As the saying goes: "A country is based on the people, food is the first priority for the people, and food is the first priority."
Food is the material basis for people's survival. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country was in dire need of development and was very short of food. Many people Everyone is worried about not having enough to eat. This is a period of economic difficulty for the country. In order to survive this difficult period, in addition to vigorously developing the economy, many revolutionaries of the older generation uphold the principle of sharing hardships with the masses and lead by example. Stop eating delicacies and wasting food.
Even if it is just a grain of rice.
However, due to the status of the older generation of revolutionaries, when they went to inspect other places, many people would still entertain them with delicacies from the mountains and the sea.
So, what did the older generation of revolutionaries do when faced with these delicacies? Now, let me tell you some stories about strike banquets of the older generation of revolutionaries...
Stories about Premier Zhou’s strike banquets
In 1943, on Zhou Enlai’s 45th birthday, several comrades in the office wanted to celebrate Zhou Enlai’s birthday. I specifically asked the kitchen to prepare a few more dishes.
At that time, it was in the critical period of the Anti-Japanese War. Many soldiers on the front line did not have enough to eat, let alone the common people who suffered in the war. Zhou Enlai never liked special treatment. He always demanded that he and The warriors eat and live together, and he eats whatever the warrior eats.
In the evening, when Zhou Enlai was finishing his work and preparing to eat, he saw several dishes on the table.
Although these dishes are not sumptuous, they are still too luxurious compared to what others eat.
Zhou Enlai was a little unhappy and asked the people around him: "The war is tight in the front and there is a lack of food and clothing in the rear. How can we be so luxurious?"
People around him reminded Zhou Enlai: "Today is your 45th birthday."
Zhou Enlai suddenly realized that they were doing this to celebrate his birthday.
Zhou Enlai looked at the dishes on the table and did not intend to move. He asked the guards around him and found out that, in addition to the dishes on the table, they also bought fruits and pastries for him. At the moment, everyone Waiting for him to come downstairs to celebrate his birthday.
However, what surprised everyone was that when they urged Zhou Enlai to go downstairs to celebrate his birthday, Zhou Enlai told them to take away the dishes on the table, and said: "Thank you for your kindness. I understand, the refreshments and cakes downstairs should be taken away together with the dishes on the table, and distributed to the comrades who work the night shift!"
In this way, Zhou Enlai did not touch the food and cakes, and asked the kitchen to give them to him He made an ordinary bowl of clear water noodles as a birthday dinner. After eating the noodles, he did not go to rest immediately, but continued to work.
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After the work, Zhou Enlai reflected on this incident and wrote "My Rules for Recuperation":
Intensify your study, grasp the center, rather be refined than miscellaneous, rather be specialized. many.
Work hard, be planned, focused and organized.
When practicing and writing into one, you need to pay attention to time, space and conditions to make them work properly, you need to pay attention to review and organization, and you need to discover and create.
We must fight resolutely in principle against all incorrect ideologies of ourselves and others.
appropriately develop your strengths and correct your shortcomings in detail.
Never isolate yourself from the masses, learn from the masses and help them. Live a collective life, pay attention to research, and observe discipline.
Improve your body and maintain a reasonable and regular life. This is the material basis for self-cultivation.
After Zhou Enlai always adhered to the principles in "My Essentials for Recuperation", he never lost touch with the masses, maintained a good cadre style, and led the people forward.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country's economy was once very difficult due to post-war reconstruction and other reasons. Many people lived a life of reduced clothing, diet, and insufficient food.
Zhou Enlai cared about people's livelihood and always set an example. He strictly ordered his subordinates to "please eat" to prevent the rise of the "please eat" trend. Every time he ate, Zhou Enlai was not willing to waste even a vegetable leaf that fell on the dining table. To pick it up and eat it.
In July 1958, Zhou En came to Xinhui County, Guangdong Province to inspect the work.
Zhou Enlai went among the masses and went to the homes of many local residents to learn about the situation. He ate the same meals and slept in the same houses as the locals. He was very moved when he saw Secretary of the Party Committee of Xinhui County The Party Addressed the People .
After the inspection work, in order to express his gratitude, the Party Xiangmin specially hosted a banquet for Zhou Enlai and prepared a table full of delicious dishes.
Zhou Enlai was very moved when he saw the food on the table. At the end of the meal, he told Dang Xiangmin: "Comrade Dang Xiangmin, I know very well how much income you have in a month. This meal is still worth it." Let me treat you."
Dang Xiangmin stood up immediately after hearing this and strongly disagreed: "How about that, Prime Minister!"
Zhou Enlai waved his hand, indicating that he should not be excited and sit down to talk.
In the end, Zhou Enlai's secretary handed 300 to the chief secretary of the county party committee, and the banquet changed from the party entertaining Zhou Enlai to the people to Zhou Enlai entertaining them.
During the three-year difficult period, Zhou Enlai, in order to share the joys and sorrows with the people, took the lead not to eat pork, eggs, rice , etc. What he often ate on weekdays was some whole grains, Moreover, during this period, Zhou Enlai's workload was It has not decreased at all, which means that Zhou Enlai still has to maintain high efficiency in handling official affairs even if his food is not nutritious.
One day, Zhou Enlai's cook couldn't stand it anymore, so he said to Zhou Enlai: "Prime Minister, if this continues, your body will not be able to bear it. You have to work day and night, and you will definitely not be able to just eat whole grains. You can't stand it." Eat something else."
Zhou Enlai did not listen to the cook's suggestion. He told the cook that whole grains must be eaten. He kept his word and would not eat pork. After all, "Eat It will never forget the past and the people.”!
Looking at Zhou Enlai's life, more than 50 years of revolutionary career and 26 years of prime ministership, he used his life to interpret what it means to "think for the people" and "share weal and woe with the people." He is a good prime minister in the hearts of the people, and he is worthy of us. A spiritual role model for learning!
The story of Mr. Zhu’s banquet
“You should look in the mirror when eating. That means not only finishing the food, but also picking up the plate, using the steamed buns to wipe off the oil stains on the bottom of the plate, and using a clean and bright plate as a mirror.”
This is the old saying Chen Yun, a generation of revolutionaries, educated those who came from wealthy families to join the revolution. Zhu De was deeply impressed by what he said. Zhu De was born in a tenant farmer family. The family's lack of wealth made him join the revolution early. During the revolution In his journey, there were people who were born into poverty just like him, and there were also people who were completely opposite to him and came from wealthy families.
In the early days of the revolution, those young people from wealthy backgrounds were very unaccustomed to the hardships of life in Yan'an after they came to the Communist Party. In order to alleviate this hardship, they often went back to restaurants to order and feast on food, and often threw away the food without eating much. , Zhu De is disgusted with this phenomenon.
In Zhu De's view, Communist Party members should maintain a good style of hard work, diligence and frugality. Only by maintaining a good style and discipline can the entire army become stronger and stronger, and the Communist Party can truly rise.
This is also true. With the development of the revolutionary process, the Communist Party has been emphasizing the issue of "style" and will hold ideological education mobilization meetings from time to time to enforce discipline within the party.
’s excellent style has forged an army with a tenacious will to fight, and this is also one of the successful “passwords” for the Communist Party to lead the people to the final victory of the revolution.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, although Zhu De held a high and important position, he still maintained a style of hard work, sharing hardships with the people and never doing anything special.
Once, he found that his family's quarterly grain ate more than 50 kilograms . Only he found out about it and no one else knew about it. It didn't matter if he didn't tell anyone, but Zhu De did not choose to do this. Let the whole family eat "vegetable paste" together. After eating for a long time, managed to make up for the shortfall of 50 kilograms of grain.
In 1956, the 70-year-old Zhu De went to Yunnan to inspect the work. During the inspection, Zhu De repeatedly emphasized to the people who received him not to engage in special .
During the inspection, what Zhu De ate most was scrambled eggs with wild vegetables , and he had never tasted anything better.
Zhu De expressed satisfaction with this kind of reception, but the person in charge of the provincial party committee who knew about the situation felt that they had treated Zhu De harshly, so the person in charge criticized and educated the reception staff, and asked the reception staff to improve Zhu De's food The treatment is to provide Zhu De with delicious food.
The next day, Zhu De thought that the food on the table would still be scrambled eggs with wild vegetables, so he went to eat happily. However, when he arrived at the table, the joy on Zhu De's face disappeared instantly.
He looked at the bowl of hot bird's nest in front of him and criticized the receptionist: "Compared to other people, I eat well enough every day, why do I need to buy these expensive things?"
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After some criticism and education, Zhu De cleared his throat and said helplessly: "I paid for the bird's nest out of my own pocket. If you get it again next time, I won't eat it at all!"
This is Zhu De, the founding father of the People's Republic of China, is always affectionately called "Mr. Zhu" by the people. He has participated in the revolution for nearly 70 years and has led the Communist Party of China through countless ups and downs. Throughout his life, he has maintained a frugal and honest attitude. Style, he is a great proletarian revolutionary, and a great man in the eyes of the people!
The story of Li Xiannian's banquet
In April 1964, Li Xiannian went to Wuhan to host a financial work conference for the central and southern region of China. After the meeting, he missed his relatives in his hometown and immediately rushed back to his hometown of Hong'an.
When people in the county guest house learned that Li Xiannian was coming, they immediately ordered the kitchen to cook something good for Li Xiannian to eat in the evening.
While people in the county guest house were preparing to prepare delicious food for Li Xiannian, Li Xiannian was running from house to house to the villagers' homes. He came to the villagers' homes just to see what the living conditions of the villagers were like. Compared with the last time he came here Is there any improvement.
When he visited the home of a fallen revolutionary veteran, Li Xiannian saw a woman eating cabbage and cornmeal. This woman was the widow of the veteran soldier. Li Xiannian couldn't help but blush when he saw this scene. He blamed himself very much. Said: "The people are living so hard, I have a big responsibility..."
In the evening, after finishing his visit to the villagers, Li Xiannian returned to the county guest house.
As soon as the staff of the guest house saw him coming, they took Li Xiannian to the restaurant very attentively. When they arrived at the dining table, Li Xiannian looked at a table of chicken, duck and fish, and thought of the meal that the widow of the old soldier had eaten, and suddenly felt in his heart. Some throbbing .
Li Xiannian educated the guest house staff who accompanied him with a straight face:
"You serve me so many dishes, can I bear to eat them? It seems that you are eating well every day!"
"Those common people in the countryside What kind of life are you living? Don't you know? You make me feel very sad and uneasy. Don't just sit in the office and give orders. You should go out often and do more practical things for the people... .."
The staff at the guest house lowered their heads and said nothing, blushing after being criticized by Li Xiannian.
In the end, Li Xiannian sighed and asked them to order another bowl of clear soup noodles. As for the food on the table, he didn't move a single chopstick.
In fact, there are many older generation revolutionaries like Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Li Xiannian. They care about the people. Although they are in high positions, they are still willing to share hardships with the people.
There is no doubt that what we are today is the result of the hard work of our ancestors. We must not let their efforts go to waste. Now, even if our lives are getting better day by day, we do not have any right to waste food. We must Learn from the fine styles of thrift and hard work from the older generation of revolutionaries, and create a better society together!
Reference materials:
The “banquet banquet” of the older generation of revolutionaries - Communist Party Network
Wiping the bottom of the bowl with a vegetable leaf: How frugal is Premier Zhou Enlai? ——Communist Party Member Network
[The Communist Party of China’s “One Hundred Thousand Whys”] Why does Chen Yun say “you must look in the mirror when eating”? ——Communist Party Member Network
