Chapter 49 Chapter 1 The Red Army has its own iron discipline——Qiu has committed no crimes

"The Red Army is about to enter the village, run away!" The village was in a panic, some were leading the cows, some were driving the sheep, the children were crying, the adults were shouting, chickens were flying and dogs were jumping, and it was a mess. There is a family in the cottage, the owner's surname is Sun, who happens to be sixty this year, and everyone calls him Uncle Sun.In this village, although Uncle Sun's family is not considered a rich man, they live a prosperous life.At this time, Uncle Sun is also busy telling his children and grandchildren to pack their bags and take refuge in the deep mountains.

Uncle Sun's neighbor's surname is Zhao. He often goes out of the village to work outside, and has seen some things in the world.Uncle Zhao quickly said to Uncle Sun: "The Red Army is a team for the poor. They don't rob, steal, or take things from the common people. Why do they run away?" "Hey, didn't you hear what the county magistrate said? The Red Army is bandits, with green faces and fangs, communists and wives, who kill and set fire." "How can you listen to their nonsense?" "Have you seen the Red Army?" "I have. They are amiable and disciplined, and never encroach on the interests of the common people."

"How do you say that?" "A Red Army borrowed an old earthen pot from a fellow villager to feed the horses. The horse broke the earthen pot accidentally. The Red Army had to pay for a new one. The owner of the old earthen pot said, let alone an old earthen pot. There is no need to pay for the new ones. There is an official who has to ask the soldiers to pay for it, so he should pay for it to the fellow.” "No way!" Uncle Sun frowned and shook his head. "Since ancient times, there is a family of soldiers and bandits. I have lived to be sixty years old. I have seen and heard a lot. I have never heard of such an army."

"I heard it with my own ears." "So it is! Seeing is believing and hearing is not. What you hear is not enough!" "I saw it with my own eyes! Last year when I went out to work, it was the season when jujubes and persimmons were ripe. When the Red Army passed through the jujube and persimmon forests, they took turns to stand guard in the woods while marching. In the woods, the ripe The jujubes and persimmons fell on the ground, but they didn’t even look at them. In order not to trample the fallen jujubes and persimmons, they deliberately made a detour. I stood in the jujube forest and could see clearly.”

"So the Red Army is different from other armies?" "Of course it's different!" "Then why do everyone say that the Red Army killed people and set fire?" After a pause, Uncle Sun said again slowly: "You have to believe what you say, and you can't believe it all. If you can really meet Qiuwu's army, it will be Wanmin's army." Blessing! However, I would like to see if the Red Army is as disciplined as you said—” Uncle Sun stroked his beard, walked around the yard, and said to Uncle Zhao: “How about it! Whether we can take the things of the masses, we will try and decide. I have 4 yuan here, throw it in the house and see if the Red Army can take it or not?"

Uncle Zhao immediately replied: "Aren't you stupid? How can there be an army that doesn't want silver dollars?" "Why don't you believe in the Red Army?" Uncle Sun asked in surprise. "Me? I believe in the Red Army. However, the temptation of silver dollars is too great. Who doesn't want silver dollars? The Red Army is good, but it's not as good as this!" "Then we have to give it a try." Uncle Sun took out a cloth bag from his pocket, opened it layer by layer, and finally revealed 4 shiny silver dollars.He carefully took out the silver dollars, polished them one by one, then went into his room, put a piece in each corner, and covered them all with sundries.After thinking about it in a blink of an eye, it's not right, the silver dollar should be placed in the open.So the debris was removed again.He retreated to the door and looked at the four corners of the room with complicated emotions. The four silver dollars were shining brightly.

"Grandpa, let's go!" The granddaughter called him. Uncle Sun closed the door falsely and reluctantly left his home. "Squad leader, come and see!" Xiao Wang called out as soon as he entered the door. "What's the matter? What a fuss!" Following the direction Xiao Wang pointed, a gleaming and shining silver dollar lay on the ground, emitting a seductive brilliance. "Here's another piece!" Xiao Zhang, who came in after him, called out again. Everyone turned around and saw that there was another piece under the window sill. Soon, the whole class found 4 silver dollars.

Xiaotu picked up a piece of silver dollar, knocked it, listened to it for a while, and said, "Oh, the voice is so clear and sweet, it's so nice, it's a real guy!" Seeing it, the monitor hurriedly stopped him: "Put it down quickly! It's something from a fellow villager, and none of us are allowed to touch it." Xiao Wang immediately put down the silver dollar, pouted his mouth and said, "I'm just holding it for fun, so I don't care about it?" The squad leader asked everyone: "Tell me, why are there silver dollars in this house?" Everyone chattered:

"When the fellow left, he was in a hurry and lost it accidentally!" "I don't see it. I lost it in a panic. How could one corner of the wall fit into one piece, and they were all placed in the open... It seems that they were left on purpose." "Why did the fellow keep the silver dollars on purpose?" "He wanted to give it to us. He saw that our clothes were torn and we had run out of food." "No, it's impossible!" "He wants to test us." "Yes!" said the squad leader, "I think so too. This landlord doesn't know us well, and wants to test whether we are real people's soldiers."

"Test us? Are we not afraid? Let alone silver dollars, even gold jewelry, we don't take a cent." "We are the Red Army, and it is our discipline not to take a needle from the masses." The fourth class stayed in Uncle Sun's house. Everyone cleaned the house, carried water and chopped firewood.Xiao Zhang and Xiao Wang competed to fetch water. "Xiao Wang, let me choose! Go and sew the clothes! Look, the flesh on the shoulders and chest are all exposed!" It’s already become patchwork high-sleeve clothes. Aren’t your clothes torn too...?” “Oh!” Xiao Zhang sighed, “If I have a silver dollar, I can buy a few pieces of new cloth and make some clothes .” After speaking, he looked towards the corner of the wall.The silver dollars in the corner were still gleaming.

"Yes, if there are 4 silver dollars, the food you buy is enough to eat for a while?" "No money, no silver dollars!" Xiao Wang had a dream at night. The ground turned into gleaming silver dollars. He and his comrades bought new clothes and food, and he jumped up happily after putting on the new clothes.Suddenly the soles of his feet slipped...Xiao Wang was awakened.It was already dawn at this time, Xiao Wang rubbed his eyes, and looked at the corner of the wall: "Okay, the silver dollar is still there, and it twinkles like blinking." Xiao Wang waved his hand to Yin Yuan, and said in his heart: "You just lie there, no one will touch you." This matter quickly spread to the military headquarters, and Commander Xu Haidong decided to go and see for himself.As soon as he entered the door, Commander Xu asked, "Where is the silver dollar?" The soldier quickly pointed it out to Commander Xu. "Oh, there are really four oceans, very bright, have you moved?" "No!" Everyone answered together. "Very good! This is a Red Army soldier. The villagers test our Red Army, and we must pass the test and pass the test. Our 25th Army must set a good example, and we will never commit any crimes." Three days later, the fourth class left Uncle Sun's house, and the team left the cottage. The four silver dollars were still lying under the corner of the wall, shining brightly. Uncle Sun returned to the village with the villagers who had taken refuge.As soon as you enter the stockade, you will feel that the road is flat and the house is bright.He greeted his granddaughter and said, "Go and see if the 4 silver dollars are at home." The granddaughter ran away quickly.After a while, he ran back again. "Grandpa, where are the silver dollars still in the house!" "real?" "Really! If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself." Uncle Sun walked into his yard, which was clean and tidy.He stepped into the room and opened his eyes wide to see, ah! The 4 silver dollars are still in place, bright and shiny. Uncle Sun held 4 silver dollars and said to his children and grandchildren: "The Red Army, the real people's army! I am convinced. How can there be such a good army in the world!" In April 1935, the Central Red Army marched to Yunnan and took a short rest in Malong County. The headquarters of the Military Commission was located near Wangjiazhuang. One day at noon, a few guards gathered together, whispering. "Do you know that Vice Chairman Zhou didn't sleep last night and hasn't had breakfast yet?" Wei Guolu said in a low voice. "He works day and night, and his health is getting worse and thinner. What should we do?" Wu Shengkai asked anxiously. "We should get him something to feed him," Fan Jinbiao suggested. "Where are we going to do it? This poor place. The people have all run away again." Wei Guolu and Wu Shengkai complained. Fan Jinbiao advised them: "Staying around is not always an option, it is better to go for a walk in the village, maybe there is something unexpected." The three walked quickly to the village.The village was quiet, not a single pedestrian or shop on the road. "Let's go to the fellow's house and look for it!" Fan Jinbiao suggested again. They came to the door of a house, knocked on the door, and called "Fellow Villager" a few times. When there was no reply, they opened the door and went in.The walls of the house are empty and there is nothing. They pushed open the door of the second house... Under the oppression and exploitation of landlords and rich people in this area, the common people's families are extremely poor. Finally came to a family. "Look!" Wu Shengkai exclaimed suddenly, he found eggs and corn noodles from the bottom of the water tank. Everyone happily picked up the eggs one by one, 10 in total.There are also a lot of corn noodles, there are two bowls of them. There are eggs and corn noodles, but what should I do if the owner is not there? "Vice-Chairman Zhou hasn't eaten anything yet, let's take it back first." Wei Guolu was anxious to pick up his food and leave. "This..." Wu Shengkai hesitated. "Take it back first, and when the fellow comes, we will pay him." Fan Jinbiao broke the deadlock. The three guards returned to the headquarters humming as if they had won a battle, and hurriedly cooked the food and sent it to Comrade Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai saw the eggs at a glance, and before they could open their mouths, he asked, "Where did these things come from?" The guards were taken aback for a moment, but Wei Guolu was clever, and immediately said, "Oh, we bought them from my fellow villagers." Zhou Enlai squinted at the eggs and corn, and then asked: "How much is an egg, and how much is a catty of corn?" . Zhou Enlai immediately understood what was going on, and said with a dark face, "You tell the truth, what's going on?" The guard had no choice but to honestly confess: "We found it from a fellow villager, but we didn't find the owner, and we haven't paid any money yet." " Then begged Zhou Enlai: "You eat first, we will send money later!" Zhou Enlai's face suddenly became serious: "Where did you get it from, and send it there quickly. Take the common people's It violates revolutionary discipline, so how can it be done?" The guards bowed their heads and remained silent. Zhou Enlai looked at them and said patiently: "We are the Central Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the soldiers of the people, the people's own team, and serve the masses of workers and peasants. We should strictly enforce military discipline and never allow any of the masses to be taken randomly. Needle and thread. If we don’t safeguard the interests of the masses, we will be separated from the masses and lose the battle. You are my bodyguards, and you should strictly abide by the discipline of the masses!” Wei Guolu and Wu Sheng said repeatedly: “We were wrong.” “Then, What are you doing standing there, send these back quickly." Zhou Enlai pointed to the eggs and corn on the table. When they heard that they were going to send the things back, the guards had a hard time: Vice Chairman Zhou was not in good health, and it was hard to find such a small thing. No matter what, let him have a full meal! Or Fan Jinbiao came up with a solution. He walked up to Zhou Enlai and begged him: "Vice Chairman Zhou, let's write a note to explain the situation to the villagers, apologize, and save some money. Can we buy his?" Zhou Enlai thought seriously. After a while, he said: "Okay, that's the only way to go, please write a note quickly." Under Zhou Enlai's urging, the guard immediately wrote: After writing, Zhou Enlai took the note, read it carefully, and said, "Okay, send it quickly!" The guards put the wallet in the note, ran to the fellow's house quickly, and pressed it on the bottom of the water tank— —The original place where eggs and corn noodles were placed. Two Red Army soldiers discussed together. "Have you heard that the division headquarters shot a person today?" "I know, he violated the discipline of the masses and took money from Tibetan compatriots." "Do you know who this shot dead person is?" "It's He Minren, the trumpeter of our regiment, everyone calls him 'beauty'." "Yes, do you know who He Minren's sister is, and who is her brother-in-law?" "have no idea." "Let me tell you, his sister is He Zizhen, and his brother-in-law is Mao Zedong." "Ah? Shoot Mao Zedong's brother-in-law too." "Yes, the leader said that everyone is equal before discipline. There are no special cadres and soldiers. A prince who breaks the law is the same as the common people. Whoever violates the discipline of the masses will be punished." "That's right, our Red Army has iron discipline." He Zizhen has 5 brothers and sisters: elder brother He Minxue, younger sisters He Yi and He Xianyuan, and younger brother He Minren. The elder brother and she participated in the revolution very early, the younger sister Xianyuan was killed by the enemy, and He Yi and He Minren also participated in the revolution later. After the failure of the Great Revolution, when He Zizhen's parents fled Yongxin County, they put their younger brother He Minren in the care of their aunt.When He Minren was thirteen or fourteen years old, he joined the revolution and served as a soldier in the third column led by Huang Gonglue.After the third column was expanded into the Sixth Red Army, he served as a trumpeter in the army.During the Long March, he was only seventeen years old, and he was a trumpeter in a regiment. Although He Minren is small, he is smart, quick-witted, and very handsome.Because his name "Minren" sounds similar to "Beauty", soldiers jokingly called him "Beauty". He Minren is self-confident that he is young, and everyone likes him. He is not strict with himself in life, free and unrestrained, sometimes proud and arrogant, and loves to complain. In mid-June 1935, the Red Army troops entered the Tibetan area.This is a place with sparse population, high mountains and valleys, and barren land. The food supply of the troops has encountered difficulties, and many troops have run out of food. He Minren has been hungry for several days.He was dizzy and panicked.Where can I find something to eat?He heard that there is a lama temple on the mountain, maybe food can be found there.So he went up the mountain quietly alone. When I walked to the gate of the Lama Temple, there was no one guarding it, but there was a slogan on the gate with 8 large characters on it: "Red Army soldiers are not allowed to enter." Ah, this is the discipline of the Red Army!Do you want to go in?He hesitated.The foot that had just stepped in retracted again. But I turned around and thought: I climbed to the mountain hungry. It would be a pity not to go in and have a look. Besides, there was no one around. I went in secretly and came out quietly.He took courage and finally stepped into the Lama Temple. The temple was in a mess, and the ground was full of things that the lamas and Tibetans had no time to take away when they fled, including clothes, statues of gods, Buddhist scriptures and various sundries. The Kuomintang carried out reactionary propaganda in the ethnic minority areas, saying that the Communist Party and the Communist Party shared wives, and the Red Army killed people without blinking an eye. In addition, the ethnic gap between Han and Tibetan was very deep, so before the Red Army arrived, the lamas and Tibetans in the temple fled in haste. He Minren looked around, but couldn't find anything to eat, so he was very frustrated. It was a waste of time, so he turned around and walked back. "Ding", there was a crisp sound on the ground.He followed the sound, bent down to take a closer look, ah!copper plate.It turned out that his foot kicked the copper plate and made a sound. He picked up the copper plate, looked at it carefully, and thought: Although the copper plate cannot be eaten, with it, maybe you can buy something to eat when you go down the mountain.Thinking of this, I picked up the copper plates on the ground, 1, 2,... Picked up nearly a hundred copper coins. Picking up, he suddenly remembered discipline.After entering the Tibetan area, the leaders repeatedly emphasized the need to abide by the revolutionary discipline, strictly implement the party's ethnic policy, and not take a needle or thread from the Tibetans.If you take these copper coins, you will violate military discipline, which is no small matter. Thinking of this, he put the copper plate he picked up on the ground, clapped his hands, and stood up.As soon as he stood up, he felt that the world was spinning, and his stomach was even more hungry. Is it possible to let the money sit idle here and let yourself starve to death?He thought to himself, I did not snatch the money, but picked it up.Those who snatch it will be severely punished, and those who are picked up will be criticized for a few words and made for self-criticism, but the hunger is at least temporarily relieved. Maybe he was starving and dizzy, maybe he was used to laxity and didn't take discipline seriously, but he finally made up his mind: take it.He picked up the copper plate he had put down just now, stuffed it into his pocket, wobbled, left the temple, and went down the mountain. As the saying goes, there is no impenetrable wall.If people do not know, unless they do nothing.As soon as He Minren went down the mountain, someone ran to the regiment headquarters: "He Minren entered the Lama Temple privately and took away more than 1,000 silver dollars!" "What?" The regiment leader and political commissar were shocked: "Did you read that right?" I saw it with my own eyes." The political commissar of the regiment felt that the matter was serious and immediately reported it to the division headquarters.Someone from the security department came quickly, found He Minren, and asked him, "Did you run into the Lama Temple without authorization?" "..." He Minren was at a loss for words. "You took more than 1,000 silver dollars, didn't you?" He Minren cried bitterly: "That's wrong, I only took a hundred copper coins, not more than 1,000 silver dollars. Who is talking nonsense..." "Hold him Take it away!" Several soldiers stepped forward and tied him up. At this moment, He Minren woke up like a dream, realizing the seriousness of the problem.He cried out, remorseful. He begged a Yongxin fellow who joined the army with him to write a letter for him, telling his sister that he hoped her sister would intervene in this matter. The news that He Minren seriously violated the discipline of the masses quickly spread in the army, and everyone was very angry. "He Minren is too courageous. He dared to use Tibetan money to break the discipline of our army! To discredit the Red Army." "He is not worthy to be a Red Army soldier!" "He is really a black sheep, a rat droppings, ruined a pot of soup! "... Some suggested fighting against him, while others advocated expulsion from the military. After receiving the report, the political commissar of the division was furious: "He turned a deaf ear to the repeated orders to strictly abide by discipline and obey the discipline of the masses, and blatantly violated discipline, which must be dealt with seriously!" The division leader decided to strictly enforce military discipline and shoot He Minren. After the order was issued, the head and political commissar of He Minren's regiment were troubled by this matter.He Minren broke into the lamasery without authorization, took money from the Tibetans, and ignored the discipline of the Red Army.But he is young, and he is He Zizhen's own brother and Mao Zedong's brother-in-law, so it is better to be cautious.So he said to the political commissar of the division: "He Minren's crime cannot be punished, but he is Mao Zedong's brother-in-law, or..." The political commissar of the division became angry as soon as he heard it, and interrupted him: "Everyone is equal in the face of discipline, and there are no special soldiers. This is the iron discipline of the Red Army! Could it be that he is Mao Zedong's wife and brother, so he can be favoritism and be punished leniently?" ? If the prince breaks the law, he must commit the same crime as the common people!" The political commissar of the regiment quickly said: "That's not what we mean. Since he is a relative of Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong has always been very strict with his relatives. We suggest that it is safer to send a telegram to Mao Zedong and listen to his opinion." "That makes sense." The political commissar of the division nodded: "Then send a telegram!" Sending a telegram was not an easy task in that difficult environment.The first thing to do is to charge the battery, if the battery is not fully charged, it still won't send out.The telegram to Mao Zedong was delayed three times and two times, and it was delayed for a long time before it was finally sent. The division leaders are in a hurry. Such matters should be dealt with in a timely manner. If it is dealt with late, it will have a negative impact on the ethnic minorities and in the army. "We can't wait any longer!" The political commissar of the division said to everyone, "The most important thing now is to maintain the iron discipline of the troops and resolutely stop possible behaviors that damage the interests of the masses. If military discipline is not strict and they take things from the masses indiscriminately, how can we win the trust of the people? Is this still an army that fights for the poor? What is the difference between this and the Kuomintang army?" After a pause, he continued: "We are in an ethnic minority area, and we need iron discipline even more. A slight negligence on this issue will cause immeasurable losses." Finally, he ordered: "Immediate execution!" Military law is like a mountain. When He Minren was executed, he cried bitterly and shouted loudly: "I am wronged, I am wronged, I only took a hundred and ten copper coins...Brother and sister, where are you! Come and save me..." He wanted that Yongxin I haven't had time to write the letter from the fellow... He Minren's cry of injustice may be right, because even the strongest migrant workers on the Long March could hardly take away more than 1,000 silver dollars, and He Minren is thin and young, how could he take away so many silver dollars? But he did take the copper coins of the Tibetans and violated the iron discipline of the Red Army. Mao Zedong never received a telegram, nor did he receive any report, and he knew nothing about He Minren's murder. More than a month later, the news reached He Zizhen's ears. She was shocked and sad, and cried bitterly in secret.But she suppressed the grief in her heart and did not tell Mao Zedong. She was afraid of breaking Mao Zedong's heart, because the Red Army was in a critical moment at that time, and the revolution needed him so much... It was not until she arrived in Yan'an that He Zizhen shot her younger brother to death during the Long March. I told Mao Zedong exactly what happened. After listening to He Zizhen's narration, Mao Zedong remained silent.After a long time, Mao Zedong spit out a sentence: "The Red Army should have iron discipline, and we should use the Red Army's iron discipline to demand our relatives!"