Chapter 1052: Thoughts of Western Society...

As a 'China expert', Charles knows a lot about ancient Chinese culture. Not to mention thousands of years ago, even the previous Qing Dynasty was very different from Chen Han.

In Europe, more than one or two people think that the policies implemented by Chen Han are more like Europe than China's traditional system. The behavior of elevating industry and commerce and devaluing Confucianism is not something that the Chinese can do. Of course, Chen Han also inherited China's legacy, and the superiority of the imperial examination system completely beat the entire Europe of this era.

All the major European countries now have introduced the 'imperial examination system'. Moreover, the Chinese have formulated various laws and continuously improved them, which is like an upgraded version of the European system.

Britain is learning from China very quickly, and Napoleon is learning from China at a speed not inferior to Britain. The biggest difference between Napoleon's empire and China is that Napoleon's control over France's domestic politics and economy is too weak, even far less than the British Prime Minister, while China's Emperor Chen is supreme and arbitrary.

Charles came to China as a member of the British business delegation. Trade between China and Britain is becoming more and more important to Britain. This is not only reflected in the exchanges between the two countries, but also in the trade exchanges between America and Britain, and even in the interest struggles in India. There are trade delegations going back and forth almost every year, either from China to Britain or from Britain to China.

But when the fleet arrived in Malacca, Charles, as the deputy leader of the team, received an urgent appointment from India. It is unknown how the communication was made, and he was appointed as the British consul in Guangzhou by the Governor-General of India.

In addition to being a diplomatic official, Charles is also a business owner. His family owns not only a large shipyard but also a steam engine manufacturing plant in Liverpool, a port city in Merseyside. It can be said that he is a big capitalist among diplomats.

He has a certain understanding of industry and relatively advanced technology.

As an "expert", Charles knows very well that Great Britain's scientific and technological level is the best in the world. The Chinese have been catching up very quickly in recent years, but at most they have caught up with Great Britain. However, in the real industrial application of science and technology, they are still inferior to China.

And the first important task of his visit to China this time is to produce an assessment report on the development speed, prospects and current strength of the local Lingnan industrial and commercial cluster centered on Guangzhou. This is a task with a lot of work, and he believes that he is not the only one who has received such a task.

For example, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Yanjing...

The emperor of China has just carried out a major enfeoffment, and hundreds of Chinese dignitaries, big and small, are transferring wealth, manpower and material resources to America. This will inevitably cause huge fluctuations in China's political, economic, financial and other aspects.

The Kingdom of Great Britain must clearly grasp the influence of this fluctuation. You know, sometimes water waves can also bring thrust.

As long as the person who controls the rudder keeps a good head, this fluctuation that makes the whole of China shake will only turn into waves that push the Chinese ship forward.

After more than 30 years of great development, China's industrial progress is quite obvious. How long can this high-speed development last? How much stronger can China be in the future? What force is behind this phenomenon? Is it just purely economic interests?

For decades, Europeans have been studying China, and now many things have revealed the truth with the passage of time.

Compared with Europe, China is really lucky. They have an emperor who is more courageous and magnanimous than many kings and emperors in history, a great emperor.

He attracted the attention of the internal ruling class with a grand goal, and he was not just drawing big cakes. Regardless of the length of time, haven't he realized all the big cakes that Chen Ming drew now?

Does anyone think that the Lighthouse Country and Portuguese Brazil and Spanish Argentina in South America can withstand the attack of the Chinese?

Europe is not so lucky. In Europe, those industrialists and businessmen sometimes not only do not promote the development of advanced technology, but also hinder the promotion of advanced technology.

The attraction of economic interests is two-sided. For example, the original Jenny machine, such as Newton's steam engine.

More than 40 years ago, J. Hargreaves, the inventor of the Jenny machine, jointly opened a spinning workshop in Nottingham with others to produce knitting yarn using the Jenny spinning machine. The high efficiency made Hargreaves' business profitable, and the news of the "Jenny Machine" gradually spread.

But just when the Hargreaves couple were imagining a wealthy life in the future, the door of their house was violently knocked open, and a group of angry men and women rushed in. Without saying anything, they destroyed all the "Jenny Machines" in the room, shouting: "To hell with the harmful machine you made!" Then they set fire to Hargreaves' house and drove the couple out of the town in Lancashire.

What is the reason for this? At that time, Britain had just won the Seven Years War and occupied India as a colony. The cotton textiles produced in India were cheap, high-quality, and sold well, triggering the prosperity of the British cotton textile industry. However, the efficiency of looms for the cotton yarn needed to weave cloth has improved, but the yarn is still slowly spun on the spinning wheels of many cottage industries. Therefore, cotton yarn is in short supply and the purchase price is relatively high. The invention of the Jenny machine increased the production of cotton yarn, so the price of cotton yarn purchased by weaving factories would fall. Those spinning workers who did not use Jenny machines not only had low output, but also could not sell cotton yarn at a good price, so they naturally would not sit idly by. And there is a darker hand manipulating it.

Because Hargreaves, who was previously poor, had no money to apply for a patent for the invention of the Jenny Machine.

Such examples have been repeated more than three or five times in continental Europe. The promotion of every advanced technology in society always requires a long period of accumulation and training.

But in China, no matter how advanced technology is, it can be promoted rapidly, such as ships and trains. This is a huge change in transportation. In the UK, some people have pulled out cannons to bombard trains. It is common to cut off the rails and open the rails. But in China, I have never heard of it.

Is the monarchy really better than the parliamentary system?

Every European politician believes that Emperor Chen played a huge role in China's rapid development.

Although there are many situations in China that are different from those in the UK, for example, their emperor has been playing "enfeoffment". This old system, which had been abandoned by the Chinese for more than a thousand years, was brought back to life in the hands of Emperor Chen.

The land in the Americas became a carrot for him to attract the appetite of the powerful people of Chen and Han Dynasty, and a magic weapon to unite the hearts of the powerful people of Chen and Han Dynasty. China had this advantage that Britain did not have.

The power gathered by hundreds of powerful people, large and small, working together is indeed incredible.

However, the words centralization and professionalism are inevitably spread in the ears of many Europeans.

For example, Charles was very interested in Chen Han's system and Chinese history.

Compared to the Magna Carta that existed in Britain 600 years ago, the rights of the Chinese emperor seem to have been incredibly powerful from the very beginning. Look at the bloody and tragic battles for the throne in Chinese history. The love between father and son, and brotherly love, have all become vulnerable in the face of the supreme imperial power.

Therefore, although China has also experienced an era of religious fanaticism, faith has always been under the imperial power.

Due to the two characteristics of centralization and professionalism, although China has fallen into a vicious circle of three hundred years of reincarnation, it can also develop rapidly when there is a wise monarch in power.

Compared with this point, in European countries, there are many conflicts between monarchs, nobles and parliaments. You tell me how to call, which is indeed very efficient.

So is it possible to combine the advantages of both sides uniformly?

Charles thought so when he was in Europe, and he still thinks so when he leaves the train station.

"Read the newspaper, read the newspaper. There is the latest news about the war in the northwest..."

Sitting on the carriage waiting outside the train station, Charles had just taken out a cigarette with a holder from the cardboard box. Before the match was struck, he heard the shouts of the little newsboy outside.

Charles immediately said to his secretary: "Go buy a copy and bring it back."

Although the war in the northwest has little to do with his tasks and responsibilities, people are curious.

The last time Charles paid attention to the northwest war situation, Constantine, the weird prince of the European world, was rushing towards Astrakhan with hundreds of thousands of Russian reinforcements.

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"...In the completely dark night sky, the western sky suddenly lit up in red, and streaks of fiery red streaked across the sky, like burning meteors. Then there was a storm of thunder and lightning! Along the battlefield , from west to east, hundreds and thousands of flashing 'light clusters' dispersed and illuminated the darkness. The earth shook violently, and a thunderous roar came from..."

This was a rocket salvo on the decisive battlefield west of the Volga.

The huge roar has become louder, forming a whistling sound like a hurricane blowing across the Wehrmacht position. The ground shook violently. Although the power of a single rocket is very limited, if hundreds or thousands of them explode together, the wind and waves after the explosion of the artillery shells can carry dust up into the sky.

The National Defense Forces immediately launched a counterattack. The positions of both armies were filled with exploding flames. Hundreds of explosive points appeared at the same time. Flashes of large and small sizes erupted continuously on the positions on both sides with no intervals.

Rockets don't exist exactly. Its only function is to shoot volleys all over the sky, and it only needs to land on the top of the opponent's head, which is very sharp. It was like countless burning meteors suddenly falling from the nine heavens, submerging the battlefields in the sea of ​​fire!

Regardless of the actual effect, just from the perspective of the scene, it is very powerful.