"The smallholder economy is a model of self-sufficiency, and as long as it can produce itself, the instinctive impulse of the smallholder economy is not to buy." Chen Ke's voice on the stage was very loud, and this is the focus of future work. Today, when we have gained the strategic initiative, we can only rely on political and economic means to build a broader base area. In the history of the Party, military means have always been the last means that must be used. The Party has never been keen on solving problems by military means, and if it can be solved politically, it will adopt a more peaceful way. This is the attitude that a mature political party should have.

The comrades in the audience all understand this mentality of the small-peasant economy, because the people of this era will have the mentality of the small-peasant economy in their minds to a greater or lesser extent.

"Then the biggest feature of the industrialized capital operation model we want to establish now is that the purpose of producing products is to trade! When this model has developed to a certain extent, the steamed buns eaten by every household are bought from special stores. ”

Hearing this, the hall erupted in surprise laughter. In particular, comrades from Fengtai County who were born in Fengtai County laughed even louder. You have to go out to buy a steamed bun, how lazy is the hostess of this house? And it's too big.

Chen Ke didn't think there was anything funny at all, and he said loudly: "Don't laugh, comrades. You just don't pay for the food you eat in the cafeteria now, and if you do, you can buy it for yourself. ”

As soon as these words came out, the laughter below quickly stopped. Although it is not that they have much interest in eating canteens, in a sense, these people are the first to join the new system and have to adjust their own lifestyles according to the new system.

Chen Ke really did not have time to systematically educate these party members and cadres, and the content of this training was entirely for the theoretical and ideological preparation of the work to be carried out within three months. One of the Party's traditions is to understand what can be understood, and if it cannot be understood, it is gradually understood in the course of work. Although there will be many problems in the process of work execution in this way, waiting for everything to be ready to start drying, the daylily is cold.

So under Chen Ke's tough attitude, party members and cadres began to go through a very "uncomfortable" concept establishment process. It's not really that complicated. Chen Ke's first lecture was on the concept of the "general equivalent" of money. When it comes to money, the first concept of comrades is copper coins and gold and silver. It is very difficult for comrades to unify these different ages, different colors, and different kinds of money into a single concept of "currency" in their minds. And refining this already very abstract concept of money into an even more abstract concept of "general equivalent" has killed many brain cells of comrades.

When Chen Ke combined the concept of value with the concept of "general equivalents", most comrades were already in a mess in their minds.

Fortunately, the People's Party's style of study is very positive, and everyone inspires and explains each other during the discussion time, making countless detours. I finally understood one thing, "If there is no labor and trade, there is no need for a currency to measure labor." It also takes labor to make money, but the meaning of money in the functioning of society is itself only a general equivalent. This seemingly extremely abstract and bizarre concept baffled most comrades. The comrades looked at Chen Ke and wondered what was the use of Chen Kefei trying so hard to let everyone understand such a concept of "playing lip service"?

At this moment, Chen Ke suddenly said, "Let's go eat first?" It was already two o'clock in the afternoon. ”

The time for lunch was an hour, perhaps because the excessive consumption of mental power suppressed the appetite, and most of the comrades felt only a kind of exhaustion anyway, a lack of appetite. It wasn't until Chen Ke ordered that many people remembered to eat. Under Chen Ke's order, everyone got up to eat.

Chen Ke asked Yan Fu to bring two special personnel to participate in the training, and Shen Zengzhi and Feng Xu both wore People's Party uniforms and mingled in the corner to listen to the lectures together.

At lunchtime, Chen Ke and Yan Fu ate with the two special personnel in his office.

"Two gentlemen, please give me some comments." Chen Ke said while eating.

Shen Zengzhi and Feng Xu are both very educated, including Yan Fu, they both advocate "rice is silent". watched Chen Ke talk without rules while stuffing things into his mouth. Shen Zengzhi frowned slightly, but Feng Xu stepped up his eating. Yan Fu swallowed the food in his mouth into his stomach, and then said, "Wen Qing, you might as well talk about it after eating." I don't care about this moment and a half. ”

Chen Ke didn't understand what was going on after a while, he hurriedly said humble, and devoured it.

After the four of them finished eating, Feng Xu took the lead and said: "Mr. Chen, the monetary theory you said today is really admirable, if the imperial court can have a figure like Mr. Chen, it will not get to the point where it is today anyway." ”

Chen Ke said with a smile: "If people like me want to do something in the Manchu court, they will definitely die." Although he is not a daughter, he doesn't want to sit under that dangerous wall. ”

Feng Xu thought of his identity as a prisoner, and felt that it was not interesting to continue talking about this topic, so he changed the topic when Chen Ke was eating, "Mr. Chen talks about currency, I understand the concept of currency. But listening to Mr. Chen, is he preparing to issue his own currency? ”

Feng Xu's old officials have a different vision, compared to the young revolutionary cadres of the People's Party who are now a few blocks higher, Chen Ke immediately had the feeling of joy when he heard Feng Xu's words, and he smiled and said: "I am preparing to establish a central bank for issuing currency, and the whole system of operating currency in the base areas. ”

"Can you please explain a thing or two to Mr. Chen?" Feng Xu was also very interested in this.

Different from the detailed explanation in the morning class that took a lot of effort to explain in simple terms, Chen Ke only outlined and named the general core points, and Feng Xu, Yan Fu, and Shen Zengzhi already understood. Chen Ke's system is very simple, first establish fiat currency, and then the new government will issue fiat currency through control of productivity and circulating goods. First, establish an internal trading system, and this internal system is operated by using the trade barrier model. Chen Ke was going to talk about the problems for two days, and the four people in the room took about ten minutes to finish speaking.

Feng Xu, who has been a magistrate for decades, understands Chen Ke's concept of a central bank very well, and he high-fives and praises, "It's wonderful, Mr. Chen has spent a lot of effort to talk about this currency." If you don't understand the concept of money, you really can't understand the subtleties behind it. ”

Chen Ke was really not interested in Feng Xu's praise, and the lecture in the morning really exhausted him. At this time, chatting with these former senior officials also relieved some of their troubles and sorted out their thoughts by the way. Seeing that Feng Xu was just making fun of himself, Chen Ke suddenly felt that his approach seemed to be showing off.

At this time, I heard Shen Zengzhi interject and say: "Mr. Chen is worried that your People's Party comrades can't keep up with your ideas, right?" ”

Chen Ke immediately came to his senses, and it was this matter that he was worried about. Or that Chen Ke is no longer worried, no matter whether the comrades can keep up with the ideas or not, Chen Ke has to let them keep up.

Shen Zengzhi didn't have a sneering look on his face, but a solemn face, "Mr. Chen, you originally said that you were a Confucianist, but I still don't believe it." I have to believe your lectures in person this time. ”

The three Yan Fu, Shen Zengzhi, and Feng Xu here are all from Confucianism, but Yan Fu is no longer a Confucian because he is engaged in the navy and has a lot of contact with Western studies. Although Feng Xu is a talent, he was admitted to the Jinshi. However, he himself paid more attention to the application of what he had learned, and did not delve into Confucianism and Taoism. Among the three people, Yan Fu and Feng Xu both recognized Shen Zengzhi as a great Confucian, and if there was no People's Party to appear in Fengtai County, they captured Shouzhou and captured Shen Zengzhi. Shen Zengzhi should be promoted to Anhui academic and political envoy this year. That is no less than the official position of Feng Xu, the political envoy of Anhui.

Now that Shen Zengzhi actually said that Chen Ke was Confucian, Yan Fu and Feng Xu were very surprised. They knew that their Confucianism and Taoism were not as good as Shen Zengzhi's, and they did not dare to rashly expose their shortcomings.

Shen Zengzhi was not polite, he said calmly: "The Confucianism of the Qing Dynasty talks about the Three Platforms and Five Constants, and Mr. Chen Ke's People's Party also has its own Three Platforms and Five Constants, but it is not the Three Platforms and Five Constants of the Qing Dynasty. ”

The "Three Guidelines" refers to "the monarch is the minister, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife", which requires that the minister, the son, and the wife must be absolutely subordinate to the king, the father, and the husband, and at the same time, the king, the father, and the husband are required to set an example for the ministers, sons, and wives. It reflects a special moral relationship between monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives in feudal society.

The "Five Constants" are benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and trustworthiness, and are the codes of conduct used to regulate and regulate the relationship between kings and ministers, fathers and sons, brothers, husbands and wives, and friends.

Shen Zengzhi: "I have also read Mr. Chen Ke's book. The three outlines and five constants advocated by Mr. Chen Ke are based on productive forces. Confucianism in the Qing Dynasty talked about filial piety and benevolence. However, Mr. Chen Ke talked about the theory of contradictions, believing that all kinds of contradictions are omnipresent and contradictions exist forever, and in order to solve contradictions, there is such a thing as the Three Principles and Five Constants to coordinate contradictions. Mr. Chen, if it weren't for the chaos in the world now, according to what you said in your book, the contradictions have intensified to the point of no return, and no one would have believed in your set of things. In fact, everyone doesn't believe in this set of words, everyone just believes in seeing that you can accomplish great things. ”

Hearing this, Chen Ke, Yan Fu, and Feng Xu all looked solemn. In particular, although Chen Ke also talked about theory, the purpose of speaking theory was entirely for the practical implementation of the revolution, and the theoretical framework of the Chinese revolution was neither his strong point, nor did he have the time to complete the construction in this regard. Listening to Shen Zengzhi's words, Chen Ke felt extremely shocked.

Chen Ke did not know that Shen Zengzhi was a Confucian scholar, and Naito Hunan, the founder of modern Japanese Sinology, told his students that it was important to meet Shen Zengzhi when they went to China, because Shen was "a great man with insight and knowledge of all Chinese learning." But even if Chen Ke knew this, he wouldn't care. He has his own path of Grandpa Mao to follow, and in his opinion, Shen Zengzhi and others are just remnants of Confucianism after the Manchu Qing Dynasty poisoned, and they have no special value. In particular, Shen Zengzhi was very unkind to Chen Keping, and the battle of morale was also a big problem. Now that he suddenly heard Shen Zengzhi say such a truth, Chen Ke was surprised.

"Mr. Chen, the concept of currency you said today is very correct, but I thought you were just a tyrant who caused trouble in the world, but after listening to your People's Party's party class today, I realized that I underestimated you before. You are not only a hero, but also want to be the founder of the country. ”

Chen Ke originally wanted to listen to Shen Zengzhi continue to comment on the theoretical framework, but he didn't expect him to talk about these nonsense, and he was a little unhappy in his heart. "Mr. Shen, of course I want to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the founding of the country is just a matter of course. It's Mr. Shen's words, and I'd love to hear them. ”

Shen Zengzhi said calmly: "Seek truth from facts, ask if you don't understand, and don't learn." Without investigation there is no voice, labor creates man himself. Modest. And what you have repeatedly emphasized: don't make empty promises to the people, but do it first. In particular, the word "serious" is most feared in the world, and the People's Party is the most serious. Mr. Chen, which of these tenets of your People's Party was not earnestly taught by Confucian sages? It's just that you have turned this teaching into the vernacular. ”

After hearing this, Chen Ke and the others were silent. Shen Zengzhi is right, these words are reflected in the Analects, and the People's Party founded by Chen Ke just said these words in the vernacular, and then repeatedly emphasized them. Chen Ke is well aware that he has never created something that no one has before him, not only in the past, but also in the future.

"Mr. Chen, this group of party members under your command is not ordinary. I have been a student for many years, and I have never seen so many disciples who can follow the teachings of the saints. Today's so-called Confucian people, after reading the "Analects", can only practice what they can do is not get tired of eating, and they never get tired of living big. There are not even many people who can do it with words and deeds. I really didn't expect that under Mr. Chen's banner, he would see hundreds of disciples who could follow the teachings of the saints at once. I'm glad I did. However, thinking that after the success of Mr. Chen's revolution, Confucianism will inevitably decline, I am really upset if I don't say that. ”

After listening to Shen Zengzhi's words, Chen Ke felt that he had to say a few words, otherwise he would be abducted and deceived by Confucian learning, "Mr. Shen, "The Analects" is about benevolence, and "Xunzi" is about etiquette. I'm talking about productivity and contradictions, since the advent of human beings, tens of thousands of years, hundreds of thousands of years have been walking and running, and now they are still walking and running. Thousands of years ago, kitchen knives used to cut vegetables, and kitchen knives still cut vegetables today. Just because the Confucian sages have some insightful opinions, we can't attribute everything to Confucianism. ”

Shen Zengzhi did not object to Chen Ke's rebuttal, he nodded, "Mr. Chen, the sage is a man of two thousand years, and it would be a big mistake to treat those who now claim to be the disciples of the Confucian sect as the sons of the sage." I just saw that Mr. Chen's People's Party actually followed the teachings of the sage, and I just had some insights in my heart. If Mr. Chen's People's Party can continue to do this, it should take over the world. ”

Hearing Shen Zengzhi say this, Chen Ke couldn't help but ask: "Then Mr. Shen is willing to join our People's Party?" ”

"That's not necessary. Mr. Chen, there are so many people in the world who have read Confucian books and called themselves Confucian disciples, but there are very few people who can do what they say in the books of the sages. This gentleman is not so easy to do. Mr. Chen is only afraid that in the future, he will kill your current subordinates. Mr. Chen was reluctant to take refuge in the imperial court in order not to stand under the wall. Although the old man admires Mr. Chen very much, he refuses to stand under the dangerous wall of your People's Party. ”

Shen Zengzhi's words made Chen Ke have to admire. I was about to say something more, but I heard the sound of the class bell ringing outside. "Three gentlemen, let's go to class." Chen Ke said.