Chapter 35 Chapter Four

In April of this year, the Provincial Party Committee has undergone two reorganizations.The provincial party committee that instructed Gao Ming to withdraw from Qingpu was not the old provincial party committee, but the new provincial party committee after the second reorganization.The secretary of the new provincial party committee is a middle-aged comrade who studied in the Soviet Union, his surname is Tian, ​​and his name is Tian Changren.The first time Gao Ming walked into the Dasheng Grain Store, where the provincial party secret organ was located, and reported to Tian Changren, the new secretary of the provincial party committee unceremoniously criticized Gao Ming, saying that Qingpu's work had been taken care of by Gao Ming and others. Comrades messed up, saying that Gao Ming carried out Chen Duxiu's right-leaning capitulationist line, gave up the leadership of the Qingpu Revolution, and repeatedly compromised and tolerated the Kuomintang rightists represented by An Zhongliang, which eventually led to today's complete failure.

Tian Changren, secretary of the new Provincial Party Committee, is very familiar with the situation in Qingpu, and his words are well-founded.According to Tian Changren's analysis, the situation in Qingpu shouldn't be so bad.Qingpu is different from the provincial capital. The Northern Expeditionary Army arrived late. Even after the Kuomintang in Shanghai and Wuhan openly betrayed the revolution, it was still possible to fight hard.Before the arrival of the Northern Expedition, the Qingpu Special Branch could take the initiative to meet the challenge of the Kuomintang, organize powerful industrial workers with a glorious revolutionary tradition to carry out armed riots, and try to establish an urban workers' regime.But the Communists in Qingpu did not do this.Gao Ming, the secretary of the special branch of Qingpu, had illusions and vacillated, and missed the opportunity.

Tian Changren also pointedly pointed out that there are many objective reasons for today's passive situation, but they also have a lot to do with Gao Ming's fragility of personal feelings: a special branch secretary of the Communist Party, but he can't forget the hiding place on Wilhelm Street. In the morning, I can't forget that the vicious reactionary An Zhongliang once saved his life. Therefore, at the critical moment of the great struggle between the two classes, he wavered and caused irreparable damage to the party's cause. Tian Changren made sense, Gao Ming was convinced, admitted his rightist mistakes, and spent more than ten days writing a summary report entitled "Review of Qingpu Work".In the summary report, Gao Ming thoroughly liquidated himself and the former Provincial Party Committee's implementation of Chen Duxiu's right opportunist line, which brought serious consequences to the Qingpu Revolution. study.

The new provincial party committee was quite satisfied with Gao Ming's understanding of his mistakes. After sorting out the summary of Gao Ming's summary report, he sent it out as a document of the provincial party committee.At the same time, there were also instructions on welcoming a new revolutionary upsurge. According to Tian Changren, the current white terror is only a superficial phenomenon, and the real problem is that a new revolutionary upsurge is coming.For this reason, cities and villages with foundations should actively organize armed riots without hesitation and establish red workers' and peasants' armed forces.Central cities without a foundation, like the provincial capitals they are in, should also vigorously carry out street revolutionary propaganda activities, resulting in extensive and positive political influence, to prove the strong existence of the Communist Party organization with actions, and to combat the arrogance of the reactionary Kuomintang authorities.The new provincial party committee proposes: We must be revolutionaries in action!

Gao Ming cheered up from his depression and took the initiative to apply to the Provincial Party Committee to go to the front line of the fiery struggle and correct his rightist mistakes in future revolutionary practice.After careful study by the provincial party committee, they did not agree.Provincial Party Secretary Tian Changren believes that Gao Ming has been engaged in urban underground work for a long time, and it is more suitable to stay in the provincial Party committee.So Gao Ming was arranged to work as an officer in the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and his public identity was the accountant of Dasheng Liangxing.

The tense and busy new job has started since then, and a new stage in Gao Ming's life has also begun.Everything about Qingpu has nothing to do with him anymore, and those bloody memories suddenly became very distant. In order to correct his right-leaning mistakes, Gao Ming was very positive about his new job.Every day before dawn and before the grain store opened, Gao Ming would get up alone and talk to the worker activists in the relevant factories to learn about the situation at the grassroots level.Then, non-stop meetings, discussions; meetings, meetings, every day until midnight and midnight.Sometimes, they have to receive comrades from various cities and counties in the province, and travel to various cities and counties on behalf of the provincial party committee. The work is very heavy.

Despite this, Gao Ming still found time to study some Marxist-Leninist works carefully, among which Lenin's "On Organization" is the most familiar one.At that time, there was no Chinese translation of "On Organization". He was able to understand the contents of this pamphlet, and he owed it to Tian Changren, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee who taught him tirelessly.Tian Changren studied in the Soviet Union and stayed in the Executive Committee of the Communist International for more than half a year. He is proficient in Russian and translated for him sentence by sentence.Gao Ming wrote it down and figured it out over and over again.

Tian Changren asked Gao Ming: "There is so much work and you are so busy every day, why do you still work so hard?" Gao Ming sighed, and answered honestly: "Old Tian, ​​I can't do without studying! Since the party has arranged for me to do organizational work, I have to think about it and do it well. If I am confused and make mistakes again, I will be sorry for the party and my comrades!" Tian Changren appreciated this very much, and patted Gao Ming on the shoulder and said, "Comrade Gao Ming, that's a good point! A good party member should be a loyal tool of the party, and everything should follow the organization's arrangements. If you do what you do, you will love it and do it well. !"

In those two years Gao Ming respected Tian Changren very much. He not only regarded Tian Changren as a reliable superior, but also regarded Tian Changren as a teacher. At night, he dared not doubt that Tian Changren and the new provincial party committee were right.Gao Ming sincerely believed that the climax of the revolution was approaching, and that a single spark could quickly ignite into a prairie fire.Therefore, when Tian Changren and the provincial party committee held a meeting all night excited about a fight between the foreman and workers of a certain small factory, Gao Ming did not feel absurd at all, and even sincerely thought that the foreman beat a certain A worker's fist is likely to be the fuse of a vigorous revolutionary movement.At that time, there was already a "flying rally". This kind of rally strongly embodies the spirit of action advocated by Tian Changren and the new provincial party committee, and was highly appreciated by Tian Changren and the members of the provincial party committee.Therefore, not only the grassroots party organizations lead the workers to hold "flying rallies", but the provincial party committee has also repeatedly mobilized comrades from provincial party committee agencies to participate.

Gao Ming participated in this kind of "flying rally". He once served as a member of the executive committee of the strike committee of the Qingpu General League, and later became his wife Ling Feng. "Meet you again. Thinking about it now, this kind of "flying rally" is really a joke. It is a joke about the wealth and lives of its own party members and cadres, as well as the workers.A few people suddenly jumped onto the street, threw a few leaflets, shouted passionate slogans, and sang "The Internationale". What practical benefits did it have for the revolution?God knows!Many comrades were arrested after each "flying rally".Later, the more the party organization mobilized, the more fearful the workers became.The positive impact that Tian Changren and the new provincial party committee were eagerly anticipating did not produce much, but the negative impact was obvious.

At that time, Gao Ming did not have this awareness.When I did this, I didn't expect its ending and consequences. I was very serious about organizing and participating in this kind of "flying rally". On May 1st in 1931, the Provincial Party Committee asked him to hold a commemorative rally on Zhongshan Avenue, the busiest and bustling place in the provincial capital. Over the course of several weeks, thousands of leaflets were printed. On the morning of the "May 1st" festival, Gao Ming got up before dawn, and went to Zhongshan Avenue together with Xiaotang, the propaganda officer of the provincial party committee.It was less than seven o'clock when we arrived at Zhongshan Avenue, and there were not many party members who had been mobilized to participate in the commemorative rally.The two of them ate something at a small stall on the side of the road.While eating, Gao Ming noticed that there were two suspicious-looking guys on the side of the road opposite the food stall.Gao Ming had a premonition that the situation was not good, and he figured in his heart that the plan of the "flying rally" might have been discovered by the enemy, and there might be an accident.Gao Ming quietly told Xiao Tang to be more careful, and he put on sunglasses when he left the food stall. It would be a lie to say that they were not afraid, but they were indeed a little scared at the time. Even if the enemy did not discover the plan for today's rally, the danger would still be great.In those days, they were used to launching revolutions according to the revolutionary calendar and creating "climaxes".The enemy is also used to suppressing revolutions and extinguishing "climaxes" according to the revolutionary calendar.He and Xiaotang are very likely to be arrested and imprisoned, or even sacrifice their lives.Although Gao Ming had already prepared for the worst, deep down in his mind he really did not want this worst ending to come true.Therefore, on the morning of the "May 1" festival in 1931, Gao Ming was ready to get out. Not to mention wearing sunglasses, he also wore two long gowns of different colors. At half past seven, the agreed time for the assembly arrived, and the streets were bustling with activity.Gao Ming noticed that many familiar faces of party members and comrades appeared in the crowd.Lao Jin, traffic secretary of Shizhong District Party Committee who was in charge of liaison work, took a cigarette, walked up to him, pretended to confront him, and whispered to him, "Everyone is almost here!" Gao Ming nodded: "Let's get started!" After finishing speaking, he and Xiaotang quickly walked up the high steps of the "Bank of Communications" beside him.At the same time, Lao Jin behind him took off his top hat and shook it in the street.The party members and masses who secretly gathered on both sides of the street immediately surrounded them.Many curious passers-by blindly squeezed over without knowing what new and strange things had happened, and the whole street was crowded in an instant. Gao Ming turned around abruptly, and stood on the top of the Bank of Communications steps to speak, speaking urgently and quickly, as if firing a cannonball: "Workers, friends who are oppressed and exploited, today is May Day. 'International Labor Day is a grand festival for the proletarians and laborers all over the world! We commemorate this festival here today to show the great strength of our laborers! The reactionary rule of the Kuomintang is about to collapse, and the climax of the Chinese revolution is about to It has come, and the establishment of the All-China Soviet is just around the corner!" Just after saying these few words, Gao Ming noticed that the crowd under the steps suddenly became commotion.Some spectators realized that something was wrong and began to squeeze outside desperately.The party members and comrades in the periphery, according to the plan in advance, held their ground firmly and joined hands to form a human wall to prevent the crowd from collapsing. Plainclothes agents showed up just in time.A guy in a peaked cap blew his whistle, pointed at Gao Ming and shouted, "Keep an eye on him, keep an eye on this Communist!" The spies under the peaked caps began to punch and kick, and rushed into the crowd, and some workers fought with them. Gao Ming stopped his speech at the right time, waved his arms and shouted slogans: "Down with the reactionary Kuomintang government!" "Long live the great unity of the working people of the world!" "Long live the Communist Party of China!" "Long live the Chinese Soviet!" When Gao Ming shouted slogans, Xiao Tang and Lao Jin quickly scattered stacks of leaflets.Many leaflets were not scattered at all, and piles fell to the ground.The two of them didn't care about it, and after they hurriedly finished, they pulled him, said "Go!", split into the chaotic crowd at the bottom of the steps and disappeared.Gao Ming didn't dare to be negligent, he quickly jumped down the steps and squeezed into the crowd. He was so crowded that he almost lost his shoes. At this time, gunshots rang out—I don't know if it was the plainclothes spies who fired, or the military and police who came to suppress it.The gathering crowd began to disperse to both ends of the street.Gao Ming ran quickly among the crowd, changing clothes while running.First he took off the sunglasses, and then he took off the old gray coat, revealing the black robe inside.Gao Ming took off the gray coat and stuffed it into the trash can by the side of the road. Holding his breath, after running about two to three hundred meters, the people behind him became less and less, so Gao Ming straightened the messy hair scattered on his forehead, breathed, and walked into a teahouse by the roadside, looking for a free time Seats are taken. It was at this time that Gao Ming and his later wife Ling Feng met again.At that time, Gao Ming was sitting at a table by the window in the teahouse. He had just poured a cup of tea when a woman in an egg-blue cheongsam entered.The woman obviously noticed Gao Ming, looked east and west, and sat down on the empty seat across from Gao Ming's table.As soon as she sat down, Gao Ming recognized her, wanted to call out but didn't dare to call out: Ling Feng was a member of the Kuomintang when she was in Qingpu! It was Ling Feng who hesitated and called him first: "This...isn't this Mr. Gao Minggao?" Gao Ming couldn't hide, so he pretended to recognize him and called out, "Oh, it's you, Miss Ling!" Ling Feng stood up and grabbed Gao Ming's hand: "It's really you, Gao Ming! I... I'm not dreaming, am I?" Gao Ming pretended to be relaxed and said with a smile: "No, it's not a dream! No, I saw your bright eyes again..." When he said this, Gao Ming was very moved. The long-lost Qingpu old friend suddenly appeared in front of him, which reminded him of the general alliance strike and the subsequent purge of the party.Gao Ming really wanted to know the situation after he and the Qingpu Communists withdrew, even An Zhongliang's situation.Ling Feng didn't know much.According to Ling Feng, she moved to the provincial capital two years ago and has been living in her aunt's house.Only then did Gao Ming suddenly remember that Ling Feng, the Kuomintang, originally belonged to the leftist camp.Although he is a member of the Kuomintang, he sympathizes with the Communist Party.When Qingpu cleared the party, Lingfeng didn't understand it very much, and made a lot of efforts to rescue the arrested Communists.Later, I heard that An Zhongliang was forced to leave, and had a quarrel with An Zhongliang when he left, but he didn't expect that he also went to the provincial capital, and lived in the same city with him for more than two years. "...What are you doing here now?" Gao Ming asked. Ling Feng smiled bitterly: "What can you do? A woman's family, isn't she teaching?" Gao Ming doesn't know if this is true or not?After all, Ling Feng used to be a member of the Kuomintang. Although he is a leftist, the situation has changed too much in the past few years. He has to maintain due vigilance: "Hey, why did you come here early this morning? Did you hear that Are we going to hold a 'May Day' commemorative rally here?" Ling Feng shook her head: "I haven't heard of it, I just met by chance! Oh, by the way, my aunt's house is in the alley behind the Bank of Communications." Gao Ming's eyes lit up: "Oh, so it's not far from here?" Ling Feng immediately understood: "This is not a place to talk, let's go to my aunt's house to take shelter from the wind." They went out arm in arm, and as soon as they left, the military police who were arresting people all over the street rushed into this teahouse... The price of the "flying rally" that day was heavy.Lao Jin, the traffic secretary of the Shizhong District, and Xiao Tang, the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, were both arrested.Lao Jin died later, and Xiaotang rebelled on the day he was arrested.Three worker party members who participated in the rally were also arrested, and more than a dozen basic people were arrested at the same time.Gao Ming was lucky.Because he met Ling Feng by chance, not only did he get out of danger in time, but he also had a delicious lunch at Aunt Ling Feng's house. Lingfeng's aunt regards him as Lingfeng's lover. Later, Gao Ming said with emotion: the "May 1st" commemorative rally in 1931 not only resulted in the arrest of many comrades, but also led to the destruction of the provincial party committee. Dasheng grain line.Tian Changren, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and more than a dozen comrades from the agency were all arrested and suffered heavy losses.But because he showed up to give a speech, he was recognized by Ling Feng, and unexpectedly got a lover and a home.