"Everything for the masses, everything relying on the masses, from the masses, to the masses." Li Shouxian repeatedly emphasized the Mass Line at the working conference of the newly established Zhejiang Provincial Committee and government. "This does not mean that whatever the masses say is right. Our People's Party is the vanguard of the labor alliance, so we must rely on the broad masses of laborers. On the basis of land reform, we must promote the development of labor power, become one with the laboring masses, and practically solve the problems encountered by the laboring masses in the process of labor. Therefore, we must always remember that we are also members of the laborers."

Being able to consistently adhere to such a style was the biggest reason why Li Shouxian was able to rise rapidly within the Party. As a laborer who knew how hard labor really was, Li Shouxian never held anything back. What he hoped for most was that everyone around him was a true laborer, so that things could really be done. The organization had mobilized a large number of young cadres to work in Zhejiang to liberate Hebei and Shandong. During the period when the campaigns to liberate the Northeast and the Southeast were proceeding simultaneously, the shortage of cadres was particularly serious. To be able to allocate hundreds of young cadres to Li Shouxian during this difficult period, the Organization Department had really done its utmost.

"Is the primary task at the moment to purge the reactionaries?" Some comrades felt that Li Shouxian was putting the cart before the horse.

To such a question, Li Shouxian answered calmly: "If we only kill the reactionaries, most of the masses will think that we have only defeated the reactionaries militarily. Of course, this is also a way to establish a new order, but I think we can perhaps do better. Let the masses realize why we must kill the reactionaries. Whether the masses support why we do this is not the most critical thing. Letting the masses understand what kind of new society we want to build is the way for the revolution to truly penetrate the masses."

"What if, after the masses understand the purpose of our revolution, they choose to support the reactionaries?" a comrade asked.

Li Shouxian did not get angry at such a difficult question. He looked at the young comrade and smiled: "If such a thing really happens, then first of all it proves that our propaganda has already taken effect. Comrade, you must know one thing, the masses of the people are very smart, smarter than those guys who call themselves rulers. Their judgment of interests is more accurate than anyone else's. When it's time to tell lies to fool people, the masses know how to speak better than anyone else. If you think the masses will be buried with forces that are destined to perish, that is completely an illusion!"

Seeing Li Shouxian's broad-mindedness, the young comrade who spoke below stopped joking. He asked: "Secretary Li, I have never quite understood why the masses cannot have higher political consciousness. what exactly is the fundamental difference between us People's Party members and the masses?"

Many comrades had this question, and everyone pricked up their ears waiting to hear Li Shouxian's speech on this matter.

"The fundamental difference between us People's Party members and the masses lies in the fact that we have a powerful organization, and each of us relies on the various resources provided by this organization. And we ourselves also provide the labor within our capacity to this organization. Even if there are lazy people among us, organizational discipline and organizational rules are restraining us. Any comrade who cannot meet the needs of the organization will basically be transferred from their post. Take the army as an example. A single order from Chairman Chen can make tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of soldiers cooperate sincerely for the same goal. This is not because Chairman Chen has any magic power personally, nor is it because everyone blindly worships Chairman Chen. Because Chairman Chen is in this position, he himself must serve the interests of the entire organization and the interests of the entire Liberated Area. In the future, when we liberate all of China, he must serve the interests of all of China. Every one of our comrades is like this. Since our interests come from such a huge organization, every one of us must serve the interests of the organization. This is the stance."

The comrades fell silent. This was the first time a senior cadre had explained the relationship between the individual and the organization so clearly to them from a purely interest-based perspective. Although everyone had heard this before, for the comrades, the words of a senior cadre were more convincing than those of the political commissars and secretaries around them. Even though what Li Shouxian said was exactly the same as what political commissars and secretaries at all levels said.

Li Shouxian continued: "Comrades, why do you feel that the masses have no consciousness? Because the masses can only rely on themselves. If it's a bit larger, they have to rely on their family. If it's expanded a bit more, they have to rely on their clan. People say that even an upright official finds it hard to settle family quarrels. This is saying that even within intimate organizations like families and clans, the contradiction between individual interests and overall interests is already very intense. For such a large organization as ours, there is no need for people with ulterior motives to stir up trouble. Just between various departments and in various time periods, legitimate needs can trigger fierce debates and even confrontation. This is a conflict of interests. Specific problems can be analyzed specifically, but anyone who thinks that this kind of conflict will not happen is making the mistake of not seeking truth from facts."

Hearing this, the comrades burst into laughter. Li Shouxian's words made the young comrades feel a burst of relief, because usually most debates would encounter accusations of "disunity". And the young people's rebellious psychology was very dissatisfied with this kind of constraint.

"Then let's return to the Mass Line. There is one thing we must recognize clearly. This world is changing all the time. If there is a world that no longer changes, that world must be a dead world. As long as we still exist in this material world, then the world is changing every moment. The biggest change in China right now is that the old social system is about to be overthrown, and as the vanguard of the laborers, our People's Party wants to build a new world. Following the Mass Line means letting the laboring masses contact our organization and accept the services of our organization. And the service we provide is to help the masses labor better. The masses will naturally have various needs. We must be good at listening to the needs of the masses. And we must learn to grasp the needs of the masses attempting to change their destiny through labor and attempting to improve their lives through labor. As long as we can discover these needs and satisfy these needs of the masses, then the masses will definitely stand on our side!"

Speaking of this, Li Shouxian waved his arm in the air, "Everything for the masses, everything relying on the masses, from the masses, to the masses. This is the Mass Line, and it is also the working method we must adhere to!"

The comrades immediately began to applaud enthusiastically. These words immediately raised everyone's confidence by a large margin. Facing complex situations, facing the non-cooperation and even questioning of the masses, simply shouting "everything for the masses" like a slogan could not solve any problems at all. Many comrades had complained in private, "How many nails can a person make even if they are made of iron? If I work alone and the masses ignore me, what is the use?" But Li Shouxian's words made everyone feel their eyes light up. Many specific methods were already very clear in Li Shouxian's words.

Li Shouxian laughed: "It's useless to say more, comrades, let's start working!"

After the meeting ended, the political commissars and secretaries responsible for party and government work smiled at Li Shouxian: "Secretary Li, you released this group of Sun Monkeys from the Flower and Fruit Mountain, just waiting for them to make havoc in Heaven!"

Li Shouxian laughed: "Havoc in Heaven? As long as they are going to labor, they will know that with the tightening band of labor on their heads, any kind of Monkey King will have a splitting headache!"

Although they did not hear Li Shouxian's words, the young Sun Monkeys soon learned the power of labor. Even if the suppression of reactionaries was not allowed to expand, it did not mean that Li Shouxian was here to protect the reactionaries. After persuading the comrades and determining the general direction of the entire Zhejiang work at the provincial committee meeting, Li Shouxian immediately presided over the liquidation of the reactionaries in western Zhejiang.

The effectiveness of having household registration or not was shown at this time. conducting inquiries against the determined household registration, and following the vine to get the melon regarding the whereabouts of missing persons, many things could be figured out. The Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army re-created local household registration and rebuilt population archives. This was not only heavy paperwork, but also involved a comprehensive investigation of the locality. Some people had to be stationed in the locality to investigate the population and household registration. There were also comrades who had to go everywhere. In addition to verifying the data, they also had to report the data back to the statistics department. This was work that would break one's legs and wear out one's lips.

After the statistical work was preliminarily completed, the western Zhejiang side had to investigate the missing persons. The most missing persons in western Zhejiang were women and children. The Beiyang Army had a system of military prostitutes. In order to curry favor with the Beiyang Army officers, the reactionaries in western Zhejiang also sent good-looking women to the Beiyang Army officers. How to find the whereabouts of these women as soon as possible was an arduous task.

As more and more cities in Zhejiang were liberated, the comrades in western Zhejiang, based on the intelligence collected, began to go to various places to look for the trafficked personnel. The development of things was just as Li Shouxian said. The Sun Monkeys who were released had no time to act wildly at all. As long as they were comrades who went to labor, without exception, they all stepped on the long journey of seeking the right path.

The women of western Zhejiang who were trafficked by the reactionaries to various places began to be retrieved one by one. These women suffered all kinds of bullying. After returning to their hometowns, they were invited to participate in interrogations and confrontations. Seeing the enemies who killed their relatives and sold them to other places, the women immediately rushed up regardless of their own safety to fight these reactionaries desperately. If the comrades hadn't been prepared and quickly stopped them, many of the bound reactionaries would definitely have shed blood on the spot.

It was not only the trafficked women who were brought back. Some traffickers involved were also escorted to western Zhejiang after being arrested. Even a lot of documents for buying and selling human beings were seized. With both human testimony and material evidence complete, the guys who originally flatly denied their crimes and refused to admit them finally succumbed. The reason why they insisted on not confessing mostly stemmed from the stubborn instinct of human beings to be unable to admit defeat. These guys knew very well that with what they had done, even if it wasn't the present time when the People's Party controlled western Zhejiang, as long as it wasn't a particularly scoundrel period, these crimes were capital offenses. Once admitted, the crimes would be conclusive. Being killed by others was other people's business, but admitting that one deserved to die was something only heroes and cowards could easily do.

Facing conclusive human testimony and material evidence, the psychological defense line of some guys who were originally holding on bitterly finally collapsed. And the ugly side of human beings was demonstrated vividly in them. No longer caring about the friendship when killing people together, these people scrambled to expose the crimes of their accomplices like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube. This was of great help in finding out what happened in western Zhejiang.

The detailed and arduous work of the People's Party, in addition to subduing the reactionaries, also had a huge impact among the ordinary masses in western Zhejiang. Seeing with their own eyes that the People's Party actually found those women whom everyone originally thought they would never see again with magical powers, while the masses were surprised, they also knew that past events could no longer be hidden. After the original fluke mentality vanished, the masses also began to cooperate with the work of the People's Party, and various exposures gradually increased.