It’s very interesting to say, what is at the forefront in the human world? In fact, it is technology, and then thoughts!
First came Europe's advanced navigation technology, then the era of geographical discovery, and then the idea of colonization!
There are a series of technologies such as steam engines, and then there is the industrial revolution, and then there are ideas such as industrial civilization, capitalism, etc.
There are no roads in this world. The more people walking on them, the more they become roads. In the wild jungle, human beings always overcome obstacles and cross rivers by feeling for stones.
When there are more people walking in one direction, it gradually becomes a habit, and smart people walking will begin to sum up their experiences and lessons, and finally name this road!
This is the road of capitalism, this is the road of feudal autocracy, this is the road of imperialism...etc., etc., all the names are actually given by later generations to things that have already appeared.
Why is Xiao Letian so awesome? In fact, the biggest difference between him and the great philosophers of this era is that he is not naming or summarizing things that already exist.
It's that he can see the correct path for the future in the wilderness, or that he can clearly know how the future will develop. This ability does not come from being a human being in two lifetimes, but from understanding the laws of society.
Xiao Letian has changed history, so will the First World War break out?
Xiao Letian's answer is yes, a war will definitely break out and it will be even more bloody!
Why? Because the core root cause of the outbreak of World War I was a release of energy after the extreme expansion and growth of human productivity, and all human nations needed to be reshuffled!
The extreme growth of productivity allowed the past capitalism to evolve upward and directly develop into imperialism!
This thing cannot be contained unless Xiao Letian has the ability to completely interrupt the current global industrialization process. This is obviously impossible and he is not willing.
Therefore, as long as industrial power continues to grow like this, capitalism will definitely evolve into imperialism, a global reshuffle of carving up colonies, and a world war will definitely break out!
The name may be different, the process and results may be different, but no one can avoid this battle!
Look, this is the place where Xiao Letianniu is different from the great philosophers of this era. He can find a way before anyone has tried the water.
This is a magical skill! A magical skill that even bearded men admire very much. Do you think this kind of person can analyze an attempted financial stranglehold in Jiangnan from the same perspective as Xiang Ying and others?
Xiao Letian saw the essence at a glance! The Chinese businessmen who have developed over the years have tasted the sweetness of playing with capital, and the leaders among them have become capitalists.
They are no longer ordinary businessmen. When their money reaches a certain scale, they will definitely try their best to use money to make money. What are these people if they are not capitalists?
When Mr. Niu, the boss of Sihai Group, Niu Jinfu and other giant businessmen such as Mi Fu of Mi's Grain Trading gradually discovered that the profits they made by using money to generate money had exceeded their profits from the real economy.
Then they capitalists will definitely evolve into financial capitalists again!
This is how the game goes on. Those financiers who engage in banking, futures, stocks, bonds... will definitely choose to control the market to make huge profits in the end.
So what is this idea? Monopoly! Isn’t this how monopoly capitalism came about?
I produce cannons and want to have a monopoly, I produce lanterns and I want to have a monopoly, I process grain and I want to have a monopoly... Until the end of financial products, I want to make a fortune through monopoly!
What is used to maintain the monopoly? Of course it is state violence! Sooner or later, administrative power and the military will become the watchdogs of this money whirlpool!
In order to make a fortune together and make huge profits from monopoly! What's wrong with launching wars?
Is this the future I want for the Chinese people? Is this really what I need? Who will weave a cage for money?
Who but the true statesmen, the strategists with profound ideas and a command of power? Only this type of people can fight against such a large force!
I, Xiao Letian, can still suppress them if I am alive, but what if I die? Who will suppress these ambitious capital forces?
When the time comes, they can kill people if they want, set fires if they want, and start wars if they want!
What has become of the Chinese people? Do you really think I want to build a country like that? Without the power of checks and balances, how can I safely pass on my rights to you!
But I can't live forever, I'm not a bastard!
Xiao Letian squeezed his apprentice Xiang Ying's shoulder, almost crushing the bones. Xiang Ying's forehead was so painful that he was sweating, but he didn't dare to move even a little bit.
"Kid, remember, why did I leave the secret file? Why did I have to hold my nose while sleeping with a woman and allow two swallows to monitor me?"
"Do you think I am willing? I am not willing either, but I know...these secret files I left behind, these records of daily care, may be an ideological weapon that people can use to counterattack a hundred years later!"
"Maybe one day, when the Chinese people are really completely controlled by the huge power of money... maybe a hundred years later, maybe two hundred or three hundred years later..."
"I hope that future generations can also find some ideological weapons in it... At least they can use the words of the Chinese founders as a shield for their resistance, so that more social forces can be gathered!"
"Leave them a secret door...that's all!"
"Kid, remember, capital has no borders, capital has no motherland, and capital has no human emotions! When they show their fangs, they never consider that the owners of so much wealth in Jiangnan are actually Han people. Ninety percent of them are Han Chinese. Jiu’s wealth belongs to our own people!”
"They are not plundering foreigners at all. Do you think they really want to take revenge from the Manchus? That's nonsense... Even Europeans all over the world know that 99% of China's wealth was created by the Han people. You said those greedy people Whose wealth is this guy going to strangle?”
"It's all bullshit excuses. In order to make money, they can close their eyes and push all the Han people with the same culture and race to the Manchu side..."
"In order to make money, they can brazenly say, I don't care about your bloodline and culture. If you have pigtails, you are a lackey of the Manchus!"
"Look, a distinction in the name of a country can make them use the butcher knife to strangle without restraint... If they were allowed to plunder 100 million taels of silver from Jiangnan, then all the people in Jiangnan would be pushed to the Manchus Got it!"
"Paper can't cover up the fire! Don't think that no one will find out if you hide behind the rules of the market game. Maybe you can hide it for a year or two, but as long as you are exposed, the reputation of the entire Chinese nation will be lost! "
"At that time, Han people all over the world will be shocked to find that the Chinese are not their home, and the Chinese are also man-eating beasts!"
"Fortunately Xiao Hexin and the others hesitated, and fortunately Sakamoto Ryoma used the army to scare them...otherwise there would have been chaos!"
