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"Keeping records by knotting ropes? I've heard of this term before! "
"When can traditional Chinese be used in a new edition of the Xinhua Dictionary?"
"So it's all a bunch of idiots!"
"I say, Hong Xiuquan said he was the Heavenly King, but why do I feel like the Commander in Chief is the real immortal?"
"What nonsense! The Commander in Chief is a … a … a scholar! "
"The Commander in Chief hates scholars the most, okay?"
"How can someone who knows a few words claim to be a scholar? Bullsh * t! Do they know how to farm or how to fight wars? Do they know how to make spears or how to govern a country? None of the scholars are good people! "
"We are China. We will only benefit if China benefits. When the big river has no water, the small river will dry up! "
"Only by eliminating the enemy of China can we live comfortably."
"We must eliminate the enemy of China! The enemy of China and the enemy of China cannot coexist! It is impossible for us China and the enemy of China to coexist! "
As the course of the Recovery Society's plenary session progressed, all kinds of opinions were stirred up within the society.
We are China! We are the unified Chinese nation! We are all descendants of China! China is our motherland! We love our motherland! We have the obligation to defend our motherland!
The concept of the modern nation was an either-or concept. If viewed from a materialistic historical perspective, from the perspective of an "imaginary community," this concept was actually a very unscientific concept. However, it was a very simple and straightforward concept, so simple and straightforward that anyone could understand it.
"No concept can be thrown out and done with. It must be supported by a supporting system. We are now combining the concept of the modern nation with the nationalization of land, and we need to come up with a system of granting land laws. "Vézé said frankly at the Recovery Society's central committee meeting.
The concept of the modern nation was a very interesting thing. Vézé was still a teenager in high school. When he entered university, the "feeling" that he was the core of the world was shattered, and Vézé suddenly realized that he was actually a "Chinese." This feeling was very interesting. The people of "China" represented an absolute recognition. It was the recognition of friend and foe. It was a recognition of one's position. For children in their rebellious phase, the only thing worth pursuing was the realization of their own freedom. As for the youths who had gone through the rebellious phase, they needed a sense of identity. There was no doubt that "I am a Chinese" was a very credible and feasible self-identification.
I am a Chinese, which means that anyone outside of China is a foreigner. There is a natural distinction between Chinese and foreigners. In the 21st century, in a rather globalized era, between China and foreign countries, there was still a distinction between Chinese capital and foreign capital, a world dominated by China and a world dominated by foreign countries. In 1856 the distinction was doubtless more practical.
Why did the British ignore the fact that tobacco was poisoning the physical and mental health of the people of China, even at the risk of waging war to ensure the British tobacco trade? An easily understandable explanation is that the British are foreigners!
Why did the British demand to cede territory and pay reparations after defeating the Manchu Qing regime? Because "the British are foreigners!"
Why did the Manchu Qing ignore the fact that tobacco was harming the fundamental interests of the people of China? Why did they agree to the existence of the tobacco trade in order to collect the huge tobacco tax? Because the Manchu Qing were foreigners, and the Manchu Qing were not China.
Who are our enemies and who are our friends! Modern nationalism used very simple and straightforward theories to come up with theories and conclusions that were very easy to understand and accept.
Vézé himself was deeply influenced by historical materialism, but he alone faced thousands of members of the Recovery Association, tens of thousands of members of the Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office, and tens of millions of people of Guangdong and Guangxi. If Vézé wanted to lead the Recovery Association, to lead the Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office, and to lead the people of Guangdong and Guangxi, he did not need to come up with theories that these people could not understand. Instead, he needed to come up with theories that these people could understand and agree with. He needed to rely on Vézé to represent the interests of these people in order to gain their support.
"The Recovery Commander-In-Chief's Office needs to expel the Tartars and restore China! The dust will not run away until the broom reaches it! "
"Who are our friends and who are our enemies! This is the primary issue of the revolution! "
"Get up! Get up! Get up! The Chinese people are in the most dangerous time! "
Vézé spared no effort in propagating the theory of the modern nation-state. While carrying out this propaganda, Vézé also made corresponding propaganda. "Every Chinese who identifies with the motherland, every China who identifies with the Chinese people, is a member of China, a citizen of China. The new China we want to build is made up of these people. Comrades, we must keep this in mind! "
"The Worker-Peasant Alliance is the foundation of our Recovery Association. All those who agree with the Recovery Association's principles and accept the land nationalization policy must be included in the new China we want to build!"
"The land distribution system must be implemented seriously. This is not a system for a few people or a group of people to control the land, but a foundation that will allow all the people of China to benefit from it in the future!"
Vézé had already understood the core of politics and political parties. Politics was to determine the dominant position of each social class and social stratum in society. The purpose of a political party was even more straightforward. The political party was to become a political organization that dominated the leadership of society.
For Vézé, he needed to arduously increase the number of comrades who agreed with the Recovery Association's political philosophy and actions. Expanding the scale of the Recovery Association was extremely difficult. But on the other hand, when the Recovery Association was formed by people who had awakened their class consciousness, when the Recovery Association was deeply rooted in the land of China, there would be no organization that could eliminate the Recovery Association from the outside.
From Vézé's point of view, this meeting should have been held a year ago. However, at that time, he was still the Prince Of Qi of the Taiping Rebellion. The incident in Tianjing had caused a huge ideological confusion among Vézé's followers. It had erased the divine projection above the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan's head, causing everyone to instinctively surround Vézé. However, the reconstruction of their ideology was far from complete. In fact, it had not even begun.
To a certain extent, Vézé had once agreed with the idealistic attitude of "the bigger the heart, the bigger the world". However, reality had taught Vézé a profound lesson. Materialism was always the most important. In the face of chaos, the fear of death that stemmed from the desire of life and the rejection of uneasiness could allow his subordinates to instinctively gather in a small environment that could make them feel at ease. However, the thought that stemmed from the desire was far less direct and rapid than the reaction of the desire. In other words, in the face of unknown changes, the material was completely above the spirit.
The attention that Manchu Qing paid to Vézé was no less than the attention he paid to the Taiping Rebellion. The Taiping Rebellion was called "Guangdong Bandits" by Manchu Qing. This was because the first few main leaders of the Taiping Rebellion were all Cantonese. Now that the Liberation Army that had broken away from the Taiping Rebellion had returned to Guangdong, it was as if they were going back to their hometown. Unlike what Manchu Qing had imagined, the Liberation Army Governor's Office in the south did not lose its footing in Guangdong. Instead, it quickly quelled the rebellion in Guangdong and even extended its hands to Guangxi. At this time, the main military forces in Guangxi had been transferred to the Yangtze River valley. There was no force that could return to Guangdong to attack the Liberation Army.
Emperor Xianfeng was deeply worried about this. At this time, the attitude of the three bandit suppression ministers that he cared about was unprecedentedly consistent. The three of them all believed that between the Liberation Army and the Taiping Rebellion, the more troublesome thing was the power of the Taiping Rebellion. As long as the Taiping Rebellion was eliminated, they could gather all their forces to go south and wipe out the Liberation Army in one fell swoop.
In fact, this was not necessarily a real comparison between the Taiping Rebellion and the Liberation Army. More realistically, it was the problem of the territory occupied by the two sides. After the Taiping Rebellion went through the Tianjing Rebellion, it still controlled a large area in Huainan. This area alone could continuously provide provisions and soldiers for the Taiping Rebellion. The Anhui Inspector-General, Jiang Zhongyuan, clearly stated, "If we don't retake Huainan, we can't eliminate the Guangdong Bandits!"
Emperor Xianfeng only needed to look at the map to understand how correct this strategy was. Even though the change of the Yellow River's course had a huge psychological impact on the Manchu Qing, Emperor Xianfeng still gave Jiang Zhongyuan even more support, hoping that this high-ranking military official who rose to power by suppressing bandits could realize the strategy of retaking Huainan as soon as possible.
"Lord Jiang, shouldn't we wait a little longer? This time, we haven't finished preparing the firearms for the attack on Shouzhou! "The Suzhou Prefectural Magistrate, Li Hongzhang, very cautiously suggested to Jiang Zhongyuan.
Jiang Zhongyuan's expression was calm as he shook his head. "We can't wait any longer! This time, we already have a thousand firearms. If we wait any longer, the Guangdong Bandits in Shouzhou will only grow stronger. Right now, Shouzhou has already been lost for three years. If we still can't retake Shouzhou this year, who in that place will feel that they are the people of the Great Qing? "
Shouzhou's strategic position was too important. If they could control Shouzhou, they would be able to mutually support Fengyang and the other places, thereby maintaining the defensive line along the Huai River.
Ever since Vézé moved south, the Taiping army's northward offensive across the Huai River had finally stopped. Jiang Zhongyuan also finally dared to start attacking south. In addition to carrying out military strikes against the Taiping army, Jiang Zhongyuan also began to implement a policy of recruiting the Taiping army to surrender. Although there weren't many who sought refuge, there were some who had once followed Vézé in Huainan. The intelligence they brought gave Jiang Zhongyuan a fright.
Vézé had once devised a strategy of "defending the river must defend the Huai River". Regarding this strategy, Vézé didn't treat it as some great secret. At least, from Vézé's point of view, this was nothing more than a piece of basic knowledge that he was familiar with.
The correctness of this strategy, especially the rationality of Vézé's design, was the reason why many "insightful people" were willing to follow Vézé. As long as this strategy could be successfully implemented, at the very least, there would be a situation where the North and the South faced the South. The literati defected to the Taiping Rebellion would at least have a result.
The chaos in Tianjing completely shattered the fantasies of these "insightful people". The actual executor of this strategy, Vézé, had run away. The highest supporter of this strategy, Yang Xiuqing, had been killed along with his subordinates. The upper echelons of the Taiping Rebellion had already abandoned this strategy.
Without a foreseeable future, it was time for everyone to break up!
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