Chapter 923: Everything Brought by Oil (1)
On the clean and tidy streets, pedestrians walk on them with relaxed smiles on their faces. Although China is not a very perfect country now, for many people, it is already very perfect.
Because of this relationship, the vast majority of people don't mind enjoying the good life that this country brings. Especially for those who were born in the war-torn years, there is obviously a little more emotion about the current lifeββββββ which is probably one of the reasons why the national government has received so much support.
The reason is simple, because in this world, people will jump out against the government or whatever, usually over the age of 17. Especially for students, it is easy to instigate, after all, students are relatively young, their life experience is still relatively shallow, and it is the age of impulsiveness that is naturally easy to be instigated.
However, in this era, since the Communist government has only been established for seven years, if seven years are excluded, the youngest person who meets the seventeen-year-old standard will be 10 years old.
10 years old, although not particularly sensible, but at least I have begun to remember.
As a result, almost all of the people who are likely to jump out against the government today have experienced the chaotic era of those days. And after a little comparison, they will naturally come to the conclusion that the current environment is obviously better than the past, which is almost obviousββββββ after all, their eyes are not blind, which era will be better. It's still easy to tell.
Naturally, there will always be some experts and professors in this world who will jump out and claim that no matter what kind of government comes out. With China's capabilities, they can build China very well.
It is true that the remarks of these people have deceived some peopleββββββ of course, it cannot be said that their words are wrong. After all, the Chinese are not a stupid nation, and China itself does have great advantages, such as population advantages, as well as territorial advantages and resource advantages, especially resource advantages. Since the development of Shengli and other oil fields, even the problem of 'oil-poor countries' that once plagued China has been properly solved.
In this way, it can almost be said that there is almost nothing that can be difficult to live in China. Except for China itself.
China's problem has always been a question of division, and in the past, no matter what era, it can almost be said that it has died in division and infighting. And very few are because of the defeat of foreign enemies. This was true even in the Song and Ming dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, there is not much to say about how fierce the battle between civil officials and military generals was, but Yue Fei and his Yue family army can be said to have died in the hands of their own people.
Of course, this doesn't mean that Yue Fei is really so rebellious that he has been able to drive away the Jurchens, after all, no one knows what the final result will be. But at least one thing is certain, and that is if the civil officials at that time. Especially the monarch of the Song Dynasty at that time, if he hadn't killed Yue Fei. At least the Southern Song Dynasty is still likely to revert back to the Northern Song Dynastyββββββ but there is no doubt that the monarch at that time obviously did not welcome this move, after all, if that were the case, he would not be able to sit in a secure position.
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The Ming Dynasty was similar, although it seems that the kings of the Ming Dynasty did have a lot of backbone, but it can also be said that they died in civil strife, especially the peasant uprisings caused by the continuous natural and man-made disasters. It can be said that the invasion of the Jurchens in the Northeast at that time may not really be able to shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule, but what can really shake is the civil strife brought by Li Zicheng and them.
But when Wu Sangui opened the Shanhaiguan, Li Zicheng, who had already had the advantage at that time, couldn't beat the Jurchens...
It is precisely because of this relationship that history has played a big joke, and the Jurchens, who were originally just small troubles, ended up in big troubles, and even became a super big trouble that has plagued China for hundreds of years...
If this were not the case, China would not necessarily be able to experience the kind of suffering that has occurred in history. This also proves that most of the time, China can be said to be a very powerful country, provided that it is united, at least there is not too much civil strife...
Therefore, those experts and professors can actually be regarded as telling the truth, but unified China can indeed be said to be a powerful country. However, it is difficult to say whether a unified China can produce the series of achievements made by the current Guoshe government.
At least apart from Yan Shao, it is hard to imagine that there are other countrymen who dare to go north and swallow two-thirds of Russia's territory. Don't say it's in the Chinese, even in other countries, I'm afraid there may not be people who dare to do this. It is also because of this, coupled with the fact that as long as the Chinese people at this time are sensible, they have basically encountered the chaotic era before, so the support of the national government has always been very high, after all, no one wants to go back to the past years...
As for the statements of those experts and professors? Naturally, the forest is big, and there must be all kinds of birds, so there are still some supporters. Yan Shao didn't care much about this, after all, such a voice didn't affect anything.
What's more, it's not just their voices that are being promoted in this country, Yan Shao also has a lot of media, and it's definitely much louder than their voices. Just when they are preaching the theory that the government is useless, believing that any kind of government can lead China to a further front, not just a national government, more voices are preaching the great achievements of the national government and Yan Shao...
Such a voice can naturally affect many people.
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The warm weather, coupled with the days that are getting better and better day by day, gives the vast majority of people a relaxed expression on their faces.
A young man walked past a newsstand, glanced at the top, and quickly pulled a coin or two out of his pocket. Then it was handed to the owner on the newsstand.
"Give me a copy of this..."
Pointing to one of the newspapers, the young man spoke.
Hearing the young man's voice, the boss glanced at it. While taking the coin, he also pulled the newspaper out of the newsstand and handed it to the youth.
After receiving the newspaper, the youth opened it as he walked in the direction of the bus stop.
Although such a move is somewhat ...
Fortunately, the current highway is relatively smooth, and the most important thing is that there are not many pedestrians on the sidewalk at present, so there is no need to worry about the danger of hitting people. As for getting hit by a car or something, you don't have to worry about it. After all, at present, the whole of China is probably not as populated as a city, which is like the China of later generations. The number of cars has exceeded 130 million, more than all the cars in the world in this era combinedββββββ Ford Model T in history has only sold more than 10 million in so many years, even the Yushi Group in this era. It's only twenty or thirty million.
It can well be imagined. How big is that number?
It was also because he didn't need to worry about safety, so although he was more reckless, the young man didn't worry about what would happen at all. In a way, instead of worrying about being hit by a car, he's worried about bicycles, which are far more numerous than cars in China...
But the young man didn't care about this, but kept looking at the report on the cover of the newspaper...
[Large-scale oil fields are discovered in Kuwait. The annual output can reach more than 20 million tons. γ
This news can be said to come this year. The report that caused the greatest sensation in China was, from a certain point of view, even more sensational than the [Washington Treaty], which had just been concluded.
However, it is not surprising that although the [Washington Treaty] is indeed very eye-catching, and has even caused a sensation in the whole country, the discovery of oil fields in Kuwait is also extremely important to the Chinese people, because this incident has proved at least one thing, or explained one thing...
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As once said, Yan Shao's prestige in China can indeed be said to be unique, and it can almost be said that no one has the prestige to surpass Yan Shao. But this prestige was not established now, but by a series of events in the past, especially after the Wehrmacht succeeded in snatching two-thirds of the territory from Russia at the end of the First World War.
But before that, although Yan Shao's prestige was also very high, at least there was a certain difference compared to his current prestige.
At this time, Yan Shao also did some things that made the Chinese people question, such as sending troops to Europe.
At least in the past, there were quite a few people who could not understand why the Wehrmacht had to send troops to Europe. Why are they shedding blood for the benefit of Europeans?
For the Chinese people at that time, what they hoped for most was probably to take a good look at the excitement, which was the only thing they were looking forward to. After all, there is nothing more worthy of watching than the cannibalism of Europeans, so Yan Shao's behavior naturally made them a little disapproving.
It's just that at that time, Yan Shao was still very prestigious. What's more, the people at that time didn't know what a republic was, they only knew that since it had been decided from above, unless it was something that would ruin their family, as long as it didn't affect them, even if they opposed it in their hearts, they wouldn't stand up and take the initiative to oppose itββββββ anyway, the number of troops sent at the beginning was not much, and there were only a small number of people related to these, so that without affecting the vast majority of the people, they naturally had no interest in caring about this kind of thing.
Anyway, for ordinary people, as long as things don't affect them, it's enough.
It's just that this kind of behavior is still a little puzzling after all, at least many people don't understand why Yan Shao did it in the first place. This incident, at least until the news of Kuwait's announcement of the discovery of an oil field, baffled many.
There were even some people who thought that the reason why Yan Shao would send troops to Europe was because he was afraid or wanted to curry favor with foreigners, so he would let his country's soldiers go to Europe to shed blood for foreignersββββββ anyway, it was not Yan Shao himself who shed blood, so such an order was naturally easy to make.
Naturally, such rumors. The vast majority of people don't choose to believe it, but there are still some people who are affected. However, the matter of the Commune government's dispatch of troops to Europe was one of the biggest secrets of the Commune government at that time. It was impossible to clarify, so the matter was gradually covered up.
Subsequently, as Yan Shao's prestige became higher and higher, and he was also very strong in many external affairs, such rumors naturally disappearedββββββ but no more, but it does not mean that they have completely disappeared, after all, there are still many people who will remember such rumors, at least they will remember that there were such rumors.
At the same time, even until recently, there were still people who wondered. Why did Yan Shao give such an order in the first place.
But now, the puzzle has finally been revealed...
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It is no secret that the expeditionary force sent troops to Europe. For the Chinese people, the real secret is what was the reason for supporting Yan Shao's decision in the first place. What made Yan Shao make the decision to send troops to Europe? This is probably a thing that the vast majority of Chinese people are curious about.
And now, the mystery has finally been revealed.
Kuwait's oil...
Kuwait has huge reserves of oil, which can make the whole of China more powerful...
This was the biggest reason why the government decided to send troops to Europe in the first place. At the same time, it is also the biggest reason.
Although, so far. Even some reporters have interviewed some high-level officials of the national government, and these interviewees have denied this kind of information. But there are many clever people in this world, and it was soon discovered through many clues that the Nationalist government had been exploring the Middle East for a long time, and almost all of it was for oil.
At the same time, it is not surprising that a single oil field spews out a lot of oil, but it can only be because many oil wells have been discovered at one time. And every oil well can be said to need to be explored for a long time. Even drill that needs to be repeated many times to succeed...
Therefore, there is only one reason to explain this, and that is that the Commune Government had known about the existence of oil in Kuwait at an early stage. In this way, there is only one reason why the subordinate national government will support sending troops to Europe, that is, the national government at that time already knew the information that Kuwait had oil, and it would send troops to get this place...
It was only then, for many reasons, that this secret was never revealed, and now with the end of the Washington Treaty, the Commune government does not need to endure it any longer. Naturally, it can be announced, which will shock the world, and at the same time, it will also take advantage of the situation to give the British a few slaps in the face.
This statement is not only popular in China, but also abroad.
Especially in China, after all, there are a lot of newspapers in China at the moment, and soon a large number of relevant news can almost be described as overwhelming.
By now, it seems that the vast majority of Chinese people who are concerned about this issue have firmly believed in the fact that the Nationalist government knew that Kuwait had oil, so it would ask the British government for it.
This also made many Chinese people cheer, after all, their leaders did not want to curry favor with foreigners, but to let their country get more benefits, so they ordered to join the bloody war not long ago.
And now, they're finally waiting for the harvest...
Naturally, before the harvest, it feels really good to be able to give the British a hard slap in the face...
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I have to say that the discovery of oil in Kuwait has indeed made many people cheer, but at the same time, in this burst of cheers, there are also some discordant voices...
Sending troops to Europe, in fact, for Kuwait's oil? This is naturally very easy to understand, and at the same time, it also makes people understand why Yan Shao would give such a puzzling order at the beginning.
But the same ...
If it were for this reason alone, hundreds of thousands of Wehrmacht troops would be in Europe, fighting the Allies, and ultimately leading to the loss of tens of thousands of people. Then it's hard not to have the impression that the upper echelons of the government are the kind of people who don't even care about the lives of their own country's soldiers for the sake of oil, even Yan Shao, after all, when he sent troops to Europe, Yan Shao insisted on it despite public opinion...
In the United States in later generations, aren't there many Americans who often angrily scold their own government and don't even care about the lives of their soldiers for the sake of oil? Now the national government is in a similar predicament.
Although, with the enormous prestige of the Nationalist government, such voices have not affected anything for the time being, discordant voices have emerged. This kind of voice is even present among soldiers, especially those who have returned from Europeββββββ for those soldiers who have had to retire due to injuries, or even those who have been disabled for life, there is nothing left to make them understand that they are only frustrated by the fact that they have paid for some black oil.
That's right, they chose to join the army at the beginning, and in a way, they did go for the little money they paid to be soldiers, but at the same time, they were also for their own country. If one day in the future they will die in battle, they would prefer to protect the interests of their country and their families, and not for some black liquid...
And the truth that is now revealed in front of them really makes them feel a little chilled. (To be continued......)