Chapter 46 The Sorrow of the Royal Faction

Taiming is returning to his hometown from Taipei.After Sato returned to Japan, Taiming stayed in Taipei for a few days in order to deal with the unfinished work of the magazine. Now that everything has been dealt with, he is going back to his hometown.It is a pity that the magazine has been discontinued, but due to data and other reasons, it is no longer possible to continue publishing, and the purpose of publishing the magazine that Sato expected has achieved a certain degree of effect. Taiming doesn't feel regretful when he thinks that he has tried his best.Once he was going back, Taiming was full of heart for his hometown, but still got into the car with a touch of sadness.

Two or three days after Taiming's return, Mr. Dong, assistant to the township chief, and two or three township office staff came to Zhigang's Baojia office to collect donations from the general mobilization.Hu Wenqing was sleeping at home because of a cold, so Taiming came to the scene instead of his father. After all the called people arrived, the assistant to the township head gave everyone a lecture. 'Our village has made great progress since entering the Great East Asian War, from eliminating selfish service to public service to implementing the righteousness of martyrdom.Judging from this general mobilization campaign, I have really shown my sincerity of 100 million people, and I have the face of an assistant.In particular, a certain doctor in our village was happy to donate more than 10,000 yuan.On the contrary, it is too disgraceful for all of you who are gathered here today to ask me to come here with only a small amount of donations. He glanced at everyone while saying this, and continued: "Our country is indeed facing an extraordinary period. No, it should be said that it is a super-extreme period. The enemy is watching the tiger and watching the enemy. The Taiwan fortress may one day become a battlefield in Taiwan."In order to be safe, the 6.7 million people must be united and truly mobilized, endure all sacrifices and all sufferings, and must do what the authorities demand.This is the duty of our citizens.You are all loyal citizens, you must have understood the purpose of the general mobilization, so there is no need for me to repeat it here.In short, we should have a good understanding of the current situation, don't let others laugh at us as non-citizens, and donate money voluntarily! ’ He used force at the end of his words, and the word “non-national” especially shocked everyone’s hearts.Then the staff of the township office investigated one by one. Because they had just listened to the instructions of the assistant of the mayor, although they could not say anything, they still cited the family situation or various reasons for each person to ask for a reduction or exemption of donations, but it was ineffective. Among them, two The three pleaded thoroughly, but in the end they still had to stamp their personal seals on the pledge.Because Hu Wenqing himself did not come, it was Taiming's turn in the end.Hu Wenqing is a doctor, and people from the township office said that the donation should be double the household tax, especially 1,000 yuan.Taiming pointed out that Chinese medicine and Western medicine have less income, and Hu Wenqing himself is too old to go out to see a doctor as an excuse, so he asked for a normal donation.The assistant to the mayor's expression changed: "Mr. Hu was born in the highest school, and he also stayed in the mainland. He is the forerunner in the village. I never dreamed that you would say such unreasonable words." ’ He said this sarcasm.Taiming was furious, but he controlled his emotions, and replied as calmly as possible: "Mr. Dong used a certain doctor as a standard and asked us to donate more as if it were an unwritten law. He is also a doctor, but Chinese medicine and Western medicine are very different." same.Western medicine is rationed by the authorities at legal prices. Despite this, recently some people in Western medicine have increased the price of medicines by three or four times without authorization. What's more, they replaced the medicines with red or green paper bags, treating them as expensive medicines. The charges are as high as five or ten yuan, which means that the money extracted from patients has accumulated to ten thousand yuan.Traditional Chinese medicine charges only three yuan per person for consultation, and only three yuan for ten people. In the countryside, ten patients a day is the most.Doctors are meant to help the world with benevolence, which is different from a profitable business. It would be a mistake to regard the practice of medicine as a profitable industry.The wise Mr. Dong should understand this, right? As Taiming said, he calmly asked the Hu family to donate with the normal donation amount.

But the assistant to the township head refused, citing Hu Wenqing's real estate and insisting on making a special donation.Taiming then explained the income and expenditure of the land. After paying taxes, national savings funds, and other extrajudicial taxes, the income from the first-step land was only one hundred yuan.But the assistant to the township head still insisted on nagging, and Taiming finally got angry: "Mr. Dong, it is reasonable for you to use a certain doctor as an example to ask people to donate. For example, a noble and patriotic person like you People, you must be a good example for us in donation, please forgive me for being rude, in order to enlighten us, please disclose the amount of your donation, please? Taiming fought back like this, the assistant to the mayor immediately gave in without saying a word.Taiming knew that he insisted on other people donating money, but he himself was not willing to pay. Therefore, Hu Wenqing's donation was able to be done with an ordinary amount.Some people who were called away at the same time as Taiming were all pleased with Taiming's actions. On the way home, some people said: "Give a Taiwanese a hat (status), and he will disregard other people's lives." ’ This has criticized the township head’s assistant.

There are people like the assistant of the township chief, but there are also people who sincerely want to become an emperor, but they can't bridge the gap between Taiwanese and Japan anyway, so they are really troubled by Taiwanese. One day, Li Xundao, a public school colleague who suddenly visited Taiming, was such a person.I haven't seen him for twenty years. He looks very old and looks like a different person. His name has also been changed to the Japanese name 'Yoshimura'.He still lives the life of the church, but he seems to be very empty lately. 'I've been coaching for 20 years, so I can get medals for that.During this period, I sincerely worked hard on the imperialization movement, and it was easy to achieve the "Mandarin family" change, and I changed my name, etc., regardless of my parents' objections.I feel that if my generation suffers, if I can earn the happiness of my children and grandchildren, it is still worthwhile.However, what about the current situation?I feel that the more I try to follow its line, the more I deviate from its line.They have a long tradition and history of their own, but we don't have that.This estrangement is helpless.As a result, now it seems that there is nothing I can do about it, but I have been working hard. ' he said, smiling lonely.We cannot say that he is laughing at this foolish effort.At least here's one person who's otherwise really distressed.This is also a tragedy for the Taiwanese.Taiming had nothing to comfort him, but kept silent.