Reborn Bao Guowei, I really didn’t want to be a great writer!

Chapter 407 I, Bao Guowei, have some immature ideas!

"Mr. Harold Laski, Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics, is one of the important backbones of the Labour Party. Compared with Mr. Bernard Shaw, who is also at the School of Economics, this gentleman is more enthusiastic about participating in politics. He has been running for the Labour Party's election campaigns for many years and is a staunch leftist within the Labour Party!"

Inside the box, Churchill now had one hand on the railing, looked out through the window, and carefully looked at the gentleman below.

He is a thin middle-aged man wearing a pair of small-framed round black-rimmed glasses. He exudes a confident and calm intellectual aura.

It was obvious from Churchill's perspective that it was this gentleman who had just spoken out in support of George Orwell and against Henry Williamson.

Laski does not hold any specific position now, but he has a very important influence within the Labour Party, and his students are spread throughout London politics.

At the same time, Laski himself was also a political theorist and activist of considerable status.

After a pause, Churchill said with some fear in his eyes.

“And a staunch socialist at the same time!”

Around the 1930s, the position of socialists in British politics was extremely complicated.

On the one hand, the Labour Party, the second largest faction in British politics today, is an important force representing the interests of socialism and the working class.

There is an endless stream of talented people within the Labour Party, and well-known scholars from all walks of life highly respect the Labour Party’s political theories.

Therefore, the Labour Party came to power for a short period in 1923 and 1929.

From this point of view, the Labour Party, a faction formed by socialist alliances such as trade unions and the Social National Alliance, along with socialists, should also be given a certain respect in British society.

But on the other hand, the mainstream ideas in British society at that time were still conservative, especially the vested interests over the past century, who had a fundamental conflict with socialism. They believed that socialism would threaten personal freedom, property, and even life.

"Anti-socialism" was also the slogan Churchill used in order to quickly rise to power.

But Prince Henry, apparently, did not share Churchill's prejudice against socialists.

He stood by the window, his hands in his pockets, looking down at the crowd below and said.

“Mr. Churchill, you may have some misunderstandings about British socialists. Whether it is Mr. Harold Laski or Mr. Bernard Shaw, they do not uphold the socialist theory of Tsarist Russia.

Mr. Harold Laski and the democratic socialist camp he led advocated a more moderate socialist reform plan.

They took a more moderate approach, pushing forward step by step, and improving it bit by bit into socialism. They called this Fabianism.

Completely different from Tsarist Russia, these gentlemen are opposed to letting the lower-class workers take political power, and this is very important. "

Although Prince Henry seems to be indifferent to worldly affairs, he has actually done a lot of homework. He has always been trying to win over moderate socialists such as George Bernard Shaw.

"I am looking forward to what kind of confrontation this gentleman will have with Mosley," Churchill said in a spirit of watching the fun. "Our dear Mr. Oswald Mosley was also a member of the Labour Party in the past, but later he was influenced by the political trend in Germany and abandoned his ideals in the Labour Party.

This time, it seems like a showdown between two enemies."

Churchill's analysis was very accurate. When Mosley saw Laski, his eyes almost burst into flames.

He now remembered that the voice that had cheered for George Orwell earlier was also the voice of the gentleman in front of him.

George Orwell, an unknown person, may have made good arguments, but he still lacked some influence.

But Laski was completely different. He was a senior Labour Party leader with unprecedented appeal.

Mosley's unreserved slander of socialists had obviously dissatisfied many of the "democratic socialists" present.

If it weren't for the support of these people, George Orwell would have been kicked out long ago.

Mosley said sarcastically with a smile on his face, "Professor Laski, I finally heard your words. I thought the gentlemen of the Labour Party would only hide behind an ordinary young man from the slums."

This sentence was full of sarcasm, and instantly broke the defenses of the Labour Party members and socialist supporters present.

They jumped out to accuse Mosley.

"You damned schemer!"

"Mosley, your extreme ideas will only bring chaos!"

"Stop your incitement and demagoguery. Your professional group system is nothing but a cover for dictatorship. This is a ridiculous statement!"

It’s not that these people don’t want to refute Mosley, it’s just that because socialism is a sensitive topic, no one dares to speak up.

Now that Laski had come forward, the Labour Party members could no longer control their emotions and became excited.

But Mosley was no pushover. Members of his faction, together with young MPs who were attracted by his ideas, launched a war of words with members of the Labour Party.

"You socialists! Do you want to hand over the country to those dirty workers?"

"It's too idealistic. Life in the UK has been getting worse day by day since the Labour Party came into being."

"The depression is largely due to the socialists!"

As the war was about to break out, the "gentlemen" who had been suppressing their emotions began to show their "fangs".

At the beginning, the debate may remain on policies, ideas, and tendencies.

But later on, the "gentlemen" could no longer maintain the gentlemanly behavior they claimed to be, and all kinds of insults were thrown out without scruples.

"You damned sodomite! Do you want everyone to know your embarrassing story?!"

"Johnson, don't forget your past of seducing that lady!"

"You collect Lady Margaret's underwear!"

Seeing these morally shameless verbal battles and all kinds of eye-popping revelations, Zhang Nianyue felt that her three views were about to be shattered.

The good impression of foreigners based on domestic media reports and books written by various overseas scholars, such as "gentleman", "trustworthiness" and "contract spirit", was completely shattered in this debate.

Bao Guowei had told her all this before. She originally thought that Bao Guowei was exaggerating, but she didn't expect that the truth was even darker than what Bao Guowei said.

Zhang Nianyue couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect the British political arena to be like this"

On the contrary, Shi Zhaoji seemed a little more relaxed.

Because of these party disputes, most people's attention was diverted, George Orwell seemed less conspicuous, and the pressure on the embassy was also reduced.

Shi Zhaoji even had the leisure to introduce them to Bao Guowei and others.

"Bingwen, you are very lucky. You can actually see the verbal battle in the British Parliament at the banquet.

The man is called Harold Laski, he is a professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and now he is also one of the backbones of the Labour Party. Bingwen, you are familiar with Mr. Bernard Shaw, and you will probably have dealings with this gentleman in the future.

The man who exposed others' shortcomings was called Johnson, and he was a respectable gentleman on weekdays.

besides"

Shi Zhaoji never got tired of this, and Bao Guowei couldn't help but comment.

"Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. These Western politicians are not gods. In some aspects, their quality may even be inferior to that of ordinary people."

"That makes sense." Shi Zhaoji nodded.

He began to feel more and more that the gentleman next to him had insight different from that of ordinary people.

In the past, he learned about Bao Guowei's domestic reputation from newspapers or his friends' comments, but it still lacked some intuitiveness.

During the few hours of interaction today, Shi Zhaoji began to understand more and more the talent of the young man in front of him.

In contrast, Shi Zhaoji had higher expectations for this young man.

"I hope he can really change the prejudice of foreigners against Chinese people in the international community!"

He was silently looking forward to it in his heart.

As a diplomat in a foreign country, he understands better than any other Chinese people the discrimination and indifference faced by Chinese people in the international community.

Even a strong man like Bao Guowei was labeled a "pilgrim" by Westerners after arriving in London, which is enough to show the status of Chinese people in the West at that time.

Not to mention the Chinese workers struggling in the slums of London.

Just now, Bao Guowei mentioned this to him. "Mr. Shi, when I passed by the slums, I saw these things. It was really heartbreaking to see my compatriots struggling so hard in a foreign country, and they can't even be called human beings."

But even though he felt extremely guilty, Shi Zhaoji could only turn a blind eye to Bao Guowei.

How could he not know the miserable conditions of the Chinese workers in Europe? How could he not have tried to understand them?
It’s a pity that the intention is there but the strength is not enough.

Even if Shi Zhaoji wanted to help these people as the embassy, the national government would not allow the already scarce funds to be spent on these ordinary people abroad.

Even the lower-class people in the country cannot get help, so when will it be the turn of foreign Chinese workers?

Therefore, this is ultimately a mess, and it can only be improved through the Chinese workers' own struggle or the compassion of Western intellectuals.

In his words, Shi Zhaoji hinted to Bao Guowei both explicitly and implicitly that if the other party wanted to make efforts in this regard, the embassy headed by Shi Zhaoji could provide all kinds of auxiliary help.

The latter merely nodded slightly, then looked at the noisy crowd, seemingly lost in thought.

At this moment, the congressmen and professors in the meeting hall were already in a complete quarrel.

If it weren't for the fact that this is a church and a cultural salon hosted by the British royal family, it would be disgraceful to actually take action and you might even be driven out by the guards.

If not, they would have taken their boots and smacked the enemy in the face.

Professor Harold Laski and Congressman Oswald Mosley were even more vocal and refused to give in, and they had a heated discussion about Mosley's policies.

It was a mess everywhere, and the only people who were most excited were the newspaper reporters.

The more chaotic the scene, the happier they are!
"Gentlemen, this is a great opportunity. Today's news is equivalent to the explosive news we normally get in a month!"

"Rather than discussing political and economic issues, I would rather know the details of the congressman's sodomy. Readers will pay for their daily meals for this!"

“No, no, no, it’s not as exciting as the scandal about Lady Margaret. She is the apple of a Londoner’s eye. She is the only daughter of the wealthy businessman Mr. George Whigham. Countless upper-class people in London are crazy about her.

Now that she is eighteen years old, she is said to be engaged to Charles, Earl of Warwick, but she didn't expect there would be so much explosive news! "

"I heard that she had a scandal two years ago. It was about her love affair with a famous writer. She even went to the hospital in the end."

"Yes, yes, yes! There's nothing like gossip!"

Just as the reporters were getting caught up in the carnival, one of them from The Scotsman gave a reminder.

"Gentlemen, please stop paying attention to those vulgar gossips. It seems that the debate between Congressman Mosley and Professor Laski has reached a white-hot point. I think this is more important! Everyone understands that the political views advocated by Congressman Mosley will eventually spread throughout the UK after tonight!"

With his reminder, the reporters turned their attention to the center of the venue.

Professor Laski said sternly, "Mr. Mosley, I didn't expect that after you left the Labour Party, your thoughts became so radical. I heard that you even had a close private relationship with Mr. Adolf in Germany. I must remind you that he is an extremely dangerous person!"

"Professor, you don't need to care who I am friends with. You just need to know that we urgently need a reform that can save the British Empire!" Mosley responded without backing down.

George Orwell never backed down, he questioned.

"Mr. Mosley, what you are pursuing is nothing more than a totalitarian society, a place without freedom of thought and oppression of individual rights. That will only make the economy more stagnant and rigid!"

Fighting one against two, Mosley not only did not lose the upper hand, but became more and more courageous.

For a moment, the place fell silent again, leaving only the voices of three people.

Everyone is watching the outcome of this debate.

Mosley sneered and retorted without any politeness.

"Gentlemen, you have been refuting and questioning me, exaggerating and conspiring against the shortcomings of the reform.

But can you come up with more constructive suggestions? Maybe it's something like socialism?
Or do you have no opinion at all and are just opposing me for the sake of opposing me?"

This statement hit the nail on the head, and George Orwell didn't know how to respond.

His current views are still very superficial. He just thinks that this kind of dictatorship is bad, but he has no idea why it is bad and how to come up with better policies than this.

"Perhaps nationalization of industry, or perhaps a slow and gentle introduction of public ownership, these are all feasible policies." George Orwell finally searched out something from his head.

But obviously, it had no effect in front of Mosley.

He spread his hands and said, "Sir, is this all you have to say? Concrete strategies! What we need are concrete policies that can be implemented! Not just idle fantasies here!"

Mosley's words were so eye-opening that they made everyone excited.

Yes, what we need is a concrete reform plan and policy, not some vague concept.

George Orwell and others spoke beautifully, but they could not explain how to actually implement it.

Isn’t it obvious which is better?
"This is an issue that deserves further study and cannot be analyzed overnight. I think policies such as economic democracy and decentralization are very good and we need to try them out."

Lasky spread his hands and explained, obviously much more calmly than George Orwell.

But this still cannot refute Mosley.

He seemed to laugh and shook his head repeatedly.

"Mr. Mosley, you are not a professional economist, but I have consulted many economic experts.

What you said is nothing more than a guess, but Britain today has no time to wait for your guess to be confirmed!"

Mosley seemed to be assisted by God. The people who kept a close eye on Mosley and the Labour Party members behind him miraculously gained the upper hand.

"Wonderful!" Prince Henry couldn't help but applaud.

But then he sighed again.

"It's a pity that it was Mosley who said this. To be honest, this gentleman's policies are indeed more detailed and detailed. We need concrete policies, not empty words."

"This is a formidable opponent." Churchill's wealthy face showed fear after all, and he couldn't help but say, "Mr. Mosley was influenced by the political trend in Germany. He made me see the horror of this trend. I think we should strengthen our national defense.

From now on, Germany may well become our formidable enemy."

Prince Henry did not notice Churchill's divine prophecy, his attention was completely attracted by the scene inside.

At this moment, all the reporters gathered around Mosley, and the cameras in their hands kept flashing.

Tonight, it seems that all the attention is on Mosley, is he the winner?

Even Laski was a little depressed. He patted George Orwell on the shoulder and said, "You are already very good, young man. I think we are not well prepared."

At this moment, reporters gathered.

"Mr. Mosley, please tell me more about your political ideas!"

"Mr. Mosley, do you have anything else to say about improving England's economy?"

"Your talent in debate is simply amazing!"

Mosley had a victorious smile on his face and spread his hands.

"Gentlemen, I have already said it before, but I will say it again. We need to establish a..."

"and many more!"

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the camera.

For some reason, a strange oriental face stood in front of Mosley.

"Who are you?" Mosley couldn't help but frown. Anyone would be angry if their highlight moment was interrupted.

But the other party was unwilling to answer his question, and instead spoke without any clue.

“Macroeconomic regulation.”