"Character Spring and Autumn" Remains in the Human World for a Long Time (Series 3)

On the eve of the summer of 1929, Yao Enci, the former principal of the county, left his post. At the behest of the Kuomintang county party department, the county education bureau sent Hu Heng, executive member of the county party department, to take over (later suppressed by me).

Hu Heng has long been notorious for persecuting progressive teachers and students and insulting young women. His appointment aroused the public indignation of teachers and students in the county.

Seizing this favorable opportunity, Ling Xiao arranged for Hong Renying, Liu Enxuan, Wu Jinjiang, and student party member Zhang Shaoyin (who later became a Kuomintang agent who infiltrated our side to carry out sabotage activities and was suppressed after liberation) to mobilize teachers and students to petition the authorities.

Ling Xiao himself sat at the home of Zhang Shaoyin, the Donglai Hotel on Jiuhua Street, grasped the trend of the struggle at any time, and was responsible for the organization and leadership of the entire "Reverse Hu" movement.

One day, Hong Renying reported that the reactionary teacher Zhang Mingshan was instigating everywhere on campus and often putting red hats on progressive teachers and students, threatening to kill their heads, causing panic among the whole school.

After Hearing the news, Ling Xiao immediately went to the Fifth Vocational School and mobilized teachers and students of the school to take to the streets to express solidarity.

Most of the students of the Fifth Vocational School are physically strong. Their solidarity action has greatly encouraged the petitioning teachers and students in the county.

Ling Xiao hit the iron while it was hot and delivered an impassioned speech to the teachers and students of the two schools:

"When Hu Heng becomes the principal, he will promote enslavement education and the fascist forces will rise. This is something that the vast number of progressive teachers and students cannot allow... We must carry forward the glorious tradition of May Fourth and let the flower of democracy and freedom bloom on campus! ”

After hearing the news, the county self-defense group sent more than 30 thugs from the pseudo-county self-defense forces to the bullet press. However, before they arrived, they were besieged by citizens and parents.

The progressive teachers and students of the two schools, armed with wooden sticks and bricks, broke through the self-defense force's cordon and successfully expelled Hu Heng from the county. The Self-Defense Forces had to shrink back.

Seeing that the momentum was not good, the authorities did not dare to stalemate, and were forced to withdraw their lives and replace him with Yu Shigen, an enlightened person who was ideologically progressive and sympathetic to the revolution, as the principal.

This was the first contest between the leaders of the masses and local reactionary forces after the birth of the Guichi Special Branch of the CPC.

This contest not only tempered the newborn party organizations, expanded the party's influence, and enhanced the party's prestige, but also successfully united the vast number of teachers and students and inspired the revolutionary fighting spirit of the people of the whole county.

At the same time as the struggle to "overthrow Hu," Comrade Ling Xiao also led the citizens of the county town to carry out a struggle to "grab rice, which was also a complete victory.

At that time, it was the spring famine season, and the landlords and profiteers colluded with each other, hoarded and hoarded, and raised the price of grain, resulting in a miserable scene of rice pearls paying cinnamon and starvation everywhere.

One day, Ling Xiao took Zhou Kongen and Zhou Kezhong, disguised themselves as ordinary rice buyers, squeezed into the crowd, and encouraged the hungry people to grab rice. In one day, 5 merchants were robbed, and Zhu Tongchang alone snatched out more than 300 bags of rice.

Almost all of the poor citizens of the county were involved in this wave of rice grabbing.

The county magistrate, who was furious and had planned to lead the troops to suppress him, was worried about the expansion of the situation and did not dare to act rashly.

Near Liupoji, there is a large-scale private enterprise Mantou Mountain Coal Mine. There are four mining companies under the coal mine, including Xieji, Yuji, Liuhe and Minsheng, with a total of more than 1,000 coal miners.

Workers are required to perform 12 hours of heavy labor per day in harsh environments. Digging a ton of coal only costs 4 dimes and 2 cents, and it is limited to the settlement and distribution of the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The miners live in poverty all year round without food and clothing.

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