Everything went well, as if time had passed quickly, and I didn't feel that the winter vacation was until February 20th.

In the evening, our family was watching television, and on television, an official was making a speech on "wholeheartedly engaged in construction and wholeheartedly seeking development."

"Dad, don't listen to him, he's lying. The son said seriously.

"Joy, what do you say, and where did you hear that?"

"We play outside, and the adults in the roller skating rink, the market, and the Internet café all say that the current officials are better than anyone else, and they are more greedy than anyone else. ”

Wang Xile's words touched one of the most sensitive nerves in human society. For education, it is necessary to inform him of the essential things in a way that he can understand, because life is a circle of good and evil, and whoever understands the truth the earlier will be better for his progress.

"Rejoice, is official corruption unique to today's society?"

"I don't know. That's what adults say anyway. The son shook his head and said.

"Let me tell you clearly, official corruption has existed since the existence of human society on the earth, and until now mankind has not done a good job in this political and cultural construction. If you look at whether there is a war going on in the Middle East every day, it is caused by the corruption of officials and the alienation of the people. I don't care what others say, whether you understand it or not, you have to keep in mind that our party is the greatest political party in the history of China. When you grow up and reach full mental maturity, you will understand what Dad is saying today. ”

"Dad, I don't understand what you're saying. The son said puzzled.

"I don't understand. Then I'll talk about it from a different perspective and see if you can understand it. Only by having a good culture from elementary school can we fundamentally solve the problem of official corruption. ”

"Dad, culture can't beat people, can't scold people, can solve the problem yesterday?"

"Through the construction of culture, it will evolve into a system, and the system can transform people's hearts and make them play a role in transforming people. Joy, do you know the book The Analects?"

"Dad, you're okay, I just finished reading the Analects a few days ago, and you asked me to read it. ”

"Chinese culture is the greatest culture in the world, but it is a pity that we have not transformed it into something like a system, and we have not produced the corresponding cultural power. On the other hand, the Analects of Confucius has played an important cultural role in Japanese society, because a hundred years ago Japan was also full of official corruption, and under the influence of the Analects, a debate has been set off in society about whether to value righteousness or profit, which is similar to the situation we have now. In the course of the debate, some people used the knowledge of Confucianism, which was deeply ingrained in Japanese society, to reinterpret it, and found a combination of traditional Confucian ethics and modern capitalist ethics, and succeeded. Its representative figure is Shibusawa Eiichi, who is known as the 'founder' of modern Japanese capitalism. Shibusawa Eiichi studied Confucianism in his early years, once devoted himself to politics, and later abandoned politics to engage in business, and successively founded and participated in the establishment of more than 500 enterprises such as the First Bank and the Nippon Yusen Company, becoming a famous industrialist. In his more than 40 years in business, Shibusawa Eiichi has always insisted on teaching the Analects to the employees of the company in person, and wrote a famous book "The Analects and the Abacus". He pointed out that Confucius did not deny in the Analects that wealth is 'what people want', and the key lies in the way they take. Shibusawa Eiichi believes that the so-called Tao refers to the 'public interest and public welfare', that is, the national interest. If an individual or enterprise pursues profits and multiplies capital, if it is beneficial to enhancing the strength of the country, it is glorious and in line with the "great righteousness" of the "Dao." In this way, Shibusawa Eiichi developed great wisdom on the basis of practice, and he used national interests as a medium to unify righteousness and profit, and derived a set of "moral and economic unity theory" on the basis of the Analects. Shibusawa Eiichi is a social-oriented ethic that, unlike the Western ethic of the individual, has influenced the whole of Japan through decades of permeating. To this day, Shibusawa's writings are still highly regarded among Japanese entrepreneurs.

Joy, do you remember watching the Olympics last year, I told you: In the 60s, 'Made in Japan' products were despised due to quality problems, and the 18th Tokyo Olympics in 1964 greatly stimulated the awakening consciousness of the Yamato nation, and by the late 60s, everything had changed drastically. Japanese products have become synonymous with high quality and high efficiency. I also said that many countries in the world have fulfilled the saying that 'national fortune is prosperous, sports are prosperous'. ”

"Yes. ”

"Actually, what Dad said is just a superficial phenomenon, in order to meet the needs of writing articles. What really makes Japanese products famous for their quality is the nurturing role played by Eiichi Shibusawa's social-based ethical culture. In Japan, the company is a "big family" in the extended sense, and employees are like members of the family, although they also have their own private lives and their own family's private lives, but the company is very attentive to employees, even how many people in the family are, when they get married, and whether their spouses live happily after marriage. This is because whether or not the family life is stable or not will have an impact on the work mood and mood of the employee himself, and it is not okay for the parents of the 'extended family' not to care about these issues.

It is a prominent Japanese custom to abide by the company's rules and give priority to the company's public interest. When there is a conflict between the interests of the company and the interests of the individual, the Japanese must sacrifice their personal interests to some extent. In addition, if the company's policies and policies do not agree with their own opinions, Japanese people may state their objections, but they must obey everyone's opinions after they have decided on their opinions. If you don't want to bury yourself, you have to leave the company, but this is very rare.

Sometimes the interests of the company are not at the same as those of society. For example, doing something that is beneficial to the company, but it constitutes tax evasion, or is suspected of bribery. If the government pursues the case so tightly that it is finally unable to contain the fire, there is a risk that the upper echelons of the company will be harmed, and the person concerned will have to bear the responsibility for the crime himself, or commit suicide, leaving behind the famous solemn slogan "The company is forever" and jumping from the roof of the building to sacrifice himself.

Similarly, there have been frequent instances of subordinates making mistakes or embezzling public funds on multiple occasions. If the superiors in China will blame their subordinates for all crimes, and sometimes they will report them to the police, in short, they must find ways to avoid injuring themselves or causing trouble for themselves. But the Japanese are the opposite, and those who are bosses will resign from their jobs. Because there is a crime of unfavorable supervision, even if it does not directly constitute a crime in law, the superior does not evade or conceal it.

Japanese companies inculcate this sense of common consciousness in each and every employee, and then translate it into a sense of loyalty to the brand, and regard the brand's reputation as a part of their lives. Japanese companies are made up of employees who have received this kind of training, and although it cannot be said that they are not meticulous, they have developed a common sense of cooperation that is difficult for other companies to achieve.

That's the power of culture.

This is true for businesses, it is true for society, and it is true for individuals. For example, when you first started school, you used to fight with your classmates, and you often avoided cleaning, and now you are willing to take the initiative to do these things, which is a sign of the rise of collectivist culture. If a class and a society are formed, once a common group cultural values are formed, it is like sowing beautiful seeds in the hearts of the people. They love their country more than they love themselves, and they are willing to do their duty for the country. It is precisely under the influence of the Analects that Japan has produced something completely different from other countries in terms of their sense of cooperation, honor, belonging, achievement, and responsibility.

Culture, which may seem dispensable to the individual, is different to the whole. It turns out that I told you about the stones, the rocks, and the cement in building a house. Cement is the equivalent of culture. Culture is a kind of connectivity, and only it can connect stones and canopies together. Only people with the same cultural values can unite together, establish laws, straighten out differences, not be light on the virtuous and foolish, not abandon the coarse, and unify the glory, so that the country can pass through the dangers and obstacles in the world.

For example, the extent to which the new 'theory of moral and economic unity' developed and launched by Shibusawa Eiichi on the basis of the Analects has reached Japan, and after Japan became the richest man in the world in the mid-80s, the head of the imitation American business delegation, composed of general managers of 40 of Japan's largest companies, said: We do not want to discuss what Japanese companies should do now, but what we want to discuss on our agenda is what Japan should do now and what is the best policy in line with national interests. Only after we have thought, formulated, and published the right national policy can we consider what it means for our business and for our company. Really, we can only discuss economics when we have a complete understanding of what is the right and best social policy for the benefit of the Japanese people and the country as a whole. Joy, you see how strong the Japanese are about national consciousness! Do you think the power of culture is great?"

"Great. It's really too big. The son said seriously.

"Corruption is a very normal thing in human society, it is as normal as day and night, and it is also a normal contest between good and evil in real life. I said.

"Normal fight. Is Dad like a group of classmates in my class who are good with me and fight with another group of classmates?" said the son, with a light in his eyes.

It's a turn of the road. However, after thinking about it, Wang Xile is also right, the struggle of the small human group actually starts from the moment the child is born, from the moment he kisses his father or his mother. I hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, the fight between your classmates' small groups is also for profit, and it will also become corrupt as you get older. ”

"How can we schoolchildren be corrupted. ”

"Joy, Chinese culture is an official-based culture, and the private use of public instruments is the inevitability of this culture, and you primary school students will not escape it. ”

"Dad, why won't we elementary school students escape, and our children have no power, what are you talking about for private use. ”

"Public and private use is when officials use the power in their hands for their own personal gain. I said a phenomenon to see if you elementary school students use public equipment for private purposes, you children are all in a gang, right?"

"Yes. ”

"Do you all have a little boss in your gang? ”

"Yes. ”

"Does the little head often instruct the weakest little friend to do some work for him? ”

"Yes. It is the most time to substitute for duty. ”

"This is the public and private use of your friends. You said that you elementary school students have no public and private use, and whether they are corrupt. ”

"If that's the case, then there are too many public and corrupt things among the students. ”

"So I want to say to you that those adults in the market don't listen to the corruption of officials every day, because corruption and honesty are a natural state of existence, it will cycle repeatedly like spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the most important thing for you is to have the ability to do things well. ”

"Dad, I seem to understand what you said. ”

"Just be clear. If China cultivates a new kind of people through cultural construction, so that the small leaders in your small gangs no longer instruct those weak children to do more duties for themselves, then the problem of official corruption can be solved. It is easiest to say beautiful words in the world, but it is very difficult to do specific things well, as Lao Tzu said in the Tao Te Ching: Faith is not beautiful, and beautiful words are not believed. ”

"Little dolls really corrupt. Wang Xile muttered, his attention attracted by the anti-Japanese war film...... At this time, I deeply felt that the brains of children after the fourth grade have been socialized, and all falsehoods cannot be concealed from their eyes, but at the moment their physical strength is still small and they lack the ability to resist physically, and that's it.

Liu Xiang's influence was too great, and before I knew it, on the last day of the winter vacation, the high school students who played basketball with me also became blue fans.

That day, after playing basketball in the afternoon, there was a game of 10 free throws as usual, and the high school students in front of him scored three to six free throws. The king was happy, he walked steadily to the exclusive free throw spot 2 meters away from the basket, and then slapped the ball casually, his face looked very calm, and he tried his best to make free throws one by one, and the process of shooting free throws was the same every time.

When the last ball entered the basket, Wang Xile jumped up violently, waved his fist into the air, and shouted "Woo". He topped the list for the first time with a seven-of-10 record, and the joy of the moment was reaped after three years of hard work.

In the evening, I opened Wang Xile's winter vacation homework and saw that ten essays were basically guaranteed to be two pages, which is very, very difficult for a fourth-grade child to do this without supervision.