A day later, the capital, the South China Sea.

A great man who is slightly short in stature, but absolutely magnificent in aura, smokes a special "red panda".

The tense nerves that had just been attended by the major meeting were also relaxed.

A few minutes ago, Ambassador Saimoto visited him, and during the meeting, the great man lightly expressed his confidence in the situation of opening up.

"How do you feel about the opposition and attacks on this reform from countries in the same camp that have a long history of friendship, such as Vietnam?" ”

At that time, the great man said domineeringly: "If the child is disobedient, he should teach him a lesson." ”

Of course, this is a private statement, and it can't be directly on the news, but at least it must be embellished before it can be on the news. But it works well to appease the newly befriended neighbors.

As for the diplomatic situation after opening up, there is nothing to worry about when capital pays attention to the country's side. The more thorough the reform in China, the closer the West's attitude toward China will improve.

What needs to be worried is only whether the countries in the social attention camp will react too violently.

It's not that Huaxia is afraid that those small Eastern European projectile countries can really make a big fuss - everyone is so far away, and the Eastern European projectiles can't reach it, what role can it play?

The point is that they are afraid that after these Eastern European countries build up public opinion in the camp of solidarity with Vietnam, the Soviet Union will not be able to step down and increase the intensity of aid to Vietnam, and then the matter will be tricky.

The main way for the younger brothers and horses to do bad things is to keep watching and watching the big guy at all times, and then waving flags and shouting and cheering on the sidelines.

The big guy wants to find a step to sneak down and be soft, but he has no chance, for fear of losing face.

At present, Huaxia has indeed done a poor job of pulling the younger brother in the Eastern European bloc, and only one Romania has been pulled over. Even Albania, a country that has received Chinese aid for more than ten years, has become a white-eyed wolf. In addition, East Germany and the Czech Republic do not help each other, and their attitudes are subtle.

……

"Let Comrade Geng come to see me," the great man decided to strike while the iron was hot, and by the way, he asked a comrade from the diplomatic post to learn about the situation of negotiations with the countries of Eastern Europe.

He vaguely remembered that Comrade Geng had privately reported to him a few days ago that the relevant inter-party friendly exchange visits had already been arranged, and it was time to inquire about the progress.

Comrade Geng is not a foreign minister, but he is a higher rank than a minister - he is now "vice president in charge of foreign affairs."

In the 20 years since the time of Premier Zhou and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Comrade Geng has served as ambassador to Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Pakistan, Myanmar and Albania. Then he returned from the post of Albanian ambassador and became deputy foreign minister, and after ten years of indescribable years, he became deputy minister.

After the news of the great man's summons, just a few minutes, Geng Cixiang arrived, took the materials that were hastily summarized, and came to report on his work in person.

"How's it going?" asked the great man in his Trump-accented voice.

"The situation is very good. Albania, East Germany, and several other countries initially questioned the characterization of our reforms. The Albanian side, in particular, initially supported the Vietnamese at the polemical level.

Fortunately, however, the main focus of their attack was on questioning the nascent 'small proprietor' economic model in our country, and as a result, our visiting comrades were very courteous and courteous, refuting their doubts with Marx's fundamentalism.

After the meeting, they immediately reported the request to China, and we immediately organized a secret intensive study of this material, and secretly fed back to other delegations to Eastern European countries that had not yet completed the meeting. Therefore, there is no new country that has emerged to blatantly slander us as a cultivator. ”

After all, 71 years ago, although Albania was small, it was the most pro-China and anti-Soviet group in the social attention camp of Eastern Europe, and its role as a benchmark was very important.

So this time to report on the work, Geng Cixiang naturally cut in from the perspective he was most familiar with.

"Oh? It seems that the propaganda department and the theoretical research department have done a good job, and they have survived the polemics in this new situation. When the great man heard the good news, he was naturally in a good mood, so he ordered another red panda, and he didn't mind resting for a few more minutes, so he should listen to the Longmen Array.

This is a surprise, maybe it can find half a step for the Soviets, so that they can save more face when they make the decision to "not use force to stand up for the Vietnamese"-

This is no small matter. If it can be confirmed that the Soviets will not make a move when China is looking south, the several military districts in the north will be able to lower the level of mobilization and do less military exercises and muscle deterrence.

The million-strong army has rarely entered the first-level combat readiness, and the money and resources saved have gone to sea.

Later generations who are familiar with history know that in 79 years, when China really made a move against the Vietnamese, the place where it really spent a lot of money was not only the front on which the south took the initiative to attack.

Although the line of defense and deterrence of the Soviets in the north has not been fought, the vigilance and mobilization budget spent are an order of magnitude higher than those in the south.

If the intelligence on the northern front had been more accurate and the diplomatic posture had been clearer, as long as 10 percent or even 5 percent of the mobilization waste had been saved, it would have been enough for the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs to eat a century of steak in red wine.

Great men have been trained in armed struggle, and they have grasped economic work for many years, but after all, they have not been deeply immersed in diplomacy. After listening to Geng Cixiang's report, he had a more intuitive understanding of the economic accounts and benefit accounts.

The money spent on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is really worth it.

At least when the country needs to disarm and reduce its military spending, perhaps spending 10 yuan less on military spending can cost 10 yuan less on diplomacy.

……

After chatting for a while, the great man naturally asked about the meritorious personnel this time:

"Which comrade is in charge of the visit to Albania. ”

"Wang Sufeng is also an experienced comrade who has been transferred to the diplomatic port in the army. "Geng Cixiang has done his homework a lot.

"The theoretical and professional level of demobilized cadres in the army has improved very quickly. The great man praised with satisfaction.

Geng Cixiang didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly explained: "His leadership and organization work is doing a good job. However, the main theoretical ammunition for this debate was provided by the professionals of the Foreign Affairs University -- I asked Minister Huang before I came, and said that there was a shortage of manpower, and that senior students of the Foreign Affairs University had been arranged to assist them as professional assistants in advance. It's really working. ”

"Oh, it's a school student?" the great man squinted his eyes with interest, and thought the situation was interesting.

If you change to a less great person, you can use Yingchui Siting to describe it.

He didn't care that the cigarette in his hand hadn't finished smoking, so he thrust the long filter into the ashtray, and then waved his hand firmly, and Trump said loudly:

"It seems that our decision to resume the college entrance examination is really very wise! Under the new situation, there should be comrades who understand the new situation to deal with professional issues!"

Geng Cixiang smiled and praised: "You are so right." ”

The great man went down and asked: "Is the meritorious comrade an experienced comrade who has accumulated a few years in his job and then went back to university?"

Obviously, the listener made up Gu Ao's brain from the beginning into a good comrade who was nearly thirty years old and had been working in the organ for many years before the resumption of the college entrance examination.

However, Geng Cixiang is destined to tell a shocking truth: "No...... is a fresh graduate, who has studied all the way up, and is only 16 years old. ”

The great man suddenly became curious: "Such a young comrade? The relevant departments have studied why such a young comrade is capable of making meritorious contributions." ”

Minister Huang reported that they would organize and learn from the typical ones when they went back. At present, judging from the first-hand ideological report, the little comrade is saying: There is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry. Some new theoretical issues under the new situation are the first time that everyone in China has come into contact with, so those veteran comrades with experience may not be able to use their experience on this issue. So it happened to be meritorious service to him......"

"Recognize the situation, not arrogant or impatient, rare. If you investigate it deeply, if there are no other problems, you can use it as a model!"

As a result, he inevitably asked about the specific theoretical basis of the controversy.

Geng Cixiang naturally also learned and sold now, and explained all the relevant passages in "Capital".

"Let the People's Daily send out this polemic tomorrow, and just say that I said it -- this example is very good, who said that invigorating the economy of small proprietors and small individuals is only possible when capital pays attention to it? Marx said that this is a very good supplement to the social attention to the economy!

As long as it is conducive to improving the people's living standards, this should be observed. Like the Albanians, we insist that whoever is poor is justified, and I think that is the mistake of dogmatism! Poverty is not socialism!"

The last eight resounding words were recorded word for word. And the next day, it became the official title of Gu Biao's originally anonymous editorial.

If Gu Biao knew that because of his butterfly effect, this natural famous quote of a great man was induced and invented eight years in advance, how would he feel?

……

The exculpatory article written by the historical experts of Lin University is naturally not qualified to be on the front page of "Renren Daily". After all, that is only the pedantic words of economic theory work, and it is a fuss in the pile of old papers.

However, if the same statement is the material for the counterattack of our country's diplomats in order to defend the dignity of the country when it is attacked by foreign polemics with ill intentions, then the characterization is absolutely different.

What's more, the great man's personal statement was added as the title.

As a result, on December 24, two days after the successful conclusion of the Great Plenary Session and one day after the meeting of the Foreign Ministry's delegation to Eastern European countries, the front page of Renren Daily published an article that Gu Biao had rushed to polish overnight.

Full page article.

The title is "Poverty Is Not Socialism."

Signature: Gu Biao, Lin Zili (experts from the Central Economic Research Office and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, wrote out Gu Biao's impromptu speech, so he hung up the second author)