When the Petersburg Peace Treaty was signed, Yang Rui was having a banquet, Zhong Guanguan and Wang Jitong, who had been in Europe for many years, came back from Europe ahead of schedule because they were avoiding the Spanish flu, and they both planned to end their studies and settle down in China regardless of whether they graduated or not. Yesterday's heavy snow in the capital overnight, in the morning up between the world and the white expanse, in the Jingzhen Pavilion of the Prime Minister's Mansion Garden, the stove fire is burning in the slight cold wind, the hot pot is the famous dish of Northeast chicken stewed mushrooms, all of which are from the mountain goods of Tonghua, and the fragrance spreads throughout the entire half of the garden after only a while of stewing.

"Hey, it's good for you to come back, it's good to come back!" Yang Rui took a sip of wine and sighed. The two were notified to evacuate from the UK before, but the two were working on their graduation thesis at the time, and it was delayed until now.

"Who would have thought that there would be such a great calamity...... Wang Jitong couldn't eat when he thought of the plague and the dead, and when he left, there were so many corpses on the street that they didn't have time to bury, and it was said that there were not so many coffins; And most of the deaths are young people, which is really miserable. He was academically minded, and couldn't help but ask the omniscient Yang Rui: "Actually, what is going on?" You say it's the flu, but it's terrible. ”

"How do I know what's going on, all we can do is prevent it." Yang Rui shook his head, although he had more than a hundred years of knowledge, there were many things he still didn't know, such as the Tunguska explosion ten years ago, when he still wanted to investigate before and after the explosion, but he couldn't leave at all. "There's so much in the world that we don't know. However, according to the judgment of the medical department, the prevalence of influenza has a lot to do with the climate, and now, the temperature has become colder. Then the flu came to an end. ”

"Then there's nothing the medical department can do to treat it? Didn't we even make that miracle medicine? Wang Jitong asked again, "Now the whole of Europe has the meaning of peace talks." They feared that the plague would return next spring. ”

"Peace talks?" Yang Rui put down his chopsticks, this was indeed something he was worried about. This time the Spanish flu. The German High Command, convinced of the intelligence service's reminders, attached great importance to the effective control of the flu infection, and it is reported that the German army is now fighting against the Entente not against the Entente, but against the flu. Although there is no cure, the situation in Germany is several times worse than in history due to isolation alone; And the unsuspecting Entente, the dead are not counted, because in German propaganda, this is the best proof of God's punishment of the Entente. On the one hand, the Allies, who were increasingly confident of victory, and on the other hand, the Entente, which suffered one disaster after another. Although the term "peace talks" is banned by governments, it is still frequently used in the newspapers and in private conversations.

"It's the worst for us!" Yang Rui's expression was a little serious. "Even if everything goes back to the pre-war period, without reparations from the Germans, the franc, the pound sterling, and even the dollar will depreciate significantly, and the foreign currencies we hold will suffer greatly, and someone will have to pay for the war. There is another one, we and Germany are enemies, and since we are enemies, some follow-up plans. In particular, the industrial construction plan will be completely lost, and the fast battleships of the Germans may be killed in the Far East......"

"Is it really that scary?!" Zhong Guangguan, who was listening, was taken aback, originally in his opinion, there was nothing bad about peace talks, and he didn't want peace talks to have such a result.

"It's just a demonstration. Qingdao, he can't get it back. Yang Rui said with a smile, he was not worried about the German battleships, only about the attitude of the Germans and the losses caused by the depreciation of foreign exchange.

"Is it possible to negotiate peace?" Wang Jitong is not as worried as Zhong Guangguan. In the current China theory, whoever bullies the door will not have a good result, and Germany wants to heal the wounds of the war quickly. What we really need to do is to make friends with other countries immediately and revitalize the economy.

"The British will not agree." Yang Rui picked up the chopsticks again. "The essence of this war was a war in which Britain maintained its world hegemony, and it was impossible for the German navy to abandon the war until it sank itself and its industry was not dealt a fatal blow. It is possible for the French to cease the war, as long as the French surrender, then the Americans have nothing to say, he can't stay in France, but the French upper echelons do not agree. ”

This call made a lot of sense, and Wang Jitong was compassionate, and sighed deeply after hearing it. He knows that peace talks are not good for China, but seeing so many people dying in pieces always feels that this hurts the peace of the heavens. Yang Rui didn't say much when he saw him like this, and if he said more, he would seem to be cold-blooded and ruthless, he just turned his head and asked Zhong Guangguan, "Are you feeling better?" Do you really want to travel all over the mountains and rivers of China like Xu Xiake? ”

Zhong Guang was suffering from a chronic disease, and the doctor meant that he should recuperate and not be tired, but Yang Rui knew that his illness was caused by worry. Now that the country is stable, it is not as urgent and anxious as it was during the revolution, so he hopes that Zhong Guangguan can stay in the government, and it is good that he can't take up a vacant post.

"As long as I can walk around, my body will get better and better." Zhong Guangguan said with a smile, "When I was sick, I was bored, and when I saw those trees and flowers, I thought about what this is and what it is." It would be nice to have time to walk around and see! If you let me live, the revolution has reached this day, and it can be said that most of it has been successful, in that case, what do we people have to worry about? ”

"It's very cool for you to walk around like this, but the county magistrates and township magistrates below are going to be frightened." Yang Rui saw that he insisted on not wanting to be an official, so he simply began to laugh, "Your name is a cloth dress, and in the eyes of those people, it is also heavenly." Don't forget, you still have the name of a national prince, maybe you haven't walked a few steps, you will be surrounded by the officials below, and you will be a bodhisattva. ”

Yang Rui said Zhong Guangguan was stunned, he forgot that there was such a play, and he felt that it made sense when he thought about it, so he stared at Yang Rui anxiously and said: "This matter will be handed over to you, you must ask Meng Ge to get me a fake account ......"

"I can't do anything illegal." Yang Rui saw that he was anxious and laughed even more, what he said was actually just bluffing, the county magistrate may know who Zhong Guangguan is, but the township magistrate will know a few people, not to mention those inns and peasant associations, how many people know that Zhong Guangguan is the veteran of the Fuxing Society and the prince of the dynasty.

While the two were laughing, Wang Jitong took the opportunity to interject: "It's done, what did the one over there in the Forbidden City plan?" ”

"I don't have any plans for the time being." Speaking of Zhu Kuanji, Yang Rui immediately became serious, "The most difficult days have passed. Although he is of little use to the current country, he has helped him up. You can't just turn around and kick it down. Do so, not to mention internationally. Even if there will be a lot of opposition in China, why not treat it as a cultural relic? ”

Many people, including some people in the association, have a lot of opinions about Zhu Kuanji, but Yang Rui's logical bottom line is: I think that when the Republic of China was founded, the little emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still given preferential treatment, and now with the people's worship of Zhu Kuanji's imperial power, the country has stabilized rapidly after the revolution, and won the Sino-Japanese War, although this is a passive credit. But he can't be worse than the Manchu emperor, who pays four million a year.

"Then will he ascend the throne as emperor in the future?" Wang Jitong then asked. Before, everyone agreed not to let Zhu Kuansu ascend the throne, but now he is more and more inclined to let Zhu Kuansu ascend the throne.

"That was decades away." Yang Rui understood Wang Jitong's thoughts, there was an emperor here, and no matter how much he usurped power, he was still a minister; But if there is no emperor, then maybe the president will eventually become a king for life, and when the time comes, like North Korea, father to son, son to grandson, this country really does not know whether the whole people will believe in Juche ideology. "Now the government is gradually eliminating the cult of imperial power in public opinion, especially in education and teaching materials, which is presided over by the people. Although he has gone to the United States to study now, the people in Zhuzhuang have the same meaning as him, and I think in a few decades, everyone will not salute Zhu Kuanji's magic card every day. Don't forget, according to the Constitution. We're not an empire. ”

"Hey, I used to worry about the imperial power enslaving the people, but now it seems. It is not the imperial power that enslaves the people, but the bureaucrats at the bottom who enslave the people through the imperial power. Today, the will of the people in our country is in the sky, and the presence of imperial power is a kind of protection for the people. A form of government like France. If you ask who the country is, you will only say that it is all French; It's different in England, where if you ask who is responsible for this state affair, everyone will say that it belongs to His Majesty. Wang Ji said.

"In England in the past few years, I have found that the reason why the British people can starve in the war is that in addition to believing in God's blessing, they believe that the king can lead them to victory, which has become a purely spiritual thing. In my opinion, although Britain is not a war zone, the situation at home is not much better than that of France, but the main reason for the difference in the morale of the two countries is that Britain has a king, and France has nothing. Everyone is in charge of the people, but in His Majesty's country, although the royal family has no rights, they have great influence, they have to consider the livelihood of the people and the future of the country in the long run, this is their family, not at all like the French president, no matter what he does in a few years of office, as long as he does not break the law, he can pat his ass down. ”

I didn't expect that after a few years, Wang Jitong's royalist thinking became so serious, Yang Rui retorted: "Presidents like the United States and France, their ascension to the throne is not to do some propaganda, and they can come to power after a hasty election." There are always countless interest groups behind them that control everything, and without their consent, these people cannot come to power. In other words, any action of the presidents must be supported by those interest groups, otherwise it will be difficult to get things done. ”

"I know that." Wang Jitong insisted: "But the problem is that these interest groups will do things that are not conducive to the long-term interests of the whole country for the sake of interests. There is a question that may make my meaning clearer, and it is true, do you say that capital will have a motherland? ”

Britain is the birthplace of capitalism, and although Wang Ji has an engineering degree, he also knows some knowledge outside of engineering majors. Now he blocked Yang Rui with a word, so he had to honestly admit, "For capital, there is only profit, and there is no motherland." ”

"That's it. What will become of the state when all parties are controlled by capital? Wang Jitong's eyes were blazing, he had been thinking about why the European war would be fought so fiercely, after thinking about it, he found that this was fundamentally the capital group behind the countries in trouble, the world hegemon British industrial capital was challenged by German industrial capital, British capital that had been sitting on windfall profits for hundreds of years has been decayed, they simply could not resist the competition of German industrial capital, so in order to encircle and suppress Germany, at the same time, Germany also in order to get more markets and interests, the world war occurred.

"The emperor may only be for the honor of a surname, but capital will do anything for profit. Even, after a country has become stronger, they will ignore their old favors and turn to other countries when the country is in danger, and the flesh and blood that fed it before will be lost at all; Not only are they lost, but they are more likely to join forces with new hosts to suppress old hosts......"

I don't know why, Wang Jitong's remarks reminded Yang Rui of a purchase from Shanghai Dole Company before the crossing. One detail he mentioned in his forecast for the 2013 winter fruit export market was that a trench in Hong Kong was selling off a lot of mainland assets. When I used to work in Zhangjiang Medicine Valley. Hutchison Whampoa Pharmaceutical Company is in the opposite building, and this company, which has been introduced by the state and taken care of in every way, is actually about to withdraw. It's just a day dog. Of course, according to the principle of capital, there is no legal obstacle to his withdrawal from China, but there is always a feeling of a white-eyed wolf.

Combined with the current scenario, the countries controlled by capital have fought a world war, and the most important thing for everyone to do is actually a truce and peace talks, but capital is unwilling, they are bound to let the war have a victory or defeat, so that the other party can pay for its own losses. Funnily enough, twenty years later, today's capital, which encouraged Europe to enter the war, will be withdrawn from these countries and transferred to the United States. For the ordinary people of England and France, so many people died, except for the false name of a victorious country, they received nothing good, only corpses remained. There is also the US imperialism of later generations, Wall Street ruled the whole world with the help of the flesh and blood of the US imperialists, when the capital was still in the United States, the Americans were superior, but that day the capital withdrew from the United States. What about a different host?

"Therefore, many companies must be state-owned companies or state-controlled companies, which is the basic national policy of our country." Yang Rui was silent for a while before speaking, and his voice was deep. "Whoever dares to engage in privatization will be shot!"

"But if one day the Kuomintang comes to power, they will also do something else by amending the constitution as we did before?" Wang Jitong asked again: "When you founded the country, you mentioned that you wanted to dictate for a while. At that time, we all felt that this would not be possible, because without the voice of opposition, the revival would definitely go on like the Manchurians. But in retrospect, a dictatorship was not necessarily all bad. At least, the national policy can be sustained......"

"Not necessarily!" Yang Rui interrupted: "The dictatorship will inevitably evolve into collusion between officials and businessmen in the end, and what is worse is that. Because the capital accumulated in this way cannot be seen, and if it is really to be investigated, it can only flee; There are also those officials, whose children and wives were sent abroad in the concession area earlier, and they themselves became naked officials - as soon as there was a stir, they immediately got on the plane and ran to the consulates of other countries to ask for political asylum.

Some time ago, someone in Tingwei's Mansion suggested that Zhulian should not be abolished, because now the people of the country have not yet reached the point where everyone is independent, and the people are all gangs and gangs, and the proceeds of a person's crime are not only beneficial to himself, but also to his family, and even some people take advantage of the law to cancel Zhulian to encourage their family members to commit crimes, and you must know that human life in our country is not valuable. Remember the example I talked about earlier in line to share meals? In a country full of human feelings, procedural fairness does not guarantee substantive fairness, and judicial independence is basically a joke. ”

"Ahh You're going to do it?! Wang Jitong and Zhong Guangguan were both shocked, how could this revolution go back more and more.

"It's not that I want to engage in Zhulian, it's that there are people in the Tingwei Mansion who think that Western laws are not suitable for our national conditions. When one crime benefits the whole family, they simply have no way to punish others. During the infighting among the clans in eastern Zhejiang, although the murderer was sentenced to be shot, his family was taken care of and treated preferentially by the clansmen, and the prisoner himself was convinced that he would be a good man after 18 years, and he was not afraid of being shot at all; There is also the Gansu side, where the peasant association is weak, many people steal railway materials, and when they are caught, they say that they have eaten, drunk, prostituted and gambled with money, but they never know that all the money from the resale of railway materials is given to their families, so they arrest their brother today and come to their younger brother tomorrow.

They made a special booklet for these cases, and analyzed each case by case, and later found that the loopholes in the existing laws did not take into account the basic national conditions, and we have taken households as individuals since ancient times, and foreign countries have taken people as individuals, so it is reasonable that the main body of China's law should also be changed from people to households. In the final analysis, it is a crime committed by one person, and the whole family suffers, which is somewhat similar to the Baojia joint sitting. This thing is purely academic, they are tossing, I don't interfere. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Rui found that he had diverted from the original topic, and immediately turned back, "Xiao Xu, you are worried that those capitals will withdraw and leave when they are exhausted, this is indeed the case, but the problem is that industrial society is like this." We can't go back to the agrarian age, only the industrial age. The industrial age is the allocation of resources all over the world, just look at the domestic cotton spinning industry, as soon as the revival army hit Tsaritsyn, the stocks of the yarn factories in Shanghai fell in response.

Why? Because Central Asia will be completely owned by our country after this war, the cotton of Central Asia, the cotton of the Western Regions, and the cotton of Shaanxi and Gansu will sweep the imported cotton, and all the cotton used in the yarn mills will come from the Western Regions instead of the United States and India. You see. Because in one country, the cotton spinning capital in the east was transferred to the west. So from a national point of view, there is no loss. But standing in Shanghai and Jiangsu, it is a heavy loss, because the capital has run away. The mill either closed down or relocated.

The flow of capital is unstoppable, and what we can do is to put a hedge on him and let the ownership of capital become state-owned, which is the solution. As for whether the Kuomintang will come to power in the future and whether it will revise this article, this is really a matter for the future. All we can do is to instill this kind of idea, and once this understanding is formed, it will be extremely difficult to move this article, no matter who is in power. The most important of these is the control of the media of public opinion. It is best for newspapers, radio stations, and film companies to be controlled by state-owned capital, and even if they do not hold shares, they must participate in the shares, and it does not matter who manages them internally, and it does not matter if they scold the government, but they must not attack the existing system of the state except for making money first.

Lenin in Russia was very interesting and invented a term called 'democratic counter-revolution', and many social revolutionaries wanted the Bolsheviks to step down in the name of democracy, so he said that it was a democratic counter-revolution. That's the case on our side. The difference is that there are more people on their side and fewer people on our side; They can shoot on their side, but it's not good for us to shoot. ”

Yang Rui's solution was to control capital through nationalization. And then through the import of ideas to ensure the long-term implementation of the nationalization policy, of course, there are also professional managers, employee stock ownership and so on. Wang Jitong knew about these for a long time, but he still said: "But I don't know why." Or think that China needs an emperor, at least a nominal emperor. That's how I've really felt in the UK over the past few years. I also feel that the emperor of the Chinese is equivalent to the God of the Westerners. Westerners can't live without God, and Chinese can't live without emperors. ”

I haven't seen Wang Jitong for many years and actually become a hardcore royalist, it was really a big surprise to Yang Rui, he glanced at Zhong Guangguan next to him, and saw that he shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly and didn't know what to say. In addition, what a person emphasizes, in Yang Rui's view, is to try his best to cover up something contrary to emphasis. In other words, Wang Jitong is very likely to be a Westernized democrat, and Cai Yuanpei, who has just gone abroad, is all the way. Could it be that because Cai Yuanpei lost power in the party, these people should be replaced?

Yang Rui was suspicious here, not wanting Xie Jintai to run in a hurry, his body leaned forward like a fiber, his steps were like flying, and when he saw Yang Rui, he waved his hand and said loudly: "It's done...... turned out to be ......, Peiren, Peiren called and said......"

"Say what?" As soon as he heard the news that Chen was sick, Yang Rui stood up suddenly.

"Signed! Peren called and said that he had signed a contract!! Xie Jintai didn't care about others, so he shouted on the spot, and the people arrived before they arrived. His signing made Yang Rui sit down heavily, and he muttered to himself, not knowing what he was talking about. And Wang Jitong and Zhong Guangguan didn't know what was going on, but Zhong Guangguan, who was familiar with Chen Quai, asked: "Did you sign a peace treaty with Russia?" ”

"Yes! Signed, just signed! Xie Jintai only walked to the pavilion at this time, and the telegram in his hand couldn't help waving several times before handing it over. The Northwest has nothing to do with it since! ”

"Okay!" Zhong Guangguan laughed, Wang Jitong also smiled, and the two chanted together. They hurriedly found a cup and poured a glass of wine for Xie Jintai, and then beckoned Yang Rui to kill it with a smile, and it was indescribably happy for a while.

After this mouthful, Zhong Guangguan immediately smiled and said: "I decided to go northwest first to see what plants are good to study on the side of the Ural Mountains in the Caspian Sea." As he said this, several of them laughed again, and drank two more glasses, despite the surging liquor in their stomachs.

After three glasses of wine, Xie Zhangtai, who was excited, was even more enthusiastic, pushing the border of China to the Caspian Sea, and even crossing the Ural Mountains to get involved in Europe, which was an unprecedented achievement of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

"The Yellow River and the Yellow River, from the Kunlun Mountains, far from Mongolia, flow into Shanhaiguan. Ancient sages, born on this dry river, on the independent embankment, the mind is ......" The national anthem was suddenly sung by Xie Jintai, who was in tears, this patriotic song written under the invasion of Tsarist Russia, I don't want to become a reality today. (To be continued......)