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Part One Chapter 1505 King William V of England

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    London, 10 Downing Street.  £Û

    London has reached the crisp autumn season, and a red flag symbolizing the revolutionary regime is flying high on the flagpole on the roof of the former British Prime Minister's official residence.  There was already a long line of carriages parked in Downing Street.  It seems that they are all the people who came to No. 10 Downing Street for a meeting today - after the British Revolutionary Committee took control of the city of London, No. 10 Downing Street became the location of the headquarters of the British Revolutionary Committee.  Among these carriages, one with the logo of the International Working Men's Association is the most eye-catching.  This means that among the important people who came to No. 10 Downing Street today, there is Karl Marx, the current leader of the International Workers' Association. He arrived in London a few days ago on a German ship and was welcomed by the masses organized by the British Revolutionary Committee.  A warm welcome.

    The conversation between the leaders of the British Revolutionary Committee and the international workers will of course involve the issue of the succession to the British throne, and such an issue is naturally a top-level secret.  In the conference room, those who could participate in the conversation were several central members of the British Revolutionary Committee, such as George O'Gale, Alexander Macdonald and Henry George - all of whom were later known as "the Federation of Trade Unions"  ism" or "reformist" figures.

    Of course, their idea is not to fight capitalism to the death, but to seek a path of peaceful transition and peaceful coexistence.  Even after the British Revolution, these people did not completely transform into staunch revolutionaries like the Popular People's Party, but were still pursuing compromise and reform - in fact, this line is also related to the current strength of international imperialism.  Although there are currently three major powers in the socialist camp: the United States, Britain, and Russia, compared to the three major powers of China and Rhodes in the imperialist camp, their strength is still many times inferior.  If the Roman Empire and the German Empire on the other side of the English Channel were determined to intervene.  The nascent revolutionary regime will most likely be extinguished.

    So after the success of the London Revolution.  Members of the Central Committee of the British Socialist Party, including Engels, Alger, Macdonald and Henry George from the United States.  Meetings were held for several days to discuss Britain's development path after the victory of the revolution, and several important principles were determined.

    The first, of course, is democracy and universal suffrage.  Socialist Britain will be a replica of socialist Poland and will implement a democratic system that is beneficial to workers and farmers - including the "revolutionary electoral committee system" that restricts bourgeois agents from participating in elections and the universal suffrage system of one person, one vote.  Introduced intact into the UK.  Although the future Britain will be a socialist country, it will definitely not be the genuine socialism of the Third International in later generations!

    The second important principle is the coexistence of public and private ownership, as it was in pre-World War Poland.  The nearly 40 million acres of cultivated land and grassland in the UK will be distributed to approximately 2 million rural households based on a standard of 20 acres (approximately 120 acres) per household.  Used to house approximately 10 million British people (not counting the Irish, England and Scotland have a population of approximately 25 million).  After the distribution is completed, these family farms will not be transferred privately or split up.  If farmers want to withdraw from agricultural production, the British Agricultural Cooperative can only take over the land at a fair price and then sell it to people in need at a low price. This is the experience gained from more than ten years of socialist practice in Poland. Land needs  Only with a certain degree of concentration can the greatest economic benefits be achieved, so the tendency of farmers to split up land and pass it on to different children must be curbed.

    The remaining 15 million British people will continue to live in cities and towns, and will be allocated housing or homesteads in accordance with the principle of homeownership.  At the same time, the government will take over important sectors related to the national economy and people's livelihood, such as banks, large factories, mines, railways, and ports, and use the power of the state to revive them as soon as possible.  In order to provide employment for the urban population.

    At the same time, the socialist British government also encouraged private individuals to set up small industrial and commercial entities to solve employment problems.  Active market.  For foreign direct investment, the principles of conditional introduction and openness are also adopted.  As for the capitalists and aristocratic landowners who lost their land, real estate and various industries because of the revolution, the Revolutionary Committee adopted the method of deportation instead of suppression - the reason was that the British government elected and supported by these people had brought serious disasters to the country and the people.  , must be responsible for their wrong choices!

    The third principle is "dynastic socialism", but it has caused considerable controversy among the top leaders of the British Socialist Party and the British Revolutionary Committee. Even Karl Marx, general secretary of the International Workers' Association, did not agree with it.

    "News has come from Yingtian that the British royal family has left New Japan and is on its way to Hawaii. According to the agreement reached by the Chinese and them, Victoria I and Edward VII will become the queen and crown prince of the Indian Empire.  Princess Helena will become the Queen of the Kingdom of South China. I have informed Berlin of this news. Princess Victoria and Crown Prince Frederick are very happy. They said that they are willing to let Prince William come to the UK if the British people need it.  Becoming King William V. Moore, what do you think???You want this King William V?  "

    Engels spoke his opinion slowly, his expression was not unusual, he looked confident.  The second greatest god of gcism in history, after years of experience in high positions, he naturally knows how difficult it is to manage a country. He also knows what the real needs of the people are, and he also knows that gcism cannot be based on utopias.  .

    And what the British, who have already ruled the world, need now is not a castle in the air - ruling the world has not brought much benefit to the working people of Britain, so how can they believe that liberating the world is profitable?  Now the British need tangible benefits.  Land, bread, housing, universal suffrage, higher wages and shorter working hours, oh, and pensions, medical security, free education, etc. are what the British want.

    As for the establishment of a proletarian dictatorship in Britain, the Roman Empire has no excuse or leading party to intervene!  Moreover, the current British Revolutionary Committee only controls a few large cities, and most of the British army and navy are still waiting and watching!

    "My opinion is that we need William V. On the one hand, he is backed by the powerful German Empire. His appointment as the monarch of England will unite Britain and Germany to form a co-monarchy alliance. And this alliance will be enough to resist the hegemony of the Roman Empire.  . This way our newly born socialist Britain would not have to worry about Roman armed intervention.

    On the other hand, the introduction of kings from foreign countries after the revolution is also in line with European practice and can quickly allow our regime to gain dominance in England and Scotland.  Only in this way can our promises to the people be realized.  Britain could also avoid a massive civil war.  "

    Alexander Macdonald took over Engels¡¯ topic and expressed his support.  This was also what the TUC meant - although its main leaders had all joined the Socialist Party of Great Britain.  But the Federation of British Workers remained as a federation of trade unions.

    ¡°But William V is likely to become the general representative of the British bourgeoisie, and the British bourgeoisie will come back with him and become the masters of the country again!¡±

    Engels smiled and said: "If those people can still be the masters, how can it be our turn to sit in No. 10 Downing Street?"

    He shook his head, "The original British economy was based on the world empire. The British mainland was the industrial base and financial center, and the colonies were raw material collection places and product dumping markets. But now the British world empire no longer exists. There is no  Without the cheap raw materials and vast market in the colonies, the British pound was reduced to waste paper, the major British banks also went bankrupt, and the financial center of the Western world had been transferred from London to Paris. Under this situation, the original economy was ruined.  The model will face the dilemma of having neither raw materials nor market, and there will be no way out except the socialist road.¡±

    This is indeed the case. We are not in the 21st century now. There are no global free trade rules, only large markets within colonial empires.  For example, free trade within the Great Chinese Empire and the Great Roman Empire.  If foreign countries want to enter these two big markets, they must either enter the Roman market as important allies like the German Empire and the Kingdom of Sweden, or develop equal and mutually beneficial development between the two big markets of Greater China and Greater Rome.  Britain, which had lost its world empire, was neither an important ally nor qualified to be equal and mutually beneficial to Rome and China.  It will definitely be excluded - and Britain is still a developed industrial country. Who would be so kind as to share its limited market and cheap raw materials with it?

    Therefore, Britain¡¯s post-war economy can only take a different socialist path than before, with a more reasonable allocation of resources and wealth to promote the development of the domestic market.  Of course, communication with the outside world is also indispensable.

    "The formation of a co-monarchy alliance with the German Empire will actually help solve the problem of lack of raw materials and markets for British industry. Because behind the co-monarchy alliance between Britain and Germany will be the combination of the powerful British Navy and the powerful German Army! And the United States  The United Socialist Republic and the Slavic Socialist Alliance of the Popular People's Party will also be allies of the Anglo-German Monarchy Alliance. If Britain, Germany, the United States and Russia unite, I am afraid that the Roman Empire and the Greater China Empire will only be able to open some markets to us, right?"

    Engels looked at Marx and stated his plan calmly.  Use the Anglo-German Common Monarchy Alliance to unite the four powerful countries of Britain, Germany, the United States and Russia to form a grand alliance of "industrialized poor countries"!  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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