After several days of conversation, Lenin and his comrades were finally sent off on an unnoticed night, and he returned to Europe the way he came, only with the same expectations as he had come, and he left full of pounds and confidence. These few days of conversation made him more and more convinced that the Bolsheviks would triumph in the revolution within a few years and that the world would be changed.

Like the soldiers who sent him off, Yang Rui personally sent him away to the airship landing site, watching the airship disappear under the brilliant starry sky, Xie Jintai asked, "Actually, if he really succeeds, will he fulfill the agreement?" ”

His worries were also Zhang Taiyan's worries, and Liu Boyuan next to him also listened to it, Yang Rui smiled when he heard this, "What counts doesn't count, we have the strength, then the fake of the agreement will become true, if there is no strength, then the real will also become false." ”

"But the outer northeast is a concession?" Xie Zhangtai said, "The railway and the seaport are in hand, but they have been leased for 30 years, and it is difficult to say if they want to get them back in the future." ”

"No, it won't!" Yang Rui was very sure, but he couldn't say that the Soviet Union would ask China during World War II, so he had to say, "Just take back the sovereignty, they occupy the railway port, we will resettle on a large scale, millions of people will fill in, and what is not ours will become ours." In fact, in my opinion, although the outer northeast is large, except for the lake, and the two provinces of Jihei have an outlet to the sea, everything else is worthless. That side is completely incomparable to Central Asia in a strategic sense. And I think that the more stable we are in Central Asia, the safer the Outer Northeast will be, and there is the Soviet Union...... The heart of Russia, a gun to the heart. The outer northeast in his mouth will finally loosen his mouth. ”

Yang Rui almost told the Soviet Union, but fortunately, he quickly changed it to Russia when he covered it up, looking at the people in the carriage and thinking deeply. He changed the subject again and said, "Did Mr. Mackinder from England have you brought in?" ”

Mackinder was Halford who proposed the 'Heartland Theory'. Mackinder. After the intelligence bureau first went to investigate and found out that he was a boring, unappreciated congressman who did not have much ill feelings or good feelings towards China, Xie Jintai sent him an invitation in the name of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At a time when China's new government was causing an uproar in the West by appointing an American as a minister, Mackinder felt that his theory should be taken seriously by those in power in the country. Although he is now a member of parliament for the Unionist Party, he gladly agreed.

At the same time, at a time when Mahan's theory of sea power was widely valued. The doctrine of land power was only a heresy, so the British government welcomed him to China, hoping that he would influence China's strategic direction decades later, according to Mackinder's doctrine. Draw China into Central Asia and Russian hostility. Wasting each other was the best option for the Anglo-French colonies of the South Seas.

"He's promised to come, but he's a member of Parliament, and he won't be able to leave until the House of Commons is closed, after Christmas, and in China in early December." Xie Zhangtai said, and then asked without worry, "Actually, you won't really believe in his set, right?" He is a member of the British House of Commons. ”

"The theory of sea power is not correct does not mean that the theory of land power is incorrect." Yang Rui gave Mackinder's 'Heartland Theory' a name that would be used in later generations, but he knew the name. But he had only heard of the theory, which was actually the reason why he invited Mackinder to China, "China's geography determines that he is a land power and a sea power, of course, if Taiwan is still there." The fact that he is a member of Congress does not mean anything, the point is whether what he hears is useful to China. If it is useful, no matter what his motives, it is beneficial, and if it is not useful, even if he is Chinese, it is harmful. ”

"But we are the quintessence of the party." Xie Jintai said with a smile, "Invite a foreigner to be a minister, and invite a foreigner to be a consultant, aren't you afraid that Sun Wen and those people will say that we also worship foreigners in our bones?" ”

Xie Yitai's statement only made Yang Rui laugh out loud, and laughed at him, "Chinese who are full of rationality and completely Westernized are more dangerous than purebred foreigners." At least the colonies of foreigners will respect the customs of the locals, such as Hong Kong, which still uses the lunar calendar, and does not say that it can only be monogamous, and the legal etiquette has not changed. I don't say this to think that colonizers are good, I just say that those Chinese who are full of Westernized ideas are more harmful than Western missionaries. ”

Yang Rui This is a real quintessence of national thought, Xie Zhangtai, an overseas Chinese who grew up overseas, just shook his head, he couldn't understand his praise for Western culture but at the same time he was constantly vigilant. He didn't understand, but Zhang Taiyan did, Yang Rui only talked with Lenin three times because he was busy, and the rest of the time was mainly for him and Lenin to discuss Marxist theory. 'Materialism, capitalism, surplus value, class struggle, ......' he finally found the source of some of Yang Rui's previous ideas -- of course, this is only one of the roots of Yang Rui's thought, but not all of it, after all, more than a hundred years later, Western rationalism has been completely deconstructed and withered into postmodernism.

But in addition to this gain, Zhang Taiyan only felt that he had fallen into an abyss of rational logic, and no matter how knowledgeable he was, he could not climb out of this abyss. On Lenin's side, Yan Fu's natural selection turned into a crazy linear evolution of slave society, feudal society, capitalist society, socialist society, and Datong society, which seemed to tell people that as long as they kept moving forward, they could reach the end of heaven, and to reach the end, they must unite around Comrade Lenin, carry out extensive and profound class struggle, and strive for the realization of Datongism.

What a crazy and logical truth! Zhang Taiyan finally understood what Yang Rui meant by scientific religion, but even if he understood that China had never had a slave society similar to that of the West, because there was no large-scale slave trade in China in the past dynasties, or rather, China only had untouchability and no slavery; I also understand that China's feudal society had collapsed as early as the Qin Shi Huang period - because 'county' is the ancient word for 'hanging', what is 'hanging'? It was precisely because of the 'unsealed' that the establishment of the 'county' was the dissolution of the feudal system, but he still could not refute Lenin's 'materialist view of historical development'.

These are still appetizers, but there are also concepts such as 'productivity, relations of production, means of production, labor time, labor value, surplus value', and so on. The more he reads and understands, but the more he feels the confusion, he becomes as if he had been roasting in a sauna for a few days, and he became dying. The white paper fan was no longer as carefree as before, but was always clenched in his hand, as if holding a gun.

After saying goodbye to the others, Yang Rui went to the study of Prince Zheng's mansion alone with Zhang Taiyan, looking at Zhang Taiyan who was in a trance, he said with concern: "Uncle Mei, how is the argument with Lenin?" ”

Yang Rui's question made Mu Ran's Zhang Taiyan react a little. He said weakly, "I can't talk about him, until the end." I was called 'evil idealism' and 'reactionary expert in historical nihilism'. It turned out to be, this ...... This ......"

Zhang Taiyan didn't say a word for a long time, except for the great Lenin's criticism of him. However, this criticism cannot be blamed on the great Comrade Lenin's ruthlessness. It was when Zhang Taiyan introduced himself. He only said that he was a literati, and did not reveal the identity of a member of the Revival Society and the head of the Ministry of Rites. At first, he actually wanted to learn from the great Marxist and revolutionary teacher Comrade Lenin and test the power of Bolshevism, but now he got what he wanted, but he became a pickle.

When Yang Rui wanted to laugh, Zhang Taiyan finally sorted out a little thought and said, "It's done." What he said sounded very reasonable, but I didn't listen to it, but I realized it. I feel that he is extremely wrong, but then I have become an 'evil idealism', and his set of things is really impossible to debate.

By the way, I said at the time that since you said that labor created man himself, then why for 10,000 years, the monkeys working on the mountains were still monkeys, but we have become people, but he said that what those monkeys do is not called labor, but what the monkeys who have become people is called labor......

I also said that the capitalist is equal to the leader of the revolution, and without a good revolutionary leader, it will be difficult for the revolution to succeed, so the contribution of the shopkeeper of a workshop is the greatest, because the helper can be changed at any time, but the shopkeeper cannot be replaced; And no matter how good the worker is, if he has no capital, the business will not be prosperous, and if he has no money, he will have to close down. But he asked me about my family affiliation, and when I told me bluntly, he said that my origin determined that my words and deeds would only defend the bourgeoisie, because I was a petty bourgeois ......"

Zhang Taiyan said this, Yang Rui couldn't help but burst into laughter, this is really interesting! Yang Rui burst into laughter, but Zhang Taiyan was still worried, and when Yang Rui finished laughing for a long time, Zhang Taiyan stomped his feet and said, "It's done, why can you still laugh?!" If his doctrine spreads to China, it will not be the destruction of the country and the world, it will simply cut off the roots of my China! ”

"Uncle Mei, why are you in a hurry, aren't we starting to reduce rent and interest now, although the land property rights are still the landlord's, but their income is limited, and the livelihood of the farmers is not worried, who will rebel." Yang Rui said.

"But what about the factories, the capitalists, the workers, the trade unions?" Zhang Taiyan said hurriedly. "Isn't the Ministry of Industry now engaged in industrialization? If more factories are built, more workers will be recruited, and more workers will be recruited, so these ...... For these oppressed proletarians, there will be strikes, riots, what do you say? ”

"That's easy to do." Yang Rui never worries about manipulation, he worries about culture itself. "There are so many ways to do it, and I can think of two very safe ways in my mind."

"Say it quickly, don't sell it!" Zhang Taiyan's face flashed, and he leaned over eagerly.

"One, go out and turn left, and go to the west section of Chang'an Avenue called ...... I forgot what the name of the alley is, anyway, it is to make clothes and quilts, order the largest and largest flag, be sure to use red cloth, write the words 'proletariat', and then hang it at the door of Prince Zheng's mansion, by the way, Chengtianmen also has to make one, and hang it, that's it......" The more Yang Rui said, the more he wanted to laugh, and in the end he couldn't help it, and squatted down with a smile.

He was like this, but Zhang Taiyan was very serious, and he said angrily: "Yang Jingcheng! I'll tell you seriously, what are you doing, you! He turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Yang Rui.

"Uncle Mei, what are you angry about? My approach definitely works, it really works. Yang Rui wanted to make a very sincere appearance, but the smile on his face was still strong.

Zhang Taiyan really couldn't think of a solution, so in the end he had to endure it, but said to Yang Rui with a cold face, "You! Not to mention that there are shares in Tianzihao, he also set up a fruit packaging factory in Wenzhou, because that was before joining the club. The scale is also small, so it has not been merged into the Tianzihao. No matter how big you make the flag, how well you write the words 'proletariat'. You are also a capitalist, how is this different from covering your ears and stealing the bell? ”

Yang Rui couldn't help but laugh, and said extremely hooliganly: "But I have the biggest flag, and I still have a gun in my hand." I say I am the proletariat, I am the proletariat; When I say that the workers are the lackeys of the capitalists and the thieves of the capitalist workers, then they are the lackeys and thieves. If they dare to strike. Then suppress it, I'm the proletariat, I'm the biggest!

If the fruit packing plant is an eyesore. Donate to the state, and I can also do without the salary. However, if this is to be done, the welfare of the central cadres will be increased, and there will be sanatoriums on the Aral Sea. Let's have a villa on the other side of Lake Baikal. There is also Sanya, Hainan, I always have to go there to spend the winter every year when the weather is cold, and my children are always supported by the country, so it is better to become a proletarian. ”

"But you're a scoundrel! You're selling dog meat on a sheep's head! Zhang Taiyan finally understood that Yang Rui was telling the truth, and he was really a scoundrel, which made him extremely angry.

"It's just selling dog meat on the head of a sheep. I have a gun in one hand and a pen in the other. Those workers bite me? Yang Rui suddenly became a little tyrannical, "After the advice, those bastards still dare to make trouble." All of them were sent to the Outer Northeast to mine and cut wood for me, and I died there for the rest of my life. If the country has no industry, it means that people have no backbone, and I would rather give them a burial than build industry. ”

Yang Rui was full of murderous anger, but Zhang Taiyan was a little angry, and he asked, "Don't you have two ways, and there is another way?" Tell me about it. ”

"There's another way?" Yang Rui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then the symptoms of tyranny subsided, and said, "Another way is to give some shares in factories to the backbone and foremen of the workers, so that they can also become small capitalists, and then we will either establish a trade union in the factory, or simply not allow the establishment of a trade union." As long as someone wants to stir up trouble, it is unorganized and undisciplined, anyway, prepare a few more hats, it is convenient to button up those who make trouble. ”

"Are there only two ways?" Zhang Taiyan said. He thought it was shameless.

"Uncle Mei, people are always inert, who doesn't want to work less and get more money, but is this possible? Foreigners have colonies, but we ourselves are colonies, and we are still in the process of development, with only 320,000 workers in 315 factories, including foreign-funded factories, and 90 percent of the country's illiteracy. With such a foundation, if you don't squeeze yourself, I'm afraid you will never be able to keep up with the pace of foreigners. Yang Rui thought of the current situation, and the joy agreed with Lenin suddenly disappeared. No matter how bad Lenin beat Russia, it was a country of millions of tons of steel, and China was just a beggar compared to it, and it was right not to force it with the Soviet Union.

"But what about the Bolsheviks? Isn't it true that young minds like to pursue the most advanced things? Now that Lenin said he was the most advanced, the students would have to follow him. "Zhang Taiyan went back again, it seems that he has been scared enough in the past few days." The ban on vernacular is only useful for the common people, and that's not the case with those students. Actually, don't you be able to argue with Lenin? ”

"I can't argue with him, I just don't believe what he says." Yang Rui said, "Didn't we say it before on the students' side, it's good to have the Youth League here." And then there are those sensitive words such as 'surplus value', 'exploitation', and 'labor time' anyway, all of which were registered by Wang Xiaolin and sent to newspapers and printing houses, and each word was set at a price. ”

It's still a nasty trick, Zhang Taiyan stomped his feet again, "Can we only be so scoundrels?" ”

"Yes. I really can't think of anything other than being a scoundrel. Yang Rui admitted, "But at least we can't talk about the Bolsheviks, but we can stop its spread." ”

"But what if we have internal revival members who believe in it?" Zhang Taiyan sighed, and then asked the most concerned question, "After Lenin seizes power, the two countries must establish diplomatic relations before they can demarcate land." If our own people believed in his set of things, it would be fatal. ”

"No, it won't!" Yang Rui said, "Nationalism and Bolshevism are completely incompatible, nationalism only divides oneself and outsiders, and Bolshevism divides the propertied and the proletarian." To help the proletarians of other countries without the interests of one's own nation is to betray the country. Although Chinese culture is not good, there are also 'good' places, and it is still very easy to be accused of Qin Hui and Wu Sangui, after all, the common people have been instilled with loyalty and treachery for thousands of years. ”

"That makes sense." Zhang Taiyan nodded, "Is there any other way?" ”

"Something else?" Yang Rui suddenly smiled weirdly, "That's to start the second purge." ”

Zhang Taiyan's face changed when he heard this, he shook his head and said, "It's done, do you want to come again?" Although there was no murder last time, there were many people who committed suicide. ”

"But what's the solution?" Yang Rui's expression was also solemn, "But this time it's not as urgent as the last time, we can spend a year or two cleaning up the members everywhere, in order for everyone not to be afraid, then change the name, let's call it training." By the way, the third national congress will be held soon, and the Ministry of Rites will have to prepare some materials. In particular, it is necessary to separate the quintessence of the country from Confucianism, and now they are entangled together, and when the time comes, the quintessence of the country will also suffer as soon as it shouts to bring down the feudal ideology. ”

Cleaning up the source and separating the quintessence from Confucianism is the first priority to preserve the quintessence of the country, Zhang Taiyan and others have been doing this for a long time, but things are not so simple. Zhang Taiyan thought for a while and said, "We are trying our best to separate the quintessence of the country from Confucianism, then we have to study the history of the Shang and Zhou dynasties." At that time, there were too few historical materials, and it would take a long time to search, but I heard that there was a Manchu widow named Wang Guowei in the capital, and I studied it deeply, and I also heard that this person was writing a treatise on the Yin Shang system, but I didn't know what was written in it. ”

"Wang Guowei?" Yang Rui was a little surprised, "The Three Horizontal Kings, the country of the country, the maintenance of the dimension?" ”

"Yes, that's the name. Do you know each other? Zhang Taiyan said.

"I don't know." It is impossible for Yang Rui not to have heard of this person, "It's a pity that he is a Manchu relic!" In this case, I will send someone to find an obedient one among the Manchu princes, and ask him to borrow the manuscript of Wang Guowei's Yin Shang System Theory and take a look, and if the contents are useful, then use them. ”

In order to sort out the roots of Confucianism, Yang Rui had to let people steal books. The third congress of the revival association was supposed to be held before the Dragon Boat Festival, but because the uprising could only be pushed back, and after the uprising, because it was necessary to take over the political power and stabilize the place, there was no time in the second half of the year, and after the peace talks with Japan progressed smoothly, Yang Rui ordered that the meeting that had been postponed many times be held in the middle of the tenth lunar month.

Unlike the previous two congresses, this congress can be said to be a real congress, and all state capitals must be attended, which is simply an enlarged version of the congress. In fact, there are three contents of the meeting: first, transformation, the form of revolution has changed, so the revolution and discipline in the new era will be different, and the thinking of members must also be different, otherwise they will not be able to keep up with the pace;

The second is the rectification, the peasant associations have expanded extremely rapidly during this period, but the cadres of the peasant associations have not been able to keep up with the rhythm, so that the number of key members recruited in various localities has become worse and worse. In the past, during the revolutionary period, the bad guys were specially collected, but now that they are sitting in the world, the bad guys not only cannot be collected, but also have to be rectified, so the rectification is very important.

The third is to prepare for the general election, the provisional parliament has formulated a provisional election law, the period from December to the beginning of spring has been completed, it is a good time for the election, although the revival will have the certainty of victory, but still can not slack off, in addition to Yuan Shikai as the center to attract a lot of gentry officials, plus Song Jiaoren, a parliamentary fan, now the Kuomintang campaign preparations are impressive, and Zhili wants to hold on to it but it takes great effort.

In the end, there is a thing that can only be understood and cannot be spoken, that is, the cake is divided: descendants, non-descendants, meritorious and hard work, the army, the government, the peasant associations, the parliament, anyway, there are all kinds of things, and everyone's position must be implemented in less than a month, not only to implement, but also to make everyone satisfied. However, Yang Rui didn't think about the things at the bottom, he only wanted seven committee members, such as Yu Zixun's issue -- the reason why the conference dragged on for so long was because Yang Rui wanted to finish negotiations with Japan so as to reduce his dependence on the United States, and now the United States seems to have become Yu Zixun's backer. (To be continued......)