The White Emperor City is surrounded by water on three sides, one side is close to the mountain, lonely and lonely, the weather is bleak, and it is particularly beautiful in the majestic and steep Kuimen landscape. From the foot of the mountain, you have to climb nearly 1,000 stone steps to reach the gate of the White Emperor Temple at the top of the mountain. Here you can see the majestic momentum of Kuimen. After going around to the temple, you can see the winding and beautiful Caotang River entering the river from the White Emperor Mountain.

Sichuan witch culture is prevalent, and various folk mythological figures since the Tang Dynasty can basically find a certain source in Sichuan, and the most famous one is Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun. The boat out of Sichuan arrived at the foot of the White Emperor City, and saw that the wide river surface was missing the familiar pile, but there was a large stone on the riverside that was several people high, and more than a dozen people might not be able to hug it, and there were a lot of "big steel nails" nailed on the big stone, and a stone tablet was erected in front. Before the pile was blown up, there was a pavilion on it, and there was a stone tablet in the pavilion, which was engraved with the second article "The Pile of Fu" written by Su Shi, who had not studied fluid mechanics, and this tablet was also knocked down and transported to the side of the stone remnants and erected. The destruction of the pile, the suppression of evil spirits by steel nails, and the erection of monuments are evidenced by the elements that these artists "like to see" greatly stimulated the witch culture and mythological storylines in their hearts.

After the People's Party blew up the pile, rumors spread about Fengjie, and the incense in the White Emperor City also flourished. However, on April 14, 1918, a group of people dressed in dark blue appeared on the mountain road of the White Emperor City. Dark blue military uniform, dark blue military hat, leather shoes are black. No one dared to stand in the way of these people, and the news came from the bottom of the mountain that said that these people had come down from the fleet that blew up the mounds last time.

The troops lined up in a very strict column along the mountain road, led by the commander of the fleet, Zhu Yao. The Political Department of the Navy praised them for their clean and neat completion of the task of blowing up the pile. After accumulating the experience of navigating large ships to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, at least the Military Commission adopted an emergency plan, and Yichang expanded a fuel supply plant and a machine repair plant.

Zhu Yao received the task of continuing to advance to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River along the last route, but the scientific research ships in the fleet were collecting new hydrological data after the explosion of the pile, so the fleet was temporarily anchored in the Fengjie area. Zhu Yao was a somewhat idle character, so he simply organized officers and soldiers to visit the White Emperor City. It can not only move the body, but also show the demeanor of the People's Party army.

The White Emperor Temple is nothing particularly beautiful, the mountain is quite high, and the temple is very small. The People's Party opposed feudal superstition, and after the officers and men of the navy visited the portraits of Shu and Han, they lined up to prepare to go down the mountain. At this time, a woman with red eyes and a pale face trembled up and said something in the local dialect of Fengjie.

Zhu Yao is a native of Hebei, and his father admired Yan Fu's name as a child of Beiyang, so Zhu Yao was sent to the People's Party in 1909 to study, and after a political trial, he was assigned to the Naval Academy, and after graduation, he did a lot of naval work, and now serves as the commander of the fleet of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army into Sichuan. Zhu Yao is very accustomed to Mandarin and does not understand the local dialect of Fengjie at all. Fortunately, the comrade from Hubei could understand a lot, and he asked the woman a few questions, but during the question-and-answer period, he saw that the woman's pale face showed excitement and joy, and even her complexion looked a lot more ruddy.

Comrade Hubei turned his head to Zhu Yao and said, "Commander Zhu, this aunt's son is sick, and she asked us if we have a doctor and if we can treat it." We said we could help at best, but we couldn't promise her any healing results. ”

Zhu Yao frowned slightly, the level of medical care in the liberated areas of the Republic is much higher than that in other parts of China. If the fleet's medical team starts to treat in Fengjie, it is likely to trigger a frenzy of local medical treatment. The incense in the White Emperor City is vigorous, and in addition to the original tradition of praying to God and worshiping Buddha, the emptiness in the heart caused by the People's Party blowing up the pile is also one of the reasons. The purpose of praying to God and Buddha is to solve problems that are not capable of being solved by means, especially the desire for a cure for disease.

Whether or not there is a commissar means whether there is political leadership or not for the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. Zhu Yao is well aware that medical care can greatly boost the influence of the BJP, but he does not want to put precious manpower on meaningless things at this time. However, Zhu Yao also knew very well that the political commissar was afraid that he would choose to provide medical services to the masses in Fengjie.

As Zhu Yao expected, the group went down to the bottom of the mountain, and the political commissar agreed to diagnose the son of the local woman. The diagnosis came out quickly, and the teenager had an acute appendicitis attack that required immediate surgery. I heard that the doctor was going to cut open his son's body and cut off an organ. This frightened the woman, but the follow-up development was much more than Zhu Yao expected. The mother's face was as white as paper, she bit her lip and hesitated for a while, then she suddenly knelt down and shouted, "Please lords must treat my son well." ”

The next development was very simple, the surgeon with extensive surgical experience performed a successful operation, the enlarged appendix was removed, the wound was carefully sutured, and the frail child soon fell asleep with the help of anesthetics. The appendix is on the verge of ulceration, but it is not ulcerating. The anti-inflammatory liquid was hung up, and the child's face gradually returned to a more normal complexion from blue and white.

Of course, the political commissar could see that Zhu Yao did not have the enthusiasm to save lives, but it did not seem appropriate to ask the commander of the fleet whether he lacked the revolutionary humanitarian spirit of saving lives and helping the wounded, at least when there was no conclusive evidence. So the political commissar just asked Zhu Yao, "Do you want to continue to advance?" ”

"Let's go now." Zhu Yao replied immediately, without any lingering thoughts in his tone.

This attitude made the political commissar a little unbearable, "Commander Zhu, why do I think you have no interest in helping the masses at all?" ”

Zhu Yao was not intimidated by the attitude of the political commissar at all, he said calmly: "Our operation is not a civil affairs operation, if we are responsible for building a hospital, then of course we can vigorously publicize this place and do a lot of work." But the purpose of our action is to go up the river, and you said that a few people were rescued by the rabbits, and of course we can lend a hand. However, if the work is delayed because of these rescue operations that have nothing to do with the purpose of the operation, I do not think that this is a responsible attitude towards the revolution. ”

The political commissar is actually not very old, only in his early thirties. Zhu Yao is only twenty-six years old, and the political commissar, as a representative of the party committee, is actually above Zhu Yao in terms of status and authority. The political commissar was quite dissatisfied with Zhu Yao's attitude of "despising" political work. He asked, "So what does Commander Zhu mean?" ”

"I mean, set sail and continue up the river before the news spreads. That's what we're doing, and that's what we're trying to do. And ......," Zhu Yao said, stopping here.

"And what?" The political commissar really wanted to know what Zhu Yao's attitude was towards the treatment of the masses.

Zhu Yao is young after all, although he knows that he shouldn't say this, but he can't help but say his thoughts: "Political commissar, my attitude is that the humanitarian spirit of saving lives and helping the wounded is not equivalent to selling the market. Our unity with the masses does not mean that we must always be praised by the masses. I don't think that's the attitude of a revolutionary. ”

Dare to say such a point of view so straightforwardly, Zhu Yao is actually a real person. But these words made the political commissar's face turn a little white, and he said solemnly: "Commander Zhu, you are against the mass line!" ”

Zhu Yao also said solemnly: "Then whether we obey the orders of the Military Commission now, or take the mass line and mobilize the masses." You give me a choice. ”