Crimson Dawn

The Paris Peace Conference did not bring obvious benefits to China, but only admitted that there were many conflicts of interest between China and the foreign powers.The newspapers of the People's Party simply reported these facts, and the only comment is that these issues will be resolved one by one in the future.

Young comrades in the party were quite surprised by this.So far, the People's Party has been invincible at home and abroad. Comrades who have not participated in the Paris Peace Conference think that the peace conference is like a domestic battlefield, and it should be a place where the People's Party can gallop.So some comrades almost openly accused the delegation of ineffective work on this matter.

Anyway, there is discipline within the party, and there are various forms of notification mechanisms and study sessions.After the comrades who have personally participated in the peace meeting came back to report their experiences, after the urgently held study sessions at various levels and the guidance of the party, no matter what the comrades thought in their hearts, they admitted that they must continue to work hard and fight for China. Building bricks and tiles to the cause of construction.

However, many newspapers in China are not run by the People's Party. For various purposes, various comments began to appear in these newspapers.Criticisms of the BJP's "weak diplomacy" quickly became mainstream of such commentary.Even if it is not out of hostility, it is indeed a very pleasant thing for those who run the newspaper to publicly criticize and ridicule the powerful People's Party.

Zhang Yu had already accumulated a lot of energy at the Paris peace conference. After returning to China, she read the newspapers and found that the overwhelming articles were all mocking the incompetence of the People's Party.Although he didn't dare to directly say the evaluation of "losing power and humiliating the country", all kinds of nonsense with guns and clubs, and all kinds of far-fetched speculations made Zhang Yu really feel angry.

"For these bird people, we have to take care of them!" Zhang Yu said angrily at the Standing Committee meeting.

Chen Ke smiled and said, "Then what law do you think they violated?"

"Newspapers are full of nonsense, but can they talk nonsense about this kind of thing?" Zhang Yu said angrily.

Chen Ke didn't want to say anything for the time being, he had seen too many nonsense that had no bottom line than these reports.From a more positive point of view, at least none of the current newspapers say how kind Britain and France are, and China should willingly sell its sovereignty to Britain and France.This alone is more moral than a considerable part of newspapers in the 21st century.Of course, in this era of Chinese national rejuvenation, when the masses really dare to smash newspapers, newspapers also have to consider their own safety.

Seeing that Chen Ke was silent, Zhang Yu turned her head angrily, but she caught Xu Dian at a glance.He asked: "Xu Dian, you are in charge of the judicial office, is there any way in the judicial system?"

Xu Dian said helplessly, "Now the newspapers are only publishing comments, not to the point of fabricating facts. They have freedom of speech."

"According to what you say, can we not cure these bird people?" Zhang Yu said angrily.

Seeing that Zhang Yu wanted to be serious, Chen Ke persuaded: "Okay, let's leave this matter as it is. Newspapers also rely on gimmicks to make money, and they are not official newspapers. Let's only talk about some of them selectively. Just tell the truth, and they can't tell the truth. In this world, everyone has to compromise."

Whether it's appeasement or forcible suppression, Chen Ke managed to get Zhang Yu to temporarily suppress his boiling anger.The topic continues to return to business. "Comrades, I am going to do a very unrealistic thing, and that is to map the borders."

After speaking, Chen Ke asked someone to take out the map.This is the result of more than a year of hard work by the People's Party's Beiyang Museum of Literature and History and the National Library.In the vast South China Sea, all information from China and foreign countries has been combined. Regardless of whether it is above the water or not, China will name all places with place names and enclose them in China’s territorial waters.

Chen Ke said: "Our boat can go for a walk, so let's go for a walk. If you can't go, you have to shout out first. Whether these islands are on the water or underwater all the year round, it doesn't matter. .The important thing is that they have been the inherent territory of China since ancient times. They are an inalienable part of China."

Looking at a sea area half the size of China, the Politburo didn't fully understand what Chen Ke meant. "Chairman Chen, what do you mean?"

"I mean, this map has to be publicized. It doesn't matter whether other countries agree or disagree. The important thing is that this sea area is China's territorial waters, and these islands have been China's land since ancient times. "Chen Ke bit the four words since ancient times very seriously, and the comrades in the Politburo soon understood what Chen Ke meant.

"Then to what extent should we emphasize it? Submit to the League of Nations, or a military confrontation?" Qi Huishen asked.

"Just let them know that there is such a thing. Don't let people think that we will use force for this. But we must declare first. In the system after the Versailles Treaty, whoever claims first will probably own the bigger one first." Legality. The ultimate legality is determined by cannons. Since we don’t have actual cannons, let’s talk about them first.” Chen Ke replied.

This is one of Beiyang's historical achievements back then. Chen Ke had seen the map of the South China Sea painted by Beiyang, which was much more exaggerated than that of the Kuomintang.As a latecomer to history, Chen Ke believes that he has no reason to do worse than Beiyang.

Chen Ke followed up and explained: "I have to entrust my comrades to do this. I don't think I can do it well. And this is completely a matter of talk in diplomacy. It's pure talk and deceit. So the attitude cannot be tough. , It would be best if all countries can think that this is a joke made by us. We should also make full use of the nonsense of some domestic newspapers. Anyway, this is a kind of public opinion. We have received strong public opinion pressure."

Zhang Yu blinked his eyes a few times, and suddenly burst out laughing.Even though Shang Yuan felt that Chen Ke's suggestion was too funny, he couldn't help showing a dumbfounding expression.

After talking about the opening of the map, the Standing Committee continued to discuss more practical issues.By July 1919, the industrial strength of the People's Party had developed, especially the level of steel production had reached a new high.The domestically produced 15-ton open hearth furnace has finally passed the inspection and acceptance, and the domestically produced oxygen top-blowing has also entered the final finalizing stage.After a large number of newly built steel mills were put into production, the steel output was expected to exceed 1919 million tons in 240. In the 1920 plan, crude steel production is likely to reach or even exceed the level of 360 million tons.

"Steel plant exhaust gas collection system, and small turbine generators that use exhaust gas are being worked on. But the progress is completely uncertain." You Gou was reporting work to other standing committee members.

Fortunately, Chinese, especially the modern Chinese system of Chen Ke's "planning", has basically taken shape. Even if members of the Standing Committee do not understand technology, they can probably have a basic concept when they hear the nouns.

"Using exhaust gas?" Zhang Yu asked, who was more interested in technology.

"Well, to put it simply, it can save a lot of costs. Of course, the establishment and development of technology projects, as well as the funds for the establishment of related basic categories of national laboratories, are estimated to be 30 years later, or after the scale of our steel plant is increased by [-] times. There will always be a day when the cost can be recovered." You Gou was a little bit at a loss.

"What exactly does this mean?" Zhang Yu didn't understand.

"What I mean is that the state has to support these technologies, and it's not a one-year or two-year support. This is a long-term investment process. At any rate, Chairman Chen proposed the principle design and practical ideas, so we don't have to fumble for it out of thin air." You Gou Instinct Explain in the words of the technical department.

However, seeing comrades half-understanding, You Gou directly changed his mind, "...So, half of the money we earned from selling Dali Pills to Europe and the United States has been invested here."

Now all the members of the Standing Committee and the two extraordinary committee members who attended the meeting understood Yougou's meaning, and everyone's face changed except Chen Ke. The comrades knew how much money it was.

You Gou's face didn't change, because she had changed countless times when facing various industrial plans.At any rate, You Gou was directly entrusted by Chen Ke to develop the project, and the success rate was extremely high. Even if it was unsuccessful, everyone knew where it would get stuck.What areas need to continue to invest.So You Gou replied very proudly: "I have to correct a wrong idea of ​​my comrades. The basis of industrialization is continuous investment. Industrialization will make production and life more and more convenient, but industrialization itself can only become more and more expensive. Because This is a system, and what the industrial system needs to deposit is countless money and countless labor. This is what is piled up with human labor and even human life."

"Why does this sound like a devil?" Zhang Yu laughed.

You Gou replied with a displeased expression: "Mr. Zhang, if you are really going to understand this way, I don't want to refute you. We have paid our lives in every project. This is not my exaggeration. It is a fact. Because of the exhaust gas, It’s not that we haven’t poisoned people to death. It’s not just one or two people who were thrown into the fan and chopped up. I’ve even seen these things with my own eyes, so I also hope that comrades have a certain understanding.”

Looking at Zhang Yu's ugly expression, You Gou replied: "There are not only martyrs on the battlefield, but also many martyrs in our industrial sector. But you can also call them not paying attention to labor safety protection, but there are no such lives, and cannot arouse workers' attention to labor safety protection."

The members of the Standing Committee nodded slightly. Anyway, they heard all kinds of news every day, and bad news accounted for most of them.Even if it is good news, there are also many unknown sacrifices behind it.This is modern industrial society.If in an agricultural society, the dead can still overthrow natural disasters.In modern industrial society, human life is used to fill out a continuous forward road.So sometimes, this kind of society will look more "inhuman".

"Okay, next question. Naval construction!" Chen Ke went on to the next topic.