Chapter 52: Expressing Attitude

After that day's statement, the Mexican party organization in the capital took action as quickly as possible.

On the one hand, it is overwhelming, meaningless propaganda for the people's lives, based on the boundaries and rules of this time; On the other hand, Chen Jian personally came forward to raise some of the borrowed funds, plus some of the party's property, and quickly began a work-for-relief action of repairing bridges, repairing roads, and digging canals.

The meaningless propaganda won sympathizers, neutralized some opponents, and supported some discontented.

And the money raised for the construction of bridges and roads, which did not seem to make much profit, also organized the tens of thousands of unemployed people in the capital and the displaced people who poured into the cities to work in the form of labor.

Even if some people were involved in it, for fear that the Mexican Party would incite something inside, the Mexican Party only publicized propaganda in the capital, not among these unemployed workers, at least not for the time being.

Everything they do is just a conspiracy, there is no conspiracy, they don't need the support of these people, they only need these people to rely on them to maintain a slightly dignified survival in exchange for labor.

Under the sudden injection of obviously unreasonable capital, some of the resentment that had accumulated in the capital seemed to dissipate suddenly, and the unemployed, who were hungry and cold and waiting for relief, found a job in a few days that could make ends meet, and at the same time the employer had a good reputation.

Sometimes the tools are not enough, but it is better to have these people draw lines with lime with their bare hands, carry stones empty-handed, or even just sit there and listen to people talk about how to dig stones...... But wages are still paid, and even in the early stage, they can be paid every day to support some people's lives.

The blacksmith shop in the capital received orders for thousands of silver coins, and the clanging of irons was constantly making all kinds of normal tools; The workshops that had monopolized the use of mirror-making and cement calcination in the capital before the voyage could now also provide enough crude calcined cement; Quarries and brick-making workshops outside the city are also gradually becoming active.

All this is an illusion, because it is normally impossible for the money to be invested in this direction, but it is invested for a special purpose, and the situation of the Mexican Party and others is also safer day by day.

As time passed, more and more news from Minjun came here, and the situation had exceeded the original expectations of the reactionary forces.

They did not think of the situation in Mincheng, nor did they take into account the blood-sucking ability of the Mexican Party property in these years by relying on technology monopoly, nor did they take into account that the bourgeoisie in Mincheng had grown up, and the Mexican Party, which had a clear progressive reactionary program, stood on their side and formed a short-lived alliance.

After getting all kinds of favorable news from Mincheng, Chen Jian and many people in the capital finally breathed a sigh of relief, although there were many things that were wrong or even naïve, but there was nothing wrong with that side in the general direction.

With the previous questioning and the words that I wanted to borrow the appeal of the small handicraft industry in Mincheng to fulfill the reactionary will of the citizens, it was not easy to take it back at this time.

However, what happened in Mincheng also aroused sufficient vigilance, and the reactionary regression from the progress of borrowing votes began to change to the main vigilance against the progress of votes, and the purpose changed from reactionary to conservative and unchangeable. For some behind the scenes, some indulgent advances in political rights are merely means to a reactionary end, not an end, but when such means threaten to set themselves on fire, their essence is immediately revealed.

From the initial questioning of Chen Jianzhi's disapproval of the Chinese people, it has changed to a fundamental argument that the Chinese people are not enough to manage themselves, and that they must need a traditional moral force and traditional values to maintain stability.

This shift is ridiculous, but it still blinds many people because the person who spoke twice was different.

But in fact, it is only the mouth that speaks, but the head behind it is a close relative, but because of the difference in mouths, many people mistakenly think that they are two people.

Something like Mincheng is very troublesome to solve, it is far away and involves many forces, and there are many loopholes before. Chen Jian understood that this year could not be solved, soldiers could not fly over in an instant, nor could they grow directly from the ground, and many things still needed to be negotiated behind the scenes.

Even though letters and petitions from the new council in Mincheng were sent to the capital, and even though the whole incident had been defined as a resolved civil uprising rather than a rebellion, many people in the capital were still uneasy, and many people who had decided to invest in shares began to hesitate.

Every day, different news came out, all kinds of gossip spread all over the city, the branch of the Mexican Party in the capital was also monitored, and it is said that many soldiers began to increase the number of soldiers on the side of the coastal defense to conduct a series of inspections on people coming and going by boat.

The really powerful characters in the capital are in a hurry every day, and they are not of the same heart and mind, different people have different demands, and the particularity of this matter in Mincheng is difficult to solve, and it does not directly affect the interests of some people, on the contrary, there are some people who have close contacts with those people in Mincheng.

Mincheng did not leave any pretext of independence or rebellion, neither killed officials nor declared independence, nor caused too serious bloodshed, and quickly resolved internal problems, which did not sound like a big deal.

The New Year is approaching, and the tax that should be paid is a lot, and the capital has arrived smoothly from Min County.

The people who were deliberately used to make trouble for Chen Jian on the street before also stopped discussing this matter, and it seems that those behind the scenes have finally reached an agreement, maybe it is just because they do not have the strength to completely solve the problem of Mincheng at this time, and it may be that all forces have their own demands.

After all, the winner is the capitalists, not the bottom, but the suppression of the old trend has led to the unfulfilled ambitions of some people. If the radicals at the bottom of the hierarchy win the game, they will be ready to suppress, raise money, and recruit soldiers as soon as the news arrives.

What kind of controversy took place, and how the various forces in the capital competed, it was impossible for Chen Jian and the others to know.

But before the New Year, there was finally more reliable news.

The Mincheng incident, the discussion gradually faded, and basically gave a qualitative: it was just a simple civil uprising that smashed the machine.

The national question of what is the culpability of smashing the machine will not be discussed for the time being, and it will be left to the county councils to solve on their own.

All issues should be discussed at the National People's Assembly in six years' time, and not only this one, but also many new problems that had not been encountered before should be left for resolution in six years' time.

Six years later, it's a special time period.

It was the day when Nanyang's monopoly franchise expired, and it was also the day when the vesting subscription of Nanyang's incomplete equity had to be resolved.

In the same way, it was the time when a basic army was retrained and armed to suppress the most useful yeoman cavalry.

And most importantly – it was a period of power change.

The time will come to address not only this matter, but many other things, including many overall policies.

Is it a comprehensive shift to conservatism, maintaining traditional tinkering? Is it a total retrogression reaction, completely cutting off the impact of anything new? Or is it a policy expansion and some spontaneous or forced changes?

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the upper echelons have different voices on this issue.

It is undeniable that each family has something to maintain, but with the deepening of many new things, the focus of interests is no longer the same. But after all, there are still some people who want to make a series of reforms to adapt to the new era.

Six years is a long time, and those who have watched "Global Experience" also understand that the world is changing rapidly, and many of the things that Jian Chen exaggerates make their hearts full of different pride.

So it is impossible to wait for these six years, and different interest groups will use all means to get favorable terms for themselves, especially for those who believe that the world is no longer just a republic, but the whole planet.

Just after the New Year, many people who had been hesitant before were finally reassured.

Because Chen Jian was invited by some people to the rights center of the republic, he was accompanied by some people who participated in the round-the-world voyage, which is said to be to explain what he had seen around the world, and it was even reported that Chen Jian was granted the right to negotiate with Europe.

After fifteen days of discussion, no one outside received the slightest news, not many people were qualified to participate in the discussion, and none of the people who participated showed any news.

However, after Chen Jian came out, he immediately told most of the Chinese people in the capital who liked to talk about state affairs with practical actions the general result - in his personal capacity, he hosted a banquet for the representatives of the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands in the capital.

At this time, there were no envoys between the two countries, and the reason for Jian Chen's banquet was also a very plausible personal reason, he had only stopped in Holland in Europe during his voyage around the world, and he had met the Dutch envoys here in The Hague.

And the people on the Netherlands side also met Chen Jian in various personal capacities. Including Morris's personal letters in power, letters from the Speaker, and letters from the Attorney General, these people Chen Jian also interacted with when he was in The Hague, which is obviously reasonable.

Chen Jian's official status had expired after he landed at the end of the round-the-world voyage, and there were different opinions within the country on whether or not to participate in the European issue, so it was most appropriate for him, an unofficial person, to come forward as a representative of some people.

At the same time, the preparatory committee of the "Joint Company for Minerals, Metallurgical and Infrastructure Investment," which had just begun to be listed, also hosted a banquet in the name of the company for the rest of the European delegates stationed here, including some people from Sweden, a poor northern country in Europe.

In the final year of the Spanish-Dutch War, the Dutch flintlock squad turned in columns, plugged the gap before the Spanish phalanx moved slowly, and the support of rapid artillery in the name of mercenaries, led to Spinola's defeat.

That battle did not determine the final outcome of the two sides, but the impact was enormous. Maurice's army was not Dutch, but mercenaries, and a large number of foreign soldiers and a part of the nobility inevitably brought back to their home countries what had happened on the battlefield, including Gustav's distant cousins who served in Maurice's army.

Years later, the effects are finally starting to be felt.