Volume 1: A sound on Wall Street, Xinxiang City is busy copying books Chapter 34: Born a Slave
Subtitle of this chapter: The history of the Beiyang warlords in the style of ancient Rome
Master He Lianhe quoted the famous 19th century Alexis de TocquevilleA masterpiece of political science written after a trip to the United States, Democracy in America, written in the 19th century, was still often quoted by Yuan Hongjian in discussing later America. Many of the views in it were recognized as insights that transcended their time.
His rebuttal was this: My friend, this is a blue world. The Iraqi people are suffering because Saddam is hanging on the shelf. The Libyan people are tired because Gaddafi was killed in the gutter. Democracy is at least less oppressive than feudalism.
"Big, Master Ball, search for the original English version of "Democracy in America"..."
"What, you have a more impressive French original? A horse, why didn't you tell me earlier, otherwise I would have practiced my tongue these days. But I can still make do with one sentence..."
"Remember, memory infusion... come on!"
"But..." Yuan Yanshu lowered her head again and said, "Tocqueville also said that those who think that universal suffrage can ensure that people make the best choice are completely fantasizing..."
This time it wasn't that uncomfortable. People are really timid, and they get used to it after being poked a lot.
So Yuan Yanshu quickly raised his head this time and said, "He also said that there is no government more difficult to resist than one that issues orders in the name of the people..."
"Mr. He!" He pressed the cigarette butt hard into the ashtray and said very seriously: "Since we are talking about Tocqueville, please don't forget this sentence."
Master Yuan turned his head suddenly, stared at He Lian with his eyes and said: "Sa-R-Sava thin silk stockings..."
Finally, Yuan Yan cleared her throat and said in Chinese, "Those who demand anything other than freedom..."
"It is destined!"
"Born!!"
"Be a slave!!!"
"Those who demand anything other than freedom are born into slavery!"
There are some words in the world that sound so cool and impressive that they can end a debate with just one sentence.
When Yuan Hongjian first read this sentence in college, he couldn't help shaking, as if he could only stand up and shout to the sky to express his excitement of "If I hear the truth in the morning, I would be willing to die in the evening"...
But at this time his cell phone rang. It turned out that his mother was calling him to go home for dinner on the weekend. He wanted freedom so he didn't want to go home for dinner on the weekend. His mother said that he could be free but she would not give him living expenses next month. He... was destined to be born a slave.
I would rather eat the grass of freedom than the grain of democracy. Those who do not believe in the good of our liberalism are fools and slaves! What is the point of democracy if you don't understand freedom?
He Lian's eyes were confused, and he murmured: "Am I destined to be born a slave..."
Yuan Yan suddenly felt delighted. Now was a good opportunity to "pursue the enemy with all the remaining courage and cleanse him into a new freedom."
He calmed down and said seriously, "Mr. He, you should know that after the Xinhai Revolution, warlords rose up one after another. Yuan stole the country and abolished the Hongxian Constitution. There was discord between the government and the parliament, the separatist regimes, internal strife in the Beiyang government, and the Zhili and Anhui provinces fought each other... The southern princes, the federal provinces, were autonomous, in name only, but in reality they were shogunate. They were brave enough to fight privately and oppress the people."
Master Yuan's words are about the general history of the nine years of the Republic of China..
In 1916, Gaius Julius Caesar Yuan, the dictator for life, the real President Yuan, abolished the Senate and the Republic system and established himself as the Celestial Empire.Although the emperor was not assassinated by the elders, he died of diabetes insipidus (died due to inability to urinate, abbreviated as diabetes insipidus) within three months under the condemnation of the people.
In 1917, Caesar Yuan's first lieutenant Gaius Octavius Turinus Duan used the Tungus barbarian army to briefly restore the Qingshui Dynasty ruled by Cleopatra Aisin-Gioro Longyu, and expelled the imperial dictator Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Li. After that, another subordinate of Caesar Yuan, Marco Antonius Feng, the second lieutenant, entered the imperial capital and succeeded the dictator. He died of illness at the end of 1919. Duan, Li, and Feng are called the former three giants.
In the month of Julius (July) this year, the "two great men of the imperial capital", Oscar von Reuenthal Cao and Wolfgang Mittermeier Wu, joined forces with the "King of the North", Ed Stark Zhang, to fight against Xu Shaofu Jiro Shuzheng, who was known as the "wisest general of the Wan State", in the capital of the ancient Yan and Zhongshan Kingdoms, also known as the "state where you wake up to find rich people everywhere". Even though Xu, who was ranked fourth, the right horse head, and the junior assistant of the Ministry of Administration, broke three of his beloved little fans, he was still defeated by the coalition of the "latter three giants".
This "hard battle" lasted for three days and three nights."Afterwards, Octavian Duan, one of the former three giants and the chief tribune, learned that his most trusted subordinate Xiao Xu had been defeated, and he banged his head against the wall and shouted: Give me back my legion!
After that, there was a brief period of joint rule between the Imperial and Northern factions, also known as the honeymoon of the lone wolf and the two dogs. It is also worth mentioning that in the Mayan month of 1919, a civil movement with a profound impact on later generations took place. From then on, the ghosts of the Gracchus brothers (leaders of the late Roman populists) began to linger over Seres.
You see, just by changing a few names, the Beiyang internal strife, which was a mess politically and even less worth mentioning militarily, can instantly become very impressive.
The north is in chaos, but not as chaotic as the south. Unless Yuan Yanshu writes a book called "The Water Margin of Loyalty" or "The Record of Donglin Pointing Generals", he can catch all the main characters in one fell swoop. In fact, it is enough to know that Sun Dapao, who is known as "the timely rain of the revolution and the old lover of the young girl" and the bandit nickname "the invincible divine fist", will return to Guangzhou this year.
But for the three people in the room, the South is a rebel party, and Beijing is the legitimate government. These three are definitely modern Beiyang fans.
It goes without saying that Xu Zhimo's brother-in-law Zhang Junmai was a high-ranking official in the Beiyang government. He Lian was clearly from Hunan and went to Nankai University in Tianjin after returning to China in 1926 (probably because Nankai offered a monthly salary of 180 yuan). Yuan Yanshu's father, Yuan Hongjian's great-grandfather, was a legitimate Juren in the Qing Dynasty. He couldn't even stand the Beiyang usurpers, so how could he like the rebels in the south? The sun really rose from the west!
Yuan Yan suddenly stepped forward and looked directly at the future president of Nankai University, saying earnestly: "At this time of national crisis, scholars like us must not lose touch with reality and talk about democracy in vain."
“Only when we liberals unite and guide the country onto the path of capitalist liberalization can the 5,000-year-old ancient Eastern country be rejuvenated and the 400 million hardworking people enjoy happiness and well-being again.”
"The road to freedom is tortuous, but China's future is bright. We should encourage each other!"
They both reached out their hands at the same time, holding each other tightly, their hearts pounding.
I don't know what Master He was thinking, but Master Yuan felt that his efforts in participating in the speech contest were not wasted. If he had known that he was so eloquent, he would have done Amway.
