1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Because most of those "officials" knew that they would have no good ending if they stayed, they ran away with He Yingqin before the Red Army arrived in Nanchang.

Only these "officials" had not received the news, or they were reluctant to leave their hometown, or they felt that no matter who occupied Nanchang and wanted to rule here, they would need the cooperation of these local tyrants, so they basically stayed and watched;

Generally speaking, this is undoubtedly a smart move, but they never expected that the Red Army would use such powerful weapons as the "mass line" and the "grievance meeting".

The effect is very significant.

From the moment the news was announced, a large number of "officials" who felt they had done something wrong tried to flee Nanchang or stir up unrest;

But they ignored the fact that Nanchang was currently under military control, and most importantly, the Red Army had already initially gained the support of a large number of people, so they were reported, arrested, and beaten half to death at the first opportunity.

In less than a week, more than 300 former Kuomintang government officials were reported by the public, more than half of whom had solid evidence, and the rest were temporarily detained awaiting further investigation.

This shows how boiling the public resentment is.

There is a saying in later generations that for ordinary people, the small flies they come into contact with every day are a hundred times more hateful than the big tigers who embezzle tens of millions.

After an effective screening mechanism was initially formed, it was unsurprisingly artificially "expanded".

Illegal and corrupt officials should be reported, but should gang members who follow them to bully others also be reported?

Definitely report it!

Should the Red Army be dealt with after reporting it? Of course it should be dealt with!

Since you, the Red Army, have begun to uphold justice for the common people, why not uphold justice for us as well?

So, things gradually evolved into what they are now:

General Zhu took the soldiers of the circuit court to act as "street patrollers", patrolling one block after another and solving many problems for the people.

There was a story about a husband whose wife was abducted by the "gangsters" and forced to become a prostitute, and he knelt down and begged the Red Army to help him rescue his wife.

The Red Army directly sent troops to wipe out the gang and the brothel;

There was a wife whose husband was captured by the Kuomintang army and forced to work as a coolie, and she knelt down and begged the Red Army to let her husband return home to reunite with her;

The Red Army held a grievance meeting and executed a number of Kuomintang officers and soldiers;

A businessman who was blackmailed by Kuomintang officials and whose family was ruined, knelt down and begged the Red Army to help him seek justice and punish the evildoers;

The Red Army naturally continued to reward some people with peanuts...similar things happened one after another.

Because of the martial law, the situation needed to be pacified quickly, so many procedures were simplified and it was impossible to trace many things in detail.

Therefore, it is conceivable that some problems would inevitably arise and even false charges would occur. However, the Red Army introduced a temporary law - the "Malicious False Accusation Countermeasures Law" to solve this problem, namely:

Once a malicious false accusation is verified, the punishment you received for falsely accusing others will be directly used against you.

For example, if you falsely accuse someone of murder, you should be sentenced to death according to the Red Army, but because it is verified to be a malicious false accusation, you will be executed.

Incidentally, when Zhu De and Lin Biao proposed this law, they were opposed by administrative officials such as Dong Biwu on the grounds that it violated the principle of "the punishment should fit the crime" in the law.

However, General Zhu believed that in the early days of the Red Army's entry into Nanchang, in order to quickly stabilize the situation and establish the Red Army's image of "fairness and justice", appropriate adjustments were necessary, and that they could be restored as appropriate after the military control period ended.

Most of the CCP leaders and Red Army soldiers supported Zhu's approach, and legal workers such as Dong Biwu had to temporarily give in, but only accelerated the formulation of the Criminal Law.

After all, the law must ultimately conform to the most basic values ​​of ordinary people. It's impossible to define something that is clearly extortion and blood-sucking as "normal love," right?

In short, once this law was issued and implemented several times, those who wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to seek revenge, to settle grievances, and to use the Red Army to kill people all gave up.

At least for a period of time, they will not easily jump out and cause trouble.

During this period, the Red Army's circuit court work was carried out in full swing, just like today.

Just as General Zhu sat down, a middle-aged woman covered in grease rushed to the front, pulling a middle-aged man who was desperately covering his face with his hands, and shouted:

"General Zhu! I want to file a complaint!"

"Sister Lu! Sister Lu! No! No! I'll give it to you! Isn't it okay if I give it to you?!"

The middle-aged man pleaded and backed away, but was dragged by the woman.

"Boss! I want to file a complaint! I want to sue this guy for not paying for his meal!" "Hehehe..."

To be honest, the crime of not paying for meals was considered the lightest in the Nationalist government. General Zhu didn't take it too seriously at first, and smiled and said:

"Alright, alright, comrade, tell me slowly...how much does he owe you?"

"At least 30 dollars!" "Huh!"

General Zhu's expression became much more serious.

Thirty dollars is not a small sum, not something most people can come up with. He looked at the woman for a while and asked:

"Comrade, do you run a restaurant?"

"Yes, Boss! I run my business in the alley next to the government office!" "Oh... so he's eating and drinking for free here?"

"Yes, Boss!"

The woman glared hatefully at the man, who looked ashamed and fearful, and spoke clearly about what happened.

It turned out that this man had been eating and drinking for free at the small restaurant she opened two years ago. Every time she asked him for money, he would say, "Give me a few more days." When he was pressed, he even threatened her with his job title.

Because the man was a "clerk in the purchasing department of the logistics department of the Nanchang Headquarters" and had some connections with the Kuomintang army, the female boss did not know his strengths and weaknesses, so she could only swallow her anger and only jumped out to complain when the Communist Party came.

Although it seemed that there was something fishy going on here, since there were still many people queuing up behind him, General Zhu did not pursue the matter further and simply asked:

"Do you admit what she alleges?"

“Acknowledge…acknowledge…”

"Is it true that you owe thirty dollars?" "It's thirty and a half dollars."

General Zhu raised his eyebrows.

How could he even remember how much money he owed? That's a bit strange...

When the man admitted his guilt, the crowd around him suddenly started clamoring: "Go to jail! Go to jail! Go to jail!"

"Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!"

During this period, the common people followed the Red Army's mobile court to "watch the show" every day, and they were satisfied, happy and satisfied with the show.

How many government officials and local gentry who were once so powerful and powerful could only kneel down and beg for mercy in the face of the Red Army's "iron hoof"?

How many street tyrants and gang leaders who regarded the lives of others as worthless and took pleasure in the suffering of ordinary people were taken to the execution ground and shot;

How many wealthy landlords, with vast tracts of land, yet committed crimes and oppressed the people, were labeled "dumb" and put on the stage to be criticized by thousands...

Forget about the tearful stories at the "grievance conference." Even if you don't have direct hatred towards these people, seeing them suffer is a great pleasure in life!

What did the Communist Party say?

right!

class!

Different class!

Now, when these common people see that these officials and rich people have been sued, they want them to be put in jail or even shot even if they don’t admit their guilt.

General Zhu frowned and slapped the table. A Red Army soldier banged the gong hard to quiet the crowd, then asked again:

"Just to confirm, you owe this woman 30 and a half dollars, and you've been in arrears ever since, not paying her a cent, right?"

"Yes, it is."

"According to the law, in your case, not only must you pay the full amount of the outstanding fees plus the stipulated interest, but because the amount is substantial and you've intimidated this woman, you'll also be sentenced to three months of hard labor. Is that okay with you?"

“No…no…”

"Ugh..."

Hearing that the penalty was so light, the people around booed in disappointment.

He owes so much money and doesn't pay it back. He's a KMT official, so I'd expect him to be imprisoned for a few years, if not executed!

Alas, several people have been let off this lightly before. The Communist Party is good in every way, except that it's overly controlling and lenient. "Dangdangdang!"

The gong was struck again, and General Zhu stood up with a loud speaker: "Fellow villagers! Please listen to me!"

This was a good opportunity to educate the masses about the law and promote the Communist Party of China, and General Zhu certainly would not miss it.

"I know many people might think that eating and drinking for free, not paying back debts, and threatening this woman is too light a sentence. They should just be shot!"

Zhu Laozong laughed and shouted:

"Honestly, I also despise this kind of bullying of ordinary people! I think three months is too short, they should be severely punished! Give these freeloaders a good lesson! Make sure they never dare to do this again!"

"This unfair world must be changed. Evildoers must be severely punished, and honest people who abide by the law must not be bullied!!"

“Oh!!! You’re right!!!”

Finally, a senior official spoke up for the poor and honest people, and excited cheers were heard from the crowd.

However, General Zhu changed the subject:

"However, I cannot convict him arbitrarily just because of my personal emotions!

If I don't follow the law, then I will become a lawless person like him! Then do you still believe what I say?"

The masses were silent, and General Zhu struck while the iron was hot:

"If we, the Communist Party, don't abide by the law, then what qualifications do we have to ask the people to do the same? If we don't set an example ourselves, what qualifications do we have to ask others to follow our example?"

"So, we can only judge according to what the law stipulates. If everyone feels that the law is wrong, we can change the law, but until the law is changed, we must strictly abide by it!"

"Don't even mention those who eat and drink for free and owe money. Even if your relatives ask you to borrow money and don't pay it back, you can come to us, the Red Army, to solve the problem!"

"Back then, when Liu Bang entered Hanzhong, he established three laws for the people. Today, we, the Chinese Communist Party and the Red Army, have arrived in Nanchang and we too must establish three laws!"

"fair!"

"fair!"

"Still damn fair!"

339 Grassroots matters are very complicated

"Yes!"

"The boss said it well!" "Long live the Communist Party!"

As usual, there were loud cheers around the "courtroom".

After the scene quieted down a bit, Zhu Muzhi Mazi, the boss, looked at the female boss again:

"Comrade, do you have any opinion on our decision? Don't worry, if he refuses to pay, we will apply for a forced auction of his property to compensate you."

"I have no opinion. I will follow your orders, the Red Army."

The chubby restaurant owner readily agreed, then glanced at the man who was testing her with a look of dejection, and surprisingly said a few good words for him:

"To be honest, he's not a bad guy. He's usually quite polite and doesn't bully anyone. But when I asked him for money, his face turned ugly. If it weren't for the war and family difficulties, I wouldn't want to go to the government office to make trouble..."

After that, she hummed twice:

"You're clearly an official, clearly receiving a salary from the government, yet you're still refusing to pay. Look at the Red Army officers, then look at you, you're so shameless..."

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The man stammered a few times, but made no excuses.

But General Zhu, who already had doubts about this case, was startled.

Firstly, unlike those ordinary freeloaders who have fat faces and big ears due to eating and drinking for free, this man named Zhang is not fat at all. Instead, he is quite clean and elegant, and can even be said to be thin.

Secondly, free food and drinks are usually associated with corruption, but according to the boss lady and everyone else, Zhang is a relatively honest official and does not have these bad habits, otherwise he would have been reported long ago;

Again, although 30 yuan for free food and drinks may seem like a lot, if you stretch it out over 30 months, with almost every meal being in a restaurant, and only spending less than one yuan a month, it doesn't seem like much.

Finally, there were a series of slightly strange behaviors by Zhang, such as "the food he ate and drank for free was very mediocre" and "he remembered clearly how much money he spent on the food and drinks for free."

All in all, there was a sense of weirdness about this person.

Thinking of a friend's experience, General Zhu couldn't help but ask one more question:

"Comrade, you're eating and drinking for free. Is that because the Kuomintang government didn't pay you?"

"Hey?"

After hearing this, Zhang Nan's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief: "Boss, how...how did you know?"

It's because someone complains to me about his unpaid salary as a librarian every now and then.

Zhang, whose reason was guessed, took the opportunity to complain about himself because he was an "old KMT official" of the Nanchang Headquarters, the main force attacking the Red Army, and was definitely "unacceptable to the new dynasty".