Chen Kezheng was preparing to meet with the Japanese emperor and his entourage, who had been "inspecting" China for half a year, and he was going to send them back to China after the meeting. In fact, what Chen Ke meant was that it didn't matter whether they were met or not, as long as they were sent back to Japan safely. But Emperor Hirohito must see Chen Ke once, and Chen Ke can't refute this face.

This matter was about to be put on the agenda, but Chen Ke's secretary revealed a private message to Chen Ke, "Comrade Shang Yuan's secretary called and said that Comrade Shang Yuan was going to come to Zhengzhou. But he's not in good health right now......"

Chen Ke's secretary felt that Comrade Shang Yuan's secretary was really bold enough, but he didn't dare not report this matter to Chen Ke. No one dares to challenge Comrade Shang Yuan's status and status, and if Comrade Shang Yuan can't stand the bumps in the road and something happens, Chen Ke will definitely not be happy, and he will definitely blame himself.

"In that case, ......, then arrange to meet Hirohito in Beijing." Chen Ke quickly made up his mind.

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." The secretary was relieved, and he left Chen Ke's office quickly.

In January 1940, Chen Ke flew to Beijing.

The ancient capital has changed a lot, and the city planning department has taken great care to protect Beijing's city walls, but they have been opened when they should have been opened, and the wooden gates of those city gates also exist, and now they are completely preserved as a cultural relic.

Shang Yuan's home is very close to the former National Archive, and even after the liberation of Beijing for so long, the vast data has not been completely sorted out. Shangyuan lives close to here, and it is convenient to go to the museum every day.

As soon as he entered the courtyard where Shang Yuan lived, Chen Ke smelled a faint smell of Chinese medicine. He ordered people not to disturb Shang Yuan in advance, and after a group of people quietly went in, Chen Ke saw Shang Yuan's secretary with a happy face coming out of the kitchen with a medicine jar, he stepped forward and took the medicine jar and entered Shang Yuan's room.

Shang Yuan, who was sitting on the hospital bed, didn't expect Chen Ke to appear here in person, but he understood what was going on just as soon as he thought about it. Just as he was about to call the secretary in, Chen Ke interrupted Shang Yuan's intentions, "Brother Wangshan, I think that kid did a good job." You're not in good health, and if something happens on the road, how are you going to make that kid or other person apologize? ”

"Life and death are fate, if something really happens, it should be my fate. But Wen Qing, you come so personally, even if you don't delay your work, what will others think? Shang Yuan said while sitting down with the help of Chen Ke.

"No matter what you do, someone will say it, so let them do it." Chen Ke didn't care. Under Shang Yuan's guidance, he strained out a bowl of medicinal soup with gauze.

Shang Yuan got up and drank it. Then he took the cup of warm water that was already in the tray and rinsed the bitterness in his mouth. Only then did he say: "Wen Qing, Hui Tian wrote me a letter and talked about his views on many current policies. ”

"Oh." Chen Ke replied calmly, "Then Brother Wangshan, are you going to discuss this policy with me, or are you going to discuss with me Comrade Lu Huitian's doing the matter itself?" ”

"It's all there." Shang Yuan said a little tiredly, "I don't think it's appropriate for Huitian to do this, but think about it carefully, when he was in Hubei before, everyone said that he had a problem, and you supported him at that time, and now that I think about it, I feel that you did the right thing at that time." We must be tolerant enough to treat comrades. ”

"I'm not going to do anything to him now, just write a letter, we're talking about freedom of speech." Chen Ke didn't care about this at all. Transistor technology has advanced rapidly, and China has now begun mass production of transistors, and the development of the initial integrated circuit board is quite smooth. Chen Ke once felt that he might not be able to see the information age, but now he thinks that this worry is a little redundant. With all this, China will soon be able to start developing its initial military network, at least for a while. In the information age, everyone will have an unprecedented level of access to their voices. Compared with that time, Lu Huitian's idea is an egg.

"Then let's move on to that. I agree with Comrade Lu Huitian's idea, and we cannot treat other countries as inappropriate. Wen Qing, it's really arrogant for you to do this. Shang Yuan said.

"Arrogance?" Chen Ke couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Brother Wangshan, am I really arrogant?" So I'm going to ask you a question now, right? You have to give people the right to choose freely, let's impose a set of things on Southeast Asian countries, do you think this is suitable for Southeast Asian countries? ”

Shang Yuan didn't expect that Chen Ke had actually thought so much, he thought for a moment before saying, "But you can't sit idly by, I don't think it's appropriate." ”

Chen Ke asked: "Brother Wangshan, there are copies of key documents in the party sent to you." Have you read the report written by Comrade Li Runshi? ”

"I've seen that, that comrade is really amazing." Shang Yuan replied.

Chen Ke said with a smile: "Now that you have seen it, Southeast Asia is now in a stage of struggle for power and profit. Our People's Party has not had enough experience at this stage, and even those careerists in the party have done things that are of a higher grade than them. Let's not observe it now, just get involved, what is that? ”

"But now I'm so laissez-faire, I'm afraid that something out of control will happen." Shang Yuan does not support this.

"Huh!" Chen Ke smiled a little helplessly, "The husband uses copper as a mirror, and he can be dressed properly; With the ancient as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; With people as a mirror, you can see the gains and losses. I have said countless things and theories in the past, and it is estimated that many of the comrades in the party can surpass me in the debate at the theoretical level. But what's the use of that, and then discussing a perfect theory, if it can't be connected to reality, it's also useless. When has real reality ever been perfect? What does real reality have to do with being glamorous, decent, and radiant? Have the comrades really forgotten the hardships of the revolution? ”

Shang Yuan is silent now, this point of view cannot be refuted, pies may fall from the sky, but most of the pies from the sky are tragedies.

Chen Ke wanted to get up from the chair, but after thinking about it, he softened his heart and sat back, "Brother Wangshan, I have never looked down on people. If I look down on people, then I don't give them any right to choose freely. I respect everyone, so I agree that they should have the right to choose freely. I really want to look down on them, I use power tricks or government means to make them all obedient on the surface, can't I do it? But I think that China's thousands of years of civilization accumulation are on the threshold of great changes that have not been tasted in 3,000 years, or can the revolution push China through this threshold? I really hope that if the Chinese people can wake up and realize the nature of the world, the nature of science and democracy, then the blood that China has shed for thousands of years will have value. ”

Shang Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard these Chen Ke's sincere words. At his level, he already knew how difficult it was, and if Shang Yuan had such fantasies when he was young, he had obviously given up now. At this time, Shang Yuan didn't want to hide anything anymore, he actually had nothing to hide from Chen Ke, he said: "Wen Qing, let me ask you, if everyone in the world is like you, what do you think the world will be like?" ”

"Brother Wangshan, am I so terrible, am I so annoying?" Chen Ke deliberately pretended to be hurt.

Shang Yuan will not be deceived by Chen Ke's appearance, "Wenqing, comrades in the party who really know you, how many people do you think are not afraid of you?" Those comrades who are not afraid of you are all those who do not believe in the existence of absolutely correct theories, they all believe that the truth of this world is relative, and they are all true materialists. ”

Chen Ke accurately grasped Shang Yuan's original meaning, and he asked, "Brother Wangshan, do you want to say that our current society is still relatively low in terms of ideological level?" ”

"Yes, you are now going to forcibly pull China to an unprecedented height, I think it feels like a castle in the air." Shang Yuan replied.

After hearing this, Chen Ke burst out laughing, "Brother Wangshan, it doesn't make sense for you to say that. From China's standpoint, if no other country has put on a show for us to make mistakes, and if no other country has opened up many new fields through its own channels, we can't use China as a test piece. So from another angle, if those Southeast Asian countries are forcibly pulled into the so-called socialist stage, do you think they are not empty buildings? ”

After hearing this, Shang Yuan was speechless, sometimes logic didn't dare to analyze it carefully, and once analyzed, a lot of logical inconsistencies appeared. While Shang Yuan was a little stunned, Chen Ke continued: "China and foreign countries are different in many places, and there are even many fundamental differences. But for a creature like a human, the attitude of seeking truth from facts is exactly the same. Xunzi believes that from birth to death, a person may eventually be able to achieve different cognitive realms, but everyone has the opportunity to achieve a true understanding of the world. We cannot deny from the outset that they do not have such a possibility. If we do that, we are not as good as the old-timers of more than 2,000 years ago. ”

Shang Yuan didn't answer immediately, and at this time he finally understood where the conflict between Lu Huitian and Chen Ke was. If you look at it from the point of view of the bureaucracy, they want people who can understand and follow the rules set by the bureaucracy. In terms of formulating rules, Chen Ke's level is only above Lu Huitian. But instead of creating a group of educated and intelligent citizens, Chen Ke sought to liberate the people by understanding the world from the heart.

From the point of view of the bureaucracy, this is very much like a terrible disaster. There is no awakening of its own at all, but the people, who have a lot of power, will definitely not have a scientific attitude. Giving power to people who don't know science is bound to be a real disaster. And what about people who know science and know the world? Nor is it a boon to the bureaucracy. Chen Ke is a very practical person, he firmly believes in the truth of the law of the jungle, and the path he chooses is to try to make all the people strong. The unknown world that Chen Ke looked forward to did not look very beautiful to the bureaucracy, which is now a strong man, but very terrifying. At least it's far from optimistic.

But Shang Yuan could not criticize Chen Ke, because Chen Ke's ideal was a real ideal. For those who have created a meritorious deed, it is necessary to establish the ideal of this meritorious deed. There are too many examples of what happens to an organization that has no ideals and is purely realistic.

Just like Xunzi, whom Chen Ke greatly admired, he was one of the few Confucian scholars who visited the Qin State. At that time, the minister of Qin, the Marquis Fan Ju, who leaned towards the government and the opposition, asked Xunzi: "What do you see when you enter Qin?" ”

Xunzi praised the Qin State from many angles.

First of all, the situation of the Qin State is advantageous, "its solid plugging danger, the shape is convenient, the mountains, forests, rivers and valleys are beautiful, and the benefits of natural materials are many, and it is the shape of the victory." ”

Then there are the people of the Qin State, "entering the country, looking at its customs, its people are simple, its vocal music is not dirty, its clothes are not bad, they are very afraid of having a division and obeying, and the ancient people are also." ”

Then came the officials of the Qin State, "and the Duyi government, its hundred officials are solemn, all of them are frugal, respectful, faithful and not ashamed, and the ancient officials are also." Enter its country, watch its doctors, go out of its door, and enter the public gate; Out of the public gate, to his family, no private affairs; It's not like Zhou, it's not a friend, it's not clear, it's public, and it's a doctor of the ancients. ”

Finally, the administrative efficiency of the Qin State, "looking at its court, its court is idle, listening to the decision of all things is not left, and it is as tranquil as the anarchist, and the ancient dynasty is also." Therefore, the fourth world has a victory, not luck, and a number of them. It's what you see, too. Therefore, it is said: Governing without worrying, making appointments and details, and working without annoyance, and governing it to the end, Qin and the like. ”

But for the nature and future of the Qin State, Xun Zike is not optimistic at all, he said: "Although, there is a difference. There are several of them, but the county is famous as the king, but it is not far away! What is it? then it is free of Confucianism! Therefore, it is said that the pure is the king, the refutation and the hegemony, and none of them die. This is also Qin's shortcoming. ”

At present, China is about to become the hegemon of the Western Pacific, and its geographical advantages and products are incomparable. The Chinese people are hardworking and willing to work, and they also know to respect and obey the government. The Chinese government, of course, has many problems, but it is also well-trained and has the freshness of the founding period. As for China's efficiency, Shang Yuan, a humble person, also thinks that it can be regarded as the world's first.

Not to mention that now there is a leader like Chen Ke, and with the power of Chen Ke, as long as Chen Ke does not have a psychotic episode, he is far from afraid of any challenge that China faces. However, it is like a country that dominates the world like Qin, with advanced technology and systems. Because of the lack of ultimate political ideals, only internal strife, the whole country collapsed in an instant.

From this point of view, Chen Kening's willingness to let other countries choose their own path when they must recognize China's strength, rather than adopting the model of forced homogenization like the Qin state, is a manifestation of the real lessons learned from history.

Chen Ke's attempt to establish the concept of equality in which "the people are the masters of the country" and the political concept of establishing communism to allow mankind to finally liberate themselves is establishing his own soul for the country. This must not be said to be false.

I don't know why, even if Shang Yuan believes that Chen Ke is right, he can't connect Chen Ke with the right.