Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Therefore, the work teams were told that within ten days, every village must establish a "Poor Peasants' League." The "Poor Peasants' League" would exclude rich peasants, landlords, and middle peasants, and only accept poor and hired peasants to join.

The idea is good.

But nearly 200 villages in one county set up "Poor Peasants' Leagues" within ten days. How can you set up a "Poor Peasants' League" if you don't trust the local cadres?

You have not done any propaganda or mobilization, and you are not as familiar with local conditions as local cadres.

The only option is to choose from some so-called "activists".

With the establishment of the "Poor Peasants' League", Liu Huafu's land reform work progressed much faster.

Chapter 660 Anger

"Commander, this is outrageous."

Li Zhimin, deputy political commissar and director of the political department of the Jizhong Military Region and the First Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army, came to Yang Quanwu angrily. Yang Quanwu was very confused when he saw Li Zhimin's expression.

Yang Quanwu and Li Zhimin get along very well.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yang Quanwu was incredibly skilled at expanding his forces and territory. He was particularly adept at reorganizing local armed forces, making him a leader throughout the Jin-Cha-Ji region. However, precisely because of his prowess in expanding his forces and territory, and the sheer number of local armed forces he reorganized, he also had to make numerous compromises.

In the eyes of many people, the armed forces and cadres on Yang Quanwu's side are a mixed bag.

These cadres came from all sorts of backgrounds, but they only obeyed Yang Quanwu. Yang Quanwu didn't care about their backgrounds; as long as they were capable, he would prioritize them. Currently, within Yang Quanwu's Hebei Military Region, including the First Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army, many officers came from the Northeast Army, the 29th Army, and the Jin-Sui Army. Although Yang Quanwu was somewhat arbitrary, he was truly kind to his subordinates.

Those with ability would be promoted. Those with merit would never be negated. He would not escalate matters unless they touched upon matters of principle. Under Yang Quanwu, cadres who were not veteran Party members or Red Army veterans were given the opportunity to showcase their talents.

After Ma Xingrong arrived in the Jizhong Military Region and served as deputy secretary of the Jizhong Border Region Party Committee, he dealt a heavy blow to these cadres. Although Ma Xingrong was affected by the failure of the Yireliao advance, he was still a victim of this. However, he had a lot of experience, which Yang Quanwu could not match. This gave Yang Quanwu a headache. During the Rectification Movement, Ma Xingrong severely tormented the entire Jizhong Military Region.

In particular, Yang Quanwu's political right-hand man, Luo Renfa, went to Yan'an, and even Yang Quanwu was tormented by Ma Xingrong. Fortunately, Li Zhimin, then director of the Political Department of the Jizhong Military Region, strongly supported Yang Quanwu.

The two people work together very well.

Li Zhimin has excellent political work capabilities.

The cadres on Yang Quanwu's side all liked Li Zhimin very much. Yang Quanwu's team was initially somewhat xenophobic, but Li Zhimin, despite being an outsider, was able to quickly integrate into the team, demonstrating his ability. It was precisely because of Li Zhimin's support that Yang Quanwu was able to suppress Ma Xingrong and prevent further problems from occurring in the Jizhong Military Region.

Li Zhimin is always smiling and has a very good temper.

But now it's anger.

"what happened?"

Yang Quanwu asked him with a smile.

Geng Biao next to him also looked confused.

Yang Quanwu and Geng Biao have been very busy lately. This is mainly because there are too many Nationalist troops in Hebei, and they've been analyzing how to break the deadlock if a fight breaks out. While the KMT and the CCP are currently engaged in a fierce battle in Northeast China, they haven't completely fallen out in the interior.

But both of them knew that it was only a matter of time before they fell out.

So while they were training the troops, they were also discussing what to do if a fight broke out. So neither of them knew why Li Zhimin was so angry.

"Commander, if we don't do anything, something terrible is going to happen to the 12th Brigade."

"What happened?"

Yang Quanwu became serious.

The First Field Army of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Campaign was located between the troops of the Hebei-Central Military Region and the Hebei-Shandong Military Region.

After Huang Yong led the three brigades of the Hebei-Shandong Military Region to the Northeast, Yang Quanwu and Wang Zhi reorganized the local troops of the Hebei-Central Military Region and the Hebei-Shandong Military Region to re-establish the 5th, 8th, and 9th Brigades. Because these brigades all went to the Northeast, the Jin-Cha-Ji region reallocated these numbers.

As for the 12th Brigade, it is also a unit of the Hebei-Shandong Military Region.

It was also the main force brigade of the Hebei-Shandong Military Region. When Huang Yong went to the Northeast, he actually wanted to take the 12th Brigade with him. However, because the 12th Brigade was not Huang Yong's direct unit, and the Jin-Cha-Ji region also hoped that the Ji-Shandong Military Region would retain some of its main forces, it did not accompany Huang Yong to the Northeast. The 12th Brigade was a unit of the former Jin-Cha-Ji Fourth Division, formerly the Fifth Regiment of the Jin-Cha-Ji Fourth Division, which contained a Red Army company that had come down from Jinggang Mountain.

“Some people were causing trouble in Pingshan County, arresting people and targeting the families of the cadres from the 12th Brigade.

"Pingshan County?"

Yang Quanwu thought for a moment and said, "Are you talking about Comrade Liu Huafu's land reform in Pingshan County?

Although Yang Quanwu also attended the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Bureau meeting.

But he was more focused on the field army. Fighting was Yang Quanwu's most important task at the moment. The First Field Army of the Shanxi-Chahar Wing was under immense pressure in Hebei. The troops of Sun Lianzhong and Pang Bingxun, along with the Central Army, were also pouring into Hebei.

If the two sides fall out, it will definitely be a big war.

Therefore, Yang Quanwu's entire mind and energy were currently focused on fighting. The work of the Yizhong Military Region was completely handed over to Li Zhimin. Now that Li Zhimin said this, Yang Quanwu remembered that Liu Huafu was carrying out land reform in Pingshan County.

"Yes."

Li Zhimin angrily declared, "The land reform in Pingshan County is a mess. Comrade Liu Huafu completely disregarded the local cadres and organized so-called poor peasant groups there. He delegated power over rural land reform to these 'poor peasant groups.'" They initially targeted landlords, then rich peasants, and then middle peasants. The current land reform in Pingshan County has even confiscated the land of middle peasants. Furthermore, the land reform teams and the poor peasant groups, led by Comrade Liu Huafu, have been holding public trials daily in Pingshan County, executing scores of people. Commander, you know that the development of our Jin-Cha-Yi region is inseparable from the support of the people in the base area. There are many children of rich peasants and landlords, and even more children of middle peasants. Pingshan County was the most important base area in the Fourth Division back then, and many of its members joined the army. Many are currently in the 12th Brigade. If Pingshan County continues like this, it will directly impact the 12th Brigade, as the families of many officers and soldiers in the 12th Brigade have been affected by the reform. I went to check and found that the morale of the 12th Brigade is now in turmoil.

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Yang Quanwu couldn't help but swear.

Then he asked, "Where are the officials from the Pingshan County Government?"

"Many of them are now struggling to protect themselves. Comrade Liu Huafu is carrying out a major campaign to criticize 'localism' and 'mountaintopism' in Pingshan County, and all Pingshan County cadres must learn from him. Comrade Liu Huafu even believes that many cadres are opposing the Party's land reform instructions and are suspected of being counter-revolutionaries.

Lower-level cadres, believed by the Poor Peasants' League to be colluding with local tyrants and evil gentry, were also put on trial. Even the Poor Peasants' League in Pingshan County could decide to execute our cadres there without trial. This was no nonsense. Not only was the Poor Peasants' League formed for land reform, but even Comrade Liu Huafu had no authority to decide the life and death of our grassroots cadres.

Li Zhimin told Yang Quanwu everything he knew.

After hearing this, Yang Quanwu flew into a rage. He slammed the table and said, "You're talking nonsense. Our Jin-Cha-Ji region has its own unique history. The people of Jin-Cha-Ji fully supported us during the War of Resistance. This included some rich peasants and landlords who have always supported our Eighth Route Army's rent and interest reduction campaign. We can definitely cooperate with them and get them to support our land reform campaign."

This is not the method. Even if public trials are to be held, they should be used to deal with local tyrants and evil gentry. 'When did the Poor Peasants' League have the power to decide who to execute and who not to execute? When our grassroots cadres have problems, they should be put on trial, not just executed at random.'

Liu Huafu did indeed ignite the fire of land reform in Pingshan County.

But he only lit the fire, but failed to properly control the wind direction and the flames. The idea of ​​the "Poor Peasants' League" was not actually wrong. Local cadres did have some "rightist" tendencies during the land reform.

But the current situation is too "left".

The peasant movement, once ignited, was bound to go too far. After all, many people harbored years of hatred, and with the involvement of some lumpen proletarians and other forces, it was difficult to control.

This is when the wisdom of leading cadres is needed.

We must use this force to combat the "right"

We must also combat the privileges enjoyed by rich peasants and landlords in rural areas. However, while the land reform work teams utilize this force, they must also know how to guide it. They should allow it to destroy the feudal land system and the landlord class in rural areas, rather than allowing it to destroy the existing countryside.

But after Liu Huafu ignited the fire, he suppressed local cadres in Pingshan County and gave the "Poor Peasants' League" too much power. The result is the current situation.

"Where's Wang Zhi? As the Party Secretary of the Ji-Lu Border Region, doesn't he care about these things?"

The Fourth District was incorporated into the Hebei-Shandong Military Region.

Wang Zhi was not only the commander and political commissar of the Shandong Military Region, but also the secretary of the Hebei-Shandong Border Region. After Huang Yong left the Hebei-Shandong Military Region, Wang Zhi became the top leader of the party, government, and military in the Hebei-Shandong base area.

How could Wang Zhi not care about such a big thing happening in Pingshan County?

"I've already contacted Comrade Wang Zhi. He'll be here soon."

As he was speaking, Wang Zhi walked over.

His face also looked very ugly.

He had been quite busy recently, mainly focusing on reorganizing the local troops of the Hebei-Shandong Military Region. Taking advantage of the disarmament, he planned to improve the combat effectiveness of the local troops in the Hebei-Shandong Military Region.

In fact, they didn't pay too much attention to the affairs of Pingshan County.

After all, Liu Huafu was an experienced veteran cadre and the local Party representative in Jin-Cha-Ji. Although this was his first time overseeing land reform, it shouldn't have been too outrageous. But who could have imagined something so serious would happen?

Wang Zhi came from the Third Corps.

Like General Peng, he had a hot temper. It was just that he'd always been involved in political work, so he'd kept his temper in check. But this time, he couldn't stand it any longer, so he said directly, "Comrade Liu Huafu and his men are really going too far. They've turned a perfectly good Pingshan County into a chaotic mess. If we go to war now, how can the 12th Brigade possibly be combat-ready? This can't go on like this. I must report this to the commander. Comrade Yang Quanwu, you're an alternate member of the Central Committee and a standing member of the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Committee. You can't just sit back and watch this happen."

"Damn it! You're holding me back! We need to rush to Pingshan County and put a stop to the situation there first.

Historically, Yang Quanwu was in central Hebei and was helpless in the face of land reform issues in the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar region. He could only stabilize his territory and prevent any problems from arising there. But Yang Quanwu was in pain at the time.

Because many of the most "leftist" areas of land reform in Jin-Cha-Ji were sub-districts created by Yang Quanwu during the War of Resistance Against Japan.

Marshal Nie couldn't do anything about it back then, let alone Yang Quanwu. After all, Comrade Xiuyang was in charge of the Jin-Cha-Ji region, and Yang Quanwu was only the commander of the Hebei-Central Military Region. So, Marshal Nie, Yang Quanwu, and the others could only protect what they could, and had no say in other matters. But now, Yang Quanwu had plenty of confidence.

He himself was an alternate member of the Central Committee and a standing member of the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Bureau.

"Comrade Geng Biao, the headquarters' work is now handed over to you."

"Yes."

"let's go."

Chapter 661 Confrontation

Yang Quanwu was furious.

He went straight to Pingshan County, to where Liu Huafu worked. Without waiting for the staff to inform him, he stepped forward and kicked the door open with a bang. Following behind Yang Quanwu were Wang Zhi and Li Zhimin.

Yang Quanwu opened the door, startling Liu Huafu and others inside.

In all the years they have been working, this is the first time that they have opened the studio door like this.

"Comrade Yang Quanwu, what are you doing?"

Liu Huafu had a cold face.

Among the people Liu Huafu fears and dislikes the most in Jin-Cha-Ji, Yang Quanwu is definitely the first.

Because Yang Quanwu has a bad temper.

He didn't even take me seriously. Even in a public meeting, Yang Quanwu dared to point his finger at me and curse me. Even Nie Shuai, the current top leader of the Jin Cha Yi, hadn't embarrassed me in public.

But Yang Quanwu did it.

Liu Huafu really wanted to kick Yang Quanwu out.

Yet, Yang Quanwu held a unique position within Jin-Cha-Ji. Tracing back to its origins, 70% to 80% of the Jin-Cha-Ji army emerged from the Independent Regiment. Of course, if they weren't simply from the Independent Regiment, they were definitely Yang Quanwu's direct line. Just like Xiao Feng, who cursed Yang Quanwu during the Yan'an Rectification Movement, now led troops under Yang Quanwu after returning to Jin-Cha-Ji.

Xiao Feng is currently the political commissar of the 12th Brigade.

But their relationship with Yang Quanwu was still not good. Yang Quanwu did not care about these things. They could curse at him as long as he obeyed his orders and followed his instructions.

These people had a bad relationship with Yang Quanwu, but they were all from the Independent Regiment after all. Regardless of whether they believed in Yang Quanwu or had a bad relationship with him, they all brought Yang Quanwu's influence with them.

The army attaches great importance to this kind of background, so Yang Quanwu has a very special status in Jin-Cha-Ji.

Although Liu Huafu was the deputy secretary of the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Bureau, he had no way to deal with Yang Quanwu.

Not to mention that during the Seventh National Congress, Yang Quanwu became an alternate member of the Central Committee, and Liu Huafu was unable to shake Yang Quanwu.

So when Liu Huafu saw Yang Quanwu coming in without caring about his dignity, he was particularly angry. Liao Guangao next to him was also quite surprised.

Although he had heard of Yang Quanwu's "Postscript" in Yan'an long ago, and many people criticized Yang Quanwu for his absolute control over the First Division, he did not expect Yang Quanwu to be so arrogant.