"Xiang Ying, the most difficult thing for mankind to achieve since ancient times is class crossing. Any ruler who can change the class structure of a country is a great figure who will leave his name in history!"
"How can these huge military aristocrats not be loyal to the Bonaparte family? They are one in themselves. Who gave them their hundreds of acres of farmland, gorgeous country villas, and several small factories and workshops... Who gave them all?"
"Emperor! It's an empire! Do you think they can stop working hard?"
"As for those capitalists, let alone those. Without an empire to desperately expand colonies, where can they find their cheap raw material base and dumping market?"
"All the products produced are sold to the motherland? Are they digested?"
"Two huge forces are entangled with each other, forming the current powerful royalist party in France!"
"Especially the alliance of military nobles supported by the Bonaparte family. They both suffer losses and prosper!"
"They even intermarry with each other and are family friends for more than three generations!"
"In such an iron-blooded alliance, the death of any one of them will affect the interests of a large number of people... So many people have died today. How do you think the surviving military nobles will take revenge?"
Imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism!
This sentence is already mentioned in political textbooks in the 21st century, but the children of that era had no concept of it at all, and they could not understand what it meant.
And only those who have personally experienced that era of rampant imperialism can understand the three flavors involved!
The development of capitalism was initially a stage of free competition. At that time, the world had not yet been fully explored, human productivity was not very high, and the quantity of goods produced was still insufficient compared to human needs.
At this stage, as a capitalist, as long as the goods you produce are almost marketable!
In this era, businessmen compete for price, quality, service, style... Although there is market competition, it is not very cruel!
But times are developing. As merchants have more and more original capital, their factories have become larger and larger. This group of people has a new title, capitalists!
Capitalists pursue economies of scale because economies of scale can reduce costs and increase profits, and they can also make larger amounts of money!
The scale effect has stimulated the development of industrial technology, thus improving production efficiency!
If this continues, the output of a single steel mill outside London in the 19th century could even reach the output of hundreds of steel mills in the entire ferry area in the 16th century.
At this time, the annual output of a spinning mill can even catch up with the output of the entire United Kingdom three hundred years ago!
The huge productivity forces the entire society to begin to change, and the development of capitalism will inevitably evolve to the imperialist stage!
After all, those big, wealthy capitalists no longer want free competition, they want a monopoly, and they want to force the country to use military force to help them monopolize!
"For God's sake, the Qing Dynasty can only buy British textiles. France, go away!"
"All the cotton in India belongs to my empire on which the sun never sets. France will send you to Bengal!"
"All the coal and iron in Africa belong to me, and you, Prussia, can't even think of taking away any of it!"
"I will regulate the sea routes. If anyone makes a deal, I will send a privateer to rob you!"
This is imperialism, this is monopoly capitalism!
The ultimate goal of colonial expansion is to grab resources, dump goods, and control shipping routes... And I can do these things, but you can't!
In such an economic model, what system can best protect its interests?
Of course it is an empire, certainly not a republic! The monarch's power is supreme, and starting a war is a matter of just one sentence. If we use the parliamentary system of the Republic, we must argue for three years before going to war!
With the system of the empire, we can concentrate our efforts and use the most efficient method to engage in large-scale military affairs, and large-scale military affairs can further safeguard the development of capitalism in our country!
This is the fundamental reason why France still has a huge royalist party!
They have their own set of values about the world, and they think their set of values is absolutely correct!
Why do these veterans who are loyal to the empire have such iron hearts? Because their values are deeply ingrained, no matter how much your commune promotes them, it won't change at all.
Why couldn't Gambetta's Southern Army stand up to the Commune's propaganda? Because the composition of the Southern Legion was just gathered from the civilian population, these soldiers did not have a stable value system in their hearts!
As soon as the commune propaganda machine is started, these young people will keep nodding, "It makes sense, it makes sense, I think what you said makes sense..."
I'm so upset, why are you still fighting?
Xiao Letian patted Xiang Ying's shoulder and sighed and said, "All appearances in the world must be found in the innermost core to find the answer! No matter how chaotic the situation is, there is actually a law hidden inside..."
"Do you know why I am opposed to your stormtroopers? I actually don't feel anything about the small team you have formed with extreme militaristic ideas..."
"I neither like it nor hate it... I just think what you did was not at the right time. What you did is not in line with the pace of Chinese development at all!"
"Child, you have to remember that if you take too big a step, you may tear your balls!"
"Military expansionism is actually an upgrade of colonialism. One is to build colonies, and the other is to directly annex and govern!"
"I can't say that I am wrong about using force to resolve conflicts and gain benefits, because all powerful regimes in history cannot escape the old path of war!"
"But you have to follow the right rhythm according to the situation in your own country!"
"Remember, there must be a surplus of domestic productivity, or the supply of resources is seriously out of sync with productivity... Only at this time can we consider war as the last option!"
"The purpose of launching a war is not for fun and enjoyment, nor is it for you to seek revenge and gain military exploits!"
"The war must be in line with the development rhythm of the country and society at that time!"
"Is it time for us Chinese to go to war? Our industrialization has just begun, and only a small northern industrial zone can do it!"
"Did you know that all our industrial products are now in short supply! Our productivity simply cannot meet the demand in the huge Central Plains market!"
"We can sell as much as we produce now! What should we do at this time?"
Xiang Ying felt as if he had been struck by lightning: "We...we...should we develop industry first and satisfy the market in the Central Plains first?"
"That's right! Only when the Central Plains market is saturated and our economy is in crisis... can we continue to use force to expand!"
"You can go grab new markets, or you can go grab cheaper raw materials...anything will work, only then will everything work!"
