There are two People's Party cadres who are responsible for supervising the meetings between female students and their parents, one is Ren Qiying and the other is Zhang Xiuhua. Zhang Xiuhua is in charge of the military training of female students, and the performance of these eldest ladies in military training can be said to be quite good. Zhang Xiuhua, a female cadre from the refugee camp, took three months to master the basic military training of marching in a queue, turning left, turning right, and walking in unison. And it took less than half a month for these female students to complete these drills neatly under the orders of the instructor.

Every time she sees these delicate ladies, Zhang Xiuhua is psychologically conflicted. In front of those square and resolute male instructors, these girls always have a timid and fearful look on their faces, and they often start to shed tears at every turn. However, such a group of people have more easily mastered the knowledge and skills that Zhang Xiuhua needs to spend a lot of effort to master.

Zhang Xiuhua is an active member of the party and has already submitted an application for joining the party. As long as you go through another three months of organizational testing, you can become a probationary party member. Since she took over the work of these female student instructors, one of the tasks given to Zhang Xiuhua by the party organization is to monitor these people and not let them escape. Since receiving this task, Zhang Xiuhua's spirit has been very nervous. And what puzzled her was why the party organization had to be on guard against these female students on the one hand, and on the other hand, they gave them an education equivalent to a key training target. These female teachers are all lecturers in party schools and military academies, and when the base area has developed to the scale it is today, they will not give casual classes to ordinary people.

The Party committee's explanation for this was that "these students should be gradually reformed so that they can become qualified workers in social construction." Zhang Xiuhua didn't understand what he meant. She didn't think about it so much, now that the organization had explained, Zhang Xiuhua was sure that there were only two things she had to do, the first was not to let the female students run away. Secondly, these female students must be urged to attend classes in good condition. The families of these schoolgirls came from all over the world. Zhang Xiuhua felt a little worried, if these fathers and daughters cried together, the situation would not be easy to clean up.

To Zhang Xiuhua's extreme surprise, although the girls cried one by one, and the fathers were also in tears, none of them begged to leave.

Ren Qiying looked at the situation in front of her, and had an indescribable feeling in her heart. She sincerely admired Chen Ke's vision and determination. The fact that these fathers were able to rush to the base area already shows that these fathers are by no means idle. There are fathers and daughters, and these girls are not worthy of their love for these fathers. They knew the power of the base, and they knew that it would be impossible for their father to save them. So when they saw their father, they couldn't help crying, but when their emotions calmed down, the schoolgirls began to comfort him. He said that he was doing well in the base area, and asked his father not to worry.

Of course, this is a scene that must be said, but these girls are only fifteen or sixteen years old. If it weren't for the good education they received at home, these female students would not have been able to do this. Faced with a situation where they could not do anything, they all chose the path of maximizing the interests of themselves and their families.

Chen Ke should have calculated this before attacking Anqing, so he would be so decisive in forcibly bringing these female students back to the base area. Ren Qiying thought that it wouldn't take too long, as long as one year of training, at least the five girls in front of her would not only be qualified for the position of teacher, but also for the position of many grassroots officials. The base area is promoting gender equality and encouraging women to come out to work, and Ren Qiying's current appointment as a mid-level official is a blessing from these policies. Seeing a woman who is very likely to compete with herself, Ren Qiying can't feel happy.

Huang Chengxun was originally very jealous of the two female cadres of the People's Party who were watching on the side, and he was originally determined not to talk nonsense, but as soon as he saw his daughter appear in front of him, these thoughts were immediately thrown out of the clouds. Tears couldn't help but flow out. Don't say you have to pay attention to proportion, Huang Xingchengxun doesn't know what to say at all. Is it useless to blame yourself? Do you think your daughter has been wronged? Today, after listening to Ren Qiying's evaluation that "we have all been swept into the torrent of revolution", although Ren Qiying was dissatisfied from the bottom of his heart with Ren Qiying, who was monitoring the meeting, Huang Chengxun also had to admit that Ren Qiying's words pointed out everyone's situation. Since the People's Party is determined to overthrow the imperial court, it has shown sufficient strength. A war that swept Anhui and even the whole country was inevitable. With Huang Chengxun's strength, he will not be able to fight the People's Party at all. After realizing this fact, Huang Chengxun also knew that it was impossible for him to bring his daughter back this time. Seeing his well-behaved and sensible daughter comforting himself in turn, Huang Chengxun was extremely uncomfortable.

Huang Yuyue looked at her father's painful look, and felt extremely uncomfortable. Just because she felt sorry for her father, she tried her best to comfort her father. In all fairness, Huang Yuyue didn't want to stay in the base area at all, and she couldn't wait to follow her father immediately. Because she really wanted to leave, after repeated consideration, Huang Yuyue was truly sure that she couldn't run away. was taken from Anqing to the base area, and the saddle horse fatigue of more than ten days along the way made this Huang Yuyue clearly understand one thing, without following a strong and powerful team, in this chaotic situation, it is impossible for a woman to return to Anqing from Fengtai County safe and sound.

So after the father and daughter who met cried, they just shhhh There is no talk of leaving or staying at all. They are so knowledgeable, Ren Qiying and Zhang Xiuhua are also a lot easier.

The next day, Huang Chengxun and others wanted to visit Chen Ke, but were told that Chen Ke was not available to see them. Not only that, Ren Qiying, who was in charge of reception, told Huang Chengxun and others that they were not allowed to go out these days. After finishing speaking, Ren Qiying left in a hurry.

Something has happened in the base areas, and it has always been the People's Party that has taken the initiative since the People's Party arrived in Fengtai County and continued to expand the scope of the base areas. In the early hours of this morning, the first violent incident in the base area in which opponents took the initiative to attack the BJP took place. Although this incident was not large, it was the first time it had been encountered in the base areas, and the Central Committee of the People's Party, which was already running at a high speed, immediately reacted, not only strengthening internal control, but also beginning to discuss countermeasures among the principal cadres.

This was a violent incident in Wuhe County, and when the People's Party went on an expedition to Anqing, the civil affairs authorities began to arrange for the victims of the refugee camp to return to their hometowns in an organized manner. These more than 100,000 disaster victims have been gathered in Fengtai County, which has put great pressure on public security, and in addition, the main force has left the base area and appropriately guided the disaster victims to return to their hometowns, which has relieved the internal pressure and prepared for spring ploughing.

Before the main force left, Chen Ke formulated this general direction, and the specific implementation was entrusted to the party committees remaining in the base areas. Lu Huitian and others executed well, through grooming and guidance. Nearly 100,000 victims were evacuated effectively.

The local administrative organs of the People's Party are now divided into three levels, central, county, and district. The county-level units are based on the former county seats, while the district-level administrative units are centered on the perimeter and the larger towns. As for the smaller village-level units, the base areas have not yet been able to fully enter the village-level units due to the fact that the scattered settlements have basically been wiped out after the floods and the problem of insufficient cadres. In the early hours of this morning, news came that the victims who had returned to Wuhe County had suddenly attacked the district government in Liujiapu. That is, the original Liu Bajia's enclosure. Each district of the People's Party has a military engineering team, and the size of each armed engineering team is at least one company, and there are more than 400 people attacking the district government. Due to the fact that the common people reported in advance, and the military engineering team was very well prepared, the attack of this gang was completely crushed.

The specific combat situation has not yet been sent. But in this battle, there were basically few enemies who could escape, including the leader, who was basically caught. The BJP did not feel any joy at the victory, and everyone wondered why the victims, who had survived on the BJP, launched an attack on the BJP's grassroots organizations as soon as they returned to their hometowns.

Lu Huitian's face was pale, and he was responsible for the work of guiding the victims. With such a result, Lu Huitian knew that he could not escape the blame. Seeing the complaining eyes of many comrades, Lu Huitian felt that he couldn't say nothing, "I'll ......, I'll make a statement first, and I will take responsibility for this matter." ”

As soon as these words came out, even the comrades who didn't look at Lu Huitian turned their eyes, and Lu Huitian felt even more uncomfortable in his heart. It is unreasonable for the People's Party to claim to serve the people wholeheartedly, but now that the result of its service has actually made the people meet each other.

Yuwen Badu was in charge of civil affairs with Lu Huitian, and when he saw Lu Huitian making self-criticism, he knew that he would definitely not be able to get out of it. My heart became more and more uneasy. He muttered: "Could it be that the local comrades' working methods are not quite right?" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, he immediately annoyed Chai Qingguo, "Batu, you are talking nonsense." What's wrong with the local comrades' working methods? If it's not right, it's a fight and a scolding fight at most. Can you get a war? It's definitely the bad guys on the place. ”

Looking at Chai Qingguo with an angry face, although Yuwen Badu had a higher position than Chai Qingguo, he couldn't help but nod again and again, "It makes sense, it makes sense." "Whether there is a problem with the work of local comrades or there are bad people in the locality, for Yuwen Badu, the responsibility must be pushed out first.

"I don't think this matter has anything to do with the party." Lin Shenhe couldn't help but speak. Among the People's Party, Lin Shenhe has always maintained a high degree of vigilance against the party.

After listening to Lin Shenhe's words, Lu Huitian suddenly regretted it. In the process of evacuating the victims, Lin Shenhe, who was in charge of police work, proposed that the leaders of the various party gangs among the victims be eliminated and at least temporarily controlled. Lin Shenhe's reason is very simple, these people also have local appeal, and if they return to other parts of the base area, it is inevitable that nothing will happen. Lu Huitian and the others felt that Lin Shenhe was a little fussed. These people were quite obedient when they gathered in the base area, and they dared to run amok when they returned to their hometown. Moreover, the BJP is also their savior. Looking at it now, Lin Shenhe's vigilance is unreasonable.

"Comrades, be still." Chen Ke spoke. As soon as he spoke, the others immediately fell silent.

Chen Ke was neither anxious nor angry, it was only a matter of time before this kind of conflict occurred, Chen Ke already had some plans, and he just took this opportunity to put them forward, "Now the first-hand information has not arrived, and it is useless for us to guess." At today's meeting, I would like to discuss with you the issue of army expansion. ”

In fact, the issue of army expansion has long been on the agenda, but now that the army is moving frequently, and army expansion is not a trivial matter, it is impossible to do what is said to be done. The spring ploughing period was quite busy, and there was another war, Chen Ke only mentioned it a few times, and everyone just listened to it, and many comrades did not take it to heart at all. Now that the enemy is attacking the grassroots government, everyone has to pay attention to the expansion of the army. If there were enough troops stationed in the area, such tragedies could be avoided to a large extent. Everyone listened attentively to Chen Ke's next speech.

"I want to expand our army to one army, 40,000 people." Chen Ke said calmly.

Hearing this, almost everyone couldn't help but gasp. There are 40,000 people, and now the troops in the base area are only 10,000 when they are full, and Chen Ke actually wants to expand the army to eight times the scale.

"By April, the population of our base area was about 4 million, and 40,000 troops were not much. Only one out of a hundred was a soldier. Moreover, not all of these 40,000 troops fought in the war, and our Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army knew that it was itself that supported itself. The burden on the masses of the people is not heavy. Chen Ke explained. Historically, many base areas were able to easily raise the size of 40,000 or 50,000 people, and the base areas were still in economically backward mountainous areas, and with the current strength of the People's Party, they occupied vast plain areas, and 40,000 people were not too many.

"Then how to arrange these 40,000 troops?" Pu Guanshui asked. After the Battle of Anqing, Pu Guanshui completely got rid of his relationship with the Anhui New Army and became the senior commander of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. However, he did not arrange more specific work, and he was still a member of the Central Military Commission. If Chen Ke really wants to expand the army to 40,000 people, Pu Guanshui will definitely be able to arrange the actual work.

"There are four divisions in one corps, and the base area will be divided into four corps subdivisions, each of which will be stationed with one division. And these four divisions were not completely stationed, but were stationed in various garrisons in regimental units. Each regiment was stationed in battalion units. ”

Hua Xiongmao reacted the fastest, he said: "Wouldn't every county be able to get a regiment." ”

Chen Ke nodded, "Almost." Our troops are different from the old-style troops, our troops are propaganda teams, task forces. After the floods, the old social order was far from being restored, and the new system was not built. Let's say that our new system is good, but the people don't see any good. We must prove through our own efforts that our system is indeed effective. This is the primary task of the troops after the enlargement. On the one hand, it is necessary to fight wars, and on the other hand, it is necessary to engage in production and construction. ”

After this explanation, the comrades had a preliminary understanding of the purpose of Chen Ke's army expansion. Zhang Yu asked, "Then what about the local troops that we have begun to form?" Will it be included in the newly created regular army? ”

"The regular army is going out to fight. If the local forces do not encounter special circumstances, they will still focus on local fighting. Therefore, it is still necessary to maintain the presence of local troops. It is even necessary to leave a part of the backbone, otherwise, once the regular troops leave the base area, the base area will not be an empty city plan. ”

"What about the weapons and equipment? We don't have 40,000 guns at all. Weapons simply cannot be replenished. Pu Guanshui is very concerned about this issue.

"As I have said before, Manchu politics relied on strongholds. The same goes for the army, including them. If we want to get the Manchus out of our base areas, the best way is not to defend, but to attack. Destroy the Manchu military forces in the perimeter that can threaten us, and seize their weapons and equipment. As long as our legs can go, destroy the enemies there. In this way, we can definitely gain the strategic initiative. ”

After the battle of Anqing, the morale of the troops was extremely high, and the comrades of the troops took the lead in expressing their support after hearing Chen Ke's arrangement. The comrades in the civil affairs department were a little worried, "What about the food problem?" ”

"When it comes to food, the troops have to fight and farm on the one hand."

"Wouldn't that be too hard?" Comrades engaged in civil affairs work have some scruples.

"Without these hardships, how would we know who is loyal to the revolutionary cause?"

As he spoke, the guard led a soldier into the conference hall.

The correspondent saluted Chen Ke, and then said loudly: "Report!" I am a correspondent sent by the secretary of the Wuhe County Party Committee. A preliminary report of the investigation into the rebellion was delivered. ”

Chen Ke took the document, opened it and looked at it, and then asked, "Does Secretary Wu of the county party committee have any news you want to bring?" ”

The correspondent stood straight, "Secretary Wu asked me to speak, he apologized to the central government, this time there was no prevention, no matter how the central government punished, Secretary Wu willingly accepted it." ”

"I see, you go down first."

The comrades in the conference hall were all staring at the documents in Chen Ke's hands, and what they wanted to know most was how the rebellion had caused. Chen Ke handed the document to Qi Huishen and asked him to read it out.

This is a report personally written by Wu Liao, secretary of the Wuhe County Party Committee, who turned out to be among the victims near Liujiapu after the Spring Festival, and there was a leader of the Hui Party named Liu Yongyi who was close relatives of the Liu family who were wiped out by the People's Party. learned that Liu Baye, the soil emperor of Liujiapu, was actually exterminated. Moreover, the land of the Liu family was also divided, and Liu Yongyi, the Hui Party, simply mobilized the disaster victims, and contacted the Hui Party in other regions to attack Weizi with the call of grabbing grain.

Originally, their plan was also thorough, first entering the enclosure through the secret passage of the Liu family. Then the inside and outside should be combined to break through the siege. They didn't expect that the people were no longer on his side, and the localities that received reports from the masses organized troops to wipe out Liu Yongyi and those people he led.

After listening to the report, the comrades couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Since it is not the local cadres who are directly in conflict with the masses, but the bad guys who are causing chaos, there is no need to worry so much about this matter.

When Qi Huishen read the document aloud, Chen Ke kept thinking about things thoughtfully. After reading the document, he looked up at Lin Shenhe. Lin Shenhe originally wanted to completely exterminate the Hui Party in the base area, but when he saw Chen Ke looking at him, Lin Shenhe immediately stood up, "Chairman Chen, the local Hui Party has always been a scourge. I still think it's time for them to get rid of it completely. ”

Hearing this, many comrades couldn't help but nod their heads. Up to now, the base local party is still quite deep, and there is no sign of defecting to the People's Party. A Liu Yongyi can pull up a team of three or four hundred people, and if other parties also make trouble like this, it will be endless trouble. Rather than responding passively, it is better to strike first.

Chen Ke can understand everyone's thoughts, in fact, long before sending troops, he had considered whether to get rid of the party first, but in the end he still did not choose such a method. Seeing that the comrades had probably kept up with their previous train of thought, Chen Ke said to the comrades in a loud voice: "Let's get rid of the party, and then what?" They didn't do anything bad, they were eliminated by us, and in the eyes of the people, they were martyrs. That's not going to work. Hasn't Liu Yongyi's incident this time proved that the people have their own judgments? Between Liu Yongyi and our People's Party, the masses chose our People's Party. Since our purpose is to launch the people's revolution and serve the people. Then we must believe that the people can be trusted. Deviating from this point and just playing with the means of prevention before it happens, what is the difference between that and the Manchu Qing Dynasty? ”

"But this is likely to lead to the sacrifice of our comrades." Lin Shenhe continued.

Chen Ke did not agree with Lin Shenhe's view, "When we talk about struggle, we are for peace. If we seek peace in the midst of struggle, we will live in peace. The troops everywhere are fully prepared militarily, but we must not fire the first shot. The strength of the party lies in the fact that, to some extent, they are rooted in the masses like us. Fundamentally speaking, our struggle against the party is a struggle for the masses. As long as we can win the masses to us, what strength does the party have? Don't the comrades have confidence in this? ”

After hearing this, although many comrades were still a little uncomfortable in their hearts, they could not help but admit that Chen Ke's views were reasonable.

Seeing that the comrades had initially accepted their views, Chen Ke continued, "Then let's discuss how to compete with the party for the masses, and how to let the masses know that the party is still a product of the old era." And the new system we are implementing is the one that can really save the people. Then, according to the previous practice, we should first find the main contradiction and find the basis of the contradiction. Comrades, what are the characteristics of rural China today? What are the characteristics of the countryside other than the smallholder economy? ”

Hearing this, Yuwen Badu couldn't help but say, "Chairman Chen, you better say it directly." Let's think, we can't come up with an idea. ”

"Secretary Yuwen, you're really lazy." Chen Ke said a little helplessly.

Yuwen Badu didn't look embarrassed at all because of being criticized, and he replied loudly: "The main reason is that it's too late." It's so busy now, it's not okay to delay time. ”

I can't help but admit that what Yuwen Badu said is also reasonable, and Chen Ke no longer wants to mobilize the thinking of party members, he said bluntly: "In addition to the small-scale peasant economy, the characteristics of the countryside are the relief economy. Whether it is a clan or a gentry, in addition to being in a leading position, they also have to assume the responsibility and obligation of help. Folks in the township, after something happens, these people have to pay and help, and this is how they get the leadership of the countryside. And the floods completely destroyed the ability of these people to realize the bailout economic model, which is why our People's Party was able to gain power in Fengtai County, and then in such a vast area. Because our organizational model is a new model of government, we are better than the old model in terms of both economic and administrative capabilities. When we go to the grassroots level and unite with the masses, the masses will naturally choose us and abandon the old gentry and clans. And our next step is to win the masses over from the party. ”