Chapter 101: Childish Differences (Part II)
Regarding the statement of separating or splitting in the future, Hu Lin heard Chen Jian say it more than once. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
At first, I didn't think so, thinking that Chen Jian was a little alarmist, but after listening to it many times, I couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in my heart.
Hu Lin thought that when the internal executive committee of the party was elected in Mincheng, Chen Jian was pushing the party leader and mouthpiece for fear of getting involved.
Even if he was the initiator, even if he came up with many ideas first, he didn't seem to be interested in them or even shirked them.
In the end, he only served as the person in charge of the party's finances and in charge of scientific propaganda. Now that he thinks about it, Hu Lin feels that Jian Chen is afraid that he has said so much, and he is afraid that he does not agree with any of what he said, and his mind is not on these things at all.
Thinking about what Chen Jian said about the cram school, Hu Lin probably understood a little.
Now that even I am dizzy, what is my vision for the future? What he had thought was ridiculous and simple now, whether it was because he had been with Jian Chen for too long and was persuaded by him, but at least at this moment he was sure that his previous ideas were too naΓ―ve.
When you find naivety, you have more doubts about the future. After thinking about it, I can only think that what I am afraid is really a cram school at this time, rather than the maturity of either party after graduation.
A few days later, there was another party that had been prepared but never took place, and this time it was attended by a wide variety of young people in the capital, who liked to discuss politics or passionately wanted to change all kinds of injustices.
There are all kinds of students, who have come to the capital from elsewhere to study, children of bureaucrats, young craftsmen, Monsieur Enlightenment, heirs of the old aristocracy......
There are many people, and there are many literate people, and there are many people who like this kind of thing.
For the host of the banquet, so many people can't help him, and there are many such gatherings in the capital, so he has a lot of experience.
The people who come and go are not celebrities in the real sense, but they are also some famous characters in their respective small circles, and they are not the kind of middle-aged and elderly banquets in the twilight, which is inevitably a little messy.
In normal times, the owner would have been like a hard-working butterfly, shuttling between the flowers. Resolve the awkwardness and create a pleasant circle to talk to...... It's like a grassland, dotted with flowers of all colors, each of which is divided into several petals and revolves around a center, cluttered but not messy.
The attentive host always places any petal near the right stamen, so guests always leave with a pleasant memory.
But this time is different, this time it is no longer a single flower, everyone who came here is because of a few people from Mincheng, naturally that flower-lined posture no longer exists, and it is more complicated than the previous banquet gatherings.
Just as last year's pamphlet on the relationship between man and state caused a sensation in circles like the capital, so did the content of the seven-day debate on the founding of the Mexican Party from Mincheng not long ago, even more violently than last year's.
There are a lot of people for and against, and there are a lot of people who want to ask questions, or want to refute the other party in order to gain fame - Jian Chen is hot now, and there is no easier way to gain fame than to refute him.
In the corner, Zhang Xuan watched his friend who hadn't seen him for a long time walk in, and found Chen Jian nodding at him from a distance, and he also nodded with a smile in response.
He didn't say much, but sat in the corner and listened quietly.
On the side of the case, Lan Qi and a few people were chatting, glanced at Jian Chen, and thought, "There is a group of people next to this side who want to peel you apart and eat, let's see how you deal with it tonight." β
After saying hello, before anyone else could speak first, Jian Chen said with a smile: "The porcelain glass used for this party is very expensive, and the wine is also very common. I've seen a lot of this kind of formation, and I often have to raise my fist when I don't agree with each other. It's easy to say that it's good to beat people, but I'm afraid that people won't hit it, so that the bottles and cans will inevitably be wasted when they are broken, and it will make the owner troublesome. β
"Well, let's sit down in separate positions before we discuss. How to sit? Sit together with the same mind, even if the time comes, you can know who is the enemy and who is the friend, so as not to hurt the innocent. β
Everyone smiled kindly and stopped talking.
Jian Chen stretched out his left hand, pointed to the position on the left and said, "I'll talk a few words in a while, and if you agree with these words, you will sit on the left side first." β
"Let's talk about the left side first."
"Since we talk about freedom, and many of us agree with freedom, let's talk about what the future of freedom looks like."
"Presumably, everyone has also seen the pamphlet from Mincheng, so let's just talk about the extreme situation. To agree that freedom is above all else, and that it can solve everything, there has to be a reason for it. β
"If you don't care about anything, is laissez-faire okay? In the case of hired workers, if there is absolute freedom, if there are too many hired workers, the wages will be very low. If the wages are very low, the hired workers will not have the money to get married, and even if they get married and have children, they will not be able to support them, and if they can't support them, they will have fewer hired workers in 20 years. There are fewer hired workers, and the wages are higher again, and then the hired workers have to have children again, and they feed again, and then the wages go down again...... If it is adjusted so naturally, it will always reach an equilibrium level for decades, which is beneficial to both sides, and it is completely unmanageable to anyone. β
"For example, things like hoarding and rising prices do not need to be taken care of by the government at all. Because if cotton is expensive, there will naturally be people who grow more cotton, and then the price of cotton will fall again, and it is impossible to keep it high. Right? β
"So, it's absolutely right to say that laissez-faire can solve everything. For man's policy may be fallible, but the invisible hand does not. In the long run, for decades and centuries, this makes perfect sense, and the best government will keep the most basic rights and let the rest take its course. Too much management is wrong, and it suppresses the most basic freedoms of man. β
"Now, if you agree with that, please sit on the left."
Hula-la, a group of people stood up and moved to the left. Some of the people on the left glared angrily, lest they could avoid it, and ran to the center or to the right.
After waiting for the people to settle down, Jian Chen pointed to the middle and said, "Now let's talk about the middle." β
"Leaving aside what a certain gentleman in your capital said, freedom is priceless, and justice or equality is only an accessory after freedom, or that only absolute freedom can have true equality. Let's not mention this first, I don't understand it. β
"Let's just say that between people, in a sense, if they are too free to care about anything, then there can be no equality or justice. My father has tens of thousands of dollars, and your father only has a torn leather jacket, is it possible to be fair under absolute freedom? Moreover, there is a gap between people, some are good-looking, some are smart, and some are born with disabilities, right? β
"If we emphasize freedom, then we can't be just. If justice is emphasized, there will definitely be constraints, and if there are constraints, is it called freedom? In other words, where is this border for the state? To what extent? To what extent? If constraints are used to constrain some people, isn't that even greater inequality? But if freedom is supreme, then it is not necessarily wrong to be reduced to the point of the jungle, but some people still don't want to. β
"Some people may think that at the very least, to achieve equal opportunities, the country should set a starting point for everyone. At worst, these people even have the extreme idea of considering the origins of human inequality and then deciding to overturn all of them. β
"To put it mildly, at least I want the state to take more responsibility. For example, the most basic unemployment benefits, disability benefits, and relief funds, and the fairness of the Enlightenment School, or at least let more people speak, or hope to at least help those who can't eat. β
"Then these have to be money, which requires more taxes, of course, the poor can't pull out much hair, then pull out the rich a little, to ensure that everyone's opportunities are equal, there is a similar starting line. In addition, I hope that the state will be able to properly manage prices, necessities, and so on. β
"Whether it is the essence of wanting to be free and wanting to achieve a little justice, or the heart feels that human inequality comes from something and is ready to be completely destroyed, or the heart feels that it should be changed to take care of more people, but does not know how to change it. Let's take the trouble to sit in the middle. β
This time, many people chose to sit in the middle, and some hesitated and finally sat down, but none of the people on the far left stood up.
Finally, Jian Chen pointed to the right and said, "There are only the last seats left." β
"This batch thinks everything is fine now, don't change anything. Even if it is a change, it is not the state that will change. Rather, it can be tinkered with by relying on guilds, individual donations, morality, long-standing traditions, and so on. Or to strengthen the moral preaching, so that the style of the gentleman of Hou Boguo can reappear in the world, and each will perform its own duties. β
Or, taking a step back, he thought that a king with supreme power was needed to set a maximum amount of land to be given to the vagrants. Men plough and women weave, the joy of the countryside. In the city, there are guild masters and apprentices, and there is an endless inheritance. The father is kind and filial to the son, the teacher is strict and the apprentice is served, and he is happy. β
Or, they oppose even such things as equality and freedom, believing that people should not be free and not equal, otherwise it will only lead to chaos. Redefine the hierarchy and let everyone do what they have to do according to their own rank, and the world will be perfect. β
"If you think so, you can sit on the right."
After everyone basically sat down, Jian Chen spread his hands and said, "Look, how can I go down here?" You don't know what you're after, and you need someone to sum it up. Now you have seen it, it's not my fault, it's that you have contradictions with each other deep in your hearts, so don't point the finger at me, let's spend ten or twenty years first, quarrel with the most basic things, and then talk about it later. If you want to build a house, you have to get a foundation first, and now you don't even have a foundation, how can you make noise? β
"Don't ask me who I support, ask yourself, what do you really want? What kind of future are you planning? Is it possible to stand up to other people's doubts and still be able to refute it? Sitting on the left, middle and right, are there any disagreements between you? β
"Don't think that those who eat steamed bread and eat pastries will definitely be able to unite to deal with those who eat rice first, it is very likely that those who eat steamed bread and those who eat pasta will fight first because of which is the orthodoxy of pasta."
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PS: Hmm. It is said that at this time, it should be more naΓ―ve and enlightening than this, so it should be arranged in advance for the future left and right.