"In the Jiangnan region at the end of the Ming Dynasty, capital had already sprouted, and intellectuals had developed local protectionism, which meant they had the awareness to protect capital..."
"Some people say that the Donglin Party is a hypocrite and the gravedigger of the Ming Dynasty. I don't think so! I think just as the master said, the people of the Donglin Party are actually the spokespersons of capital. Jiangnan's huge capital is destined to be in need Protective, when the emperor and the bureaucracy cannot protect them, they will naturally withdraw from their own trumpet..."
"The Donglin Party was actually the opposition party of the Ming Dynasty. It was no different from the Whigs and Tories in the UK. It was just that the Donglin Party was later destroyed by the Eight Banners Cavalry..."
"Capital has no national boundaries, and capital does not know who it is loyal to. If capital has someone to be loyal to, I think it is also human selfishness and greed, because the only purpose of capital's existence is to pursue profit!"
"If there is no Donglin Party, there will also be the Nanlin Party and the Xilin Party...because the huge capital in Jiangnan is destined to find trumpeters and its own protective shield!"
"What a pity. This process was interrupted by the Qing Dynasty. If Jiangnan is given another four or five years, more time is given to those capitals to awaken, and more time is given to China's national destiny..."
"Maybe we can give birth to a hero who can raise his arms and rally hundreds of millions of people! With a hero, coupled with the fierce conflicts in society, then China's capital revolution may break out!"
"It's very possible! It's really very possible..."
Xiao Letian looked at Xiang Ying who was gradually falling into fanaticism. A very bad thought suddenly appeared in his mind, which burned his internal organs like a fire.
Suddenly Xiao Letian couldn't bear the irritability and said, "Enough! What's the use of this unrealistic fantasy?"
"At the end of the Ming Dynasty, social contradictions were much more complicated than you imagine. How could a capitalist revolution be born so easily? China is not the British Isles. When wars started, millions of troops strangled the earth... "
"Even if Jiangnan is rich, he can't stand up to the overwhelming numbers of people in other provinces! Too many ants will kill an elephant! At that time, human military technology was not so developed, and the essence of war was to fight with the larger number against the smaller number!"
"So what if Jiangnan has money? Do you still expect that there will be Mauser rifles and 210-caliber naval guns at that time? When the smaller side has no technological bonus, how can it fight against the armies of other provinces? "
Xiang Ying was stunned by Xiao Letian, not because she couldn't stand the scolding of her master, but because Xiang Ying saw the pain and entanglement in her master's eyes.
"Xiang Ying! Xiang Ying... In the British Civil War, the King and Parliament went to war. The troops on both sides were less than 100,000. For a civil war of this intensity, one Cromwell is enough..."
"But what is the situation in the Ming Dynasty? There are hundreds of millions of people! There are Mongolia and Jurchens in the north, and the army of the king in the northwest has gathered millions. What's the use of having money in the south of the Yangtze River and in the southeast?"
"You think the sprout of capitalism is the dawn of civilization? People think it is the gate to hell. Millions of northern refugee armies, plus hundreds of thousands of regular troops armed to the teeth, are overwhelmingly attacking Jiangnan. How can you let those businessmen resist? ?”
"What's more, you seriously underestimated the ability of the imperial power and the landlords and scholar-bureaucrats to control the people. Jiangnan is just a sprout. The people involved in it can't feel it at all. They still obey the emperor and the Confucian scholars. I will still kneel down and beg for mercy in front of steel swords and crossbows!”
"China is too big. It is precisely because of its size that there are extremely special situations where barbarism defeats civilization, and the advanced loses to the backward! No matter how fast Jiangnan runs, it will not be able to withstand too many people who are chasing and intercepting it!"
Xiang Ying was scolded by his master, and his face turned red: "Master... I, I, I... I am just an idea, I know it is immature..."
"It's not that you're immature!" Xiao Letian looked at him coldly, "It's not that you are immature. You are basically questioning my fortress plan, right?"
One sentence broke the window paper, and Xiang Ying suddenly stopped talking.
The fortress plan is Xiao Letian's core strategy for managing the mainland. In Xiao Letian's plan, the Chinese will never get involved in the legal system of the Qing Dynasty in the early stage. In other words, the Chinese will publicly declare that they are not enemies of the Qing Dynasty and will not try to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty. regime.
This kind of commitment and gentle attitude was used in exchange for peaceful coexistence with the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. But this peace was conditional, that is, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties must gradually open some special zones to the Chinese.
Just like the Tanggu Special Zone, the sovereignty belongs to the Qing Dynasty, but the governance of this area must be given to the Chinese. The Manchu Qing Dynasty only collects taxes on a regular basis.
Each special zone is a fortress. Whether it is focused on commerce or industry, these Chinese-controlled areas must communicate with each other through waterways and railways and then be fortified.
For example, the three towns of Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang are the special zones that Zai Chun has promised to the teacher. When Zai Chun takes office, these three towns will be the first to cede governance rights, and then Xiao Letian will lead the Chinese people to carry out in-depth cultivation.
The three towns are connected into one, forming an important industrial base in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and there is no problem at all in the Yangtze River waterway for armored ships like the Zhiyuan.
When a special zone is protected by naval guns, it is basically invincible in this era.
The navy covered the river, the marines controlled the interior, and the special zone was protected by layers of trenches, barbed wire, bunkers, bunkers, trenches, walls... forming a fortress that the Manchus could not attack.
Many such fortresses would be built in the Qing Dynasty. Eventually, these fortresses would be connected to each other by railways to form a huge grid that controlled the Central Plains, thus completely fragmenting the actual rule of the Qing Dynasty.
This is the fortress plan, a huge and long strategy like boiling frogs in warm water!
Each fortress not only plays an important economic and military role, but more importantly, each special zone is a stage for the display of the Chinese people. Just like the Tanggu Special Zone, it has now affected the entire Beizhili.
Countless people outside the special zone dragged their dirty whips and looked at the prosperous life inside the barbed wire fence. It was a dreamy place like heaven!
There is no one who does not yearn for a better life. As long as they are given time to accept it, there will always be people who reflect and jump out of the trap of lies fabricated by the Manchus and corrupt Confucians and fall into the arms of the Chinese.
How are people's hearts fought over? Isn't it just such a fight? I can eat chicken legs and braised pork with every meal. Your little son just starved to death yesterday.
How do people choose? This is a good way to win the hearts and minds of the people once and for all.
However, Xiao Letian did not expect that the fortress plan, which had already formed a unified opinion internally, was actually questioned by Xiang Ying. Xiao Letian understood everything Xiang Ying said today.
"Xiang Ying, Xiang Ying! Do you still want to use the old method to solve the problem? Raise a million troops, attack the city and seize the territory...invade Beijing City, and perform martial arts in the Hall of Supreme Harmony?"
"Are you going to chop off Zai Chun's head and spread the word! Use Zai Chun's head to announce to the world that China's feudal society has ended?"
Xiang Ying's face turned red as her master squeezed her, "No, no, no... I didn't deny the fortress plan, I just hope that the master can listen to my opinion!"
