1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

During the subsequent "self-evaluation and mutual evaluation" and the subsequent "major rectification of the entire army's ideology," some even more appalling crimes were revealed through the soldiers' and officers' self-reports and mutual denunciations: some raped and molested women;

But there were even some who, in order to vent their animal desires, forcibly cut open the vulva of a 7-year-old girl with a bayonet, and then the entire platoon gang-raped the girl to death;

There were those who killed underground members of the Chinese Communist Party;

But there were also cases where dozens of CCP members were shot, hacked to death, or buried alive; some even dug out the hearts of CCP members, stewed them, and ate them; some robbed and killed ordinary people;

But there were also cases where, just for a gold tooth, they broke into the homes of ordinary people, slaughtered the entire family, raped and killed all the women, robbed all the property, and then walked away... These things happened not only in "new uprising troops" like the Red 5th Army, but even many of them happened among the "old Red Army"!

After the incident was exposed, it scared almost all the top CCP and military leaders into breaking out in a cold sweat.

So many crimes were hidden within the very team they were so proud of, and a large portion of them even occurred during the chaotic period of the "anti-counterrevolutionary" campaign! If it weren't for Commissioner Matt's proposal to hold this "criticism and self-criticism, exposure and self-exposure" campaign, who knows how long this could have been concealed!

For minor crimes like "robbery without injury" and "petty theft", the Red Army would not investigate further as long as the soldiers voluntarily admitted their mistakes, even if they only admitted their mistakes after being exposed by others. However, there was a lot of debate among the top leaders of the Communist Party of China and the military about how to deal with those who committed serious crimes.

Many people were outraged after hearing this and demanded a thorough investigation. However, even more people dismissed this argument with the excuses that "laws cannot be applied retroactively," "the Party must be established with credibility," and "education is the primary tool for addressing the people's mistakes." If soldiers spoke out about past mistakes under the assurance of "no investigation" and were then investigated, who would dare to reflect on their own mistakes in the future?

So in the end, everyone unanimously decided to handle it using the method that Agent Matt suggested.

Those who should be tolerated should be tolerated, those who should be recorded should be recorded, and those who should be dismissed should be dismissed.

Especially those soldiers who committed serious crimes, most of them chose to leave the Red Army and return to the civilian population, and live honest lives from then on;

A small number of them chose to stay in the army and participated in every toughest battle. Most of them died on the battlefield and were awarded the title of martyrs.

This "Great Reconstruction of the Red 5th Army" and the series of events that followed had a great impact on the entire Central Soviet Area and even the entire Communist Party of China. In the words of Li Desheng:

...This incident taught the entire Party and the entire army a lesson: the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army must never forget the people and must always rely on and mobilize the people's power. "As long as we rely closely on the people, as long as the people are mobilized, no monsters or demons can withstand a blow from this power!"

120 Enhanced Version of Huang Yanpei's Question and the Insulting Teacher

"...I won't be involved in the detailed organization afterwards. I believe you are very familiar with this aspect and will do a great job."

After the officers and soldiers returned to their respective camps, UMP45 systematically introduced the method of "transforming people through the grievance movement" to the CCP members, including Li Desheng.

Wu Hao said with great admiration:

"Thank you, Comrade Mat, your S.R.P.'s methods have taught us a lot..."

"Not really. Even if I don't tell you about these methods, you will eventually discover them through practice. Besides..." UMP45 paused, glanced at Li Desheng, and said:

"Besides, if we really want to trace it back to its source, this method was developed by us through an action of Comrade Li Desheng!" Everyone looked at Li Desheng in surprise, and the latter pointed at himself:

"I?"

"Yes, Comrade Li Desheng, I remember that in a village in Hunan, you organized the people to expose the evil deeds of the landlords and used this as a basis for punishing them.

"Let me think... Oh! Yes! Yes, I remember it was a Yao village... Is that where your inspiration came from?" "Yes, we just made it more systematic, but it still originated here after all."

"I didn't think so much, you guys are really amazing!"

Li Desheng waved his hand to deny his own achievements, put his notebook on the ground, and pleaded:

"Then, could Comrade Ma Shiwu please take a look at my summary to see if there are any imperfections?" "Let me take a look..."

UMP45 took the notebook and began writing and drawing on it:

"Ah, besides complaining, settling accounts, guiding, exposing, and breaking up, we must also emphasize the role of the soldiers' committees, so that soldiers can develop the habit of 'confronting' their superiors in daily life..."

"..."

The others also pulled out their notebooks and joined in the discussion, asking questions. The atmosphere grew increasingly heated, pushing Wu Hao and Li Desheng, who had been the first to speak, aside. But they remained unperturbed, standing aside, happily listening to the discussion until the guard handed them an envelope:

"Chairman! A comrade from Ruijin has come and said he has a letter for you from Shanghai!"

"Hmm? A letter?"

Li Desheng opened it right in front of Wu Hao, but frowned:

"What are these typos? Comrade Wu Hao, please help me take a look. I still don't quite understand. This should be..." Wu Hao leaned over and said in surprise:

"How come these words...are exactly the same as what Agent Matt wrote?" "Huh?"

Li Desheng opened his notebook and found many similarities.

This kind of font has only been seen in Ma Shiwu's handwriting so far, and her writing habit is to write horizontally instead of vertically!

The two exchanged glances, realizing it might be a letter from someone affiliated with the World Revolutionary Party. They quickly began to "translate" the new font. After a while, they were surprised to find it surprisingly easy to understand.

Although there are some differences from the Chinese characters they use, the overall structure has not changed fundamentally, and the meaning can still be easily understood by guessing. For example, the characters "御" and "兴" are obviously taken from part of the former, but they are more convenient and concise to write!

Could it be that this is another "new invention" of the World Revolutionary Party?

No no no, I think I've seen something similar before...

(Note 1: In 1922, Qian Xuantong proposed a proposal for reducing the strokes of existing Chinese characters at the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee. It proposed eight methods for simplifying Chinese characters, which is also one of the foundations of the current simplified Chinese characters.) (Note 2: In the spring of 1935, the Shanghai cultural community launched a large-scale campaign to simplify Chinese characters. The Kuomintang even issued an order for the "Simplified Character Chart." This was later stopped due to strong opposition from Dai Jitao and others.)

Compared to the "new invention", the content of the letter is more interesting. Because it contains three simple yet complex questions:

"1. Most dynasties in Chinese history would inevitably fall into crisis within a few decades of their establishment. Whether they handled the crisis well or poorly, they would perish within 100-300 years... Why is this?"

"2. Whether in China or abroad, nations, dynasties, groups, or companies all seem to follow a cyclical pattern in the course of history. As the saying goes, their rise is rapid, their decline is sudden... So, will the CCP fall into this pattern?" "3. If one day in the future the CCP faces the crisis of falling into this cyclical pattern, how will you resolve it?"

.…."

These three questions made Li and Wu frown and remain speechless for a long time.

With their sensitivity, they naturally realized that these were three very big, difficult and chilling questions.

To ask such a question, the questioner must first have a deep understanding of history, secondly, a deep understanding of the CCP, and finally, be extremely confident that the CCP can unify China...

"The commander that Commissioner Matt mentioned!"

The two of them almost said the same answer and then made the same decision: "Comrade Ma Shiwu!"

"Um?"

UMP45, who was answering various questions from the CCP members, turned her head and saw Li and Wu waving at her, so she walked over. "What's wrong?"

"Excuse me, was this letter sent by your comrades from the World Revolutionary Party?" "Ah... this letter... you finally received it."

"finally?"

"Early before the Ganzhou Campaign began, the commander wrote two letters. One was a letter that deliberately conveyed false intelligence about the Ganzhou Campaign, and the other was this one."

“"..."

Li and Wu unanimously ignored the previous sentence and asked, "Why do you ask these three questions?"

"It's a form of communication, or rather, a test... I'll tell the Commander your answers." "Understood. Please let us discuss it before answering."

"of course."

Back in Ruijin, Wu Hao convened all members of the Soviet Central Bureau, Li Desheng convened all members of the Central Executive Committee, and General Zhu convened all members of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. Many people had arrived in Ruijin during this period, so some were completely unaware of the existence of UMP45 and the World Revolutionary Party.

After announcing the "Red 5th Army Corps Reform Incident," Li Desheng, as a representative, raised three issues concerning the "World Revolutionary Party." This time, he didn't speak hastily, but quietly waited for everyone to express their opinions.

Soon, some idealistic young comrades who had not experienced the recent "anti-corruption meeting" incident expressed their own answers to three questions: the rulers are corrupt;

Won't;

Since everyone thinks "no", there is no need to answer the third question.

But some comrades who have experienced those things and are more mature, stable and realistic have given slightly different answers: poor institutional design and state management;

meeting;

The solution is different.

Some believe that the state system should be strengthened, some believe that strict regulations should be implemented to constrain the behavior of officials, and some believe that strong leaders who lead by example are needed.

In conclusion, regarding the first question, "bureaucratic corruption and poor government management" was the most common answer and was also recognized by the majority.

Regarding the second question, the answer "yes" decisively outweighs the answer "no." The CCP's past history has proven that even the CCP will run into problems. If problems are inevitable, why can't it fall into this "historical cycle"?

But regarding the third question, everyone's opinions diverged greatly, with answers ranging from one to another. Consequently, everyone's attention fell on the three theoretically designated "highest leaders of the various departments in the Central Soviet Area." General Zhu waved his hand:

"The answer I can give is similar to everyone else's. The Chinese Communist Party will also fall into a cycle due to corruption and other problems, but the only solution I can think of is strict discipline." Next, it was Wu Hao and Li Desheng's turn. The two looked at each other, and the former smiled:

"Comrade Runzhi, we all believe that our party will also face the same situation. So, let's write down the answers to the first and third questions and then compare them." "Okay!"

Soon, two pieces of paper were placed in front of me. One piece of paper read:

"Productivity development is seriously lagging behind social needs. The solution lies in strengthening the control and management of the government and officials, strengthening institutional development, and strengthening..." It was a long passage, almost a synthesis of many people's ideas, combined with Wu Hao's own reflections, with a strong emphasis on institutional development and strong oversight. Upon seeing this answer, everyone in the room nodded.

To be fair, this was a perfect answer that perfectly matched practical cognition. However, Li Desheng's piece of paper left everyone in a long silence.

The content on the paper is very simple:

"A serious mismatch between social productive forces and production relations! People's democracy!" Ah, this answer...

democracy.

Should have thought of it earlier.

Compared to capitalist countries that always tout "freedom," isn't the biggest and most attractive advantage of socialist countries "democracy"? "Comrade Li Desheng, please explain your thoughts."

"it is good."

Li Desheng put his hands behind his back, looked at the other comrades in the room, and said confidently:

"Whether you're citing corruption or inadequate institutional development, the bottom line is that the current ruling class's production relations are unable to adapt to current productivity demands. For example, during the Xia Dynasty..." As usual, Li Desheng cited numerous examples to illustrate his point, then spoke passionately:

"Therefore, there is only one way to change this state of backward production relations and the mismatch between productivity and productivity: to fully and thoroughly mobilize the broad masses of the people! Let the people control power! Let the people supervise the government! Let the people gain true democracy!"

"Only in this way can we ensure that even if problems arise within the Party, even if certain individuals within the Party have fallen, they can be corrected in a timely manner!"

The first part of his speech was fine, and everyone nodded in agreement. But later on, Mao started criticizing people as usual:

"Comrade Wu Hao and the rest of you are just talking about building a system. It's only superficial! Systems must be implemented by people! If people don't follow the system, no matter how good the system is, it's useless!"

"

The group of comrades who had just raised this opinion instantly turned pale, while Wu Hao's mouth twitched but he said nothing.

"But! Building a system is much better than the strict constraints that General Zhu talked about! What strict constraints! Who will impose them? Even if they are imposed temporarily, in the end, the regime will perish with the leader!

".…."

General Zhu lowered his head, clenched his fists, and resisted the urge to run away. In the corner, UMP45 covered her face.

I'm sorry, Commander, you are right after all.

Without going through some painful trials, this person would really be a bit "unpleasant and annoying to others." But he also has an extremely stubborn personality.

This process of sharpening will probably take a long time...

121 How to sentence someone who shoots a UMP45 scull?

Although, that...

In fact, everyone admits in their hearts that Li Desheng's answer to the question of the World Revolutionary Party is indeed the one with the highest intention and the greatest grandeur; however, the way he expresses his views is really annoying.

Just express your own ideas. What's the point of criticizing other people's opinions? Although your criticism is indeed reasonable, it is hard for people to accept.

Not everyone is a sage without temper, let alone a sage without temper? You are the only one who is right, and everyone else is completely wrong?

Do you think you are God?

Fortunately, after this emotionally charged conversation, Li Desheng seemed to realize something was wrong. He paused for a few seconds and quickly made amends: "Ah... I was summarizing and synthesizing what the comrades said. As for whether it's correct, please discuss it with us."

I think I've offended people again? Oh... my bad temper... I guess I can't change it in my lifetime. "..."

Although Li Desheng said so, everyone who had been severely criticized had completely lost the desire to discuss the matter. The atmosphere suddenly became cold. Wu Hao quickly tried to smooth things over.

Changing the subject:

"Well... it seems everyone has similar opinions and has discussed everything. So, should we... ask the comrades from the World Revolutionary Party to judge for us?"

“..”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's attention was drawn to UMP45, who was standing against the wall. She paused, her expression on the verge of collapse from her "chat" with the commander, and smiled, "Our answer is basically the same as Comrade Li Desheng's..."

Everyone was shocked.

As expected, the World Revolutionary Party placed special importance on Li Desheng, in stark contrast to the Communist International. (Anti-argument: "At this time, they thought...")

"However, Commander... our party also has several questions that I hope the comrades of the Communist Party of China can further reflect and discuss in depth."

Everyone took out their notebooks, sat up straight, and had a very serious attitude.

1. If we want to achieve people's democracy, then giving each person one vote and letting them decide national affairs by voting, is this democracy? If so, is this approach feasible?

If not, can it be improved?"

"2. Besides this method, do you have any other ways to implement people's democracy? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method?"

"3. If a dispute arises within the Communist Party of China over whether to implement people's democracy, how to implement people's democracy, or related policy issues, how do you plan to resolve it?" After asking these three questions, UMP45 specifically emphasized one sentence: