In 2001, Comrade Hua Guofeng's 80th birthday was approaching . When Hua Guofeng's niece asked to come to congratulate him, the old man who had strict requirements on his own life categorically refused the request. Zhong Yanzheng replied: Not approved.
But on February 16th, on Comrade Hua Guofeng's birthday, he was surprised and happy when he saw his niece, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, who had come secretly from Shanxi.
Comrade Hua Guofeng's birthday banquet is very simple, a cake, a simple home-cooked meal. During the birthday banquet, when Hua Guofeng saw the young people present, suddenly sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Now the reform and opening up, the life is good, the future of the country lies in your young people, you must save, Don't be extravagant."
These words seem to be not only an advice to the young people present, but also a memory of the past years, Hua Lao's life is undoubtedly admirable.
The phrase "the future of the country lies with the young people" reminds people of how Comrade Hua Guofeng, as a young man determined to make China prosperous and strong, overcame difficulties and obstacles and bravely made the country's future in the past difficult years. The burden of the future is on both shoulders.
Hua Guofeng
I. Hua Guofeng in his youth
In 1921, Comrade Hua Guofeng was born in the home of a tanner in Jiaocheng, Shanxi Province. Comrade Hua Guofeng was not named Hua, but Su. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Hua Guofeng, who was angry, was determined to save the country from peril and defeat the invaders.
After witnessing the country breaking down mountains and rivers and the atrocities of the invaders, he cried out in his heart: "I can't be a slave to my country, the atrocities of the Japanese devils can no longer be tolerated."And then because of the needs of anti-Japanese work, he changed his name from Su Zhu to Hua Guofeng, which means "the vanguard of the Chinese nation's anti-Japanese national salvation".
In June 1938, 17-year-old Hua Guofeng participated in Shanxi After sacrificing the anti-Japanese guerrillas of the National Salvation League, he officially joined the Communist Party in October of this year. He made great contributions to the anti-Japanese battlefield in Shanxi.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang reactionary regime intended To seize the fruits of the victory of the People's War of Resistance, Comrade Hua Guofeng saw this situation and strictly implemented the party organization's policy of "tit for tat, every inch of land must fight", actively organized the expansion and strengthening of the armed forces in Jiaocheng County, and united the grassroots to expose Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Xishan's wolf ambition.
Under propaganda, many soldiers of the National Army joined the People's Army. Comrade Hua Guofeng also showed his amazing talent for organization and publicity at this stage.
He took root deeply The masses, deeply understand the great power of the grassroots masses, and practically solve the problems in the lives of the masses. During the land reform in Jiaocheng, Yangqu and other places, he went deep into the poor peasants and farm labor groups, and paid close attention to this group The ideological and political work of this group has greatly promoted the enthusiasm of the peasant group.
Hua Guofeng made great contributions to the People's Liberation War and the establishment of the people's government during the Anti-Japanese War. He also did not expect that one day in the future, he would be selected as Chairman Mao's successor and undertake the future of China. The PLA went south to Xiangyin County, Hunan Province. Since then, he never imagined that he would be working in this province and city for more than 20 years.
Here, he became the first party secretary of Xiangyin County, and he quickly showed his leadership. At the beginning of liberation, under his leadership, the work of disaster relief, land reform, production and construction, and bandit suppression was carried out in Xiangyin County, which was in ruins. With excellent results, Hua Guofeng was transferred to Xiangtan County soon after.
Xiangtan County has been a land of outstanding people since ancient times. Since ancient times, many heroes have forged an indissoluble bond with this place. Comrade Hua Guofeng became the "parental officer" of Chairman Mao who was born in Xiangtan. .
During his work in Xiangtan, Hua Guofeng did not stay in the office all the year round. His work experience at the grassroots level allowed him to know the production situation of the people on the spot, so as to solve the production problems and the difficulties of the people in a targeted manner.
He wears a straw hat like an ordinary peasant all the year round, wanders in the fields and villages, and often goes to the fields to ask the old peasants about the actual production status. Over time, he has become the cadre who knows the most about agricultural production among the cadres in Xiangtan.
In the hearts of the locals, Comrade Hua Guofeng is truly called a "parent official". As the county party secretary of Xiangtan County, he never engages in specialization. He always carries water, washes, and even eats with local residents They all lined up with the migrant workers for dinner. Over time, the local migrant workers became familiar with Comrade Hua Guofeng and felt very cordial when they looked at the county party secretary.
His unpretentious image of a farmer also provided him with great convenience for his in-depth understanding of agricultural production and solving production problems.
In 1953, Chairman Mao first noticed the young man Hua Guofeng. At that time, Xiangtan had not yet opened to traffic, and Chairman Mao's special train stopped at Zhuzhou. Although Chairman Mao's eyes are watching all over the land of China with concern, for Xiangtan, Chairman Mao's hometown still retains a different nostalgia.
As for Comrade Hua Guofeng, before Chairman Mao met him, he had heard from the peasants of this man who was affectionately called "Parent Official" by the villagers who walked around the fields and villages all year round. Comrade Hua Guofeng learned of Chairman Mao's arrival, so he rushed from Xiangtan to report to Chairman Mao the situation of the Xiangtan Agricultural Mutual Aid Group.
htmlWith more than 00 years of grassroots experience, Hua Guofeng has a clear understanding of Xiangtan's agriculture, handicrafts, and commerce, but this tall man still feels a little shy in front of Chairman Mao, what Chairman Mao asked, Hua Guofeng with deep knowledge reserves He blushed and answered something.After the talk, Chairman Mao praised him with a smile and said: "This young man is still sinking, going deep into the masses, seeking truth from facts, which is very good." This talk made Hua Guofeng stay in front of Chairman Mao. Very good impression.
In October 1955, the Sixth Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing. Hua Guofeng, a non-voting representative, also attended the meeting. During the break of the meeting, Chairman Mao mentioned Hua Guofeng again. Other leading cadres introduced: "This young man is my parents, an honest man."
At the suggestion of Chairman Mao, Hua Guofeng once again introduced the experience of cooperation in the Xiangtan area at the meeting. This young man Once again, it received the general attention of the central leading cadres at the conference.
Since then, Comrade Hua Guofeng has been appreciated by the central leadership. After 1956, he successively served as a member of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, director of the Cultural and Education Office of the Hunan Provincial People's Committee, and director of the United Front Work Department of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Comrade Hua Guofeng has been working in Hunan for more than 20 years from young to middle-aged, and has deeply benefited the people of Sanxiang. He worked meticulously and conscientiously, set an example to go deep into the front line of industrial and agricultural production, and shared weal and woe with the masses. Mao Zedong gave Comrade Hua Guofeng's high evaluation: "Tell the truth, is an honest man." the honest man. Chairman Mao once praised Hua Guofeng as a veritable agricultural development expert.
During his work in Hunan, Hua Guofeng also made an uninterrupted field inspection of the agricultural production in Hunan, and summed up from it, so that he has a very rich knowledge reserve on the development of agriculture, so he is very appreciated by Chairman Mao. Young talent.
During Hua Guofeng's agricultural field investigation in Hunan, he realized that in the development of agriculture, the level of grain output is an extremely important issue in agricultural development. Food has always been a major direction in his mind.
Hua Guofeng is very concerned about scientific research in the field of agricultural production, and among the many scientific research projects and scientists he is concerned about, the well-known Mr. Yuan Longping is one of them.
"To this day, I am still grateful for this. Hybrid rice can go a few days without the leadership of Hua Lao. Without his support, the promotion of hybrid rice on a large scale is undoubtedly a nonsense." Yuan Longping said with great emotion when he recalled the help of Comrade Hua Guofeng.
In 1974, Yuan Longping's hybrid rice was successfully planted in an experimental field with a yield of more than 650 kilograms per mu. However, how to promote this rice has become a difficult problem.When a letter from Yuan Longping was handed over to Comrade Hua Guofeng, he immediately sent someone to take Mr. Yuan Longping to his residence to understand the details.
Comrade Hua Guofeng soon realized that this kind of rice is of great help to solve the food problem of the people. He immediately helped Mr. Yuan Longping to raise funds, as well as the help of the agricultural sector, which made the rice production in our country have a great impact. Change, my country's agricultural production technology has made great strides forward.
In addition, Comrade Hua Guofeng also made extraordinary achievements in industrial production and transportation construction.
According to Chairman Mao's instructions that Hunan should be built as an industrial province, Hua Guofeng organized relevant forces to seize key projects, including small nitrogen fertilizer equipment, sugar machines, mining and metallurgical equipment, automobile production projects and so on. This series of construction guidance has gradually transformed Hunan's originally weak industrial construction.
Comrade Hua Guofeng's outstanding political achievements, close-to-the-people image, and down-to-earth style have gradually been affirmed by Chairman Mao.
Beginning in 1976, Chairman Mao gradually handed over the country's top leadership to Comrade Hua Guofeng, then a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, placing high hopes on his successor.
At the same time, Chairman Mao chose Comrade Hua Guofeng to succeed him, in addition to his ability, but also for the stability of the transfer of power. He hoped that Comrade Hua Guofeng could avoid damage to the cause of the party and the country, strive to unite the whole party and the people, and coordinate all parties. contradictions.
After the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976, Hua Guofeng rushed to the disaster-stricken area first. There were aftershocks in the process of condolences to the people in the disaster-stricken area.
When the seriously ill Chairman Mao saw Comrade Hua Guofeng's performance in the disaster area published in the newspaper, he nodded again and again. Chairman Mao once again believed that this young man in his eyes could shoulder the burden of China's future.
Looking back at history, Comrade Hua Guofeng, just as he said to young people at the dinner table, regarded the backwardness and poverty of the new China as a heavy burden on his shoulders. Facing the difficulties of the times, he bravely Taking up this banner, with the gesture of "dare to call the sun and the moon for a new sky", help the country's future to brighten.
"The future of the country lies in the young people" The young people of today are facing the new challenges posed by the new era, and Comrade Hua Guofeng's life for China should be an example for future generations to learn from.
