Red Alert 1895

"Husband, the telegraph office sent a message saying that Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, Xu Yingjun and Wei Guangtao jointly established a Conservative Party, and then hoped to get your approval, Husband. According to what they claimed, the Conservative Party advocates conservatism. They are not I don’t agree with reform, but I hope that reforms can be carried out slowly instead of drastic. Reforms must be cautious, must be carefully analyzed, and social reforms must be moderate and excessive, rather than adopting Violent and brutal means of reform must take into account the interests of all parties, etc. In short, they claim that although they want to carry out reforms, they do not want rapid and drastic reforms, and hope to be more stable. Military power, they also hope to run for the founding of the country The first Prime Minister. Husband, these guys are still ruthless, and they actually want to use this method to seize power with you, Husband?"

"And in the capital, many old and young people from the Manchu Qing Dynasty are watching and discussing the Conservative Party. There are even many old and young people from the Qing Dynasty who actively hope to join the Conservative Party. Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong have a lot of power. They had many disciples and old officials in the Qing Dynasty, and they were almost all over the world. In addition, they had a high status in the Qing Dynasty, even their former political opponents would hope to join the Conservative Party."

After hearing this, Wang Guorui knew exactly what this Li Hongzhang wanted to do, and this old man really had some level. By doing this, it can be said that all the old and young landlords in the Manchu Qing Dynasty were also allowed to join the Conservative Party. Their Conservative Party can gain a lot of power in a short period of time. After all, there are no permanent friends or enemies in politics, only permanent interests. Although those Manchu officials may have been enemies before, they are all friends now because they all represent a class, that is, the landlord class.

In fact, the landlord class does not want reform and does not want the country to be industrialized. At the very least, reforms should not be carried out quickly. Let these landlords bear the pain of reform. Although any reform will have labor pains, they do not want the labor pains to be severe, so they advocate slowing down the pace of reform. Kind of like the Conservative Party in the UK. Conservative doesn't mean you have to be conservative, you have to be feudal. And their conservatism means to be more conservative in the reform process, and not to use radical means to make social progress in the process of social progress. The Conservative Party does not mean standing still, it just advocates slowing down the speed of social progress, which will make human beings more peaceful without too much pain.

This is exactly what Li Hongzhang and the others meant, hoping to influence the central government, gain a certain status, and protect the interests of their landlords. Even if it can't stop Wang Guorui from reforming. They all hoped to slow down Wang Guorui's reform, so that they would not suffer too much pain.

"Husband, these guys are determined to seize power all the time!" Kang Tongwei said.

Wang Guorui shook his head and said, "No, they are not fools, they are showing their loyalty to me!"

"Show loyalty?" Kang Tongwei didn't understand.

"Li Hongzhang is an old guy who has been up and down in the political arena for decades. He is very clear that they are not opponents in terms of armed forces. So they hope to protect their own interests and fight against us within the rules that are in line with ours. After they established the Conservative Party, it meant that they completely gave up the idea of ​​choosing armed struggle. Instead, they switched to political struggle to protect their own interests! Tell me, is it more painful through armed struggle or through political struggle? " Wang Guorui asked.

Kang Tongwei understood. Because Li Hongzhang did this, it meant that they gave up using the means of armed struggle to fight against Wang Guorui. Although this may aggravate the political struggle, everyone will know that the political struggle is fierce, and it is better than armed struggle! Wars are all acts of violence that cannot be resolved through general political means. The war has brought great damage to human civilization and social economy, and Chinese people have a saying that they would rather be a dog of peace than a chaotic person. Although many people may criticize the country's political struggle as severe, no matter how serious the political struggle is. That is better than going through armed struggle!

Li Hongzhang took the initiative to set up a political party, which meant that they gave up the idea of ​​choosing armed struggle. So isn't this actually an act of expressing loyalty? Abandoning armed struggle is actually a kind of allegiance. Even if he is not 100% loyal to Wang Guorui. At least he gave up the armed struggle, which is definitely a good thing for the stability of the country.

If an emperor expects his subjects to be 100% loyal to him, it means that he himself is a fool. As long as he is a politically qualified emperor, he also knows that his subjects represent their own representatives and have their own interests, so it is just a beautiful dream to expect them to be absolutely loyal to the emperor.

And to fight for your own interests, you must also pay attention to methods and methods. If you want to fight for your own interests by usurping the throne, or by means of armed rebellion, it must be treason. And this practice of giving up armed struggle is also a kind of "loyalty".

"And they do this, there is still a benefit. That is to gather the power of those old and young, and then gather together to create momentum. Especially those old and young of the Manchu landlords, they have a lot of power. And if Let the old and the young fight with us alone in the local area, then they will definitely be eaten by us one by one because of the loose sand. Their power is not enough, if they want to disperse, it will definitely be impossible to fight with us. We fight for our interests."

"So what they have to do now is to unite and play games with us to fight for their interests. And Li Hongzhang and the other local governors came together to form this Conservative Party. The prestige of these local governors can gather almost the whole world." Those landlords who fought against us, and then fought for our interests. It’s not that they don’t know that it’s impossible to win the election, but they want to show themselves and let the world see their existence. As long as the world can see their existence, those landlords will also None of them will be desperate. As long as they are not desperate, they will also believe that political struggle should be used to fight for their interests, rather than violent struggle."

"So, I might as well give them some hope. Let them see that it is not impossible to protect their own interests through non-violent political struggle, which can also show that they are eligible for this interest. As long as they are not desperate, then You can also talk about everything. If they are completely desperate, then they must have two choices, one is to fight hard immediately, or to collude with foreigners. So you might as well give them someone who seems to have some hope, but can use warm water Boiling frogs is killing them off."

But Zheng Hong said: "To deal with this kind of people, is it okay to just use a knife? I don't believe that they won't give in if they use a knife! We have the military power, so do they dare to mess around?"

"Hong'er, the military is not omnipotent, especially using the military to interfere in politics is a bad start. Why do foreign countries strictly require the military not to intervene in politics? Is this accidental? Using the military to suppress political opponents is very bad Means. If we were just a warlord before, then naturally it doesn’t matter. But when you become an emperor, you should also have the tolerance of an emperor. An emperor must be able to tolerate different forces under your command, otherwise you expect all of your subordinates to be yours, then This is impossible. And if your subordinates are all your people, what will happen? Maybe you will fall into the dark result under the lights, and you will not see the deterioration of your subordinates. The ancients said that people born in sorrow and died in peace, If your subordinates are all your own people, then you can sit back and relax, and you will surely die in peace at that time. This is true whether it is a country or a certain party. If you have no enemies at all, then you will inevitably fall into a situation of gradual decay. Therefore In order to ensure that you are not corrupt, you have to create an enemy even if you don’t have an enemy. Only when you have a common enemy can you maintain a certain degree of purity.”

"If people with different political opinions are oppressed by the military, that would be very bad. Once everyone gets used to using violence to oppress people with different political opinions, then our country will definitely have outbreaks every three to five years. A coup d'état is very dangerous."

Doesn't Wang Guorui know that this is the case in Thailand in later generations? In later generations, military coups often broke out in Thailand ~www.readwn.com~ and it has become an endless loop. Because they have formed an atmosphere, that is, they are used to using military violence to solve political problems, and it has become a habit for them to use military means. In this case, that army could easily turn into a warlord in its turn.

Wang Guorui knows that the army is a double-edged sword. If he abuses the army to solve political problems, he will be the one who will be unlucky in the end. Wang Guorui has very strict control over the army. In order to prevent the army from becoming a warlord, he even abolished the inheritance rights of his eldest son Wang Jiazhao. Not for anything else, but because he has a mother who is a military giant, and it is easy to collude with the army.

The same is true in the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin seized the throne by means of mutiny, which resulted in many military coups in the later Tang Dynasty. There were three coups in Xuanwu Gate alone, and there were surprisingly many coups in other places. This may be the reason why Li Shimin made a bad start.

"The establishment of the Conservative Party, agree!" Wang Guorui quickly signed the document, which was regarded as the approval of the establishment of the Conservative Party, because it is actually a good thing to be able to carry out peaceful political struggles, at least it is better than using military wars to solve internal problems. (To be continued.)