After the liberation of Hainan Island, he immediately entered the vigorous land reform movement, and Wang Hongju still had to recover from his injuries, and his weak body could not adapt to the work of the army for the time being, so he was sent to the local area to support the land reform work. The place where he participated in the land reform was Nantian Village in the coastal area.

There are more than 300 villagers in Nantian Village, and the whole village has 7,800 acres of hillside land, and the largest amount of land in the village is a family named Chen Wancai, whose family covers an area of more than 200 acres, accounting for almost one-third of the village's land, so in the struggle for land reform, this landlord, Chen Wancai, has become the primary target of the struggle of the poor peasants.

During the land reform, the peasants organized themselves to divide Chen Wancai's land, and the buffalo that cultivated the land was taken away, and the family property was also confiscated. Chen Wancai and his wife were criticized and fought during the day, and at night they would be interrogated by the militia all night, forcing them to question their family's private property, and tortured them before they could ask an eyebrow. For several days, the landlord's wife couldn't stand it anymore, and she committed suicide by hitting her head into the corner of the wall when no one was paying attention, and the landlord's wife's body was then thrown at the head of the village to show the public.

This self-committed landlord is much more angry than Chen Wancai, Chen Wancai is afraid that his wife will know that his wife is the one who has the final say in Chen Wancai's house. This landlord's wife is stingy and mean, borrowing grain from the outside world is always out of small buckets, when collecting grain, using big buckets to enter, and sometimes putting some usury, she is very angry among the villagers. When the landlord's wife committed suicide, everyone applauded, but Wang Hongju was not happy, he believed that it was necessary to carry out land reform in the countryside, but to pay attention to and pay attention to work methods in carrying out the land reform movement, and should not use violent means. He was just an ordinary cadre, and he couldn't convince the comrades around him and the villagers on weekdays. After the landlord's wife committed suicide, he heard that there had been an incident in which the landlord had been beaten to death in a neighboring village, and he really couldn't help it, so he went to the county seat on the same day to find the leading comrades in charge of the land reform work to report the situation, but he did not expect that the person who received Wang Hongju was his old superior, Li Qiming. After the Pingjin Campaign, Li Qiming was promoted to a regimental-level cadre and transferred to a fraternal unit, and now he has been sent to this coastal county to preside over the land reform work.

The two old comrades-in-arms who had fought together in the rain of bullets were very happy to reunite. Li Qiming let Wang Hongju go to his office to make tea and pour water. After the two had an old relationship, Wang Hongju got down to business and reported to Li Qiming the disorderly and excessively violent behavior that had occurred in the process of land reform, and suggested that in the land reform work, humane methods should be adopted as much as possible in criticizing the landlords and rich peasants, and that the situation of beating or forcing people to death should be avoided as much as possible.

Wang Hongju knew Li Qiming's character very well, and he tried to be tactful when reflecting the situation, but his words still aroused Li Qiming's disgust. Li Qiming had a fiery temper, but because of the affection of his old comrades-in-arms, he didn't attack immediately, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea gently, and then said lightly: "Comrade Wang Hongju, you are now a party member and cadre." But I see that your ideology is still the same as before, and there is no major change! ”

Wang Hongju heard the meaning of Li Qiming's words, and he still said tactfully: "You are right, I have indeed not made any progress in the past two years, and there may still be the petty-bourgeois ideology you mentioned in my head. But I am a straight intestine, I will not hold in my stomach what I think is wrong, I will not turn a blind eye to some undesirable phenomena, and it is the responsibility and obligation of a party member to report the situation to the organization. ”

Li Qiming was very dissatisfied with Wang Hongju's words, and he put the teacup in his hand on the table with a "bang". There was a look of disgrace on his face. "Wang Hongju, the landlords and rich peasants are our class enemies, and you even talk about humanitarianism for these people, except for you. I don't think anyone in our army can say such a thing! When I was an instructor in the company, I often taught you that revolution is an insurrection, a violent action of the proletariat to overthrow the exploiting class by violent means! At present, although the Kuomintang has been beaten to Taiwan, we must resolutely destroy all the economic foundations left over from the old society, and in the course of land reform, you will not use violent means to seize the means of production and land of the landlords and rich peasants. Will they willingly hand over their wealth? The peasant masses, who had been oppressed by the landlords and rich peasants in the process of land reform, had the right to express their anger, and we must understand them. In addition, the land reform movement is also the same battlefield as the enemy's real swords and guns. How can there be immortals in war? Why make a fuss about the landlords and rich peasants! Remember, humanity to the enemy is cruelty to the people! Li Qiming, who has been engaged in political work for many years, has always been fond of quoting scriptures and classics to explain great truths, and he believes that Wang Hongju lacks a minimum political quality, so he has put forward a large set of political theories to educate him.

Wang Hongju could not accept Li Qiming's remarks, so he retorted to Li Qiming: "As long as these landlords and rich peasants have no blood debts, and the people are generally angry and can honestly hand over their land and accept transformation, we will give them the right to be a new person." This is just like when we face an enemy with a gun on the battlefield and talk about the policy of giving preferential treatment to prisoners by surrendering the gun but not killing them, and we still have to actively treat them when they are wounded, isn't this revolutionary humanitarianism? ”

"Nonsense! I am from a bitter background, and I have personal experience, before the liberation, when did the landlord Lao Cai talk about humanity and equality to our poor? I don't think you have made a clear line with the families of landlords and bureaucrats at all, because your father was a landlord, so you are resistant to the land reform movement, you are not happy to steal their homes and divide their fields, and the whip on their bodies hurts you in your heart! Wang Hongju: You said that my analysis is correct? ”

"County Magistrate Li, why did the two of us quarrel as soon as we met? I'm just expressing some different views on the facts, why did you label me as resisting land reform? ”

"Wang Hongju, your current thinking is already very dangerous! You think that the whole country will be peaceful when the world is liberated, but in fact it is not! The overthrown class enemies are not resigned to their own defeat, they will not tolerate the slaves of the past to be the masters of the country, they always dream of changing the sky, dreaming of riding on our heads again to live a life of prestige. In the countryside, in order to preserve and consolidate the gains of our victory, we must resolutely purge all the remnants of the old society, and if we relent, and show mercy to the landlords and rich peasants in the agrarian reform movement, it is very likely that the class enemy will be given the opportunity to counterattack. Therefore, we must clearly understand the cruelty and protracted nature of the class struggle and never forget the class struggle! However, if you want to propose that in the land reform, you should be humane and equal to the landlords and rich peasants, what is this not a speech for the class enemy? Excuse me, am I right? Li Qiming's face was full of anger, and the anger made his breathing short, and his chest could be clearly seen falling together.

Li Qiming's extraordinary anger surprised Wang Hongju, who did not expect Li Qiming to be able to escalate the issue to such a serious level. Wang Hongju felt that his point of view was correct and wanted to refute it with reason, but Li Qiming's words sounded correct and unmistakable, and he had no reason to refute it. Wang Hongju knew that the gap between himself and Li Qiming was very deep and was not formed in a day or two, and it was difficult for the two to have a common language on many issues, and it was difficult to distinguish who was right and who was wrong for a while. Out of respect for the leader, he had to smile wryly and shake his head and stop talking. Li Qiming smoked angrily.

After a short period of embarrassment, Wang Hongju stood up helplessly and said, "County Magistrate Li, take your leave." Whether you want to listen to it or not, please consider the question I just reported. ”

Li Qiming saw Wang Hongju's embarrassed look, and he also felt that his anger was a little bigger just now. He stood up and held Wang Hongju's hand and said earnestly: "Hongju! I didn't expect such an unpleasant thing to happen to our old comrades-in-arms as soon as we met, and I apologize to you for my uncalm attitude just now! But I have a few words for you: You are a young man with brains, culture, and ability, and what you lack is a firm proletarian stand, and if you are politically on the wrong side, you will regret it in the future! ”

Wang Hongju said sincerely: "County Magistrate Li, although I have my own principles of being a man, I still want to thank you for your teachings. ”

Out of affection for his old subordinates, although Li Qiming was unhappy, he personally sent Wang Hongju out of the gate of the county party committee. (To be continued......)