Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 379
The night was as dark as ink.

But at this time, Jiangbei Palace in Zhongdu.

Zhu Daohua, son of the Great Tomorrow, was still sitting in his imperial study and meditating.

He is a modern Chinese who has received a complete "view of class history".

So his way of thinking has actually become somewhat solidified.

As an emperor, when he analyzed problems, he always unconsciously applied and adapted the methodology of the "class history view" of later generations.

But now for Emperor Zhu.

He knew what would happen in the Hereafter.

There will be an era when the wind is surging and the red flag is planted half the world.

But in the end.

The climax of this movement is finally over.

Why is this?

Why didn't the working class in the British Empire, the United States, Europe and other countries rise up, break the shackles on themselves, and establish a motherland belonging to the workers?
Emperor Zhu remembered the division of the three worlds of the great man.

Why didn't the capitalist countries of the first world disintegrate and disappear like the workers' country?

Maybe it's because workers in the first world have a much better standard of living than people in the third world.

But what is the reason for this result?
The countries of the first world control most of the world's resources, including technological resources and control of various basic rules of the world.

This means.

They can use various means to harvest from countries in the third world. Although most of the harvested wealth belongs to the upper-class capitalists, there is no doubt that compared with the bottom of the third world, people at the bottom of the first world Living conditions have also been greatly improved as a result.

That is
These countries maintain a rich and generous life and maintain high welfare, which is actually based on exploitation.

But most of it is not the exploitation of the bottom of the country.

But
Exploitation of other countries, harvesting resources from other countries by various means!
obviously.

Workers in the first world, they are not actually in a fully competitive labor market - their wages are so high that if they do compete in a fully competitive labor market, they It must not be able to compete with the workers of the third world!
But in the future.

Workers in these first world countries are obviously out of competition!

Take the British Empire, for example.

The people of the British Empire made unremitting efforts and struggles. At the same time, the British capitalists were afraid of the propaganda offensive of the Eastern camp, and were forced to improve the treatment of workers, so that British workers were not in a fully competitive labor market.

Although the direct result of this is that the British Empire is no longer the world's industrial center, nor is it a world empire.

The same is true of the countries of the United States and the Soviet Union that followed.

Although the two countries are following two completely different development paths.

But similar.

The bottom labor force in both countries is "outside the competition".

But this soon brought about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the loss of the United States as the first industrial country.

China, which was originally poor and backward, has become a new world factory because of low-cost and high-quality labor.

Although it has not yet ascended the throne of world hegemony.

But according to the laws of history.

first industrial country.

It is often not far from the number one power.

This is the case with the British Empire and the United States.

This is really a dilemma.

According to Emperor Zhu's idea, it is necessary to maintain the status of the first industrial country.

First of all, it is necessary to reduce the labor cost as much as possible, and at the same time cultivate more high-quality talents.

This in itself is a paradox: it requires both low labor costs and high-quality population.

Of course, it's not impossible.

The problem is that
Not to mention the present, even in future generations, the cost of cultivating a talent is very high.

The cost of cultivating a college student in later generations will be at least hundreds of thousands—this is not only the money paid by the family, but also financial subsidies.

It may take millions or more to produce a proletarian with a college degree!

And the proletarian is likely to be forced to sell his labor at a price below the cost, which of course includes all the expenses of accommodation, medical care, old-age care, reproduction and raising offspring, that is, the production of new proletarians—yes.A couple of proletarians must produce at least two small proletarians to ensure that the species of proletarians will not become giant pandas or South China tigers in the future.

in other words.

In order for the group of migrant workers to survive.

At least a bunch of proletarian couples have to be able to live in a house for four - whether bought or rented - by the capitalists.

At the same time, the wages of a proletarian couple have to support the cost of raising their two children to graduate from the university. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that the proletarian couple will not starve to death or freeze to death, and at the same time, they can also afford medical expenses. .

This is really too difficult.

No wonder the fertility rate of future generations is getting lower and lower.

And the lower the fertility rate.

It means that the production of the proletarian cannot be sustained.

This forces capital to flee—to places with high fertility rates and lower labor costs.

Then the problem of hollowing out the industry came one after another.

This set loops down.

Where will there be an eternal overlord?

Emperor Zhu sighed.

Just now.

The door creaked open.

Empress Luo came in with a blanket in her arms.

"Why don't you go to sleep? I've been running outside during this time, and finally returned to the central capital, why don't you take a good rest for a while."

It's different from Emperor Zhu's unreasonable worries.

Most people think that the current Ming Dynasty can be said to be thriving, and there is nothing to worry about at all.

Emperor Zhu turned his head, smiled at the mature woman who was over 30 years old but still had a charm, sighed and said: "I can't sleep, this trip hurts, I saw a lot, thought a lot , I have heard a lot. But the future of Daming may not be as good as I envisioned. Some things need to be prevented from slipping before they happen."

"Are you still worried about Hongmen? Hongmen is really difficult to deal with. Their relationship with the nobles in the court."

"No, no, it's not this. It's all scabies. The relationship between Hongmen and Xungui is just this generation. The second generation of Xungui will still maintain relations with this low-level gang." Emperor Zhu shook his head and said. .

The nobles and the underworld are naturally two classes.

This generation has passed.

The second generation of nobles and the second generation of the underworld are so different in social class, how can there be any intersection?
So Emperor Zhu didn't worry about this at all.

"There are gangs in any country, and they can't be rectified. If the green and red gangs have any illegal behavior, I have my own department to intervene. I don't have to make trouble with them. In fact, I have taken care of the old brothers of the Tiandihui. That's right, casinos, brothels, docks, horse-drawn carriages and other businesses can make them rich, that's enough, and they should be content!"

"Therefore, gang organizations are not allowed to enter other businesses other than appealing these businesses. I am not restricting them from investing in other businesses, but I do not allow them to enter in the form of gangs!"

"If they open factories like ordinary bosses, I won't care, but they can't establish a bridge between workers! They can't bring workers and bosses to fight against each other!"

Emperor Zhu stood up.

He said what he had been thinking for the past two days.

he knows.

I must limit gang activities, especially gangs that can organize workers and capitalists to fight against each other.

Besides.

He also has to pass a labor law.

First, minimum wages, maximum working hours, minimum holidays, etc. must be stipulated in legal form.

Second, it is necessary to limit the emergence of workers' organizations, and to legally prohibit some acts that destroy the means of production.

Of course.

If the working class wants more freedom.

Then they should fight for it themselves!

Emperor Zhu is the emperor of the bourgeoisie.

He will not bestow these liberties on them.

Emperor Zhu thought for a few days, and finally admitted that he was not a god.

He can't control what happened hundreds of years later.

But you can take care of your eyes.

Right now, he needs to build China into an imperialist and world hegemon that is out of competition! ,

Harvest the world's resources, and try to make the bottom of the country live better than other countries.

This is the basis for maintaining the long-term rule of the Zhu Dynasty.

Economy always comes first.

Emperor Zhu, who had figured this out, felt a little relieved.

"In addition, I want Daming to monopolize more power, technology, resources, and wealth, and I also want to suppress those potential opponents as much as possible. I know too well that the people of Britain and the United States have made mistakes, so I will not let them Daming made the same mistake, I will not underestimate any opponent!"

obviously.

On the blacklist that Emperor Zhu intends to suppress.

A new competitor has been added.

A country with a population so large that it makes one's scalp tingle.

This country cannot be united.

They cannot be allowed to establish industrialization like the later generations of China.

This is really not easy.

Just when Emperor Zhu was busy with internal affairs.

Central and Eastern Europe has become a mess.

The Ottoman Empire withstood the Russian offensive in the Balkans.

The Russian Empire lost troops in the Balkans.

On the Caucasus battlefield, they were also weak in succession.

Because the Ottoman Empire learned the advanced style of play of the Ming army: barbed wire squatting.

Although the Ottoman Empire was not equipped with many rifled guns, the barbed wire was enough-the output of Daming Iron and Steel has been rising steadily in the past few years, and it is now at the point of overcapacity.

Therefore, the market from the West quickly gave Daming a new round of stimulation for the iron and steel industry.

The Ottoman Empire purchased large quantities of barbed wire and dug a large number of trenches in the Balkans and Caucasus.

Facing the combination of barbed wire and trenches.

The Russian shooting army suffered heavy deaths, and it was difficult to advance the front line by even one kilometer!

The 10,000+ army led by Russian Field Marshal Kutuzov had difficulty advancing.

Then the Ottoman Empire organized reinforcements of [-] troops to force the Russian army to retreat to the fortress trenches-the Russians followed suit, digging trenches and pulling up barbed wire.

结果
The Ottoman offensive also ended in disastrous defeat.

The war situation in the entire Balkan Peninsula fell into anxiety.

The war has come to this.

Both sides already know.

Both sides are weak in offense and weak in defense.

In the past few battles, the attackers were defeated and the defenders won.

obviously.

The changes brought about by barbed wire, trenches, rifled guns, and high explosives are greatly conducive to defense, not offense!
The defense line composed of barbed wire and trenches is simply difficult to break through with the current offensive methods.

Forcibly attack.

It's just taking people's lives to fill it.

The attacking side is almost helpless in front of the barbed wire and trenches!

But obviously.

Due to the advantages the Russians gained in the early stages of the war, they occupied many Ottoman territories in the Balkans and the Caucasus.

If the war ends with the positions of the two fronts.

The Russians are the clear winners.

They got more land.

such a result.

Tsarist Russia is obviously happy.

So they left tens of thousands of troops to fill the trenches, and mobilized most of the troops back, ready to attack Poland in the west.

Moscow.

Inside the Kremlin.

The Tsarist Russian Field Marshal Kumikhail Kutuzov, who had just returned to Moscow, mentioned the overall changes in the current war when he reported to Tsar Petrovich.

"Your Majesty, it is now clear that today's war mode is greatly conducive to defense."

Kutuzov said.

"We left tens of thousands of people in the Balkan Peninsula and the Caucasus region, which is enough to stop the attack of the Ottomans' more than 20 troops! Conversely, if we want to break through the opponent's defense line, we must also pay the price of tens of thousands of casualties. This is almost a price we cannot bear!"

"What does that mean? My Marshal?"

asked Petrovich.

"Obviously, this war can't go on, we can't spend human lives in vain with the Ottomans in these two places.

"So we need to make peace with each other?" asked the Tsar.

"It's not a peace negotiation, it's forcing them to negotiate. We can ask Ottoman to cede the Principality of Moldavia and Wallachia during the negotiation."

"How is this possible?"

"Yes, my lord, this is of course impossible, so...we can take the next best thing and let them cede our occupied area. The border between the two sides is bounded by the military occupied area."

"It's possible. After negotiating peace with them? We lost Eastern Siberia. If we only got such a small amount of territory in the Balkan Peninsula and the Caucasus, it would be difficult to justify it."

Petrovic said.

As a tsar who came to power through a palace coup and sold more than half of Tsarist Russia's eastern territories.

Petrovich had to establish his prestige on the battlefield.

Otherwise, the nobles in Moscow may support a new tsar at any time. This is the tradition of Tsarist Russia.
"Yes, we can look west."

"West? Who is it, Prussians or Habsburg fools?"

"Of course it is the Habsburgs. Their emperor is a fool. As far as I know, their army has not made any movement in the face of new military reforms."

(End of this chapter)