Chapter seventy-three
In the classroom of the People's Party School, Chen Ke wrote the sentence "Labor creates man himself" and turned to face everyone. The party class has been going on for several days, and not only Chen Ke is exhausted, but the comrades below also feel very uncomfortable.
Before this question, Chen Kegang finished talking about the biological and social nature of human beings. It is easy to say that in Chinese culture, the level of social research on human beings is actually not low. However, the question of human biology involves the question of human biological evolution. For Chen Ke in the 21st century, evolution itself is not a big deal. It is just one of many basic scientific theories that are justified. The education system of the new China has long completed the inculcation of this knowledge. Looking at the world with the theory of evolution is just a worldview that Chinese are accustomed to.
The major fulcrums of Marx's theoretical system are modern mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geography and other knowledge. This knowledge is actually the perspective and position of how to see the world. In the long process of studying, listening to lectures, doing homework, and taking exams, China's examination-oriented education system has long instilled these worldviews slowly but effectively into the young people of New China through various means. Even those who grow up believing in "creationism" may not really oppose evolution theoretically.
For these party members in 1906, this was not the case at all. The so-called three views are "world view, outlook on life, and values". Although gathered under the banner of the People's Party, Chen Ke's worldview based on modern scientific knowledge can be said to be completely different from the worldview of his comrades. This is not just a century of time gap, but also a centuries of knowledge gap accumulated by the entire human society. In this party school training, Chen Ke finally deeply realized this.
World view is the basic viewpoint of how you view the world, and the curriculum of the People's Party School does not give everyone the feeling of seeing the clouds and the sun, on the contrary, it has brought many comrades into a dark and mysterious mood. Moreover, it must be noted that this group of party members who attended the lecture were all middle and high-level cadres, and many of them had a good foundation of scientific knowledge in 1906, so Chen Ke dared to talk about such a degree of theoretical knowledge.
"If you have any questions, you must ask, you must ask!" Chen Ke emphasized again. This is one of the lessons that Chen Ke learned from his tragic experience as a teacher. At the beginning, Chen Ke felt that his course was very simple and easy, and he talked about the basic points of what the earth is so basic that it can no longer be basic. The students below listened silently, and Chen Ke felt that everyone should have understood. Just continue to talk about it, as a result, he soon found that every student in the party school seemed to be deliberately against himself, Chen Ke was born in science and engineering after all, in the face of this situation, he couldn't help but write various equations on the blackboard one after another, in order to prove a problem, Chen Ke often came up with three or four new theories to explain, so the classmates collapsed. They looked at Chen Ke with the same surprise and incomprehension as they looked at a Taoist priest's drawing.
Even if Chen Ke had lectured before, he immediately repented and combed it carefully from the beginning. As a result, after inspiring questions and repeated exchanges, the comrades at the bottom finally expressed their common doubts. The earth revolves around the sun, which everyone can barely imagine, but why the earth and the sun can be suspended in the void, no matter what, everyone can't build a concept that can convince themselves. Some comrades with a more profound comprehension even asked about a more complex system, how the moon revolves around the earth, and how this earth-moon system revolves around the sun.
Hearing this, Chen Ke immediately didn't know what to say. This is the basic mechanical model in celestial mechanics - the three-body problem. In the vastness of the universe, the size of the planets is negligible, so we can think of them as particles. If we don't take into account the influence of other planets in the solar system, then their motion is only produced by gravity, so we can think of their motion as a three-body problem. To study the law of motion of three celestial bodies that can be regarded as particles under the action of gravitational attraction between each other.
Chen Ke had read this kind of literature, but he had only read it. He himself could not understand the complex equation even when he studied it carefully, let alone explain it systematically. And without basic knowledge of physics, especially without the concepts of physics and mathematics, it is impossible for the students below to understand it. Chen Ke spent a full 16 years studying the scientific system, and the party class time of these students was only 30 days. Moreover, at each stage of Chen Ke's learning, there are teachers whose knowledge level far exceeds that of Chen Ke to tell all kinds of knowledge. These party school students do not have such an environment.
From this time on, Chen Ke gave up the delusion of training a large number of revolutionary comrades with the same world view as himself in this party school education. He has already regarded this party class as a course of popular science and materialist forced brainwashing.
"Labor creates man himself. What distinguishes us humans from animals is our ability to work creatively. After saying this, Chen Ke couldn't help but think of several cases in which modern science proved that some animals could also use tools, but he no longer had the urge to teach his comrades "comprehensive knowledge". Chen Ke is one of the people who have fought their way out of the encirclement in exam-oriented education, and what teachers have repeatedly emphasized is "knowledge points", and the exam questions accumulated since the second year of high school are also strengthening these "knowledge points" education. In the past, Chen Ke had no evaluation of this method, but now Chen Ke is the most staunch supporter of "knowledge point" teaching. The greatest advantage of this teaching mode is that it can effectively instill the most critical points of the worldview in the students. It's not as comprehensive and not gentle, but it's the best way to do it. At least after mastering the knowledge points, you will not make theoretical mistakes.
The party school students below naturally didn't know what Principal Chen Ke was thinking, and even if they really knew, they wouldn't be able to understand it. Everyone's thinking was directed to the new concept of "creative labor".
"To promote the progress of human society is the development of productive forces. In the earliest days, the knotted rope was remembered, and the priests passed on the major events of the past by word of mouth. Until the legend of Cangjie made words, ghosts and gods cried at night. Because of the creation of writing and the use and popularization of writing, it is possible to record a wealth of knowledge. Those who have mastered knowledge have changed from sacrifices to those who can read and write words. And this writing instrument, also from the top of the tripod to cast gold text, into bamboo slips, everyone with a carving knife on the bamboo slips to engrave. Later, with the introduction of a brush, everyone began to use the brush to write on the bamboo slips. Later, with paper, writing became more convenient. Even the art of calligraphy was developed on the basis of pen and paper. ”
The people who attended the lecture were all literate people, and everyone knew these historical stories. Looking at the expressions on the faces of the comrades who could understand the knowledge brought about by this, Chen Ke was deeply grateful for the greatness of China's profound culture. China's history books can record in detail the process and even the details of the development of these "productive forces".
"In those days, slash-and-burn farming, and later with smelting technology, various production tools developed. With the agricultural technology we have now. ”
Listening to Chen Ke's eloquent talk, he quoted idioms including "slash-and-burn". Everyone actually knows these idioms, but in Chen Ke's narration, these idioms suddenly vividly sketched in everyone's minds a picture of ancient ancestors using simple tools, fighting the heavens and the earth, and working hard. Many of these readers were deeply moved. In particular, these party members who have participated in the disaster relief have a deeper experience. In the face of the monstrous flood, everyone is using all the tools they can get their hands on to save themselves. After overcoming the flood, these comrades, who had experienced the test and exhausted their physical strength and intelligence, felt that they saw the world very differently, even if it was a handful of grass or an inconspicuous piece of wood, everyone felt that it was no longer useless. They can clearly imagine how important these ordinary things can play in many times of crisis.
"Everything we have now is constantly accumulated in labor. Labor has created us Chinese, and we Chinese have created Chinese writing, statutes, technology, art, and even created our Chinese civilization. The reason why we Chinese are Chinese, our views on the world, and the China we live on are all the fruits of the continuous labor of our ancestors on this land for thousands of years. Speaking of the hard work of the Chinese ancestors, Chen Ke couldn't help but be a little excited, "The first grandfather of Si Ji burst into frost and dew and cut thorns to have a size land. It is labor that creates man himself. This is true for China, and it is also true for foreign countries. The truth is the same all over the world. Why is China not as good as foreign countries now, because our productivity is indeed not comparable to foreign countries. We have to look at this problem realistically. You can say that those people in foreign countries are white pigs, and I think this is just a matter of personal preference. However, we have to face the facts, why they are stronger than us now, it must be that the level of productivity is higher than ours. ”
The overwhelming majority of the comrades who came to join the BJP were against foreigners. Hearing Chen Ke's joke that foreigners are "white-skinned pigs", many people couldn't help but laugh out loud. But this is really a kind laugh, after Chen Ke's narration, everyone can understand the real gap between China and foreign countries, and the original resentment has been reduced a lot.
"Let's get here first, rest for a while, rest for a while." Chen Ke's mouth was dry, and he said to his classmates. Everyone also felt very tired, listening to so many lectures, although there is a lot of gain, but the mental consumption is also a lot. When everyone heard that the class was over, they relaxed according to their preferences.
He Ying stood up from the last row of the classroom. Each student brought their own bowls, and He Ying began to pour water for everyone one by one. Letting He Ying come to the lecture was the only thing Chen Ke did by taking advantage of his status and privileges. There is no disagreement with this. Everyone knows that He Ying is Chen Ke's wife, and even these enlightened people in the revolutionary party support the slogan of equality between men and women only half and half, and not the majority can let their wives attend classes with them.
The party school adopts the school method of the 21st century, that is, there are class leaders, study committees, discipline committees, sports committees, and life committees. The organizational structure is very complete. He Ying is a member of the life committee, distributing various supplies and taking care of everyone's study and life, including the work of pouring water. In this new organizational model, everyone has their own role.
What's more, everyone recognized Chen Ke's leadership position, and the wife of Chen Ke, the leader of the People's Party, personally poured water for everyone, which was not a big idea in the old days. The crowd was either in awe or uncomfortable. At the beginning, when He Ying was pouring water, everyone was very unaccustomed to it, either polite or humble, in short, it made chickens and dogs jump. Chen Ke then said in public, "As a member of the life committee, He Ying is in charge of this, and everyone's job is to study hard." Apply what you have learned to the revolution. We only have differences in the division of labor, not in status. Under such a clear statement, everyone reluctantly accepted such a fact. Even so, when He Ying poured water, everyone said "Thank you" seriously in accordance with the polite education of the party school. Including Chen Ke, after his wife poured water for himself, he also set an example and said "thank you" seriously.
After a short break, Chen Ke continued to teach the class. "The productive forces determine the relations of production. While providing disaster relief in Fengtai County, our People's Party has developed a new mode of productive forces. Do you have any opinion on this? ”
Some of the comrades agreed, and some comrades felt a little weak-hearted, "Principal, we are just organizing more people to work together, according to what you said earlier, the tools have not developed, the production technology has not developed, and this new productive force is only afraid that it is not worthy of the name, right?" ”
"If the name is not true, then what should Fengtai County look like after this flood? It should be the same as the surrounding disaster areas. Why is our Fengtai County different? Chen Ke asked rhetorically.
"This?" The person who asked the question was Lu Huitian, and he was immediately asked. But no matter how Chen Ke's words sounded, he felt that something was wrong, and Lu Huitian couldn't help frowning.
"The way of organizing production is also a kind of productivity. The relations of production are the relations between man and man in the production of labor. Who obeys whom, who leads whom. In this regard, I believe that Fengtai County has now changed its productive forces, and its production relations must also change. Chen Ke explained.
Lu Huitian felt that Chen Ke was a bit of a strong argument, but he was not opposed to the establishment of "new production relations" at all, so he simply stopped opposing it.
"From now on, the people will follow our People's Party and create a new system. Or go back to the old ways and continue with the old days. I think our comrades in the People's Party must have the same idea on this point, right? Chen Ke asked.
The students below let out a burst of tacit laughter. After so long in life and death, there is no need to discuss whether or not to establish new social relations. If it weren't for the establishment of a new system, what would everyone do with all their lives?
"It is useless for us to tell the people about the revolution now, and the people do not want to listen to these nonsense. I want to emphasize one more thing: the people do not understand the revolution, and the people do not want the revolution. If the people don't want revolution, they won't follow us in the flood at all. If the people really don't want revolution, they should resign themselves to their fate and go with the flow in times of floods, as they always do. But what everyone sees is not like this at all, our People's Party has responded to every call, and how many things have the people done with us that they have never done before? Are the people against it? The people did not object! The people are supporting us. ”
Chen Ke was very concerned about this issue, and immediately after he put forward the slogan of continuing the revolution, there were various opinions among the comrades. One of the main streams is to question whether the people want revolution and whether the people really understand revolution. Until now, the majority of comrades did not think that the people understood the revolution. The revolutionary demands of the people are basically ignored. Chen Ke must address this thinking.
"Our revolution is seen from the perspective of China, and even from the perspective of the world. This is good. However, this is not the case with the people's revolution, which wants to let the people know that the new system is better. What is better for the interests of the people requires us to settle an account for the people. Calculate and explain the benefits of the new system to the people clearly. Otherwise, what kind of revolution is shouted. Why should the people give us their lives? There is no such reason in the world. ”
"Headmaster, when you say that, don't you say that the people don't understand the revolution?" Lu Huitian couldn't help but speak again.
Hearing this, Chen Ke couldn't help but feel a sense of dissatisfaction in his heart, and even frowned slightly. However, Chen Ke quickly controlled his emotions, and the revolutionary work must not engage in any personal struggle of will. Because this approach is wrong, and getting angry will never convince others, and will only cause all kinds of meaningless disputes. "What is the purpose of our revolution? Who's going to say. ”
Hearing Chen Ke's words, He Zudao replied without hesitation. "The purpose of the revolution is to liberate the productive forces and build a new system and a new world where the people can live better."
Lu Huitian originally wanted to talk about building a strong China, but he didn't expect to be robbed by He Zudao. He Zudao is dignified with a big hat on his head, although Lu Huitian wants to refute, but he also knows very well that it is not easy to refute. Glancing at He Zudao, Lu Huitian stopped talking.
"Since we want to develop the productive forces, we must settle accounts for the people. What exactly are the benefits of the new system? Many comrades had participated in the 1905 social survey, and we had to conduct an in-depth investigation in Fengtai County to investigate the state of the land, the crops planted, the ownership of the land, the main sideline business, the clan situation, the religious situation, the employment situation, the wage situation, the tenant rent, the borrowed land, the permanent tenant land, the commerce, and the handicraft industry. ”
After Chen Ke finished speaking, he wrote down the content to be investigated on the blackboard. Comrades saw such a huge scope of investigation, and many people gasped.
"It's not that the people don't understand the reason, let's make these investigations clear, and we can explain it clearly to the people. There is no reason why the common people should not follow us. Chen Ke said categorically.
"But ......, but someone must have something different." Lu Huitian finally said what was in his heart, since he had started, he also felt that there was no need to hide it anymore, "Let's do this, those landlords and gentry won't wait." They're starting to string things around now, ready to get something out of here. After all, they are locals, and the people are afraid to believe them more. ”
Hearing this, Chen Ke smiled, "Comrade Lu Huitian, our revolution is for the people. This means, first and foremost, that we have to believe in the people. We want to implement the new system entirely for the sake of the people, and if anyone wants to destroy the new system, they are the enemies of the people. What are we going to do with the enemy? ”
He Zudao answered, "Treat the enemy as cold as winter." ”
As soon as these murderous words came out, the classroom immediately fell silent.
"We are not bandits, and we will definitely not kill people indiscriminately. Since we want to get rid of the enemies of the people and the enemies of the revolution, we must make the reasons clear to everyone. And this reason must not be made up by our own nonsense. Everyone is worried that the people will not follow us, why? Because the people can speak the truth, otherwise, on the one hand, those landlords and gentry, on the other hand, are the life-saving benefactors, why do the people have to stand with the landlords and gentry? It must have been that the people felt that what the landlords and gentry said was more reasonable. Since we firmly believe that we are right, how can our reasoning not be comparable to that of the landlords and gentry? ”
Lu Huitian's face was gloomy, and Chen Ke's words were very reasonable, but Lu Huitian was definitely unwilling to agree easily. Because he felt that Chen Ke's attitude was too optimistic. There are many unreasonable things in this world, why do you need reason for everything in Fengtai County?
However, Lu Huitian didn't continue to speak, and he couldn't help but look at He Zudao again. I saw He Zudao sitting upright, his body straight, looking at Chen Ke when he spoke, his head not moving. didn't look at Lu Huitian at all.