Dominate the Country

China was shocked.

While the gunfire on the northwest battlefield was still fiercely ringing, an unusual storm seemed to have arisen in China.

God knows how strong the shock caused by tens of thousands of guards taking a ship from Nanjing to Shanghai was, and the huge influence of the Central Rapid Group entering Shanghai at the same time. The industrial and commercial bosses in Shanghai were all confused at this moment, as well as thousands of ordinary people. No matter whether they were high or low, everyone felt the extreme danger of their old nest being smashed, and the murderous aura as cold as winter could not deceive people...

But fortunately, these people did not act immediately after arriving in Shanghai.

Although the terrifying pressure enveloped the whole of Shanghai, many people's heads were at least still on their necks.

The changes that occurred later did not involve people in the industrial and commercial circles, but many bureaucrats in Shanghai were sent to prison one after another in the past few days.

Don't think that severe punishments can completely scare everyone's greed. If that were the case, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have killed so many officials.

As long as officials are willing to make money, they can find loopholes in even the strictest regulations and rules and play tricks. Just like the beacon country in the 21st century, there is also a lot of corruption. As the center of China's financial trade, Shanghai is naturally a disaster area for corruption.

Therefore, in the past few days, only a large number of bureaucrats have been unlucky in Shanghai. Chen Ming came to clean up!

However, none of the bigwigs in Shanghai's business community think that the guillotine on their heads really does not exist. Anyone who can become the leader of the business class is a thousand-year-old fox, and they are all cunning. How could they not know that the court's knife is still clamped on their necks?

Several first-line bigwigs of the Shanghai Advisory Council, as well as representatives of the Council of State and the Federation of Industry and Commerce, have not been seen in the past few days. What have they been doing? The senior executives of the Shanghai business community know it very well.

At this time of slight panic, news of martial law in Guangzhou came at the same time, and the timid business owners in Shanghai were scared to death.

Don't think that they can get rid of officials easily if they have problems. This is as if they were not involved in the bribery.

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A big drama took place in China, and the news spread quickly throughout the country. Although only Shanghai and Guangzhou were placed under military martial law and the central inspection team was dispatched, it should be clear that these two cities are among the few large cities in China. Together with the two capitals of the north and south and Wuhan, these are the top five large cities in China.

Lushan was very powerful in the first ten years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but it seemed to lack stamina in the second decade. In the third decade, it completed the overall transformation, from industry, commerce, education and finance to a domestic second-tier city with education first, finance second and industry declining. Up to now, Lushan can't even rank in the upper and middle reaches of the second-tier cities, and has gradually fallen to the middle and lower reaches of the second-tier city rankings.

The Lushan government was certainly anxious, but they got used to it. After all, the traffic restrictions are there. Under the same industrial cost, the defect of inconvenient transportation directly cuts off Lushan's industrial development path.

Unless they have their own unique skills, but is it possible?

So everyone can imagine the shock this incident has brought to the Chinese people.

In the past few days, the sales of newspapers in the eastern region have increased by several percentage points, and not only Chinese people, but also a large number of Westerners, these foreigners who come to China for business and study, are also shocked by this incident.

Such a shock is simply impossible in the eyes of many Westerners. How can a country still be at war, and then it will start a big fight within itself? But what surprised many Westerners is that among so many newspapers and various comments, there is not a single one that they hope to see about the possibility that the internal struggle in China will affect the war in the northwest.

The Chinese are really mysteriously confident!

This cannot be said that foreigners are all guys with bad intentions. It is that China today is too coquettish on the earth. It has left others far behind, so don't blame them for having endless jealousy in their hearts.

More importantly, China's strength has only been for the past 40 years. With the rise of China, its old bottom has been exposed by European countries early on. This great country is not always strong and abnormal. They also have weak times.

Although China in the late Ming Dynasty collided with Western warships several times and won. During the Qing Dynasty, China's national strength was not weak compared to European countries, but there is no harm without comparison. Compared with the current Chen Han, the Qing Dynasty at its peak is nothing.

In the eyes of some Westerners, the powerful China is like a nouveau riche, which is of course jealous.

If Chinese newspapers now sing the bad news about the war in the northwest because of the sudden outbreak of internal political struggles, this will definitely satisfy the dark psychology of many Europeans. But no!

In fact, no newspaper reported this statement. Does this mean that the Chinese do not think that the big fight that broke out among them will affect the war that broke out in the distant northwest region against the powerful Russia?

This is another form of disregard.

It hurts the hearts of some dark-minded Westerners too much.

Anyway, they can’t possibly know what the game is. To be honest, all the Westerners in China want to explode their heads, they can’t know that the cause of this incident that shocked the entire Chinese business community is actually the issue of workers’ salary increase.

If the Westerners knew about it, they would be confused. Aren’t Chinese people’s wages high now?

You know, in Britain, where workers’ wages are the highest in Europe at this time, a middle-aged and experienced male textile worker only earns two pounds a month, which is only 70 yuan in Chinese yuan.

And this wage standard in all walks of life in Britain is already very high.

But the same experienced male textile worker can earn 100 to 150 yuan a month in China, and the price of daily necessities in China is much lower than that in Britain. Although Chinese newspapers are clamoring about their price increases every year, no matter how fast they rise, they can’t compare with similar prices in Britain.

Look at the price of grain in London, the price is completely beyond the imagination of the Chinese. In 1810, the price of grain was 30 shillings per bushel, which was so expensive that it made people's teeth ache. A bushel is about 60 pounds, only 45 Chinese catties, and 30 shillings is one and a half pounds, equivalent to 50 Chinese yuan. After the rise and fall of grain prices in China over the years, the price of high-quality finished flour is only 20 cents per catty. The difference is six times.

Of course, expensive grains have also made many British people develop the habit of eating meat, so that they can eat less bread.

Does it feel a bit absurd that "why not eat meat paste"?

But this is really unique.

Compared with the high cost of grains, 1 shilling can only buy 2 pounds of grains, but with this 1 shilling to buy beef, you can get 3 pounds.

The British have now introduced a large number of lucerne plantings, which can be used to grow forage on wasteland that was originally not suitable for farming, thus expanding the output of livestock and milk. Anyway, grains in the UK are very expensive, but meat/dairy products are not expensive.

In history, the British specially promulgated the "Corn Laws" after defeating Napoleon, with the intention of protecting British landlords from competition from grain imported from foreign countries with lower production costs. The British landowners include hundreds of lords, about 60,000 baronet and gentry from non-aristocratic origins. When the price of grain in the UK was the most expensive, it reached 80 shillings/4 pounds per quarter [about 12.7 kg]. In this regard, the British are the ancestors of the Koreans in the 21st century. The cars in the Rabbit Country are also an example. Although Chen Ming did not know this interesting history.

Moreover, the British can eat fish. The North Sea fishing grounds at the doorstep of the British are one of the world's famous large fishing grounds. Fish has been one of the traditional foods of the British since ancient times. Although the price of fish fluctuates greatly, it is cheaper than beef most of the time.

It is unreasonable to infer the real living standard of the British only from grains, and it is also unreasonable to infer the real living standard of the British from the price of meat compared with China. This is just one data from Chinese and Western scholars. They also need to include a lot of data from other aspects, such as beverages - tea, coffee, cocoa, alcohol, textiles, entertainment, education, etc., and then make a comprehensive assessment.

Compared with the hard life of British working families, Chinese dual-income families can completely support a couple and several children in addition to paying rent. To a certain extent, this is like the UK in the mid-to-late 19th century in the previous time and space, where the salary level of Chinese workers is absolutely acceptable.

Europeans in China can't understand this even if they rack their brains.

But they "guessed" one thing, that is, whether it was Chen Ming, the initiator of this incident, or the Chinese business community, the passive participant in this incident, neither side took the Russians seriously, and no one thought that the bilateral struggle would affect the war against Russia in the northwest, and would drag down the National Defense Forces in the war.

At this time, China really had a mysterious self-confidence.

In Chinese history, this incident also had a certain influence. When time came to the end of this century, when European countries were shrouded by a red ghost, only China, the most powerful and prosperous country, "stayed out of it." Therefore, China is special, China's status is exceptional, and "Chinese exceptionalism" swept across Europe like a storm.

At that time, countless people cast their eyes on China's vast and boundless "national border".

While European capitalist countries were constantly devouring profits in half of Europe, seeking markets, resources and colonial expansion, China focused its energy on its southern "frontier". Because China's inaccessibility movement did not require large-scale troops and colonial infrastructure, China's consumption was negligible.

Nanyang and Nanmingzhou are the special features of China. The further developed south is like a colony established overseas by European powers for the Chinese people, providing rich natural resources for the mainland and providing a new sales place for the massive industrial products produced in the densely industrialized and urbanized east. Because in the past few decades, the Chinese have only developed planting and mining industries in Nanyang and Nanmingzhou.

China can establish strong connections and ties very cheaply without going to war for new colonies.

The cost and gain paid by the Chinese government are completely disproportionate.

The above is the central idea of ​​Chinese exceptionalism, but after entering the new century, some sociologists still pointed out the great role played by China's "Labor Protection Law" in the great social changes.

Of course, these are all later stories.