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Wei Ze couldn't help but stare blankly when a document titled "Using the Guangdong Overseas Chinese's Network to Expand Publicity in Guangdong" was sent to his desk. But as a northerner, Vézé couldn't help but be stunned. But as a northerner, Vézé had no concept of overseas Chinese.
And now the war was gradually taking shape, to the point where it could break out at any moment. According to the news from Hong Kong, the British had reorganized their troops, and several large ships had arrived in Hong Kong. When the British troops were ready, the next step would naturally be war. At this time, what was needed to restore the commander-in-chief's office was not comprehensive and detailed propaganda, but to gather the hardcore supporters as soon as possible. Even so, this report from Jiangmen made Vézé's eyes light up.
The reason why the great army, starting from the Red Army of Workers and Peasants, was able to create countless miracles was that this army always knew what to fight for and who to fight for. "What to fight for and who to fight for" was a question that all leaders above the passing mark had to think hard.
The reason why the modern nation-state system could rise so strongly was that this system allowed the people of the country to be included in a "natural group" to the greatest extent.
Vézé used to wonder why the Europeans with light-colored hair on their heads considered themselves the successors of Rome. In the Roman Republic or the Empire, these people were standard barbarians. The Romans had black hair and black eyes. But the Romans with black hair and black eyes were discriminated against in southern Italy. The French claimed to be descendants of Gaul, but in fact, there were probably only a few descendants of Gaul in Switzerland. The French and the Germans are real blood relatives. As for the Egyptians, Vézé didn't even bother to mention them. There was a huge gap between the Pharaoh and the Green Sect.
However, modern nation-states could use a simple and clear point of view. Even if this point of view was not tenable from genetic research, this point of view at least gave the people a common attribute. All classes and religions must be under the "XX nation" and "XX people" created by the modern nation-state. Whether it was the king, the nobles, the capitalists, or the proletarians, at least they had a common attribute, "the people of XX country." This common attribute also created a common front, and then clearly divided the enemy and drew a boundary.
The Viceroy General's Office was an interest group that surrounded Vézé. They were only there because Vézé was promoting the "modern nation-state". Regardless of whether they agreed with it or not, they had to accept Vézé's ideals as their own. However, this was far from enough. If he wanted to unite the people of Guangxi and Guangxi in a short time, Vézé could only create a "common identity" that the people of Guangxi and Guangxi could understand and agree with. Without a doubt, the overseas Chinese had been in contact with modern European nation-states, and they were the ones who could best understand Vézé's words.
Vézé immediately convened a meeting of the Standing Committee and showed Wu Qilu's document to everyone. After waiting patiently for everyone to finish reading, Vézé said, "I suggest that during this purge, we can temporarily let go of those who have overseas Chinese identities."
Bi Qingshan immediately frowned. "Governor, those overseas Chinese have made money overseas and returned to Guangdong to buy land. The land problem in Guangdong has something to do with them. If we let them go for now, there will be too many people on our list that need to be adjusted. "
"There is really no opportunity to do so now, so we will do this first. We will deal with these people after we completely eradicate the Great Smoke Merchants, "replied Vézé. After personally becoming the governor of the Viceroy General's Office, Vézé finally understood why many of the orders of the higher-ups seemed to be almost unreasonable. Because the higher-ups did not have time to distinguish those subtle things. If they wanted to avoid accidentally hurting the higher-ups, then there was no need for them to do anything. The formulation of high-level policies was completely based on the main contradiction that had to be solved at that time. The higher the level of understanding of the contradiction, the more targeted the policy would be. At the same time, the more personal the policy would be.
For example, if Vézé wanted to seize the sovereignty of Guangdong, he had to solve the land problem, and the landlords were undoubtedly the targets that needed to be eliminated. But Vézé did not dare to use the class contradiction first, so he could only fully stimulate the landlords to fight desperately. Therefore, Vézé could only start from the perspective of "justice" and first eliminate the "big smoke dealers" and "traitors" who harmed the fundamental interests of the people of China. Although many of these overseas Chinese were "big smoke dealers" and "traitors," Vézé still let them go for the time being. In order to use the overseas Chinese to promote the establishment of a "modern nation-state," Vézé temporarily let these people go. If these overseas Chinese were willing to seek refuge with Vézé, Vézé would fully cooperate with them and even entrust them with important tasks. Most of the time, policies were cruel and unreasonable.
Of course, the Standing Committee could understand the problem from this perspective. Even if they did not understand, they knew other reasons. First, the Military Governor Of Vaize was correct. Second, if the Military Governor Of Vaize was not correct, then refer to the first point.
Of course, Vézé's reason to convince everyone was quite sufficient. Most Cantonese had never seen or dealt with foreigners. Cantonese locals knew that the local overseas Chinese had dealt with foreigners, so they would naturally believe the words of the overseas Chinese around them. Then, as long as they could control the propaganda of the overseas Chinese, the propaganda work of the Viceroy's Office would naturally be twice the result with half the effort.
After listening to Vézé's explanation, Bi Qingshan nodded in agreement. "I hope the British will not attack so soon, leaving us enough time for our comrades to adjust the list."
Li Yuchang, who was in charge of commercial work, did not care about the army or the granting of land, so he was not interested in the problem of the overseas Chinese. Li Yuchang asked, "If the British do not leave after occupying Guangzhou, what do we do?"
Vézé smiled and said, "The British do not have enough troops. It is actually a good thing that they have occupied Guangzhou for a long time. We have sent a small team to cut off the road between Guangzhou and Hong Kong, and we have constantly harassed and attacked Hong Kong with small troops. They will not be able to stand it! "
"What if the British retreat to Hong Kong?" Li Yuchang continued to ask.
"The British goal is very simple. They want to control Guangdong and let the tobacco trade be unrestricted. They will not retreat easily. "Vézé gave a clear answer.
Li Yuchang nodded repeatedly. He agreed with Vézé's attitude, so Li Yuchang asked in a puzzled tone, "But we have already reached this point in the Viceroy's Office. The British obviously cannot do this, right?"
Vézé paused for a moment. When all the Standing Committee members' eyes were focused on Vézé, he said, "War is the continuation of politics. It is war that depends on politics, not politics that depends on war. Of course, the British do not know that they cannot defeat us by means of war. According to their experience, if they can defeat the Manchu Qing with war, they can naturally defeat us. Therefore, after the British failed to carry out the tobacco trade in Guangdong through negotiations, they naturally chose the means of war that they believe can make us submit. The reason why we sent our brothers in the Liberation Army to the battlefield and let them face death is not because we are passionate about killing, but because we have to prove to the British that they are trying to use war to make us submit, so that their tobacco trade, which poisons the people of China, can continue to be continued, is wrong! This is what we must make the troops understand! We do not fight because we love war, we go to the battlefield for the interests of China, for peace! "
When explaining this reason for war, Vézé was full of emotion and firm. Because these reasons were reasons that Vézé firmly believed in. Not only did he dare to say it so openly, even if these words were recorded in history books word for word, Vézé firmly believed that future generations of China would also be able to accept Vézé's reasons for war and accept Vézé's war actions.
New China had seen several wars launched after the war. Even decades after the war, the vast majority of Chinese could still fully agree with the reasons for launching the war at that time, agree with the propaganda of the war at that time, and admit that those wars had brought peace to new China. The soldiers were willing to accept such reasons, willing to go to the battlefield for such ideals. Vézé hoped that he could continue this glorious history, or at least as long as possible.
The Standing Committee members were obviously convinced by Vézé. If they had decided to temporarily spare the overseas Chinese not long ago, it was more out of the obedience of subordinates to their superiors. As for the reason for going to war with the British, after everyone understood it, they sincerely agreed with Vézé's ideals and supported this choice of war.
"Then should we start blocking the news now and withdraw from Guangzhou on a large scale?" Li Yuchang's tone was not questioning, but asking.
"Other than giving up Guangzhou, we will not give up any other areas. We have to let the British be happy for a while, thinking that they have easily defeated us and driven us out of Guangzhou. When they have achieved the goal of the campaign, they will continue to pursue the strategic goal with all their might. At that time, we will teach the British a good lesson and completely eradicate the big tobacco dealers who colluded with the British! "Vézé stated his thoughts.
However, Vézé actually knew that regardless of whether the big tobacco dealers colluded with the British or not, they had already been written on the list of "colluding with the British" drawn up by the Liberation Army. The rest of the matter would develop into "colluding with the British" being equivalent to "traitors". In order to safeguard national interests, a modern nation-state must eliminate "traitors". Whether it was "real traitors" or "betrayers", when the conflict between the enemy and himself escalated to a military conflict, the destruction of the body became inevitable.
The reason why Vézé wanted to create a modern nation-state as soon as possible was because people who had the identity of a modern nation-state had no sympathy for "traitors". Vézé did not need to think about this, he himself was a clear proof. Vézé never sympathized with traitors. In terms of killing traitors, he only thought that "killing was not enough."
The recovery of the Commander-in-Chief's Office only needed to make a reasonable explanation to the people of Guangdong and Guangxi, and that was enough. As for whether some of the big tobacco dealers were wronged, Vézé did not care at all.
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