"ah?"
Clearly, Gu Hanping was both puzzled and worried by Gu Yunyang's news.
"What you're talking about?"
"Yes, that's very possible." Gu Yunyang still said a little: "Look, why did the country develop the Great Northern Wilderness before? And recently, the country has started encouraging educated youth to go to the countryside?"
Gu Hanping hadn't thought much about it at first: "Wasn't the plan to send educated youth to the countryside to help the people and receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants?"
"Hehe." Gu Yunyang just chuckled and let it go.
Faced with Gu Hanping's questioning gaze, Gu Yunyang laughed and said, "That's just a slogan for publicity, how can you take it seriously?"
Of course, there may have been some intention, but the specific goal was wrong.
The real reason is...
Gu Yunyang gazed intently into the distance for a long time before turning his gaze away and whispering to Gu Hanping, "I'll tell you the specific reasons. Listen to it, keep it to yourself, but don't tell anyone else."
These words aren't pleasant to hear.
Gu Hanping's heart skipped a beat, then he nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, it came from your mouth and entered my ears, so no third person will know."
Gu Yunyang said it casually, but he still believed in Gu Hanping.
Gu Yunyang said, "Actually, it's because the country was established and everything needed to be rebuilt. Our country's industrial base was too weak to provide enough jobs. In addition, due to various reasons, there weren't enough jobs in the city."
The government cannot afford to assign so many people to these jobs, and there is also a shortage of grain in rural areas, despite the large amount of grain paid in taxes each year.
However, in my country, the saying goes that many children bring many blessings, and the current situation of people having as many children as possible means that even in rural areas, one can still find food in the mountains and fields.
Children in the city have absolutely no other source of food besides the rations distributed by the state.
"We're not getting enough to eat," Gu Hanping succinctly summarized.
Gu Yunyang nodded in agreement with Gu Hanping's words, and added, "These educated youths don't have jobs in the city, and they don't have enough to eat."
They have nothing to do at home and are disliked by their families, so they have to go out. They have boundless energy and wander the streets. Captain, what do you think they'll do?
Gu Hanping thought for a moment, then, what else could they do?
"Fighting?"
"That's right."
Gu Yunyang nodded, confirming Gu Hanping's guess: "With more and more young people, there is no way to arrange work for them."
With no way to vent their pent-up energy, what else can they do but fight?
Therefore, in order to address these unstable factors, and given the genuine shortage of food, [measures were taken].
In particular, in the past two years, the Central Plains region has experienced drought, leading to food shortages.
It would be better to bring the educated youth to the countryside; at least they could get some food and wouldn't starve.
At the same time, if they don't work in the fields, they won't get enough work points to exchange for enough food to fill their stomachs.
This forces them to work in the fields, preventing them from causing trouble.
This is a move that achieves multiple benefits.
The social pressure was too great, and the country could not support it, so they had no choice but to send them to the countryside.
Of course, it would be good if the educated youth could help the villagers with rural development. Although such cases were rare, they did occur.
Gu Hanping chuckled and glanced at Gu Yunyang, saying, "Aren't you the best example?"
Gu Yunyang was taken aback, then laughed and said, "I don't count, I just went home."
Yes, I'm home.
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