One day in 1971, You Taizhong, who had just served as the commander of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, sat in the office for a long time and came out to do some activities. A leader of a military department had just returned from an inspection at the grassroots level and was waiting for his secretary, looking worried.
You Taizhong inspected.
When he saw You Taizhong coming out, he greeted him directly, and was about to report the situation of this inspection to him, so You Taizhong asked him to accompany him and listen to him report the situation while walking.
Originally, You Taizhong was in a good mood. However, after listening to the leader's report, he immediately frowned, and he wanted to walk outside for a while, so he went straight back to the office.
In the afternoon of that day, You Taizhong personally led people to inspect the grassroots level. I arrived at a regiment first and explained that lunch would be eaten at the grassroots company and not at the guest house. Because the inspection schedule was very full, he didn't even enter the door of the regiment headquarters and went directly to the grassroots company.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for lunch. Accompanied by the regiment leader, You Taizhong came to the company's canteen. However, as soon as he entered the dining hall, the scene in front of him made him angry. It turned out that although it was eaten in the company canteen. But it was obvious that the regiment had deliberately prepared it, because their table was obviously more sumptuous than the food at the other tables.
The second from the right, You Taizhong.
You Taizhong was very angry, sat directly at another table, chatted with the soldiers at the same table while eating, and left the canteen without anyone paying attention to it after eating, and got into the car directly to the next company.
This company was a little far from the regimental headquarters, and when You Taizhong arrived at the company, it was already night. So, he decided to go to the canteen to start the meal first. This time, when he entered the dining hall, he found that all the food on the table was the same, and his heart was a little brighter.
But he didn't want to, just when he wanted to ask which table he was sitting at, the leader of the regiment hurriedly said to You Taizhong that eating in the company's canteen was a bit noisy, and it happened that he didn't have time to check it today.
When You Taizhong heard this, he felt that it was okay, so he followed him into the cubicle of the company's canteen. However, he didn't know if he didn't enter, and as soon as he entered, he was completely angry, and the table was full of dishes. You Taizhong directly pointed at the regiment leader and scolded: "Is it all this style now, we are eating and drinking, and the soldiers are bleeding." ”
You Taizhong. The people accompanying him had never seen You Taizhong lose his temper like this, and they were all overwhelmed with fright, standing there not knowing what to do. Obviously, You Taizhong's anger did not subside, and he continued to loudly reprimand the people present, he said that at noon, he blatantly ate and drank in the company canteen, and made such a big table of dishes, seeing that he didn't eat, and now he has moved to the cubicle, what do you think of me, I am the kind of person who eats and drinks!
The leaders of your regiment and the leaders of your company must deal with it, and they must all be inspected, and if you don't kill this unhealthy trend, will the troops still have combat effectiveness? After You Taizhong finished speaking, he turned around and left the dining hall.
On the way back, You Taizhong's anger did not subside, and he said to his fellow travelers in a serious voice: It seems that the problems that the officers and men have strongly resented are all true, and if we don't care about it and let it go, will we still be able to fight?
You Taizhong inspected the grassroots level.
It turned out that a few days ago, the leader of the military region department reported these problems to You Taizhong. During his investigation and inspection of the troops, he discovered that there were signs of eating and drinking in the troops, and there was not just one unit, but many units like this.
When he held a discussion at the grassroots level, the fighters also reported similar problems. After returning to the military region, he told You Taizhong about it. You Taizhong felt that this incident was not a trivial matter, and if it was true, it would show that there was a serious work style problem in the military region.
So, he decided to go down to the grassroots level to inspect it himself. Sure enough, such a situation really exists at the grassroots level, and it is very serious, which is why he lost his temper.
Soon after, You Taizhong returned to the military region, convened a meeting of relevant personnel, and told everyone all the problems that he had exposed during his inspection at the grassroots level this time, and painfully emphasized that the troops were fighting wars, and such problems could not arise, saying that the troops' funds were still tight, and that they should still advocate hard struggle and maintain the fine traditions of the past, otherwise the troops would collapse.
Yang Dezhi You Taizhong.
To this end, You Taizhong adopted two measures: First, he specially dispatched personnel from organs to the grassroots level to supervise and inspect them, and to deal with them one by one, and to advocate that the vast number of officers and men report and supervise. Second, it is necessary to conduct education in fine traditions throughout the military region, guide the vast number of officers and men to cherish the honors of the past, inherit the fine traditions of the troops, vigorously advocate the style of hard work and simplicity throughout the military region, and the broad masses of party-member leading cadres should take the lead.