because of the problem of where the money will come from, the small producer faction also supported the proposal of the Mexican party's county council voting rights reform.

In return, the Mexican party needs to secretly transfer some of the positions of public affairs officers to these people.

A large number of compromises on urban issues, and an intransigence on the issue of conservative rentiers and landlords in the countryside have become the keynote of this new meeting, and it has also become a life and death struggle between Mincheng and some conservative forces in the countryside in the future. tone.

Hu Lin sat aside, listening to these arguments full of interests, a sense of powerlessness suddenly surged in his heart.

A little lonely, a little tired, and even a little wanting to stay away from this brand new council that was supposed to bring a bright future.

All of these are nothing more than bringing the hidden interests of the past to the surface. Originally, a whole republic or a whole city of Fujian was split into piece after piece of interest aggregates. They support each other one moment, and hate each other the next moment.

The noisy voice made Hu Lin feel a sense of irritability in his chest. He voted against the "Prohibition of New Hydraulic Workshop Act" before. It was because he had been in contact with Chen Jian for too long, so he knew that it was reactionary and against the law. thing.

But the sympathy for those bankrupt citizens will not disappear because of their opposition. On the contrary, there is a faint feeling of guilt, which is far less indifferent than when they stood up and shouted their opposition.

He also sympathizes with those at the lower level, but the lives of ordinary citizens have always been better than those at the bottom.So it is natural to sympathize with the bottom, but it is also another kind of sympathy for the bankrupt citizens to fall to the bottom.

What he couldn't understand was that, Chen Jian told him that these were all progress, but why did this kind of progress bring about the fact that the ordinary citizens who had a good life fell to the bottom?Who is making progress?

When he saw this brand new meeting today, he realized that Mincheng had been divided.If Mincheng as a whole is indeed making progress.But for those divided classes and groups, not everyone is making progress, but a few people are advancing, and most people are retreating. It’s just that the less of the few multiplied by the advancement of the few is far greater than the more of the majority multiplied by the majority. back.

This feeling of paleness made him fall into a kind of fatal exhaustion.

A few years ago, he had wondered and questioned, what about those people who were abandoned by the new era at the turn of the old era?

He has been looking for an answer to this question all these years.

He thought that the Mexican Party had a way to solve this problem, but because he was no longer a member of the Mexican Party after the split debate a few years ago, he thought that the Mexican Party had something to keep secret.

But now it seems that the proposal and performance of the Mexican party at the new meeting, the solution to this problem is simple and rude, which caught him off guard—early death and late death are all dead, so die quickly, die fast, and you can’t die Legislative help to die, early death and early entrustment of factory employees, then we will be a family... This is the solution of the Mo Party in Hu Lin's opinion.