What is a relationship? In fact, we live in relationships every day. This kind of relationship makes it difficult for some Chinese people to do things and be a good person, while it is easy for other people to do things and be a good person. What is this kind of relationship? In the final analysis, it is
Chinese people often talk about institutional relationships.
Although the word "system" is often on the lips of the Chinese people, in fact, no one can clearly explain what the system is. But from the sharp increase in the number of people applying for civil servants every year, people actually understand. In the final analysis, although the "system" is said
The reason is not clear, but the Chinese people understand very well that the system is created by the Chinese themselves. In fact, it is the same as the Indian caste system, which is used to divide resources.
If you are in the system, you can enjoy everything that the system can give you. This system is the network of life and relationships. If you are not in the system, you cannot enjoy it. You are a civil servant, you are in a public institution, you
You can enjoy the VIP treatment of the bank, you can have a VIP card, it will be convenient for you to do things, and you don’t have to queue up. If you want to buy a house, you can enjoy a provident fund mortgage. If you are not in this system, you have to
Use real money as collateral and guarantee. Otherwise, you have to find connections.
In this way, you are back to the relationship.
China is extremely short of resources. Those who hold power and the rulers of the past dynasties are extravagant and lustful, and can only make a fuss about the population. One person exploits and possesses the resources of countless people. In order to realize this possibility, the resources must be divided among
People who serve the rulers, in this layer-by-layer structure, there are upper-level and middle-level networks that serve different levels. These networks actually build the network of relationships, dominance, and exploitation of society in the past dynasties.
Because of the scarcity of resources, the Chinese people's wisdom is sparing no effort in building this kind of ruling network. The Chinese people's efforts are also on this network, striving to gain a little fame, one network of relationships, and enter another network of relationships. They cannot enter the upper level.
Otherwise, you will have to live in the poor lower-class network all your life, associate with the lower-class people, and have troubles in life day and night.
"The wine and meat in Zhumen stinks, and bones freeze to death on the road." Of course, those who live in Zhumen are people within the system, and those who freeze to death on the road are of course people outside the system. Why can they eat wine and meat, because they are people within the system, why
They can live in the vermilion gate because they are people within the system and people who serve the system.
It is luxurious for Chinese people to talk about class. In fact, we do not have any fixed class attributes. Maybe the dynasty has changed and the system has changed. Then "the king cherishes the sun and thanks the swallow in front of the gate", but also "fly into the homes of ordinary people"
Just like Zhu Yuanzhang, he was originally outside the system and was almost too poor to eat and was about to starve to death. Later, he set fire to it and got the imperial power. Then, of course, he had to enjoy the generosity of the "Zhumen's wine and meat".
The original system will naturally need to be replaced, and a large group of poor people will naturally become the heroes within the system.
"The Tao can be Tao, but it is very Tao. The name can be named, but it is very famous." What the system is, it is really hard to say, but everyone feels the reality of its existence.
Therefore, although the system is illusory, it is completely visible and tangible. It exists around us at all times. The military is also a system. Although it is independent, now I am close to the edge of this system.
In fact, in the final analysis, we still exist under a common system, but there is a kind of crossover on the basis of relative independence.
Later, he drank a lot of wine, and Chief of Staff Zhang also drank a lot. However, he did not get angry. Every time someone offered him a toast, he drank it generously.
He also said one thing to me, "Mayor Feng, you are so young. I really envy you young people. Alas! You have become old in the blink of an eye, and you have become old without even feeling it."
I smiled and said to him: "Chief, everyone is the same, they all came here when they were young. When you were young, you fought on the battlefield and were a hero. This is not an experience that everyone can have.
Now that you are only one step away from the general, it is time for you to show off your great ambitions. So, if you want to say we are envious, it must be that we envy you."
He raised his glass to me and said, "Xiao Feng, you are really good at talking. Let me tell you something. Recently, our comrades who participated in the Self-Defense Counterattack were at a gathering. Someone took out a photo of us before we joined the war. It was of us.
A group photo of the whole company. I was the commander of that company at that time. The faces in the photo were so young, including myself. But when I saw that most of the people in the photo were no longer in this world, I felt uncomfortable.
Most of them died in that war. To this day, I still remember the scene when each of them died..."
I listened quietly. Although the music was loud at this time, I could hear every word he said clearly. I didn’t know how to continue what he said. This topic was too heavy. I went to talk to him.
He clinked his glasses, drank it down in one gulp, and then said, "Chief, you are the most respectable people."
He also drank the wine in the glass, then shook his head and said to me: "That's not what I want to say. It was when I came back and saw our group photo. I suddenly found that all my comrades were old.
They were bald, toothless, and completely different from how they used to be. Only then did I realize that I was just like them, also old. I usually don’t feel this kind of thing, I always feel that I am still old.
Being young, nothing has changed, but when I suddenly realized this and went to the mirror in the bathroom, I realized that I looked completely different from when I was young. Thinking about when I was young, self-defense
After the counterattack ended, I was promoted to battalion commander. Every morning was my proudest moment. I walked around the camp and looked at the soldiers under my command: This is my world...
Haha! Mayor Feng, I’m sorry, I drank too much.”
In fact, I also feel a little strange: Why did he say these things in front of me? You know, he and I are not friends. There is only one explanation, and that is that he really drank too much, and drunk people only
I will be so emotional.
I said: "Chief, this is a law of nature. Who among us will not grow old in the future? Human life is actually very short. This is a law of nature, and it is the same for everyone. In fact, I think this is not important. What is important is us.
What have you done in this life? You are already very remarkable. You have been to the war, experienced the test of life and death, and became the chief of staff of the garrison because of your military exploits. You will also become a general in the future. In this way
His life is enough to be admired."
He then whispered to me: "I like to drink and sing with these little sisters, so that I feel very young." (To be continued)