The summer of 1960 should be Chairman Mao’s guardian Li Yinqiao The saddest summer.
During those days, Li Yinqiao wrote several inspections in succession, but every time he was beaten back by Chairman Mao, and failed, which made Li Yinqiao very depressed.
So, why does Li Yinqiao write a check? Why didn’t Chairman Mao pass? This has to start with a survey by Li Yinqiao.
In early 1960, a report was sent to Chairman Mao. After Chairman Mao read it, tears suddenly came down.
It turns out that this is a report sent by Xinyang, Henan. The report said that Henan has encountered severe famine and Xinyang has starved to death.
However, what is the specific reason for starving people to death? What is the situation in Xinyang now? The report was not written very specifically, which made Chairman Mao very anxious, so he called the guard commander Li Yinqiao to ask him to go to Xinyang to learn about the specific situation in person, and help the local government solve the problem, and report it truthfully after he came back.
Before Li Yinqiao left, Chairman Mao specifically emphasized: "You must remember that you must not say that you are the people around me, let alone specialize. The people's lives are hard, and you must not take anything from the people!"
Li Yinqiao agreed, and then set off with the working group.
After arriving in Xinyang, Li Yinqiao kept in mind Chairman Mao’s instructions and went deep into the grassroots of the countryside to observe the situation, understand the difficulties of the people, and try to help them solve problems. He worked hard every day without any silence.
A flash, Li Yinqiao has been in Xinyang for several months, and the results of the working group are also very obvious, and has been unanimously recognized by the people.
That morning, Li Yinqiao had a fever and cold because of overwork, so he couldn't go down to work, so he took a break in the dormitory.
After an old lady knew that he was sick, she cooked two eggs to give to him. Li Yinqiao remembered Chairman Mao’s advice and refused.
The old lady was anxious and said that you have helped us solve so many difficulties. Now that we are tired and sick, what's wrong with eating two eggs?
Li Yinqiao still doesn’t want it, saying that my illness is not serious, just take a break.
The old lady was a little excited and said with tears in her eyes, "If you don't want it, I won't leave, I'll just watch you eat here!"
Li Yinqiao couldn't push it over, so he had to accept the two eggs and ate them under the supervision of the aunt.
A month later, Li Yinqiao led the working group to complete his mission and returned to Beijing to report to Chairman Mao in detail about the work situation over the past few months and the real situation of the local people.
When Li Yinqiao reported, Chairman Mao's brows were frowning. It was not until Li Yinqiao said that the food problem of the people in Xinyang had been basically solved, Chairman Mao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Next, Li Yinqiao also talked about the local relationship between cadres and the masses, saying that most cadres are sincerely doing things for the people, and the people also support the cadres. Everyone is very united and believe that the difficulties are temporary. With everyone's efforts, the difficulties will soon pass.
Chairman Mao smiled and couldn't help but clapped his hands.
When Li Yinqiao saw that Chairman Mao was very happy, he told him about the old lady giving him eggs.
Originally, Li Yinqiao wanted to use this story to illustrate that the relationship between cadres and the masses is very good, but unexpectedly, Chairman Mao immediately got angry after hearing this and said loudly: "The people are so difficult. Do you really eat two eggs? How did I explain when you left? You can't take anything from the masses. Don't you remember? The people are all hungry, but you are eating eggs. Can you continue to eat!"
Li Yinqiao hurriedly explained, saying that he didn't want it at first, but the old lady was too enthusiastic, so he stood there and forced himself to eat it. Moreover, when he left Xinyang, he specially left the money for the two eggs and entrusted the staff in Xinyang to hand over the money to the old lady...
However, Chairman Mao did not listen at all, and asked Li Yinqiao to leave the office immediately and go back to write a check.
Li Yinqiao felt very wronged. It was really not what he wanted to eat. It was because the old lady was too enthusiastic and she couldn't help but eat.However, he has followed Chairman Mao for many years and understands Chairman Mao’s mood very well. The greater the angry Chairman Mao gets towards him, the greater the love he loves for the people!
So Li Yinqiao began to write a check to deeply review the mistakes he made in this matter and ensure that he would never make the same mistakes again in the future.
However, after Chairman Mao read it, his instructions were not up to date and he went back to rewrite it.
After Li Yinqiao returned, he wrote it several times in a row, but it still failed, making Li Yinqiao even less sure how to write it.
Once, after Chairman Mao's work, he said to Li Yinqiao earnestly: "I asked you to write a check, not to see if you wrote it correctly, but to make you remember this matter. Don't take the masses one stitch and thread. This is the system we set since Red Army . It is with this system that we have won the support of the masses. If we forget this system, eat two eggs of the masses today and eat a cow tomorrow. Are we worthy of saying that we are a Communist Party member?"
This incident left a very deep impression on Li Yinqiao, and also deeply felt the idea and realm of Chairman Mao's "serving the people".
(Reference: "Mao Zedong and His Chief Guardian" "My Father Mao Zedong") # Headline Creation Challenge #
