Chapter 23 Chapter 23 To Beijing

These long and hungry days gave Xie Youpan a huge shock!How could he have imagined that the best years of his youth would be spent with such terrible hunger?This life of racking his brains for just one bite of food every day drove him almost crazy.He often listens to the radio with an ore radio and finds that life in the city is much happier than in the countryside. Everyone supplies food and non-staple food by ticket.People in the city often watch movies, and often organize various gatherings to celebrate festivals. Compared with the forgotten corner of Banzi Village, the city is simply a paradise.People who are hungry give up all the dignity of life.Xie Youpan will never forget the experience of chasing a thin little hare for three miles and falling all over his body with bruises. He was almost dragged to death by that rabbit. Hit the beast on the head with a stone.He couldn't wait to roast the rabbit, and chewed off one of its ears alive.This kind of memory is so terrifying, in his dream he even dreamed that this rabbit was gnawing on his ear frantically!

This kind of memory left him nothing but shame.For a year, his heroic father lingered on the kang, looking forward to something he would gain every day. A sparrow, a few earthworms, and half a leather shoe would all be his hope to continue his life.It is a miracle that Banzi Village did not suffer the same disaster as Xidibei and other villages in a radius of a hundred miles!He was horrified by the horrors of this world, and every sand and stone around him made him feel threatened.This is a corner that is almost forgotten by people, where people die like grass, and no one knows that in such a land, life and death become meaningless.If he wanted to forget this shame and get rid of this anxiety, he realized that he had to leave this small village, leave that humble county seat, go to Beijing, go to the heart of China, and set foot on Chang'an Avenue. footprint.It is a palace that will not be forgotten. It is the closest to Chairman Mao. As long as you work hard, you will have a chance to thrive, and it is even more likely to make a brilliant career.

Know your shame and be brave, you must go to Beijing!He despises his original idea of ​​dominating the county middle school, so how can he be called promising?How can you change your destiny?Be sure to go to a university in Beijing! Xie Youpan hid all his ambitions deeply in his heart and became even more reticent.At the age of twenty-two, he applied to return to school and became more diligent than ever.By the second semester of the second year of high school, his grades had climbed to the top ten of the whole year, but he was still not satisfied with this grade. He couldn't take the first place in such a school, so how could he apply for a university in Beijing?Xie Youpan burst out with an almost crazy enthusiasm for learning. Apart from eating and sleeping, he spent all his time studying. It was common for him to light up night battles, and sometimes he even stayed up all night.His face was often smeared with black oil from the oil lamp, and he went to morning self-study without washing.The classmates laughed at him jealously and didn't care, thinking that you people should just laugh. When I arrive in Beijing, you go home to farm, or you will go hungry and starve. See if you still laugh?

The number of teachers in County No. 1 Middle School couldn't keep up, and several teachers died of starvation. The school coordinated with the party organization that manages the farm, and let these rightists take some classes while reforming and studying.The arrival of the rightists quickly improved the quality of teaching in the school. They quickly changed from simple temporary teaching to substitute teachers, and were quietly mentioned to the position of class teacher.The students welcome these rightists with rich revolutionary experience and knowledge very much, and don't mind their rightist hats, and they are harmonious from top to bottom.

Xie Youpan's homeroom teacher was an old rightist, the secretary of the Cheorwon District Party Committee who was sent to Linjian Farm. He was overthrown in 1957.He was in his early fifties, dark and ugly, but his name was Bai Xi.I heard that he was born in a family of officials of the Beiyang government. His father had served as the deputy head of the education affairs of the Beiyang government.Bai Xi joined the Communist Party at the age of twenty-two. That year when the Japanese devils entered the customs, he returned to the city to do underground work. His profound family background made him quickly reused.He secretly dealt with the devils and the national government, obtained a lot of information, until it surfaced on the eve of liberation, and served as the secretary of the local prefectural committee after liberation.

Bai Xi once wrote a research report to the Provincial Party Committee, advocating the development of population statistics and fertility guidance in the eastern part of Henan.He noticed that in order to increase the number of people in the yellow flood area, in order to have more labor force in the family for land reclamation and production in the future, the people are giving birth uncontrollably, causing great damage to the local food and health work pressure, so I wrote this report.The province attached great importance to it, and even sent an investigation team down to understand the situation.Unexpectedly, after August 1957, Beijing suddenly began to criticize Peking University President Ma Yinchu's "New Population Theory". The provincial party committee realized the problem and ordered to stop the census work in Tieyuan District. Bai Xi also became the deputy secretary. .But the matter was not over yet. In 1959, Ma Yinchu, who did not hit the south wall and did not look back, wrote the article "Reaffirming My Request", expressing that he would stick to the truth, "Never give in to the kind of The critics surrender," and further demanded that the verdict be overturned.So Ma Yinchu's academic problem became a political problem for the rightists to attack the central government, and his criticism escalated.This directly caused Bai Xi, who was thousands of miles away, to suffer unexpected disasters.Bai Xi openly supported Ma Yinchu's counterattack against the central government, and was shot at the gunpoint. As soon as a paperwork was issued, he was paraded through the streets, and was soon driven into the farm.

Bai Xi devoted herself to the revolution for decades, but was struck by lightning on the kang.One of the most politically dangerous censuses he conducted turned out to be the basis for his incrimination.Fortunately, Bai Xi has a lenient heart, so he can deny his mistakes and admit his bad luck. Compared with the tragic end of those "counter-revolutionaries", he thinks what happened to him is not bad.All the secretaries, county heads, United Front Ministers, and other similar-level cadres who were reformed together in the farm, usually have something to talk about.There is no criticism on the farm, only day-to-day labor and study.At first, there were people watching, but later the people from the local armed forces found that there was no need to guard these guys at all—they would die if they left the farm. They would either starve to death or be beaten to death.After the Great Leap Forward, all places were busy launching satellites to catch production, so who could take care of them?Therefore, although it was a transformation, this Bai Xi became fatter and fatter, but he was still as dark as before.As soon as he came to the school to teach, he was nicknamed "Black Yorkshire" by the students ("Yorkshire" was a pig breed imported from England in China at that time, commonly known as "Big White Pig").

"Black Yorkshire" has a square head and a square brain, compact features, and a solid body like a rolling pan.But such a short stature is full of talents and elegant demeanor.He has a deep study of history, and he can tell the replacement events of various dynasties and the historical facts of documents with his eyes closed, and he is eloquent in his hand.The boring historical events of each dynasty, the vertical and horizontal alliance of the Spring and Autumn Period, the dispute between Chu and Han, the legend of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, the glory and shame of the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty, and even the wild history of heroes in various dynasties, all become interesting stories under his description. A vivid and lifelike story. The unique storytelling method of "Black Yorkshire" has greatly stimulated the students' interest in learning history, and the students have been paying attention unconsciously. It turns out that history is so interesting to learn.

In terms of class, the gap between Bai Xi and Xie Youpan was insurmountable, but this guy's profound knowledge completely convinced Xie Youpan, and Xie Youpan couldn't stop listening to his class.However, Xie Youpan would not ask Bai Xi for advice no matter how many questions he usually had. Instead, he would rather go to the county library to look up relevant historical materials after school, read them carefully, and history began to change gradually in front of him. Became a mirror.He understands that heroes and heroes all rise in troubled times and are on the cusp of the tide. In the era of turmoil and change, honest people like his father mostly just drift with the tide in a daze, without taking the initiative to choose and design their own lives.He felt that his father was just a low-level officer who survived the revolution by chance. Look at the direction of the wind, take two quick steps, and you will surely get much more brilliant political capital.Now that there is no war in New China, he can only go home and continue to be a farmer, not even a village official.He was very sorry and sad for his father, and gradually felt that his father's great achievements were insignificant.Xie Youpan warned himself never to repeat his father's mistakes. He transcribed a famous saying "Character determines destiny" on the title page of his notebook in bold and large font.

Xie Youpan raised a coordinate of a great future in his heart.Life is just in time!The foundation that my father laid for himself during the revolution with his head in his hands should not be wasted easily anyway.With my own intelligence and diligence, I should be able to seize the opportunity and climb a few steps like flying through the clouds.This is an era unprecedented in China for thousands of years. The birth of new China is not a simple regime change, but a profound social change, which can be described as earth-shaking.The Communist Party's power in China is an opportunity bestowed on me, a young man from rural areas, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Changes such as the "Great Leap Forward" are only the prelude to progress. If a country wants to stand up, it must first be broken!Regardless of my father's mission or destiny, it has become history, and the construction of new China needs more ambitious young people like myself.He is going to the place where the red sun rises to do his own revolutionary career, far surpassing his father.A scene repeatedly emerged in his mind: he, Xie Youpan, led his classmates, waved to Chairman Mao in the shining Tiananmen Square, accepted Chairman Mao's review, and listened to Chairman Mao's teachings!What a glorious and beautiful scenery!

The plan has been made, Xie Youpan looks at all living beings coldly, and feels more and more that he is the one who is about to be entrusted with great responsibility.The students take staying in the county to work as their highest goal in life, and they are simply a bunch of real bumpkins.The only one who can appreciate it, and even have some sympathy with me, looking around, there is only this rightist head teacher left.He is well-informed and knowledgeable about the past and present, so he can give himself some guidance.Xie Youpan smiled and resolved the embarrassment caused by getting close to this rightist.To achieve great things, you must use all available people and things.The ancients said that Daxing disregards meticulousness, Lin Xiangru is magnanimous and can tolerate incorruptibility, Meng Changjun can make friends with thieves, but he can't learn from the ancients? "Mr. Bai, you often say that the Chinese culture is extensive and profound, that it embraces all rivers and is magnificent, but why is China always being invaded by foreigners? The territory of China is so large, but from the time Qin unified the six kingdoms until the founding of New China, Because the history of foreign invasions and dynasty changes abound? And the means of foreign invasions are basically simple force. Mongolia has 300,000 cavalry, and the Manchu Qing has only a few hundred thousand. They can sweep the Central Plains and rule for a hundred years? Chinese culture is both If it failed to protect the safety of the Chinese nation, and failed to lead China to become stronger, then what is the significance of the 'broad and profound' Chinese culture to the Chinese nation? So where does the 'prestige and dignity' come from?" Bai Xi has a good impression of Xie Youpan, a student.He found that Xie Youpan is a student who likes to think and has great ideas. Although Xie Youpan always looks gloomy, there seems to be a flame that is about to burst out behind his eyes, revealing a strong belief. It also reveals a hidden ambition.This student always showed disdain in front of others, and his eyes wandered during class, but Bai Xi knew that he would not miss every word he said.He is usually reticent, but as soon as he stands up, he can always answer questions and answers to the point. Moreover, the knowledge that this kid pays attention to has greatly exceeded the scope of textbooks, especially in history class.Such students are rare in county middle schools, and Bai Xi even specially learned about some of his background at the Academic Affairs Office, so he deeply cherishes his talent. "Good question! It's not easy for student Xie Youpan to ask such in-depth questions! Learning history requires so much thinking, questioning, and summarizing. But first of all, I want to tell you that the answer to this kind of question, There are only different answers, and there is no correct answer! So my answer is not conclusive, it is just my family’s opinion, and students can only use it as a reference. "Culture is a very broad concept, and it is almost difficult to define its connotation and extension...During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, China's national power was strong, and its developed economy and technology brought people's active thinking and cultural prosperity; In the transition to feudal society, it is still in a state of ignorance and conservativeness, rigid thinking, and ordinary people still wear sacks. In history, the Chinese nation has experienced many national fusions. The great fusion of nations will inevitably lead to the great fusion of national culture. Sinochem’s culture is gradually inclusive and inclusive. Chinese culture has a wide and far-reaching influence on North Korea and Japan in the east, ancient India, Persia and Arabia in the west, and even the whole world. Mohammed, the founder of Islam, once said to his disciples: Although learning is far away in China, we should seek it. During the Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties in China, especially the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court was very confident in politics, and pursued the policy of "China is safe, and the barbarians are self-serving." At that time, it was not only the political center of the country, but also the cultural exchange center of Asian countries. China was deeply respected by all countries, and Chinese culture was dignified everywhere. "China has a large territory, but China has been repeatedly invaded by foreign countries. This is a fact. But this problem cannot be directly attributed to Chinese culture. On the one hand, a country's deep cultural heritage does not necessarily lead to a country's strength. And a powerful country does not necessarily have a profound cultural background. On the other hand, a big country is not necessarily strong, and a strong country is not necessarily big. This is the same reason that the most aggressive animals in nature are often not big, such as wolves. , tigers, leopards, etc., but elephants, cows, and horses are bigger than them, but they have a gentle personality. Compared with the foreign countries that once invaded us, China is so big that it has everything. The philosopher Russell once said: If there is a country in the world that is so proud that it disdains war, that country is China. The Chinese nation also has a history of aggression against foreign nations in history, but generally speaking, Chinese culture is a non-aggressive culture. Geographical factors have played a key role in the formation of this characteristic of Chinese culture...Culture is the spiritual backbone of a nation, but the "prestige" of culture is not directly reflected in military confrontation, its strength is reflected in the vitality of the nation, Creativity and cohesion. Culture is a kind of soft power, which is often integrated into or transformed into economic, political, military and other material power through knowledge, belief, spiritual and other forms. Therefore, Mr. Russell said, "No matter for China or human beings, Cultural issues are fundamental', 'Progress and efficiency make us rich and strong, but they are ignored by the Chinese. But, before we harass them, they are safe and peaceful'... "Let's talk about the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty had a vast territory and a strong national power, which was unmatched by other countries in the world at that time. But the problem is here. Wen Tianwu plays, the world has no worries, and he doesn't want to beat others, but forgets to protect himself , even disregarding the wolves of the Liao, Jin, Xixia, Mongolia, etc. outside. And these masters are so poor that they only have blood. Seeing that your Song Dynasty is so rich but so neglectful of self-preservation, How can we not be malicious? So people are fighting every day, but the Song Dynasty is singing and dancing every day, not talking about military affairs, and not repairing armaments. If the economy is so strong and the culture is so profound in the Song Dynasty, how can it stop these tigers and wolves? Another example is the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Japan. One of them was the Tartars and the other was the Japanese pirates. They both beat us to pieces. Before they invaded, they had studied China for decades, and they had thoroughly studied China! All the power of the country is used to develop the military, and the goal is aggression! The Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty and the Bushido of Japan are extremely powerful in combat, and they all launched attacks suddenly. How could Kong's Republic of China be their opponent? "As you said, Japan has been spying on China for more than a day or two. It has been seen since the end of the Qing Dynasty. Everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart. But why didn't the authorities strengthen their war preparations in order to resist foreign humiliation? Chiang Kai-shek actually pursued The policy of "resisting the outside world first" waited until the Japanese occupied the three eastern provinces, Pingjin and Pingjin, and did not join hands with the Communist Party in the full-scale resistance war until after the Battle of Songhu? Why was Chiang Kai-shek so capable of fighting civil wars? Can't stand it in front of you?" "If you get to the root of this problem, you can find the reason from the cultural aspect. Chinese culture also has negative and backward characteristics: internal friction and disorder. Internal friction will inevitably hinder the establishment of a common order, and the absence of a common order breeds and strengthens internal friction. The two fall into a vicious circle in mutual causation...Frequent change of dynasty is the biggest internal friction in Chinese society and the most serious damage to social order. This is the main reason for the slow development of Chinese society! China's internal friction culture has a long history. Counting from the "Spring and Autumn Period", it has been more than two thousand years, and the history of China for more than two thousand years has always been in the cycle of the rise and fall of dynasties! Under the "family world", imperial power is boundless, so everyone wants to be emperor ; and each family and the world are bound to decay, so they have to overthrow and break the order; so the endless battles for the imperial power will drag the people into endless suffering and turmoil... The endless internal friction has strangled the creation of the Chinese nation However, under the Western Christian culture, after the turmoil, people can devote themselves to the establishment of equality and democratic order, and gradually consolidate it... Let people voluntarily give up the supremacy of power, in the eyes of the Chinese It was an unbelievable thing, but President Washington, who was honored as the "father of the nation" of the United States, stepped down from the presidency on his own initiative in order to establish a democratic government; another outstanding American president Lincoln said: Just as I don't want to be a slave, I don't want to be a master... "Foreign war outsiders and insiders for civil wars, it is not uncommon in the history of China to say, 'If you fight against the outside world, you must first settle down at home'. This phenomenon is not difficult to understand in the context of China's internal friction culture. In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom attacked the north. , The imperialist powers are also attacking the coast of China. A minister asked the Empress Dowager Cixi why she did not resist foreign humiliation first, but instead attacked the Taiping army with all her strength? Cixi said that the foreign devils only want money from the Qing Dynasty, at most it is a colony, and Taiping What the army wants is the country of the Qing Dynasty! Chiang Kai-shek's mentality at that time was nothing more than the same. "To fight against the outside world, we must first settle the inside" was the first initiative of the ancestors of the Song Dynasty, but it was not invented by Lao Jiang. From the perspective of national interests, Chiang Kai-shek's behavior should be From the point of view of his personal political future, this is his wise choice. Since Chiang Kai-shek believed that the Communist Party was his confidant at that time, although Japan occupied the three eastern provinces for many years, he did not concentrate on defeating the Japanese. He went back, but only wanted to make peace with the enemy, so that he could free up his hands to destroy the Red Army. His calculation was very good, and the Red Army was almost wiped out, but Lao Jiang underestimated the ambitions of the Japanese. China and Japan are separated by a strip of water, and the Japanese are not Back then, the British and French allied forces not only wanted China’s wealth, but also China’s great rivers and mountains. The Japanese also understood Chiang Kai-shek’s wishful thinking, but on the surface they pretended that they really only wanted the three eastern provinces. Premeditated the overall situation, and launched an all-out war when Lao Jiang was in trouble..." "You mean the Japanese attack saved the Communist Party?" Xie Youpan frowned, provocative in his words. "It's too much to say rescue, but I personally think it's an important factor, which allows the Chinese Communist Party to recuperate and grow stronger." Bai Xi calmed herself down as much as possible. "Isn't that right? The Red Army was not exhausted back then, and the Long March was also for the purpose of going north to resist Japan. It is a fact that development is difficult. During the Long March, the Red Army conquered passes and seized passes, rushed across dangerous areas, killed and chased back soldiers to stop the enemy, climbed snow-capped mountains and crossed grasslands, and finally achieved They carried out a great strategic shift, and carried out a great struggle against Japan. All these injustices fully demonstrated the tenacious vitality and invincible combat effectiveness of the Red Army? How could such an army be wiped out by Chiang Kai-shek? How can it be said that the Japanese saved the Red Army?" Xie Youpan attacked step by step, Bai Xi started to sweat.It's not that he can't answer Xie Youpan's question, but that it's too dangerous to answer his question.I still wear the hat of a "rightist", and it is a big taboo to comment on the historical setbacks of the Chinese Communist Party. If I continue to talk like this, once it gets to the top, maybe I will be accused of something? "Xie Youpan's question is beyond the scope of everyone's study. We will not discuss it further today. If you have the opportunity to go to university in the future, you can study the glorious history of our party and our army in more depth. Now—let's concentrate on learning the knowledge within the scope of the exam!" "Okay, Teacher Bai, let me change the question: The Japanese have been preparing for the invasion of China for so many years, why didn't they take down all of China like the Manchus did?" Xie Youpan was still chasing after him. "As I mentioned earlier, Japan has been preparing for decades to invade China. From a military point of view, when Japan attacked China, they chose the best time-the warlords separated the regime, and Chiang Kai-shek had just formally unified China. , In fact, warlords everywhere have different aspirations. It looks like a few million National Revolutionary Army, but it is actually a mess. The combat effectiveness is not good, and the weapons and equipment are also very sparse. In case of war, most of them first consider preserving their own strength. The Red Army can escape from Chiang Kai-shek’s encirclement , the reason is also here. "The Japanese know the Nationalist government's army very well, and they are naturally confident in their actions. Therefore, when the war began, the Japanese army quickly took down half of China, and the army on the frontal battlefield of China was quickly defeated. The so-called opportunity must not be missed, and the Japanese grasped it very well. However, from the perspective of the overall situation of the world, the Japanese chose the most unfavorable time to launch this war. The whole world was under the cloud of war at that time, and the two forces of fascism and anti-fascism had been clearly defined. It is not just a matter between two countries. Japan is located on an island, lacks products, and violates the military principle of long-distance and short-term attack. It first attacked the Soviet Union and then the United States. The Japanese and the Germans stood together and put themselves in the The opposite of the peace-loving countries all over the world has become the real unjust and helpless. "Many students asked me that it is enough for the Japanese to concentrate on attacking China. Such a large country with abundant resources is not enough for them? What are you doing to provoke the United States? In fact, it is not to provoke, but to act first! The United States has already provided Europe and the Soviet Union. Roosevelt’s attitude is very obvious, but whether the whole country is fully involved in the war, the attitude is not firm enough. But out of the consideration of global interests, the United States will definitely fight Japan sooner or later, and it will kill the Soviet Union! If it resists Germany, it will not let Japan go! Faced with a potential enemy that is much stronger than itself, the best way for Japan is to bite it hard first, so there is the Battle of Nomonkan and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Therefore, Japan is fighting against countless anti-fascist alliance countries on the Chinese battlefield. The Chinese government's army is fighting a protracted war with the Japanese army with the help of all countries in the world by virtue of the dangerous terrain in the southwest. The Japanese army can neither win quickly nor Withdrawal of troops, a large number of troops were held in China, and naturally they could not withstand the attack of the United States on the Pacific battlefield. Fighting on multiple fronts, a strong Germany is not enough, let alone Japan? As for strategic and tactical issues, that is just superficial It's..." "If Japan hadn't launched the Pearl Harbor attack early, and the ambiguity between the United States and Japan continued for a few more years, and the United States had not provided a large amount of aid to China, would the Japanese army have been able to occupy China?" Xie Youpan was simply obsessed with this period of history. Classmates can discuss this issue with him, take this opportunity to ask clearly. "You can assume this, but history cannot be assumed. If the Japanese hadn't attacked Pearl Harbor, if the Soviets hadn't kept Stalingrad, if the Americans hadn't won Midway Island...the victory or defeat of any of the above battles is related to Overall, if your assumptions are true, I think the Japanese will definitely occupy China, at least most of China!" "But the Chinese will not submit to their rule!" a classmate interjected angrily. "Well, you're right, but you're talking about another question. What do you mean you won't submit? After two hundred years of shouting 'anti-Qing and restoring Ming', is it really so difficult to reverse the Qing Dynasty? After Mongolia destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, ninety years later It was overthrown by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was ended by Sun Yat-sen only after the entry of the Qing Dynasty for more than two hundred years. During the eight-year war of resistance, there were no large-scale popular resistance and riots in the Japanese-occupied areas. The three eastern provinces were occupied for more than ten years, and many The young people can't even speak Chinese, and they are dissatisfied in their hearts, but they compromise in behavior..." "If the Japanese occupied all of China and continued to rule, what would our country be like?" another student asked. "Well, this question is interesting. I think... Japan will become a part of China in the long run!" After Bai Xi said this, the students were stunned.What kind of argument is this?Why never heard of it?The world belongs to the Japanese now, how could they become part of China again? "This is going back to Xie Youpan's first question. If the Japanese occupied the whole of China, kicked out Chiang Kai-shek, and established a new regime, they must respect Chinese culture in order to implement effective rule. Invasion When they promoted the concept of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, the world was established, and they must use Chinese culture to appease and stabilize the emotions of the Chinese people, so that the Chinese people can get a rest. There are ready-made examples in history, the Yuan Dynasty of the Mongols forced the common people to say that language, pulled out the wheat and changed it to grazing, lived according to the habits of the Mongols, and tried to completely eliminate the Chinese culture, but the country of the Yuan Dynasty could not be maintained for a hundred years. After the Manchus entered the customs, they almost fully accepted the Chinese culture and respected Confucius. Meng, who emphasized imperial examinations and light taxes, did not force the people to do anything contrary to traditional Chinese culture except for braids. Therefore, although the Manchus, like Mongolia, had countless evil deeds of massacring Han people, after decades, it was their turn. When Kangxi bowed down and ruled, the people shouted long live Aixinjueluo—have you met a good emperor! But this is not scary, and this great foreign emperor is not scary either. The Chinese culture is profound and dignified, so pervasive that A hundred years later, almost half of the Manchus have become accustomed to the customs of the Han people, and they can’t even speak Manchu. They have already regarded themselves as Chinese. The Japanese cannot escape this fate. Their admiration for Chinese culture is deeply rooted in their bones. Their kimonos and etiquette are originally the customs of the Tang Dynasty..." "But if that's the case, the Chinese have to worship a Japanese emperor every day. How can this be tolerated? How can the Japanese slaughter us Chinese? How can we accept it?" "The Mongols killed at least 50 million people in China. The Manchus may be a little less, and it is estimated that they are more than 30 million. But back then, the Chinese paid homage to Kublai Khan and Aixinjueluo, the ancestors of the Yuan Dynasty. Didn't they still bear it? China What the common people look forward to most is how to end the war as soon as possible and how to live and work in peace and contentment. Whoever becomes the emperor doesn't care much. Once the Japanese conquer China, their rule will not last as long as the Qing Dynasty. They have too deep a relationship with Chinese culture and will soon be Assimilation. Perhaps in the next few decades, the Chinese Communist Party will lead the people of the whole country to overthrow the Japanese-dominated government. At this time, the Yamato people will become a minority in China just like the Manchus, and Japan will become a Chinese nation just like Manchuria back then. The layout of the..." "fallacy!" Xie Youpan was angered by Bai Xi's words.He could not accept the idea that the Japanese could become rulers.The Japanese devil who once made his father suffer life and death has the hope of becoming the master of China?This old rightist!Knowledge is good, but thinking is problematic!Draw the line! "You are simply talking nonsense! You are putting gold on the face of the Japanese invaders! You are denying the great achievements of the Chinese people in the War of Resistance against Japan...you...you...then you think the Chinese have no backbone and dignity? As long as you can live a peaceful life, you will not reject all foreign aggression?" Xie Youpan stood up and shouted, but apart from shouting a few empty slogans, he couldn't find any strong arguments to refute Bai Xi.The students couldn't hold back their anger, and there was a lot of noise in the classroom. "Students, don't get excited. We are discussing issues. I have already told everyone that my answer only represents my personal point of view. You can listen to it or not. I just want you to know more comprehensively. Since everyone If you ask me, I shouldn’t be insincere. We communists are seeking truth from facts. Although I am a rightist now, I still insist on the principle of academic freedom... History cannot repeat itself, but we can play chess in class Review it and find out the rules that we can use as a mirror. This is the attitude of learning. In addition, I can tell you that although I said so, when the Japanese devils attacked my hometown, I did not hesitate. I joined the guerrillas led by the Communist Party, and the devils once saw their popularity with bayonets, and worked with real swords and guns for several years! This is a choice I made as a Chinese with almost no need to think about it. Telling history and entering the game are completely Two things... Well, our class ends here today, if you have any questions, you can come to me after class. What I said in class today is purely an academic discussion, get out of class!" After class, Bai Xi regretted it.Impulse!I am always impulsive to say something quickly, this problem can never be changed!Xie Youpan, this bastard, can always tease his own itch, and he can tell everything when he gets excited.Hi, love what's up!A group of children will not report to the organization indiscriminately.Xie Youpan is an interesting student. He has a good brain, has ambitions, and has a clear hatred. He is a bit like him back then. He is a good revolutionary seed. It would be a pity not to go to college... That night, Xie Youpan went to the classroom to catch up with the night work as usual.This is his old habit, and this classroom has almost become his exclusive place. He rejects all the students who want to study with him, including female students.The classmates who used to drive all night in the classroom were all kicked out by him for finding fault.The students later knew that Xie Youpan was alone and didn't like to share with others, and that he was too good at studying, so he felt inferior when studying with people like him.Xie Youpan was finally happy.He wants to study Russian and Chinese tonight, the history class in the morning made him dizzy, and he doesn't want to read history for two days.The college entrance examination is imminent, and we can no longer think about it. Suddenly there was a burst of reciting outside the classroom, it was "Recalling Qin'e", the voice was all too familiar, with a Henan accent, it was the head teacher Bai Xi.Xie Youpan closed the book, opened the door, and saw Bai Xi smoking and pacing under the moonlight, thinking about the crescent moon. "Mr. Bai, it's so late, are you still preparing lessons?" "Ah? Thank you Youpan, are you still working hard? I'm not preparing for lessons. I can't sleep. Come out for a walk." "Whose "Recalling Qin'e" belongs to? The generous atmosphere reveals depression and desolation..." "Oh, I wrote it. I did it a few years ago when I was inspecting work in Inner Mongolia. I just saw the moon and couldn't help but read it..." Xie Youpan looked at Bai Xi and found that his smile was contagious.In front of him, I was always like a cramped child, full of passion and ambition, and unexpectedly became insignificant and disappeared.He realized that his questioning of Bai Xi in class was more like a deliberate attack on Bai Xi, but he himself didn't know what the purpose of doing this was.But now facing him, everything was calm, Xie Youpan hesitated to speak, he didn't know what to say to this rightist head teacher who knew the world well. "Why do you want to go to university so much and not follow your father's path?" Bai Xi asked. "I don't want... He won't let me either." "Oh? That's very rare. There are very few military families who don't like their sons serving in the army." "My brother went to North Korea..." "I know this. The principal told me that he joined the army directly from school, and his student file is still here." "There is no news about him until now. The troops said that he was captured by the enemy, a traitor!" Xie Youpan gritted his teeth as soon as he mentioned this, lowered his head and kicked a stone away fiercely at his feet. "He was captured, not a traitor. Why do you think he is a traitor? The Volunteer Army seems to have captured tens of thousands of people. How can you blame him like this?" "My father originally opposed him joining the army. He gritted his teeth and insisted on going. When he left, he didn't say hello to the whole family. My father and mother worried about him! He just went, and he didn't bring honor to the family. Said, but he was captured in the first battle, and he can really raise his hand! How can this make my father look up? He has fought half his life and has never been careless, and his son is actually a coward!" "Isn't this your truth?" Bai Xi said quietly, exhaling a puff of smoke.After hearing this, Xie Youpan stayed where he was.He strongly felt that the power of wisdom in Bai Xi was pressing towards him through the blue smoke. "I have read your file. We are a teacher and a student, so I will enlighten you. I have been sent to this point, and I think I have some fate with you, so I will not turn around when I talk. You have ambitions and burdens. When your father was When you were in North Korea, you and Xie Yougen beat up some classmates because they gossiped later, and the county leaders all came. The principal told me about this. It was because of this that your brother gritted his teeth and joined the army, right? " "He has always wanted to join the army... it must have offended him." "Well... before I joined the revolution, I had been studying in Beijing. My father was working in the Beiyang government. Hehe, I was born as a big bureaucrat and big landlord! Warlords fought, and Feng Yuxiang's troops later captured my father. That year I am sixteen years old. I used to be very good at school, but after my father had an accident, even the girl who liked me ran away! During those days, I suffered from blind eyes, exclusion, resentment, and anger. I have always been proud of it His father became a prisoner overnight and became a feudal bureaucrat who hindered the people's revolution. I couldn't accept it at the time. Later, when Chiang Kai-shek defeated Feng Yuxiang, he never recovered. He was liberated, and he saw that he would be declared a correct name. But I didn’t get over a serious illness. If I had sunk like that, I would have gone home to farm, but I was not reconciled, and I always wanted to find a chance to turn over, so I joined the ranks of the Communist Party. I have worked in the devil's territory and the Kuomintang's territory for ten years. After so many years, I thought I had turned around, but no, am I still a rightist in the end?" "...My father was also classified as right-leaning the year before last... My background is not good, and I don't know if the school will allow me to enter the university. "Our school is fine. The leaders still place great importance on further studies, and many of you who are well educated are from similar backgrounds to yours. They are all counted in the 'five black categories'. You can't erase them all. If you are admitted to the school, you will try your best to give the green light. Yes. As for whether you want it in college or not, it’s hard to say.” "If I want to, I will fulfill my wish. Anyway, it's not interesting to be at home. It's better to stay at school. My father goes to report several times every few days. Although there are not many people in the village, they don't see each other very much." "You hope, your father fought devils, the national army, and North Korea. He contributed a lot to the new China, but in people's eyes, he belonged to the half-way revolution. His history in the national army has become a reactionary history. In fact, he has a clear conscience. He has done what a conscientious Chinese should do, which is worthy of your pride! How others evaluate him now has nothing to do with you or himself! Those so-called 'Honor' is actually not important at all! When my father was dying, he held my hand and said that he had no complaints or regrets in his life, and he was worthy of his conscience. Li Hongzhang, a top-notch diplomat, worked hard for the country all his life, but It’s still a bad comment from a traitor...You hope, you have to remember, don’t feel sorry for your father, don’t resent your brother, there is nothing wrong with them doing things according to their conscience. In such an era, the general public is just pushed by the tide , everyone has no choice at all, so the difference between people is not in the 'what to do', but in the 'how to do'. As for the 'how to', some people rely on their conscience, some people don't...you learn now You work so hard, but do you really think that going to Beijing and creating a revolutionary cause can wash away the shame that doesn't exist in your heart? My child, the world is absurd, so I can't be absurd! Father and elder brother will always be relatives! I My wife was born as a landlord and tyrant, with extremely bad status. The organization asked me to draw a clear line between her and me. Humph, don’t even think about it! I’ve been a revolutionist for most of my life, isn’t it for the common people to live and work in peace and contentment, and the family to be prosperous and harmonious? I can’t even recognize a wife who shares weal and woe, so why am I still called a Communist? Am I still a human?” "But this is a matter of class line. You are already a rightist and a bourgeois reactionary, and you were sent here. Are you afraid of adding a new hat?" Bai Xi's words hit Xie Youpan's heart hard.At this time, Bai Xi's sword eyebrows were raised and his tiger eyes were wide open. Xie Youpan suddenly felt that this black and fat rightist must have been a romantic and charming young man when he was young. In order not to draw a line with his wife, he would rather How much determination does it take to give up the revolutionary achievements of half a lifetime? "It's nothing to have more than one or two hats, and it's nothing to take them off... People hope too much that the country will catch up with the rapid development. The original intention of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao is good, but it is easy to violate the rules if you blindly seek speed. You will stumble, and you can’t repeat the mistakes of the Soviet Union... It’s good to have hope, but you can’t realize your ambitions in extreme ways. No matter what you do, don’t violate your conscience! Your father, your brother ... Let me ask you, have you ever thought about breaking with your father?" "...Teacher Bai...I don't blame them...I can't explain myself...I thought about breaking up with him...but...of course I can't bear it...I really want to go to university and leave here, Going to Beijing to break into the world, change myself, and bring some good influence to my family, there is no future in this county.” Xie Youpan was very surprised, why could this Bai Xi see through his own heart?These thoughts are all specious, why does Bai Xi feel enlightened when he speaks it out?Being seen through by such a wise person, Xie Youpan panicked and quickly changed the subject. "I hope you remember that your father is a hero. He is a hero in the Kuomintang and a hero in the Communist Party, because he is a hero of the Chinese nation. No matter what kind of criticism he receives in this chaotic world, history will eventually give him a lesson. Fair assessment. Time will tell people sober! Your father may not realize his greatness, he may only think that everything he did was only for his own family. Now you are old and have your own It is naturally a good thing to think and strive for progress. But if you have to break with your relatives because of this, you can get your own status and glory, and one day you will find that all your achievements are worthless! Because you are getting these flashy things. When we are trying to save things, we lose the most precious thing—humanity!” Bai Xi's words hit Xie Youpan's mind with a bang, and goosebumps shot across his body like lightning.Bai Xi's words were the subject of his psychological struggle for the past few years, the pain he couldn't get rid of, the forward and backward seemed to be an abyss, and now Bai Xi pointed out the only open path for him.Xie Youpan raised his head, and found that his eyes were blurred, and hot tears rushed out of his eyes. "Mr. Bai... I'll listen to you... I've been learning for nothing all these years, and my parents must be disappointed..." "No, they must be proud of you! If you study well, they will see hope. Don't let them down." "I want to go to Beijing for the test, make a breakthrough, and take care of them when I turn around." "That's great. What school do you want to go to?" "I don't know what to do. I wanted to be admitted to Peking University, but it was too difficult... There don't seem to be many key universities in Beijing that enroll students here." "Schools that are too top-notch should be cautious. Our county's No. 1 Middle School has limited teaching power. With your grades and understanding, you are top-notch here. It's hard to say if you put it in the whole district... It's risky to aim at the focus of Peking University. I suggest you try Beijing Law School. They have been established for a short time. The old principal Qian Ruisheng was the same year as my father, but he was also labeled as a rightist. There are two former classmates of mine, one is the dean, One is the vice-principal. Last time I went to Beijing, they asked me if I could give lectures... Maybe I can help you go there. If you pass the exam, try to give the green light... It's kind of a help ..." "Do you think I can pass the exam? That's a law school, and it's also a national key point, so it's not easy to take the exam..." Xie Youpan was finally moved by Bai Xi.What's the point of hiding yourself in front of such a wise man who is sincere, open and caring about himself? "Keep in this state, you will definitely be able to pass the exam, and you can repeat it for another year at most... Believe me!" "But my grades are not good, I think it's difficult to go out of the province!" Xie Youpan said, wiping away tears. "Director Liu, who is in charge of the student files, has already gone to the farm. I remember that your resume is still written as a revolutionary soldier, and it seems that you haven't changed it..." "..." Xie Youpan was stunned, this was really unexpected. "By the way, what I said is that you should bond with your parents. I don't mean that you have to suffer with them and advance and retreat together. It is often not a good way to go straight to each other. There must be flexible countermeasures. Some things cannot be done with blood alone. Okay! Back then we worked underground, fighting devils and the Kuomintang every day. In Tianjin Wei, in order to cover our comrades inside the enemy and let him win the trust of the enemy, we even planned to assassinate him once in public. I bitterly After practicing hard for half a month, the bullet finally hit his shoulder accurately. I met him again after liberation, and he said that without my shot, he would not be able to get the enemy's battle plan in the entire theater... It's a pity! I heard that he finally couldn't stand the torture and hanged himself two months ago... The bullet is still in his body..." Bai Xi turned her back and looked at the sky quietly.Xie Youpan stood with his hands upright, staring blankly at his back, feeling his pain.A meteor slid across the sky, as fast as lightning, as beautiful as an elf, dragging out a long line of light... Two years have passed in a blink of an eye.Lao Dan's body miraculously returned to the state before the Great Leap Forward.This year, the situation in the country seems to be good again, the production and life in the countryside tend to be stable, political turmoil and wind and rain come and go, and heroes emerge in large numbers.Lao Dan remembered Youpan's shortcoming of not reading newspapers, so he began to read newspapers every day, occasionally made some clippings, and began to have a comprehensive understanding of the situation in the whole country. That year, the campaign of "Learning from Dazhai in Agriculture" was launched in rural areas across the country, and the campaign of "Learning from Daqing in Industry" was launched in the national industrial system. That year, the PLA General Political Department edited and published Quotations from Chairman Mao.The Ministry of Culture and the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and their affiliated associations once again carried out rectification on the cultural front. That year, the Central Committee established the Cultural Revolution Group of Five headed by Peng Zhen. That year, China's first atomic bomb explosion test was successful. That year, Premier Zhou announced that my country had paid off all its debts to the Soviet Union. ... Lao Dan paid great attention to several matters that the central government emphasized, but he couldn't understand the mystery of them, and vaguely felt that a powerful force was about to scrape across the earth.What kind of power is this and what kind of encounter will it bring to him? He collected all the clippings on these issues and slowly figured it out.These events are: "People's Daily" published an article, naming and criticizing Yang Xianzhen's theory of "combining two into one"; the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China advocated the "Taoyuan experience", first engaged in "rooting and connecting", then engaged in "four clean-ups", and then engaged in struggle against the enemy; the Communist Party of China The Central Committee issued the second "Later Ten Articles", pointing out that the enemy's wooing and corrupting cadres and "establishing a counter-revolutionary two-faced regime" are "the main form of the enemy's opposition to us." Let go and mobilize the masses in the first place, first solve the problems among the cadres, and stipulate that the entire movement is led by the work team.What does it mean to first solve the cadre problem?Does it include rural cadres?Lao Dan was quite worried about this, but he couldn't figure it out. At the end of the year, the central government held a national work conference to discuss the issue of the rural socialist education movement.It is said that at the meeting, Mao Zedong criticized the formulation that the nature of the movement was the contradiction between the Four Cleans and the Four Unclears, the intersection of contradictions inside and outside the party, the intersection of the contradictions between the enemy and ourselves, and the contradictions among the people, and proposed that the nature of the movement was the contradiction between socialism and capitalism.In addition, he criticized Beijing for having two "independent kingdoms".The People's Daily reported the above incident at length.Lao Dan can't understand what these two kingdoms refer to. What does this mean?Someone dared to take Chairman Mao's power?Is anyone going to rebel? This mindless political signal is beyond Lao Dan's ability to digest, and also beyond Guo Pingyuan's ability to digest it. The two of them have no idea what to discuss, so they don't even think about it. Anyway, they won't be hungry anymore. This is better than anything else. .The commune implemented the central policy before the new year, and after many considerations, Lao Dan was stripped of the "rightist" hat, which made Lao Dan feel elated.When the commune asked Lao Dan if he still wanted to be a village cadre, Lao Dan turned his hand into a fan and let Lao Tzu be the leader?Don't think about it! After all, You Pan’er is a donkey that can’t be tied. After returning to school, there is no news. He can come back once or twice in the whole semester. When he comes back, he doesn’t speak. body.Lao Dan and Cui Er couldn't understand his actions, let alone dare to interfere. Scholars may be like this. Didn't Mr. Yuan Bai talk to himself while walking around back then?The couple hoped that the child would excel academically and have a bright future. On this day, Lao Dan and Tweety were sitting in the yard breaking corn cobs.The yellow and plump corn kernels made the corners of their mouths water with laughter.Lao Dan clamped the corn cobs between his legs, and rolled them down row by row with his one-armed right hand.Wu Genzi lay lazily in front of Lao Dan, licked the corn kernels scattered at his feet into the dustpan, and kept scratching Lao Dan's feet with his tail.Lao Dan remembered the feat of holding Tweety all night when he was newly married, and the fragrant corn flour in his sleep.This sweet life is back in this yard again, but I and Tweety'er's health is not as good as before, and I don't have enough energy to spare. The two can only survive for ten and a half months. "Bang Dang!" With a loud noise, the gate was suddenly knocked open, and the gate flew far into the courtyard, almost smashing five pieces.The animal was so frightened that it jumped up, and then let out a series of ferocious howls, and rushed straight to the person who broke the door, but suddenly stopped, the howling turned into a coquettish, and jumped into the arms of the man excitedly, Lao Dan Only then did he realize that it was You Pan who hadn't seen him in half a year and bumped into the door. "Father! Mother! I have been admitted to university! I have been admitted to Beijing Law School!" Xie Youpan yelled almost with all his strength, his face was flushed, and his head was dripping with sweat, obviously he had run all the way back from the entrance of the village. "This? Did you really pass the exam?" Lao Dan couldn't believe this fact, her heart was beating wildly, Tweety was so startled that she didn't even stand up, holding a corn cob in her hand, she was already in a daze. "Look, this is the admission notice!" Xie Youpan quickly took out an envelope from his pocket, opened it carefully, pulled out a neat piece of origami, and opened it in front of him.It said "Admission Notice" in large characters, and there was a bright red seal. There was nothing wrong with it. My son had really been admitted to a university in Beijing!Lao Dan suddenly felt his eye sockets moist, his hands and feet trembled, and Tweety cried out of joy. "I'm so hopeful, you have given your father and mother a face..." "My promising son! Better than your father..." The family of three hugged each other, laughing and crying together, and Wugenzi jumped and shouted happily at their feet.They were all immersed in unprecedented happiness, as if they saw a road leading to hope, which had already appeared brightly in front of them. Xie Youpan's admission to a university in Beijing became an earth-shattering event in Banzi Village.Except for Mr. Yuan Bai, who was abducted by bandits, who is a scholar, there has never been such an eye-catching cultural person here.That is a famous university in Beijing, and they will be college students after they come out, with a great future!Guangzong Yaozu's future!As a result, Banzi Village was boiling, and the enthusiasm even exceeded that of Lao Dan's return to his hometown.Every household sent their own wishes, Xie Guoya sent a piece of clothing, Guo Pingyuan sent a pair of women's cloth shoes, and the turtle blamed woman sent a schoolbag embroidered with "Serve the People", and more The people from the Xie family sent countless volumes of "Quotations from Chairman Mao" of different sizes, which were piled up on the kang to form a hill; the patriarch of the Xie family sent his granddaughter, asking if they were well-matched, should they have a kiss first? Lao Dan and Tweety were grateful for the sincere wishes from the folks, so they organized a rough banquet, one person per household, and invited the folks to come and have fun, but the scene got out of control as soon as it got lively, and it ended up being a riot for three days.Lao Dan quit drinking and got very drunk.Xie Youpan's high sense of pride rose to the limit in such a ceremony, and he also drank a lot.The expectant eyes of the villagers made him feel warm, and the hot eyes of the young and beautiful girls in the village also made him deeply intoxicated, but he would never be tempted by Xie Youpan. The beautiful college students waiting for him, how could he be moved here? Before going to Beijing to go to school, Xie Youpan went back to middle school to visit Bai Xi, but was told that he had been taken to the county to criticize and never returned.Xie Youpan asked around, and there was a lot of gossip about Bai Xi. Some said he was a counter-revolutionary who openly spread anti-Party remarks, and some said he was an enemy agent who instructed the US reconnaissance plane in the sky.There are also various results. Some people say that he was put back in the cowshed, some say that he was thrown into prison, and what's more, some say that he was taken away and shot.He was wearing handcuffs when he left, with a calm face and a long laugh... Director Huang of the Academic Affairs Office quietly slipped a letter to Xie Youpan. When he opened it, Bai Xi's vigorous handwriting caught his eye, and it turned out to be a poem. The old place in the clouds, the northern desert of Cangshan Mountain, the source of Heishui River.