Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"Secretary Wei, with so many cadres trained, everything else is easy. Where do the cadres come from?"

After Marshal Nie left, Wei Hongjun immediately convened a meeting of the North China Bureau's Standing Committee. This wasn't about training hundreds or thousands of cadres, but rather tens of thousands. Once this began, much of the North China Bureau's work would have to be adjusted.

When Zhao Zhensheng heard that so many cadres had to be trained in a short period of time, he was not very satisfied and directly expressed his doubts.

"There's a lot of work going on in North China right now, and we're also organizing a cadre delegation to go south, which requires 15000 people. Right now, all departments are incredibly busy, and almost everyone is juggling multiple roles, making it impossible to spare any time. Many of our cadres already live and eat at their workplaces. Where are we going to get so many cadres for training right now?"

After Wei Hongjun's work was transferred to the North China Bureau, the North China Military Region, and the North China People's Government, he no longer served as Director of the Peking Military Control Commission. Zhao Zhensheng, formerly Deputy Director of the Peking Military Control Commission and Deputy Secretary of the North China Bureau, began serving as Secretary of the Peking Municipal Party Committee. Yang Xiufeng, Deputy Secretary of the North China Bureau, became Deputy Secretary of the Peking Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Peking Military Control Commission, as well as Mayor of Peking.

Because the Jin-Cha-Ji and North China Bureaus performed so well, Zhao Zhensheng's rise in the party ranks was also very fast.

Since replacing Liu Huafu as the local party representative cadre in Jin-Cha-Ji, Zhao Zhensheng has been responsible for the organizational and personnel work of Jin-Cha-Ji and the North China Bureau. This time, when the Beiping Municipal Committee was established, he also took the opportunity to serve as the Secretary of the Beiping Municipal Committee.

Historically, the Battle of Peiping-Tianjin was a joint effort between the North China Field Army and the Fourth Field Army. The Fourth Field Army was the primary force, with the North China Field Army providing support. Therefore, North China's voice in matters concerning Peiping was significantly weakened. As for cadres from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region, they had little influence in the North China Bureau, let alone voice on matters concerning Peiping. Consequently, Peng Zhen served as the city's Party Secretary, while Marshal Ye served as Deputy Secretary and Director of the Military Control Commission, serving as Mayor of Peiping.

However, the Battle of Peiping-Tianjin in this time and space was independently carried out by the Fifth Field Army. Therefore, North China cadres were naturally and logically appointed to important positions in Peiping. Zhao Zhensheng, as one of the representative cadres of the Jin-Cha-Ji and North China Bureaus, also served as the Secretary of the Peiping Municipal Party Committee.

After Zhao Zhensheng became the secretary of the Beiping Municipal Party Committee, his work focus was on Beiping. As for the work of the North China Bureau, it was Chen Tanqiu, a new representative of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, who took over.

After Chen Tanqiu returned from Xinjiang, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee at the Seventh National Congress.

Then he stayed in the central government to work.

After the Central Committee arrived in Yi County, Marshal Nie, Bo Shuchun, Dong Biwu and others were transferred to the Central Committee, and Chen Tanqiu was transferred from the Central Committee to the North China Bureau.

He served as deputy secretary of the North China Bureau and concurrently as head of its Organization Department.

This is a great god.

He is one of the three current delegates to the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China and has always held a very high position. Chen Tanqiu was quite familiar with Chairman Mao and Dong Biwu.

Wei Hongjun had never expected that with Chen Tanqiu's qualifications and rank, he would come to the North China Bureau as deputy secretary.

The reason why Zhao Zhensheng complained was that when the cadre group was formed to go south, a lot of cadres were also transferred from Peking. Because these cadres from Peking already had experience in taking over a big city like Peking.

Some cadres drawn from Peking could become leaders of the cadre groups heading south. After they went south, they could all take charge of their own affairs and quickly take over those cities. Therefore, these cadres were all very talented.

But there is also a shortage of people in Peking.

Many cadres had finally adapted to Peking. Now you're pulling them out to lead a cadre group heading south, a new group of people to take over the southern cities. Many cadres are reluctant to leave Peking.

Peking is so wonderful.

Although the central government hadn't yet confirmed the decision, it was essentially set in stone that Peking would become the capital. Everyone knew the advantages of being an official in the imperial city. If one left Peking with the cadre group heading south, not only would the climate and food habits be different in the south, but language would also present many obstacles.

Under the current circumstances, a large number of cadres had to be transferred for training. Moreover, after training, these cadres might not be used in North China. Zhao Zhensheng naturally had complaints.

Chen Tanqiu smiled and said, "It's not that there is no solution."

Wei Hongjun looked at Chen Tanqiu.

"We currently have too many troops in North China. The North China Military Region has the 23rd and 24th Corps as its field forces, along with a cavalry column stationed in Suiyuan, totaling over 30 troops. Add in the Public Security Corps, and the total is 40. Besides these troops directly under the North China Military Region, each provincial military region has its own troops. Adding all these together, the North China Military Region currently has around 50 troops.

Chen Tanqiu pointed out the current problems in North China.

There are too many troops.

After the Fifth Field Army moved south, the military region still had two corps, a large cavalry column in Suiyuan, and a public security corps directly under the military region. Moreover, each provincial military region under the North China Military Region had its own troops.

In the past, they were all local troops.

Later, when the Fifth Field Army moved south, these military regions upgraded their local units. Therefore, the North China Military Region still has many units designated as independent divisions and guard divisions. These are all units under the various provincial military regions.

If it were wartime, this would be a good thing.

But in peacetime, the situation is different. Chen Tanqiu continued, "North China can't maintain so many troops for long. Its main focus will be economic development. The annual military expenditure alone for so many troops is not a small sum, and our current finances can't afford it. However, after the troops are downsized, placement is also a major issue. Since we're currently training public security and civil affairs cadres on a large scale, we can primarily use the troops' officers and soldiers."

"I am in favor of focusing on military commanders and fighters."

Du Liqing, Minister of Public Security of the North China People's Government, supports this.

He said: "Although there are many problems with transferring military officers to public security personnel, military officers and soldiers are highly disciplined. If they receive training and understand public security work, they can quickly fill the shortage of public security personnel. Currently, if we want to fill the vacancies in the public security department, selecting from the military is the fastest and best way."

In fact, at the beginning, Du Liqing did not like the public security personnel who had transferred from the army.

They think there are too many problems in their public security work.

Many demobilized military cadres still retain their wartime style and can be somewhat rough when handling certain issues. Du Liqing believes they are unqualified public security cadres.

Du Liqing was a strong supporter of the specialized training model for public security personnel, often trained through public security schools. These graduates possessed both cultural literacy and professional expertise, making them ideally suited for public security work. However, after taking over cities like Beijing and Tianjin, Du Liqing quickly changed her tune. The CCP now possesses far too few public security schools, and the number of students trained is insufficient to fill the shortage of public security personnel. Consequently, the various public security bureaus in North China are now forced to retain a large number of retired police officers.

However, there are too many problems in reforming those old policemen who are as experienced as military soldiers.

In Du Liqing's view, many of these old police officers have bad habits that are difficult to change.

In the comprehensive investigation of the history of the underground Party, and in the suppression of hidden spies, counter-revolutionaries, gangs, and secret societies, these former police officers also frequently ran into problems. They were like loaches, neglecting their duties and instead engaging in deception, each one more cunning than the last. While the public security officers who had retired from the military also had their share of problems, they were a thousand times better than these former police officers.

At present, there is a serious shortage of personnel on the public security front.

Relying solely on school training is insufficient. The only system capable of large-scale support is the current massive military system. Of course, these military-to-civilian cadres should still receive training before taking up their posts.

Zhao Zhensheng, who had some doubts at first, also nodded.

As long as his own cadres weren't transferred, he had no objection. Seeing that Chen Tanqiu, Zhao Zhensheng, and Du Liqing all supported the idea, Wei Hongjun said, "Then it's decided. We'll transfer personnel from the army for short-term training, transitioning them from commanders to public security and civil affairs personnel."

We can also take advantage of this opportunity to complete the reorganization of the North China Military Region troops.

The surplus troops will undergo large-scale training and then be sent to local areas for work. This will not only fill the shortage of local cadres, but also solve the problem of placing the officers and soldiers.

"I want Comrade Sun Yi to be in charge of this matter."

This is a big project.

Wei Hongjun was also considering who should be held responsible.

After much deliberation, Wei Hongjun finally chose Sun Yi. Sun Yi had the most experience in cadre training within the North China Bureau. During the Red Army era, he had served as a teacher at the Red Army University, Chief of Staff of the Training Division, Captain of the Training Battalion, and Chief of the Education Section of the First and Third Red Army Corps.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the principal of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military and Political Cadre School, and later served as the principal of the Second Branch of the Anti-Japanese University in Hebei Province. Later, he cooperated with Wei Hongjun to establish the North China Military and Political University, and finally served as its president.

It can be said that we have been training cadres all the time.

In North China, Sun Yi had many students, including numerous military and local officials.

This time the time is tight and the task is heavy.

Sun Yi is the most suitable.

"I support."

Zhao Zhensheng agreed.

Among the many cadres in the North China Bureau, Sun Yi was indeed the most suitable. Not only had he trained a large number of military and political cadres, but the establishment of the North China Public Security University was also completed by Sun Yi in collaboration with Wei Hongjun.

As for Sun Yi's position as Minister of Education of the North China People's Government, no one cared.

Someone will take over his job later.

"Then it's Comrade Sun Yi."

After discussing this matter, Wei Hongjun began to brief everyone. He was discussing the disbanding of the Corps and the restructuring of the public security forces. However, this was just a brief briefing; the details would still be discussed at the military district meeting.

After briefing the meeting of the Standing Committee of the North China Bureau, Wei Hongjun convened a meeting of the North China Military Region.

Attendees at the North China Military Region meeting included Deputy Commander Gao Shuxun, Deputy Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department Li Zhimin, and Chief of Staff Tang Jie. Also present were leaders from the various provincial military commands under the North China Military Region, as well as leaders from the 23rd and 24th Corps, the Cavalry Column, and the Public Security Corps.

There were more than thirty people in total.

The meeting agenda has been issued.

Everyone attending the meeting knew that this meeting would involve reforms to the military region's forces. Primarily, it would involve the disbanding of the corps and reforms to the public security forces. Many were nervous, as such major reforms directly impacted their own interests. This was also the first meeting of this magnitude held by the North China Military Region since the conclusion of the Pingjin Campaign and the Fifth Field Army's southward advance.

"Comrades, you have all received notice. The Military Commission has requested the disbanding of the 23rd and 24th Corps. The army-level and division-level units below them will be directly under the command of the Military Region. Let's first discuss the 24th Corps stationed in Peiping and Tianjin. The Military Region intends that after the disbanding of the 24th Corps, the Corps Headquarters will be directly transferred to the Peiping-Tianjin Weicheng Command. Comrade Bao Shen will serve as Commander of the Peiping-Tianjin Weicheng Command, Comrade Long Daoquan as Political Commissar, and Comrade Cai Shunli as Director of the Political Department."

The 23rd and 24th Corps should be abolished.

But we cannot cancel it blindly.

After all, the Corps Headquarters has so many departments and so many cadres that it's impossible to completely ignore them. However, if these cadres were to be assigned to each one, the work would be too much. How to arrange so many cadres in the right positions is a very troublesome matter. When the People's Republic of China abolished these Corps organizations, it often directly changed the command organs of the Corps and Regiments to other headquarters.

Either it is directly changed to a military district headquarters, or it is directly changed to a new branch headquarters.

This will save a lot of trouble.

For example, the 24th Corps is currently stationed in the Beiping-Tianjin area. If the headquarters is directly changed to the Beiping-Tianjin Weicheng Command, which is also a corps-level unit, then it can be seamlessly connected.

The 24th Corps cadres were all very happy to hear Wei Hongjun's words. The establishment of the Pingjin Weicheng District was a direct replacement of the North China Military Region for the Pingjin Weicheng District. There was no real Pingjin Weicheng District.

Now the military region is going to formally establish the Pingjin Weicheng District Command. The 24th Corps will be transferred to the Pingjin Weicheng District Command. So the 24th Corps will appear to be abolished in name, but it will be retained.

The 83rd Army was stationed in Tianjin, and its headquarters was changed to the Tianjin Garrison Command. Comrade Pan Feng served as the commander of the Tianjin Garrison, and Comrade Wu De served as the political commissar. The 85th Army and the North China Air Force School were merged to form the North China Air Force and the new North China Air Force School. The 84th Army was reorganized into two security divisions, one deployed in Peking and the other in Baoding. They are the First Security Division and the Second Security Division. The commander and political commissar of the First Security Division is Comrade Wu Lie, and the commander and political commissar of the Second Security Division is Comrade Tian Jingmin.

After Tang Jie finished speaking, Wei Hongjun looked towards the 24th Corps.

I would like to hear the opinions of the 24th Corps.

Wei Hongjun really took great pains to arrange the 24th Corps.

对于24兵团下辖的83军、84军、85军，都给了很好的安排。83军直接改为天津警备区部队，现在的天津在北方地位举足轻重。85军准备全军转为华北空军部队，甚至让他们负责管理新组建不久的华北空军学校。

The 84th Army was directly responsible for the security mission of Beijing.

Two security divisions were formed.

Wu Lie, commander of the 84st Security Division, was a member of the Central Security Regiment. He served in Jincha during the Liberation War and later led troops in Yidong. He currently serves as a division commander in the th Army. While Wu Lie's position as division commander is undeniable, his extensive experience in central security efforts has earned him a high degree of trust from the central leadership. After liberation, he served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the Public Security Army, becoming the first commander of the Beiping Guard and the second political commissar of the Second Artillery Corps.

His division was renamed the 1st Security Division and stationed in Peiping. The central government was also relieved.

Tian Jingmin is a cadre from the Eighth Column.

In his early years, he was a guard cadre of the Eighth Column Headquarters, served as the commander of the Eighth Column's guard battalion, and later served as the commander of the 37th Regiment. However, his performance in the 37th Regiment was not as good as when he was the commander of the guard battalion, and he was not used to fighting in a large-scale group.

So even though he was the commander of the Eighth Column Guard Battalion, he still withdrew from the field army. Therefore, he did not go to the Northeast, but stayed in the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region to perform security work and train troops.

When the 24th Corps was formed, Tian Jingmin joined the 84th Army as a division commander.

For Tian Jingmin, who had been the commander of the 41th Column's main regiment since 37, his promotion was relatively slow. Many of the battalion commanders he had served with when he was the commander of the th Regiment have now become division commanders.

However, although fighting is not Tian Jingmin's strong point, he is still good in other aspects.

Because he was a security officer, he was suitable to be the commander of a security division.

"Commander, what are the arrangements for the other cadres of the 84th Army?"

Bao Shen asked the most important question directly.

Splitting the 84th Army into two security divisions is fine. However, the 84th Army is, after all, a corps-level unit, with a corps headquarters above it. What will happen to the cadres at the corps headquarters? And what will happen to the many officers and soldiers left after the 84th Army forms two security divisions?

The 84th Army, formerly the 14th Column, was an old unit from eastern Hebei. Although the 84st, nd, and th Corps added many troops and cadres to the th Army when it was later formed, the majority of the troops were still old units from eastern Hebei.