He was not only one of the eight elders of our party, but also the founding father of our country, who once established a team of 100,000 people in the extremely harsh environment of the "white zone", which laid a certain foundation for the victory of the revolution.
After 18 years of working in the party, he joined the Communist Party as a teenager and met *** for the first time, and he was able to take charge of himself, but he still benefited a lot from getting along with *** in the future. In the following 60 years, the admiration for *** has deepened day by day.
In 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded, as the first Minister of Finance, he put all his time and energy into stabilizing prices and carrying out the "three anti" and "five anti" movements, so he was called one of the "four famous men" in the economic circles of New China.
He has been elected as a deputy prime minister four times, and under his leadership, our country has introduced its first five-year plan, and he can also be found in the preparation of the atomic energy industryHe made a lot of efforts for the economic and industrial development of New China.
From 1966 to 1978, during this special period, **'s belief has been very firm and has never changed, and he has told his children more than once that what he admires most in his life is ***
In 1986, ***, who had already quit the front-line work, was entrusted by *** to go to the south for research, during which he made a special trip to his hometown. At that time, the secretary next to me asked *** how to evaluate ***
He was silent for a moment, and quoted ***, saying that without ***, our party must still be groping in the dark, whether it is himself or *** and *** they are all *** students. At that time, it was predicted that in the future, *** would have a higher status in history than it is now. So what kind of revolutionary experience does *** have?
**Born in Dingxiang County, Shanxi Province in 1908, although his father was a small trader, he had a generous heart and a firm will. His mother is a typical Chinese housewife, who is gentle, generous and warm. For this reason, ** inherited the good qualities of his parents.
When he grew up, he was admitted to the free normal school founded by Yan Xishan in Shanxi, and when he was exposed to new ideas, he began to publish progressive articles in newspapers. At the age of 17, he joined the Communist Party and learned a lot about Marx and communism.
Although he was ignorant of these theoretical knowledge at that time, in his heart, his revolutionary belief was extremely firm. He led the students of the school to support the Taiyuan people's anti-housing tax struggle and the May Day Movement, and established a party branch in the school as soon as he joined the party, becoming the branch secretary. It only took half a year for the party organizations to blossom everywhere in Taiyuan.
In 1927, the White Terror swept through many parts of the country, and many people in Shanxi Province were attacked by the enemy. Forced to be helpless, ** had to hide in the countryside and reorganize the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee organization, in such a harsh revolutionary environmentHe has always been firm in his conviction and actively engaged in revolutionary activities.
At the age of 20, he became the secretary general of the Military Commission of the Northern Bureau, and carried out military movements in many places in the north, organized soldiers' riots, and was arrested by the Kuomintang twice for this. In prison. In the face of the enemy's various coercion and torture, five years of prison life left ***'s body with irreparable pain.
In prison, ** can get a lot of information from the outside world by bribing the prison guards, and he also reads the report written by *** and is convinced of the views and opinions put forward by ***. As the course of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression became more and more tense, the countryThe two parties set out to fight against the Japanese,** and escaped execution.
Later, under the deployment of the party organization and the mediation of all parties, ** and more than 50 cadres of our party were released from prison. Soon after, ** came to work under the Shanxi warlord Yan Xishan, who actively cooperated with the Communist Party in order to ensure his position in ShanxiThe cooperation between the two parties is still highly promoted.
Under the leadership of ***, the Shanxi Youth Anti-Enemy Death Squad was formally established, and ** served as the political commissar, and under his leadership, the troops have been fighting against the enemy in the Wutai Mountain area of Shanxi.
During this period, because the Japanese army kept attacking cities and plundering land in Shanxi, many areas of Shanxi fell quickly, and more aspiring young people joined the anti-Japanese team, and the troops led by ** soon expanded to 50 regiments, counting the local armed forces, it has reached 100,000 people.
Later, because Yan Xishan staged a coup d'état, ** led his troops to join the ranks of the Eighth Route Army. Because he created the Taiyuan base area, he became a member of the Taihang Branch after 1942.
In 1943, on the eve of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Yan'an, ** came to Yan'an in response to the call of ***, and was called to talk the next day. Participated in the revolution for 18 years, and it was the first time I met ***, and the conversation at that time lasted a total of eight hoursWhat he said has always been firmly remembered by ***.
In the more than 20 years after the first time, he has been deeply trusted and reused, in his heart, "the great leader*** This sentence is a lifelong belief from the first time he saw ***, and has been insisted on until the last moment of his life, and will never change, in his later years, he will often say: I will always be a student of ***, these words, is his highest respect for ***.