"Zhidan, let me ask you a question, what is the fundamental driving force that determines social progress?" Wei Ze asked Foreign Minister Zuo Zhidan.

This answer has already been mentioned in the junior high school politics textbook, and the fundamental driving force for promoting social progress is productivity. Zuo Zhidan married relatively early, and in 1856, when the Guangfu Army gained a firm foothold in Guangdong, Zuo Zhidan's first child was born.

Although there is no mobile phone text message as a tool, Wei Ze is not ready to let parents go, and the child's homework must be approved by the parents, especially the content of the political class in junior high school, and the parents must also know. Now Zuo Zhidan's first baby is fourteen years old, and the content of the junior high school textbook is exactly the same as the content of the party class of the Liberation Party. Listening to Wei Ze's question, Zuo Zhidan was stunned for a while, and finally answered Wei Ze's question honestly.

"The development of the productive forces itself brings about social change, and the British are now looking forward to domination for thousands of years. What's so hard about you being a historical materialist fooling a mechanical materialist? You say, British, we believe that your superiority will never change, so we have decided to base our strategy on your immutability. Isn't that enough. Is it difficult for you to say these words? Weser grinned as he said this.

Seeing Wei Ze smiling and talking outright nonsense, Zuo Zhidan was stupid. This is really a completely different Weser, at least Weeser would never say that when talking to his comrades.

After thinking for a while, Zuo Zhidan said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Mr. Marx is in London, and a large part of your doctrine comes from Mr. Marx. It is impossible for the British not to know this. ”

"Haha!" Weser couldn't help but laugh. He had been a historical materialist worldview since he was a child, but it wasn't until he took charge of his own house after crossing over that Wei Ze realized that this thing was not a joke. Wei Ze realized that the song of the Young Pioneers sung since childhood, "We are the successors of socialism", was not a joke, not a high-profile song.

After laughing for a while, Wei Ze finally regained a little calm, and he said in a relaxed tone: "Zhidan, I say this, you have followed me for so long, and you have been engaged in diplomacy for so long. Our party class is taught every day, every year, do you really believe this now? ”

Zuo Zhidan's ability to become the foreign minister depends on his strength, and powerful people actually don't like to talk nonsense, because it is completely useless to talk nonsense. After thinking for a while, Zuo Zhidan was also happy, "Your Majesty, if something happens, you give us a lecture, and the cause and effect are clear, I believe that this truth really works." But if you don't say it, I still don't think that's the case. ”

Weeser himself had the same experience, so he smiled and said, "We don't believe it that much ourselves, do you expect the British to believe it?" It's too much of a joke! ”

Zuo Zhidan actually does not believe that it is difficult for human beings to accept the correct idea, but most of the facts prove that it is difficult for human beings to sum up and absorb lessons from the lessons, although this concept is ridiculous, but as a person who is forced to become a materialist, Zuo Zhidan can only admit that the British are unlikely to accept the reality of Uncle Ma's thoughts.

Looking at Zuo Zhidan's crying and laughing expression, Wei Ze felt something, and he couldn't help but say: "Comrade Zuo Zhidan, I have something I want to discuss with you. ”

"Please say it." Zuo Zhidan hadn't broken free from the state of mind of crying and laughing, he smiled.

"I want you to go to the north, starting with the mayor or the secretary of the town party committee." Weeser said.

The foreign minister is a ministerial-level cadre, and the town mayor or secretary of the town party committee is at most a deputy county level. At the county level, at the provincial level, at the provincial level, at the ministerial level. This guy is at least eight levels of difference. If Zuo Zhidan starts from the mayor or secretary of the town party committee, it will be an unprecedented denunciation.

Thinking of this, Zuo Zhidan broke out in a cold sweat, "Your Majesty, what did I do wrong?" ”

Wei Ze poured Zuo Zhidan a cup of tea, and then said warmly: "You didn't do anything wrong. I just think that if you go to work in a locality, as long as you understand historical materialism and move the decisive factors for the development of productive forces, you will certainly be able to make achievements in the locality. And it can set a benchmark. You also know that I want to go to the north to preside over the work, and now when it comes to the place, my head is big. There really isn't a lot of talent in the area. ”

After all, he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Zuo Zhidan can still tell the truth. He smacked his lips for a long time, and finally said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, I know that you are very important to me. I also know that the work on the ground may be as difficult as you said. Serving His Majesty is also a matter of course. But you asked me to be the mayor of the town, and I felt uncomfortable in my heart. ”

When the comrades told Wei Ze the truth, Wei Ze was really not angry. If he changed places, Wei Ze didn't feel happy in his heart. Why did a minister run away and become the mayor of the town? Not to mention the minister, the educated youth went to the mountains and went to the countryside, which indeed brought a new understanding and progress to the vast number of rural areas. Are the young people happy? The educated youth feel that they have been completely abused, and no one wants to be sent from the city to the backward countryside. Later, it was combined with the so-called scar literature, making it the same as Taizu's deliberate torture of urban intellectual youth.

"Zhidan, do you know, you have absolutely enough theoretical knowledge now, but you lack practice. You don't think I'm making things difficult for you, I'm really glad I do. If you change to someone else, I'm afraid that I'm changing the way to fix you. You can understand me, and I'm really grateful. "Weser said sincerely.

Seeing that Wei Ze said seriously, Zuo Zhidan couldn't help but ask: "Is it so difficult at the grassroots level?" ”

Wei Ze sighed, "The development of productive forces, new systems and cognitions, someone must also bring them to the countryside." The situation in the countryside now is that no one can take these things to the countryside. Capable people do everything possible to get rid of the countryside, leave the countryside, and never return to the countryside. We have all talked about the content of the "Communist Manifesto", and the dependence of the countryside on the cities is an inevitable result of the development of productive forces, and now we cannot let the excellent notice go to the rural areas, and the rural areas will only continue to lose blood. Excellent talents and labor force are pouring from the countryside to the cities. What is left in the countryside? You can imagine it. ”

The Liberation Party is, in a sense, Weizer's party, and Weeser is a guy who tells the truth. It's one thing to like what Weser said, but no one will take what Weser says as a deaf ear.

Zuo Zhidan is especially so, so that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can operate smoothly, relying on Wei Ze's instructions. The boss he respected said such a thing, and Zuo Zhidan knew that what Wei Ze said was not a lie. Zuo Zhidan couldn't help but ask: "If I go down to work, who is Your Majesty going to take over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?" ”

"I want Comrade Pang Congcong to take over the helm of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Weese replied.

"Female foreign minister?" Zuo Zhi Dan was dumbfounded. The appointment of a female governor by the Liberation Party is already a shocking thing in itself, and there has never been such a thing in the whole world except for the feudal inheritance system. The female governor Pang Congcong is not only an alternative in China, but even foreign countries know that there is such a female high-ranking official, and Britain, France, Russia, the United States and other countries have inquired about Pang Congcong many times. Now that there is a female foreign minister, it is estimated that the whole world will be dumbfounded.

As the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zuo Zhidan thinks very clearly. If Wei Ze even thinks about his successor, I am afraid that the matter of letting Zuo Zhidan become the mayor or secretary of the town party committee is a bit of a certainty. Thinking of this, Zuo Zhidan asked, "Does Your Majesty want me to be the mayor of the town?" ”

"If you don't want to go, I won't force you. If I changed my words, I didn't think it was fair to suddenly arrange it like this. Why did I, a cousin, become a mayor? Wei Ze said seriously.

When Wei Ze said this, Zuo Zhidan couldn't even complain. He finally replied, "Can you let me think again?" ”

"I want you to think about whether you can do a good job if you become a mayor. Instead of thinking about a simple personnel issue, if you treat this as a simple personnel issue, then this is not clear. ”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I haven't been that careful. Zuo Zhidan replied.

After all, back in the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zuo Zhidan still considered personnel issues. Although the status of the Minister of Foreign Affairs belongs to the ministerial-level cadre, other ministerial-level cadres have the means to be promoted. It is possible for the finance minister to become the governor of the central bank, and the administrative cadre to become the premier of the State Council, or at least the vice premier. But what is the future of the foreign minister? It may be that the foreign minister is the end.

If you start from the town, what Weeser said about setting a benchmark is not a lie. Once the benchmark is established, it is natural to become a county magistrate and a prefectural magistrate. Not to mention that Zuo Zhidan's treatment has not changed in the slightest, even if he is a town mayor or secretary of the town party committee, he still gets the salary of the minister.

Moreover, Zuo Zhidan also heard the news that Wei Ze was preparing to restore the county system. That is, the provinces were gradually divided, and the county was used as a smaller unit as an administrative unit. A county has several counties under its jurisdiction, and each county is directly under the authority of the state. Of course, there is also a saying for this administrative reform, that is, the provinces are still there, but the units of the prefecture have been removed, and the provinces directly lead the counties.

If you have to describe it, it is the difference between "big county" and "small county". In the past, this was relatively unrealistic, but now with the telegraph, information can reach the provincial capital from each county in a day and night, and the transmission of information is not a problem.

The gap between being a foreign minister all his life and becoming a premier of the State Council for the rest of his life is too great. What's more, if he really set a precedent and started from the administration as a minister, wouldn't Wei Ze give preferential treatment to such obedient people? No matter how you think about it, Wei Ze will not turn a blind eye to Zuo Zhidan.

The loss of short-term benefits and the gain of long-term benefits are an interesting trade-off. This made Zuo Zhidan feel very embarrassed.

After thinking about it for two days, Zuo Zhidan finally went to see Wei Ze, and he said: "Your Majesty, I am already a minister now, and in another ten years, can I still be a minister?" ”

Although he knew that Wei Ze didn't want to discuss personnel issues, personnel issues were something that Zuo Zhidan had to consider. This is also a question that he must ask clearly.