Bismarck did everything he could to soften everything and unify Germany. He did almost anything for this purpose.
But William I didn’t recognize him as the king of Prussia. He was honored when Bismarck defeated Prussia’s feud Austria. After Bismarck said that he couldn’t cede the land and ask for compensation, William I quit at that time. He didn’t want land and compensation. Then what did he fight? He insisted on the cession of history, and the two countries often competed for Silesia industrial zone. Finally, they quarreled. The king said that he was in charge in this country, and Bismarck threatened to resign.
At last the king gave in.
After defeating France, the king cut the land as he wished, but he didn’t get the crown he wanted, but he sold dog meat in a false name.
This king, he may not have high ability and strong personality, but one thing is commendable: he has a high political IQ and he is capable.
A king like Bismarck would have been removed from his post a long time ago, and his head might be cut off in China.
But William I put up with Bismarck again and again, but he didn’t like Bismarck, and none of them liked Bismarck, but he killed Bismarck.
Bismarck knew that the king didn’t like him, but what did he want to please the king? If it was for the future, he didn’t need to offend the king. His purpose was simple. Is it substantive to unify Germany in this unification? Doesn’t Bismarck care even if it is a false name?
Of course not. Bismarck doesn’t care about fame. If he is practical, he has the ability and means to turn a superficial Germany into a real name owned by the state. If he wants to become like this, he doesn’t want to play politics by political means. The most important thing is to need a name, so-called fame.
Bismarck’s establishment of Germany now is indeed a nondescript country, but after that, he can negotiate step by step to let each state transfer its power to the imperial parliament.
In fact, in front of Bismarck, he did complete the unification from most countries, and most countries handed over their diplomatic taxes and postal services to the imperial government. In the last step, the imperial constitution unified the laws of various countries and allowed all countries to re-enact criminal laws in one principle. Except for a few countries, such as Bavaria, other countries gave up their respective armies
In front of him, the empire is not as empty as before, but the title of imperial emperor is still so empty
Everyone says Bismarck is ruthless, but they don’t know that Bismarck’s famous words are the softest means to carry out the most determined policies. This is a person who praises politicians for playing hard, and that is a general.
Zhu Jinglun knew Bismarck very well. He always felt that this prime minister was not only ruthless but also quite tender.
This kind of political figure Zhu Jinglun actually likes it. Although it is difficult to take advantage of the other person, dealing with this kind of rational person can’t talk about inexplicable feelings and conflict.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs soon held close negotiations with Germany. The two sides signed a new diplomatic agreement, standardized the status of the new consulate and raised the diplomatic level to the ambassadorial level. This is not illusory, but the ambassadorial power is much greater than that of the ministers. Many ambassadors can’t make a direct decision. Ambassadors can make their own decisions.
Another difference between an ambassador and an envoy is that the envoy usually deals with the local authorities of the receiving country on consular matters such as the protection of overseas Chinese, commerce and navigation, and so on. Britain, France and so on are better than many consulates because they believe that there is great business with them.
However, the ambassador means to conduct diplomatic exchanges on behalf of the central government of the sending country and the receiving country, which means that both Japan and Germany agree with each other politically. Both sides agree that the other side has political influence in the region and that the political activities of the country in the region need the cooperation of the other side to succeed.
In fact, there is a problem. In fact, both countries admit in disguise that the other Asian and European powers are two big countries that cannot be ignored.
It is an attitude that the former Britain and France did not upgrade their consulates in the end, or that they did not intend to have much cooperation with China in dealing with regional affairs.
But in fact, they can’t get around it much. It is enough to solve the sea problem this time. Even if the British don’t cooperate greatly, they can guarantee their interests in the East.
Not to mention France, when they saw that Germany upgraded its consulate, Malaysia negotiated with France, and the two countries also upgraded their consulates. Obviously, the French also admitted that they could not bypass it after the East Asian operation.
One of the most urgent problems that France needs to solve now is to ensure their railway construction in Vietnam.
Section five hundred and fifty Three major railways
The big government did come forward to negotiate with the Vietnamese government and expressed its sincere attitude, but the Vietnamese government said that their people were very opposed to the French building a railway in Vietnam, and the big government also expressed its understanding. This matter will not be a big deal, and Zhu Jinglun is still waiting to see if the Chinese oppress Vietnam step by step. How can Vietnam become a big one if they don’t oppress Vietnam?
Yu Da himself has devoted himself to repairing the railway.
The Daguangjiu Railway has been running successfully for two years, and 24 months have passed since it was put into trial operation in June 169.
Railway repair is employed by the British, while it is employed by the Swedes. In addition to finding the Swedes easier to control, many train drivers sent to the railway have graduated from middle schools in the arsenal and then apprenticed in the arsenal, while their teachers are Swedes. These people have mastered Swedish.
They will be the first batch of train operators, but it is really a wave of talents to let them operate trains forever. After they are planted, they will train new apprentices and slowly spread.
After two years of study, these people have mastered a whole set of knowledge such as train operation and dispatching, and now they will do it by themselves, but the Swedes will be consultants for another year.
Compared with railway operation, it takes three years to be independent and independent, and it seems that great engineers have made too much progress in mastering the skills of building railways.
In the process of building the railway, they also learned from the British engineers step by step, and even later, they directly built their own according to the British drawings, which was also forced because many ordinary people did not allow foreigners to step into their ancestral graves.
However, they are responsible for guiding the construction of railway bridges with good quality and meeting the requirements of drawings, which means that they have mastered the construction essentials.
Perhaps this is the history that a China laborer can become the best railway worker when he arrives in the United States, and a well-educated technician will soon master the skills of railway construction. The only independent project in China in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China is railway construction. I am afraid that China people have been gifted since ancient times.
In the past two years, these skilled workers have not been idle. They have closely connected with British engineers, accepted a set of architectural drawings, and analyzed and studied these drawings. Next, they will independently design and build the Dahuang Railway.
The second railway will be the Guangzhou-Jiujiang railway, which starts from Guangzhou and passes through Shao, Ganzhou and Nanchang to Jiujiang. Obviously, this railway will not only undertake economic and military routes, but also take a large proportion, which is the legal basis for the first construction of this railway.
Because the former Zhu Jinglun asked the Ministry of Punishment to solicit the opinions of various legal experts extensively and consulted a large number of western laws, the land expropriation law was finally formulated, which stipulated that the local government should expropriate private assets, including land, in places of great interest to the country.
Obviously, there is a great need to send troops to Jiangxi to guard against the threat of Xiang army. This is a sufficient reason. Therefore, the big government’s announcement that it will fight for land along the way has legal effect. It is wrong to say that this law has not been recognized by the people. There has never been anything like parliament in China. The law of China was proclaimed king by the emperor, not signed by Zhu Jinglun on behalf of the people. That is a law.
Will there be parliamentary things in the future? Zhu Jinglun doesn’t intend to interfere. If the people spontaneously establish or influence in the West, they strongly demand such an institution. Zhu Jinglun doesn’t intend to oppose giving strength to the people. For Zhu Jinglun, this is a trend. The Ping movement will happen sooner or later, but it should not be promoted by the government. Otherwise, it will become that the government gives the people strength instead of the people’s struggle. This initiative and passivity is very important. People often strive for it by themselves, especially at a heavy price. Only those who strive for it know how to cherish it.
History: After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia distributed all state-owned assets to every citizen in the form of securities through shock therapy. However, as soon as it turned around, a large number of Russian people exchanged these stocks and securities for oligarchs, which were such white things that they didn’t know how to cherish.
Historically, the people’s power in China was given to the emperor by others to fight for the country. Most people were bystanders who passively accepted the power after the regime change, but of course they could also be those who sacrificed or their descendants. When these expensive people violated the people’s power, they were not willing to try their best to protect it because they didn’t pay much when they got the power, and they didn’t know how to protect it when they lost it.
Even Zhu Jinglun thinks that in the period of change, this kind of parliament is nothing but trouble. It is the right thing to speed up the reform when he can do whatever he wants. He has no interest or pleasure in playing any democratic construction.
There will definitely be contradictions in forced land acquisition. The team sent by the government to measure land has been besieged in many places and has to send police to protect it before it can continue to work.
However, the government has actually considered the interests of the people along the route and made a decision to purchase these lands at a local land price of four times. However, there are still people who are dissatisfied, not because of money, but also because of sensitive issues such as cemeteries, ancestral temples and temples.
The second way to solve the problem is to write a memorial to them in the name of the emperor who moved the grave to comfort their ancestors’ mental problems.
In this way, the problem of land acquisition has been solved smoothly. In Guangdong, there are more troubles, but in Jiangxi, there are fewer troubles. This is similar to the fact that in recent years, Jiangxi has been sawing back and forth between Taiping Army and Xiang Army, and half of the population has lost. Many people have appeared in wasteland, and they have long been accustomed to suffering. After all, neither Xiang Army nor Taiping Army have the patience to discuss with the people. Another reason is that the big government announced that they have won the favor of township landlords except for Jiangxi’s three-year tax. These people do not object to the ordinary people.
In a year, the problems of surveying, mapping, design and land acquisition were completed. In July this year, Ma entered the construction stage.
Like the railway operation, although it is built by itself, foreigners are also invited as consultants. They will help to review whether the design scheme of a major engineer is reasonable or not, and whether the construction scheme of a major engineer is correct or not, but they don’t ask or dictate the specific problems.
This railway will be more difficult to build than the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway, and there will be more mountains along the way. The length alone will far exceed that of the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway. The straight-line distance will be 900 kilometers, and the length of the road will be more than 1,000 kilometers.
Because it is the first time to build a railway independently, and the construction is of such a scale and length, the construction period given by the government is relatively broad, and the given construction period is allowed to be extended from three years to five years.
Any longer, the government can’t accept it, because the government wants to build more than one railway and plan three routes at the same time. Guangzhou to Jiujiang, Guangzhou to Guilin, Guangzhou to Hangzhou are all built in the name of military affairs.
To Jiujiang, the reasons for defending the newly occupied territory of Jiangxi are enough. At this time, Guilin, Guangxi is the capital of Guangxi, but more importantly, it is close to the nearest important town in Hunan, and it is enough to guard against the name of Xiang Army. The railway from Guangzhou to Hangzhou is in the name of defending Fujian. Although it is not said, everyone knows that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is not so reliable. The key point is that once it is decided, the Northern Expedition will either fight the Qing court or fight the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom, so it will have military value.
Similarly, these three railways also have extremely high economic value. Looking at the Guangzhou-Jiujiang railway, Jiangxi Province will directly connect Ganzhou, the southernmost part, with Jiujiang, the northernmost port, which will not only form the traffic artery of Jiangxi with Ganjiang, but also enable Jiangxi materials to reach Guangzhou port directly, whether for export or for entering Guangdong market, which is the most powerful support for Jiangxi economy.
Although the railway to Guangxi covers the province, there is a Lingqu built near Guilin in the Qin Dynasty, which will flow through the Lijiang River in Guilin and the Xiangjiang River in Hunan to communicate with the Xiangjiang River throughout Hunan. From this point of view, it is equivalent to connecting Hunan’s economy with Guangzhou Port.
In terms of economic significance, the Guangzhou-Hangzhou railway will start from Guangzhou and connect Huizhou, and then go along Guangdong and Fujian coastal plains to connect with the Chaoshan areas of Hailufeng, Fujian, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Fuzhou and Funing in Putian, and then enter Zhejiang to connect with Wenzhou, then pass through Taizhou and Ningbo and finally connect to Hangzhou.
This railway passes through Chaozhou-Shantou area of Hanjiang River Basin, Zhangzhou area of Jiulong River Basin, Jinjiang area of Xiamen area, Quanzhou-Minjiang River Basin, and Fuzhou-East and West streams pass through Funing, which is either from Wuyishan, the navigable river history or the tea export port, which is enough to maintain this railway operation.
Not to mention, after connecting to Ningbo and Hangzhou, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has allowed the construction of a railway from Ningbo to Tianjing, and after occupying the sea, they have also allowed the railway to extend from Hangzhou to Shanghai. It can be said that the construction of this coastal railway is equivalent to directly connecting the two ports of Shanghai and Guangzhou, which is the same as the construction of the Trans-Pacific Railway in the United States.
It is certain that railway construction can promote economic development, but the effect is generally not so fast. It can be said that it is a coincidence that since the construction of Jiujiang Railway in Guangzhou, the big economy has suddenly ushered in a period of rapid growth, and not only the export of tea and silk has suddenly skyrocketed.
A great prosperity that last for three years has come.
Section five hundred and fifty-nine Franco-Prussian War Bonus
It’s only been 171 years and nine months, but various economic data have exceeded last year.
These days, there are no accurate statistics to prove that the most objective data of the economy often include the scale of import and export and fiscal revenue. By September, the import and export of data had reached 12 million, which was last year’s data, of which the export volume reached 50 million and the import volume reached 30 million, and the fiscal revenue reached 52 million, which is very close to the 50 million last year.
The surge in import and export is mainly due to the promotion of tea and raw silk, especially the sudden emergence of raw silk. In recent years, the growth has doubled to 42 million compared with three years ago. Compared with raw silk, the growth of tea has been somewhat eclipsed, from 22 million three years ago to more than 30 million.
The development of tea trade has been very stable in recent years, but it is still not high-speed. With the increase of 10 million mu of new tea gardens, the price of tea has dropped a lot. Although the market in Russia and the United States has expanded rapidly, the speed of tea production has exceeded the market growth. At present, there is great competition pressure for everyone. The price of tea has not increased very much for two years, and the output has increased the fastest. The price of high-grade tea has also dropped a lot.