As the capital, Yongcheng was the political and military center of the northern Anhui base area, but in order to more conveniently accept refugees from eastern Henan, it was temporarily moved to Bo County.
One of the purposes of Zhou Weihan's trip was to understand the real situation in the northern Anhui base area firsthand, so he first went to Xiayi, then to Yongcheng, Woyang, and finally westward to Bo County.
What Zhou Weihan learned along the way was that the living conditions of ordinary people were worse the further south they went, but the support they had for the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party was stronger.
On the one hand, the local people living in poverty thanked the Eighth Route Army from the bottom of their hearts; on the other hand, there were the barefooted people who were not afraid of wearing shoes and had no other choice but to follow the Eighth Route Army wholeheartedly.
"Communist!" Luo Benzhong and Jing Dagang took the time to lead several cadres out to greet them.
The two of them have gone through many changes compared to two months ago. Luo Benzhong even looked a little thinner, so that the two eyeballs behind his glasses protruded quite a bit.
"Lao Luo, it seems that you have been having a hard time recently. You have worked hard during this period. Let's go in and talk!" Zhou Weihan was familiar with several people, so he didn't say much.
In accordance with the party's unified leadership, senior local party officials, as the top leaders of the base areas, should also serve as political commissars of the military regions, coordinating all party, government and military matters.
Although the northern Anhui base area was opened by Jing Dagang's 13th Brigade and Ding Wei's 15th Brigade, because the two were military cadres who also served as political commissars, it was not a problem to open the base area. The person in charge of the administration obviously lacked the ability to coordinate the overall situation, so Luo Luo
Ben Zhong and Zhao Bingzhang went south.
White area cadres such as the North Anhui Special Committee and the East Henan Special Committee who were previously engaged in underground work in enemy-occupied areas were reorganized into the East Henan Regional Government and the Northern Anhui Regional Government.
After everyone sat down, Zhou Weihan obviously wanted to attack: "They are all familiar faces. It seems there is no place to meet comrades? I originally planned to meet them, but you also divided the office into two places!"
Luo Benzhong had to bite the bullet and explain: "The local government has just been established and there is a shortage of personnel. Now the main focus is on settling the people!"
Zhou Weihan nodded when he heard this, but he didn't want to hear this explanation, so he got straight to the point and said: "The branch office has carefully studied the previous report, so the branch office sent me here. What I have seen along the way these past few days is really unacceptable to me!"
"The branch office highly praises the rapid development of the Wanbei base area. However, my intuitive feeling this time is that the current policies are superficial and the people do not trust us. This shows that the foundation is not solid!"
At the end, Zhou Weihan even pointed out unceremoniously: "If some comrades in the local government are not qualified to manage the base areas, then ask them to go to the Anti-Japanese University to study!"
"Lao Luo, you are in charge. You must take responsibility. Time cannot be wasted. The enemy will not give us time!"
Zhou Weihan admires those comrades who are lurking in enemy-occupied areas, but this does not mean that he can tolerate some people's corpses. Facts have proved that the comrades in the white areas are experienced in fighting behind enemy lines, but they obviously lack experience in managing base areas, and even more
What's terrible is intentional connivance.
The Hebei, Shandong and Henan Branch considered that the cadres from the Bai District have worked in northern Anhui and eastern Henan for many years and have a certain mass base in the local area. Therefore, the cadres from the Bai District are the main personnel of the local government. However, it is precisely because of this that the subsequent
The work is difficult.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Wanbei base area, there were two different opinions on whether to carry out land reform immediately. At that time, Luo Benzhong and Zhao Bingzhang had not yet arrived in Wanbei.
The cadres heading south from Hebei, Shandong and Henan, headed by the 13th and 15th brigades, believed that they should act decisively and immediately carry out land reform every time they regained a county, without giving the local gentry a chance to connect with each other, so as to gain the support of the local people as soon as possible.
However, local or white area cadres in northern Anhui believe that as the summer harvest approaches, the land reform should be delayed slightly and the grain grown in the fields should be harvested by those who own it, so as to avoid intensifying conflicts.
The two have opposite opinions. After all, they have different positions. The cadres who went south have strong force as a guarantee and have no local connections. Naturally, they have less scruples in doing things.
Many cadres in the White area were later developed from the local area. Most of the members are locals. They have been working in the area for many years and have certain connections. Otherwise, how could they gain a foothold in enemy-occupied areas?
After the local government was established, the number of personnel expanded rapidly. Since few people from ordinary farmers' families could receive education, most of the new members came from landlords and gentry families. Zhou Weihan believed that some people had certain revolutionary tendencies.
But there are also speculative elements among them.
The practical problem before us is that these people have deep local connections and are too involved, so that the implementation of policies faces many obstacles within the local government.
At that time, the Hebei, Shandong and Yu branch comprehensively considered the idea and agreed to the idea of the white area cadres, but at the same time, Luo Benzhong was asked to lead a group of people south to check and balance. Luo Benzhong served as the top leader of the two base areas and had overall responsibility for the party, government and military, while Zhao Bingzhang was
Responsible for the military aspect.
Luo Benzhong was quite experienced in political struggles and had considerable experience in governing base areas. However, he arrived in northern Anhui a little late, making the situation difficult to manage and unable to open up the situation in a short period of time.
"Comrade **, I will review the situation with the branch and comrades. I..."
Luo Benzhong stood up, but after I finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhou Weihan: "Lao Luo, you don't need to make a self-examination, and don't worry about it. The deputy chief of staff specifically told me before coming here that the responsibility does not lie with you and other comrades.
On your body!"
"Northern Anhui and eastern Henan have always been enemy-occupied areas. This is the first time for our party to go south to recover lost territory on a large scale. Therefore, it is normal to lack experience in this area. The branch office also had many concerns at the time, so there were problems in selection!"
"The problem now is to bring order out of chaos as soon as possible!" After Zhou Weihan experienced the Wanbei incident, he increasingly felt the importance of ensuring internal purity, so rectification was necessary.
"My opinion is to start with personnel. Don't worry about eastern Henan. Focus on northern Anhui. The old comrades of the special committee in northern Anhui can still persevere under extremely harsh fighting conditions in enemy-occupied areas, which shows that they have faith.
Yes, it’s just that I don’t have a clear understanding of the change in identity!”
"For them, let them come and participate in the symposium. Comrades can open up and talk about their ideas. Comrades who support the next work can continue to stay in Wanbei. If some people are still stubborn and rely on their seniority to fight against the organization,
Then invite them to study at the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Anti-Japanese University!"
"For new comrades who have just joined the work, we must carefully screen them, strengthen their study, and correct their thinking. In a word, those who remain must be firm and capable of doing practical things, and those who have invested in the work and who have committed crimes must be removed from the team."
The bad elements in the department must be punished!"
"We must not let the misdeeds of persecuting the people go by the wayside just because they put on the clothes of the Eighth Route Army and turned into civil servants of the new government!"
"When necessary, the troops can take over first!" Zhou Weihan finally said, because during the process of the main force regaining lost territory, the local government is responsible for forming local armed forces.
At that time, Jing Dagang and the others thought quite simply. They were all comrades on the left and right. Anyway, the weapons and equipment captured from the Japanese and puppet troops could not be used by the main force, so they simply left most of the weapons and equipment to the newly formed local armed forces.
Therefore, local governments have their own armed forces, but from what Zhou Weihan saw and heard along the way, local government cadres were obviously still immersed in the joy of establishing political power.
Although Zhou Weihan and his entourage were all wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army, they were not questioned several times along the way. This shows that the local armed forces are poorly trained and their preparations are weak.
Everyone present tensed up when they heard this, knowing that their superiors were serious about it. It was not that Luo Benzhong was incapable or devoid of ideas. It was just that political struggles required methods and timing.
He came to northern Anhui just for checks and balances. Before his superiors made clear their thoughts, everything could only be in preparation. Otherwise, it would be uncomfortable to act rashly and be labeled as destroying unity.
The arrival of Zhou Weihan allowed Luo Benzhong and others to unify their thoughts, so they invited key personnel from the Wanbei Prefectural Committee, the regional government and various county committees and governments to come to Bo County for a meeting.
The Wanbei Prefectural Committee, the regional government and the county committees and county governments seem to be two signboards, but currently each base area basically has the same team. The difference is that after the local base area is stabilized, it will start to establish border area democracy in accordance with the three-three system principle.
The government and the regional government are actually part of the democratic government.
During his visit, Zhou Weihan only visited grassroots rural areas and did not go to county towns, so local leading cadres did not know about Zhou Weihan's arrival.
The next day, the new face Zhou Weihan appeared at the main seat of the symposium, which made them a little confused. After his identity was announced in public, they were a little caught off guard. At this time, no matter how slow their brains turned, they understood that Zhou Weihan's arrival had a special purpose.
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"Comrades, in 1941, the teacher comrades published an article "Reforming Our Learning" in Yanzhou. You have been fighting in enemy-occupied areas before. I don't know if the comrades have carefully studied it in this harsh environment.
This article!"
"But that's not important. The content of today's symposium is to strengthen our learning. How should we strengthen our learning? I would like to ask everyone to express their opinions!"
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As mentioned before, Luo Benzhong did not fail to do his work after arriving in northern Anhui. He knew very clearly which comrades had a firm revolutionary stance and which comrades were capable of doing practical things.
After Zhou Weihan read the files, he couldn't help feeling that the old comrades were still reliable. Only a few relied on their seniority to show that they could stand up and take the initiative. Most of the old comrades just failed to change their minds.
After Zhou Weihan expressed his attitude on behalf of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Branch, except for a few old comrades who were sent to the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area to study, most of them followed him and studied honestly for three days.
During this period, Zhou Weihan set a policy. Based on the rapid expansion of local government personnel, resulting in mixed personnel, the local government should carry out internal rectification with the cooperation of the army, and at the same time strengthen the learning of new personnel.
