Chapter 29-Brainwashing
After working in Maple Ridge for two days, Village Chief Fan returned to Pan Shishan Village Office. He wanted to plan the first training class for the backbone of the peasant association. He wanted to unify the thoughts of these backbones with the thoughts of the Party. Only by unifying these people's thoughts could the land reform work be truly carried out.
After two days of preparation, the training class was held. The township government did not have a special classroom, so they could only rely on a horizontal hall in the village. The stools were also borrowed from each household.
" The purpose of this training class is to unify everyone's thinking," Village Chief Fan said in the training class." Only by unifying everyone's thinking can our land reform be carried out smoothly and successfully complete the task. The fundamental reason why our party was able to seize power throughout the country and sit on the throne is that we have a unified mindset. There were millions of people in the Party, and none of them could have their own ideas. They could only have the Party's ideas, and the Party's ideas were everyone's ideas. No one could oppose the Party's ideas, or else he would not be able to work in this organization.”
"Then, what was the ideology of our party during the land reform period? It was a book titled 'The Land Law of China.' The first idea of the outline was that the land system of the Celestial Empire was extremely unreasonable. The landowners and rich peasants, who made up one-tenth of the population, occupied seven-tenths or eight-tenths of the land, while the poor, who made up eight-tenths or nine-tenths of the population, occupied less than two-tenths or three-tenths of the land. They were cruelly exploited by the landowners. This is the premise, and you can only obey this premise. Don't stick to the numbers and ratio. Don't say that the landlord and rich peasants in our housing farms account for more than one-tenth of the population, and don't say that the land occupied by the landlord and rich peasants in our housing farms does not account for six-tenths or seven-tenths. The examples in your housing farms are only individual cases. If you deny this premise based on individual cases, you will be making a mistake of generalizing. If we, the Party, say that the land system is extremely unreasonable, then it is extremely unreasonable. Don't give an example and say that the land of a landlord in our housing estate is left behind by his ancestors, from his business, and he bought it with money. If you say that, then you are defending the landlord and standing on the wrong side.”
"The second idea is the specific policies and methods of land reform: 1. Abolish the land ownership of all landlords, all ancestral halls, temples, monasteries, schools, institutions, and organizations, and abolish the feudal exploitation debts in the countryside before the land reform. 2. All the land of the landlord, the public land, and all other land in the village shall be taken over by the village peasant association and distributed evenly according to the total population of the village; In terms of distribution methods, the more land was taken, the less land was taken, and the quality was taken, so that all the villagers could obtain the same amount of land and belong to each person. 3. The rural peasant association shall take over the livestock, farm implements, houses, grain, and other property of the landlord, and shall collect the surplus of the above-mentioned property from the rich peasants and distribute it to the peasants and other poor people who lack such property, as well as to the landlord, so that all the people in the village can obtain appropriate means of production and livelihood. 4. Protect the property of industrial and commercial workers and their legal business from being violated. 5. The legal executive organs of the land reform are the "village peasant assembly" and the "committee" elected by it, as well as the "peasant representative assembly" and the "committee" elected by it at the district, county and provincial levels. 6. In order to ensure the implementation of land reform and the people's democratic rights, the government should organize people's courts to try and punish all criminals who violate or destroy this law; To ensure that the peasants and their representatives have the right to criticize, impeach, replace, and elect all the government and peasant organizations at various meetings, so that all measures in the land reform conform to the interests and will of the vast majority of the people.”
"We must be cruel and merciless to the landowners. You cannot be merciful or soft-hearted. It is reasonable for us to confiscate their land, houses, and all their property. There is a word in the name of our party called 'communication', but we do not communicate with the landlords, but confiscate their property. The gold and silver belonged to the government, while the rest belonged to the farmers. This was the fruit of victory. When we split the fruits of victory, the vast number of poor people would be jubilant.”
"Don't think about how the landlord can survive if he doesn't have land. Where would they live if there were no houses? Without livestock and farming tools, how could they farm? If you think this way, then you are being kind. When you were poor, did the landlord think this way for you? If he thought for you, you wouldn't be poor anymore.”
"The above two ideas are the main content of my speech today. The counselor will also organize you to study the 'Land Law of China' one by one. The second meaning I want to talk about is to quickly eliminate literacy. You were all poor people in the past. You must have never read or read very little. As for the words in the books, he can recognize me, but I can't recognize him. This won't do. After you go back, quickly set up an literacy school. All the poor people who have never read books must go to literacy, especially you, the backbone of the peasant association. In the future, you will become the cadre of the rural Party. Without education, you can't do anything. You can't use the words of three stones of cow dung and six dustpans to avoid it.”
The training course lasted for three days before the core members went back. The team of the Maple Ridge Farmers Association was also selected. The Sheng Group was the leader, while Mei Yang and Bosen were the deputy leaders. The land reform of Maple Ridge was carried out by this team. Village Chief Fan also assigned them a consultant. This consultant had to manage a few houses, and he could only come once every three days.
On the way home, Mei Yang said to Team Sheng,""Leader Sheng, let's start with literacy first. It's not good if we can't read. Now, there are so many documents to learn and so many policies to learn.”
"That's good. Who do you think will be the instructor?"”
Mei Yang said," It's either in the rain or Sui Chu. In my opinion, the rain seems to be more suitable."”
Sheng Group said," What if Mister Rain refuses to teach us? We're all grown up. We must be stupid. He doesn't pay the tuition fees. It's useless for him to teach us."”
Mei Yang said," Leader, you don't have to worry about this. Aren't we going to divide him up now? I only said that I wanted to make him a landlord to scare him. He would still be anxious and obediently teach me."”
Sheng Group said,"This isn't good. It's too unkind!" You can't rely on scaring. You have to do your work."
Mei Yang said," Our leader has also learned to do his job. Alright, I'll go and do my job. I guarantee that I'll do my job well in the rain. You guys just have to come and study."”
After returning to the village, Mei Yang went to look for Yu Zhong. He said,""I don't call you mister because you didn't teach me that. Secondly, now that the commies are here, it's no longer fashionable to call you that. We are going to set up a night school to eliminate literacy. All the poor people who have never studied will come. We invite you to be our teacher to teach us how to read and count. We demand that we become illiterate in three months.”
Yu Zhong said," Go find the teacher at Qingli Primary School. He teaches the children during the day and you at night. The desks and chairs there are all ready-made.”
Mei Yang said,"I'm not bargaining with you. I'm here to inform you on behalf of the peasant association." Do you know what the peasant association is? The peasant association is the highest authority in the house. Everyone has to listen to what they say, including you in the rain.”
"Even if you don't call me Mister, you should at least call me Brother Yu Zhong. In terms of seniority and age, I'm older than you."”
Mei Yang said," Alright, alright. I'll call you Brother Yuzhong. Do you agree or not?"”
In the rain, she said," It's not that I don't agree, but my family is too difficult. Every wife that comes after me dies. Now that I don't have a wife, I have two little daughters and a little son to live with me. My son is only seventeen years old, and he keeps pestering me to join the army and go to North Korea to fight. It's not easy for me to support them!”
Mei Yang said," You have to be careful. You were a guard on duty for a year. You're the target of the party's attacks. If you don't listen to the party, be careful of being beaten to the ground!”
"Alright, alright, I promise you. You can decide when to start."”
After Mei Yang left, he went to Li Ren's house in the rain and told his third brother what Mei Yang had said. His third brother said,""This is also a good thing. If there's no reward, so be it. Just treat it as cooking.”
"I'm not angry about this. I've been teaching for decades, but there are still a lot of children who don't charge tuition fees." I'm angry because Mei Yang threatened me, saying that I was the head of the security team for a year and wanted to give me the title of landlord. His eyes bulged out fiercely, and he spoke with a gangster's tone.”
Li Ren said," Little brother, you have to be careful. The world has changed so much that I can't even recognize it. How else can it change? It's not something that you and I can grasp." You see, the last time Village Head Fan came to our house for a few days, he specially looked for those rotten people to talk, but he ignored us. And in the history of the house, which major event wasn't borne by us?”
After two days, the night school for literacy was held at Gaoshan Temple. The tables and chairs were all brought by the villagers, and the lamp oil was also provided by the villagers. More than 30 people came, all of whom were poor people in the village. Mr. Rain was only responsible for teaching everyone how to read.
On the first night, in the rain, he taught everyone how to write their own names and how to write the name of the house in Maple Ridge. Yu Zhong said," Everyone in our house is surnamed Liu. The word 'Liu' is composed of three parts: Mao, Jin, and Dao. When these three parts form the word 'Liu', some of them change their shape. The word' Mao 'is written as a dot, and the word' Dao 'is written as'.'In this way, it becomes a word.”
Borson said," It's too difficult, too difficult. Why did our ancestors have this surname?”
The rain said," Don't be afraid of difficulties. A person must first learn to write his own name. What your surname is is not up to you to decide.”
In the rain, he taught them to write their names one by one. He taught the Sheng team to write the two words 'Sheng team'. The Sheng team said,"My master is also uneducated. Why did he give me such a difficult name? Can I not have the two skulls above the word 'Sheng'?”
Yu Zhong smiled and said," Is it still 'Sheng' without the skull? Actually, their pronunciation is the same, but the meaning is different." The name must have been given by an old gentleman. We can't change it.”
The next night, they reviewed the content they had learned the night before, and then taught a new lesson. In the rain, they taught the newly issued "New Village Miscellany" by the government.
The Chinese nation had a long history. The Three Royals and Five Emperors, Xia, Shang, and Zhou; the Qin, Han, and Three Kingdoms; the Western and Eastern Jin; the Southern and Northern Dynasties; the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties; the Northern Song and Southern Song Dynasties; the Liao, Xia, and Jin Dynasties; the Yuan Dynasty; the Ming, Qing, and Republic of China; and the People's Republic of China.
In the rain, he first picked out the numbers inside. There were " one, three, five, ten, hundred, thousand ". Then, he picked out a few dynasties in the history of China. They were " Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Northern and Southern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Song, Liao, Xia, Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic of China, and the People's Republic of China." Then, he brought everyone to read and write over and over again. The words here were easy to write, and there were difficult to write. When they encountered difficult words, everyone complained endlessly.
The Sheng Group did not study culture and reading during the day. They held a village meeting in the name of the peasant association. The main hall was the venue for everyone. The upper and lower halls were often filled. On this day, the cultural consultant of the village, Xiao Wang, came. The Sheng Group asked him to lead everyone to study the " Land Law of the Celestial Dynasty ".
Little Wang said,"The first article of the Land Law of the Celestial Dynasty is to abolish the feudal and semi-feudal land system and implement the land system of land to the tiller. What did it mean to abolish it? It was to abolish and cancel. Simply put, it was to nullify. What was the feudal and semi-feudal land system? To put it simply, all the land relations in the past were invalid. They could no longer say that this land was yours or mine. They had to redistribute this land.”
"What do you mean by 'land to the tiller? The idea of land to the tiller was put forward by the government. He died before he could realize this idea. Only our leader Mao could realize this idea. Simply put, all farmers who farm should own land.”
Xigui said,"I object to this unreasonable regulation. Why should we abolish the land system in the past?" Take me for example. Everyone knows that my family's land was bought with the money I earned from working long-term. Why should it be invalid? What's the reason? If you nullify my land, doesn't that mean that I've worked for twenty years for nothing? At the very least, you have to return the money I used to buy the land to me.”
Mei Yang said," Xigui, what's the use of opposing? This outline is not made for you alone. It is made for the entire Chinese Empire. In front of the outline, you are even smaller than an ant. What's the use of opposing it?"”
Xigui said," I will object whether it is useful or not. This is the logic of a bandit. Whoever does things according to it is a bandit. Only bandits would rob so blatantly and be so unreasonable!”
Mei Yang said,"Who are you calling a bandit? Are you scolding the Chinese commies? Are you scolding Leader Mao? Don't you want your head anymore? What a bold landlord!"
Xigui said,"Who's the landlord? What's wrong with being a landlord?" The landlord was the owner of the land, which meant that the land belonged to him. What right did you have to snatch it away from him?”
"Xigui, don't make a scene. We're here to study documents, not to fight." This document was not made by us. It was made by the party. It is now the party's world. Can you not admit this reality? Can you say that this world is yours?”
Xigui said,"What do I want this world for? I only want my land. My land was bought with my hard-earned money." Mei Di and I worked long-term together. I did it alone. Later on, he was done by a few sons and daughters. I saved up the money to buy land. Their money was eaten up by his wife buying meat and he lost all his money gambling. Now, you want to destroy my family's land. Do you have any conscience?”
"It's not up to you to decide whether you have a conscience or not."”
Mei Yang said,"Do you get the money to buy the land from your long-term work? You also lent money to loan sharks, right? Let's not talk about the past. Just the flood two years ago, how much loan sharks did you lend? Until now, how many people still can't pay back what they owe you? The interest you get is someone else's hard-earned money. Have you ever thought about this?”
Xigui said," You only saw one side. If I didn't lend the grain to others, do you know how many people would starve to death in Maple Ridge?" Do you know that there is a depletion in the storage and storage of grain? If you have grain to lend to others, can you not charge interest?”
Mei Yang said," Don't quibble. You're cruelly exploiting others. Do you know that?”
Xigui said," Oh, haha, you've learned a lot of new terms. You're still exploiting and cruel!”
Prince De spoke at this time. He said,"I support Xigui's opinion. Everyone knows that my family does have some property. I fought hard to earn it. Have you ever seen anyone kneel in the paddy field and plow the fields? I'm the only one in the entire house! "I've seen it. In our farm, those who work hard, work hard, and behave properly will have some property. If you abolish their land according to this regulation, won't you be encouraging lazy people and loafers?”
Mei Yang said," Who are you calling a lazy bum? They are just prostitutes. The prostitutes are the targets of the party. Are you against the party?”
Prince De said,"Don't flatter me. I can't afford to be flattered by you!"”
Little Wang, who was studying the document, said," Alright, alright. Stop arguing. Continue studying." The second rule was to abolish all land ownership rights of the landowners. What kind of person is a landlord? Leader Mao once said that those who occupy the land, do not work themselves, or only do supplementary labor, and rely on exploiting the peasants for a living are called landlords. The landlord's method of exploitation was mainly to collect rent. In addition, he also lent money, hired workers, or engaged in industry and commerce. However, the exploitation of land rent from the peasants was the main form of exploitation by the landlords. Managing the court and collecting school rent were also a type of land rent exploitation.”
Xigui said,"I object, I object." Today, all of you mentioned Leader Mao. Who is Leader Mao? Is he from Maple Ridge? It's none of his damn business. Why do you always use him to pressure others?”
Mei Yang said,"Let me tell you. The weather has changed. In the past, you rich people had the final say. Now, it's us poor people who have the final say. We poor people want to turn over a new leaf and be liberated. Who will lead us to turn over a new leaf and seek liberation? It's the party. Leader Mao is the greatest leader of the party, the head of the party. His words are the emperor's imperial edict. Do you dare to oppose the imperial edict?”
Xigui said," It's good that you poor people want to be liberated. I don't object or stop you, but what does this have to do with us? What does it have to do with our land?"”
Mei Yang said,"Of course it's your business. The poor want to share your property!"”
Sheng Group said,"Now, it's not about sharing, but it's going to be confiscated. It's about all the rich people's property being confiscated."”
Xi Gui said,"Ruffian, ruffian, you have a ruffian accent!"”
The first day of study ended just like that. They had not even learned two lines of the " Syllabus " when all the people in the meeting were listening to the debate between Prince Xigui and Mei Yangsheng's group. They were thinking, discussing, and discerning. They were just spectators. They did not participate in it, nor did they lean towards any side.
The members of the peasant association had a meeting. Mei Yang said,"Leader Sheng, we can't be so weak. If we can't win Xigui's argument, we won't win the masses. If we can't win the masses, we won't win the land reform.”
"That's true. We need to think of a way."”
Mei Yang said," In short, we have to have momentum. No matter if it's reasonable or unreasonable, we have to use our momentum to suppress Xigui and the others.”
Team Sheng said," Unreasonable is definitely unreasonable. You and I are like mirrors in our hearts. The problem is that we have to turn unreasonable into reasonable. We have to gather the masses to our side.”
Mei Yang said," I have an idea. I'll let someone lead the way and shout the slogan. Village Chief Fan taught us this experience when he was training us. He also said that this is a magic weapon for the party to win.”
Sheng Group said,"Alright, alright, let Boson do this."”
Borson said," Alright, my voice is good and strong. I'll be the leader."”
Mr. Rain had been teaching for seven nights. He realized that some people were really hardworking and smart. Mei Yang might look unsightly, but he was extremely smart. You really couldn't judge a book by its cover. The Boson brothers were not bad. The Qiyan brothers were a little older, but they were also not bad. Only the Sheng group was a little stupid, but he was very hardworking.
At the party that day, Mister Rain started teaching again. He said,""Tonight, we'll be learning about Angelica dahurica, indigo leaves, ginseng, Tianma, and the white grass. Purple perilla shepherd's purse seedling seedling vegetable, Fu Miao seedling toad toad. Nepeta, windbreak, cat ears, thatch, lamp grass, milk tree. Gray vegetables, grain grass, donkeys, wild wheat, wild celery, scissors. Long seedling grass Tianma eggplant, bitter pinnate lantern tree. Rice, corn, wheat, millet, black sesame. Millet, millet, Manchurian ginseng, peanut, rape, cotton. Buckwheat, beans, sunflower seeds, yellow smoke, taro, and big sweet potatoes.'This section was very long, but the things inside were all things that we came into contact with daily. Some were medicinal herbs, some were ingredients.”
Mei Yang said,"What do you mean by turning white grass? I've never heard of this name before."”
Mister Rain found Mei Yang's question funny. He thought of flipping the white grass, then flipping his mouth, and then Mei Yang. However, he couldn't laugh. He had to explain. He said,"Fanbai grass is chicken foot grass, also known as poria grass. It is a kind of medicinal herb.”
"What is a toad, sir?" said Borson. Is it called toad?"
Mister Rain said,"That's right, that's right. It's said backwards to rhyme."”
Qiyan said,"What do you mean by milk tree? I'm over forty years old, haven't I heard of it before?"”
Mister Yu Zhong said,"Milk tree is also a kind of medicinal material. We don't have it here." It was a small creeping plant. When one pinched its stem, something like milk would flow out. That was why it was called this. Some people also called it Phytolacca acinosa.”
Zu De said,"Mister Yu Zhong, what is this cotton? Is it cotton?"”
Mister Rain said," No, it's also a kind of medicinal herb. It's also known as the seed of theophrasium amurensis or the seed of wild cotton.”
These contents couldn't be taught in one night, so Mister Rain chose ten medicinal herbs to teach everyone how to read. Then, he practiced writing, reading and writing over and over again.
The next day, the peasant association held another meeting in the main hall, and the content was still to study the outline of the land law of the celestial dynasty.
Little Wang said," Today, we will continue to study the outline of the government. Last time, we learned two things, which were to abolish feudal and semi-feudal land and to abolish the land of the landlord. The third rule was to abolish all ancestral halls, temples, monasteries, schools, institutions, and organizations 'ownership of land.”
"As far as we're concerned, our Manchurian ancestral hall has eight stones, three buckets, and five liters of water. These fields have to be abolished.”
Qi Fa said," I object to the abolition of these land assets. These land assets were donated by 63 descendants of the Liu family of the Five Gates and Thirteen Clans. In Maple Ridge, Kong Shi donated two bushels, Zhu Ren donated one bushels, and Li Ren donated one bushels. I was the person in charge back then. Was it because they were so rich that they couldn't plant the crops? It's because they have a heart that respects their sect and loves their clan. It's because they have a benevolent heart. If you want to abolish these lands, you'll be tarnishing their conscience.”
Xigui said," Yes, yes, yes. It can't be abolished. If I had land back then, I would have donated it."”
Borson stood up, raised his fist and shouted,"Abolish it! Abolish it!"”
The members of the peasant association also joined in the shouting,"Abolish it resolutely, abolish it resolutely!"”
The farmers who attended the meeting did not know what was going on. They just watched and listened to everything in confusion. Mei Yang stood up and said," This is the slogan. From now on, as long as someone is leading the slogan, everyone will follow suit.”
Xi Gui said,"What do you call this? Call it 18 o'clock. It's reasonable. If you can't win, you'll be unreasonable."”
Little Wang said," Stop quarreling, stop quarreling. Let's continue to study. Fourth, abolish all debts in the villages before the land reform. The debts that should be abolished in this article refer to the usury debts owed by the working people to the landlords, rich peasants, and usurers before the land reform.”
Xi Gui said," I object, I firmly object. This is the act of bandits, this is the logic of bandits!”
Mei Yang said," It's useless for you to object. This is the law of the Party. It governs you.”
"This is a good one. It really speaks for us poor people."”
Xigui said," Good my ass. You borrowed my money, but you didn't even return the principal, let alone interest. Isn't this robbery? How can there be such a reason in the world? Since Pangu created the world, how can there be such a reason?”
Mei Yang said," Xigui, you have to know that the Party can create miracles. There is no such thing in the world, but we can do it. The reason that had not existed since Pangu could be found now.”
Borson shouted again,"You don't have to pay back your debts. You have to borrow money next year!"”
Many of the villagers were intrigued when they heard that. They also shouted,"You don't have to pay back your debts. You can borrow money next year!”
Xigui started crying. He said," I must have been blind to lend money to you heartless people. At that time, you said that if I didn't lend money to you, you would starve to death or freeze to death. You asked me to be kind and asked me to give you a grace period when you didn't have the money to pay back the money. I gave you a grace period. Now, there's actually some damn law that states that you don't pay back the money. Have your consciences been eaten by dogs?!"”
The villagers burst into laughter. Most people liked this law. It would be great if they didn't return the money they borrowed. Why didn't they borrow a little more? Man's plan was really not as good as God's plan. When they borrowed, who knew that the world would turn around like this? Heaven and earth had turned upside down! Pangu split the heavens and earth, who had encountered such a good thing? Some people regretted not going to Xigui's house to borrow money, while others regretted not returning the money they borrowed. There was no medicine for regret in this world. If there was, they would go to Xigui's house to borrow money to buy a few catties.
Little Wang said,"Everyone, quiet down. Let's study the fifth article again. The rural peasant assembly and the committee it elects, the poor peasant league assembly organized by the peasants with little land and the committee it elects, and the district, county, and provincial peasant representative assembly and the committee it elects are the legal executive organs for the reform of the land system. For example, our Maple Ridge Farmers Association is the legal agency for land reform.”
Xi Gui cried and said," I object, I firmly object. They are legal organizations. They are bandit organizations, robbery organizations, and unjust organizations. If you follow them, you will all become bandits. You are all kind people. Don't become bandits. That will be cut into pieces!"”
Mei Yang said," Xigui, you're calling us bandits. You're tired of living. You're courting death. Boson, go get a rope and hang this reckless Xigui up and beat him up!"”
Xi Gui said,"Blind Mei Yang, you dare? If you dare to hit me, I will crush you into water!"”
Team Sheng said to Mei Yang," Alright, alright. Just scare him a little. You can't really beat him up!"”
Boson was going to get the rope, but he stopped after hearing the leader's words. Mei Yang said,""I'm angry. Look at how arrogant this Xigui is. Does he have any respect for our peasant association?”
"Can you blame him? This is what bandits do."”
Mei Yang said,"Leader Sheng, what kind of position do you have? I have to report this to Village Chief Fan."”
"I was just joking, why are you so anxious?"”
The meeting ended just like that. Xigui went home crying. He clearly felt that he had no supporters. He was the only one who lent money in the whole house. Many people in the whole house had borrowed money from him. These people saw that this law was beneficial to them and followed it unreasonably. Who could he complain to? What was the use of crying?
When he returned home, Xigui looked at his four sons. The eldest son, Hidemura, was ten years old, the second son, Hideyoshi, was six years old, the third son, Hideyoshi, was four years old, and the fourth son, Shusi, was only one year old. They were really crying for food! This damn law actually said that he would confiscate his land, confiscate his family property, and make the debt-taker not return his money!
Shen Shi said: " It is fortunate that our family has lost a child. If Xiu Pu was still alive, she would be fifteen years old. We have one more person to eat. If we don't have land, how can we raise them?”
Xigui said,"You woman, don't chew maggots. Your son is such a precious thing. If there are people, there will be a world. If there is no one, there will be no world." Blind Mei Yang was baring his fangs and brandishing his claws. He was already twenty-eight years old, and he was still a lonely old man. This was God's will to end his family's descendants. Who told him to be so vicious!”
" Boss," Pan Zaixing said," I'll give you an idea. You can't blame Mei Yang alone for this. He acted according to the Land Law." According to the outline, in a few days, your family's land, house, furniture, and farming tools will be confiscated, and your family's debts will be written off. The most important thing now is to see how much gold and silver your family has left. Hide some quickly, or else, it won't be yours anymore.”
Xigui stared at him and said,"Gold and silver, where do I have gold and silver? Do you see any gold and silver in my house?" Are you trying to get information from me and report it to them before robbing our family of gold and silver?”
Pan Zaixing said," Boss, you're really muddle-headed. I've worked for your family for so many years. We have feelings for each other. How could I ruin your plan?”
Madam Shen said," That's right, that's right. You've wronged Old Pan. Quickly apologize!”
Xigui said,"Apologize to hell, you snake and mouse nest!"”
The group of the peasant association was in a meeting again. Team Sheng said,"The results of our meetings have been quite good. Although Xigui and Prince De were not convinced and refuted, the poor did not oppose us. If there's a pie in the sky falling into their mouths, how can they not follow us? They didn't say anything, but their attitude told us that they were on the same page as us. This meant that our thoughts were already unified.”
Mei Yang said,"The summary of the Sheng Group leader is very accurate. My understanding is also the same." Xi Gui's savage counterattack also showed his dispiritedness. He had already acknowledged our outline in his heart.”
Borson said,"What are we going to do next?”
Xiu Xin said," What do you want to do? That's the same as sharing the fruits of victory. I've been looking forward to this every day. It's such a good thing to share the fruits of victory without working hard!"”
"Yeah, if that's the case, then you can go to Aiai's house less often and just take the things that you've been given to her."”
Xiu Xin said,"Leader Sheng, what kind of joke are you talking about? How bad would it be if Mei Jun were to hear about this?"”
Sheng Group said," Let's be serious. Our next task is still to do the work. We will split the work. Each of us will contract ten to fifteen families to do the work. We will really unify everyone's thinking.”
"Yes, yes, yes, that's right," Mei Yang said. We want every poor person to take this Land Law as an imperial edict, so that everyone can share the property of the rich with justice and not feel guilty. The first understanding was that the original land system was unreasonable, and the original property possession was also unreasonable. The second understanding was that everything that was unreasonable had to be abolished. Land had to be redistributed, and so did property.”
This Mei Yang was really smart. When the party came, he quickly grew up. Look at how his analysis and conclusion were in line with the requirements of the party!
At this moment, Li Ren and Yu Zhong were also talking about this matter.
"Third Brother, what do you think of this matter?"”
Li Ren said," I only believe in one thing. When our ancestor, Duke De Zhou, built Maple Ridge, he had five sons. He must have divided all his property, including land, houses, gold, silver, and treasures, equally among his five sons. He wouldn't treat anyone well, nor would he treat anyone poorly. Both his hands and the back of his hands were flesh! The method of dividing the family property equally was passed down from generation to generation. This method was undoubtedly the fairest method. You couldn't find a fairer method. After hundreds of years, why were some families rich and some poor?”
"This difference stems from the difference in family structure. After splitting up, some brothers have more children, while others have fewer children. Secondly, some people were diligent and experienced in farming. They even knew how to do business. Some people were just lazy and managed the land in a mess. Third, some people were thrifty and lived a tight life. They saved up their money and bought land. Some people lived a luxurious life, spending whatever they had or even borrowing money to survive. When they encountered difficulties, they would sell their fields. How big was the difference between buying and selling? Fourthly, some people were in good health and didn't get sick. Some people were in poor health and were always sick. Some even died young, leaving behind orphans and weak children. The state of life was vastly different, which was why there was endless disparity between the rich and the poor. Simply attributed this disparity to the exploitation of the poor by the rich was simply blind, or at least short-sighted! How can I have wealth? To produce, and to be good at production and management, how many days can you live well if you only think about sharing other people's property?”
" That's not the problem. The problem is that once such an example is set, there will be endless future troubles. No one wants to work hard to obtain property. Everyone wants to lie in bed and wait for good things to happen. They want to share other people's property. This is a way to reward lazy people. There was no such precedent in history. Once this precedent was set, society would definitely regress.”
In the rain, he said,"Third brother is right, this little brother is really convinced." Mencius said that those who have constant property must have perseverance. This was a great idea. How could a person without property have a sense of responsibility? He would only cause destruction and cause violent social unrest. What he did was nothing more than to be happy at the time. He did not care about the consequences.”
"I often wonder if it's a good thing for the poor to share other people's property. If you divide the property equally today, will there be new injustice tomorrow? There must be. If this cycle continued without a beginning or an end, wouldn't the world become a mess?”
"It's really hard to explain the things in the world. When a pile of stones rises from the shore, the current will be turbulent; When you walk higher than others, everyone will criticize you. If one were to use such a phrase, it would be that the production was more than the number of people, and everyone must share it. There was no justice in this world, but it was a law. There was an old saying in China that said that wealth could not be passed down for three generations. Have you ever seen anyone whose wealth had been passed down for thousands of generations? I don't know!"
Quinoa Ren said,"Since there's nothing we can do about it, let's go with the flow!"”
"That's the only thing we can do. We have no other choice!"”
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