Chapter 366: New Outlook of the Ministry of Rites (II)
The news of the fierce battle between the Xi'an court and the Shengjing court of the Qing Dynasty also reached the Governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Gao Pang, but Gao Pang did not pay much attention to it. Gao Pang focused all his attention on the construction of the Ministry of Rites, and had no mood to consider the internal struggle of the Qing Dynasty that was doomed to perish.
As the representative of the Ministry of Rites in Zhejiang, Gao Pang first brought out the resolution of the Ministry of Rites he brought back. The first national representative meeting of the Ministry of Rites was not just a meeting, nor was it a formality. According to the ideas of Emperor Huo Chong, the Minister of Rites Luo Yiren wanted to strengthen the positioning of the Ministry of Rites as a learning political group.
Since it is learning, it is certainly not an empty talk. Let me talk about several articles first. The first one is the Declaration of the Chinese Ministry of Rites written by Huo Chong.
"…The feudal system originated in an era when productivity was very low. On a global scale, the feudal system must and will be based on the more basic biological needs of human beings. In this regard, the development of China's feudal system is particularly obvious. The rise of Confucianism naturally serves the feudal system, but it also contains more and more people-oriented ideas. And in order to adapt to the social progress needs that have been necessary since the founding of the unified national system by the First Emperor…"
"…The deterioration of Chinese politics began with the decline of the central government's control over land and its management capabilities. In our current era, the era of gentry capitalist rule, class antagonism has been simplified. The entire society is increasingly divided into two hostile camps, into two directly opposing classes, the bourgeoisie and the working class…"
"...In today's world, small European countries have completed their great geographical discoveries. Even a very ordinary small country has enclosed an area of land comparable to the entire land area of China. How could such a situation that is completely inconsistent with strength come about? The reason is simple, globalization! Those countries that adapt to globalization will naturally gain benefits from globalization. If you don't take what God gives you, you will suffer the consequences. This sentence is used to describe the process of globalization, which is simply incisive..."
"…globalization, industrialization, and urbanization. This is the future direction of history. Any reactionary behavior may succeed for a while, but it is doomed to be destroyed by the general direction of history…"
"…The Chinese Ministry of Rites never opposes people obtaining social products. The Chinese Ministry of Rites only opposes people using the social products they have already obtained to exploit others …"
"…from the past to the present and into the future. Unless we enter the era of communism where the means of production and productivity are maximized. There is no such thing as entering the era of communism. We must operate society based on the control of capital. The social system either serves capital or serves the workers. This is a struggle between 1 and 0. There is no middle ground with a certain number of decimal places…"
"…a social system that serves the workers is not meant to abuse capital, nor to destroy capital. Capital is a tool used to make productivity more efficient. Destroying and abusing tools is stupid. However, because the tools are used and controlled by them, it can be described as more than just stupid. People who do not understand and do wrong things can be described as stupid. People who understand and do wrong things are bad. The purpose of people who understand must be their own interests…"
"... the working class serves the working people. Therefore, the working people must not exclude the people who have lost their labor power..."
“…the working class and the poor overlap in some ways, but not in others. The defining criteria are very clear: anyone who expects to change his fate by taking capital for himself is definitely not in the working class…”
"… One of the reasons for the change in fate must be the involvement of capital. Anyone who denies this in order to prove that his position is radical is definitely not a working class at this stage…"
"…what the working class is like in the end. Through learning, the working class has realized the nature of capital and mastered the skills to use capital. However, the working class is not different from ordinary people. The reason why they do not choose to privatize capital is not based on some illusory moral theory. It is based on a very clear reality. As a member of the Huaxia Li Department, you must abide by the system of the Huaxia Li Department's philosophy. The members of the Huaxia Li Department are all vanguards, combat teams, and propaganda teams. Through the organization of the working class, that is, the Huaxia Li Department, the members of the Huaxia Li Department realize greater life ideals and reach a higher level of life..."
When Gao Pang talked about this, he was a little uneasy. After all, these contents seemed a little too lofty. Based on Gao Pang's understanding of the members of the Ministry of Rites, there must be a group of people who may not be able to recognize the subtleties of it.
After Gao Pang explained it to everyone, he found that he obviously did not understand the subtleties of the Ministry of Rites members.
Judging from everyone's questions, what everyone cares about is not what is not mentioned in the declaration. For Gao Pang, these specific contents that are not mentioned are what Gao Pang cares about most.
What everyone cares about is different from Gao Pang. What everyone cares about is whether the path and process of providing a way out for everyone as described in the "Declaration of the Chinese Ministry of Rites" are true.
If the members of the Ministry of Rites act in accordance with this declaration and the Ministry of Rites regulations emphasized in the declaration, will they really be able to achieve personal progress and growth through learning and mastering capital?
Just recognizing the capital made Gao Pang feel that the members of the Ministry of Rites were becoming hungry wolves. If the Zhejiang Ministry of Rites where he worked became a capital group, Gao Pang felt that he would lose his head.
When asked if the comrades here were crazy about money, they answered straightforwardly: "We have been studying for so long, of course we know the guidelines of the Ministry of Rites. The reason why we care so much is because we don't want to continue to be poor, and we want to get rid of the root of poverty!"
Digging out the root of poverty is also one of Huo Chong's ideas. Gao Pang actually didn't feel much about this slogan. However, many members of the Ministry of Rites, or most of them, were unusually enthusiastic and persistent about digging out the root of poverty.
Gao Pang had no choice but to follow everyone and finish his studies. Once he finished this, Gao Pang immediately redirected the work of the Zhejiang Ministry of Rites to what he wanted to do.
Gao Pang wanted to expand silk production. The current resistance did not come from the enemy or the natural environment. The resistance at this time was the interests of the department.
The learning atmosphere in the Ministry of Rites was very good, and Gao Pang was aware that the logic he had learned from Huo Chong was quite powerful. He explained these contents to everyone thoroughly.
Everyone easily understood Gao Pang's wish, and some asked whether the Industrial and Commercial Bureau could be made to obey and not collect such high taxes.
Someone immediately said that it would be better to discuss with the Forestry Bureau and other departments to get these things done.
Gao Pang saw that the discussion was not in-depth enough, so he quickly brought the issue to the point. "What we need to do now is to be the vanguard. We should first develop some applicable models based on the current natural environment in Zhejiang. We should directly promote them to the local areas. Anyone who wants to make money through silkworms should have someone to imitate. If this task is not done by our vanguard of workers, who should do it?"
After saying this, Gao Pang felt that he had played the role of a vanguard, avoided the entanglement of departmental interests, and solved the most important economic problem at the moment. Using the Ministry of Rites in this way was simply perfect.
