If it weren't for his personal experience, Ren Jizhou really didn't believe that there could be such a bastard thing in the world. When he was taken down to "kill the stick", Ren Jizhou once thought that he was going to be beaten with a stick, but he didn't expect the inmates to take him away from the construction site, and he didn't know how long he walked in an airtight car, and when the car door opened, Ren Jizhou found himself in a strange yard. was led into a room in the courtyard, and the people in the house calmly untied Ren Jizhou's handcuffs and asked him to "move his fingers first to avoid unnecessary injury." ”

Ren Jizhou was confused by what he encountered, and he looked at the house where he was tortured, and there were no chains, sticks, leather whips or anything like that. There are only a few oddly styled chairs. didn't know how to deal with it, and the executioner didn't say much, so he pressed Ren Jizhou on a chair and asked him to sit down forcibly. There were some iron hoops on the chair, which were locked after being closed, just enough to keep Ren Jizhou in the chair unable to move. A very delicate finger clamp was immediately forcibly put on, and between the eleven wooden strips, Ren Jizhou's ten fingers were firmly clamped.

So far, although he has been brutally treated, he has not felt any pain. Just when Ren Jizhou finally remembered whether to say anything, the finger clamp began to tighten under the pull of the machine, and the ten fingers clamped by the wooden bar transmitted a strong pain signal to Ren Jizhou's brain. The brain automatically mobilized the muscles that control the vocal cords, and Ren Jizhou immediately let out an earth-shattering scream.

After Ren Jizhou "led the singing" for more than half a minute, his finger clip was loosened. The pain decreased, and Ren Jizhou stopped howling. Tears and sweat poured out uncontrollably. The executioner took a wooden stick and handed it to Ren Jizhou, and said kindly: "If you bite it with your teeth, when you continue to be tortured for a while, you may feel better." ”

"I've recruited it, can I recruit it?" Ren Jizhou asked with a handful of snot and tears.

The inmate replied with a serious expression: "The process is not completed, this will definitely not work." I just told you that we don't use torture to extract confessions. It's not right to ask while fighting. How about biting the stick? ”

Ren Jizhou is still trying how to escape the punishment, and the prisoners have seen a lot of this kind of person, and they know that they can't convince Ren Jizhou to face the facts for a while. Putting down the stick, the inmates continued to work. Ren Jizhou's chirp immediately sounded in the execution room.

After pinching the stopwatch and putting on the finger clip, the next thing is the clamp stick on the leg. After the stick is put on the leg, it is waterboarding. It's winter now, and a large amount of crushed ice is mixed with the already cold and biting water, forcibly pressing Ren Jizhou's head into it, and the human body feels the horror of suffocation and at the same time experiences the feeling of rapid cooling, triggering a doubly strong sense of horror. These comrades of the People's Internal Affairs Committee of the Criminal Punishment have tested themselves, and even if they know that they will not cause strong physical harm, the feelings brought by the psychological and painful sensations are not so easy to resist.

As for where Ren Jizhou has experienced such a professional punishment, he has gone from the severe pain of ten fingers to his heart, to the severe pain of calf pain into the bone marrow, and then to the cold water torture hell, every time he feels it, he can't survive and die. The pain was unbearable, but during the waterboarding, the cold water soaked into the mouth and nose as if it were cut by a knife. The throat and lungs were as painful as if they were burning, and they were like stabbing with a knife, with a sour numb in between. But his brain was extremely clear, and the fear of death occupied all of Ren Jizhou's consciousness, and he tried his best to struggle. However, the People's Party's torture equipment was extremely ingeniously designed, and all kinds of just right fixation of Ren Jizhou on the criminal detention could not break free. Helplessly feeling the despair of death approaching step by step.

After finally being fished out of the ice water, Ren Jizhou collapsed on the ground and coughed again and again, and when the water choked on his throat and nose coughed out, Ren Jizhou did something he hadn't done for at least 20 years. He began to cry.

At the end of the first torture, Ren Jizhou was groggy and honestly changed his clothes, dried his head, and was taken to the interrogation room. The interrogation room here is not a tent like that found on a construction site, but an ordinary room with four walls and white walls. Sitting in the room was still Liu Yongsheng.

"Mr. Ren, drink a glass of water." Liu Yongsheng said slowly and logically as if nothing had happened.

Recalling that Liu Yongsheng had such an expression and voice before being tortured, Ren Jizhou felt as if he had been whipped hard, and his face turned pale. He shrank back in fear, as if he could be a little safer away from Liu Yongsheng as far away as possible.

Liu Yongsheng has seen this kind of expression a lot, not only the spies caught in the base area are this expression, including the captured Japanese spies, who are also terrified after being tortured. Completely blind to Ren Jizhou's frightened look, Liu Yongsheng continued the topic not long ago, "Let's move on to your role as a spy. ”

The effect of punishment is intimidation, and the power of intimidation lies in the fear of the person being interrogated. If it is repeatedly mentioned, if the interrogated person has the intention of resisting to the end, the role of the punishment will be greatly lost. So Liu Yongsheng didn't mention the issue of punishment at all, but began to ask about the resume of Jizhou.

Sure enough, this discrepancy between the experience of going to the prison and Liu Yongsheng's practice of not mentioning the sentence itself at all made Ren Jizhou's attention distracted, and he didn't need to pay special attention to find the inconsistencies in Ren Jizhou's answers. Liu Yongsheng sighed secretly in his heart, for a guy like Ren Jizhou who has begun to be chaotic, but always insists on making up nonsense, the interrogation work is not easy to do, it seems that this is another protracted battle.

After asking the same batch of questions three times in a row, Liu Yongsheng pointed to one of the recorded questions and asked: "Mr. Ren, we asked you when you arrived in Xuzhou, and you insisted three times that you are a native of Xuzhou. Can you explain that? If you want to find a witness to prove that you are a native of Xuzhou, you can tell me now who can prove it to you. ”

Ren Jizhou didn't expect Liu Yongsheng to go straight to this problem, and he panicked in his heart, and forcibly pressed the panic, Ren Jizhou began to find a way to defend himself.

On the third day after the bandits' attack on the construction site, the People's Internal Affairs Committee submitted a separate report to Chen Ke on the fact that the People's Internal Affairs Committee had uncovered multiple spy networks in Xuzhou. The newly uncovered spy networks not only include Wang Youhong in Beiyang and southern Jiangsu, but also spy networks hired by foreigners have also been dug up. Britain, Japan, and the United States, several countries with vital interests in China, have all engaged in espionage activities against the base areas.

The comrades of the People's Internal Affairs Committee have made remarkable achievements in their work, and Chen Ke is of course very happy. It's just that he knows the characteristics of this group of comrades very well, and since he has submitted this report, and he has not mentioned how to crack the bandit attack, there will definitely be quite a problem in it. Sure enough, among the "incidental issues" mentioned in the outline of the report, the People's Internal Affairs Committee listed a number of confessions. The spies could not just observe from the outside, and they also tried to penetrate the BJP to obtain more detailed and accurate information. Many of those arrested mentioned that they had been in contact with some of the BJP's comrades. The People's Internal Affairs Committee cleverly gathered this part of the information separately and gave it to Chen Ke together.

After browsing it, Chen Ke put down the document in his hand. Such a response is sufficient to prove the political sensitivity of the leading comrades of the People's Internal Affairs Committee. At the very beginning of the rectification, Chen Ke specifically told the comrades of the People's Internal Affairs Committee that this movement was not a contradiction between the enemy and us, so the People's Internal Affairs Committee was not allowed to participate in it.

It is true that they did not take part in it, and even when they discovered the fact that the enemy's intelligence network might have contact with the comrades of the People's Party, they neither concealed it nor made their own claims, but pushed all these things to Chen Ke. Finally, there is no unwarranted chaos. Chen Ke suddenly recalled the forum discussions he had participated in, which were quite shady discussions. No one has dared to attack the prime minister in many ways. The reason is that the prime minister is engaged in intelligence work and has mastered the "black materials" of many people. Chen Ke really didn't understand the concept of "black materials" at that time, but now after taking such a stack of "black materials" in his hands, he suddenly realized it.

Having contact with the enemy's intelligence network does not mean that you have taken refuge in the enemy. If Chen Ke wanted to rectify certain people, he didn't have to engage in any conspiracy at all, and directly took these "black materials" and asked those comrades to clarify the facts. There is no need for other means, now that the witnesses are there, just doing this is enough for Chen Ke to take down those people he feels needs to be taken down at will.

And once these black materials appear, they are practically unlikely to be eliminated. It is impossible for Chen Ke to ask the People's Internal Affairs Committee to destroy this part of the material, and the material will be kept on file. As long as these problems are not solved, turning them out at any time in the future is a means of attacking people. The longer the time drags on, the more powerful these materials will be. At that time, it was extremely difficult to gather human and material evidence, and if a personnel struggle was to be waged within the party, the purpose was not to judge right from wrong, and the purpose of the personnel struggle was to get rid of certain people.

Thinking of this, Chen Ke couldn't help but press his head with his palm and let out a long breath.

This kind of struggle is something that has happened in history, and it is precisely the way in which bureaucrats who are familiar with the system will most adopt. Chen Ke himself didn't know what he would do if that day came his way. Because it is the duty of the members of the organization to protect the security of the organization, even if they know that the other party has bad intentions, as long as there is unresolved black material, this kind of request cannot be said to be wrong.

Do you want to solve these problems through investigation now? Chen Ke felt that this was really a difficult thing to deal with, and there were not only comrades who were removed from their posts during the rectification, but also comrades who were promoted during the rectification. Of course, there are also a number of comrades who have not been "affected" by the rectification for the time being. In such a tense situation, once the investigation begins, God knows what will lead to the results within the already shaky party, government and military.

Zhou Zhentao dared to contact people privately to "stand up for his brothers", and Chen Ke did not dare to startle the snake and conduct a comprehensive investigation and crackdown on this small group. If the news of these "black materials" spreads, the devil knows which other "geniuses" will take advantage of this matter to make waves. Chen Ke's ability to tolerate the mistakes of his comrades up to now does not mean that Chen Ke can endure these troublemakers.

Thinking of this, Chen Ke stood up and began to pace in the office with his hands behind his back. Not long after leaving, the guards came in and told Chen Ke that Chen Tianhua was visiting. Chen Ke hurriedly sorted out these materials, and then invited Chen Tianhua in.

After Chen Tianhua entered the door, he saw that no one else was in the house, and he said straight to the point: "Chairman Chen, I heard that a group of spies have been arrested in the base area. And the spies have been in contact with many of our comrades. ”

Chen Ke felt a thrill in his body, and he turned his head and wanted to ask who Chen Tianhua listened to. However, just by looking at Chen Tianhua, Chen Ke knew what Chen Tianhua meant.

"Comrade Tianhua, have you started to check the ins and outs of this news?" Chen Ke stared at Chen Tianhua and asked.

"I've already started to investigate here, and the purpose of my coming here is to ask Chairman Chen, what do you think about this kind of thing?" Chen Tianhua asked Chen Ke with a stiff face. With this time, the leak has already happened twice, and Chen Tianhua can't help but be anxious.

Chen Ke sat back in his chair, he was also extremely annoyed in his heart, the development of things was far beyond Chen Ke's imagination. Originally, it was thought that the People's House Committee would be able to observe the secrecy rules well, but in fact this was not the case. Holding back his excitement, Chen Ke said slowly: "No matter what, I still have that request, don't kill one, don't arrest most of them." ”

"Chairman Chen, I don't say that you can make an example of a hundred chickens and monkeys. I now feel like there's someone behind it. Someone must have connected it in tandem. Chen Tianhua excitedly raised his left index finger and pointed in the air, as if he wanted to point out that or those guys who were doing tricks behind him. Someone did this once, let's say it was unintentional. This is the second time this has been done, and it is definitely intentional and organized. You can't pretend you don't see them. ”

If he hadn't read the path the party had taken in history, Chen Ke was afraid that he would be even more excited than Chen Tianhua at this time. Chen Tianhua was not wrong, but he was afraid that someone had already set up a "headquarters". The members of this headquarters include people from all walks of life, and what they have done so far has been to work against the "rectification." In the history of the Party, the expansion and brutality of the early anti-rebellion movement were not the countermeasures adopted by the promoters of the anti-rebellion movement when they encountered such resistance? So Chen Ke made up his mind that even if he was unhappy, he must learn from Grandpa Mao.

"Comrade Tianhua, no matter what you tell me, the requirements set by this rectification must be carried out to the end if no one is killed and most of them are not arrested. Even if the comrades have done a lot of things, up to now, they are still problems of organization and discipline, and I absolutely will not allow the contradictions to be artificially aggravated and escalate them to the level of contradictions between us and the enemy out of thin air. I trust you very much, so can you understand it, you have to resolutely carry it out for me. ”

Chen Tianhua was extremely surprised by these words, his left index finger was in the air, staring at Chen Ke for a long time, and suddenly deflated the ball and sat on the chair opposite Chen Ke, "Chairman Chen, you are really a prime minister who can support a boat in his belly." You can still take it. ”

Chen Ke smiled bitterly, if he hadn't really seen so much history, if he hadn't really had so many discussions, he was afraid that he would jump out earlier than Chen Tianhua. Thinking of this, Chen Ke suddenly felt that he had suddenly realized a problem. According to Grandpa Mao's anthology and many records, when many people asked Grandpa Mao why things turned out like this, and why the "good people and the working masses" often lost to the rulers of the exploiting class, Grandpa Mao liked to explain it with "not enough struggle".

In the past, Chen Ke felt that this was too general, but now he suddenly felt that this was the real wise saying. Even Chen Ke himself regarded the path pointed out by Grandpa Mao as a golden rule, but every time he really gained something, he realized it in the struggle. In "Theory of Practice", Grandpa Mao has long pointed out that the first step in the process of understanding is to start to contact external things, which belongs to the stage of feeling. The second step is to organize and transform the materials of the senses, which belongs to the stage of conceptualization, judgment and reasoning. Only when the material of the senses is abundant (not fragmentary) and practical (not an illusion) can the correct concepts and theories be created from such materials.

As for "contact with external affairs", that is what is repeatedly emphasized in the "Theory of Contradiction", and the question of the universality or absoluteness of contradiction has two meanings. One is that contradictions exist in the development of all things; The second is that there is a contradictory movement in the development of every thing from beginning to end.

Grandpa Mao's personality is a person who dares to struggle, "Struggle with the sky, the fun is endless!" Struggle with the ground, the fun is endless! Struggle with people, the fun is endless! "Since there are always contradictions, what is there to be happy and unhappy about in the face of struggle? Chen Ke finally felt that he could understand the attitude of Grandpa Mao himself.

Chen Tianhua looked at Chen Ke and smiled bitterly at first, and soon his face was radiant. He was extremely surprised by this diametrically opposed performance, "Chairman Chen, the theory you said is correct, but the problem must be solved practically, and you need us to point out the solution to these problems?" ”

"Again, this time it's not that we're going to fight some comrades. The focus of the contradiction in this incident is whether or not we should implement the concept of the people's revolution and struggle against the feudal idea of separating power from those who compete with us for comrades. If it's just to catch those people and kill them, don't worry, I can do it. But what's the use of that? To put it bluntly, if we can't make our party and organizations realize that this kind of feudal power separation idea itself is wrong, kill this group of people, and return this bear like another group. And I can assure you that the next group of people who come up will know that our organization will be killed, and they will be dealt with by cruel means, and they will hide deeper than the previous group, and the degenerate ones will be more powerful than the previous group. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Ke paused for a moment. As soon as his thoughts were opened, Chen Ke felt that many ideas that he didn't have before came out, and he had to sort out his thoughts first.

"I don't think so." Chen Tianhua replied a little unconvinced.

"Is it better? Hum! Chen Ke sneered, "Thousands of years ago, the Buddha said that in the era of the end of the Dharma, when the Dharma was about to perish, in this turbid and evil world that created the five negative karma, the Demon Dao flourished. The demon is inside the Buddha's gate, pretending to be a monk on the outside, destroying the right path of the Dharma. Up to now, even if our comrades have made mistakes, they are still really thinking about the principle of feudal power separation, talking about feudal power separation, and doing things about feudal power separation. We just killed these people simply and rudely, and the comrades who were promoted thought about the truth of the feudal power division in their hearts, talked about the concept of our people's revolution, and did the feudal power division in action. Do you think that situation is more terrifying? ”

Chen Tianhua couldn't help but shudder when he heard this description. It is clear that the latter is more terrifying. He opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything.

Chen Ke looked at Chen Tianhua, "Comrade Tianhua, I'm very glad that you didn't say anything about us continuing to kill." When I was younger, when I had this kind of problem, it must have been a hot brain, thinking that killing would solve everything. In fact, this is impossible, and since killing will not solve the problem the first time, it means that it will not work in the future. Let's not think about this approach. ”

"What the hell is going to do?" Chen Tianhua asked.

"Do a good job in ideological work at the grassroots level. If we want to straighten out the middle and high-level levels, we must conduct education at the grassroots level in view of the existing discipline. If the comrades at the grassroots level understand the importance of secrecy, it will be logical for us to rectify the problem of leaking secrets at the middle and high levels. If the grassroots comrades understand that our People's Party and the people's army cannot be beaten and scolded, then who will dare to beat and scold in the middle and high-level levels? If the grassroots understand that the feudal system of feudal power only fattened a small number of people and harmed the interests of the majority of comrades. Then the middle and senior levels will naturally lose their supporters. So if you want to solve the problem, you have to prescribe the right medicine. The way to prescribe the right medicine is to let the grassroots comrades understand first, and then solve the problems of the middle and high-level levels. ”

Chen Tianhua couldn't quite accept this, and he continued to ask: "If the middle and high-level leaders are only convinced, they will be like the end of the Dharma era, pretending to be a cultivator and destroying the righteous path of the Dharma. So what do we do? ”

"Comrade Tianhua, we must believe in the people, and the people's eyes are bright." Chen Ke said Grandpa Mao's mantra.