After that day, although Su Yonglin was still very busy, he would still take time to take Zhao Xirui to inspect various villages around Zhongdu.
Zhao Xirui gradually became able to accept face-to-face communication with the farmers, and also paid attention to her clothing.
She began to pay attention to how she dressed when going out. She would not go to the countryside in formal clothes. Instead, she would put on the clothes of a common woman and go into the farmers' houses with Su Yonglin, and experience the dark life without seeing the sun in the low and dilapidated houses. , experience the despair they once felt up close.
They are not lazy, nor are they stupid, but they have been brutally oppressed and exploited. There is no way to turn over, and there is no possibility of turning over, so they can only be forced into poverty.
The arrival and policies of Su Yonglin and the Liberation Army gave them hope of turning over.
Su Yonglin took her to see production, labor, and the daily lives of farmers. Later, Zhao Xirui would not ask Su Yonglin, who was busy with government affairs, to take time to take her out to inspect the countryside. Instead, he would take his guards to inspect each village.
She began to take the initiative to contact and talk with farmers at close range, to understand their joys, sorrows, and joys. She also tried to work in the fields to feel the hardships and difficulties of agricultural production.
Su Yonglin still remembers the first time she went to work in the fields. Despite some mental preparation, she still gritted her teeth and persisted. In less than half an hour, she was so tired that her back ached, her legs cramped, and she could no longer continue.
According to her own words, it was a hardship she had never experienced before. She was sweating profusely and felt dizzy. When she returned to Zhongdu, she had to be helped even to take a bath and change clothes. After washing, she didn't even have the energy to eat, so she just lay down. Rest in bed.
In the evening, when Su Yonglin returned to his room to rest after finishing his government affairs, Zhao Xirui was sleeping soundly, sleeping very deeply.
Early the next morning, Zhao Xirui was sore all over and had difficulty getting out of bed and getting dressed. She felt very funny calling Su Yonglin.
But since then, Zhao Xirui has really realized the hardships of farmers and the difficulty of production, and has a deeper understanding of the agricultural production and people's livelihood issues that Su Yonglin talks about.
She continued to live like this, often running to villages near Zhongdu during the day. After returning to Zhongdu, she would stay up late and read at night, reading Su Yonglin's manuscripts and some of his handwritten teaching aids for the guidance department training class.
When she encounters something she doesn't understand, she will record her confusion, and when Su Yonglin comes back from the day's government affairs, she will give him a massage to relax while asking him questions.
Ask about politics, ask about economics, ask about class, ask about contradictions, ask about the gap between the teachings of Confucius and Mencius and reality, and ask about the greed of human nature.
Have fun doing it.
The more she asked, the more in-depth and direct she became. Su Yonglin clearly felt that his wife was diligent and studious and had the intelligence to draw inferences from one example to other cases.
how to say?
Zhao Zuoliang could not raise a son well, but he raised such an excellent daughter.
By mid-September, Su Yonglin simply entrusted Zhao Xirui with the task of compiling a complete political textbook. He made an outline and prepared some key points, and asked Zhao Xirui to write it. He would check her results after the government affairs were over in the evening.
Zhao Xirui was very happy and took over the task. She wrote hard during the day and handed her results to Su Yonglin for inspection at night.
Su Yonglin would circle the good parts and tell Zhao Xirui why it was good, and he would also circle the bad parts and tell her why it was not good.
Zhao Xirui accepted it happily from the beginning, but later he also had his own ideas and would single out the things that Su Yonglin thought were wrong and discuss them with him.
Especially in the part where Su Yonglin proposed liberating women, Zhao Xirui seemed to have suddenly opened up the two channels of Ren and Du. He had many ideas, which could even be said to be a bit radical.
For example, Su Yonglin's intention is to liberate women step by step and give women economic status from an economic perspective. This will serve as a breakthrough to develop productivity, create new careers suitable for women, and break the situation where women are subordinate to men.
Then improve the status of women politically.
Zhao Xirui directly cited scriptures and cited the politics of female officials in previous dynasties, especially the reign of Wu Zetian, as a basis, and believed that Su Yonglin should start directly from the political aspect.
She felt that women should directly open up their right to serve as officials and introduce female officials. This was the fastest way to improve women's status.
Su Yonglin couldn't laugh or cry.
"It is true that women took the lead in the government during Wu Zetian's period, and there was no shortage of women taking the lead in the government throughout the dynasties. But if you think about it, is it short-lived and the government will cease after people die?"
Zhao Xirui blinked, frowned and thought for a while, then nodded reluctantly.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Um…………"
"Being anxious to show off oneself without knowledge is like dangling half a bottle of vinegar."
Su Yonglin nodded Zhao Xirui's nose and said with a smile: "The heroine's government is just a facade. These heroines all rose to high positions through the men around them. They did not rely on their own efforts. In essence, they followed the rules of the game and respected the imperial power. They did not do anything. There is no substantial change, so it cannot substantially improve the status of women.
What we need to do is to start from the fundamentals and give women the right to work and earn money, so that they can earn their own money through labor. In this way, they can use their own money to realize their own lives without You need to rely on your father and husband to survive. This is the foundation. Let’s talk about politics on top of this. "
"Oh I got it……"
Zhao Xirui nodded repeatedly and said, "Is this...um...the reason why the economic base determines the superstructure?"
"Yes, some of the ancient sayings are very simple, but they make sense. The so-called hustle and bustle in the world is all for benefit, and the bustle of the world is all for profit. Because it is beneficial, there are others. Men are like this, and women are the same. There is no difference."
Su Yonglin held Zhao Xirui's hand and said warmly: "What we want to do is an earth-shaking change. In order to make earth-shaking changes, we must accumulate enough strength. In order to accumulate enough strength, sometimes we need to be forbearing and know how to endure.
Things must be done step by step, enemies must be eliminated one by one, and goals must be achieved one by one. You can't expect to become a big fat man in one bite. Your stomach will definitely be damaged, right? "
Zhao Xirui lowered his head and thought for a while before slowly nodding.
Later, Zhao Xirui restrained some radical ideas and learned to think about problems from the perspective of economic fundamentals like Su Yonglin.
When encountering problems, think about interest-related issues from an economic perspective first, and then think about political issues. From there, you can reach correct conclusions on many relatively simple issues.
As for some more in-depth questions, even Su Yonglin didn't know how to answer them.
At this time, it was already mid-October.
While the couple worked together to compile political textbooks, subtle changes took place in the world situation.
After Su Yonglin ended the Liaoyang offensive, he did not launch a new war. Instead, he stopped for more than two months to practice his internal skills and quickly reorganized the remaining four corps.
By the end of October, the new Liberation Army was almost ready to be reorganized and reorganized, and the new Liberation Army, with a total number of 400,000, made its debut.
There are five corps, one directly under the Central Government and the Huben Army, with a total of six formations.
Among them, except for the Henan Corps with a full strength of 100,000 men and the Huben Army with a full strength of 30,000 men, the other four corps are not at full strength.
The Liaodong Corps has a strength of 70,000, the Qilu Corps and the Hebei Corps each have a strength of 60,000, and the Yanyun Corps has a strength of 80,000.
Su Jue led the Liaodong Corps and was placed in Liaoyang and Linhuang Mansion by Su Yonglin. The main attack direction was the former Shangjing of the Jin Kingdom and the current Huining Mansion. The goal was to completely overthrow the Jin Kingdom, occupy the entire Liaodong, and open up living space.
Han Jinggui led the Hebei Corps and was placed in Datong Mansion, Xijing, Jin Kingdom by Su Yonglin. It was used as the core station and divided into Xuandezhou and the former Jin Kingdom Southwest Road Recruitment Division, mainly responsible for defending against threats from the northwest.
Su Haisheng led the Qilu Corps and was placed in the Hedong area by Su Yonglin, with Taiyuan Prefecture and Pingyang Prefecture as the core stations, bordering Guanzhong, which relieved the pressure on the Henan Corps that also needed to defend the Southern Song Dynasty. It also bordered the Xixia side and assisted in defense with Han Jinggui.
As for the Yanyun Corps under the command of Sun Tzu Yi, it is stationed in Yanyun together with the Huben Army. They are stationed near Zhongdu and at key checkpoints on the Great Wall. At the same time, because it is in Zhongdu, the war mission is not heavy, so the Yanyun Corps has the lowest proportion of veterans and the proportion of new recruits. Highest.
Anyway, staying in Zhongdu can also strengthen training and education without a heavy military burden, so there is plenty of time.
After the deployment is completed, a series of training tasks follow.
