"Fighting Tiger" to test the edge
Report to Magang on the day of going to Chengmagang to register was a bright and cool day. After having breakfast at home, I was in a hurry to get on the road
Along the way, I didn't think about anything else, and I was thinking about getting to Chengmagang soon and accepting the task assigned by the leader, and I had to do a good job. My home was away from Chengmagang, and I didn't have a few steps away. Maybe because of my anxiety, I felt that the road under my feet had become very far that day. I walked for a long time and couldn't finish it. It was almost noon that time that I climbed over the last hill and walked into the ditch along the main road. I saw the Henan Guild Hall
Henan Guild Hall, built on a hillside.
At that time, in the Chengmagang area, it was a more particular building. It was paved with bluestone foundation, green tiles, three front halls, and three back halls, connected by six ear rooms on both sides, forming a square "mouth" shape, which looked compact and simple and elegant. It is said that before the Great Revolution, this was also a place where wealthy families gave lectures and discussed affairs. It was only during the Great Revolution that they were used by the poor people. This was the first time I entered the Henan Guild Hall. I was curious and wanted to take a closer look. I saw six cypress trees, standing upright on both sides; stone drums on both sides, one on the left and one on the right. I walked up the stone steps, first entered the front hall, passed through the hall, and came to the office in the back hall. The person who reported to the police was found. He took me to ear room and arranged a place to sleep.
I remember that when I first arrived in Chengmagang, I participated in the Eight Township Farmers’ Volunteer Team of Chengmagang. After a while, it was renamed the Farmer Suicide Squad. In the first half of the second year, it was officially organized into the Macheng Farmers’ Self-Defense Army.
people gathered together, what should I do without weapons?
At the beginning, we got four rifles from the county guard team. One of them broke from the second hoop because of the explosion. In fact, there were only "three and a half". At this time, a regiment of the 30th Army of the Kuomintang was stationed in Macheng . We did work for the regiment commander through various relationships, and he promised to give us ten rifles. In order not to cause trouble to the regiment commander, he bought ten sets of military uniforms. In a dark night of hiding stars, he sent ten soldiers into the city and changed into those ten sets of military uniforms. In the name of leaving the city to "suppress bandits", he swayed and walked out of the north gate of Macheng smoothly with ten rifles on his back. Later, we found a relationship in Wuhan through the party organization, and from there we came six relay shell guns. Because there are too many people and too few guns, many soldiers are not good enough to insert big swords into their waists and carry darts and on their shoulders. Some soldiers didn’t even have big swords or edge darts, so the leader mobilized everyone to find a way. At that time, we had difficulty finding iron alone in the valley, so we sharpened the bamboo , soaked it in tung oil, and then tied it with red spears, and made it into a strong and tough bamboo spear, carrying it on our shoulders with a full sense of vigor. The weapons that our soldiers replaced in the future were all taken from the enemy.
solves the weapon problem. When we don’t fight, we will conduct military training. Although I was not a regular army at that time, the training requirements were very strict. Starting from basic queue training to the company squad offensive and defensive tactics, it was the case. The villagers passing by the training ground, when they saw us walking in a line, and they were all versatile in offense and defense tactics, they all gave their thumbs up to applaud. They smiled trustfully and said, "Look, when they use real swords and guns with the enemy, they will definitely be able to beat the enemy to the point of falling!"
The establishment of peasant associations in various places has promoted the vigorous development of the peasant movement. The landlords and gentry in the village have lost their former prestige. The suffering peasant masses have finally come to their forefront. However, they were not willing to fail and wanted to regain their lost paradise at all times.
I have mentioned this person earlier. Luojiahe has a big bully landlord Ding Zhengyu. He is not a big bully who dominates one side or an old pervert who sees women unable to walk. He calls him "a tiger in North Township, Macheng". He also has a son named Ding Yueping, who is also a "wolf son" who cannibalizes people and does not spit bones. He did all the bad things in the radius, even better than his father.
Dingzhenyu lives in a deep courtyard, with 700 acres of good land, and many long-term workers and tenants. He also lent usury.Even he couldn't tell how much debt was released, because the donkey rolled in 's profits, and it was impossible to get the beginning and end. Only when the borrower came to pay off the debt, the accountant pulled the abacus beads and said it would be as much as it would be. The Ding family's "tiger" and "wolf" were fish and meat in the countryside, and they did many evil things. The old man Ding Zhengyu has set a rule of "first night power" to facilitate playing with women. If a tenant family gets married and has a daughter, he has to sleep for the first night first. If anyone does not give him "first night power", he will occupy the other party.
After the establishment of the Luojiahe Farmers Association, it proposed that all power belong to the Farmers Association, which annoyed the tiger, wolf and son of the Ding family. They spoke out: "Who dares to break into the courtyard of my Ding family? My Ding family, wait for him!"
On December 20, 1926, Ding Zhengyu instructed a group of gangster thugs who had collected in advance to break into the Luojiahe Farmers Association branch, smashed the branch's office, tore off the slogan door numbers, and threw them on the ground and trampled them around. It was so rampant that it was intolerable. At that time, the chairman of the Farmers Association in Chengmagang District was Hu Jingshan. He learned that the incident was shocked and convened relevant personnel to meet overnight to discuss what measures to take to wipe out Ding Zhengyu's reactionary arrogance. The comrades who attended the meeting were all indignant and furious after hearing the whole story. However, when you saw Wang Shusheng , you lowered your head and said nothing again with a puzzled look on your face. For a moment, the venue was silent and the atmosphere was depressing. No one wanted to speak, waiting to see how Comrade Wang Shusheng expressed his opinion.
It turns out that Comrade Wang Shusheng, who served as the Organization Minister of the District Agricultural Association, has a relative relationship with Ding Zhengyu. According to the number of relatives, Ding Zhengyu is Comrade Wang Shusheng's uncle, and Ding Yueping is Comrade Wang Shusheng's cousin, and is not a relative who cannot be beaten by eight poles. Everyone wants to see Comrade Wang Shusheng's attitude. Because Comrade Wang Shusheng was raised by his grandmother, he usually has endless filial piety to his grandmother, and his grandmother and Ding Zhengyu were born to the same mother. Can this grandson who participated in the revolution be cruel to punish his uncle? Everyone has a question mark in their hearts.
"I see, there is no need to discuss this matter. Hurry up and catch Ding Zhengyu. What should he do? "Comrade Wang Shusheng saw that everyone was embarrassed and said firmly.
Comrade Wang Shusheng's words solved the issues to be discussed at the meeting. So, the leaders of the district farmers' association went to inform the farmers' association members and the farmers' volunteer team separately, and went to Luojiahe to find the fish to settle the accounts.
We live in the volunteer team of Henan Guild Hall, each township is organized into a team, usually around 20 people. We have to deal with the big bully landlord Ding Zhengyu, so we are naturally the first to be affected. Therefore, as soon as we received the notice from the district agricultural association, we immediately rushed to the designated location and waited for the order to set off. The situation I mentioned above during the meeting was that when I was waiting to leave, thousands of people gathered together after a while when I listened to the comrades’ talk. Some held torches, some carried lanterns, some carried hoes and shoulder poles, and some held bird mills and harpoons. At the order of the leaders of the Agricultural Association, they headed straight to Luojiahe.
When we arrived at Luojiahe, it was about the second half of the night. People shouted and cursed Ding Zhengyu, and soon surrounded the Ding family courtyard.
However, the door of the Ding family was closed tightly because there was no preparation for a strong attack in advance. The two doors as thick as coffin boards could not be opened or broken, and everyone could not think of a solution for the moment. Just when everyone was anxious, Comrade Liao Rongkun led a dozen volunteer team members with big swords on their backs, put up a ladder on their shoulders, flew over the high wall, and jumped into the Ding family compound.
At this time, people outside the yard were clamoring, shouting and scolding like a pot, and they couldn't hear anything clearly. I heard a sudden sound of the gate, and the people who entered opened it. People rushed into the courtyard like a tide that broke the dam.
Ding Zhengyu, who was sleeping, was awakened by the screams and scolding outside. He was trembling all over, and was at a loss, and he was stuck under the bed. The cunning "wolf son" Ding Yueping escaped early as he heard something was going on outside.
People rushed into Ding Zhengyu's bedroom. There was no one in the room. Someone glanced at the bed and found that the orders pulled from the bed were shaking slightly from time to time. A young man rushed to the edge of the bed with a hurry. Everyone guessed that Ding Zhengyu was hiding under the bed, so they rushed to the ground and pulled Ding Zhengyu out with all their hands and feet.
Ding Zhengyu was pulled out from under the bed. Everyone was angry when they saw it, their hatred rose and they were furious. You punched him and he kicked Ding Zhengyu sobbed her father and moan, and they lay on the ground and played with a dead dog.
This time, the situation was in chaos, and the cadres quickly stopped him and made Ding Zhengyu stand up.
Ding Pinyu got up from the ground, sifting her whole body, and the head of a person who always kept rising high on the ground. At this time, it was like an eggplant beaten by frost, drooping suddenly. Listening to everyone's accusations against him, "You used to occupy the sky, dominate the earth, ride on our necks to shit and urinate, and act as a blessing; now, all power belongs to the farmers' association, and control the sky and the ground, and it is time for us to take revenge."
" How many poor people have you eaten human flesh and drink human blood?"
"You old evil ghost eat people and don't spit bones, and squeeze out our blood and sweat."
"You are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and you are full of thieves and prostitutes!"
"We settle the accounts with him, and the blood debt must be paid with blood!"
"You are hurting the world. How many women have you broken into pieces, you must cut them into pieces!"
"......"
Everyone said and told me, and the anger was uncontrollable, and someone fisted again.
Ding Zhengyu had a sad face, kneeled on the ground with barefoot and clothes, bowed and kowtowed, begging others to forgive him and never do bad things from now on. At this time, the leaders of the Farmers Association issued an order, and several volunteer team members took action after hearing the sound, found a three-strand hemp rope, tied Ding Zhengyu up and escorted him to Chengmagang.
Early the next morning, the district farmer association hosted it and pulled Ding Zhengyu to parade. Wherever Ding Zhengyu swims, the crowd is angry and shouting and begging, making Ding Zhengyu feel embarrassed and begging for mercy to the crowd.
On the way to the public in the countryside, Ding Zhengyu, who had been trying to catch a straw to save his life, suddenly saw Comrade Wang Shusheng, the Organization Minister of the District Agricultural Association. He blinked with great joy, pretended to be pitiful, and shouted with a sad old face, "Son of Guo, Guo, say something nice for your uncle and save your uncle's life:"
"You suffer your own faults, and you deserve it. If you are not kind to the poor, we will be unrighteous to you!" Wang Shu glared at the top of his voice, and said it, and he fell to his uncle without any mercy.
After Comrade Wang Shusheng's stern reprimand, Ding Zhengyu pulled his head down and was taken to the county town by the volunteer team. But Ding Zhengyu didn't go far, and he was still playing with the dog to death. He lay on the ground and gasped, looking at the sky and praying repeatedly, saying that he would not get up and go forward.
escort Ding Zhengyu's team members were so anxious that they had no choice. A team member was quick to learn, pulled out a sharp sword from his waist, shook it in front of Ding Zhenfu's eyes a few times, and said:
"Master Ding Family, you don't have to pray to God, we will protect you!"
Ding Zhenyu saw the bright sword, and he no longer dared to lie on the ground and fooled him. He quickly got up from the ground and followed the volunteers who were escorting him to the county town. After the reactionary arrogance of Ding Zhengyu was suppressed, the vast number of farmers in Chengmagang District were all excited and applauded. The fire of the struggle became stronger and stronger with the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, and more than a dozen local tyrants and bad gentry were captured in succession. The peasant association was powerful and the local tyrants and bad gentry were defeated.
Hankou "Republic of China". A piece of news was reported, titled "Macheng Farmers Association Receives Five Poisons". In this report, it said: "The local tyrants and evil gentry in Macheng, Wang Huiting, Zhubishan, Fang Mianyun, Fang Xiaoting and Yu Ziyou, five people in Macheng, do everything they have to do in Macheng, and don't want money. When the farmers saw them, they were scared when they heard their names and called them Wudu. When we looked at this name, we knew their cruel treatment to the farmers.However, after the founding of the Farmers Association in Macheng, the farmers did not say that they were not afraid of the five poisons, but instead collected the five poisons. Now the Provincial Farmers Association has captured Yu Ziyou, one poison in the five poisons, and the four poisons must be caught together, so as not to release the poison to harm the farmers.
