30. Reformers and Revolutionaries (6)

The party's political work has always been meticulous and frank, for example, there is a widely circulated saying that "a pig can hold half a political commissar." "And the incidents in history that started with white steamed buns are not rare. Although Chen Ke knew that this was true, he only knew it. When he encountered such things in person, he was still shocked.

Lu'an, Anhui Province, is an old red area, and Chen Ke knows that the masses in this place have strong revolutionary needs. After meeting with the secretary of the Lu'an Municipal Party Committee. At the party committee meeting, Chen Ke formulated a program of action to "eliminate the landlords and bullies and unite the revolutionary masses." The local comrades in Lu'an targeted seven local landlords and bullies with blood debts. One of the local tyrants surnamed Liu also had a holiday with Duan Qirui's grandfather. After Duan Qirui's grandfather killed the Liu family, the family moved to Shouzhou for refuge. At that time, Duan Qirui's grandfather was already the commander of the Huai Army, which shows the arrogance of the local tyrants.

"Fight the local tyrants and divide the fields!" As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the entire Lu'an area. The reconnaissance team found that the bully landlord did not flee at all, but retreated into his own enclosure. In the first few days of the agreement, people from all over the country had gathered in Lu'an County, and everyone was emotional.

Knowing that Chen Ke in front of him was the well-known No. 1 leader of the People's Party, the crowd gathered to carry sacks and flat burdens, and enthusiastically asked to follow Chen Kegan.

"King Chen, we have long heard that it is easy to make a living in Shouzhou, you must bring us."

"King Chen, after you defeated Anqing, the ground in Anqing has been much better. But you can't ignore us. ”

The simple words contain the pursuit of wealth and a better life. Chen Ke has always believed that the people will not follow the revolution in vain, and the revolution must give the people a reason to follow the revolution. Mere murder and division of property will not lead to a real revolution.

"Folks, I'm sure you've heard that our People's Party has killed a lot of people. We have killed people in the government, and we have killed landlords and bullies. We have also killed the officers and soldiers who fought with us on the battlefield. However, our People's Party is particular about killing people, and it is not okay to kill innocents indiscriminately, so why should we kill that person. Folks, we have to explain it to ourselves first! Chen Ke shouted at the hundreds of people who had gathered.

The people looked at each other, but Chen Ke didn't take the initiative to announce the evil deeds of the target of the attack, and then took everyone to fight together. But he asked the masses for reasons. Follow the People's Party to attack the siege, this kind of thing can be easily followed, the so-called wall down everyone pushes, after breaking the siege, it is serious to be able to get something, as for why? The reason is simple, because I am hungry. Those landlords and bullies did oppress the people, but the masses who really said that they must make up their minds to kill those people are still a minority.

"They bully people!" Someone shouted from the crowd.

"Who are they! Who have they bullied! Chen Ke asked without hesitation.

There was a silence at the bottom, which was to let the sufferers come out and speak. Since Chen Ke made up his mind to learn to "listen" in the future, all his actions have been working in these directions. The people have always been very honest, and they know very well that once they stand up, they will be responsible for what happens after they stand up. No one wants to be held accountable for this kind of thing, only the people who really have blood feuds will come forward.

After a while, a man finally came out of the crowd with a pale face, he came to Chen Ke, suddenly knelt on his knees, and shouted heartbreakingly, "King Chen, I have no grudges against those people in the encirclement. I'm here to ask you for one thing......"

Chen Ke hurriedly dragged the man up, "This big brother, I'm not the king of the mountain. You can just call me Chen Ke. ”

Although the man saw that Chen Ke was tall, he didn't expect Chen Ke to have a lot of strength, so he just pulled himself up with a pull. The man couldn't care so much, he grabbed Chen Ke's arm tightly, "...... Chen, King Chen, I heard that you are fighting the government." Of the five brothers in my family, four of them were killed by Enming's order. King Chen, if you are willing to avenge us, my life will be sold to you! ”

This man's name is Fan Youdi, a native of Huoshan in Lu'an. Because of his participation in the anti-foreign movement, in 1906, Enming ordered the suppression of mass activities, and his whole family suffered, and only Fan Youdi escaped with his life. It was only after the People's Party defeated Anqing that Fan Youdi returned to Lu'an. During this period, Fan Youdi also went to Anqing and joined the Yue Wang Society, which occupied Anqing at that time. After the defeat of King Yue, Fan Youdi did not follow King Yue, but returned to his hometown in Lu'an. This time, when he heard that the People's Party was calling, he came alone to beg Chen Ke.

Chen Ke is very satisfied with this entry point, and there are a lot of "lesson plans" in recent years. On the one hand, the focus of the conflict is the customary conflict between the foreign religion and the masses, and on the other hand, the purpose of the believers to join the foreign religion is to obtain a superior status. With this status, the Church used the background of foreigners to blackmail the magistrates, and was always able to get the support of the government in civil conflicts. For those who believe in Christ or God, the policy of religious oppression is the essence of the religion of the Catholic system of Christ. Mo said that in China there is such a hierarchy of parishioners, even in England, the Protestant English oppress the Catholic Irish.

In order to expand their sphere of influence, foreign missionaries in China used this belief to create a more privileged group of believers in order to expand the influence of religious power. Most of those who defected to foreign religions were people who could not occupy a position in the mainstream of the people, and most of them were even rejected by the masses. That's why I trusted foreign religions in order to improve my identity. The original "three indiscriminate" suddenly received the support of the government, and the masses could not accept this change. Not to mention, after these guys believe in foreign religion, they think they are following the right master, and they are very arrogant among the people. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the "lesson plans" were filled with this kind of fierce struggle.

"This Brother Fan, if you want to seek revenge from Enming, I can promise you. But you've got to do something for me. Chen Ke stared at Fan Youdi and said.

Fan Youdi never expected Chen Ke to say so clearly in public, and he immediately shouted: "King Chen, you say." The sword mountain and the sea of fire, I don't frown a little. ”

Chen Ke nodded, "Brother Fan, you are not the only one who has been harmed by Enming. If you go back and bring the people who have been harmed to Lu'an, our People's Party will definitely make the decision for everyone. ”

The People's Party has not announced Enming's fate to the public. Many people have no idea that Enming, who has disappeared for a long time, has fallen into the hands of the BJP. Listening to Chen Ke's words, Fan Youdi showed a disappointed look on his face. Chen Ke, a young man, is going to run back to Huoshan County for such a vain job? And you want to bring the many people who were plagued back to Lu'an?

Fan Youdi felt that Chen Ke was cheating on himself, but saw that Chen Ke asked the staff behind him to take a pocket and a string of money. Fan Youdi hesitantly opened his pocket, revealing a white steamed bun.

"This Brother Fan, I can't let you run in vain. These steamed buns are for you to eat on the road, and this money is for you to use on the road. Invite the people who have been plagued to come to Lu'an. We, the People's Party, will definitely call the shots for everyone! Chen Ke said seriously.

Fan Youdi was silent when he left, neither full of words of thanks nor any special expression. Chen Ke is very skeptical that Fan Youdi will choose, does he believe in the People's Party? Still don't believe in the BJP?

Regardless of whether the people believe in the People's Party or not, at least the People's Party should believe in the masses. Chen Ke silently explained to himself in his heart.

Fan Youdi left, and the enthusiasm of the masses seemed to have dropped a lot. The People's Party's white steamed buns and the string of money made the masses a little confused. It was the People's Party that said that it would "fight local tyrants and divide the land." However, the People's Party has now made it clear that it wants the masses of the people to come up with their own reasons for "fighting local tyrants and dividing up the land." This practice is beyond the imagination of the masses. In any case, the words "robbing money, food, and girls" are unspeakable, and ask yourself, most of the people's purpose is related to looting, but there is an inexplicable gap in between.

"Folks, we in the People's Party want everyone to live a good life! But what a good day looks like in everyone's hearts, I don't know if the villagers have thought about it. Chen Ke said with a smile.

"A good life is to be able to eat enough and not be poor." Someone replied.

"Being able to eat enough and not being poor has anything to do with fighting local tyrants and dividing the land?" Chen Ke asked.

The people couldn't grasp Chen Ke's question, and they were silent for a while before someone said: "Of course, if there is more land, you will not be poor." ”

Chen Ke said with a smile: "The land of the local tyrants has been distributed to everyone, so many people in Lu'an, how much land can be divided after it is equally distributed to everyone?" Can you not be impoverished with this little more? ”

In fact, this is not Chen Ke's first initiative, when fighting local tyrants in Anhui, the local tyrants once questioned the cadres and fighters of the People's Party in this way, and they also made the cadres and soldiers speechless. The crowd in Lu'an was also speechless when they heard this.

The general discussion of these revolutionary questions should have been prepared for quite a long time. Because people are inert and really divide the land, the masses of the people are too lazy to take care of the People's Party. If the entire Lu'an region cannot be included in the scope of the whole social transformation, and only a few people who dare to take risks can benefit, it will not promote the revolution, but a great retrogression.

In this regard, after Chen Ke arrived in Lu'an, he praised the cadres in Lu'an for not taking rash actions. The comrades devoted their great experience to investigating the specific situation in Lu'an. These valuable preparations greatly reduced the difficulty of Chen Ke's work.

Facing the silent crowd, Chen Ke shouted loudly: "Fight the local tyrants, that's because they owe the blood debt of the people." In the past, when the Manchus were in the Qing Dynasty, they could do whatever they wanted, but now that the People's Party is here, these people should pay for what they have done! This day and justice are back! ”