Chapter 784 "On the Cultivation of ** Members"

The next day, Liu Yimin and ** held a joint meeting of the Central Plains Bureau, the instructors of the Eighth Route Army, and the New Fourth Army in Bancheng to study and deploy the issue of creating a base area in the Suzhou-Anhui border area.

Present at the meeting were the instructors of the Eighth Route Army, some cadres at and above the regimental level of the Northern Jiangsu Detachment, cadres at and above the regimental level of the Northeast Anhui Garrison Command, representatives of local cadres in Northeast Anhui, Northern Jiangsu, and Central Jiangsu, and representatives of cadres of the Central Plains Bureau.

At the meeting, the spirit of the central authorities on the creation of a base area in the Suzhou-Anhui Border Region was conveyed, and it was decided that the Suzhou-Anhui Border Region should be divided into five special regions: northern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu, Huaibei, Huainan, and northeastern Anhui, with the Central Plains Bureau and the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army under the unified leadership of the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Region, with the Central Plains Bureau and the Military Headquarters of the New Fourth Army under the unified leadership of the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Region, and the political responsibility and the military responsibility of Chen Yi to organize the establishment of the party and government organs of the Jiangsu-Anhui Border Region and the five regions. At the same time, five military regions were set up: northern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu, Huaibei, Huainan, and northeast Anhui, and Huang Kecheng, commander of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region, had jurisdiction over the Northern Jiangsu Detachment of the Eighth Route Army; Peng Xuefeng, commander of the Huaibei Military Region, has jurisdiction over the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army; Zhang Aiping, commander of the Northeast Anhui Military Region, has jurisdiction over the Northeast Anhui Garrison Brigade; Zhang Yunyi, commander of the Huainan Military Region, has jurisdiction over the four detachments and five detachments of the New Fourth Army; The Soviet-Chinese Military Region will be clarified after the first and second detachments of the New Fourth Army cross the river. The New Third Brigade and the New Eighth Brigade of the Eighth Route Army were temporarily assigned to the command of ** and Chen Yi and used as the main force in the Suzhou-Anhui border area.

**After conveying the spirit of the central instructions, Liu Yimin made a report on "Striving for the Establishment of a Consolidated Suzhou-Anhui Base Area".

In the report, Liu Yimin pointed out that after two years of bloody struggle by our people, the Japanese aggressors' attempt to occupy China in an all-round way in a relatively short period of time has been completely thwarted, and the collapse of the Konoe cabinet is a clear proof of the bankruptcy of the theory of quick victory, and the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japan has entered the stage of strategic stalemate. This stage is characterized by the word "stalemate", and the Japanese army will concentrate on sweeping the anti-Japanese base areas and consolidating their occupation; Our army, on the other hand, should concentrate its forces on counter-sweeping operations and consolidate our base areas. One side wants to sweep up, the other side wants to counter-sweep, and the struggle will be extremely cruel.

Then, Liu Yimin talked about why he wanted to open up the Suzhou-Anhui border area. He said that the Suzhou-Anhui border region has an important strategic position, and it can attack the Longhai line to the north, the Yangtze River defense line to the south, and the Jinpu Road to the west. To open up the border areas of Jiangsu and Anhui is to compete with the Japanese puppets for the hinterland of central China.

Liu Yimin had already spoken these words at the preparatory meeting for the anti-Japanese democratic participation in politics in northeastern Anhui, but when he told them again, the cadres who had never heard them felt fresh, and those who had heard them felt inspired.

According to Liu Yimin, the Suzhou-Anhui border area is one of the best places in China. First, the level of culture and education is high, except for the relatively backward northeast of Anhui, the education level of northern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu, and eastern Anhui is very high. In Yancheng County alone, there are more than a dozen middle schools, church organizations are spread all over the urban and rural areas, many peasants have graduated from high schools and junior high schools, and there are nearly 30,000 college, middle, and primary school students in the county. Second, it is rich in products, producing salt, cotton, oilseeds, rice, wheat, beans, sesame, peanuts, sorghum, corns, and sweet potatoes. Third, the economy is developed, as long as it is commercial capital, concentrated in cities and market towns, the pre-war national government in the Suzhou-Anhui border area of the various taxes added up to 50 million yuan. Fourth, there was a certain mass base, and during the Great Revolution, some people organized peasant uprisings. Fifth, it is densely populated, with a population of 1.2 million in Funing and Yancheng, and the smallest is Wuhe, with a population of 300,000. Other counties generally have a population of 500,000. Sixth, there are many rivers in this place, and each river can be navigated, and if the pontoon bridge is not erected in advance, cars and tanks will not be able to pass, and even the cavalry will be difficult to play a role, which is not conducive to the mobility of the Japanese mechanized troops.

Liu Yimin also talked about a few unfavorable points, one is that there are many traitors, puppet soldiers, bandits, and landlords in the Suzhou and Anhui regions. Some landlords armed themselves with more than 500 guns. Second, there are many party members and members of the Three Youth Leagues, and the political power at the county, district, township, A, and Bao levels is basically complete. Third, the land is concentrated in the hands of big landlords, and there are large landlords with hundreds or even more hectares of land, and small landlords with 10 hectares of land; ordinary people live a better life than in North China, but the life of tenant farmers and coolies is extremely hard, and extremely poor households with no food and clothing can be seen everywhere.

In view of the above situation, Liu Yimin proposed that to establish a consolidated Suzhou-Anhui border region, it is first necessary to gain a firm foothold politically, not only to hold high the banner of unity and resistance against Japan, but also to oppose stubbornness, friction, and retrogression. Specifically, it is necessary to take three good steps: First, we should abolish the armor protection system in the base areas, establish local political power at the county, district, and village levels, and establish local armed forces at the county brigade, district squadron, and militia levels, so as to lay a solid foundation for the base areas. Second, it is necessary to organize and implement a number of projects that can be seen and touched by the people, such as the construction of seawalls in coastal areas and the maintenance of water conservancy facilities in Huaihai and Hongze Lake, so that the people can truly understand that the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army are the people's soldiers. Third, it is necessary to vigorously suppress bandits and oppose hegemony, reorganize the landlords' armed forces, and restore a relatively stable production and living environment for the people in the base areas of the Suzhou-Anhui border region. For example, in the battle to defend the semi-towns carried out by our army, the bandits of Hongze Lake were eliminated in one fell swoop, and the common people in the lake area immediately resumed normal production, and most of the fresh food in the lake was bought from the fishermen. At present, the situation in northeastern Anhui is relatively good, and the five counties north of the Huai River, with the exception of Suxian County, are under the control of our army, and the building of political power and local armed forces will soon be completed, and the foundation for further development has been laid.

Second, it is also necessary to grasp three points militarily. First, it is necessary to grasp the rapid growth of strength. The Suzhou-Anhui border region has a large number of civilian guns, abundant population resources, and food, and has all the conditions for strengthening the troops. The key lies in doing a good job in training and withstanding the test of actual combat. Second, to do a good job in anti-sweeping operations is to carry forward our army's mobile and flexible strategy and tactics. On the one hand, we must advance and retreat from the enemy, and when the Japanese army concentrates its forces on sweeping, it must retreat in great strides, look for fighters in the movement, annihilate the enemy, and defeat the sweep of the devils. On the other hand, we want the enemy to advance and the enemy to attack us, and I will fight the enemy and lead the flames of war to the enemy's war zone. The third is to make good preparations for fighting stubbornness. The development of our army in the Suzhou-Anhui region will inevitably cause a backlash against the strength that clamours for restricting development. Comrades should sleep with their eyes open, and never think that with the united front, they can sit back and relax, because that will lead to the fall of people's heads.

The third point Liu Yimin talked about was the economic issue, stressing that first, it is necessary to implement the policy of our party and our army to protect the development of industry and commerce, cultivate and develop bazaar trade, and promote commercial circulation. As long as there is a market, as long as the goods can be circulated, there will be no mass starvation death. Second, it is necessary to implement the policy of reducing rents and interest rates to lighten the peasants' burdens. Third, the traitors' land should be confiscated and distributed to the landless peasants. Fourth, it is necessary to make use of the land vacated by the renovation of rivers and the land on tidal flats, organize organs and troops to carry out reclamation, and do their own work to have enough food and clothing. Fifth, it is necessary to think of resuming salt production and selling salt. The salt in northern Jiangsu occupies a large share of the country, and now most of the salt farms are controlled by the Japanese puppets, and our army will deploy operations against these salt farms in the next step, cut off the economic channels of the Japanese puppets, and fight an economic war with the Japanese army. Sixth, it is necessary to establish a financial and taxation system for banks in the base areas, issue renminbi and legal tender currency, implement a unified tax rate, and realize the exchange of deposits and exchanges with the Shandong base areas, so as to complement and integrate the economy. Let's think about it, before the war, the Nationalist Government could collect 50 million yuan in taxes here, so how much could it do! We have unified the tax rate, abolished the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and collected much less, but we have to collect 500,000 yuan a month. Don't underestimate the 500,000 yuan, it's almost catching up with the military salary issued by the Nationalist Government to the Eighth Route Army. The Nationalist Government now pays the Eighth Route Army 630,000 yuan a month, including 300,000 yuan for living expenses, 200,000 yuan for war expenses, 50,000 yuan for subsidies, 10,000 yuan for medical subsidies, and 70,000 yuan for allowances and military stations. This money was only given to the 115th, 120th, and 129th divisions, and our instructors, independent divisions, garrison divisions, and security divisions did not have military salaries. The independent division, the garrison division, and the security division are a little better, and they are basically supplied by the Shaanxi base area. The instructor did not have a penny of military salary, and he completely relied on self-reliance and war to support the war. Is it okay not to fight an economic war with the little devils?

The weather was very hot, Liu Yimin stood and spoke, holding a pu fan in one hand, inciting and talking, and from time to time he picked up the tea jar and drank a sip of cold water.

After drinking the water, Liu Yimin said again: "I'll settle an account for everyone again." According to the standard of the troop supply system stipulated by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in January this year, there are two kinds of food standards, one and a half catties per person per day and one catty and four taels per person per day, and four types of vegetable gold standards, which are 4 cents, 5 cents, 7 cents, and 1 jiao per person per day. The night operators are only paid 1 yuan and 5 jiao per month for night meals. The living allowance is divided into four classes, the highest is 5 yuan per month, 4 yuan per month at the regimental and battalion level, 3 yuan per month at the company level, 2 yuan per month at the platoon level, and 1 yuan per month for soldiers. Let's calculate, if there is a monthly tax of 500,000 yuan in the Suzhou-Anhui region, how many troops can we raise? Besides, when the base area is developed, it will collect more, even more than the tax revenue of the pre-war Nationalist government. The reason is simple: a flat tax rate can greatly stimulate the economy. As the scale of the economy goes up, so do the taxes."

Liu Yimin didn't see it, the sleeves of the cadres sitting in the audience who stayed in the Suzhou and Anhui areas were rolled up, and their eyes became bright and bright, as if they couldn't wait to do a big job in the Jiangsu and Anhui areas.

The fourth point that Liu Yimin talked about is the issue of unity. It must be said that in the past, when our army passed through the Suzhou-Anhui border region, because the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army belonged to two command systems, and the cadres of the Central Plains Bureau, the Shandong Branch, and the Southeast Branch also belonged to different command systems, they did not cooperate well at the beginning. Now the situation is similar to that time, the cadres brought by Liu Yimin belong to the Shandong Bureau, the Central Plains Bureau and the Shandong Bureau have no leadership relationship, and the cadres brought by Chen Yi belong to the New Fourth Army, as well as local cadres, which is equivalent to four pieces rubbed together. The same is true of the troops, there are the Eighth Route Army, there are the New Fourth Army, and there are local guerrillas, and they are also kneading several pieces together. Therefore, before the meeting, I discussed with Liu Yimin and asked him to talk about the issue of unity. There is only Liu Yimin's prestige, and it is most appropriate to talk about this issue at the moment.

Liu Yimin took a handful of chopsticks, took out one, and broke it easily. Two of them are also easy to break, and three of them are laborious, and the whole chopsticks are broken.

In fact, with Liu Yimin's kung fu, it is not difficult to break the whole chopsticks, he is just doing an experiment.

After putting down the chopsticks, Liu Yimin said: "Comrades, this is a small experiment, an experiment done when educating children, and it is also applicable to us adults. One chopstick, two chopsticks, and three chopsticks can be easily broken. The whole chopsticks are broken continuously. What does this mean? It shows that there is great power in unity. I know that the troops in the Suzhou-Anhui region now include the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and local guerrillas. The cadres are from the Central Plains Bureau, the Shandong Bureau, the Southeast Bureau, and local party members and cadres. Everyone has come together to fight devils, and the issue of unity is particularly important. Whether it is the Shandong Bureau, the Central Plains Bureau, the Southeast Bureau or local party members, whether it is the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, or local guerrillas, they are all party cadres and party troops. The more difficult the environment, the more strong and strong cadres and troops are needed. In particular, the new 3rd Brigade and the new 7th Brigade remaining in the Suzhou-Anhui region should shoulder the burden of the main force and undertake the main combat mission, so as to win valuable time for the reorganization and training of other newly reorganized units. ”

Liu Yimin has been talking about this issue for a long time, mainly to do ideological work for the cadres. In fact, he doesn't need to talk about it so much, the cadres in the war years did not have as many problems as the cadres of later generations, at least there were no problems.

After the meeting, in the evening, ** gave a lecture on "The Cultivation of Members", and Liu Yimin also went to listen carefully. He knew that this famous work was written at the Eighth Route Army Station in Michi, western Henan, and was spoken at a cadre meeting of the special committee in western Henan. Before crossing, Liu Yimin also visited the Eighth Route Military Station in Mianchi. Now listen to the ** on the ground, don't have a taste.

After listening to the lecture, Liu Yimin was silent. Before the crossing, he was also annoyed by the indoctrination of this kind of political theory, but now it is different, this is a cruel war years, and it is impossible to win the war without arming the brains of cadres and fighters with a strong unified mind.

To tell the truth, **'s "On the Cultivation of Members" and Liu Yimin's "On Intra-Party Democracy" talk about two issues that complement each other. **The pursuit is that party members become loyal and pure party members through learning and practice. Liu Yimin mainly discussed the construction of the party's democratic mechanism, focusing more on carrying forward the rights of party members and exploring long-term peace and stability.

Liu Yimin didn't plan to talk about it anymore, he didn't have time, the situation in North China was constantly changing, and he was in a hurry to return to Shandong. It turned out that he also planned to capture the Soviet Union, go to Yangzhou City to seize the supplies of the Japanese army, and even go to Shanghai to see how much the Japanese army had in the bank. But now the situation has changed, and we have to rush back to Shandong as soon as possible.

After listening to the lecture, Liu Yimin changed his mind and took a day to give a special lecture on "On Intra-Party Democracy" to the cadres.

In this class, Liu Yimin talked about the role of the party in political life, combined the theory he learned in later generations with the practice of the struggle now, and gave the cadres a vivid party lesson in simple language.

Dear book friends: Yesterday, I originally planned to have two or three more changes, but there was a special situation, and I temporarily wrote a conference experience exchange material, which delayed all the time. I'm sorry everyone. Thank you!