1999 Capital and Nobility
Capital has no distinction between a country and a nation, nor does it have human feelings. It does not understand what patriotism is or whether it is patriotism or not, nor does it understand what national justice is.
Capital is born to pursue profits. This is its first mission of existence and cannot be suppressed by humans at all.
Taking ancient China as an example, due to the highly concentrated monarchy of feudal dynasties and the mutual exploitation of bureaucratic classes, ancient China's capital has always survived in a cautious crack.
The wealth should not be exposed. If it is exposed, it will be plundered by the king and bureaucrats. There will be no waste left for you to eat, so it was impossible for ancient China to form a breakthrough in capitalism.
History textbooks have explained that the germination of capitalism has already appeared in the Jiangnan region in the Southern Song Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty in China, but it has caused the germination and stifling due to various reasons, which is very regrettable.
This argument is too one-sided, and it is completely taken for granted to shift the responsibility for failure to natural disasters, man-made disasters and wars... In fact, otherwise, China's soil cannot allow the germination of capitalism to grow vigorously.
Because capital has two sickles, the kings, nobles and bureaucrats, and the two sickles, will capital dare to show its head? If you dare show it, you can give you a complete treat.
In this social atmosphere, all capitalists can only bow to reality. If you have money, you have to hide your weaknesses, bury them in the soil, or buy land, and then the family will select outstanding talents to become officials and bind them to the ruling class.
In this context, merchants make small-scale investments to increase their assets, and the country can turn a blind eye because your amount does not attract his attention. In other words, all Chinese capitalists must be careful to disguise themselves as small shrimps and let the dragons and tigers in the court try not to eat.
This will maintain superficial balance, the country is in harmony, and society is stable and harmonious!
However, once some ambitious capitalists attempt to make large-scale capital investment, such as the Jenny textile machine was developed in China for the industrialization of wool or silk fabrics, this massive capital input and output will surely wake up the sleepy dragon and tiger in the court.
It is a sin to be rich enough to rival a country! It can be killed!
The era of sailing in Europe and the industrial revolution were not promoted by astronomical capital? Let alone the ban on sea bans in the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. Even without the ban on sea ban, it would be difficult for Chinese capital to rush to the deep blue.
Why? Because in the early stages of career, when capitals just gathered together, I am afraid that these capitals have been targeted. The same old saying is that wealth is as sin as a country, which is the truth in Eastern culture.
In fact, the Western world did not believe in capitalism from the very beginning. In the Middle Ages, the rule of the kings and lords over their subjects was even more cruel and barbaric than that of China.
Countless taxes and taxes were paid, and even the first night power of women in the territory was occupied by nobles. The merchant's status was very low and even his life was difficult to protect.
That was the real feudal system. From the king to the nobles at all levels down, the society had become an iron cage composed by the church and the nobles.
In that era, in the distant East, China, which was civilized and polite to select talents through imperial examinations, was the real beacon of the world.
All changes were the first of the times led by the British. In the mid-17th century, Charles I, whose head was beheaded, actually had a core contradiction with the capitalists, which was a question of taxation rights.
The king is still the thought of the past. I am the monarch of the country. You are all my subjects. You have to accept how much tax I like to impose. Dare to bargain with me? I will cut your head, dare to resist taxes and not pay? I will cut your head again.
Oh...you dare to fight against me, I will send an army to chop your head!
What? You group of untouchables actually organized an army that was stronger than me? How is this possible?
"It's broken...they're going to chop my head!"
In this way, because of the contradiction of taxation, Britain fought two civil wars. In the end, the capitalist-controlled Congress saw that Charles I was really unable to educate, so he simply killed and shocked the people later.
Charles I had a head, which officially made the kings of Europe awe-inspiring. They finally understood that capitalists had become the most powerful force in society, and that the royal power could only form an alliance with them and could no longer plunder them arbitrarily.
Xiao Letian remembers the example from more than 200 years ago very clearly. He knows more clearly that after two hundred years of development, the capital power of Europe has now completely controlled the entire society.
On the surface, the royal power is still the ruler of the country. In fact, the king has long become a prisoner of capital, or the current European king has followed the trend and transformed himself into a member of the capitalist family.
Today, the shareholder directory of the Suez Canal in Egypt proves Xiao Letian's judgment that the royal families and nobles of various countries have transformed together. The medieval aristocrats who directly plundered the people and ate taxes from the past have suddenly upgraded to emerging aristocrats who mainly rely on capital operations.
There can be wars between countries, but there is no conflict between countries' capital.
A war between France and Prussia is about to begin, but it does not hinder the joint existence of the capitalists of the two countries within the Canal Company.
The Suez Canal has now become a real multinational company, abandoning the capital of the country and nation to participate in it, and thus digging out such a miraculous river of money.
How can you defeat such a canal company? Unless Xiao Letian has the strength to fight against the entire European capital circle alone, you can only extort some oil and water in this canal company, but you will never touch its core foundation.
Being an enemy of capitalists in Europe? Xiao Letian is not that arrogant. If he really does that, there will be no ten heads that can be cut.
Listening to Xiao Letian's analysis, there was a dead silence in the cabin. At that moment, everyone had a trace of enlightenment and a trace of sublimation!
Even the least educated Shigetaro had a sudden enlightenment at this moment. He scratched his head and said, "Oh... Why did I feel that the whole world is different after listening to my father?"
"It's hard for me to describe this feeling... It's like I used to think that this world was a cow, but now I look at it again and there's nothing left in the cow's cowhide..."
"Yes... the cowhide was blown away by my father!"
"What remains is the entire cow's muscles, muscles, bones, and blood... clearly organized and unobstructed..."
With a bang, Xiao Letian slapped him in the head, "You've just bragged you. What I teach you is the truth! It's a great truth that you don't change your wealth!"
"You must remember, remember every word I said!" Xiao Letian said seriously.
"What is the mainstream of the future world? It is the fall of kings one by one, the increasing class struggle. You are all Chinese aristocrats. What kind of lifestyle do you choose in the future? You need to think carefully about it!"
"Don't learn from the conservative nobles of the Qing Dynasty, those feudal nobles who only know how to eat land rent, houses, and slaves... they should learn from the British royal family!"
"That's a group of truly smart people. After so many years of changes, the British royal family has long been free from their dependence on taxes and parliamentary appropriations. The royal family itself is a big company. They have made a lot of money by using their identity to invest in capital!"
"When all nobles do not need to knock bones and marrow on their own people, how can they not win the hearts of the people?"
"Why do I want to give you the Hidden Dragon Plan? That's because I hope you all become emerging nobles who lead the times, and I hope you all can become moral models among the Chinese nation!"
Chapter completed!