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Returning from the battle-scarred Wuzhou to Canton, the signs of war from half a year ago could no longer be seen because the city walls, which had been hit by the cannons of the war, were beginning to be dismantled. Moreover, there were several hot air balloons flying above Guangzhou City. The labourers were working hard to pry the bricks off the city walls. Large piles of bricks were neatly stacked, and no one knew what they were doing.
In the past, the city walls would always give Shen Xin a sense of security. However, after personally experiencing some battles, Shen Xin's confidence in the city walls was greatly reduced. When the fireworks swept across the top of the city wall, the troops on top of the city wall were the best targets. Moreover, when the hot air balloon looked down from above, no matter how high the city walls were, they were nothing more than dwarfs. High cities and deep pools had already become an adjective.
Even so, Shen Xin still felt a little surprised. What kind of project would require the demolition of the city walls? After all, Guangdong was not considered safe at the moment. The situation within the borders was far from peaceful. With the city walls, it would at least feel better.
However, this was not something that Shen Xin could meddle in. He just wanted to see his mother as soon as possible. For the past few years, Shen Xin had been working as a temporary worker for the government. He often followed the team to the countryside to collect grain and taxes. Every time he was about to reach home, he would feel the urge to go home and see his mother. There seemed to be an endless stream of words in his heart.
Therefore, Shen Xin did not report to the Political Department first. Instead, he went straight to the dormitory where his mother was. However, when he arrived at the dormitory, he found that there was no one there except for the gatekeeper. He asked the concierge and found out that all the women had gone to work at the clothing factory. It was not time to get off work, so there were not many people. Moreover, most people would go to the cafeteria to eat after work. Currently, no one would stay in the dormitory during the day.
Shen Xin did not dare to go to the factory to find his mother, so he went straight to the political department to report. In the courtyard of the Political Department, Shen Xin saw many familiar faces. Most of them looked excited, but some did not look happy. His old classmate, Wang Mingshan, was one of them with an ugly expression on his face.
Wang Mingshan had a worried look on his face. He was pacing back and forth in a corner. When he saw Shen Xin coming over to greet him, Wang Mingshan grabbed Shen Xin's hand and said with tears in his eyes. "Shen Xin! I'm in trouble! "
Wang Mingshan and Shen Xin were both from Anqing and were classmates in the private school. Unlike Shen Xin, a former young master who had fallen from grace, Wang Mingshan was the young master of an influential family in Anqing. However, Wang Mingshan couldn't stand the life of his eldest son and grandson. In the end, he chose to follow Vézé's troops south to Guangdong. Wang Mingshan had the experience of studying in Anqing's New Style School. After the army arrived in Guangdong, he was selected to join the political department.
This time, when Vézé gathered all the personnel of the political department to report on their work, Wang Mingshan was one of them. Shen Xin never expected that his old classmate seemed to be in great trouble.
"What happened?" Shen Xin asked.
Facing his old classmate, Wang Mingshan finally had someone to talk to. He didn't care that there were people watching. His eyes turned red and tears streamed down his face. Wang Mingshan felt wronged and said, "Those people in Jiangmen bullied me. I just tried to discipline them, but they were unhappy. This time, they also sent people back to find the Military Governor Wei and ask me to leave! They are rebelling! Sob sob … "
Looking at his old classmate Wang Mingshan's tears and snot, Shen Xin naturally felt quite uncomfortable. However, he could tell that there was something wrong with Wang Mingshan's words. It was clearly stated in the political department's training that the political commissar was responsible for organizing the party's work and letting the members of the Restoration Society in the army get used to the political nature of the Restoration Society. But now, Wang Mingshan's words had a different meaning. If it wasn't for the fact that Wang Mingshan was angry and wronged, he seemed to think that the political commissar was the highest leader in the army. Based on Shen Xin's own experience, he was just a twenty-year-old kid. How could he command a big shot like Luo Dagang, who had been famous for more than twenty years? When Luo Dagang made his name in Xiangjiang, Shen Xin wasn't even born yet.
But at this time, he couldn't say anything that didn't help Wang Mingshan. Shen Xin could only say, "Let's talk to the political department about this and see what's going on!"
Unexpectedly, when he said that, Wang Mingshan became even more upset. He sobbed a few times and continued, "The political department didn't support us at all. Instead, they stood with the people in the army and scolded me for not paying attention to unity and not working hard! They're going to fire me! "
Hearing that the political department had expressed its stance, Shen Xin immediately shut up. Of course, the people in the army didn't care about the political commissar. Shen Xin was very clear about that. Luo Dagang was polite to Shen Xin now, but deep down, he might not really take Shen Xin seriously. That was a very normal thing. It was completely understandable that the political department and the officers in the army didn't get along well with each other. But when the political department spoke to their subordinates, it was a big deal. Shen Xin didn't dare to say anything else. Shen Xin had to persuade Wang Mingshan first. "You should seriously write a summary of your actions according to the rules and have a good talk with your superiors in the political department."
Wang Mingshan wiped his tears as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw and said eagerly, "Shen Xin, I've already written something. I've also handed in my work log! You have to help me take a look. I can't be fired this time! "
After making an appointment with Wang Mingshan in the evening, Shen Xin went to report. After the person in charge of registration confirmed Shen Xin's identity, he carefully looked at Shen Xin for a moment, then took out a document from a leather bag. "Take this to the political department for a meeting!"
Shen Xin took a look. It was a pre-printed pass with Shen Xin's name written on it. This kind of document had been prepared a long time ago. It seemed that someone had already made arrangements for Shen Xin.
With this pass, Shen Xin entered the heavily guarded Commander-in-Chief's Office. The staff who came to greet him checked his identity and pass before bringing Shen Xin into the Commander-in-Chief's Office. After entering a meeting room that had been converted into a reception hall, Shen Xin found that there were already more than 20 people inside. Seven or eight of them looked familiar. They were political commissars sent by the political department. There were also more than a dozen people who didn't look familiar, but their rank badges showed that the lowest military rank was a major, and the highest was a major general. The Liberation Army was now divided into two armies. The major general was at least a corps commander, and the major was basically the regiment commander. Shen Xin couldn't help but feel surprised that such high-ranking personnel were gathered here.
Everyone was together, so they began to introduce each other. Only then did Shen Xin know that the major general was the current director of the political and legal committee of the Commander-in-Chief's Office, Lin Asheng. Most of the others were in charge of the newly established organizations in the Commander-in-Chief's Office. Lin Asheng didn't look like he liked to talk much, but he still had a serious expression on his face. He said to the group of personnel from the political department whose status was far lower than his, "Now that we're in class together, we're classmates. Military Governor Wei said that at this time, we don't talk about military ranks, we only talk about learning. Let's just call each other comrades. "
After hearing this, Shen Xin's heart couldn't help but beat fiercely. The only person who could give a lecture to a group of people, including the major general, and make the major general obediently call himself a student, could only be Vézé. And for Vézé to choose such a group of people to teach personally, it was certainly not a simple matter of going through the motions. Although the matter of his old classmate, Wang Mingshan, being severely criticized by the political department did make Shen Xin feel a little worried, that worry had now completely disappeared.
At this time, basically everyone else basically understood what kind of situation they were about to face, just like Shen Xin. Everyone was surprised and happy. Although he really wanted to ignore the attitude of these young people, Lin Asheng's serious expression finally couldn't help but soften. He said to everyone with a smile, "Everyone, this is a closed-door study session, which means that you can't leave the school during the process of learning. You can't have contact with people outside without permission. There are also a series of related confidentiality rules that need to be followed, so you will now go home accompanied by our security personnel. Tell your family that you're going out for work. Then focus on learning! "
"Yes!" The students with military backgrounds immediately answered.
Just a beat slower, the students who weren't from military backgrounds also expressed their simple and clear attitude. "Yes!"
Although Wang Mingshan's matter was important, Shen Xin couldn't care less about it. With the security personnel accompanying him, not to mention Wang Mingshan, even if Shen Xin talked to his mother, he would have to say it openly. Being selected to participate in the training, Shen Xin naturally knew that he couldn't say anything at this time. With such a high level of security, it could be seen that those selected were talents who would be put in important positions in the future. There was no need to mention the possibility of them being attacked. If these people were assigned to more important jobs, it was also important to prevent them from being harassed.
Therefore, after confirming that his mother could still work in the factory and that there were no problems with food and clothing, Shen Xin was relieved. He basically left his salary to his mother, only bringing a change of clothes, three or four taels of loose silver, and copper coins. Then, he said goodbye to his mother and left with the security personnel.
The next day, another three or four people joined. Everyone was considered old. Faced with such a situation, everyone was excited, but at the same time, they were also quite uneasy. Shen Xin found that most of the selected comrades had something in common with him, and that was that they didn't feel that they could do things well. At the very least, there were a few people who, in terms of speech and thought process, really had an outstanding feeling. They even had the style of a heavenly steed soaring through the sky.
On this day, the students also began to report on their work. The report session was not only for the political department's leaders, everyone else was also listening. Shen Xin had originally thought that he was doing very well in Wuzhou and had experienced many things. After listening to everyone's report, he realized that the Restoration Society had sent many political members to every region. Everyone who was able to come here had performed exceptionally well. Compared to Shen Xin, these people's performance was not necessarily inferior.
On the third day, Vézé officially appeared in class under everyone's expectations. At this time, another dozen or so high-ranking military officers also joined the study class. Among them were high-ranking military officers that Shen Xin knew and high-ranking military officers that Shen Xin didn't know. There were nearly 50 students in the class.
Vézé didn't stand on ceremony. After he came up, he first used his sharp gaze to sweep over the students before saying, "This meeting should have been held in Ganzhou because in Ganzhou, our personnel are all gathered together. Also, facing the situation of entering Guangdong, it's easier for everyone to be of one mind. Come up with a plan. But plans can't keep up with changes. The situation in Guangdong has changed, so we can only follow the specific situation. Right now, the plenary meeting can't be held in the short term, at least not before we completely control Guangdong. "
Shen Xin was very excited. To be able to hear Governor Vézé of the Recovery Society discuss such a major event, he naturally couldn't contain the excitement in his heart. However, Vézé didn't talk about the exciting content. Instead, he talked about the reason why the study class was being held now as if it was a family matter. He really didn't expect Vézé's words to be so simple.
However, Shen Xin's thoughts quickly changed because Vézé continued to say, "I've already spoken about the previous matters, so now I want to ask everyone a question. Which of you can tell me, what exactly is the same among the people participating in this study class?"
This question surprised the group of students. Everyone looked at each other. There were people in the military, people in politics, and people from the political department. They were of different ages, had different qualifications, and had different identities. They really couldn't see what was the same.
At this time, someone raised his hand and asked to speak. Shen Xin took a look and saw that it was a young officer named Xu Xingxiu. She was from the court and had a rather humorous personality. Vézé waved at Xu Xingxiu. "Student Xu Xingxiu, come and answer."
Xu Xingxiu stood up. "Reporting to Governor, this time the students are all men!"
"Haha!" This answer made the students laugh out loud. Even Shen Xin couldn't help but laugh. Of course, everyone knew that Xu Xingxiu was a troublemaker, but this was indeed a correct answer.
At this time, Vézé pointed to a person at the end of the meeting. "Comrade Pang Congcong, stand up!"
"Yes!" A straightforward voice replied. Although there was no trace of a girl's bashfulness in the voice, it was clearly a girl's voice. This time, everyone's eyes were focused on a corner of the classroom. Everyone saw a short figure dressed in a military uniform. He seemed to be a cute "boy"?
"Comrade Pang Congcong is a girl, so Comrade Xu Xingxiu's answer that the students are all men is wrong! All of you, sit down! "Vézé ordered.
Amidst the roars of laughter and glares directed at Pang Congcong, both Xu Xingxiu and Pang Congcong sat down.
Vézé knocked on the table. "Then, who will answer again? What do the people participating in this class have in common!"
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