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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Unknowingly, China had become the largest country in the world. With 14.66 million square kilometers of land, it was a few hundred thousand square kilometers larger than Russia in the past. How to feed more than a billion people on such a vast land? Not only did they have to eat their fill, but they also had to eat well. This became the most serious problem for China's government.
You can't possibly improve your quality of life every day, while I'm always keeping the people fed and clothed. I can't be so complacent about feeding one-fifth of the people on Earth. Although you drink milk and I drink trimeric ammonia, it seems similar. Over time, drinking too much will harm the body. Someone said that drinking too much is also harmful to the body, but there are still so many people drinking every day. The management department and price department made up of civil servants suggested that they could raise the price of a cup of milk to 3,000 yuan. Then the country would raise the civil servant's salary to 1,000,000 yuan a month. Then they could drink pure milk and not trimeric ammonia. Anyway, there are a lot of farmers and city civilians who don't receive wages. No matter how poor they are, they can't let down the country's master.
As the New Tang no longer accepted exiles from China, China began to send exiles to the Mobei region. The northern part of the Mobei region was the Central Siberian Plateau with a harsh climate and complex terrain. The extremely cold continental climate, the strongly divided mountainous terrain, the thick and extensive permafrost and other harsh natural conditions, coupled with the sparse population and inconvenient transportation, were not conducive to the development of agriculture and animal husbandry. The many advantages made the Central Siberian Plateau an excellent place for exiles. But it wasn't completely useless. Large-scale hydropower stations and other power stations, the mining of coal, iron, and non-ferrous metals, and the logging industry were more developed. It was expected that in the future, with the further improvement of science and technology, it would become a base for mining, logging, and wood processing.
Being exiled to the Central Siberian Plateau was a great deterrent to China's criminals. The fear of not being able to return made many possible crimes disappear, greatly reducing the crime rate. All kinds of crimes reached the lowest level in the past 50 years.
In 2024, as the Chinese New Year approached, China's Internet Surveillance Bureau began to crack down on an internet rumor. The content was a discussion about the country's master, who exactly was the country's master.
The discussion started with the question of who was the real master of the country in America. The United States was the most classic constitutional system. The most impressive thing about the constitutional system in the United States was the various lively elections. The biggest feature was that the right to vote, the right to decide, and the right to recall were separated. Only the people were given the right to vote, while the most crucial and important powers — the right to decide and recall — were given to the parliament. The members of the parliament were all politicians who had taken refuge with various interest groups. The only way to determine who was the master of the country was to see who held the power to dismiss the government officials. Everything else doesn't count. A representative body, untainted by money, which is produced by the people or from the people, possesses at the same time the right of election, the right of decision, and the right of recall, and above all the right of recall, is really open cooking.
The Internet Surveillance Bureau did not care about this level of discussion. In fact, they were happy to see it. Analyzing the problems of the Americans from the bottom of their hearts would help in the formation of positive energy. However, at some point in time, discussions began to spread from the outside to the inside of China. Who is the master of China? Some people believed that it was the person who set the rules of the game, while others believed that it was the current vested interests.
Some people were more open-minded and linked it to America's recall power. They believed that in America, the right to vote, decide, and recall was held by the representative body. This body did not have any administrative power and did not care about practical matters. They represented various interest groups, and when these interest groups were combined, they basically represented the mainstream interests of America. The parliament had to quarrel because every interest group was always fighting and compromising to develop. But in China, who held the right to vote, decide, and recall power? For every election, the community staff would hold a list and let the voters tick. If they did not know who to tick, it would not be wrong to tick the first one! It did not matter if they ticked the wrong one, they could just tick it again. In this way, the original election was created. The right to decide was in the hands of the ruling party. No one knew if the party could become the representative of the people. They only knew that the party members were the vanguard. They were different from ordinary citizens. They first represented the interests of the party, and then the interests of the people. Some party members believed that in the face of danger, the party members, and interests, could not give way. In the end, who held the right of recall power? The higher-ups. A section chief is a section member, a division chief is a section chief, a division chief is a division chief, a minister is a division chief, and a state-level minister is a minister. This was why China's cadres did not need to do practical things for the people, nor did they need to develop the economy. They only needed to complete the orders given by the higher-ups. If the leaders were comfortable, they would be comfortable. As for whether the people were comfortable or not, from top to bottom, there were a lot of excuses and arguments. Every time, the people would feel ashamed: We are too inconsiderate of the leaders! The basic reason was that the people could not recall themselves. The people who could recall them were the ones at the top. What if the people had opinions? There was only one way: maintain stability. Therefore, 60% of the work of our administrative cadres in a year was to maintain stability. No matter what the people said or did, there was only one way: maintain stability.
This method was, of course, very good in Shin Myung Province. Because in Shin Myung Province, the final recall power was in the hands of the king. The king was the only one who kept his word. There was no messy parliament, and there was no collective leadership. The so-called collective leadership sounded pretty good, but in fact, it was just a center of wrangling. Every day, there was intrigue, and nothing was done.
Once the netizens came into contact with this level, the Internet Surveillance Bureau would not take it lying down. They immediately took action and arrested more than a thousand rumor-mongers. They did not need to be put on trial and were directly sent to Siberia. When Liu Yu found out about this, he asked Liu Dehou for these people. He felt that these people were of good quality and had relatively high academic qualifications. They also had a certain level of independent thinking, and had certain ideas for development. They were talents that Shin Myung Province needed.
Liu Dehou approved Liu Yu's request and informed the special train to send the people to Central Siberia to transfer them to Shin Myung Province in Kansk.
Wu Zhinan, a weak scholar in his thirties, spent nearly half a month on the special train heading north. Finally, he stepped off the platform for the first time in Kansk. In this half a month, he did not speak to anyone. He looked out of the window during the day and looked at the stars at night. Perhaps it was the vast and boundless grassland that constantly expanded his mind. In the next few days, more and more smiles appeared on his face. He was from Min Province and a graduate of Eastern University. After graduation, he applied for civil service three times. Each time, he was among the top, but each time, he failed. His family was an urban commoner. On the balcony of their house in the alley, they opened a small shop. Every day, they could sell thirty to fifty packs of cigarettes, ten to twenty bottles of alcohol, and some needles and thread. The income was barely enough to support the family of three. His father was not yet sixty years old and did not receive a pension. His mother had just reached fifty-five years old and started receiving a meager pension at the beginning of the year. With this little pension and the income from the small shop, the family seemed to be more well-off. Therefore, his mother had the idea of finding a wife for her son.
Just as the news spread, a girl automatically came to his door. She was a fashionable woman in her mid-twenties. She was slightly plump and looked very practical. Wu Zhinan was a little polite in the beginning when he spoke to her. After three minutes, he became very casual. It turned out that they were online friends! Wu Zhinan published an article on the Internet called "Mom Wants Me to Marry a Wife." In the article, he talked about his situation. His parents lived in one room, and he used the other to open a grocery store. At night, he made do with the store. If he married a wife, there would only be one result. His parents would have to live in the grocery store. If he had another child, he would have to sleep in the dining room. But at thirty years old, it was natural for him to marry a wife, have a child, and carry on the family line. However, with such conditions, even marrying a wife was somewhat difficult, let alone having a child.
A female friend replied to the post with a sentence: I'm willing to sleep in the grocery store with you. This female friend was the slightly plump girl who came to his door. The girl's surname was Lin, and her name was Lin Caixia. She was a little careless girl. Usually, when she introduced herself, she liked to say that her name was the most boring. Lin Qingxia sounded so nice. There were also Zixia, Hongxia, Haixia, Dianxia … However, she named herself Caixia. It seemed that there were all kinds of colors, but in fact, it was very tacky.
Lin Caixia was a straightforward person. She was from the neighboring city and was 20 minutes away from the high-speed train. She had a younger brother and parents at home. Her parents were farmers, and her younger brother was mixed up in the world. He smoked, drank, got into gang fights, scammed, and did not take drugs. She studied for a higher job and worked in the city. According to incomplete statistics, she had changed 50 jobs in five years. She had worked as an office clerk, the front desk of a repair shop, a waiter in a hotel, and small advertisements on the street. She had been following this person called Wu Zhinan for some time. This netizen did not post randomly. His jokes were very sincere, but his thinking was very rigorous. He had his own unique views on things. She had wanted to take a look for a long time ago.
This time, it was disguised as a marriage search. Lin Caixia immediately took the initiative to send herself to the door.
Once she got familiar with the Wu family, Lin Caixia began to tidy up the messy house. In a few moments, the house was much cleaner. Her mother came back from grocery shopping. When she saw the much cleaner house, a smile appeared on her face.
The two of them confirmed their relationship. She did not know if it was because their birth characters clashed or if it was fate. After dinner at night, Lin Caixia went online. In her group, some people started to talk about the country's ruler. She found it very interesting and asked Wu Zhinan to come over and take a look. Wu Zhinan initially thought that these people were childish. As he read on, he felt that it was quite interesting. Then, he started to share his views and opinions. Soon, his unique views were unanimously praised by everyone.
It was only when the police came to his door that he realized that he had been convicted for his words. With a long sigh, he said goodbye to his old parents and new lover. Then, he went to the distant north alone. Lin Caixia told him that she would wait for him at the Wu family's house. Wu Zhinan smiled, patted her head, and left. He thought to himself, Wait for me to come back! Whether or not that hellish existence could come back was still unknown. At the same time, he was also full of curiosity and anticipation towards that place. It was a place where "the speaker is not guilty, and the listener is fully alert". It would not confine people's words and thoughts.
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