Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Yang Quanwu is a military official after all.

How can you shut down the place where local cadres work like this? You are not a warlord.

"Comrade Liu Huafu, I'd like to ask how the land reform work in Pingshan County is going?

"Good, very good. The land reform work in Pingshan County is going very smoothly."

Although he was very dissatisfied with Yang Quanwu's attitude, Liu Huafu still answered Yang Quanwu. Liu Huafu was really satisfied with the current situation.

What is the purpose of land reform? It is to change the feudal land system in rural areas.

This kind of change requires a sudden and drastic change.

Eliminate some opposition.

Especially the rich peasants and landlords, they must be swept away. It was precisely because of Liu Huafu's attitude that the "Poor Peasants' League" was given the greatest power. With the support of the Shigai Work Team, they held public trials almost every day.

Not to mention the rich peasants and landlords who were shot, some middle peasants who opposed the current land reform also became targets of public trial.

"Snapped"

Before Yang Quanwu could say anything, Wang Zhi slammed the table angrily.

Liu Huafu was shocked.

Because Wang Zhi, whom I'd known before, had always had a very good personality. Being able to partner with Huang Yong prevented Huang Yong from causing any major problems. And when partnering with Yang Quanwu, Yang Quanwu didn't lose his temper either. This shows what an outstanding political cadre Wang Zhi is. When it comes to uniting cadres, Wang Zhi is absolutely a top-notch political worker.

But this time Wang Zhi was really angry.

How could he not be angry.

After the establishment of the Hebei-Shandong Military Region, the troops of the Fourth Division had always been under his command. For example, the 12th Brigade was the main force of the Fourth Division. Wang Zhi had been with them for many years and had a deep affection for them.

And this unit is very capable of fighting.

The combat effectiveness is very strong.

Huang Yong had taken most of the main brigades of the Hebei-Shandong Military Region with him, leaving only the 12th Brigade. Therefore, Wang Zhi had high hopes for the 12th Brigade. However, too many of the officers and soldiers of the 12th Brigade were from Pingshan County.

The current taxi reform has directly affected the 12th Brigade.

Besides the problems of the 12th Brigade, Wang Zhi was also very angry about the problems with the Pingshan County cadres. Even if there were some problems with the Pingshan County cadres, criticism and education, and if that didn't work, some organizational measures could be taken. Because the party has been carrying out rectification campaigns from time to time to improve the party's purity, there is no problem with that.

But how can we start a massacre?

This is not land reform at all, it is completely the "anti-counterrevolutionary" campaign during the Soviet period.

After Chairman Mao came to Yan'an, he always stressed the need to eliminate the "anti-counterrevolutionary"

The legacy of the Red Army era's "anti-counterrevolutionary" campaign was indeed excessive, leaving even the central leadership with lingering fears. Furthermore, many cadres who participated in the "anti-counterrevolutionary" campaign during the Red Army era were not punished for various reasons. This was because it even involved high-level central government officials. Furthermore, many cadres who returned from studying in the Soviet Union were influenced by the Soviet "anti-counterrevolutionary" campaign, or rather, learned from it.

In handling matters, the means of "anti-counterrevolutionary" are still used.

It can be said that this legacy has deep roots.

It wasn't something the Central Committee wanted to eliminate, nor could it be resolved through a single rectification campaign. Even during the rectification campaign, when the Chairman said "no killing," executions still occurred behind closed doors. This was what made Wang Zhi even more angry.

During the land reform, what Liu Huafu and his colleagues did was similar to the "anti-counterrevolutionary campaign".

Therefore, he said directly: "Comrade Liu Huafu, you are also a cadre of our Jin-Cha-Ji. Don't you know the development history of our Jin-Cha-Ji? Pingshan County is the main base of our Jin-Cha-Ji Fourth District. The people of Pingshan County wholeheartedly support our anti-Japanese war. I believe that there will be resistance to the implementation of the land reform in Pingshan County, but even if there is resistance, you should not turn Pingshan County upside down. The current land reform in Pingshan County is so 'leftist' that it has affected so many people. Do you know that the current events in Pingshan County affect the troops on the front line?"

During the Great Revolution, local tyrants and evil gentry slandered the Hunan peasant movement, which was very bad. But after the Chairman's inspection, he said that the Hunan peasant movement was very good. Because what we want to do is to overthrow the patriarchal feudal local tyrants and evil gentry, the illegal landlord class, which has been the foundation of the CCP's politics for thousands of years. If you want to overthrow this old order, you must sweep away those reactionary forces in the countryside with a whirlwind. You are worried about a few petty interests and have overlooked the current good situation of land reform in Pingshan County.

"fart."

Yang Quanwu endured for a long time.

Yang Quanwu's personality was explosive. Even though he had a close personal relationship with Marshal Nie, he would slam the table and curse whenever there was a conflict at work. And what about Liu Huafu?

After hearing what Liu Huafu said, he immediately said: "Bullshit good situation.

What you're doing now is no different from what happened back then when those people were causing chaos in the Soviet areas. During the land reform in the Soviet areas, Chairman Mao always said we should give people a way out and not force them to death. If we force people to death, they will eventually defect to our enemies. Even I, a military cadre who had no experience with land reform, know this."

"Comrade Yang Quanwu, Comrade Wang Zhi, please do not forget that I am a cadre sent by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Central Committee to be in charge of the land reform in Pingshan. You are military cadres and have no right to dictate the work of our land reform team."

"I am the Party Secretary of the Ji-Lu Border Region. I have the right to intervene in the affairs of Pingshan County. I absolutely cannot allow certain people to disrupt our Pingshan County in the name of land reform. I want to ask, who is using your power to carry out a massacre in Pingshan County? If there are problems with grassroots cadres in Pingshan County, they should be put on trial. Instead of holding a public trial and arbitrarily deciding life and death as you do,

Wang Zhi is a tough guy against Liu Huafu.

Liu Huafu hadn't expected the truly stubborn character to be here. He'd always been in Jinchayi, where Yang Quanwu was considered a troublemaker and Wei Hongjun the most dangerous. He hadn't expected Wang Zhi, the usually good-natured man, to be such a tough nut.

Wang Zhi did not give in at all.

Moreover, Wang Zhi said directly: "The land reform work in Pingshan County must be temporarily suspended."

"impossible."

Liu Huafu was very angry.

What qualifications do Yang Quanwu and Wang Zhi have to ask him to stop the land reform?

Yang Quanwu said from the side, "I have already sent a telegram to the commander, requesting an enlarged meeting of the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Bureau. There must be an explanation for the Pingshan County incident."

"Comrade Yang Quanwu, the Central Committee requires us to implement the land reform as soon as possible. Due to some issues, our Jin-Cha-Ji region is already much later than other liberated areas. If we stop the land reform in Pingshan County, it will greatly delay the land reform process in Pu-Cha-Ji."

Ma Xingrong and Yang Quanwu worked together in the Hebei-Central Military Region.

So chime in.

However, Yang Quanwu's face darkened even more when he heard Ma Xingrong's words. Their relationship had been strained in the Yizhong Military Region. Not only had Ma Xingrong been harassing his own subordinates in the early years, but during the Rectification Movement, he was even more aggressive, targeting Yang Quanwu and directly targeting Marshal Nie. After the Seventh National Congress, Marshal Nie had already sent you to the Party School, yet you were unexpectedly causing trouble in Pingshan County again.

So Yang Quanwu said unhappily, "The land reform work in Sheng County is going very smoothly. I haven't heard of any problems."

"The land reform in Sheng County is 'rich peasantism'."

The relationship between Wang Zhi and Ma Xingrong is not very good either.

During the Rectification Movement, Ma Xingrong not only stirred up trouble in the Hebei-Central Military Region but also intervened in the Hebei-Shandong Military Region. Therefore, Wang Zhi bluntly stated, "Back in the Soviet area, when criticizing Chairman Mao's rural policies, they said Chairman Mao's reforms amounted to 'rich peasantism.'"

Wang Zhi and the Chairman have a good relationship.

Wang Zhi changed his name three times, the last one of which was related to the Chairman.

So he directly responded to Ma Xingrong's criticism.

Liao Guangao was truly enlightened as he watched Yang Quanwu, Wang Zhi, and Li Zhimin pressing their demands. He had been studying theoretical issues at the Central Committee, so he hadn't expected these military commanders to be so unruly. So he stood up and said, "Comrades, land reform is a revolution. A revolution isn't about treating people to a meal; it's about bloodshed and sacrifice. We're a revolution in which one class is overthrowing another. There's nothing sentimental about this." There were no problems with the land reform work in Pingshan County; on the contrary, it was proceeding very smoothly.

"Comrade Liao Guangao, revolution is the overthrow of one class by another. But any revolution must be adapted to the actual situation, not just brute force.

Li Zhimin spoke.

Although Liao Guangao was sent by the central government.

But they were all local lords and made great contributions in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

He didn't take Liao Guangao, a penman who devoted his days to theoretical research, seriously. Yang Quanwu, standing nearby, said, "The land reform work in Pingshan County must be stopped. We can discuss any issues at the enlarged meeting of the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Committee."

"Commander, Comrade Yang Quanwu, Comrade Wang Zhi, and Comrade Li Zhimin are disorganized and undisciplined."

Something big happened.

The lawsuit was brought to the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Bureau and to Marshal Nie.

The Jin-Cha-Ji Central Committee could only convene an enlarged meeting. All cadres of a certain rank from the Jin-Cha-Ji side attended the meeting. Liu Huafu immediately complained to Marshal Nie about the "evil deeds" of Yang Quanwu and his men.

"Commander, and fellow comrades, please take a look at what is happening in Pingshan County during the land reform.

Li Zhimin handed his investigation report to Marshal Nie and other cadres.

The land reform in Pingshan County was really excessive.

This was even more extreme than in history. Because of the pressure from Wei Hongjun, Liu Huafu was extremely anxious. Therefore, he simply wanted to quickly advance the reform of the gentry system and achieve his own land reform goals. Therefore, he did not carefully select the "Poor Peasants' League."

A large number of local scoundrels and lumpen proletarians mixed in, and even some former puppet soldiers.

They understand what revolution is.

What they are best at is destruction.

"Commander, do you think this is land reform? The Zhang family is at most a rich peasant family. And their family has always supported our anti-Japanese war. Since we, Jin-Cha-Ji, opened a base in Pingshan County, their family has contributed money and manpower, and one of their sons died in the Anti-Japanese War. Now there is still a son and son-in-law in the army. But Comrade Liu Huafu and others insisted that their family was a landlord family. It was not enough to divide their land and property, and they also beat him to death at the public trial. The land reform in Pingshan County did not care about the history of these families in Pingshan County who supported our anti-Japanese war and even sent their children to the battlefield. They not only actively supported the policies of our Eighth Route Army, but also actively cooperated with our rent and interest reduction work. Even some of them supported our land reform policy. But Liu Comrade Huafu and his men in Pingshan County completely ignored the actual situation and adopted an attitude of annihilation towards the rich peasants and landlords in Pingshan County. In less than a month, 434 people were killed by guns, more than 600 were beaten to death by the "Poor Peasants' League", and more than 12 were arrested and prepared for public trial. Even the middle peasants were classified as landlords and overthrown. Pingshan County is our old base area of ​​Jin-Cha-Ji, and countless Pingshan children sacrificed in the anti-Japanese battlefield. Even now, there are still many Pingshan children in our troops. Especially in our 12th Brigade, more than half of them are Pingshan children. Among these people, many are from rich peasant and landlord families, and even more are from middle peasant families. Comrade Liu Huafu, in a short period of time, made trouble in Pingshan County, causing great chaos in the morale of our th Brigade.

Wang Zhi was very angry.

Before Yang Quanwu could say anything, Wang Zhi had already blurted out everything he wanted to say.

Marshal Nie's face also looked very unhappy when he looked at the report.

Pingshan County is in complete chaos.

It's only been a short time, and they've already shot so many people, beaten so many people to death, and arrested so many more. If they let this continue, how many more people will they shoot?

Wei Hongjun was also very angry, so he said: "Commander, the purpose of our land reform is to change the backward production relations in the countryside and thereby promote the development of productivity, not to disrupt the rural production relations.

The situation in Hebei is becoming increasingly tense, and our troops may have to go out to fight any day. If the rear is in such chaos, how can our front-line troops maintain morale? Commander, I still say the same thing. The land reform we are currently carrying out is to adapt to the adjustments to rural land policies under the new situation. Our land reform cannot be completed in one go, and we cannot expect to complete it all at once. Our current land reform is only in its initial stage. Since it is in the initial stage of land reform, it must have the policies that are appropriate for the initial stage. Comrade Liu Huafu and others have confused this point and failed to understand the nature of the current land reform, which has caused the chaos in Pingshan County.

"Comrade Wei Hongjun, if you are so lukewarm about land reform, how can we overthrow the exploiting class and achieve the revolutionary goal of land to the tiller? Revolution should be like a storm, sweeping away those backward reactionary classes.

Liu Huafu was very dissatisfied with Wei Hongjun's plan.

I think it's too "right".

Zhou Bin flipped through Wang Zhi's report and carefully examined its contents. Although he hadn't finished reading it, he still interjected, "I believe the situation in Pingshan County is very serious. We can't proceed in this way with land reform. The proportion of rich peasants and landlords in Pingshan County is too high. Moreover, setting this ratio makes it easy to classify middle peasants as rich peasants or landlords."

After I came to Jinchayi, I also learned about the history of Jinchayi.

During the development of the Jin-Cha-Ji base area, many rich peasants and landlords supported the policies of the Eighth Route Army. Shouldn't our policies regarding them be separate from those regarding local tyrants and evil gentry? Our land reform should severely punish local tyrants and evil gentry, executing them where necessary. However, we should distinguish between rich peasants and landlords who are willing to support our policies, and even support our land reform.

"Comrade Zhou Bin is right."

Yang Quanwu immediately supported it.

Then he said, "I've read Sheng County's land reform documents. Sheng County has very detailed archives on the history of rich peasants and landlords. Different policies were adopted during the land reform, based on different histories and political attitudes. Local tyrants and evil gentry must be resolutely cracked down upon. Public trials must be held to expose their crimes. Their land and property must be confiscated, and those responsible for killing should be shot."

But we need to provide some options for those honest rich peasants and landlords; we can't just let them all die. Furthermore, we still have many rich peasants and landlords in Jinchayi who support us financially and even provide personnel. Our policies should be more considerate of them. And we shouldn't discriminate against them politically. That's the correct approach. This isn't like Pingshan County, where you simply assign a certain ratio to rich peasants and landlords. Comrade Liu Huafu, I have a question: every rural area is different. If you assign a certain ratio to rich peasants and landlords, how can you create so many rich peasants and landlords in areas where there aren't many? Should we lower the standards and include middle peasants in the ranks of rich peasants and landlords?

Liu Huafu felt like he was being attacked by a group of people.

Looking at these cadres accusing him, Liu Huafu believed that this was because there were too many military cadres on the Jin-Cha-Ji side. Liu Huafu knew that under the current circumstances, if the enlarged meeting of the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Bureau continued to be held, the next step might be a meeting to criticize himself.

He couldn't accept this.

If I was really criticized by so many cadres and the land reform in Pingshan County was stopped, how would I survive in Jin-Cha-Ji in the future?

How do the cadres below view themselves?

Liu Huafu was not convinced.

Marshal Nie looked at Liu Huafu and said, "Comrade Liu Huafu, I also think that your land reform in Pingshan County is too radical and has caused too many problems. We must stop the current land reform in Pingshan County.