Clearing Bandits And Fighting Bullies:Startup Mechanism For Land Reform

Before liberation the local society bandits problems in Southern Sichuan is serious.The destruction activities of the bandits poses a severe threat to farmers' interests.At this time,the local main contradiction in Southern Sichuan is not the contradiction between landlords and peasants,but the contradiction between bandits and farmers.To mobilize farmers,to win the support of farmers,and to solve the social main contradiction,must start from clearing bandits and fighting bullies.In the study,through the field research and practice of oral history of Xi Town of Southern Sichuan province,the essay collects a large amount of oral material.Then through sorting and analyzing both the local data and the existig official historical data,on the basis of the oral history,it tries to write the historical process of clearing bandits and fighting bullies.In the case where the old regime has not been abolished,what they only can do is to secretly dig the backbone of peasant associations.Due to the rise of bandits problems in swarms,farmers holds hesitant wait-and-see attitude towards the situation,rendering the the work of mobilizing the public blocked.To open the difficult situation,to obtain the support fo farmers,the people's liberation army begin to focus on clearing bandits to embolden the farmers;Through the establishment of peasant associations,the trial of bandits,the call of the rehabilitation of bandits,they form the farmers' own organization,obtain further trust of the farmers,inspire some farmers'hatred towards the landlord,realize the transition of the bandits' and the landlord'weapons to farmers' weapons.Only by thoroughly eliminating bandits,can they assure farmers free from all worries.After the rout of the big flow of bandits,they launch farmers to comprehensively clear bandits,meanwhile establish the armed force of peasants,and improve peasant organizations;at the same time,they hold complain conference,reverse the farmers' opinion about "landlords feed farmers",and improve the farmers' consciousness.This study embarks on the background of local characteristic.During describing clearing bandits and fighting bullies in the south of Sichuan province in details,the essay reveals how the clearing bandit and fighting bullies become startup mechanism of land reform.By the clearing bandit and fighting bullies,they have access to the unwavering support of the masses,laying the political psychological foundation for land reform;During clearing bandit and fighting bullies,peasant associations begin to set up,organize and mobilize the masses to participate in the clearing bandit and fighting bullies,forming a functioning mechanism of land reform;in the early period of clearing bandit and fighting bullies,they lay emphasis on digging and cuitivating the backbone of peasant associations,enhance the authority of the rule,and gain more recognition of farmers,being more conducive to future work of land reform;they form the armed force of peasants,providing the foundation of violence for the upcoming land reform of fighting landlords and dividing land.