Chapter 4 China's New Deal
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The next day, Song Xiaofei convened a meeting of all the members and alternate members of the Central Committee of the Baath Party in Beijing. = There were 208 members of the Central Committee of the Ba'ath Party, 54 alternate members, and 160 members of the Central Committee in Beijing, including some other high-ranking officials and high-ranking generals of the armed forces, and about 300 people attended the meeting. The meeting adopted a political program for governing the country according to law and further established the status of a market economy. At the same time, Song Xiaofei delivered an important speech, hitting and answering the hot questions of concern of the young people who were demonstrating, and announcing the implementation of the "China New Deal".
Song Xiaofei walked onto the podium of the National Assembly with a heavy face, and the head of the black press below, the venue was silent, waiting for the president's speech.
Song Xiaofei clenched his fists, cleared his throat, and said: "Comrades, before the implementation of the new policy, on some principled issues, the senior cadres of our party must unify their thinking. Anyone who violates the following principles in the future will immediately go home and plant sweet potatoes. ”
After Song Xiaofei became president, he rarely made such a harsh speech, especially ideological arguments, which were generally discussed and resolved. At this time, the atmosphere of the meeting was very serious, and the audience was silent, staring at Song Xiaofei. Song Xiaofei did not use a manuscript and began to talk about some social ideological debates, he said: "First of all, let's talk about the protection of property rights. Now the hatred of the rich is very common in society, but this mentality is the most important, just imagine, if you hate the rich because you have not become a rich person, then for the temporary poor. It's better to bring down the rich. But what about after the defeat of the rich? Do you wait until you become rich to protect the rich? So, our laws. It is necessary to protect both the poor and the rich, that is, to protect the property rights of all, just like our law, we must protect both the good and the bad, and everyone is equal. Our government. It is necessary to ensure that everyone's right to create wealth is not violated, so that the poor have the opportunity to become rich. There is no problem with our promotion of the glory of getting rich legally. So, those who look forward to changing their poor fortunes by confiscating the property of the rich, and not by their own hard work or wisdom, I say to those people. You're dreaming! We need to speak for the rich. Doing things for the poor! The government can narrow the gap between the rich and the poor through a progressive income tax system for the high-income group, imposing a high inheritance tax, and alleviating the income gap through unemployment benefits, health benefits, single parent benefits, charity programs, etc. ”
Song Xiaofei rarely spoke publicly for the rich before, which was equivalent to reassuring the big capitalists present. Xi Muqing's sister, Xi Muyan, who is now the chairman of the China International Investment Corporation, also attended the meeting. She took the lead in clapping. There was thunderous applause at the venue!
Song Xiaofei raised his hand to signal them to stop applauding and continued: "Second question. I am talking about the recognition and protection of the self-interest of the individual, which is the basis for building a moral society. A person may feel hungry, or an itch somewhere, which is unlikely to be felt by a collective or a nation. So the benefit, whether individual or collective, must ultimately be felt by the individual, like hunger or itching. In other words, there are no social or collective interests that cannot be implemented as individual interests. Benefits must be obtained by specific people. Just like many state-owned enterprises, on the surface, it is the interests of the people, but in fact, the power of dominance is under the leadership of a small number of state-owned enterprises. For example, in the Beijing Automobile Factory, anyone who steals a tire will be guilty of theft, but the director of the Beijing Automobile Factory can use the property in the factory at will. In the next step, our country must speed up the reform of non-military state-owned enterprises. ”
Song Xiaofei's words made the CEOs of state-owned enterprises present a little unable to sit still, they were sweating profusely with nervousness, knowing that the good days of "drought and flood protection" of their state-owned enterprises were not long in coming.
Song Xiaofei continued: "While we reform state-owned enterprises, we must vigorously protect private property!" There is a common misconception in our country that private ownership of property is the root of all evils in human society. These doctrines are represented by Rousseau's "On the Origin of Human Inequality" by Rousseau in France. In fact, private ownership does not particularly favor any one party, it treats everyone equally. Only with private ownership can exchange be produced, and only then can there be a market economy and a commercial society! Once private ownership of property is abolished, anyone with a lot of power can take possession of someone else's things. Rather, nothing belongs to anyone else, just as nothing belongs to you. What is produced can be taken possession by others at will, then everyone is engaged in plundering, and no one is engaged in production. At this point, robbers and thieves disappear because everyone acts according to the rules of thieves. Humanity would have degenerated into the barbarian groups of primitive societies. China's imperial rule over the past few thousand years has often destroyed the ownership of individual property, so China's capitalism has not been able to develop. Now we are a country with industry and commerce, and we once again emphasize the protection of private property! Judging from the practice over the years, it is very correct. In fact, in this society, the property of the poor is the least protected, because they have no money and power, and are often bullied by the privileged or the rich. Therefore, the protection of private property is also in the interest of all. ”
Song Xiaofei's words were loud and reasonable, and some of the officials present took out their notes and began to record them. Song Xiaofei began to talk about the third question: "Regarding equality, ancient China had the ideal of a harmonious world, including Kang Youwei, who also put it forward, but why is this kind of equality only a utopia?" To give a simple example, such as love and marriage, if everyone is required to be the same, the man must choose the most beautiful woman, and the woman must choose the handsome one, then what should I do? Is it really communist in the end? How can such a society exist in reality? On-demand allocation? Everyone's ** is unlimited, who will produce it? The absolute equality of human beings only exists in the imagination, and after a few thousand years, this imagination will not be able to become a reality. Therefore, in our future society, we must only be equal in law, equal in education, and then protect everyone's human rights and freedoms, such a society is a normal society! We need to give the poor and the rich equal the opportunity to compete and let people achieve high incomes, not on the basis of bribery, privilege or corruption. ”
After Song Xiaofei finished speaking, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. Song Xiaofei asked the people present who still had questions, and at this time, Lu Xun, who was attending the meeting, stood up and asked: "The market economy only talks about competition and self-interest, not about conscience and morality. Our society is a morally degenerate society, what does the great president think? ”
Song Xiaofei said: "The market economy does not mean that there is no morality, on the contrary, the market economy needs to be built on the basis of moral conscience!" The various problems in our society today, such as food safety, environmental pollution, and the proliferation of counterfeit goods, require businesses to speak with conscience. A market economy that does not stress morality will enter a society that harms each other! For example, farmers grow vegetables and spray pesticides and don't eat them themselves. The restaurant uses gutter oil, and the boss and employees do not eat their own meals. The rice is added with white wax, and the processors themselves do not eat it. Clothing producers are inferior in clothing and do not wear it themselves. The developer took the project, cut corners, and did not go himself. But in the end, who are the victims? In such a society without conscience, everyone is in danger and harms others and ultimately harms themselves. What to do? Don't want a market economy? That would be stupid! It is the responsibility of the government to solve these problems! We can't expect the operators of the market to be self-disciplined, and our government departments must do a good job of supervision! The government has the responsibility to regulate the market in accordance with the law! For example, on the issue of food safety, we have actually introduced the Food Safety Law, which confiscates all personal property and sentences more than 10 years in prison for the production of harmful food. We use the law to regulate market behavior. In this way, the current market economy, compared with the economy under feudalism and monarchy, is generally more conducive to the formation of real social morality. Because the market economy is a wealth-creating society, the number of things that harm the interests of others due to the sake of livelihood will be greatly reduced. And because the commodity economy is not based on a hierarchical system, the law makes people more equal in social status, so the opportunities to use power to harm others and benefit themselves are greatly reduced. A society governed by everyone is inevitably noble, and a society in which everyone stresses morality but does not govern is bound to be a hypocritical society, and morality will be a mess! ”
The atmosphere at the National Assembly was very good, and at this time, young students and some of them were demonstrating in the streets to express their demands. Yuan Keren failed to convince Ruan Yiyong, Feng Jiayu, Duan Honggang and their group of "princelings".
Yuan Keren said to Ruan Yiyong: "The current characteristic democracy of our Chinese empire is more advanced than that of the United States and Europe, we belong to the people's democracy, we are the real democracy, and Europe and the United States are fake democracy. Besides, the freedom of speech and freedom of assembly and demonstration of the Chinese people is much better now than before. ”
Ruan Yiyong said: "I can't imagine that you are also quibbling for your father." Democracy in the United States, Europe and the United States, no matter how bad it is, everyone has votes. A democracy without a vote is a real democracy, a democracy with a vote is a fake democracy, and you can really talk nonsense. Just like recently I saw a stupid expert in the newspaper who said that there is an essential difference between Chinese dairy farmers pouring milk and Western country dairy farmers pouring milk, which is really fucking ridiculous! It's all pouring milk, and there can be essential differences! ”
Yuan Keren was very unhappy when he saw Ruan Yiyong swearing, and said loudly: "Who can you scold and talk about?" ”
Ruan Yiyong said disdainfully: "I scolded a stupid expert, I didn't scold you." ”
Seeing that the two were at odds with each other, Duan Honggang hurriedly ran to the middle of the two and said, "Everyone is a brother, don't hurt the harmony for a stupid expert." ”
Feng Jiayu said: "Everyone is discouraged, we have the following total, do you still participate in today's demonstration?" ”
Yuan Keren said: "My father said, now the society is complicated, all kinds of problems are very complicated, the road must be taken step by step, the meal must be eaten one bite at a time, I think it is better not to participate." ”
Nguyen Ngai Dung said: "I told my classmates that I can't quit now. Moreover, we are promoting social progress, and we always need the government to respond to our demands. ”
The four of them raised their hands to vote, Duan Honggang and Feng Jiayu still planned to participate, but Yuan Keren had no choice but to go to the street with them. (To be continued......)