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When the campaign of eliminating counter-revolutionaries was over, I needed a new job.At that time, the director of the Public Security Bureau of Dongyang County wanted me to be the head of a unit of the Public Security Bureau.The main task of the unit was to counter the special forces, specifically to detect the latent organization of the Kuomintang.Of course, I’d love to.However, the court also nominated me to be the president of the court of Shanglu.The two places were fighting over me.But ultimately, it was up to the county’s organization department to decide where I should be placed.
The representative from organization department came to me and said, “Don’t go to the public security bureau or the court.According to your performance, the organization has decided to put you in the position of the deputy director of the Party Committee Office of Pan’an Commune to preside over the work.” To tell the truth, from my heart, I still wanted to go to the public security bureau.I worshipped the heroes, and doing reconnaissance and catching spies were more attractive to me.So, I still applied to go to the public security bureau.People in the organization department said that Pan’an was in need of cadres, sending me there was a promotion.Individual will was possible, but, as a member of the Communist Party of China, I had to consider the needs of the organization and obey the organization’s arrangements.
It turned out that in the three years I was in the office for the elimination of eliminate counter-revolutionaries, great changes had taken place in the countryside, especially in 1958, when the “General Line”, the “Great Leap” and the “People’s Commune” initiated by the Communist Party of China and was implemented fervently throughout the country.At that time, Pan’an County was abolished and the whole territory was under the jurisdiction of Dongyang County.The original Pan’an County was divided into two people’s communes: Anwen People’s Commune and Panfeng People’s Commune.The eight administrative districts （formerly the eight townships） under Anwen People’s Commune were very large.At the time, the Anwen People’s Commune was already the flagship commune across the nation because of its size.
I said, “I don’t have experience working in the countryside.” I hoped in my heart that I could stay and work in the city.The people in the organization department said, “If you don’t know, you can learn! You were learning by doing in the campaign of eliminate counter-revolutionaries too!” I said, “Anwen Commune is too big.It has eight administrative districts, almost half the size of Pan’an County.I don’t think I am ready for it.” They said, “Don’t be afraid.You have leaders for direction, secretaries, statisticians and other staff for support.You just pass on the orders and connect all the information for the leaders.The work in the party committee is more important than the work in the public security bureau.You will arrange, What the higher-ups have arranged further, and report the following information together.” They added, “The party committee office is an important leadership and administrative division of the party.Your work is very important.It is more important than working in the public security bureau or the court.It’s a test from the organization.You just have to work hard.”
Indeed, at that time the people’s commune was a unified administrative agency, with the party committee leading everything and the party committee’s office being the direct executive organ of the party committee, which was very powerful.At that time, I was only under consideration for being a party member, and I was directly appointed as deputy director of the party committee office to preside over the work.This was an exceptional promotion.It was both recognition from the organization of my abilities and a statement of trust in me.On second thought, I was happy to go to Anwen.