Chapter 1760 Some Changes

After getting off the car, they walked slowly towards the gate of the Xie family.

The guard at the door asked loudly, "Stop, what do you want?"

Liu Fusheng smiled and said, "My name is Liu Fusheng. I came here from Chaojiang City and want to meet Chief Xie Zhensheng."

"Please wait."

The guard immediately turned around and dialed the intercom.

After a while, he came back and said, "Come with me, both of you."

After walking into the yard for five minutes, Liu Fusheng and Zhou Xiaozhe finally arrived in front of a Western-style house.

The decoration of this house is quite republican style. The overall shape is very simple and elegant, without any magnificent furniture or decorations.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in his forties came out and said, "Excuse me, who is Secretary Liu from Chaojiang City?"

Liu Fusheng immediately stood up and shook hands with him.

The middle-aged man introduced himself enthusiastically: "My name is Xie Zehua. I am currently Chief Xie Zhensheng. I have official business to attend to and it is not convenient for me to meet Secretary Liu, so I was asked to entertain you. If there is anything inappropriate, please forgive me, Secretary Liu."

After Liu Fusheng heard Xie Zehua's voice, his heart moved slightly: "If I heard correctly, the Mr. Xie who talked to Hong Chengli on the phone earlier should be you, right?"

Xie Zehua laughed loudly and said, "Secretary Liu actually recognized my voice? It seems that Hong Chengli is too confident. He didn't even bother to avoid you when he called you. I was right to scold him. If such a person were placed in the army, he would be a scum who leaked military information."

Liu Fusheng naturally recalled the general information about Xie Zehua in his mind.

This Mr. Xie is the son of Xie Zhenqi, the second son of Marshal Xie. He is a leading figure of the younger generation of the Xie family. His current military rank is brigade commander, senior colonel, and he commands an elite division of the Guangdong East Military Region.

Liu Fusheng said: "I came here this time specifically to apologize."

Xie Zehua said: "For the sake of Hongcun? There is no need for that. Our Xie family has always been adhering to the principle of fairness. Even though Hongcun was proposed by the Xie family, it was also to express gratitude to the Hong family members for their outstanding contributions to the revolution. It does not mean that they can be proud of their achievements decades later, or even disregard the party discipline and national laws!"

"The merits and demerits cannot be offset. If they make a mistake, the Xie family will never condone or tolerate it!"

Liu Fusheng smiled and said, "I admire the Xie family for being fair, but I am not apologizing for the incident in Hongcun."

"I came to Haizhou once a few days ago. I wanted to go to the Xie Memorial Hall first to pay my respects to his great achievements, and then visit the Xie family. However, I had some official business to attend to, so I was unable to go to the Xie family. This is my fault."

Xie Zehua looked at Liu Fusheng deeply and said, "Secretary Liu, it's just a small matter, why bother? Many years ago, my grandfather once said that the Xie family is not a feudal prince, but a servant of the people. In our family, there are not so many rules and thresholds."

"Secretary Liu has just arrived in Chaojiang, so he must have a lot of things to deal with. We are very touched that he can take time out of his busy schedule to visit the Xie family."

Liu Fusheng smiled and said, "The consciousness of the older generation of revolutionaries is indeed admirable... Mr. Xie should know my identity. I came here not just as the secretary of the Chaojiang Municipal Party Committee, but also in my private capacity to meet the elders."

"It is my honor to be received by Mr. Xie."

Xie Zhenhua smiled slightly and said a few polite words to Liu Fusheng.

Liu Fusheng said: "In addition to personal matters, I also want to ask, what is the attitude of the Xie family towards Chaojiang and even the clan situation in the entire eastern Guangdong region?"

Xie Zehua pondered and said, "The clan concept in the eastern Guangdong region has a very long history. Our Xie family is also a native of eastern Guangdong. In our Hakka culture, there is also a strong clan concept."

"My grandfather, my uncle, and my father had a discussion about this."

Liu Fusheng was surprised and said, "Did Commander Xie consider the issue of clans back then?"

Xie Zehua smiled and nodded: "After the founding of the People's Republic of China, my grandfather was ordered to govern the eastern Guangdong region. Naturally, he had to take all aspects into consideration. However, Secretary Liu should also be very familiar with the social conditions at that time. When everything is in ruins, stability is the priority."

"Especially the land of East Guangdong is very important for the construction of the country. Although Grandfather knows that the idea of ​​East Guangdong clans acting independently is not conducive to the unity of the country, he must put the overall situation first."

Different policies must be implemented in different historical periods, according to local conditions and the times. If we insist on doing so, we will end up being disadvantaged.

At that time, people's livelihood in the country was in decline, and the coastline was tightly blockaded by hostile forces, and all kinds of supplies were extremely scarce.

Guangdong Province, located in the southern border of China, is the country's only window to the outside world.

The country needs a relatively stable social environment to communicate with the outside world, absorb sufficient foreign exchange for the country, and obtain more advanced ideas from the outside world.

Because of this, Commander Xie did not impose any interference on the clan situation in eastern Guangdong Province. The basic principle is that as long as it can contribute to the country and to local stability, everything can be discussed.

Everyone is well aware of the historical issues, and now that Xie Zehua has taken the initiative to point them out, he has demonstrated his great sincerity in discussing the matter and his friendly attitude towards people.

Xie Zehua said: "The clan has a stronger cohesive force. The benefits outweighed the disadvantages back then. The current smuggling problem also has certain historical reasons. When the country is facing a blockade and urgently needs something, it must use unconventional means to allow overseas goods to flow into the country."

"My uncle once asked when this situation would be completely changed. My grandfather said that it would be during my uncle's and my father's generation that a complete change would be made, because the country would continue to develop and society would be stable enough for everyone to feel fully secure without relying on blood ties of the clan."

"By then, the power of the clans can be continuously weakened, and eventually the entire Chinese nation will believe in the same ideology and, under the call of the state, unswervingly promote the construction of socialist rule of law and open up and adhere to the socialist development path with Chinese characteristics."

At this point, Xie Zehua sighed: "Later, my grandfather put things right and once again said with emotion that my uncle and father's generation might not be able to change the status quo of the clan in East Guangdong Province."

Liu Fusheng nodded and said, "Indeed, at that time, the country had been founded for more than 30 years. General Xie had judged that the country would enter a stable period, so strong means could be used to solve the clan problem without causing social unrest. However, after rectifying the chaos, society could only be stable and could not continue to be in chaos. It was definitely not suitable for further reforms."

Xie Zehua said: "That's right, at that time, the eastern Guangdong Province could only be stable, not chaotic... Now Secretary Liu asked me this topic, do you want to make some changes to the clan status quo in the Chaojiang area?"