In 1946, when the Liberation War was in full swing, a villager gave a gold plaque in the hands of a busy person, and the gold plaque read four big characters "People's Savior".
** Deeply moved, he shook the villager's hand and talked to him cordially. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mr. ** and Mr. Zhu personally invited the villager to climb the Tiananmen Tower to participate in the National Day Celebration and meet with foreign guests.
In 1961, the farmer was deeply moved and wrote a letter saying that he wanted to go to Beijing to have a look. **After receiving the letter, I approved his request and sent someone to bring him to Beijing to meet him in person.
Who is this villager? Why can he arouse so much concern and concern? What will be the end of him?
In this sea of suffering, there is a man named Yang Buhao, who was born in an ordinary peasant family in Hengshan County, Shaanxi, his father is a long-term worker in a landlord's family, and his mother is a rural woman who is dutiful.
When he was 10 years old, he was introduced by his father to work in the landlord's house. The landlord was ruthless, and in order to obtain more benefits, he arranged a lot of heavy work for Yang Buhao.
In addition to farm work, he often asked Yang Buhao to do things for his family. It stands to reason that Yang Buhao should be like other children in the village, doing coolies all his life, but he changed his fate with his hands.
The arrival of the Red Army brought new hope to him and his people.
In the Northwest in 1928, disaster struck. A rare drought has ravaged the land, adding to the hardships of farmers who are already suffering from war.
They depended on the weather for food, but the drought shattered their lives. Tears flowed in the northwest, and Yang Buhao's father and daughter also left him in the disaster. In order to bury them, Yang Buhao borrowed loan sharks from local bullies.
However, before he could bury his family, his creditors came to his door to collect the debt. The interest quickly multiplied, and Yang Buhao could not pay it off, so he could only bear the bullying of the creditor. He was about to lose hope of life, and at this time, the Red Army came to the northern Shaanxi region and liberated his hometown.
The Red Army not only punished the bullies and the landlords, but also cracked down on usury gangs. Seeing the arrival of this group of Red Army soldiers, Yang Buhao regained hope in life.
Although Yang Buhao and others Yang Buhao did not have a higher education and could not fight, he chose to repay these benefactors by planting crops to provide military supplies for the Red Army.
He knew the truth of drinking water and thinking about the source, so he led the villagers to reclaim wasteland and increase grain production. Under his influence, the villagers actively participated in building their village into a model township.
When the Red Army soldiers came to the Yan'an area, the local villagers were terrified of the group of soldiers, because the Kuomintang had been spreading rumors that the Red Army was "**
Many people believed this. However, progressives like Yang have been debunking the rumors so that the people can recognize the lies.
During those difficult days, the leaders shared weal and woe with their peasant friends and Red Army soldiers. They eat together, they live together, they are not luxurious, they are simple and unpretentious.
For example, ** lived in a house with a peasant friend Red Army soldier with a leaky window, and ** and Comrade Deng Yingchao also spent the night on a hard clay kang. Lin Boqu and ** wore tattered clothes all day long, and followed the people to do farm work in the fields.
Even during the confinement period, He Zizhen was worried about food. All this deeply touched Yang Buhao. The longer he was in contact with the Red Army, the more he admired the team.
In order to express his yearning for the Red Army, he chose to join the Chinese Communist Party in 1936.
In 1937, Japan invaded China in an all-out way, and the situation was urgent. In order to suppress the Communist Party, the Kuomintang blockaded the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo base areas in an attempt to cut off our army's food through economic means, leaving our army to fend for itself.
In the face of this crisis, ** was calm and calm, and called on the people of the whole country to carry out a large-scale production movement and be self-sufficient. Yang Buhao actively responded to the call and led the masses to increase grain production, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.
His efforts and dedication have been recognized by everyone and he has been named "Labor Hero". As a hero among model workers, Yang Buhao was fortunate to be personally received by ***.
When asked why he worked so hard, he replied: "I am grateful to the Red Army for bringing us a happy life, so I will do my best to help the Red Army through the difficulties." ”
This movement not only increased our production capacity, but also strengthened our unity and cohesion, and laid a solid foundation for the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
In those difficult years, the Red Army's treasury was empty, but *** gave his own meat to Yang Buhao, which not only moved Yang Buhao deeply, but also made him cheer up 120,000 points to repay ***'s good intentions.
In the summer of the second year, the harvest of the farmland was very good, and Yang Buhao deliberately found *** to report the good news, ** was very happy after learning about it, and also asked about the situation at the grassroots level.
He showed no mercy to those Communist Party members who violated the rules and ignored the interests of the people, because he was a leader who strictly administered the army and knew that the foundation of the Communist Party was the people.
After in-depth communication with ***, Yang Buhao got the chairman's assurance: "As long as you find anything unfair, tell me at any time, and I will uphold justice for you and everyone." ”
After reporting to the chairman, Yang Buhao found Mr. Zhu again and told him in detail about the situation of crops. When Mr. Zhu saw Yang Buhao, he patted him on the shoulder enthusiastically and said affectionately: "Old man, I've been waiting for you for a long time, and you're finally here." ”
For Yang Buhao, ** and *** are more like friends and brothers, and their relationship is based on the fact that there is no suspicion between the Red Army and the people. It was this close connection that enabled the Communists and the people to unite and jointly defeat the blockade of the Kuomintang.
On August 23, 1945, this long war finally ended, and the Chinese people won the final victory. Yang Buhao once thought that by defeating the Japanese, the Chinese people would be able to live a good life, but at this moment of national celebration, Chiang Kai-shek began to be active again.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chiang Kai-shek immediately changed his mind and invited Chairman *** to Chongqing for negotiations. Although everyone knows about Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy and knows that this is just a Hongmen banquet, Yang Buhao is still deeply worried about the safety of ***.
He has repeatedly dissuaded *** not to go to Chongqing, but for the sake of the interests of the country and the people, ** still chose to go to the banquet. **After leaving Yan'an, Yang Buhao was concerned about the safety of the chairman every day.
Every day when he came back from the field, he would immediately go to the military headquarters to inquire about the chairman. After nearly a month of waiting, he finally met ***, whom he missed deeply, and had a meal with *** with the newly planted grain and chickens and ducks.
**Returned unharmed, which made the people present breathe a sigh of relief. Soon, the Spring Festival is approaching, in order to express gratitude to ***, we specially prepared a gift full of affection - a piece engraved"People's savior"of the gold plaque.
This gold plaque was commissioned by Yang Buhao and others to create the famous local calligrapher Bi Guangdou. When he saw this gold plaque, his heart was full of emotion, and he took the stage to give a speech, expressing his gratitude to the villagers and praising everyone's previous achievements, but at the same time telling everyone a bad news.
After the conclusion of the Chongqing negotiations, ** and others were deeply aware of Chiang Kai-shek's intentions. They understand that peace will not come easily, and that there may soon be a new vicious war.
Therefore, ** publicly warn the people to be ready for war. He encouraged everyone to stock up on food and hide it at home to prevent famine from war.
Fully believing in the power of the people, he believes that such a major event should be faced with the people. Soon after, Chiang Kai-shek did start a civil war, targeting the Communists and innocent people.
**'s foresight was confirmed by history, and his warnings became an important guide for the people to prepare for war.
Three years ago, in order to resist the war, ** left the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo base area and went to the front line to command the operation. Before leaving, he found Yang Buhao, a labor hero, and asked him about his plans.
Yang Buhao said that he would not fight, and hoped to join the local guerrillas and participate in the war of liberation. Agreeing with his idea, he left with a large army. Now, three years later, our army has won victory in the War of Liberation, New China has been formally founded, and the whole country is jubilant.
On this special day, Yang Buhao celebrated with the people and was full of emotion.
In the early 50s of the last century, Yang Buhao was given the opportunity to study in Beijing as a local representative, and he wrote a letter to his old friend *** before leaving. **As soon as he saw the letter, he immediately arranged for someone to take Yang Buhao to Zhongnanhai for a long talk.
After learning that Yang Buhao had made achievements in the local area, ** was also very happy. However, in 1954, Yang Buhao, who was working in the fields, accidentally fell and broke his arm.
Although the doctors succeeded in securing his arm, he was left with sequelae and could no longer farm. This made Yang Buhao lose the skills he relied on to survive, and he could only stay at home every day, seeing that his family was about to be unable to open the pot.
So, Yang Buhao gritted his teeth and wrote a letter to ***, explaining his situation to him.
Yang Buhao, the hero of the revolution, deserves to be valued and praised for his heroic deeds and selfless dedication. **After seeing Yang Buhao's letter, the chairman paid great attention to this matter, and immediately wrote several letters to the Northwest Bureau and the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, strongly asking them to arrange a new job for Yang Buhao suitable for him.
In this regard, the superior leaders held a special meeting, and according to Yang Buhao's rich experience, he was arranged to work in Yan'an County Seed Company. The revolutionary friendship between Yang Buhao and Chairman *** is beyond the realm that ordinary people can understand.
However, life is impermanent, and in September 1976, Chairman ** passed away forever due to illness. As a former friend of the chairman, Yang Buhao was taken to Beijing by a special person and said his final goodbye to the chairman.
Less than a year after the death of Chairman ***, the Yan'an area suffered a heavy rainstorm. Yang Buhao failed to leave in time in his sleep, and eventually lost his life in this flood and failed to wake up.
His heroism and selfless dedication will always be remembered and admired.
In order to commemorate the special old hero Yang Buhao and his deep friendship with ***, he was specially buried on the mountain behind the former residence of *** Wangjiaping, and a monument was erected to commemorate him.
Their relationship is not only comrades-in-arms, but also friends, it was the Red Army that gave Yang Buhao a new life and helped him get out of the suffering, and Yang Buhao also repaid the Red Army and the people with his own actions, and became a hero in everyone's hearts.
China is a socialist country in which the people are the masters of the country, and only when the military and the people are united can we build a better future together. Heroes like Yang Buhao should be an example for us to learn from.
References: "The Story of Red Yan'an", "Yan'an**", "Chinese Soul". Why can a small "metal card" contain so much power? Because they carry profound history and feelings, they are the spiritual symbols of heroes, and they are also an important force for us to remember history and forge ahead.