C1073 What was equality? (1/2)
All the people who were able to stand here and attend this New Year's Banquet had more or less been influenced by Western learning, especially the Journey to the West that was written by Xiao Letian. It was a classic that they had to see.
Therefore, it was not strange for people to hear the slogan 'equality among all citizens'. However, what was strange was that this slogan had a conflict with the Chinese decree.
This was the storm caused by Xiao Letian's old friend back in the days when he was in the ocean. If Xiao Letian had not saved his life, Mike would have already fed him sharks.
It was also Mike's connection that allowed the American Steel Group Carnegie to establish a deep cooperation with the Ryukyu. This period of time, the Carnegie Steel Company was still in its infancy, and did not have the domineering aura of a fully victorious company. Therefore, they greatly valued the opportunity to make money that Xiao Letian had given them.
The Tanggu Steel plant had now become the most advanced steel industry in all of Asia, it could even create some super heavy machinery structures, and all of the machinery processing plants had already begun their production.
And all of this was inseparable from Mike's efforts!
”Dear old friend Mike! Why are you hesitating to speak? You are an old friend of the Ryukyu, so of course you have the right to ask me questions. I am also willing to patiently answer your questions … ”
Mike stepped out of the crowd and gave a slight bow. You are a good statesman, and your eyes do not rest on superficial technology, the army, weapons and money... You have begun to think of your nation, your country, and so on with the mind of a philosopher! ”
”I'm not flattering you. I feel that if the Chinese Order can be promoted, it will be no less important to Asia than the American Declaration of Independence or the Magna Carta!”
”At the very beginning, I heard that the Chinese Order has a six levels and eighteen levels system. I thought it was a constitutional monarchy similar to that of Europe … But then you announced the equality of all the people! That makes me a little confused? ”
Mike shrugged his shoulders and laughed, ”First of all, I have to state in advance that I do not have any resistance to the constitutional monarchy. I also respect the nobles of Europe, but I am still a Americans. God loves all people, all people are equal, America has no nobility, America has abolished slavery... ”
”I remember when I used to chat with the Prime Minister, didn't you agree very much with the actions of the American abolitionists? ”This is a little strange. Since you started drawing from a blank sheet of paper, why don't you skip the constitutional monarchy, skip the aristocracy and choose a more progressive democracy instead?”
Mike spread out his hands and asked, ”Isn't it a contradiction to promote equality among all citizens on one side and the other side with the system of 6 levels and 18 levels?”
”There is also a contradiction. Since you chose the aristocracy, why did you abolish the supreme emperor of the aristocracy? This seems to be a bit of a contradiction! ”
Mike's question was actually the question that over 90% of the people present had. Other than some people who knew about the core members of the Hua Clan in advance, the rest of the people were confused.
Pah pah pah … Xiao Letian clapped his hands lightly: ”The problem is very good, your Americans only dares to raise sensitive issues, unlike the Asian officials, who have to think about everything they say for a long time.”
Xiao Letian teased and said, ”Do you think that is a contradiction? But in my eyes it's not a contradiction, it's a kind of harmony, and to figure that out you have to find out what kind of fairness we really want! ”