One day in 1959, ** went to Zhongnanhai as usual and came to ***'s home to report to work.
But who knew that after a short while, there was a dispute between the two in the house, and the guards outside the house at first thought that the two had a conflict because of a disagreement at work.
"I'm not going back. ”At this time, there was a *** shout from inside the house.
And *** next to *** is also angry:"It's normal for people to go back to their hometown, as long as they don't delay work, what is the reason not to go back? After a while, the chairman sighed deeply and looked out the window: "Enlai, how long have we known each other?" ”
"It's the twenty-third year of this year. ”
As soon as the words fell, I became excited again:"You also know that it has been twenty-three years, and I have known you for all these years, and I haven't seen you go home! Don't you want the land that gave birth to you and raised you! ”
In fact, the reason why *** is so excited is more out of distress for ***.
As his good comrade-in-arms and good brother, he knew that he had never returned to his hometown since he joined the revolution at the age of 12, so he wanted *** to go back to his hometown to see that everything in this world has its own destiny, let alone people.
There was silence in the room for a moment, and there was silence for a long time before he slowly spoke:"Runzhi, how can I miss home, why don't I want to go back to Huai'an, but I can't go back! ”
So what is the reason why *** has been reluctant to return to his hometown?
No one is allowed to do things in his name
In 1910, only 12-year-old *** was about to leave his hometown of Huai'an, Jiangsu, to study in the Northeast, before leaving, his eighth aunt took him to a wonton stall on the side of the road, ordered a bowl of wontons for him to eat, and also advised: "When you go there, the doll has to rely on herself, study hard, and remember to buy a bowl of wontons for the eighth aunt when you grow up!" ”
Many years later, when the eighth aunt came to Beijing, the first thing the prime minister did when he saw the eighth aunt was to bring a bowl of wontons"Aunt Eight, I still remember what you said about wontons! ”
It is not difficult to see that although *** has never returned to his hometown, the former family relationship with relatives and friends in his hometown is vivid.
After that visit, the eighth aunt fell ill a few days after returning to her hometown and was urgently sent to the First People's Hospital of Huai'an County for **. After learning of this news, he immediately wrote to the local county party committee:"I received the news of my eighth aunt's illness, and I learned that you often visit her, thank you for your care and care. ”
The local county party committee quickly replied, saying that it would make every effort to treat the patient, and if not, he would send him to a better hospital in the city**, and also asked the prime minister if he wanted to come back to visit his aunt, just to go back to Huai'an to see his hometown.
But who knows*** quickly replied:"I understand that my aunt's illness can't be **, so I don't need to transfer to a foreign hospital, just accept ** in the local county hospital. If there is an emergency, please handle it on behalf of your family, but you must handle it in a low-key and simple spirit. ”
At the same time, *** also put 200 yuan in the envelope as the aunt's ** fee and post-affair expenses, and finally advised:"If it's not enough, please explain the specific expenditure, and I'll make up the money." My aunt's family living expenses are covered by me, and I hope that the local ** will not give other care. ”
Shortly after the death of the eighth aunt, ** was mentioned movingly at a conference:"When I first joined the revolution, none of my relatives contacted me to ask how I was doing. Later, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, I became prime minister, and many of my relatives came to visit me in Beijing, and more than 100 people said that they were my relatives, and among these people, I knew that many of them wanted to get my 'special care'. ”
Then he said:"Our family is a large family, and we have many relatives and friends. I thought about this question in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, some people will take the initiative to do something in my name, and suppress some local leaders with the status of the prime minister's relatives, if this is the case, what will become of our country's political situation? ”
** He also said that he can't generalize, but in order to prevent this from happening, he said"I have a deep friendship with my hometown, and I miss Huai'an who gave birth to me and raised me very much, but I can't go home! ”
It can be seen from this that *** sticks to his duty to this cause and keeps a low-key perseverance.
Maybe many people don't know it, but in fact, most of the people in the Zhou family are farming, doing odd jobs to maintain their lives, and live an ordinary life that can't be more ordinary, including the ten family rules"1. It is not allowed to delay work and make a special trip to visit him, 2. All visitors will live in ordinary guest houses, 3. They must eat in a big pot in the canteen for dinner, 4. They are not allowed to accept any gifts and tickets, and they must buy their own tickets to watch a play, 5. They are not allowed to give banquets and gifts, 6. They are not allowed to take the bus, 7. They do their own things, 8. They live a low-key and simple life, 9. They are not allowed to talk about their relationship with the prime minister on any occasion, and 10. They are not allowed to engage in special activities. ”Everyone in the Zhou family is always vigilant.
He deeply understands that if he can't set this benchmark, then the pole is likely to be"Crooked"., and even drive others"Pole".Together"Crooked".At this point, the consideration is very thoughtful.
Hearts to home
In 1958, ** was proposed"Cremate the corpses, level the cemetery".The slogan is to expand arable land and increase grain production.
And this was simply in the eyes of the masses who were deeply rooted in feudal traditions at that time"Great rebellion"., but also thought that since ancient times, this coffin can only rise and not fall, and there has been a lot of discussion for a while.
In order for the masses to actively respond to the party's call, ** was the first to set an example.
**'s father died in Chongqing in 1942, and the local leaders directly buried the old man in the cemetery of the revolutionary martyrs at that time, but after learning about it, he thought that his father was not a martyr, and fundamentally had no qualifications to be buried in the martyrs' cemetery, so he ordered his father's coffin to be moved to the halfway point of a deserted mountainside.
And this time"Cremation and flat graves".As soon as the slogan came out, ** directly sent his nephew to take the lead in cremating his father and burying him deeply, and returning the grave to plowing.
Not only that, but he asked his nephew to return to his hometown and level the grave of his hometown, and the villagers were puzzled, and some people proposed:"If you want to say that the country wants to expand land and produce food, it is not bad for the prime minister's grave to be this land, why is it so active? ”
A villager next to him also chimed in at this time"Yes, yes, the grave of the prime minister's family does not occupy much land, he is a leader, and he should have the right to uneven the grave. ”
When the nephew heard this, he couldn't help but tell the villagers about his uncle's good intentions, saying that he should give up feudal superstition, and on the road of the party's development, only with the support of the people can the country become stronger and stronger, and sincerely hope that the villagers will respond to the party's call and fully support the country's development.
In the end, a total of 13 coffins were lowered in the suburban village of Huai'an, where ** is located, and all of them sank to less than one meter, and the prime minister's hometown became the first batch of villages to return graves to farming.
The following year, just after the Spring Festival, Huai'an County** received a remittance note sent from Beijing, and the remitter was ***, which also read:"The salaries of the staff of the Pingfen Brigade and the compensation for the loss of Qingmiao. ”
At the same time, he also proposed:"My family's graveyard can be divided among local farmers for farming, and there are other graves that I don't remember at home, and if anyone recognizes them, they can directly bury them and use them for cultivation without asking for my opinion. ”
As soon as the news came out, everyone gave *** a thumbs up and praised him for his thoughtfulness and not forgetting the people in his hometown.
But they didn't know that at this time, *** had not returned to his hometown for more than 30 years, and there were even two graves of ***'s mother in Huai'an, Jiangsu, but *** repeatedly insisted on not going home, not wanting to leave a chance for anyone with ill intentions.
But whenever I mention my mother, ** always burst into tears:"I often dream of my mother, when Huai'an Ping grave is actually very much wanted to go to see my mother, I want to sweep the fallen leaves for her one last time in front of her grave. ”
In fact, it is not difficult to see from the words of *** that his feelings for his hometown are very heavy, although he has not returned to his hometown in person, but he has always been worried about his hometown, and for the construction of his hometown, the prime minister is not sloppy.
The prime minister's hometown of Huai'an, the water lines are staggered, and 9 rivers run through the territory, among which the irrigation canal in northern Jiangsu is a huge artificial river, which was dug out by more than a million people in Jiangsu more than 70 years ago with a shovel and a shovel, and it is also a huge project now, and the story behind this river is also full of deep concern for the hometown.
At that time, due to the low-lying terrain of Huai'an, it had been suffering from floods, and he had seen the serious impact of floods on his hometown when he was young.
Every autumn, when the rainy weather is the majority, Huai'an City becomes a piece"City of the Sea".and even boating on the streets.
In order to take refuge, some of the villagers climbed to the big tree to hide, and some climbed to the city wall several meters high regardless of the danger to take refuge, but some of the people hiding in the tree were bitten to death by poisonous snakes, and some of the people who climbed the city wall were killed by a little carelessness, and more than half of the people took their families and children away from their hometowns, this scene has never been forgotten.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the phenomenon of floods continued to occur, ** learned that the victims were still living in dire straits, several times sad shed tears, within two months issued four instructions, and personally inscribed:"We must fix the Huai River! ”At the same time, *** was appointed as the leader of the mission.
On August 25, 1950, the Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China held a meeting on the repair of the Huai River, ** said at the meeting"To cure a disease, you must cure it from the root."The plan for the main irrigation canal in northern Jiangsu must be determined, but at this time, there were leaders at the meeting who raised opposing opinions"New China has just been founded, it has just emerged from a ruin, and now it has to spend so much money to build a river, is it really worth it? ”
***, who has always been kind and smooth, is unusual this time, and said with a serious face:"In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in order to support the revolutionary struggle, the people of the northern Jiangsu region produced martyrs and migrant workers, and the migrant workers pushed carts, and the food supplies of the soldiers were placed in the carts, and they followed the soldiers step by step, have you forgotten? Others have supported us, so why can't we support them now? ”
In this way, under the insistence of the first place, the main irrigation canal in northern Jiangsu took a whole year from excavation to the end, with a total length of 168 kilometers, which became an important inlet of the Huai River, and the dragon lying on the land of northern Jiangsu has played an important role in flood control, irrigation, shipping and other important functions until now, protecting this land and countless people.
Not only that, Huai'an has also become the central button of the irrigation area in northern Jiangsu, so that the arid areas of Huai'an in the past have also been planted with rice, and it is also diversified to promote the economic development of Huai'an.
As the prime minister, he always puts the interests of the people first, and as a child of his hometown, he is worried about the safety of his parents and fellow villagers, but he also always adheres to his own principles and never uses his power to give special care to his hometown.
Even nowadays, when you walk on the road of Huai'an, pull a local at random and ask:"What is Huai'an most famous for? ”
The answer heard must be:"Qing Guan***
Just five words contain how many people's admiration and trust for ***!
Epilogue
The famous poet Xue Daoheng once wrote in "Thinking of People Every Day":"It's only been seven days since spring, and it's been two years since I left home. After the people return to the geese, they think in front of the flowers. ”The poet has been away from home for only two years, and he misses his hometown very much, let alone *** who has been away from home for many years?
In Zhongnanhai in 1959, **I overheard the famous song "Jasmine" in northern Jiangsu, and I cried frequently, and sighed with *** on the side"The more I listened, the more homesick I became. ”
As we all know, *** and *** are not only comrades-in-arms, but also relatives and friends.
"Enlai, how long have we known each other? ”Looking out the window, he asked slowly.
"It's the twenty-third year. ”
**Turned his head and suddenly said excitedly:"You also know that it has been twenty-three years, and I have known you for all these years, and I haven't seen you go home! Don't you want the land that gave birth to you and raised you! ”has always exchanged opinions with *** on everything, and it can be said that ***'s suggestions are very weighty in ***'s heart, but this time he looked at *** and said categorically:"I'm not going back. ”
** Left home at the age of 12, and did not return to his hometown for almost 60 years until the last moment of his life, and the last body was cremated according to the Prime Minister's opinion, and the ashes were scattered to the sea.
Later, **'s cousin told everyone the truth:"Uncle has told me before that he can't go home, and when he does, someone will ask him for help, and he doesn't want to cause trouble to his hometown, and he can't let his family get special care because of him. ”
This is *** He buried this miss in the bottom of his heart, always strict with himself, his family, not to be special, and he is not willing to cause trouble to anyone!
This article pays tribute to the great ***, the model of the times needs to be remembered for the rest of our lives!