Chapter 37 When Li Mingrui joined the party, the central government forcibly expelled him from the Red Army

In Hechi, Deng Bin also did one more thing—according to his report to the Party Central Committee in Shanghai, he received Li Mingrui as a member of the Communist Party of China after consulting Zhou Enlai and obtaining the approval of the Political Bureau meeting of the Central Committee. Deng Bin announced this decision to Yu Zuoyu and the Eighth Red Army as soon as he arrived in Longzhou, but he did not meet Li Mingrui. Since then, Li Mingrui has changed from an old soldier with patriotic democratic ideas to a Red Army general with firm communist beliefs and lofty dedication. The transformation process of Li Mingrui himself was an unusual but universal example at the time.In the tortuous and tortuous development process of the Chinese revolutionary history, many promising people, after struggle, pursuit, failure, setbacks, hesitation, and confusion, finally came to their senses and chose a road leading to truth and truth. On the bright road, you will die generously at the cost of bloodshed and even suffer humiliation and be wronged as an innocent soul!

In the growing ranks of the Communist Party of China, how many old soldiers like Li Mingrui have devoted themselves to the revolutionary camp without hesitation, leading to a glorious or tragic life: Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, He Long, Xu Xiangqian, Liu Bocheng, Ye Jianying, etc. The future marshals of the People's Republic of China all came this way.From the establishment of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army to the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, how many generals have gone through this way. At that time, they braved the danger of being wanted, arrested and beheaded, and even the bloody massacre of the enemy and the hail of bullets, and resolutely joined the revolutionary ranks. First, they did not have high-ranking officials, and second, they did not have generous salaries. What did they want?Have they thought that in the future they will surely become heroes of the revolution, heroes of the people, founding fathers of the Republic, and senior leaders of the party, government, and army?

For them at that time, no one could give an affirmative and sure answer to this question, because the history of the Republic is condensed with the blood of thousands of martyrs.However, they were unwavering in their belief in the goal they were fighting for. In the words of Mao Zedong later: "Our goal must be achieved, and our goal must be achieved!"--this is to establish a brand-new people's democratic dictatorship. People's Republic. When Li Mingrui and a group of new comrades who joined the party stood under the party flag and raised their right hands to solemnly swear, there seemed to be a flash of lightning in front of his eyes. It was a historical flash that illuminated the past and present!A layer of solemnity and agitation was painted on his face. He thought that from now on he would enter a brand-new world that is broad, profound and endless, and his chest boiled with the same passion as Cai E Longshan's poem writing.

It is true that Li Mingrui's state of mind at this time was very different from when he was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek a year ago as the director of the Fourth Division of Guangxi and the commander of Guangxi's appeasement, and it was even more different from when his cousin Yu Zuobai sent troops to Nanning to call against Chiang. It was not the same when Yu Zuoyu led the fifth garrison brigade to form the Red Eighth Army in the Longzhou Uprising.Because after all, this is a historic turning point in his life. Facing the party flag, he seems to see a rising sun dripping with blood. The doctrine of faith is like a blood-red flag overwhelming the sky, flying in the vast sky!Although he was unexpected, his choice of fate was so difficult, harsh, and ruthless to him that he had to suffer great injustice and shame and completely surrender his life only one year later—October 1931 He was regarded as an important member of the "AB regiment" and was brutally killed in Xiaomi Village, Yudu, Jiangxi (this is a later story).And just when Li Mingrui joined the party, he himself would never have imagined, including Deng Bin, Zhang Yunyi and others, that when this illustrious general of the Northern Expedition swore to fight for communism for life, when everyone congratulated him with great joy At that time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, chaired by Li Lisan, far away in Shanghai, had issued a letter of instruction to the Southern Office of the Military Commission and transferred it to the Front Committee of the Seventh Red Army, repeatedly and repeatedly sternly instructing: "Don't have any illusions about Li Cun" and "resolutely oppose his joining the party." ".And repeatedly ordered: "We must resolutely expel him from this place!"

Some people from the Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of China and the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee were even more suspicious of Li Mingrui, who was an ex-soldier. , also made a more stringent instruction letter to the Red Seventh Army to implement the central instruction letter: Li has a complicated background and is at best an old democrat. In order to maintain the purity and prestige of the party, you should resolutely implement the central instruction decision, Instead of allowing him to join the party, he must be expelled from the Red Army as soon as possible and let him leave Youjiang!Whether to seek refuge with Wang, seek refuge with Jiang, or escape abroad, everything is up to him!Reminiscent of the loss of the Eighth Red Army, it has nothing to do with Li and his cousin. Is he still going to command the Seventh Red Army to repeat the mistakes of the Eighth Red Army? !

It seems that Li Mingrui will definitely be kicked out of the "door"!But it is very regrettable that due to the isolation of Guangxi from the central government, the withdrawal of the Seventh Red Army from Youjiang and its transfer to the outside, and the interruption of communication between the Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of China and Guangxi due to organizational funding difficulties, the instruction letter from the Central Committee and the Southern Bureau and Guangdong The letter of instruction from the Provincial Party Committee was delayed in reaching the Seventh Red Army, and the leaders of the Seventh Red Army did not even know that their superiors and the highest authority had made this decision.

But what if they knew? According to the understanding of Li Mingrui by Deng Bin, Zhang Yunyi and others, as well as the trust of the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Red Army in Li Mingrui, they may resist the pressure with a resolute or ingenious attitude, and welcome Li Mingrui to the revolutionary camp very sincerely and enthusiastically. , come in the party ranks! Because they know the actual situation in Guangxi best, and they also know Li Mingrui best: Li Mingrui needs revolution, and revolution also needs Li Mingrui!After Li Mingrui joined the party, he was replaced as a member of the Front Enemy Committee of the Seventh Red Army.Some people quietly raised doubts to Deng Bin and Zhang Yunyi: Should the addition be made after consulting the central government for approval?

Deng Bin said: "I am the secretary of the former party committee, and I shall bear all the responsibilities!" Zhang Yunyi said: "The general will be outside, and the emperor will not accept it!" As if there was a magnetic induction, Li Mingrui sensed something from the faces and eyes of certain people.But he was moved by the frankness and enthusiasm of Deng Bin, Zhang Yunyi and others, but he couldn't say anything.On the night when he joined the party, he had an all-night conversation with Deng Bin and Zhang Yunyi.When it comes to this "exciting point" of his life turning point, he seems to be unable to restrain himself from humming a childhood song:

After singing this, it stopped abruptly.His eyes were wet, and he smiled at Deng Bin and Zhang Yunyi, and there was still a lot of meaning in this smile! yes! "Marry the cradle and wake up and wear a new shirt" can't help but make people deeply moved: I'm afraid another meaning of this ballad lies in its symbol—the true portrayal and confession of a son who is struggling to find the "cradle"!This is the true unswerving life and death, and the true love that will never change! Deng Binhe and Zhang Yunyi looked at each other for a long time and nodded silently. Li Mingrui said: "Over the years, I have been riding a stage horse that keeps rushing. Every time I look back, the past will always become a small station away from me. Success and failure are all left in those stations."

"So, I flattened myself on the same road again, and ran wildly, so what? I rode my horse into the forest, and saw the kuqin tree in the winter, with all the leaves falling, dead trees and rotten plants, and I thought of the peach blossom fan mourning Jiangnan. One fold: the autumn water is long and there are too few people in the sky, and the deserted sunset leaves a tree and willow to bend over" "I remember that two years ago, on the eve of Jiang Gui's war, I saw a painting in a calligraphy and painting shop in Wuchang. There was a poem "Congratulations to the Bridegroom" in the central hall. Blowing the apricot dream, the rain and the wild cloud. Today reunited in the deep boudoir, a kind of tenderness is still there, how many traces have been added.' When I rode the horse away, my heart was somewhat sour. I felt that the spirit and spirit were regardless of the merits, and the soul and dream suddenly conquered the horse! How many crusades are running around, is it desolate in the end, when will it stop?"

This heartfelt confession revealed Li Mingrui's accumulation and accumulation of depression in his heart over the years!After a while, he took a deep breath, his expression was relaxed but his emotion was even more serious. "Brother Yusheng chewed, poured all the lumps in his chest, and rushed out, so happy!" Zhang Yunyi quickly refilled his cup of tea, and said with emotion, "The wind and dust are flying outside, and the horses pass by the sun and moon window. Even a tough and handsome leader like Yue Wumu couldn't help but sigh: "If you want to put your heart on Yaoqin, there are few bosom friends, who will listen to the broken strings?" The moon and wind and dust are gone in an instant, and I can only hold the gold medals in my arms helplessly, look up at the world, and sigh "Manjianghong"!" "Haha, our Red Army is not the Yue Family Army of the past, nor is it the green forest heroes who gathered in Liangshanbo back then." Deng Bin led the topic to depth and height, "Our armed separatism of workers and peasants is not just about establishing a state in a certain area. , but to establish a Chinese Soviet government throughout the country!" Li Mingrui nodded emphatically, he firmly believed in his pursuit of this lofty purpose.However, he said in a low voice: "Please believe me, I, Li Mingrui, don't want to do anything, I just want to repay. I am worthy of the party, and I am worthy of the poor people! Even if the next station is in the same place as Jing Hekai, I am willing." When Deng Bin and Zhang Yunyi listened, they couldn't help but look solemn and solemn, and they felt Yi Shui's chicness and coldness, as if seeing Jing Ke's white clothes floating in the sky, it made people's hearts boil with a kind of sadness! Jing Ke has a saying: I am betting on this life, betting on the life of the people in the world! The mountain eagle crashed and chose Gao Gang; Jing Ke chose the desolate and frightening white color to bury his own martyrdom, just because that white is a pure color, a holy color, the color of sunlight, and the most suitable color for soaking in blood.The more a person's strength of character is faced with danger and death, the more it will be revealed. We are walking on the blood-stained road, and the fragrance of the pioneers' chivalry is exuded along the way! Seems like a calling.Does Li Mingrui feel that a desolate and tragic shadow is approaching him day by day like the wings of a falcon? No, in his opinion, that is the call of an ideal heaven!