January 20, 1986.

In the conference room on the fourth floor of the office building of the county party committee, Lu Zheng presided over a meeting of the party group of the Qinglong County Government to study the spirit of the No. 1 Central Document.

The members of the party group of the county government who attended the meeting included Tan Wusi, member of the Standing Committee of the county party committee and executive deputy county magistrate, Wang Nibang, deputy secretary of the party group of the county government and deputy county magistrate, Wang Xuanfeng, deputy secretary of the party group of the county government, deputy county magistrate and director of the county planning and economic commission, Wang Ming, Zhang Guowen, Wang Shuwen and Huo Xiaojing, members of the party group of the county government and deputy county magistrates, Gao Zhikai, member of the party group of the county government and director of the county public security bureau, and Wang Binbin, member of the party group of the county government and director of the government office.

This year's No. 1 Central Document is still an agriculture-related document, that is, the "Arrangements for Rural Work in 1986" issued by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, which affirms the correctness of the principles and policies for rural reform and points out: China's rural areas have begun to embark on the track of developing a commodity economy. Agriculture and rural industry must develop in a coordinated manner, organically combining "no work, no wealth" with "no agriculture, no stability." In 1986, the general requirements for rural work were: to implement policies, carry out in-depth reforms, improve the conditions for agricultural production, organize prenatal and postnatal services, and promote the sustained, stable, and coordinated development of the rural economy. In order to meet this general requirement, it is necessary to further correct the position of agriculture in the national economy and unswervingly regard agriculture as the foundation as a long-term strategic policy. Rely on science, increase inputs, and maintain steady agricultural growth; in-depth reform of the rural economy; Effectively help poor areas to gradually change their appearance; Strengthen and improve leadership over rural work.

Zhao Pingfan, secretary of the Matouying Township Party Committee and acting head of the township, attended the meeting as an observer, and he was also the only member of the party group of the non-county government who attended the meeting.

"Ordinary, tell me, how did you do that small commune in your township? In my opinion, it echoes Document No. 1, and I think it is very meaningful to carry out an in-depth exploration of rural economic reform. Lu Zheng looked at Zhao Pingfan with a smile.

The first time he participated in the party group meeting of the county government, he was named by Lu Zheng to speak, and Zhao Pingfan was slightly nervous.

But he knew that County Magistrate Lu Zheng promoted him under great pressure, and he had to do his job well no matter what, and he couldn't let County Magistrate Lu Zheng sit on wax.

The ancients said that the grace of encounter, but only by experiencing it can we deeply understand this kind of feeling, which will make people "repay the grace of the king at the expense of death".

From the deputy cadres who were excluded and stood aside to the current leaders of the water and soil of a township, and managed the food, drink and Lazar of tens of thousands of peasant households in the township, although the responsibility is great, they can fully display their ambitions.

These were all given to him by the county magistrate Lu Zheng, and Zhao Pingfan knew it very well in his heart.

Therefore, although it was the first time to speak in front of these many county leaders, although he was slightly nervous, Zhao Pingfan still stubbornly put down the notebook in his hand. He had always disliked reading from the script, although it might be safer to read it with the manuscript.

"First of all, I believe that the collective agricultural economy is not dying, but thriving." Zhao Pingfan's first sentence was shocking, some of the cadres in the conference room exchanged words and discussed a few words, some felt that Zhao Pingfan didn't know what to do, and some people were interested in preparing to listen.

Gao Zhikai sneered in his heart, he really deserves to be Lu Zheng's descendant disciple, and he likes the tone of "the language is not shocking and endless", this master and apprentice are really not a family, not entering a family.

Zhao Pingfan continued: "I say this, because our village-run enterprises and brigade enterprises, of course, are now called township enterprises, and from the whole country, many of these enterprises have burst out with vitality. Township and town collective enterprises, which lack clear private property rights, have an extraordinary practical performance. This shows that when competition breaks the soft budget constraints and changes the incentive structure of managers, it can achieve good economic efficiency even without the private property rights emphasized by mainstream economics. ”

"The same is true of the agricultural economy."

"In the past, our rural cooperative economy will collapse, there are many reasons, Lu Zheng county magistrate published in the city's reference publication "Red Star" article I believe that all leaders have read, and must have a very deep experience, now, a lot of shackles, many factors restricting our agricultural development have ceased to exist, the biggest problem of the rural cooperative economy, now the main thing is how to mobilize the enthusiasm of the members of the work."

"As for the viability and efficiency of rural cooperatives, some scholars believe that as long as the right of farmers to withdraw is retained, so that hard-working members can form an effective threat to members with lazy motives by virtue of their withdrawal behavior, effective cooperation between different members can be achieved and the efficiency of farmers' cooperatives can be improved."

"But through my experience working in the countryside, I feel that in reality it is impossible for a single farmer not to be lazy for fear that the cooperative organization will break up due to the withdrawal of hard-working farmers."

"To improve the efficiency of individual members of rural cooperatives, I think we should still learn from township enterprises and introduce competition mechanisms, such as the division of work system, so that we can carry out reforms and achieve real distribution according to work; There is also a model, that is, to realize small contracting under the large collective, each household contracts a certain amount of responsibility for the field, zuihou according to the harvest of the field and so on, but the layout of the field of the entire small commune is arranged by several brigades, so that it can not only reduce the cost of agricultural consumption under the small peasant economy, but also improve the labor enthusiasm of individual laborers. ”

Lu Zheng made a gesture and said, "I'll interject." pondering and saying: "Ordinary, you still haven't taken into account one thing, that is, with the improvement of the level of productivity, for example, in the future, we will implement agricultural mechanization, then it will be far less efficient than collective agriculture to divide land and work alone." ”

"Moreover, the agricultural economy is not only cereals, but also has more distinctive cash crops in many regions, such as our Qinglong, right? Green dragon peach? Isn't it? Are the early peaches in the entire north sweeter and crispier than our green dragon peaches? This would have been an advantage, but in the entire Qinglong, there are no more than fifty farmers planting peach trees, right? In this way, it is difficult to attract old customers from other places to come to our Qinglong to harvest peaches, and secondly, a few old customers occasionally come, and the price is also up to others, and our farmers have no bargaining qualifications at all. ”

"What if you go for a collective economy? Half of the land in our county is planted with peach trees, and then the fame of Qinglong peach is beaten out, then, when the peach harvest comes, it will inevitably be like a cloud, at this time we have the dominance, especially, our collective economy, just like an enterprise, his old customers are not able to trade with a single member, which also avoids the vicious price competition between our villagers, but to negotiate with them in a unified external situation, and strive for the most favorable price for our products. ”

"You say, isn't that the truth?" As Lu Zheng spoke, he picked up the teacup and took a few sips.

Some cadres couldn't help nodding, to be honest, County Magistrate Lu Zheng and Zhao Pingfan sang and harmonized, but what they said was not necessarily unreasonable, but this grand blueprint seemed to be a little ethereal.

Zhao Pingfan waited for a while, and seeing that Lu Zheng had nothing to add, he pondered for a while and said, "Well, it seems that I still don't think about it comprehensively, and I will think seriously when I go back." ”

Lu Zheng said: "We still have to explore from practice. He made another gesture and motioned for Zhao Pingfan to continue.

Zhao Pingfan, then, talked about the specific situation of Matouying Township, talked about the specific experience of learning the spirit of the Central Document No. 1, zuihou, said: "In short, we need to further explore the rural cooperative economic system, but I believe that this is a higher form of economy, after all, it is more advanced and more vital than the small peasant economy!" ”

There were cadres present who were more sensitive to high-level politics, and they suddenly realized that if they followed the path of County Magistrate Lu Zheng and Zhao Pingfan, Qinglong would probably be thrown on the cusp of high-level ideological collision in the future. Or is he the vanguard of a certain faction in the central government, and when he came down to the grassroots level, he came to carry out experiments? Even, is it to prepare for the future to make a big noise, to set off earth-shattering waves, and to prepare for turning over this revisionist day?

The characters who are obsessed with the Commune are the best at theoretical struggle, aren't they?

……

Wang Binbin followed Lu Zheng back to the office, although the Commission for Discipline Inspection ended the investigation of the former director of the office, Panshi, who was warned and punished by the party, was transferred out of the county party committee compound, and Wang Binbin was corrected a few days ago and was officially appointed as the director of the county government office.

"How is it, what did the cadres say after the meeting?" Lu Zheng asked with a smile.

Guest Wang was about to speak, the office door was gently knocked from the outside, Guest Wang was busy opening the door, but saw a young cadre with a Chinese character face and thick eyebrows standing outside, who should be the person of the propaganda mouth, and Guest Wang vaguely remembered that his surname was Guo, Section Chief Guo.

"Wei Song!" Lu Zheng smiled, walked over quickly, and shook hands with Guo Weisong, a childhood playmate, one of the chiefs of staff of the "Red Movement", and now, they have to work together again.

Guo Weisong smiled and said, "County Magistrate Lu." ”

"You, there are no outsiders here, just call me Zhengzi!" Lu Zheng patted Guo Weisong on the shoulder hard.

When Wang heard this, he knew that the person who came was a close friend of the county magistrate Lu, so he hurriedly poured water for the two of them, and then retreated.

Guo Weisong looked at Lu Zheng, and he really didn't know what to say for a while. At the beginning in Guangning, Lu Zheng became the director of the public security bureau was enough to surprise him, but he didn't expect that after a few months, Lu Zheng actually became the head of the county, the gap between him and Lu Zheng is getting bigger and bigger, and even in his life, the biggest luxury is only to hope that when he retires, he can have the treatment of a deputy department, the county magistrate? He never thought that if there was no special opportunity, this kind of local magistrate who held the authority of one party was really not something he could covet from a rural background without any social connections.

Originally, Guo Weisong was faintly unconvinced by Lu Zheng from the bottom of his heart, this mentality has existed since he was a child, otherwise he would not have fought with Lu Zheng twice for the position of "Commander-in-Chief of the Red Movement", but now, what else can he say?

Guo Weisong sighed deeply in his heart, and after a long time, he finally found a sentence: "Are you going home for the New Year?" ”

Lu Zheng nodded: "Go home." ”

Guo Weisong smiled: "Let's go together?" I just don't know if I can match your time. Between the words, unconsciously, there was the meaning of a subordinate treating a superior.

Lu Zheng said that he was going home, he was going back to his home in Beijing, and it was obvious that Guo Weisong had misunderstood, and he suddenly felt Guo Weisong's caution, Lu Zheng was stunned, and then nodded and said, "Look again." ”

Picking up the teacup and drinking water, Lu Zheng patted Guo Weisong's hand and didn't say anything more.