Preface
As the saying goes: The daughter is the father’s caring little cotton jacket; The same is true for the other hand, and the father is the daughter’s solid backing.
If you learn that your daughter is wronged when she is working or living outside, the father will definitely stand up and do his best to relieve her worries for the "little cotton jacket".
But there is such an "unreasonable" father. Faced with a simple request from his daughter, he not only disagreed, but also retorted.
This unreasonable father is actually Comrade Chen Yun, an outstanding economic leader in New China.
In the winter of 1968, Chen Yun's daughter Chen Weihua walked home in the rain for more than 30 miles of mountain roads. As soon as he met his father, Chen Weihua made a small request to his father. Chen Yun's face turned pale and even scolded Chen Weihua severely!
What request did Chen Weihua make to his father Chen Yun, and would make him furious?
Picture | Chen Yun
1. From a poor background, Chen Yun attaches importance to studying
1905, Chen Yun was born in Qingpu County, Jiangsu Province (now Shanghai). His family was in poverty. He lost his father at the age of two and his mother at the age of four. He was raised by his uncle and aunt since childhood.
html When he was 28 years old, he was sent by his uncle to a private school in the town for enlightenment education. A year later, Chen Yun entered Yishan National School located in Liantang City God Temple to study.Not long after, with the support of a relative of my aunt, Chen Yun went to Qingpu County B Business School to study bookkeeping.
He has talent and wisdom, and has studied hard and practiced hard. In a short time, he mastered abacus and learned to keep accounts initially.
It’s a pity that just over a month later, an accident occurred at my aunt’s and relatives’ home, and Chen Yun dropped out of school again.
Later, under the support of Principal Du Hengbo of Yan'an National Primary School in Zhangliantang Public, Chen Yun went to high school for free to study.
After going around in circles, Chen Yun finally finished his primary school course with excellent grades.
In December 1919, in order to make a living, 14-year-old Chen Yun went to Shanghai Commercial Press as an apprentice. Although
has lost school, Chen Yun has never given up on self-study. During his apprenticeship, in addition to heavy labor, he did not forget to study cultural knowledge hard.
According to colleagues' recollections, Chen Yun got up to read, write, and learn English every morning before dawn; after get off work at night, no matter how tired he was, he had to read and write until late at night, and the heat and cold never stopped.
In the 1920s, the party's underground organizations actively carried out revolutionary propaganda in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Guangzhou. Influenced by the party organization, Chen Yun actively participated in the workers' strike, studied Russian, and studied Marxism-Leninism and the progressive books of the Soviet revolution.
1925, 20-year-old Chen Yun officially joined the Communist Party of China at the Shanghai Commercial Press; he served as Secretary of the Qingpu County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, Inspector of the Shanghai-Nanjing of the Communist Party of China, and Secretary of the Shanghai Zhabei District Party Committee of the Communist Party of China.
1930 and 1931, Chen Yun was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee at the Third and Fourth Plenary Sessions of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
1933, Chen Yun entered the Central Revolutionary Base; after the Zunyi Conference, Chen Yun risked his life and shouldered the important mission of the Party Central Committee, crossed the Kuomintang blockade line from Guizhou, and went to Moscow, the Soviet Union via Shanghai to report to Communist International, and reported the details of the Red Army's Long March and Zunyi Conference to Communist International. After completing the task, Chen Yun stayed at Moscow and entered the Chinese Department of Lenin College to study. During
, Chen Yun systematically read the original works of Marxism-Leninism and the textbooks compiled by the academy, as well as revolutionary history books of proletarian in other countries around the world.
After returning to Yan'an from the Soviet Union, Chen Yun was appointed as the director of the Central Organization Department of . Due to the extremely busy work, Chen Yun tried his best to "squeeze" time to persist in studying.
His self-study method was praised by Chairman Mao : "Comrade Chen Yun has experience in squeezing. He can squeeze out time to read books and have meetings in his busy schedule. It is a model of learning."
After the founding of New China , Chen Yun presided over the national financial work and needed to go on business trips frequently, but he always maintained the spirit of diligent study. No matter how busy he was, he would take time to study.
Chen Yun believes this: National economic construction is a new task for us. Since we have no experience before, we must study hard, otherwise there will be big chaos.
When Chen Yun was the secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, he unified the national finances, made the economy stable quickly, ended the mess left by the Kuomintang regime for more than 10 years, and actively restored the national economy.
In June 1950, the Korean War broke out; in October of the same year, the first batch of Chinese People's Volunteers entered North Korea to participate in the war. In order to ensure the victory of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Chen Yun implemented unified arrangements for major crops such as grain and cotton in the country.
In formulating and implementing the first "five-year plan" for the development of the new China, he proposed a series of cautious and realistic policies based on the actual situation.
Picture | Chen Yun, one plus seven photos, took a photo
In the early 1960s, China's national economy suffered severe tests. Chen Yun was commissioned by Chairman Mao and worked with Liu Shaoqi, Premier Zhou and Comrade Xiaoping to mobilize 20 million people in the town to go to the countryside, proposing to implement the policy of "contracting production to households" in rural areas.
During the "Ten Years of Catastrophe", Chen Yun went to Nanchang, Jiangxi to work. In addition to the personal belongings he carried, he also brought three boxes of books, and carefully read the works of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Lu Xun and others several times. Combined with his own experience since participating in the revolution, he deeply reflected on the major issues in the national economic development.
In April 1972, according to Premier Zhou's opinion, Chen Yun participated in the work of the State Council Business Group of and proposed: better study of contemporary capitalism in order to occupy the rightful position of China in the world market.
After the reform and opening up , Chen Yun continued to lead the national economic construction work.
In his later years, Chen Yun still studied hard; in May 1994, while he was hospitalized, his vision was blurred due to the influence of glaucoma and cataract . He still paid attention to the affairs of the Party and the country by listening to radio news early and night, and put forward his own opinions and suggestions in a timely manner.
Comrade Chen Yun has been squeezing out time to study and study in his busy work for decades. This is a key factor in his long-term important achievements in the practice of revolutionary construction and reform.
Chen Yun often said to his children: " Anyone must be a primary school student honestly. Only by studying hard can we better observe and deal with problems.
I hope you will read more books so as to contribute more to the country."
In order to call on your family to study, Chen Yun also organized everyone to form a family study group to study Marxist theory.
With Chen Yun’s encouragement, the whole family has a strong reading atmosphere, and the children have developed the good habit of loving reading and learning philosophy .
2. Good at studying and not privileged
After the founding of New China, Chen Yun presided over the work of the Central Financial Committee and handled astronomical figures, but his life was very simple.
Chen Yun has two pairs of wool pants, both of which have been worn for more than 20 years and have more than a dozen patches; a leather shoulder is the trophy of Liaoshen Battle , and it will last for ten years;
Later, when Chen Yun was hospitalized in the hospital, he asked to keep all the cotton balls he used with eye drops and use them again after disinfection.
1949, Chen Yun and his family were assigned to the old house at No. 58, Beichang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, where seven people lived here for a full 30 years.
Because the house was disrepaired for a long time, it often leaked. At that time, the administrative department of the agency proposed to overhaul. Chen Yun disagreed: "The overhaul of the house costs a lot of money, as long as it doesn't leak."
One winter, the temperature in Beijing dropped sharply. Premier Zhou went to find Chen Yun and saw him sitting in office wearing a quilt. Premier Zhou was unbearable and immediately expressed his permission to provide heating here a few days in advance.
Chen Yun repeatedly insisted on : "Heating starts on November 15th. This time is determined by me. I cannot break this example!"
" is strict with yourself and " is Chen Yun's requirement for his children's family style. As early as the War of Liberation, Chen Yun proposed extremely strict "three rules" to his relatives and children: is not allowed to enter and exit his office at will; it is not allowed to look through or contact documents and materials that are only for him to read; it is not allowed to take the small car he uses.
In the early days of the founding of New China, Mrs. Chen Yun took the same route as Chen Yun when and after get off work. Although she was on the way, she had been insisting on riding her bicycle to and from get off work and had never taken Chen Yun's car.
Chen Yun had five children, two sons and three daughters in his life. He often educates his children: "Read good books and be good people. If you perform poorly outside, that is my problem.
must not regard himself as the children of senior leading cadres. After joining the work, you must obey the needs and arrangements of the Party and the country, strictly demand yourself in your position, and make greater contributions to the country."
Comrade Chen Yun warned his children this way, and he did the same.
Picture | Chen Yun and eldest daughter Chen Weili
In September 1971, his eldest daughter Chen Weili asked for leave from the unit to go to Jiangxi to take care of his father.
Before going to Jiangxi, Chen Yun said: "During the time when you came to take care of me, you can't get your salary, you have to return the salary to the public."
In June 1972, when Chen Weili returned to the unit, she returned the salary for this period to the unit.
Chen Yun believes that the country gives you salary to let you do things for the country. During this period, you did not do things for the country, but took care of me.
one code is unified, and you cannot get the salary of the unit for nothing.
During the days in Jiangxi, Chen Weili lived with her father for nine months, and Chen Yun talked to her a lot.
Chen Yuan, as Chen Yun's eldest son, he was strictly required by his father since he was a child. When Chen Yuan was in elementary school, his father Chen Yun taught him to read newspapers and "References" to know the world's major events and broaden his horizons.
In daily life, Chen Yun never interferes with Chen Yuan, but just asks him to work more at the grassroots level and must not be privileged.
One day in 1984, Chen Yun called Chen Weilan, who was already working in the organization department, to the office for a talk.
Chen Weilan is Chen Yun’s youngest daughter and reported her work to her father. Chen Yun asked : "What if you have something at work that others think is doing well?"
Chen Weilan replied: "I am humble and cautious."
Chen Yun asked again: "How can you be humble and cautious?"
"I always remember that you must be vigilant in your thoughts and be modest and cautious."
Chen Yun shook his head and said to his daughter earnestly: : "I tell you, the most important thing is that you must put your position in the right position. The work is done by everyone, and it is done by the masses and leaders.
You cannot count your grades in your own account, but in the accounts of the organization and the masses."
He also asked Chen Weilan : "What if there are shortcomings in the work and others criticize it?"
Chen Weilan replied : "Then I will talk to the person who criticizes me in detail."
Chen Yun smiled and said with satisfaction: "It's good. Communists must have the spirit of self-criticism. Only with the spirit of self-criticism can they be worthy of being a Communist Party member."
Before leaving, Chen Yun was still shouting to Chen Weilan : "You have to put your own position!"
Chen Fang is Chen Yun's youngest son. When he was in middle school, in order to learn swimming, he once bought flippers and asked for money from the life administrator, which exceeded his budget.
Chen Yun knew about this and talked to Chen Fang and asked where his money came from?
Chen Fang said : "From the administrator."
Chen Yun asked again: "Where did the administrator's money come from?"
Chen Fang said : "It's your salary."
"Who gave my salary?"
Chen Fang replied that it was given by the people.
Chen Yun asked : "Since it is the salary given to me by the people, why do you use it?"
Chen Fang was young after all, and said unconvincedly: "I am your son, you are my father, isn't it normal to spend money for me?"
Chen Yun warned Chen Fang : "Save a penny to save money from the people, I don't think you know how to save money at all!"
Picture | Chen Yun and his eldest son Chen Yuan
3. A small request, Chen Yun was furious at his daughter Chen Weihua
Chen Weihua is Comrade Chen Yun's second daughter. When she was young, she had a dream in her heart, that is, to become a people's teacher when she grew up.
1966, Chen Weihua finished high school in Beijing Normal University Affiliated High School. He originally planned to take an exam for a normal university, but was forced to give up the college entrance examination and went to work with his classmates one after another.
When it comes to finding a job, his father Chen Yun will not provide any help to Chen Weihua, he can only rely on himself.
Chen Weihua was finally assigned to work in a school in Fengtai District, Beijing. Because of her own identity, the school cadres found that Chen Weihua was Chen Yun's daughter when they reviewed the student files, so they did not dare to accept her.
Later, after several twists and turns, Chen Weihua was finally assigned to Xinying Commune, Huairou County, Beijing and became a rural primary school teacher.
Huairou County has a strange terrain, half of which is plain and half a mountainous area. According to a girl's idea, : She naturally wants to be assigned to a plain area with better conditions, and it will be more convenient to go home.
Chen Yun seemed to see that his daughter was a little dissatisfied with reality and told him earnestly: "You must be prepared to work in a remote mountainous school, always maintain a hard and simple lifestyle, get along with the villagers and colleagues, and never make special."
After his father's teaching, Chen Weihua temporarily let go of his knot. After arriving at Huairou, she saw that the primary school conditions there were very simple, the tables and chairs in the classroom were dilapidated, there was no glass on the windows, and it was blocked with old newspapers and cardboard.
blackboard is made of cement mortar . After using it for a long time, it has been damaged in many places, revealing the white wall color.
The first time I walked onto the podium, Chen Weihua found that the students in his class were two children of different grades.
Looking at the children's clear eyes and their longing for learning knowledge, Chen Weihua quickly devoted himself to the intense teaching work.
The winter of this year came soon. Because it is located in the mountainous area and the lack of glass in the school windows, it brings great difficulties to daily teaching. The children could only gather around the stove and rub their hands constantly. The strong wind outside the door poured in through the gaps in the window.
At this time, Chen Weihua felt very lonely. There were no classmates here, and there was not even a single person he knew. When it was late at night, she thought of her father.
Since most of the family members were sent to other places for labor reform, only his father stayed at home. Chen Weihua was so eager to see him and see how his father's life was.
The idea of missing your family is getting stronger and stronger. One weekday, Chen Weihua did not ask for leave from the school and ran home without authorization.
Chen Weihua originally thought that his father Chen Yun would welcome him enthusiastically. But as soon as Chen Weihua stepped into the house, she saw her father's serious gaze.
Chen Yun knew very well that this girl must have encountered something, so he asked : "Why are you back so soon?"
Hearing his father's question, Chen Weihua stammered and said : "Father, I miss you, can you transfer me back to the downtown of Beijing?"
Picture | Chen Yun and his youngest son Chen Fang
Seeing his daughter's embarrassment, Chen Yun immediately said : "You should go back to school immediately!" later said a lot of bad things, which made Chen Weihua very sad.
She thinks she is not afraid of suffering, but just misses homesome and is a little lonely. Why can't her father understand her?
After a while, Chen Yun's mood eased. He said to Chen Weihua in a calm tone and said : "Don't worry at home, stay for one day tonight and go back tomorrow. The children's homework is inadequate, so teach with peace of mind."
Early the next morning, Chen Weihua returned to Huairou. In order not to disappoint her father, she made up her mind to work hard in the mountainous areas.
Just like that, Chen Weihua calmed down and taught seriously. Because there were not enough teachers, she taught children Chinese, politics, and history one after another. She actively participated in agricultural production and went up the mountain to chop firewood in her spare time; she worked as a cook, carried water and loaded loads, and visited students' homes from time to time.
After a long time, and getting along more harmoniously with fellow villagers and colleagues, Chen Weihua gradually adapted to rural life. She felt the long-lost joy in the children, and the simple villagers became Chen Weihua's good friends.
people put their hearts in mind. At this moment, Chen Weihua truly understood why his father was so strict with himself.
sentence : "You are too young and have no experience, so you must go to society to explore. Especially for girls, if they want to gain a foothold in society, they must first mature psychologically and politically. "
At this moment, Chen Weihua finally understood the true meaning of this sentence. Not long after, Chen Weihua was transferred from Huairou Primary School to middle school to teach, and was even further away from home, so he could only go home every half month.
Every time he went home, Chen Yun called her to her side and asked her about her work and life situation in detail.
Chen Yun was particularly concerned about the production conditions in the village and the living conditions of fellow villagers. When he heard that the production enthusiasm in rural areas was very high, Chen Yun was particularly happy.
However, when he heard that the fellow villagers could not even afford toilet paper, Chen Yun seemed to be in a low mood. He told Chen Weihua very seriously: "The reason why farmers can't afford toilet paper is because their living standards are still far from that of urban residents.
You have to save some money on your salary, and you must not be separated from the masses. "
As time goes by, Chen Weihua has become as close as a family with his fellow villagers and has completely integrated into the collective life of rural schools. Every time he goes home, Chen Weihua has to buy things for his fellow villagers.
In the early 1970s, Chen Yun's family of seven people were scattered across the country. Chen Yun and his wife Yu Ruomu went to Jiangxi and Hunan to receive "labor transformation". The five children went to cadre schools, rural areas and troops respectively.
In December 1970, Chen Weihua, who taught in rural Huairou, Beijing, gave his father Chen Yun, who was far away in Nanchang, Jiangxi. He wrote a letter to explain his learning wish in detail.
Chen Yun immediately replied to Chen Weihua. In the letter, he asked his daughter to first study Marxist philosophy works, and he had to read " Reference News " and " People's Daily " every day. Chen Weihua's reply message touched Chen Weihua very much.
In April 1971, Chen Weihua went to Nanchang to visit his father. One day after dinner, Chen Yun called Chen Weihua to his side : "You should also learn more about the world's major events. "
During the more than 20 days of visiting relatives in Nanchang, Chen Weihua and his father Chen Yun did not go out for a walk. The father and daughter spent most of their time studying.
Picture | Chen Yun and his second daughter Chen Weihua
The winter in Jiangxi is extremely wet and cold. In early spring, there will be strong winds and the temperature is particularly low. Chen Weihua saw that his father Chen Yun would be able to study better, from the beginning of winter solstice, early spring, he would put a basin of charcoal fire in the house every night, and insisted on studying until 12 o'clock every night.
(Chen Yun lived in Nanchang for a total of two years and seven months. Except for the necessary labor every day, the rest of the time was almost spent on reading)
1973 August 7, 1973, he had already returned to the north Chen Yun from Beijing wrote a letter to Chen Weihua, hoping that she would attend the family reading club initiated by her father. The first thing she learned was Chairman Mao’s " Practice Theory ".
Chen Weihua was very happy after receiving the letter. According to her father’s requirements, she grew up quickly under her father’s education.
In October 1974, Chen Weihua gloriously joined the Communist Party of China; in 1975, Chen Weihua was named an excellent teacher by the Huairou County Education Bureau.
At that time, Chen Yun had problems with his hand joints. In addition to suggesting strengthening treatment, the doctor also suggested that Chen Yun increase the activities of finger joints in daily life.
Chen Weihua learned that his father was sick, so he asked Huairou’s fellow villagers to choose two walnuts and give them to his father by taking the opportunity to go home.
Chen Yun fell in love with these two walnuts as soon as he saw them and kept them in his hand and played with them carefully.
In 1977, the national resumption of the enrollment examination system for colleges and universities. Chen Yun was very happy and asked his wife Yu Ruomu to promptly notify Chen Weihua to prepare for the college entrance examination.
When Chen Weihua received the message, it was less than three months before the college entrance examination. Besides, I have to go to work in my daily life, so how to review relevant knowledge in a short period of time makes Chen Weihua a little difficult.
She thought about it and wrote a letter to her family, asking her mother to ask a good friend who works in college to ask him to guide her how to review.
Chen Yun got angry again after hearing this, and believes that Chen Weihua used his parents' relationship to go to the back door.
So, Chen Weihua had to find a way herself. With her hard work and a solid foundation, she finally got admitted to the History Department of Beijing Normal University as she wished.
In 1982, Chen Weihua graduated from university and assigned her to the National Human Resources Department, and was later transferred to the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television.
When Chen Weihua told Chen Yun about these situations, he immediately said : "You must obey the organization's decisions and have a broader social presence."
Later, in order to take the lead, Chen Weihua, under the instruction of his father, came to his alma mater, Beijing Normal University Experimental Middle School, and became a middle school history teacher. From then on, he took root at the grassroots level until he retired.
Picture | Chen Yun and his youngest daughter Chen Weilan
Conclusion
In most people's impression, Chen Yun is a serious politician. During his more than 70 years of revolutionary career, Chen Yun has experienced various historical periods of revolution, construction, and reform and opening up.
No matter how complicated the situation is, no matter whether it is in good times or bad times, we will always adhere to our belief in Marxism and communism.
For his five children, Chen Yun's words and deeds influenced and educated his children.
Chen Yun’s strict requirements for his children are not only reflected in work and life, but also very concerned about their ideological growth and progress.
requires them to be upright from the beginning, cherish the hard-won peaceful living environment, and maintain the fine style of hard-working.
After growing up and joining work, we must obey the needs and arrangements of the Party and the country, strictly demand ourselves in our position, and strive to make great contributions to the country.
