On March 16, 1958, near the entrance of a hotel called " Jinniu Hotel " outside Laoximen, Chengdu, two county party secretaries riding bicycles had been waiting here for more than a week. Their faces showed anxiety. . If you look closely, you can see a hint of secret rivalry on their anxious faces.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the two people who had been waiting outside the hotel all day, thought they had gained nothing this day, suddenly heard the vague sound of a car starting. In an instant, the listless two people stretched their heads hard to look into the gate, as if they had been injected with blood. After a while, several cars drove out, and sitting in the first car in the motorcade were Chairman Mao and Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee Li Jingquan.
The car came out. Which direction it went was the result that the two county party secretaries had been waiting for for a long time.
At the moment when the car drove out of the gate, Li Jingquan, who was sitting next to the chairman, asked aloud: "Chairman, which way are we going?" Chairman Mao obviously did not struggle with this issue and just saw Chairman Mao wave his hand. , pointing to the right.
Chairman Mao’s casual finger became the key to the glory of Pixian Hongguang Society, opening a new chapter for Hongguang Society.
The two county party committee secretaries who have been waiting for a long time are waiting here under the arrangement of Li Jingquan. In order to let the county party committee secretaries know where Chairman Mao is going to inspect as soon as possible, so that they can make all preparations before Chairman Mao and others arrive. .
Two county party committee secretaries from different counties and districts are looking forward to Chairman Mao's inspection of their counties every day. This move is extremely honorable for the entire county. The directions of these two counties are just to the left and right of the Jinniu Hotel, and the right side that Chairman Mao pointed to is the direction of and of Pixian County.
Liu Zhitai, Secretary of the Pixian County Party Committee, who had been waiting for so many days, saw the car driving to the right. The stone in his heart suddenly fell to the ground. He quickly got on his bicycle and rushed back to prepare to greet Chairman Mao. Along the way, Liu Zhitai was very excited, knowing that the farmers in his county had finally had an unprecedented opportunity to showcase the results of their hard work over a long period of time.
1. "Only what the common people say counts"
About an hour later, Chairman Mao and his party arrived at the Hongguang Agricultural Cooperative in Hexing Township, Pixian County. At this time, it was a period of great scenery on the Chengdu Dam. In order to be able to Let Chairman Mao take a good look at the scenery, and the driving speed naturally slowed down a lot. By the time Chairman Mao and others felt it, the surrounding people had already gathered on both sides of the road, and it was very lively.
"Hello, Chairman Mao! Hello, Chairman Mao!" The moment Chairman Mao stepped out of the carriage, the waves of greetings never stopped. Chairman Mao's response was to smile from the bottom of his heart and wave continuously.
Immediately afterwards, under the guidance of President Hongguang and the Secretary of the Pixian County Party Committee, Chairman Mao and others entered a side road. Before Hongguang President Zhou Guilin could make an introduction, Chairman Mao raised his hand to interrupt and said : "Take me to see a nearby house first."
"Okay, okay, okay." The extremely nervous Zhou Guilin quickly stopped talking, stretched out his hand, and led Chairman Mao into a member's courtyard at hand. .
This courtyard is very peaceful, with a few small thatched houses and some bamboos planted in the yard. It is very neat and tidy. It is a typical farmhouse courtyard in western Sichuan.
The noisy crowd stopped when Chairman Mao entered the courtyard and waited outside the courtyard to take another look at Chairman Mao's honor. Chairman Mao and others also went straight to the main room. Chairman Mao did not let Zhou Guilin go in early to say hello, but took the initiative to go forward. It was a temporary decision to enter this courtyard, and there was no advance notice. Therefore, the owner of this courtyard, Aunt Wen, knew nothing about the commotion outside.
"Auntie, how are you?" Before Aunt Wen, who was sitting in the main room, could react, Chairman Mao had already opened his mouth and greeted her eagerly.
"Hey, hello, comrade, where are you from?" Unexpectedly, Aunt Wen didn't recognize Chairman Mao. She just thought that the person in front of her with a foreign accent was someone from other provinces. leadership.
"Hahaha, should I say you are from Hunan or Beijing?" Aunt Wen's abrupt inquiry made Chairman Mao cordial and even joked with her.
On the other hand, local leaders such as Zhou Guilin and Liu Zhitai were sweating nervously, but Chairman Mao and the unaware Aunt Wen were very relaxed.
Aunt Wen, who was accustomed to giving away cigarettes to guests, handed over the hookah in her hand while Chairman Mao was speaking and offered a cigarette. Chairman Mao did not shy away from it. Instead, he took the hookah casually and played with it in his hand without smoking.
Zhou Guilin and others on the side were always paying attention to Chairman Mao and Aunt Wen. Seeing this, they planned to explain, "Chairman, this..." Before he could say anything, Chairman Mao raised his hand again and interrupted. Zhou Guilin had no choice but to swallow his words.
"Auntie, let's set up a dragon gate formation, shall we?" Chairman Mao, who was playing with a hookah, sat on a chair and casually started a conversation with Aunt Wen.
When Chairman Mao said this, Aunt Wen immediately became interested, sat upright, and waited for Chairman Mao to continue.
"How many people are there in your family? How many laborers are there in total? Have you and your family joined the cooperative? When did you join the cooperative?" A series of questions raised, which shows Chairman Mao's concern for the masses and The importance attached to agricultural cooperatives.
When Aunt Wen had answered all the questions, Chairman Mao, who was very satisfied with Aunt Wen's answers, asked again, "How much food does your family get each year?"
The key question was finally asked, standing on Zhou Guilin on the side, although he had no worries in his heart, was still extremely nervous, for fear that Aunt Wen would say something shocking.
"It's a few hundred kilograms!" When the leader asked about the food, Aunt Wen straightened her back again. You know, there are grains in stock every year in the past few years, and she can't finish them every year!
"Four hundred and fifty pounds." The vice president of Hongguang Club couldn't bear it any longer. He ignored the obstruction from Zhou Guilin's eyes and interrupted. After all, this was related to the future of their Hongguang Club.
"I don't listen to them. What the cadres say doesn't count, what the people say counts. Madam, can you rest assured, is the food distributed enough?" Obviously, what the people say is what Chairman Mao cares about at this time. With a wave of his hand, the vice president of Hongguang Society was silenced.
Chairman Mao has always been worried that grassroots cadres would not tell the truth for the sake of superficial work, causing the common people to suffer. Therefore, Chairman Mao has always insisted on listening to what the common people have to say. This is why Chairman Mao insisted on going deep into the masses and conducting on-the-spot investigations.
2. Without investigation, there is no right to speak
Just as Wei Zheng said to Tang Taizong : Listening together will lead to enlightenment, and partial belief will lead to darkness. As a king, you need to listen to a wide range of opinions, so that the eunuchs will not dare to deceive you, the true situation of the people at the bottom can be truly reflected, and the problems can be solved.
Throughout the ages, there have been too many clear examples of the success and failure of kings. Chairman Mao, who has always emphasized that party members and cadres should adopt social science methods, abandon "books" and seek truth from facts, even subdivided the investigation and research into induction and deduction. Two methods are only used to obtain the authenticity and reliability of the survey research.
Before coming to Chengdu for this meeting, on February 18, Chairman Mao presided over an enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee at Yi Niantang. It was at this meeting that Chairman Mao offered to attend the meeting in Nanning last year. In order to solve the problem of uneven distribution of personnel in different regions, we proposed to hold a meeting in Chengdu to make up for last year’s shortcomings.
In addition, during the meeting, Chairman Mao also focused on issues related to the leadership atmosphere such as getting rid of the official atmosphere: "No matter how big the official position is or how high the professional title is, even if he becomes a minister, prime minister, or even chairman, We cannot be complacent, we must appear as workers from beginning to end, only in this way can we win the support of the people.After
, when reviewing the "40 Points on Agriculture", Chairman Mao once again took the opportunity to emphasize: "You can't write a report without practical work experience!" "
Don't believe anything, don't believe everything. This has been Chairman Mao's principle that has been implemented from beginning to end. He pays attention to grassroots investigation and research, insists on "no investigation, no right to speak", and adheres to the investigative style of investigating and researching to the end. Chairman Mao's single-minded approach A sincere heart for the people has never been possessed by monarchs and leaders for thousands of years.
3. "Hongguang Society" completely shocked the country.
However, Chairman Mao's trip to Chengdu gained more than that. One of the " "Breaking the Bowl of Flowers" suddenly became a hot "big star" across the country.
During the conversation at Aunt Wen's house, Chairman Mao had almost understood the situation at Aunt Wen's house. It was a small room and a simple table. The chair was very neat and tidy. Seeing this, Chairman Mao asked: "Auntie, do you know that can eliminate the four evils of ? "
" eliminates the four evils? What's that? We are here to get rid of the seven evils! "Unexpectedly, Aunt Wen actually answered with such pride.
"Get rid of the seven evils? What are these seven evils? "This immediately aroused Chairman Mao's interest.
"Rat, sparrow, mosquito, fleas , flies, bed bugs , and the oil thief. "When Aunt Wen saw that Chairman Mao didn't know what the seven evils were, she immediately introduced them one by one with her fingers.
"The oil thief? "All the first six victims of Chairman Mao knew what this oil thief was. This was the first time Chairman Mao had heard of it. Seeing Chairman Mao's puzzled face, Zhou Guilin, who was standing aside, finally had a chance to speak, "Chairman, This oil thief is a cockroach. "Close to Chairman Mao's ear, Zhou Guilin quietly solved Chairman Mao's doubts.
Chairman Mao, who understood the seven evils, nodded to indicate that he understood. However, Chairman Mao's next sentence was unexpectedly Aunt Wen stood up and asked everyone to "search the house."
"Auntie, do you still have an oil thief at home?" "Chairman Mao asked casually.
"My home! Impossible! If you don’t believe it, just look for it! "
Seeing that Aunt Wen had misunderstood what she meant, and was so excited, Chairman Mao laughed and said, "Auntie, you misunderstood. I'm not saying that your home is unclean. I also want to ask how these mosquitoes and flies were caught. What did you eliminate? "
" I just smashed the broken bowl of flowers, soaked them in water, and put them in every nook and cranny of the house, in manure pits, etc. No matter what kind of mosquitoes or flies they were, after a while, they would all be killed. Kill them all. "While speaking, Aunt Wen was gesturing with her hands.
This statement directly aroused Chairman Mao's inner doubts, "What kind of flower is this? It is so useful and it is the nemesis of so many pests! "
As she spoke, Aunt Wen stood up and took out a bundle of things that looked like weeds from under the cabinet, "Comrade, look! This is breaking the bowl of flowers! Don't look at this small bundle, it may kill a lot of pests! "
" Why is this called breaking the bowl of flowers? Can this flower break the bowl? "Chairman Mao took it from Aunt Wen and looked at it carefully.
"That's it, Chairman. Because the roots of this flower are poisonous, the adults in the family were afraid that children would be poisoned if they accidentally ingested it, so they made up a lie to fool the children: "If you pick this flower, the bowl will be broken, and if the bowl is broken, there will be no food." Over time, this flower was called the "Broken Bowl Flower". Pan Zhaoqing, the Minister of Rural Work on the side, quickly took over to explain.
Hearing this, Chairman Mao stood up, said goodbye to Aunt Wen, and said happily to the people beside him: "This is a major discovery! It needs to be promoted nationwide!"
Chairman Mao, who broke the bowl of flowers, was holding it in his hand. Overjoyed, he suddenly raised his head, nodded to the plant expert Liang Yujiu next to him and said: "You go back and write a manuscript in the evening. It is best to finish it tomorrow. After reviewing the manuscript the day after tomorrow, it will be published in the newspaper the day after tomorrow at the latest! I want to make it nationwide People all know this 'breaking bowl of flowers'!"
Following the publication of an article in Sichuan Farmers Daily on March 19 about breaking bowls of flowers to eliminate pests, Hongguangshe in Pixian County entered the national consciousness. Vision, for a while, became a well-known agricultural cooperative in the country.
