Author: Tan Cultural Revolution.
I have been relegated to the "second line" for more than four years, and I will officially retire in the next four years. This is not that I have a bad mentality, but that people who are over the "fifth five" year, whether they are studying or Xi, should focus on internal cultivation. Only by paying attention to internal cultivation can we calm our minds and continuously improve our realm.
The day before yesterday, a staff member of the Lianyuan Court, that is, my unit, called me **, saying that there was a group study and Xi activity in Ningxiang the next day, and asked me to participate as much as possible. I didn't want to go, and I did have some work to deal with quickly, but the staff member quipped: "This time I went to Ningxiang to visit the former residence of He Shuheng and the former residence of Xie Jueya, you must be interested." "I really should go, so I said yes.
I have some basic understanding of the two revolutionary veterans, He Lao and Xie Lao, and I also admire them very much. He Shuheng is a native of Ningxiang, Hunan, a proletarian revolutionary, a representative of the Communist Party of China, one of the founders of the Communist Party of China, and a classmate of *** and Cai Hesen. Xie Jueya, also a native of Ningxiang, Hunan, is an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, one of the "Four Elders" of the Long March, and one of the "Five Elders" of Yan'an; he is a well-known jurist, educator, outstanding social activist, a pioneer in the legal academic circles, and the founder of the people's judicial system; he has served as president of the Supreme People's Court and vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Lianyuan borders Ningxiang, there is a direct connection to the province, in the eighties of the last century, when I was studying in the provincial capital, I occasionally took a car to pass through Ningxiang, and I was more familiar with the line. I shared two buses with my party members and colleagues, although the condition was very average and the road was a little bumpy, but everyone didn't care. There were revolutionary songs in the car, and then everyone started singing together, the atmosphere was very good, relaxed and pleasant, and after about an hour and a half, we arrived at our destination.
The first stop is to visit the former residence of Comrade Xie Jueya. Xie Lao was born in 1884, 9 years older than ***, he taught at Hunan No. 1 Normal School in his early years, and studied at Hunan No. 1 Normal School when he was young. I don't know if Xie Lao was the best teacher back then?It doesn't seem to be, but that's up for consideration. Xie Lao actively participated in the May Fourth Movement from 1918 to 1919, and founded the "Ningxiang Xunkan", in August 1920, he served as the editor-in-chief of the "Hunan Popular Daily", in January 1921, he joined the Xinmin Society founded by the youth *** and others, joined the Communist Party of China in 1925, and in early 1926, he served as the editor-in-chief of the "Hunan Semi-Monthly", and in the summer of the same year, he served as the editor of "Hunan**", and edited the "Hunan Minbao", and in March 1928, he went to Shanghai to edit the "Red Flag", the first organ of the Communist Party of China In 1930, he was responsible for the organization and leadership of the "Shanghai Poster" founded by the Communist Party of China, and in 1931, he entered the revolutionary base area of western Hunan and Hubei provinces, and successively served as the secretary general of the provincial party committee and the deputy minister of culture of western Hunan and Hubei provinces. Mr. Xie's experience in running periodicals and newspapers made me and my comrades admire and amaze. Xie Lao was the originator and pioneer of propaganda, culture and education in the early days of the Chinese revolution, and made immortal contributions to the final victory of the Chinese revolution.
I thought to myself, how could Xie Lao, the originator and pioneer of propaganda, culture, and education, later become the pioneer of Chinese jurisprudence, the founder of the people's judicial system, and the president of the Supreme People's Court?As the visit deepened, the mystery was revealed layer by layer. In 1933, Xie Lao entered the ** Soviet District and served as the secretary of the Provisional *** and *** of the Chinese Soviet Republic. In 1934, Xie Lao served as the secretary general of the Workers and Peasants and the Minister of the Interior, and participated in the Long March in 10 years of the same yearIn 1935, he arrived in northern Shaanxi and continued to hold the above positions. At the beginning of 1937, Xie Lao served as Minister of Justice of the Red Regime, President of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Audit Committee. In June 1946, Xie Lao served as the chairman of the ** Legal Issues Research Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1948, Xie Lao served as the People's Commissar of North China and Minister of Justice. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xie Lao successively served as Minister of the Interior, member of the People's Legislative Affairs Committee, member of the Political and Legal Committee of the Government Affairs Yuan, and vice president of the New Law Research Institute. In April 1959, Xie Lao was elected President of the Supreme People's Court.
Mr. Xie devoted his whole life to the great cause of the party and the people, especially to the propaganda, culture, and education work, as well as the legislative and judicial work of the republic. In June 1946, he wrote a letter to *** on behalf of the **Law Research Society, in which he said: "We swear to work hard to do a good job in legislative work in order to meet the victory of the great liberation of China under your command. Xie Lao also put forward a series of important legal views, such as "China should have its own legislative principles." Seeking truth from facts, proceeding from reality, and formulating laws with Chinese characteristics. He also believed: "Reasonable is good law." ”
After Xie Lao became president of the Supreme People's Court, he vigorously grasped the quality of case handling, ensuring that "there is no indulgence, leniency, omission, and goodness," and he not only vigorously cracked down on crime, but also effectively protected the people. He also personally handled the case, set an example and demonstrated, which made people awe-inspiring. As president of the Supreme People's Court, he personally tried cases, and this impact was far-reaching; today, the people's courts have implemented a legal quota system, and the presidents and vice-presidents of courts at all levels are all post judges, and they must go to the front line to handle cases and have certain tasks.
Xie Lao is upright, with clean sleeves and a clean breeze, and never engages in any privileges. He has many children, but he has never taken special care of his children, and several of his children have been farming in his hometown in Ningxiang all his life. During the Long March, as one of the "Four Elders" of the Long March, he always ate, lived and walked with the Red Army officers and soldiers, and always fought the enemy together, without any special features. Throughout his life, Xie Lao enforced the law impartially, was honest and clean, and was spotless, and was not only a good public servant of the people, but also a good judge of the people. As a veteran judge with 35 years of service and 28 years of party experience, I am deeply impressed in my heart.
The second stop is to visit the former residence of Comrade He Shuheng. The former residence of He Lao and the former residence of Xie Lao are both in Sha Tin Township, only a few kilometers apart, which makes people sigh that there are two such outstanding people here. Both of them were the last talents of the late Qing Dynasty, and they were sworn brothers, and they had good feelings, but they were both progressive in thought, sympathetic to the people's feelings, hated exploitation, and pursued fairness, so they both participated in the revolution.
He Lao is a representative of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China and one of the founders of the Communist Party of China, and he is a classmate and best friend of Cai Hesen. Although they are 17 years older than ***, the age difference has not prevented them from becoming best friends, let alone the common revolution. He Lao actively participated in the revolutionary activities organized by the youth *** Cai Hesen and others. In the winter of 1920, He Lao and *** jointly initiated the establishment of the early organization of the Communist Party in Hunan. In July 1921, he attended the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In June 1928, he went to Moscow, the Soviet Union to attend the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In November 1931, He Lao was elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic, and served as the People's Commissar of the Provisional Workers' and Peasants' Procuratorate, the Acting Minister of the NKVD, and the Chairman of the Provisional Supreme Court. Interestingly, after graduating from Hunan No. 1 Normal School, He Lao successively taught at Changsha Chuyi School and the First Normal Affiliated Primary School. In 1923, He Lao presided over the school affairs of Hunan Self-study University, and later served as the principal of Xiangjiang School. During the Great Revolution, He Lao also served as a juror of the Hunan Provincial Court, the director of Hunan Popular Education, the director of Hunan Popular Newspaper, and the director of Zhongshan Library. He Lao engaged in these education and newspaper work, and Xie Lao also did it later. After He Lao was admitted to Xiucai, his family was very poor, and the late Qing County Ya wanted to hire him as a money and grain official, which was a good errand, he was in charge of money and grain, had the right to hold a position, and had a lot of oil and water, but He Lao hated the corruption of the county government and the style of the official, and did not agree to take up the post, preferring to cultivate the fields in his hometown and be a poor Xiucai. This reflects He Lao's lofty and arrogant arrogance, and also expresses his noble character, willing to be poor, and never dirty. In 1917, the young man and his classmate Xiao Zisheng went on a long-distance study trip, starting from Changsha, passing through Ningxiang and Lianyuan Qixing Street and Fukou, and then arrived in Anhua. When passing through Ningxiang, I went to Shatian Township to visit my classmate He Shuheng, and was warmly received by He Shuheng's family. On the Huitong ancient bridge not far from He's house, the three of them talked about the ideal of life and the feelings of the family and country, leaving a classic story, and the existing couplet of the ancient bridge can be evidenced: "The three heroes gather trickle water, and a plan determines the world", and the horizontal criticism is: "Benefiting the world".
In order to explore the footprints of the great man when he was young, I walked on the Xiang'an Ancient Road in the Fukou section of Lianyuan three times. After bidding farewell to He Shuheng, young people and Xiao Zisheng entered Lianyuan, passed through Qixing Street to Fukou, visited classmates Luo Yuxiong and alumni Luo Zhuoxiong and Luo Zonghan, etc., and walked the Xiang'an Ancient Road back then. Luo Yuxiong and Luo Zhuoxiong are brothers, and Luo Zonghan is a clan brother, and Luo Yuxiong has a very good relationship with ***. That day, after having lunch with Xiao Zisheng at Luo Yuxiong's house, they went to Anhua Meicheng. This Xiang'an ancient road has been the official road between Xiangtan and Anhua since the Northern Song Dynasty, and the whole process is paved with bluestone slabs.
On February 24, 1935, on the way to Fujian Province, the Red Army that remained in the Soviet area and insisted on guerrilla warfare was transferred from Jiangxi to Fujian, and He Lao died heroically in the Changting Breakout at the age of 59. He could have continued to advance with the troops, but he couldn't walk fast due to physical injuries, so in order not to drag down the team, he took advantage of the guards' inattention to push his comrades away, jumped off a high cliff, and fell into serious injuries. When the enemy found the silver dollar on his body when he was cleaning up the battlefield, he was awakened, and in order to protect the property of the Red Army, he fought hard with the enemy and died heroically.
In this way, in the end, everyone will not be able to leave, you should quickly withdraw first, save a little strength for the revolution, don't worry about me, I will shed the last drop of blood for the Soviets. This was the last sentence He Lao said to his comrades-in-arms before his death. He said so and did so, and he fulfilled the oath and political responsibility of a Communist Party member to the letter, and he had infinite love and loyalty to the Party. ** once objectively commented on He Lao: "Uncle Weng can do things as a big situation." "He Lao is politically firm, loyal to the party, brave and fearless, and can indeed take on any overall situation. This is the highest evaluation of the best classmates, best friends, and dearest comrades-in-arms, and it is completely realistic.
Yesterday afternoon, after the visit, Xi and lectures, in the large conference room of the He Shuheng Xie Juezai Memorial Hall, Dean Wenquan, who personally led the team of the Xi learning activities, organized everyone to exchange and discuss, and the comrades said: The party building study and Xi activities were carried out very well, and from He Lao and Xie Lao, everyone learned deeply and deeply understood the great founding spirit Xi of the Communist Party of China, that is, "adhere to the truth and adhere to the ideals."Practice the original intention and take on the mission;Not afraid of sacrifice, heroic struggle;Be loyal to the party and live up to the people", this Xi study activity has washed the soul again.
I feel the same way, and it is very rewarding. It was truly a precious trip to cleanse the mind.