During the meeting the next day, Fan Xuande asked Jiang to inspect various places. As expected, as Jensen had guessed, Jiang agreed to Fan Xuande's inspection in Yunnan, but was not convinced that Fan Xuande wanted to go north.
In particular, Yan'an's inspection request was immediately rejected. Jiang intermediary said that the Japanese army in the north was very strong and it would be difficult for the Nationalist Government to guarantee the life safety of the delegation in the north. After Fan Xuande repeatedly emphasized the significance of going to the north for inspection, Jiang intermediary finally agreed to Fan Xuande.
When he visited Lanzhou and Xi'an in the northwest, he also allowed Fan Xuande to go to the front line in central China to observe the actual combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and even said that he could launch a small-scale campaign for Fan Xuande. However, when it came to the issue of the Red Party, Chiang immediately complained bitterly.
Talking about how arrogant and domineering the Chinese Red Party was, relying on the support of the Soviet Union, it was grabbing territory everywhere, plundering gentry, and expanding the army. For the sake of the overall situation, he could only give in again and again. Even if he was willing to let Fan Xuande go, the Red Party in Yan'an would not
It may not be released.
Fan Xuande gradually felt that the Chinese Red Party was indeed nothing. It only cared about its own party interests and forgot about the overall situation.
But Fan Xuande still remembered what happened to Ye Ting, and asked, "Can we release General Ye Ting? After all, your party is the ruling party, and General Ye Ting is well-known at home and abroad. If your party is willing to release General Ye Ting to show sincerity, we, the United States, will take it from us."
Talking about peace will definitely make your two parties work together to fight against the enemy."
When Jiang intermediary heard that Fan Xuande asked him to release Ye Ting, he also hesitated. Although Ye Ting was said to be a famous general in the Northern Expedition and had a good reputation, according to the information he later learned, Ye Ting did not get along with many people in the New Fourth Army, but after all, Ye Ting was
He was the former commander of the New Fourth Army, and now the Red Party has not mentioned this matter. He took the initiative to release him. Isn’t that showing weakness to the Red Party? The Chiang Kai-shek would not do such a thing even if he was killed.
Agent Jiang immediately shook his head and said, "The New Fourth Army attacked the government troops and disobeyed government orders, which caused a very bad impact. As the commander of the army, Ye Ting has the main responsibility. We detained him not because of his background. And Mr. Fan Xuande, you can ask
Now, Ye Ting is not a Red Party member at all. It is sheer nonsense to say that Ye Ting was detained because of his party membership. Furthermore, this is China’s internal affairs. It seems inconvenient for your country to participate in it, right?"
Fan Xuande was not very happy when he encountered the problem given by Jiang Jie. He also felt that the matter between the Red Party and the White Party might not be what Jiang Jie said, so he said, "It's me, Meng Lang, so this matter will be settled."
Say no more."
Fan Xuande and Agent Jiang discussed other matters. Agent Jiang repeatedly asked about the aid, but Fan Xuande kept saying that the aid could only be decided after he returned to China and reported to President Roosevelt after the inspection.
Although Agent Jiang was a little disappointed, he also knew that this was the meaning of the question, but his enthusiasm for Fan Xuande was also reduced a lot.
On the other side of Yan'an, the rectification movement and the criticism of the Soviet Union reached its climax. Telegrams from Moscow and Yan'an came and went. Although they were kept secret, many people got wind of it. The Red International even sent people to Yan'an and the Chinese Red Army.
The Party Central Committee conducted exchanges. During the exchange, the Soviet Union and the Red International kept asking sideways how the Chinese Red Party got so much information about the Soviet Union. It is necessary to know that even some Central Committee members did not know a lot of information. Naturally, the Chairman and others
Haha, others really didn’t know, which made Stalin in Moscow suspicious. Finally, he looked inside the Soviet Union, raised his butcher knife again, and conducted another review and purge of all possible people.
When everyone in Yan'an saw that the accusations made by the Soviet Union and the Red International against the Chinese Red Party were just such frivolous arguments, they immediately understood that the Chinese Red Party could really become independent from the Soviet Union. The focus of Kangsheng's rectification movement gradually changed from criticizing the Soviet Union to arresting
Traitors, 'agents', and 'traitors', more than two to three hundred people were arrested within a week, but they were soon released slowly for unknown reasons. They only said that they understood the situation, and because the number was small
, the turmoil was not big, and except for some people who were interested, many people did not notice it at all. This also made the campaign to find the traitor end quickly, and the movement to criticize the Soviet Union and rectify it returned.
Gradually, the discussion shifted from criticizing the Soviet Union's betrayal of China's sovereignty to how China could truly achieve independence and prosperity. At this time, the Central Committee of the Red Party, represented by the chairman, put forward the argument of taking the line of socialism with Chinese characteristics and pointed out that Red Thought
It must be combined with local reality. The prosperity of the Chinese nation must rely on itself and follow its own path. You can refer to other countries and parties, but you must not simply copy it. And use the old saying that oranges grow in Huainan, and oranges grow in Huainan, and oranges grow in Huaibei, and they grow oranges.
Explaining why simply copying the system is not feasible, it was quickly recognized by the entire party.
At the same time, the Central Committee of the Chinese Red Party reinterpreted the concept of the Chinese nation. The Central Committee of the Chinese Red Party first denied the popular national concept in the country and believed that the Chinese nation should not be simply five ethnic groups. It also criticized the Soviet concept of nation.
Because the Soviet Union’s concept of nation is based on four major criteria, that is, a common language, a common region, a common economic life, and a common psychological makeup revealed by common cultural characteristics. If this criterion is followed, the Chinese nation will not be able to
Theoretically, the chairman used the Han nationality to question this standard. There are many cultural differences between southern and northern China, and the pronunciation is also very different. People from the northeast can hardly understand what people in Fujian are saying when they go to Fujian. Could it be that everyone is the same?
Are they not Han? So the Soviet concept of ethnicity is not accurate! But the Red Party Central Committee deliberately did not propose a new theory immediately, but let everyone discuss it within the party.
This national discussion was more lively than the previous discussion on criticizing the Soviet Union. Since many people had doubts about criticizing the Soviet Union, many people did not speak actively in the discussion on criticizing the Soviet Union. However, everyone had no idea about this concept of nation.
scruples, so more people are discussing and speaking than before. In fact, the concept of the Chinese nation was first proposed by Liang Qichao in the 19th century. It is less than fifty years ago. Even Liang Qichao himself has no idea about this definition.
With this change, it is naturally difficult to find a definition that everyone agrees with.
Seeing that it was almost done, the chairman proposed a specific interpretation of the Chinese nation at a conference. He first proposed that the world in ancient times was composed of various large and small tribes, and then slowly merged with each other to become tribes, and today, it has become a country. Therefore
It can be seen that for the entire world, the integration from small to large is an irreversible trend. The definition of nation should also be defined at the forefront of the times. Therefore, the Chinese nation should be a pan-ethnic concept and should not be defined in terms of
The distinction between nationality cannot be purely based on culture, but should be distinguished on the basis of cultural identity, that is, people who identify with Chinese culture and take the interests of the Chinese nation and China as their core interests can call themselves members of the Chinese nation, that is, people who do not
Regardless of nationality, color, blood, party, gender, or race, that is to say, even if a white man was born in the United States, he later came to China and came into contact with Chinese civilization, and
When a person recognizes it and regards the interests of the Chinese nation and China as his or her highest interests, then this person can be said to be a member of the Chinese nation.
Such a definition immediately aroused widespread debate throughout the base area, especially workers and technicians from various countries who had not participated in the discussion before. They also joined the discussion. Among them, Chinese Americans and workers from the United States discussed the most heatedly, because the United States
As a purely immigrant country, the American nation is actually a living and artificially created national concept, so they are most receptive to such a civilization-recognized national view. Many Americans who have been in China for several years even said that they have
They have fallen in love with China and are willing to live in China for the rest of their lives. They feel that they are also a part of China and therefore should also be a part of the Chinese nation.
——In the cave dwelling
"Chairman, our national outlook has laid a theoretical foundation for the future." Jiang Cheng said with a smile, "I think we can modify our national outlook and sell it. I can guarantee that whether it is Germany, Japan or the United Kingdom, we will
Those who are very interested in this theory, well... the only one I don't like is probably the United States. The United States has always called for national independence, because only in this way can it break the current colonial divisions.
The chairman nodded and said, "Indeed, we can consider it. They will definitely like this theory, but there are other reasons for asking you to come this time. The Americans have already arrived in Chongqing, and Chiang Kai-shek has also met with the American delegation.
.What we mean is that you should leave for Chongqing immediately and try to get in touch with the American delegation. It would be best if they can come to us."
Jiang Cheng immediately agreed, "This was agreed from the beginning, of course it's no problem, I'll leave right away."
Zhou Guansheng waved and said, "Don't be anxious. There is one more thing. We want to put more burden on you. According to our Politburo discussion a few days ago, the rectification movement will gradually become a common task in building party style and clean government, and criticism
Su's work will gradually be put down after this negotiation between the Soviet Union and the representatives of the Red International, so Comrade Kang Sheng's burden should also be liberated. We still hope to let you be the head of the Audit Department. Xiao Jiang, what do you think?
"
Jiang Cheng immediately refused and said, "Vice Chairman Zhou, I have told you so many times that I am really not suitable for this. If you continue to do this, you will force me to leave."
Zhou Guansheng looked at the chairman helplessly and smiled. The chairman smoked a cigarette and said, "Xiao Jiang, you should also know that Kang Sheng is extremely left-wing. This problem was discovered during this movement. You know he reported it
Spy, how many people are suspected of being traitors? More than a thousand people were reported in Yan'an alone! Comrade Jinshan was even on the list of suspects! I didn't believe there were so many problematic comrades among us, so I immediately talked to him.
And the suspects are put under internal surveillance, and arrests are not allowed unless there is conclusive evidence. Of course, maybe some fish will slip through the net, but it is better than expanding, right? But his extreme leftist problem is now
I haven’t changed it yet, and I don’t think I can change it in the future. I really don’t feel comfortable handing over both the audit department and the social department to him anymore. You can choose one yourself, otherwise, you will just sit back and watch us make mistakes!”
How dare Jiang Cheng choose the Ministry of Social Affairs? What does the Ministry of Social Affairs do? The original purpose of its establishment was to find internal spies and spies. The Qilipu of the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Zaoyuan training class of the Central Social Ministry, and the border security
The Sanlipu training class in the Department can be said to be the three cradle of the secret front of the Chinese Red Party. Isn’t it just asking for trouble to master such a place? Jiang Cheng finally said helplessly, "Then I will be the deputy minister of the audit department. Chairman, please
Find another full-time minister."
The chairman clapped his hands and said, "A man's promise is hard to follow! Okay! It's settled. Xiao Jiang, you go to Chongqing first. You can rest assured about things here. When you come back, you have to take on the work of the audit department."
some."
Jiang Cheng knew that he had been tricked by the chairman, so he nodded with a wry smile and agreed.
——U.S. Embassy in Chongqing
Fan Xuande and Lattimore sat opposite each other and talked.
"Sure enough, as Johnson said, Chiang's intermediary does not allow us to inspect the Red Party's areas, and is even less willing to release Ye Ting. What do you think, how can we go to Yan'an to inspect? This is what Mr. President specially told us.
We must complete the mission no matter what." Fan Xuande touched his beard and looked at Lattimore and asked.
Lattimore shook his head and said, "Now that the National Government in Chongqing knows that we have this idea, they will definitely strengthen their surveillance on us. Even if Ruide Bao and Xie Weisi want to reach Yan'an safely, it is not a simple matter. We'd better
Contact the Red Party in China and let them make arrangements. They are local snakes and they will definitely find a way."
Fan Xuande nodded and said worriedly, "But if we investigate according to their plan, we will probably see things that have been arranged. What I mean is that it is best to find a third party."
The "third party" Lattimore was also in trouble.
While the two were thinking, Lattimore suddenly said, "I thought of a person. He has always been relatively mysterious in our intelligence. He is a major general in the Chongqing government, a big businessman in the United States, and also in Europe.
The business is not small, and I have dealings with many chaebols. I have great magical powers, so maybe I can use him to make connections."
Fan Xuande asked curiously, "Who are you talking about? Are there still people like this in China?"
Lattimore nodded and said, "His name is Jiang Cheng. He is a very mysterious businessman. Although he is a major general, he does not have any military merit. In fact, his real official position in the White Party is the military logistics director of Jiang Jie's son. But according to our
I don’t know much about him, and he doesn’t care much about things. Most of the time, he is still busy with his own affairs around the world. He has a very good relationship with Mr. Situ Meitang, a good friend of our president. Several major underworld leaders in China are brothers with him.
This is a man who is very comfortable in both black and white, but I have not heard that he has any connections in Yan'an, but I think such a businessman will definitely not put his eggs in one basket, and he will definitely have a way.