After the establishment of New China, in order to encourage agricultural production, there was a grand occasion of "Dazhai of Agriculture", especially the "Dazhai Spirit", which was highly respected, and Dazhai received more than 9 million visitors, but he never visited Dazhai in person.
So what does the real Dazhai look like?Dazhai Village is located in Xiyang County, Shanxi, the local natural environment is very bad, before the liberation are dependent on the sky to eat, the villagers have a very hard life, after the liberation, ** with everyone to overcome the natural environment, open up terraces and build canals, greatly changed the status quo.
The grain output of Dazhai Village has increased significantly, and he has been elected as a model representative, and later even *** also knew his deeds, and at the suggestion of ***, he became the vice premier and was in charge of agricultural work, and "Dazhai" has also become a banner.
Because Dazhai Village has become a model of the whole country, at that time all parties gave support to Dazhai Village, some problems in Dazhai were not exposed, until the end of the seventies, in order to explore the road of agricultural modernization, more than 800 agricultural experts and representatives went to Dazhai to conduct research, only to discover the existing problems.
In July 1978, the Chinese Agricultural Society held a conference in Taiyuan, after the meeting Yang Xiandong, the first vice minister of agriculture of New China, was recommended by everyone, led everyone to visit Dazhai to study Xi, did not expect this to be a big disappointment, Dazhai Hutou Mountain is bare, has become a man-made "small plain".
The trees on the mountain were cut down, the wheat was planted on the mountain, it was the summer harvest season, most of the ears of wheat were not extracted, and the grains of wheat were also shriveled, only the corn grew slightly better, but the pests and diseases were very serious, and the delegates who visited were incredulous.
In fact, some people have reported the problems in Dazhai a long time ago, but no one paid attention to it at that time, especially after becoming the vice premier, Dazhai's grain output continued to hit new highs, but there were false elements, Yang Xiandong didn't believe these at first.
When Yang Xiandong saw these with his own eyes, he was very heavy, as the first generation of vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture of New China, Yang Xiandong has a deep affection for agriculture and farmers, Dazhai as a banner, its problems are bound to affect the country's agricultural development.
After Yang Xiandong returned to Beijing, he immediately organized a symposium in the name of the Agricultural Economics Society, ** Dazhai problem, Yang Xiandong spoke at the meeting, he said: "The lid of Dazhai must be lifted!His suggestion was supported by a large number of agricultural economists.
In the spring of 1979, at the panel discussion of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Yang Xiandong sharply criticized ***, he said: "* became a vice premier, but he still does not admit his serious mistakes. At that time, he was still the vice premier, and Yang Xiandong shocked many committee members.
Some people said that Yang Xiandong's speech was wrong, Yang Xiandong said resolutely: "I am personally fully responsible", at that time, ** also received a lot of report letters from the masses in Shanxi, most of which were related to *** and Dazhai, ** The problem has attracted the attention of **.
In September 1980, the Third Session of the Fifth National People's Congress passed the resignation report, and resigned from the post of vice premier on his own initiative, and in 1983, he was arranged to work as a consultant in the eastern suburbs of Beijing, and on March 26, 1986, he died of illness at the age of 72.