Chapter One Hundred and One: The End of the Beginning (9)
Pang Zi's original purpose for his work was very simple, he must get benefits from it. After doing something, he will either be promoted or make a fortune, even if the People's Party is very strict, he must have Pang Zi's name in the credit book. He believes that even if he doesn't conquer the world at the moment, there will always be a day when meritorious deeds will be rewarded. On that day, just by virtue of these dense achievements in the merit book, Pang Zi also had to enjoy the high-ranking officials.
In the cadre school, the educated cadres were first told bluntly that as members of the People's Party, there was no need for such an idea, and that the People's Party was not such an organization. With the development of the entire industrial strength after the liberation of the whole of China, everyone's life will be greatly improved, but the members of the People's Party have been more giving than taking in the foreseeable thirty years. Legitimate income can definitely be guaranteed, but if you want to engage in "power separation" like in the feudal era, and then rely on the power division system to obtain economic benefits, such people can withdraw now.
Before many comrades came in to undergo reform, they did have this kind of idea psychologically. More precisely, they were educated to build on the ideology of "giving people their lives and getting something in return." ”
After being bluntly criticized for this kind of thinking, the comrades were stunned. Chairman Chen Ke and those senior cadres have worked so hard one by one, in the eyes of these comrades, it means that they have a noble character, and this noble conduct has been rewarded, and the senior leadership position has not been given to these comrades. As a lower-level cadre, can't they be "compensated" to some extent? So the comrades who quit are not absent, and it can even be said that there are quite a large number. After a period of reform, more than 30 percent of the reformed comrades have applied for withdrawal.
However, it is not very easy to withdraw from the BJP, "Come clearly, go clearly!" "It's the way to transform. It is necessary to make it clear why we should go, and what kind of program and philosophy the BJP cannot accept. To put it bluntly, I am just for the sake of high officials, that is, for the privilege of comrades.
But after all, such backbone guys are in the minority, and most of the comrades begin to look at the left and right to talk about other things. What is the irrationality of the system, the difficulties in various work. Anyway, I'm not wrong, it's all external problems. The party school is very simple, if it wants to solve problems, it should solve them in labor practice, and all comrades involved in the transformation will participate in all kinds of related labor. This has caused many comrades to complain bitterly, because they were not rectified because they could not solve practical problems, but what everyone objected to was to continue the hard work. The method of transformation is constant labor, who can withstand it?
The dry school is not so tormenting people blindly, and it also keeps attending classes. The class talked about the concept of the state, what kind of future China the People's Party wants to build, and why it wants to build China in this way. Most of these reformed comrades who dared to join the revolution hoped to change the current status quo in China, but their idea was to change the dynasty and elevate themselves from the status of the exploited and the ruled to the ruler of the exploiters in this great revolution that changed the world. They have no idea what China will look like in the future, and they don't particularly want to figure it out.
After working in the party school and receiving education and transformation at the same time, I broadened my horizons and connected theory with practice. The comrades are honest, and everyone gradually tells the truth, in this revolution led by Chen Ke, what position should they be in as the revolutionary fathers? What exactly can they themselves get out of this revolution?
The party constitution was again taken out and carefully explained, and the party's basic ideas were taken out and explained again. In the future, China will be a new system in which workers are the masters of their own affairs. The criterion for judging a person in the new society is his ability to work, not his bloodline and official position. In education, the biological and social nature of human beings is also mentioned, and if it is the essence of biology, all kinds of selfish actions of human beings are instinctive, and even the behaviors of eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling are just projections of biological nature in human society. There is no such thing as good or evil in these actions. However, as a social person, from the perspective of "man is the sum of all kinds of social relations", as a member of the People's Party, his cognition may be imperfect or even incorrect, but the core point cannot be wrong. That is, the members of the BJP must be part of the social labor and be a proletarian. Neither possession of assets nor possession of power. In actual labor, they may be officials or managers of various enterprises, and they are compensated accordingly for their labor.
Fortunately, Chen Ke himself and the main cadres around him worked as hard as a saint, and most of these comrades had very direct contact with Chen Ke. Since Chen Ke himself has set an example, no one dares to say anything about criticizing this ideal. The focus of the debate is on whether official position and status are rewards or responsibilities.
Some comrades just bite it, and the official position and status bring enjoyment. Chairman Chen Ke does not enjoy it, it is his personal problem, and the official position and status itself must bring enjoyment. Even if you can't bring enjoyment to yourself, you must bring enjoyment and benefits to your family, which is inevitable and necessary!
These words resonated with the vast majority of the reformed comrades, but after all, people seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Even if you agree with this idea in your heart, there are still a few people who dare to adhere to this idea and openly say that they are trying to do this. More than 30 percent of the reformed comrades had by this time understood their mistakes and made a profound review of their own behavior, but they raised another question: what does revolution mean if it is not for the sake of such an idea that being in office is enjoyment? How, exactly, should this be done?
The discussion then turned to "whether to participate in social labor as a social being" or "to occupy the means of production and power as a projection of biological beings on social behavior", and this higher-level discussion began.
Pang Zi was the second wave to "graduate" from the cadre school, and the first wave of "graduated" comrades thoroughly understood what kind of new China Chen Ke led the People's Party to build in the process of study and transformation, and sincerely expressed their willingness to accept this concept. The reason why Pang Zi graduated in the second wave was because he and a considerable number of comrades were already sincerely willing to accept the ideas of the People's Party, but they had a deep-rooted idea that since they had accepted this transformation, they had been labeled as "bad people". In China, if a person has been a "bad person", he will never be able to turn over.
In the cadre school, the "good guys and bad guys" concerns faced by Pang Zi and these comrades were educated. Social labor is regarded as the work of the moment, and comrades are involved in factory labor, and the problems with the parts produced yesterday do not mean that there must be problems with today's parts after studying and summarizing. And just because today's parts are okay doesn't mean that there won't be problems in tomorrow's production.
The key is whether there is a problem with the idea, the so-called good guy and bad guy refer to this kind of idea, since the idea has been changed, what is there to be afraid of? History cannot be erased, but everyone lives in the present. History is already an irreversible past.
Pang Zi is not good at this kind of extremely rational thinking, but he finally understood "what to do", that is, to know what his position needs to do at the moment, and what he can do. The People's Party is an organization that seeks truth from facts and facts. If someone maliciously mentions the past at work, then it is definitely not Pang Zi who is wrong.
After confirming this matter, Pang Zi finally felt that the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed. Lao Tzu made mistakes, that's right. But Lao Tzu's mistakes don't mean that you can hold on to Lao Tzu's previous mistakes and not let go, let's only talk about the current things. Together with other comrades who understood this truth, they made a final ideological report, and after several conversations with the organization, Pang Zi and a large number of comrades laid down their burdens and returned to the ranks.
The division commander naturally didn't think about it, and although Pang Zi felt regretful, he still accepted this fact. At the meeting of the army to rearrange Pang Zi's work, Pang Zi bluntly said that he would do his best to make him a small soldier, but he still hoped to at least become a battalion-level commander. This is not only a question of Pang Zi's own psychological endurance, but also because his experience can play a greater role at least in the position of battalion commander.
The comrades in the unit were extremely straightforward, and Pang Zi's words caused a burst of good-natured and understanding laughter in the headquarters, and finally Pang Zi was appointed acting commander of the 18th Army Cavalry Brigade. Now he has received an order to clear the Beiyang grassroots in Nangong County.
If he had been able to lead thousands of troops back to his hometown before, Pang Zi would definitely be complacent. After going through the dry school education, Pang Zi found that he had no such thoughts at all this time. At the company's combat meeting, a comrade mentioned that Nangong County was Pang Zi's hometown, and Pang Zi immediately told the comrades in a serious manner not to mention this issue that had nothing to do with the battle. It's not that Pang Zi is playing music or pretending to be high, he is now very aware of his own affairs, and the little tail that seeks fame and fortune can be cut off so easily. It's good if you don't take the initiative to think about returning home, as soon as others say provocative words, if Pang Zi can't get rid of such thoughts immediately, then the idea will immediately follow. In this regard, Pang Zi very much agrees with the straightforward and unshy content of cadre school education, and Chen Ke seems to be free to sway, because Chen Ke's perspective is the whole world, and he should be the one with the broadest and most far-reaching vision in the party. It's not that Chen Ke himself doesn't have a desire for fame and fortune, but that what Chen Ke pursues has nothing to do with fame and fortune.
Even if it has been a while since he "graduated" from the cadre school, Pang Zi can only try to avoid the influence of fame and fortune on himself, if it is said that he is completely insulated from fame and fortune, Pang Zi knows that he is far from being able to do this.
"Let's go into the army with makeup this time. At present, there are many garrisons of the Beiyang Army in Hebei, and the local people do not know the actions of the Beiyang Army, so it is easy to deceive all kinds of defenses by disguising themselves as the Beiyang Army. Pang Zi put forward his own opinion.
No one objected to Pang Zi. Comrades have participated in land reform, and it was all carried out in the liberated areas. How to effectively solve the enemy's grassroots organizations in the enemy's sphere of influence is also a new topic. However, some comrades suggested that Pang Zi led the horse bandits across Hebei in those years, and what experience could be learned from that work.
As long as Pang Zi really works and does not try to prove that he is a good person, or does the opposite, trying to prove that he does not care about the evaluation of good people and bad people, but works completely and realistically, the comrades will treat Pang Zi as a brigade commander who does work. Because Pang Zi's current job is the acting brigade commander of the cavalry brigade of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. If we could maintain this atmosphere of seeking truth from facts in the army and not try to seek fame and fortune, then no one would mention Pang Zi's past at all. What is the relationship between Pang Zi's past and current work?
With a sense of relief and a hint of happiness, Pang Zi told his experience very matter-of-factly. Nangong County is an important transportation place, and there are many merchants from all over the country, and at that time, Pang Zi and they used Linqing near Nangong County as a place for trading stolen goods, and they made a lot of money. At that time, everyone looted all over the country in order to make the bandits profitable, and secondly, to summon up their courage to complete the final looting of the Manchu Emperor's Village and other places. Bandits are scattered all over the place, and they can also effectively distract the enemy's goals and attention. At present, it is necessary to systematically arrest the grassroots personnel in Beiyang, which is not comparable with before.
The military meeting first decided on the military plan to attack the county towns in the two places in disguise, and there were quite differences of opinion as to whether or not to enter various places in disguise to arrest the grassroots personnel in Beiyang.
"Wearing a Beiyang military uniform to arrest people is more effective. It can also make the local people think that the Beiyang Army is going to attack them and create enough chaos. The reasons for the proponents seem to be quite strong.
The attitude of the opponents is also very firm, "We are now fighting against Beiyang in a dignified manner, and it is one thing to deceive the Beiyang defenders." The arrest of grassroots personnel in Beiyang is another matter. We just have to let these grassroots people understand that Beiyang has no ability to protect their grassroots personnel at all, and only in this way can the ordinary people see our power and let the local forces understand that Beiyang has reached such a point of embarrassment. Without these clear arrests, it would not have been possible to make a real choice at the local level. ”
"But in this case, there will be no resistance from local armed forces. There are a lot of bandits in Hebei, although most of the bandits are now going to eat military rations, but the local armed forces are still strong, as far as we already know, there are also two or three hundred people in the dart bureau in Nangong County and other places, and each of them has a gun. It was easy to fight a war with the Beiyang Army, but it was very difficult for us to wipe out the local armed forces, especially when we did not have local political power. ”
Hearing the word Nangong County Dart Bureau, Pang Zi felt uncomfortable in his heart, and for a moment, he couldn't help but wonder if someone was trying to imply something when he mentioned this matter. However, Pang Zi forcibly let himself not make such associations, this is work after all, everyone has only one purpose is work, Pang Zi, as a brigade commander, also has only one task, and the combat mission is completed most effectively. Even if he wants to prove himself, Pang Zi only has such a way.
Finally, after the uncomfortable energy in his heart passed, Pang Zi felt relaxed. He finally decided, "For the enemy's armed forces, we will try to break through the enemy's camp by camouflage and deal with them in the smallest way." This is a war, not a hero. However, we still try to make arrests as openly as possible, in order to show the masses our strength. What do you think? ”
Everyone agreed with this suggestion, and Pang Zi's proposal was subsequently supported. But Pang Zi's train of thought had already opened up at this time, and he continued: "Actually, we might as well do this, we can be the People's Party ourselves and pretend to be the Beiyang Army." Two battalions were formed to disguise the Beiyang Army, and then under the pretext of the People's Party's actions in this area, they went to various places to operate. Our large forces can follow this force everywhere. What do you think? ”
It's a thief-like idea, and it's more actionable. The comrades strongly agreed with this proposal, and the commander of the second battalion immediately got up and expressed his willingness to take on this task.
Nangong County is now a war zone, similar to other regions, and a brigade of security troops is stationed near the county seat. The county commander of Nangong County was quite disgusted with this Beiyang Army, and since this army arrived in Nangong County a few months ago, the conflict between the government and the people has not stopped. It is understandable that the soldiers secretly entered the goulan in the county town to play with women, and even if the local prostitutes could not find a place because of the booming business of the goulan, it was definitely not a big deal. What annoyed the county magistrate was that the quartermasters of the Beiyang Army often did not give enough money when buying vegetables and meat, and the traders felt that they were at a loss and naturally refused to continue the business. The county order refused to intervene in such a contradiction. Those who served as soldiers were bandits, and this was the case throughout the Manchu era. It is also impossible for the Beiyang Army to change. But first, the quartermaster of the garrison came to the county order of Nangong County and asked them to provide enough vegetables and meat. After the county order prevaricated the matter, the brigade commander of the garrison directly sent someone to ask the county order to solve the problem. The brigade commander's reason was that it was said that the duck eggs in Nangong County were cheap and could be sold to Beijing and Tianjin. The price of duck eggs here is extremely expensive now, and it must be that the profiteers are deliberately raising the price.
After hearing this, the county commander was furious, and the duck eggs in Nangong County were indeed cheap and widely marketed. But that was the big bandit leader Pang Zi's affairs in Nangong County, wasn't Pang Zi the Beiyang Army who ran away? Not only did they run Pang Zi away, but the Beiyang Army looted Pang Zi's breeding ground, and even the site was burned to the ground. Since then, the once-famous salted duck eggs in Nangong County have disappeared. The Beiyang Army did not mention what they had done, but questioned the county order, which made the county order extremely annoyed.
But the military men are not easy to mess with, especially in times of war. It was not easy to fool things over, and it took a while for the county commander to calm down from those Qiu Bajichong's words.
The day after sending off these people, the county commander heard that a large group of Beiyang Army horses came from the south early in the morning, and went straight to the Beiyang Army garrison through Nangong County. Fortunately, these people are very arrogant and ignore the county leaders who came to politely interrogate. If you can save trouble, the county order will not care. The only thing that made him feel a little strange was that, according to the security team in the county, many people in this Beiyang Army team marched to pass military orders with an accent of Henan dialect. The county commander knew that when the Beiyang Army expanded its army, it recruited a lot of bandits, and the bandits still joined in shares.
"This hall is now a place where bandits from various provinces are entrenched!" The county commander didn't say anything in his mouth, and he was very disapproving.
The Beiyang Army composed of the "Henan bandits" walked for less than half a day, and suddenly the official hurriedly rushed into the county yamen, "My lord, something is wrong. The camp of the Beiyang Army fought. ”
"What's going on?" The prefectural order was also taken aback.
"I don't know, but there are constant gunshots there. It should have started a fight. The official also replied that there were no masters of the six gods.
The county commander also had nothing to do, he only had some security regiments in his hands, and the number was less than five hundred. No matter who dares to attack the Beiyang Army, there must be a strong force. The tens of thousands of people in the Beiyang Army still dare to fight, let alone the 500 people in Nangong County. Before he knew it, the county commander's forehead was already covered with sweat. "...... again, and then go and find out." The prefectural order gives a solution that is not a solution.
And more than two hours later, the official rushed in again, this time the official was not in a hurry, but tripped at the door, and rolled into the county office. "My lord! My lord! Big things are not good, the People's Party is coming! The leader is still Pang Zi, the huge king from before! ”
Hearing this sudden news, the county magistrate sat on the chair and stammered, not knowing what to say at all.