In 1962, the China People's Liberation Army Railway Soldier Art Troupe suddenly received a task. It was the eve of the Spring Festival. The art troupe that had already had multiple programs to prepare was prepared. When they learned that the task had been added, everyone frowned and complained repeatedly.
Until the superiors stated that this task was extraordinary and asked them to hurry up and rehearse an impeccable program before New Year's Eve, and also said that their performance subjects were extraordinary.
As soon as this was said, everyone in the art troupe speculated about what kind of person they were able to attract so much attention from leaders.
Until New Year's Eve, when the art troupe came to Zhongnanhai , everyone realized that they were going to perform for the central leaders such as Chairman Mao, Liu Shaoqi. While waiting to appear on the stage, everyone was both nervous and excited. Everyone was working hard and showing the style of the railway troupe.
Soon, the performance ended. At the end of the show, a young female soldier arranged in advance was responsible for presenting flowers to Chairman Mao who was sitting in the middle. Amid the warm applause, Chairman Mao took the flowers. Under the gaze of everyone, Chairman Mao smiled and touched the little female soldier's head, kindly asking the little female soldier's name, how old and where he was from.
The little female soldier responded shyly, she is from Foshan, Guangdong, named Li Lingshi, and is 13 years old this year.
When he learned that the little female soldier was from Foshan, Guangdong, Chairman Mao said quickly that he had visited Foshan, Guangdong before and could be called half a fellow villager with the little female soldier!
The little female soldier was at the age of curiosity and homesickness. At that time, she said excitedly: "Foshan Prefectural Committee is my brother-in-law. Chairman Mao must have seen my brother-in-law?"
As soon as he heard the Foshan Prefectural Committee, Chairman Mao became interested. He touched the little girl's head again and said humorously: "Your brother-in-law is extraordinary, you dare to speak!"
In fact, just the previous year, when Chairman Mao inspected Foshan , Chairman Mao said the same meaning in front of the provincial leaders.
1. Chairman Mao came to Guangzhou for inspection
On February 27, 1961, accompanied by Wang Dongxing and others, Chairman Mao came to Foshan, Guangdong for a series of inspections.
At 12:30 noon that day, Du Ruizhi, then secretary of the Foshan Prefectural Committee, received the notice that Chairman Mao would arrive in Foshan soon and ask him to prepare for all receptions.
The weather that day was very extreme. Foshan, which was already wet and cold, had another heavy rain that had not been seen for a long time. It is difficult for people with poor health to stay in such a humid and cold environment for a few days, let alone Chairman Mao, who was not very optimistic in his physical condition.
Just in case, Du Ruizhi instructed his assistant to find all heating facilities no matter what, to ensure the temperature of Chairman Mao’s stay.
Around three pm, the three cars arrived in Foshan in a low-key manner, and Chairman Mao sat in the car in the middle. Under the guidance of the staff, three cars arrived at the Foshan Prefectural Committee Guesthouse. At this time, Du Ruizhi had been waiting at the door of the guesthouse for a long time.
Amid the crowd, Chairman Mao and his group entered the warm room No. 1201. To this day, as the place where Chairman Mao once lived, the room is still well preserved.
At that time, in order to ensure that Chairman Mao was not exposed to cold as much as possible, Du Ruizhi turned on the electric heater early before Chairman Mao and his group arrived. After Chairman Mao entered the room, Du Ruizhi personally adjusted the position of the electric heater to ensure that the induction cooker faced Chairman Mao on the seat.
Doing things safely and meticulously is the initial impression that Du Ruizhi left on Chairman Mao.
After everyone sat down, Chairman Mao was straight to the point and asked Du Ruizhi to report the local situation without any extra words.
At that time, people's communes were implemented in rural areas, and everyone had to go to the public canteen for dinner. When it was actually implemented, the disadvantages gradually became apparent.
Since Chairman Mao came to Foshan, Du Ruizhi, as the secretary of the Foshan Prefectural Committee, wanted to seize this opportunity. Du Ruizhi, who is honest by nature, immediately passed on the situation and opinions reported by the masses to Chairman Mao.
It is rare to see leaders who can reflect the opinions of the masses in front of Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao immediately adjusted his sitting posture, as if he was listening to your words.
Immediately afterwards, Du Ruizhi was not vague and directly mentioned the production team, directly pointing out the various drawbacks brought about by egalitarianism, saying that the production team is reduced, so that the labor volume of each member and the income of the production team can be clearly understood. In this way, it can not only mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers to a large extent, but also avoid the occurrence of unactive production and excessive egalitarianism in the past.
When Du Ruizhi was narrating drastically, the others sitting in the room were sweating coldly for him. After all, Du Ruizhi was still the first person to put the disadvantages of the people's commune so directly in front of Chairman Mao.
Unlike everyone who looked at each other, Chairman Mao on the seat was very interested. He originally set a half hour report time, but Chairman Mao spoke in person, extending for an hour.
Although Chairman Mao did not directly issue instructions after Du Ruizhi's report, Chairman Mao's obvious attitude brought unprecedented hope to Du Ruizhi, who had been conducting field investigations in Foshan, Guangzhou for many years.
When it comes to Du Ruizhi, the secretary of the Foshan Prefectural Committee, the local farmers in Foshan are definitely full of praise.
In the hearts of the people of Foshan, Du Ruizhi is a well-deserved public servant of the people.
2. Quick words are straightforward
If you say there is no trace of timidity in front of Chairman Mao, it is impossible, but at that time Du Ruizhi just wanted to take a gamble. He was full of thoughts to help the farmers, and he no longer wanted to watch those farmers continue to starve.
Du Ruizhi is such a person. He speaks out loud and says whatever he thinks. He never plays with those twists and turns. What he says is always the truth.
Du Ruizhi, born in 1920, joined the Eighth Route Army at the age of 17 and became a Chinese Communist Party at the age of 18. He was born and died when he was young. He fought on the battlefield and fought for the country and developed a sense of integrity. In the army, he was a person who dared to do and never despised to tell lies.
After the founding of New China in , in order to respond to the military call, Du Ruizhi asked to transfer himself. In this way, one day in 1950, Du Ruizhi came to Guangdong to support the land reform in Foshan area. This took sixty years, and Foshan, Guangdong also became his second hometown.
After coming to Guangdong, Du Ruizhi quickly adjusted his state and devoted all his body and mind to farmers and land reform. For a long time, Du Ruizhi, who was running back and forth between villages, couldn't find time to go home and take a look.
The longer you interact with the village and the farmers, the more Du Ruizhi wants to change the lives of the farmers. This is why, when he learned that Chairman Mao came to Foshan, he did not hide anything and reported the problems existing in the rural areas of Foshan to Chairman Mao in a straightforward manner.
Don’t hide it, report it truthfully, this is Du Ruizhi. Du Ruizhi like
is exactly the local leader Chairman Mao wants. At the meeting in January 1961, Chairman Mao once said that all cadres should be realistic and dare to tell the truth. Therefore, Chairman Mao appreciated and satisfied Du Ruizhi's outspokenness.
Although Chairman Mao left first after only a few hours in Foshan that time, Du Ruizhi's report was deeply engraved in Chairman Mao's mind.
After Chairman Mao returned to Guangzhou and held a rally with provincial party committee cadres, Chairman Mao mentioned his trip to Foshan as soon as he spoke. Chairman Mao said this to Du Ruizhi: "You have a secretary of the prefectural committee named Du Ruizhi who is very bold and dares to say anything." At the
meeting, Chairman Mao approved Du Ruizhi's proposal to produce production team proposed by Du Ruizhi, and urged the provincial party committee cadres to pass the content of the meeting to Du Ruizhi, so that he could hand over a piece of information about production to produce production team as soon as possible.
, etc., Du Ruizhi was so happy that she had become so excited that she had never seen him so excited.
3. Everything is considered for the people
In fact, the leaders of the provincial party committee were relieved when they heard Chairman Mao say that. After all, the provincial party committee leaders were not aware of the incident when Chairman Mao visited Foshan. They only knew that Chairman Mao would go down to the place, and no one knew about it. Now that he has been recognized by Chairman Mao, everyone thought of Du Ruizhi's personality and felt confused, they also let go, and then turned their attention to the next production contract to the specific implementation of the production team.
In addition to being straight-hearted, another major reason why Du Ruizhi can tell the truth is that the confidence brought to him by practical investigation.
Soon, Du Ruizhi proposed that the production contract was carried out on a large scale in the province and achieved good results.
In May 1980, Du Ruizhi, who had outstanding political achievements, was appointed as member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Agricultural Committee. Just when the people below thought that Du Ruizhi would not need to go to various rural areas to inspect after being promoted, he was already 60 years old, which surprised everyone, and he still insisted on going to the field for investigation.
Du Ruizhi often says: "As a cadre, we must first respect the practical experience of the masses. When doing work, we must have the ground spirit so that we can have confidence!"
In July of this year, in order to test the specific feasibility of contracting the household, Du Ruizhi thought about it and finally decided to go to Huiyang District in person.
When Du Ruizhi came to Zijin County, Huiyang Prefecture, he stayed for two whole months. During that time, in order to truly understand the production and living conditions of the local people, Du Ruizhi insisted on eating and living with the people, seized all opportunities, asked about the needs of the people, and could understand the problems of the household contract responsibility system as soon as possible.
Finally, after field investigation, Du Ruizhi made a preliminary judgment that it is correct to implement the policy of contracting production to households. The data and actual situation have proved that in places where contracting production to households, grain has been increased.
However, if you want to make a final judgment, Du Ruizhi felt that these data were far from enough, so he chose to change the region and increase the inspection time to further verify it.
insisted on field inspections, which played a great role in Du Ruizhi's path to improving farmers' lives.
After promoting the household contract responsibility system nationwide, Du Ruizhi once again devoted herself to the field inspection. After a long period of investigation, he came to the conclusion that the household contract responsibility system has indeed greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of farmers. However, after the land contracted in various places, some sporadic and scattered surplus land caused waste of resources, and the contracting period was still an important issue.
Du Ruizhi formulated such a measure after many discussions and field investigations, "one household can be guaranteed, one piece, one for fifteen years", so that the disadvantages of the household contract responsibility system can be solved in many aspects.
However, during the visit, Du Ruizhi discovered that this measure cannot be widely applied. In those poor mountainous areas, farmers who regard land as the foundation of survival still do not want to lose their land contract rights when they go to the city to work, but instead choose to waste land.
, Du Ruizhi, who is a farmer's child, does not understand their ideas? Finally, based on multiple field investigations, Du Ruizhi changed his thinking and proposed a farmland transfer mechanism with the best of both worlds. That is: villagers can transfer the land use rights for a fee if they have no ability or want to continue farming, and the land contract rights are still in their own hands, so that the villagers can not only retain the land but also have more income.
To this day, such a mutually beneficial mechanism proposed by Du Ruizhi is still implemented nationwide.
He is a well-deserved public servant of the people who seek benefits for the cause of farmers in New China!
