Xinshun 1730

Chapter 840 Demolition of the Roof and Opening the Windows ([-])

Kang Bushao's doubts about whether the Antony faction would do such a thing as a coup reached its peak a few days later.

When the republicans trying to decentralize power used the Hague tragedy to incite public opinion wildly with pamphlets, the Antony faction hardly took any action.

On the contrary, the masters of the Orange faction made a move.

When the republicans on the separation of powers were raging, the Orange faction did not directly refute the remarks of these republicans, but published a book with great momentum.

Anthony's teacher, the posthumous work of the former Great Speaker Verselin Grant.

"staatkundige geschriften: opgesteld en nagelaaten, volume" - my political posthumous work, his, how did the country become like this, and how should it be governed.

The book was finally published after a public notary publically testified, and after some people who had worked with Verselin Grant in the Interprovincial Assembly confirmed that the original manuscript was indeed the handwriting of the former Grand Speaker.

According to the testimony of the notary, according to the request of the former Great Speaker, the book was published either 50 years after his death, or when the Republic was in a major crisis.

And took out the power of attorney of the former Great Speaker's personal seal.The notary considered that the republic was in such a great crisis that the work of the former Grand Chancellor should be published at this time.

Vancelin Grant's prestige is not as high as that of Anthony who was kicked off the stage.

On the one hand, he is the nephew of De Witt who was killed and eaten by the Dutch people. After the Dutch people killed the Great Speaker, it is understandable to be angry because the French are about to attack the Netherlands, but later generations will eventually reverse the case.

On the other hand, excluding the kinship of this major event in the history of the Netherlands, when Van Selin Grant was the speaker, the Netherlands as a whole was in decline, but it avoided the war.Moreover, Verselin Grant did try to reform. When he was the speaker, the Netherlands had not completely despaired of the regents.

Now those who write editorials are all anonymous.

People always have the same strange opinion, such as celebrities, they must fart louder than others.A person who becomes famous in major A is often quoted when speaking in major B.

As for Verselin Grant, who is famous and a politician himself, the superficial and direct translation of this book is actually called "Political Works", which is a professional counterpart.

At the same time, there is such a big gimmick: either it will be published 50 years after his death, or it will be published when the Netherlands is in crisis.

As soon as this gimmick came out, it immediately suppressed the limelight of all editorials.

Including those republican pens who wrote editorials criticizing and preparing to engage in real federal self-government, they also stopped writing for the time being.

Everyone knows that when the Orange faction throws out this book at this time, they must fight back.

Although Verseling Grant is the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a Regency faction, and a Republican faction, but at this time the Orange faction took it out to counterattack, I am afraid that the content of this book is quite unfavorable to the Republican faction.

The pens of all republicans are ready to buy this book, and after reading it, they will criticize it.Otherwise, you haven't even read it, and you won't be able to criticize it.

After a few days of temporary calm, the entire pen industry in the Netherlands is not calm.

Facts have proved that politicians look at problems from a different angle than those who look at problems with pure pens.

In this posthumous work of Verseling Grant, there is not a single sentence that talks about freedom, divine will, virtue, and the like.

Instead, using detailed historical facts and taking history as a mirror, it briefly described the history of the Netherlands and came to a conclusion:
[Due to various realistic and historical factors, our ancestors did not establish an effective and powerful administrative system. 】

[The freedom of the Republic needs to be defended, otherwise it will be invaded by foreign countries.A nation that has been invaded by foreign nations cannot be said to be free in any case. 】

[To defend the freedom of the Republic, a strong and effective administrative system is required.If the government of a country does not even have the administrative ability to make decisions and execute decisions, it will not be able to guarantee the existence of the country and the nation in the world externally; internally, it will make the people fall into the predicament of the jungle and be deceived - the people will become good. They are puppets manipulated by debating orators, who describe the future they promise in empty terms without ever considering everything in reality. 】

This "posthumous work" should have been written by Verseling Grant in 27 when he convened an inter-provincial meeting to prepare for strengthening the centralization of power. As a result, halfway through the meeting, it became the incident in which the six provinces attacked the Dutch province with too much control.

Between the lines, it is full of dissatisfaction with the current system in the Netherlands.Loose, inefficient decision-making, no centralization, provinces and even cities and towns are scattered...

The solution he gave is not to say that there is no debate, but that the key point of debate is who is the sovereign of the country?Can part of the power in the hands of the people be transferred to the government?Should the Netherlands improve its legislation instead of talking about the provinces all day long?
Of course, he is a leader of the Regency faction, and naturally he is also a member of the Republican faction.

There is not a word in the whole book that because of the special historical reasons of the Netherlands, a consul is needed.It is only necessary to clarify the concepts of sovereignty and legislation.

However, the fact that he didn't say it clearly doesn't mean that he didn't mean that.

Anyone with a Dutch pen who has read this book can see that Van Selin Grant's meaning is very clear: the Netherlands needs to centralize power, and a head of government with sufficient authority can solve various problems in the Netherlands and lay a good foundation for the ultimate freedom of the Netherlands. Foundation——Without this fully authoritative transitional agent, the Netherlands will be divided or occupied by various countries, and even the Netherlands has been divided and occupied. How can it be said that the Netherlands is "the bastion of freedom in Europe"?

However, in view of the special national conditions and history of the Netherlands, the group of people centered on the Orange family is the most suitable for this transition.

This is determined by historical factors. At least the Orange family still has the prestige to allow the people to support it. The true unification of the complete motherland and the construction of the nation are absolutely impossible for others.

These things that he really wants to express are why he chose to publish it 50 years after his death, or when there was a major crisis in the Netherlands.

After all, he was a republican during his lifetime, from beginning to end.Even those within the republican faction never considered him an Orangeman.

But his posthumous works seem to be satirizing the republicans every sentence.

This book was published at this juncture. After reading it, Kang Buxi was quite impressed. There are also masters in the Xindao Orange School.

Kang Bushao did not take the content of this book very seriously.

However, I am quite satisfied with the Orange faction's use of this as a countermeasure and the release of this big move at this time.

This book seems to use the reputation of the late former Grand Speaker to support the Orange faction.

Actually, no.

Because, in the current situation, after the tragedy in The Hague, William IV already stinks.

No one dared to say directly: Your Highness the Consul has done a good job!Well done!If you don't do An'an starve to death, so that allies are surprised, you should kill!

Including the Orange faction, they can only avoid the option of "supporting William".

And the significance of this book is that the republicans who are now united and ready to seize the opportunity to get rid of William IV will first engage in internal divisions before William IV steps down.

Normally, this kind of thing is also normal.For example, in the later France, it was only after the king's head was beheaded that he started to do it.

However, the republicans in the Netherlands are very complicated internally, with different components and different ideas.

On the issue of centralization and decentralization, it can be directly divided into two, and the contradictions are quite deep.

Some republicans absolutely support centralization.

He also believes that the top priority of the Netherlands now is to complete the unification of the seven provinces into one country, complete the nation building, and survive the chaotic situation in Europe with a centralized and efficient government and regain its glory.The republicans in the Netherlands have a dual task, not only to defend the republic, but also to complete the construction of the nation and the country, and they believe that the latter is more important than the former.

Some republicans are absolutely opposed to centralization.

After the tragedy in The Hague, the republicans were united as a whole, in order to overthrow the Orange faction.

But publishing this book at this time is to let the internal conflicts of the republicans that should have erupted after William IV stepped down first erupt.

If the enemy is in chaos first, the Orange faction will still have a chance.

The enemy is not chaotic, and the current situation of the Orange faction is that there is no chance.

The significance of the publication of this book at this time, in addition to splitting the republicans, has another purpose: to bring things to a rationale.

The Hague massacre, yes.

Centralization and decentralization is the truth.

I can't talk about it.No matter how you talk about it, Orange is at a loss.

So, avoid things, talk about empty truths, and slowly downplay the things in The Hague.

And, the most wonderful thing, is because Fan Siling Grant is Anthony's guide, predecessor, and mentor.Anthony is the heir of Vancelin Grant, which is well known.

The leader of the Regency faction in the republican faction is Anthony.Although he was kicked out of power because of the coup d'état staged by Liu Yu, his power and prestige are still there.

As soon as this book came out, it was forcing Anthony to express his opinion.

Because, the decentralization faction in the republican faction will inevitably spit and curse the content of this book.Anthony can't pretend he doesn't know, and he can't be a coward at this time.

Of course, this is Kang Bushao's understanding.

He considered it from the Dashun people's way of thinking. In Dashun, if the teacher is scolded and the students are not outstanding, then even the opponent who scolds the teacher will despise the students.

But apart from this point, the authoritarian faction within the republican faction must also stand up and speak out.But once you stand up, the nature of things changes.

In itself, the cause of this incident was the tragedy in The Hague.

However, the decentralization faction within the Republican faction wanted to use this incident to directly crush the government of the Netherlands.

As a result, the internal decentralization faction did this, but the Orange faction, which was already in a dead end, found a loophole to counterattack—once Verseling Grant’s book was published, the decentralization faction would inevitably oppose it, and once the centralization faction supported it, the nature of It can be misinterpreted as: the authoritarian faction among the republicans supports William IV.

Even if the totalitarian faction supports centralization.

But support for centralization at this time can easily be twisted into support for the consul.

The consul happened to be William IV who had just created the tragedy in The Hague.

Centralization, decentralization, centralization, and localization, in the Netherlands, support or opposition is divided into regions.

Totalitarians, don't even think about it, the Netherlands has the most provinces.Because of centralization, the most economically developed Dutch province is the most beneficial.

Abolishing local protectionism and the boycott of foreign goods by the guild militia, the province with the most economically developed economy must be the most supportive—this is different from the era of the welfare system in later generations. In the era of the welfare system, the most developed provinces always feel that they have eaten up Unfortunately, I can't move it.At this time, the Dutch business mind can still understand what a unified market and navy mean, and what a divided market and dispersed power mean.

Considering the issue of the Netherlands from another angle, it can actually be understood as the "colonization" or "aggression" of the other six provinces by the Dutch province.

The tax of the Dutch province again accounts for more than half of that of the Netherlands.As long as the republican faction and the decentralization faction in the Netherlands break up, the Orange faction seems to have a chance to stand up.

(End of this chapter)