Chapter 1036 1035 [Lao Jiang's Stunning Masterpiece]

The history circle in 1943 was very lively. Not only Zhou Hexuan published a book, Wu Han published a book, Chang Kaishen also published a book.

Chang Kaishen published the book in March. The title of the book is "The Destiny of China", which discusses politics in the guise of history. This book is printed on the best paper, and the price is very, very cheap so that ordinary people can afford it.

In just one month, 150,000 copies of "The Destiny of China" were released. With the promotion of governments at all levels, the sales volume quickly reached 1 million copies. But the more you sell in China, the more you will lose, because it is all about losing money and making money.

Compared with domestic losses, the overseas copyright of this book has made a lot of money.

After all, China at this stage is a major country in the anti-fascist alliance after the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain. The works of Chinese leader Chang Kaishen aroused great interest from British and American publishers. They didn't even read the content, and bought overseas copyrights at high prices.

Then, these British and American publishers vomited blood.

After "The Destiny of China" was published in the United Kingdom and the United States, its sales were so-so at the beginning, but it was quickly criticized by the political, academic and non-governmental circles. Because of the book's unabashed authoritarian and racist views, these topics were extremely sensitive in Britain and the United States during World War II.

Lao Jiang originally wanted to write a book to enhance his influence at home and abroad, but he didn't expect that his reputation would be ruined internationally.

In the past, politicians, scholars and common people in Britain and the United States had an excellent impression of Chang Kaishen because of China's tenacious resistance to Japanese aggression. A copy of "The Destiny of China" directly exposed his true colors—so you are such Chang Kaishen!

The same is true in China. The Communist Party, democratic parties, and free scholars were stunned. They never dreamed that Lao Jiang would dare to write a book to "hack himself" so thoroughly.

From the perspective of scholars, the publication of "The Destiny of China" was Chiang's biggest trick during the War of Resistance, even more disgusting than the excessive issuance of banknotes. Indiscriminate issuance of banknotes and soaring prices can be barely accepted. After all, this is sacrificing personal interests for the sake of the War of Resistance, but "The Destiny of China" can only make people feel chilling.

There is a saying that Chang Kaishen completely offended most of the democratic parties and liberals with his book "The Destiny of China", and successfully pushed countless patriots to the side of the Communist Party.

Wen Yiduo said: "The publication of "The Destiny of China" is a very important key for me alone. I was shocked by the Boxer spirit in it. Did our wise leader think this way? May Fourth It had such a deep influence on me that "The Destiny of China" openly declared war on May Fourth, and I couldn't stand it no matter what."

The meaning of this passage is very clear. Wen Yiduo finally embarked on the path of opposing Chiang because of reading "The Destiny of China".

At the beginning of 1942, Wen Yiduo once said to his son Wen Lihe: "(Chang Kaishen) has experienced many hardships and twists and turns in his life. During the Xi'an Incident, he was calm and calm, turned danger into safety, had a great and touching personality, won this leadership during the War of Resistance, and has a bright future. Victory is expected.”

That is to say, Wen Yiduo at the beginning of 1942 was still one of Lao Jiang's fanboys, and he could even ignore the Southern Anhui Incident. He sincerely respects Chang Kaishen, has a good impression of Chang Kaishen's personal charm and persistence in the War of Resistance, and believes that Chang Kaishen can lead China to victory in the War of Resistance.

In just one year, the salary increase incident, Qu Yuan incident, disaster relief incident, book publishing incident... Lao Jiang's glorious image in Wen Yiduo's heart was directly shattered, and he changed from an idol leader to a dictatorial warrior.

The book "The Destiny of China" is full of mistakes and nonsense. Even the American King Fairbank can clearly see the discussion of Chinese history and current situation. Fairbank made it clear: "This book of those in power is an insult to the professors who write it... It is really disrespectful for a politician to write such a pamphlet. Now I understand why everyone Those who participated in the English translation of this book seemed to have a fever."

The "cold and fever" that Fairbank referred to were the counselors of China's Supreme Council of National Defense at that time, who were solely responsible for the translation of "The Destiny of China".

When these counselors were translating, they felt as uncomfortable as eating shit. What they have to do is to translate a piece of Chinese-flavored shit into foreign-flavored shit, and in the translation process it is equivalent to eating shit twice.

Although the viewpoints of this book come from Chang Kaishen, it was ghostwritten by Tao Xisheng, and Chen Bulei also participated in part.

When Tao Xisheng wrote the book, he was trembling and sweating all over. He knew the consequences of publishing this book, but he could only bite the bullet and write it. Fortunately, he didn't have to sign the cover, and it didn't matter how fiercely the readers scolded him.

Taizu's evaluation of "The Destiny of China" is: "This is a declaration of war against the Chinese people, and it is the ideological and public opinion preparation for launching a civil war."

In the face of unanimous criticism from foreign readers, Lao Jiang himself said in his diary: "It was expected, but I didn't expect it to be so disgusting."

Nonsense, can British and American readers not be disgusted?

"The Destiny of China" not only talks about dictatorship and nationalism, but also blames China's backwardness on imperialist aggression, blaming everything on unequal treaties, almost pointing at the noses of the British and American powers.

If we say that China's national strength is backward, it can also be attributed to the imperialist aggression against China. But to attribute China's political, moral, and cultural backwardness to imperialist aggression, what kind of weird idea is this? Could it be that if the great powers did not invade China, would China not be left behind in terms of political system, culture and thought?

Moreover, China and the United Kingdom and the United States are now allies. The world anti-fascist war is at its critical moment. What is Chiang's reason for publishing this book attacking the allies?

Let's summarize the ideas expressed in "The Destiny of China", roughly speaking: the Chinese nation is great, and the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties shows that the Chinese are the best nation. Moreover, China has only one ethnic group, the Han, Man, Mongolian, Hui and other ethnic groups, but they are the major and minor branches of the Chinese nation. China was completely corrupted and regressed in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, and then fell into the abyss under the aggression of imperialism. If China wants to be revived and strong, it can only be accomplished under the leadership of the great leader Chang Kaishen, under the rule of the Nationalist Party, and under the instructions of the Three People's Principles, so as to restore the inherent greatness of the Chinese nation.

At first glance, it seems that the writing is not outrageous. However, the previous and subsequent views are often self-contradictory, the arguments used are full of mistakes and omissions, and the contributions and sacrifices of the people to the country are completely ignored. The wisdom of the party and the Three People's Principles.

Lao Jiang almost didn't say clearly in the book: I want to be a dictator, and everyone must listen to me. I want to overthrow the powers of the world, I want to wipe away the shame since the garbage was filled, and let the Chinese nation achieve a comprehensive and great rejuvenation!

The image of Lao Jiang exposed in the book is a dictatorial version of an anti-Qing and Ming restorationist, a Boxer-style peasant nationalist—very similar to a certain type of netizen in later generations.

Not long after the first batch of six visiting scholars left, Zhang Daofan came to Zhou Mansion with a copy of "The Destiny of China". He said to Zhou Hexuan: "Ming Cheng, I wonder if you have read the CEO's masterpiece?"

"Read it." Zhou Hexuan said.

Zhang Daofan asked: "How do you feel?"

Zhou Hexuan said: "The shock is indescribable."

Zhang Daofan said: "Nowadays there are many critics of this book in China. Please Mingcheng write an article to justify the title of "The Destiny of China". Close the door and reflect on it.”

This is equivalent to an exchange. Zhou Hexuan helped Lao Jiang tout his masterpiece, and Lao Jiang let Zhou Hexuan regain his freedom.

Zhou Hexuan thought for a while: "I think my academic accomplishment is not enough, so I should continue to study hard behind closed doors."

Zhang Daofan: "..."