No, it's the exact opposite- the Nationalists resorted to mass conscription during the civil war, which is one of the reasons they were so unpopular at the end. The PLA were under strict orders not to take anything from the people they encountered. No matter how badly off they were, they had to pay for everything when they went through a village. This was a massive propaganda victory, as Chinese peasants expected to be looted whenever an army came through their village. It had been the norm for thousands of years, and a common experience for the last few decades. The Communists saw massive support from the peasantry and the PLA's numbers swelled.