In 1965, Teng Daiyuan stepped down as Minister of Railways, and it was Lu Zhengcao who replaced him. Prior to this, Teng Daiyuan had already handed over the daily work of the Ministry of Railways to Lu Zhengcao due to physical reasons, so that he could quickly become the minister. It is worth mentioning that Lu Zhengcao was the second Minister of Railways and the only Minister of Railways with the rank of General, but in 1967 he was seized power, what happened that year?
In 1966, Lu Zhengcao received an order to go to Beijing for a meeting, however, when he attended the meeting, he found that it was not a simple regular meeting. During the meeting, Lin Shuai mentioned a lot of past events and pointed to them, and soon pointed the finger at him, and he was accused of opposing the party. Although he defended himself many times, he did not receive any response, but ushered in constant criticism.
At that time, there was chaos in many parts of the country, the rebels were constantly inciting contradictions, and railway transportation was also seriously disrupted, and even looting of supplies. In order to maintain the normal transportation order, Lu Zheng was busy with food and clothing, and did his best to work.
However, in the second year, the rebels frantically seized power, and the criticism of Lu Zhengcao became more and more intense, and even took him to a stadium and accepted more than two hours of criticism by 10,000 people. The weather was cold at that time, and Lu Zhengcao couldn't support it for a while, and almost fainted to the ground, but fortunately, after hearing the news, he was taken away, otherwise his life was likely to be in danger.
Soon, Lu Zhengcao was seized of power and imprisoned, during which he suffered great damage to his body and had extremely poor sleep quality, but he had no way to turn to it, so he could only silently endure such unfair treatment. In this way, in 1974, ** personally inquired about Lu Zhengcao's affairs, and specially explained that he wanted to keep Lu Zhengcao.
After learning that Lu Zhengcao was not in good health, the chairman also took him to Beijing**, comforted him cordially, asked him to take care of his body first, and then let him slowly return to work. After several years of physical and mental blows, Lu Zhengcao's physical condition is worrying, the originally tall and big person, actually lost more than 90 pounds, and the whole person is haggard, as if the wind will fall.
In the second year, Lu Zhengcao's body was almost recuperated, and the organization arranged a job for him, asking him to assist *** to go to disaster relief, and at the same time comfort the people affected by the disaster. Not long after, Lu Zhengcao was transferred to the railway corps as a political commissar, during which he constantly reorganized the troops and restored stable order.
However, before this, Lu Zhengcao had not really been rehabilitated, and the reason why he was able to return to work was completely out of the protection of ***. And his innocence was not restored until 1978, that is, after the Gang of Four was completely crushed. After that, he was finally able to justifiably promote the reform of the railway corps and work hard for the country's railway construction. In 1983, Lu Zhengcao reached the peak of his political career, serving as vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and becoming a deputy state-level cadre.
At the end of the eighties, Lu Zhengcao quit ** and started his retirement life. He is very passionate about sports, especially tennis, and after retirement, he plays for more than an hour every day, not only to exercise but also to pass the time. Don't look at his age, but the level of tennis cannot be underestimated, and he is well-known at home and abroad, and then he also worked in the Tennis Association for a period of time, until he was 90 years old, Lu Zhengcao slowly put down tennis.
Although he is far away, Lu Zhengcao still cares about the country's railway industry, he is always ready, once the country needs him, he will not hesitate to dedicate himself. In 2009, Lu Zhengcao's physical condition was not optimistic, although his family sent him to the hospital in time, but it still did not save his life, and he died not long after at the age of 106.
General Lu Zhengcao is an outstanding leader of China's railway front, and in his legendary life of more than 100 years, he has done his best in everything he does, and has won the unanimous recognition of the country and the people. General Lu Zhengcao has many shining points, he is upright and upright, he lives a simple life, is honest and honest, and these are all worthy of our learning!