▁municipal ▁meeting ▁organized ▁by ▁the ▁C CP . ▁Even ▁under ▁elect roc ution ▁and ▁tort ure , ▁Ren ▁did ▁not ▁provide ▁any ▁conf ession ▁to ▁the ▁police . ▁As ▁a ▁response ▁to ▁his ▁det ain ment , ▁Z hou ▁En la i ▁acted ▁as ▁the ▁negoti ator ▁and ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁secure ▁a ▁prison ▁term ▁for ▁Ren ▁and ▁even ▁managed ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁term ▁to ▁secure ▁his ▁release ▁by ▁ 2 5 ▁December ▁ 1 9 2 9 . ▁In ▁April ▁and ▁September , ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁as ▁the ▁party ▁secretary ▁in ▁H ube i ▁and ▁Wu han . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁he ▁was ▁re called ▁to ▁Shang hai ▁following ▁the ▁failure ▁of ▁the ▁u pr ising ▁initi ated ▁by ▁Li ▁Lis an ▁in ▁Nan j ing . ▁ ▁Ren ▁was ▁re elect ed ▁as ▁a ▁Polit b uro ▁member ▁on ▁ 7 ▁January ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁during ▁the ▁extended ▁Four th ▁Pl en ary ▁Session ▁of ▁the ▁C CP . ▁On ▁ 7 ▁November , ▁during ▁the ▁First ▁Session , ▁ ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Central ▁Executive ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Soviet ▁Republic . ▁Following ▁the ▁shift ▁of ▁commun ist ▁influence ▁from ▁Shang hai ▁to ▁the ▁Ji ang xi ▁region , ▁Ren ▁protected ▁many ▁party ▁members ▁such ▁as ▁Z hang ▁A ip ing ▁who ▁were ▁imp licated ▁during ▁the ▁" Ant i - B ols he vik ▁League ▁incident ". ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Four th ▁En circ lement ▁Camp aign ▁against ▁Ji ang xi ▁Soviet ,