The commissioner sent by Shunzhi Province severely reprimanded Wang Xinggang, saying that he was bewitched by the tricks of Song Zhewu, a "great warlord who is hostile to our party, fools the people, and amasses money, and has completely forgotten the lesson of blood." Didn't the great warlord Feng Yuxiang, after using the GCD, also follow Chiang Kai-shek and raised the butcher's knife against our GCD? ”

"Warlords are warlords, their essence cannot be changed, they will never stand with the working class. Although Feng Yuxiang was also a GCD member of the Northwest Army back then, Feng Yuxiang was afraid that people would say that he crossed the river and demolished the bridge, so he acted coyly. ”

"He was not so polite to the local GCD people, and immediately showed his shameless counter-revolutionary face, arresting hundreds of students and GCD people in Shaanxi alone, if Xiao Zhenying didn't bear to do it back then, and let these people go in private, it would have been hundreds of heads to the ground."

“…… The incomplete land reform carried out by Song Zhewu, which you praised, is that he is competing with our party for the peasants, and it further exposes his reactionary nature and is also the most dangerous enemy of our party. ”

"It's fine if the peasants don't understand this, but you, Wang Xinggang, are proletarian fighters who have been educated by the party for many years, don't you also understand this truth? The land in the hands of the landlords was obtained by exploiting the peasants for generations, and it should have been returned to the peasants unconditionally a long time ago, but Song Zhewu asked the peasants to buy it back from the landlords? …… Also, you even agree with Song Zhewu's policy of conniving at the exploitation of workers by the capitalists......"

Wang Xinggang believes that most of the policies implemented by Song Zhewu in the Taiyuan Administration, Suiyuan, and Nanbeimeng, including the land policy, are still good, and he has seen with his own eyes that these policies are supported by the common people.

For example, Song Zhewu's land reform policy in order to curb land annexation is to force the landlords to sell their land to the peasants and invest their wealth in industrial construction. After the implementation of this policy, through the small loans of the Taiyuan Commercial Bank and the Northern Development and Investment Bank, many peasants who had not had land for several lifetimes were given land, and many farmers even gave Song Zhewu a longevity brand at home.

Although this is different from the forced confiscation of landlords' land that is now practiced by GCD, farmers also welcome it.

In addition, Song Zhewu implemented a policy of encouraging industry and commerce in Taiyuan, Suiyuan, and Nanbeimeng, and now it has begun to bear great results, and the capitalists and businessmen have actively invested their funds in industrial construction and production, which has made the industrial products of these four provinces very abundant and the commercial circulation smooth.

In addition, these newly built factories and shops have absorbed a large number of surplus urban and rural personnel and resettled a large number of disaster victims.

In the Taihang Agency, there is absolutely no one who will return to the streets without care. Not to mention which neighborhood in Taiyuan City, which county, which township or village has even one disaster victim, the local administrative personnel will be afraid of being seen, and when they report to the above, they will immediately take them home first, and then report them to the next level for unified resettlement. Otherwise, their assessment results will be affected, and it is difficult to say whether their official positions can be kept during the year-end assessment, at least there is no hope for promotion.

This kind of thing, not to mention a local warlord, even the central government can't do it. Therefore, although Wang Xinggang can't be completely of the same mind with Song Zhewu because of his different beliefs, he has now begun to sincerely help Song Zhewu do things.

Although Wang Xinggang is very confused about these issues, this is far from their ideas and practices. You must know that Article 7 of the 10 political programs of the Ming Boiler Revolution put forward by the six resolutions of the GCD clearly states that "all the land of the landlord class shall be confiscated, and the cultivated land shall be returned to the peasants." Therefore, he could not defend himself and did not dare to defend himself.

Wang Xinggang's silence made the commissioner even more annoyed.

“…… Comrade Wang Xinggang, you have completely betrayed the party's trust in you, and you have been completely confused by Song Zhewu and forgotten your mission. Not only did you fail to do the military movement work assigned to you by the Party in the Fourth Route Army, but you did not even take advantage of the opportunity you now had in charge of the Propaganda Committee, did not actively propagate the policies of our Party, and did not actively expose the ugly features of the Kuomintang and Chiang Kai-shek reactionaries......"

"Also, you even helped Song Zhewu and the capitalists to organize reactionary trade unions and oppress and exploit the working class! Where's your party name? ”

With that, the emotional commissioner slapped the table hard.

As soon as this incident was mentioned, Wang Xinggang was extremely frustrated.

Although many victims came to the city in the early stage, the Northern Construction and Development Committee absorbed and resettled most of the personnel in the areas of railways, farmland and water conservancy, and the construction of new factories, and the rest of the personnel were also absorbed by the factories that sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

However, since June, the Jianghuai River basin and the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River have suffered floods, and a large number of victims have appeared.

Because of the long distance in Beimeng, although Song Zhewu organized a large amount of transportation capacity, he still could not transport it, and many victims had to be temporarily placed in the Taihang Administration to wait. But in this way, the factory of the Taihang Administration will not be able to absorb so many people.

Because of the abundance of human resources, some unscrupulous businessmen began to lower the wages of workers, and even worse, some began to hire child labor.

This made Wang Xinggang very angry, and not only instructed the "Northern Morning Post" to expose it, but also took the initiative to suggest to Song Zhewu that Jia Jingde, He Qigong, and others should use administrative means to demand that all factory owners under the jurisdiction of the Northern Frontier Governor's Office raise the wages and benefits of the workers, and set up trade unions in all factories to supervise these capitalists.

Wang Xinggang's suggestion made Song Zhewu very happy, and he accepted it very happily.

With Song Zhewu's direct intervention, the Northern Development Committee soon issued an executive order, but it was somewhat different from Wang's suggestion.

Song Zhewu believes that the level of wage standards should be determined by the market, and administrative orders should not be relied upon, which will stab the enthusiasm of businesses for production and investment.

The specific orders are: (1) prohibiting child labor; Second, the minimum wage shall be set, and the specific standards shall be formulated through consultation between the Political Affairs Committee of the Northern Construction and Development Committee, the Finance and Taxation Commission, and the chambers of commerce of the four provinces. and review it year by year, and make corresponding amendments; Thirdly, all factories operating in areas controlled by the Northern Frontier Governor's Office must form trade unions. All counties, cities, and provinces have set up federations of trade unions at each level.

Needless to say, the prohibition of child labor can only be done in secret, and no merchant capitalist will dare to openly oppose it. I didn't see that the factories and companies exposed by the "Northern Morning News" were not only fined, but also damaged their reputations and their businesses were also affected.

Although many businesses are somewhat resistant to setting the minimum wage standard, this wage standard is only the average of the minimum wage of each province in the first half of the year.

It's just that these businessmen and capitalists want to form a trade union, which makes them very resistant, and some people even react violently. Who wants to find a group of "dads" in their own factory?

However, this is not for them, and the union must be formed. Under the organization of He Qigong and the General Chamber of Commerce of the Taihang Administration headed by Qiao Yingxia, after several consultations among the representatives of merchants in various counties, it was finally decided to add "workers shall not affect production without reason, otherwise the management can dismiss the workers; If there is a dispute between labor and management, it should be jointly adjudicated by the county chamber of commerce and the higher-level federation of trade unions, and if necessary, the provincial government affairs department and the general chamber of commerce should intervene to assist in resolving it. After these two articles, the establishment of a trade union was finally passed.

However, due to Song Zhewu's consistent vigorous and resolute work style, the process of establishing a trade union was extremely fast. In addition, the organization of the GCD was very seriously damaged during the Yan Xishan period, and the organization of the Shanxi Special Committee was very weak, and the response to this incident was not timely.

Therefore, the factory associations were all set up with the help of the local political axe, and the county federation of trade unions was also composed of local chambers of commerce and workers' representatives, as well as local political axe members. The GCD was almost completely uninvolved, the trade union system was completely controlled by the Northern Construction and Development Committee, and Kong Wei even served as the vice president of the Taihang Administration Federation of Trade Unions. This point especially made several leaders of the Shunzhi Provincial Party Committee feel that they decided to give Wang Xinggang an intra-party warning.

The punishment of the party warning is extremely heavy within the GCD, and during this period, there is not even a local appeal.

Although Wang Xinggang is very aggrieved, he still has to do this work, but he will not do it as required by the Shunzhi Provincial Party Committee. If he did that, Song Zhewu would have to drive him out of the Fourth Route Army immediately, and everything would be in vain.

Wang Xinggang is worried about this matter these days, and he doesn't know why Song Zhewu is looking for him at this time? Could it be that there is something about himself that makes Song Zhewu dissatisfied?

Won't you? I haven't done anything during this time, have you?

After seeing Song Zhewu, he realized that he had a false alarm.

Song Zhewu told him, "Yan Xishan flew back to Datong from Dalian via Tianjin on the plane of the Kwantung Army. ”

This news surprised Wang Xinggang, but Wang Xinggang quickly calmed down and immediately understood the meaning of Song Zhewu who specially brought him to tell him the news. He is the editor-in-chief of the Northern Morning Post and the head of the propaganda committee.

"Commander, Yan Xishan flew back to Datong by his own plane, which shows that Yan Xishan has colluded with himself, not only is he a warlord, but now he is also a traitor and a Han annihilator, he is going to make waves in Shanxi again, and destroy the hard-won prosperity and stability of our Taihang Administration, I will immediately go back and expose it in the "Northern Morning News", so that the people of Shanxi can recognize who Yan Xishan is. However, today's newspaper is already on sale, and it can only be printed in the second edition. ”

For Wang Xinggang, who is thorough at one point, Song Zhewu is very satisfied. Nodding his head, he said, "It is necessary to expose the collusion between Yan Xishan and Yue himself, but this matter cannot be done by us first." In this way, doesn't the "Northern Morning Post" have a news exchange agreement with "Ta Kung Pao" and "Declaration", send the news to them first, and they will publish it first, and then you will mobilize the media of the Taihang Administration to publish it widely. ”

Wang Xinggang understood what Song Zhewu meant after a little thought, and nodded in agreement.

"Also, remember, the key to this matter is that Yan Xishan came back on the plane of the Kwantung Army. Also, if someone has other information that we don't know, even if it can't be verified, don't stop them from publishing it, and the person who says it is not guilty. ”

Wang Xinggang also understands Song Zhewu's last sentence, that is, he can let go of slander and attack Yan Xishan.

Wang Xinggang, who was worried about how to make a difference with the provincial party committee, couldn't help but be overjoyed.

(To be continued)