Who loves war?

This is a question raised by the great historian Zhu Zhongshu in "General History of the Ming Dynasty".

This question is also the name of a large chapter. In this chapter, he quoted a large number of historical materials and the memories of the parties involved to explain the inevitability and source of the "Second World Unification War" that caused huge trauma to all mankind.

The first thing to answer is the question "Who loves war?"

In another time and space, this question has long had a standard answer. Of course, those who love war are monarchs, dictators, big capitalists, warlords, bureaucrats, etc. of autocratic dynasties... Among the list of sinners who launch wars, they must be

There is no broadest group of people, such as workers, farmers, students, etc. They are all victims of war and have their own right light.

Moreover, even if these middle and lower class people love war, they are unable to start a world war!

They were not in power, and they did not have much money to promote bribery of the establishment. Moreover, in 1900, before the outbreak of the Second World Unification War, most people in the participating countries did not have the right to vote.

But Zhu Zhongshu, a great historian who witnessed two world unification wars with his own eyes, gave a "very incorrect" answer.

He believed that the First World Unification War was indeed launched by a group of superior meat-eaters. Although there were also considerations of diverting internal conflicts and consuming excess products, they could choose peace. But this group of meat-eaters in the second world

On the eve of the Unification War, there was no choice left...because at that time revolutionary sentiments and nationalist sentiments were very high in various countries.

Although most countries do not have a democratic system, this does not mean that the rulers of the country can do whatever they want. This is because unlike the situation before the First World Unification War a few decades ago, the great powers have all eliminated feudalism in the past few decades.

system, abolished lordship and serfdom, implemented compulsory education, and more or less implemented freedom of the press... Even if there was no freedom of the press, with the execution capabilities of the governments at that time, there was no way for small newspapers to be published privately

There is nothing we can do. Therefore, the press censorship systems in various countries are ineffective, and those in power have no idea how to control public opinion - they have never governed so many literate people!

And it was also the first time that we encountered an era of "explosion" of cheap books and newspapers!

A few decades ago, except for a few countries with small populations and good development, only a few people in most major powers could read an entire movie. Moreover, books and newspapers at that time were relatively expensive, and their circulation was not large. Only a few

Intellectuals can own a lot.

Around 1900, most powerful countries had implemented compulsory education for decades, and the number of years of compulsory education gradually increased from the initial 4 years to 6 to 9 years.

At the same time, the frenzy of the Second Industrial Revolution also made paper, ink, and printing machines very cheap, and everyone could easily afford them.

So when the second industrial revolution reached its climax, it was not only productivity that exploded, but also people’s ideas!

And various ideas are mixed together, influencing each other, integrating with each other, and after taking sides, the left and right are polarized. The left wants revolution, the right wants to conquer, and the one who stands in the middle and prefers to maintain the status quo is the king.

Bureaucrats, rich people.

If there is no economic crisis, the left and right poles will move to the middle, forming a center-left and a center-right, and the situation will be relatively easy to control. After all, kings, bureaucrats, and rich people control a large amount of social wealth. If necessary, they can just spread it out to win people's hearts.

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But the problem is that when the second industrial revolution comes to an end, all countries have accumulated a considerable amount of excess production capacity and loans to support these non-performing assets... and the leaders of various countries who hold power do not know how to digest these

Excess capacity and non-performing loans.

Because they were not used to using money printing machines to solve problems, and there was no way to print... At that time, all countries were implementing a gold and silver composite standard, and currencies were anchored by precious metals, so there was no way to print them casually.

There is no way to print money to solve the short-term pain, no way to control the turbulent public opinion, and no way to control the minds of hundreds of millions who want to reverse their own destiny through a drastic change... Then there is only choice

I turned to the right because it was impossible to go left. And you still have to fight if you go left!

The difference is only a foreign war and a civil war!

"What nonsense! Even a great historian makes no sense!"

Zhu Yaofei was so angry that he slammed the table.

How is this a choice between left and right?

What about the money printing press?

What about the Federal Reserve Bank of China?

Don’t you know how to print money to harvest the world’s wool? Ming Dynasty is the world’s suzerain! How did you become that?

The United States of Xinzhou, the United Kingdom of the Southern Continent, Qingguo, Li Shi's Asan Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Siam, Annan, and other countries in South America, who would not recognize the banknotes with the image of Emperor Hongxing of the Ming Dynasty printed on them?

Even if you don't collect all the wool in the world, wouldn't you still have real estate? Zhu Zhongshu is still a descendant of the charter king! How come you don't even know this?

With the increase in real estate, won’t there be enough money for infrastructure construction? A mere 20 million tons of steel is nothing compared to large-scale infrastructure construction! The Ming Dynasty is much larger than New China, and there are a lot of vassal countries that can invest... The Ming Dynasty is

The world leader! His status is even more powerful than that of the American emperor. If Ming Dynasty wants to invest, who dares to stop him?

As long as the infrastructure is built, the bank accounts of the people below will all look good, and as housing prices continue to rise, everyone will become a middle class... Will the world be as stable as Mount Tai tomorrow?

But it’s too late for Zhu Yaofei to say anything now!

If he didn't say it when he had the chance, who will he tell it to now?

Zhu Yaofei sighed and continued reading "General History of the Ming Dynasty".

That fool Zhu Zhongshu started writing about World War.

Unlike the original world wars that were fought over a few years in history, the Second World Unification War was fought endlessly for another ten years.

The fight lasted from 1901 to 1911 in the Western calendar!

It has to be said that the Ming Dynasty's family wealth is very rich. If it hadn't been for 10 years of war, there would be no crown to land. But no matter how rich the family wealth is, they can't bear to toss like this. And the crowns that have been tortured by this war are not only the ones in the Great Tomorrow

A crown for the dynasty... including Western Rome, Russia, the United Kingdom of New England, Eastern Rome, Prussia, India's Li Dynasty, India's Tamerlane, Ottoman, Persia, and Hosote... It's really

The crown fell to the ground!

And in the end, there was an intractable problem, and the unification of the world was of course ruined... Zhu Yaofei was no longer interested in reading any more. He sighed and closed the tablet.

Then I looked around and saw that it was okay. They were all on private jets... It seemed that the struggle in the previous life was quite valuable!

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The postscript ends here. I originally wanted to write more, but Luo Luo thought it would be better to leave a little bit to the imagination. Moreover, Luo Luo also had to leave time for more interesting content.
Chapter completed!