In the afternoon, the venue for the banquet of these experts was in the hall of the headquarters, and the personnel in the headquarters, Song Zhewu and Xiao Guodong, as well as Wang Xu, Wu Jin, Mengxi, including Chu Feng, who had not yet returned, all came to accompany them, and Tao Rong and Li Wentian all went home to reunite with their families.

At the banquet, Song Zhewu not only greatly encouraged and praised Ba Yuzao, Wang Zhu, Wang Xiaofeng, Zeng Yijing, Li Minghua, Cui Hao, and Guo Wenyuan, but also praised Mike and Gao Zhihang, and even expressed his condolences and exhortations to the student assistants of these people one by one.

Song Zhewu's actions made Ba Yuzao, Li Minghua and other experts and scholars sigh and sigh, they were all with enthusiasm to serve the country, gave up their superior life abroad, and rushed back to China thousands of miles away. However, the situation in China made them very disappointed, and the high-ranking officials of the political axe either looked at them coldly, or prevaricated perfunctory, even if the political axe had some funds, it was a drop in the bucket for their career, and their ambitions were nowhere to be displayed.

But after arriving in Laiyuan, it made them feel refreshed, because Song Zhewu, the supreme leader of the Fourth Route Army, attaches great importance to scientific research, and the whole army of the Fourth Route Army respects them very much, and the scientific research funds are greatly guaranteed, and they are all working hard to do a great job.

During the banquet, Ba Yuzao, who was a little drunk, said with emotion, "He thinks that in terms of aviation technology, the knowledge of these people is absolutely first-class in the world, but they have done nothing in China for these years, so that they have distanced themselves from the world's most advanced aviation technology, if they can't come to the Fourth Route Army, with such a good environment, in a few years, they can only be reduced to a second-rate level, or even obscurity, and achieve nothing." ’

Li Minghua, Guo Wenyuan, Cui Hao and others also felt the same way about Ba Yuzao's feelings, and they all said that they would work hard in the Fourth Route Army Research Institute and strive to make a great cause.

Ba Yuzao, Wang Zhu, Wang Xiaofeng, Zeng Yijing, Li Minghua, Guo Wenyuan, Cui Hao, including Mike, Gao Zhihang, and others, who were excited, offered suggestions and suggestions for the work of the research institute and the development of the air force corps, turning this banquet into a seminar.

Finally, according to everyone's suggestions, Song Zhewu made several decisions on the five-year plan of the institute: 1. The Scientific Development Committee of the Fourth Route Army was established, with Song Zhewu personally as the director, Ba Yuzao as the executive deputy director, Guo Wenyuan, Li Minghua, and Wang Lianzhang, director of the Institute of Medicine, as the deputy directors. The task of this committee is to be responsible for the overall planning of the scientific research direction and tasks of all the scientific research forces of the Fourth Route Army, and of course, the primary task now is to be responsible for guiding the formulation of the five-year scientific research plans of the various research institutes.

In accordance with Gao Zhihang's and Mike's suggestion, the Air Force Corps should be regularized in the same way as foreign countries, and the Air Force Corps will temporarily set up three brigades of fighters, bombers, and attack planes, with Gao Zhihang, Mike, and Lin Anshun serving as concurrent officers, so that it will be easier to train pilots in a targeted manner at an early stage.

The banquet did not end until the evening, because there was still a party, and Song Zhewu did not let them go back to their respective residences, but asked the newly established adjutant office to arrange a place for these people to rest. Song Zhewu, who wanted to rest for a while, just returned to his residence when Liang Bi, the adjutant director, came in to report, and Wang Xinggang, the director of political training, asked to see him. Song Zhewu had no choice but to put on his shirt again and came to the office.

Wang Xinggang came to ask Song Zhewu to review the program of the party. Song Zhewu had clearly told Wang Xinggang before he went to Taiyuan about the approval of the evening program, but he came back in a hurry, and the schedule was very tight, so he forgot about it. I don't know if Wang Xinggang was intentional or unintentional, until the party was about to start in a few hours, he came to him for review with the program list and program introduction.

The reason why Song Zhewu wanted to personally approve the program of the party was because he was very aware of Wang Xinggang's background, and he was very afraid that he would show obvious political tendencies in the program of the party, which would attract vigilance and accusations from Nanjing. This will hinder his plans.

The programs on the program list generally adhere to Song Zhewu's model last year, due to more adequate preparation, this year's evening program is also more colorful, not only songs, sketches, Peking Opera joint singing, but also Baoding old tunes, Henan pendants, Shangdang Bangzi, Qin dialect. There is even a two-person turn in the Northeast.

Song Zhewu is very satisfied with Wang Xinggang's arrangement of the Northeast two-person transfer, as well as the local operas in Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi. Because of the great victory in Manchuria and the recovery of Outer Mongolia, many young students from all over the country joined his troops, especially students from the northeast, and now the members of his Fourth Route Army can be said to come from all over the world, and Wang Xinggang can fully take this into account, which shows that Wang Xinggang is very careful and is indeed a very outstanding political work cadre. And what makes Song Zhewu happiest is that on the program list, there is not only "Our Great China", a song that Song Zhewu designated that the soldiers of the Fourth Route Army must sing, but also is placed as the ending song at the end and has a relationship to sing with the audience.

However, on the program list, Song Zhewu still found something he was worried about, that is, there were some "problems" with the plots and lines of several skits about satirical landlords, annihilators and warlords called one-act plays.

As for the sketch satirizing the "annihilation of merchants", Song Zhewu believes that Wang Xinggang did not grasp the essence of annihilating merchants, and that it is the annihilation of merchants who buy and sell short and hoard, and that buying and selling can only be said to be the normal business behavior of shrewd businessmen. As for the satire of the warlord, although Song Zhewu also agrees, but now is the wrong time, it will make Yan Xishan wary. Moreover, he Song Zhewu is also a "warlord" in a certain sense, and this drama also made him a little uncomfortable, so he did not hesitate to tick off these two plays.

In particular, the one-act drama "Nian Guan", which reflected the brutal oppression of peasants by landlords, made Song Zhewu even more worried. The play tells the plot of the bully landlord who came to collect debts in the Chinese New Year's Eve, forced the tenants to death, and was finally beaten to death by angry farmers, which made Song Zhewu very entangled.

Song Zhewu, such a bully landlord, believes that there will be one, although it is not the mainstream. It is normal to reflect the situation of the play, but Song Zhewu believes that the time is not right, and it is linked to the current domestic political situation, and the political tendency is very obvious. Although no one would dare to care about the affairs of his Fourth Route Army now, it was just that Laiyuan's party headquarters just reported the matter to the authorities. However, this kind of thinking is something that Song Zhewu cannot allow to develop in the Fourth Route Army now.

First of all, such a repertoire is suspected of echoing GCD's fight against local tyrants and division of land; Second, this is in conflict with Song Zhewu's envisioned reform in the land sector in the future, which is not conducive to his future reforms. Moreover, in Song Zhewu's view, as long as it is not a clever robbery and a robbery of men and women, but a rent collection according to the contract and a business according to the contract, no matter how much land there is, it should be regarded as a squire.

Moreover, in addition to the big landlords in these years, his land is a family inheritance, and the vast majority of small and medium-sized landlords are family businesses that have been accumulated by diligence and thrift, not to mention small landlords with dozens of acres of land, that is, with hundreds of acres of land, and it is far from being a big fish and meat all day long in ordinary life, not to mention the delicacies of the mountains and seas.

And the most important thing is that Song Zhewu did not want an atmosphere of fierce confrontation between peasants and landlords in Shanxi under his rule, and he needed a peaceful social environment to prepare for resistance with peace of mind. Of course, in order to win the support of the vast number of peasants, he must reduce rents and interest rates, and even introduce some measures to curb land annexation. Therefore, Song Zhewu did not hesitate and ticked off this one-act play.

Wang Xinggang is understandable for Song Zhewu to cut off the repertoire of satirizing businessmen and warlords, cutting off the program satirizing businessmen and warlords was already expected by him, and he had already prepared, after all, Song Zhewu himself is not only a big businessman, but also a big "warlord", and it is not easy for Song Zhewu to satirize himself. If he hadn't been severely criticized by his superiors in the Shunzhi Provincial Party Committee, saying that he had not made good use of his status to vigorously expand the revolutionary forces in the Fourth Route Army, and asked him to make good use of this Spring Festival Gala to expose the ugly features of the warlords, the exterminating merchants, and the exploiting class of the landlords, he would not have dared to put on the stage a play satirizing the exterminating merchants and warlords.

However, what surprised him was that Song Zhewu actually cut the repertoire exposing the exploitation of the peasants by the landlord class, which surprised Wang Xinggang, Song Zhewu, a big warlord who was born a capitalist, did not match the landlords at all?

Wang Xinggang probed and asked, "Commander, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

Song Zhewu didn't want to explain more, now was not the period of the joint anti-Japanese war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and he wanted to protect Wang Xinggang in both aspects and retain this reliable "channel".

Song Zhewu handed over the repertoire list to Wang Xinggang, who was puzzled, and said with a slight smile: "Xinggang, the overall program arrangement is very good, but these programs need to be removed." Needless to say, you should understand the reason for removing the satire of the merchant and warlord plays, I feel as if I am satirizing me? ”

Song Zhewu waved his hand to stop Wang Xinggang, who was embarrassed to explain, his face turned flat, he stared at Wang Xinggang and said: "[***] I have always regarded the peasant question as the most fundamental issue of the Chinese revolution, and I will tell you the truth, I have also read the articles "Analysis of Various Classes in Chinese Society", "National Revolution and Peasant Movement" and "Report on the Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan" written by MZD in Jiangxi. I think he is the most sober and capable leader in [***], and the fact that he can discover the important surname of the peasant problem is enough to show that he is a great man of a generation, and I have great respect for him. ”

"However, it is not very suitable for us to perform this play in our Fourth Route Army now, in addition to external reasons, and I have an idea to improve the problem of the peasants, and I will soon experiment with its feasible surname, so this play cannot be performed."

"Okay, Xinggang, I've been riding on the road for a few days in a row, and I had a midnight meeting last night, and there are still a lot of things to do tonight, so you can let me rest for a while. That's it, you, the director, won't be without alternate programs. Song Zhewu said to Wang Xinggang, who still had to work hard to defend himself.

Due to the difference in positions, Wang Xinggang did not agree with Song Zhewu's statement, but he still admired Song Zhewu very much, he almost witnessed the development and growth of the Fourth Route Army or knew it very well, and he could create such a large world in a short period of time, Song Zhewu was definitely very unusual. Moreover, he was also surprised that Song Zhewu had read such articles as "Analysis of Various Classes in Chinese Society", "National Revolution and Peasant Movement", and "Report on the Investigation of the Hunan Peasant Movement", which were strictly forbidden by the authorities!

Song Zhewu has been very tired these days, he knows this, although he still wants to fight for it again, but for this reason, he really can't delay Song Zhewu's time anymore, so he can only leave stupidly.

"Wait a minute," Song Zhewu called out to Wang Xinggang, who walked to the door, and said solemnly: "I hope that in the Fourth Route Army, we can only vigorously promote patriotism and carry forward the national spirit." ”

Song Zhewu's words made Wang Xinggang shocked, and he stopped in some shock. I was stunned for a while, but I nodded and left.

The party started at 8 o'clock in the evening, and this year's party won a burst of applause from the military and civilians who had been looking forward to this party for a long time because of the full preparation, richer programs, and more exciting.

In addition to inheriting last year's style, the party also had some innovations, that is, Song Zhewu, a "well-informed" person, was also very surprised, for example, the folk song joint singing was very exciting, and the actors of more than a dozen nationalities wore their own national costumes and sang in succession, so that the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Route and the people of Laiyuan in the audience felt very fresh, and Song Zhewu strongly supported such a thing that is conducive to strengthening national feelings.

What Song Zhewu didn't expect was that what pushed the party to the ** was the thousand-year-old Jewish folk song "Love Me, Take Me Home" sung by the Jewish technicians who came to Laiyuan, and the tap dance performed by Mike and several instructors. "Love Me, Take Me Home" is sung in Hebrew, although everyone can't understand it, but listening to foreigners singing is still very novel. And the unconventional and rhythmic tap dance made the young people cheer and excited......

After the party, Song Zhewu, who was very tired, still could not relax and rest, and he led all the senior officers of the Fourth Route Army to a banquet at the headquarters of the Geyuan Temple to invite the families of Tao Rong, Li Wentian, Li Siqi, Zhao Fengwu, Liang Zhongjia, Han Guangdi, Li Ruifang, Wei Guanghui, and others who came to Laiyuan to eat this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together.

Song Zhewu attaches great importance to these people taking their families to Laiyuan. Song Zhewu understood that these generals wanted to integrate into the Fourth Route Army as soon as possible, and also let him, the leader of the Fourth Route Army, use them with confidence. Therefore, Song Zhewu gave the most grand reception to the families of these generals, not only booing the cold and asking for warmth one by one, but also at this moment of the child, as a "scattered wealth boy" to throw money, not only every general's child got a small red envelope, but each lady also got a mink coat with exquisite workmanship in the name of Li Rujuan, as well as some gold and silver jewelry......

In the following days, Song Zhewu ran around again, went to various units to offer condolences, and was very busy.

Although he was very tired, Song Zhewu was "tired and happy." ”

(To be continued)