From 1947 To Early 1948, Party Consolidation In The Land Reform In Taihang Area

In 1946,with the promulgation of the May 4th Directive,the land reform movement began.The land reform of CCP took the aim of overthrowing the rule of the feudal landlords and aimed at launching the masses to turn over.The interweaving of the economic revolution and the political revolution was a major feature of the CCP’s concept of turning over.However,because of the power to control the distribution of benefits,many rural cadres who had grown up in the land reform had become “new slate”,corrupting and oppressing the masses.In the eyes of many peasants,these “bad cadres” were even more hindered from turning over than the landlord class,and the objects of the economic revolution and the political revolution were gradually deviating.After the National Land Conference,the CCP acknowledged and used the class discourse to explain the existence of a serious impure party within the party,and released signals of strong support for poor-peasant and a full party rectification.In the process of party and cadre rectification,the phenomenon of “abandoning old cadres” occurred in Pingding County.This phenomenon is not uncommon in other regions.The reasons for “abandoning old cadres” were very complicated.Besides being related to the “leftist” political atmosphere,they were also closely linked to the line of supporting the poor-peasants.The strict rectification of the old foundation which began with the land reform and was intertwined with the land reform involved the Communist Party’s attempt to build a rural mass regime.However,the new class morality and judging criteria were difficult to stabilize during a short period of time due to the rapid changes of the revolutionary line.Overemphasizing the poor-peasant line had caused the power of the poor-peasant groups to expand.The superior’s instruction had been alienated in the process of sinking.In many areas,the movement against the oppression of the cadres had been alienated and become a movement which was against the lead of the party.CCP’s authority at the grassroots level had been compromised.The movement showed a complex and chaotic side,and finally had to wind up with the poor-peasant league’s leaving the stage of history.On the other hand,the implementation of the movement still showed high efficiency of CCP.Under the strong leadership of the CCP,many members of the working group had tried their best to bridge the gap between the central principle and the actual situation through self-persuasion and revision.To a large extent,the working group had been still maintaining the basic operation of the village administration.Rural society showed a situation of turmoil on the one hand and consistency on the other.