Zhang Taiyan and Wang Jitong had heard this purpose of Yang Rui many times, so although they were listening carefully now, what really attracted them was Yang Rui's intention to stand at home, rather than insisting on nationalism. However, Yang Rui's policies have always been changeable, so that many times what he said before and what he said later were diametrically opposed, and many people in the Ministry of Rites specially helped him wipe his ass -- deleting those outdated thoughts and speeches.

Yang Rui also knows this, but he is not ashamed. In short, if the First World War had not made so much money, and at the same time the Washington Naval Treaty had not been signed, and finally it would have been hostile to the West, then the policy of the Risorgimendain would not have been any different from that of the Soviet Union: the Great Purge of the compradors and the landlord gentry, the three antis, the five antis, and so on -- the central government had to eliminate all the civil forces in the country that dared to resist the government, and then collect every penny of the country to rapidly industrialize, and finally build collective farms to support the inefficient idling of the entire industrial system. Until external pressure relaxes, or the country is exhausted.

But Britain and the United States and other countries obviously underestimated the threat of China, and gave China nearly 20 years, plus the huge amount of money earned in World War I, so that Yang Rui could choose another economic route. However, during this period, the political line was seriously distorted by Zhang Taiyan and others, and when he wanted to correct it, Qi Qingyuan and Cai Yuanpei jumped out again and messed things up again. At this point, he just wanted to break the jar and see what would happen if he followed this path.

He had such an idea, but Zhang Taiyan and Wang Jitong were not excited when they heard his statement, which made Yang Rui a little crying and laughing. He said with some confusion: "According to what you meant before, aren't I with you now?" ”

"This ......" Zhang Taiyan and Wang Jitong glanced at each other. Zhang Taiyan sneered: "Actually, we now feel that what you said before is not wrong. At least there is still a lot of pressure on the side of the United States, and there is a high possibility of war......"

"Ahh Yang Rui was a little dumbfounded, he now jumped to the position of Zhang Taiyan and the others, he didn't want Zhang Taiyan to change his previous mind, what is this! "Uncle Mei, you're not kidding, are you?!"

"We're not kidding." Wang Ji is the same way. "The most serious threat to us now is the United States, and we now agree with your judgment of the situation in the future. The twenty-four years of Shenwu is a hurdle, and after the past twenty-six years of Shenwu, it is still dangerous. At this time, we felt that we should go all out and find a way to prepare for the battle. At least all kinds of raw materials are prepared by trying to find a way; The hybrid bomb in the lab needs to be developed earlier......"

The hybrid bomb is the atomic bomb, and the meaning of the hybrid element is that if this kind of bomb is thrown too much, the earth will directly return to the mixed element, which is too empty. Wang Jitong used to be in charge of scientific research, so he naturally knew about this thing.

Wang Jitong laughed while talking, Zhang Taiyan also laughed, Yang Rui lit a cigarette by himself, and then glared at them and said, "Are you fucking fooling me?" Fun, isn't it? ”

"This ......" Zhang Taiyan is not good at explaining the round, and it is Wang Jitong who has never said much but often does not talk nonsense, "It is done, whether it is a family or a country." In any case, we must first make sure that we do not get into it by the United States, and then the country will be ruined. You have been sick for a while, and I have reached a consensus on this with Xuanqing, Uncle Mei, Qiu Fan, Mr. Hua Feng and others. After reading the briefing made by Uncle Mei, the people of the Politburo also unified their thinking, thinking that within these twenty or thirty years. The biggest threat is the United States. ”

Unexpectedly, these people actually unified their thoughts, Yang Rui smiled bitterly: "What kind of briefing did Uncle Mei show you?" ”

"Uncle Mei......" Wang Jitong looked at Zhang Taiyan, Zhang Taiyan coughed and said: "The main thing is the balance of payments provided by the household department and the customs, as well as the import and export data. Then there is the briefing of our industrial goods world market analysis report provided by the CIA, which compares the data from China and the United States. Except for this contrast. Then there is the comparison of the industrial strength of China, Japan and the United States. ”

"Oh!" Yang Rui flicked the cigarette ash, although his mouth was inadvertent. But in my heart, I feel that those people's brains have finally opened up. He said, "What about the separation?" I have heard that many people have already lived in the past, and suddenly they are going to abolish it, who will fight in the future? ”

"There's no way to divide the seal." Zhang Taiyan said, "But in fact, our sub-feudal is just a local official, except for the fiefdom officials who are ordered by the director of the sub-feudal department, there is not much difference between the other and the county and state capitals." The law has not moved, and the tax is also under the management of the national tax, of course, as long as he can hand over the part of the regulations, we have nothing to say about the less tax on the fiefdom, which is basically the same as the conditions you promised Yuan Shikai before, and now the tax of Zhili is not covered by this?

The only difference is the army, but how many soldiers can a county raise? Now that he has no beard, he is really going to run into horse bandits, and maybe the Revival Army will be dispatched. ”

"You must be kidding me!" Yang Rui directly snuffed out the unfinished cigarette and shouted.

"Ahh Zhang Taiyan and Wang Jitong were taken aback, and Wang Jitong said, "It's done, it's true." Everyone was amazed at how well our stuff was selling, and they were more worried about the industrial potential of the United States. What everyone is discussing now is whether or not to listen to the United States, dissolve the alliance with Japan, and ease Sino-US relations. ”

"Really?" Yang Rui looked at Wang Jitong carefully, and then at Zhang Taiyan, seeing that neither of them seemed to be lying, he couldn't help but light another cigarette, and while spitting out the first cigarette, he suddenly smiled and asked: "Are these people frightened by the United States?" ”

"This ......" Zhang Taiyan wanted to cover it up, but in the end he still said honestly: "There is this reason." The United States, unlike Japan, could not be defeated in World War I. A war with the United States, like Europe, is likely to take at least four or five years to find out. Even if the United States loses once, it will soon come a second, a third, or even a fourth or fifth. Just catching yourself off guard with new weapons won't work. As you said before, the war will be the same as the war in Europe, competing with the two countries' industrial industry, scientific and technological level, national wealth, and strategic resources. In that respect, we are at an absolute disadvantage, even with Japan.

Another thing that is very unfavorable to us is that once we show our decline in a major war, the Soviet Union, Britain, France, and even Germany are likely to pounce, but the United States does not have this problem. In the Americas, Mexico is the only one who is slightly threatened to him. But what can a country like Mexico do? ”

"So you're panicking, and you feel like abandoning Japan will solve the problem?" Yang Rui asked with a smile again.

"It does mean that." Zhang Taiyan didn't reply this time. It was Wang Jitong who spoke. "But everyone didn't think about the Persian side, I didn't expect that once we abandoned Japan, Persia would also be crumbling, and if we lost Persia, it would be equivalent to blocking all sides, leaving only the Soviet Union as a road, and if the Soviet Union also took advantage of the fire to rob, then the situation would be ......."

Speaking of this, Wang Jitong explained, "You have been sick all this time. Because of the case of the people, Uncle Mei quarreled with the American ambassador Rui Enshi once; Then there are a few Mongolian YMCA members who believe in Christ and shout for Mongolian independence, and they have been secretly received by Rui Enshi, and Uncle Mei has ...... with Na Rui Enshi because of this."

"Americans are virtuous." Yang Rui nodded. In his view, any American believes that only American-style democracy and freedom are just, and those who are different are evil. What they like to do most is to encourage the 'oppressed nations' to pursue democracy at all costs.

"The Mongols made a big fuss, but they hid in the U.S. embassy, and there is no extradition treaty between us and the U.S. So in the end, it didn't work. "Wang Ji is the same way." Whether it is the newspapers and public opinion, the Inspector's Office, the Imperial Palace, or the Prime Minister's Office, this incident is extremely shocking, which is tantamount to saying that the Americans have become lawless. Later, the Beijing branch of the YMCA was smashed and several people were injured. Americans should protest frequently ......"

"Ahh Yang Rui didn't expect such a thing, and hurriedly asked, "What about later?" ”

"Later, I just strictly followed the law." Zhang Taiyan's fan suddenly opened, and he said indifferently. "Aren't we independent in the judiciary? The legal responsibility should be pursued, and the compensation should be compensated. ”

"This matter ......," Yang Rui tried his best to think of the conspiracy that might be hidden in it. But he just couldn't think of it.

"After this incident, everyone began to think that the United States had indeed been hostile to us; See Uncle Mei's briefing again. Everyone believes that war between China and the United States is indeed very likely. "Wang Ji is the same way." However, some people believe that if Japan is abandoned, the likelihood of war between China and the United States will be greatly reduced, but this is not a majority, and no one thinks about the ripple effects of Persia. ”

"What really makes America taboo is our industry." Yang Rui said very seriously. "This is a mortal threat to the United States, and it is the only way we can resist the United States. Don't say that abandoning Japan means selling Korea as well, and there will still be a war when it's time to go to war. ”

"What about scientific research? Isn't this something taboo for Americans? Wang Jitong asked again.

"Without an industrial base, what is the use of a high level of scientific research?" Yang Rui asked rhetorically. He suddenly felt a little confused in his mind, and finally said: "I want to tell you today that I have jumped to your side, who would have thought that you would also jump your position and run to my previous side." ”

"It's true that you......" Zhang Taiyan asked. After talking for a long time, everyone has only now made it clear that they have changed their positions, and more than a dozen dishes have been served.

"Of course it is." Yang Rui said, "I can't stand the peasant association anymore, I planned to build a collective farm before, but since I don't do it, then most of their role will be lost." Now what do you know? -- 'Urging food and money, urging lives, fire prevention, theft prevention, and anti-cadres', 'Bragging, pulling big eggs, village paste, township paste, township, paste, all the way to Yin'an Palace; Yin'an Palace, the next document, read it layer by layer, just send the document and don't honor it'......

This time in Wendeng, you can know what the officials and peasants' associations are doing just by listening to these few sentences. There are other jokes, but I can't remember them, and I don't want to. Now I suddenly feel that the feudal system, that is, the local official system you are talking about, is not a big deal, if the whole country is changed from a stream of officials to a local official, maybe it will be better.

The reason why I was able to live this time was precisely because there were still some gentry and landlords in the local area who dared to take risks to keep their family property, so I didn't plan to set up any more government agencies below the county level. The peasant association also has to peel off the skin of the government, and those who have guns will receive their guns, and it will become a non-governmental organization in the future. ”

"Ahh This time it was Zhang Taiyan and Wang Jitong who were dumbfounded, and Zhang Taiyan asked: "What about the county?" What about those cadres who have been dismantled? We're just letting it go? ”

"Of course, the cadres who were dismantled and dismissed were raised until they died. There is no way around it, if the money does not come out. Then these people are going to make trouble. Yang Rui said his thoughts, "If the conditions are allowed below the county." Then lift the clan up. ”

"Clan?!" Zhang Taiyan looked at Yang Rui seriously, and finally made sure that his expression was normal before he said, "Didn't you hate the clan the most before?" Not only do they often fight privately. They will also gather crowds to make trouble, which is extremely detrimental to government control and local stability. ”

"That's right!" Yang Rui smiled a little hysterically and said, "I just want to support the clan to make it difficult for the government to control, and ask them to gather people to make trouble against the central government!" Supporting the clan is one, and dividing the clan is another! In short, I want to oppose the central government, even at the cost of civil war! I! Hate the centralized government!! ”

Yang Rui said that Zhang Taiyan was inexplicable, but Wang Jitong, who was more careful, knew that Yang Rui was venting - he and Nameless were almost killed by centralized power, although this was Cai Yuanpei's chaotic life. But he still hated it.

"Actually, aren't you crazy?!" When Wang Jitong was secretly thinking about the reason, Zhang Taiyan suddenly pointed at Yang Rui with a paper fan and asked.

"It's kind of crazy." Yang Rui breathed a heavy sigh of relief, so as to get rid of the resentment in his heart. He was nearly killed by the peasant council patrol in Wenden, and his son now limped - it seemed to him that it was better to be dead, and every time he saw his son, he could think that it was the result of the state control system he had designed, and there could be no more bitter irony.

"But I'm not crazy when I'm thinking about these big questions, I'm just crazy when I'm asked." Yang Rui was a little incoherent. "I think that the strict management system should be abandoned, the liuguan should be abolished, and the peasant unions should be stripped of the functions of the government...... and that's what I think anyway. That's right. One of the most important things is that religion and clan should be strongly promoted. The constitution should not be written in the Inspectorate, but in the teachings of religions. In this way, it will never die. I have asked Master Y to reform the teachings of Buddhism, which is like the Protestant Reformation in the West. From Buddhism, there is a sect, a sect that we have set up. Then all those who do not agree with the sect will be expelled or purged. ”

"It's ...... you" Zhang Taiyan was shocked, he understood the meaning of cleaning very well.

"There are many religious wars in the West, and it doesn't matter if there is one in the East." Yang Rui smiled cruelly, "The abolition of Zhou Li has a lot to do with the fall of the Zhou Dynasty, and after the abolition of Zhou Li, there will be no rudeness in the world." The strong are the king, the king is defeated, no matter how low the background is, as long as there are soldiers under him, he can also be called a royal widow, and every time the dynasty falls, it is a battle for the throne, and the people do not have five out of ten, so the etiquette system cannot be set up in the Inspectorate Academy, but should be set up in religious doctrines, which is eternal. ”

"Yes, you... Are you going to kill all the monks in the country? Zhang Taiyan understood what Yang Rui meant, and the hand holding the fan began to tremble a little.

"If they don't agree with the new sect and don't convert, then kill them all!" Yang Rui said categorically.

"You're child's play!" Wang Jitong next to him has always believed in Buddhism, and he is very impressed by the miracles of Master Y, but there are many sects of Buddhism, and he does not think that he must believe in Master Y's sect.

"Then what can you do to re-establish the ritual system?" Yang Rui asked rhetorically, "I have said before that rules must be set for governing the country, but this is a secular rule, and this kind of rule can be changed, as long as the Inspectorate raises its hand." But religious doctrine is not so easy to change. Like Luther's Protestant Reformation, the Wars of Religion were fought for nearly a hundred years, and nearly a million Catholics in Ireland were killed, and her population was less than two million at the time. For whatever, to eradicate heresy.

China was originally not religious, and the Ming and Qing dynasties suppressed religion, so it is difficult to have any decent religious wars, at most we can kill some monks, and this does not require us to do ......."

"It's ......" Wang Jitong suddenly stood up, "Aren't you crazy?!" He also asked as Zhang Taiyan did.

"I'm not crazy, I'm sober." Yang Rui smiled, "The establishment of the Zhou rites is equivalent to the abolition of the religion of the Yin Shang, so the Zhou Dynasty had fewer martyrs than the Shang Dynasty." It was also a religious war, but it was a religious substitution for religion, and the constitution that maintained political stability was in religious religion. However, after the Spring and Autumn Period, war changed from etiquette to real swords and guns, and it was no longer an aristocratic game, but a life-and-death struggle for all the people. Under this pressure, the Zhou rites began to collapse, and although the Shang Dynasty reform was not the beginning of the destruction of the Zhou rites, it was the end of the Zhou rites.

At this point, Zhou Li has been completely abandoned, and the subsequent rites are just rootless trees, allowing those in power to hold them as ignorant archways. Therefore, it is not advisable to keep the constitution in the temple, because there is always a change of dynasties. Once Ding Ge, the previous set of things will all be pushed to obsolescence. Just like the Zhou Li, if it is not easy to think for a thousand years, it can only be placed on religion. ”

The ideological foreshadowing of capitalist development, many people only pay attention to the Renaissance and ignore the Reformation, but Yang Rui carefully read Western history and found that Western civilization has two sources, one is the ancient Greek civilization and the other is the ancient Hebrew civilization. The former was released through the Renaissance, the latter through the Reformation. Previously, both were hidden in the Catholic Church, and it was only through the Church that the texts of civilization after the fall of Rome could be handed down to the world.

The ancient Greek civilization was released in Europe, and the Puritans released by the ancient Hebrew civilization existed in northern Germany and England, but the Puritans in England still did not have an advantage, because these people eventually went to the Americas, but after several journeys. The United States of America was established. Because of this, Europe, such as France, is basically a secular regime, while the United States has been a religious regime from the very beginning.

The method that Yang Rui came up with is actually the same as the founding of the United States, the first thing is to have a set of religions and doctrines. Then the whole people believe in it. The Chinese ritual system, or more colloquially, the basic constitution of China, will be written into the religious doctrine. Of course. It doesn't have to be as detailed as what Christianity writes: for example, hats are not allowed in the house, dairy products are not allowed to be cooked with mutton, clams are unholy, etc., but hygiene habits, five S's, and so on can still be added to it.

Once the religion is fully established. The king will cease to exist, for no one can transgress religious doctrine. In fact, this is also the reason why it is difficult for pagan religions such as the Taiping Dao, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the White Lotus Sect to seize power in China - these things are all anti-Confucianism, and the local gentry will definitely do everything possible to exterminate them.

I really figured out the solution, but it depends on whether it works. When Yang Rui finished answering Wang Jitong, Zhang Taiyan calmed down, he didn't only focus on science like Wang Jitong, and he also knew the history of the West. After Yang Rui finished speaking, Zhang Taiyan suddenly asked, "What about Confucianism?" Did you kill it too? ”

"Killing a Confucian student is different from killing a monk, and once you kill it, the world will be in chaos." Yang Rui also knows that Confucianism cannot get around the hurdles, "but Confucianism must be reformed and changed to the appearance of the pre-Qin period, and first, it cannot be said that industry is a strange skill, and second, it cannot return to the old road of imperial power." ”

"Hehe......" Zhang Taiyan shook his fan and smiled, he said: "I still underestimated it, but it became a shout and grabbed the source of thought, and we just grabbed some fur when we got around." ”

Yang Rui couldn't hear what Zhang Taiyan meant, and said: "This is not my credit, this is the credit of your newly appointed secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Jingan is still talented, and the way to re-establish the ritual system is what he came up with." Okay, Uncle Mei, the way is here, just say it if you don't do it, anyway, everything is ready now, only the east wind is owed. ”

"But now you're only talking about religion, what about the clan?" Zhang Taiyan nodded and asked again.

As with religion, the rules of the internal management of the clan are also written as doctrines, which can be written in conjunction with the Confucian reform. After the writing is completed, it is extended that as long as the clans in a county can basically cover most of the townships and towns, then the officials below the county level can be abolished, the officials receive pensions in advance, and the county will be handed over to the clan autonomy in the future. If not, then it will not be moved, but the peasant association must remove the official background and save the peasant union cadres from being powerful. Yang Rui said.

"What about taxes and decrees?" Zhang Taiyan also encountered the problems that Yang Rui had encountered, especially the implementation of government decrees.

"Taxes and decrees must be consulted with them." Yang Rui said. "The tax reduction is certain, but we can set an indicator like a sub-seal, and at the same time the IRS is also responsible for the county's taxes, and the inspectors of Dali Temple will also watch. In fact, this is still the same as the local officials, but the officials in the county are appointed by these clans, not the leaders of the fiefdoms. ”

Hearing that taxes were going to be reduced, Zhang Taiyan, who was worried about the Sino-US war, said: "How can industry be built without taxes?" Shouldn't we be like Japan, where we should collect 30 percent heavy taxes and then concentrate on big things? ”

Knowing that Zhang Taiyan would ask this, Yang Rui smiled and said: "Then may I ask Uncle Mei, why does Russia implement a new economic strategy, according to Bukharin, he wants to make some people rich first?" ”

"This ......," Zhang Taiyan muttered, "Because of the previous wartime communist strategy, the people were worried about the machine-gun food requisitioning team, so they didn't want to eat more food at all except rations." Now the implementation of the new economic strategy is equivalent to raising pigs, and as soon as those who are industrious get rich, the Bolsheviks will kill pigs. ”

"That's pretty much what I mean now." Yang Rui said. "As soon as war is judged to be inevitable, I don't want me to say that these clans themselves will use the money they have accumulated in peacetime to buy the national debt. This country is not just a country of the Revivats, this country is also their country, they have power, they have territory, and if the Americans really come in, according to the virtue of the American Puritans, they will certainly not have the status they have now.

After all, the war is not fought for two years or three years, and the war may not end in five years, and we are more troubled than the scale of industry is capital, so before that, we must fully raise pigs and sheep, so that they can raise enough fat to fight a protracted war. It's just that we should pay attention to the fact that scientific research funds should not be less, this kind of research three years in advance is not possible, and if there is really no money for scientific research, Japan or Germany can be brought in. (To be continued.) )