Crimson Dawn

Chapter 86 The People's Revolution

At the end of July 1906, a fleet of traditional Chinese inland river boats was sailing in a wide river.The whole fleet consisted of eighteen ships, and the ships were so heavily loaded that their sides were pressed very close to the water.The river is very wide and the current is quite fast. Although the sails are stretched, the oars are still used.With the sound of powerful chants, the boatmen with their bare upper bodies pulled the heavy oars together.Each swipe moved the boat a little upstream against the current, and here and there a splash of water splashed onto the deck or onto the canopy.

At the bow of the foremost ship, Chai Qingguo stood under a large banner.The dark clouds were hanging low, and the wind full of moisture was blowing from the water surface. From time to time, a few drops of rain would come along with the wind and hit Chai Qingguo's face and body.Even though he has been in the south for more than half a year, Chai Qingguo, a big man from Shandong, still feels that he is not used to the humidity.The wind blew the big flag flutteringly. Chai Qingguo had seen the big flag many times, and could draw the appearance of the flag in his mind even with his eyes closed.

This banner is crimson all over, with a black symbol in the upper left corner.A sickle and a hammer overlapped together to form a peculiar pattern, as if a strangely shaped bow and arrow had been drawn.The sickle naturally represents the peasants, and the hammer represents the workers. As for why the red flag was chosen, Chen Ke’s sonorous and forceful voice Chai Qingguo can still clearly recall, “The red flag was chosen because it was built in 1840 to oppose internal and external enemies. Fighting for national independence and people's freedom and happiness, stained with the blood of the people's heroes who died in previous struggles."

The words were eloquent and very long, and Chai Qingguo didn't understand them for a while.Having been with Chen Ke and the others for a long time, Chai Qingguo himself got used to the habits of literati.After carefully asking the meaning of these words, Chai Qingguo summed up the answer that he was interested in. Zhao Sanduo and Uncle Jing Tingbin are also what Chen Ke called "people's heroes". "People's Hero".Then he accepted Chen Ke's explanation about the color of the red flag.

Of course, Chai Qingguo was standing at the bow of the boat and didn't have any special emotion for this passage.He didn't even think about the passage at all.At this time, the heart of this Shandong hero is another matter.

According to "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Wuhou burned Sima Yi in Hulu Valley, and when Sima Yi and his son were about to be buried in the sea of ​​fire, it suddenly rained heavily and put out the fire, so Sima Yi and his son were able to escape.Looking at the figures of Sima Yi and his son fleeing in a hurry, Marquis Zhuge Wu sighed: "It's up to man to plan things, but it's up to Heaven to make things happen."

The People's Party also felt this way when it entered Anhui to work in 1906.

Throughout the spring, the core of the People's Party's work revolved around Fengtai County in Anhui.After Shang Yuan became the magistrate of Fengtai County, members of the People's Party quickly infiltrated the county government office as "officials".The master, the policeman, and important positions in several counties changed hands one after another.Officially at least, the People's Party controls the political power in the county.At the same time, Chen Ke selected a group of people's party backbones, as well as those fellow villagers of Yuwen Batu who returned home with Chen Ke, and mixed them into the armed forces of the people's party.

The second in command of the Anhui New Army, Commander Bu Guanshui and Chen Ke met in Anqing. He worked up and down and applied for the title of "Insurance Group" for Chen Ke. To put it bluntly, the "insurance group" is a bandit who beats bandits.These years were very uneven, and the huge unemployed peasants greatly supplemented the bandit armed forces that gathered in the mountains and forests, so organizations such as the "Insurance Group" came into being.They also set up "members" in various places to collect money and food, which is almost the same as bandits.But on the other hand, the insurance group also does some black and white business.They fight bandits and protect the safety of merchants.It can be regarded as a mixture of "sitting bandits" and "escort bureaus" with a little background.

Chai Qingguo didn't like the official army, so Chen Ke personally led a team of 120 people, including Chai Qingguo and others, to conduct military training in the Anhui New Army for a period of one and a half months.It's almost May after training.Bu Guanshui used his own connections to produce a batch of guns, and with Kuroshima Jinichiro's connection, a batch of guns obtained from the Japanese "intended to support the revolution" in Shanghai, the core of 120 people in the insurance group Everyone in the team has a gun.

Just when the team returned to Fengtai County and was about to fight hard, it started to rain.

Chai Qingguo is from the north. He never knew that the rain could fall like this day and night.Even if Chen Ke didn't know about the flood, Chai Qingguo didn't even know about it, as it was recorded in history books.

In 1906 (the 32nd year of Guangxu) in Anhui at the turn of spring and summer, it rained for more than 60 days, and mountain torrents broke out. The Huai, Si, Sha, Ru, Fei and other rivers rose at the same time. Zeguo", "The starving people died of starvation, there were four or fifty people a day, some men and women with their families threw themselves into the river, and some died along the way when they migrated out of the country.

Chai Qingguo really opened his eyes.It rains heavily every day, as if a big hole has been stabbed in the sky, and endless rain pours down every day.I saw that the flat ground turned into a pool, and then the pool expanded into a lake, and the lake continued to expand, turning the hills into isolated islands.Only the tops of the tall trees are barely above the water.

Needless to say, the fields and houses are all submerged and cannot be seen.The people who escaped were trapped on the hills. If Chen Ke hadn't personally led the team, the People's Party's "insurance group" would sail around to rescue people in heavy rains, and take the people trapped on the hills to a higher level. In the first few days of heavy rain alone, it is hard to know how many more people will die.

The organizational system of the insurance regiment is completely in accordance with the regular army, with four platoons in a company, four squads in a row, and 12 people in a squad.The insurance regiment has a full company with a total of 240 people.Members of the People's Party served as all company commanders, platoon leaders, and squad leaders.The party branch ordered that members of the People's Party must personally lead a team to rescue people.Absence of duty under any excuse is never allowed.There was heavy rain in the sky, floods were everywhere, and it was extremely dangerous to sail a boat to rescue people. If you accidentally fell into the water, you would die.Although Shang Yuan seconded all the relatively safe and reliable large ships he could find, casualties still inevitably occurred.

In just ten days, the People's Party paid a high price. Although when it was more dangerous, people on board would tie ropes around their waists, but unfortunately, one party member and five members of the insurance group fell into the water and died.For ten days, the insurance group dispatched everywhere and rescued more than 3000 people.Although it is said that "saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda".But the members of the insurance group are also human beings, if it weren't for Chen Ke and the party members who lead the team personally every day, always standing in the most dangerous place.If it weren't for the fact that many members of the insurance group were locals that Yu Wenba had brought to Shanghai, they had worked together for a long time and had a deep relationship with each other, and as locals, they still sincerely hoped to rescue their fellow villagers.Without these, this temporary team would have collapsed long ago.

Even so, by the No. 11 day, the exhausted and wounded insurance regiment was already unable to dispatch.When Chen Ke announced that he would take a temporary rest and come out to rescue people in a few days, all the members of the insurance group were overjoyed.Although they know that the cessation of rescue operations means that people trapped in the flood outside basically have no way out.But everyone has worked hard for ten days, and their lives are also their lives.

Thinking of this, Chai Qingguo couldn't help turning his head. Among the group of black and strong boatmen, there was a young man who was much fairer and thinner, and was rowing with everyone.That's what the political commissar of the insurance group is all about.This young man from Shanghai started out as a cultural teacher in the insurance regiment and also served as the organization officer of the Soldiers Committee.Now he is the political commissar of the Second Company of the Insurance Corps.Theoretically, the status of the political commissar is even higher than that of the company commander, which means that the second company commander Chai Qingguo also has to obey the decisions of the party committee led by the political commissar.In Boxer, this is the role of "Military Adviser", but He Zudao has no official airs at all. The work arrangements he is responsible for have always included all the officers.

Chen Ke focused on Yuwen Batu's work back then, and Chai Qingguo didn't know how Chen Ke and the others were fooling around, but finally persuaded Yuwen Batu to bring his Anhui fellows back home.Such a large number of people constitute the backbone of the insurance group.Chen Ke led the team, He Zudao arranged the burden of luggage, marching, cooking and other logistics work, even Chen Ke carried his own luggage like ordinary soldiers, and he had to do life and cooking along the way.As the organizing officer of the Soldiers Committee, He Zudao told everyone that this is called "unity of officers and soldiers".Since in the insurance group, there are only differences in positions, not in status.

From the very beginning, the Soldiers Committee was just a family affair. Everyone talked to each other about their family backgrounds and why they came out to work.As a member of the Soldiers Committee, Chai Qingguo personally participated in all the activities.Moreover, the representatives elected by the Soldiers Committee are all ordinary soldiers.Officers are not permitted to concurrently serve as representatives of Soldiers' Councils.

At first, Chai Qingguo thought it was against the sky.I am an officer, why should I listen to what you say as a soldier.Not only the officers, but even the soldiers felt that this was wrong at first.Those who are soldiers must obey the officials.They also feel that such ultra vires should not be done.

And He Zudao is not only the organization officer of the Soldiers Committee, he is also a cultural teacher.In view of this situation, when He Zudao taught everyone how to read every day, he compiled the program of the People's Party into many short stories to teach everyone.These words are the words in the story. In other words, the more you know these words, the more you can understand the program of the People's Party.

With Chen Ke's strong support, He Zudao worked for a month, just in time for his salary.The Soldiers Committee elected a soldier named Dai Enze as a representative of the salary.Dai Enze was originally a beggar living in Shanghai, from Anqing, Anhui.Chen Ke and his team set off from Shanghai, and Dai Enze was starving to death. When he heard the Anhui accent, he immediately came up to beg for food.Chen Ke gave him a steamed bun, and just as Dai Enze stuffed the steamed bun into his mouth hungrily, Chen Ke asked him if he wanted to go to Anhui with him.Dai Enze immediately agreed.At the event of the Soldiers Committee, Dai Enze also talked about his own background. He originally followed fellow villagers on the pier in Shanghai, but he offended another local gangster, and the fellow villagers were beaten to death.The original "big brother" also turned into a corpse floating in the Huangpu River.The others also dispersed, Dai Enze was severely beaten, and his money was also taken away.He was ill and had no relatives, so he had to be a beggar.As long as he can go back to Anhui, he can do anything.He doesn't want to stay in Shanghai anymore.

In He Zudao's cultural class, whoever can read more characters can wear a little red flower.Dai Enze has been wearing it for more than ten days, and he is a person who has experienced storms after all, so he can see Chen Ke's status. Since this soldiers' committee is strongly supported by Chen Ke, he dares to speak and raise some common questions. Soldier's opinion.So I was elected as the representative of this salary.

Dai Enze yelled the names of the soldiers up to Chen Ke, down to the names of the soldiers, and then distributed the salary to everyone in public.After checking, sign the salary slip.These days, the soldiers have learned to write their own names. After receiving the money and checking that it is correct, they happily signed their names one by one.When Dai Enze yelled, "Comrade Chai Qingguo is here to collect his salary." Chai Qingguo felt uncomfortable.A soldier who just joined the team, a soldier who was born as a beggar, actually yelled at himself like this.If the steps for receiving money were not completely unified, Dai Enze called Chen Ke, "Comrade Chen Ke will receive his salary." Chai Qingguo would never give up so easily.

As the days went by, the Soldiers Council grew more and more lawless. In the regulations of the "Insurance Corps", there are many contents of "unity of officers and soldiers", including that officers are not allowed to beat or insult soldiers.That's all. Representatives of the officers' committee and the soldiers' committee must attend all the officers' meetings, and they still have a lot of right to speak.Dai Enze attended many times, and as time went by, he also began to point fingers and express some opinions.And Chen Ke also completely indulged these people, not only that.Every time a decision is made at a meeting, the party branch also needs to explain the purpose of these actions to the soldiers, so that the soldiers can understand the reasons for these actions and solicit everyone's support.

Chai Qingguo felt that Chen Ke was crazy, "Are you leading the soldiers, or are you leading the master? Even if you treat your brothers, you can't spoil them like this." He once questioned Chen Ke face to face.

Chen Ke replied: "We are the people's army, and the people's army should be like this. If the army doesn't know why they are fighting, can you expect them to follow you to the end?"

Chai Qingguo knew that Chen Ke couldn't explain the truth, so he simply gave up.Anyway, leading troops like this is bound to cause trouble, Chai Qingguo is waiting to see Chen Ke's jokes later.Over the past few months, there have been times when the soldiers in the insurance regiment were emotionally unstable, and there were also times when the soldiers felt tired and were not willing to train hard.But through the coordination of the Soldiers Committee, these things that could have easily caused fierce conflicts were resolved.Not only that, the "Cultivating New Style" activity promoted by Chen Ke has a good reputation among the soldiers, and He Zudao, who has some appeal, has actually carried it out, and achieved considerable results.The organization and discipline of the army have been greatly improved.

If it weren't for these measures, it would be the troops composed of those "brothers" led by Chai Qingguo before.In the early stage of the flood, except for a few brothers who were particularly close, there were not many people in the insurance group who really obeyed the order and went out to rescue people by boat.In those difficult days, He Zudao not only had to go out every day, but after the troops came back, he also encouraged the soldiers, arranged for everyone to bathe, change clothes, and eat.There are also meetings to stir up emotions.Not only He Zudao, Chen Ke and other members of the People's Party also have to do the same work. "Serve" the hard-working soldiers.Every day, Chen Ke was the last to go to bed and the first to wake up.He Zudao went to bed the second night and got up early the next day.

Although Chai Qingguo refused to admit it, he was very clear in his heart. Without such an organizational model, the insurance group would not be able to persist in saving people for ten consecutive days.It may not even last a day.

Now, He Zudao was paddling vigorously while shouting, "Comrades, shall we sing a song?"

"Okay!" The oars were all cadres and soldiers of the insurance regiment, and everyone agreed abruptly.

"Let's sing "Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention"."

"Okay!" came another loud reply.

"People's soldiers must remember, one or two!" He Zudao started with a loud voice.

Then the whole boat sang at the same time. "Everyone in the people's army must keep in mind the three major disciplines and the eight points of attention. First, all actions must be followed by command, and only when they are in step can we win victory. Second, we should not use the masses' needles..."

Although the singing voice is quite southern and northern, everyone sang very unanimously.Hearing the singing on this ship, the other ships quickly responded.The same song was sung one after another.On the river, which was greatly widened by the flood, the singing sounded far, far away.

The people were not ungrateful either. Many locals in Fengtai County who were rescued volunteered to join the insurance group.Although Chai Qingguo still believes that the main purpose of these people is to "serve as soldiers and eat food".This flood is the best choice for these victims who can get on the "big boat" of the insurance group.But these people did volunteer to join the insurance regiment, and the strength of the insurance regiment quickly changed from a company to a battalion.The reason why these people joined the insurance group was largely because the reputation of the insurance group for saving people spread. Although everyone was a little worried about this sudden army, at least they no longer rejected it.

Chen Ke and the party organization carefully selected the applicants. Yu Wenba was all locals, and many people in the insurance group were locals.They know who is a good son and who is a rascal.Most of the people recruited by the insurance group were from good families, and only a few rascals with some special skills were recruited.

The expanded insurance group has guns and has the support of the local government and the people.Only then did the party organization arrange the second step, which was to determine the route for transporting materials from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the disaster area.These eighteen awning boats are already the second transport team organized.The boat was fully loaded with grain, seeds, cloth, medicine, salt, and some tools. At the party committee meeting of the People's Party, Chen Ke proposed that the People's Party must personally lead the people in the disaster-stricken areas to rebuild after the disaster, rush to plant and harvest, and try not to starve to death.Don't let a big epidemic happen after the disaster.

When Chen Ke spoke, he was full of vigor and attitude, and he was not tired. It was impossible to tell that he had been working on the front line for dozens of days. "Comrades, this flood has completely disrupted our original plan. We have to change Disadvantage is beneficial. Natural disasters made us very difficult, but natural disasters also destroyed all the old social structures in Fengtai County. Except for a few landlords and a few enclosures, Fengtai County was basically soaked in water. The so-called white land is really Clean. Now that the common people are about to starve to death, any clan and any land deed are bullshit."

Speaking of this, Chen Ke glanced around the comrades, and Chai Qingguo felt as if two fires were burning in Chen Ke's eyes. He had never seen such passion before. "Now that the common people are on the verge of death, they will follow whoever comes to save them. Now, our People's Party is here. Our People's Party is here to save them. So, we are not just saving them from this flood. If they are rescued from the inside, we have to point out to them a life where they don’t have to go hungry, don’t have to be forced to pay rent by the landlord, and don’t have to grow the food they can’t eat. Do you think that the common people want to live such a life? Is there any, please raise your hand!"

Hearing this, the comrades burst into laughter.

Chen Ke also smiled, that smile seemed like a tiger wanting to eat people, "Replace the old land system in Fengtai County with the new socialist system, and save the people from natural disasters and this land system. This is God, this is justice, this is revolution!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Ke's left palm slammed down in the air, as if he wanted to split something invisible in front of him in half.Chai Qingguo sat closer to the front, and he felt a gust of wind blowing towards his face.At the same time, Chen Ke said loudly again: "This is the real people's revolution that our People's Party wants to lead!"

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