"I plan to go north in the near future to Beijing to recruit new party members." Chen Ke said in a flat tone. One by one, the comrades either looked at each other, or did not immediately understand what Chen Ke meant.

"To Beijing?" Chen Tianhua was the first to ask.

"That's right."

"Aren't you going to Anhui?" Hua Xiongmao then asked.

"When I came back from Beijing, I went to Anhui in person." Chen Ke replied. As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Ke suddenly smiled and said, "Zhenglan wants to go to Anhui so much, it's a good thing." I'm worried that people won't leave Shanghai. ”

"How so." Hua Xiongmao replied casually. However, after a while, Hua Xiongmao realized that his words were wrong, whether he wanted to go to Anhui or not to leave Shanghai, this answer was ambiguous. Just as he was about to change his words, Qi Hui interjected. "How long is Wenqing going to go?"

"Two months."

"When will you leave?"

"In October. Today, September 18th. I left two weeks later. ”

Chen Ke looked calm, as if going to Beijing was just a workshop to a school. This is the nature of modern people. Well-developed transportation makes long-distance travel a very simple thing. Chen Kejia was on the railway, and when he was very young, he did not have any psychological resistance to traveling far away.

Among the people present, Chen Tianhua, You Wei, Wu Xingchen, and Hua Xiongmao have also gone far away, and they can barely understand Chen Ke's attitude.

"Before I go, I have to be sure of something. When I get back, I hope to see you all do a good job. Although these words were very domineering, Chen Ke couldn't help it. No one felt that Chen Ke's words were wrong, and everyone's attention was attracted by Chen Ke's northward trip. Even if he is not attracted, Chen Ke's own status in the party, everyone will not think that Chen Ke is not qualified to say so.

"Before I leave, I am going to develop a group of probationary party members. Let's circle the candidates first. ”

This remark immediately aroused everyone's spirits, and the first party committee group meeting was officially held. Chen Ke and Chen Tianhua began to circle people on the list, and Hua Xiongmao and Qin Wuan also began to circle people on their own lists. And all party members who led people to work, such as You Wei and Wu Xingchen, also began to write their own lists, and circled those who felt they could enter the list of probationary party members.

After everyone has prepared their own lists, they will be screened by group overlapping according to what was originally said. Those who can pass both ideological study and work are listed. There are 10 finalists. Four are local party members in Shanghai, three are international students who came back with Chen Tianhua, including Mao Ping, and three are Japanese students. The Chinese are good to say that the Japanese were also shortlisted, which really surprised the comrades. But the organizational procedure is the organizational procedure, and there is no private agreement between the two groups, it all depends on the individual performance. The 30% foreigners in the list are really astonishing.

"It's really wicked." Hua Xiongmao subconsciously touched his head, "The Japanese devil is really good." ”

"The students of Fudan Public School are originally here to go to school, but they are not here to work for you." You Yu didn't think so, "After these people are selected, what are you going to do?" ”

"First, it is absolutely forbidden to put forward the name of the People's Party, and everyone must strictly abide by the organization's secrecy regulations. Second, the organization assigns them work and conducts assessments. Chen Ke's fingers tapped on the other list written by He Zudao that only passed a certain aspect of the assessment, "Third, let's think about how to screen and assess these people." Prepare for the development of the next batch of probationary party members. ”

After saying this, Chen Ke closed his mouth and waited for everyone to speak. Everyone waited for Chen Ke to assign the task, and the two sides were silent with big eyes and small eyes.

"Wen Qing has nothing to say?" Hua Xiongmao was the first to break the silence.

"From today onwards, I am ready to hand over these tasks to you. The revolution is not for myself to fight the world. I am a member of the People's Party, I am only a member of the party, and I cannot say whatever I want. The work must be done spontaneously. ”

After these words were put down, everyone looked at each other a little. The first one to tentatively express his stance turned out to be Qi Huishen, "Does Wen Qing have any opinions?" ”

Chen Ke originally thought that Hua Xiongmao would be the first to jump out to "protect the master", and Qi Huishen's revolutionary consciousness was the highest among the comrades, and Chen Ke originally thought that Qi Huishen would have enough "political correctness". As a result, Chen Ke realized that he was wrong, and first suspected that Chen Ke was dissatisfied with some people in the organization, but it was Qi Huishen. In other words, the first person to come out and express his stance was Qi Huishen. After glancing at Hua Xiongmao again, he was already a little looking left and right, as if he wanted to show the meaning of the people Chen Ke opposed.

Seeing that the atmosphere was starting to become a little wrong, Chen Ke explained: "I am going to Beijing soon, and all the work in Shanghai has to be done by the comrades. I'm here, and I'm still able to attend meetings and make some of my opinions, and I'm not in Shanghai, so you can't wait for me to come back and do something. Shanghai's work must continue to advance. ”

Saying this at the very least, Chen Ke also had to think about some personnel in his head, which was actually Chen Ke's most hated consideration. Personnel struggles imply an inevitable internal struggle. There are many reasons for this, but in the final analysis, they are all manifestations of an individual's desire for their opinion to be mainstream, or a desire to prioritize personal interests. And once a personnel struggle arises, no matter what the reason, it will inevitably lead to tragic results.

In the history of the party, this kind of thing has had various manifestations. And there have been completely different strategies to deal with it. But the names of these measures are synonymous with fear in the minds of many in later generations. For example, "rectification", such as "suppression". In order to ensure the unimpeded flow of organizational discipline, personnel struggles must be suppressed. The party's iron discipline is no joke. It's a fact. Even in the period after the liberation, when there was no brutal military struggle, at all the most dangerous junctures, whether voluntarily or not, party members stood up and led the masses to solve problems. Floods, earthquakes, and other natural disasters**, the first thing the people see is the figure of party members and cadres, who always stand in the most dangerous places. If these people are the first to run away, then no matter who this person is, no matter what background this person is, they will inevitably be severely punished.

It is clear that discipline within the BJP is still a long way from that level. Chen Ke himself had absolutely no intention of fixing anyone. All he wanted now was one thing, and the comrades would give full play to their own initiative to advance the revolution. Therefore, even if Chen Ke has all kinds of doubts now, he must let his comrades understand his thoughts.

"I have asked, what is the task at this stage? Can anyone answer. Well, Wu An, you can talk about it. ”

Qin Wuan didn't expect that he would be named, and it could be seen from his surprised look, "The task at this stage is to develop party members and prepare for the next step in Anhui." ”

"If the answer is correct, add 10 points." Chen Ke said in his heart. But such frivolous words should never be said directly. Chen Ke just nodded very normally, "I went to Beijing to develop party members." Everyone in Shanghai is also for the development of party members. Prepare for what's next. No, I went to Beijing, and the work in Shanghai was herding sheep. And things are changing all the time, I'm not Zhuge Liang, prepare a few clever plans, and everything can be solved. At all times, everyone should give full play to their own subjective initiative. Now there are just a few of us, and in the future we will have hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of comrades. I can't lead everything. ”

The truth of this is correct, after thoroughly understanding what Chen Ke meant, Hua Xiongmao, who was tightening the strings of struggle, also relaxed. The next question was quickly mentioned, "Wen Qing's departure really feels like there is no backbone." You Yu smiled.

"We organize our work through the party committee, and whether I am here or not, we must do things in accordance with the party's organizational discipline. The party's organizational discipline must never fail. The party organization is the only backbone. Chen Ke responded.

Everyone stopped talking, Chen Ke has always emphasized party discipline, and everyone has gradually accepted the existence of organizational discipline in recent months. But the existing organizational structure suddenly changed dramatically as Chen Ke went north. This is where everyone feels very uncomfortable. And this is where Chen Ke hopes everyone can adapt. The first generation of party leaders was not Grandpa Mao. Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu and others founded the party, and with the development of history, the party is also developing. The reason why the party has been able to grow is that there has been no change in the party's core idea of saving China. Generations of those in charge have fought for this goal. If the party had become merely an organization of the leader himself, it would be no different from a garbage gang organization like the League.

Regardless of whether the comrades can accept it completely or not, Chen Ke said: "I estimate that I will come back before the Spring Festival, and after I return, I will report my work to the party organization." As the chairman of this party meeting, I would like to discuss with you the work arrangements for the social survey. ”

The purpose of the social survey is to let the comrades thoroughly understand the current situation in China and the contradictions in society. Its purpose is mainly to be able to illustrate the inevitability and legitimacy of the revolution. Although Chen Ke is not from this era, his understanding of social reality is much higher than that of anyone in this era.

In the end, we reached three tasks:

1. Why the small-scale peasant economy is bound to go bankrupt.

2. The relationship between the increase in cotton prices and the invasion of foreign goods.

3. The current social structure and composition of China.

In addition, Chen Ke asked the party organization to start an investigation of the area south of the Huai River in Anhui Province. He bluntly told everyone that it was necessary to go to the areas where the social contradictions were most acute to launch the revolution. Without the sharp contradictions in society, there will be no gathering of revolutionary forces. If the people have no worries about food and clothing, it is no problem to scold the government, and it is not even necessary to think about rebelling. For this, Chen Ke felt more deeply than anyone else. The ugliness of those so-called pro-democracy activists either instigated the people to die for them, hoping to climb to the pinnacle of power by stepping on the blood of the people. Either they hugged the thighs of foreign godfathers and fantasized that foreign "kings" would come in, and then they relied on betraying the country to soar.

Chen Ke often has a subtle comment on these people on the forum. Revolution, please the "elites" die first.

It's not just a mockery, that's what happened in the party, the party members always stood in the first row, their chests closer to the enemy's guns than the masses. Now the members of the People's Party, including Chen Ke himself, can really withstand such a test, Chen Ke himself is determined to take everyone to try it himself.

With the program, all that remains is a detailed division of work. In the following days, the division within the People's Party began, and the Huangpu Publishing House, as a peripheral organization, was similarly mobilized. In the busy crowd, Chen Ke did not appear. As Chen Ke expected, Yan Fu called Chen Ke away.

The handsome old guy Yan Fu was very organized, and after he called Chen Ke there, he showed Chen Ke a letter. This letter was written by Gu Hongming, the deputy chief teacher of Beijing Normal University. Probably speaking, after reading the book sent by Yan Fu, Gu Hongming appreciated this set of "Chinese Cultural Inheritance and the Rise of Materialism" very much. It is hoped that the author of the book will go to Beijing to give lectures.

Seeing Chen Ke's surprised look, Yan Fu explained simply. After Chen Ke's books went on sale, Yan Fu bought 20 sets and sent them to his friends because of the low price. Everyone spoke highly of this book, and Gu Hongming even invited the author to Beijing.

Chen Ke asked a little embarrassed, what kind of school is Jingshi University Hall, and who is this Gu Hongming. Fortunately, Yan Fuhan cultivated deeply, otherwise, he might have laughed directly.

Beijing Normal University Hall was the name used by Peking University from 1898 to 1912. Jingshi University Hall was the first national comprehensive university in China and the highest educational administrative body in China at that time. The Jingshi University Hall is of great significance and has attracted the attention of the whole country, but due to the ** of the Qing court, the government has not given sufficient investment to the university hall. Beijing Normal University is the first national comprehensive university in modern Chinese history, which is not only the highest university in the country, but also the highest educational administrative organ in the country, and governs the schools of all provinces.

In 1900, after the Eight-Nation Coalition entered Beijing, the Beijing Normal University Hall was damaged. On December 17, 1902, the Kyoshi University Hall was restored. Zhang Baixi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, served as the Minister of Management. Wu Rulun and Gu Hongming served as the principal and deputy chief teachers, and Yan Fu and Lin Shu served as the general office and deputy general office of the University Hall Translation and Book Bureau respectively. Founded in 1862 during the Westernization Movement, the Kyoshi Tongbunkan was also incorporated into the University Hall. In 1904, the first batch of 47 students were selected to study abroad.

Chen Tianhua's "Fierce Return" spread throughout China once mentioned the Beijing Normal University Hall: "He didn't say that it would cost 300,000 silver to build a university hall in the capital, but the government said that the cost was too large, and it has not been repaired so far." The Empress Dowager restored the Summer Palace, and tens of millions of silver were also done. Every year, there are millions of moving rollers. With these 300,000 alone, can it be said that it cannot be found? ”

Yan Fu knew that Chen Ke was not a person who didn't know how to pretend to understand, and since Chen Ke said he didn't know, he explained it to Chen Ke. Looking at Chen Ke's suddenly realized look, Yan Fu said: "Wen Qing, the last time I talked about apprenticeship, it was actually prepared for Wen Qing and you to go north. ”

Chen Ke now also understands Yan Fu's thoughts, and Chen Ke can't say anything else about the care of his predecessors. He was heartbroken and said, "I will go to Beijing, other things, but according to Mr. Yan's orders." ”

Seeing that Chen overcame his weakness, Yan Fu did not chase and fight, he said: "I know that Wen Qing must have difficulties, if it is somewhere else, but with Wen Qing's talent, he can go unhindered." But Beijing is different from elsewhere. So I wrote a few letters to Wen Qing, in which I said that Wen Qing was my disciple. Wen Qing took these letters and went to Beijing to meet with several high-ranking officials. I also have some relatives and friends who are old in Beijing and Tianjin, and if Wenqing is free, I can also go to visit them. ”

Chen Ke responded one by one, and carefully inquired about the characteristics of these people. Seeing Chen Ke, he also wanted to make the most adequate preparations, Yan Fu simply left Chen Ke behind and gave a detailed description of who he wanted Chen Ke to meet. What proposition does Yan Fu want to put forward for these people? Seeing Chen Ke take out his notebook, he wrote it down in detail. With this meticulous attitude, Yan Fu is quite satisfied.

Yan Fu introduced Mr. Gu Hongming in particular, the reason why the associate professor of Peking University attaches so much importance to Chen Ke's book is not that he really wants to buy Yan Fu's account. At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a saying in Westerners: When you go to China, you can't go without seeing the Forbidden City, and you can't go without seeing Gu Hongming. Who is Gu Hongming? He claimed to be "born in the South Seas, studied in the West, married in the East, and served in the North Seas." "Received 13 Ph.D.s., read English newspapers to ridicule the British, saying that Americans are uneducated, and was the first to translate China's Analects and Zhongyong into the West in English and German. With a three-inch tongue, he lectured on Confucius to Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito, and the master Lev? Tolstoy exchanged letters and discussed the cultural and political situation in the world, and was called "the most honorable Chinese" by Mahatma Gandhi of India.

Although this old gentleman holds the title of doctor from many foreign schools, he himself is a person who attaches great importance to the inheritance of Chinese culture. In this regard, he and Yan Fu's position is exactly the same. Yan Fu did not tell Chen Kehe all the situation, in fact, there were two letters from Gu Hongming. The letter that Chen Ke saw was written by Gu Hongming according to Yan Fu's meaning, and it was actually for Chen Ke to read. There is another private letter sent to Yan Fu. Gu Hongming, like Yan Fu, liked Chen Ke's concept of "Chinese cultural inheritance" very much after reading Chen Ke's book. In the letter, the old gentleman thought that Chen Keguo was not good at learning, but he had excellent intentions. He is a real talent who truly leads Chinese culture to modernization.

Gu Hongming's favorite is the chapter on "Hanyu Pinyin" written by Chen Ke in the appendix of the book. Modern Chinese Pinyin is also the effort of many masters of Chinese culture, and its rationality is naturally far beyond the level that those literati of the time could achieve. Gu Hongming is proficient in many foreign languages and appreciates Chen Ke's pinyin. As an educator, Gu Hongming understands the role of Hanyu Pinyin in cultural transmission. Chen Ke's book adheres to his concept of "development of productive forces", and the article directly says that China has a language with different sounds for hundreds of miles, and what maintains the unity of Chinese civilization is a unified language. However, in order to develop productivity and reduce communication costs, a unified standard is necessary. If everyone could understand Mandarin, the cost of communication would be reduced to an unprecedented level.

Regarding Chen Ke's attitude towards the development of "productive forces", Gu Hongming believes that Chen Ke is a talent. Those who can implement their own ideas and explain the world rationally with their own ideas are by no means mediocre. Gu Hongming was very interested in Chen Ke, and he also asked about the relationship between Chen Ke and Yan Fu. In Gu Hongming's view, Chen Ke's book inherits the context of Yan Fu's "Theory of Heavenly Evolution" and should have a deep relationship with Yan Fu.

Yan Fu naturally did not show this letter to Chen Ke, and saw that Chen Ke had already agreed to the "teacher-student relationship". Yan Fu just told Chen Ke to leave for Beijing as soon as possible.