"Folks, everyone earns more money and things. They are all working people, who can not know this mind. The members of the Li Jiaji Rural Work Team in Guangde County did not finish their words, and such a clear content caused a burst of laughter among the villagers.

In the midst of laughter, a Li Jiaji villager asked: "Comrade Li, we heard that everything is cheap to buy after joining the cooperative, so we came to take a look." Listening to you say that, that's not going to give us things easily. ”

"The name of the cooperative is exquisite, and it means that everyone is together. Zuo means that everyone works together. Since we are working together, it is impossible for us to take things out at the same time. Do the folks feel reasonable? Comrade Li replied.

"The new government is asking for our land." The villagers are extremely concerned about this issue. If there is no land in these years, there is no life, and no one will let go.

Comrade Li said loudly: "We don't just have to leave the land, everyone has to divide the land." The folks must know this. ”

The villagers all know that there is such a thing as dividing the land, and if the villagers don't know that they still have to divide the land, just hearing that the government wants everyone's land, this is enough for the villagers to take up arms and fight the new government to the end.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Comrade Li continued to propagandize: "I have also told you about the regulations on land division. The first thing to divide land is to ensure that everyone has land to grow and have food to eat. We also have to build water conservancy, not to mention drought and flood harvest, we can still withstand some small disasters. The government wants everyone's life to be better, not simply to take everyone's land away. ”

Although he tried his best to persuade him, Comrade Li knew very well that such words were not really powerful. In the training of the cadre training class, it was emphasized that the work of mobilizing the masses should not be in a hurry. The people's lives are difficult, and they can't afford to toss the most. Before seeing the benefits of such things as land requisition and land division, the masses are willing to join in easily.

Comrade Li continued: "We will talk about the division of land later. Let's talk about what's in front of us now. The base area wants to collect bamboo, and our Li family has been assigned the task of 10,000 roots. A hundred bamboos for a set of hoes and sickles. Whoever wants to do it, you can sign up. ”

After saying that, he took out the samples of the hoe and sickle that he had brought with him and let everyone pass it on. This is a standard agricultural tool that has been shaped in the process of using it for more than a year, and the hoe is wrought iron throughout, and the blade part is drenched with pig iron juice and sharpened. The sickle, on the other hand, is cast from white iron, which is brittle but very hard. It is also quite wear-resistant. After grinding with a grinding wheel, the cutting edge is quite sharp. The common people are experts in farm work, and they can't put down the farm tools as soon as they get them, and the people who get them first don't want to give these two things to others at all.

"How do I sign up?" Immediately someone shouted.

Comrade Li held up a thick bamboo sample beside him, "Folks, this doesn't mean that you can just cut a piece of bamboo and exchange it for something. The size of the bamboo we want cannot be thinner than this. And when everyone arrives, there must be no damage. We want whole bamboo, and if the bamboo is split, we can't say anything. ”

"Oh......" There was an immediate burst of discontent from the crowd. Although this bamboo is not unusually thick, it is not very thin. It takes a lot of manpower to actually cut it and then transport it out.

"Also, we have to make new bamboo. Old don't. Comrade Li followed.

Some of the people who were originally enthusiastic about signing up immediately retreated, and this labor was quite hard. It takes more than simple labor to cut down such a thick bamboo and transport it away completely.

At this time, I saw a man in his forties get up and ask, "Comrade Li, do you talk count?" ”

"Fellow, we must talk and count." Comrade Li asked.

"Words count, then you might as well give us this farm tool first, and we will definitely give you bamboo." As soon as the middle-aged man's voice fell, the crowd immediately followed suit.

"Yes, give us the farming tools first. And we believed you. ”

"It's just that we can't run. What are we afraid of? ”

Several comrades of the task force looked at each other, and Comrade Li said loudly: "The villagers don't believe us, we can understand. If you look at this farm tool, we can understand it. Whether you are willing to do this with us or not, everyone should think clearly. Or let's talk about it tomorrow. ”

Seeing that the attitude of the comrades of the task force was so unclear, the villagers showed disappointed expressions on their faces.

Following the adjournment of the meeting, the Task Force held its own internal meeting. There are six members of the task force, and in addition to the four comrades of the People's Party, comrades Ji Ye and Zhao Ziyong, who came from the Liberation Association, also came to observe and study. Ji Ye is a girl, now seventeen years old in 1908. Zhejiang Jinhua people. Born as a landlord, his brother Ji Congyong is the leader of the local anti-tax party alliance, and Ji Ye also followed his brother to join the revolution.

In the Battle of Nanjing, Ji Congyong, who was in charge of the broken post, was killed in battle, and Ji Ye was slightly injured. She withdrew to Anhui along with a large number of wounded members of the Liberation Society, along with the People's Party. Xu Xilin was seriously injured, but he called a meeting of the members of the Restoration Society during his illness. Xu Xilin asked the Liberation Society to learn how to carry out revolution from the People's Party. Ji Ye was assigned to work in Guangde County.

Zhao Ziyong is a native of Shaoxing, because he is not good at words, he is more wooden. Although the qualifications are very old, they have never been able to get any high positions.

"What do you think about this?" Comrade Li asked. Comrade Li's name is Li Shouxian, and he is 22 years old this year. He is a native of Shouzhou, Anhui Province, and has been joining the revolution for more than a year. He is the leader of Li Jiaji's work team.

"The folks still don't believe us." Ji Ye replied. After saying this, Ji Ye asked a little nervously: "Captain Li, is there any news from Nanjing?" ”

Guangde County is located in the southeast of Anhui Province, next to Jiangsu Province to the east, and not far from Nanjing at all. The BJP task forces are small units, no more than 10 people, and usually 6 or 7 people. If the Qing army in Nanjing entered Guangde County, the task force would definitely not be able to resist. These days, the comrades of the People's Party do not care about this at all, as if the tens of thousands of soldiers in Nanking did not exist at all. Ji Ye couldn't let go of the threat that was close at hand.

Li Shouxian said with a smile: "Don't worry, Nanjing will not send troops because of a few of us." After fighting Nanjing in the previous paragraph, Zhang Xun and the others also knew that they were powerful. They will not do anything rashly sending troops. ”

After the Battle of Nanjing, the Qing army in Jiangsu did not want to fight the People's Party at all. Guangde County was next to Nanjing, and because of its proximity, the Qing army had stronger control over the troops. The Qing army withdrew its troops from the border between the two places, and the People's Party did not accumulate heavy troops on the border, so it was even more difficult for the incident to happen.

"Comrade Ji Ye, what do you think of the demands of the masses?" Li Shouxian asked.

Ji Ye thought for a while, "We have been here for a short time, and the masses don't believe us. If you really can't do it, you might as well give them some farming tools first. ”

"What do other comrades think?" Li Shouxian continued to ask.

Some of the other comrades felt that they should not give, and they paid with one hand and delivered the goods with the other, which was originally the rule. Farm tools were given first, and what is it.

"Comrade Zhao Ziyong, what do you think?" Li Shouxian asked Zhao Ziyong, who had been silent.

"If everyone says what to do, I will do it." Zhao Ziyong is still in his usual style, working more and talking less.

"Comrade Zhao Ziyong, let's work together, and discussing this issue is also part of our work. You can't run away from the job. "Lee Shou-hsien organized the meeting in full accordance with the working methods of the People's Party.

Zhao Ziyong knew that the People's Party required every comrade to speak, but he was always unaccustomed to this kind of thing. After thinking for a while, Zhao Ziyong reluctantly said: "These people don't seem to want to work at all. I can't say why, but that's what this group of people made me feel. They just seem to want something. ”

"Well said! Comrade Zhao Ziyong, well said! Li Shouxian praised.

Other comrades didn't expect Li Shouxian to have such a low evaluation of the masses, and comrades, including Ji Ye, couldn't help frowning.

"They asked us for farm tools. If someone asks us for an axe, or a saw. It means that they want to work. How can you cut bamboo without these tools? Bite with teeth, smash with stones? Li Shouxian said it quite bluntly.

"We didn't talk about cutting tools." Ji Ye couldn't help but ask.

"Work is work! If you really want to work, you will naturally think about how to cut bamboo. The sickle and hoe are used for farm work, can you use this thing to cut bamboo? If the masses do not mention the matter of cutting bamboo, it means that these things have not entered into the idea of labor at all. Li Shouxian replied.

"The masses should have tools in their hands, right?" Ji Ye felt that Li Shouxian was really a little nitpicky.

"Comrade Ji Ye, before our team came, we discussed the purpose and method of our team coming here. Do you remember any of these things? Li Shouxian asked.

"This ......" Ji Ye really forgot a little. She thought about it for a moment, and simply flipped out the workbook she had with her. The first paragraph above is very clear.

Seeing Ji Ye doing this, Li Shouxian agreed very much in his heart. If there are some people, because of the loss of face, they will never take out the manual in public and read it. Not to mention the ability to work, or the level of cognitive ability, just this kind of faceless practice can prove that Ji Ye's quality is quite high. There is the potential to become a revolutionary.

"Our working method is to gain local dominance by solving the problems faced by the masses of the people and leading the masses to work." Ji Ye read a passage from the manual.

This is the result of discussions at the land reform work conference. Chen Ke's understanding of historical land reform was not very thorough. It was only at the beginning of the 21st century that some remnants of the exploiting class attacked land reform, and as a result, the matter was discussed at the forum. Like gathers like things, and Chen Ke's forum is naturally a firm supporter of land reform. Among them, there are many "powerful lackeys of imperial finance" who work in large foreign financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs. Although most of these guys are descendants of large landowners, they are also unequivocal supporters of land reform.

However, these people stand on the position of supporting land reform, and they also have a lot of reflections on land reform. Based on the consideration of developing productive forces, it is believed that there are many problems in land reform, one of which is that land is not regarded as capital. Whether the land is concentrated or evenly divided. Those who monopolize land for the purpose of selling it for profit. Naturally, it is necessary to strike ruthlessly at these people. But those actions for the purpose of managing the land, these guys are in need of great encouragement.

Divisions within the same camp in favor of land reform were highlighted in these discussions. Some people believe that the land must be divided equally. Since the purpose is land management, if some people with more flexible brains take the lead in taking possession of a large amount of land management rights, a new gap between the rich and the poor will immediately arise. Others, on the other hand, believe that it is not a bad thing to have more land owned by people who are willing to work hard to manage it.

Naturally, the controversy at the forum could not have had any serious results, and in the end, someone dug up the party's documents on land reform. The party's serious attitude towards work can be regarded as an eye-opener for Chen Ke.

In the party documents, it is very clear. The biggest problem with land reform is that in the process of adopting it, it is easy to fall into an extreme misunderstanding. In order to encourage the masses to support land reform, it is necessary to have immediate and visible benefits. As a result, the masses who rose up for land reform killed the landlords and tycoons, and after sharing the floating wealth, they still could not effectively make everyone rich. So after killing the landlords, killing the rich peasants, killing the rich peasants, killing the middle peasants. The Party tried to stop this erroneous practice, but the agitated masses declared that "whoever does not let everyone share their property is a counter-revolutionary." ”

The historical fact that those who hoped to become wealthy overnight, in order to maintain their predatory behavior in the land reform, dared to brand the party as a "counter-revolutionary", a historical fact that made Chen Ke dumbfounded.

And Shandong, where such things happen the most, is the land reform led by Liu Xiuxing. Since many of the land reforms in Shandong's rural areas ended up being aimed at killing landlords, it was completely contrary to the original intention of the land reform. As a result, the children of the landlords organized repatriation groups, which were not aimed at overthrowing the revolution or regaining the land, but for the revenge of blood relatives. An entire village massacre was carried out in rural Shandong.

Chen Ke never had any psychological pressure to kill the counter-revolutionary, but such senseless killings were also opposed by Chen Ke. The purpose of revolution is to liberate the productive forces and give the working people equal opportunities for development, not to let everyone be slaughtered and their heads roll.

Based on the consideration of this real result, under the leadership of Chen Ke, the Party Central Committee finally reached the direction of land reform with the purpose of "organizing and developing production". The use of bayonets to carry out land reform was only against the situation of a small number of big landlord reactionaries who were determined to resist the revolution. As for the masses of the people, it is necessary to guide them to work and to work more meticulously.

Ji Ye joined the People's Party's land reform action less than a month ago, and she herself is not a communist revolutionary. So after reading this work program, Ji Ye not only did not suddenly realize, but felt confused. She asked suspiciously, "Captain Li, isn't our purpose to achieve land reform?" ”

Li Shouxian said with a smile: "Land reform is a method, not a goal. Even if the land is evenly distributed, if everyone does not manage the land well, life will not be better after the land reform. The socialist system is built on the basis of developing the productive forces and opposing exploitation. Against exploitation, then we will kill the landlords. But simply killing the landlords does not mean that everyone will become rich. Where does a happy life come from, it must be created by labor. ”

As the backbone of the Restoration Society, Ji Ye's surrounding political philosophy was nothing more than "overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and restore China". If there is anything more political, it is self-government, not paying taxes. It was because of his opposition to taxes that her brother embarked on the road of anti-Qing revolution. But since joining the BJP, this political view has changed dramatically.

Not only did the People's Party not only want to establish a more powerful government than the Manchus, but its focus on taxation and its degree of organization can be described as "appalling." Of course, the People's Party also has the advantages of the People's Party, and it is not arbitrarily expropriating money, but by increasing the production capacity of the people and by allowing the people to earn more money, so as to achieve the goal of "increasing fiscal revenue." In terms of tax collection alone, the common people did not encounter the predicament of "wanton expropriation and extortion" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, this kind of work is inevitably too cumbersome, Ji Ye has always heard that the People's Party has more than 100,000 party members and troops, and after seeing the strong combat effectiveness of the People's Party with her own eyes, she has always wondered why such a powerful armed force is not now involved in the military operation to attack Beijing. Even if Beijing is not attacked, Jiangsu, which is surrounded by Anhui, will absolutely not be able to resist it. It wasn't until he joined the People's Party's task force that Ji Ye understood why the People's Party was not in a hurry to expand.

Anhui has 16 cities and 62 counties, which are conservatively calculated according to the 500 villages and market towns under each county. If each village had a six-member team, 150,000 staff would be needed. The BJP's army cannot be dispersed, and its party members and cadres are no more than 40,000 or 50,000 at most, which is too far from the size of these 150,000.

Even if the team arrived in these villages, it was impossible for the people to obey with a wave of their arms. Ji Ye personally experienced this problem, the conditions of Lijiaji are not bad, and the location is close to the county seat. There was a unit stationed in the county town, and the masses finally knew that the People's Party had driven away the imperial court and had become the head of the place. The common people had no support for the Manchu government at all, and naturally they would not attack the new government in order to restore the control of the Manchu government. After the opening of the new government, it did not harass the people, but sent teams to the local areas to unite with the masses.

In such a situation, the people see that the work team is kind and angry, there is no official arrangement, and they are all young people. Naturally, the task force is not taken very seriously. Ji Ye just heard that the People's Party was invincible, but he didn't expect that when facing the masses, the task force was actually a vulnerable group. Li Jiaji also has a thousand people, and in the face of the six young men and women in the task force, the locals showed an overwhelming advantage. Ji Ye is a girl, and when she follows the big gang of the Restoration Society, she can still have a bit of a "majestic" meaning. But in front of thousands of locals in an unfamiliar place, she really felt a great discomfort. The panic psychology these days is more about the uneasiness of the masses. If he really fought against the Manchus, Ji Ye believed that he would not have to be afraid at all if he was in the People's Party troops.

Li Shouxian didn't understand Ji Ye's thoughts, or he didn't have time to think about the thoughts of the comrades of the Liberation Society. The purchase of bamboo was very troublesome, and as the first cooperation with the masses of the People's Party, Li Shouxian absolutely did not want to fail.

"Our work must be based on working together with the masses of the people. In the past, the Manchu government cooperated with the gentry or local forces, that is, even if the Manchu government could come up with money or things, it was directly given to the gentry or the local party. Then the gentry and the party were stripped of another layer from it. Since we're going to build an effective influence, we have to skip these guys. These people must not be allowed to make a profit from it. Li Shouxian's attitude was very resolute.

When Ji Ye heard this, he almost instinctively became disgusted. Her family is from the Hui Party, and if the Hui Party does not make a profit from the commercial activities of the central and local governments, the Hui Party will have no basis for existence at all. Ji Ye couldn't help but say: "Captain Li, the party is still righteous, and if the party cooperates, I'm afraid that this work will be completed faster." ”

"What do you mean by anti-exploitation? That is, those who do not work do not get. The reason why our People's Party claims to serve the people is because we do not charge for labor opportunities. In order to be able to dominate the localities, the gentry and the party relied on monopolizing labor and employment opportunities. The People's Party's taxation is to run the social service system, and the gentry to the Party are to strengthen themselves first. When the money is in their hands, it is impossible to share it with the masses. Li Shouxian's answer was sonorous and powerful, which is why he became the leader of the task force. Li Shouxian is a graduate of the first phase of the training course for cadres of the People's Party, and it stands to reason that if he wants to be promoted at this time, he can be mixed up as a district head. However, before Chen Ke went to work in Lu'an this time, he asked the local authorities to send outstanding comrades to the front line to work. This is also the tradition of the party, there is no hard practical work, just rely on going to school to get status, so what is the difference with the imperial examination and jumping into the dragon gate?

After working in the front line in person, Li Shouxian's theoretical understanding of party school education has become more and more profound. If the People's Party wants to seize power in China, it must completely smash the real grassroots control forces in China. It is necessary to rally the masses of the people around the People's Party through labor relations.

Ji Ye is still very unconvinced, Zhao Ziyong has always been dislike to talk. The other three comrades nodded their heads again and again. "Who is our friend and who is our enemy." This is the way of thinking that the People's Party has repeatedly emphasized in its work, and it is absolutely impossible to make a mistake about this issue if it wants to carry out its work, from the national level to the small village and market town.

Li Shouxian finally said: "Then let's go from house to house and ask the masses who is willing to do this." I ask the comrades to listen, not speak. Don't say how good our farm tools are, it's pointless to sell and boast, and the masses know whether the farm tools are good or not. We just made it clear and listened to the attitude of the masses. If you are willing to work, you will definitely raise the problems that you will encounter in labor. This is the information we need to care about and collect. Find the masses who are willing to work, find the masses who are willing to cooperate with us,"

The six people divided into three groups and began to visit the masses, Ji Ye and Li Shouxian in a group. Before the visit, Ji Ye was really not very good because of the emotions in his heart. However, Li Shouxian is the leader of the task force after all, and Ji Ye is too embarrassed to talk. She didn't want to talk at all.

But when a family visited, Ji Ye slowly became interested. The development of things is really as Li Shouxian said, since Li Shouxian's purpose is clear, it is to introduce a job opportunity. After the masses understood this without ambiguity, everyone's attitude became clear.

Even those who refuse to believe in the People's Party and refuse to work will naturally only talk about not working. From the weather to the origins of Li Shouxian and Ji Ye, from the past to the future, anyway, there are thousands of digressions. Li Shouxian didn't waste time, when he met this kind of person, he politely said that he would come to visit next time.

Those who have concerns about doing their jobs are cautiously questioning the credibility of the BJP.

Of course, there are also many of them who pat their chests to ensure that they can absolutely undertake all the work and volunteer to be a contract foreman. Or at first glance, they are liars, promising to get the farm tools first and do the job absolutely satisfactorily.

After visiting more than 30 families, I finally met four families with good attitudes. First they said they were willing to work, then they said they didn't have the tools. After Li Shouxian told everyone that the People's Party could provide axes, these people asked about the construction period with a proper attitude. Li Shouxian told them that the People's Party hoped that each household would be given a job of 100 bamboos, so that the farming tools would be relatively evenly distributed to every household.

Ji Ye thought that these families would say that their family would be able to take on more tasks, and to her surprise, none of the farmers did. Instead, they offered their family to cut down and transport 100 bamboos first.

Coming out of the people's homes, Ji Ye asked in disbelief: "Captain Li, the masses are too real." ”

"Are you asking these people why they don't cut bamboo more?" Li Shouxian asked.

"Yes. No one is fighting with them now, wouldn't it be nice to take on more work? Ji Ye was very puzzled by this.

"Everyone is a folk, you have to leave a way for others to live. That's the smart way to do it. That's what a working person looks like. Li Shouxian's evaluation of these people is quite high.

Although Ji Ye understood Li Shouxian's words, she couldn't accept this attitude. In her education, the world was a winner-takes-all world. If you want to get benefits, you can't go without fighting. The weak must be attached to the strong. And these families, who do not express their attachment to the People's Party, do not have much advantage. Seventeen-year-old Ji Ye was completely incomprehensible to this approach.

After visiting more than 30 families, Li Shouxian also felt that his mental energy was too much, and he said to Ji Ye: "That's all for today, let's go back first." ”

"Why don't you make an effort to visit all the homes?" Ji Ye was even more puzzled.

"Somebody has to come out and set an example. And we have to prepare, too. With the masses to work, we don't prepare anything, so what's that? Lee Seo-hyun explained the working methods.

"Let them do the work, what are we going to prepare?" Ji Ye was very surprised.

"Haha," Li Shouxian smiled a little helplessly at Ji Ye's immaturity at work, "Which piece of bamboo to cut, how to transport it down." We have to think about it for the people. Even if we prepare these, we still have to see whether the masses are willing to accept our arrangement. What we think about may not necessarily meet the needs of the masses. Comrade Ji Ye, whether we can do the work that should be done well is still a matter of two things. I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so I come step by step. ”