"... Production and the exchange of the products that accompany it are the basis of all social systems; in every historical society, the distribution of the products, and the division into classes or castes that accompanies it, is determined by what is produced, how it is produced, and how it is exchanged."
"Therefore, the ultimate cause of all social changes and political transformations should not be sought in the human mind, in the growing awareness of eternal truth and justice, but in the changes in the modes of production and exchange; not in the philosophy of the age concerned, but in the economy of the age concerned."
"The growing awareness of the irrationality and unfairness of the existing social system, of the transformation of reason into nonsense, of happiness into misery, is only a symptom of the imperceptible changes that have taken place in the methods of production and forms of exchange, and of the social system that was adapted to the earlier economic conditions no longer adapted to these changes."
"At the same time, it also shows that the means to eliminate the discovered evils must also exist, in a more or less developed form, in the relations of production itself, which have changed. These means should not be invented by the mind, but discovered by the mind from the ready-made material facts of production. "
"This is the core of what I want to express in my Anti-Duhring Theory. Whether it is historical materialism or historical materialism, they themselves do not produce any material products, and they cannot even be regarded as the basis for the inevitable production of correct ideas. Everything depends on practice! Labor creates man, and, as China says, the laboring people are the masters of the country. "
Uncle En was describing his famous Anti-Duhring Theory at the Party School, and when he mentioned some of the political slogans of the Restoration Party, Uncle En found it very funny. The European kingdoms shouted "Long live the King," that was the nature of the system. When China had an Emperor, it was incongruous to say that "the laboring people are the masters of the country." What was even more wonderful was that the laboring people of China not only felt that they should be the masters of the country, but also that they should have such an Emperor as their leader.
Of course, as a teacher hired by the Party School, Uncle En could not ask this question directly at such a young age. Moreover, the internal thinking of the Restoration Party was indeed interesting to Uncle En. It was a strange mixture to the Europeans, but it had to be said that it was a system based on morality. It was just like the system of the Sage King described by Plato.
"China is a country that attaches great importance to morality. Although morality has its own class, the morality that China recognizes is more inclined to the toiling masses." Vézé once said this to Uncle En, and Uncle En was quite concerned about this.
Whether it was Vézé becoming the supreme emperor, or Vézé claiming that he was a citizen equal to ordinary people, or the Restoration Party openly promoting that the working people were the masters of the country. Uncle En felt that in the society of China, the influence of social morality, or local customs, was far greater than that of European countries. The Restoration Party destroyed the old feudal system and established a considerable number of new systems and ideas. While the rural customs that had not been destroyed continued to exist, the new system and ideas established by the Restoration Party that were beneficial to the people became the standard by which the people of China evaluated the Restoration Party government.
This gentle and incomparably tenacious model made Uncle En very emotional, because the people of China really believed that Emperor Vézé had unparalleled ability and morality, which was the equivalent price for him to obtain the supreme power he had today. This equal attitude of "power and responsibility" was indeed much more revolutionary than the European tradition of "God save the king".
As usual, Uncle En answered many questions from the students after the lecture, and he was not able to leave until the next class began. Back in the office, Uncle En picked up the newspaper and read. To Uncle En's regret, there were no major European newspapers in China. However, the content of China's official newspapers was not inferior to those of European newspapers at all. At least in Uncle En's eyes, the news conveyed by China's newspapers was more important than those of European newspapers.
The headline on the front page, "The Central Committee is about to implement a new agricultural farming plan." Uncle En only read half of it, and his eyes became sharp. He carefully read the article three times before putting down the newspaper. The comrade next to him did not expect Uncle En to be so serious. He picked up the newspaper and browsed for a while, but really did not see any problems. The newspaper said that the country needed the people to support the country's construction, and called on the people to sign up at the local recruitment site, and to participate in the farming work in the northern areas with higher incomes.
In such an article, the importance of state ownership of land was strongly emphasized, and at the same time, the clan system that was born during the period of "low productivity and backward social system development" was thoroughly attacked and opposed, calling on the people to follow the country, and crush the clan members who hoped to rely on the clan to continue to squeeze the interests of the people.
These were all things that had been shouted many times before, and were not unfamiliar to the Restoration Party members. Emperor Vézé's position on these matters had not changed for decades, and even if it was not to say that his ears were calloused from hearing it, at least he was familiar with it.
Both Uncle En and Uncle Ma were once soldiers in the newspaper. Uncle Ma once criticized the Tsar of Russia in the newspaper, causing the Tsar to be dissatisfied and suffer a blow. Therefore, Uncle En was not used to the slow response of the China people to the newspaper. Comparing the situation in China and Europe, Europe was undoubtedly squeezing outside the door and window cracks, trying to find ways to get some useful information. And the China officials opened the door and told everyone the future policies without hesitation.
Therefore, with dissatisfaction towards the China people, Uncle En asked, "Xiao Zhang, don't you think this comprehensive land reform is a big problem?"
"Isn't this the government encouraging immigration to Canada?" After Comrade Xiao Zhang finished, he felt that his explanation was not complete enough, so he added, "We will conquer the United States, and then distribute the land in the United States for everyone to farm, and in the end, we will still be immigrants."
"The scale of the land distribution this time is so large, isn't anyone worried that someone will oppose the state ownership of land?" Uncle En raised the question that he was concerned about. In this world where private ownership of land was the mainstream, China's state ownership of land was so unique. Uncle En was very worried that this system would encounter a huge opposition.
Comrade Xiao Zhang blinked in confusion, "Well, teacher, if the land is private ownership, no one has the money to buy land. Now, we don't need to pay for land, if we want to farm, we just need to apply to farm. Aren't we farming to get food? As long as the system allows us to farm well, isn't it fine? "
Uncle En didn't say anything. This ordinary Party School staff spoke of the simple feelings of farmers, and there was a kind of righteous attitude unique to workers in his words. If it was in some European countries, these lands would probably be treated as commodities in the market, but on the side of China, the land was simply regarded as a means of production for farming and harvesting. After arriving in China, Uncle En was shocked by the characteristics of this country several times, but this shock clearly showed no signs of ending. "Is it that the people of China particularly approve of labor? Or is it that the people of China don't have a deep understanding of the commodity economy? "Uncle En thought silently in his heart.
The administrative implementation of China was one of the things that shocked Uncle En the most. Emperor Vézé issued an order as the president of the country, and the entire administrative agencies of China began to implement this order.
Of course, these orders had implementation steps, and the first step was naturally to take over all the land west of the Appalachian Mountains in the United States. The 24th Army under the North American Theater of Operations, which had been under military control, was stationed in the Portland area, and the 24th Army's Chief of Staff, Qi Rui, was receiving equipment in the port of Portland.
As a member of the Portland Conqueror, Qi Rui also found it interesting to revisit the old place. Of course, the young soldier also felt the reality of politics. The war more than half a year ago caused the population of Washington and Oregon to plummet. The local Federal Army was killed, and the local rebels were all killed. A large number of locals saw that things were not right and fled the two places.
Now in the areas of these two states, except for a very small number of people living in the mountains, the remaining population was less than the number of troops of the Liberation Army. Stationed in Washington and Oregon was the newly formed Fifth Army Corps. The group army was composed of three armies. The corps was generally composed of at least one group army and several other army-level units. Now the Fifth Army Corps was under the jurisdiction of one group army and three independent armies. Each army was reorganized according to the formation of motorized infantry, which was 300,000 troops. The total number of local people in the entire state of Washington and Oregon was less than 300,000.
Portland was now the largest city in the two states, and the nearby cement factory had begun to produce products. Portland had also changed from a traditional American city with wooden structures to a reinforced concrete city with Chinese characteristics.
Of course, soldiers could be seen everywhere in Portland, and there were also many ordinary people and local people. There were even some people with obvious Native American blood and tribal clothing styles gathered in the city.
October 1st was a major event in Washington and Oregon. On this day, the local people of these two states had to decide whether to secede from the United States of America and merge into the Chinese Min dynasty.
Qi Rui was no longer in the army at this time. His official identity at this time was the secretary of the Party Committee and the chief instructor of the motorized infantry department of Xinxiang Military College. It was a waste to let this experienced motorized expert continue to risk his life on the front line. It was not that someone was flattering him, but the policy of the Liberation Army was like this.
Looking at the people coming and going in the port city, and the local people who were surrounded by a large number of Chinese, temporarily stopped their work to cast a vote, and then rushed back to the port to continue working. Qi Rui felt that this matter was too formalistic.
After Qi Rui finished picking up the trucks and spare parts that were transported to the dock, he was about to bring the new equipment that had obviously been greatly improved to the camp when he saw an ambulance with its unique blue dome light driving into the dock. Not knowing who was sick, Qi Rui couldn't help but walk closer to take a look. The patient was wearing dock clothes, and judging from his head, he should be a local. However, what made Qi Rui feel strange was that the transport person who jumped out of the ambulance was Wei Jianjun, who had already been organized into the reserve.
Wei Jianjun was organized into the reserve as a regimental cadre. According to the tradition of being demoted by three ranks after retirement, he should not be driving an ambulance. Qi Rui wanted to go up and ask what was going on. But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was too impulsive. He asked the receiving troops to bring the equipment back to the camp first, and he went to the personnel department of the fifth division.
Although the 24th division was recognized as the core force of the fifth division, the 24th division was treated as a training force, so the comrades in the personnel department didn't know Qi Rui. Moreover, Qi Rui went to the department that was in charge of the retired, so it was even more unlikely that soldiers with a bright future on the battlefield would come here.
However, these officers still stood up and saluted Qi Rui. A major general, especially a young major general, was already eye-catching.
Qi Rui returned a simple salute and asked, "I was originally the chief of staff of the 24th division. I want to investigate whether a regimental cadre in our army called Wei Jianjun worked in the hospital after being organized into the reserve."
"Please fill in the application here. Also, can I see your military ID? "Although he didn't dare to be negligent, the officer in charge still followed the procedure and made the request.
"Okay." Qi Rui took out his military ID and passed it to the officer. After the officer looked at it carefully, he compared the photo with Qi Rui himself, and according to the rules, he found two other people to compare and verify it together.
Qi Rui waited patiently. He didn't have any special feelings towards this kind of procedure. If he was prepared and applied for a recommendation letter, things would be much easier. Now that it happened so suddenly, Qi Rui had to rely on the privileges of his general identity to look for information. The personal information of the troops was highly confidential. Wei Jianjun was a regimental cadre in the reserve, so Qi Rui had the authority to look for information. If it was an active regiment commander, Qi Rui might be pulled to the wall and told that he couldn't do it if he just came in to look for information.
There weren't many regimental cadre, and he was a cadre that had just retired. Portland's archives department didn't have many adult files. The information about Wei Jianjun was quickly pulled out. After reading it, Qi Rui couldn't help but be surprised. Wei Jianjun was assigned to Portland's civil affairs department as a divisional cadre. It was a far cry from a unit like the hospital.
"Thank you." After Qi Rui signed the document and returned it, he shook hands with the comrades in the personnel department and said goodbye.
After leaving, Qi Rui didn't want to go back to the training camp directly. Among the retired cadre, Qi Rui felt the most regret about Wei Jianjun's determined departure. It was a loss for a soldier like him to leave the army.
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