Mao put forth hard work but he put it forward in all the wrong directions. His carrying out of his ideas caused millions of deaths that could have been prevented and a devastation to a nation that didn't know any other way but suffering and hard work that brought them to another dead end.
Mao became interested in Lysenko, a soviet scientist, and his views on agriculture. Mao decided to create an eight-point Lysenkoist blueprint for all of the Chinese agriculture. This was often referred to as the "constitution", and consisted of: " the popularization of new breeds and seeds", "close planting", "deep ploughing", "increased fertilization", "the innovation of farm tools", " improved field management", "pest control", and "increased irrigation." (125) Though at the time Mao felt that this would help China pull out on top it actually caused China to fall into a famine that later became really difficult to get out of. By emphasizing so much on ways to improve the science and agriculture in China, Mao went on to prove that it is difficult to be in a leadership position and control and make changes in Science also. By trying to improve the scientific world he ended up failing his country and later became viewed as a poor leader. So as it was almost as though in a way Mao saw that it was difficult to be a leader and also improve science but he wanted to try and prove to his people that it could be done or maybe he didn't want to give up on the fact that he wasn't a scientist.
Mao in a way proved how difficult it is for government and science to share or process ideas together when it came to his failing attempts to improve the scientific world in China. His .
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view on the blueprint was that it would bring China into a state of virtue in the way that it would flourish in agriculture. The first point discussed in the blueprint, the popularization of new breeds and seeds, brought not only problems to the country but also to innocent animals.
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