Chapter 67 Magnetic field effect in Yan'an

We all know that magnets have an irresistible attraction to iron, nickel and other substances. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Yan'an, as the guiding center of the national anti-Japanese war, was like a huge magnet, attracting a large number of patriotic young people and people with lofty ideals from various places. Obstructed, went to Yan'an.Among these personnel, there are workers and peasants, intellectuals, social elites, overseas personnel, and even military and political personnel of the Kuomintang. It is really a gathering of talents.The Yan'an side gave them full democracy, allowed them to communicate freely, discuss freely, and allowed them to reserve their views and viewpoints so as to listen to different opinions.However, among these personnel, not all of them have the belief that the revolution will win.A small number of people held unrealistic and wonderful fantasies. After living for a period of time, they could not adapt to the environment in Yan'an and the Anti-Japanese Base Area, and asked to leave.For these personnel, our party implements the policy of "freedom to come and go" of "welcome when they come, send them off when they go, and welcome again when they come again".In fact, after returning to the Kuomintang-controlled area from Yan'an, many people returned after comparison.We cite just two examples here.

In June 1941, the Muslim uprising broke out in Haiyuan, Guyuan and Xiji areas of Gansu Province because they could not bear the brutal persecution by the Kuomintang.The Kuomintang brutally suppressed the uprising with six divisions, and a large number of Muslims were inhumanely captured and buried alive by the Kuomintang.After the failure of the uprising, Ma Siyi led more than 200 uprising people to defect to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. They were warmly received by our party and entertained them with the most solemn banquet "Quanyang Mat" for the Hui people.Under the leadership of our party, the uprising masses established the "Hui People's Anti-Japanese Cavalry Regiment", with Ma Siyi as the head of the regiment.Later, Ma Siyi was eager for revenge and decided to take the troops back to his hometown.Mao Zedong instructed that Ma Siyi was going to leave, let him go, how to welcome him when he came, and how to send him off when he left, and the standards should not be lowered.Later, he brought back all the men, horses, guns, and bullets he brought back, and there were not many of them.However, as soon as Ma Siyi and the cavalry regiment left the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, they were immediately surrounded by the Kuomintang reactionaries and suffered another loss.After comparing before and after, Ma Siyi truly realized that the liberation of the nation must rely on the Communist Party.He finally led his troops to the border area again.After several times of training, this unit has become a brave and capable armed force under the leadership of our party.

In August 1938, a young couple was dissatisfied with the dark rule of the Kuomintang and defected to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.The man was He Mu, a famous tuberculosis expert, and the woman was Chen Xuezhao, a doctor of French literature, who was a well-known writer in the Chinese literary world at that time. He Mu was assigned to be the director of the pulmonary department at the Border Region Hospital, and Chen Xuezhao was assigned to write in the Border Region Literary and Art Circle Anti-Enemy Support Association.At the beginning, the two were highly motivated and tried their best to contribute their skills.However, after a long time, He Mu couldn't adapt to the simple medical environment in the border area. Many of his suggestions could not be adopted due to various conditions, and there was a misunderstanding that he was constrained everywhere and could not play his own role. Ideas for private practice.Our party feels it is a great pity that He Mu and his wife insisted on leaving, but we still respect their wishes.

In response to this matter, Mao Zedong said a meaningful sentence, "You said that our cave dwellings in Yan'an are good, warm in winter and cool in summer; there is a cafeteria for eating, so you don't have to worry about dressing; the air in Yan'an is also good. But they say it's not good, no Get used to it, still have to go back to breathe the air in the Kuomintang ruled area, think it is good there, and it is useless for you to keep him. After they go back, they will compare it with their own experience. If they compare it and think our liberated area is good, they will come back again. It is never too late for us to welcome them. Never regret or look down on them. Because after repeated repetitions, they will have more confidence and determination to cooperate with us, and they will work better here!"

The two opened a private clinic after returning, but then they encountered various troubles: high prices, difficult livelihood, and secret agents made things difficult for them, which made them feel suffocated in life.What hit them the hardest was that their own child died young due to illness that could not be treated in time.They thought, what is the merit of a society where even a doctor's child dies because of lack of money for medical treatment?Afterwards, they completely lost confidence in Chongqing and the Kuomintang-controlled area.At the same time, our party often gets in touch with them in the process of their private business, and gives them care and care in life. In the autumn of 1940, He Mu fell ill and was hospitalized. Zhou Enlai sent gifts to express condolences, and many Communist Party members went to visit him one after another.The contrast between the two different worlds made He Mu and his wife feel the warmth of the Communist Party, which made them wish to return to Yan'an.After going back and forth, they returned to Yan'an in December 1940, and since then firmly embarked on the road of revolution.

Our party's spirit of "the mountain never tires of being high, the water never tires of being deep, Duke Zhou vomits and nourishes, and the world returns to its heart" has attracted many talents and brought together a mighty revolutionary torrent. Yan'an, this piece of yellow land, became the most cohesive place in China at that time, and the place people yearned for most, and its attraction was as permanent as a magnet.