Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 532 The Dream of the Land

During the construction of the Fuxi Project, Zhong Cheng never forgot the issue of rewards for military exploits.

Under his repeated questioning, it was Li Shaojie and Chen Yilong who confessed to Zhong Cheng what they wanted.

They don't want money now, what they want is land, land that can be used freely, and land that can be passed down from generation to generation.

On their own land, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, they plant flowers and trees or vegetables and fruits, and raise cats, dogs, chickens and ducks, or herds of cattle, sheep and horses.

Or ignore it, let the weeds grow wildly, let the wild flowers bloom, let the butterflies fly, let the ants build their nests... lie in the weeds and enjoy the warmth of spring, the night sky in summer, the insects in autumn, and the snow in winter.

On their own land, build residences according to their own wishes, which can be wooden houses, villas, manors, even castles, palaces...
On their own land, they carry on the family line from generation to generation, and they are buried in the family cemetery after death, so that their names and bloodlines can be passed on.

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When Zhong Zhongcheng was dumbfounded, he asked after a while, where did you hear it?

The two replied in embarrassment that they were repeating the dreams of those generals borrowed from the West, but they did represent their true thoughts.

The pursuit and yearning for the land is more deeply rooted in the thoughts of the Orientals. Although the land is no longer needed to make a living, it gives people a spiritual belonging.

There is no substitute for a luxury home in the city!
They didn't dare to think about it before, but the current situation in human society makes them think about it.

What the Federation lacks most now is land. The population has decreased to one-third of what it was before the war, but the land has increased dozens of times.

Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn all have innumerable lands, and even the Americas, Africa, South Asia and all the islands on the earth are almost uninhabited.

With so much land, there is still a few acres of land left over for each family in the Federation. It is nothing at all to only allocate land to heroes who have played in the war!
But the most difficult thing for the Federation to obtain is land. All the owned and unowned lands in the solar system became the state-owned land of the Federation after the war, and no land sales were allowed.

Because this is an important means for Zhong Cheng to try to abolish private ownership, that is, to put all production resources in the hands of the state, so that private ownership will have no breeding ground.

But now it looks like a success, but more like a failure.

After nearly two years of hard work, the Federation has indeed successfully nationalized all production resources including land, factories, shopping malls, etc., and successfully operated a comprehensive planned economy.

From federal officials to basic necessities such as food, clothing, housing and transportation of the people can be easily obtained through their income, and the federal people have enough subsidized income even if they do not work.

However, according to the data from the federal statistics department, most of the federal people are not satisfied with the current life of having nothing to worry about.

They need to reflect their spiritual needs such as their sense of existence, social identity, etc. Everyone is equal, but most people feel unequal.

Federal officials and managers of enterprises and institutions can't show the difference between themselves and ordinary employees and ordinary people, and they lose their enthusiasm for work.

Zhong Cheng was greatly shocked by this situation, which completely subverted his understanding of human nature.

For this reason, in his busy schedule, he personally made unannounced visits to all levels of the various administrative regions of the Federation. It took more than half a year before and after, and finally he had to accept this reality.

That is to say, human nature is inherently selfish, and selfishness is the innate instinct of human beings or creatures, and is the product of creatures based on the two cornerstones of survival and reproduction.

Selfishness is not actually a derogatory term. Possessiveness and exclusivity towards money, power, and the opposite sex are selfishness, and the pursuit of ideals is also selfishness that satisfies one's spiritual needs.

It's just that there is a limit to selfishness. To meet one's own needs and harm the interests of others should be spurned by others.

Selfishness is the embodiment of human desire and the internal driving force for the progress of human civilization. Without selfishness and desire, human beings will not be far from extinction.

Zhong Chengming realized that the abolition of private ownership and the realization of a harmonious society for mankind that he pursued was against human nature, and it was destined to be an ideal that could never be realized.

No matter how rich the material resources of human society are, it is impossible to satisfy everyone's desires, because people do not rely solely on material to achieve happiness.

He realized this, and he was not discouraged by it. On the contrary, he felt a sense of enlightenment, as if he had let go of the heavy burden he had carried for many years.

From his implementation of the Yang Jian screening system in Red Star Company to his attempts in Dream World, he has been stumbling and suffering from the problems of human nature.

Only now did he realize that he had been going in the wrong direction and using the wrong strength.

Everything in the world is like yin and yang, which have two sides. A solitary yin does not grow, and a solitary yang does not grow, and so does human nature.

Lawbreakers with lost morals and unsatisfactory desires are extremely harmful to human society, but eminent monks with quiet six senses and no desires or desires have no effect on human society, and may even breed a large group of parasites.

As a management class, it is enough to guide human nature reasonably and avoid any side from going to extremes.

Zhong Cheng let go of his obsession, and no longer entangled in the issue of land distribution as military rewards.

Because regardless of the issue of private ownership, distributing land to meritorious officials has many advantages, but few disadvantages.

First of all, land is the main reward, and it will not bring any difficulties to the federal economy and finances. A large amount of idle land is handed over to people to take care of it, which is also conducive to the development of the federation.

Secondly, the distribution of land greatly satisfies people's reflection of their own value, appeases the morale of the army and the people, and gives people without land the motivation to pursue it.

Last but not least, the distribution of land helps rebuild a social order based on extended families, which Chung Sung believes is especially important!
Take China, Europe and the United States as an example. The large-scale implementation of urbanization in these areas has led to the collapse of the original social structure based on big families and families. Households of three or five people and single households have become a common pattern in society.

This makes ordinary people lose the moral and ethical control of the big family and family, and completely hand over to the national laws to control their behavior.

This is the root of a series of social problems in modern society. Problems such as people’s reluctance to have children, aging population, old-fashioned people, lack of beliefs, star worship, etc. all have to be traced back to the disappearance of the family-style social structure.

Let the federal people or start to let some federal people own their own land, family members will gather consciously or unconsciously, and rebuilding the family-style society will be a matter of course.

There are many disadvantages in the traditional family society, but supplemented by the modern legal system, it will be the most suitable model for the current development of human society.

Of course, Zhong Cheng also knows that this is also impossible to accomplish overnight. Although the Federation has a lot of land, it is impossible to make a big pot. Allocating a few mu of land to each household will be counterproductive.

Only hard-won things will be cherished. Obtaining land or obtaining more and better land will become the eternal goal of the federal people.

Plant your own roots for human beings, and let the rootless duckweed become a thing of the past!

(End of this chapter)