"Except for a few areas north of Yongxing City, the troops have already visited all the villages and towns in other directions of Yongxing. People are very enthusiastic about buying our products. The people have bought a lot of salt, and the sale of salt has been very small. The iron farming tools are out of stock, and they have to wait for the rear to be transported. Matches, glass-covered oil lamps, lamp oil, these things sell very well. Cigarettes and pocket watches are also very popular. I hadn't thought of this before. So far, we have earned half a year's worth of military spending on our troops......"

The accountant of the Second Regiment reported to the party committee the latest results of the "economic war," and the comrades at the party committee were very happy. If the army implements the policies of the higher-level party committees, it will have considerable economic gains. Not to mention the acceptance of the troops by the local people. At first, the local people were forced to do business with the troops under the threat of force from the Liberation Army, but after a few months, the Liberation Army went to various villages and towns to do business, and the people no longer felt afraid of the Liberation Army, and even dared to put forward a list of some goods they wanted to buy.

Of course, everyone comes from a peasant family, and just by looking at the current situation in the southeast of Guangxi, you can know that the money in the hands of the people in this poor place is limited. Even if local merchants in Hunan were able to trade here at a high price, the goods they sold would no longer be accepted by the people here in terms of price and quality.

The military department said that sixty percent of the money would be handed over, and forty percent would be kept in the troops. As for these accounts, they need to be supervised by the soldiers' council together. Political Commissar Zhou Jinguo said.

As soon as he said this, the members of the party committee were happy. Hearing the order of the Soldiers' Committee's supervision, everyone immediately shouted: "Political commissar, let's divide the money." ”

Representatives of the soldiers' committees also participated in the party meeting, and the soldiers' committees had only three powers: first, to report incidents of officers beating soldiers and insulting their dignity. Second, it is necessary to supervise the payment of military salaries to prevent empty salaries. Third, in cooperation with the work of the education department, a certain amount of vocational pre-training is carried out for the jobs that the soldiers prefer. More and more factories were set up in the Governor's Office, and some soldiers did not want to serve in the army for a long time, and from the perspective of the factories, the veterans were highly disciplined and identified with the government, much better than the local workers. Naturally, the factory wants to recruit veterans to work in the factory, and it is necessary to conduct pre-training.

Weeser is a complete proponent of transparent management, the kind of thing that can stifle the feudal hierarchy. Of course, when Wei Ze established the soldiers' committee, he also specifically explained that the power organ is the party committee, and although the soldiers' committee has a large number of people, it is not a power body, but a supervisory body that helps the party committee to implement the decisions of the party committee. To put it more bluntly, the soldiers' committee helps the party committee supervise professional soldiers. The soldiers' council is not a body that calls the shots. And in military command, soldiers must obey their superiors. The meeting of the party committee is not allowed to directly affect the military command, and there is no need to mention the soldiers' committee.

As a political commissar, these institutional problems naturally have to be studied and learned. Zhou Jinguo himself is a professional soldier, so he can understand this. Purely in terms of personal feelings, he prefers to be a professional soldier. Zhou Jinguo had a clear feeling about the faint tendency among the soldiers to use the soldiers' committee to confront the officers.

Seeing that the soldiers' committee was so active, he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart. But if you think about it, the soldiers' council itself has a say in financial matters, and he can't refute it directly. Moreover, although it was the representatives of the soldiers' committee who took the lead, the other comrades hoped to share the little money they had earned in this "economic war." He didn't want to say no either. After discussion, the party committee decided to divide the money.

After discussing this topic, the next step is the issue of political propaganda. Since the army began to strengthen education on land reform, and through the efforts of the party committee, everyone gradually understood the real reason why rebellions are surging in various localities. The internal theoretical discussion was resolved, and the work of the troops now is placed on the level of theoretical implementation. In other words, it is necessary to carry out theoretical propaganda among the common people at the local level, especially among the common people in the enemy-occupied areas. When the common people in the enemy-occupied areas understand that there is a problem with the world, who can change the way of the world, even if they will not support it immediately, at least they will not willingly defect to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and then fight to the end with the Liberation Army.

In Guidong, there are many anti-Qing forces, and Heaven and Earth will have a great influence here. Shi Dakai passed through here when he entered Hunan from Jiangxi, and later most of Shi Dakai's troops broke away from Shi Dakai's leadership, and some of them went to Jiangxi and rejoined the subordinates of Li Xiucheng and Li Shixian, who were waiting in Jiangxi. There was also a unit of the Citi Army from Guangdong that merged with the local Tiandihui in eastern Guidong, and this unit was mobile in Fujian and Jiangxi, but the recent war was unfavorable, and turned westward and returned to the area of eastern Guidong. This group of people is now near Yongxing, and the other party has also sent envoys, intending to "coordinate operations" with the Liberation Army.

As an organization with a core and a general staff system for a long time, the Liberation Army has always been relatively xenophobic, and everyone does not trust these people. So Zhou Jinguo received a task to negotiate with this Citi Army. It would be best if the revolutionary truth could be explained to them. Even if it can't be convinced, try to make the upper echelons of this army understand the huge gap between the two sides. In the shortest possible time, we can determine friend and foe. If the Citi Army had completely degenerated into a bandit force, the Liberation Army considered it necessary to eliminate them.

Therefore, after the discussion of the Party committee, the work of propagating the revolutionary truth among the local masses in Yongxing was carried out by the Party committee. Zhou Jinguo, as an envoy, went to contact the Citi Army.

On April 29, Zhou Jinguo arrived at Qili Town, where the Citi Army was located. This is said to be a town, with only about 200 households. After the Citi Army occupied the area, they also built some dwellings. The rainy season has now begun, and although it has rained a few times, the air in this place is filled with temperatures that are unique to human settlements.

This was the first time Zhou Jinguo had entered the camp of other rebel troops, and he smelled the smell of drowning and not bathing or washing clothes for a long time. Only then did he understand the significance of the Liberation Army's "patriotic health campaign". When I was stationed, I had to wash my face, feet, and teeth every day, and I often had to wash my clothes, which was indeed a very troublesome thing. But after getting used to this kind of army, and then into a group of troops who don't pay attention to personal hygiene, everyone knows that once you get rid of many things, it is difficult to get used to them.

As a meeting gift, Zhou Jinguo gave a cigarette to the leaders. With just a brief demonstration, the leaders of these Citi Army soon began to breathe clouds and mist.

The two leaders are Li Hongzhao and Zheng Qiao. They are all green forest heroes from Guangdong. Most of the other leaders were from Guangdong, and some were from Hunan.

Zhou Jinguo and others were wearing the olive green uniforms of the Liberation Army, and the leaders of the Citi Army had all kinds of clothes. The chief wore dirty silk robes, inferior cloth robes, and some even wore military uniforms captured from the Qing army, which of course had undergone some changes so that they would not be mistaken in battle.

Li Hongzhao, the leader of the Citigroup, looked very gloomy, especially those eyes, which looked as fierce as a wolf. However, when he spoke, his voice was still calm, "This brother, I don't know if you are willing to do it with us." If you want, we can divide Hunan. ”

Listening to this unreliable content, Zhou Jinguo smiled, "Brothers, I have something to say to you." It's a long talk, so please listen slowly. ”

After saying the opening remarks, Zhou Jinguo paused for a moment to see that no one objected, and then continued: "In this world, farming must be poor. We poor people can't study and test for fame, and we can get rid of our status by taking the road of scientific examination. Natural disasters and man-made disasters can kill everyone at any time. And if we rise up in rebellion, we can at least get food by fighting. I can eat enough and not starve to death. I don't know if that's what you think, but that's why I joined the team of Governor Wezedu. ”

Judging from the expressions of the leaders of this Citi Army, everyone agrees with Zhou Jinguo's point of view. And Zhou Jinguo continued. This was the final reflection of the party committee on the rebellion. Those who have the ability to resist will rob from the government and from the big households, and these people are rebelling. Those who can't bear it can only rob the people, and they will become bandits. Whether it is a rebellion or a bandit, in short, they all use force to obtain food and property for life.

The Guangfu Governor's Mansion led by Wei Ze Governor relied on the establishment of a new system and the operation of a new system, so that everyone could survive by their own labor, and they could live better and better. The Liberation Army did not go to rob the Manchus or rob the people for a living, but to liberate the people who farmed the land from the old system, so that they could live a better life under the new system. Therefore, the restoration of the Governor's Mansion is no longer a rebellion, but a revolution!

As Zhou Jinguo said earlier, he did speak at a length. Among those leaders, the big leaders were a little impatient when they listened to it, but the other leaders of the lower level listened more seriously. These are in line with the original judgment of the division headquarters.

When Zhou Jinguo probably finished talking about the difference between revolution and rebellion in the Guangfu Army, Li Hongzhao still said with a gloomy expression: "I don't want to say whether what this Zhou brother said is right or not, I just want to ask if the Guangfu Army is willing to occupy this Hunan with us." ”

The Liberation Army once vigorously rectified mountaineering and localism. Many of the officers and men who were eliminated in the course of rectification were actually quite capable, and although their usual words were not as straightforward as Li Hongzhao's, the content was actually the same. In the words of Governor Wezedu, it is "I have to have my territory, and I am in charge of my territory".

Hearing this, Zhou Jinguo had no interest in the upper echelons of this Citi Army. The attitude of the Liberation Army towards these people is to avoid them, let alone accept them into the ranks of the Liberation Army.

Zhou Jinguo said with a smile: "But I don't know what kind of way Leader Li is going to divide Hunan." ”

It seems that he wants to cooperate, but in fact, Zhou Jinguo is basically in a state of despair about cooperation. R1292