Chapter 29 Mao Zedong jumped out of the new thinking of the historical cycle rate

In Yan'an, the Communists not only designed a beautiful blueprint for the future of China, but also found a new way of thinking that jumped out of the historical cycle rate. It started with Huang Yanpei's visit to Yan'an. On July 1, 1945, Huang Yanpei, Leng Xun, Chu Fucheng, Zhang Bojun, Zuo Shunsheng, Fu Sinian and other six National Political Councilors flew from Chongqing to Yan'an for a visit at the invitation of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Mao Zedong to promote the unity of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China received them grandly. At the airport, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De and other 30 people shook hands one by one.

When Mao Zedong shook hands with Huang Yanpei, he said: "We have not seen each other for more than 20 years!" Huang was stunned and said, "This is the first time we've met!" Mao Zedong said with a smile: "On a certain day in May 1920 in Shanghai, the Jiangsu Education Association welcomed Dr. Dewey. You presided over the meeting and said in your speech that among the 100 middle school graduates in China, only a few were admitted to higher education, but how many were unemployed. Among the large audience was Mao Zedong." Huang Yanpei praised Mao Zedong for his good memory.

The next afternoon, a group of six of them went to Yangjialing to visit Mao Zedong.Mao Zedong received guests in the reception room behind the Great Hall. The reception room is square, with plenty of light. There is a long table in the middle and various chairs around it, which can accommodate about 20 people.There are several paintings hanging on the walls.Among them is a painting by Shen Shuyang, the second son of Shen Junru, which shows a wine jug with the word "Maotai" written on it, and several cups beside the jug.There is a poem called Qijue written by Huang Yanpei on the painting:

It is publicized that there are visitors who have passed Moutai and come to wash their feet in the brewing pool. I don't care if it's true or not, just drink two or three cups in the cold weather. This painting was painted by Shen Shuyang for his father in 1943 when the Kuomintang set off the third anti-communist upsurge.When asking Huang Yanpei to write an inscription, he remembered the legend that the Red Army washed their feet in the Maotai wine pool during the Long March.In response to this rumor, the poem "Qijue" is proposed as an allegory. Unexpectedly, this painting was actually hung in the living room of the CCP leader.When Huang Yanpei came into the reception room and saw this painting, a warm feeling of knowing his situation flowed through his whole body.During the three-day talks, he completely opened up his heart and had a long talk with Mao Zedong.

During the conversation, Huang Yanpei said frankly: "I have lived for more than 60 years. I don't tell what I have heard, but what I have seen with my own eyes is really the so-called 'its prosperity is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden'. One person, one family, one group, one In a locality or even in a country, many units have not been able to jump out of the dominance of this cycle rate. In the beginning, everyone concentrated on everything, and no one did not work hard. Maybe it was difficult and difficult at that time, and the only way to find a life from ten thousand deaths. Then the environment gradually improved and the spirit has gradually let go. Some are due to a long period of time, the natural laziness of the outbreak, from the minority to the majority, and the formation of the atmosphere. Although there is great effort, it cannot be reversed and cannot be remedied. It is also because the area has expanded step by step. The expansion of some is due to natural development; some are driven by the desire for merit and strive for development. When the cadres and talents are gradually exhausted and it is difficult to cope with it, the environment becomes more complicated and the control is inevitably weak. A history , There are also those who are "government slack and official success", there are also those who "destroy the government", and there are also those who "seek glory and disgrace". In short, none of them can jump out of this cycle rate. From the past to the present, what I have a little understanding of the CCP's monarchs is hope Find a new way to get out of the domination of this cycle rate.”

This is Huang Yanpei's own insights from observing society and history, and it also contains his expectations for the Chinese Communist Party. day.This is a group photo of Mao Zedong and Yangko players Mao Zedong thought for a while, and said confidently: "We have found a new way, we can jump out of this cycle rate. This new way is democracy. Only when the people are allowed to supervise the government, can the government be invincible." Dare to slack off; only when everyone stands up and takes responsibility, will the government not be ruined.” Mao Zedong's words inspired Huang Yanpei a lot, broadened his horizons, and saw the bright future of China.

He said: "This is correct. Only by making major policies known to the public can the desire for personal achievement not arise. Only when the affairs of each place are made public to the people of each place can people be found everywhere. It’s a good thing. Using democracy to break this cyclical rate may be effective.” Through talks, the CCP, Huang Yanpei and others reached a consensus that the one-party dictatorship of the National Assembly should be stopped and a political meeting should be held as soon as possible. On July 5, Huang Yanpei and others left Yan'an and returned to Chongqing.

At that time, the Kuomintang did not allow people to know the truth about Yan'an. It spread rumors every day that the Communist Party killed people and set fires, and that the Communist Party shared wives. It portrayed the border area as a dark hell on earth to deceive the people.However, Huang Yanpei, a famous old educator, started a major turning point in his life after his trip to Yan'an. He gave reports everywhere, telling what he saw and heard in Yan'an, and even wrote "Return from Yan'an" in a short period of time. The book was published, telling everyone with facts how free, democratic, warm and bright the border region is, and how gentle and refined the leaders and generals of the Communist Party are.This is tantamount to telling people that China's hope lies in Yan'an, and that China's bright future will be guided by the Communist Party.

At the beginning, international friends once called the Jinchaji base area built by Nie Rongzhen a test tube for New China, but Yan'an in the 1940s had become a test field for New China under the management of the Communist Party.