"Director Feng, are you really going to post this article?" As soon as Shen Zengzhi entered the living room of Feng Xu's house, he looked at Feng Xu with a cold face and said. The weather was good, and the sunlight came directly into the living room from the balcony on the third floor, illuminating the living room. Coupled with the evenly released heat from the chimney on the coal stove in the house, despite the cold face, the comfortable warmth still made Shen Zengzhi's face look much better.

Feng Xu of course knew that Shen Zengzhi's title of "Director Feng" was quite malicious, since the Anhui Institute of Education moved from Fengtai County to Anqing, the Museum of Culture and History, which was once a "former prisoner's shelter", also moved to Anqing. As the People's Party's liberated areas grew larger, the repressive attitude towards former Qing officials also relaxed. The current museum of culture and history is also a place for a small number of people who really like cultural and historical work, as well as those who are really unwilling to go out to find ordinary jobs or can't find errands.

Shen Zengzhi is the deputy director of the Anhui Museum of Culture and History, although Feng Xu suggested that Shen Zengzhi be the director of the Anhui Provincial Library several times, and Shen Zengzhi also "concurrently" served as the deputy director of the library. However, Shen Zengzhi still wants to set his unit in the Museum of Culture and History. Shen Zengzhi's own explanation for this is, "An old prisoner who has died in the country, what qualifications does he have to pick and choose?" ”

The People's Party does not want to have the same knowledge as Shen Zengzhi, and Shen Zengzhi is also smart, and never says a word about politics in public. That is, a few people who have a good relationship with Shen Zengzhi have listened to Shen Zengzhi compare himself to the elderly, and the People's Party has carried out many constitutional popularization work in Anhui, and everyone has studied the article "freedom of speech". Even if Feng Xu publicly claims this, he does not meet the conditions for conviction. Since the BJP is so tolerant of rhetoric, of course, everyone is not more willing to chew their tongues behind their backs.

Shen Zengzhi worked really hard in the library, and after the People's Party conquered Beijing, Shen Zengzhi also went to participate in the indexing of the National Library. After coming back, he sincerely praised the People's Party for attaching importance to book work, and believed that the National Library and libraries in various places really respect culture.

Feng Xu knew that the People's Party was a staunch advocate of the method of "collecting the name of the worker", and the name of the compiler appeared on the index of all books. Shen Zengzhi didn't think this represented "distrust" at this time, but felt a little complacent because he was on the list.

"Brother Shen, you sit down for a while, let me fill out this housing questionnaire." Feng Xu took Shen Zengzhi back to the study and said after sitting down. Feng Xu didn't have much savings, and after being captured, he accepted his fate. After regaining his freedom, he sold all his possessions, and most of the money was distributed to his family. I only left some money for myself to buy a two-bedroom house in Anqing, with more than 60 square meters. The People's Party is building infrastructure in the liberated areas, and everyone must declare their own assets. Feng Xu is filling out a standard property registration form.

With reading glasses and carefully studying the contents of the form, Feng Xu filled in the form with a fountain pen. Only then did he turn his head and ask Shen Zengzhi, "Brother Shen, have you finished filling it in?" ”

Shen Zengzhi, a calligrapher whose income is much higher than Feng Xu's, bought a three-bedroom, two-living room and two-bathroom apartment for more than twice the price of Feng Xu. Hearing Feng Xu ask, Shen Zengzhi sneered, "How dare I not fill it in, the People's Party will not be merciful in killing its own family, how can it let me go." ”

Feng Xu knew that Shen Zengzhi was talking about the People's Party's recent "three anti work". The anti-corruption campaign alone has killed several officials and imprisoned many more, shaking the entire government.

But these are obviously not what Shen Zengzhi wanted to talk about when he approached Feng Xu, who was referring to an article Feng Xu had recently written in order to participate in the cultural struggle, called "A Little Analysis of the Upper and Lower Levels." The article uses the two sentences of "punishment is not to be a doctor, and courtesy is not to be a common person" and "only the wisdom and the foolishness are unswerving", arguing that in the pre-Qin pre-Qin blood clan society, from the perspective of criminal etiquette, in ancient times, all members of the society, for the prosperity of their blood relatives and the reproduction of their descendants, must strictly abide by the common etiquette and criminal law, and no one can specialize. During the time of Yao Shun, Shun asked Kun to control the flood, but if Kun was not cured, Kun was punished by death. After Shun gave way to Yu, Yu not only reused the Gao Tao of the law enforcement father, but also won the friendship over the old. At that time, the rituals were just and dignified, even for the chiefs. Therefore, "up and down" does not emphasize discrimination and difference, but emphasizes consistency between top and bottom.

Although Shen Zengzhi is far inferior to Feng Xu in terms of administrative ability, he does have his own advantages in learning, especially in research. Hearing Feng Xu's question, Shen Zengzhi replied: "Brother Menghua, the so-called primitive societies were all imagined by Chen Ke alone. How can we be accurate without evidence? And if your explanation makes sense, how can you be sure that it was indeed the original intention of the ancestors? ”

"We are all children of Confucianism, and Confucianism can exist for 2,000 years because what Confucianism says is useful for 2,000 years. The misinterpretation of the remarks of the ancestors has not only occurred once or twice, but as for those corrupt people, there are countless people who have completely misinterpreted them. Besides, I'm not necessarily misinterpreting. Feng Xu's voice was not loud, but his attitude was extremely firm.

This time, Shen Zengzhi didn't argue with Feng Xu, he pulled a chair and sat down, deep in thought.

Feng Xu said as if he was taking care of himself, "If the things that those people who are engaged in Western studies can come up with the same things that Chen Ke took out, we naturally have nothing to say, just bow our heads obediently and admit defeat." Brother Shen, you are also a great Confucian in the world, is Cai Yuanpei's knowledge above you? In addition to being able to borrow some foreign words, what did he create himself? ”

Feng Xu's hand didn't stand up when he spoke, he peeled a tangerine and handed it to Shen Zengzhi. The tangerines were left by the stove for a while, and Shen Zengzhi was still hot in his hand. Break off a few petals and put them in your mouth, it is really sweet.

"But I don't know what Brother Menghua is planning?" Shen Zengzhi said slowly.

"The current theoretical pillar of the People's Party is science and democracy, and we don't understand this natural science, so we shouldn't completely intervene." Feng Xu took another tangerine and slowly peeled it and said.

"What do you mean by not completely interjecting?" Shen Zengzhi is relatively stubborn, or rather straight, and he is very puzzled by what Feng Xu said.

"We don't know the natural sciences, but we've read the Analects. Zi said: By! The girl knows it! Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, and knowing is knowing. After Feng Xu finished explaining, he also ate a few peeled tangerines himself. Tangerines are produced in Hubei Province and are transported by steamers on the river to almost every city along the Yangtze River, and the sales are very good.

Shen Zengzhi now understood what Feng Xu meant, and his whole person looked excited, "The People's Party likes to talk about seeking truth from facts, isn't this word also said by Confucian disciples first?" ”

Seeing that Shen Zengzhi finally got on the road, Feng Xu nodded again and again, "That's right." In fact, what Chen Ke said, how many things are not what my Confucianism has already said. Since we have encountered this great opportunity, why don't we clean up the roots of Confucianism? And Brother Shen, you also worked as a student politician, do you like to be corrupt? To borrow Chen Ke's words, expel them from the Confucian ranks! ”

As soon as Chen Ke was mentioned, Shen Zengzhi became angry. Since being "cheated" by Chen Ke and participating in the writing team of "This Life of Cixi", Shen Zengzhi has never had the slightest good impression of Chen Ke. He sneered again, "Brother Menghua, what Chen Ke said is to be equal, and what my Confucianism is talking about is the Three Principles and Five Constants......

"Sage Confucius said that there are three platforms and five constants?" Feng Xu interrupted Shen Zengzhi's words, "I have read the Book of Rites, and it is written that if you are evil, you don't have to hide it in yourself; The power of evil does not come from the body, and it does not have to be for oneself. ”

Shen Zengzhi knew that this was a passage from Confucius about "Datong" in the "Book of Rites", to the effect that people cherish the product of labor, but they have no selfishness and will not take it for themselves; People are ashamed to work together with little or no effort, and they can work as hard as they can, but they don't have the idea of "getting more".

Even if Shen Zengzhi is well-read and has a strong memory, it was only after listening to Feng Xu's words today that he remembered that Confucius had such writings. But when I asked carefully, it turned out to be somewhat similar to the socialist system mentioned by the People's Party.

Without the intention of confrontation anymore, Shen Zengzhi asked Feng Xu: "Brother Menghua, are you going to abandon Gangchang and only talk about poetry and books?" ”

Feng Xu replied calmly: "Zi said: "Three hundred poems", in a word, said: 'Thinking is innocent. What's wrong with just talking about poetry and books. Since Chen Ke has established a new program, we should avoid the old program, why should we apply the future program to Confucius? ”

This bold idea made Shen Zengzhi feel extremely excited and uncomfortable. With Shen Zengzhi's cleverness, he already fully understood Feng Xu's ambitions. Feng Xu wants to be the "Dong Zhongshu" under the rule of the People's Party. In this way, the various extensions accumulated by Confucianism in the past 2,000 years were completely separated from the "poetry and books" and re-attached to the system proposed by the People's Party. Just thinking about this kind of action had already deprived Shen Zengzhi of the strength of his whole body. The conviction and hard work required to do such a big thing made Shen Zengzhi's body tremble slightly.

After exhausting almost all the strength of his body, Shen Zengzhi said with a thirsty throat: "But the Analects also talks about dignity and humility. ”

Feng Xu immediately replied: "To borrow a phrase from the People's Party, that is the historical limitation of the sages. Xunzi also said that there is a constant way in heaven, and it is used to control the mandate of heaven. Chen Keda praised it as naïve materialism. We can't expect people from 2,000 years ago to be like us and be unrealistic. ”

Shen Zengzhi no longer had the heart to be unhappy with Feng Xu's words about Chen Ke this time, he asked Feng Xu with a hoarse voice trembling, "Brother Menghua, what do you want to do?" ”

"I want to be retro!" Feng Xu replied calmly, "And it's a retro to two thousand years ago!" ”

Speaking of this, Feng Xu couldn't help but get up from his seat because he was too emotional, "There are good and bad things accumulated in the past two thousand years, and most of them are out of date. Then we'll throw it all at him. We must not allow the follow-up of future generations to tarnish the reputation of the saints of our ancestors. If so, it won't save Confucianism......"

"If you can't save Confucianism, then what?" Shen Zengzhi asked.

"Then I'll die!" Feng Xu replied loudly.

Looking at Feng Xu's firm eyes and listening to Feng Xu's categorical tone, Shen Zengzhi shuddered greatly.

When Feng Xu, a Confucian believer, was planning how to keep Confucianism in the new era by abandoning Gangchang and other things, Chen Duxiu, a university scholar who was also in Anqing, felt that it might be a very good thing for the husband to be the wife of the Three Gangs and the Five Changs.

The political system of the People's Party has the signboard of the CPPCC, but the enthusiasm of the People's Party in forming the CPPCC is even lower than that of the historical party. Chen Ke rarely formed such a political organization with a very negative attitude. The reason for the formation of the CPPCC is that after all, the CPPCC has run through the entire history of New China, and even if Chen Ke does not know what the CPPCC is for, if there is no CPPCC, Chen Ke feels very uncomfortable. Second, Chen Ke originally thought that there might be some so-called "democratic parties" and stuffed them into the CPPCC, which was at best a way to appease.

Therefore, in many provinces, the CPPCC is a signboard that no one can think of at all. Even in Anhui, where the CPPCC is the best, Chen Duxiu has changed from vice chairman of the Anhui CPPCC to chairman, and the total number of people under his command is only more than 600 people. Each plenary meeting is not as large as the women's federation meetings in the large factories in Anqing.

As chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Chen Duxiu is of course aware of the current situation of the CPPCC, and as far as the facts are concerned, Chen Duxiu supports "women's liberation." Just listening to the protests of a group of female workers blocking the CPPCC outside, Chen Duxiu really didn't think that "women's liberation" was a boon for men.

A few years ago, because the editor of "Tongcheng Night Talk" published an article against women's liberation, he became a thorn in the side of women. When the CPPCC was trying to attract people, some people from "Tongcheng Night Talk" were pulled into the CPPCC. These people and the old guards of the CPPCC both held a position against women's emancipation, so the Anhui CPPCC became a thorn in the side of the Anqing Women's Federation. Over the past few years, there have been dozens of skirmishes and several major clashes between the two sides. There was an outbreak in which thousands of female workers carried all kinds of fighting tools to besiege the CPPCC and almost smashed the CPPCC. In the face of that fierce situation, the police comrades were sweating profusely and did not dare to intervene easily. It was the comrades of the Anqing Municipal Party Committee who came forward and finally calmed down the matter.

The female workers sang the workers' song "We Workers Have Power", and the provinces and arrogance soared into the sky. The female representative at the front of the array used an electric horn to "come out and die" to the representative hiding in the CPPCC! In the venue of the CPPCC, a group of middle-aged and elderly deputies, all of whom had black and white beards, white beards, and white beards, all trembled slightly with anger and fear.

Chen Duxiu had wanted to invite the women's delegates to come in and hold an open debate, but when he looked at the formation outside, he was also scared. It was not that they were afraid that there would be too many people on the other side, but that they were worried that the women would rush in and beat these CPPCC deputies to death. At that time, Chen Duxiu was even glad that Qiu Jin was not in Anqing, if Qiu Jin was in Anqing, maybe she would carry a Japanese sword out of the sheath to attack the CPPCC.

And this conflict is a continuation of the previous one. The Women's Federation holds grudges, and the CPPCC group holds grudges more than women. The CPPCC launched an operation to rescue Cai Yuanpei, and those who were responsible for propaganda in the newspapers actually launched an attack on women's liberation with guns and sticks.

The Women's Federation had the upper hand in several struggles, but this time, of course, it refused to show weakness, so the protests broke out again. Chen Duxiu did not simply think that the Women's Federation was justified this time. This is not because the article involves saving Cai Yuanpei, but Chen Duxiu is really letting Cai Yuanpei live.

The people of the CPPCC are not "dogs can't change their" temperament, and the real reason for this struggle is because of the housing problems caused by the urban transformation of Anqing. In this matter, Chen Duxiu believes that the People's Party is really too partial to the workers this time, to the point of almost unreasonableness. Therefore, the CPPCC's counterattack cannot be said to be unreasonable.