The night is as dark as ink.
But at this time, the Zhongdu Jiangbei Palace was located.
The Emperor of Heaven, Zhu Daohua, is still sitting in his imperial study room meditating.
He is a modern Chinese who has received a complete "class view of history".
So his way of thinking has actually become somewhat solidified.
As an emperor, when analyzing problems, he always unconsciously applied and applied the "class historical view" methodology of later generations.
But now for Emperor Zhu.
He knew what would happen in the Hereafter.
There will be a period of turbulence and an era when red flags are planted halfway around the world.
But eventually.
The climax of this movement is finally over.
Why is this?
Why did the working class in the British Empire, the United States, Europe and other countries not 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 great men.
Why didn’t those capitalist countries in the first world disintegrate and disappear like the workers’ motherland?
Maybe it's because the living standards of workers in the first world are much higher than those in the third world.
But what is the reason for this result?
Countries in 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 harvest from third world countries through various means. Although most of the harvested wealth belongs to the upper class capitalists, there is no doubt that compared with the bottom class of the third world, people at the bottom of the first world Living conditions have also been greatly improved as a result.
That is to say
These countries maintain a wealthy and comfortable life and maintain high welfare, but they are actually based on exploitation.
But most of them are not the exploitation of the bottom class of the country.
Rather
Exploiting other countries and harvesting resources from other countries through various means!
obviously.
Workers in the first world are not actually in a fully competitive labor market - their wages are so high that if they were really competing in a fully competitive labor market, they would not be able to compete in a fully competitive labor market. It will definitely not be able to compete with the workers of the third world!
But in the future.
Workers in these first world countries are obviously outside the competition!
For example, the British Empire.
Through unremitting efforts and struggles, the people of the British Empire, and at the same time, the British capitalists were wary of the public opinion propaganda offensive of the Eastern camp, and were forced to improve the treatment of workers. As a result, 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 industrial center of the world, nor is it a world empire.
The same situation followed for the United States and the Soviet Union.
Although the two countries are following two completely different development paths.
But similar.
The lower-level labor force in both countries is “outside the competition.”
But this soon brought about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the United States losing its reputation as the first industrialized country.
China, which was originally poor and backward, has become the new world factory because of its low-cost and high-quality labor force.
Although he has not yet ascended to the throne of world hegemony.
But according to historical rules.
The first industrial country.
It is often not far away from being the most powerful country.
The British Empire is like this, and the United States is like this.
This is really a dilemma.
According to Emperor Zhu's idea, it is necessary to maintain its status as the first industrial country.
First of all, we must reduce labor costs as much as possible, and at the same time cultivate more high-quality talents.
This in itself is a paradox: both low labor costs and high quality of the population are required.
Of course, it's not impossible.
The problem is
Not to mention now, even in future generations, the cost of cultivating a talent will be very high.
The cost of educating a college student in future generations will be at least hundreds of thousands - this is not only the money paid by the family, but also includes financial subsidies.
It may take millions or more to produce a college-educated proletarian!
Moreover, this proletarian is likely to be forced to sell his labor power at a price lower than the cost price. This cost of course includes accommodation, medical care, elderly care, reproduction and raising offspring, that is, all expenses required to produce new proletarians - right. A proletarian couple must produce at least two small proletarians to ensure that the proletarian species will not become a giant panda or a South China tiger in the future.
in other words.
In order to maintain the group of migrant workers.
The capitalists must at least make it possible for a bunch of proletarian couples to live in a house that can accommodate four people - whether it is bought or rented.
At the same time, the salary income of a proletarian couple must support the expenses of raising their two children until they graduate from college. At the same time, it must also ensure that the proletarian couple does not starve to death or freeze to death, and it can also pay for medical expenses. .
This is really difficult.
No wonder the fertility rate is getting lower and lower in later generations.
And the lower the fertility rate.
This means that proletarian production cannot be sustained.
This forces capital to flee—to places with high fertility rates and lower labor costs.
Then the problem of industrial hollowing out ensues.
This cycle is repeated.
Where can there be an eternal overlord?
Emperor Zhu sighed.
Right now.
The door opened with a creak.
Queen Luo walked in holding a blanket.
"Why aren't you sleeping? You've been running around outside all this time. It's hard to get back to Zhongdu. Why don't you take a good rest?"
It is different from Emperor Zhu's unfounded worries.
Most people think that the Ming Dynasty is now prosperous and there is nothing to worry about at all.
Emperor Zhu turned his head and smiled at this mature woman who was already in her thirties but still had charm. He sighed and said, "I can't sleep. This trip is hurting me. I've seen a lot and thought about it." A lot, I heard a lot. But the future of the Ming Dynasty may not be as beautiful as I imagined. Some things should be prevented from slipping in the bud."
"Are you still worried about Hongmen? It is really difficult for Hongmen to deal with their relationship with the nobles in the DPRK."
"No, no, no, that's not it. These are all scabies. The relationship between Hongmen and the nobles is this generation. The second generation of the nobles will still maintain relations with such low-level gangs." Emperor Zhu shook his head and said .
The nobility and the underworld are naturally two classes.
This generation has passed.
The second generation of nobles and the second generation of gangsters have very different social classes. How can they overlap?
So Emperor Zhu didn't worry about this at all.
"There are gangs in every country, and they can't be rectified. If the Green and Red Gangs have any illegal behavior, they will have their own officials to deal with it. I don't have to make trouble with them. In fact, I have enough care for the old brothers of the Tiandihui. That’s right, casinos, brothels, docks, taxis and other businesses have made them rich, that’s enough, they should be satisfied!”
"So, gang organizations are not allowed to enter other businesses other than appeals. I am not restricting them from investing in other businesses, but I do not allow them to enter in the form of a gang!"
"If they open a factory like ordinary bosses, I won't care, but they can't establish a rapprochement among the workers! They can't lead the workers against the boss!"
Emperor Zhu stood up.
He told me everything he had been thinking in the past two days.
he knows.
He must restrict gang activities, especially gangs that can organize workers and capitalists to fight.
besides.
He also wants 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 restrict the emergence of workers' organizations and to legally prohibit some behaviors that damage the means of production.
Of course.
If the working class wants more freedom.
Then they should fight for it themselves!
Emperor Zhu was a bourgeois emperor.
He would not grant these freedoms to them.
Emperor Zhu thought for a few days and finally admitted that he was not a god.
He can't control what happens hundreds of years from now.
But you can take care of the present.
At present, he needs to build China into an imperialist and world hegemon outside of competition! ,
Harvest the world's resources and try to make the bottom of the country live a better life than other countries.
This is the foundation for maintaining the long-term rule of the Zhu Dynasty.
Economy always comes first.
After thinking about this, Emperor Zhu suddenly became enlightened.
"In addition, I want Ming to monopolize more power, technology, resources, and wealth, and suppress potential opponents as much as possible. I know that both the British and Americans have made mistakes, so I will not let If Ming makes the same mistake, I will not underestimate any opponent!"
obviously.
On the blacklist that Emperor Zhu is preparing to suppress.
A new competitor has been added.
That country has a mind-numbingly large population.
This country can never be unified.
They cannot be allowed to establish industrialization like China in later generations.
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 and generals in the Balkans.
In the Caucasus battlefield, they were also unable to succeed.
Because the Ottoman Empire learned the Ming army's advanced fighting method: barbed wire squatting and flow.
Although the Ottoman Empire is not equipped with many rifled guns, the barbed wire fence is enough - the Ming Dynasty's steel production has been rising steadily in recent years, and is now at a point of overcapacity.
Therefore, the market from the West soon gave a new round of stimulation to the Ming Dynasty steel industry.
The Ottoman Empire purchased a large amount 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 casualties, and it was difficult to advance the front even one kilometer!
The hundreds of thousands of troops led by Russian Field Marshal Kutuzov were unable to advance.
Then the Ottoman Empire organized reinforcements of 100,000 troops to come, forcing the Russian army to retreat to the fortress trenches - the Russians followed suit, digging trenches and pulling up barbed wire.
result
The Ottoman offensive also ended in disastrous defeat.
The war situation in the entire Balkan Peninsula has fallen into anxiety.
This is how the war started.
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 to war by barbed wire, trenches, rifled guns, and high explosives were greatly conducive to defense, not offense!
The defense line composed of barbed wire and trenches is simply difficult to break through with current offensive methods.
Attack with force.
Just take human lives to fill it.
The attacking side was almost helpless in front of the barbed wire fence 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 Caucasus.
If the war ends with the position of both sides' battle lines.
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, preparing to attack Poland in the west.
Moscow.
Inside the Kremlin.
When Field Marshal Kumikhail Kutuzov of Tsarist Russia, who had just returned to Moscow, reported to Tsar Petrovich, he mentioned the overall changes in the current war.
"Your Majesty, it is obvious that today's war model is greatly conducive to defense."
Kutuzov said.
"If we leave tens of thousands of people in the Balkans and Caucasus, it will be enough to stop the Ottomans' attack of more than 200,000 troops! On the other hand, if we want to break through the opponent's defense line, we will have to pay the price of hundreds of thousands of casualties. , This is a price that is almost impossible for us to bear!”
"What does this mean, my marshal?"
Petrovich asked.
“Obviously, this war cannot go on, and we cannot waste lives in vain with the Ottomans in these two places.
"Then we need to make peace with each other?" asked the Tsar.
"It's not about making peace, it's about forcing them to negotiate. During the negotiations, we can ask the Ottomans to cede the Principality of Moldavia and the Principality of Wallachia."
"How is this possible?"
"Yes, my Majesty, this is of course impossible, so we can settle for the next best thing and let them cede our occupied areas. The national boundary between the two sides is the military occupied area."
"This is possible. What happens after negotiating peace with them? We lost Eastern Siberia. If we only get such a small amount of territory in the Balkans and Caucasus, it will be difficult to explain."
Petrovich said.
As a tsar who came to power through a palace coup, he also sold more than half of Tsarist Russia's eastern territories.
Petrovich had to establish his authority on the battlefield.
Otherwise, the nobles in Moscow may elect a new tsar at any time. This is the tradition of Tsarist Russia.
"Yes, we can look to the West."
"The West? Who is it, Prussia or the Habsburg fools?"
"Of course it's the Habsburgs. Their emperor is a fool. As far as I know, their army has not done anything in the face of new military changes."
(End of chapter)
