Chapter 12 Yuan Wencai's "Hongmen Banquet"

Mao Zedong decided to see Yuan Wencai immediately.Long Chaoqing immediately rushed to Maoping and conveyed Mao Zedong's ideas to Yuan Wencai. Yuan Wencai was quite moved when he heard that Mao Zedong offered to meet him.Because he knew that Mao Zedong was, after all, a respectable cultural figure, a "big man" in the Communist Party. "Mao Zedong is not an ordinary person, I should go to see him." Yuan Wencai said to Long Chaoqing a little uneasy. Long Chaoqing told him: "Committee Mao is sincere." "Since you value me so much, I shouldn't be negligent." Yuan Wencai thought for a while, and then said: "Then, see you at Lin Fenghe's house in Dacang tomorrow."

"Da Cang's Lin Feng and his family?" Long Chaoqing quickly understood Yuan Wencai's intentions. Dacang is a small mountain village with beautiful mountains and rivers between the ancient city and Maoping, inhabited by more than a dozen families of mountain people who migrated from Fujian in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.Lin Fenghe is a wealthy family in this small village, and has long been in contact with Yuan Wencai. Yuan Wencai had his own considerations in choosing such a place to meet Mao Zedong: going out to meet guests in person shows that he respects friends, this is one of them; If it's not good, it won't let him get to know his details, the second; you can take the opportunity to test whether Mao Zedong is sincere and whether he has the intention of annexing, if there is any change, there is still room for maneuver, the third.

Of course Long Chaoqing knew about Yuan Wencai's "little things", but he didn't make it clear, but rushed to the ancient city to report to Mao Zedong. After Long Chaoqing left, Yuan Wencai thought about it, but still felt uneasy.What kind of person Mao Zedong was, what kind of army Mao Zedong's army was, after all, he had never seen it with his own eyes, and he had no idea. At this time, someone beside him beat the side drum again: "He has thousands of guns, but we only have dozens of guns. Do you know what he is up to?" "Prevention is indispensable, be careful to be swallowed by them!"

Yuan Wencai, who was still hesitant, decided to "keep a hand".He arranged for more than 20 people to ambush in the Lin Family Ancestral Hall in Da Cang Village in advance to prevent accidents.However, he told his subordinates that they must be well concealed and that Mao Zedong's people must not find out. "You are not allowed to move until I blow the whistle. If you move, your head will be cut off!" He repeatedly told his instructor Wu Zhaomei. Yuan Wencai held a "Hongmen Banquet" to wait for Mao Zedong. On October 6, Mao Zedong traveled from the ancient city to Dacang.Before the trip, some people worried that Yuan Wencai might set up a trap to harm Commissar Mao, and urged him to bring more troops to protect himself. Zeng Shi'e, the commander of the secret service company, even proposed to take the entire company's officers and soldiers to Dacang Village with Commissar Mao.

Mao Zedong smiled lightly: "I'm going to meet friends, so why bring so many soldiers!" Sure enough, Mao Zedong didn't bring many soldiers. He only led a battalion party representative Wan Xixian and a few guards, rode a few horses, and walked towards Dacang Village under the guidance of the liaison personnel sent by Yuan Wencai. Yuan Wencai and several of his leaders greeted them on a small stone bridge in front of the Lin Family Ancestral Hall in Da Cang Village.This is the only way to enter the village, and you can see far from the stone bridge.Yuan Wencai was very thoughtful, as long as he saw Mao Zedong coming with a team from a distance from the stone bridge, he could order the people ambushing in the ancestral hall to catch him by surprise at any time.

"Here we come! We come!" someone called out. Sure enough, a small group of people came on the mountain path in the distance, not many people, only six or seven, and there was nothing behind. "Sure enough, he is a real gentleman!" Yuan Wencai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no large team coming. "The tall man in a long gown walking in front is Commissar Mao," Chen Muping told Yuan Wencai. Yuan Wencai hurriedly led people to meet him. Under Long Chaoqing's introduction, Mao Zedong and Yuan Wencai held hands together. "Long-awaited, long-awaited, sorry to bother you!" Mao Zedong was very modest, without any airs.

Yuan Wencai said hastily: "I have heard about Chairman Mao's name for a long time, and I am so lucky to meet you today!" After the two exchanged pleasantries, Yuan Wencai took Mao Zedong and his party straight to Lin Fenghe's house.The ambush soldiers hiding in the Lin family's ancestral hall quietly retreated outside the village under Yuan Wencai's signal. It was a very lively day for Lin Feng and his family.In front of the door, several people were yelling to kill pigs and chickens, preparing to entertain Chairman Mao and other guests from afar.And on this day, there were some farmers who sent rent to their door, and tenant farmers who took baskets to pick tea seeds from the mountains, in twos and threes, people came and went.In order to ensure the safety and smoothness of Yuan Wencai's meeting with Mao Zedong, Lin Fenghe specially invited some students to live in the gatehouse of his house to prevent any random people from entering.

On the Diaolou of Lin Fenghe's house, Mao Zedong and Yuan Wencai talked frankly while drinking tea and eating melon seeds. Mao Zedong told Yuan Wencai about the situation after the failure of the Great Revolution, the party's August 7th meeting's policy on armed resistance to the Kuomintang reactionaries, the experience and lessons of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, and the plan of the Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army to settle down and establish a base in Ninggang. Yuan Wencai was impressed by Mao Zedong's rich knowledge, profound insights, and humorous words. Mao Zedong's words seemed to bring him into a new world.

The more they talked, the more cordial they became, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became.In the morning we talked about the top of the sun, and then we continued after lunch, until we talked about the sun setting in the west. In the end, Mao Zedong highly appreciated Yuan Wencai's spirit of persevering in leading the team to fight after the failure of the Great Revolution, and said that he would send them a batch of guns. "What, you want to send us a gun?" Yuan Wencai thought he heard it wrong. "Yes, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army and the Peasants' Self-Defense Army are a family! We came here, and we don't have any valuables to give you. I will give you 100 guns as a gift! I believe you can also use them." Mao Zedong looked sincere.

"Really? Really?" Yuan Wencai couldn't believe it. Mao Zedong said seriously: "Yes! You can send someone to pick it up from us tomorrow." Yuan Wencai was very excited after hearing this. He thought that it would be great if Committee Mao could really give him 100 guns, because now he only has 60 guns in total. But how did Mao Zedong know that he lacked a gun? How did Yuan Wencai know that when Mao Zedong met Yuan Wencai's representatives Long Chaoqing and Chen Muping for the first time, he saw that they were not carrying guns, so he gave them each a gun.From this, Mao Zedong knew that Yuan Wencai's team was short of guns due to the large number of people and the lack of guns. He took this matter to heart.Later, Mao Zedong learned that Yuan Wencai attached great importance to guns.He once said: "Guns have three functions. First, they can be used for hunting, second, they can be used for self-defense, and third, they can be used for revenge." Therefore, he would rather hurt people than lose guns, because it is easy to make up for the loss of a few people. On, and lost a few guns, but not so easy to make up.After Mao Zedong learned about these situations, he decided to send a batch of guns to Yuan Wencai.Fortunately, after the adaptation of Sanwan, the number of workers and peasants' revolutionary army decreased, and there were some guns left.

For Yuan Wencai, this is of course the best meeting gift. Yuan Wencai was moved by Mao Zedong's sincerity.He thought that those who dared to give a gun to each other would never be enemies, but friends. Yuan Wencai dispelled the last doubt in his heart, and he promised Mao Zedong: the food eaten by the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and the placement of the wounded and sick were all covered by him. As if this could not show his righteousness, Yuan Wencai proposed to send 1,000 silver dollars to the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants. 1000 silver dollars is not a small amount. For Mao Zedong and the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants, the continuous marches and battles have caused a shortage of funds for the troops. The 1,000 silver dollars is undoubtedly a timely help. It was not easy for Yuan Wencai to take out 1,000 silver dollars all at once.At that time, Yuan Wencai had only 200 yuan with him. So he sent someone to raise funds urgently, borrowed 500 yuan from Lin Fenghe, and 300 yuan from Ma Yuankengzhong's house, and managed to get together 1,000 yuan. Yuan Wencai gave the 1,000 silver dollars to Mao Zedong to bring back. After the cordial meeting and in-depth conversation, Mao Zedong and Yuan Wencai bid farewell to each other with satisfied expressions.One returned to the ancient city, and the other returned to Maoping. The next day, Yuan Wencai sent someone to pick up 100 guns from the Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army.