After returning to the commune, the two inspection groups on The side of Commander Chen basically completed the preliminary inspection task. In my exchanges with Song Shubin, I felt that the enthusiasm of local youth to join the army was very strong. Subsequently, we began to collate the relevant materials for the examination of the recruited youth. According to the political conditions, personal performance and our impression of the inspection, there is a comprehensive queue. Among them, the political conditions, that is, whether the family composition is poor and lower-middle peasants, the clear social relations, whether there are bad historical problems among the family members, etc., are all prerequisites for enlistment, and these are still affected by the legacy of the Cultural Revolution at that time, so that some very good young people let us eliminate. In the spare time before preparing for the meeting, Instructor Ma and I completed a separate inspection of Jieshou and Houzhuang.
A few days after returning to the commune, I received a reply from Hu Xiaorong, and there was really a joy of "family letters to ten thousand gold":
Hello Xun Xun!
I am very happy to receive letters from you from Shandong Wande Commune and photos sent from Taishan, and I have been immersed in joyful appreciation for the past few days.
Reading your letters and looking at your pictures gave me a sweetness I had never had before. The photo of you in The Gate of Heaven in Mount Taishan made me fall in love with it, and I left one, quietly placed it in my notebook, and looked at it almost every day. In the photo, you are full of youthful vitality, you are wearing a beautiful military uniform, carrying a military bag on your shoulders, looking up at the blue sky, it is not an exaggeration to describe you as handsome and dashing, I will cherish it well.
Xun Xun, your trip is very beautiful, across the Yangtze River, across the Yellow River, around Shanghai, jinan, climb Mount Tai, see Qilu. The famous cities and mountains in the east of the motherland have let you go for a trip, which is really envious and jealous. You said that one day you will take me to revisit these beautiful views again, and I believe that there will be that day, and I look forward to you taking me: to taste the snacks of the City God Temple, to watch the fountain of Baotu Spring, and to climb to the top of the Jade Emperor to watch the sunrise and the sea of clouds. Not only that, but we also have to tour the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace in Beijing together, step into the Sun Island on the Songhua River together, climb the Potala Palace in Lhasa together, and walk to the ends of Hainan Island together... Along the way, I will tie my fluttering hair with the floral scarf you gave me, take a thousand of our happy smiles, take ten thousand of our warm embraces, and let love forever be deeply rooted in our hearts.
Xun Xun, from your letter, I feel that this time you and the instructor went to Shandong to pick up the troops, and you have gained and improved a lot, which is really a very rare exercise opportunity, which is of high value to increasing your life experience. This is something I can't learn in college, and I believe you will cherish this opportunity to learn and exercise. In Wonder, overcoming the hardships of life and the hardships of work, I think you have no problem. In the recruitment, many complex problems depend on your policy level and ability to deal with problems. Therefore, you must be familiar with the relevant policies of conscription, ask the leaders for advice, and be sure that you have a good idea, so that you will not make mistakes. At home, I heard my father say that when the armed forces department was in the army, the receiving troops often had conflicts with the commune, and the soldiers that the troops wanted to bring were not sent by the commune, the soldiers that the commune wanted to send, and the receiving troops were unwilling to bring them, and so on. I think these problems will happen to you too. The process of dealing with these issues is an excellent opportunity to exercise and improve your communication skills and personal wisdom. I'm sorry, but you'll be too wordy about me when I talk about it!
Xun Xun, you are quite right, it is necessary to use the rest time to read the books of the college entrance examination. Going to college is your ideal and goal, and I believe that your efforts will bear fruit. Recently, I have also been planning my new study goals, I want to apply for graduate school, and once I have determined the direction, I will start to review and prepare for graduate school. At that time, I will tell you.
Xun Xun, you received my letter, it may have been December, the weather in Shandong is colder than Nanchang, the clothes you bring are limited, pay attention to keep warm, don't freeze. Don't bring back the sugar you brought to me in Shanghai, eat it slowly, and if the food is not good, you can change the taste. Okay, that's it.
I wish you every success in your work. Warmly hug you!
Koyo x Moon xx Night
The contradiction between the receiving troops and the commune mentioned in Hu Xiaorong's letter was not concerned at first. But what happened later confirmed Xiao Rong's prediction.
Before the quota meeting, the horse instructor and I basically finalized the list of 20 conscripts we needed. A week after we returned from our visit, the meeting of the troops was convened. On the morning of that day, all of our receptionists and the secretary of the Commune and associated personnel met in the small conference room of the Commune, which was presided over by the Minister of Armed Forces of the Commune.
He said: "At present, the conscription targets of the whole commune have been basically determined according to the proportion of conscripts, and the relevant work of the conscription physical examination has begun. Now, I would like to ask the comrades of the receiving troops to inform you here of the conscription targets you have identified..."
When it was our turn to report, the horse instructor asked me to report, and I informed them according to the list determined by the horse instructor in advance, and described the reasons we had determined. Then the Minister of Arms of the Commune analyzed and summarized the list proposed by our troops receiving troops, and on the premise of basic affirmation, pointed out some reasons why it was not suitable for conscription. He pointed out that there were problems of one kind or another in the list that we had identified. Specific explanations: First, some people are too old to be recruited for several years; second, their personal performance is not very good; third, there are historical and political problems of one kind or another among relatives, and so on. And came up with a new list for us, hoping that we would seriously consider it.
As soon as the horse instructor heard their words, he was displeased. Quietly said to me: "Zhu Jin, ignore them, stick to our list!" I nodded.
Zhou Ming, the secretary, put forward his own different views on the list of armed ministers more gently, and did not specifically affirm or deny them. Then I said: "The list of 20 conscripts we have determined is determined by our joint inspection with our production team for more than 10 days, not unilaterally determined by us." Some of the older ones are also eligible for conscription, and I don't think there is a situation that the Minister of Armed Forces has just said. "I said firmly and uncompromisingly;
Secretary Jiang of the Commune continued with my words: "Comrades of your troops who received troops, some time ago, you did a lot of meticulous work during your inspection, and it was also very hard. However, the situation at the grass-roots level is quite complicated, and you have only spent half a day in a production brigade, and some situations are not necessarily thoroughly understood, and some problems may not be discovered. I think so, today we are not set up soldiers, you know more about it, the next meeting to discuss, how? After he finished speaking, he looked at Commander Chen, who agreed and then adjourned the meeting.
Somehow the news of the meeting reached the production brigade concerned. In a few days, some conscripts and their parents, who were not included in the commune's list, came to our station to report the situation to us and asked us to do justice for them. The horse instructor and I listened carefully to their pleas. Since we really don't understand some situations and problems, we can only do some ideological work to stabilize their emotions. Among them, Wang Hui also came, and he also knew that no one in the commune recommended him. I discussed with the horse instructor and decided to conduct some targeted understanding and investigation of the conscripts identified by our preliminary investigation to avoid missing the relevant information.
The horse instructor and I spent another three or four days visiting several production brigades to understand. Judging from what we know, some situations are true, and it is not true to say that some people are not doing well. The cadres of the brigade do not say much about the people nominated by the commune, but the ordinary peasants tell us everything, who has the relationship with whom, whose background, whose family has historical problems, and so on. Our final conclusion is that neither we nor the Commune has decided on the question of principle, that it is in conformity with the requirements of conscription, but which is better. If we accept the list proposed by the Commune, we will delete half of the very good people from the people we have identified in the early stages, which will inevitably hurt their feelings and damage the image of our receiving troops. If we insist on our original list, we will inevitably offend the leadership of the Commune, and the next work will be difficult to carry out, which will put us in a dilemma. Finally, I agreed with the horse instructor to appropriately agree to the two lists.
A week later, the second conscription meeting was held as scheduled, and when it was my turn to speak, I said: "Judging from the recent review, the conscription targets we inspected in the early stage were all fully in line with the conditions of our troops' needs, and we also understood the conscription targets nominated by the Commune Armed Forces Department, and there was no principled problem, but the list we determined were all outstanding young people recommended by the grass-roots level of the production team. To this end, we hope that the Armed Forces of the Commune will respect our opinion...".
Before I could finish my speech, the commune secretary's face was immediately pulled down, and he said in a loud voice, "Little comrade, why don't we meet the requirements of your troops?" yes! What kind of troops are you? We don't know! You are neither a special forces nor a field army, what are your criteria? Talk about it! Secretary Jiang was obviously not satisfied with my words, and grabbed the braids in my speech and attacked me violently, and the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became tense.
After taking a heavy sip of tea, he put the cup on the table and continued: "Comrades, the completion of the recruitment task of the Central Military Commission is not only a matter for your troops, but also a matter for our localities, and we are jointly responsible to the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission. Ah, huh? If you say which one you want to decide, then what do you want our local comrades to do? The more he spoke, the more agitated he became, and almost "educated" us all. I was very unconvinced, and was about to refute him when the horse instructor pulled me along. Under such circumstances, Director Chen suggested that the meeting be held here for the time being, and that the two sides should communicate again in some cases.
After the meeting, Instructor Ma felt that he could not simply cope with the opinions of the commune in his exchanges with me, and he said to me: "We must discuss with Commander Chen Ying first, it seems that both sides must make concessions before they can pass." ”
In the evening, Commander Chen, Instructor Ma, and Doctor Wan were all invited by the secretary of the commune, Jiang, to "drink." The three of us platoon leaders and paperwork were playing cards in the room, and we were talking about the daytime meetings as we played:
Zhou Bin said to me, "Zhu Jin, you can do it!" Your boy's speech infuriated the secretary of the commune Jiang. ”
I went on to say, "Where is my personal opinion. None of us have seen any of the people they communed, and who knows what kind of crooked soldiers are. ”
Yang Shengbiao, the commander of the second platoon, said: "If we insist on our own principles, at the meeting, the commune cadres will put our receiving troops in their eyes, and we cannot agree to their list so easily, otherwise what will the people think of us." ”
Song Shubin said: "I see, when the battalion commander returns, the situation will be clear." ”
When it was almost 12 o'clock, Commander Chen and Ma instructed them to return, and Commander Chen was so drunk that as soon as he entered the house, he threw up on the ground, and several of us were busy supporting, boiling hot water, and cleaning up the vomit. The strong smell of wine filled the room, and I quickly opened the window to breathe and dispel the smell of wine in the room.
At breakfast the next day, instructor Ma said to me: "Your speech at yesterday's meeting played a certain role, and last night we discussed the list with the leaders of the commune, and the attitude of the commune was much better, and both sides gave in. Let's let's let five, their commune also has a lot of pressure, don't give in, don't give in, Commander Chen let more. The list is basically set and there will be no more meetings. ”
I asked, "What about Wang Hui?" ”
Instructor Ma said: "Wang Hui we are going to arrive, when you are older, you should be older, as long as there is no problem with the physical examination, you will be issued a notice of enlistment." ”
When I heard that Wang Hui had settled down, my heart was finally solid.
Instructor Ma then said, "None of these five soldiers have met, and after I leave Wonder in two days, you will go to their production brigade alone to see if there is any problem, and the question of principle must not be compromised and signed, and the missing ones will be filled in the spare list." Do you understand? ”
I immediately replied, "Got it!" "It can be seen that the horse instructor gave me the final veto power, and I deeply feel his trust and responsibility to me.
(To be continued)
Author Zhu Jin