In 1977, after the state just announced the decision to resume the college entrance examination, it immediately caused a strong reaction in the society, and many people who delayed their studies because of the special period cheered for it and hoped to change their fate through the college entrance examination.
In the summer of the same year, ***, who was busy with his life, received a special letter, and when he saw the word "Liu Yuan" written in the sender's column, his mind was suddenly pulled back to that unbearable past.
At that time, 26-year-old Liu Yuan became an ordinary worker at the Beijing Crane Factory after experiencing setbacks and tribulations. The purpose of his letter this time is very clear, hoping that the organization will approve him to take the college entrance examination.
Liu Yuan is the youngest son of *** and Wang Guangmei, and when his parents suffered a mistake, he was just a teenager in middle school. Later, when Liu Yuan cut the queue in Baifang Village, Shanxi, he was under tremendous physical and psychological pressure.
In 1975, Liu Yuan returned to Beijing under the care of *** and was arranged to enter the crane factory as an apprentice. Two years later, he saw the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination on the notice board of the factory, and immediately decided to sign up for the college entrance examination.
Just when Liu Yuan was looking forward to taking the college entrance examination with joy, a basin of cold water almost extinguished his hope in life. It turned out that shortly after he signed up, the leaders of the factory told him that he did not meet the registration conditions.
After Liu Yuan's continuous questioning, he learned that his age was overdue. Back then, the upper age limit for college entrance examination registration was stuck at 25 years old, and he happened to be 26 years old, which made Liu Yuan very annoyed.
It stands to reason that Liu Yuan, as a junior high school student known as the "old three", is fully qualified to participate in the college entrance examination that year. At that time, many workers who were older than him successfully registered, but he was the only one who was rejected from the college entrance examination under the pretext of age.
Later, Liu Yuan once said when recalling this past: "* The question of what age it is, it is clearly stuck in the 'origin'. Back then, no one dared to take this risk and let me take the college entrance examination. ”
Liu Yuan was in a very delicate situation at the time, his father had not yet recovered his reputation, and his mother was still imprisoned in Qincheng Prison. For the young Liu Yuan, this is simply "calling the sky should not be, and the earth is not spiritual".
In order to be able to successfully participate in the college entrance examination, Liu Yuan mustered up the last courage and decided to write a letter to ***, who had just resumed work at that time. In the letter, he expressed very bluntly the idea of wanting to take the college entrance examination and go to university.
**After reading Liu Yuan's letter and pondering for a long time, he made an important decision, he gave instructions to Wu De, the "number one" in Beijing, asking for a "special case" for Liu Yuan's affairs.
In the end, about a week before the college entrance examination, Liu Yuan got the long-awaited admission ticket, and the exam number ranked last in the examination room in Beijing, and he almost missed the college entrance examination.
Wang Guangmei's mother and son have always kept it in mind, especially Liu Yuan, who regarded "Uncle Xiaoping" as his benefactor.
In 1978, Liu Yuan was successfully admitted to Beijing Normal University. Subsequently, his mother was released, and two years later his father was also restored, which made Liu Yuan feel more relaxed than ever before and unloaded the heavy burden of history.
A year later, Liu Yuan, who was studying in college, under the leadership of his mother Wang Guangmei, went to visit what he called "Uncle Xiaoping", and the three of them looked at each other and smiled after meeting, as if everything was silent.
In 1982, after graduating from the Department of History of Beijing Normal University, Liu Yuan had the opportunity to stay in Beijing to work according to the national distribution system, but he resolutely gave up the favorable conditions and chose to work at the grassroots level in Qiliying, Xinxiang, Henan.
From an ordinary deputy director of the commune, with a down-to-earth and hard-working work style, in just six years, he was elected as the deputy governor of the ruling party, and this year he was still a young man who was only 37 years old.
During his time in Henan, Liu Yuan led the "launch" of many large-scale projects. During his tenure, large power plants and ultra-high voltage substations in Henan Province sprung up and made significant contributions to the local economic construction and development.
In 1992, Liu Yuan was transferred from the local area to the Armed Police Hydropower Force, and finally put on the military uniform he dreamed of as a child. During his tenure, he insisted on going to the front line of work, personally visiting remote frontiers and islands.
Under the leadership of Liu Yuan, this so-called "hardest army" won the honorary title of "Gold Medal Iron Army". In 1998, Liu Yuan was transferred to the Armed Police Headquarters, and four years later he was promoted to the General Logistics Department as a deputy political commissar.
In July 2009, at the age of 58, General Liu Yuan was promoted to the rank of general. Since 2016, he has served as the vice chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee, and continues to serve the country and the people in his work.
To this day, whenever General Liu Yuan mentions the resumption of the college entrance examination, he is full of praise for this wise decision, because in his mind, the college entrance examination not only saved him, but also changed the fate of countless people.