Chapter 10 The Law of Value is a great school[1]

(March and April 1959) one Old accounts are generally not counted. This sentence was written in the Zhengzhou Speech[2]. No, it should be replaced by old accounts.Only by settling accounts can the objectively existing law of value be implemented.This law is a great school, and only by using it can it be possible to teach our tens of millions of cadres and tens of millions of people and build our socialism and communism.Otherwise nothing is possible.Can't resolve grievances with the masses.As for cadres, they will be destroyed by us.There are hundreds of harms but no benefits.A commune can return more than 4 million yuan of cash income from the original high-level commune to the original owner. Why can't other communes return it? Don't "give good fortune too much."It should be noted that this is robbery of wealth, not good wealth.Appropriation of other people's labor without compensation is not permitted.

(March 30) Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. two These documents [3] are worth reading.In particular, "The Situation of the Ten Thousand People's Assembly in Macheng County" is worth reading. The method is very good. What should be returned at the county and commune levels should be returned to the production team quickly. can be greatly developed. Mao Zedong April 2, 1959 three This [4] is excellent, and every county and commune should do the same.Only by settling accounts can we unite; only by settling accounts can we help cadres to pull out from the ocean of corruption and waste, and be clean; only by settling accounts can we teach cadres how to operate and manage; To do good things, not to do bad things, realize the supervision of the masses, and realize the real democratic centralism.

Mao Zedong April 3, 1959 Four Counties and communes do not hold general meetings in April.Originally scheduled to hold a club and team congress in May, we can consider holding it in the county in early or mid-May to thoroughly resolve the three issues of decentralization of power, settlement of accounts, and production contract indicators that were not completely resolved at the March meeting[5], and then Elect the leading organs of the party at all levels of the commune and the management organs of the communes and brigades.As far as this issue is concerned, we lack mental preparation for the provincial and county conferences in March.What Zhengzhou said is generally not counted, it should be reversed, generally counted.Some provinces have been turned over, such as Hubei, but they have not been turned over.It is said that the counties and communes need to settle accounts with the production team over the past few months, and resolve the conflicts between large collectives and small collectives. Of course, this must be resolved first.There is also a contradiction that must be resolved accordingly, the contradiction between the cadres of the production team and the cadres of the production team, all the members of the commune, and the contradiction between the small collective and the members of the commune.This problem, which has been solved on a large scale like that in Macheng County, was only brought up in the last few days, and it has only entered our field of understanding.This is a problem of free appropriation of other people's labor in the form of embezzlement. It is a general problem and a historical problem. It is not a recent one, but it can only be solved in 1959. Only now can real mass supervision be established. .In my opinion, such a big mass problem cannot be solved without the determination of the province and the direct leadership of the county. Therefore, I suggest that the meeting in May be held in the county.If so, please discuss it in your committee.

Mao Zedong April 3 at 6:00 pm Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] The first part of this article is an annotation written by Mao Zedong on the report of Tao Lujia, the first secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, on March 29, 1959, on the situation of the five-level cadre meeting in the counties of Shanxi Province.The second part of this article is Mao Zedong's comments on the report on the situation of the Ten Thousand People Meeting in Macheng County submitted by Wang Renzhong, the first secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, on March 31, 1959.The third part of this article is Mao Zedong's comments on the second report of Wang Yanchun and others on the situation of the ten thousand people meeting in Macheng County submitted by Wang Renzhong.The fourth part of this article is Mao Zedong's comment on the letter written by Tan Zhenlin, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and secretary of the Secretariat, on April 3, 1959, regarding the opening of the six-level cadre meeting in the province and the five-level cadre meeting in the county. .

[2] Refers to Mao Zedong’s speech at the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held in Zhengzhou on February 27, 1959. [3] Refers to the four materials that Wang Renzhong sent to Mao Zedong on March 31, 1959: Wang Yanchun and others sent to Wang Renzhong on March 27 about the situation of the Ten Thousand People Meeting in Macheng County and about cotton technical measures Emphasis on the two reports of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee. On the same day, Wang Yanchun gave a report to Wang Renzhong on the problem of the poor team chasing the rich team. Ren Zhong, Wang Yanchun and the provincial party committee report.Among them, the report on the situation of the ten-thousand-person meeting in Macheng County said that at the ten-thousand-person meeting in Macheng County, the three-level party committees at the county, commune, and management districts reviewed and admitted their mistakes, which led grassroots cadres to review one after another, and strengthened the relationship between superiors and subordinates.After the review, emphasis was placed on settling accounts, emphasizing cashing, and earnestly solving the problem of one leveling, two transfers and three collections. The money and materials transferred by the commune to the production team were immediately returned; those who were short of food rations were supplied immediately; the poor teams that needed support were immediately given loans.

[4] Refers to the second report of Wang Yanchun and others to Wang Renzhong and the Hubei Provincial Party Committee on March 30, 1959 on the situation of the Ten Thousand People Meeting in Macheng County.The report said that in order to mobilize the masses and settle accounts of the production team, the county party committee decided to hold mobilization meetings, group meetings, individual talks, conduct pilot projects, and hold broadcast conferences to explain policies and mobilize members to participate in the accounts settlement.In the process of settling accounts, it was discovered that many cadres of the production team had been embezzled and embezzled seriously.The county party committee requires the cadres with problems to explain at the meeting and admit their mistakes.After returning home, settle the matter thoroughly by holding a member representative meeting or a member meeting.

[5] Refers to the six-level cadre meetings in some provinces and the fifth-level cadre meetings in counties held in March 1959.