Chapter 14 Communalism
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The camp is back on track. There were too few mature trees in the nearby groves, so the logging team began to cut trees at a logging site three miles away. This is the most important work in winter.
They set out in the morning, put on their boots and fur hats, brought dry food and water bottles, axes and saws, and trudged through the snow full of boots into the dense woods, with two horse-drawn plows as the core.
Firewood for cold protection and wood for construction are two types of needs.
Firewood mostly picks up dry and rotten wood, and the wood is mainly harvested from hardwood.
This small forest is home to many tree species, but the main ones are larches, with lush foliage and tall trunks.
They work at sunrise and return at sunset, not only hard, but also occasionally encounter danger. That's why the logging team works in shifts, so everyone has the opportunity.
Once, Jin Tong entered the group. When logging, one pine tree is sawn off and hangs on another tree so that it does not fall.
Mao Zhigang came over and took a look, and said that he would put down another nearby tree and smash it on the pine tree, so that the two trees would fall at the same time, which is called "picking and hanging".
Jin Tong got the pointing, picked up the axe and slashed hard, but he was inexperienced, and before the pine tree was about to fall, before he could break away, the larch "clicked" and smashed down on him.
It was too late, it was fast, Mao Zhigang walked a few steps quickly, and smashed the trunk of the tree that was about to fall to the ground with the back of his axe, and the big tree shifted slightly, rubbing Jin Tong's left ear, and fell down with a bang! Two trees touch the ground at the same time.
It's dangerous!
In an instant, the two broke out in a cold sweat.
Since then, Mao Zhigang has been nicknamed "Engong" by Jin Tong.
In addition to logging, there are also daily camp repairs and maintenance, tractor maintenance, etc., and the work is not heavy.
A group headed by Lu Tianxi and Jin Tong called themselves a hunting team and often went to patrol and hunt nearby.
They are not experienced hunters, but they do have some luck. You can hunt pheasants and hares every three or five times, and you can also hunt roe deer when your character is good.
When patrolling the wilderness, it is common to find being stalked by wolves, but these guys are very cunning and they never hit one.
The rare meat made everyone firmly support the hunt. It's just that the bullets are rare, and soon there are less than twenty rounds left, and Wu Rui was about to stop, when the hunting team met a deer hunter who had entered the full cover on the wasteland.
The deer hunter had a full harvest, dragging two roe deer, a dozen pheasants and rabbits on the plow. The hunter sold them all the thirty or so rounds of ammunition that were left on his body, and promised to come again and bring them a thousand rounds of ammunition before the swamp melted.
The hunter who abandoned tradition and entered the full cover was not without asking for something in return. For 1,000 rounds of ammunition, he asked for 100 yuan, while the market price for ordinary people was only 50 yuan.
Jin Tong gritted his teeth and accepted the conditions, but the hunt was temporarily stopped. Meat is also disappearing.
Although the winter is cold, there is plenty of time, so you can relax for a while while at work.
In the early morning, Jin Tong would occasionally stand there with a hoe, looking around. Look at the blue sky and see the ice cubes hanging from the trees. The distance was shrouded in mist, and there were young and beautiful girls in the distance.
Both men and women are supervised by the severe cold of the Great Northern Wilderness, and they will freeze if they don't work.
According to the agreed work schedule, except for the logging team, everyone else started work at 8 a.m. and rested at 9 a.m. I will work again at ten o'clock, and I will take a lunch break and eat at eleven o'clock.
The afternoon is more relaxed, starting at one o'clock and finishing at three o'clock.
When they are not working, they don't waste their time playing cards.
They are a group of people who love to learn. The Northern Wilderness is an excellent opportunity to grow knowledge, and there is plenty of time to read and write articles.
Entering December, the sun sets at half past three in the afternoon. It is a pity that there is not enough kerosene. In order to save, the only two kerosene lamps were used for a limited time.
This time is also Jin Jing's evening class time.
In order to protect eyesight, most of the evening classes are mainly narrated, such as history, geography, legal knowledge, etc.
When Jin Jing was in class, Jin Tong sometimes interjected a few sentences, and sometimes wrote his own notes.
Paper and pens are precious in the wasteland, and Jin Jing has prepared some for self-study, which is only enough for her own use. Jin Tong brought two bottles of ink, two pens, a stack of manuscript paper, and three blank notebooks. If you run out of it, you can only buy it next year.
Because of this, he writes very carefully, occasionally joking that he cherishes ink like gold.
The night was also a time when the revolutionaries met to discuss cosmopolitanism.
The origins of Cosmopolitan Communism are legendary.
In 1857, Tenkyo became chaotic. Perhaps because of the butterfly effect of the traverser, Yang Xiuqing actually defeated Wei Changhui and secretly executed Hong Xiuquan, becoming the final victor.
Hong Xiuquan's younger brother Hong Renxuan gave up going north, hid his identity and defected to Daqi, and began to write "A New Chapter of Senior Administration".
Two years later, his identity was revealed, and he thought that a catastrophe was coming, but he received the support of the Great Qi Military Intelligence Department to help him infiltrate the kingdom of heaven.
Hong Renxuan did have the ability, and after infiltrating, he colluded with the anti-Yang forces in the heavens, assassinated Yang Xiuqing, and set off the second Tianjing rebellion.
Relying on the support of Daqi, he put Hong Tianfugui, who was under house arrest, on the throne of the emperor, and the scenery was unparalleled for a while.
But the scenery didn't last long.
The Southern Qing Dynasty saw a good opportunity for the Taiping army to fight, how could it let it go! Zeng Guofan led the Hunan army to drive straight along the river and broke through Tianjing in one fell swoop.
The Kingdom of Heaven fell, the little emperor was killed, and Hong Renxuan was only spared.
However, the praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind, and the Great Qi Taizu has already seen through everything. He took advantage of this opportunity and ordered the Qi army to cross the river and move south to attack on all fronts.
In 1861, Tianjiazhen won a great victory, and the Qi army conquered Wuchang and cut off the back road of Zeng Guofan. The Qing army hurriedly retreated, and the tired army was attacked head-on and crushed for thousands of miles.
Then the Great Qi chased the north and dominated the world without mentioning it, just talking about Hong Renxuan.
Life has been up and down suddenly, and Hong Renxuan, who was simply calculated by Daqi, was discouraged, refused to be recruited, and took a rich reward from Emperor Taizu to become a monk.
Over the years, he reread the Confucian classics and recruited a group of old men from the Kingdom of Heaven to sort out the history of the Taiping Army.
IN THE PROCESS, HE ABANDONED EXTREME RELIGIOUS IDEAS AND GRADUALLY INTEGRATED THE CONFUCIANIST THEORY OF "DATONG" WITH THE "TIAN CHAOTIANMU SYSTEM" AND THE "SHENGKU SYSTEM" TO CREATE A SYSTEM NAMED "DATONGISM".
After the Restoration, the History of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was published. Hong Renxuan was sought after by colleges around the world and invited to give lectures. During his lecture tour across the country, he also talked about Datongism, which attracted many intellectuals.
In particular, a group of "neo-Confucianists" who advocated "retro" were even more like a treasure and joined the study of Datongism one after another.
It coincided with the introduction of the idea of Communism in Europe to China (the Japanese called it "communism"), which was translated as "communitarianism" by the great Confucians of the time.
As a result, Datongism was mixed with many "communitarian" ideas, and eventually formed an idea called "Confucian communitarianism" in academic circles, but it still maintained the title of "Datongism".
In 1893, the Thirty-first Constitution of the Restoration of Daqi was promulgated, and the party banned the opening. The Datong Party was formally founded, and began to create newspapers, propagate ideas, and establish local branches.
After becoming a political group, the original ideological struggle became a more straightforward conflict of interests.
The more conservative peasant party soon split from the party and became the representative of the interests of the newly emerging group of gentry in the countryside after the "Great Rebellion", and maintained an alliance with the party against the emerging large agricultural companies.
At the same time, more and more people are discovering the limitations of cosmopolitanism, and some idealists advocate continuing to move closer to "communitarianism". Such a claim, for the imperial authorities, is clearly harmful.
In 1903, the Datong Party shocked the nation by announcing that it had more than two million members. But in that year's House of Representatives reelection, it lost again to the Labour Party.
The Pax Romana Party and the Peasants' Party launched a public opinion offensive, accusing the Labour Party of bribery. The Emperor ordered the Ministry of Justice to investigate, but the conclusion was that there was no fraud. This angered many people, who organized protests and demanded that the investigation be reopened.
The protracted protests have gradually shifted people's demands to a large-scale movement for PU suffrage, interspersed with demands for minimum wages and labor guarantees by trade unions, and demands for equal rights for men and women and equal pay for equal work by women's rights organizations.
The Peasant Party, unexpectedly, merged with the large agricultural companies and demanded the abolition of agricultural taxes and subsidies for agriculture.
As the strike has greatly affected the normal functioning of the economy, the Labour cabinet is determined to take tough measures to suppress and drive away the protesters. This decision increased violent confrontation, which eventually led to the "March 18 Massacre".
According to the post-incident investigation report of the Imperial Police Department, the tragedy was caused by "Datong party members, who were bribed and instructed by the British spy agency, hid in the crowd and opened fire on the patrol officers who maintained order, and the patrol officers fought back in a panic, which eventually led to a tragedy of nearly 100 dead and wounded." ”
At that time, the Sino-British War had not yet ended, and the anti-British sentiment had not yet ebbed, and the report became the beginning of the "stigmatization" of the Datong Party.
Mainstream public opinion has been criticizing one after another, and hats such as "colluding with foreign enemies", "destroying harmony", and "getting something for nothing" have been put on the head of the Datong Party one after another.
Two years ago, the emperor complied with the turbulent public opinion and forcibly dissolved the Datong Party, which was praised by the people for a while.
Some of the top leaders of the Da Tung Party and the enlightened aristocracy created the "Social Progressive Party" to promote moderate social reforms.
Another group of members of the Peasant Party was merged into the Peasant Party and reorganized into the "Ba'ath Party". They threw off the burden of "Datongism", pursued "pure Confucian communitarianism", and took a clear-cut stand against Communism.
“…… The Progressive Party is a lackey fed by the new chaebol capital to fight against the old chaebol Labor. It has been said many times, and I won't mention it today. Let's talk about the so-called Confucian communitarianism. ”
Wu Rui looked at the crowd in a circle and talked eloquently.
"Previously, the Datong Party attacked monopoly capital, and the government turned a blind eye. Because the royal family is not only the largest capitalist, but also the ruler of the country, checks and balances of power are more important than economic interests. But Pax Romana's move towards Communism was beyond the limits of the empire's tolerance and must be disbanded.
What is left of the Baath Party, which has cut its ties with Communism? On the one hand, this group of opportunists talks about the supremacy of the national interest, and the individual can enjoy freedom and welfare only if it is in line with the interests of the country and the nation. On the other hand, he advocates self-cultivation and Qi family to govern the country and level the world, so as to make Jun Yao Shun, and then make the customs pure.
What kind of ruler pays attention to personal morality, preaches the dictatorship of the Ming monarch, caters to the royal family, and paralyzes the common people with pastoral fairy tales. Isn't it clear what his dirty thoughts are?
Let's go back and look at Datongism. It seems perfect, but it's actually a hodgepodge, a schizophrenic monster.
The debate over whether to turn or not has long split the Datong Party in two.
Whether or not to overthrow capitalist ownership is the core of the issue, and it is also the source of the ambiguity of the Datong Party. The growth of the organization is inseparable from the support of the bottom and the vision of 'universal harmony', and the Datong Party cannot afford to split it.
But an empire is an empire after all, monopoly capital does not allow the proletariat to rebel, and the Datong Party must be illegal - the empire has made a choice for us!
We set up a study group to study Communism, and we joined the party because we all shared a common ideal. After joining, we found out that we are a minority, a radical.
Now the word 'Datong' has become a demon in the eyes of the world, but Huajie is still there, and we are still there!
We believe that the great harmony of the world is not an ethereal dream, and we firmly believe that heaven on earth will eventually be built!
We are stubborn in this, not because of ignorance and fanaticism, but because the pursuit of fairness and justice is rooted in the hearts of everyone, and it is a self-evident truth!
I'm always looking forward to the future. However, if we want to develop and continue to advocate ideas, we can no longer use the name of Datongism.
So, I'd like to give Communism a new name, let's talk about it, right? ”
Wu Rui's speech, calm at first, excited later, stirred everyone's blood boiling, and finally turned rational and caused thinking.
"Actually, communitarianism is good," Jin Tong lamented, "good names are all dogs!" ”
This sentence made everyone laugh.
"The Japanese translate it very well, communism, how's that?" Luo Shili proposed.
"I think so!" Cao Dong agreed.
"Against! This creates ambiguity. It is easy to understand it as co-propertyism. The property is returned to the public, and the common people still think that you are going to engage in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Holy Treasury! Lu Tianxi's reaction was super fast.
"Indeed!" Lin Qian nodded, "Communism, how's it going?" ”
"The meaning of the word is too broad!" Chen Zhenxiu shook his head.
"Communitarianism?" Xu Jingjing hesitated.
"Mouthful!" Yang Yuheng objected.
"Etymologically, translation is best as communitarianism." Mao Zhigang said.
"Etymologically, there is also the meaning of harmony, is it translated as harmonyism?" Ling Feng asked rhetorically.
"Communitarianism or harmony?" Lu Tianxi deliberately messed around.
When no one could convince anyone, Li Xiaoyan said: "Do you remember, La-Commune-de-Paris? ”
"What do you say?" More than half of them asked in unison.
"Sister Xiaoyan speaks French, The-Paris-commune-revolution in English, and the translation of domestic newspapers is the Paris Commune!" It was Chen Yiying, who had studied French literature quite a bit.
"Ah! Commune! The word couldn't be better. It is both etymological and historical! Mao Zhigang praised the festival.
"Communalism! I like it! Lu Tianxi raised his hand in support.
Wu Rui also nodded in agreement.
"Raise your hand if you support communalism." Jin Jing, who had been quietly listening, also wanted to mingle, and she raised her left hand high, wanting to attract attention.
Jin Tong didn't speak, and looked down at her. Jin Jing playfully stuck her tongue out at him.
Everyone raised their hands, and communalism was unanimously approved.
PS: There are too many sensitive words in this chapter.