It is a special commemorative day on September 9 and December 26 every year. Although he rarely shows up after retirement, whenever ***'s death day and birthday come, he will dress up carefully and go to *** Memorial Hall to express his condolences.
On December 26, 2007, ** changed into a suit early and waited for the ride to the *** memorial hall. However, just as he was about to go out, he was stopped by his family and advised him not to go this year, after all, he was already old.
However, ** whispered: "This may be the last time I see ***, are you still going to stop me?".”
**: 's parents official*** Although he was born in Jiaocheng, Shanxi, his fate is closely linked to Shaoshan in Hunan. Shaoshan, a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, is a beacon that will never be extinguished in his heart, and he also calls it his "second hometown".
In 1951, he was appointed secretary of the Xiangtan County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, and then promoted to deputy secretary of the Xiangtan County Party Committee until 1954, when he became the secretary of the Xiangtan County Party Committee. During this period, he went deep into the masses, understood the situation at the grassroots level, and contributed to the local development.
He wrote three articles based on the situation in Shaoshan, which attracted the attention of ***, which changed his fate. In September 1955, ** went south to inspect, passed through Changsha, and met ***
He was deeply impressed and recommended him to attend the Sixth Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held in Beijing.
At the meeting, as an observer representative, he introduced in detail the successful experience of cooperation in Xiangtan area, which won frequent nods from the chairman. The chairman then introduced *** to everyone, but this is my parents!”
After listening, my face was rosy and I didn't know what to do. In June 1959, the chairman returned to Shaoshan after 32 years, accompanied by the secretary of the Xiangtan Prefectural Party Committee.
The following year, the chairman personally named *** as the secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee. These are enough to see that the chairman's trust and respect for ***. Be an honest and reliable person.
In October 1962, the chairman proposed to separate the Yueyang area from the Xiangtan area and appointed *** as the first secretary of the Yueyang Prefectural Committee. However, Zhang Pinghua did not agree to the establishment of the Yueyang region, so he let *** serve as the secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and the first secretary of the Xiangtan Prefectural Party Committee, and ** as the second secretary.
On November 10, as soon as he arrived in Xiangtan, he conveyed the spirit of the Tenth Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee to everyone, and conveyed the chairman's speech, the first sentence was: "* is an honest and reliable person!" ”
On January 5, 1963, ** inspected Hunan, and ***, who was originally going to report work together, was unable to go due to a cold, so ** went to report alone. In the report, **truthfully reflected the difficulties of Xiangtan's work,**nodded in agreement, but did not say much.
Soon after, ** emphasized that party cadres need to tell the truth and be honest people, and evaluated *** as "honest people". Until *** died, ** was always valued by him.
On August 25, 1971, **received a letter from ***, asking him to go to Wuhan immediately to report to work. On the way, **noticed the badge on ***'s chest and asked him not to wear it, and then asked *** to report.
After being ordered to inspect agricultural production and report to him, he was reminded that he could not only focus on agriculture, but also consider other issues, and instructed him not to go to Jiangxi before going to Nanchang, but to return to Beijing directly.
**Felt important to ***'s speech, so he asked *** what to do next, **let him continue to stay in Changsha to receive foreign guests. The next day, ** quickly returned to Beijing.
At 10:30 p.m. on September 6, ** participated in a meeting chaired by ***. Everyone was very concerned about ***'s whereabouts, so after learning that *** had seen ***, they asked him about the chairman.
** replied: "The chairman only mentioned the line struggle and did not tell me the specifics. "He followed the chairman's instructions and did not give details to everyone. After the meeting, everyone left one after another, ** came to ***, handed him a record of the chairman's conversation outside, and said that the chairman asked him to only tell ***.
From this moment on, the trust and respect for *** deepened day by day. On September 30, after the proposal and consent of ***, ** was appointed as a member of the *** business group and served as the deputy team leader.
On August 24, 1973, the 10th National Congress of our party was held, and ** and *** and others sat in the first row of the rostrum, highlighting his important position at that time.
On August 30, ** was elected to the Politburo, when he was only 52 years old.
** Convened an urgent meeting, and in the face of the heavy blow of the death of three great men, he needs to solve three problems. In 1976, China suffered a disaster"Tornado"The death of the Prime Minister, the Commander-in-Chief and the Chairman of the People's Republic of China has plunged the people of the whole country into great grief.
On the night before the death of the chairman, ** was holding a banquet in the Great Hall of the People, and suddenly received ** and learned that the chairman was seriously ill. He immediately ended the banquet and rushed back to Zhongnanhai, but what awaited him was the news that the chairman had died.
In the face of such a blow, ** endured his grief, convened an emergency Politburo meeting, and immediately began preparations for the funeral. He is well aware of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and he must remain calm and strong to set a good example for China's future development.
At the meeting chaired by ***, three important issues were raised: first, how to deal with the aftermath of ***, second, how to deal with ***'s remains, and third, whether to invite foreign delegations to Beijing to mourn.
Among them, the second question, "how to deal with the remains of ***", is the most difficult to reach a consensus. Looking back on history, as early as 1956, ** was the first to sign the cremation initiative to express support for cremation.
In the interval of the meeting, the secretary handed the proposal to ***, nodded with satisfaction after reading it, and signed his name on it. Subsequently, ** and others also signed their names on the proposal.
According to statistics, a total of 151 people signed at that time. It is worth noting that the person who issued the ** funeral initiative was Ren Bishi. After Ren Bishi's death, many leading comrades also wrote letters to the ** General Office, requesting cremation after his death.
Therefore, we can see that the original intention of the funeral was to commemorate and remember Ren Bishi. Although there are still differences on the question of "how to deal with ***'s body", we can see from it that **'s positive attitude towards cremation, as well as his deep nostalgia and respect for Ren Bishi.
In 1950, Ren Bishi, one of the five secretaries of the party, died of illness at the age of 46. His death deeply saddened the comrades of the party and the state, and they came to attend the memorial service.
Later, ** thought that it might be a waste to bury directly after death, and he repeatedly advocated the practice of cremation among the whole party and the people of the whole country. In order to implement this proposal, the relevant departments prepared a proposal, which was reviewed and approved by *** and other leaders.
The signature initiative was large-scale and became the largest signature event in the history of the Party and the country. However, there are also those who believe that *** is a great leader, and preserving his body will make people remember him forever.
Therefore, at the meeting, everyone decided to protect the remains of *** and let people from all walks of life mourn and pay respects. In order to do a good job in this work, the meeting decided to set up an office of the leading group for the protection of human remains, with the deputy prime minister as the director of the office.
**, Wang Dongxing and others escorted ***'s body to the Great Hall of the People in the early morning of September 11. Staff members nervously prepare for the condolence event in the North Hall of the General Assembly Hall.
At 10 o'clock, the condolence activities began, and thousands of people walked past *** with a heavy heart and stood in silence in front of the chairman's body. Every year on September 9th and December 26th, **, like other ordinary people, come to the *** Memorial Hall to pay respects to the body of the chairman.