The Heroic Age of the Late Qing Dynasty

Most of the NPC representatives had never seen Zhang Yinghao. When Zhang Yinghao stepped onto the podium, the chattering in the venue immediately stopped. Everyone's eyes were on Zhang Yinghao, and the venue with thousands of people was silent.

"Hello, fellow delegates! I am Zhang Yinghao, Chairman of the Forward Communist Party and Chairman of the Military Commission of the Revolutionary Army..."

Zhang Yinghao was interrupted by enthusiastic applause before he finished his introduction. He waited until the applause died down before continuing, "Welcome all the representatives to this people's congress. I wish my congress a complete success!"

As soon as Zhang Yinghao finished speaking, the conference room erupted in enthusiastic applause. Almost everyone in attendance had heard the songs Zhang Yinghao had previously sung, especially the idea that he was a great savior, a sentiment deeply resonated with the people of that era. Without Zhang Yinghao, their lives would have remained unchanged, and their hope would be far from over. There were rumors that if Heaven hadn't given birth to Zhang Yinghao, the people would be in eternal darkness. There were rumors that Zhang Yinghao was the reincarnation of a bodhisattva, a savior from suffering, the reincarnation of Wenquxing, the reincarnation of Wuquxing. By this time, Zhang Yinghao had become legendary among the people, and his portrait had become a must-have in many homes, with many even offering incense and kowtowing before his portrait.

The attendees had also seen Zhang Yinghao's model operas, which didn't glorify royalty, generals, or talented scholars and beautiful women, but rather the poor, working people. Furthermore, Zhang Yinghao had distributed land to them, giving them hope for life. With these achievements in mind, they were naturally overjoyed that Zhang Yinghao would speak to them. Even if they went back and just told others they had met Chairman Zhang, countless people would envy them!

This is the truth, not an exaggeration at all. In a previous life, someone from Zhang Yinghao's village traveled to Beijing and claimed to have met Chairman Mao. Countless people were envious, even Zhang Yinghao himself. Meeting someone truly worthy of admiration is an incredibly satisfying experience. Zhang Yinghao even asked about the scene of meeting Chairman Mao. The person described how the crowd erupted in excitement and cheered uncontrollably upon his appearance. Many people waved their fists in excitement, even uncontrollably, kicking and punching with all their might. He himself was beaten several times, but he didn't feel anything at the time. Only after returning home did he discover numerous bruises.

Zhang Yinghao asked him what he felt like when he saw Chairman Mao. The man said it was like a person dying of thirst in August drinking a sip of ice-cold well water, or like a person dying of starvation drinking a bowl of warm porridge. It was really comfortable.

Perhaps the applause was not enough to express the delegates' joy. Suddenly, someone shouted, "Long live Chairman Zhang! Long live Chairman Zhang! Long live Chairman Zhang! Long live Chairman Zhang!"

When the other representatives heard this, they immediately burst into shouts: "Long live Chairman Zhang, long live Chairman Zhang, long live Chairman Zhang!"

Zhang Yinghao just stood calmly on the stage, looking at the representatives below who were so excited that they couldn't control themselves, with a smile on his face, and did not try to stop the representatives from shouting.

Zhang Yinghao knew that if he were to become emperor today, there would be no problem at all. He could destroy the Qing Dynasty, seize the throne, and, with his foresight, develop industry. He could reclaim the privileges of the foreign powers in China through World War I and II. A decisive battle with Japan would boost public morale, and in doing so, he would have no problem securing his throne. Furthermore, after the Xinhai Revolution, many rebels still didn't know what kind of country they wanted to establish. The Restoration Society, for example, supported a Han Chinese emperor, and these individuals harbored varying degrees of imperial ambition. Tao Chengzhang even bluntly stated that revolution was rebellion... a change of dynasty.

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If Zhang Yinghao wanted to be emperor now, there would naturally be countless people who would put him on that position. They would also be able to have the merit of following the emperor, and wealth and honor would be at their fingertips. Why not do it? In this era, what really made China completely lose the soil for being an emperor was after the Soviet Union brought Marxism. After some people knew the power contained in the people, it was impossible for an emperor to appear again.

If a political strongman had emerged in the early years of the Republic of China who could defeat the foreign powers, abolish the unequal treaties, and regain national sovereignty, countless so-called revolutionaries would have immediately bowed down. Sun Zhongshan and his ilk had never succeeded in even a small uprising, and they were completely unable to prevent the powerful from ascending to that position.

Yuan Shikai's restoration failed not because he had lost the ground to become emperor. Rather, it was because he lacked a grassroots organization. He could barely collect taxes from the Beiyang government, relying on loans from foreign powers and continuing to sign humiliating treaties. He also neglected industrial development. His attempt to secure the throne with Qing dynasty relics and Beiyang support was simply wishful thinking. Therefore, in this era, he still had at least another twenty years of potential to become emperor.

"Long live Chairman Zhang, long live Chairman Zhang, long live Chairman Zhang."

The delegates' voices were filled with passion, their faces brimming with genuine emotion. The peasants had acquired land, a supposedly unchangeable policy of land nationalization. Most of the worker delegates had moved from the countryside to the city, into factories, most of them working in factories run by the Progressive Party. As military veterans, they had emerged from the countryside to follow the revolutionary army and the Progressive Party, and naturally, they were deeply loyal to Zhang Yinghao.

These representatives' political desire for land had been satisfied, and their hunger for life had finally come to an end. For these people, they truly could not find any other words of gratitude, any reason not to shout "Long live Zhang Yinghao." They felt that Chairman Zhang Yinghao deserved long live. If not Chairman Zhang Yinghao, who else could live long live?

"Long live Chairman Zhang, long live Chairman Zhang, long live Chairman Zhang."

The sound was like a tide, like a storm, rushing towards Zhang Yinghao from the audience. When the light of glory shines down, those who don't know how to avoid it but still enjoy it will inevitably become arrogant, and in the end they can only fall off a cliff and be shattered.

Zhang Yinghao heard the cries of "Long live the emperor!" but he remained surprisingly calm. His face remained expressionless, not at all affected by the roar. The public's enthusiasm would eventually fade, and he only hoped that there wouldn't be a mess left behind.

Zhang Yinghao naturally wouldn't argue that he wasn't shouting "Long Live!" That would confuse the delegates, ruin the atmosphere, and wouldn't that just be self-defeating? Zhang Yinghao simply told them, "Long Live China!" "Long Live the People!" That was politically correct. After watching the delegates chant several times, feeling it was enough, Zhang Yinghao raised his hand and pressed it down, and the delegates' voices instantly stopped, as if they had hit a pause button.

Zhang Yinghao then continued, "Thank you for your trust. Your good days are just the beginning. In the future, you will all live better lives, and your lives will only get better and better, day by day. I hope to lead you to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and lead China into a brand new era! I just want to say: Long live the comrades, long live the people."

"Long live the comrades, long live the people."

"Long live the comrades, long live the people, long live Chairman Zhang." "Long live Chairman Zhang, long live Chairman Zhang, long live Chairman Zhang."

The excited deputies to the National People's Congress started shouting again. This group of people didn't even have the chance to shout "Long live" in normal times, and this time they seemed to want to shout to their heart's content. It took a while before they temporarily quieted down under the orders of the staff.

On the first day, the delegates discussed the draft constitution, which had been drafted by Jang Young-ho and the Central Committee of the Progressive Party. Jang Young-ho had already begun drafting the constitution when he decided to convene the National People's Congress. The constitution is the fundamental law of a country and is of great importance.

Zhang Yinghao had never read the Constitution in its entirety in his previous life, so he borrowed a lot of articles from the Constitutions promulgated by the United States and the United Kingdom, but the fundamental things were still the original formula and the original flavor.

The Constitution establishes that sovereignty resides with the people, the working class led by the Progressive Party is the ruling class, and a socialist state is established under the people's democratic dictatorship based on the worker-peasant alliance. Of course, this is not Article 1 of the Constitution; it will automatically become Article 1 after Zhang Yinghao's death.

The draft constitution had already been handed over to the National People's Congress. The first article of the constitution drafted by Zhang Yinghao was that the National People's Congress representatives agreed to transfer part of the highest state power to Comrade Zhang Yinghao, the current chairman of the Forward Party and chairman of the Military Commission of the Revolutionary Army.

As long as the delegates vote to pass this bill, Chairman Zhang Yinghao will have unshakable power from a legal perspective. He will have the final right to revise and interpret the Constitution, as well as the final decision-making power over judicial and administrative matters.

Why did Zhang Yinghao come up with such a Constitutional clause? Because Zhang Yinghao, through his own pragmatic analysis, felt that it was necessary to do so. He was a time traveler, and many of the decisions he made were not in line with the pragmatic attitude. What is the pragmatic attitude? Being pragmatic is actually summarizing the lessons learned from past events or happenings and then using them to guide actions, which inevitably has a certain lag. But Zhang Yinghao was able to jump directly

Even the most talented person couldn't always do this, skipping the middle steps and simply applying the conclusion. If Zhang Yinghao were asked to explain, he wouldn't be able to do it himself. He simply didn't have the energy to spend all that time explaining this and that. If you understand, then act on it. If you don't understand, then deepen your understanding through action.

Zhang Yinghao is willing to discuss many things with his comrades, but many times Zhang Yinghao also needs absolute authority to force the implementation of some policies and some current

There are things that the comrades here cannot understand. If there are too many twists and turns, and some issues cannot be resolved, or if Zhang Yinghao is seen by the comrades as abusing his soft power, then if he does it too many times, his prestige will also be greatly damaged. If conspirators or party hacks appear, Zhang Yinghao is not a political genius.

Even if they were to become powerful, they wouldn't necessarily be able to defeat these people. Therefore, Zhang Yinghao had to guarantee his authority through legislation. It wouldn't be easy to amend the Constitution while he was still alive. As for what would happen to China after his death, he was already dead, so why worry about it?

In later times, the true outcome of the 1902 National People's Congress was this Constitution. It marked the true beginning of China's transition from the old era to the new. However, during the discussions at the time, this Constitution was entirely forced through by Zhang Yinghao, relying solely on his personal prestige and political appeal.

It is also clearly written in the resolution of the National People's Congress that this resolution will take effect immediately. At the same time, the highest legislative, administrative and judicial powers in the liberated areas will be unconditionally transferred to Comrade Zhang Yinghao, Chairman of the Forward Party and Chairman of the Military Commission of the Revolutionary Army.

Many of the delegates at the meeting did not know what the Constitution was. It was no problem to ask them to shout "Long live the Constitution" or to raise their hands, but as for asking them to understand the contents of each article in the Constitution, I'm sorry, there were quite a few delegates who dozed off after seeing so many words.

Many delegates felt that Chairman Zhang Yinghao was just too full to handle. What was there to discuss? Wouldn't it be enough to just say it and vote on it? Instead, he created all these weird things. What's the point of this thing? Can you eat or drink it?

Aside from a handful of politically conscious individuals who understood the implications, the rest simply threw their hands in support, having nothing to lose. Furthermore, in the eyes of the delegates, Chairman Zhang Yinghao would certainly not harm them, and many attending the meeting simply didn't care about these matters.

In the subsequent struggles with the great powers, foreigners, through film and television works, always promoted the enthusiastic scenes of a group of ignorant people cheering and applauding, and used strong sarcasm born of envy, jealousy and hatred to say, "Amid the earth-shaking cheers of "Long Live", the voters happily put an end to the Master with their own hands!"

As for the NPC deputies who "let out earth-shaking cheers of 'Long Live!'" they absolutely wouldn't agree with such a description. All of them simply felt that Zhang Yinghao, Chairman of the Forward Party and Chairman of the Revolutionary Army's Military Commission, who already held supreme power in the base area, was being too polite by assuming power from the NPC. We were a bunch of peasants, peasants. How could we deserve Chairman Zhang Yinghao's respect? How could we do such a thing? Moreover, in the eyes of the public, Chairman Zhang Yinghao was a star descended from the earth, a reincarnated deity. His moral integrity was comparable to that of an immortal. How could they feel anything other than joy and support? Disagreeing would be truly unjust.

So the first point was so simple and passed smoothly. Zhang Yinghao thought it was funny that the great powers were trying so hard to restrict the supreme leader.

What about constitutional monarchy, separation of powers, parliamentary democracy, semi-parliamentary and semi-presidential democracy? And what about me? I easily got the

The emperor has even greater power. Alas, there is no comparison, no comparison!

Regardless of Zhang Yinghao's feelings, the process continued. After the first stage concluded, Zhang Yinghao, elected Chairman of the National People's Congress, placed his hand on the Constitution and, under the guidance of the master of ceremonies, solemnly swore to the thousands of delegates, "I, Zhang Yinghao, will be loyal to the motherland and the people. I will fulfill the obligations stipulated in the Constitution and exercise the powers granted by the Constitution. I will serve the working people wholeheartedly! Until my death!"

A simple ceremony, a simple oath, but with a strong sense of sacredness. The representatives may not care about many things, but they care very much about seeing such a high and mighty person solemnly swear an oath. After all, in which country is it possible to swear an oath in person?

An oath is a promise that is hard to go back on. In particular, the phrase "serve the working people wholeheartedly" directly struck the hearts of the representatives, making them very excited.

Thunderous cheers broke out again.

"Long live Chairman Zhang! Long live Chairman Zhang! Long live Chairman Zhang!"

Zhang Yinghao continued, "Comrades, as people's representatives, I think everyone knows that we have to eat, drink and make a living every day. What is the job of our new government? It is to be responsible for these things. In the past, the Qing Dynasty did not care about these things, let alone people's lives. You may have heard that more than two million people died in the severe drought in Shaanxi. What I want to tell you is that this is true. Therefore, our new government must take care of the food and drink of the working people, ensuring that the working people can exchange their work for food, and no longer starve to death due to lack of food. As people's representatives, you must understand whether the new government has done so, and you must also tell the new government about the problems you encounter and let the new government solve your problems.

The new government has assumed a vast array of responsibilities, including those related to postal services, schools, hospitals, transportation, and the police. These will all become public services. Our children will be able to go to school, see doctors when they are sick, and travel by road or train. Highway robbers will no longer exist; these individuals will be apprehended by our police, executed if warranted, or sent to labor camps if warranted.

We have entered a new era, comrades. Times have changed. From now on, we have entered a new era—please note, a new era that has already begun. In this new era, the Progressive Party stands alongside the working people. Government officials are simply the people's servants, employees of the people's power, and they serve the people. What the government can do, what the people can do, what the government wants to do, what the people want to do—both sides must clearly articulate. Only in this way can we overcome difficulty after difficulty and make our lives better and more prosperous!

Comrades, we are now in the midst of a transformation unseen in three thousand years of Chinese history. That is, since the beginning of Chinese recorded history, we have reached a turning point. From now on, we must completely overturn all previous rules and regulations and start anew. That is, all established rules from the era of rituals must be torn down and rebuilt to establish the rules we need.

Any system that prevents us working people from living a good life will be overthrown, and a world centered on working people will be established. We will continue to develop industry, and in the future, those who want to farm will do so, and those who want to work in factories will do so. As long as we working people unite, our lives will become increasingly prosperous..."

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Zhang Yinghao didn't care whether the comrades below could understand him or not. He still had to say what he should say, otherwise he would be considered a fool.

As soon as Zhang Yinghao finished speaking, someone below immediately shouted:

"Long live Chairman Zhang! Long live Chairman Zhang! Long live Chairman Zhang!"

Zhang Yinghao waved his hand vigorously, and the shouting quickly died down. The delegates' faces were all flushed. Even though Zhang Yinghao had forcefully "suppressed" the shouting, no one felt any loss of face. Hearing Chairman Zhang Yinghao expound on these key policies was a matter of great honor, and for ordinary people it was already extremely inspiring, not to mention that Zhang Yinghao's words sounded highly actionable.

The delegates were all beneficiaries of the new government and the new era, undoubtedly thanks to their adherence to the Progress Party under Zhang Yinghao's leadership. Even if they didn't fully grasp what the Progress Party was going to do, they felt assured. At least Chairman Zhang Yinghao, a high-ranking official, was willing to speak with them and share their perspectives, which made everyone feel particularly excited.

After Zhang Yinghao finished speaking, it was time to vote. Amidst a series of boring yet incredibly important votes, these bewildered representatives cast their solemn votes. As for what exactly was being said, you idiot? Just listen. Could Chairman Zhang be lying to us? It must be all for the good of us, the people!

They had no idea that the votes they cast in a daze formed the cornerstone of the Forward Party's rule. Based on their results, the Forward Party would be able to rule all the liberated areas directly and legitimately in the future because they represented the people of the entire country.

In the end, the National People's Congress voted to agree to adhere to the leadership of the Forward Party, adhere to the path of communism and early socialism, adhere to Marxism, Zhang Yinghao's thought, and adhere to the people's democratic dictatorship led by the proletariat.

The Congress elected a Standing Committee to exercise its powers in accordance with the Constitution and laws...

In addition to attending the National People's Congress, Zhang Yinghao also began to interview representatives from various provinces, understanding the local conditions and inquiring about their intentions, asking whether they were willing to return to their hometowns to work and organize the revolution...

The Sichuan Revolutionary Party was currently short of talent, and many tasks required the cooperation of several people. However, Zhang Yinghao still wanted to send comrades back to their hometowns to carry out the revolution and prepare for the future liberation of the country.

Nowadays, many positions in the base area are not assigned to anyone, but it depends on whether you have the ability. If you don’t have the ability, you won’t be able to do the job well even if you are given a high position.

Just like explaining the policy content to the delegates is one of the very important tasks. Now most of these delegates have no experience in conferences. It may be possible for them to sit on the stools for dozens of minutes without moving, but if they do not move for two or three hours or even for several days in a row, the delegates' buttocks will feel as uncomfortable as if a branding iron was placed on them.

Comrade Zhang Yinghao, who was explaining the situation above, tried several methods but none of them worked out well. Finally, it was Comrade Zhao Erni who took on this important task. So even if a leader wants to value you, you still have to be capable. Otherwise, if you can't do the job well, it's all in vain.

Today we'll discuss the purpose of taxation. Taxes are what the people care about most. If this isn't explained well, representatives will harbor suspicions and cause significant trouble. Only by thoroughly explaining this will representatives be satisfied. Otherwise, collecting taxes and doing nothing about them will be a major problem.

Comrade Zhao Erni took a different approach. She began her lecture not on taxation but on education. She explained the issue in simple terms, allowing the delegates, who had no understanding of finance, to quickly grasp the underlying issues. Zhang Yinghao still remembers what Comrade Zhao Erni taught her.

"Dear people's representatives, fellow villagers, my name is Zhao Erni."

When the representatives first saw that it was a girl who came up to speak, they felt inexplicably happy. Then when they heard the down-to-earth name, everyone smiled knowingly and applauded loudly. This was something they had specially trained before the meeting, and they had learned it well now.

"Parents with children know that it's not easy to get them to study, but without studying, it's hard for them to succeed. Only by studying can they achieve great things."

This sentence instantly touched everyone's heart. After all, no one doesn't want their children to be unsuccessful.

"Our children need teachers to study. Without teachers, what are they supposed to study for? Isn't that right? But if our teachers have to teach, they won't have time to farm. If they don't farm, what will they eat? We're not gods, so we all have to eat, right? So, a portion of the public grain we pay should go to these teachers. Do you understand?"

"clear."

"Everyone has divided up the land, right? This land didn't just fall from the sky; it was snatched from the landlords, gentry, and the Qing government. Are these people happy to give us the land? Of course not. Are you willing to return the land to the landlords now? No one wants to. Why? Without the land, we will all starve to death. If we starve to death, the landlords will still have large tracts of land to cultivate and more food than we can eat.

In order to prevent our people from starving to death, our Progressive Party had no choice but to nationalize all the land and distribute it to everyone for farming. This way, everyone can have a good life. Our revolutionary army will fight the counter-revolutionaries and reactionaries with guns to protect our fields from being taken back by them. It's fine for the revolutionary army to help us people in normal times, but they can't take care of the crops every day. So they can only eat the public grain that everyone pays for...

Zhao Erni's explanation of the purpose of public grain is very clear and logical, and everyone will understand what is going on after listening to it. These cases are closely related to the people, and everyone will understand it after listening to it.

The first National People's Congress lasted an unusually long time. After the relevant elections were over, the relevant policies were explained, and the people's representatives were dismissed, while the comrades of the Standing Committee continued their work. It is unknown how much time it took just to formulate and amend criminal, civil, government agency, and other basic laws.

Zhang Yinghao, through conversations with colleagues at the grassroots level, discovered that there was a perception of redundant officials and staff. This was unbelievable to Zhang Yinghao, as he felt his own expansion rate was already impressive. How could such a phenomenon occur? Later, he realized that this perception was actually caused by himself.

In order to train a large number of personnel to meet the needs of expansion, a position

After the first position, there are several deputy positions. The personnel transfer is very fast, so this large number of deputy positions have their basis for existence. However, after Sichuan stabilized, the basic personnel have been gradually determined, but the problem of the deputy positions has not been solved. The comrades in these positions still have multiple deputy positions, and the cadres transferred to support Shaanxi are not used much. The departure of a principal position may add another one.

In addition, there are many loopholes in the system that can be exploited, and those with some connections are desperately trying to squeeze in, hoping to get a golden rice bowl.

Zhang Yinghao is not afraid of the increase in personnel now, but in the future, when he goes out to fight, the personnel will be very strong. Now it is not only the local 10,000 survival team that is like this. The deputy positions in the local area are to prepare for the future expansion of the base.

The army is prepared for large-scale expansion.

However, Zhang Yinghao was worried about how to pay the salaries of these new people. At this time, Zhang Yinghao suddenly realized that the management of his base was actually quite chaotic, and the current conflicts were simply covered up by the expansion.

The military was easy to deal with, as the relevant general promotion channels were determined when the system was first designed. However, it did not work in the local areas. In a short period of time, after the local party members and cadres combined with the local masses, various relationships were quickly intertwined. Now, Zhang Yinghao feels that it is necessary to establish a

A talent pool.

Zhang Yinghao acted immediately, convening a meeting with comrades from the Central Committee and proposing a "three-determination" plan. In Zhang Yinghao's view, grassroots government now rests on the level of the village committee, a loose organization comprised of several villages. Its administrative divisions resemble a town with multiple natural villages under it. However, the staff members there are not civil servants; they still have to farm, and they only receive a small subsidy.

From these grassroots organizations, we can see that the titles of civil servants in each town are generally identifiable, such as town party committee secretary, town mayor, chairman of the People's Congress, secretary, Youth League committee secretary, organization committee member, propaganda committee member, executive deputy town mayor, armed forces minister, discipline inspection secretary, deputy town mayor for agriculture, deputy town mayor for education, science, culture, health and sports, police station chief, and other related clerks.

Once the names are determined, the next question becomes who will be assigned to them. Larger towns with more people naturally have more civil servants, while smaller ones tend to have fewer. This requires a case-by-case analysis. Then, their responsibilities and the tasks they perform must be determined. Similarly, once the townships are determined, the county level is determined, and once the counties are determined, the city level is determined.

Zhang Yinghao's proposal was finally approved. Once the relevant headcount is determined, any extra personnel will be reported and a talent reserve file will be established, allowing them to be directly deployed if needed in the future. All personnel increases and decreases at the local level must be reported and approved by higher authorities before recruitment can begin. Otherwise, they will be excluded from the staffing plan. Without a list of names, the finance department will not be able to collect salaries.

After the "three determinations" were implemented, superiors essentially completed a thorough investigation of their subordinates, giving them greater influence over them. For Zhang Yinghao, the Organization Department, and the Human Resources Department, these streamlined processes enabled them to work more efficiently and effectively.

Zhang Yinghao handed this matter over to the comrades in the Organization Department, the Personnel Department, and the Finance Department, as one of these three departments was responsible for payroll, and the other for personnel. Then he went to attend the final meeting, the National Workers' Congress. Many of the people here had just attended the National People's Congress. Many local governments simply didn't send more people, allowing these people to attend two meetings.

What Zhang Yinghao thought of these people was not important; what mattered was that they were workers. That was all that mattered. Zhang Yinghao delivered an important speech at the conference, "Labor Creates Man Himself." Then representatives of railway workers, representatives of the engineering corps, representatives of the farmers' association, and representatives of the trade unions spoke.

Finally, Zhang Yinghao personally presented awards to the model workers. In addition to the certificates, he also created a large turntable for raffles, with each model worker having three chances to win prizes. The prizes included simple daily necessities like Liberation shoes, gloves, clothes, calendars, bicycles, and other foods, as well as sugar, candy, biscuits, canned meat, and more.

The next day, the newspaper reported Zhang Yinghao's speech in full. The content was as follows:

...History is created by all working people, not by kings, princes, generals, or ministers. In the base areas, the standard for measuring a person is no longer their high status or illustrious reputation, but their ability to work. We are all working people. Humanity is made human by human labor; labor creates us.

Labor creates wealth. In the past, the fruits of the labor of our working people were all taken away by the exploiting class, causing our people to live in hardship.

After we overthrew the exploiting class, we workers became the masters of the base areas, and the fruits of our labor were finally enjoyed by the people. The workers' lives will become better.

It's getting better and better, to a level that no one dares to imagine now.

Finally, I want to tell you one thing: Where does a prosperous life come from? It is created through labor. Each of us creates a beautiful life through our own labor...

When the three meetings were held, Zhang Feng received a telegram in Shaanxi, announcing his election as a member of the Central Committee and the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. Zhang Feng himself did not feel anything about this, as it was just a job.

Zhang Feng still remembers the time when Zhang Yinghao was in Chengdu. He was there to report on work in Chongqing when the messenger told him to go to Chairman Zhang Yinghao, saying he was looking for him. He could hear Zhang Yinghao's roar from a distance. When he got closer, he saw him scolding someone.

"Chairman, what's wrong with him?"

"The Chairman is lecturing someone."

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Zhang Feng knew that Zhang Yinghao rarely lost his temper. He didn't know what had happened that made him so angry, so he immediately listened carefully.

"Hey, what's the matter? You guys don't want to learn from the good things, but instead you choose to learn from the Qing Dynasty's ways. Oh, we got promoted, right? We don't have officials in our liberated areas, but civil servants, the people's servants. You're actually celebrating. Celebrate, what's there to celebrate? Are you celebrating your own promotions and wealth? Isn't this a bad habit left over from the Qing Dynasty?

We say we are the people's servants, working hard every day to serve them, and yet we still feel like time isn't enough. And yet you're celebrating, getting promoted and getting rich, thinking you've finally made it? You can now bully the people and act like a tyrant? We promote our comrades because we hope they can serve more people. But when someone's position is promoted, they don't feel the pressure, the need to be more cautious, but instead feel happy and celebrate. I really don't understand what's going on in your heads."

"Chairman, soldiers wear red and flowers, I..."

"You're wrong to think that way. Our soldiers are wielding guns to defend the fruits of our revolution, risking their lives at any moment. What's wrong with them wearing red flowers? No, they deserve the honor. If you were to take up arms and go to the battlefield now, I'd be happy to wear red flowers for you every day. I think you shouldn't take up your position yet. I'll notify the Organization Department and reassign the staff. Go to the Party School and study. If you don't understand this, write your own application to quit the Party..."

Thinking back to what Zhang Yinghao said at the time, Zhang Feng deeply agreed. A promotion is a recognition of your abilities, but it simply means you shoulder greater responsibilities and obligations. There's nothing to celebrate. Since you're a public servant of the people, that's what a member of the Progressive Party should do.