Rebirth in 1958: Getting rich starts from Nanluoguxiang

There have been meetings everywhere in the capital these days, and the General Staff is no exception. Leaders at all levels have gone down to the military regions to implement the spirit of the Four Cleanups Movement. Wu Jianghe was assigned to the Beijing Military Region. A meeting was held today, and all cadres above the battalion level were present.

The military district auditorium was packed with people. The leaders of the military district sat on the rostrum. In the lounge on one side of the stage, Wu Jianghe, wearing a brand new military uniform, sat on the sofa with his eyes slightly closed, listening to his secretary read his speech to him.

"The Four Cleanups Movement is a war. Each of us must throw off our burdens and embark on this war lightly..."

Wu Jianghe raised his left hand, but his eyes remained closed.

"It's more appropriate to change the word 'battle' here to 'war'."

The secretary has been standing with his waist slightly bent. He has maintained this posture for forty minutes, but his body does not move at all. It seems that he has received professional training.

"We must set an example ourselves. First of all, we must be clear about our own thoughts. In the ten years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, have our thoughts and behaviors declined?

Comrades, bureaucratic thinking exists, and that is what we must eliminate…”

Wu Jianghe waved his hand.

"It's not about annihilation, it's about struggle. Yes, struggle, struggle."

At this time, the chief of staff of the military district knocked on the door gently and walked in. He said softly.

"Chief, it's almost time, please come in."

Wu Jianghe nodded slightly, stood up, straightened his clothes, and his secretary helped him button up his collar.

Wu Jianghe asked softly.

"Madam hasn't come back in two days? Why did such a small matter take so long? What on earth is going on?"

The secretary answered in a low voice.

"I'll ask about it after the meeting."

Wu Jianghe nodded majestically, and under the guidance of the chief of staff, he slowly walked out of the lounge. As soon as he walked out of the lounge, everyone in the venue stood up and applauded wildly.

Wu Jianghe's right hand swung gently, showing a very leadership style.

The meeting began. This kind of meeting must be very tedious and lengthy. Wu Jianghe's eyelids twitched even more violently, and he had to reach out and gently cover his eyelids.

The chief of staff who presided over the meeting turned his head and said to him.

"Commander, are you feeling unwell? Why don't you go and rest for a while? I'll call you back after you've spoken."

Wu Jianghe shook his head. The most important thing about this kind of political movement is participation. If he left the venue now, there would definitely be people who would raise doubts.

Why did Deputy Director Wu have a problem with the Four Cleanups Movement? Otherwise, why did he walk out midway? Did he have a problem with the other comrades' speeches? Otherwise, why did he look so impatient?

Now, leaders of his level are like walking on a tightrope, and they can't make a single mistake. Especially Wu Jianghe, who abandoned his wife of 25 years in order to marry Yang Yu, angered his old leader, which made his situation even worse.

The political commissar's speech on the stage finally ended, and thunderous applause broke out from the audience. This is what soldiers are like. In all aspects, their qualities are the best, otherwise they would have fallen asleep in such a meeting.

The Chief of Staff came to the front and spoke into the microphone.

"Next, please allow Deputy Director Wu of the General Staff to speak."

The audience applauded loudly. Wu Jianghe picked up his speech and tea and sat down in the front. He flipped through the 35-page speech, which would take him an hour and ten minutes to speak.

He cleared his throat, tried the microphone and began to speak. Halfway through his speech, his attention was focused on the speech and he did not notice that several people quietly appeared at the door of the venue.

"We must strengthen investigation and research, seek truth from facts, rely on the masses, follow the mass line, adhere to the principle of focusing on positive education, unity-criticism-unity, punish past mistakes to prevent future ones, cure the disease and save the patient,

I will take the lead in purging the bad elements and traitors who have infiltrated the ranks of the people. These bad elements are corrupt and degenerate, and they allow their relatives and subordinates to follow the path of socialism. I, Wu Jianghe, must fight a desperate battle with such people..."

Wu Jianghe's passionate voice echoed in the meeting hall. His speech made the participants excited. Many people were writing down the famous quotes from Deputy Director Wu's speech so that they could use them when they held meetings with their subordinates in the future.

Suddenly, applause broke out in the meeting hall. Everyone was shocked. Director Wu’s speech had not yet reached its climax, let alone ended. Who was so blind as to applaud?

Wu Jianghe stopped speaking, took off his reading glasses, and looked towards the entrance of the venue following the sound of applause.

He saw a figure in military uniform, dragging a woman's hair, walking towards him step by step.

Walking from darkness to light, Wu Jianghe immediately recognized that this was Qin Dabao, director of the Central Investigation Bureau. The woman was no longer able to scream and could only moan. At this moment, the venue was silent and everyone was looking at Dabao stupidly.

Leaders at all levels in the military region knew Dabao, especially the commander, who was also Lu Liye's comrade-in-arms. They stood up in astonishment and looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.

Dabao said loudly as he walked.

"Wu Jianghe, you speak better than you sing. You must purge the bad elements and traitors who have infiltrated the ranks of the people. These bad elements are corrupt and decadent, condoning their relatives, and following the path of socialism...

You yourself are the bad element, how are you going to purge them?"

Wu Jianghe's right eyelid twitched more and more violently. He slammed the table and spoke loudly.

"Comrade Qin Dabao, please be careful with your words. I am your superior in terms of rank, and you are not allowed to slander me. Otherwise, you will bear all the consequences!"

"Pay attention to my words. You abandoned your first wife and married a wife twenty years younger than you. Isn't that corrupt? Isn't that degenerate? You allowed your new wife to buy and sell a fifteen-year-old girl to marry your dead brother-in-law. Isn't that corrupt? Isn't that degenerate?

The father of this little girl was the only one left in the company during the Cheorwon Battle, but he still eliminated nearly two hundred enemies, repelled thirty-five enemy attacks, was shot seven times, and died heroically after the last drop of blood in his body was drained.

The daughter of a first-class meritorious soldier was forced by you and your newlywed wife to flee to the martyr's unit to seek help? Regimental Commander Zhuo Zhenguo reported the situation to the higher-level military district, and you, Wu Jianghe, made a phone call and the regimental commander was suspended. Aren't you corrupt? Haven't you fallen?"

The commander turned around and asked the political commissar and the chief of staff in astonishment,

"What's going on? Zhuo Zhenguo was suspended, how come I didn't know anything about it?"

The political commissar looked embarrassed.

"This is what the old leader meant. We have no choice. We originally wanted to wait until the situation calmed down before reinstating Lao Zhuo..."

Wu Jianghe's face was ashen. He had never thought that Qin Dabao would dare to give him, his superior, no respect at all in such a public place. He could not help but yell.

"Shut up! You're slandering me!"