The legendary home of Venus, the goddess of love, was Cyprus, which had more than 300 sunny days a year. It rained in Cyprus in November. The Mediterranean climate was hot and dry in summer and warm and rainy in winter. In the living room, Marchioness Grace was packing her son's schoolbag. It could be seen that the little guy was very anxious about going to school. He could not calm down when his mother was packing. Marchioness Grace was not angry. Her belly was bulging. She was pregnant with her second child.
At this time, Wang Mingshan sat in the study and quietly read the briefing.
"Times have changed. Peace has come to China!"
"Comrade Vézé adheres to the Constitution. The Min dynasty has always been a republic!"
"Increase the authority of the people. Is the people ready?"
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The Tripartite Conference was held in 1895. With Wang Mingshan's rank, these briefings had to be given to him. Of course, in addition to these, Wang Mingshan also received a personal order. Wang Mingshan felt that these two orders were very funny when put together. "Promote the work of European countries in responding to the World Olympic Summer Movement proposed by the Min dynasty" and "Support the Hungarian People's Revolution."
In the Olympic Constitution drafted under the order of Vézé, when the Games were held, the committee called for an armistice in the world. Just like when Greece held the Olympic Games, the whole region called for an armistice. As for the Hungarian People's Revolution, it was bound to be a war of blood and fire. Wang Mingshan was very clear about this. So he could not help but have a hypothesis. What should he do when the Hungarian Revolution was in full swing and the Olympics began?
More than two months ago, Wang Mingshan met Wang Shizhen, who was sent by the central government. Because Wang Shizhen shot and killed the local nobles, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also spent a lot of effort to settle the matter. The young man's observation of Hungary surprised Wang Mingshan. 'The Hungarian people lack the idea of rebellion. As long as there is a revolutionary leader like the governor, this place is also a freedom.' The specific domestic order was also worth pondering. 'Provide the Hungarian revolutionary forces with paper and printing equipment.' In addition, revolutionary pamphlets in Hungarian had been shipped to Cyprus and were waiting to be sent to Hungary through various channels.
"Dad, I'm going to school." Wang Mingshan's son shouted in the direction of the study, expressing his respect for his father. Before Wang Mingshan could respond, the door opened and the little fellow ran out. A few minutes later, there was another knock on the door, and then footsteps could be heard from the door to the study room.
"What do you mean by transporting books?" Marquess Grace asked, holding a small notebook in her hand. It was commonly known as' a fool for three years in a lifetime '. It referred to a woman's ability to deal with things outside of the baby greatly reduced during childbirth and rearing. Marchioness Glace was also a normal woman, so under Wang Mingshan's suggestion, she adopted the strategy of 'a good memory is not as good as a bad pen'.
Hearing Grace's question, Wang Mingshan raised his head and saw that his mother's warm expression was rapidly fading away, revealing the sharpness and calmness of a banker.
Wang Mingshan put down the notebook and answered calmly, "We hope to open a line of communication from Italy to Hungary, so that we can transport the goods we want to transport to the region we want to Hungary."
"Smuggling network?" Grace also made a judgment calmly.
"Right now, we are transporting revolutionary books, but in the future, it could also be weapons and ammunition. I don't want to rely on a simple smuggling network. Those people are after money. If they can gain more benefits by betraying the Hungarian revolutionaries, they probably won't hesitate to betray the revolutionaries. " Wang Mingshan had a lot of considerations for this. He did not object to using a smuggling network to a certain extent, but he himself did not believe in the smuggling model at all.
"Oh? Do you have such a low opinion of smugglers? "Grace jokingly asked.
"Hmph!" Wang Mingshan only snorted coldly, but he was too lazy to say anything. As early as 30 years ago, when Wang Mingshan worked in the finance department of Guangdong, he was ruthless in cracking down on smuggling. Because of his contact with the smugglers, Wang Mingshan had seen the true face of the profit-seeking smugglers, so he did not have a good impression of them.
"The Min dynasty is notorious in Europe. As long as the martial arts team you organized can intimidate the smugglers, they will probably behave themselves," Grace said in a joking tone. Grace said in a joking tone. Looking at Wang Mingshan's angry and helpless expression, she couldn't help but want to tease him a little.
"Those people are local tyrants. Why would the Min dynasty attack …" Wang Mingshan said casually. Halfway through his sentence, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his expression became solemn.
The Military Governor Vaize announced the termination of the Iron and Blood policy. Like a considerable number of cadres of the Min dynasty, Wang Mingshan felt very uncomfortable. When Vézé announced the termination of the Iron and Blood policy 40 years ago, Wang Mingshan was already a member of the Restoration Party. Forty years passed in the blink of an eye. When Vézé announced the termination of the Iron and Blood policy, Wang Mingshan suddenly realized that Vézé had never changed his policy for 40 years.
During the implementation of the Iron and Blood policy for 40 years, the central government of the Min dynasty led by Vézé had never considered solutions other than war. Even if there was a peaceful solution, it was only to pave the way for a larger war in the future. England, France, Spain, Portugal. The Min dynasty took away the areas controlled by the surrounding European powers. In the end, they took away most of the North American continent.
Since Vézé could persist in implementing the Iron and Blood policy for 40 years, Wang Mingshan also believed that Vézé's decision to implement the Iron and Blood policy was not a joke. From this point of view, Wang Mingshan suddenly found that he actually understood the arrangement of the Military Governor Vaize for Hungary. If he wanted to trigger a revolution in Hungary without taking military action, he must rely on the Hungarian revolutionaries. Ideas rely on books, and struggles rely on weapons. Cyprus, as a relay station, provided help in both aspects to the Hungarian revolutionaries.
Thinking of this, Wang Mingshan no longer had any interest in discussing. After the change of thought, the idea of going to Italy disappeared in an instant. There were many more reliable ways than Italy. For example, Serbia was still the territory of the Osman Turkish Empire. By opening a few printing plants and warehouses on the border, it was easy to provide all kinds of supplies to Hungary across the border. After thinking things through, Wang Mingshan closed the folder and stood up. His next job was to go out and make contacts.
Wang Shizhen had also returned to Beijing at this time. To his surprise, it was the Military Governor Vaize who met him alone. Even when Wang Shizhen led an army of millions of servants in North America, he did not receive such treatment. In response to Vézé's inquiry about the situation of the Hungarian revolution, Wang Mingshan truthfully told him, "Those people believe in God. The situation in the whole countryside is probably similar to the situation in the late Qing Dynasty. A large number of poor people have lost their land. But there are factories in the cities of Hungary, and even the poor can work in the factories. But the working environment is extremely bad, and the workers are not treated as human beings at all. "
"How is their labor productivity?" Vézé could not help but interrupt Wang Shizhen. He had never had the opportunity to visit the European factories at the end of the 19th century, and he did not understand the labor productivity of those factories. Vézé actually wanted to investigate the difference between the barbaric exploitation and the sweatshops of the 20th century.
"The labor productivity is far lower than here." Wang Shizhen replied with surprise, "How can a factory that does not use machinery and equipment compare with our Min dynasty in production efficiency?"
Wang Shizhen's introduction made Vézé temporarily put away his curiosity. Whether in theory or in reality, the production efficiency of enterprises that used a large number of standardized parts and machinery and equipment was far better than manual labor.
"Those factories employ a large number of child labor, including the elderly, children, men, and women. They have to work at least 12 hours a day. Injuries and so on are all borne by themselves. Going to school is the privilege of the minority. Although Hungary has also proposed a compulsory education law that imitates Germany, it has not really been implemented in the countryside. Illiterate people are the majority in the countryside. The Church has a huge influence in the countryside. Church personnel, officials, judges, and the local landlords and nobles are in cahoots with each other. They use force to eradicate everyone that they think is a threat to their existence … "Wang Shizhen's topic was led to the factory, so he talked about his experience.
These things were too common and too classic. Vézé was speechless at this textbook-like description. Taking a moment, Vézé asked Wang Shizhen, "How is the revolutionary spirit of the Hungarian people?"
"Definitely not to the extent that death doesn't matter during the Taiping Rebellion. Compared to the Liberation Army, which is armed with a systematic revolutionary spirit and revolutionary organization, the gap is even greater. But at least they think that the implementation of public land ownership is more effective in solving Hungary's social problems. It's just that the educated revolutionaries have a sense of superiority, which is far from the commander-in-chief's recent repeated emphasis on not being divorced from the masses. "Wang Shizhen's answer was very clever.
There was no expression on Vézé's face. Seeing that Wang Shizhen's answer was very understanding, Vézé was a little unhappy. Moreover, the situation in Hungary also made Vézé unhappy. He let Wang Shizhen leave first. Vézé couldn't help but take out the letter written by Uncle En and put it on the table. He didn't open it, but he couldn't help but tap it with his fingers.
Uncle En thought that Hungary was probably the most likely country in Europe to have a socialist revolution. The experience of China's revolution was a case of an agricultural country embarking on the road of socialism through revolution. Western Europe's Britain, France, Germany, and Austria were all industrial countries. Those small countries couldn't even be considered proper agricultural countries. Therefore, Uncle En very much hoped to be able to build a socialist country in Europe, as a socialist flag to guide European countries forward.
Vézé was not very interested in exporting revolution, and he had to consider this practical problem at this time. In theory, the export system was the usual practice of the hegemonic countries, and Vézé was very clear about this. But Vézé sincerely believed that the socialist system was inherently advanced, and he was very uneasy about exporting such a system. It was like selling silk to the Barbarians. Perhaps the various raw materials in the Barbarians could make a high profit for silk merchants, but looking at the silk draped on those savages, it always felt like throwing pearls into the dark.
However, Vézé finally decided to set up the relevant departments. Some things had to be done when it was time to be done.
No one on the Standing Committee rejected Vézé's plan. Everyone just asked what the organization for exporting revolution should be called. According to the three principles of the Min dynasty, "Define the function, define the organization, and define the personnel," Vézé was obliged to explain. Of course, before the three principles, they still needed to "define the name." Everyone saw that Military Governor Vaize closed his eyes and thought for a moment. When he opened his eyes, there was a trace of mockery at the corner of his mouth.
"Let's call it the Democracy Foundation." Vézé said straightforwardly.
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