Some time ago, the big drama "Amnesty 1959" broadcast on CCTV showed people the tortuous process of new China's transformation of Kuomintang war criminals.
Taking the Beijing Gongdelin War Criminals Management Center as an example, more than a hundred Kuomintang war criminals were detained, most of whom were senior generals with the rank of major general or above, and a few colonels of the military command, all of very high rank.
These people, either generals who commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, or high-ranking officials who managed a province, or spies who killed people without blinking an eye, are old stubborn people who are accustomed to seeing the world and cannot advance in oil and salt, and how to really transform them can be said to test the ability of management personnel.
In the war criminals management center, the daily rule is to study in the morning and work in the afternoon, but can these two things alone transform these people from their minds? Hard.
First of all, study, mainly to study our party's ideology, of course, there will be a certain effect, but these people have been dealing with our party for many years, they may know more than the management personnel, how can they let them listen to you?
Moreover, these people are all old fritters, the most disgusted with such learning, on the surface may indicate acceptance, but in the heart of hearts no one takes it seriously.
Speaking of labor, these people used to be pampered and accustomed, and they were all old, and it was impossible for them to do any heavy work, so there was no hope for them to use labor exercise to transform them.
So, did these people eventually transform themselves? There are also true that most people really developed feelings for New China, and after being pardoned, most of them took the initiative to stay on the mainland.
For example, when Marshal Mountbatten of the United Kingdom visited China, he met with Du Yuming specifically, because he had contacts with Du Yuming during World War II and knew that Du Yuming was a loyal student of Chiang Kai-shek, but now he took the initiative to stay on the mainland and parted ways with Chiang Kai-shek, which made Mountbatten very curious and decided to meet him in person.
After the two met, Du Yuming's temperament and conversation made Mountbatten very surprised, saying that he could not imagine that the famous general who commanded tens of thousands of troops in those years had now become so low-key and peaceful, and said with emotion: The transformation of New China really has unique features and is admirable.
Later, a foreign reporter put forward a point, and after listening to it, those war criminals felt that it was very reasonable, and they all nodded their heads and said that the reason why they could completely change their previous stubborn thinking was largely because of this reason.
So, what exactly is the reason? Quite simply, it's a visit.
A big reason why these war criminals resisted reform is because they felt that you could not solve the problems that existed in the Kuomintang at that time, so why should we believe that you are better?
In view of this problem, the leaders have specially come up with a way to let these people visit all parts of the country to see the earth-shaking changes in New China and also to see the amazing energy that the people of the whole country have exploded under the leadership of our party.
Indeed, after the founding of New China, the changes that took place throughout the country were unprecedented, and they really aroused the enthusiasm of the people of the whole country and swept away the decadent and backward appearance of old China.
After these war criminals witnessed these changes with their own eyes, even the most stubborn people had to admit that they are indeed much better than before, and they are indeed very remarkable!
This kind of personal experience is much more effective and profound than a hundred lessons.