Descartes once said, "If a person cannot make a decision, it is either because the desire is too great or because the consciousness is not enough." ”

Despite a thousand instructions, a very reliable guard was dispatched. Chen Ke was still uneasy in his heart. This is the first time he has done such cooperation with a foreign country. Theoretically, Chen Ke is not afraid of being deceived by the Americans, because the Chinese market, which cannot be opened by foreign countries with guns, finally has a huge opening. Neither the United States nor the United Kingdom care whether they are selling consumer goods or machinery and equipment to China.

However, Chen Ke also has his own troubles, which is what is often said to be the "investment environment" after the reform and opening up. During the discussion of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Kong Zhangxing rushed to raise the issue of power generation equipment. In fact, this consideration is not excessive. Transportation, water supply, power supply, and a full set of industrial supporting systems, this is simply a nightmare. In order to solve these problems, it is necessary to increase production capacity more vigorously, but to increase production capacity can only be imported more vigorously. This is an endless cycle until the base solves the problem of self-manufacturing of heavy industrial equipment. This is the pain of being subject to man.

At this time, Chen Ke had no other way, the factory could not be built in a day, and the team with scientific research ability could not be taught in a year. Chen Ke could only hypnotize himself and repeatedly: "There will be bread, there will be milk, everything will be there." ”

At least when the three representatives of the People's Party delegation to the Constituent Assembly in Beijing entered Chen Ke's office, Chen Ke was using this way to relieve his troubles.

Seeing Chen Ke rubbing his temples with his hands, and the words in his mouth, Yan Fu, Feng Xu, and Shang Yuan were all startled. Chen Keping Suri has never shown such a dilemma. "Chairman Chen, what are you thinking?" Yan Fu asked.

"I'm wondering what the hell is selling." Chen Ke replied casually. After saying this, he understood, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the delegation standing in front of him. Chen Ke hurriedly stood up, "The three of them are back, and they have worked hard." ”

Shang Yuan took out a thick stack of documents from his satchel, "This is the main thing, and more is outside." ”

Several people sat down and talked about the parliament. So far, none of the three of them have any optimistic estimates about whether to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Shang Yuan reported on the discussion of the three-person delegation on the train, "Although Yuan Shikai gave quite favorable conditions, he gave the current governors two years. However, the governors did not believe Yuan Shikai at all. No matter how much pressure we put on the governors, they will not be able to demand the overthrow of the Manchus now. As long as the little emperor of Xuantong is still on the stage, the governors feel much more relieved......"

Chen Ke nodded slightly, this is human nature. The Manchus had actually fallen, and Yuan Shikai wanted to use the Manchus, and the governors naturally wanted to make the last use of the orphans and widows in the Forbidden City. This has nothing to do with whether or not to be royalist, it is a contest of personal interests.

After everyone reached a consensus, Chen Ke asked the three of them to summarize the situation in Beijing and make a summary report.

After the work report, the three of them had no intention of leaving, and they obviously wanted to talk to Chen Ke in private. Everyone is smart, and in this silence, we know what others think. Yan Fu and Feng Xu got up and said that they would go next door to write a report first.

As soon as they went out, Shang Yuan said, "Chairman Chen, I want to go to the grassroots level to work for a while." This is Shang Yuan's recent thoughts, and after being enlightened by his teacher Li Hongqi, Shang Yuan made up his mind to start from the most basic work and make up for his experience.

Listening to Shang Yuan tell his thoughts, Chen Ke felt happy again. Chen Ke also had a similar process of enlightenment, and the two talked about some common feelings, and they both sighed. Although Mr. Li Hongqi said that Chen Ke also had the experience of falling into the darkness of human nature, Chen Ke came out. Shang Yuan didn't believe it at first, but after talking with Chen Ke, Shang Yuan found that his teacher's judgment was not right at all. Arrogance, laziness, opportunism, stubbornness, quibbling. Although Chen Ke is much younger than Shang Yuan, he can do a lot more wrong things than Shang Yuan. And such a Chen Ke, through labor to solve these problems, Shang Yuan has strengthened his belief in working at the grassroots level.

"Comrade Shang Yuan, if you had this idea when you first went to Shandong, it would be even better. Now I'm going to tell you, you can't go to work at the grassroots level. You have to do a good job for me in the position of secretary of the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee. Chen Ke's voice had a reassuring attitude in it.

"Why?" Shang Yuan was taken aback. Since there is still far from grassroots experience, it is time to go to the grassroots level to make up for the experience. He can now be sure that Chen Ke is not an emotional person, so it can't be that Chen Ke is appeasing and saving face for Shang Yuan. After the self-righteousness in my heart has been weakened a lot, the modest and cautious attitude naturally prevails. Shang Yuan asked, "Why is this arranged?" ”

"People say that dry is not dry. Comrade Shang Yuan, if you lack experience at the grassroots level, it means that you are not doing well at the grassroots level. If it was in the past, when your views were not quite right, you would have misunderstood the work at the grassroots level. Now that you have the right attitude, there are fewer misunderstandings about the grassroots. As long as we encounter problems, we should go to the grassroots level to see more and learn more from front-line comrades. This solves the problem. Other comrades in Huaihai Province lack the experience of looking at problems from the perspective of one province. That's what they have to learn from you. I have repeatedly emphasized that democratic centralism, criticism and self-criticism. Now that you have this kind of understanding, you might as well go back and hold a meeting, report your understanding to the comrades, and carry out criticism and self-criticism. You'll find out the mistakes you've made, and many people make them. Therefore, the purpose of the meeting is not to see other people's jokes, but to solve problems. The first point of seeking truth from facts is to face the facts and admit the facts. You are now ready to pick a son as soon as you are excited, this attitude is not right. ”

Although it is different from the teacher Li Hongqi's statement, Shang Yuan knows that Chen Ke and Li Hongqi's attitude is exactly the same. "Then Chairman Chen, can you make some suggestions based on my biggest problem now?"

"Many comrades, especially those who have read books, can easily fall into a misunderstanding. They think that there is an absolutely correct appearance in the world, and they think that if the appearance of the world in front of them is changed according to this so-called absolute correct appearance, then everything will be fine. This is wrong. In this world, if everyone has the same thing, it is life. We need to eat, we have to dress, we have to develop. It all revolves around real life. On top of all this, there is the concept of laborers, the concept of anti-exploitation, and the concept of the socialist system. The purpose of these concepts is to guide people to live better. Rather than allowing the BJP to sacrifice its life for these concepts. Do you think we Chinese people are stupid? Looking back at all our successes, it was not that the people got a better life. ”

was criticized for this, Shang Yuan not only did not feel ashamed or angry, but he felt that a new world had opened up in front of him. What was previously incomprehensible and untouchable has now become accessible.

Chen Ke knew this feeling of accessibility, and he also felt the joy of freedom when he struggled to climb out of the chains that bound him. It was the joy of being freed from a heavy burden on the soul. If all hardships are inflicted by the outside world, then there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome.

"Comrade Shang Yuan, the people's eyes are bright. Because the people do not have the unrealistic illusions of the readers, because they have a clear understanding of interests. This is the greatness of the Chinese people, and the Chinese people love labor, but they will not work in vain on the basis of not promoting the improvement of their own interests, and everyone will seek truth from facts in life. No matter what you say, as a revolutionary, or at least a self-proclaimed revolutionary, if you can't really protect the interests of the people and liberate the people, then the people will definitely not support you. ”

After Chen Ke said this, seeing that Shang Yuan was drunk and infatuated, Chen Ke hurriedly corrected: "However, serving the people is not about bribing the people with benefits. Social development has its own laws, and the basis for promoting social development is the productive forces. It is precisely because we members of the People's Party have a clear understanding of this social law that we want to devote ourselves to this revolution. In the course of the revolution, we have continued to deepen our understanding of this social law and have constantly revised and adjusted our policies in accordance with the current situation. This is not to overthrow the original Confucian throne and establish a new socialist throne. ”

Shang Yuan didn't seem to be able to fully understand it for a while, and Chen Ke didn't blame Shang Yuan's ability to understand. It took a lot of effort for Chen Ke himself to understand this point. However, there is one sentence, Chen Ke feels unhappy not to vomit.

"Comrade Shang Yuan, it is sung in "The Internationale" that there has never been a savior. Our comrades in the People's Party basically believe that there is no savior outside our People's Party. However, I personally believe that many comrades regard our People's Party or themselves as saviors. And there has never been a savior, and the original meaning of this statement is that others are not saviors, and neither are we ourselves. Please be sure to keep this in mind. ”

After the monk finished talking, Yan Fu and Feng Xu came in together. "Chairman Chen, the students of our normal school have all gone to schools all over the country to become teachers. However, the number of teachers is still insufficient, and we think that it is not necessary to recruit a group of Xiucai and other people from the private sector to become teachers temporarily. ”

"Absolutely not." Chen Ke immediately refused, "The basic idea of the People's Party is to oppose exploitation and to be equal. The basic idea of the talents is that the young and the old are orderly, and there is a difference between respect and inferiority. We talk about discipline, because discipline is an institutional guarantee for the completion of social production, not a criterion for dividing human ranks. We're trying to pull the kids out of the old days, and we're doing everything we can. You let these talented people teach, what do you think they can teach? ”

Feng Xu was a little unacceptable, "Chairman Chen, you also have the problem you said. But the showmen are not so unbearable. I don't think Comrade Ren Qiying's father, Comrade Ren Yugang, has this kind of problem. ”

Chen Ke was amused by these words, "I heard a little about Comrade Ren Yugang, and he took the initiative to move closer to our party. And he was originally a teacher, and now he is pursuing to be a teacher. But what are those showmen pursuing? What they are looking for is to be officials, where do we have any officials for them? ”

Feng Xu was criticized by Chen Ke like this, although he was self-contained, he was also a little ridiculous. Chen Ke didn't want to hit Feng Xu too much, he smiled and said, "Mr. Feng, you are a laborer, and your major is liberal arts. So it doesn't matter if you write a book, teach a book, or go on a mission. It's all something you cover in this specialty. You're on your way. Most of the talents want results, and what they want is status. The purpose of their study is to get rid of hard labor. They and you are not all the way at all. Mental work is actually harder than physical work. When it comes to mental work, you should be very experienced. ”

Yan Fu is an educator, and Feng Xu is an old scholar and bureaucrat who is well versed in the world. Hearing Chen Ke say this, although they felt that Chen Ke was a little excessive, the reason was correct.

Feng Xu said: "Chairman Chen, I can't think about it because of old age. It's too hasty. Since there is no normal school recently, I would like to apply to teach and teach at a middle school. ”

"Mr. Feng, I'm afraid it won't be as you wish." Chen Ke replied, "Recently, we have seized several provinces. As you know, the local work of our BJP requires a lot of information. Officials who were arrested in Anhui, we have built an Anhui Museum of Culture and History. It is to translate the geography and history of Anhui into modern Chinese. I have no objection to you reading books, but work first. Either you can act as the organizer of our local cultural and historical museums and make use of those captured officials. Or go to Anhui University to become the head of the history department and start training a group of people who can undertake translation work. This is a big deal, and it's not someone like you who is responsible, and I'm not worried. ”

Feng Xu finally chose the post of director of the Office of Culture and History. After solving Feng Xu's matter, Yan Fu raised his own question. "Chairman Chen, now that we have a port. Do you want to rebuild the navy? ”

"Mr. Yan, don't you want to be the Minister of Education anymore?" Chen Ke felt dizzy.

Yan Fu replied: "Wen Qing, you know. I've been in the Navy all my life. In the past ten years, he has not worked in the navy, and it is only because of creation and making people. Now that the base area has taken shape, I have talked with Yuan Xiangcheng several times, and everyone believes that the situation in the whole country has begun to stabilize, and it is unlikely that there will be another war. I really want to go back to the Navy again. As the saying goes, plan ahead. It's also a good time to build a navy now. ”

Chen Ke rubbed his temples, the navy really has to do it. But listening to Yan Fu's meaning, he wanted to build a real ocean-going navy, not an inland water army. This requires considerable investment. "So where are you going to set up the school?" Chen Ke asked.

"I want to be based in Lianyungang." Yan Fu said decisively.

"No, if you want to be closer to Lianyungang, it's okay, then set it up in Xuzhou. Start by building a shipping school. ”

"If you want to have a shipping school, you might as well set it up in Wuhan." Yan Fu seems to have already had his own ideas.

"Okay. That's it. Chen Ke agreed to Yan Fu's request.

After dealing with several recent matters, Chen Ke took the mobile Central General Office all the way west to continue the mission of mobile office.

Since Yuan Shikai returned to Beijing to seize power at the beginning of the war, the military pressure on the People's Party has dropped sharply. The original central part of Fengtai County was also in a state of dismantling. The four provinces need cadres far more than imagined, and Jiangxi Province is now a pure military administration. Hua Xiongmao and He Zudao teamed up, and the two divisions of 104 and 105 and the military headquarters of the Fourth Army were moved to Jiangxi.

Shandong Province is slightly better, it is a semi-military state. The Fifth Army was formed with the original strength of the Shandong base area, with Chai Qingguo as the commander and Chen Tianhua as the military political commissar.

The situation in Hubei is complicated, with Lu Huitian as the secretary of the provincial party committee, taking away nearly half of the original framework of Anhui.

As for Anhui locally, an almost new set of teams has been constructed. Qi Huishen served as the secretary of the provincial party committee, Yu Wenba served as the governor, and the young Ren Qiying served as the director of the general office of the provincial party committee.

Chen Ke himself, on the other hand, led a group of students who had graduated from party schools, cadre schools, and military academies to form a mobile Central General Office, and began to carry out mobile office work in various places. People say that "holding chicken feathers as arrows", but in this important transitional period, the People's Party is "holding arrows as chicken feathers". Whether this is the right thing to do, Chen Ke himself doesn't know. However, the experience of history really made him feel that it was impossible not to see it for himself.

Grandpa Mao was extremely disgusted with the Soviet bureaucracy all his life, and although he had struggled with the United States for more than 20 years, Grandpa Mao very much hoped to establish good relations and even strategic cooperation with the United States. This is the vision of a grand strategist, and it is also an extremely wise decision. Taizong's policy is not so much his originality as it is a continuation of Grandpa Mao's line. At least when Nixon visited China in 1972, it was Grandpa Mao who set the line, and the specific negotiations were handled by the premier. From "Farewell, Stuart Leiden" in 1949 to Nixon's visit to China in 1972, it was only 23 years. Many of their peers in the republic are not even married. In the past 23 years, China has gone from being a poor and weak agricultural country that no one cares about to become a regional power with nuclear and hydrogen bombs and a preliminary industrial base. Moreover, in the several confrontations with the United States, the Republic has not been at a disadvantage in the slightest.

Even after the death of Grandpa Mao, the leadership of China did not fall into the hands of the local forces of the old era. After the shock of a massive movement, an industrial bureaucracy unprecedented in human history arose. Fundamentally different from the characteristics of other bureaucratic cliques that rely on the local cultural strata, the bureaucracy of the republic itself is an advanced cultural clique that has mastered advanced ideology, culture, science and education. It dominates the country's economy and institutions, covering almost all fields. It completely overwhelmed localism and the so-called "public intellectuals".

The one-child policy also cut off the material possibility for the bureaucracy to hereditary and gate-to-gate power. The unified education system throughout the country, and even the ever-improving civil service, allow this powerful state apparatus to guarantee sufficient openness.

Of course, if a secular civilian government were to be demanded with the model of a pure and immaculate angel, it would naturally make the secular civilian government look filthy. However, from the perspective of worse than bad, this system is still the least bad in the world.

Chen Ke never believed that the bureaucracy was the original sin, that bureaucrats were also human beings, and that everyone had to live. The focal point of the contradiction between the bureaucracy and the people is the distribution system. Moreover, Chen Ke has always believed that power is above capital, which is one of the greatest justices in the history of human politics. If one is a true communist, it is natural to evaluate the limitations of each system. However, the basis for the existence of these systems should be recognized. The illusion of a messianic government is first and foremost proof of its own depravity.

Therefore, under the condition that the economy and productive forces have been strongly stimulated by the state in the near future, we should strive to promote the party organizations and government organizations of the People's Party to become laborers together with the people, learn to work, and understand how to work. And to protect the interests of the vast number of workers through the socialist system is the reason why Chen Ke chose to work on a mobile basis.

China's habit is to prefer a one-size-fits-all approach, and the same has been true in the party's history. For example, the famous big forward leap is the result of the central government's inexperience and excessive delegation of power. An extreme example is the impoverished Gansu province, which invested in 224,500 new factories in the first six months of five or eight years. Needless to say, there is not enough educated people, no experience, no equipment. These investments are destined to be wasted. The later stage is destined to be wasted, and the investment in the early stage is definitely a huge waste. If Liu Xiuxing and others did not make a big incident, it would be unusual.

Left-leaning adventurism has always been a traditional method for bureaucrats to reap political achievements, and Grandpa Mao has struggled with leftists all his life, and Chen Ke is also determined to fight to the end.

From Hefei to the west, they soon entered the territory of Lu'an County, and in the team of the mobile office, Huang Yuyue and several other female comrades rode on the mules in the team, and this kind of preferential treatment for female comrades was not available all day. They have to walk half a day every day. In late November, the temperature in the mountains is already cold. Because of the rush of walking in the morning, the exhalation of the mules and walking comrades could even see a faint white mist. The people in the office are all young comrades, and many people originally thought that they would be very "happy" with the young Chairman Chen, and although there was no theoretical support, it was easy for everyone to have such normal thoughts. Then they knew that things were not what they imagined.

Chairman Chen's march was in full swing and he was striding forward. Everyone is already struggling to keep up. Not to mention accosting a conversation on the side. Just because it couldn't keep up with the speed of the march, the office had already eliminated and replaced half of the people.

And Chairman Chen likes to talk with the escorts along the way to learn about the characteristics and specialties of each place. The more you listen, the comrades will have a concept. What Chairman Chen wants to know is what the local people are willing to do, and what trade goods can be exported on a large scale without destroying the local ecological environment on a large scale. Road construction, education, women's emancipation, and logistics are eternal topics.

However, when local cadres either concealed or went straight to the point when talking about personnel matters, Chen Ke never answered. If the other party pushes too quickly, Chen Ke can say at most, "I know." ”

The comrades in the General Office, especially the male comrades, had long asked Chen Ke why he was asking these questions, and Chen Ke had also explained to everyone. If the BJP now uses expropriation as a means, it is destined to trigger a full-scale local backlash. However, if the People's Party only gives full play to its local advantages, conducts trade, and increases the people's income, then the People's Party will be able to effectively control the local dominance in this mutually beneficial relationship.

Huang Yuyue naturally agrees with this working method, but Huang Yuyue has a question that she never dares to ask. She found that no matter what the identity of the other party is, as long as she stands and talks to Chen Ke, this person can find her own space. Chen Ke seems to always have room for others. Even if the other party involuntarily tries to be in a higher position than Chen Ke, as long as it does not involve issues of principle, Chen Ke can tolerate it.

Huang Yuyue has been paying attention to this problem for a long time. She could see it clearly every time. Huang Yuyue cautiously brought up this discussion with her comrades several times, and she found that the comrades did not notice this extremely abnormal thing at all. They just enjoyed the feeling of being able to stand with Chen Ke, even if they knew that it was comfortable, but they didn't know that this comfort was intentionally or unintentionally created by Chen Ke.

Huang Yuyue did not take the initiative to join the revolutionary ranks, but after the People's Party conquered Anqing, they abducted all the students of the girls' school to the Fengtai County base area. And forcibly signed labor contracts with these children. The sound of gunfire and cannons overnight, the shouts and screams of slaughter, and the blood stains on the ground after the battle, the smoke and smell of blood in the air. Huang Yuyue can still recall it. At that time, the supreme commander who personally commanded the war was Chen Ke.

Such a soldier commanding a large army would definitely not be the target of bullying and oppression, and in fact, no one in the base area dared to bully Chen Ke. Those people just wanted to make themselves more capable in front of Chen Ke. For example, the district cadre at the bottom of Lu'an County in front of him. When he mentioned how he mobilized the masses to try to plant mulberry trees, he was excited to death. How many masses were mobilized, how many wounds and calluses were ground on the hands. Chen Ke listened quietly, and at the critical moment of that cadre's performance, Chen Ke very cleverly led the topic to other work. So this cadre poured beans into a bamboo tube and talked about all his work. I didn't realize that my words clearly exposed many flaws in the work arrangement.

"Continue to work hard and finish all the work before the Spring Festival. After the beginning of spring next year, everyone will get greater results. Chen Ke's words were simple.

Huang Yuyue's back felt a chill when she heard this, and she looked at the cadre's elated and confident appearance. Huang Yuyue really wanted to ask the cadre how he was going to finish this workload before the Spring Festival. If it can't be finished on time, how is this cadre going to explain?