Rebirth 1958: My Home is in Nanluoguxiang

It has been almost two years since the storm started, and even for an old man, the development of the situation was a little beyond his expectations.

The passionate young people were like a pile of firewood doused with gasoline. Suddenly, it was ignited by a flame and then exploded. The blazing fire made many people see the hidden dangers.

Therefore, the top leaders believed that it was necessary to disperse the fire and lead it to the sparsely populated rural areas.

This is not only to ensure the stability of urban order, but also because Chinese cities at this stage simply cannot provide tens of millions of jobs.

It just so happens that rural development also needs these knowledgeable and motivated young people.

So the top leaders, actually the elderly, made a decision and called on young people to develop in the countryside.

As soon as this call was made, grassroots managers applauded because they were fed up with young people causing trouble.

They can’t hit them, they can’t talk to them, and they can’t scold them. The grassroots cadres are like rats in a bellows, suffering from pressure from both sides.

Now that they had obtained the imperial sword, they immediately formulated a detailed plan and strategy as quickly as possible, stipulating that from every urban family, as long as they were old enough and unemployed, one person would be selected to develop in the countryside.

The regulation is based on the principle of voluntariness, and children in the family do not have to participate.

However, they link this rule to the parents' work. If a family does not implement this rule, the parents may lose their jobs.

This move can be said to directly grasp the weak points of everyone.

Aren't you young people not allowed to be beaten or scolded?

Now that your parents are teaching you a lesson, what can you do?

So starting from the end of 1968, cities across China began to stage one family ethics drama after another.

For a place to stay in the city, parents and children have become enemies, and there are countless cases of brothers and sisters turning against each other.

Of course, there are also many young people who still have ideals and passion who have actively responded to the call and embarked on the road to realizing their life ideals.

In fact, the policy of sending educated youth to the countryside has been in place for more than ten years, but it is the first time that it has been done on such a large scale.

No matter how noisy other families are, the Chang family never has this worry.

There are five brothers and sisters in the Chang family. Chang Zhengyang, needless to say, is a senior cadre. Chang Wanyue is a decent college student and also a cadre. Even Chang Laosan and Chang Laosi are officially second lieutenants. Therefore, according to regulations, Chang Laowu, also known as Chang Wanzhu, does not need to go to the countryside to join the production team.

But people don't worry about having too little, but about having unequal distribution. None of the five brothers and sisters in the Chang family needed to go to the countryside to join the production team, while the others had to fight every day because of this. This was really too hateful.

As a result, letters of complaint about Chang Zhengyang abusing his power and seeking personal gain for his family were sent to relevant units like snowflakes.

Some of these letters of complaint only said that Chang Zhengyang abused his power, but did not clearly explain how Chang Zhengyang abused his power. Some directly questioned the second lieutenant ranks of Chang Laosan and Chang Laosi.

In fact, since the turmoil in 66, the army has abolished the military rank system. The rank of Chang Laosan and others, to be more precise, should be called deputy platoon leader.

In short, no matter whether they were second lieutenant or deputy platoon leader, the focus of the letters of complaint was on Chang Laosan and Chang Laosi.

Everyone is questioning how it is possible that these two brothers, who are so young and not college students and who haven’t even finished high school, have become deputy platoon leaders right after joining the army?

There must be something fishy going on here. Chang Zhengyang must have used his influence to benefit his two younger brothers.

Although there are many letters of complaint, few of them dare to use their real names.

To put it bluntly, among those who can report others for such things, how many of them can be honest?

If they were in Chang Zhengyang's position, their job would not be as simple as arranging a job for their family.

They simply hate that others have it but they don't.

As the old saying goes, one should recommend the talented regardless of their relationship, as long as they are not unqualified. Why don't you recommend your own people who know you well, but use outsiders who only know one side of the story but not the other?

When Chang Zhengyang received inquiries from relevant departments, he expressed his understanding, because what the people hate most is people who fill in the gaps.

But he was too lazy to explain!

Why should I explain to you?

Even if my two younger brothers are good-for-nothings, I can still give them some credit, for example, by letting them participate in the project, and they can still be reused.

Besides, my brothers are not really useless. Not only are they not useless, they are outstanding in terms of cultural level and military skills. Why would I leave my excellent brothers unused and use you useless people who can only talk?

Chang Zhengyang was really angry this time. If he had arranged his two younger brothers to work in a unit where the work was less, the pay was higher, and the benefits were better, he would really have explained it.

The problem is that the 404th Bureau does high-risk work, and Chang Laosan and Chang Laosi do the most dangerous investigator work.

Are the three Chang brothers and the investigators from Bureau 484 protecting a group of people who cherish their lives when faced with big events but forget their lives when seeing small profits?

Chang Zhengyang really hates some people who say that society is unfair and that the second generation is just benefiting from their parents' influence.

Are you talking about fairness?

You are just hating yourself for not being the second generation!

They never think about who the second generation’s parents can rely on for help.

Could it be that the second generation’s parents begged and pleaded for it?

Anyone with a little common sense knows that begging for justice will not bring you any harm.

Fairness is something you have to fight for yourself. Is there such a concept as fairness in nature?

No, the concept of fairness was created by human beings themselves. Over time, some people have come to regard fairness as a human right.

"Only those who work hard are qualified to talk about fairness and are qualified to receive it. A person who doesn't work hard and is not good enough is not qualified to talk about fairness. Think back on your lives over the past seven or eight years. Have you studied hard? Have you trained hard in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer?"

Chang Zhengyang said this to Chang Laosan and Chang Laosi. After knowing that they had become the reason for others to report their eldest brother, the two guys actually came over and said that they wanted to leave the 404 Bureau and took the initiative to apply to go to the countryside to join the production team.

Chang Zhengyang was very pleased with their actions, but he told them earnestly that they didn't need to do so, and asked them to ask themselves, compared with others, are they working hard enough? Are they good enough?

Since you have worked hard and have enough ability, you should accept everything now with peace of mind.

"You are still young and still believe that there is fairness and justice in this world. That's because the elders, including me, sincerely pursue and uphold fairness and justice. I have only one request for you today. No matter how much time has passed, remember your upholding of fairness and justice today and keep your original intention."