In 1977, Deng Gong and Ye Shuai finally reunited after a long absence and gathered in Beijing.
This photo, taken in November of that year, is the silhouette of the two old people moving forward side by side once again to help reform and opening up.
These two old people, one is over the age of old, and the other is old, but you can pay attention to their standing posture, which is still so "exquisite".
The seventy or eighty-year-old man still stood in a standard military posture, and although he was full of white hair, he was still strong, like two strong pines in the cold winter, and although the heavy snow bent the branches, he was still tall and vigorous.
This is also the iron will tempered by the revolutionaries of the older generation in the flames of war.
Years of military life have created them, and the soldiers' words, deeds, and actions are deeply integrated into their blood and seared into their muscles and bones.
Speaking of the relationship between the two, it can be summed up by a vivid metaphor - Ye Shuai is the soil, while Deng Gong is the red flower rooted in the soil and blooming.
Ye Shuai admired Deng Gong very much, and he once sighed in public: "China can do without me, but it must not be without me."
They actually knew each other very early, as early as the ** Soviet District, they knew each other, but they belonged to different departments at that time, so they were not familiar with each other.
Until after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the exchanges between the two became closer and closer, and as the exchanges became more and more frequent, Ye Shuai was pleasantly surprised to find that Deng Gong's small body contained amazing talents.
One day, **Pai's most trusted youngest son*** was received from his home, 24 hours a day "close protection", and he was also unreserved at work, and instructed his office director ——
I've seen the documents, just let him see them! ”
Under the argument of ***, ** finally came back to work in July 1977, ending his "three ups and three downs".
At the critical juncture when the party and the country were putting things in order, he was ordered to take over the "baton".
Facts have proved that Ye Shuai and other revolutionaries of the older generation were right in their trust in Deng Gong.
Since 1978, Deng Gong has successively put forward insightful ideas such as "reform and opening up" and "science and technology are the primary productive forces", which suddenly brought the oriental dragon that had been sunk and confused for ten years back to the track of take-off.
**As the "chief architect" of reform and opening up, there is no doubt that it played a decisive role in the great historical turning point.
However, as the so-called "safflower still needs green leaves", Ye Shuai's strong support is also an important guarantee for the reform and opening up to be implemented throughout the country.
In April 1980, one year had passed since the establishment of the Special Economic Zone. Ye Shuai, as the "advance team" led by the first leader, was the first to come to the "Special Economic Zone" to inspect.
He visited the two special economic zones of Shenzhen and Zhuhai one after another, and while inspecting them, he did not forget to reassure the builders of the special economic zones
Throughout the investigation process, he constantly affirmed the construction of the special zone, encouraged the builders to continue to work hard, and gave them great spiritual encouragement.
Of course, Ye Shuai is not just an encouragement.
He went down to the grassroots level and earnestly understood the difficulties existing in the construction of the special zone. The problems found were pointed out in a timely manner and the relevant departments were urged to correct them in a timely manner, and the situation of the entire SEZ was objectively reflected to the SAR in a fair manner, thus making indelible contributions to the economic take-off of the SEZ.
Today, the policy of reform and opening up has gone through 45 years, and "persisting in comprehensive reform and opening up" is undoubtedly correct, and this great policy has undergone the test of practice and the test of history.
In the construction of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and the Chinese-style modernization system in the new era, reform and opening up has not only been regarded as a basic national policy, but also as a benchmark and monument to inspire a generation to forge ahead and keep moving forward.
Ye Shuai and Deng Gong's decisive and wise judgment in the turning point of history enabled them to leave their names in history and be respected and loved by us.
As a new generation enjoying the benefits of reform and opening up, we cannot stand still.
We, the young people, should stand on the shoulders of our ancestors and reap the fruits of the victory of reform and opening up. And the spirit of self-criticism, self-criticism and self-innovation contained in the reform and opening up will continue to be passed on, and become the imprint in the genes of the Chinese nation.