In December 1949, the Party Committee of the Eastern Sichuan District of the Communist Party of China and the Eastern Sichuan Administration were formally established, and General Yan Hongyan was appointed as the deputy secretary of the Eastern Sichuan District Party Committee and the director of the Eastern Sichuan Branch.
This general, who has experienced the southern and northern wars, began the journey of his new life.
For a long time, Sichuan was brutally ruled by imperialism, Kuomintang reactionaries, and feudal warlords, and the social order was chaotic and the people's lives were difficult.
After General Yan Hongyan transferred to local work, he always adhered to the leadership of the first class, and adopted a series of measures such as clearing bandits, opposing hegemony, suppressing rebellion, reducing rents, returning detainees, and land reform, and successfully governed the eastern Sichuan region.
He humbly asked for advice, stepped up his study of Xi, insisted on going down to the grassroots level, deeply understood the needs of the people, and formulated policies that were in line with the interests of the people, and won praise from the people.
In the process of work, Yan Hongyan has a democratic style, is approachable, and never puts on an official show.
Once, due to work, he had a disagreement with a comrade and an argument arose.
General Yan Hongyan used to be a soldier, and his personality was a little impatient, and he made a moment of gaffe and said that the other party was "farting".
The other party took a deep breath, restated his opinion, and asked, "Is it me farting, or is it that you, the director, are farting?"These words surprised everyone present, but General Yan Hongyan was stunned and did not make any response.
Afterwards, someone approached the comrade and said, "You have gone too far!."Of course, Comrade Yan Hongyan's words should not be said, but your attitude toward a leading comrade is too much.
This comrade also thought that he was too rash at that time, and felt afraid in his heart, worried that he would not have a good time in the future.
However, what he didn't expect was that Yan Hongyan found him the next day and apologized: "I lost my words yesterday and hurt you, I apologize to you."
Hearing these words, the comrade was very moved and reflected on himself.
Yan Hongyan said: "Don't feel burdened because you bumped into me, we work together, and it is inevitable that there will be times when we disagree."
In the days that followed, Yan Hongyan would use and trust this comrade without discrimination, no different from treating others, and would not put any hat on the other party.
In the autumn of 1952, when the establishment of Sichuan Province was restored, Yan Hongyan was transferred to work in the province and served as secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, vice governor of Sichuan Province, first secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, political commissar of the Chengdu Army, and secretary of the Southwest Bureau of the Communist Party of China.
Despite the heavy workload, he always maintained the revolutionary energy of the revolutionary war years.
After many years of tempering, Yan Hongyan has great experience in handling local work, and has developed a work style of taking Marxist principles as the guide, proceeding from reality in everything, and doing things according to actual conditions.
In the early summer of 1959, Yan Hongyan was particularly pleased to learn the news of a bumper rapeseed harvest in a certain county, and personally led the personnel to inspect and participate in the harvesting of the rapeseed experimental field.
After the first harvest, the yield per mu reached 260 catties, which was one to two times higher than the yield of a large area.
Yan Hongyan said very happily: "Once again, to get the final yield, we will have a meeting to celebrate the success of the experimental field!"However, a few cadres saw that the yield per mu did not reach the catty they boasted, so they began to deceive.
When General Yan Hongyan found out about their behavior, he was very angry and seriously criticized this style of deception.
Subsequently, he reported the matter at a meeting of the provincial party committee, and held that this phenomenon of deception is very common, and it is necessary to be vigilant against the spread of this bad style.
In his work, General Yan Hongyan was conscientious;In life, he is very frugal and does not want to engage in anything special.
After coming to Chengdu in 1952, he lived in an old house assigned to him by the organization.
The authorities considered installing clear glass for his office, but Yan Hongyan dissuaded him when he learned about it: "This house is already very good, but now the country's economy is still in difficulty, and there is no need to change it."
When the relevant department wanted to install lightning protection equipment in the place where he lived, he still disagreed: "The common people are not afraid of thunder, so what am I afraid of?"He has been eating in the collective canteen for a long time, and he never cares about the quality of the food, as long as he can eat it.
For organizational care, he always politely refused.
At the time of the wage reform, the comrades of the army took into account that he was still in the army, so they sent his salary.
Yan Hongyan saw that the salary of the troops was much higher than that of the locality, so he asked the secretary to send the money back, and said, "What am I doing with so much money?""The general also receives local salaries, devotes himself wholeheartedly to his duties in the army, and is very concerned about the building of the army.
Whether it is military training or political education, he always pays attention.
In the winter of 1959, the general was transferred to Yunnan and served as the first secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the first political commissar of the Kunming Military Region.
After taking office, his primary concern was to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people.
Under his leadership, the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee has actively carried out work, conducted in-depth investigations, effectively solved problems in the people's livelihood, organized agricultural and sideline production, and helped the masses tide over difficulties.
After going deep into the grassroots and listening to the opinions of the people, the general sent a letter to *** on May 10, 1961 to formally propose the dissolution of the public canteen.
**After receiving the letter from the general, he personally commented: Yan Hongyan's letter is very well written!In June 1961, at the first work conference held in Beijing, it was officially decided to abolish the provisions of the supply system in the distribution of the people's commune and stop the public canteen, and the "Letter from Yan Hongyan to the Chairman" also went down in history.
In the days that followed, the general devoted himself to doing practical things for the people of Yunnan and seeking well-being.
In May 1966, with the outbreak of a "wave" that swept the country, the general was naturally also involved.
In mid-August 1966, he attended the 11th Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and immediately after the meeting, he returned to Kunming.
After returning to Kunming, the general exchanged information with other leading comrades about the meeting and made a statement on the future development of the situation.
However, the situation later developed significantly beyond the general's expectations.
General Yan Hongyan's immortal spirit At 8 o'clock that night, Qin Jiwei's secretary came to Yan Hongyan's house and handed over a note that read: "The situation has changed, I can't come, my situation is very unsafe."
Yan Hongyan nodded after hearing this, expressing his understanding of Qin Jiwei: "It seems that his life is not easy!."Isn't that the case for me?In the days that followed, General Yan Hongyan always stood firm, courageously defended the truth, and was not afraid of power.
However, he was subjected to the **, counter-revolutionary group, and died young on January 8, 1967, at the age of 58.
The news of General Yan Hongyan's death soon spread throughout Yunnan, and the vast number of party, government, and military cadres were all grief-stricken when they heard the news.
Although the counter-revolutionary clique ordered that no memorial service should be held at that time, the party, government, and military organs and many people in Kunming spontaneously held a memorial service for General Yan Hongyan.
**After learning the news of Yan Hongyan's death, he was shocked and said with tears: "Yan Hongyan is a good comrade, in such a difficult situation, he is bent on work, he wants to work!."He doesn't deserve to die!Many comrades-in-arms were also deeply saddened when they learned of his unfortunate death.
In the face of the predicament at the time, they stepped forward and did not hesitate.
General Yan Hongyan was still treated unjustly, and it was not until October 6, 1976, that he was rehabilitated after successfully defeating the "Gang of Four".
On January 24, 1978, in the auditorium of the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing, the portrait of General Yan Hongyan was hung, and the mourning was low and the voices of sorrow were everywhere.
**, Peng Zhen and other **leaders stood solemnly in the front row, and Yan Hongyan's relatives Wang Tengbo and others stood solemnly on the left side.
The host announced: Silent mourning for Comrade Yan Hongyan.
In the sound of mourning, many elderly generals and Yan Hongyan's former comrades-in-arms wept bitterly.
General Yan Hongyan's urn was placed in the main hall of the mourning hall of the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, surrounded by Commander-in-Chief Zhu, **Marshal, **Marshal and other founding fathers and heroes.
In this solemn and solemn mourning hall, General Yan Hongyan is no longer lonely.
His immortal spirit lives on in the hearts of men.