Chapter 524 Andre's Theory

"Excuse me, Comrade Andropov." At this moment, a tall and thin old man sitting in the seat spoke up: "Now, if we carry out reforms like this, is it still socialism?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. At this time, only he could raise such a sharp question!

The Red Godfather, Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov, was a Soviet party and state activist, member of the 18th National Congress of the Soviet Communist Party and secretary of the Central Committee, responsible for ideology and the international communist movement.

Born in 1902, he is now an eighty-year-old man. When Andropov was vigorously recruiting new people, there were fewer and fewer old faces in the Central Committee. However, Suslov always sat firmly in the position of secretary of the Secretariat. Even Andropov admired Suslov.

During the Brezhnev era, the entire country was corrupt, and the phenomenon of using power for personal gain was almost open. Under such circumstances, the only one who could still stick to the party spirit was Suslov. He did not build a luxurious villa, never held a grand banquet, and did not drink excessively. What is more admirable is that he did not use his power to seek a future for his descendants. Neither his son nor his eldest daughter got a high position. Moreover, Suslov did not have a degree or academic title, and he also suggested prohibiting Soviet Communist Party staff from using their power to obtain degrees. He repeatedly refused awards and stayed out of the wave of honors for Soviet Communist Party senior officials. In terms of handling personal wealth, Suslov called the central accountant to his office twice a year to report to him on his income and expenditure for half a year, opened the drawer, and handed over all the remaining wages. Even when he went to inspect other places, Suslov had to pay for meals. As a senior Soviet leader, Suslov was not particular about his clothes. He always wore old-style suits and overshoes that many Soviet Communist Party leaders did not wear.

This was an old Bolshevik who adhered to party spirit and principles, and Andropov had great trust in him. At the same time, only Suslov dared to raise these issues at the most acute moment.

Since Lenin's time, the Soviet Union has firmly taken the socialist road and implemented public ownership, but what about now? The planned economy is gradually being replaced by the market economy. Isn't this taking the capitalist road?

Others did not dare to raise this issue, but Suslov, who was in charge of ideology, raised it.

Hearing this, Andropov looked at Suslov with admiration. A country needs strong leaders as well as clear-headed subordinates. Suslov is very qualified. This issue must be explained clearly.

"Andre, what do you think about this issue?" Andropov did not explain immediately, but kicked the ball to Andre. This was a major test for Andre!

At the beginning, Andrei gave many ideas on how to reform the Soviet society. For example, Andrei put forward similar proposals for agricultural reform. Now, Andrei asked Andrei to explain it at the ****** meeting, which was a test of Andrei's basic ideas.

Fortunately, Andre was well prepared, and the knowledge he learned in his previous life was not learned in vain.

"First of all, let's look at a result. After our current reform, our agriculture has developed rapidly. In the past few years, with the same agricultural population, we did not have enough food to eat, but this year, we have a bumper harvest. Why is this? Because our current reform has liberated and developed productivity, improved farmers' enthusiasm for work, and made farmers truly realize that they are the masters of the farm. In this way, grain production has naturally increased significantly, which is in sharp contrast to the previous passive sabotage. Facts are the only criterion for testing truth. The current facts show that our set of measures is correct." Andre said: "Huaxia carried out reforms two years earlier than us. Their leaders have a saying that no matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat. For us, no matter whether it is capitalist or socialist, as long as it can truly liberate and develop our productivity, improve our living standards, and adapt to our current needs, we can use it."

Andrei's words shocked many people present. The Soviet Union had always regarded itself as the socialist big brother and constantly exported socialist revolution to the outside world through the Communist International. Now, Andrei actually said that he wanted to take the capitalist road? In the past, he would be immediately shot for the crime of treason.

"However, this is just a statement. In my opinion, our current reform is still carried out under the framework of socialism. What is socialism? Poverty and backwardness are not socialism. The continuous development of productivity and the continuous improvement of people's living standards are socialism. The essence of our country is public ownership, and this system will never change. In the fundamental industries related to our country, such as railway transportation, oil extraction, and national defense construction, we firmly adhere to this system. In other aspects, such as agriculture now, we have changed state ownership into collective and people's ownership, which is still the property owned by our people. The market economy we are doing now is the economic operation mode before communism. We know that communism is a society with extremely developed productivity, but now, our productivity has not reached extreme development. What we are solving now is the problem of how to continue to develop productivity. In other words, our current market economy is just a tool borrowed from the capitalist economy to develop socialist productivity. At the same time, this is different from capitalist private ownership. Capitalist society, in the name of market economy, is committed to guiding and advocating profiteering and selfishness in theory and practice, while we are just developing our economy."

"Finally, allow me to apply these few points. First, adhere to the dominant position of public ownership. Second, the fundamental goal of the socialist market economy is to achieve common prosperity. Third, under the conditions of the socialist market economy, the state can implement strong macro-control." In later generations, Andre had a solid foundation in political theory and learned this theory in depth.

This theory was proposed by Deng Xiaoping in the 1990s after he continuously summarized the laws. And now, Andre proposed it at this time, and he is definitely the first person to do so.

After saying that, Andre felt a little thirsty, so he picked up the water cup and took a sip of water. After he finished drinking it, Andre found something unusual.

The other people around were looking at Andre with unique eyes.

"What's going on? Is there something on my face?" In this serious meeting, Andre couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

"Comrade Andrei, your theory is so great! We must study it in depth and study it in detail." Suslov said. In fact, he certainly knew what the current reforms meant to the Soviets. He was also keenly aware of the ideological problems, so he raised it at the meeting just now. Unexpectedly, this problem was perfectly explained by Andrei!

This set of theories actually came from General Andrei, who everyone thought only knew military affairs! Suslov was really impressed by his solid political theories and his ability to adapt! These theories completely solved the problems Suslov was facing now!

"Comrade Andropov, I suggest that you invite Comrade Andrei to work in our department. We will definitely be able to publish this theory as soon as possible." Suslov said to Andropov: "After this theory comes out, I want to retire. Please ask Comrade Andrei to take over my position."

With Andropov's reforms, the bloated political system was changing, and the proportion of young people was increasing. An eighty-year-old man like Suslov was already an absolute old man among them. He had worked for the Soviet Union for so many years and really wanted to enjoy his old age.

Andre was shocked when he heard this. He didn't want to work in such a department and just wait for death.