Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Moreover, these intellectuals with a compassionate heart basically participated in the revolution during the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society of the Republic of China, wanting to thoroughly change China from top to bottom, and became revolutionary intellectuals.

It can be said that only New China truly spread knowledge to the "peasants" and began to root Chinese culture in the people of the whole country.

Along with literacy comes education.

While New China was carrying out its literacy campaign, it also began promoting education nationwide. Elementary, middle, high, and university education all flourished, achieving remarkable results. A detailed analysis of the progress of education in New China during these eight years reveals the progress of education in New China.

The primary school enrollment rate for school-age children, including rural areas, has reached 81.2%. Although not all school-age children are enrolled, this achievement is more than four times the level at the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Then there are junior high school students, high school students, technical secondary school students, vocational school students, and college students. Each figure is several times or even more than ten times that of the time when the People's Republic of China was founded.

Of course, the three aspects that are really reported in great detail are mainly three aspects.

Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, rural development, and industrial development.

The War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea allowed China to completely escape the situation of repeated defeats against the great powers in modern times. Although the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was China's first victory over imperialism in modern times, it lasted for eight years after all.

It was by relying on space, time, and changes in the international environment that we finally defeated Japan.

World imperialism did not take such a China seriously. But the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea was different.

The Chinese People's Volunteer Army attacked and, with a few blows, stunned the US-led UN forces, bringing the greatest humiliation to the US military. After the end of World War II, the US was very arrogant in the world. One reason was the US's economic strength, and the other was the US military strength.

Many countries believe that the US military is invincible.

The results of it?

The Chinese People's Volunteer Army crushed the American army on the Korean Peninsula. Several prominent American generals died inexplicably, or perhaps even tragically. Ultimately, the United States had no choice but to capitulate and sign an armistice agreement with China.

The War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea is truly worth promoting.

When the People's Daily began promoting the Korean War, military newspapers quickly followed suit. "August 1st Magazine" focused on selecting classic Korean War battle examples and analyzing the situations of both armies, focusing on aspects such as their weapons and equipment and tactical deployments.

Then the newly established "People's Liberation Army Daily" followed suit.

They all participated in promoting the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

This was a great victory that inspired and united the people. Therefore, various letters flew to the People's Daily like snowflakes, all praising the People's Daily for its publicity of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

Some people also believe that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Propaganda Department have not done enough to promote the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

I believe that New China should openly and extensively publicize the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. This should be done not only domestically but also internationally. I believe that footage shot during the Korean War should be made public, and a film about the war should also be produced.

First, publicize it vigorously in the socialist camp, and then publicize it in the imperialist camp.

Let them see how the Chinese army defeated the US army.

Events like the Korean War are the most eye-catching and easily trigger young people's hormones. Today's Chinese university students are daily focused on the achievements of the new China in the past eight years. The publication of articles promoting the Korean War caused a sensation throughout the university.

This is when the previous education reforms came into play.

At the time, to further strengthen the Party's leadership over universities, a large number of cadres were drawn from the Party, government, and military systems to enter universities. This time, they all received a notice that, in order to cope with the impact of the "secret report," they must constantly monitor changes in university thinking. Students, in particular, must maintain a stable mindset.

Yang Xiufeng himself was born into a family of scholars.

Before joining the revolution, he was already a university teacher and had led the December 9th Movement, so he understood the thoughts of college students. He asked party members and cadres in colleges and universities to actively organize college students to participate in the activities for the eighth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Let them see the remarkable achievements that New China has made under the leadership of the Party. Let them understand that they are needed in the construction of New China and that they are part of New China's history. China's future development depends on young students like them, and that the fate of the country is linked to the fate of everyone.

Things like the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea can quickly attract the attention of college students.

At this time, Party members and cadres in universities were organizing various activities. Students were immersed in the tremendous achievements of New China, pondering how they would apply their knowledge in the future. They had no time to worry about Stalin.

Of course, the People's Daily had a plan; it couldn't just be about promoting the "War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea." Following the Korean War, there was a report on the rural economy. In this regard, the Rural Work Department fully cooperated with the Propaganda Department, producing the most accurate rural economic data.

The most important issue in rural work is grain production.

1955年新中国粮食产量已经达到了3870亿斤，比1954年增长了270亿斤，相比起1948年建国的时候增长了近2000亿斤。光是从数据就可以看出农村生活水平的提高。

China began implementing unified procurement and marketing in 1951. Around 1953, the annual target for unified procurement and marketing of grain reached 900 billion jin (approximately 1300 million jin) of grain, a figure that remained unchanged for the following years. Including public grain and additional levies, approximately 1500 to 2500 billion jin (approximately million jin) of grain was taken from rural areas annually, leaving approximately billion jin (approximately million jin) of grain for rural areas.

In other words, the amount of grain left in rural areas every year is more than the national grain output in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

This is the improvement of living standards.

Of course, when talking about rural areas, we must talk about the number of rural livestock, rural water conservancy facilities, rural road construction, etc. The Ministry of Rural Affairs has the most detailed data on these rural work, and newspapers have made special reports on them.

The data is presented one by one, and compared with 1948, the achievements are very clear.

Then there was a report on the rural medical situation.

Since the central government established the "Grassroots Doctor Training Program," approximately 30,000 "barefoot doctors" have been trained. The reason it hasn't been implemented on a large scale is partly due to concerns that the rural economy wouldn't be able to support such a large number of barefoot doctors, and partly because it's still a relatively new initiative and many areas are still imperfect.

Even with such cautious implementation, since the launch of the "Grassroots Doctor Training Program", "junior doctors" have been trained in more than 30,000 cooperatives.

The Ministry of Health has been communicating with these doctors assigned to rural towns and villages to understand what problems they encounter and what common diseases are not listed in textbooks. Of course, in addition to treating patients, a more important task for these grassroots doctors in rural towns and villages is to spread health knowledge.

Enabling people in rural towns and villages, who had no prior knowledge of hygiene, to learn about modern hygiene is a greater achievement. Many diseases are caused by a lack of modern hygiene knowledge.

Why are infectious diseases so common in rural areas? Most of this is due to poor hygiene. These "barefoot doctors" who spread hygiene knowledge in rural towns and villages have played a significant role in preventing infectious diseases.

Finally, there is industrial development.

The general public lacks understanding of industry, so the People's Daily presents some key heavy industry data, as well as light industry data that people can see in their daily lives.

The data looks very good.

The first is steel production.

During the eight years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, key national steel projects included the expansion of Anshan Iron and Steel, Benxi Iron and Steel, Xuancheng Iron and Steel, Chongqing Iron and Steel, Shougang Steel, and Tangshan Iron and Steel, as well as the Soviet-aided Baotou Iron and Steel, Wuhan Iron and Steel, and Handan Iron and Steel, as well as some special steel factories such as Beigang (Fulaerji Special Steel Plant), Fushun Special Steel Plant, Jilin Ferroalloy Plant, Rehe Vanadium Titanium Plant, etc.

It can be seen that the steel layout at this time was generally in Northeast China and North China.

In addition to these steel mills, Northeast China also has the Tonghua Steel Plant and the Dalian Steel Plant, both of which were left behind by the Japanese. However, they are all small steel mills, with an annual steel output of around 100,000 tons, but they can produce a variety of steel products.

There is also Taigang in Shanxi, which is a steel plant established by Yan Xishan in his early years.

The Northeast has a really good foundation.

After the complete takeover of Anshan Iron and Steel and Benxi Iron and Steel, pig iron and steel production increased rapidly with Soviet technical assistance. Anshan Iron and Steel was particularly affected. The Japanese had built nine blast furnaces there, two of which were damaged during the war. However, after the PLA took over, they worked with Japanese engineers who had remained in China to rebuild the two damaged blast furnaces.

After the Soviet Union began to provide aid, it rebuilt four of the blast furnaces, making them nearly three times larger than the ones left by Japan. It then provided Anshan Iron and Steel with three blast furnaces and complete drawings of the equipment.

So now Anshan Iron and Steel has 12 blast furnaces.

Including the construction of open-hearth steelmaking furnaces.

The open-hearth furnaces left by Japan at Anshan Iron and Steel were only 60 to 100 tons, but the open-hearth furnaces built with Soviet aid at Anshan Iron and Steel were all 500 tons. The iron and steelmaking technologies provided by the Soviet Union were relatively advanced.

Anshan Iron and Steel alone accounts for nearly half of China's steel production, with an annual crude steel output of approximately 370 million tons. Other steel mills, including Benxi Iron and Steel, Xuancheng Iron and Steel, Baotou Iron and Steel, and Wuhan Iron and Steel, all currently produce over 100 million tons of crude steel. Benxi Iron and Steel is a steel mill left behind by the Japanese in Benxi, while Xuancheng Iron and Steel began development after the Eighth Route Army captured Xuanhua during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Baotou Iron and Steel and Wuhan Iron and Steel were both Soviet-aided projects, with the Soviets providing everything from design drawings to machinery and equipment to technical guidance.

Besides these, steel mills like Shougang, Tangshan Iron and Steel, and Handan Iron and Steel all have relatively low outputs, around 200,000 to 300,000 tons each. There are also numerous small steel mills with outputs of only tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of tons.

In 1955, the national crude steel output was 914 million tons.

Then there is coal production.

The task was completed one year ahead of schedule in 1955, and even exceeded. The First Five-Year Plan required the Ministry of Coal Industry to achieve coal production of 2.7 million tons. As a result, in 1955, coal production exceeded 3 million tons, reaching 3.13 million tons.

The development of the coal industry is closely related to the "picking up scraps" from the Soviet Union.

Starting in 1948, the People's Republic of China purchased a large amount of secondhand coal mining equipment from the Soviet Union. Much of this equipment was captured by the Soviet Union during World War II and sold to China at bargain prices. China used this secondhand equipment to expand its coal mining base while focusing on replicating this equipment. In a short period of time, large coal mines in Northeast China and Shanxi Province were converted to mechanized coal mining and transportation, and coal production increased significantly.

Then, in 1948 and 1949, Chairman Mao went to the Soviet Union twice and received assistance from the Soviet Union.

At that time, one-third of the aid projects were coal projects.

As a result, New China's coal production increased rapidly.

Another reason was that, after consultation with the Ministry of Coal Industry, Wei Hongjun delegated some coal mine construction projects to local governments. This was because the cost of building new mines and expanding existing ones was prohibitive, and the Ministry of Coal Industry could not afford it. Therefore, the only option was to delegate some projects to local governments, allowing them to retain management and allocation rights for these mines. In essence, this meant that local governments were required to finance the completion of the First Five-Year Plan projects.

Just like here in Shanxi.

The Ministry of Coal Industry planned to build eight coal bases here in its First Five-Year Plan, but it ran out of money and left two of the projects to the Shanxi Provincial Government, which was very pleased.

Because of this, these two coal bases are industries under the provincial government.

Currently, major industrial projects are all in the hands of the central government, so being able to extract two coal base projects from the central government is a good thing for the provincial government's finances. Using this method, the Ministry of Coal Industry successfully completed the First Five-Year Plan a year ahead of schedule.

And oil.

The crude oil production target for the First Five-Year Plan was 300 million tons.

However, by 1955, China's crude oil production had reached 490 million tons. Currently, China's major oil bases are the Yanchang Oilfield, Karamay Oilfield, and Liaohe Oilfield; the Songliao Oilfield, which is under large-scale construction; the Qinghai Oilfield, which is undergoing simultaneous exploration and construction; and the Fushun artificial oilfield.

Liaohe Oilfield is currently the most productive oilfield in the country.

After all, the development time is long.

By 1955, crude oil production had reached 230 million tons.

But this is only the beginning.

The Songliao Oilfield (Daqing Oilfield) is the real big oilfield. Starting in 1951, small-scale oil exploration campaigns were conducted. After several years of exploration, Huang Jiqing wrote a report in 1954 stating that the Songliao Oilfield was a large oilfield with astonishing reserves.

Therefore, in 1955, approximately 1956 troops were deployed to the Songliao Oilfield for infrastructure construction, and in 600, another troops were deployed to begin the Songliao Oilfield Campaign. The Ministry of Petroleum Industry planned to build a crude oil base with a production capacity of million tons in the Songliao Oilfield within two years.

In this way, two years later, New China will be completely self-sufficient in oil and will not need to spend a lot of foreign exchange to purchase it.

Of course, the People's Daily's introduction to industrial construction is still ongoing.

But as the "secret report" circulated for a longer period of time, some people began to stir. Finally, at a symposium held by the United Front Work Department, someone expressed their views on the matter in a positive way.

991 Coalition Government

Wei Hongjun looked through the report from the United Front Work Department, his expression becoming increasingly worse.

What kind of monsters are these in the United Front Work Department?

A symposium, full of all sorts of opinions. The other members of the Secretariat frowned as they looked at the document. Wei Hongjun read and took notes, summarizing the contents roughly.

The Secretariat meeting cannot discuss all the remarks made therein.

We must definitely highlight the key points for discussion.

As Wei Hongjun read through it, he said, "Comrade Li Weihan, I only see speeches from the democratic parties in this document. Why don't I see any speeches from the United Front Work Department?"

"We were not prepared and were caught off guard for a moment."

Li Weihan, Minister of the United Front Work Department, was very embarrassed.

This symposium held by the United Front Work Department was originally just a routine meeting. The department convenes it periodically to connect with everyone. The atmosphere at these symposiums has always been positive.

Because of the "secret report" incident, Li Weihan was more cautious this time. However, despite his caution, he did not expect to be "attacked by a group" and for a moment he forgot how to respond.

It can be said that the rhythm of this symposium was completely controlled by those democratic figures. The United Front Work Department became mute and could only be led by others. This United Front Work Department symposium can be said to be a complete failure.

The news spread like wildfire.