Seeing that Li Ziyuan was obviously in a bad state, Ma Yongcheng wanted to ask what was going on. But in the end, after knowing that Li Ziyuan came back from the artillery company's station, Ma Yongcheng still didn't ask anything. Ma Yongcheng didn't ask, when it came to his chief's thoughts, Da Li naturally wouldn't talk much.

Li Ziyuan slept this time and didn't get up until the next morning. After wiping his face hastily, he was about to talk to Ma Yongcheng about something. But he saw Ma Yongcheng come to him with the guards and told him that he had received an order from the military subdivision and was about to return to the military subdivision for a meeting. I'm not at home these days, and I'm talking about something waiting for him to come back.

Seeing that Ma Yongcheng was about to leave, Li Ziyuan could only swallow some words back into his stomach. just said: "Then such an old horse, when you come back, let's hold a meeting of cadres above the company level of the whole regiment." In the next stage of work, we must seize the time to make arrangements. In particular, the matter of self-help in production should be implemented as soon as possible. ”

Li Ziyuan's idea, Ma Yongcheng nodded and said: "No problem, I estimate that this time I will go to the sub-district for a meeting, and the deployment of the superiors should also be a problem in this regard." Otherwise, it would not be me, the chief of political work, who would go to the meeting, but you, the chief military officer. Originally, I came to you last night to tell you that I was going to a meeting in the district. ”

"However, when you came back from the artillery company yesterday, you were in a bad mood, so I wasn't in a hurry. Also, when I come back from the meeting, there are some things I want to talk to you about alone, just the two of us. Lao Li, there are some things that are not only difficult for you, but also very difficult for me. ”

looked at Ma Yongcheng, who seemed to have not slept well all night, although he didn't know what Ma Yongcheng was going to talk about with him, Li Ziyuan nodded happily. After Ma Yongcheng left with his guards, Li Ziyuan grabbed his hair a little irritably, and then walked slowly towards the regiment headquarters.

Li Ziyuan didn't expect that he was stopped by the old squad leader as soon as he walked to the regiment headquarters. Before Li Ziyuan could open his mouth to speak, the old squad leader over there was the first to speak: "Leader, do you have time now?" I've got something to talk to you about and want to talk to you about individually. ”

Hearing the words of the old squad leader, Li Ziyuan had to squeeze out time even if he didn't have time. After bringing the old squad leader to the regiment headquarters, Li Ziyuan motioned for several cadres in the room to leave, took out a pack of cigarettes and put them in front of the old squad leader, and then said directly: "Old squad leader, look at what you said, why do you and how do you meet me." ”

"You have something to do with me, even if the sky falls, you have to be close to you first, if there is anything, you can just say it. If you don't look for me for this ordinary thing, there must be something important about looking for me. I grew up watching you, and you can say whatever you want. ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's ridicule, the old squad leader rarely did not refute, but raised his head and looked at Li Ziyuan and said: "Regiment leader, I thought about it last night, and I still want to be transferred to a place to work." I'm getting older, and my legs and feet are getting worse and worse. Fighting with the troops on the march, there are also some who can't keep up. ”

"When a hurried march comes down, there is not a single bone in the body that does not hurt. And this look is getting worse and worse. I thought about it, at my age, staying in the team would only drag down the troops. Or go to work in the next place, so that at least it is more stable. I don't have to follow the troops around, for fear of breaking up my old bones. ”

"To be honest, since I joined the revolution, I have been fighting with the army for so many years, and I have cooked for half my life, and I have really done enough. I'm old, and I don't have much culture. Just those few big words, I still learned them in the team. In the team, there is nothing else to do. It's still a place, it's more suitable for me. ”

Hearing that the old squad leader was going to leave the army, Li Ziyuan took a big jump, and hurriedly said: "Old squad leader, this is a good job, why do you suddenly remember to go to the next place?" If you don't want to be the secretary of this department, and you really don't want to cook, can we consider adjusting your position, why do you have to change jobs and leave the army? ”

"That's not going to work, you're old, but you're also experienced. Your eyes are so accurate that we young people can compare to them? It's true that we are younger than you, but we are also inexperienced in many things. You are now our backbone, and I, a young man, are counting on you to steer me at the rear. ”

"Old squad leader, it's not a matter of whether you drag down the troops or not, it's something that we don't drag down you. Old squad leader, I hope you can stay and be wronged for a few years. Wait for us to really grow up. If you still insist on leaving, shall you leave again? ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's persuasion, the old squad leader shook his head and said: "You are all eagles on the top of the snowy mountain, and you are destined to fly higher in the future, and you still need an old man like me to support you." Li Ziyuan, I understand your kid's thoughts, and I know your affection. ”

"You kid has always treated me as an elder, and I'm not unclear about that. In fact, to say that I am willing to be in the army, that is a nonsense. I have been following the army for more than ten years, and this army is like a home for me, where I can leave if I leave? But you kid also need to know that it's really time that doesn't forgive. When people are getting older, they really don't accept old age. ”

"When I came back from this anti-sweeping peripheral operation, I lay on the kang for a whole day before I could barely recover my strength, and I still have back and leg pain, and it is even difficult to straighten my waist. I also suffered from a leg disease left over when I crossed the snowy mountains and grasslands three times, and I was so swollen that I couldn't even wear my pants. ”

"If I tossed and turned for a few years, I really wouldn't see the day when the national revolution would be victorious. Xiao Lizi, I have watched you grow up since you joined the Red Army. It's a bit of a lie to be your father at my age, but it's still good enough to be your uncle. Today, I'm going to rely on the old and sell the old, can I, the uncle, beg you? ”

The lower the old squad leader's tone, the more Li Ziyuan felt that there was something wrong with him going down. At this time, it is true that there is not as much difference in the nature of work between the military and the localities as in later generations, and the definition of the scope of work is not so clear. In addition to the field troops, the movement of most local armies and local cadres is also quite relaxed.

In many localities, in order to speed up development and intensify the construction of base areas, the party, government, and military have been unified under the leadership of the party, government, and military. The political commissar of a military sub-district concurrently serves as the secretary of the prefectural party committee, the secretary of the county party committee concurrently serves as the political commissar of the county brigade, and the captain of the county brigade generally concurrently serves as the county magistrate. It can be said that the organs at the level of the prefectural party committees are basically the same as the military struggle organs such as the military sub-districts.

Just like when Li Ziyuan arrived in Hubei, the prefectural party committee and military sub-district once asked him to concurrently serve as the secretary of the Hubei County Party Committee. It's just that his age is too young, and the implementation of the unified leadership of the party, government, and military has made some leaders feel uneasy. In the sub-districts and even in the higher-level organs, there are some controversies that have not yet been settled.

Li Ziyuan didn't do it himself, and even pushed Liu Yanlai up first. Li Ziyuan's own experience is enough to show that the line between the military and local cadres at this time was not as clear and unambiguous as it was decades later. The fundamental difference in the nature of local cadres joining the military is not very large, and most of them are mainly part-time in political work.

After all, you can't ask a cadre who has gone from village chief to secretary of the county party committee, but has never been on the battlefield for a day, to command a battalion-level battle. I don't know if this guy who has never been on the battlefield will scare himself to death first. Anti-sweeping and directing the masses to clear the wilderness and run back against the enemy are two different things from fighting with real guns and bullets.

However, it is a fairly common phenomenon for military cadres to go to local areas. Especially when opening up new base areas, the pioneers were all cadres of the army. It is the tradition of this army to grasp the fight with one hand and mobilize the masses with the other. It is not uncommon for military cadres to be transferred to work in local areas, and it can even be said to be a common phenomenon.

However, Li Ziyuan always felt that there was always something wrong with the old squad leader's application for a place this time. Li Ziyuan thought for a while and said: "Old squad leader, you insist on working in the local area, is it because of Lao Dong?" I know that between the two of you, there was some unhappiness before. ”

"But you don't have to leave the army because of such a small thing. After all, these things are in the past, and we have to look forward, don't we? Your qualifications are old, and your consciousness should be higher, right? Our Eighth Route Army should have an open mind that embraces all rivers.

"If you are really not suitable, I will report to your superiors and raise your rank to the deputy battalion. It just so happens that I am still missing a deputy director of the Political Division. Your qualifications and qualifications are sufficient, and I don't think there is any problem with being a deputy head of the Political Division. As this deputy director, you also help me to grasp the selection of cadres. ”

"Besides, you're only in your early forties, how old are you there? If there is a physical problem, can we treat it? If you don't want to go to the military hospital, won't your superiors send us a doctor? And if you can't bear it, I'll give you a horse on the march, and I'll give you my horse to use. ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's persuasion, the old squad leader glared at him and said, "Li Ziyuan, you are a dog, why can't you make sense." I am a company-level secretary general, and the secretary of the party branch of the Youth League headquarters is still in name. You boy give me an animal, what is this like when it goes out? Lao Tzu is an old qualification, but Lao Tzu can't put old qualifications everywhere, you kid don't pour dirty water on me. ”

"Besides, what does it have to do with that guy when I go down? He's him, I'm me, just that little in the past, is it worth me not forgetting? Don't talk about him Dong Ping, even his boss doesn't have this qualification. Also, was that place for me to go to the Political Division? ”

"That's the scholar's territory, I don't know a few big words to work in that kind of place, you kid sincerely look at me and laugh at me, don't you? Have you ever seen the director of the political department of that unit, open your mouth, shut up shit, Lao Tzu? Lao Tzu has a few taels of oil in his stomach, and he still knows it. ”

"You kid don't push me into the fire pit there. Don't look at you as the head of the regiment, but Lao Tzu still smokes you with a cigarette bag and pot. Commander, I know my own bit of energy. Otherwise, you and I are really willing to cook for half of my life. ”

"Look at the soldiers I led back then, they are all brigade-level cadres now, but I am still a cooking squad leader, you are comfortable in my own heart. But we know that we can only have that little water. This person has to put himself in the right position, right? We are soldiers, if the position is not correct, and we don't have that ability to climb up, how many people will be killed? ”