"When the Soviet coup d'état was in August, I realized that there was going to be a problem in the Soviet Union, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly, and at that time I was still a little lucky, and I thought that the Soviet Union might be able to survive." Zhou Ruiqing looked at Liu Xun and Zhou Peimin sitting opposite the study with a wry smile.

Liu Xun came to Jinjiang the day after he learned about the collapse of the Soviet Union, and he was discussing problems with Zhou Ruiqing in the study at this time, and his uncle Zhou Peimin also rushed back from the Academy of Social Sciences.

"On the day of the coup d'état in August, the situation was still precarious, but within two days it took a sharp turn, the people in Moscow did not believe in the coupists, the army did not listen to the command, there were people in the Central Committee who condemned the coup, the revolutionary forces were captured in a short time, Gorbachev also returned to the Kremlin, I also thought that things would take a turn for the better, although I knew that the Soviet Union was rotten to the roots, and I held that few percent of hope in my heart, but I didn't think that Gorbachev would not be able to turn the tide after all, as the general secretary of the CPSU, But he surrendered and resigned first, and the huge red regime collapsed like this, alas, although it had been predicted before, after all, I did not expect it to be so soon. ”

Zhou Peimin sighed as he spoke, his face was bitter, and he looked at Zhou Ruiqing again, "Dad, it's rare for me to agree with you once, but I didn't expect to encounter this situation, but this time the situation is a little difficult, and your article should not be signed." ”

Liu Xun smiled lightly on the side, "Grandfather, uncle, don't mess up because of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the situation may not be as you think." ”

Zhou Peimin smiled bitterly, he also knew some of the things Liu Xun had done recently, and knew that his nephew couldn't judge with common sense, so he could ignore his age, so subjectively he could also regard him as the object of communication.

"Little four, you probably haven't understood your grandfather's current situation, before I and your grandfather were both open fire to support the reformers, originally it was okay some time ago, because of the Li Gongtao case, the reformers had a slight upper hand, but with the collapse of the Soviet Union, this advantage not only no longer exists, we also have to face greater risks, your grandfather is now a little difficult, the wind direction above is unclear, and it has been changing."

After a pause, "I just received the news of the disintegration of the Soviet Union yesterday morning, and in the afternoon, dozens of senior officials gathered at the Central Party School at the foot of Wanshou Mountain to study the so-called opposition to peaceful evolution. ”

Liu Xun sneered beside him, "Originally, the economic base determined the superstructure, but they turned this essence upside down, these people are not the first birds pushed out by conservatives?" Maybe one day I'm going to have to shoot the gun down. ”

Zhou Ruiqing sighed, "It's not as simple as you say, even if it's a bird, not everyone is qualified to do it, I remember that the last time the Central Party School was active was when it launched a big debate on the standard of truth in 78, alas, in the blink of an eye for thirteen years, I don't want them to be active again today, but I don't know what is good and sometimes bad, but at the moment, it is not very good for me and your uncle, Peimin is also a lot of people in the Academy of Social Sciences, so he came back to avoid the limelight, and his previous remarks were also more radical. ”

"Not only the senior officials of the Central Party School, but also the scholars of the Academy of Social Sciences are also gearing up, and many of them have taken the article and are waiting for the People's Daily to finalize it."

Zhou Peimin said and took out a copy of today's People's Daily, "You see today's editorial that occupies the front page, although the name is called "Further Reform and Opening Up", in fact, it is selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, and there is such a sentence in it: "We want to ask the surname of the company, we must adhere to the socialist direction, and the purpose of asking the surname of the company is to uphold the dominant position of public ownership." ”

"The president of the People's Daily?" Liu Xun looked puzzled.

"In the past, he was the secretary of the provincial party committee of a certain province in northeast China, and he also served as the executive vice president of the Central Party School, a standard conservative, and he had always put the slogan of opposing peaceful evolution on his lips in the past, believing that the dual task facing China in the future was class struggle and comprehensive construction.

Zhou Ruiqing sighed leisurely as he spoke, the rapid collapse of the Soviet Union made him feel a little caught off guard, not to mention, just today, there were some unhealthy tendencies on the side of the city government, and several deputy mayors seemed to feel that they had finally seized the opportunity to give him a little color, and kept putting the slogan of fighting bourgeois liberalization on their lips.

"The president of the People's Daily, hey, the weight of his editorial is not light, but the People's Daily, as the mouthpiece of the government, is not very good for him, the president, to publish such an editorial when the Central Committee has not expressed its position.

Liu Xun said and smiled slightly, and flipped through the stack of newspapers in his hand, "Grandpa, you see, the country is not one-sided against reform now, this is the article I found Huang Fuping in Shanghai, although the mainstream media did not reprint it, Jiefang Daily has it, we can see a lot of things in this article, he said in the article to make people cheer up, dare to take risks, dare to be the first in the world, and also said that this year should be the year of reform, also hinted that ignore the messy ideological disputes in the capital and hurry up and do your own, I think this article is very good. ”

"Huang Fuping?" Zhou Ruiqing asked in surprise.

"It is a writing organization in Shanghai that supports reform and opening up, homonymous to the Huangpu River, and the Academy of Social Sciences has been fighting with them for some time ago." Zhou Peimin interfaced on the side.

"Oh, I remember, you're talking about this writing organization in Shanghai." After Zhou Ruiqing finished speaking, he showed a thoughtful look, thought for a while, and suddenly said, "I remember, Deng Gong went to Shanghai last month, right?" ”

Zhou Peimin nodded, "At that time, there was a rumor in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences that Deng Gong complained that some people did not comprehensively and accurately explain the basic line, did not listen to the reform and opening up that he had been talking about, and did not listen to him talk about science and technology as the primary productive force, and complained that no one in Beijing listened, so he had to go to Shanghai to speak, but this was just a rumor at that time, but I didn't know the specifics. ”

Liu Xun smiled slightly, "Deng Gong arrived in Shanghai in September, when the Soviet coup had just happened and the conservatives had the upper hand, Huang Fuping's writing organization, in fact, in my opinion, has a lot of Deng Gong's mouthpiece, but now it has not been exposed for some reasons, but it will not be long before I think about it." ”

Liu Xun said and glanced at Zhou Peimin, "Uncle, you are in the Academy of Social Sciences, you have a lot of data in the country this year, my grandfather probably also knows that the domestic situation this year is actually very bad, foreign media have called this year China's year of catastrophe, the flood in the Jianghuai River basin that began in June has made the country have a very heavy burden, the flood receded in August, I think many people in the central government probably have a long breath of relief." ”

"But it's not," Zhou Ruiqing said, "The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences put a data there and did not release it to the public, the number of people who died directly exceeded 5,000, and the number of people who were divided and besieged was as high as 100 million, and after the flood, more than 14 million people were rescued from the flood but were homeless, but the relief money set out by the state was only 1.4 billion yuan, half of which was donated by overseas Chinese from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao, and it was only 12 yuan to each person affected by the disaster. ”

Zhou Ruiqing also sighed, "The country is really having a hard time this year." ”

Liu Xun said, "Uncle can see a lot of data in the Academy of Social Sciences, and you can see that last year and this year, the financial revenue of many cities across the country is beyond their means." ”

Zhou Peimin nodded, "Of the 2,181 county governments in the country, 1,091 are unable to make ends meet, and the salaries of nearly 2 million county government cadres have become a problem. ”

Zhou Ruiqing also agreed, "The country has been difficult in the past two years. ”

"At the beginning of the year, the People's Daily happily said that the national price increase had fallen by 15 percentage points, but in fact it was the price of goods that had fallen, but the things in the commodity market could not be sold.

"Alas," Zhou Peimin sighed, "Indeed, in the spring and summer of this year, the value of the backlog of goods in the warehouse has exceeded 250 billion, I remember a rough data, about 20 million bicycles, 120 million watches, 1 billion shirts, 8 million tons of open stickers, 200,000 pieces of machinery and equipment, and imported equipment worth 2 billion US dollars, shocking!" ”

"There are some things that my uncle can't see specific data even in the Academy of Social Sciences, and my grandfather must have a little spectrum in his heart, that is, the problem of state-owned enterprises, from last year to this year, one-third of state-owned enterprises suffered serious losses, one-third of the losses were equal, and only less than one-third of the enterprises could achieve profits, and this year's state-owned enterprises were in arrears of taxes, and foreign media speculated, conservatively estimated, were also more than 20 billion US dollars."

Zhou Ruiqing and Zhou Peimin glanced at Liu Xun in surprise, they didn't know how Liu Xun made this valuation, but neither of them denied that at their level, they had something to do with knowing some inside information, even if the Ministry of Finance did not respond to the speculation of the foreign media, they had a rough idea in their hearts.

"Moreover, since the beginning of this year, the problem of layoffs has also been very serious, and more than 30 percent of the factories in the northeast region, including our northern Liaoning Province, where heavy industry is concentrated, are shutting down, and the problem of unemployment is a more serious problem than inflation in the long run."

Liu Xun paused after speaking, and saw that Zhou Ruiqing and Zhou Peimin both showed contemplative looks, and then said, "In fact, my grandfather and uncle can also see that the country is actually a little precarious financially, and the situation facing it is grim. ”

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