He has a soft spot for the "wordless book" of the Yellow River, the mother river of the motherland, and he has said to the staff around him many times:"You can despise everything, but you can't despise the Yellow River. ”In his heart, the Yellow River is not only a river, but also a "brother" of suffering with the Chinese people of the same clan and clan.
In the late autumn of 1952, ** took advantage of the holiday to inspect the Yellow River in Shandong, Henan, and Pingyuan provinces. And a lot of interesting things happened during this period, for example, he went to the farmhouse to ask for water accompanied by Yang Shangkun and others, but he didn't expect to be asked by the peasant woman"Comrade Stalin is not there? Didn't I come with you? ”Why, then, did the peasant woman ask such a question? How did you reply?
Inspect the Yellow River
On October 28, 1952, the Party Committee of Zhengzhou Railway Bureau was in a meeting, and suddenly received a letter from the General Office of the Ministry of Railways, asking them to prepare for the special train. After hanging up, Liu Jianzhang, then director of the Zhengzhou Railway Bureau, was very excited, and immediately discussed relevant matters with relevant comrades after calming down. Subsequently, he personally led the members of the team to Xuzhou overnight to greet ***
Accompanied by Yang Shangkun, director of the General Office, and Minister of Public Security, the trip left Beijing on October 25 to conduct a field trip to the section of the Yellow River with the highest number of breaches and floods in Shandong, Henan and Pingyuan provinces.
On October 26, the special train of ** was about to arrive in Jinan, Shandong, and Xu Shiyou, commander of the Shandong Military Region, and others were very happy when they learned about it, and they went to the station early to wait. **As soon as he arrived, Xu Shiyou boarded the bus to visit the chairman. **Said with a smile:"Don't be too nervous, I'm here to rest and see the Yellow River and other places of interest. ”
On October 27th, ** looked at the Lekou Dangerous Office in front of him, which was seriously damaged, and his frowning brows never relaxed. Then he explained: "You must repair the embankment and the dam, and there must be no accident!" "* While inspecting, he told the local leaders how to repair the embankment and dam.
After hearing this, Xu Shiyou stood up and saluted and said"Please rest assured, Chairman, we are determined to complete the task! ”After instructing other things, ** and Yang Shangkun and others bid farewell to Xu Shiyou and continued to embark on a journey to inspect the Yellow River.
As soon as Liu Jianzhang and his entourage arrived in Xuzhou, they boarded the special train to report to him. ** smiled and said: "Don't worry, you guys rest first, and it's not too late to report tomorrow." For the next three days, Liu Jianzhang has been following behind ***, and his voice and smile have left a deep impression on him. When he recalled this time, he said: "Adding a ride to the *** special train is the most memorable thing in my life. ”
At around 7 p.m. on October 29, the special train slowly drove into the Lankao County Station. Liu Jianzhang stepped down from the car and led Zhang Xi, then secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, and others to the train to meet with Yang Shangkun and others. After shaking hands and greetings, Zhang Xi said: "We would like to ask the chairman to stay in Kaifeng tonight. ”
Shake your head and say:
"Don't bother, the chairman himself is afraid of disturbing you and won't let you be informed, but after we discussed it, we decided to talk to a few of you. The chairman climbed Yunlong Mountain in Xuzhou today, so he rested early, and he asked me to tell you that I will not meet you today, and I will invite you to dinner tomorrow morning! ”While speaking, the special train slowly left Lankao County and headed for the Lanba branch line. At the same time, Liu Jianzhang asked the conductor to arrange beds and boiling water for the comrades who had just boarded the train. This night, everyone stayed on the special train to rest....Concern for the Yellow River
At 6 o'clock in the morning on October 30, Zhang Xi and others came to Yang Shangkun and **'s carriage meeting room to prepare to meet *** They were told as soon as they sat down: "* got off the train a long time ago and went to the village in the northwest direction." After hearing this, everyone hurriedly got out of the car and rushed to the northwest.
The village is about 1 km away from the train, and we quickly arrived at the edge of the village, and everyone walked forward to say hello. ** smiled and nodded and shook hands with everyone one by one and said, "Thank you." ”
In the grain field at the edge of the village, ** talked to a farmer cordially: "How is this year's harvest?" The days are okay, right? The farmer smiled and said"This year's harvest is not bad, but the beans are a little thinner. ”He said as he grabbed a handful of beans and handed them to ***"Life is much stronger now than before, and this is the good life that the Communist Party and *** you have brought us! ”
During the conversation between *** and the farmer, many people gathered around, and their faces were full of happy smiles. At this time, a little boy pointed to *** and said:"We still have your portrait on the wall! ”The child's words are unscrupulous, making the people around him laugh.
Back on the train, ** saw that it was not yet time to eat, so he asked Wang Huayun, director of the Yellow Committee of the train last night: "Comrade Wang Huayun, what are the words of your name?" Wang Huayun hurriedly replied: "It is the transformation of change, the cloud of clouds." * After listening to this, he humorously said: "It would be good to turn clouds in half a year and rain in half a year." ”
Immediately afterwards, ** asked Zhang Xi and others about their work in the past, and then asked Chen Zaidao: "Have you ever been back to your hometown?" How are the people in the family doing? Chen Zaidao shook his head and said
"Although I was liberated, I was still very busy and didn't have time to go back, but I heard that the villagers in my hometown had food. During the war years, many people were killed by the Kuomintang, and the houses were burned down by them, and it was difficult to recover in a short time. ”Nodding, he said to Li Zhuchen, Minister of Light Industry: "Now we are concentrating on urban construction, so the help for the people in the old area is a little insufficient, and we will try our best to help them in the future." Time passed little by little in the conversation, and in a blink of an eye it came to more than 8 o'clock, ** said: "Okay, let's go eat first, and then talk about it after eating." ”
After breakfast, ** said to Wang Huayun: "Comrade Wang Huayun, do you have a map of the Yellow River there?" Let's talk about the management of the Yellow River and your views on its development. Wang Huayun nodded and said, "Yes." Then he took out the map of the Yellow River, and then pointed to some places on the map while reporting the situation to ***.
At 10 o'clock, ** got off the train and prepared for a field trip. In Dongbakou, Yuan Long, then director of the Henan Bureau, reported the situation to *** and other leaders:"This is the place where Tongwaxiang Village broke and was renovated in 1855. Where we are now is the East Dam Head, opposite the West Dam. ”
**Say:
"On March 15, 1947, Chiang Kai-shek, in order to cooperate with the military offensive, blocked the mouth of the Yellow River Garden, and wanted to flood the liberated areas with the water of the Yellow River. When we learned of this information in advance, we hurriedly mobilized the people to rush to repair the embankment, and only then did we ensure the safety of the liberated areas. The Yellow River has not opened for 5 years, and if the embankment is repaired better in the future, the Yellow River should not open its mouth, right? ”Wang Huayun said: "We also need to build a reservoir on top of it to hold back the floodwater. Coupled with the drainage of the river below, there is hope for overcoming the flood. * nodded, did not speak, but continued to inspect.
Walking and walking, ** suddenly felt a little thirsty, so he asked Wang Huayun:"Is there a farmhouse nearby? I want to beg for a bowl of water. ”Wang Huayun nodded and said, "I remember that there is an old couple living nearby, chairman, I'll take you there." "And in the process of begging for water, there are also a lot of interesting things.
Begging for water, peasant woman: Stalin's not there?
Wang Huayun walked at the front, **Yang Shangkun and others followed behind him, during which he also enjoyed the surrounding scenery. After a while, Wang Huayun took *** and others to a farmhouse. This family only lives with two old people, living in three grass houses facing north and south, although the yard is not very large, but it is exceptionally clean and neat.
Wang Huayun said to ***: "Chairman, wait outside now, I'll go in and have a look." Then he walked to the room on the west side, and sure enough, he saw a peasant woman peeling corn kernels inside. Because the peasant woman was older and had some ears behind her ears, Wang Huayun said loudly: "Aunt Liu, are you at home alone?" What about Uncle Liu? ”
Aunt Liu turned around and saw that it was Director Wang Huayun, she got up from the chair with a smile and said, "Director Wang, why are you free to come today?" Is there something going on with my wife? He's gone to the market, and he'll be back in a minute, why don't you sit here and wait? ”
Wang Huayun said"I'm not here to find Uncle Liu, we are inspecting the work nearby, and I feel a little thirsty, don't I think you live here! So I want to ask you for a few bowls of water to quench your thirst. ”
Aunt Liu took out the bowl and asked while pouring water, "Director Wang, how many bowls of water do you want?" Wang Huayun said: "Two bowls are fine." (Only *** and Yang Shangkun are thirsty).
Aunt Liu said: "Okay, then you go to the East House to sit first, and I will pour water for you to drink!" Wang Huayun said: "Then trouble you, Aunt Liu." After speaking, he went out and welcomed *** and others into the east room and sat down.
After a while, Aunt Liu came to the east room with two large bowls of water and put them on the table. At that time, almost every household would hang a portrait of *** on the wall, and Mrs. Liu's house was no exception. So when *** saw his portrait hanging in the middle of the house, he couldn't laugh or cry. Although he has repeatedly said not to engage in ***, the people's respect and worship for him from the bottom of their hearts cannot be eliminated.
However, due to the fact that the weather was not very good at that time, the light in the house was very dark, so Aunt Liu did not recognize the person in front of her as the *** she admired, and asked while drinking water: "Auntie, how is the life now?" Aunt Liu smiled and said, "Our life is much better now!" She took down the basket with steamed buns, and pointed to the futon on the kang for them to see.
**After chatting with Aunt Liu for a while, I said goodbye to her: "Auntie, we won't bother you much, thank you for your water." Aunt Liu smiled and said, "A few bowls of water are nothing, you go slowly." After saying that, he continued to peel the corn kernels in his hand.
**, Wang Huayun and others returned the same way, and halfway through, an old man with his hands full of things came to them. When the old man saw a large group of people coming down from the direction of his house, he was a little puzzled at first, but after seeing Wang Huayun, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Director Wang, why are you here?" Is there something wrong with me? ”
Wang Huayun said with a smile: "Uncle Liu, you came back from the market, we just went up to ask for a bowl of water to drink." At this time, everyone knew that the old man in front of them was Aunt Liu's wife. Uncle Liu just wanted to speak, but he didn't expect to see a tall *** on the side"**You're ***, aren't you? Is that you? ”Because of Aunt Liu's ears, Uncle Liu is also used to speaking in a loud voice, but he didn't expect this voice to call out Aunt Liu.
Aunt Liu put down the corn in her hand, hurriedly ran out, and when she saw that *** and the others hadn't left, she shouted: "Which one is ***?" * smiled and waved his hand at Aunt Liu, and after the other party saw that the *** he was thinking about day and night was the person he was talking to, he said excitedly: "You are ***!" Before *** answered, Aunt Liu said again:"Why don't you see Comrade Stalin? Isn't he with you? ”
Aunt Liu's words made everyone laugh, and even *** couldn't help laughing, and then replied:"Comrade Stalin was busy, so he didn't come, and next time I'm free, I'll come to see you with him! ”
Why did Aunt Liu ask this question? At that time, the relations between our country and the Soviet Union were relatively good, so to speak, a "fraternal country", so the common people often hung portraits of the two together. This also led Aunt Liu to think that *** and Stalin were often together, so she asked this question.
At the end of the trip to inspect the Yellow River, ** told the local leading cadres again and again:"We must do a good job in the affairs of the Yellow River! ”This phrase later became the slogan of a generation to govern the Yellow River.