According to Chu Shifu's confession, the "leakage" element in the "leakage incident" is getting weaker and weaker. As early as before the start of the military meeting, Zhou Zhentao asked Chu Shifu to contact several cadres who had been rectified during the rectification, and revealed to them the strategic prediction of the People's Party's attack on Henan. In addition to cheering up these people, Zhou Zhentao also contacted some military commanders, hoping to do his best to "rescue" the comrades who had been "hit."

When the comrades of the Political Department reported this incident to Chen Tianhua, their attitude was very subtle. Chen Tianhua's face did not change at first, and as Zhou Zhentao's range of activities was gradually revealed, Chen Tianhua's brows became tighter and tighter. Things went much more than expected.

From leaking secrets to speaking imprudently, it seems that the problem is getting smaller, but Zhou Zhentao did not put forward opinions at the party committee meeting, but acted in private series, and the nature of this matter is simply lawless. In addition, his indiscriminate prediction of the central government's strategic decisions has added more bad factors to this matter.

"Let the political commissar control Chu Shifu, and the Political Security Department will strengthen the monitoring of those cadres according to the list provided by Chu Shifu. Inform the commander of the military region that we will talk to Comrade Pang Zi soon. I will now go to see Chairman Chen and report to him on the matter. A series of work was arranged, Chen Tianhua was about to get up, but he stood still, "This matter is confidential, and everyone must abide by the relevant confidentiality regulations." Everyone convened a meeting of the party committee to gather all the comrades involved in this matter and once again convey the confidentiality regulations. Comrades, wait for me to come back before adjourning. ”

The comrades knew that this matter was by no means a trivial matter, and Chen Tianhua issued a secrecy order, and all the comrades replied seriously: "Yes." ”

On the way to see Chen Ke, Chen Tianhua only felt that his feet were a little weak, and his hands couldn't help but tremble. He could still pretend to be calm in front of the comrades in the Political Department, but as soon as he came out, he felt a little unsupportable. It's not that the body can't hold on, but the heart is too stimulated. The core organizational model of the People's Party is that the Party committees at all levels, within the Party and within the military, only the Party committees at all levels have actual power. All resolutions can only be implemented after a decision of the Party committee meeting. Zhou Zhentao's approach is a complete betrayal of organizational discipline.

In the past few days, intercessors and those who have gone through the door will not only find Chen Ke and leaders at all levels, but also go to the Political Department to intercede. Regarding "brotherhood", "comradeship" and "comradeship", Chen Tianhua's ears are almost out of the cocoon. He also didn't want to hold these comrades too accountable, after all, this feeling was understandable. However, as far as we can see now, there are already a group of people who no longer trust the organization and no longer openly put forward opinions at the party committee, but rely on private collusion and collusion to try to resist the organization's resolutions through other means. Chen Tianhua did not follow the People's Party from the beginning, long before joining the People's Party, Chen Tianhua participated in the revolution in the Hunan Huaguang Society, and was also an important figure in the formation of the League.

The things in front of him made Chen Tianhua feel extremely familiar, and he also felt great fear.

As early as 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War, private students were inclined to Japan, asking the yellow race to fight against the white race, while the attitude of the Qing court was to unite with Russia to resist Japan, so the attitude was ambiguous. Chen Tianhua and Qiu Jin fooled those Chinese students who had patriotic and indignant feelings into making trouble in Japan and engaging in an anti-Russian movement, but in fact they deliberately opposed the Qing court. However, Chen Tianhua received Chen Ke's invitation at that time, and under Qiu Jin's persuasion, he first went back to Shanghai to meet Chen Ke.

After receiving a lot of revolutionary education from Chen Ke, Chen Tianhua felt that he could not talk to the people of the League after he went back. And rumors about the peachy news that "student leader" Chen Tianhua and Qiu Jin have a leg are flying all over the sky. Coupled with Chen Ke's sincere invitation, Chen Tianhua could not refuse, so he had to leave Japan and return to China.

This matter did not end here, as far as Chen Tianhua learned about the follow-up development, in 1905, Japanese students made a disturbance, and the matter was too big, and the Qing court contacted the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture to issue a charter to strengthen the monitoring of international students' gathering activities. Most of the international students participated in the anti-Russian movement in order to benefit China, not to become staunch anti-Zheng government elements and delay their future for no reason. Under this general trend, the prestige momentum of the student movement that Chen Tianhua, Qiu Jin and others had once instigated was suppressed at once.

After Chen Tianhua and Qiu Jin returned to China, Song Jiaoren, Sun Yat-sen and others took advantage of the grievances of some international students to encourage all the students to return to China en masse, trying to create a momentum to force the Qing court to retract their fate and try to redeem the defeat. This goal is actually difficult for strong people and difficult to achieve. At that time, one of the students who was clearly opposed to returning to China en masse was called Zhou Shuren, who later became famous all over the world.

Just when Song Jiaoren's dead duck's mouth was stiff and deadlocked, Sun Yat-sen, who saw the general trend, secretly instructed Hu Hanmin, Wang Jingwei and others of Sun Yat-sen's faction within the League to release the pigeons, saying that they could endure the humiliation and stay in Japan. In this way, the international students who were first instigated by Chen Tianhua and Qiu Jin, and then followed Song Jiaoren to insist on a strike, even if they were completely betrayed. His study career was buried, and he became a thief in the eyes of the Qing government when he returned to China, and even if he returned to China, he would not have good fruits to eat.

Chen Tianhua was heartbroken by such a matter that did not care about organizational discipline at all, but relied entirely on the interests of internal factions, and since then he has drawn a clear line with the Alliance. Chen Tianhua did not talk to Song Jiaoren later, and he did not know how much Song Jiaoren had to do with this matter when he left the League.

The follow-up development of this incident in history was that the rumors that Chen Tianhua and Qiu Jin had a leg were rampant, and the betrayed international students lashed out at Chen Tianhua under the excitement of the crowd. In the end, Chen Tianhua, who was respectful, committed suicide by going to the sea, and Qiu Jin was also forced to return to China after holding a public memorial meeting for Chen. Sun Yat-sen's Hu Hanmin, Wang Jingwei and others took over the real power of the League. Although Chen Ke didn't know the ins and outs of this matter at that time, he tried his best to invite Chen Tianhua to return to China to make a revolution, which allowed Chen Tianhua to escape from death.

Chen Tianhua has endured hardships and crimes, and he very much agrees with the strict organizational discipline of the People's Party. He was extremely disgusted with the style of other revolutionary parties. Unexpectedly, the BJP now has to face such a situation. Even if he didn't know about his "suicide", Chen Tianhua sometimes recalled that if he had not followed Chen Ke and stayed in Japan, he felt that he would not have found any other way to go except death.

So now as the director of the Political Department of the Huaihai Provincial Party Committee, what will be the situation this time?

Finally regaining some composure, Chen Tianhua found Chen Ke and reported the latest situation to him. Chen Ke's elbows are propped up on the table, his hands are crossed with his fingers crossed, and his chin rests on his two thumbs. His eyes didn't look at Chen Tianhua, but he just squinted his eyes slightly and listened quietly. Many comrades described this as "Chairman Chen's wandering outside the world." As far as Chen Tianhua's contact and feeling are concerned, he believes that this is one of the manifestations of Chen Ke's high concentration. Sure enough, as on weekdays, from the beginning of the report to the end of the report, Chen Ke did not say a word. The silence lasted for a while, and then Chen Ke raised his head, leaned back on the back of the chair, and did not let go of his crossed hands, but lowered his shoulders, and naturally put his hands on his lower abdomen.

"Xingtai" Chen Ke spoke. Chen Tianhua's heart was highly sensitive at this time, and he chuckled in his heart when he heard this title. Chen Ke rarely directly addressed the comrades, and at this time, either the atmosphere of the conversation was very harmonious, or Chen Ke was establishing a position. It seems that Chen Ke has sorted out his thoughts, and now he has to ask Chen Tianhua what he really thinks. Chen Tianhua couldn't help but sit up straight, waiting for Chen Ke to continue.

"By now, many comrades no longer support the organizational system. At this time, I think that our comrades who still support the organizational system must stress principles and standpoints. Since you are the director of the political department, I want you to think about what you think first. ”

After listening to Chen Ke's words, Chen Tianhua didn't understand for a while. At this time, Chen Tianhua's heart was in turmoil, and he really didn't have the energy to think too much, so he simply said bluntly: "Chairman Chen, my heart is very chaotic now. There are only two things that can be determined, and I can't think of a way to deal with it now, and at the same time, I firmly support Chairman Chen, so Chairman Chen, please tell me what you want me to do. ”

These words were sincere, and Chen Ke smiled after hearing it, "Comrade Tianhua, I have said many times what I want you to do." The BJP must have iron discipline. Since you are so opposed to the practices of some comrades, I think you are sticking to the organizational system. So what else can be said to think? You've established your position. ”

This was a bit too unexpected for Chen Tianhua, and he thought about it for a while before he understood. "So what do we do? Mr. Chen, please explain the specific implementation steps. What to do first, then what to do. If you don't say it, let me think about it myself, I will suffer from gains and losses, and my heart will not be steady. ”

Chen Ke straightened his waist and propped his elbows on the table again, but he didn't put his head on his thumb again, and he asked, "Director Chen, as the director of the Political Department, I want to ask you, where do you think the foundation of our organization is?" ”

“…… It's the masses. Chen Tianhua replied.

"It's the grassroots." Chen Ke corrected Chen Tianhua's statement, "Why have I been opposing the feudal division of power since a few years ago, that is to say, opposing feudalism. Because the characteristics of feudalism are that they are divided and isolated layer by layer. According to foreign parlance, the monarch of my monarch is not my monarch. According to China's argument, it is probably that the county officials are not as good as the current management. The direct result of this system of power division is that a regimental commander has the power of life and death over his subordinates, and the subordinates of the regiment commander, such as the battalion commanders, have the power of life and death over his subordinates. The company commander has the power of life and death over a company, and the squad leader may be killed by the company commander at any time, but the squad leader can decide the life and death of the soldiers in the squad. When we, the People's Party, carry out the people's revolution, we will inevitably oppose feudalism. It is necessary to break this feudal system of power separation. The core of the people's revolution is science and democracy. This political system is characterized by a bottom-up, not a top-down. At every level of the system, the masses supervise the work of the leaders, not the leaders who decide the life and death of the masses. Why should we build the branch to the company? The reason why we want to form soldiers' committees is to break the old system and build a new one. ”

From the beginning of the report to Chen Ke, Chen Tianhua's mind was quite confused, and after listening to Chen Ke's theoretical explanation, he felt that it was very right, but he couldn't figure out how Chen Ke would arrange it in the end. Seeing Chen Ke stop temporarily, Chen Tianhua asked again, "Chairman Chen, what should I do?" ”

Chen Ke still did not answer directly, he asked: "Why did so many comrades start to oppose the organizational system?" This is a contradictory appearance that has been highlighted after investigation, but what is the deeper point? ”

"Chairman Chen, let me explain." Chen Tianhua asked.

Chen Ke stared at Chen Tianhua and said seriously: "Because they are afraid." ”

This answer was too beyond Chen Tianhua's imagination, he was stunned, and suddenly laughed out loud. Many of the comrades who were taken down refused to admit their mistakes, and their stubborn attitude made Chen Tianhua dumbfounded. A large number of comrades did not understand the rectification and ran to intercede, and Chen Tianhua felt extremely helpless. As for some comrades, they dare to put aside the party committees to engage in tandem, dare to speculate arbitrarily about the strategic arrangements of the party Central Committee, and hope to skillfully obstruct the party organizations from carrying out rectification through strategic changes.

Such a bold action is actually "because they are afraid" in Chen Ke's explanation? Even with great respect for Chen Ke's ability, the gap-like gap between reality and Chen Ke's words made Chen Tianhua feel "funny". Chen Tianhua likes to read, and when he was young, he especially liked to read romances. If it is in a romance novel, Chen Ke now has the flavor of embattled. If someone raises their arms and shouts, I am afraid that someone will dare to follow these people to make trouble.

Chen Tianhua said while laughing: "Haha, are they afraid? If they were really afraid, would they do it? ”

Chen Ke also smiled, "Comrade Tianhua, they are not afraid of me, I have something to fear. What they are afraid of is the present organizational system, of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army built with this organizational system, and of the government built with this system. What they fear most is the broad masses of comrades who have begun to awaken under revolutionary education. ”

"Will they be afraid of grassroots comrades?" Chen Tianhua felt that Chen Ke was too optimistic.

"Why aren't they afraid? Of the comrades who were dismissed this time, apart from Lu Kaiwen's comrades who caused the incident in the first place, which of the other comrades was not reported and exposed by the grassroots comrades and finally stepped down? Oh, Comrade Pang Zi is not. However, the reason why Comrade Pang Zi was dismissed from his post was not that I, Chen Ke, wanted to remove him from his post, but also because some comrades who adhered to organizational discipline discovered that Comrade Pang Zi had made mistakes and fought against Comrade Pang Zi, so they dismissed him from his post. He didn't come to me to intercede, let alone come to me to talk about the strategic direction of development. Chen Ke replied with a smile.

This is indeed the truth, and Chen Tianhua, as director of the Political Department, is very clear about this. None of these dismissed comrades were ordered by Chen Ke, and even Lu Kaiwen had comrades like Gu Lu who adhered to organizational discipline and fought seriously against them, which led to the dismissal of Lu Kaiwen and other comrades. As for Chu Deli, who had a fierce struggle with Gu Lu over the merit evaluation system, he directly violated discipline and clashed with grassroots comrades, so he was removed from his post. So far, none of those who have fallen from power in the rectification movement have been dismissed because they offended the upper echelons.

I have to say that even as the director of the Political Department, Chen Tianhua still feels that the People's Party is a political party established by the leader Chen Ke, and he is Chen Ke's comrade and follower. It is Chen Ke who has power, and these powers are even established through party committee resolutions, through organizational discipline, and even through laws.

"It was not we who created the revolution, but the people who needed it, and our People's Party just responded to the revolutionary needs of the people." This passage of Chen Ke's words was regarded as a classic by Chen Tianhua, and the recited melon was ripe, and he came as soon as he opened his mouth. Even many times he was able to use it as a guide for his actions.

However, after really facing this incident, and after Chen Ke's repeated reminders and explanations, Chen Tianhua found that his understanding of the people's revolution was not as profound as he imagined.

"Comrade Tianhua, the essence of history has always been that the upper strata are afraid of the lower strata, not that the lower strata are afraid of the upper strata. What kind of prince will Xiangning have? Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, a few inconspicuous little people, raised their arms and shouted these words, didn't the powerful Qin Dynasty still perish? Therefore, the feudal power division system is very taboo and very afraid of this kind of thing. They are going to make up lies and say that when the interests pursued by the broad masses of working people conflict with the interests of the rulers, they must be wrong with the working people. At the same time, through various means to intimidate and attack the working people who dare to rise up and fight. How can we, the People's Party, as the revolutionary vanguard of the broad masses of working people, believe the lies of the exploiting classes? When he said this, Chen Ke's expression had changed from a smile to a wry smile. Looking at this helpless smile, Chen Tianhua's face flushed with shame.

"If the party organization does not represent the interests of the majority of grassroots comrades, and the party organization is also separated from the grassroots level, then even if the party organization opposes the feudal power separation system, how many people are there in the party organization? There are also a lot of opponents, and it is not yet known who will win and who will lose in the struggle. If the building of the party organization is not good, and the broad masses of grassroots comrades still believe the words of the supporters of the feudal power division system and believe their reasoning, then the party organization is afraid that it will still fail. Why? Because in history, there has always been a lot of help for the righteous and little help for the unjust. If you can't unite the masses yourself, if you can't mobilize the masses yourself, then defeat is inevitable. In the same way, if the party organization can build the masses, mobilize the masses, and lead the masses. What is so terrible about the small group of supporters of the feudal system of feudalism? It can only be that he is afraid of the masses and the party organizations that stand with the masses. ”

Chen Tianhua listened to these words, and his heart seemed to suddenly brighten. His face had regained its brilliance, and after taking a deep breath, Chen Tianhua straightened his waist and said loudly: "I probably know what to do!" I will now organize party committees at all levels and start in-depth discussions at the grassroots level about what has happened recently. ”