Transcending Time and Space: A New Perspective

  Jiang Xianyun immediately caught everyone's attention, and with just a few words, he became the center of attention. Everyone forgot about what had happened earlier, but unexpectedly, Li Zhilong didn't plan to let Zhuang Jihua off the hook.

  "In the field, brother, when can you change this impulsive temper of yours?" Jiang Xianyun helplessly smiled at Zhuang Jihua "Don't mind this classmate. You are probably also here to take the entrance exam for Huangpu, right? Myself and Tian Ge (in the field) brother are also here to sign up. Later on, we will all be classmates, slowly you will understand what kind of person Tian Ge is." The sentence in between was directed at He Zhenhan and others.

  "Wushan, don't interrupt. Many people within the Nationalist Party openly support Mr. Sun Yat-sen's proposal to unite with Russia and tolerate communism, but secretly oppose it. They dare not explicitly propose their own views, instead secretly undermining them. I detest this kind of sneaky behavior."

  Zhuang Jihua's anger surged up upon hearing this, thinking to himself: "I didn't offend you, did I? We were just casually chatting, why get so worked up?"

  "First of all, I must declare that although I am not a member of the Nationalist Party, I support Mr. Sun Yat-sen's proposal to unite with Russia and tolerate communism. However, I also do not agree with completely replicating the Russian-style revolution in China. Why is that?" thought Zhuang Jihua, "This little guy is just trying to play word games with me, but our great leader has already summarized it." "Although the Communist Party of China and the Soviet Communist Party share a common origin, the national conditions, histories, and cultures of China and Russia are different; this determines that the Chinese revolution cannot follow the path of the Russian-style revolution. The Chinese revolution must combine with China's specific practices to achieve victory, otherwise no matter how correct your theory is or how hard you try, you will definitely end in failure."

  Li Zhi-long is a Communist Party member, assigned by the organization to work as an interpreter for Borodin, and has more contact with high-level figures. He has a better understanding of the divisions within the Nationalist Party and knows that many old comrades oppose Sun Yat-sen's Three Great Policies. The Three Great Policies were passed at the first national congress of the Nationalist Party in January solely due to Sun Yat-sen's personal prestige, but those who opposed it set up many obstacles behind the scenes, making it difficult to implement the policies. These days, he has suffered a lot with Borodin and his anger is at a boiling point. Today, he planned to relax with friends after meeting up, but unexpectedly heard Zhuang Jihua's "heretical" views as soon as he entered the door, which happened to break his "boiling point".

  Although Jiang Xianyun was moderate, he had no intention of letting Zhuang Jihua off the hook. He sneered, "The national conditions are different, what a difference in national conditions! I don't know if it's the oppression of workers that is different or the exploitation of peasants that is different? In capitalist society, the situation of the proletariat all over the world is the same."

  "Is this what your party thinks?" Zhuang Jihua turned to ask Jiang Xianyun, Jiang Xianyun nodded and said: "What Tian said is correct, the oppression received by the proletariat is the same everywhere. Lenin also said that the proletarian revolution is worldwide in nature, and Marxist theory applies universally."

  Zhuang Jihua now somewhat understands why Old Mao is great, it's really not easy to innovate in such a situation. As an outsider, Old Mao is an insider, and breaking through these established frameworks requires great courage.

  Looking at Li Zhilong's furious expression, he couldn't help but chuckle and said: "Li Zhilong, don't look at me like that, I didn't owe you money, nor am I a warlord. Who knows, maybe one day on the battlefield, you'll still have to save me, what's with the tense attitude? Have some tea, this tea is not bad." After finishing his sentence, he picked up his teacup and took a sip.

  "Don't be a stubborn child, can't reason with you even if I drink water."

  He Zonghan was getting a bit restless, this was originally his topic, but now it has become Zhuang Jihua's problem. He cleared his throat and was about to speak when Zhuang Jihua showed some displeasure. "You Li Zhilong are too pushy," he said, putting down his tea cup. "I think you've read Marx's theory incorrectly, even though you're a Communist Party member." This remark shocked everyone, Jiang Xianyun's eyebrows twitched and He Zonghan cleared his throat again with an "ah".

  "Hmm, so you understood?" Li Zhilong's face turned slightly pale with anger.

  "What Comrade Li said is only the universality of things, but he neglected the particularity of things. Marx also mentioned this point in his discussion." Zhu Jihua recalled and said: "Comrade Li's words that workers are oppressed all over the world, and the proletariat all over the world must carry out revolution, this is the universality of things. Specifically in China, there is its particularity. In comparison with Russia, before the revolution, Russia had basically completed industrialization, had a relatively mature industrial chain, people's educational level was higher, and the strength of the working class was stronger, so it could completely rely on the working class to seize power. And what about China? China's industry is currently very weak, which determines that the strength of the working class is very small. Comrade Li, Comrade Jiang have all participated in the workers' movement, you can roughly estimate how many workers there are nationwide, 2 million or 3 million, but what is our total population? 450 million, the number of workers is less than one percent of the population, such strength cannot be said to be strong no matter how it is calculated."

  "Secondly, the Russian revolution was a case of the city leading the village. This was because in the Russian cities the strength of the bourgeoisie was relatively weak, so it was possible to seize power first and then extend it from the city to the whole country. Can this be copied in China? I'm afraid not. The actual situation in China is just the opposite. In China, the counter-revolutionary forces are mainly concentrated in the cities, where the balance of forces makes it very difficult for the workers to seize power by their own strength. On the other hand, the situation in the countryside is different. 90% of China's population is engaged in agriculture, and the enemy's ruling power is very weak. In remote areas, there are not even government officials, let alone troops."

  "China and Russia have different cultural traditions. Russia is a traditional European country, Europeans have always believed in the law of the jungle, which means survival of the fittest; Chinese people follow traditional Confucian culture, which I think lacks masculinity and emphasizes moderation, so as long as they still have food to eat, Chinese people will never rise up to make... revolution."

  "Finally, Russia was a unified sovereign state before the revolution, and it was possible to ignore foreign intervention before seizing power. But China is different, China is still a loose sand now, sovereignty has been lost, in the process of seizing national power, we must consider the intervention of imperialist powers, this is not intimidation, but the actual situation we must face." Zhuang Jihua said, and then felt wrong, he had said too much, and fell into regret again.

  This is completely at the mentor level (nonsense, what Lao Mao and Deng Gong summarized, if it's not a mentor, what is it), not only Li Zhi Long, but also Jiang Xian Yun He Zhong Han Hu Zong Nan's face showed surprise, shock, and admiration. They originally thought that Zhuang Ji Hua's talk about culture and history was just an excuse, but they didn't expect him to actually list them one by one, and there were really so many differences, and fundamentally not allowing you to refute, nor can you refute from a logical or theoretical perspective.

  In this era, the spread of Marxist theory in China mainly relied on several magazines, with the most famous being "New Youth" led by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao. Systematic researchers of Marxist theory were not many, and those who had read "Das Kapital" and "Dialectical Materialism" were even fewer. Zhuang Jihua's direct use of Marxist principles to discuss the similarities and differences between the Chinese and Russian revolutions was unprecedented. People like He Zhenhuan, including Chiang Kai-shek, who believed that China could not follow the path of the Russian Revolution, mainly saw the difficulties brought about by the Russian Revolution but were unable to find theoretical support. Now Zhuang Jihua provided such analysis and argumentation from both a theoretical and practical perspective, which was absolutely innovative. However, Zhuang Jihua did not expect that this would also produce another consequence: in the later debates between the Sun Yat-senism Study Society and the Young Military Officers' Association, members of the Sun Yat-senism Study Society often quoted Zhuang Jihua's words as their theoretical basis.

  "Are you CP or CY?" He Xuanhan asked first

  "What's cp, cy?" Zhuang Jihua was somewhat perplexed and didn't know what he was talking about.

  Seeing Zhuang Jihua's expression, Jiang Xianyun knew he was not a comrade within the party, so he explained: "CP is an abbreviation for Communist Party member in English, and CY is an abbreviation for Youth League member."

  So that's how it is. Zhuang Jihua smiled and said, "Neither, I'm now a non-partisan person." As long as no one asked about his background, what he feared most was this, but he had misjudged.

  "So we can only make a revolution after the number of workers exceeds 50% of the population? This reasoning doesn't hold water." Li Zhi Long felt that he couldn't refute his opponent theoretically, so he changed direction.

  "Of course not, what I oppose is ignoring China's actual social situation and copying Russia's experience."

  "But Russia was the first socialist country and their successful experience is worth our learning." Li Zhilong insisted.

  "What was the success of the Russian Revolution? It was organization, strategy and army, not abstract reliance on the working class. I don't know if Brother Li has thought about it or not." Zhuang Jihua's unease grew stronger and he was now eager to end this debate, so his tone became increasingly severe and urgent.

  "The success of the Russian Revolution tells us that a revolution requires an organization with strict discipline, an army loyal to the revolution, and the implementation of correct guidelines and policies. This is the main experience of the Russian Revolution; other aspects are secondary and need to be modified according to China's actual situation. This is also what Marxist theory advocates." He felt like there was a heavy stone weighing on his heart, and every word he spoke added to its weight; he really didn't want to say another word.

  "Has Brother Zhang studied Marxism? I don't know which school he graduated from?" Li Zhilong replied normally, although he was still a bit unconvinced, but couldn't find any grounds for rebuttal, and could only temporarily give up the direct attack, planning to make a detour.

  "This time, Tian has finally met his match. Let's see if you dare to underestimate the heroes of the world again." Jiang Xianyun had been listening attentively to their debate and saw Li Zhilong retreat, so he took the opportunity to mediate and end the discussion.

  "Brother Jiang is overpraising me, if Brother Li hadn't urged me repeatedly, I wouldn't have dared to speak my mind." Zhuang Jihua saw that Li Zhilong was still waiting for him: "I graduated from xx University in the United States a few months ago after returning to China."

  It seems that many people have come to a realization - there isn't a systematic book introducing Marxist theory domestically, but of course, there are some in the US.

  Young people are curious, and Zhuang Jihua's American experience has given everyone a topic of conversation. Various questions have left him somewhat overwhelmed, but he noticed that Jiang Xiyun didn't say anything, only listening with great interest.

  Gradually, everyone was attracted by Zhuang Jihua, especially his jokes, which made everyone lose their way. The story of the dinosaur made the guests on the first floor laugh so hard they fell over; the white horse-riding Tang Monk made He Zonghan spit out his tea on the spot.

  Of course his goal is to shift everyone's attention away from his past and stop bothering him with it, making up stories is really unbearable.

  However, the story of dinosaurs and Tang Seng appeared decades earlier.