Chapter 43 42 County Propaganda Minister Zhang Pin

Zhang Pin was originally engaged in land reform work in the Sixth District.The Sixth District is located in a narrow and long triangle on the north bank of the Sanggan River and the south bank of the Yang River. There are about a dozen villages there, and there are large landlords and the influence of the Catholic Church. The problem is more complicated.Due to the war environment, the land reform work had to be done quickly. The county decided that it must be completed at the end of August and the beginning of September in the Gregorian calendar, and a county-wide peasant meeting would be held in the first ten days of September.So he is very busy, from one village to another every day, checking and supervising each village.The secretary of the county party committee had repeatedly told him: "Look at how fast Huailai is doing. They have completed two-thirds of the work and are already preparing for the farmers' meeting. The instructions should be completed as soon as possible, and Pingsui Road will not be permanently peaceful..." Zhang Pin used to be a young worker, and he has been working in Chanan for three years, and he has grown a little taller than when he first came. He became a tall and slender man with long legs, walked quickly, and made no sound.When the villagers saw him coming again, they thought he hadn't left, and asked repeatedly: "Old Zhang! Where are you going?"

He was very quick in his work, and although he was delayed in the village for a short time, he was able to solve the problem quickly.He knew that the work cadres in the district were not organized neatly, and many of them had just been promoted; he could not completely trust the comrades in the working group, and he often disagreed with their opinions.Sometimes, he felt that they left too much land for the landlords, so he yelled: "This is not acceptable! At most, there will be 'upper poor peasants'." Someone in those working groups said: "There is a telegram from the Central Committee! It is right to be enlightened. Landlords, some people still need to keep two middle peasants, or four middle peasants!" He became even more anxious, touched his bald head with his hand, shook his head repeatedly, and said, "What, two middle peasants, you are so nonsense. Comrade! Don’t take the Central Committee as a horror! Where did you hear the rumors? The Central Committee, the Central Committee of the Communist Party! No, no, I can’t listen to your rumors! I can only act according to the situation of ordinary people!” If anyone still spoke, he said decisively: "Don't worry, I will be responsible for the mistakes. There is only one land reform, which satisfies the peasants who have no land and little land, and makes the peasants completely turn around. If they can't satisfy them, reform the egg!" Sometimes when some rich peasants come to donate land, some people will say that this rich peasant is good and should not take too much for fear of affecting the middle peasants. He is a very firm person, although his firmness does not match his immature appearance.

Those who work with him often joke with him, imitating his gestures, touching their bald heads, touching their necks, that long and thin neck stretched out on a collarless shirt; imitating his voice, a little impatient , but it is decisive; also imitate his smile, the innocent smile, the innocent smile that is satisfied after solving the problem.But people cannot underestimate him, not because he is a minister, but because of his understanding of the masses and his sophistication in dealing with problems. His tact and alertness were indeed only the result of circumstances forcing him to do so.When he left the youth work and went to Chanan, he was not yet nineteen years old, and he didn't even have a gun at first, usually only two grenades.The chief of the pseudo-armor looked down on him, thinking that it was much easier to work with such a child, and often tested him to see if he had drunk ink, how much he could read, and whether he could shoot a gun.He has to learn to deal with people and learn to understand other people's traps. He not only needs to be able to see with his eyes, but also to be able to smell with his nose.Before he enters a village, he must be able to smell the situation of the village.At that time, there were traps everywhere. As long as he walked a little harder, coughed a little harder, and slept a little deeper, his life would be in danger.He has been working here for three years.When I first came here, I ran with others. Later, I took charge of several villages alone, and gradually took charge of a district. I also needed to develop the party and build up the armed forces, and finally wiped out Baidian Village.The hardships he endured are indescribable, and he himself is too lazy to talk about the past, because there are too many.A few times I couldn't find cooked ones for more than a month, and I often ate raw pumpkins and raw corns.Those who were with him died.There were also guerrillas who had expanded and joined the enemy again, turned around to catch him, and he escaped by jumping over the wall.If he doesn't have the eagle's eyes to aim and the deer's legs to run fast, the enemy will catch him like a chicken.Once he went to a village close to the stronghold, and it was the first time he went there, and there was no acquaintance in the village.He inquired about the home of the pseudo-Chief Jia. The pseudo-Chief Jia was a big landowner. As soon as he entered the door, he grabbed him and didn't let him go.It just so happened that the enemy entered the village and was looking for Chief Jia on the street. The false Chief Jia hurriedly took him to the back door, saying that you should escape from here, and we will not harm you.But if he doesn't leave, how can he rest assured and dare to leave?He said: "Let's go, no, we just came here. Please call your son first, stay with us for a while, and then go out to accompany the Japanese, and tell you, when the enemy enters this yard, we will do whatever It's time to kill your son, you must be a sensible person!" So he grabbed the landlord's son and crawled behind the window of the house, holding his gun, and waiting.Chief Jia didn't dare to do anything at all. After a while, he sent the enemy away. When he came back to see him, he was fine, but the son peed on the kang.Later, this matter was spread, and no one wanted to see him.The common people said it was amazing, and the Eighth Route Army was so bold, so why should we be afraid of Japan, China will never perish again.In such a difficult environment, he understands that only struggle and firmness are the only way out; he knows how to subdue the enemy; he also knows who to rely on in everything, and how to find the most reliable friends from the common people—the poor!

He walked northward from Hongyu near Laishui County, opened up one village after another, and slowly reached the south bank of the lower reaches of the Sanggan River.At that time, the old third district became the place where he was most active, and the guerrillas in the third district were also famous. Until now, the militias in this area are still relatively large and can take on some tasks automatically. Naturally, he was the first Eighth Route Army to come to Nuanshuitun.The row of vineyards on the mountain side often became his home.On winter nights, he lives in the garden hut, or in a ridge, holding a frozen nest in his left hand and a frozen salted radish in his right. Feet were frozen.Later, when the work in the village became more healthy, he often came to the earthen house in Xitou.Not many people knew him at the beginning, but they knew that there was Comrade Zhang Pin. As long as those people knew that Comrade Zhang had arrived in Murakami, they would automatically guard him.Later he showed up in the village, and more people knew him.People called him Captain Zhang, District Chief Zhang, and Lao Zhang, and now Minister Zhang, but no matter what they called him, they were all as affectionate to him.They have come together through hardships. Since having him, people have resisted the darkness and placed hope in the light; people have begun to struggle against power and win.His difficult environment and difficult work were clearly seen by people, and they believed that he risked his life and became a neighbor with death for the sake of the common people and the poor people in China.They relied on each other to fight and survive, so they have a different, more understanding and more harmonious relationship than ordinary people.

Zhang Pin received a letter from the secretary of the county party committee two days ago, with a report from Nuanshuitun attached.The secretary of the county party committee told him that the district had appointed an inexperienced intellectual to work there. For more than two weeks, no struggle had been launched, and there were still some internal problems.The comrades in the district also thought that there was nothing to do with this group of people with relatively high education, and they hoped that the county would send someone to help solve the problem.Therefore, he was asked to cross the river nearby to inspect, and he knew the situation there better.He couldn't leave immediately after receiving the letter, so he asked the people nearby by the way.But the common people say that Nuanshuitun is going to be a good one. This year, Nuanshuitun is going to be the best. The farmers in Nuanshuitun line up to sell the fruits of victory in Shacheng and Zhuolu. This year, the fruits are so good that any family can Divide hundreds of thousands.The land in our sixth district is fertile, but there is not a single fruit tree. The landlord is big, so it should be easy to concentrate the land, but most of the land is still in the outer villages. ... The news made him so happy that he delayed crossing the river another day, and he planned to return to the Sixth District that night.He believes that this village has more reliable cadres and a better mass base.Although it also belongs to the newly liberated area, it had a job during the Anti-Japanese War and reformed the village regime, and nothing happened.He didn't expect that when he came, the village was in a state of chaos, especially among the village cadres.They had different opinions, and this kind of discussion has only become a whisper behind the scenes, which further aroused mutual suspicion and made it difficult to make a decision.Therefore, the appearance of Zhang Pin is easier to see that it is just the right time, and it has more functions.