Chapter 30 here comes rominez again

According to people's memories at the time, the newly arrived representative of the Comintern, Rominaz, was similar in appearance to the later Li De, and had some similarities in temperament: high nose bridge, blue eyes, tall and thin, although he was under 30 years old, but looked On the face, there are wrinkles like knives, as if weather-beaten.He stood in front of Zhang Guotao, one thin and one fat, one black and one white, forming a sharp contrast.Zhang Guotao muttered: Can he do it?Rominaz's gaze also revealed critical and distrustful attitudes, with a condescending posture, and he did not look directly at Zhang Guotao and Qu Qiubai: These two white-faced scholars, can lead China's armed struggle?Zhang Guotao and Qu Qiubai first brought half a watermelon for the international representatives to relieve the heat of Wuhan.

Rominaz said that we will talk about work first, and pushed aside the watermelon platter: "I am ordered by the Communist International to deal with the mistakes made by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in the Chinese revolution and to correct Borodin's wrong guidance." Zhang Guotao and Qu Qiubai listened carefully. Rominaz seemed to be reciting a prepared speech: "Because the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has made a serious mistake of right opportunism and violated the instructions of the Communist International, now the Communist International has decided to reorganize the leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Chen Duxiu cannot If he becomes secretary again, he will even be expelled from the party.”

"Chen Duxiu has withdrawn from the leadership of the central government, and now the temporary central committee is composed of five comrades." Qu Qiubai finally had a gap to introduce the situation, and just said a few words before being picked up by Rominaz: "Just you two As far as people are concerned, if they can quickly get rid of opportunism, they can still participate in the leadership of the CCP.” Maybe it was because Rominaz was tired from talking too much, maybe it was because he was satisfied seeing Zhang and Qu respectful to him, his erect waist had already been put down, the man suddenly became shorter, and his hands reached out to the watermelon At first, I took small bites of the plate, and then I took big bites, losing all "dignity".

It was only after he spit out the watermelon seeds in his mouth that he returned to his original state and began to criticize the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China: "The failure of the Chinese Revolution is a profound lesson. Chen Duxiu made mistakes, and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China also made mistakes. If we do not first oppose opportunism, There's nothing else to talk about." Zhang Guotao asked: "What mistakes did the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China make?" Speaking of the mistakes made by the CCP Central Committee, Rominaz eloquently said: The CCP Central Committee gave up the leadership of the proletariat in the Chinese revolution. The Wuhan workers' pickets were armed.The fundamental reason for this mistake is that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is occupied by some petty bourgeois intellectuals, who lack class consciousness and revolutionary firmness, and have misinterpreted the correct instructions of the Communist International for a long time.Now the Comintern cannot rely on those vacillating intellectuals. It must boldly promote some staunch worker comrades to assume the leadership of the CCP and make them the majority in the CCP Central Committee.

Zhang Guotao was anxious by what he said, and felt disgusted in his heart.In his opinion, maybe he was too young, his temperament seemed to be a playboy after the October Revolution, and his attitude was similar to that of the imperial envoy of the tsar.He despises the intellectuals of the CCP too much, we are not serfs under the tsarist rule! Zhang Guotao said: "In this way, the entire Political Bureau of the Central Committee should be responsible for the opportunistic mistakes. We members should take the blame and resign, or be executed at the gate, and find a group of new people to organize a new central committee."

The conversation bogged down.Qu Qiubai was mediating between the two of them, hoping not to go to extremes.So the two sides set aside this issue and raised another issue that needed to be dealt with urgently, which was the Nanchang riots. Zhang Guotao and Qu Qiubai added to each other: According to the secret report from Jiujiang just now, Zhou Enlai has arrived in Jiujiang and is mobilizing troops as planned.They asked the central government to immediately instruct the policy of the riot, such as the name, political platform, organization, and strategy of the leading riot organization; and asked the central government to mobilize workers and peasants from all over the country to respond to the actions in Nanchang.They wanted to know whether the Soviet Union would provide actual support for the Nanchang riots, that is, they needed the assistance of Soviet military advisers, a large sum of money, and the support of arms and materials from the Soviet Union they hoped to obtain after arriving in Dongjiang.It's not that he didn't understand, but that he was confused by all these practical problems - Luominaz looked at Qu Qiubai and Zhang Guotao, but didn't know what to say.I had no choice but to bury my head and desperately recorded the reports of which two people, concealing my embarrassment.

When Zhang and Qu insisted on asking him to make up his mind, he raised his head again, lost all his prestige, and said, "Everything should be consulted with Moscow." Both Qu Qiubai and Zhang Guotao were very anxious and said, "No, this is a matter to be decided immediately. It will be too late for Moscow to reply!" "Then what do you think we should do?" Rominaz spread his hands. "How about this," Qu Qiubai suggested, "inform Zhou Enlai while asking the Communist International for instructions." "Okay," Rominaz said, "tell Zhou Enlai and the others to make active preparations, and let you deal with the mobilization of workers and peasants in various places according to the actual situation; as for other points, you must consult Moscow for the final decision." Rominaz replied The house went to rest.

Zhang Guotao and Qu Qiubai were relatively silent and disappointed. After a long time, Qu Qiubai sighed to Zhang Guotao: "Why did the Communist International send such a young and inexperienced person as a representative? He can only oppose opportunism, and he has no idea when it comes to the Nanchang riots." Zhang Guotao's eyes were blank: "It seems that the CCP's bad luck is not too long. After being ravaged by Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei, now it will be ravaged by Rominaz." "I'll talk to him again." Qu Qiubai wanted Rominaz to know more about the real situation in China and change his way of getting off the car at the beginning.

After the talk, Rominaz's attitude seemed to be a little more polite, unlike yesterday's expression of "reading the imperial decree", but he still insisted on absolutely supporting the Communist International. Under his proposal, the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China held a secret meeting in a residence in Hankou at 4 pm on the 26th.Participants included Qu Qiubai, three temporary members of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee Zhang Guotao, Li Weihan and Zhang Tailei, Rominaz and another international representative of the Communist Party of China, Soviet advisers Galen and Fan Ke, and two other translators.

After the meeting started, General Galen first reported that he had met with Zhang Fakui today to discuss military issues with him.Zhang Ji agreed to gather the Fourth Army, Eleventh Army, and Twelfth Army under his command on the Nanchang and Nanxun lines, and no longer go eastward, but gradually shifted and returned to Guangdong.Galen believed that Zhang Ru agreed to return to Guangdong and did not force Ye Ting and others to withdraw from the CP. Under these two conditions, they could return to Guangdong with him.He explained according to the military situation: "Returning to Guangdong with Zhang is extremely beneficial in military affairs. For example, in Nanchang and Zhang's family, the number of troops participating in the riot is only 5,000 to 8,000. Under the blocking of the superior enemy, it may be difficult to reach Dongjiang. Unless Zhang Fakui disagrees with the above two conditions, then we can only act in Nanchang."

"General Galen and Representative Luo, the situation has changed now, and there are signs that Zhang Fakui has turned to one side." Qu Qiubai talked about what Wang Jingwei and Zhang Fakui had done recently, and advocated support for the Nanchang riot. Then Rominaz made a speech. He made it clear that there is currently no funds available for the Nanchang riots, and Moscow has sent a telegram prohibiting Russian advisers from participating in the Nanchang riots under any circumstances. The members of the Communist Party of China were a little puzzled: "The riot is imminent, how can the international representative make such a ridiculous decision?" When the other members were silent, Qu Qiubai spoke: "Is there a telegram from the International? Is this what the International means?" Rominaz said: "Yes. After I reported the situation, the Comintern replied: If there is no chance of victory, the Nanchang riots should not be held." "The Communist International doesn't mean that it doesn't support the riots." Li Weihan and Zhang Tailei both shouted. Qu Qiubai also said: "Yes, the Comintern used the word 'nothing'. Now the Nanchang riot is not a matter of 'no hope', but hope and success. It can be said that the International supports the riot. Just leave room for it.” When it came to specific questions, Rominaz was blindsided.Listening to the discussions of Chinese comrades, he was also noncommittal.Finally, he said: "It seems that the international telegram cannot be notified to the comrades at the front by letters. We have to send a competent comrade to inform them face to face." On Zhang Guotao's face, he asked, "Can I send you there?" "Since it's just to deliver a letter, there's no need to send me there." Zhang Guotao declined, "Besides, the enlarged meeting of the Central Committee is about to be held, and I can't do without it. Comrade Wang Ruofei can undertake this mission, please invite him to go." Wang Ruofei was the secretary-general of the CPC Central Committee at the time.Luominaz was a little anxious: "The people sent will leave tonight. How can we find Comrade Ruofei? Even if we find him, make him understand the mission, and set off immediately, there will be too little time." His eyes continued to stare at Zhang Guotao. Qu Qiubai and Li Weihan also said: "It's better for you to go. This responsibility is not just to send a letter, but to inspect the situation and participate in decision-making. International instructions are very important to comrades on the front line." Zhang Guotao really didn't want to go.He always believed that the Nanchang Uprising had no hope of success, and since the Comintern did not provide financial support, the possibility of success was even smaller.But in the end he agreed to go.