Chen Duxiu left Zhang Yu and walked towards the new station of the Yue Wang Society, because there were many people returning to the Yue Wang Society these days, their original station was no longer enough. Moreover, under the rule of the People's Party, order in Anqing was gradually restored, and the people began to gradually return to Anqing. After consultations, the People's Party set aside an area in the barracks where it is now stationed for the Yue Wanghui to be stationed.

As soon as they entered the barracks, they saw that the BJP troops were as busy as usual. As new troops escorting wounded soldiers arrived in Anqing, the People's Party was arranging for the fighters to be stationed. The rooms in the barracks for these fighters had been prepared for a long time, and the soldiers lined up to allocate rooms. The only thing that appeared to be a little ill-prepared was some of the equipment that the troops carried, and for the transport of the wounded, the troops carried stretchers, as well as some other spare things. These things had to be sorted out and collected, and some of the wounded soldiers had to change gauze or something, so before sending them away this time, they were given one last change of gauze and bandaged and sorted. The replaced gauze also needs to be washed and dried for reuse.

The BJP is understaffed, and the female labor force hired has long been ready to stop, and they have already started their own work. The boiling cauldron was steaming hot, and the women were standing on the edge of the pot with long poles stirring the gauze. The boiled gauze is picked out with a long rod and left to cool a little before washing.

Chen Duxiu has always attached great importance to observing the People's Party, and he wants to find out what makes the People's Party unique. In the past few days, Chen Duxiu has not seen anything shocking to the world done by the People's Party. It's just time to eat, eat, sleep, do laundry, and take a bath. Patrolling the streets, carrying supplies, all kinds of military training and drills. In short, this organization, this army, all are very normal. Busy from morning to night every day.

After watching for a while, Chen Duxiu turned back to the area where King Yue would be stationed, and before he entered the gate, he heard that there was already a noise of people inside. Although the People's Party is more numerous than Yue Wanghui, the two sides are almost completely different. When there is a voice in the BJP camp, most of them are when they are acting in groups, and they don't speak very loudly on weekdays. Especially officers, Chen Duxiu had never seen officers shouting at soldiers. This is diametrically opposed to the Yue Wang Club, whoever has a loud voice and a sufficient volume in the Yue Wang Club must be of a higher level, or at least think that his level is not low.

Regarding the quiet style of the People's Party, the people of the Yue Wang Association were very unimpressed. They even privately ridiculed the BJP for being "like". The People's Party's playground is always full of clothes hanging on the grounds, and although the People's Party also hires laundry workers during tense times, such as this time when there are a large number of medical supplies that need to be washed and dried, the cadres and fighters of the People's Party wash their own clothes on weekdays. It is rare for the big men to do their own laundry, let alone thousands of big men doing this. Chen Duxiu had seen Zhang Yu and people from the People's Party government departments washing clothes together in the evening.

And the Yue Wang Club is different, no one likes to do these little things with their own hands, and even if there is, except for a few people who can persevere, the others are gradually not washing much under the ridicule of their companions. So the two camps are close at hand, but the smell in the air is very different.

As soon as I entered the camp gate, I saw a group of people from King Yue's association gathered together to brag. The content is naturally the matter of this handover, and there are nearly a thousand family members who came to greet the wounded, and King Yue has never managed so many people to eat, drink, and Lazar at one time. When talking about these family members, almost everyone in the Yue Wang Hui had a superior expression on their faces. Some people ridiculed the "Hubei Yankees" for speaking unpleasantly, some said that the "Hubei Yankees" were relatively rich, and some viciously ridiculed the wails of the families of the deceased for being too unruly. There are also some people who are fascinated by the beautiful little daughters-in-law in these family members.

"King Yue will be good, Hubei Yan will be bad!" This is the core point of the conversation. In this regard, the grassroots personnel of the Yue Wang Association are quite consistent.

Entering the conference hall, the main cadres of the Yue Wang Society had already gathered. Seeing Chen Duxiu coming in, Bai Wenwei hurriedly came up, "Mr. Chen, what did those Hubei New Army who surrendered to Cheng say?" ”

Chen Duxiu replied: "Mayor Zhang asked them to figure out for themselves whether they chose to stay with the People's Party or choose to go home by themselves. Those Hubei new soldiers are still thinking about it. What's wrong? ”

"Mr. Chen, we might as well contact those Hubei New Army now, right? They are now desperate, and if they do not join the revolution, they will have no way to live, and this time we will definitely be able to persuade many Hubei New Army to join us. Bai Wenwei presented the results of these high-level discussions to Chen Duxiu.

Chen Duxiu didn't think about this problem, he asked Bai Wenwei: "Let's not talk about whether the Hubei New Army can join us, and what will they eat after they join?" We don't have food for them. ”

The People's Party provided food to Yue Wanghui, but the supply method was to supply three days of food at a time. That's a per capita count, not much, not a lot. Now, if there was a sudden increase in the food supply of the new army in Hubei, Yue Wanghui would have to apply to the People's Party in advance. Otherwise, King Yue would have to pay for his own food. In Anqing now, except for the supply and marketing cooperatives of the People's Party, which can still supply grain cheaply, those grain shops have either closed their doors long ago or sold grain at extremely expensive prices.

Chang Hengfang immediately habitually said: "The People's Party is just wary of our Yue Wang Association in their hearts. ”

If it was before, there must have been people who echoed Chang Hengfang's words, but now that there are too many words, everyone has long been tired of it. No one paid attention to Chang Hengfang at all. Shi Dekuan even glanced at Chang Hengfang in disgust, "Mr. Chen, if we want to bring people in now, there won't be enough food at all." ”

Chen Duxiu knew what Shi Dekuan wanted to say, and he said: "Dekuan, the Hubei New Army will not recognize our Yue Wang Association at all. We are the defeated generals of the Hubei New Army, and the People's Party is now the victor and has saved the lives of these New Army. If they defect, they will also defect to the BJP. It's impossible to defect to our Yue Wang Society. ”

Chang Hengfang saw that his incitement did not get a response from everyone at all, and listened to Chen Duxiu explain the matter clearly, he knew that Chen Duxiu was not wrong. This made him even more unhappy, and he began to talk about how the People's Party did not preach morality. Shi Dekuan ignored him at all, and he asked, "Mr. Chen, the People's Party has let us live in Anqing here, and we will also provide food." Let us do something together, but why not mention working with us? I don't see you mentioning this, Mr. Chen. ”

Chen Duxiu smiled bitterly, "Everyone sit down first." He waved his hand.

The cadres of the Yue Wang Association all sat down in turn. Chen Duxiu said: "It's not that I don't want to mention that when the army came to Anqing on this march, everyone said on the road that they should learn from the People's Party." But after arriving in Anqing, I have a house to live in and food to eat. I see that everyone immediately slackened. A few days ago, I did my own laundry, but now? In addition to being punctual in the exercises, what else did everyone learn from the People's Party? The exercise is not our own credit, every day when the People's Party gets up and blows the trumpet, we ourselves follow suit. It's not that easy to get people out of bed, and there are always people who don't want to get up every day. The People's Party's three major "disciplines and eight points of attention, let's also learn to sing this song, in fact? How much have we really done ourselves? ”

Listening to Chen Duxiu talk about the specific work one by one, the people of Yue Wanghui lowered their heads one by one and stopped talking.

Chang Hengfang reacted the fastest, he raised his head, "Mr. Chen, our discipline is indeed not good. However, the comrades always don't fight now, they have nothing to do, and this morale can't be maintained. I know some people can't do things, but we're just thinking about people, if we get some people away, what do we have left? If there are only one or two hundred of us left, who will still take us seriously? ”

After Chang Hengfang said this kind of thing, it resonated with many cadres of the Yue Wang Association. After experiencing a painful lesson, Yue Wanghui has completely lost confidence in the matter of "raising his arms and responding to all directions". The people did not respond to the revolution launched by the Yue Wang Society, and the Hui Party of the Yue Wang Hui ran away without a trace after making a big profit, and now after the People's Party recaptured Anqing, none of the Hui Dang appeared. Moreover, the BJP itself does not seem to have any interest in the Hui Party, and there is no large-scale recruitment at all.

The Yue Wang Society had run out of money, and if it had not been for the supply of the People's Party, plus the work of the People's Party to earn some wages, the Yue Wang Society would have fallen apart long ago. In fact, Chen Duxiu was very surprised that these comrades were able to gather and have not completely disintegrated until now.

After hearing this, Shi Dekuan no longer refuted Chang Hengfang. He said, "Mr. Chen, I think we should formally propose to join the BJP. I know that everyone originally wanted to reorganize the ranks first, and at that time they also had the confidence to join the BJP. Now we see, if our own rectification is tightened, the comrades below will not be happy. If it is loose, it will be the way it is now. If I really don't think it will work, then I will simply join the BJP first, and then talk about rectification. I don't know what Mr. Chen thinks. ”

Without waiting for Chen Duxiu to speak, Chang Hengfang spoke, "Dekuan, listen to you, if Mr. Chen doesn't say anything about joining the People's Party, are you going to join the People's Party by yourself?" ”

Hearing Chang Hengfang question his position, Shi Dekuan was not angry, he said: "If our Yue Wang will still be like this, I will vote for the People's Party myself." This is obviously not what it looks like to do a revolution, what is the use of everyone being so reluctant? At this point, I think we also have to figure out whether we want a revolution or maintain our Yue Wang Society. If we want a revolution, we might as well follow the vigorous revolution of the People's Party. If you just want to maintain the Yue Wang Society, then I will withdraw. ”

If someone had said this before, there would have been infighting in the Yue Wang Society immediately. But this time, Shi Dekuan said it thoroughly, and even Chang Hengfang didn't have the spirit to refute it. He just let out a long sigh and didn't continue to say anything. Chen Duxiu saw that none of the cadres objected, and he smiled: "If everyone has no opinion, then I will go and talk to Mayor Zhang about this matter." Dekuan, you can go with me. ”

Everyone didn't expect that Chen Duxiu would not let Bai Wenwei and Chang Hengfang, the backbone of the Yue Wang Society, go with him this time, but find the young Shi Dekuan to go with him, and his face showed a look of consternation. Chen Duxiu didn't care so much, he got up and took Shi Dekuan and left.

The two didn't go very fast, Shi Dekuan could see that Chen Duxiu had something to say to himself, and he also slowed down and followed Chen Duxiu's side.

"Dekuan, what do you think is the difference between the People's Party and our Yue Wanghui?" Chen Duxiu asked. He thought about this question for a long time, but he has never been able to come up with a convincing explanation.

"It's the same everywhere, but it's different everywhere. Let our King Yue do what the People's Party is doing now, if it is a few days, it may be okay, but we will definitely not do it for a few months, or even a few years. But the feeling I get from the BJP is that if they decide to do something, it will definitely take years or even a lifetime to do it. And they're getting more and more energetic. I've been in a lot of contact with the BJP these days. The revolutionary doctrine of these people is actually based on how to live a good life, and this good life actually looks more difficult than ordinary life. It's really puzzling. ”

Chen Duxiu knew what Shi Dekuan was talking about, and the people's party's exquisiteness was really beyond Chen Duxiu's imagination. Everything a soldier does, from maintaining personal hygiene, to doing laundry, cooking, shopping, or running a city to issue currency. Up and down, they can actually attribute things to themselves. The officers and men all believed that making their lives more regular and clean and tidy was an important part of revolutionary work.

As for the war, from the soldier to the officer, they all know the purpose of the battles that have been fought. Everyone talks about the Tao, but in the final analysis, it is to eliminate the "bad guys" and give the people a clear and clear sky. An army that can attribute everything to itself fights for the sake of the people. This kind of thinking made Chen Duxiu feel incredible.

Confucius talked about this kind of person, but they were all gentlemen, and few cadres and fighters of the People's Party had read the Analects and acted the same as Confucius, which could not help but make Chen Duxiu feel a strong sense of unreality.

"I have to ask what makes the BJP different this time. Dekuan, don't talk much. Chen Duxiu explained.

Shi Dekuan nodded, "I see." ”

Chen Duxiu has always done his best to observe the actions of the People's Party, and from the executive level, Chen Duxiu can fully understand what the People's Party is doing. In fact, not only Chen Duxiu, but ordinary people can basically understand what the People's Party is doing. In fact, whether it is patrolling or cleaning, the People's Party is doing the work that the people have to do every day. But Chen Duxiu did not understand why the People's Party wanted to do certain things at a certain time. Chen Duxiu already understood that this was the reason why the People's Party was able to win so many victories, but he could not understand how the People's Party came up with these sequences.

Chen Duxiu was very puzzled about the prisoners of war this time, and the benevolent and righteous soldiers naturally wanted to save people, which was a matter of course. Not forcing others to join their own ranks is also the attitude that a righteous person should have. However, the enemy, as if trying to cooperate with the BJP, made things worse on his own. After the prisoners of war were released from the base area, the Hubei New Army received a group of fighters who knew the reality of the base area. If the propaganda had been well organized, it would have allowed the Hubei New Army to fight better when it faced the People's Party again. However, the Hubei New Army wanted to persecute these released new officers and soldiers.

After the first batch of persecution, if the Hubei New Army sent a boat to pick up the second group of people frankly, at least it would not cause turmoil in the second batch of New Army, and at least they could transport these people back and slowly persecute them. However, the Hubei New Army was able to force its own troops to force some people to surrender to the People's Party.

When Chen Duxiu arrived at the city government again, after Zhang Yu arranged the soldiers who came to surrender, Chen Duxiu frankly asked Zhang Yu why the People's Party arranged the wounded soldiers in this way.

After listening to Chen Duxiu's question, Zhang Yu looked at Chen Duxiu with some confusion, and after thinking for a while, Zhang Yu said: "Mr. Chen, you and the Hubei New Army have made a mistake, that is, you think too much. You only see the results, you only want to get the results you want, you never care how hard it is to do something. ”

was criticized by Zhang Yu like this, Chen Duxiu couldn't understand what Zhang Yu was talking about at all. Fortunately, Zhang Yu didn't pretend to be profound, he continued: "Mr. Chen, just because you see that the Hubei New Army is now internally unstable, we can repatriate the wounded of the Hubei New Army on a large scale, and that's because we have healed so many wounded. The reason why we were able to treat so many wounded people was because we built a military hospital early in the morning to save so many people. The construction of the military hospital was the opening of Shanghai Renxin Medical College in Shanghai two years ago, which is why we have teachers and gradually accumulate various technologies and knowledge. Otherwise, a bunch of people will be brought in temporarily, and they don't know how to heal their wounds. If you don't look at these processes, what's the use of just looking at the results? ”

Chen Duxiu is an extremely smart person, as soon as Zhang Yu said this, he already felt as if he could catch the vein that he could feel before, but he had never been able to see. Lowering his head and thinking about Zhang Yu's words for a while, he suddenly said: "Could it be that from the time the People's Party arrived in Anhui, this victory was already doomed?" ”

"What do you mean by destined?" Zhang Yu could roughly understand Chen Duxiu's thoughts at this time, "Chairman Chen usually teaches us that if there are 100 steps in a thing, then you can't miss any of these 100 steps. The problem is that you Yue Wang will be good, and the Manchu Qing will be good. Just know that you are going for the result, as long as there is the result you want, you don't care what the process is. That's putting the cart before the horse. ”