Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Chu Yan's health has improved a lot now, and he can walk without help. Chu Yan is grateful to Wei Hongjun because he understands the situation at the time. If Wei Hongjun hadn't come, he would have been shot.

Wei Hongjun can be said to be his savior.

"Comrade Chu Yan, after you recover, you should not go to school."

"Political Commissar Wei?"

Chu Yan was previously the vice principal of Weichang County Middle School.

He was considered a highly respected young cadre. After all, he was barely in his twenties, yet he was already the vice principal of a middle school. Now that Wei Hongjun had told him not to go to school, Chu Yan immediately thought of the incident.

In fact, he was also scared about what happened this time.

He hadn't expected that a seemingly minor incident would cause such a huge stir. Hundreds of officials from all levels of Weichang County were implicated, including officials from the county government and the three district governments.

Is it because of this matter?

Wei Hongjun looked at Chu Yan's young face and said, "I want to adjust your work and ask for your opinion today.

"Commissar Wei, where do you want me to go?"

"I want you to return to District 3. I want you to be responsible for three tasks. These three tasks are all very important. I have carefully considered the candidates and feel that you are the most suitable.

Chu Yan was shocked.

This time, he had made such a big mistake. Even if it wasn't his fault, he was still someone many people avoided. But Wei Hongjun not only saved him, but also gave him an important task.

"Political Commissar Wei, what do you want me to do?"

"I want you to come to District 3 and be responsible for its literacy work. I know you participated in literacy work in Chadong before, so you should have a better understanding of what it involves. But participating in literacy work and being responsible for it are two different things. To be responsible for literacy work, you need to find teachers, locate classrooms, and develop a literacy program. This also involves figuring out how to get the people to accept literacy education. Previously, you participated in the literacy work as a teacher, but this time, you will be responsible for it as a cadre."

After arriving at this time and space, Wei Hongjun increasingly understood how great a task literacy work was.

If the People's Republic of China were to be crowned with ten great achievements, literacy would undoubtedly be one of them. It can be said that literacy played a crucial role in China's transformation from a semi-feudal, semi-colonial nation to a modern one, and from an agricultural to an industrial nation.

"Political Commissar Wei, I accept the organization's arrangements."

"Then you have to understand something. You're the vice principal of a county middle school. The conditions there are good, and the work isn't too strenuous. But if you take charge of literacy work in District Three, you'll be spending most of your time in the countryside. Living conditions there aren't as good as in the county, and the workload is much more intense."

Even though you're only responsible for literacy work in District 3, transportation in some of the villages there is poor, and walking between them can take hours. While you work with middle school students at the county middle school, many of the students you're working with in literacy education are illiterate. They don't even understand why literacy work is necessary, and they don't have much enthusiasm for it. The level of difficulty is completely different.

Chu Yan stood up and said, "Political Commissar, I have worked in literacy education in Chadong. I understand the difficulties you mentioned. But I am willing to take charge of the literacy work."

"Ok.

Wei Hongjun had a reason to look for Chu Yan.

Chu Yan had truly become famous for this incident. Regardless of his fame, he was a true celebrity in District 3. And the people there trusted him. That was why Wei Hongjun had put Chu Yan in charge of the literacy campaign.

In fact, working in the countryside is really tiring.

The backwardness of the peasantry is obvious. Rectifying this backwardness will definitely not happen overnight, or even in a year or two. Furthermore, the countryside is truly poor, and transportation is truly poor.

Why do so many cadres who have gone to the city never want to work in the countryside again? It's because the conditions in the countryside are too poor.

However, China is an agricultural country, with the majority of its population being farmers. The country cannot do without the countryside, so a large number of cadres are needed to work in the countryside. This is why Wei Hongjun placed great emphasis on rural cadres in the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region.

Not only now, but even after the victory of the revolution, China will need a large number of cadres who understand rural areas. It is even better to have educated cadres like Chu Yan willing to work in rural areas.

Wei Hongjun continued, "Secondly, in addition to literacy work, every five or seven days—you can choose ten days, of course—you will be policy propagandists. You will explain to the rural peasants what's happening outside, informing them of the current situation in the Anti-Japanese War. Then, explain the current border region policies to them. Explain them to each person individually so they understand the general policy situation."

This work is very important. And I was inspired by your idea. At this stage, we can only adopt this method to make the vast number of illiterate farmers understand our policies. "

"Commissar, I will definitely do this job well."

Chu Yan was very excited.

Chu Yan was well-known for Wei Hongjun's name; after all, he was the top leader of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar base area. But after meeting Wei Hongjun in person and interacting with him, he admired him from the bottom of his heart.

I just said it casually, but I didn't expect Wei Hongjun to listen to it.

Policy propagandist?

Very good work.

If the farmers knew the policies of the border areas, the grassroots cadres would not bully the farmers so blatantly.

"Third, the border region plans to implement 'village affairs disclosure' in the three districts." This means that village cadres and work teams must disclose not only the village's economic accounts but also the content of their work. The vast majority of farmers will serve as overseers. Village meetings will be held at regular intervals to monitor village cadres and work teams based on the content of the 'village affairs disclosure.'"

"Commissar, what does supervision mean? How do we supervise?"

"Supervision has many aspects. Of course, the most important one is that if villagers have objections to the content of 'village affairs disclosure', they can raise questions publicly at the villagers' meeting. For example, if villagers feel that "there are problems with the economic accounts after the village affairs disclosure, and some money does not match the accounts, they can question the village cadres and the work team about the economic accounts. Ask them to give a reasonable explanation. Including villagers have doubts about the working methods, work style, and even the content of the work of the village cadres and the work team, they can also raise questions in this regard. The village cadres and the work team must answer, and they should not be perfunctory, but should carefully introduce them to the farmers. If the village cadres and the work team cannot give a satisfactory answer in this regard, the villagers can report the content of the villagers' meeting to the district government and the county government." Chu Yan was shocked.

Let villagers participate in supervising village cadres and work teams?

Unheard of.

But for a moment, he was filled with pride. He understood that the border region had introduced this policy precisely because of the "resistance to public grain" incident. He suddenly felt that he might be witnessing a groundbreaking event in rural history.

So he straightened up immediately.

Wei Hongjun was satisfied with Chu Yan's current state of mind, so he said, "But you should know that most people in our rural areas are currently illiterate. It's very difficult to suddenly make them understand these things and let them supervise village cadres and work teams. They will probably have many concerns. So we need to find some people to act as a bridge, actively participating in supervising village cadres and work teams, and also being able to organize villagers. I hope you will take charge of this work in District 3. You will be responsible for literacy work in District 3, and also for conveying the spirit of the documents to the farmers in District 3. You will get to know the farmers here. So in this process, I need you to cultivate and select such activists. This is your third job."

"Commissar, I will do my best to complete the task."

"Good. Your work transfer order will be issued soon. I hope that the 'openness of village affairs' in the third district of Weichang County will promote the construction of rural democracy. Comrade Chu Yan, you have a heavy burden."

After talking with Chu Yan about the issue of "village affairs disclosure", Wei Hongjun left Chu Yan's home.

Chu Yan's father had been sitting nearby.

After Wei Hongjun and the others left, he said sarcastically, "Since ancient times, education has been the preserve of well-to-do farming families. Peasants only needed to learn how to farm and pay rent and taxes. I've never heard of peasants being able to study. This Eighth Route Army policy is new to us."

"Dad, what did you say?"

"Tell me yourself, when in history did it become the peasants' turn to learn to read and write? Peasants are peasants, how can a sparrow ever become a phoenix? Also, officials have always been in charge of the people, so when did it become the peasants' turn to supervise the officials?

Old man Chu Yan really couldn't understand it.

He had just heard Wei Hongjun speak, and he understood what he meant. But he couldn't understand why the Eighth Route Army was breaking the rules of their ancestors.

Chu Yan said, "Dad, what era are we in now? You really should go out and see the world. The Eighth Route Army's mission is to make everyone in the country literate and completely eliminate illiteracy."

"Can everyone read and write? Chairman Chiang and Commander Yan couldn't do it. The Eighth Route Army is so poor, how can they do it?

Father Chu Yan widened his eyes.

Reading has been a sacred thing since ancient times. The Eighth Route Army could make all the people in the country read? Anyway, he couldn't believe it. Chu Yan nodded and said, "That's right. Political Commissar Wei, who just came to our house, is the highest-ranking cadre of the Eighth Route Army in Rehe. He is what you said, a peasant. He learned to read and write after joining the army, and escaped from illiteracy. If you look at him now, he has read more books than I have. And I heard that he also studies foreign languages ​​in his free time. The Eighth Route Army is fighting now, but the troops never give up learning."

"Are all the Eighth Route Army troops literate?"

"Correct."

"That's incredible! These peasants might actually be able to accomplish something great."

Father Chu Yan burst into praise.

The Eighth Route Army had good military discipline, something Chu Yan's father admitted. Since the Eighth Route Army arrived, even the bandits in the area had disappeared. Moreover, the Eighth Route Army would help the local people with work whenever they had time.

Why is the public grain tax in the three districts so high, but the people are still so supportive?

This was because the Eighth Route Army was the most disciplined army the people of Rehe had ever seen. Rehe was a place rife with bandits, and when Tang Yulin was in charge of Rehe, the bandits there transformed themselves into regular troops. Consequently, they exploited the people of Rehe even more severely.

At that time, the landlords in Rehe lived in fear, fearing that bandits would come and destroy their families one day.

In this regard, the Eighth Route Army has done the best job in Rehe over the past century. They solved the bandit problem in Rehe without harming the people. But Chu Yan's father and his men always believed that Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan were the orthodox.

But when Chu Yan said this, Chu Yan's father was very surprised.

"Dad, the Eighth Route Army's revolution will definitely win."

Chapter 595 Suggestions for University Development

What happened in Weichang County was a major event, impossible to handle internally. So Wei Hongjun wrote a detailed report to the Jincha Central Bureau, including instructions on how to deal with the cadres involved. Some of the cadres implicated were veteran Party members and cadres who had joined during the Agrarian Revolution.

Regarding how to deal with them, it is still necessary to inform the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Bureau.

At the same time, Wei Hongjun reported some of his ideas, especially his plan to promote "village affairs disclosure" in the third district of Weichang County, to Nie Shuai, who was an expert in managing the base.

Very experienced in politics.

More importantly, Marshal Nie is also better than other cadres in his ability to accept new things.

Wei Hongjun also wanted to hear Marshal Nie's opinion.

Marshal Nie listened to Wei Hongjun's report and sighed. "In fact, recently, this kind of thing hasn't just happened in your border area. Similar things have happened in other border areas as well. Our base area has been too stable in the past two years, and as a result, local governments have begun to experience personnel expansion. Many cadres have quietly increased the proportion of public grain. However, they haven't done as much as you did in Weichang County, so I can't deal with these things in a big way. The public security cadres are not used to public security work. Many of the tasks are too rough, just like the military in combat."

Marshal Nie has also been paying attention to these matters during this period.

There are already signs of many things.

However, at this stage, the power of the second-level military region has increased significantly. Unless the problem is too serious, Marshal Nie will not directly interfere with the work of the second-level military region.

After the Seventh National Congress, Marshal Nie's rank within the Party and the military rose rapidly, but he became more cautious in expressing his views on many specific issues. Now Marshal Nie's work is not about handling these specific matters, but about formulating the overall strategy for the Jin-Cha-Ji region, including formulating policies for its development.

"Your overall approach to village affairs disclosure is quite creative. We can implement this policy and see how it works. And don't rush it. This kind of thing won't show results in a month or two, a few months, or even a year. We can observe for two to three years and adjust the specific policy accordingly."

Marshal Nie listened to Wei Hongjun's report and supported Wei Hongjun's approach.

As the Jin-Cha-Ji base area expanded and the rear began to stabilize, many things began to happen that hadn't happened during the war years. Therefore, Marshal Nie's primary focus was no longer on commanding battles. Although he was the commander of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, after the establishment of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the lower-level combat operations were almost entirely delegated to the latter. Aside from formulating grand strategies, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region rarely intervened in specific combat operations.

Marshal Nie’s main task at present is to deal with the endless problems arising in the base area.

This is no easier than commanding a battle.

Seeing Wei Hongjun's plan to "open up village affairs," Marshal Nie naturally supported it. He also wanted to see if this approach would work. Furthermore, Marshal Nie was becoming increasingly fond of Wei Hongjun.

Such things have happened in other bases before.

But their method is relatively simple.

They are all about dealing with things, mainly dealing with cadres.

That is, deal with whatever happens.

But Wei Hongjun is different.

Wei Hongjun never simply deals with what happens.

Instead, they looked for the root causes behind the incident and then addressed the problem from there. No wonder Chen Yun liked Wei Hongjun so much.

Marshal Nie knew that Chen Yun really wanted to bring Wei Hongjun to work in the Northeast Bureau.

It's just that he still needs Jin Chayi's support now, so he didn't ask for Wei Hongjun.

"Commander, this incident has exposed many of our problems."

“There are indeed many problems.”