Chapter 45 The key to all politics is the people[1]

(August 12, 1944) one The soldiers guarding Hengyang are heroic.But their efforts are not supported, because our government and our high command's passive strategy of not wanting the people and voluntarily giving up the initiative cannot support them. Although the people are extremely anxious, they cannot automatically support them. two None of the government's measures called for and organized the people to join in the defense of Hengyang, Southwest and Northwest.Xi'an Kuomintang members criticized in newspapers the strong will of the tens of thousands of people in Yan'an to defend Xi'an and the Northwest expressed at the United Nations Day commemorative meeting, and considered it a "communist conspiracy."In short, all good rivers and mountains are arranged by the Kuomintang, and the people do not want to interfere.But gentlemen of the Kuomintang, these great rivers and mountains do not belong to you. They are the lovely hometown where the Chinese people were born, grew up, and gathered here.You Kuomintang people tightly bind the people hand and foot. When the enemy comes, you don’t let the people stand up and defend themselves, but you always "fake a shot and go back on horseback". It is said that this is a "magnet tactic", but in reality it is forever Abandon the initiative and never use the tactics of the people. The people have already seen through your "Western view".

three The key to all issues lies in politics, and the key to all politics lies in the people. If the question of whether or not to have the people is resolved, nothing can be discussed.If you want the people, there is a way out even though it is dangerous; if you don't want the people, everything must be dark.Knowledgeable people in the Kuomintang think about it. Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is Mao Zedong reviewing the "Liberation Daily" editorial "What will happen to the KMT after the fall of Hengyang?" "Three paragraphs of text were added at the time.