Subtitle of this chapter: Let me remind you that this chapter only has dry goods and private goods, and there is no plot promotion.

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Herbert Clark Hoover published an autobiography in 1924 called "Years of Adventure", 1874-1920".

You will know by reading the title of this book. This memoir mainly records his life experiences from his birth to attending Versailles and the title of this book is also a true portrayal of his first half of his life.

Born in 1874, Hoover arrived in Tianjin, China at the age of 25, and gave himself a Chinese name - Hu Hua. At that time, he was an engineer of the famous British mining company Bivik Molin.

His annual salary was more than 20,000 US dollars, which was definitely a high salary at that time. Don’t forget that Roosevelt only received 5,000 US dollars a year as deputy minister of the Navy.

What I heard was that in 1902, just three years later, Hu Hua had already lived in a huge fortune of US$4 million when he left China.

Of course, his memoirs are an understatement of the loss of state-owned assets in the Qing Dynasty.

But then again, they are just robbing them based on their ability... Well, who said that the money earned is so useless? (Author’s note: It’s good for patients who are interested in the relationship between Kaiping Coal Mine and Hoover. I won’t go into details in the book.)

But if you read the memoir of "Adventure Era", readers like Yuan Hongjian a hundred years later will find that Hoover is indeed a keen political observer. (Author’s note: The following is an excerpt from Murong from the book.)

First of all, he had a certain sense of awe for the land of Cyris and the people above him.

He said in the book, "No matter how rich this person's experience is, no matter how profound his understanding of the country's government and people, he cannot comment on a huge nation with a population of 400 million for three thousand years. In my impression, I have an unchanging admiration for the Chinese people."

"The educated Chinese population accounts for about 10% of the total population. They have a high level of intelligence, they have thoughts and morals. Their culture is the oldest and oldest complete culture in the world. In the fields of art, literature and philosophy, Chinese civilization has produced fruitful results."

It is very rare for a white Western man in the early 20th century to say such words.

Secondly, his understanding of Cerris society is even more correct than that of some Cerris people.

He realized that "China's first resource and technology are agriculture... For three thousand years, hundreds of millions of farmers have been working hard to cultivate. What an amazing phenomenon! The grain weight produced by a mu of land may exceed that of any other part of the world."

Well, Hoover can be said to be similar to the heroes of the Demon Heroes in this regard. You should know that when the comrades of the Demon Heroes were still trying to imitate the October Revolution and occupied the big cities, he had long sneered at this and persuaded them to take root in the countryside.

However, during the War of Liberation, Chuanlin Beile still did not understand this. Why did his army with an absolute military advantage of 4 million were always beaten by the bandit army with 1.2 million millet and rifles? The most fundamental reason was that the National Government, which occupied the big cities, did not control the country's greatest productivity, that is, agriculture.

Therefore, it is not uncommon to collapse the party's finances after the attack.

Hoover also concluded, "Some strange ideas in the Chinese minds have caused them to be unable to adapt well to the methods of Western management institutions... The most basic form of organization in China is the subcontracting system. Even in the government, for a thousand years, the governor had to pay a certain amount of funds to the monarch every year and maintain order with the judicial system. The governor subcontracted the responsibility to the next level of local docks, and they subcontracted it to smaller local governments in turn. When each level of officials pays taxes, they generate a large amount of tax balance. Usually, these excess taxes will be collected by the private sector, that is, embezzling public funds... Even the Chinese army is managed on the basis of subcontracting."

Taking the Kuomintang and the Communist Party as an example, before "annihilation of 100 million enemies, tigers occupies treasure island." The harvest was still based on landlords, and wars were heads. The other side had already allowed their economy to penetrate the grassroots of the rural areas during the War of Resistance. In military terms, they "built branches in the company" as early as the Sanwan adaptation period.

Finally, although it is difficult for him to get rid of the limitations of his time, he has a racist stereotype about the Cyris, such as he said, "The Chinese mind lacks mechanical thinking than the nations originating in Europe."

But some of his observations were correct, "Until a few years ago, the Chinese had no national spirit. In fact, they did not have the strong emotions that we call patriotism."

It is not to belittle the Cyris people a hundred years ago, but modern nationalism is not inherently born. Without experiencing the crisis of national destruction, the Chinese nation may not have such a firm will in the future to become stronger at all costs.

This is also why our Master Yuan did not stop the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. He only wanted China to die less, it would be better for foreign countries to die more, any foreign country would be better.

Moreover, Hoover also has his own opinion on China's democratization. "In the face of 90% of illiteracy, under the extremely low standard of living of the people, this idea (democracy) is impossible to achieve. However, Chinese intellectuals have some idealistic fantasies that they can establish a certain democratic oligarchy in China."

"Democracy is the concept of the Western people, and the implementation of this concept requires the establishment of a management mechanism that we apply to production and distribution. My concern is that any real democratic politics in China will fail in its management."

Management first and democracy. A hundred years later, there are still so many people who don’t understand such a simple truth.

Fortunately, Hoover's concerns did not happen in Cyris, but were fully reflected in our next neighbors.

At the end of the sixth chapter of the memoir, "The Career of Engineers in China", he warned, "But what I said is not to slander this great nation, but to provide a warning to the Westerners that China will not be Westernized."

Well, such a person with keen eyes and adventurous spirit has not had a good reputation in later generations. The reason is naturally because his performance in the Great Depression was so poor.

However, this matter is indeed not a big deal. If he switches with Coolidge, it will definitely be "Hoover's Great Prosperity".

Therefore, a person's destiny depends on personal struggle, but it also requires consideration of the historical process...
Chapter completed!