There is a saying in ancient China that goes like this: "When one man attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven." "A person's soaring glory will often make the people in the family also follow him."
In ancient China, everyone was eager to be promoted to a higher rank, so that they could use their rights to help their families live a better life. But after the founding of New China, this atmosphere was immediately snuffed out.
In Hebei Province, there was once such a two-sleeved governor who was always extremely strict with his own requirements in his life, and never sought half a private interest for his family.
He is called Li Erzhong, his whole life has been incomparably clean, never coveted a penny of the people, although his life is not rich, but he is worthy of the party and the people...
He never profited for his family, his own daughter committed suicide because of poverty, and later his grandchildren lost their jobs one after another.
Lear revisited the work
The grinding of the revolutionary cause
In 1913, Li Erzhong was born in a village in Hebei Province. In the era of his birth, it was the most turbulent time in China, when domestic warlords were fighting, and all kinds of foreign invaders were also eyeing China, and the people of all China were living in a deep and miserable situation.
When he was young, Learzhong heard all this, which also cultivated his sense of worrying about the country and the people, and he secretly made up his mind that he must study hard, make his own contribution to China's future, change China's status quo, and let the Chinese people live a good life.
In 1929, at the age of sixteen, he joined the revolutionary ranks, followed the Communist Party to the north and south, and embarked on the glorious road of seeking happiness for the Chinese people. A few years later, at the age of nineteen, he had become a member of the Communist Party and continued to fight for China's future. But in addition to the revolutionary cause, he was also quite successful in his studies.
In order to become a useful person to society, Li Erzhong studied hard every day when he was young, he was first admitted to Yenching University, and then went to Japan to study, and it was in this learning experience that he learned the two words "diligence and thrift".
When he was studying in Beijing, he constantly helped the Peking University Library to copy books to earn living expenses, although he did not earn much, but he could barely live a self-sufficient life.
Then, in 1933, the party organization in Beijing was discovered by the enemy, and the underground party organization was seriously damaged, and Li Erzhong had no choice but to travel east to Japan to continue his studies.
The study abroad life in Japan was not satisfactory, and it can even be said that it was very difficult. However, his study experience in Japan has also made Li Erzhong's vision more broad. Despite the hardships of life, he still insisted on studying and was determined to return to China at the right time to serve the motherland well.
After staying in Japan for several years, Lear felt that the time had come, resolutely returned to China, resumed the revolution, followed the troops to the southern conquest of the northern war, and then participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, composing many glorious legends in the rain of bullets and bullets.
His battlefield experience is quite rich, but Li Erzhong, a person who did not like fame and fortune in his life, never wrote an autobiography of himself, and never used these heroic pasts as a capital to boast about himself.
He had also given himself several aliases, one of which was called "Hogo Veteran", and deep down, Lear always imagined himself only as an ordinary soldier with a weapon, never feeling that he had any unusual experience on the battlefield.
He told only a few war stories to his children:
Once, after Li Erzhong commanded the troops to break through and broke through the siege, he could not find the commander and chief of staff in his own troops, and Li Erzhong had to return with the guards again, only to find that the commander and the chief of staff had already died.
Just as Lear was preparing to break through with the guards again, the two encountered an ambush by the Japanese army. The guards were unfortunately hit by the Japanese and sacrificed, and Li Erzhong's arm was also shot, and in desperation, Learzhong had to lie in the small river on the edge of the village and pretend to die, which only escaped the disaster, and later was rescued by his compatriots before returning to the army.
This experience did not make him afraid of the Japanese army, he still fought in the front line of the War of Resistance, and launched a tenacious struggle against the Japanese army.
In addition, his faith was also very firm, he was arrested and imprisoned by the Kuomintang three times, and endured all kinds of severe torture by the Kuomintang, but he never betrayed the organization and never yielded in the face of the murderous enemy.
Perhaps it was these unusual experiences that sharpened his character to a higher level.
Lear has held senior leadership positions in the military for decades, but has never added a brick to his rural home or asked the organization to treat his children specially. He adhered to the fine style of thrift and innocence that he had formed since he was a teenager, and had never changed in the slightest.
On the other hand, his struggle for the revolutionary cause is a pure struggle, a struggle for hundreds of millions of people in China.
Two sleeves breeze
In view of Li Erzhong's great contribution to the Chinese revolution during the war, after the founding of New China, Li Erzhong was arranged to hebei as the secretary of the provincial party committee.
Li Erzhong, who is in an important position, is still cautious in his words and deeds, has never been bribed by money and power, and has always maintained his diligent and frugal nature, which is a kind of not forgetting his original intention.
Lear and Chairman Mao
Li Erzhong's family lived in the government compound, and he himself was the highest-ranking person in this compound, but Li Erzhong insisted on fairness and honesty, and refused to seek a private interest for his family, and finally made him the poorest person in the whole compound. But Lear was never afraid of poverty, he only felt that incorruptibility was the most important thing.
When he first came to Hebei, he was determined to be a good official who was honest and honest and devoted himself to serving the people. When he was an official in Hebei Province, he never sought half a penny for his own family's private interests, nor did he deliberately take care of his daughter because he was in a high position, but instead repeatedly warned his children that they must support themselves in everything, never covet vanity, be honest in their duties, live well, and never be greedy.
Reunion photo of Lear's family
In order to practice these words, Li Erzhong personally reclaimed a small vegetable field next to the house and planted vegetables on it. Every year, when it was time for harvest, Lear not only ate these dishes himself, but also gave some of them to his neighbors. At this time, many of the neighbors' children did not know who Lear Was, and they all thought he was a farmer.
In addition to growing his own vegetables, Lear weighed his own clothes, pants, shoes and socks torn, and rarely bought new ones, always repairing them with needles and threads. He also often used this as an example, telling his children that a piece of food and a bowl of soup were not easy to come by, and he warned everyone in the family to be diligent and thrifty.
Under The constant teaching of Li Erzhong, several of his children naturally became honest and responsible people.
Li Erzhong has high hopes for each of his children, hoping that they can live their lives plainly, but among these children, there is only one exception, that is, the eldest daughter Li Xiaodan, who committed suicide, which has also made Li Erzhong always grumpy and always difficult to let go of the death of his eldest daughter...
This matter should start from the beginning, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Erzhong was already married and had a daughter, named Li Xiaodan. This daughter can really be said to be the pearl in the palm of Li Erzhong, and Li Erzhong is determined to work her education and make her a person with both moral integrity and ability.
Time always passes very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, many years have passed, and Li Xiaodan has grown up and begun to enter society. However, in the face of the problem of finding a job, Li Xiaodan made a mistake, and she was very confused when she just entered the society, and did not know what work to do.
Li Xiaodan, who had never been able to find a job, had to ask his father Li Erzhong for help, hoping that his father could find a job for him. In fact, the reality is indeed like this, at this time Li Erzhong is already the secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Hebei Province, as long as he casually says a word, or even just intentionally or unintentionally mentions it in front of the staff, someone will immediately solve his daughter's work problems.
Seeing that his daughter could not find a job, Li Erzhong was also very anxious, but he also felt that his daughter's own affairs should be solved by himself, and if he helped his daughter, it would violate the principle of honesty and honesty that he had always been. After much deliberation, Li Erzhong decided not to help his daughter find a job.
After Li Xiaodan heard the news that his father did not plan to help him find a job, he was very dissatisfied. Although he knew in his heart that this was his father's usual style, she still had difficulty understanding his father. Li Xiaodan lived and lived in this way, and life became more and more difficult to sustain.
Finally, Li Erzhong really couldn't see his daughter living like this, and he had no choice but to open a "privilege" for his daughter.
At that time, Li Erzhong just needed a private secretary, and this position was not too difficult, mainly to take care of Li Erzhong's life. So Li Erzhong arranged for his daughter Li Xiaodan to do this work.
After Li Xiaodan became his father's secretary, his life still did not change much, and he could only say that he was better than before. But she also knew in her heart that making this decision had already made her father physically and mentally suffer, after all, his father had given up the principles he had always adhered to in his life for himself, so she did not complain about her father, and served conscientiously in this position.
After a few years as his father's personal secretary, Li Xiaodan got married and then had a son. However, Li Xiaodan and her husband have been busy for many years and have not paid attention to the cultivation and education of their children.
In the "stocking" mode over the years, Li Xiaodan's son failed to inherit Li Xiaodan's diligence and simplicity, but instead raised a bad disease, did not think of making progress, liked to compare, and never worked.
Li Xiaodan's only son lived a very luxurious life, all day long in the compound and other young people, the cost is very large, so he often asked Li Xiaodan for money, Li Xiaodan is very fond of his son, can not bear to refuse, making his son more and more arrogant. Under the constant demand of his son, Li Xiaodan's life became increasingly difficult.
Li Xiaodan dissuaded his son several times and three times, hoping that his son could go out to find a job and support himself by his own ability, but his son never listened to these words, as long as he did not ask for money from his mother Li Xiaodan, he made trouble everywhere at home.
The poor life makes Li Xiaodan's life very painful, and watching his colleagues around him live a stable and stable life makes Li Xiaodan feel bad in his heart. In the end, under the dual pressure of work and children, Li Xiaodan suffered from depression and embarked on the road of no return.
Lear heavy after retirement
After hearing the news of his daughter's suicide, Li Erzhong was very sad, but he still did not regret that he insisted on being honest and did not arrange a good job for his daughter, he just complained that he did not enlighten his daughter in time.
In addition to his own daughter, Li Erzhong has three grandchildren, and their lives are also very ordinary. The three grandsons were all looking for jobs by their own ability, all ordinary workers, and later lost their jobs one after another.
But at any time, they never asked their grandfather to help themselves, but they never complained that their grandfather did not open a path for them. Because they understand that Grandpa Lear-chung will never change his principle of incorruptibility.
The persistence of twilight years
Li Erzhong has always been strict with himself since he was young, not only in terms of integrity, but also in all aspects of life, and in old age, the same is true.
In his later years, Lear was heavy with old friends
After entering the ancient rarity, he had always loved literature and picked up the pen again and began to brew books.
He spent three years in libraries, archives, and war relics, looking for writing materials that could be used, and finally paid off, writing a five-million-word masterpiece, "New War and Peace".
From this book, we can also see that Li Erzhong is a very demanding and very pragmatic person.
After the book was published, Li Erzhong did not want others to borrow books to boast about himself, nor did he feel that he had produced a book that was so great, and still lived a very plain life.
In the face of constant visitors, Lear posted a notice in his living room:
"Yu is more than a year old, buried in half the soil, has a long way to go, races against the yin in seconds, and is afraid that his wish has not been fulfilled, and he will fall asleep with hatred." Visiting and talking should be in the evening, extra requests, not obeyed. ”
No matter what, Lear always adhered to his beliefs and lived a simple and unpretentious life.
In 2009, Mr. Lear Chung passed away, but to this day, as long as Li Erzhong is mentioned, everyone will praise his lifelong integrity and dedication. He did have the approval of the people, and this recognition was obtained by his own deeds.
Mr. Lear Chong has been honest and honest all his life, always serving the people, and he can really be called the "parent official" of the people.