Zhang Yu and Chai Qingguo didn't say anything after listening to the report, Chai Qingguo smiled and said, "Comrade Gu Lu, I've worked hard for you." ”

"If there is nothing to ask about what the two leaders have conveyed to me for the time being, I will go to work first." Gu Lu had no intention of continuing to discuss with the secret, and Gu Lu did not feel that Zhang Yu and Chai Qingguo had any intention of hoping that he would stay and participate in the discussion.

"Political Commissar Gu, what are your plans for future work?" Zhang Yu didn't mention the secret meeting that Gu Lu participated in, and asked directly and straightforwardly.

Zhang Yu didn't mention Chen Ke's plan, and Gu Lu didn't mention it. In Gu Lu's view, no matter what Chen Ke said, revolutionary work always depends on actual work, "According to the original plan, our division will cross the Yellow River and expel all the Beiyang Army from Henan." The second town of Beiyang is still entrenched in Anyang, and I am going to make preparations for crossing the Yellow River at the moment. ”

"Then go ahead and prepare." Zhang Yu replied.

When Gu Lu left the conference room, Zhang Yu said to Chai Qingguo: "Old Chai, you are really right. Comrade Gu Lu really has a heart. ”

"It's not that I fell in love with Comrade Gu Lu first, there is a deep guarantee from Qi Hui, this comrade is indeed very good." Chai Qingguo did not take credit, "Secretary Zhang, since Chairman Chen has made the problem clear. What are your plans for the next steps? ”

"Chairman Chen has made it clear what else I can do. In accordance with the original plan, land reform was fully implemented in Henan. And let's hurry up the recruitment work now. Zhang Yu was not hypocritical, and replied bluntly.

Chai Qingguo said with a smile: "We haven't been in Henan for a long time, and I'm afraid that the recruitment work will not be so easy." Chai Qingguo replied, "You also know that in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the recruitment of soldiers was to bully the small number of people in the local family. We are weak at the grassroots level, but I'm afraid it's not that simple. ”

"Humph! Lao Chai, if they don't bully people at this time, it will not be easy for us to recruit soldiers. It is enough to thoroughly implement the "Military Service Law", even if someone says that soldiers have privileges, we have to pinch our noses and admit it. "Zhang Yu has always been pragmatic and doesn't care about things like false names.

Chai Qingguo also did not think that it would be possible to easily change the masses' views on the military, and according to Chen Ke, since 2,000 years ago, the military was no longer composed of "countrymen" with political power, and the image of the military was completely impossible to talk about. Moreover, the army itself is the most violent organ of the state. Even if the People's Party infused the soul of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, the friendship between the army and the people was always formed through actual interaction. Just like the troops of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, there is no "good reputation" at the moment. Although it was much stronger than the previous official army, the people simply fled without encountering the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. The purpose of the warm welcome is only to avoid disaster, and it is far from the heart.

"However, I still think that the current situation is still dominated by publicity. If it is not an honor to join the army, it is always unsteady in my heart. "Chai Qingguo is not optimistic.

"The people must first see our Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army before they can understand that our Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army is different from the armies of the old era. Just thinking that the people will support us is delusional. Zhang Yu replied, "Whether we are the people's soldiers or not, we have done it, not thought it out." At present, Chairman Chen asked the government and the armed forces to promote infrastructure construction as much as possible, because without supporting infrastructure construction, grain production will not be able to increase at all. Moreover, without large-scale infrastructure construction and comprehensive mobilization, the masses cannot be mobilized. Without the support of the masses, nothing can be talked about. ”

Chai Qingguo was convinced, and he replied, "Just do it." ”

After the BJP's conscription order was issued to the local level, few people responded to it. A good man is not a soldier, and a good iron is not a nail. This is the common view of the people of this era. It is one thing for the People's Party to seize power, and for the people, the people under any regime are food. If you can not be a soldier, it is naturally the best.

It was not until the land reform propaganda team began to publicize the "Military Service Law" in the village that the people of Henan learned about the many preferential treatment of military families. This not only did not set off an upsurge in military service, but intensified the people's fear of military service. When anyone mentions the government, the first thing they think is "not credible". Although the government of the People's Party began to carry out land reform, in 1913 it provided good seeds, and only collected 30% of the tax, and it also reasoned with the people, and the people also felt that the revolutionary principles of the People's Party were very correct, and the people should indeed live a good life. However, since the People's Party is under the rule, the common people have been allocated land, planted good seeds, and bought cheap iron farming tools from agricultural cooperatives. Those guys who do evil on weekdays have been cleaned up by the People's Party, and this good day has come to him, so why do you want to go to war as a soldier?

Even though Chen Ke had given enough warnings about this, the comrades of the Henan Provincial Party Committee still felt quite troubled in the face of such a situation.

This cannot be blamed on the fact that the comrades in Henan did not work hard and did not carry out propaganda in place. It is 1914, not the time of the unprecedented war of the Chinese revolution in history. The old agrarian society is far from disintegrating, and the process of expelling the good gentry from the inferior gentry has not yet comprehensively intensified the contradictions in the countryside. During the Anti-Japanese War, Jiang Guangtou blew up the mouth of the garden and turned the south of the Yellow River into a yellow flood area. Not to mention the fact that after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang plundered China's property on a large scale, leading to the bankruptcy of the urban class. Nor did the Kuomintang sell cheap grain on the market at a low price, which directly led to the total bankruptcy of small and medium-sized landlords. The revolutionary needs of the people of Henan did not reach the level of calling for the complete smashing of the old world. Moreover, the policies of the BJP have directly led to the masses being more satisfied with their current lives. Joining the army is not the first choice for the Henan People's Party to "work" at present.

Therefore, after the conscription order was issued, the local villagers continued to "mobilize" local outsiders and "persuade" the children of local sparsely populated families to join the army, as usual. As for the big clans, they don't want their children to join the army at all.

Since Zhang Yu, secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, had already predicted such a situation, the government's requirements were very simple: all those who joined the army must be from good families, and the troops must not be ruffians and hooligans.

Zhang Yu's view of revolution is quite direct, revolution is necessary in the end, and revolutionary ideas are indispensable. But what really drove the revolution was the hatred of the masses. To put it more bluntly, it is the hatred and fear of the old world within the BJP. If it were not to the point where you could not eat and sleep without overthrowing the old world, the revolution would certainly not have developed.

In the view of Zhang Yu, who has followed Chen Ke since he attacked Fengtai County, the reason why the people in the earliest base areas of the People's Party followed the People's Party with iron determination was that they faced natural and man-made disasters that they could not resist at all. Henan has not yet reached this level, the people of Henan are just like people who are just close to suffocation after drowning, and they were suddenly dragged out of the water by the People's Party.

Of course, it is not advisable to create contradictions by force, but if you blindly want to calm things down, it is even more undesirable to be a peacemaker. At present, the local soldiers in Henan who are conscripted are being treated unfairly by the local people, and their hatred of the old times can be exploited.

However, this feeling of hatred and hatred needs to be guided, these recruits are recruits after all, and after being sent to the army in red and color, their biggest feeling is anxiety. The masses of the people believe that if they become soldiers, they will be beaten, and bullying people in the army is the norm.

When the recruit enlisted, the district chief personally led the horse for him to see him off. When he arrived at the unit and underwent a physical examination, he was briefed on the history, evolution, and glorious achievements of the unit, which made him feel that it was an honor to join such an outstanding unit. As soon as the recruits arrived, the old soldiers rushed to greet him. Some helped him put on a military uniform, some gave him a haircut, or gave him gifts such as towels and soap. There is an obvious desire to make the recruits feel as warm as they are at home and among friends.

Chai Qingguo was very experienced in this, and after Zhang Yu discussed the work of building the troops in depth, Chai Qingguo very much agreed with Zhang Yu's viewpoint that if the consciousness of the masses is not high, then we can only give priority to raising the consciousness of the troops. In view of the situation in Henan, the unit has worked out a method for returning home to visit relatives after three months.

These recruits were originally the children of small local families, and the families were generally sparsely populated. After becoming soldiers, their biggest worry is whether they will be bullied at home. This is all human nature, if the recruits know that their lives are worse because of their own soldiers, the fools will follow the People's Party with iron heart.

There are people in the political department of the army who are not too supportive of this approach, "The army's family visits are generally one year later, and we will give it forward to three months, will it be a violation of discipline?" This view is not a minority.

"Our People's Party is the most important position, and this position does not make us be good people. Who is our friend and who is our enemy, that's the first question. Chai Qingguo immediately criticized this, "If the masses do not stand on our side, we have no reason to provide unconditional support." It is inherently wrong to favor one over the other, let alone such unfair treatment. ”

Not only was Chai Qingguo suppressing such "dogmatism," but Zhang Yu, as secretary of the provincial party committee, also personally came out to openly criticize these comrades who "made dogmatic mistakes." "Comrades, you know that the family must be well taken care of, because everyone has seen it with their own eyes. If you can't live in the family after joining the army, can you accept it? If neither of you can accept it, how can you ask others to accept it? Does that make sense? ”

In the face of Zhang Yu's questioning, no one dared to continue to question and object.

By May 1914, the newly recruited troops for three months began to return home on a large scale to visit their families. In order to demonstrate the military strength of the BJP, the troops combined family visits with large-scale training of the Forces nouvelles. The troops held a month-long marching training in most of Henan in a clockwise direction. Wherever the villages that provided the supply of troops, the large army had to pass through as much as possible. If it is really impossible to get there, they will go alone with a small force of recruits from the relevant area.

For the first time, many locals saw the march of tens of thousands of troops, the long queue that could not be seen at a glance, and the soldiers singing military songs during the march. It really gave them a great shock.