Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1451 "Emperor" ([-])
As for the more distant future of Dashun, Lao Ma has made it very clear in the "Eighteenth Brumaire of Bonaparte" about the difference between "peasants of the two eras".

When the French peasants are under the banner of the iris, they will stand with the petty bourgeoisie and the bourgeoisie and strive for the "small peasant economy".

And when the French peasants were under the tricolor flag, their small peasant economy destined them to firmly oppose the bourgeoisie.This gave them the appeal to stand with the workers and form an alliance.

The Dashun uprising solved the problem of the vassal kings of the previous dynasty, reshaped the small peasant economy in North China, solved the increasingly serious problems of tenant serfdom and the return of domestic slavery in East and Central China, and protected the The issue of permanent tenancy rights demanded by the peasant uprising in Ruijin at the beginning.

In short, the current peasants in Dashun are not the same as the French peasants under the iris flag, but closer to the French peasants under the tricolor flag.

They may hope that "Li Zicheng" will be resurrected, or at least someone wearing Li Zicheng's skin will protect their interests.

It is also possible that some of them will gradually wake up and finally stand with the workers and form an alliance against the essential issues that make their lives difficult—the small estate economy under private ownership and free land sales.

In fact, this tendency of Dashun has become very, very obvious.

As Lao Ma said about [Summoning the Undead]:

[Cromwell and the English people for their bourgeois revolution borrowed the language, enthusiasm and fantasy of the Old Testament.When the real purpose has been achieved, when the bourgeois transformation of English society has been achieved, Locke has pushed out the biblical prophet Habakkuk]

[The French bourgeoisie, in Roman costume, summoned Brutus, the Gracchi, the Senate, and even Caesar himself, and divided the land into small estates.And when they succeeded, all the summoned undead disappeared.Instead, Cushing, Guizot.Just as Locke in England squeezed out the biblical prophet Habakkuk]

【Bourgeois society is so engrossed in the creation of wealth and peaceful competition that it has forgotten that the ghost of ancient Rome was summoned to guard its cradle.But bourgeois society, however devoid of heroism, required heroism, self-sacrifice, terror, civil war and national struggle for its birth.]

[It follows that, in these revolutions, the raising of the dead was to glorify the new struggle, not to imitate the old one.]

This tendency is very obvious in Dashun, not just in Dashun but also in the Celestial Dynasty.

This side must not wear Roman costumes and summon Brutus, Caesar, and Gracchus brothers.

The problem is that although there are no Gracchus brothers here, the Gracchus brothers have carried out the reform of the land equalization system and the strengthening of the military system reform. There is no shortage here, but the person who reformed is not called Gracchus.

On the other side of Japan, they are calling the ancient Confucianism, the Duke of Zhou, Confucius and Mencius.

On the other side of North Korea, Wang Tian is calling for the restoration of the ancient style and the unity of Confucianism and Buddhism.

On Dashun's side, three generations of Zhou Li, Jingtian Fentian, Han Tuotu, and Tang Juntian are being summoned.

【Scattered small farmers cannot represent themselves, they must be represented by others.Their representative must at the same time be their lord, an authority over them, an unlimited governmental power, which protects them from other classes, and gives them rain and sunshine from above .So, in the final analysis, the political influence of the small farmers manifests itself in the domination of society by administrative power. 】

[Historical tradition has created a superstition among French peasants that a man named Napoleon will return to them all lost benefits. 】

In Dashun, the same principle applies.

What small farmers want is a high authority, an unrestricted imperial court.

Because in this era, only this kind of power can protect them from the encroachment of other classes - not to be plundered by tyrants, not to be ruined by usury usury, not to be lowered by merchants, and not to be used by financiers. Those who plunder their wealth at the exchange rate with silver, and those who are not victimized by corrupt officials cannot survive.

Therefore, when life is in trouble, when land annexation accelerates, and when loan sharks pawnshops swallow them up.

They will also develop a superstition, thinking that a person named Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and even Zhang Jiao, Liu Che, and Zhu Yuanzhang will stand up and give them back everything they lost.

Therefore, in countries where the small peasant economy is dominant, the bourgeoisie will always invent a vocabulary to give to these small peasants.

Lao Ma said that the French bourgeoisie reinvented the term [vile multitude]: gangsters, ignorant gangsters, mobs who worship the monarchy and oppose "progress".

Actually, it's not just France.In any country where the small-scale peasant economy is dominant, the bourgeoisie will always find [vile multitude] in their mother tongue vocabulary, such as mob, ignorance, and servility, and give them to the peasants.

Of course, it's not just farmers.

Just as the peasants were not "vile multitudes" at the time of the irises, but later became "thugs", the rest of the bottom, or the backbone of society, may also be installed by the bourgeoisie as "thugs" at the right time. name.

But precisely, these bourgeoisie have forgotten that it is precisely what they did that pushed these [crowds] to the side of the empire and to the side of the powerful government.

The bourgeoisie are anti-feudal, but they are few in number.

Thus, the bourgeoisie fears the ignorance of the masses when the masses stick to the rules.

However, small farmers are also anti-capital.

Therefore, when the masses were just a little bit revolutionary, it was afraid of the awakening of the masses.

Small pieces of land, self-cultivating farmers, men farming and women weaving are the foundation of the Dashun Empire.

[With the ever-increasing disintegration of small landholdings, the national edifice built upon it will crumble]

[The state centralization system needed by modern society can only be established on the ruins of the military bureaucratic government machinery tempered in the struggle against the feudal system]

Therefore, the legacy that Dashun wants to leave to China is not just the factories that may be developed, hundreds of millions of precious metals, steam engines, railways, and canals.

Also, that important, military, bureaucratic, and government machinery.

Bureaucracy, centralization, and the machinery of government are, in themselves, the legacy needed to transform into a modern society.

Without this heritage, only the steam engine will often transform very ugly-from the perspective of later generations, even if there is a machine, the process of transforming into a modern society will be difficult in a place that lacks a complete government tradition.

So, this goes back to the very ridiculous side of the emerging class in Dashun, that is, what Liu Yu said a long time ago, these emerging classes in Dashun will support the monarchy, the emperor, and the court.

Of course, the essence is that they support a sound state apparatus and a stable environment.

In view of the reality of Dashun, only the emperor can control this perfect state machine and maintain a stable environment.

Because they themselves are incompetent, unable to rule, and unable to take over the entire state machinery of Dashun in a short period of time.

And if there is no current emperor, the small farmers will summon a more "retro" emperor to smash the emerging class.

It is also because their current interests require a strong centralized government, army, bayonets, and warships to protect and maintain.

Thus, there was "the foundation for the development of industry and commerce under the emperor's rule".

And so, there is the irony of the old horse:
When serious religious experts said at the Council of Constantine that the pope was corrupt and must be reformed, the cardinal shouted loudly: Now only the devil can save the Catholic Church, but you ask for angels?

When the bourgeoisie faced a peasant dynasty based on small estate ownership, the bourgeoisie could only shout loudly: Only the emperor can save bourgeois society!

Just as, only thieves can save property!
Only breaking the oath can save religion!

Only an illegitimate child can save the family!
Only chaos can save order!

The Catholic Church should want angels, but the bishop knows that angels will kill the Catholic Church and the devil will do.

Similarly, the bourgeoisie should not want the emperor, but they have to say that only the emperor can save the bourgeois society.

This is correct.

The class sense of the bourgeoisie exists and is keen.

Because history has clearly demonstrated it, both positive and negative in East Asia:

In the west, when the bourgeoisie devoured the small peasants, the outcome was that the small peasants and the workers dug a hole to bury the bourgeoisie and private ownership of a small piece of land.

In the east, when the power of the bourgeoisie grew stronger, they firmly supported the Japanese Emperor, and together with the Japanese Emperor and the old feudal forces, they suppressed the resistance movement of the peasants and workers.

As Lao Ma said: [Once the peasants are disappointed with the restoration of the imperial system, they will abandon their belief in their small land (of course, before that, they will have illusions. They think that there will be Gracchus and Caesar , there will be Napoleon, there will be Huang Tian Zhangjiao, Juntian Li Tang, Powan Zhu Yuanzhang, Juntian Li Zicheng who has not collected grain for three years will come to "save" them again)]

[(And once you start to be disappointed and abandon your belief in your own small piece of land), then all the national buildings built on this small piece of land will collapse]

[Thus, the proletarian revolution will have a chorus (that is, a chorus of workers and small peasants together)]

[And if there is no such chorus (that is, the small peasants need to understand that the source of their suffering is precisely the small estate ownership they pursue, and need to hand over the leadership of the revolution to a new class), its solo in all peasant countries is It will inevitably become a lone wolf whining (that is, an infinite reincarnation under limitations)]

This, in fact, has pointed out the way for Dashun.

Dashun is a country of peasants?

Yes.

Is Dashun a small-scale peasant economy?

Yes.

Is the private ownership of land in Dashun private and free to buy and sell?
Yes.

Then, the future "theoretical guidance" is actually very clear.

In the future, there needs to be a chorus of workers and peasants, and the peasantry needs to hand over their leadership, otherwise it will be a lonely cry and endless reincarnation.

Can Dashun summon undead?In other words, is there a "heroic spirit" in history that can be summoned?

Not only are there, but there are too many undead that can be "summoned".

There are various "Heroic Spirits" from Juntian, Fentian, Wangtian, Untradeable, Limited Tian, ​​and Ida available for summoning.

After Dashun summoned undead such as "Habakkuk", "Caesar", and "Gracchus", he kicked these undead away and replaced them with "Locke", "Gizo", and "Cushing"?

Obviously, there is.That is the "crooked scriptures" that the Practical School is making now.

And Dashun's ideas of "Locke", "Gizzot", and "Cushing" can strengthen the power of the bourgeoisie?
can.

So, does the growing power of the bourgeoisie mean that the power of the workers is also growing?
certainly.Because this is a feudal dynasty, not an era after full-scale industrialization. In the feudal dynasty, every time the power of the bourgeoisie grows, it means that another fraction of small farmers and producers go bankrupt and become hired workers. strength.

Does Dashun have a so-called [vile multititude] now?

Of course there is, because some so-called "progressives", so-called truly progressive radicals, have begun to call small farmers "ignorant mobs" who "block progress".

Therefore, counting from Liu Yu’s Northern Expedition to Rakshasa, the “theoretical guidance” of Dashun’s 30-year reform is actually very clear and unwavering.

Although, this kind of reform is wearing the cloak of feudalism and even imperial autocracy.But still, this is a reform guided by a new view of history, carried out in the feudal dynasty, and aimed at burying the old forces.

(End of this chapter)