Chongqing Railway Station, because it is close to the Yangtze River and adjacent to the Caiyuanba Yangtze River Bridge under construction, is also known as Caiyuanba Station. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 As an important transportation hub in southwest China, Chongqing Station will gather countless travelers from the south to the north every day after it is completed and put into operation.

"Hey! Wang Erwazi, where are you going with a big bag on your back? ”

"Oh, it's Lao Zhou! Are you sitting here too? "The person known as Wang Erwazi just found his seat on the train, packed his luggage and sat down.

He looked up and found that it was Zhou Baishun, a worker who took good care of him when he was on the construction site, because his older family was older, so everyone usually called him Lao Zhou. At this time, Lao Zhou was carrying a big bag behind him, holding a train ticket with luggage in his hand, standing in the aisle and looking at himself with a smile. When he met an acquaintance, Wang Erwazi was obviously a little surprised, only to see him stand up and walk in front of Lao Zhou, stretched out his hand to take the luggage in his hand, and said: "I went back to my hometown in Hanzhong, and I haven't been out for more than a year, and I want to go back to see my father and family." ”

Wang Erwa's home is in a poor countryside in the Hanzhong region of Shaanxi Province, and like most countrymen in this era, the family is typically less land and more people, and there is always not enough to eat. Although his family got a lot of land after taking charge of the autonomous government in Xinhai Nian, the young Wang Erwa did not want to work intensively on the loess for a lifetime like his diligent father and brother. Because of this, when a railway construction team came to the village to recruit workers, he happily went to sign up.

The outside world is undoubtedly very exciting, on the way to the Chengdu-Chongqing railway construction site with the road construction team, Wang Erwa, who left the small village in the countryside, has seen a lot of things, he knew for the first time what the revolution is from the mouth of the foreman, the first time he knew that there was an organization called the Communist Party, and the first time he knew the significance of building a railway. Wang Erwa is not a stupid and lazy person, on the contrary, he has the kind of diligence and simplicity unique to the countrymen, perhaps because of this reason, he quickly stood out from the countless ordinary road construction workers, and was selected by the engineering team to study in a technical school, so as to become a skilled worker after graduation and get rid of the identity of a farmer.

"Well, that's good! It's been so long, it's time to go back and see my parents. I didn't see it, your baby is still a filial child. Lao Zhou nodded, and seemed to be very satisfied with Wang Erwa's answer.

"Old Zhou, what are you?" After Wang Erwa took the big bag on Lao Zhou's back and helped him put it on the luggage rack, she also asked the question in her heart.

"Me?" Pointing to himself, Lao Zhou said: "I also went back to my hometown to see, I have been out for more than half a year, and my family is supported by your sister-in-law alone, I am not sure, and I am not at ease!" ”

Wang Erwa nodded, wanting to say something to Lao Zhou again, but she didn't want to hear a burst of slogans from outside the train at this time, and after a slight commotion in the carriage, the passengers rushed to the windows on the train. I saw a group of young men in military uniforms passing by the train, and under the leadership of the officer, these soldiers were walking forward with neat steps. Although these people do not have a rank on their shoulders or a cockade on their hats, they still carry a pride that is unique to them.

Seeing this situation, several passengers sitting near Wang Erwa began to discuss.

"These are all recruits, aren't they?"

"It seems like yes. My three children were not selected last year, I don't know if they were selected this year? ”

"Then did your family receive a notice from the Ministry of Armed Forces?"

"I didn't get any notice about this."

"It's definitely not chosen."

"Huh? It's not okay, isn't that bullying? I was already selected last year, but I suddenly said I didn't want to. At that time, it was said that if they were going to draft soldiers this year, my son would choose them first. No, I'll have to go back to them. ”

The train began to chirp and start, and the platform outside the window was gradually thrown behind. Zhou Baishun looked at the middle-aged man sitting opposite him sighing, but suddenly said: "If you want me to say, our People's Army should recruit more soldiers, expand the ranks, and then eliminate those warlords in other parts of the country, and let our autonomous government be the master." All they have to do is levy some harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes all day long, oppress the people, and sell the country to seek glory. ”

"That's right! You can tell me what kind of stuff it is, and you don't see how much ability it has to engage in production and set up factories, but this is more capable than one is capable of sabotage, killing people and setting fires. Don't talk about it far away, let's just say that in the Xinhai year, the Beiyang Army burned the entire Hankou to a fine light with a fire, how much sin do you say this has done? A man dressed as a businessman also said with a belly of fire when he saw this. Speaking of excitement, even the sleeves of his shirt were rolled up.

"I don't think it's just the Beiyang Army, but also the Kuomintang. From the Xinhai year to the present, the slogan has been shouted loudly, but it is not a human business. Let's just talk about the Jiangxi Governor Li Liejun, who talks about democracy and republic every day, but he is not merciless when he squeezes our people. The bandits also knew that a rabbit didn't eat the grass by the nest, but he was good, so he dared to blatantly set up a card on the Yangtze River to collect taxes. You said you, since you are so poor, why do you raise so many soldiers? ”

"What? What else can you do! Of course, I want to fight for the world with our Communist Party self-government! ”

"Humph! Just those bastards who eat people and don't do personnel, they are also worthy? In addition to giving speeches and shouting slogans every day, what else do they know how to do? Factories and railways, can be built with a word of democracy? Can the peasants' agricultural tax be avoided by shouting a republican slogan? ”

"What this eldest brother said is that in this world, our self-government will have to be in charge. You say that among so many forces in China today, how many are really willing to concentrate on production and construction? In my opinion, there is only the Communist Party of China (CPC) autonomous government. Opening factories and building railways, these are real, let's not talk about it, just look at the changes that have occurred around us, which family's days are not more prosperous now? Who wouldn't shout slogans? But can shouting slogans build bridges on the Yangtze River? ”

Hearing this, everyone present began to nod their heads, they had all experienced the chaos in the Xinhai year, and they had also seen the construction boom set off by the autonomous government now. At this time, the carriage was already full of people, and the topic that had been pulled up before was more and more enthusiastic with the atmosphere.

"You know? I have a lot of fellow villagers who work in the Third Bureau of China Railway. They won the commendation from the bureau for completing the construction task of the Baocheng Railway ahead of schedule this year. You know no, what does that mean? It means that all the employees of their bureau have received a bonus this year, and I will be obedient, fifty yuan! ”

"Fifty bucks? That's a lot! ”

"Isn't it, you must know that the income of ordinary workers is now only five yuan a month."

"That's a worker's income for a year!"

"Well, be content. Now that there are more and more factories opened by the autonomous government, and there are more and more workers of all kinds, the lives of our ordinary people are very different from those of the former Qing Dynasty! ”

"That's right..."

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The train rumbled through the fields. Song Jiaoren leaned lightly on the back of the chair, and the warm conversations of nearby travelers kept coming from his ears, which made him slightly distracted. He never imagined that the democratic constitutionalism that he had spent half his life pursuing, would be such an impression in the eyes of ordinary people; The Kuomintang organization, which he is proud of and works hard for, is no different from bandits and bullies in the hearts of ordinary people. Did you do something wrong? Does a Democratic Republic Really Not Work in China? Thinking of this, Song Jiaoren shook his head fiercely. But since I'm right, why do people look at it this way, and how do they reflect it? Is it really "empty talk that misleads the country"? Somehow, these words suddenly appeared in Song Jiaoren's mind.

The first session of the National Assembly has been successfully convened in Beijing, and now the KMT is about to form a government, but they have not yet reached a consensus with the CPC, the largest force in the country. In view of this, in order to seek a consensus between the two parties, Song Jiaoren, accompanied by Xiong Kewu, has run between Chongqing and Chengdu countless times these days, but the people he has seen, let alone Xiao Mubai, have not even seen Shen Bingkun and Zhao Mingchuan. Song Jiaoren is a shrewd person, and the attitude of the Communist Progressive Party is obviously self-evident, but he is still unwilling, and this time he went to Chengdu to make the last effort. But at this moment, hearing the people's evaluation of the Kuomintang on the train made Song Jiaoren feel a little shaken about his political ideas.

Xiong Kewu looked at Song Jiaoren, who was beside him with a slightly confused look, and sighed softly in his heart. What is the reputation and impression of the KMT among the general public, Song Jiaoren, as a high-level KMT, may not know, but how can he, who often runs at the grassroots level, not know?

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing goods. In Xiong Kewu's view, compared with the Communist Progressive Party, the KMT's behavior at this time is really a bit of a castle in the air. There is nothing wrong with democratic constitutionalism, but for the people of today's China, it is the most important thing to be able to eat well. The so-called full and warm thoughts**, the common people are real, they first have to consider their own food, and then they will consider others. If you can't even eat enough, how can you have time to think about democracy and republicanism.

Perhaps because of the reason why they have been in a high position for a long time over the years, Mr. Song has long forgotten the true meaning of the words "people's livelihood and suffering" in their hearts!