Chapter 27 Huang Shaohong criticizes "replacing government with the party"

The United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China convened one after another symposium for leaders of the democratic parties to encourage them to speak out. "People's Daily" also published articles again and again, actively supporting democrats to speak out. On May 12, the "People's Daily" reprinted an editorial from Shanghai's "Liberation Daily" on May 9, "Is it so good, or is it so bad?" ", written so enthusiastically: Recently, our entire Party is living an extremely extraordinary life.In various symposiums convened by the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, in newspapers and periodicals, and among the broad masses of the people, there was a lot of discussion.Some unreasonable comrades think that the city is full of storms.In fact, where is the wind and rain, it is the sunshine we need...

Some Communists think these discussions are very good, but some Communists say it is very bad.Under such circumstances, some Communist Party members feel afraid, aggrieved, difficult, and anxious. "Afraid" of what?I'm afraid that everyone will talk about it and it will be difficult to lead. "Qu" what?I think I have worked hard and worked for decades for revolution, but in the end I only end up with a bureaucracy, and I am very unconvinced. What is "difficult"?Opinions from all directions come under pressure, and it will be difficult to do work, and there will be no stable days. What is "urgent"?Thinking that the big thing is not good, and I am powerless, how can I come up with an idea and quickly clean up the many opinions.

It seems that there are discussions outside the party and emotions within the party.We think that the discussion outside the Party is not very bad, but very good.Where is the good thing?Fortunately, most of these arguments are critical and pertinent. They are extremely beneficial to strengthening the unity of the party and non-party, the unity of the city's 6 million people, improving our work, and overcoming our mistakes and shortcomings.There is emotion in the party, and we don't think this type of emotion is healthy... On May 17, "People's Daily" published "Welcome Non-Party Comrades to Help Us Rectify Movement" in the name of its commentator:

At present, many central organs and some local Party organizations are inviting non-Party comrades from all walks of life to hold various symposiums to listen to their criticisms of the Party. In fact, this is a good way to attract non-Party comrades to participate in the rectification movement form. Gradually, under the encouragement of enthusiasm, the democrats finally began to break away from their concerns, began to cry out, and let it go, although many people are always cautious... Luo Longji referred to the complaints made by some people: "Democratic parties are not eyes, noses, but eyebrows. Eyebrows are dispensable."

Shao Lizi said: "The situation where the Party replaces the government below the county level needs to be changed." Wang Yifan, a member of the Central Executive Bureau of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, believes that the CCP "solicited opinions to ensure improvement of work, and the matter passed away and was thrown into the clouds." Yan Xichun, deputy secretary-general of the Central Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party, said: "Some party members pretend to be ignorant. The leadership of the party has been achieved." Huang Yaomian, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, said: "Party members are wrong, and non-party members are right." He also said: "Party members can be promoted to three levels in a year, and non-party members can't be promoted to a level in three to five years despite their hard work. .”

Ye Duyi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League pointed out: "As long as you become a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, you will immediately be promoted to the fifth rank or higher, and you will get in a Jim car. Fewer abnormal thoughts." Huang Shaohong, a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, said: "'Achievement is the main thing, and deviations and mistakes are individual' has become a formula in work reports. Any work report will be covered with this formula. I think this will mean emphasizing the cover-up of achievements. Mistakes lead to the danger of more mistakes, and individual mistakes, even if they are only 2 or 3 percent, cannot be covered up with a score of 97 or 8 percent and ignored.”

Huang Shaohong also put forward his own views on the relationship between the party and the government. He believed that the party should not replace the government-this was a very sensitive topic back then, although his opinion was completely correct. Like Chen Mingshu, Huang Shaohong has also gone through a tortuous and complicated life path. Huang Shaohong was also a senior military and political official of the Kuomintang.He served as Chairman of Guangxi Province, Chairman of Zhejiang Province, and Chairman of Hunan Province of the Kuomintang government. He also served as the commander of the 15th Army of the National Revolutionary Army and the Minister of the Interior of the Nationalist Government.Like Chen Mingshu, he had a history of anti-communism.

During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Huang Shaohong served as the deputy commander of the Kuomintang's second war zone, and he had made great achievements in the War of Resistance Against Japan. In January 1949, Huang Shaohong served as a member of the peace negotiation delegation of the Kuomintang government.When the Kuomintang government refused to sign the domestic peace agreement, Huang Shaohong left Hong Kong and made a public statement to break away from the Kuomintang government.For a time, he became a news figure and had a wide-ranging influence. In September 1949, Huang Shaohong went to Peiping to attend the first meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and became a comrade-in-arms of the Communist Party of China.

At this time, in the upsurge of making a big statement, Huang Shaohong devoted himself sincerely and sincerely helped the CCP to rectify the movement. Huang Shaohong, like Chen Mingshu, paid great attention to rigorously discussing his own opinions in his speeches. He begins by emphasizing the premise: "The victory of the Chinese people's revolution is due to the leadership of the Communist Party of China. China's socialist construction must also have the wise and strong leadership of the Communist Party of China. There is no doubt about it. If anyone doubts the leadership of the Party, then violated the provisions of the Constitution."

After discussing this premise, he discusses the party-government relationship: "However, leadership methods can be studied. The reason why I raised the issue of party-government relations is by no means related to the issue of party leadership, but the issue of leadership methods. I think that in some places in the past, some work was not carried out through the people and the government. , and instead issue orders directly to the people and the government..." Huang Shaohong gave an example: “The five-member groups of the party committees of localities or agencies directly deal with cases during the anti-revolutionary campaign. If the party and the government jointly issue a decision without separating the party’s instructions to the party committees at all levels from the government’s instructions to the people, this may lead to people or Some party members believe that the party's leadership method is to issue orders directly to the people. This will hinder the mobilization and unity of the people throughout the country to complete the general task of the country's transition period. This will cause many problems of bureaucracy, sectarianism, and subjectivism. Check the relationship between the party and the government, and clearly stipulate it." ①

Huang Shaohong's remarks were prominently published by the "People's Daily" under the title "The Party Should Not Directly Issue Orders to the People". In all fairness, his words, like Chen Mingshu's "asking for teachers and friends from non-Party people", were made with a sincere heart for the CCP.