In a smoke-filled conference room, a group of people were discussing something intensely.
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"No! You are a capitalist roader! You are a capitalist restoration!"
"Second! Once this gap is opened, it will inevitably destroy the unified purchasing and marketing, and give birth to second-tier dealers!"
"Second!"
"Second!"
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Looking at his colleagues who were having a heated discussion, Yang Chongxi took a hard sip from the cigarette in his hand. At today's meeting, a comrade proposed moderately liberalizing the circulation of rural non-staple food commodities.
The domestic agricultural population is several times that of the urban population. Farmers work hard all day, and their daily cents are only about 10 cents. Compared with urban residents, their income is too low!
The comrade who made this suggestion had just joined the work some time ago. During the decentralization period, he personally experienced the hardship of farmers. In rural areas, farmers had almost no other way to obtain income except farming.
At that time, all grain, cotton, and oil in rural areas fell under the scope of "unified purchasing and unified marketing." In addition, non-staple foods such as fruits, vegetables, local products, and mountain products had to be sold at designated places and at designated prices.
This comrade knows that unified purchasing and marketing is a basic policy that cannot be shaken. His proposal is not to fully liberalize the flow of rural commodities, but to partially liberalize it.
For example, in addition to rice, noodles and other staple foods, non-staple foods such as chicken, duck, fish, fruits and vegetables, of course, cannot be fully liberalized all at once, but must be gradually liberalized in a limited manner.
Another example is to appropriately liberalize the flow of rural non-staple food, not only limited to nearby township markets, but also to increase the transportation distance to a certain extent.
However, this proposal encountered strong opposition from the participants!
Opponents have many grounds, including the "Several Instructions on Banning Speculative Business" issued by the Ministry of Trade in 1950, and the implementation of unified purchasing and marketing in 1953.
As well as the "Five Antis" instructions issued in 1963 (i.e., against corruption and theft, speculation, extravagance, decentralization, bureaucracy), "Instructions on Strictly Managing Market Trade in Large and Medium-sized Cities and Resolutely Combating Speculation", "On Combating
Interim Provisions on Several Policy Boundaries for Speculating and Banning Long-distance Trafficking by Private Traders, etc.
This series of document instructions severely restricted rural economic activities.
Yang Chongxi did not participate in the discussion of this proposal. Although the movement has passed and the moon has cleared, many people have not yet changed their minds.
This is normal. It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. There are several decades in life. Ten years is enough to change many people and many things. It is enough for people to turn certain things into habits and to carve certain thoughts into their bones.
Not to mention eliminating, it is difficult to even distinguish which is the essence and which is the dross.
Everything takes time!
In fact, Yang Chongxi knew about this proposal long before the meeting. The comrade was a friend of him and had discussed it with him in advance. He knew clearly that the proposal would not be passed, but he did not stop it or persuade him.
If the principles are not clearly understood, the lamp cannot be turned on. The more we discuss, the easier it will be for everyone to distinguish right from wrong.
What's more, unlike in previous years, this discussion won't cause any big trouble. Times have changed.
Therefore, the risk of this comrade's proposal was not as great as imagined. Because of this, Yang Chongxi did not stop it.
Unfortunately, as he expected, this small change did not gain the approval of the majority, but it was not without gain. At least it triggered everyone's thinking and discussion.
Yang Chongxi believes that some things will change sooner or later. He feels that the current system does have some minor problems, but they are not major. Most of the existing problems can definitely be solved with proper official guidance.
However, he is not yet sure how to guide and stimulate the vitality of the market.
Perhaps, like some of the suggestions mentioned in that report, we can appropriately liberalize the individual economy and fully revitalize the market.
By the way, the little guy also wrote a very interesting story. Sardines are a kind of fish that likes to be quiet but don't like to move. However, it takes too long to return after fishing, and the fish often die when they return to the dock.
Then a fisherman invented a way to put a ferocious catfish in a tank of sardines, so that the calm sardines were forced to swim under pressure.
‘Individual economy’ is that catfish.
Yang Chongxi couldn't laugh or cry when he saw this little story. This story was obviously false and could not withstand scrutiny at all.
First of all, the reason why sardines in the cabin died was due to lack of oxygen. In the same space, if the oxygen content remains unchanged, strenuous exercise will definitely increase the consumption of oxygen, and swimming sardines will only die faster.
Thirdly, Yang Chongxi still knows simple fish knowledge. Catfish is a type of freshwater fish, while sardines are marine fish. This conclusion is not valid whether the catfish is put into sea water or the sardine is put into fresh water.
Although the story may be fabricated, the truth in it is worth pondering.
Yang Chongxi knew the situation in the factories below. Some places indeed lacked vitality and were somewhat rigid. If we want to realize the four modernizations, this situation must be changed.
As for how to change and how to change, more extensive discussions are needed. The more people participate, the better. Don’t be anxious. There are 90 million compatriots living on the land of China. Where will this giant ship sail in the end? Where will it sail? How to be cautious
Not an exaggeration.
At first, Yang Chongxi was also very confused, until that day Yang Jianhua brought him a report. The report was like a ray of light cutting through the dark night, inspiring him.
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"Start the show of hands voting!"
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"Twenty-five votes were against, eight were in favor, and seven were abstaining. This motion is not passed!"
"Start the next motion!"
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While deep in thought, Yang Chongxi heard that the proposal was not passed, and then he looked up at his frustrated old friend and sighed slightly.
'The time has not come yet!'
Yang Chongxi has never put forward the discussion on the individual economy in Li Jie's report. It is precisely because of this that the current environment does not allow it. It is so difficult to even open up the sales distance of agricultural and sideline products. Is there any need to talk about opening up the self-employed.
In the past few months, the Big Bowl of Tea model has been recognized by many people and has solved the employment problems of many educated youths.
As the submitter of the big bowl of tea model, Yang Chongxi has been paying attention to the tea stalls that are blooming everywhere. The turnover of most tea stalls has reached, no, to be precise, exceeded expectations.
Even if the tea stalls did not meet expectations, they were still profitable and did not lose money. However, hidden worries have begun to emerge. Some tea stalls that were established early have begun to decline in sales this month, but the decline is not obvious.
Just to attract attention.
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PS: I slept until the afternoon today, and then I woke up and continued to lie down. I felt like my body was hollowed out. I really can’t stay up late as I get older. I think back in those days, I stayed up all night in an Internet cafe for half a month. The past is so unbearable (╯▽╰)