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On October 20th, 1860, Zhou Jinguo went to the military headquarters for a meeting with some apprehension. In the past, he had gone to the military headquarters for a meeting. Before every large-scale battle, the Liberation Army would hold a meeting. First, it would be a meeting of division commanders and above. They would hold a mobilization meeting for the campaign. After the meeting came to a conclusion, a mobilization meeting would be held for each division. After the objectives of the campaign were stated, it would be a military discussion. Finally, a large-scale mobilization meeting would be held for the battalion commanders and above. After this mobilization meeting, it would be a general mobilization meeting for all the army levels involved in the campaign. They would be mobilized from top to bottom.
This time, there was no general mobilization at all, but Zhou Jinguo was called to the meeting. There was no news from the regimental commander, brigade commander, or division commander. Zhou Jinguo really hoped that the content of this meeting would be to march into Hunan. Looking at the situation, he did not dare to believe that there would be such a good thing.
Hearing the familiar Hunan accent, Zhou Jinguo felt a glimmer of hope. The letter he had written to the Military Governor Of Vaize had worked. The Military Governor Of Vaize had decided to send the troops north.
After everyone was seated, Lei Hu said, "Many of the comrades present here have written letters to the Military Governor Of Wei. Let me tell everyone first that the Commander-In-Chief is so busy that there are at least 800 to 1,000 people writing to him every day. It is impossible for the Commander-In-Chief to read the letters. There are people in the Commander-In-Chief's Office who are in charge of reviewing the letters. However, everyone's letters want to march into Hunan. The Commander-In-Chief already knows about this. "
After hearing this, Zhou Jinguo could not help but let out a long sigh of relief. Knowing that the Military Governor Of Vaize had people in charge of reading the letters had already made him feel extremely excited. Not to mention that the Military Governor Of Vaize already knew about Zhou Jinguo's request.
Before Zhou Jinguo could speak, a regimental commander with a Yuezhou accent said excitedly, "Commander, did the Commander-In-Chief ask us to go north?"
Lei Hu shook his head. "Right now, the troops can't go north for the time being. However, the Commander-In-Chief has ordered that we can communicate in Hunan. Send someone to the hometown of the troops secretly to inquire about the situation. Let's find out what's going on with everyone's family first … "
At this point, Zhou Jinguo had already stood up and shouted, "Our Chenzhou is less than a hundred miles away from Yongxing. I am willing to lead a team to Yongxing to gather information."
After staring at Zhou Jinguo for a moment, Lei Hu waved his hand. "Comrade Zhou Jinguo, right? Sit down first. This time the investigation was only an additional task. The General Political Department ordered the troops to propagate our army's ideology on the issue of land in Hunan. That was, the land belonged to the state, and the tiller was entitled to the land. Each unit will first understand this matter, and then spread the news throughout Hunan. "
This group of officers who were anxiously waiting to inquire about the news of their families were stunned when they heard this. If they wanted to inquire about the news, they could have just sent someone. Why did they have to go through so much trouble? Immediately, an officer stood up and questioned Lei Hu.
Lei Hu replied, "In our army, let's not talk about the comrades from Guangdong and Guangxi. Right now our army not only has comrades from Hunan, we also have comrades from Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, and even comrades from Henan, Hebei, and Shandong. You are homesick, but these comrades are not? You are going to gather information with great fanfare. Let me ask you, these comrades say that we also want to go home to gather information. How can I make them feel that I am not letting them go? We're the army, we have to obey orders. "
These words actually stunned the Hunan comrades. They were all officers, if their subordinates were thinking about going home all day long, they would shout all day long that they wanted to go home to take a look, or perhaps they wanted to fight their way home. In that case, there was no need for these people to work anymore. After being yelled at by Commander Lei Hu, everyone became obedient. The comrades in Hunan enjoyed the moonlight first because they were in a favorable position. It was already good enough that they had the opportunity to inquire about their families. Everyone felt that it wasn't appropriate to ask for more.
In the end, the Hunan comrades obeyed their commander's order. Everybody accepted that the idea of 'land issue' would be fully publicized in the army. After the internal propaganda was finished, the propaganda would be spread to the whole of Hunan. Naturally, their desire to find out about their families' situation would be satisfied.
Zhou Jinguo was naturally very satisfied. His family's Yongxing was so close to Chenzhou. Once they started gathering information, he would naturally be the fastest to do so. Therefore, when the political department of the army began to carry out the propaganda, Zhou Jinguo fully joined in the ranks of the propaganda.
As an ordinary farmer from a family, Zhou Jinguo had seen the implementation of the Land Grant Order in Guangdong. Zhou Jinguo felt that there was no problem with the state owning the land. Farmers had been farming for thousands of years, so paying public grain was not a problem. Especially after learning about 'accounting', Zhou Jinguo understood one thing. Farmers paying 30% of public grain to the state seemed like a lot, but if they only paid 30% to the state, they could still keep 70% for themselves. But according to the original 'rules', farmers had to pay more than 50% of the total grain to the government, landlords, clans, and temples. If the landlords, clans, and other usury were added to the equation, 70% of a farmer's annual income would be taken away by those people. Comparing the two, the restoration of the Governor's Office by only collecting 30% of public grain was truly benevolent.
That was what he thought, and Zhou Jinguo believed that the other comrades in the army would think the same. But after a few days of propaganda, Zhou Jinguo found that things were not the case. Many of the instructors, company commanders, and platoon leaders had asked a question from the feedback from the propaganda meeting. "If the land is nationalized, won't my family's land be gone?" Someone even suggested, "We're fighting for the world, so we want to rule the world. We can't be high-ranking officials, but we should at least get more land."
Chen Yaoguang, the political commissar of the battalion, had a face as dark as the bottom of a pot. He was very dissatisfied with the ideas of his comrades at the camp's restoration meeting. "The state's land is not the state nationalizing the enemy's land, but all the land in China is nationalized. What are these people thinking? "
As a veteran soldier who had followed the Liberation Army for eight years, Zhou Jinguo could certainly understand the concept of the policy. During the Taiping Rebellion, the state ownership of land was proposed, and many places even implemented the state ownership policy. Zhou Jinguo's family actually did not have much land. If they followed the land granting policy, his family could receive far more land than before. Therefore, he naturally supported this policy.
Of course, Zhou Jinguo could understand the views of his comrades. The more land, the better. Who didn't want more land? However, if he wanted to find out about his family's situation, he first had to complete the propaganda of the land issue policy in the army. Zhou Jinguo said, "The commander wants us to do the propaganda, and we have already done it. It's common for comrades to have some ideas! "
Hearing this, political commissar Chen Yaoguang said angrily, "What is the purpose of the propaganda? Isn't it for everyone to understand and accept these policies? Everyone doesn't understand. How can it be called the end of the propaganda? I say, Old Zhou! Now you give the order to charge, and the troops just hear it and don't move. You're saying this is the end of the order? "
Hearing Chen Yaoguang say this, Zhou Jinguo stopped trying to fool around. The purpose of the army's propaganda was naturally not just for show. Chen Yaoguang smacked his lips helplessly and said, "Then what should we do?"
"What should we do? Be reasonable! "Chen Yaoguang said loudly.
Chen Yaoguang first went to the military headquarters for a meeting. When he came back the next day, he first gathered the main cadres in the camp. Chen Yaoguang seemed to be quite excited. He stood up and said loudly to the cadres, "The land is state-owned because the land is for farmers. For our Liberation Army, whoever doesn't rely on farming for a living can't be given land. This land is for farmers, not for a group of landlords to rent land to others and live by collecting rent. The Military Governor Of Wei has already said that wherever we go, it's the same no matter who it is. If the Military Governor Of Wei doesn't farm himself, we won't give any land to the Military Governor Of Wei. We won't give any land to the Military Governor Of Wei, let alone one mu of land, half an mu of land, or even a ridge of land. If it's like this for the Military Governor Of Wei, it's the same for everyone! "
Zhou Jinguo looked at the excited Chen Yaoguang dumbfoundedly, although he didn't say anything. Although he didn't say anything, Zhou Jinguo couldn't help but shout in his heart, "F * ck!" He actually brought up the Military Governor Of Wei. After being shocked, Zhou Jinguo already understood why Chen Yaoguang looked so excited. He also understood the determination of the political department, which was getting higher and higher in the army.
The other cadres, like Zhou Jinguo, were also frightened by the ruthlessness of the political department. No one dared to say anything for a long time. Chen Yaoguang then said, "Don't worry, everyone. This is an order from the Military Governor Of Wei. Also, the Military Governor Of Wei said very clearly that our Liberation Army will be strict with our words. We will do it once we say it! Everyone, be bold and tell your comrades, don't be afraid! "
The political commissar wasn't afraid. The political department was directly under the leadership of the Military Governor Of Vaize. But Zhou Jinguo didn't dare to say it so unscrupulously. In the many meetings that followed, Chen Yaoguang's words caused a great shock in the army. Zhou Jinguo just listened and answered according to the rules when others asked. But he didn't dare to take the initiative to announce it.
A few days later, the military issued a message to deal with a group of people. Dozens of officers wrote letters to the Military Governor Of Vaize in private, saying that the political department was using Vézé as a scapegoat. Some said that they were falsely passing down the imperial edict, some said that they were disrespectful to Vézé, and some said that they dared to deprive the Military Governor Of Vaize of his power to distribute land. They were really bold.
For this group of people, Wei Ze personally issued an order, clearly expressing the hope that his comrades in the army would understand that the attitude of the Restoration Council and the Restoration Military Governor's Office on the issue of land had always been the same. The land was to be distributed to the farmers, so that they could work hard to grow crops. It wasn't to be used as a tyrant. Vézé didn't farm, so of course he didn't have the right to distribute the land. Vézé severely criticized the thoughts of these comrades. The military immediately ordered them to be suspended from their duties and organized for them to study.
Seeing that their flattery had failed, the people who wanted to use Vézé gave up. The whole army understood one thing: when it came to the issue of land, Vézé and the political department were exactly the same. What happened next quickly entered the stage of a protracted war.
Even though they understood Vézé's attitude, there were still a considerable number of officers and soldiers who couldn't quite accept it. At this stage, Zhou Jinguo also saw some clues. They didn't object to the officers and soldiers who didn't have land at home or participated in the land distribution. But the comrades who had more land at home were not very satisfied with the policy of state-owned land. They didn't object to obtaining new land through the land distribution, but they objected to handing over their own land before obtaining it.
Some comrades even openly said that even if they agreed with the attitude of the army, their families wouldn't agree. Among these people, Zhou Jinguo even found that some were Hunan locals.
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