If you want to talk about the most legendary *** deputy prime minister in the history of the republic, then it may be none other than ***. From 1949 to the present,He was the only person in the history of the republic who was born as an ordinary peasant and later became the deputy prime minister.
However, what is surprising is that in September 1980, after resigning and retiring, he, who was once the prime minister, went to the farm in the eastern suburbs of Beijing and became a farm consultant and returned to his "old business". However, what is even more incredible is that although the *** in his later years returned to the farm,He became an ordinary farm consultant, but his youngest son went on to become a chairman and is one of the richest people in China today, and his granddaughter is the deputy director of the Supreme People's Court.
So, how did ***, who is a cloth cloth, become the vice premier? Why did he choose to be an ordinary farm consultant after retiring from *** in 1980? And what kind of lives do his family members live?
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Throughout the first half of his life, his life experience seems to be incompatible with his name - in 1915, ** was born in a poor peasant family in Shanxi Province, and no one even remembers his specific birth date. **Later, he kept his life diary on February 14, 1915, which was the Spring Festival of 1915.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Shanxi Province can be said to have experienced ups and downs, and a once-in-a-century drought destroyed countless families in Shanxi Province who were engaged in farming at that time, including the family. In order to escape the famine, ** and his father moved their family to Dazhai Village, Xiyang County, which is also the place where *** later started. Unfortunately, even if they escape the famine, it is difficult for the ** family to gain a foothold in the local area. In 1921, his father, who could not bear the burden of life, hanged himself, leaving only six years old
Later, a local widow saw that *** lost her relatives at a young age, and she was very pitiful, so she asked *** to come to her house to do long-term work, which can be regarded as making *** barely have a place to settle down. However, from a small heavy job,Jean also lost the opportunity to receive an education, and later never went to school for the rest of his life, which also profoundly affected his fate.
In 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, and the ferocious Japanese invaders invaded Shanxi in less than a month. It didn't take long for Dazhai Village, where ** lived, to fall under the iron hooves of the Japanese invaders. **Although I have never read a book, I also understand the national righteousnessUnder the leadership of the local Communist Party of China, ** disguised himself as a truck driver, often sent intelligence to the local Eighth Route Army guerrillas, and also made his own contribution to the War of Resistance against Japan.
During the period when he was busy resisting Japan, he met the love of his life - under the enthusiastic introduction of the villagersmet Li Huni, who was 9 years younger than him, and the two got married in 1941. Li Huni's company gave *** the darkest first half of her life a ray of warm sunshine。By 1943, ** and Li Huni had the first child of the couple, which was Chen Mingzhu, who also served in Xiyang County for many years.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, ** left the intelligence organization led by our party, returned to Xiyang County, and restarted the life of an ordinary peasant. After the outbreak of the Liberation War, our party carried out land reform in Xiyang County, which was a liberated areaLet the landless farmer who has been adrift for half his life finally have his own acre of land and turn over to become the master.
Owning a piece of land of one's own is the lifelong dream of many farmers from poor backgrounds such as ***. ** I never dreamed that he would be able to turn over and become a master today when he worked long hours for others in the past. Therefore, in the 50s of the 20th century, he actively led the local people in Dazhai Village, Xiyang County, to reclaim the famine, grasp the revolution, and promote production. The positive performance soon attracted the attention of the local party organization, and under the recommendation of the people and the promotion of the party organization, he soon became the general person in charge of the production team of Dazhai Village.
However, a sudden natural disaster ruined the hard work of the people of the Dazhai Village production team under the leadership of ***: in the 60s of the 20th century, it was a particularly serious period of natural disasters in China. Suddenly it poured heavily in Shanxi, and the surging flood washed away the stone dam that was built by local farmersNot only did it destroy local farmland, but it also displaced nearly 60 local families, and Xiyang County was once in danger of losing its crop.
Faced with the unprecedented predicament of Dazhai Village, ** stepped forward and led the local farmers to rebuild the dam to prevent the flood from hitting again, and at the same time opened a ravine, drained the rainwater, and renovated and cultivated the land again. With the unremitting efforts of local farmers, Dazhai Village did not reduce production in the difficult 60s of the 20th century, and did not rely on a grain of relief grain from the state, but was able to produce additional food, providing necessary help to other disaster-stricken villages in the surrounding area.
Later, the heroic deeds of *** were learned by *** and other *** leaders, and ** excitedly left the inscription of "Daqing of Industry, Dazhai of Agriculture"., and this became a famous slogan in China in the 60s of the 20th century.
However, just as *** led the people of Dazhai Village to overcome difficulties and usher in the uphill road of their life and career, tragedy happenedHis wife Li Huni, who accompanied *** through the first half of her life, unfortunately died of illness in 1965 at the age of 29, which made *** feel grief-stricken。However, **At that time, he and Li Huni already had a child, and the whole family still needed to take the lead alone, and the pressure of life was not small, so the people in the village wanted to find a new partner for ***.
At first, ** politely declined the suggestions of his fellow villagers, but under everyone's persuasion and comfort, ** gradually came out of the shadow of the past. In the end, at the suggestion of the same villager, ** married Song Yulin, who had been divorced once, and formed a new family.
In the 70s of the 20th century, China in a special historical period put forward the slogan of "taking grain as the key link" and "steel as the key link" of economic construction. In 1969, he attended the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China and gradually entered the top level. In 1975, at the suggestion of ***, he was elected as the vice premier, setting a precedent for a peasant to hold the post of vice premier.
When *** informed *** of the news that *** was ready to let *** take up the post of *** vice premier, ** felt flattered and repeatedly said that his talent was not enough to hold such an important position as *** vice premier. However, on the day that ** persuaded *** to accept this position, ** was also present, and saw *** staring at *** Prime Minister with a smile and said:"If the chairman thinks you can be it, you will be able to do it! ”
In this way, he became the first prime minister born as a peasant in the history of New China. What is commendable is that after becoming the prime minister, he did not forget his origin, but maintained a hard and simple work style from beginning to end - in the work report submitted to ***, he spent one-third of a year working in ***, one-third of the time spent researching all over the country, and one-third of the time returning to Xiyang County to farm. The reason why *** insisted on doing this, in his own words:"Being on the front line is the only way to better understand people's living conditions. ”
In addition, he also politely declined the salary of more than 100 yuan per month for the vice premier, and insisted on only taking the centimeters of the production team in exchange for his own farming every month. Later, it was also through the persuasion of colleagues around mereluctantly accepted a salary of more than 30 yuan, but he still lived a poor life in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Although he has made outstanding contributions to the agricultural development of New China in a certain historical period, he himself also has some undeniable defects - for example, when he inspected Gansu, he suggested that Gansu actively promote the Dazhai experience and carry out land renovation. But,Soil erosion is more severe in Gansu than in Shanxi Province, and the barren soil makes agriculture in Gansu unsuitable for replicating the experience of Dazhai villages. And the main reason for all this is because *** missed the opportunity to receive higher education at a young age.
In addition, because *** has not experienced systematic learning and education, it is relatively incompetent when it comes to accepting new things. In 1978, after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, China ushered in a crossroads towards reform and opening up。In the face of this new thing, we insist that the Dazhai experience is the way out for China's agricultural development. At a work meeting, ** once asked *** in confusion:
"Comrade Xiaoping, what do you want to do when you put forward a point of view today and a plan tomorrow? Do you think we should stick to the *** route? ”
**After hearing ***'s questioning, patiently explained:"Comrade, the core idea of ** is to seek truth from facts, and all policies must be changed according to the changes in reality, which is the line that we must adhere to. ”
In 1980, he resigned from his post as deputy prime minister. But after retiring, he did not return home to live in his old age, but stayed in the eastern suburbs of Beijing as a farm consultant, and wanted to continue to go deep into the front line to understand what kind of changes have taken place in the Chinese social reality that Comrade *** said. Eventually, after years of practice and experience,His thinking slowly changed, and he understood why he made the decision of reform and opening up at that time, and praised the reform and opening up and the household contract responsibility system, which allowed more and more farmers to embark on the road to prosperity.
However, what is surprising is that although *** in his later years resigned from the post of vice premier and became an ordinary farmer again, his children are all promisingAmong them, his eldest son Chen Mingzhu took root in Xiyang and devoted his time and energy to propaganda work throughout his life; The second son, Chen Mingshan, stayed in Xiyang County as an ordinary electrician; 's daughter, Chen Minghua, is an ordinary police officer in Xiyang County. The most promising, when the youngest son Chen Mingming, later became the chairman of a food company, and opened the company to Australia, and is still well-known in the Chinese food industry. And Chen Chunmei, the granddaughter of ***, became the deputy director of the Supervision Bureau of the Supreme People's Court.
The reason why the children of ** have a successful career is also influenced by the ears and eyes of ***, they put their roots in the soil and remember the people in their hearts. Generations of Chen family members have made a lifelong comeback for the cause of socialism in China, and they deserve the blessing and respect of every Chinese person!