1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Facing the astonished looks of the three people, Chen Geng actually smiled proudly:

You may not understand the prestige that His Highness holds in the Northeast, especially among these ordinary soldiers—it is absolutely impossible to shake it, no one can do so."

The three of them were silent.

In less than two years, a person's prestige could rise to such a level?

is it possible?

"Of course it's possible. As for the reasons, I think you've all heard about them more or less: fighting against the local tyrants, dividing the land, building houses and roads, promoting literacy, and ensuring unity between officers and soldiers..."

Chen Geng counted on his fingers the policies that were not much different from those of the CCP, or even better, and finally shrugged and said:

"Ask yourselves, if you were in his place, would you worship and respect such a Bodhisattva who saves people and the world to the utmost? Even if he became the emperor of China?

The three of them fell even more silent.

indeed.

These things cannot be false, otherwise you cannot explain why the soldiers of the 129th Division showed a fighting spirit that was no less than that of the Red Army soldiers.

However, the Red Army soldiers were grateful to the "Chinese Communist Party", while the soldiers of the 129th Division were grateful to Fujiwara Kanezane.

However, it is indeed beyond our comprehension that one person's prestige can be so strong as to replace the role of the party organization.

But think about it, haven't there been enough unimaginable things happening since 1932?

The people don’t care who is the “emperor”, they only care whether the “emperor” can benefit them.

Chen Geng looked at the three people's thoughtful expressions and smiled in his heart.

This is of course... impossible.

If Xu Xu and Xu San could truly understand Marxism, they would understand:

The soldiers may indeed be grateful, admire and respect Fujiwara no Kanezane and obey his orders, but relying solely on this, it would be impossible to build the current 129th Division. At most, it would become a "Yue Family Chariot" of the new era.

This is because policies such as “establishing party branches at the company level” are not simple personnel arrangements, but a complete organizational ecology. Its essence is class mobilization, allowing soldiers to fight to protect their own interests, and party representatives are “defenders of class interests”;

The Party Committee makes decisions to ensure that military operations obey political goals, Party branches and Party representatives are used to grasp ideological trends, resolve contradictions, and ensure execution, and grassroots organizations such as soldiers' committees are used to supervise officers, achieve democracy, and prevent corruption.

If it is impossible to establish such a "human operating system" of "brain center - nerve endings - capillaries", it will be impossible to build a new-era army no matter how great one's personal prestige is.

However, the 129th Division was built so smoothly, so what was the problem?

Hehe... In fact, it's not just the 129th Division, the entire Northeast "has no" party, or in other words, there is no party playing an overt role in the government and national operations.

Although in reality, the entire Five-Star Eastern Republic, whether Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, British, or American, all use the "Three Represents" as their main theoretical support and are closely united in the central government with Comrade Fujiwara Kanezane as its core... cough cough cough...

But the country ultimately lacks an overt unified organization to coordinate the operations of various departments and unite all forces to ensure the stability and efficiency of the government.

In modern state management, if there is no such a strong organization as the core and backbone, there may be no problems in the short term and on a small scale, but long-term and large-scale operations will inevitably lead to a series of devastating consequences.

The Western approach of "government matters belong to the government, parties matters belong to the parties," "separation of civil servants and politicians," and "electoral democracy" may seem perfect on the surface, but in reality it leads to extremely low efficiency and extremely chaotic national strategic planning.

Once the country's development slows down and the old generation of politicians die one after another, various performing artists will come to power, make all kinds of unfulfilled promises, fool voters and mess up the country.

So why has the Five-Star Eastern Republic developed to this point, yet it seems to have no major problems?

Because the Communist Party members in various departments in the Northeast, especially the members of the Chinese Communist Party, each have their own party organizations, which play the role of party leadership and coordination in the dark.

Laugh to death.

Well, this won't work in the long run, so the "party" in public still needs to be established. At worst, all CCP members can be directly included in the list!

In short, in the final analysis, the reason why the 129th Division was able to become the "People's Liberation Army" is essentially the same as the reason why the Red Army was able to become the Red Army.

If you can see through this, you can see through Fujiwara no Kanezane's true identity, and you will know that the so-called "Five-Star Eastern Republic" is just a different name.

Unfortunately, those who have thoroughly read Marxism-Leninism have not come to the Northeast, and those who have come to the Northeast often do not know Marxism-Leninism or have only a superficial understanding of it. Those who have thoroughly read Marxism-Leninism and are in the Northeast are limited by their own position and can only see a small part of things.

Therefore, until now, everyone has been fooled by Fujiwara Kanezane.

The Soviet Union, which judged that "Fujiwara no Kanezane was the absolute core of the Five-Star Eastern Republic and that killing him would completely solve the problem of this country," and put someone on the assassination list is a typical example.

Obviously, Xu Xu and Xu were also fooled. They looked worried until the end of the communication and when they left.

Before leaving, Xu Xiangqian shook hands with Chen Geng again, but his gesture was much gentler:

"Commander Wang, I would like to ask you one last question.

"Speaking?"

"I remember your Highness said he doesn't reject any ideologies. I think you probably know a lot about them. So, do you think communism is achievable?"

.Anyway, I probably won’t be able to see it in my lifetime.

"Well, Commander-in-Chief, is he a traitor?

"have no idea.

"Um?

"I can only say for sure that he may have betrayed us, but he certainly did not betray the revolution.

After Wang Genying came back, she did not ask what Chen Geng had talked about with Xu Xiangqian and others, but seeing the increasingly wild smile on her husband's face, she could understand that he had probably been successfully "fooled".

only..

She sighed quietly.

After the victory of the revolution, let's find a place to live in seclusion!

I'm afraid he'll be hunted down by half the party.

576 Japanese Communist Party, fuck you!

As Comrade Wang, the Brigade Commander, was moving further and further towards future promotion, other members of the Communist Party of China were also not idle.

It's so hard to come to Northeast China safely, so how can I not take a good look around and have some fun?

Otherwise, the next time you come, you might be a lurker.

The.

"...So, from then on, the Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction was concurrently held by Deng Zihui and... Comrade you?"

Wang Ruofei subconsciously called out "Comrade Deng Zihui" as he did before. He was startled and subconsciously thought that he had made a mistake, but then he thought again and realized that people had said that people here also called each other comrades, so he called out "comrade" again.

Yes, Wang Ruofei and Deng Zihui knew each other.

As early as 1927 during the Great Revolution, the two had worked together with Li De, Peng Pai and other comrades in Wuhan.

At that time, Wang Ruofei was the Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Deng Zihui went to Wuhan to attend the meeting as a representative of the peasant movement in western Fujian. The two had close exchanges on peasant movement policies and land revolution strategies.

Later, Wang Ruofei became a special commissioner of the Northwest Special Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1931, he was unfortunately arrested at Tai'an Inn in Baotou due to betrayal by a traitor, and the two lost contact.

It was not until after the "Wuhan Victory" that Wang Ruofei was rescued and sent to the north to work in the Anti-Japanese Corps, while Deng Zihui was transferred to the Northeast to lie undercover. This was the first time they met in several years.

When Wang Ruofei first saw Deng Zihui at a meeting two days ago, his pupils shrank. He never imagined that Comrade Deng Zihui was actually lurking in the Northeast, and had successfully infiltrated such a high position!

(In fact, many attendees “know” each other, but because of the principle of “single-line contact,” this “knowledge” is often limited to remote communication or knowing each other’s names—even pseudonyms, such as Wang Ruofei and Zhao Ziqi.)

(If you still have questions, I suggest you refer to the famous "Wanted Portrait of Mao Zedong, the Communist Bandit Leader")

However, even though he recognized his comrades and was extremely excited, Wang Ruofei did not show any abnormality.

This is the most basic quality of a Communist Party member who has worked in the white areas.

Don't harm your comrades...

Even if you see a comrade in danger, if it is for the overall safety of the organization, you can only watch helplessly.

Therefore, the mental pressure on comrades who do undercover work is very great.

(There have been many such comrades in history, some of whom were even forced to have their hands stained with the blood of their own comrades.)

It was obvious that Deng Zihui, the dual minister of the Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, had no intention of recognizing him and exchanged politely:

"Yes, Your Highness Kanezane may have considered that there is a certain overlap between agricultural and rural work and urban and rural construction work, and that the current focus is on maintaining basic stability in rural areas, so he asked me to take over Minister Ozaki's position.

Deng Zihui recognized them, of course. Okay, he knew quite a few of the people across from him at the meeting, but so what?

His current identity is a high-ranking official of the Japanese puppet regime!

What if we blindly recognize each other and reveal the truth, causing the Japanese to become angry and forcibly detain or even harm the comrades who come to negotiate?

Although deep down, Deng Zihui didn't think Fujiwara Kanezane was such a person, for the safety of his comrades and future plans, he couldn't take even the slightest risk.

Fujiwara no Kanezane is not the only Japanese person.

As more and more CCP cadres come to the Northeast to lurk, situations like these where they know each other will only become more common in the future, so keeping one’s mouth shut is the first principle.

"...Poverty alleviation starts with improving people's knowledge and ambition..."

Wang Ruofei pondered the experience Deng Zihui had summarized in his rural work and had some questions:

"I can understand the idea of ​​supporting people's knowledge and culture, broadening their horizons. But what does supporting people's aspirations mean? Is there anyone who doesn't want to escape poverty?"

To be honest, Wang Ruofei couldn't understand it because he had never met ordinary people who didn't want to get rich, only poor people who wanted to have enough food but couldn't.

"Actually, I didn't say this. Your Highness personally told me before I took office. I originally thought the same as you, but after taking office, I personally went to remote areas to conduct research and realized how accurate your words were..."

During the rule of the Kuomintang and the Zhang family, although the people of Northeast China generally lived better than most people in the interior, in reality, they lived that way. In the winter, there were still many cases of starvation or looting, so everyone struggled desperately to survive.

After Fujiwara no Kanezane took over, he began large-scale rural construction work, dividing fields and building houses. Later, he even carried out a small-scale "agricultural collectivization" pilot project, which further improved the living standards of local farmers and their ability to resist risks.

As a result, a new problem arose that no one had expected:

Some people don't even want to work anymore!

…With the relief food that His Majesty brought from the United States, they would not starve to death even if they did not do farm work, and they could even eat more than before. In addition, many hardworking and wealthy farmers moved into new houses, so they even solved the housing problem.

road:

Speaking of this topic, Deng Zihui said helplessly and angrily

"As a result, there's a group of people who just bask in the sun every day, neither farming nor working in the city. They just wait for the monthly food distribution based on the number of people. They receive chicken and ducklings, but they eat them all directly..."

" ah?

Wang Ruofei found it incomprehensible at first, but then he thought about it and felt that he seemed to have seen such lazy people in his hometown of Anshun, Guizhou - as long as he had something to eat today, he didn't care about what would happen tomorrow.

The whole village, young and old, looks down on such people. If they weren't fellow villagers, they wouldn't even lend them food, fearing that it would be too unlucky for them to starve to death in the village.

what?

The government distributes food?

Wake up, do you think you are Wang Jialie's brother-in-law?

"Then why don't you just stop providing these people with food relief and force them to go out and work!"

"We have such plans, but those people, if you don't give them relief food, it will be against His Highness's policy. They may even cause trouble. At one point, some people almost ran to Shenyang to file a complaint with the emperor... Some of our comrades are very dissatisfied with this.

More than just opinions?

Some radical Japanese or Russian cadres even clamored to kill these people!

In their view, His Highness Kanezane is a rare saint king. But you can't just waste His Highness' kindness like this, right?

It's a waste of the country's energy and food, why keep it?

Frankly speaking, this incident made Wang Ruofei and other Chinese officials feel extremely ashamed. Some even suggested that they should stop caring about these people and just let them starve to death.

"Does your Highness know about this situation?

"I think he should know, but since he didn't say anything, it means he still wants to see how we will handle this issue."

"So how do you plan to deal with this? We may also encounter this situation in the future.

"Well, actually, after our research, we have some speculation about this issue. For example, some people have been poor for too long and feel that the future is hopeless. Even if things get better, they won't be better for more than a few days. So they might as well enjoy themselves while they can."

"So...helping the poor starts with building their aspirations?

"Yes, first we need to convince them that this policy can be sustained and that there is hope for the future. Only then will people be willing to learn, invest, and consume... Only then can the country's economy and social outlook improve..."

“That’s true…”

"Also, I remember His Highness once discussing the issue of 'overly comprehensive social security policies leading to some people losing their motivation to work and reducing labor market efficiency.'"

"Been taught a lesson.."

The two walked and talked in the streets and alleys of Shenyang. Although the 129th Division and the Red Army soldiers guarding them were far away, no one talked about any sensitive topics, but just exchanged "work experience" normally.

There are many cases like Deng Zihui and Wang Ruofei.