The docks of Wuhan were extremely busy. As a hub of water transport, supplies from the Jianghan line were transported to the north of the Yangtze River and then needed to be shipped to the south bank. The vessels plying the Yangtze also brought rolling business opportunities. This was the largest city controlled by the People's Party, and the second largest city in the country in terms of GDP, second only to Shanghai. The People's Party had taken over Wuhan during the flood, and the foreign consular corps once believed that this group of country bumpkin bandits from the People's Party could absolutely not manage Wuhan. As a result, this group of "bandits," who painted slogans everywhere and could skillfully use Chinese characters, taught the foreign diplomatic corps a severe lesson.

What the foreign devils could see was that, in addition to disaster relief, the "bandits" used weapons to force officials at all levels to describe trade circulation methods on the spot, listening and recording at the same time. In addition to coercing officials, they also inquired everywhere. Just when the foreign devils felt that the People's Party was at its wit's end, this organization began to manage and operate Wuhan's commerce and trade.

The foreign devils were deeply impressed by the young rebel leader He Zudao, who could also speak some foreign languages. He was in his early twenties, excessively young. He Zudao not only managed Wuhan, which was in chaos during the flood, but even demanded a handover of government affairs with the foreign consular corps in a very methodical manner. It was only from that time on that the foreign consular corps realized that the People's Party they were dealing with was by no means ordinary bandits, but a well-trained regular army.

And after another police force began to station in Wuhan, another slightly famous name entered the sights of the consular corps. A foreign patrolman had his wife abducted by a Chinese man, which was considered a big deal. And the head of the People's Party police force was the "somewhat legendary" former Shanghai International Settlement police officer Lin Shenhe.

Lin Shenhe was responsible for the public security department, and under his iron-fisted governance, Wuhan's law and order improved a lot. Moreover, the diplomatic corps of various countries discovered something extremely rare in the world and unheard of in China. The customs personnel of the People's Party actually did not accept bribes. In the tariff negotiations with the British, the British naturally refused to hand over the tax money. The People's Party did not force them, but they equipped their own personnel in all customs offices at a ratio of one to three based on the existing staff. They worked and learned at the same time, and soon mastered the knowledge of the Manchu Qing customs. And they accurately grasped the amount of tax money controlled by the British.

The British naturally would not take out the tax money that had already fallen into their hands. However, the People's Party demanded that the British hand over the tax money collected next to the People's Party. The Boxer Indemnity was secured by customs revenue. The diplomatic corps of various countries were naturally unwilling. If they were unwilling, the two sides would grind and resist here, and the performance of the People's Party made the diplomatic corps really unable to resist. They couldn't cheat the People's Party if they wanted to, and tens of thousands of troops were not something the Wuhan consular corps could resist.

After the People's Party was willing to import a large number of goods from various countries, the four countries of Britain, France, Germany, and the United States agreed to the People's Party's request. Although Russia and Japan were dissatisfied, they could not intervene in the People's Party's actions in Wuhan. Coupled with the great changes in the situation in China, this tariff money was finally in the hands of the People's Party.

The 1908 flood turned the three towns of Wuhan into a water country, and there was no harvest of grain. The People's Party used both soft and hard tactics to nationalize the land in Wuhan. The main roads were eight lanes, and the narrowest roads were four lanes. The entire city began to rebuild under a strict layout.

Lin Shenhe led the comrades of the Party School to inspect the docks, and the next day they began to inspect civil affairs work. As a transmigrator from the 21st century, Chen Ke naturally had his own ideas about urban planning. The area facing the river was naturally the import and export trade zone, leaving a large area. And in the residential areas, every neighborhood had its own complete social support facilities according to the population. Post offices, schools, hospitals, shops, and of course, police stations. This was the concept of a sub-bureau rather than a local police station. The security offices were very dense, in charge of security issues in each street.

The sub-bureau combined household registration, temporary residence, various criminal and civil police teams, and a series of functions were all concentrated within the jurisdiction of the sub-bureau. The household registration book was the most important thing provided by the People's Party to the residents of Wuhan.

When Lin Shenhe entered the Hanyang Changjiang Road Sub-bureau, the liveliness here really made the comrade from the county town feel a burst of suffocation. There were so many people. The most eye-catching one was a middle-aged man sitting on the ground crying loudly. The surrounding police officers were trying to persuade him. Seeing Lin Shenhe coming with a large group of people, the police officers immediately saluted Lin Shenhe.

"What's going on?" Lin Shenhe asked while returning the salute.

"This resident lost his household registration book," the police officer said helplessly.

Losing a household registration book meant losing the identity recognized by the People's Party. Without this identity, whether applying for housing or a grain book, it became a big problem. As the saying goes, there is no making without breaking. The People's Party's attitude towards Wuhan was "take from the people and use for the people." Since they had already obtained a large amount of tax revenue from Wuhan, the goose that laid golden eggs, the People's Party did not begrudge making relatively large investments.

The People's Party had accumulated sufficient construction experience in Anhui. Now, the residential areas in Wuhan were all three-story red brick apartment buildings. Each apartment had tap water and its own kitchen and bathroom. Anyone willing to accept this household registration book could apply for housing, apply for a grain book, and apply for their children to enter school. The benefits were really numerous.

One of the most important reasons why dock workers were willing to join the trade union was that after joining the trade union, this series of benefits would be handled for you by the trade union. Especially for the poor wretches who made a living by physical labor, lived in straw sheds, and didn't know where their next meal was coming from. Suddenly being able to live in a small building with glass windows, how much virtue must have been accumulated in a past life for this? That was a red brick western-style building, a place where only foreign devils could live. Even if a single worker only had 15 square meters, it was absolutely worth it.

"Down with the evil old society, workers have housing, clothing, and food." Such propaganda was immediately implemented. At least Lin Shenhe believed that this was the reason why Lu Huitian hesitated to forcefully push for comprehensive land reform. If problems could be solved by administrative and financial means, the resistance and difficulties encountered by violent land reform could be saved.

Lin Shenhe himself clearly opposed this view at the Hubei Provincial Party Committee meeting. Wuhan relied on sucking blood from the commerce and trade of surrounding provinces to have such a scale of capital investment. As the person in charge of public security, Lin Shenhe firmly supported completing comprehensive land reform as soon as possible, establishing grassroots organizations, and implementing a strict urban-rural dual system. in these troubled times, the land of the four provinces of the base area must be firmly grasped. If these could not be achieved, the power of the People's Party could not be effectively exerted. Engaging in construction is difficult, but engaging in destruction is too easy. If effective management cannot be carried out, it is irresponsible to the party and irresponsible to the working people.

Looking at the pitiful appearance of the wailing man, Lin Shenhe almost blurted out, "Reissue it according to the regulations."

But this impulse only lasted for a moment. Lin Shenhe asked in a deep voice, "How was it lost?"

"He said he didn't know either. He just wanted us to reissue it for him. Before we could ask clearly, he started crying." Facing Lin Shenhe, the police officer answered very carefully.

"Letting him cry like this affects our normal work. Take him inside for questioning." Lin Shenhe answered decisively. The public security organs must first maintain order. If their own order is disrupted, what does that count for?

After saying this, Lin Shenhe asked loudly, "Where is the front desk staff on duty today?"

The police officers looked at each other, and someone answered, "The deputy director went out."

"Where is the director?" Lin Shenhe remembered as soon as he asked that the director was attending training at the Party School.

"The director and the deputy director went out together." The voices of the police officers were not very high.

"Where is the chief of the security section?" Lin Shenhe was really surprised.

"Several leaders went out together to show everyone the houses." Finally, a comrade gave a clear answer.

The public security organs distributed housing, distributed to nine communities. This was indeed a happy event, but the problem was that not a single person was left behind. This was a bit too excited. Lin Shenhe thought helplessly.

Facing the visiting cadres, Lin Shenhe smiled and said, "Come, everyone help out, take this citizen inside."

Seeing a group of young guys closing in on him, the middle-aged man on the ground was terrified. But he couldn't resist these police cadres who came from the army at all. Two police cadres grabbed the middle-aged man's arms from the left and right, and under the leadership of the police officer, dragged him into the conference room inside the sub-bureau.

The masses who came to handle affairs watched this clean and neat handling. Some gloated, and some showed a trace of fear.

"Comrade, explain to everyone. The sub-bureau is a place to solve problems for citizens, not a place for people to make trouble. No matter who it is, they cannot disturb social order." After explaining the work, Lin Shenhe entered the interrogation room with other comrades.

A dark crowd of people surrounded one person. This momentum scared the middle-aged man into sobbing quietly. Lin Shenhe felt more and more that something was wrong. If he was here to handle affairs, even if it was a big matter like reissuing a household registration book, he shouldn't be in such a state.

During the questioning process, this person was full of loopholes. Let alone the experienced Lin Shenhe, other public security cadres also heard the clues. Some people were already eager to interrupt. Glared at by Lin Shenhe, they managed to hold back the impulse to show off.

After asking the matter from beginning to end, Lin Shenhe first had the middle-aged man taken to the interrogation room. Only then did he ask, "Comrades, what are your views?"

"This person didn't tell the truth."

"He first said he couldn't find it three days ago, then said he lost it yesterday. It's illogical."

"Hmm?" Hearing this, someone immediately began to look through the inquiry records.

"Is this guy a swindler?" Someone had already tried to draw a conclusion.

After the comrades had discussed in a messy circle, Lin Shenhe interrupted the various discussions and even arguments that had begun to diverge disorderly. "Comrades, some say we should trust the masses, some say we shouldn't trust the masses. Both of these statements have their own supporting theories. I think as a public security organ, as an organ that maintains social order, what we should believe is the facts. How to see the facts, I think *On Practice* explains it very clearly. Who can narrate this passage?"

The police cadres looked at each other. Finally, a cadre who came from a political commissar background said: "The process of knowledge, the first step is to begin to contact external things, belonging to the stage of perception. The second step is to synthesize the data of perception, arrange and reconstruct it; this belongs to the stage of conception, judgment and inference. Only when the data of perception are very rich (not fragmentary) and correspond to reality (are not illusory) can we form correct concepts and logic on the basis of such data."

After reciting this passage, some comrades had already begun to understand, while others were still somewhat baffled.

Lin Shenhe didn't have the idea of letting everyone play charades. He explained straightforwardly: "Comrades, for any case, inquiry is the beginning of contacting external affairs. In this process, everyone cannot interrupt the statement of the person being questioned. If you interrupt, that is guidance in a certain sense. This is very detrimental to collecting original material. And when you interrupt, it shows that you already have a subjective view. For things that happened to others, if you use your subjectivity to imagine, it is easy to create illusions that do not conform to reality. If you rely entirely on your own subjective imagination, it is impossible to reach correct judgments and inferences."

The comrade who tried to interrupt the middle-aged man in the middle couldn't help blushing.

"Second, in the process of handling a case, I require that you do not start questioning immediately after recording the deposition. Study the deposition again first. See if there are any logical problems, and if there are any contradictions in the content of the statement. Then conduct a second inquiry to clear up these doubts. After this, look at the deposition again. Remember, in these two inquiries, do not guide others to speak, but listen to what they say themselves. This is the way to know the thing itself."

After saying this, Lin Shenhe scanned the circle. He could see that some comrades had understood these words and were reflecting. Some did not understand, and some did not focus on this study at all, but focused on the reactions of others. Or there were a few who simply echoed along, attracting Lin Shenhe's attention, trying to prove that they were better than others.

Combining their usual performance during the study period, Lin Shenhe had already begun to circle in his mind which comrades could enter the higher-level training class, and which comrades needed continued targeted education. And there were still some people who needed to be cleared out of the team.

Not only the public security department, but all departments of the People's Party School were advancing their work methodically. Regardless of how the comrades participating in this training viewed themselves, the evaluations from the teachers of various categories selected by Chen Ke, inspections, and thought reports from comrades, as well as various party organization life meetings, gathered together one after another.

"My name is White Crow, and I am ready." A comrade standing on the third-level four-meter high platform of the outward bound training back-fall project, with his toes on the edge of the platform, shouted loudly with his back to everyone.

"We are also ready, please believe in us!" The comrades under the platform also responded loudly.

This comrade who named himself White Crow still remembered that on the lower first level, a middle-aged comrade named Living God of Wealth had his body almost at an acute angle, falling with his butt forward. Comrade White Crow's arm was still aching faintly. So he tried his best to straighten his body, tighten his buttocks, and fall backwards into the empty space in as straight a form as possible.

In front of a four-meter-high climbing project wooden fence, the burliest comrade was at the bottom. He struggled to grab the legs of the tallest comrade. Two comrades rode on top of the wooden fence, using all their strength to pull up the two people below. On the other side of the wooden fence, the comrades who had already climbed over grabbed the legs of these two comrades and hung in mid-air to ensure that the two comrades riding on top could maintain their balance.

This climbing project was carried out by four groups simultaneously. Some comrades didn't think of these at first. They decided to abandon the last comrade like a strong man breaking his wrist. Seeing that there were new ideas on this side, someone immediately wanted to circle back.

"Eagle Team, because of violating the rules. Each team member does twenty push-ups first! As the captain, because you didn't stop it, double it, forty," the instructor shouted sternly.

"Instructor, I..." The captain comrade of the Eagle Team tried to argue.

"Attempting to argue before the instructor speaks, each person adds another ten push-ups. As the captain, for not stopping it, double it, twenty." The instructor not only interrupted the Eagle Team comrade's words but also gave them a new punishment according to the rules. After finishing thirty push-ups, the captain of the Eagle Team couldn't care less about being tired and hurriedly raised his hand to ask a question.

"Comrade of the Eagle Team, you are now allowed to ask questions," the instructor said.

"Instructor, how do we get back?"

"When I explained the rules, I said that you are only allowed to move within the range on both sides of the fence. How to get over, you discuss with your own team members." The instructor answered very crisply.

The prerequisite for outward bound training team formation was that all members did not know each other. The captain was selected by the team members after each member took turns delivering a "speech competing for captain." The captain of the Eagle Team gathered the team members, "We can only climb over again."

"Captain, after doing these dozens of push-ups, I'm almost out of strength," a team member said.

"If you don't have strength, rest for a while. There is still time now. Even if we fall to the last place, as long as time permits, we cannot leave a comrade over there," the captain said decisively.

The team members of the Eagle Team looked at their captain, and then looked at the team next to them. The captain of the Eagle Team was a staff officer in the army. If it weren't for the rule requiring the captain to cross the wooden fence to count as success, the captain would have acted like a strong man breaking his wrist and left himself over there. But the team that first came up with the idea of relying on collective dragging to get everyone over the wooden fence, their captain was a scout. Whether they had actual combat experience or not, it really made a difference.

Seeing the questioning and dissatisfied gazes of the team members, the Eagle Team captain blushed. But this shyness only lasted for a moment. The Eagle Team captain snapped to attention and saluted, "Comrades, my initial design was unreasonable. I only considered efficiency and did not consider perfection. Comrades have opinions about me, I think this is as it should be. But, our comrade is on the other side, and we still have time. Please believe me one more time. We will try our best to bring the comrade over. If time really doesn't allow, I won't let us all fail because of overtime. Are comrades willing to try again?"

The comrades who distrusted the captain were moved by these words. Everyone looked at each other, and finally someone said: "Let's start now while we still have some strength. If we rest for a while longer, we probably really won't have any energy."

A small comrade nodded and said, "Everyone in our team is thin. I'll try standing at the very bottom. It will save some effort when pulling later."

Seeing everyone so supportive, the Eagle Team captain really felt like tears were filling his eyes. He snapped another salute, "Thank you for your support, comrades. When I get over there, I will definitely make a profound self-criticism to the comrades."

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go. Who stands at the bottom this time?" The comrade who spoke named himself Cuckoo. He had an impatient temper and hadn't made a sound just now. Since the whole team had a consensus, he immediately shouted.

"Cuckoo, step out. Disobeying team discipline, do ten push-ups," the instructor shouted immediately.

Cuckoo was about to defend himself, but his sore arms from doing push-ups just now reminded him of the existence of discipline. Cuckoo shut his mouth and obediently did ten push-ups. Then he stood up and asked to ask a question.

"Cuckoo, you are allowed to ask questions," the instructor said.

"Instructor, why punish me for not observing team discipline?" Cuckoo shouted.

The instructor's voice was serious and earnest, "Because when choosing the captain, it was everyone's joint decision. As a member of the team, you have an obligation to accept the captain's command. After each climbing method was decided, before climbing, you all said you agreed to this climbing method, so if the captain is wrong, you are also wrong. You absolutely cannot turn around and command the whole team just because you think the captain made a mistake. This is the reason why I judged that you did not observe team discipline."

Cuckoo nodded but didn't make a sound anymore. The instructor didn't say much either, continuing to watch coldly from the side.

The Eagle Team captain was dispirited by this criticism, but he quickly recovered, "Comrades, let's discuss the order of the human ladder this time."

This was May 1, 1910. It was a day two months after the Third Plenary Session of the First Central Committee began. Although Chen Ke still hoped to continue a more comprehensive intra-party discussion, the actual situation did not allow him to continue like this. Transferring 6,000 party members from the base area had a huge impact on local work. Facing such a situation, Chen Ke decided to use large-scale outward bound training as the prelude to the conclusion. And the effect of this outward bound training, judging from the training, was not bad.