On January 10, 1868, the Battle of Toba Fushimi ended with the Tobaku taking the initiative to leave the battlefield. The shogunate occupied Kyoto and "closely protected" the Meiji Emperor. The allied forces returned to their lair, but the impact of the recent defeat in the war between the four territories had not been eliminated. The shogunate was only satisfied with the current advantageous situation.
At this time, the new China government was doing its best to digest the four newly liberated provinces. Handan in Hebei and Zaozhuang in Shandong both had iron mines. The government began to invest in these areas. The local governments of Shandong and Hebei sent people to express their gratitude to Vézé and begged for more investment. The Lanfang province had preliminary surveys of open-pit coal mines and hematite mines. The Lanfang province also sent people to assure Vézé that as long as the investment was in place, the annual production of 200,000 tons of steel and 1 million tons of iron would not be a problem.
Historically, in 1870, England produced 300,000 tons of steel and 6 million tons of pig iron. It was the world's largest industrial country. According to the existing statistics and the vows of the provincial representatives, China could produce 2 million tons of steel and 14 million tons of pig iron by 1870. If this was true, China would be able to openly compete with other industrial countries in terms of internal power. Just like the Qin state, "If you have an inch, you will be the king; if you have a ruler, you will be the king's ruler."
But Vézé was not so simple to be optimistic. At this stage, the local governments were asking the central government for policies and projects. Human instinct was not to care about whether they could use it or not. If he trusted them now, he might as well hang himself.
Vézé said to the secretary, "Tell those people outside that if they want to come here to beg for projects, then don't come. The country naturally has its own arrangements. The initial work has already been clearly explained to the provinces: land reform, irrigation works, railway construction. These are all basic skills. Do a good job and then talk about other things. "
The people sent by the provinces were not willing to go back to report without seeing Vézé. That would be asking for a lecture. In the following days, many provincial governors and provincial party secretaries stayed in Nanjing, refusing to go back without getting some benefits. If Vézé could not get through, they went to the Premier of the State Council, Bi Qingshan. Bi Qingshan was annoyed to death by this group of people. He also refused to discuss this matter. These men who were born in the army and had strong personalities went to the various ministries.
In the end, Bi Qingshan and the cadres of various ministries and commissions came to Vézé and asked Vézé to come forward and suppress these matters. Vézé had no choice but to come out and recruit these guys.
Organizational life was not just a group of people listening to orders. There were many ways to do it. Especially after Vézé introduced expansion training into organizational life, it was easier to stimulate the enthusiasm of the participants and improve the relationship between the participants. All kinds of game-like activities were carried out one after another. The people in charge were not these guys who gave orders, but the ordinary members.
The punishment for breaking the rules was push-ups. In the beginning, there were people who were punished by doing push-ups because of various violations. After a period of time, this kind of thing became much less frequent. They seemed to be challenging the limits of humanity, but as long as they worked together, they could complete the projects one by one.
During this time, some comrades tried to get close to Vézé, but the comrade in charge of the organization did not hesitate to call out those who tried to talk in private and punish them with push-ups. Therefore, these people temporarily gave up on this idea.
The last day of organizational life took everyone to the lake. There were some wooden stakes floating on the lake. "The next one is to let the wood jump out of the water. It can't be pushed by people. "The instructor shouted.
Everyone looked at each other. In the past few days, everyone had a very high evaluation of the expansion training. During the night, everyone discussed that when they returned to their provinces or departments, they must promote it. But it was unrealistic to let the wood jump out of the water without people pushing it.
"Everyone can discuss now!" The instructor shouted.
Everyone discussed. It was winter now. Although Nanjing was warm, jumping into the water would be very cold. How to make the wood jump out of the water was a big problem.
The military team that Lei Hu was in had a strict military style. Lei Hu began to take off his clothes without saying anything and discussed with his comrades. The people in the military were very familiar with logistics. They quickly came up with a plan. Several people went into the water and pushed the wood under the water, then let go at the same time. Then, the wood rushed out of the water. But at the beginning, they made the wood horizontal, so it couldn't jump out. Later, they changed the angle, and the wood finally jumped out of the water.
"Pass!" The instructor shouted.
With Lei Hu's team taking the lead, the other teams completed this project. Vézé also personally participated in this project. When everyone finished, they dried their bodies and hair, and put on their clothes. After that, Vézé walked to the front of the team.
"This is the last project. The organizational life is now over. Then, I will tell you a problem. Doing things is like expansion training. If you want to cross a five-meter high obstacle, you need someone to build a human ladder below. We can't leave our comrades behind, so we have to use ourselves as a rope. We let the comrades behind us pull our feet and climb up. The comrades who acted as ropes in the middle had to endure this process of neither reaching the sky nor touching the ground. If you want to float up, you have to sink first. The deeper you sink, the higher you can rush up. Of course, if you want to fall hard, you might as well climb up. The higher you climb, the harder you will fall. If there weren't so many comrades supporting you with so many arms, you would definitely fall badly when you do back wrestling. "
Vézé spoke loudly, and the comrades listened attentively. These were their personal experiences. Coupled with their long working experience, they didn't even need Vézé to say anything. They felt that they had learned a lot from the summary meeting.
"Some comrades think that as long as the central government gives policies, favors, and projects, the industry will immediately fall from the sky. It's normal to think this way, but it's like a wood on the water surface. It can't jump out of the water on its own. If you want to jump out of the water, you have to be supported by someone, or you have to sink. Everyone has tried it. It's very uncomfortable to sink into the water. And when you let go in the water, everyone is afraid of affecting the wood and getting hurt. At that time, you can't even see if the wood can jump out. You can see others, not yourself. If there were any other way, I think everyone would definitely not choose this method. But let me ask you, if you want to sit in a sedan chair, someone has to carry it. Who do you think is willing to be a sedan chair bearer? "
The clever fellows all knew that Vézé wanted to talk about the industrial projects, and someone immediately raised his hand to ask to speak. The Hunan Provincial Party Secretary quickly got Vézé's approval. He said loudly, "Commander in Chief, we are the sedan chair bearers, and the coastal provinces are the sedan chair bearers. We don't want to be sedan chair bearers. "
As soon as he said this, the inland provinces all expressed their agreement. Even though Vézé had personally spoken, they couldn't just let it go. Or rather, it was because of Vézé that everyone felt that they had to make things clear.
Faced with the doubts expressed by more than half of the comrades, Vézé was unmoved. He said calmly, "You can make as many meals as you want. Hunan is a land of tea, and its silk is also very good. The surrounding regions and even overseas need these goods. Do you think Hunan doesn't have industry? Silk reeling, silk, and tea are all Hunan's advantages. None of us are immortals. We don't have enough raw materials, and we can't make them. So, did Hunan seriously develop the golden rice bowl in their hands? Also, the land reform in Guangdong was the first to be completed, and the irrigation works were also completed with great effort. So is Hunan working hard to finish the work that couldn't be completed due to time constraints? If there are parasol trees, there will naturally be golden phoenixes. Guangdong has its own parasol trees, and Hunan will naturally have its own parasol trees. You have to make every parasol tree look the same. Our ancestors have a saying: Carve the boat to seek the sword. How many times has our Restoration Party said that our program is very simple. Specific problems will be discussed in detail, and specific problems will be solved in detail! Forcibly copying other people's success will make Huainan an orange and Huaibei an oranges. That would be a joke! "
The final discussion didn't end because of Vézé's words. Originally, Vézé wanted to find an opportunity to discuss the five-year plan with everyone, but since everyone's attitude was so firm, Vézé felt that this was an excellent opportunity. He held a week's worth of meetings. He explained the characteristics of each province and the basic ideas for future arrangements to his comrades.
Many comrades didn't necessarily accept Vézé's ideas, but most of them couldn't help but marvel at Vézé's understanding of China. From south to north, from east to west, Vézé had different ideas for the development of each province based on geography, minerals, and culture. Of course, the requirements for land reform and the establishment of grass-roots organizations were the same for every province.
This was the first time everyone realized that the Military Governor Vaize had a very deep understanding of various places. In many aspects, he was even more thorough than the local comrades in charge.
While the Restoration Party was making early ideological and theoretical preparations for the five-year plan, the British Ambassador had already tried to see Vézé several times. The message he received was that Vézé was working and had no time to see him. The British Ambassador knew very well that Foreign Minister Zuo Zhidan's attitude might be Vézé's. But this attitude was unacceptable to the British Ambassador.
The shogunate had suppressed the Tobaku on the battlefield and "protected" the Mikado. The situation in Japan was about to be completely reversed. Recently, there was a very realistic saying that the Chinese Army had intervened in the Japanese civil war and played a great role. This was completely different from the British position. The British hoped that the Saichang Alliance could take control of the new Japan together with the Mikado.
However, when they looked for Zuo Zhidan, Zuo Zhidan simply said that "China did not intervene in the Japanese civil war" and sent the British Ambassador away. Seeing the dramatic change in the situation, the British sold a large number of rifles and cannons to the Saichang Alliance. They also tried to see Vézé and put forward their request.
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