Lu Huitian has always admired Chen Ke, and he doesn't want to publicize it to others on this issue. Because there are so many people in the party who openly claim to be Chen Ke's faithful followers. Whether Lu Huitian expressed his position or not makes no sense at all. And Lu Huitian is also a literati, and he also attaches great importance to his own character, whether he is sincere or false. Sycophancy is something that Lu Huitian can't accept. However, this does not mean that Lu Huitian does not support Chen Ke in his heart.

Regarding women's emancipation, Lu Huitian originally thought that it would be enough to give women more benefits. Out of bureaucratic temperament, at the level of specific operations, Lu Huitian also believes that some places should be whitewashed and gimmicked. That's pretty much the solution. But in the face of the achievements of the women's liberation movement, and Chen Ke's attitude towards the women's liberation movement, like Chen Ke's performance in other policies, gave Lu Huitian a considerable shock.

"The core political philosophy of our People's Party is that labor creates everything in human society. In the women's liberation movement, we do not simply give benefits to women, but uphold the policy of equality before work, and give equal opportunities to workers without discrimination. Therefore, in the system of our People's Party, if someone opposes equality between men and women, the first thought when they see women is that they think that women are not good, which is essentially a policy of opposing equality before labor. But again, political philosophy and policy are not the same thing. Political philosophy is the view of the nature of the world, and policy is based on this view and the actual situation in which it is confronted. We should not lean to the left and think that the political concept is correct, but the practical level must not be wrong. Nor can we lean to the right and think that if something goes wrong at the practical level, there must be something wrong with the concept itself. Both of these views are erroneous beliefs that there is absolute truth in the world. There is never an absolute truth in this world, everything is relative......"

Lu Huitian's understanding of the theoretical level is naturally not comparable to ordinary people, and he can see which comrades do not fully understand what Chen Ke is talking about. And he knows whether he will lean left or right at work, Lu Huitian also knows in his heart.

Returning to the provincial party committee, Lu Huitian immediately convened a meeting of the provincial party committee. After conveying the attitude and instructions of the Party Central Committee, Lu Huitian continued: "In the next month, we will continue to start recruiting. Moreover, it is necessary to publicize the conditions required for recruitment. When recruiting, it is important to explain the selection of men and women. If you can ask for a woman's position, you must treat them equally. ”

This approach is different from the way in which Hubei vigorously publicized slogans such as "women's employment benefits the country and the people" and "women's liberation must be liberated". The comrades were a little stunned, "Isn't the women's liberation movement over yet?" A comrade asked.

This is a question that Lu Huitian can absolutely imagine, just as Chen Ke said, some comrades at present do regard the women's liberation movement as a purely political movement and political propaganda, and do not fully implement this movement at the practical level.

"Don't comrades have confidence in the issue of employment arrangements?" Lu Huitian asked.

"The current employment situation is not optimistic, and more and more people are coming to Wuhan from the countryside, and it is quite difficult for us to fully accommodate the men in these labor forces. If women's employment is put at the forefront, there are even more problems. Lin Shenhe, director of the Hubei Police Department, replied, "If women are willing to work in the police station, as long as they can pass the political review, I would welcome them." But the first condition is that they are adequately educated. Non-junior high school students do not want to. Or go to our police academy after graduating from elementary school. ”

Many comrades admired Lin Shenhe's "slipperyness" and said that the specific situation was not optimistic, but Lin Shenhe still provided certain employment opportunities, which is really admirable.

With Lin Shenhe as an example, comrades from other departments also made similar speeches. The approximate content is, "It's okay to recruit, but at least you have to be a junior high school graduate." ”

"Yes, then write these conditions into notices and post them, and vigorously publicize them in Hubei." Lu Huitian said, "This year, there are few people to be recruited, and whether they are men or women are recruited, these are clearly written." Including how many people will be recruited next year, gender requirements, and educational requirements. Including those who do not have enough education to go to school, what kind of help we can provide is clearly written. However, there is one clause that must be emphasized, that is, there is no restriction on the work of men and women. ”

Lu Huitian's last sentence made many comrades feel profound. Xie Mingxian, the vice governor in charge of education and publicity, asked: "Is this the end of the work on women's emancipation?" ”

One of the cadres of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee who sincerely supports the work of women's liberation is Xie Mingxian, and when he asked this, he also expressed the doubts of some cadres in Hubei Province. Lu Huitian replied: "Women's emancipation is not the emancipation under the old society, but the way of life that women must accept under the new society in our base area. First of all, it is built on the basis of the state's guarantee of employment opportunities for the people. Where were these jobs under the old society? So first there are employment opportunities, and then we should open them up to women. It is not that the women's liberation movement has ended there, but that the women's liberation movement has now officially entered a new phase. ”

"How many jobs can be offered?" Xie Mingxian continued to ask.

"Then it depends on the statistics, it's useless to ask here." Lu Huitian replied.

The statistics came out in a week, and the first batch of recruitment, the government departments under the jurisdiction of the Hubei provincial government, including the postal service, hospitals, police, and justice, these systems need 44,000 jobs. Almost at the same time, the statistics of the People's Party's Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense also came out. In Hubei, the People's Party's industrial sector provided 187,000 jobs. Combined, the two parties provide more than 200,000 jobs. And both sides almost unanimously stated in the announcement that these positions can be both men and women. In particular, in the medical and postal services, both sides have stated that women are given priority under the same conditions.

After these notices were posted, Hubei became a sensation.

In the past, most of the recruitment was done by the school. In particular, junior high school students have signed employment contracts with the government, which is basically a commission training system. This kind of recruitment method similar to "apprenticeship" can be regarded as having a great effect. It is the first time that Hubei Province has officially recruited labor with "academic qualifications". This has a greater impact on society as a whole. As long as you have academic qualifications, you can choose your own job. Not to mention that it can work in a big city like Wuhan, this situation makes the people who have some insight feel a kind of excitement. Not to mention the descriptions of each position in these notices.

According to the feedback, there is an endless stream of people who come to inquire about the post, especially the post provided by the government department. In the imagination of the masses, following the government means becoming an official, and if being an official only requires his own children to go to junior high school, this temptation is not ordinary.

By June, before the start of junior high school, the number of junior high school students in Hubei Province had more than doubled compared to previous years, and the proportion of women who went on to junior high school was more than four times higher than last year.

In September 1913, new junior high school enrollment data were reported, doubling the number of junior high school students in the base areas to 1 million, and the female enrollment rate from 10 percent to 30 percent. Compared to a year ago, the situation has improved dramatically.

Chen Ke can only be satisfied with the current situation for the time being, and the People's Party is not unconditionally optimistic about the increase in the enrollment rate of female students. It is difficult to explain how many of these people have taken a fancy to the positions of government workers.

"What we need to do now is to continuously and permanently extract labor from the countryside, and only when the rural labor force becomes smaller, can the living environment be improved. There are not enough people, and there are opportunities for baby girls in the future, even the opportunity to glorify their ancestors, and with local political propaganda, the number of infantile drowning incidents will decrease accordingly. In practice, Chen has never been moralistic, "and the loan agreement between the United States and us is in the final stages, and an agreement could be reached at any time." Comrades should pay attention to this situation. Our demand for labor is likely to have a big explosion in the short term. ”

Throughout 1913, Europe and the United States were in economic crisis, and this was evident in the People's Party's trade with the United States. When the goods cannot be sold, the business of the machinery manufacturing industry is even more unlikely to prosper. Among American businessmen, especially those in Washington who are well-informed, have heard that the US government is ready to negotiate a government loan with the BJP. The sheer amount of money has sparked all sorts of irresponsible rumors among businessmen. From $100 million to $1 billion, the rumors are getting more and more mysterious.

The U.S. government, the Treasury Department, and the Federal Reserve have not come out to refute the rumors. This has reinforced, and the big loan does not seem to be unfounded. Moreover, judging from the BJP's consistent trade methods, they have always focused on purchasing machinery and equipment. The stocks of enterprises engaged in machinery manufacturing once rose against the market, and some companies waited for this major good news to become facts.

But no matter how it sounds, it sounds like it's true, the only problem is that it hasn't been true. Companies that have been forced to collapse by cash flow problems simply implement a price-cutting sales strategy early on. The machinery and equipment have been sold, and some companies that are not so bad are waiting for news, and the direct result is that the birthday is getting worse and worse.

Companies with connections in the Diet have privately inquired with lawmakers many times, and the news they have received is always that the Congress is discussing. As for the content of the discussion, it was quite serious: "Is the BJP capable of protecting itself?" ”

It is because of this concern that Congress has never been able to make up its mind on this issue.