An hour ago, Peng Ziyi and Guo Qian returned to Hewan New City together. Also arriving with them were Human Resources Minister Mo Lanxin, Land and Resources Minister Zhang Sicheng, and Education Minister Li Mingde, who had gone on the inspection with Guo Qian.
Although the main task of Guo Qian's inspection team was to stabilize the situation and reassure people's hearts after the fall of Heimu Pass, they also had a lot of other tasks to do, such as mobilizing for war, publicizing military service policies, and attracting more local young people to join the guards; investigating local cadre appointments, government staffing, and local people's participation in politics and management; checking the development of local natural resources and subsequent development plans, as well as the development of education in various places, local school construction, school enrollment of school-age children, and adult literacy work.
There are so many complicated tasks to do, so it takes quite a lot of time to actually complete them. They were away for more than ten days.
Peng Ziyi did not travel the same route as them, but two days ago he brought a few people and a prisoner, Hall, to find Guo Qian's team, reported to him the latest evidence collected here, and then went back to Hewan New City with them.
A convoy drove into a main road of Hewan New City. Leading the way was a small crystal car. Peng Ziyi himself sat in the driver's seat, while Guo Qian sat in the passenger seat.
The various types of Jingche produced by the Jingche factory are currently limited by the serious lack of processing capabilities. They are far behind cars in terms of comfort and appearance, and are also inferior in speed.
But the two major advantages of crystal cars are energy and magic arrays: magic crystals are a more efficient and cleaner energy source, so a small piece of crystal can power a crystal car for a long distance. The size and weight of crystals are also much smaller than gasoline and diesel, so the endurance of crystal cars is much stronger than that of cars. The several crystal cars on this trip did not replenish any crystals along the way, and only used the reserve crystals carried on the car to complete the entire journey.
In addition, many remote towns do not have decent roads. Ordinary vehicles would find it very difficult or even impossible to move forward. However, the weight reduction and floating array on the crystal car can easily move forward in these places.
Peng Ziyi grasped the cowhide steering wheel, turned it to the left, and turned a corner.
I saw a neat line of soldiers crossing the intersection.
"The guys are in good spirits." Guo Qian said on the side.
Peng Ziyi said: "Well, these new soldiers have all received literacy and basic education, and should be better than the soldiers recruited last year."
Guo Qian agreed: "Yes, just like what we saw when we went to the countryside this time, everyone has hope for their future life and recognizes many of our policies."
"However, Principal Guo, this attitude and confidence is still very fragile and can be changed at any time because of one or two things. We need to persevere in making them be of the same mind as us, just like the warriors who came from the slave camp before, and truly willing to fight for us."
"That's right."
"If they knew that some of us only treated them as tools, slaves, or treated them like other lords, or even worse, consuming their lives to complete those productions, why would they believe the lofty things we said? Instead of saying one thing in front of us and another behind our backs?"
Guo Qian said: "I know, I know."
He paused for a long time, until Peng Ziyi drove another block, and then he said: "So, I still hope to investigate secretly, handle secretly, and minimize the impact of this matter."
Peng Ziyi stared ahead and said, "Maybe it's because we are from two different generations, I have some different views on how to process some information.
We have opportunists like Changlin Group in our group, and they have done such things. We cannot hide it. At least the slave workers who were released from the sweatshops still remember these things. If we keep covering it up, people will think we have more problems.
Some people may even think that we are covering up the crimes of others, while others may think that this is just a fight between political opponents. It will be impossible to explain things clearly and gain their trust at that time.
On the contrary, if we let them know the details of these things, know how we judge and convict, and know how most of us and the top leaders of the committee take a stern attitude to crack down on things that infringe on citizens’ rights, then we can truly reassure people.”
Guo Qian held his chin with his hand and said, "Xiao Peng, human hearts are too complicated. You may think that my approach is not transparent enough, but what I want is to control the matter to the minimum extent. If you follow me this time, you will find that most of the people under our jurisdiction are medieval peasants with very simple thoughts and little knowledge. It is even difficult for them to understand more complicated policies.
What will happen when you force something on them that they don't understand and don't want to understand? With their limited experience, will they really understand what you want to do? Will their thinking ability be able to understand the cause and effect without deviation? Or will they easily fall into their own misunderstanding or the instigation of those with ulterior motives? "
Guo Qian sighed and said, "I know your original intention is very good, but when dealing with any matter involving tens of millions of people, you should be more careful, especially in such a precarious situation. Shouldn't we be more cautious?"
Peng Ziyi did not give in easily. He said, "Principal Peng, I think no one would be stupid when it comes to their own interests. What we do is actually a kind of education. As you said, they are all people with relatively simple thoughts. We can take this opportunity to tell them our understanding. It is better to let them think about the problem like us than to let them hear some gossip and make their own assumptions."
"Haha, it's a good thing for young people to have some persistent ideas. However, we can discuss the final solution. The first thing to do is to control those people. I wonder if Chang Lin has heard any news about it."
"Well... this operation involves many people. If we want to keep it secret so that no one knows about it, I'm afraid..." Peng Ziyi was halfway through his speech when two people appeared on the road ahead, standing on the road and waving at them, signaling them to stop the car. (To be continued)