In history, when Japan dealt with the Manchurian Qing Dynasty, it showed its extraordinary skill. It was simply accurate. Vézé used to think that the Manchu Qing was too useless, but now he didn't think so. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan for 300 years, and this regime was undoubtedly the Manchu Qing government in Japan. During the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese reformers completely destroyed the Tokugawa shogunate, and it was impossible for them not to have a deep understanding of this decadent regime. In comparison, Japan's understanding of Manchu Qing was higher than China's understanding of Manchu Qing. This was inevitable, not accidental.
Before the Politburo meeting to discuss the issue of Japan, Vézé felt very embarrassed. Vézé's rationality could accept the idea of killing the Japanese revolution in the cradle, but Vézé's moral values made him very resistant to this idea. Therefore, when Vézé convened the first meeting, he was very conservative: Shen Xin, Wei Changrong, and Zuo Zongtang.
Among these three people, Wei Changrong was Vézé's hardcore supporter, and Vézé's will was Wei Changrong's will. Shen Xin was in charge of the Political Department, and he could understand the meaning of revolution the best, but Shen Xin was not the kind of revolutionary fundamentalist. If it was a comrade like Wang Mingshan who wanted a complete revolution, Vézé was worried that Wang Mingshan would support more radical revolutionary policies in Japan. For example, land reform in Japan.
As for Zuo Zongtang, this guy was an old-fashioned person. The reason why Vézé called him was that he hoped that someone more "backward" than him would say some "nonsense." Even if this kind of nonsense couldn't increase the depth and breadth of the discussion, it could at least make Vézé feel that he wasn't the worst person.
Zuo Zongtang didn't expect Vézé to change his mind. He had agreed to let Zuo Zongtang gather the Chu army to attack the natives in the South China Sea. Before Zuo Zongtang could gather the people in the Chu army who were willing to fight, Vézé immediately changed his mind.
Regardless of whether Wei Changrong and Shen Xin knew about this, Zuo Zongtang asked, "Your Majesty, are we just going to let go of the attack of the natives?"
"I have a better candidate," Vézé replied. The Japanese mercenaries were far better than the Chu army in terms of combat strength and brutality. Regardless of whether the Chu army was terrible or not, Vézé believed that the Chu army was Chinese. Vézé couldn't accept the fact that the Chinese had turned into murderous beasts. However, it was different to spend money to hire Japanese mercenaries. The purpose of Japanese mercenaries was to earn money. At the very least, they hoped to return to Japan after taking the money and live a good life. Even if the killing had distorted their souls, they would still return to Japan after taking the money. That was Japan's problem, not China's. A problem that could be solved with money was never a problem. Creating a group of brutal China wasn't a problem that money could solve. Even if Vézé used the army to kill these people, it would only make things worse. What reason could Vézé use to make the army raise the butcher's knife against his own people?
Seeing that Vézé was serious, Zuo Zongtang knew that he couldn't change Vézé's mind. He sat in his seat, fuming with anger, his face full of unhappiness.
Vézé didn't care about Zuo Zongtang's displeasure. He said, "I'm going to intervene in the Japanese revolution. I want everyone to help me in this matter. How can we make this action not affect our comrades' understanding of the revolution in China?"
Shen Xin and Wei Changrong listened quietly. The two had been through so many years and knew the dangers of being self-righteous. So they could keep quiet until they understood what the other party was thinking.
When it came to understanding the world, no one in the Restoration Party could compare to Vézé. Vézé had a general understanding of Japan. Shen Xin, Wei Changrong, and Zuo Zongtang didn't know much about Japan. They listened to the emperor, the shogunate, and the local vassals, including the changes from the Warring States period to the Tokugawa shogunate. Listening to Vézé's "judgment" on the future of Japan, the still weak Japanese revolutionaries wanted to overthrow the shogunate and establish a new Japanese regime.
Everyone felt like they were listening to a complicated and legendary story.
Zuo Zongtang was very unhappy at first, but he soon listened. Although Vézé's description was somewhat unclear, it was enough for Vézé to describe the changes over the centuries. Vézé's description of the future of Japan made Zuo Zongtang feel more and more strange. Under normal circumstances, the subject should be more knowledgeable than the monarch Vézé. But in the current situation, unless Vézé was talking nonsense, there was a strange reality. As a monarch, Vézé had more knowledge than the subject. And this monarch, who was far more knowledgeable, capable, and cognitive than the subject, asked for the opinion of the subject in a very high manner, hoping that the suppression of foreign revolutions would not affect the Chinese people's recognition of the nobility of the revolution.
This was too f * cking weird!
Shen Xin didn't say a word after listening. Wei Changrong tentatively said, "Why should we worry about foreigners? What does Japan have to do with us Chinese people? "
Vézé shook his head. "If we encounter difficulties in the future, if someone proposes to suppress the revolution, and they use the way we treat Japan as an example, then it will be terrible."
Shen Xin asked, "What do you mean?"
"We are now starting from the Agrarian Revolution, and gradually entering the Industrial Revolution. But after the Industrial Revolution, there will naturally be problems brought about by the Industrial Revolution. Surely people don't think that everything has only advantages and no disadvantages, right? When these disadvantages are gradually revealed, there must be a large number of people who want to solve the immediate problems immediately, rather than from the perspective of changing the system. At that time, continuous revolution will become continuous war. The Way of Heaven, take the surplus and make up for the deficiency. The Way of Man is different. Take the insufficient and make up for the surplus. If this continues, it will certainly become internal repression and external aggression. If there is not enough land, we will rob from abroad. If there is not enough wealth, we will rob from abroad. "Vézé said seriously, based on the history he had seen.
But the people listening did not have such deep historical knowledge. Even if they were very knowledgeable people, they still listened with their eyes wide open.
"Internal repression and external aggression. This is indeed a solution to the problem. I'm not worried that this solution will not work. I'm worried that if people think that this is the only solution to the problem, then it will be over. "As Vézé spoke, he became a little excited.
Wei Changrong was silent, and Zuo Zongtang was a little confused. Shen Xin said, "Didn't the Commander-in-Chief say that the only way to solve future problems is through iron and blood? Could it be that you are referring to this? "
Vézé felt a wave of relief in his heart. It was very difficult to have a confidant, especially when there was a comrade on such ideological issues. It was enough to make people feel relieved. He sighed, nodded, and replied, "That's right. At this stage, iron and blood is the only way to solve the problem, but it doesn't mean that iron and blood will be the only way to solve the problem in the future. That's what I'm worried about. The means used in a revolution are just means. If this means seems to be successful, but in the end, it will be a complete tragedy. I don't want to see such a tragedy. "
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