1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

There is no way. The dried heads of people whose owners came from different countries and nationalities such as Japan, China, North Korea, Britain and the United States silently tell the "cruelty" and "privilege" of a certain Northeast King.

Capital does only want profits and can sell the last rope to hang itself, but the operators of capital are often very reluctant to have their heads hung on a flagpole to blow in the wind.

"...At the same time, we must strictly prevent the merging of politics and capital. Anyone with a brain knows how dangerous that is. That's why I said Comrade Zhao Ziqi's remarks were inappropriate. Even if he didn't mean that, they would in fact lead to the unbridled exploitation of capital.

"Well... I don't know much about Comrade Ziqi, but judging from the reports he submitted to the Central Committee, his abilities are indeed exceptional, and his beliefs are unquestionable. However, I think some of his practices are indeed questionable..."

"Why be so euphemistic? Just scold when you should! It's a good thing he's saying this in Northeast China now. If China is unified in the future, the Communist Party is in power, and the bureaucracy is established, he'll cause even greater trouble if he says it again..."

"It's better to speak up and correct problems early than later. As long as we adhere to seeking truth from facts, have the courage to admit mistakes, and take responsibility, these are actually problems that we will encounter during construction and exploration. I think they are tolerable. No one is a saint..."

That’s right, China and the entire Asia must not take the capitalist road. It is a crime against the people. Once they take the capitalist road, if they want to reverse it, the people will suffer again and the country will decline again..."

"Indeed, China and Asia lagged far behind in the past industrial revolution. If they embrace capitalism, they will simply become the Western capitalist countries with plenty of meat. "Dog, if I'm in a good mood, I'll give you two bones. If I'm not, I'll kill you and eat your meat."

"Hahahahaha...Comrade Mark, your analogy is great..."

"In fact, many comrades also saw this point, so they firmly opposed capitalism. This is correct, but when it comes to implementation, it is easy to go astray, and from opposing capitalism, it becomes opposing the tools of capital..."

“It’s similar to workers smashing machines.

“Yes, so we must strip away the capitalist attributes of some capital tools as much as possible, so that comrades can liberate their minds and have fewer concerns.

"For this matter, you have to..."

“I don’t understand theory very well!

"...I finally understand why Chen Geng said he wanted to beat you up for a long time...

Li Desheng and Mark ate and drank the fruits and tea they were given while chatting about the future of China and the world. Everything was normal at first, until they started talking about Chen Geng, when the tone suddenly changed:

"Chen Geng? That bastard still has the nerve to say that! Last time I brought back some tropical fruits from Taiwan and asked him to take some to eat, he only took a little—he didn't leave any for me!"

"Hahahahaha... that sounds like something he would do!"

"Yes, and he even shamelessly said, 'This is exploitation of the people from the big landlords and capitalists.' I think he didn't get enough beatings, he still needs to go to jail a few more times!"

“It’s my fault! It’s my fault!”

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The two of them complained in the same way, causing General Chen, who was hiding in the rear of the 129th Division and dared not show up, to sneeze several times.

"I heard from Comrade Zhao Ziqi that he's been arrested by the police five or six times, right? Most likely because of reports?"

"Yes, there was one time when I went into a brothel and was beaten up by Comrade Wang Genying when I got home. She said, 'Let me give you a taste of the female iron fist.' It made me laugh to death."

"Hahahahahahaha.

Li Desheng laughed for a while, then suddenly remembered something:

"Speaking of women's affairs, Comrade He Baozhen seems to have some opinions about you. She wrote a lot about you in her routine report some time ago.

"Huh? I didn't hear her! What's wrong?

"She said you refused to crack down on prostitution in Northeast China, weren't strong enough in your support for women's education, and even suspected discrimination against women in some of your laws and policies. Is this true?"

"Hey! Our Minister of Education is really..."

Mark shook his head:

“It is true that we did not fight prostitution as hard as the Chinese Communist Party did, but I do not admit the latter accusation.

"What do you mean?"

"First, I didn't put much effort into cracking down on it. I just let the public security organs enforce the law step by step. The special operations were mainly focused on human trafficking, forced prostitution, and organized prostitution.

"If it's just ordinary soliciting and prostitution, the punishment for non-civil servants is not severe. At least it doesn't involve criminal offenses. They will be detained for a few days, fined, and their families will be notified, but they won't go to jail.

"Trafficking...forcing...organizing..."

Having dealt with similar matters before, Li Desheng immediately figured out what was going on and said in disbelief:

"You mean to say that a significant number of women engage in prostitution voluntarily?

"That's true. Chen Geng didn't actually go to the brothel that time. He was there for research, just like me. We are absolutely certain it was voluntary. No one forced him, and there was no organization involved."

MN

Li Desheng was silenced. After a while, he offered various guesses, but then he denied them one by one:

"Because you can't afford food? No, that's wrong. There are so many job opportunities in Northeast China that we need migrant workers, and there's also low-priced relief food. You can't starve to death if you work a little bit... Someone in your family is sick? No, that's wrong too. You have special medical assistance... Is it that the coverage is insufficient?"

"Don't think about it, Comrade Desheng. In the past year, the demand for labor in cities has increased dramatically. Some farmers have even given up their fields and moved to the city to work. With sexual needs nowhere to be satisfied, the number of prostitutes has naturally increased a lot.

Mark's tone was a little cold:

"It's nothing more than purely voluntary prostitution, commonly known as 'half-closed door'. Most of them have nothing to do with poverty or illness. They just don't want to work but want to make easy money, so they resort to prostitution.

"Of course, prostitution isn't limited to one-time sex. Many cases involve 'living together', where the man pays the woman for long-term, stable sexual services. The price is slightly lower than a one-time encounter."

“..Didn’t you have any guidance?

"Guide! Those in charge of this part of the business are all comrades from the Communist Party of China. How can we not guide them? But guidance is useless. As long as they are not forced, once they have tasted the sweetness, there is no way to go back, unless they have made enough money and want to find an honest man to marry.

Mark suddenly remembered something, and a mocking smile appeared on his face:

"If it were just prostitution, it would be fine. But there are also many women who are targeting farmers with bulging wallets but little knowledge and culture. The incidence of fraud and divorce cases has also increased sharply. This is what we really want to focus on, and it will also indirectly hit prostitution.

How did you strike?

"It's simple, but we don't have the manpower and energy to catch them every day. But anyone we catch will be recorded. If they want to get married in the future, these details will be truthfully disclosed to their spouses.

Unlike later times, in the Northeast today, marriage registration is a very important matter. It is not something that can be done by two young people with their ID cards on a whim.

In order to change customs and strengthen population management, common-law marriages are not recognized. Only by obtaining the red marriage certificate can the division of property and the legitimacy of the marriage be recognized.

Although the Civil Affairs Bureau has the authority to issue marriage certificates, any marriage requires, in addition to the household registration book and identity card, a criminal record certificate issued by the local public security organs. Only after seeing the certificate can one go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to obtain a marriage certificate.

Because the process is a bit more complicated than marriages in later generations, Mark launched the "Administrative Service Center" early on to save ordinary people from having to make several trips.

In short, at this stage, marriage is indeed an extremely cautious act, which is very similar to later generations - those who dare to get married are warriors;

But the gentlemen of later generations always pretended that the reason why cattle and horses could not marry and have children was because of their marriage certificates, and they kept relaxing the restrictions, as if they had no idea where the problem lay.

Back to the point.

Li Desheng knew how marriage management worked in Northeast China, and he immediately realized the ruthlessness of this move.

Tell the truth...

If the spouse has engaged in prostitution or solicited prostitution before, or committed other crimes, and did not inform the other party in advance, but it was discovered by the public security organs during the marriage registration...

"...After the implementation of this regulation, prostitution has actually been reduced to a considerable extent. Many prostitutes who want to get married in the future are worried that they will be caught in the crackdown on prostitution and have a criminal record that will affect their marriage in the future. Therefore, they have to stop or reduce the frequency of prostitution.

"You are using the country's reputation and resources to protect your own marriage!

"Is there a problem? The state obtains excess surplus value from the people and expects them to contribute more in the future. So, their interests should be fully protected. Isn't that what a normal socialist state should be?"

“Yes, that’s the truth.

Li Desheng nodded and asked again:

"This can certainly reduce fraud, but will it also put off some women who might have had the hope of returning to society..."

"This regulation was officially implemented after our multiple anti-trafficking and anti-pornography campaigns. Those who were willing to participate in normal work had already been assigned to normal positions. As for the rest, who do you think they were?"

Now Li Desheng was completely speechless.

He is not a saint, and he can't say nonsense like "Even so, you should still do everything you can to rescue those women."

It is certainly wrong to say that the Northeast has not cracked down on prostitution, but this method of crackdown is indeed difficult to describe. It is completely different from the CCP's approach of "crackdown, rescue, guidance, education, and re-employment."

It is impossible to say whether it is good or bad because the situations are different.

On the CCP side, most prostitutes are trafficked and forced into prostitution. They are often beaten, scolded, starved, and tortured. Once they are freed from this suffering, they are eager to say goodbye to the past completely. How could they possibly return to prostitution?

How come the Northeast...

Is this a legacy issue from the era of Zhang Zuolin and his son?

Is this the environmental impact of Northeast China's prosperity?

Is it caused by the special sexual culture of the Japanese?

Or is it all three, or some other combination of reasons?

Li Desheng couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he could only jump to the next question:

"Then, Comrade He Yunbao and Ms. Zhen reported that you weren't very supportive of women's education and that you were suspected of discriminating against women on some issues?"

"I argued with her about this issue once. We just had different viewpoints. It's not that I don't support it, but I am against privileges, including my own privileges, which I have gradually given to various departments.

Of course, if he could release it, he would also be able to take it back. If someone wanted to challenge him for their own interests, he would not hesitate to let the other party feel the horror that those Japanese army idiots had once felt.

“Privilege?

Hearing this word, Li Desheng frowned:

"Comrade He Baozhen is asking for... no, what privileges is she asking for regarding women's education?"

"She wanted to build a special girls' school in Northeast China, but I rejected it. Not only did I reject it, I also closed all the girls' schools in the country, including the Fengtian Provincial Girls' Middle School and the Jilin Provincial Women's Normal School... and converted them into coeducational schools.

...this.

Out of instinct and past experience, Li Desheng wanted to support He Baozhen and criticize Mark, because the establishment of girls' schools did give women the right to education and was a major step forward in the women's rights movement;

But he believed that Mark would never do anything without a purpose.

"What's your reason?

"Reason one, these schools mostly teach women's moral education, and even have the dregs of the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. Moreover, the students are mostly bourgeois and upper-class women, and it is almost impossible for girls from the lower classes to enroll.

“But I believe that the girls’ school that Comrade Ho Po-chun wanted to establish was definitely not like this.

"Yes, I believe that too, because she was acting in the public interest. Even if there were mistakes, they were just cognitive issues. So there is a second reason.

Mark nodded, then asked a question:

"Comrade Desheng, communists want to promote world progress and liberate productivity. Shouldn't they promote gender equality? Shouldn't they allow women to receive education, participate in the workforce, and create wealth and value, rather than simply being used as reproductive tools?"

"Of course.

"So, is opening a girls' school specifically for women, or is it considered equal rights? Does it discriminate against men?"

Why???

The term "discrimination against men" is too niche, and Li Desheng's train of thought was interrupted for a few seconds.

These days, "opening girls' schools" is not only not questioned, but is strongly supported by all walks of life, and is seen as a kind of political correctness and a benchmark movement for promoting equal rights.

Because male power was too strong in previous versions, many communists believed that "women's rights" meant "equal rights" and that equal rights would be achieved as long as the feminist movement was promoted and women's productivity was liberated.

Yet, in this day and age, some people actually claim that "establishing girls' schools is discriminatory against men"?

It's really hard to imagine.

However, after a little thought, theoretically, Li Desheng could not deny this statement.

Equal rights, equal rights, should be impartial, otherwise how can it be called "equal rights"?

...Using the majority of taxpayers' money for men to build a girls-only school and not allow men to attend is not only discriminatory against men, but also an abuse of public resources, administrative power, and the people's hard-earned money, isn't it?"

NN

That's... quite true.

Putting aside the statement that "most taxes come from men," which may sound unpleasant to some but is indeed true, using equal rights taxes to serve a specific group of people, isn't that creating "privileges"?

Li Desheng is also a human being, unable to escape the influence of his inherent environment. In the past, due to his underlying mentality of "taking care of women", he really had not thought about this problem seriously, and suddenly fell into deep thought;

But after just a few seconds, he quickly realized that Comrade Mark had tricked him.

"Isn't what you said wrong? If that's the case, then shouldn't the government be helping the poor?"

"There has never been any gender restriction in helping the poor, right? We are talking about gender issues, not age, environment or other issues.

"Well"

"Our universities in Northeast China do not close their doors to women. On the contrary, they provide equal education, examinations, and admissions. Regardless of whether a guardian obstructs their son or daughter from receiving compulsory education, we will punish them equally.

"In some schools in some areas, because girls value the opportunity to go to school more and study harder, there are even more female students than male students. So why spend money to build special girls' schools?"

Mark spread his hands:

"If you ask me, equal rights are equal rights. Forget about the women's rights movement. What men can do, women can do too. What men can get, women can get too. All women's rights movements will eventually become movements for women's privilege, without exception."

This is a truth that has been proven countless times in history and later generations, but Li Desheng obviously doesn't believe it: