"Brother Wu, long time no see." Chen Ke's smile has not changed much from when he was in Shanghai, and if there is one thing that has changed, it is that Chen Ke looks more honest. There was not the slightest contrived thing in his expression. Wu Xingchen didn't know if this was because Chen Ke had lost the more or less fake things he had before, or if these things were cleverly hidden by Chen Ke.

"Brother Chen, we haven't seen each other for more than a year." Wu Xingchen also said frankly.

Chen Ke said with a smile: "I'm finally back, let's have a good chat." Our old comrades are basically in the base area, and Comrade You Gu is in charge of carrying equipment at this time, as you can see, Huishen, Qingguo, and Zudao are all in the base area. It's just that they are all in other counties now, and they won't see each other for a while. As soon as you come back, our old comrades will be together. ”

Wu Xingchen knew that Chen Ke had to do these things, but he didn't want to say so many useless things, "Wen Qing, I came back this time to ask you a few things. One thing I wanted recently, is Pang Zi listening to your orders now? ”

"No, Chen Tianhua has been with Pang Zi last year, but when Beiyang went to encircle and suppress Pang Zi, everyone acted separately." After Chen Ke answered Wu Xingchen's question, he asked strangely, "What happened to Pang Zi again?" ”

"He has already returned to Nangong County. There's been a lot of commotion lately. I sent someone to contact him, but I couldn't get in touch with him. And I heard that you have made so many things in Anhui, and I think I have to come back to see whatever. ”

Chen Ke looked at the people coming and going around him, "Let's go back and talk about these things." ”

Wu Xingchen nodded. Chen Ke greeted the new Southern Revolutionaries again, and asked them to take them to settle down first, and then returned to the barracks with Wu Xingchen.

"Wen Qing, I'm not a member of the People's Party." Wu Xingchen asked straight to the point as soon as he sat down.

"Comrade Wu Xingchen, you are also an old comrade who has participated in the oath of joining the party, if you think that you are a member of the People's Party, and you have really achieved the discipline that a member of the People's Party should abide by. Then you are still a member of the People's Party. ”

After listening to Chen Ke's answer, Wu Xingchen nodded, "Wen Qing, according to what you said, I'm afraid that I can't be considered a party member now." ”

Chen Ke found it difficult to answer this question, because he used to look at many things that happened in history, and the party had to strictly scrutinize and screen party members who had broken off contact with each other. At that time, Chen Ke felt that this approach was a little unreasonable. But in the face of Wu Xingchen, an old party member who had "broken off contact for a long time", he found that the kind of strict review and screening was not impersonal, but a responsible approach to the organization itself.

Wu Xingchen volunteered to go to Shandong a year ago, which Chen Ke agreed. This matter is understandable, Wu Xing is suddenly back now, Chen Ke does not suspect that Wu Xingchen betrayed the revolution, Wu Xingchen and the Manchu Qing have a grudge against each other, it is impossible for him to defect to the Manchu Qing. But this kind of standard is simply not enough to determine Wu Xingchen's party membership. If more than a year ago, Wu Xingchen could still determine the position of his party members by opposing the Qing Dynasty. Today, more than a year later, the People's Party is highly organized and disciplined. Wu Xingchen has long been out of the party's leadership, and he himself has not at least taken the initiative to establish ties with the party. According to the current organizational model of the People's Party, Wu Xingchen has actually been demoted to a peripheral person. If Wu Xingchen really wants to be accepted by the party again, his party spirit and principle will undoubtedly be severely questioned, and he will have to take off several layers of skin. In this regard, Chen Ke did not dare to come forward to protect Wu Xingchen.

Seeing that Chen Ke hesitated and didn't speak, Wu Xingchen smiled, "Wenqing doesn't have to be so embarrassed, we haven't been in touch for so long, and I don't have the face to say that I am an old member of the People's Party." Wen Qing might as well say it directly. ”

Chen Ke thought about it, and now there were only two ways to go, or he decided to treat Wu Xingchen in the same way as the peripheral personnel. Either let Wu Xingchen pass strict scrutiny. Chen Ke thought that he also had a great responsibility to keep Wu Xingchen alone, at least Chen Ke did not try to establish a connection with Wu Xingchen. In the past year, the party organization has made every effort to build the Anhui base area, and Chen Ke has almost completely forgotten Wu Xingchen. So Chen Ke still hopes to make amends for his mistakes. But this kind of redemption had to make Wu Xingchen feel wronged. Chen Ke was very worried about whether Wu Xingchen would be able to consciously and voluntarily accept this grievance. After thinking about it, Chen Ke decided to tell the truth, "Comrade Wu Xingchen, now that our People's Party has changed a lot, you might as well take a good look at the base area and study hard." If you want to continue working in our People's Party, you have to go through the organizational review. ”

Wu Xingchen was silent for a while after listening to this, and then said, "Wen Qing, is the censorship you talking about a name?" ”

"It's not a vote, I think it's much more severe than a vote. Comrade Wu Xingchen, if you want to continue to follow the party, you have to convince the party that you are sincere. I'm also at fault for this, and I shouldn't ignore you. But no matter how wrong I am, you have to be subject to party scrutiny. Make sure you are sincere and follow the party. ”

"Let me hand over the name, Wenqing, you have to mark it out for me." Wu Xingchen asked.

"There are two ways, the first way is to start work again in the base area, report what you have done in Shandong to the party organization, and you will not care about the affairs of Shandong in the future, just concentrate on working in the base area. This path is the most convenient, and it won't bother you too much. But Comrade Wu Xingchen, you have been in Shandong for so long, are you willing to leave Shandong? That's what I'm more worried about. ”

After listening to Chen Ke's words, Wu Xingchen felt that the conditions proposed by Chen Ke were actually very reasonable. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "I came back this time, firstly because of Pang Zi's matter, and secondly, because I have been working on my own outside for so long, I really think that what you said before Wen Qing is reasonable." So I also made up my mind when I came back this time, and I will hand over all the forces I operate in Shandong to our party to preside over. I won't build my own pole anymore. However, I still hope to go back to Shandong. If I want to go back to Shandong and continue to work, I can't hand over the power. ”

Chen Ke was most worried that Wu Xingchen would not obey the arrangements of the party organization with his own power in Shandong as the background. Base areas will soon be opened up on a larger scale. If Wu Xingchen is allowed under such circumstances, then the construction of the base area will definitely become the vanguard of the mountainside faction in the party in the future. The history of the Party has long proved that if the revolution is to succeed, the Party Central Committee must control the Party organizations, and independent and semi-independent forces cannot be allowed to exist within the Party.

Wu Xingchen's statement made Chen Ke feel a lot more relieved. However, Chen Ke was not blindly optimistic, "Comrade Wu Xingchen, the review will be a very strict matter. You are absolutely going to be wronged. You have to be prepared for that. In addition, the review will not be just a few days, the review will go through a long time. Not only in the base area, but also in Shandong. The final result is very likely to be that you hand over the power of Shandong's development to our party organization. But you were transferred out of Shandong. Although I can assure you that if such a result occurs, it is not intended for you personally, it is a unified arrangement of the party organization. However, whether you can sincerely accept the arrangements of the party organization depends on whether you can fulfill the integrity of a member of the People's Party. ”

"Wen Qing, if I don't agree to these two paths, will I be expelled from the party?" Wu Xingchen asked.

"Yes. I am also responsible for this matter, so in the spirit of being responsible to you, I will ask you to be expelled from the party. In the future, we can still cooperate, but you will no longer be a member of our People's Party. ”