Liu Yalou is a famous founding general of our army and the first commander of the air force. General Liu Yalou not only has outstanding military achievements and extraordinary military command ability, but also a good leader who is strict with himself, leads by example, and is diligent and thrifty.
Once, when the great man came to the Air Force Headquarters, when Liu Yalou raised his hand to salute, the great man found the traces of his cuffs sewn and asked for approval to make him two new sets of clothes, but he refused.
To what extent was General Liu Yalou frugal? A small envelope, he also had to use six times. How to use it? First use the front and back twice, then take it apart, and in turn, paste it well and then use it positively and negatively twice. Finally, use the ink pen to use the front and back of the original pen word twice.
Liu Yalou often admonished his subordinates: we must be careful and save every penny for the country, and do not think that an envelope is not worth a few dollars and can be wasted at will. It is necessary to understand the difficulties of the country, share worries for the country, and understand the principle of accumulating less into more.
In 1961, Liu Yalou led the compilation of air force regulations and teaching materials in Hangzhou, and there were more than a dozen groups and hundreds of people who consumed a lot of paper every day. At that time, it was a three-year difficult period in China, and paper was extremely scarce, and even the textbooks for primary school students were inevitably printed without "regeneration paper".
In order to ensure the needs of the compilation, the air force management department has obtained some good paper through proper channels. Taking into account the difficulties of the country, Liu Yalou stipulated a discipline for the writing team: except for the final draft, all resurgent papers should be used, and no one was allowed to make exceptions.
The secretary and other members of the writing team took into account that Commander Liu's eyes were not good, and they had to personally review tens of thousands of words of manuscripts every day, and it was too eye-catching to use more raw paper, so the proofreading books sent to him were all good paper. After Liu Yalou saw it, he was very angry, immediately returned the manuscript, and solemnly announced: In the future, he will not read the manuscript printed for him with good paper alone, and second, he will criticize it.
When Liu Yalou found that the paper that the secretary put on his desk was better than more raw paper, he called the secretary and said solemnly: If a leader wants his subordinates to resolutely implement his orders, he must lead by example! If because he Liu Yalou is the commander, he can use good paper at will, which is equivalent to automatically revoking his order.
In order to let everyone understand the importance of leaders leading by example, one day after dinner, Liu Yalou invited everyone to take a walk together, and told everyone a story of Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms. He said: "Cao Cao once stipulated that the marching procession was not allowed to trample on the seedlings, and those who violated the law were beheaded. Shortly after the military order was issued, his own mount strayed into the crop field and trampled on the seedlings. Therefore, it was announced in public that the prime minister had committed the same crime as the soldiers. He also drew his sword and killed himself to show the public, and under the persuasion of the courtiers, he personally cut off his own hair in public to show punishment. In doing so, Cao Cao won the hearts and minds of the people and often won battles. It can be seen how important it is for a leader to lead by example! ”
In 1959, Liu Yalou was promoted to vice minister of national defense, and the treatment of using cars was also improved, and the "Big Red Flag" sedan could be equipped according to regulations. Liu Yalou gave the office director a "preventive injection" in advance, and specially instructed him: the "Jim" car he is sitting on is already very good, and do not change the "big red flag" again.
Soon, Liu Yalou went to Hangzhou for a meeting, when the old "Jim" he used frequently malfunctioned and sent the auto repair plant for major repairs, until he returned to Beijing and did not repair it. Liu Yalou returned to Beijing, and the director of the office felt that it was normal to change the car this time, so he asked the administration bureau for a "big red flag" to go to the airport to pick up Liu Yalou.
Liu Yaxia's downstairs plane saw this "big red flag" and after inquiring about the situation, he angrily criticized the director of the office and insisted on not taking this car, and took the car of deputy commander Wang Bingzhang to go back.