The chairman not only has a sense of the overall situation beyond his peers, but in fact, he is also extraordinary in the handling of details. This article tries to briefly analyze several details of the contradiction between the chairman's mediation and Rao Shushi.
1. Whoever goes to Yan'an will stay and preside over the work.
Chen and Rao had contradictions, and the contradictions between them were temporarily difficult to reconcile, and the chairman took a reasonable countermeasure: cold treatment.
Because both sides of the contradiction are competing, it is very difficult to really suppress the conflict with external forces far away in the northwest.
Then, who stays to preside over the work and who goes to Yan'an has become a choice.
As we wrote in the previous text, the chairman and Comrade ** are old acquaintances. When Jinggangshan met with the teacher, Comrade ** could be regarded as the third person after Zhu Mao. And after the turmoil of the "September Letter", they know each other well.
The Chairman is not familiar with Rao. Rao first worked in the white area and was familiar with Comrade Shaoqi. Later, he led the international communist movement abroad for a long time, and worked hard to win the sympathy and assistance of the people of the world. During the Southern Anhui Incident, Rao Shushi bribed the enemy company commander to escape and was examined, but due to the difficulty in collecting evidence, it was difficult to reach a conclusion for a while, and it was the chairman and Comrade Shaoqi who came forward to vouch.
This should be based on two reasons: First, Comrade Shaoqi appreciates Rao;Second, Rao's words and deeds in the southern Anhui incident left a deep and good impression on the chairman.
Therefore, there is no problem with who stays and who leaves, and it should be acceptable to both sides.
However, from the perspective of work needs, it is undoubtedly more appropriate to leave behind: because Lai Chuanzhu has just taken over as director of the Political Department, it is still too difficult to say whether he can provoke the political work of the entire New Fourth Army. But after Mr. Chen left, there were still Zhang Yunyi, Su Yu, and even Ye Fei, Zhang Aiping, etc., and at that time, these military talents had fully demonstrated their outstanding military talents!
However, the chairman did not make a mandatory request, but used a consultative tone in the telegram: "We hope that Chen will come to Yan'an to participate in the "Seventh National Congress". The last time you called and asked for one person to extend, we didn't know about the discord between you at that time, and now there is such a situation, and the basic reason is because the issue is not cleared up. For example, Chen came to Yan'an to participate in the "Seventh National Congress" and stayed here for about half a year
Since ** called, the two sides had no objection: Chen went to Yan'an, and Rao stayed.
2. Why did the chairman not listen to the face-to-face report at the first time.
After returning to Yan'an, who felt full of grievances, his first reaction was to report the situation to the chairman in person.
But the chairman did not meet with ** at the first time, let alone communicate about the Huanghuatang incident. The reason is also very simple: first, the chairman knows that he has just come back and returned with the emotions left in the Huanghuatang incident, and it is very doubtful whether the situation reported on the bench before it is hot can stand in an objective and fair position to the greatest extent. The second is that if the chairman communicates with ** for the first time, he will naturally have preconceived ideas, which is also unfair to Rao Shushi, who is far away in China.
Therefore, the chairman said to Chen: If you want to talk about the experience of staying in the south to conduct guerrilla warfare for three years and the experience of the New Fourth Army in resisting Japan, I can arrange for a meeting to be convened for you to talk for three days and three nights. If you talk about Xiao Rao, don't say a word.
In fact, in the past few months in Yan'an, **'s mood is still up and down. Of course, this change is due to both the chairman's reason and the reason of Rao Shushi, who is far away in central China.
After a few months of cold treatment, **'s understanding is not only gradually improving, but also becoming more and more able to calmly deal with the differences between himself and Rao. In fact, after the chairman's ideological work and his own reflection, he was completely relieved and let go in the end.
3. Let the bell tie person untie the bell.
The chairman felt that the two sides had calmed down and the time for resolving the problem was more mature.
On March 15, 1944, the chairman sent a telegram to the Central China Bureau and the Military Subcommittee of the New Fourth Army: "The controversy between Comrades Chen and Rao is only in the nature of a working relationship, and the controversy over the western Fujian region during the civil war is in the nature of a number of individual issues, not a controversy over the general line Regarding the work in southern Anhui and southern Jiangsu during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Comrade ** carried out the ** line and cannot be generalized with Comrade Xiang Ying. Whether it was the period of the Civil War or the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Comrade ** had meritorious service and did not make a mistake in the line. If any comrade is unclear about the above two points, please explain to Comrade Soseki. ”
In the early revolutionary history of Comrade *, the Chairman has the right to speak, so the Chairman made a conclusion to Comrade ** in this telegram. But the last sentence turned out to be "Comrade Soseki please explain."
This is very interesting, because Rao has worked with Chen for a short time and does not know Chen very well at all, so why did the chairman "ask Comrade Soseki to explain"?
Quite simply, Rao was the initiator of the arguments within the New Fourth Army that he had consistently opposed the chairman, the political commissar, and the political work system, and it was reasonable for the chairman to "ask Comrade Soseki to explain it," because in fact, rumors did not stop at the wise, but were refuted by the initiators.
Rao Shushi sent a telegram saying: "Comrade Chen still has some problems in his ideological consciousness and organizational concepts. He still has a right-wing view on the united front, on cultural cadres, and on certain organizational principles. There are some prejudices about past historical issues, and sometimes they use very bad old styles, and these calls from Comrade Chen have vaguely mentioned them, so I welcome them when I call. But it seems that there is still no clarity, so I will tell you in detail so that you can help him.
At this time, the chairman showed great restraint, "so that you can help him", then well, I will go back to the ideological work of Comrade **. The chairman still did not take the face-to-face communication method with **, but still wrote: "Be patient in everything, think more about your own shortcomings, gain what you can't, take care of the overall situation, as long as you don't want to be big, forgive others".
The letter was not strong enough, and the next day, the chairman took time out of his busy schedule to see the sick **. I was very moved, and said on the spot: I was very angry, but now I have no opinions.
At this stage, the two sides of the conflict have fully expressed their opinions and communicated meticulously. In this process, the President took into account and met the demands of both sides.
On August 25, 1945, the chairman sent a telegram to the Central China Bureau and Rao: "Comrade * flew to Taihang yesterday and transferred to Central China. **Very good attitude, everything is clear. Division of labor: Rao is the secretary and political commissar, Chen is the commander and deputy secretary, and the rest remain unchanged. ”
By this time, the contradictions between the two sides had actually settled and had to be settled.