When Zhang Pujing found Yang Tinghui, Yang Tinghui was playing chess with Dou Yuquan, and Wang Lantian was watching the game. Seeing Zhang Pujing enter the door, Yang Tinghui said, "Come, Lao Zhang, come and help me make a move." This old Dou has a tricky chess style, takes retreat as advance, and does not leak. Obviously, the soldiers are coming to the city, you see, after more than a dozen rounds, I will never kill him. ”

Zhang Pujing was not interested in playing chess, and said lightly: "I'm not good at playing this." Lao Wang is also a master. ”

Wang Lantian sat still and said, "I won't help anyone, but I can break the situation for you." In fact, the seriousness of the red side does not lie in the fact that the blue side will not die, and the blue side seems to be passive defense, but Lao Yang does not see the potential edge. As long as the attack is stopped, the blue side has two moves, and Lao Yang is in a good position. ”

Yang Tinghui snorted unexpectedly and said, "Old Wang, are you alarmist?" My big rear is well defended and complete, and I can't see where the danger is. ”

Wang Lantian glanced at Dou Yuquan, handed over a reserved smile, and tacitly understood each other. Wang Lantian said: "Of course, Lao Yang also has a good move to bring the dead back to life, Lao Dou, will you let me say it?" ”

Dou Yuquan waved his hand again and again and said, "Watching chess is silent, true gentleman." Lao Wang, you can't say it, as soon as you say it, the advantages of my dismal business will be gone. ”

Wang Lantian was very proud, and said to Zhang Pujing: "Lao Zhang, you come to see, just look at the situation of the red side, just move a son, and the whole thing is alive." It's not a place that moves, and no matter how dying and struggling you are, you're powerless. Lao Zhang, can you tell which step it is? ”

Dou Yuquan said: "Lao Zhang, if you can see it, you can say it." However, I don't think you can see this stinky chess basket, and if you can see it, I won't be able to put it in the Jedi and be born later. ”

Zhang Pujing stood aside and looked at it a few times, the red side soldiers pressed the border, approaching the center of the blue side, and the blue side only had two horses and one pawn in the depth of the red side, which can be said to be a light army, and it was really impossible to see how much danger there was. But he couldn't see the blue side's surprise winning move. couldn't see why, Zhang Pujing said: "I'm here to talk to Lao Yang about the problem, you guys are having fun, let's do it another day." ”

Yang Tinghui glanced up at him, saw Zhang Pujing's serious face, and said, "Oh, don't go." What to talk about? It's not a devil calling, how big of a deal can it be? You wait patiently, and it will soon be clear who will kill the deer. Lao Wang, don't pretend to be smart, I like to play risky chess when I play chess, look at it, this is this step, you old Dou can't help me. With that, he picked up the horse that had attacked the right side of the blue side and set it up on his own gun position, blocking the retreat of the blue attacking cart.

Dou Yuquan was engrossed in the chessboard, thought for a moment, and ate Yang Tinghui's horse without hesitation, generously paying the price of a rook. However, when Yang Tinghui hit the other mountain, he happened to loosen Dou Yuquan's horse legs, so he used a pawn to arch off one of Yang Tinghui's elevated angles. Yang Tinghui thought that he had taken advantage, turned over and knocked out this presumptuous pawn with a cannon, and this time it was broken, Dou Yuquan's cannon came from the rear across the mountain to abolish Yang Tinghui's guard, and then the only remaining soldier in the horizontal arch, ate Zhongshi, locked the throat, forced Yang Tinghui's old commander to pull the side, and then used the last main force of the horse general, so far, Yang Tinghui had to push the chess to admit defeat, haha smiled and said: "This time is not counted." I was strategizing, but Lao Zhang came to interfere. As soon as he said he was going to talk about something, I was nervous and distracted. ”

Dou Yuquan also stood up, looked at Wang Lantian, and said, "Are we going to avoid it?" Let's go. ”

Yang Tinghui said: "What are you going to go? They are all leading cadres, and everyone listens to them if they have questions. ”

Zhang Pujing was stunned for a moment and said, "Lao Yang, let's talk about it separately first." ”

After Dou Yuquan and Wang Lantian left, Yang Tinghui called the guards to pour Director Zhang a bowl of big leaf tea, and the two sat opposite each other. Zhang Pujing took out a stack of materials from the pocket of his military uniform, handed them to Yang Tinghui's hand, and said, "Old Yang, I wrote something recently, you read it first, and then we'll talk about it after reading it." ”

Yang Tinghui observed Zhang Pujing's expression while receiving the materials, and there was no expression on his always serious face. Yang Tinghui was cautious, holding it in his hand and looking at it meticulously. Yang Tinghui didn't expect that the material titled "Where Will the Revolution in Bump Mountain" that Zhang Pujing took the initiative to show him was actually a letter of complaint, and the main spearhead in it was directed at him Yang Tinghui, not only opinions, but also facts. Underneath the material, there is Zhang Pujing's name.

After conducting a large amount of investigation and grasping first-hand information, Zhang Pujing gained a detailed understanding of the past and present conditions of the Bumpshan Base Area in light of the party's various principles and policies. He was keenly aware that there was considerable liberalism, sectarianism, opportunism, militarism, and even feudalism, and that the purity of the revolution and the purity of the ranks were worrisome, and he could not tolerate them. As a political worker, he is obliged to fight.

Yang Tinghui read it in one breath and was silent for a long time, then stood up and put his hands behind his back, paced back and forth in the room a few times, and asked Zhang Pujing with a smile: "Who are you going to give this material to?" ”

Zhang Pujing said unequivocally: "Of course, it will be handed over to the Jianghuai Military Region and the sub-bureau - if you agree." ”

Yang Tinghui said: "I have no right to disagree, and you don't need to ask my consent. However, it is necessary for me to argue about the issues in the material. You say that I am the prince of the mountain, covering the sky with one hand, and acting arbitrarily, I can't accept it. It is not my personal appointment that I am holding three positions at the same time, it is appointed by my superiors, and it is also the need of the revolutionary cause of Bump Mountain. How is there no democracy in this? I have never made my own decisions on major issues, and I have always discussed them with my comrades. Our party's organizing principle is democratic centralism, but in the special environment of the complicated struggle against the enemy, it is necessary to ensure a high degree of centralization of power. The power is concentrated in the hands of me, Yang Tinghui, not in the hands of the enemy. The appointment of cadres and the command of the troops' actions are all studied in meetings and sometimes voted. ”

Zhang Pujing said: "However, you have taken on three positions at the same time and become an absolute authority, which has invisibly put pressure on other comrades, but you are the only one who looks ahead. Comrade Yang Tinghui, you have taken advantage of your qualifications and prestige, as well as the trust of the organization in you, so even if you vote, you cannot truly represent the collective will. ”

Yang Tinghui said: "That is not my problem, Communist Party members should adhere to the correct stand, if everyone is the only one who looks to me, it can only show that I have the ability and qualifications to make my comrades accept my will." You say that absolute concentration of power inevitably leads to dictatorship, and I agree. But I am not engaged in dictatorship, I can say that the power of Bump Mountain is highly concentrated rather than absolutely centralized, highly concentrated in the hands of the core, and absolutely concentrated in the hands of the whole organization. You say that I am engaged in a cult of personality, a sectarianism, the exclusion of dissenting people, and the reuse of people I can trust, which is an exaggeration. What basis do you have? ”

Zhang Pujing said: "Many comrades below have reported that they only listened to the command of Commander Yang and Comrade Wang Lantian in Bump Mountain, and this is not a personality cult. Liang Daya of Chenbu County even secretly told a few squadron leaders that it was appropriate to follow a few people, unite a few people, watch out for a few people, and clean up a few people. This kind of thinking was by no means invented by Liang Daya himself, and the root came from above. You are, of course, primarily responsible. ”

Yang Tinghui turned his face sideways and stared at Zhang Pujing: "Did Liang Daya really say that?" How do you know? ”

Zhang Pujing paused for a moment, he didn't want to expose the fact that he had explained to the political work cadres and asked everyone to spy on each other, so he replied vaguely: "The comrades at the grassroots level reflected it." ”

Yang Tinghui didn't pay much attention to this, and smiled: "This Liang Daya, you said that he is a rough person, he still has a set of crooked ways...... I admit that on some issues, I have expressed more stance, dealt with more problems, talked too much, and given fewer opportunities for people to establish their prestige, which is a fact. But you can't label it sectarianism. There is no intimacy among comrades, but there is also the question of the method of unity. Lao Zhang, you also have problems in unity, you look down on the workers and peasants cadres, and measure people with a ruler. I still say that there is no natural revolutionary, and there is no natural revolutionary belief and consciousness. There is a long process of cultivating people, and rushing to it is counterproductive. Liang Daya has shortcomings, but I think his strengths outweigh his weaknesses, and we have to use his strengths to transform his shortcomings. But you said that Liang Daya took the opportunity to visit the kiln and prostitute in the name of killing traitors, and I tolerated and raised traitors, what basis is there for this? Liang Daya took his head to ensure that he didn't ...... I also asked other comrades about that, and they all said no. ”

Zhang Pujing said: "Can you believe their words? It must be a good collusion. If you don't have that unhealthy idea, where can't you kill a traitor, but you prefer to kill in a brothel? The traitor was killed, but the reputation of our Eighth Route Army was also tarnished. I have no evidence, but I will not give up the investigation. ”

Yang Tinghui became serious and said: "Comrade Zhang Pujing, let me remind you that we are fighting, the battle is complicated, in that environment, they risked their lives and went deep into the tiger's den to win the battle, we should be highly praised, why don't you see this?" ”

Zhang Pujing said: "We cannot resist Japan by unscrupulous means. ”

Yang Tinghui became angry and said: "Unscrupulous means are also means. The struggle against the enemy requires us to use all kinds of means. As long as the war is beneficial, all means are justified. Whoever pulls the braids to find fault is sabotaging the anti-Japanese resistance. ”

Yang Tinghui's words were very serious, and Zhang Pujing was speechless for a while, so he had to play a new card: "Liang Daya seriously rejected Li Wenbin, showed his comrade's foreign appearance, and damaged the prestige of his comrades, is this a fact?" ”

Yang Tinghui said: "This is a fact. Practice has proved that Li Wenbin is a good comrade, full of enthusiasm for the revolution, and has no half-heartedness. The experience of fighting the enemy is a little worse, but he is full of vigor and energy. I have already severely criticized Liang Daya more than once, asking him to respect Li Wenbin. It seems that he has not done enough, and on this issue, we all have to hammer Liang Daya. ”

Zhang Pujing said: "Lao Yang, don't prevaricate, on the issue of Liang Daya, you are indeed too accommodating, last time Liang Daya took someone to Lanqiao Port to congratulate the traitor Zhu Yunxuan on his birthday, such a big thing, the impact is very bad, but we just scribbled a warning and it was over." It's too much, and it's really hard to understand. ”

Yang Tinghui pondered for a moment and said, "Lao Zhang, this question is a problem, but let me tell you, what do you say about a person like Liang Daya?" He is a good cadre if he is trained well, and it is counterproductive to rush too much. When we decided to let him go to Chenbu County, we were mentally prepared and allowed to make mistakes. It's not that I don't advocate dealing with it, but I just advocate not dealing with it seriously for the time being, and we will keep this account in his mind, and when the time is right, we will clean him up. ”

Zhang Pujing chased after him and said: "He didn't make a mistake, but a crime." Wishing the traitor a birthday is a matter of principle. ”

Yang Tinghui said: "Zhu Yunxuan is not a traitor. Comrade Wang Lantian has already sent someone to investigate, and Zhu Yunxuan's appointment of the devil as the chairman of the maintenance committee is a last resort, and he has done a lot of good things for the people. ”

Zhang Pujing said: "This reason doesn't make sense. If you accept a false position, you are a traitor. If each of our Eighth Route Army captains went to thank the traitor maintenance chairman and kowtow to Dade to celebrate his birthday, then what else would we do with our work? ”

Yang Tinghui felt a little unreasonable, thought about it and said, "The specific situation is analyzed on a case-by-case basis." Liang Daya's situation is relatively special, and that Zhu Yunxuan has the grace of reinvention for him. Of course, this matter is definitely wrong, but we can't ask Liang Daya to join the Eighth Route Army yesterday and raise his consciousness to the level of you and me today. Just like that, we'll kill Liang Daya? That's probably even more inappropriate. My point of view is that it is better to take your time, if you find that Liang Daya has similar bastard behavior, then you can be severely punished, and you can kill your head. However, now is the time to employ people, and we must allow comrades to make mistakes and give comrades the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and atone for their crimes. ”

As soon as he said this, Zhang Pujing had nothing to say.

Yang Tinghui also said: "Strictly speaking, there are some problems in the troops of Bump Mountain, some of them take the things of the common people, some of them drink and fight, some of them desert, and some of them engage in corruption. But, my comrade, you see, our ranks are made up of peasants and workers in small workshops and small coal kilns. Now is the period of the united front, and we should unite all the forces that can be united to resist Japan. I don't have so many people like you who are rich in revolutionary theory and highly revolutionary consciousness to make up our troops. Yesterday they knew nothing about the revolution, but today they are fighting for the revolution, and they may not have a clear belief in the revolution, but they can shed blood and sacrifice for the revolution. They do not understand revolutionary theory, but they are engaged in the revolutionary cause. Should we first cultivate their revolutionary ideals and wait for them to understand the Communist Manifesto before going to war, or should we let them take up their guns and strike at the enemy first? My view is that they should be put into the struggle first. As for the revolutionary consciousness, it can be raised in practice. Today he is not a revolutionary, tomorrow they may be the most advanced revolutionary. Lao Zhang, do you agree with me? ”

After a few rounds of exchanges, Zhang Pujing gradually became a little discouraged, but he reminded himself that he must not retreat. Comrade Yang Tinghui is a veteran founder of the base area and a leader who has been cultured, and he not only has rich experience in struggle, but also has the ability to make speeches and agitation. His words are clear, but he is quibbling, he is detouring, he is using the particularity of the mountain to replace the seriousness of the principle, and he weakens the subjective agency with objective reasons and a pragmatic attitude. He wanted to maintain his absolute authority and form a leadership system with him as the core, so he reused a large number of people such as Wang Lantian, Liang Daya, Song Shangda, An Xuemei, and Jiang Jiahu who obeyed his orders, and excluded leading cadres from the Jianghuai Military Region. No matter how eloquent you say, you can't deny the fact of sectarianism. It's not that people like Liang Daya can't be revolutionary, nor can't they be transformed into revolutionaries, but to promote them by leaps and bounds and let them be used freely, so that they can be grateful to Dade, this is the idea of sectarianism at work.

Zhang Pujing said: "Lao Yang, you can not accept my criticism, but I insist. I have raised these questions today, and I am not just talking about them. The Bump Mountain Base Area is built by all of us, and we should have higher standards. ”

Yang Tinghui said: "I do not deny your integrity and justice, and there is something reasonable about your criticism, and I want to cause reflection." The gentleman is frank, you can show me this material to show me, which shows that there is no ghost in your heart. Send the materials to the military districts and sub-bureaus, that's your right. You can do whatever you want. ”

Zhang Pujing said: "I'll be honest with you, I didn't really want to hand over this thing, because some problems exist, and some problems are not very well documented, just based on intuition and hunch. I think I should inform you of this intuition and hunch and draw attention to it. I don't think it's okay to do this, the two of us don't argue about right and wrong now, let's think calmly for a while, and then carry out criticism and self-criticism. ”

Yang Tinghui said: "No, since the problem has been singled out, it must be solved, and this can be regarded as a way to carry out ideological struggle." I cannot be indifferent to the criticism of my comrades. I suggest that the comrades of the Political Department copy a few copies of the materials and distribute them to the cadres at and above the brigade and battalion level, so that everyone can participate in the discussion. ”

Zhang Pujing was deeply surprised, and was confused: "This ...... It's not appropriate, right? There is no need to boil over arguments between our leaders, which will cause confusion. ”

Yang Tinghui said: "This is a fair and fair thing, although this material mainly criticizes me, but it involves the work of the entire Bump Mountain. There are some problems that are not true, but they can ring the alarm bell. There are some problems, to varying degrees, that do exist and should be taken seriously by all. ”

Zhang Pujing was still confused, he couldn't figure out why Yang Tinghui had changed his attitude in a short period of time, and he couldn't figure out what this change of attitude was for? Although Zhang Pujing always thinks that he has a clear conscience, he is still a little suspicious when Yang Tinghui proposes to expand the debate. Anyone does everything with a purpose, and Lao Yang has a purpose in doing things. What is he trying to achieve?

But what happened next didn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary. Since the controversy was caused by Zhang Pujing, and Yang Tinghui insisted on starting the controversy, Zhang Pujing had no way out. Of course, he won't back down. Zhang Pujing pointed out that it is not necessarily a bad thing to have an argument, but in order to maintain the unity and stability of the leadership and prevent unnecessary ideological confusion, the controversy should not be too large, and it is enough to argue among the members of the sub-district party committee and special committee, and the materials should not be copied by the comrades of the Political Department; more than 1,000 words, he himself copied four more copies and sent them to Wang Lantian, Dou Yuquan, Yang Tinghui, and Jiang Gubei, and they investigated and studied for three days and discussed them after three days.

The results of the discussion were beyond Zhang Pujing's expectations, and Yang Tinghui almost did not repeat what he said when he had a face-to-face argument with Zhang Pujing at the formal discussion meeting, but took the lead in making self-criticism with a sincere attitude, saying that in recent years, he has devoted his main energies to the construction of base areas, slackened his study, and indeed has a tendency to ignore political ideology, and subjectively does not engage in sectarian thinking, but when this has appeared in the army and at the grassroots level, he, as the principal leader, has an unshirkable responsibility. It is necessary to conduct an ideological education in the troops, oppose sectarianism, oppose the work style of warlords, oppose lax discipline, and put an end to corrupt and degenerate behaviors, and so on. He also pointed out that the system of democratic centralism should be upheld, the role of grassroots party branches should be strengthened, and the political instructors of companies and squadrons should have the right to report the problems of cadres at the same level to their superiors.

Yang Tinghui took the lead, and he reversed the tone of the discussion meeting, which became a meeting of criticism and self-criticism, and self-criticism became the mainstream.

Yang Tinghui's self-criticism made Zhang Pujing feel guilty while being surprised. What's going on? Am I being too my comrades? Am I underestimating Lao Yang's consciousness? Am I making the mistake of going extreme again? I really can't figure it out, and I don't even dare to think about it anymore.

In such an atmosphere, Zhang Pujing naturally also made self-criticism, and he was sincere, by no means perfunctory, and criticized himself for doubting the narrow-mindedness of his comrades, his floating style of not facing up to objective reality and being pragmatic, and his indiscriminate buttoning of his hat to hurt his comrades, and so on. For the sake of unity, Zhang Pujing also took the initiative to ask everyone to destroy the materials distributed to each other in view of the lack of evidence on some issues, so as not to affect the mood of the troops.