Chapter 87 Interesting facts about common people Duan Jincai

Speaking of Duan Jincai, people today may be a little unfamiliar, but Zhaojin in the 1920s and 1930s was known to everyone.Because, Duan Jincai's family lives in Zhaojin Tuerliang, which is one of the places where the Shaanxi-Gansu guerrillas of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Xie Zichang and Liu Zhidan first lived in the Zhaojin revolution.Under the influence of his ears and eyes, Duan Jincai consciously became a peasant activist who supported the revolution in 1932. After the Red Army guerrillas arrived in Zhaojin, Liu Zhidan and Xie Zichang often lived in Duan Jincai's house.When the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Special Committee and the General Command of the Guerrilla Army were established in March 1933, the office was located in his home.Xi Zhongxun, Jin Like, and Li Miaozhai used to carry out various tasks here selflessly.The conditions were extremely difficult at that time, but everyone's spirit was very full.It is here that various tasks in the border area have been carried out and deepened.Consolidated and expanded farmers' associations and women's associations; cultivated and developed conscious peasants to join the party, established grassroots organizations of the party and regiments; extensively carried out the work of arming workers and peasants, established peasant red guards and young pioneers; It made guerrilla warfare and expanded the guerrilla area; it made good preparations for the land distribution movement and the establishment of the red revolutionary regime.These works that meet the wishes and requirements of the masses have received enthusiastic support and positive responses from the masses.It was this high revolutionary upsurge and strong exaggeration of the atmosphere that Duan Jincai wanted to progress, and soon joined the Peasant Red Guard, and served as the director of the peasant association in Tuerliang Shicun.When the frontier special committee and the general headquarters of the guerrillas were moved from Tuerliang to Xuejiazhai, under his leadership, the masses of Tuerliang Village and elements from the old school all actively participated in the renovation and reinforcement of Xuejiazhai .Because he works hard.He made rapid progress, and soon joined the Communist Party of China and became a loyal revolutionary.

After the establishment of the Shaanxi-Gansu Frontier Revolutionary Committee, he even responded to the call of Zhou Dongzhi and Chairman Xi Zhongxun, and established the Zhaojin Township Revolutionary Committee, including Tuerliang.Thanks to the efforts of Duan Jincai, Zhaojin Township has been at the forefront of the construction of the border area in all aspects of work. Therefore, he has also been supported by the masses and highly affirmed by the leaders of the Border Special Committee and the Revolutionary Committee. After the Shaanxi-Gansu Bianzhaojin Revolutionary Base was temporarily lost, Duan Jincai resolutely joined the 42nd Division of the 26th Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and became a Red Army commander and fighter gloriously.From then on, he followed the Red Army to fight north and south, and went north to Yan'an.Later, he followed the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Sui Joint Defense Army, the Fourth Column of the Northwest Field Army, the Fourth Army of the First Field Army, and the Second Corps of the First Field Army to participate in a series of battles that liberated the entire territory of Shaanxi, including the Yan'an Defense Battle.After our army liberated Liquan County, he transferred to work in the local area as a battalion commander.

Duan Jincai couldn't get used to it after changing jobs to work in Liquan County.The organization arranged for him to work in the Liquan County People's Court as the vice president, which made him feel unprecedented work pressure.At that time, the county was just liberated, and various counter-revolutionary forces were ready to move, and there were many cases to be reviewed. When his subordinates often brought dozens of documents for approval, because Duan Jincai could not read, he had to circle them every time. Responsibility is great and often uneasy.When he thinks that the circle he drew may cause someone to be imprisoned or beheaded, he, who has been serious all his life, feels a little bit on pins and needles.Slowly, he had the idea of ​​asking for leave and returning home.

When asking for leave from the organization, the organization readily accepted his request considering that he left his hometown and made a lot of contributions to the liberation of the Chinese revolution.The organization allowed him to ride the war horse that had been with him for many years and take his beloved box gun (because it was just liberated and there were many bandits) to go home. After returning to his hometown, he worked day and night on the land he was familiar with and began to do farm work.He felt that he had endless energy, so he devoted all his enthusiasm to the construction of his hometown under the construction boom of New China.Seeing that a month had passed, the organization sent his guards to urge him personally.And this night, he couldn't sleep all night thinking about it.The next morning, he finally made an important decision: For the construction of New China, he is not suitable to be a life-and-death official, but he is more suitable to be a farmer.

He firmly asked the guards to bring back the horses and pot guns and hand them over to the organization.Since then, he has been a down-to-earth farmer in the red land of Zhaojin.He consciously led the peasants, just like the construction of the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Soviet Area back then, to open up wasteland and repair land, control mountains and rivers, build roads and flat fields...: He was indifferent to fame and wealth all his life, regardless of personal status, and spent his ordinary life in peace and security in his hometown. lifetime.The party organization did not forget him. After his death, the organization still held a memorial service for him, and most of his comrades in arms also participated in his memorial service in person.It's just that the ceremony is simpler.Perhaps this is more suitable for ordinary people like him...