Introduction
In the old society, everyone hoped that they would have a relative who was a high official around them, so that "one person would be able to ascend to heaven" and become a "superior person". General Wang Zhen's younger brother was such a person, and after he learned that Wang Zhen had become a general, he began to show off everywhere and pursue a luxurious life. If it weren't for General Wang Zhen's timely education, he might have harmed a family...
The younger brother asked for living expenses, and even wanted to build a "mansion villa"
In 1955
General Wang Zhen
Because of his outstanding military achievements, he was finally evaluated as a general by the Central Military Commission and became the chief of our army. When this news reached Wang Zhen's hometown of Liuyang, Hunan, the fathers and fellow villagers in his hometown all praised him, and General Wang Zhen's mother shed tears of excitement and wrote to her son, hoping that he could go home to see.
In 1959, Wang Zhen returned to his hometown with enthusiasm for the construction of his hometown. According to the Liuyang County Chronicle, "Liuyang in the 1950s and 1960s was a poor county town, with less than 5% of the county's educated people. After Wang Zhen returned to his hometown, he began to hire experts, build schools, and cultivate good land for his hometown. With the support of Wang Zhen, the hometown set up the first silk reeling factory, and the villagers in the township gradually became rich.
After his hometown gradually got rid of poverty, Wang Zhen's younger brother had his own "careful thinking". According to the Biography of Wang Zhen: "
At that time, Wang Zhen had to send money to his family every month, and Wang Zhen's third brother Wang Yumei, after receiving the money, thought of building a big house for his own family
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Wang Yumei believes that when his eldest brother becomes a "feudal official", his family should be more magnificent and should not still live in an earthen house. So he asked someone to draw a blueprint and design the house as a tall mansion with a patio, a corridor, and a gatehouse. He calculated in his heart that when my brother was a soldier, our family suffered a lot for him, and now we should "repay" the family. So he wrote a letter to Wang Zhen, asking Wang Zhen to send some more money to repair the house.
According to the Biography of Wang Zhen, "When Wang Zhen received the letter, he immediately said to his wife: 'Bullshit! The younger brother wants to build a royal compound at home' is too crazy! Wang Yumei's ideas were undoubtedly corrupt and degenerate, so General Wang Zhen specifically instructed him in his reply that he should actively participate in the transformation study class of the local government.
Wang Zhen wrote in his reply: "To build a house, you can only build two rooms, one for you and one for your mother. I am a servant of the people of Xinjiang, I want to take money to build a 'royal family compound', the masses will fight me, you want to take my money, I will write to the peasant association, let them fight you! ”
In this way, after Wang Yumei was reprimanded by her brother, the "dream of the Wang Family Courtyard" was also shattered.
After Wang Zhen returned to his hometown, he handed over his brother to the government
Touched and relieved. It turned out that the fields of Liuyang's hometown had ushered in a bumper harvest this year. Wang Zhen walked to the field, and while greeting the members who were harvesting in the autumn, he took the initiative to pick up the sickle and work with the members.
According to the Biography of Wang Zhen: "
Wang Zhen spoke a dialect from his hometown, and the fellow villagers all felt that he was amiable, had no official shelf, and was willing to speak the truth to him.
Wang Zhen was most worried about his brother, so he asked his fellow villagers about Wang Yumei.com.
The fellow said casually:
Mr. Mei is living a good life, and there are still more than a dozen ducks in the family.
Wang Zhen felt that something was wrong when he heard it, and hurried to the district government to inquire about the real situation at home.
Regarding the title of "Mr. Beauty", it is not actually a beautiful name. In Liuyang in the old society, there were only two kinds of people who could be called "Sir", one was a literate and knowledgeable reader, and this kind of person called "Mr." was an honorific title. The other kind of person called "Sir" is the local local tycoon and inferior gentry.
Wang Zhen came to the compound of the district party committee and summoned some cadres to a meeting, at which Wang Zhen said directly: "Your ideological education work for the masses is not in place, I heard that you still have a person named 'Mr. Mei' here, and I see that he has not been educated." ”
Wang Zhen was quite dissatisfied with the title of his younger brother "Mr. Mei", and he said to the cadres: "We have overthrown the local tycoons and inferior gentry, how can we come up with a mr. Mei again?" I make a decision, who will shout 'Mr. Mei' in the future to punish Gu Yidou, by Wang Yumei to pay! ”
After the villagers learned of this incident, they all thought that Wang Zhen was a "great Qing official", so they communicated with him, and they were even more unrestrained, saying whatever they wanted.
One day, a fellow villager complained to Wang Zhen that the ducks of Wang Yumei's family had trampled on the seedlings in their fields and eaten the crops in the field. Wang Zhen said to his fellow villagers, "I will definitely ask him to make compensation!" ”
Wang Zhen summoned his brother and told him, "The three major disciplines and eight points of attention formulated by Chairman Mao must not be violated, and you must make compensation." As a result, Wang Yumei slyly argued: "I am not the People's Liberation Army." Wang Zhen was so angry that he directly handed him over to the district government. After the district government made a judgment demanding compensation from Wang Yumei, Wang Zhen clapped his hands and applauded.
When he was about to return to Xinjiang, Wang Zhen ordered the local armed forces to catch all the ducks of Wang Yumei's family and send them to the production team. He also instructed the district government to educate him well, a "brother who is not angry." ”
With integrity, you will never fail
In 1966, because the country was in a special period, General Wang Zhen was criticized by the "rebels". According to the Biography of Wang Zhen:
Wang Zhen was not afraid of them at all, and the rebels gave him a sign. Lay it on with a trowel. He threw these things to the ground. ”
At that time, some people also complained about Wang Zhen to Chairman Mao, saying that he was anti-party and counter-revolutionary. After Wang Zhen learned about this incident, although he was sad in his heart, he was not afraid, and he also said to others:
Chairman Mao knows me well, and the rebels' tricks will not harm me.
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Wang Zhen's judgment was correct. On May Day in 1967, he met chairman Mao on the tower of Tiananmen Square, and Chairman Mao said to him:
Someone wants to bring you down, and your king beard can't knock you down!
After this meeting with the chairman, the rebels never came to fight Against General Wang Zhen.
At that time, the rebels also went to the general's hometown to investigate the situation and asked many people about the Wang family. But fortunately, General Wang Zhen is just and upright, and everything is done in accordance with the party's principles, so the rebels have not found any 'stains' at all.
If General Wang Zhen had turned a blind eye when Wang Yumei wanted to build the "Wang Family Compound" at that time, he did not correct the title of "Mr. Mei" in time, and did not hand over the ducks in his family in time. I am afraid that the Wang family will be in a catastrophe at this time.
The selfless and principled approach of General Wang Zhen is worthy of our study and deep reflection.