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"You are greedy for riches and honor. You forced me to be the Emperor. You can only obey my orders. Otherwise, I cannot be the Emperor!" According to historical records, this was what Zhao Kuangyin had said during the Chenqiao Mutiny, after he had been "clothed with the yellow robe."
Vézé used to have a very low opinion of emperors, especially the founding emperors. He felt that these b * stards were too hypocritical and hypocritical. When he read the history books and saw this, his opinion of the founding emperors completely changed. It was said that when Liu Xiu became the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, his subordinates invited him to Mount Tai. Liu Xiu scolded, "I've been the emperor for so many years and caused so much discontent. Now I'm on Mount Tai. Who are you trying to fool? Are you trying to fool the heavens? "
It wasn't that Vézé looked down on farmers. In the 21st century, farmers were no longer the object of contempt. The popularization of agricultural technology made Vézé understand that agriculture was a real skill. With the hard work of China's working people, agriculture had become an art. It was a skill, accumulation, prediction, and measurement, and finally achieved a balance of art.
But Vézé really didn't expect that his group of peasant rebels really had such ideals. Even the ideal of the Taiping Rebellion's "Little Paradise" was enough to make these brothers dare to participate in the revolution that would change the dynasty.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's "Little Heaven" was undoubtedly the ideal of a small peasant economy. "Eat together, wear together, plow together, spend money together; there is no place that is not warm, no place that is uneven." This concept was undoubtedly heresy in the eyes of Vézé, who grew up in industrialized China. This was as ridiculous as saying that Marxism was a "communist party with a wife". It was ridiculous to Vézé.
The industrialized era was an era of "survival of the fittest". As a technical staff of a large state-owned shipbuilding group in China, this was what Vézé learned in the group. The United Kingdom, America, Northern Europe, Japan, and even South Korea were once the leaders of the world. But China had to rely on the cruel competition in the market to struggle for the position of the strongest shipbuilding group in the world.
However, Vézé, who had a competitive spirit engraved in his Mental Gene, could understand the concept of "equality everywhere". China's shipbuilding industry had also gone through tough times. Back then, it was thanks to the persistence of Vézé's father's generation that they managed to pull through. Vézé still remembered that when he was young, every time the state finally provided funds and orders to the shipbuilding industry, the factories would be filled with jubilation, and Vézé's father would also feel relieved. Then he opened a bottle of white wine and said proudly to Vézé's mother, who worked at the bank, "I'm going to work overtime in the next few months!"
When he was young, Vézé's understanding of the word "evenness" was that the country wanted to build a big ship, and that was what it meant to be even. The experience of that time left only one feeling for the young Vézé, and that was "the country needs big ships to become strong."
Only when the country was strong would there be personal benefits. Vézé firmly believed in this. Therefore, the industrialized Vézé never had a particularly good impression of the peasant revolution. He always thought that what the peasants needed was a better life. For example, the abolition of agricultural taxes and agricultural subsidies.
Vézé had read an article and had a deep impression of it. Both the left and the right in China believed that the backwardness of the peasant economy had to be eliminated. The difference between the left and the right was that the right believed that the capital should lead the elimination of the peasant economy, while the left believed that the agricultural commune should lead the elimination of the peasant economy. Although the left scolded the right as the capitalist lackeys, the right scolded the left as the remnants of the Cultural Revolution. But as long as one pursued the industrial system, their passion and attitude towards the elimination of the peasant economy were the same.
However, in August 1854, Vézé experienced one of the few "soul tremors" in his life. The brothers he brought up expressed that they really believed that the Taiping Rebellion's "mini paradise" could be realized, and the brothers Vézé brought up expressed that they at least really hoped that the "mini paradise" could be realized. For the first time, Vézé truly understood that the peasants' pursuit of happiness and freedom from oppression was no different from the industrial party. He finally couldn't sleep in this era.
Even though he recognized the peasants' urgent need for revolution, Vézé still thought that Hong Xiuquan, who proposed the "mini paradise", was a bastard. And as far as Vézé knew, it wasn't just Hong Xiuquan who proposed the "mini paradise". Feng Yunshan, the Southern Prince, and Xiao Chaogui, the Western Prince, also contributed greatly to the theoretical elaboration of the "mini paradise".
In Vézé's opinion, any idea without the ability to implement it was worse than shit. That was why Vézé supported the King Of The East, Yang Xiuqing, because Yang Xiuqing was the real core of the Taiping Rebellion. Up to now, only Yang Xiuqing could mobilize Vézé to work for the Taiping Rebellion. If King Hong Xiuquan, King Wei Changhui, or Wing King Shi Dakai gave orders to Vézé, Vézé would have to bargain with them no matter what.
Even though Yang Xiuqing took more than ten thousand troops from Vézé, Vézé still believed that Yang Xiuqing's actions had a reason.
However, Vézé's unconditional support for Yang Xiuqing came to an end. In the past, Yang Xiuqing's actions were still based on the consideration of the rebellion and the allocation of resources in his hands. Vézé, who had worked in a state-owned enterprise, felt this way. In order to complete a certain project, he would work overtime and even make seemingly unreasonable requests of his subordinates. In Vézé's eyes, this was nothing. Vézé also hoped to display his abilities through this kind of work. He hoped to get promoted faster.
This was similar to the Wenchuan earthquake. Almost everyone would sign up to join the commando team and go to the toughest place. Those who could be promoted faster were undoubtedly those who performed outstandingly on a daily basis. Vézé had an uncle who signed up to help Tibet. During that time, he was promoted one level. When he arrived in Tibet, he worked hard and was promoted another level. Because his body was not used to the high reaction, he was sent to the intensive care unit several times. In the end, he had no choice but to return to his original work unit. But these two promotions were a real deal.
Vézé's uncle was not a cunning person. The work of helping Tibet was strictly managed. If it wasn't for the fact that Vézé's uncle would die on the plateau if he did not return to the plains, the organization would not have allowed him to come back. Vézé's mother commented, "He's not a deserter! It's just a matter of luck. "
Vézé, who was loyal to the King Of The East and worked for the Taiping Rebellion, was also rewarded. His title of Prince of Qi had not been obtained by Wei Ze through swindling and swindling. Rather, he had completed work that others were incapable of accomplishing, laboriously obtaining it.
However, Yang Xiuqing had changed. In other words, as the situation changed, Yang Xiuqing gradually revealed a side that he had never had the chance to show before. Yang Xiuqing did not strive to establish a more advanced system, but followed the traditional model and began to think for Yang Xiuqing himself.
Perhaps this was Yang Xiuqing's limit! Vézé had to think with regret and disappointment.
Between his subordinates' ideals for the peasant revolution and Yang Xiuqing's personal ambition, Vézé had only one choice, and that was his subordinates' revolutionary ideals. Even if this ideal was imperfect, or even unscientific. Vézé still believed that the value of ideals far exceeded the value of ambition.
After a sleepless night, Vézé's eyes were as red as a rabbit's. He still held a meeting of the General Staff early the next morning. "We must completely defeat Jiangbei Camp."
Vézé's subordinates were not in high spirits. They listened to Vézé without any reaction.
Looking at the emotions of his subordinates, Vézé smiled and said, "If you behave like this when you encounter such a small matter, the King Of The East will only be harsher and harsher to us. What will you do then? Disband? Commit suicide? "
"What? The King Of The East will be harsher and harsher to us? "Wei Changrong asked in surprise.
"I'll bear all the consequences, but you can't give me such a cowardly look!" Vézé cleverly avoided a direct answer, but he had actually answered Wei Changrong's question.
"Chief of General Staff! What else can the King Of The East do to us? "Ke Gongyu asked.
Vézé sneered, "Let me ask you, are we here to conquer the world, or are we here to fight against the King Of The East? If you still think that you are conquering the world, the world is very big. We will never have no place to stay! If you think that we are fighting against the King Of The East, then I have only one sentence, you can quit now! The King Of The East is the law of our Tianping Heavenly Kingdom. He is the heaven of our Taiping Rebellion! As long as we are still people of the Taiping Rebellion, we can't oppose the King Of The East! "
Such a high-pressure policy left the generals speechless. The generals were silent. And now, Vézé needed the obedience of the generals, even if it was such a passive obedience. For more than two years, Vézé had worked hard to build a military training system so that the army could maintain the most basic combat ability. Vézé's enemy was not the great Red Army of Workers and Peasants. Facing the Manchu Qing's Green Camp and Eight Banners, as long as they could maintain the most basic combat ability, Vézé had no possibility of losing.
"Don't worry, head west and pull down the Qing Yao's camps one by one!" Vézé ordered.
Starting from the 20th of August, the battle continued. Even though the battle was very dull, Vézé's artillery still effectively destroyed the Qing Army's camps. Relying on the advantages of training and firepower, the infantrymen swarmed in from the breakthrough point and drove the Qing Army out of the camps.
At the speed of breaking two camps a day, by August 30th, Vézé's troops broke through 20 camps of the Qing Army with less than 100 casualties. The Jiangbei Barracks of the Qing Army could not hold on any longer and all retreated to Yizheng.
The military command system's attitude determined the battle arrangement. Vézé's troops gave up on the painstaking battle of annihilation and instead adopted a relatively easy strategy of rout. The Qing Army could not withstand the attacks of Vézé's troops. On September 2nd, when Vézé's troops rushed to Yizheng, they found that the Qing Army had already crossed the Yangtze River and retreated to the south.
In Tianjing City, Yang Xiuqing displayed his strength as the King Of The East. With 50,000 elites in his hands, Yang Xiuqing launched a series of attacks on the Jiangnan Barracks of the Qing Army. The Qing Army was powerless to resist. On September 15th, the main camp of the Jiangnan Barracks of the Xiaoling Guards was broken through by Yang Xiuqing. The Inspector of Zhejiang, Jierhanga, who was in the Jiuhua Mountain area, was also powerless to resist. The Qing Army's main force retreated to the east and retreated to the Changzhou area.
Meanwhile, Vézé received an order to enter the capital to receive his reward!
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