Chapter 058: Negotiations with the Socialist Party

After the Japanese fully withdrew from the Guannai, the matter was also exposed, and Wang Hanzhang also began the work of suppressing bandits, of course, this can be handed over to the people below.

The most important thing for Wang Hanzhang now is to negotiate with the Socialist Party, as long as the Kuomintang and the Socialist Party negotiate peace, and establish a coalition government, then China can be stabilized, and as long as the Kuomintang and the Socialist Party are united, then those warlords will have no chance to take advantage of it.

Before the peace talks, Wang Hanzhang first sent people to secretly enter Yan'an to meet with the top leader of the Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party also attached great importance to this, so he sent the second leader, General Zhou, to Chongqing.

Because Chiang Kai-shek did not object, then security was guaranteed, in order to avoid the eyes and ears first, the meeting was in the suburbs of Chongqing, Wang Hanzhang brought special forces to guard.

At 10 a.m. on August 13, General Zhou, the second-in-command of the Socialist Party, arrived on time, and the two met and exchanged pleasantries.

Wang Hanzhang said straight to the point: "We are very expectant for peace, the reason why China is almost a kingdom is not how powerful the Japanese are, and we are too strong in internal fighting, and the Japanese have taken advantage of the loopholes, today we finally drove the Japanese away, we can no longer take the old road, although the Japanese retreated, but the loss of strength is not big, and it may come back again at any time, not to mention that there is a Russia in the north that borders our entire north and the west, the country is also aggressive, they are more powerful than the Japanese, If we continue to fight in the civil war, China will have no choice but to lose the country. ”

General Zhou said: "Our party also attaches great importance to this meeting, and also hopes to establish a coalition government and make great efforts to make the country stronger." But on the side of the Kuomintang? ”

Wang Hanzhang said: "Other people don't know yet, but Chairman Jiang has reached a consensus, and he is very much in favor of the establishment of a coalition government. Personally, I am not worried about the officials of the Nationalist Government and the local warlords, but I am more worried about returning to the party, as far as I know, your party is not completely indigenous, what else do you accept the leadership of the Comintern and Soviet Russia, will your party accept the orders of Soviet Russia to fight a civil war? ”

General Zhou said: "I, Zhou, swear to heaven that we will never provoke a civil war, and we will not accept the leadership of Soviet Russia." ”

Wang Hanzhang said: "I have some understanding of your party's organizational discipline, although your discipline is very good, but I am worried that many of you have been brainwashed by Soviet Russia, and when the time comes, it will be cheaper for Soviet Russia to provoke a civil war." ”

General Zhou said: "Although our party has taken some detours in history, but many major historical events before, you are also familiar with them, so I will not mention them, but our party, I and the leader of our party ** will never harm any Chinese interests for the interests of Soviet Russia, and this is also the most basic thing to abide by as a Chinese, if Soviet Russia comes to invade us, we will definitely be the first to fight." ”

Wang Hanzhang said happily: "Okay, with General Zhou's words, I will be relieved." I wonder what General Zhou has for the establishment of a coalition government, or what your party wants? ”

General Zhou said: "Since a coalition government has been established, it is natural that it cannot be a one-party dictatorship, but should implement democratic politics, such as a two-party system, and the second point is about the army, we suffered a loss before, just because there is no army, so our party has always believed that the proportion of the two parties in the army of the new government is very important, and it cannot be completely led by the Kuomintang, not that I don't believe you, but we really dare not fully believe in those people in the Kuomintang." ”

Wang Hanzhang nodded, and General Zhou took out a written document and handed it to Wang Hanzhang and said: "This is the most basic issue that we think about establishing a democratic coalition government after internal discussion, please take a look." Then General Zhou began to speak.

1. With regard to the question of political democratization, it is necessary to quickly conclude the discipline of political administration, implement constitutional government, and take the necessary steps before convening a political consultative conference by the National Government, inviting representatives of various political parties and prominent members of society, to discuss the state of affairs, to discuss the plan for peaceful nation-building, and to convene a national convention. At present, the two sides are discussing with all parties on the organization of the CPPCC and its functions and powers, and the two sides have agreed that the CPPCC should be convened as soon as the talks are completed.

2. On the issue of the National Assembly, there are three proposals: re-electing deputies to the National Assembly, postponing the date of the National Assembly, amending the Law on the Organization and Election of the National Assembly, and the draft Fifth Five-Year Constitution.

3. On the question of people's freedoms: It is unanimously agreed that the Government shall guarantee the enjoyment of all freedoms of belief, speech, publication, assembly and association in all democratic countries in all democratic countries in peacetime. Existing laws and regulations shall be repealed or amended respectively in accordance with this principle.

4. On the issue of the legitimacy of political parties: The government should recognize the equal legal status of the Kuomintang, the Socialist Party, and all political parties. The Government, for its part, has stated that the equality of all parties before the law is a constitutional norm that can now be recognized.

5. On the issue of secret services: The two sides agreed that the Government should strictly prohibit agencies other than the judiciary and the police from having the power to arrest and interrogate people.

6. On the issue of the release of political prisoners: The Socialist Party has proposed that the government should release all political prisoners except traitors. The government said it was prepared to do it automatically, and the Socialist Party could put those who should be released on the list.

7. On the question of local self-government: local self-government and universal suffrage from below are introduced, but the government wishes not to influence the convening of the National Convention.

8. On the issue of nationalizing the armed forces: The government should fairly and rationally reorganize the entire armed forces, determine the phased implementation plan, reclassify the military regions, and determine the system of requisition and supplementation, so as to maintain the unity of military orders.

9. On the issue of government governments in the liberated areas: The government should recognize the legal status of governments at all levels in the liberated areas.

After listening to this, Wang Hanzhang said: "Your party has considered it in great detail, and we will not talk about the nine articles you put forward above for the time being. Let me start with my vision. ”

General Zhou said: "Please speak!" ”

Wang Hanzhang said: "In the past, the two parties killed many people because of political differences, so I think that even if a coalition government is established, there will definitely be a considerable number of people between the two parties who are not willing to work together. Therefore, I have an idea, and this point has also been endorsed by Chairman Chiang. ”

"My vision is that after the establishment of a coalition government, the army will be transformed into a national defense force, de-partyized, so that it will really become the state and the appointed army, not the thugs of a certain political party, a certain person or a certain group. However, I also plan to raise a party army for each party. The number of people is still uncertain. ”

"Raising an army for the two parties is to establish a separate country for each of the two parties in China's periphery in the future, so that the security of China's southern border can be guaranteed like today's Qin and Dali states, and my plan is to reward the two party-states outside the customs in the future, and then the army established for the two parties will automatically become the army of the two countries, and I think this should give hope to the people who are hostile to each other within the two parties, and they will not make trouble from it."

General Zhou said, "Hmm...... So how is it built? ”

Wang Hanzhang said: "Now that the Japanese are gone, then we will definitely take back the territory occupied by Russia, and when the time comes, there will be a large amount of territory outside the border, so we will set aside two large pieces of territory for the two parties, and everyone will run their own territory." I guess you should not admit defeat to each other, so with your own territory under complete control, if you like the best to go to your party, if you like the Three People's Principles, go to the Kuomintang, and if you can accept the policy of the Chinese coalition government, stay in China, of course, those who like the monarchy are allowed to go to Qin or Dali. In short, it is to give the Kuomintang and the Socialist Party a chance to govern a country independently, to see whose system is excellent, and in addition, to avoid the intensification of contradictions. ”

"The three systems of one-party **, republic, and monarchy are available in China, and those who like whatever system they like will go to the country of whatever system, I think if this can't avoid the infighting of the Chinese nation, then I can't help it."

General Zhou said: "This attention is indeed good, but there are two problems. One is to recover the territories occupied by Russia, when will we take them back? The second is, should the liberated areas of our party in China not be able to exist? ”

Wang Hanzhang said: "The first question, our national strength is too far from Soviet Russia, Soviet Russia will definitely not voluntarily give it to us, otherwise they gave it directly to your party, your party is absorbing the population and then organizing an attack on the Central Plains, I am afraid that the world is already your party, so we must take advantage of the fact that Soviet Russia is contained by the Germans, otherwise when he solves Germany, he will definitely not return the territory to us, if we fight, I am afraid that we may not be able to win, you know that our surroundings are all enemies, and we can't concentrate on fighting with Soviet Russia, What's more, the Soviet army has experienced the baptism of World War II, and its combat experience is far from being comparable to that of our army, plus our industry is far inferior to that of Soviet Russia, and Japan, Britain and the United States are waiting to clean us up at any time, and it is very difficult for us to win in our bureau. ”

"The second question is obvious, you have built a country for your party, and it is one of the two ruling parties in China, so there is no need to keep your base area, so what will ordinary people think."

General Zhou said: "That's right, the second question is over, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover the territory occupied by Russia!" ”

Wang Hanzhang said: "By the way, your party has such a good relationship with Soviet Russia, may I ask if you have to use force to resolve the territorial dispute with Soviet Russia, which side is your party on?" ”

General Zhou said: "Correct, our relationship with Soviet Russia is not good, although Soviet Russia has always given some help, but they have also harmed us, just like when we filmed those advisers and almost had our party annihilated, in fact, we have been dealing with Soviet Russia for so long, and we are also clear about the ideas of Stalin and Soviet Russia, we are just pawns to use, but only they were willing to support us before, and everyone else is respectful of us, we can only get close to them, so we are misunderstood by many people." As for the outbreak of war, no matter which country fights with China, our party will naturally stand on China's side. ”