Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Li Fuming had been having a hard time lately. Since the establishment of the Eighth Column, there had never been such a serious case of grain resistance in the Eighth Column's base area.

If this matter of resisting the public grain tax was taken too far, it would be a true counter-revolutionary act. Li Fuming initially dispatched the county brigade and the public security department to suppress the incident. He planned to first arrest the masterminds and deal with them, then gradually work with the people. However, he later realized that the number of participants was too large and the situation could not be suppressed, so Li Fuming began to tone it down.

Li Fuming knew that if this matter got out of hand, it would be bad for everyone. Not to mention the peasants who participated in the grain resistance, his own political future would be ruined. So he quickly changed his mind about dealing with the matter severely and immediately narrowed the scope of the crackdown. Otherwise, the number of people arrested this time would not be forty or so, but over four hundred.

But it's too big.

Even though he was the county party secretary, he couldn't suppress it. If he did, he would be the one to reap the spoils. So he reported it to Han Weiguo. When he did, he had already downplayed the situation. In reality, the situation was far more serious than he'd reported, with seven rural areas involved. He'd expected an investigation team to be sent over, as the grain resistance was a serious matter.

But he didn't expect that Wei Hongjun and Han Weiguo would come together.

This made him very nervous.

Wei Hongjun frowned when he heard Li Fuming's words. "Didn't you guys investigate on your own? Why are all three villages participating in the resistance against the grain tax?"

"Secretary Wei, our county government staff and the Public Security Bureau went down to investigate. The results are consistent with what was reported."

Li Fuming spoke immediately.

"Where is the mastermind?"

"Is he being held in the Public Security Bureau?"

"I'll go and take a look. Everyone else who has work can go to work. Comrade Li Fuming will follow."

Now is the general offensive stage of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region, and there are many things to deal with.

Wei Hongjun and Han Weiguo are both very busy people.

But this time, the matter was so serious, and Wei Hongjun couldn't help but feel something was amiss. Although he didn't know what was wrong, his intuition told him that something was amiss, which was why he decided to come in person. Otherwise, a typical case wouldn't have alerted a cadre of Wei Hongjun's rank. Time was limited, so Wei Hongjun didn't think twice.

I followed Li Fuming to the Public Security Department.

"Secretary Li.

"Where's your Section Chief Wu?"

"inside."

"Who is the mastermind behind this resistance to public grain?"

Wei Hongjun asked directly.

The Public Security Bureau officer didn't know who Wei Hongjun was, but seeing Li Fuming standing back, he knew it was a high-ranking official. He immediately saluted and said, "Captain, hold him over there."

"Lead the way, I want to go and take a look.

"Chief, this.

"What? Is there a problem?

"No, but...

"Hurry up. This is Political Commissar Wei of the Military Region."

Li Fuming was very anxious behind him.

Wei Hongjun just wanted to see the mastermind, but the staff were still hesitating and acting so guilty. They really didn't know how to do their job. When the Public Security Bureau staff heard Li Fuming's words, they immediately understood who they were. So, without further delay, they led everyone inside.

After opening the door, Wei Hongjun's face immediately turned ugly.

He saw a young man in his twenties, but he had been beaten beyond recognition. Wei Hongjun was very angry and asked, "Was he beaten during the arrest or during the interrogation?"

"Chief, this, this

"Humph."

Wei Hongjun walked in.

The person lying over there looked up and saw the person coming in. He said, "Yes, I am a Kuomintang spy. I was the one who resisted the public grain tax."

Wei Hongjun knew that this person was not in a good condition at first glance.

He paused and said, "I am Wei Hongjun, the political commissar of the Jirecha Military Region and secretary of the Jirecha Border Region District Committee. I came here specifically for this anti-grain tax campaign."

"Wei, Wei, Political Commissar Wei. Are you Political Commissar Wei of the Military Region?"

"Correct."

When the young man heard Wei Hongjun introduce himself, he burst into tears. He immediately grabbed Wei Hongjun's hand and said, "Political Commissar Wei, Political Commissar Wei, I am innocent. I am truly innocent. I never intended to resist the public grain tax. I truly never intended to resist the public grain tax. I am not a spy. I am not a Kuomintang spy."

"Come, let me help you sit up.

Li Fuming stepped forward immediately, but Wei Hongjun hit him hard.

Li Fuming stood there.

I was shocked.

Seeing the situation of the mastermind, Li Fuming cursed Wu Feng from the Public Security Department in his heart.

He knew that Wei Hongjun was really angry.

He had been following Wei Hongjun for quite some time. What Wei Hongjun stressed most in the meeting was that one must be careful in doing work and pay attention to investigation and research. However, this time, with such a big incident as resisting the public grain, he really did not send anyone to find out the reason. Because he was a little panicked after the incident. After all, this was a big incident like resisting the public grain. So he immediately sent the county brigade and the public security department to suppress the incident. Suppress the matter first, and then see what it is. But the situation developed too quickly, and it affected seven villages in a short period of time. So after the district government and the public security department below determined that this anti-public grain incident was sabotaged by Kuomintang spies, he immediately followed this line of thought to characterize the incident.

But look at the situation before us.

How could the Public Security Bureau be handling a case? They're simply beating someone into a pulp. Even I, seeing this situation, feel there's something fishy going on.

What’s more, it’s Wei Hongjun.

Li Fuming was furious at the Public Security Bureau's carelessness in handling the matter. Since it was determined that the incident was instigated by Kuomintang spies, then at least the matter should be handled properly.

What does that count now?

Either shoot him or make him confess his guilt.

Wei Hongjun personally took action and helped the man up. Wei Hongjun felt that there was something wrong and was also angry that the Public Security Bureau had beaten him so severely.

However, Wei Hongjun did not say for sure that there was no involvement of Kuomintang spies in this anti-grain campaign.

Although the man in front of him cried out that he was innocent, Wei Hongjun would not necessarily believe him just because of what he said.

For such a major incident as resisting the public grain tax, it was not impossible to get beaten up. Many of these public security officers and soldiers came from the military. They had been fighting in the army for many years and had bad tempers.

It is not impossible to meet the mastermind behind the resistance to the public grain, and praise him out of righteous indignation. So after Wei Hongjun helped him up, he sat in front of him. Then he said, "Are you Chu Yan?

"Yes."

"Tell me why you incited the people to resist the public grain tax?"

"Commissar Wei, I'm not a KMT spy, and I didn't incite anyone to resist the public grain tax. Is it that the public grain ratio in our village is wrong? I just raised an objection.

Chu Yan understood that Wei Hongjun in front of him was his only way to survive.

So even though the wound was very painful, he still blurted out what he wanted to say.

“The public grain ratio is wrong?”

"Yes. Currently, the public grain ratio in other parts of our base is between 11% and 15%. But in our village, it's around 25%, and sometimes even reaches 30%. I objected to this, and when other villages heard the news, they all wanted to know the reason. But the district government insisted that we were resisting the public grain. Political Commissar Wei, we are truly wronged."

Chu Yan spoke while crying.

Wei Hongjun frowned and said softly, "Don't get excited. I'll find a doctor for you first. You should take good care of yourself."

Wei Hongjun did not completely believe Chu Yan.

But the general situation was already understood. He was furious for a moment, but he suppressed it. He said to Han Weiguo, "Take him to the guard platoon and find a doctor to take a good look at him. This man must not be in any danger."

"it is good."

Wei Hongjun is really very angry now.

What is going on?

Back in the office, he saw everyone coming in. Wei Hongjun looked at the last person who came in. Unlike the others, he stood there at a loss. Wei Hongjun asked, "Are you Wu from the Weichang County Public Security Bureau?"

"Yes."

"From the military?"

"Yes. Commissar, I, I am

"Then do you know what the last of the Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention says?"

“No abuse of prisoners.”

"louder please."

“No abuse of prisoners.”

Wu Zheng answered loudly.

Wei Hongjun said coldly, "Since you came from the military, you know not to mistreat prisoners. How come you're now transferred to the Public Security Bureau and are investigating cases, and you're beating people like this? What are you thinking? Are you trying to force a confession? Are you trying to gain credit for yourself, or are you trying to cover up something? Comrade Yao Ziming, is this the working style of your Public Security Bureau?"

"Commissar, it's my fault. I failed to enforce strict discipline in the public security department."

"We'll talk about that later."

Wei Hongjun turned his head and looked at Li Fuming and said, "Comrade Li Fuming, Chu Yan just said that the proportion of public grain collected here is 25%?

Did it even reach 30%? Why don't I remember the public grain ratio in our base area was 25%? Did Chu Yan lie, or is Chu Yan's village a special case, or is the public grain ratio in your entire Weichang County 25%?

Li Fuming has been feeling very nervous since he entered the meeting room.

Hearing Wei Hongjun's words, he immediately stood up and said, "Political Commissar, I can guarantee that our Weichang County has absolutely not increased the public grain ratio without authorization.

We have always strictly followed the policies formulated by the Border Region Party Committee in collecting public grain."

"We'll know if it is true or not after checking it out, Director Han."

"political commissar."

"Immediately send a work team to investigate the situation in each rural area of ​​Weichang County. Is Chu Yan lying, or is there truly a problem here? Seal up the grain accounts of each township over the years and investigate them one by one."

"Yes."

"Yao Ziming."

"political commissar."

"All staff members of the Weichang County Public Security Bureau, arrest them. Forbid them from leaving the house or contacting anyone outside until I have a thorough understanding of this matter. Your Public Security Administration Office will take over the work of the Weichang County Public Security Bureau. Immediately dispatch personnel to investigate the several rural areas where the grain protests have occurred to find out what exactly is going on. Anyone who dares to obstruct the investigation will be detained, no matter who they are."

"Yes."

"Also, send someone to investigate Chu Yan's history and social connections. Also, what exactly did Chu Yan do during this grain resistance incident? We must investigate thoroughly.

Although Wei Hongjun already had an idea of ​​the general outline.