Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

"Thank you very much."

Having said that, Lin Zhengjun couldn't refuse his kindness, so he had to take the money and tickets.

"Thanks for nothing!"

Zheng Dali was a rough man with a lot of gangster spirit. He said with a smile: "Write more good works in the future. If you become a great writer, the whole county will benefit from it."

Lin Zhengjun packed his clothes into his backpack, said goodbye to Zheng Dali, and left the state-owned department store with Tang Xiaofu and got into a car.

The car started immediately, drove out of the county, got on the provincial road and headed north, speeding towards the provincial capital, the commercial city.

Bai Zhiyuan also woke up, rubbed his tired face, and said with a smile: "Zhengjun, I want to ask you for advice on how to do a good job in the county. You must be generous with your advice!"

Lin Zhengjun laughed and said, "County Magistrate Bai, you really asked me this. Are you kidding me? It's ok for me to do some sideline business for my family and the collective, but the affairs of the whole county are too complicated. How can I control them?"

"No, no, no, don't be so modest. You have published novels and are engaged in collective side businesses. My old man said that your vision and ideas are ahead of the times. He asked me to ask you more questions." Bai Zhiyuan even took out a notebook and a pen, looking like he was humbly seeking advice.

Seeing this, Lin Zhengjun simply started to give instructions.

Bai Zhiyuan is a good official who is dedicated to serving the people.

Besides, he has helped me a lot, so why not just give him a push and help him reach a higher position?

"Have you read the editorial in Guangming Daily?"

Anyone who is interested will know which article it is without having to mention the name, and anyone who is not interested will find it useless even if they mention it. Besides, how could an ambitious official like Bai Zhiyuan not read an editorial in "Practice" that caused so much controversy?

"The one from May 5 last year? I read it. And the old man's speech from December last year, 'Emancipate the Mind, Seek Truth from Facts, Unite as One and Look Forward', was really inspiring."

Bai Zhiyuan suddenly perked up, took out his cigarette box excitedly, looked at Tang Xiaofu in the back row, and put the cigarette back.

Tang Xiaofu rolled down the car window and said with a smile, "County Magistrate Bai, you can smoke. My grandfather is also an old smoker. I'll just open the window for ventilation!"

Bai Zhiyuan lit the cigarette with a kerosene lighter, took a deep breath, exhaled a puff of thick smoke, and said excitedly: "Zhengjun, you have to tell me something."

Lin Zhengjun said: "I think you should also liberate your mind and consider rural reform, specifically distributing land to groups, or even directly to households!"

“This is not in line with provincial policy!”

Bai Zhiyuan frowned instantly and said, "I know that some places secretly divided the land, and some members even went on strike this autumn in order to fight for the land."

"But the Third Plenary Session of the 1978th Central Committee still did not allow household contract responsibility system and individual farming. In , the provincial government issued a document proposing to 'resolutely correct individual farming and semi-individual farming' and 'resolutely crack down on the regression of ownership'. At the beginning of this year, it issued another document proposing to 'correct the household contract responsibility system within a time limit'. A group of people in the province still had a fearful attitude towards the household contract responsibility system and sent working groups to various places to correct the deviation."

"In April this year, the provincial government instructed all localities to temporarily suspend the implementation of the central government's clear statement that 'households in remote mountainous and isolated areas should also be allowed to implement the household contract responsibility system', and even regressed."

"County Magistrate Bai, I think you should think again about what the old man said. Liberate your mind, seek truth from facts, and the production relations must be in line with the level of development of productivity. Otherwise, it will restrict the development of productivity!"

Lin Zhengjun laughed and said, “The production team system seems fair, but it is actually egalitarianism, which is the most unfair because it is difficult to accurately reflect the value of the members’ labor.”

"In order to ensure that the labor farmers put in matches the remuneration they receive, it is necessary to supervise the farmers' labor. However, due to the long time span and wide spatial range of agricultural production, it is extremely costly to accurately measure and supervise each person's labor, and it is difficult to achieve in practice."

"The payment of remuneration is not fair, and there is no incentive mechanism, which leads to passive work, eating from the same pot, and free riding. This kind of egalitarianism in the collective economy has caused farmers to lose their enthusiasm for production. Members generally slack off on the collective land and charge forward on their private plots!"

Bai Zhiyuan looked very serious and said, "I know that what you said is the truth, but I am worried that I have become a negative example. At least half of the members of the county revolutionary committee are against the land distribution. If we want to implement it, we will inevitably encounter many obstacles. We may even be reported!"

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "That depends on your historical responsibility!"

"I'll do it! Even if I have to lose this official hat, I'll do it!"

Bai Zhiyuan was silent for a while, then his face became firm. He slapped his thigh and gritted his teeth and said, "If you are an official and don't serve the people, you might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes. Our farmers have worked so hard. It's been 20 years since liberation, but they still don't have enough food or warm clothes. This situation is abnormal!"

"Hahaha, don't be so murderous!"

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "It's just a matter of which direction the wind blows, but you have to believe me, the wind will blow to the right next."

"Even if you become a negative example, it won't last long. You will soon become a capable and meritorious person in agricultural reform,"

"You might as well conduct a pilot project in Hewan Brigade or Qingshan Commune to see how production and income increase next year. If there is an increase in income, you can find a reporter from a major newspaper to brag about it. Then, you can attract the admiration of the reformists at the top and be promoted step by step. It will definitely be no problem for you to get a city or department level position before you retire."

"Okay, let's do it according to your idea. Qingshan Commune will conduct a pilot project now!"

Bai Zhiyuan's heart was burning with excitement, and he smiled excitedly, "By the way, speaking of this newspaper report, after eating the pig-killing meal that day, that guy named Liu Xinwu didn't leave immediately. He asked me, Xu Zhigong and Song Zhilan to interview him for a long time, saying that he wanted to write a newsletter about the Youth Food Cooperative and publish it in the People's Daily."

"He wrote really fast. He stayed in the county town for one night and wrote a 5,000-word newsletter. He didn't even let me tell you because he wanted to give you a surprise."

Lin Zhengjun's mouth twitched.

This guy Liu Xinwu will do anything to get an article commission!

Now that People's Literature has reached a strategic partnership with Lin Zhengjun, October magazine is unable to pay him more royalties.

Liu Xinwu knew that he valued Lao Gandie very much, so he catered to his wishes and praised him so much.

At this time, the circulation of People's Daily reached 600 million copies, which boosted the sales of Lao Gan Die quite terribly, and it might even be better than publishing novels and doing product placement!

He has already written the soft article, and if he asks me to write another article later, it will be difficult for me to refuse.

Lin Zhengjun said helplessly, "If my vest falls off, people will know that I am bragging about my own products in the novel. How embarrassing!"

"What is a vest?" Bai Zhiyuan asked curiously.

Lin Zhengjun's forehead was sweating, and he said, "Even if others knew that Chu Kuangren was me, Lin Zhengjun, wouldn't it be like Wang Po bragging about herself? This is why I never reveal my real name!"

Bai Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. Liu Xinwu is very careful. He didn't write your full name. He just wrote Director Lin of the Youth Cooperative."