Jin Hui Di Ji records a story of Emperor Sima Zhong of Hui Jin: When Sima Zhong was in power, the world was in chaos and countless people starved to death. After the news came, Emperor Hui Jin asked the minister: Why do people starve to death? The minister replied that they had no rice to eat. Jin Huidi is even more puzzled: Why not eat meat porridge without rice?

We have all heard this story, which reflects that the emperors who lived in temples in ancient times lacked the most basic understanding of all beings far away from the rivers and lakes and the so-called ignorance of the sufferings of the people.

Today is different from the past. In the era of highly developed media and information explosion, rulers have many channels to understand the people. China people always have the tradition of reporting good news but not bad news, and so does the news media, which often makes it difficult for the voices at the bottom of society to express themselves, and it is even less likely to influence the policies and resolutions of the state. One of the original intentions of establishing NPC representative system is to go deep into the vulnerable groups it represents, listen to and convey their voices and express their demands.

Media+Representative = Entertainment

As we all know, as a media industry, attracting attention and traffic is the way to make profits, which leads to the notorious "title party". Originally, as a media, it should be "fair in argument, free from distractions" and "free from dust", spread the main theme, promote positive energy, correct the value orientation and standardize public opinion on the basis of objective facts. Nowadays, many media choose to blindly kitsch, thus creating the era of "entertainment to death".

As deputies to the National People's Congress, their mission is to represent the interests and will of the people, and they are the "mouthpiece" of the people. In recent years, some NPC deputies, as members of the highest organ of state power, have unabashedly integrated into the torrent of "entertainment to death" under the lens of the media.

Tomb-Sweeping Day = Vegetarian Day, the logic behind it.

Before the two sessions this year, there was news that people were not allowed to remember and take selfie sticks. In the past, we were tired of judging the various selfies of the "delegates" and tired of the drowsiness and entertainment of the delegates of the two sessions, which has long been normal. Self-portraits are banned in the Party this year, which makes the operation of the People's Congress, the highest organ of state power, present some solemn styles.

However, at the two sessions this year, various "wonderful" motions emerged one after another, which undoubtedly added a bit of funny flavor: children commit school violence and parents bear criminal responsibility; Establish "Patriot Festival" and "Chinese Character Festival"; Make Tomb-Sweeping Day a vegetarian day, and so on.

We can see that in recent years, "omnipotence of legislation" and "omnipotence of provisions" have become a bill trend at NPC meetings. Originally, legislative power was the legal right of NPC, so it is understandable to legislate at NPC meetings. But not all social problems can be solved by legislation or setting up one or two festivals. What's more, the legislation and festivals proposed in the motion are unrealistic and nonsense.

Then why do many NPC representatives like this and the media are keen to pursue it? It is not difficult to understand that the most useless things are also the simplest and least prone to mistakes. With the improvement of people's living standards, eating too much wine and meat can easily lead to various "rich diseases". Is it useful to propose vegetarianism in Tomb-Sweeping Day at this time to remind people to pay attention to healthy diet and prevent diseases? useless

Remember the stunt of "Earth Hour"? Later, it was discovered that the earth turned off the lights for one hour synchronously, which aggravated the waste of resources. And if all of China really only eats vegetarian food in Tomb-Sweeping Day, it will cause an inestimable blow to the normal operation of related food industries. And unhealthy eating habits are because I don't know that eating too much meat is not appropriate? I'm afraid not.

Dragon Boat Festival did not make us more patriotic; Labor day has no passion to promote national labor; During the reunion festival, family members often run away from home and work hard everywhere; Even during the Spring Festival, many people are stuck on their way home. Therefore, the establishment of vegetarian day, even if passed, is only a gimmick in the end.

But can you say that the proposal to set up a vegetarian day is wrong? No, it shows unparalleled political correctness. Therefore, the delegates talked about it in succession. Because the concept is novel, easy to understand, and people like to watch it, the media and delegates kill two birds with one stone, as if they were harmonious and happy.

People's livelihood sufferings

In peacetime, the country and the people are safe, and everything will be fine. Will the people live and work in peace? Not exactly. Looking around, because a considerable number of people with high housing prices have not "settled down", because the wage level cannot adapt to the price level, many people have not "settled down".

At the same time, environmental pollution, safe production, children's education, food safety and medical and health problems represented by smog are everywhere, and even intensified, and there are many problems to be solved urgently. If eating too much meat is harmful to people's health, then toxic and harmful food is even more harmful. Even if a "National Vegetarian Day" is set up, how can people all over the country eat poisonous and harmful vegetarian food together?

Insistence of other NPC members

Thankfully, NPC has more than one representative. Even in the era of "entertainment to death", there are still many NPC deputies who fulfill their duties and choose to play their own roles for their own mission.

During the two sessions, many proposals related to the national economy and people's livelihood, such as tax reform, scientific and technological development, poverty alleviation, education and medical care, were mentioned by delegates from time to time. Although most of these areas belong to the tough areas and deep water areas of reform, which are particularly difficult, it is precisely because of their persistence and the expectations of hundreds of millions of people that there will be the possibility of continuous progress and more people will benefit from the reform and share the dividends of development.

At the end of the article, I want to say that even at the moment of informationization, the story of the Jin Huidi era is not impossible or incredible. Information explosion will also create an information vacuum, which makes people see things in a blur and have no choice. As a great representative, it should be the eyes and mouthpiece of the people. Since it is a mission, it should live up to expectations. There are many urgent things to do, such as national vegetarian day, or not.