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"Our policy is first and foremost to serve ourselves. Whether we allow foreign devils to do business here or not, it's all for our own benefit. So when you negotiate with the British, tell them that even if we strengthen the control of Shanghai's shipping in the short term, it's for our benefit. So when you negotiate with the British, tell them that even if we strengthen the control of Shanghai's shipping in the short term, it's for the benefit of foreign businessmen. What they think and what they say are basically the opposite. "Vézé said to Zuo Zhidan very seriously.
Zuo Zhidan accumulated a lot of anger the first day because of looking for the person in charge. But after a night's rest, he returned to normal. After listening to Vézé's words, Zuo Zhidan asked, "Commander-in-chief, that is to say, we are only negotiating with the British?"
Vézé nodded. "Yes, since we have signed the treaty and agreement, we will implement it according to the treaty and agreement. As for the unexpected situation of war, we only need to tell the British one thing. We are also trying to end the state of war. If the British object, you tell them that we have the final say in China. If anyone objects, we will not only beat them, but we will also kill them! "
Such a tough attitude was not necessary. The cadres in the Restored Commander-In-Chief's Office had experienced the baptism of war, and they still had this bit of backbone. But Vézé could not help but take out his bottom line. Unprincipled concessions were a very terrible action, and some things left too deep an impression on Vézé.
"Then when can normal trade resume?" Zuo Zhidan asked. Since they were going to negotiate, they could not tell the other party that they would wait indefinitely. The Restored Commander-In-Chief's Office had never advocated such an unreasonable approach.
Vézé laughed a few times with bad intentions. "Hmph! When our fleet can take over those waters, we can do this. You can even tell the British that if they want to fully restore navigation as soon as possible, they will help us build a fleet that can overwhelm China's territorial waters. "
Zuo Zhidan could fully understand the meaning of Vézé's words. The Restored Commander-In-Chief's Office hoped to have a strong navy to resist any threats from the sea. Especially the threat from the British.
The meeting was basically over. Vézé said seriously, "Comrade Zuo Zhidan, I'm not criticizing you, so I hope you won't think otherwise. What I want to say now is that when discussing this diplomatic issue, there is a major difference between whether I am the Governor of the Recovered Commandery or the person responsible for the execution of this matter. Moreover, as the new state system that we are going to establish, the feudal system is completely different from the labor-based industrial system. "
After listening to Vézé's words, Zuo Zhidan said seriously, "Commander-in-chief, I thought about it when I went back yesterday. I can more or less understand you now. Every department existed for the sake of completing their work, not because the department was someone else's property. You have said many times that there is no such problem in the current army. The cadres of the army exist for the sake of fighting. If they can fight, they have a job. If they can't, they can get lost. However, we are not working in a military department. We will not die even if we do a good job or not. Of course, we want to be lazy. Just like what happened yesterday, I actually learned something. I learned a way to solve the problem. But at that time, I just wanted to be lazy. It would be great if someone else came to me. "
Zuo Zhidan's words suddenly made Vézé feel enlightened. Vézé was indeed a "lazy person" when it came to his life. He worked every day and had long exhausted his energy. Even eating and tasting delicious food required energy. Therefore, Vézé had no interest in the so-called enjoyment because he did not have the energy to care about it.
The reason why the founders of every dynasty were full of vigor and vitality was because they had gone through countless hardships and hardships. Those who were too lazy to work were either dead or eliminated while they were still alive. At least the entire upper echelons had a conscientious and hard-working attitude. Being lazy to work was a sin in that era. This had nothing to do with noble ideals and noble character. In other words, it was precisely because these founders had this view of laziness as a sin that they could appear noble and noble.
The new country was about to be established, and Vézé had to consider the inevitable problems that would arise after the establishment of the country. At this moment, Vézé suddenly felt that he had gained something.
Nodding repeatedly, Vézé said happily, "Comrade Zuo Zhidan, you said it very well. As the secretary of the Party Committee, I have to clearly explain my experience in this kind of work to my comrades. As the leadership, we have to establish a culture of hard work, steadfastness, and willingness to work. "
Zuo Zhidan waved her hand. "Commander-in-chief, don't embarrass me. There are all kinds of problems with my work, and I still want to promote myself? Do I want to be a joke? "
Vézé shook his head. "Joke? When the General Staff was established, there were many jokes! At that time, who dared to say that they could do a good job? If they could not make a joke and could complete the workload, they would be rewarded. "
Zuo Zhidan shook her head. "Commander-in-chief, that's different. At that time, if they did a bad job, they would die. If they didn't die in front of the battlefield, they would die under military law. Now, the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs doesn't directly kill people. This kind of publicity is obviously different. "
"I understand what you mean. I understand. " Vézé did understand that when the army risked their lives to work, it was easy to get comprehensive recognition. Because for those who made sarcastic remarks, "If you think they did a bad job, do it yourself!" could shut most people's mouths. But if it didn't involve work that cost lives, it would be difficult to be so persuasive. Seeing that others could get rewards, it was too easy to say some sour words out of jealousy.
Vézé said to Zuo Zhidan, "As for the problem of style, I will come up with some articles and systems. As the secretary of the Party Committee, you have to discuss more with your comrades. "
After this conversation, Vézé was inexplicably excited. A lot of things that he didn't understand in the past, things that he had strong feelings about in the past, but were far from being able to sort out, suddenly became clear.
Vézé remembered a sentence that had once touched him. "Don't teach the biographies of saints or great men to children, because this is letting the kind and normal people learn from the abnormal people."
What a "kind and normal people". Those kind and normal people had obeyed their nature, or it could be said that they liked ease and hated work. And those abnormal people had indeed won over their nature of ease and hated work. That was why they were able to achieve such achievements.
Vézé didn't want to use this reason to defend the system of exploitation. Systematic exploitation was a different matter. Purely from the perspective of human nature, since ancient times, heroes had never been kind. Before drinking the blood of others, they first had to drink their own blood.
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