In 1961, Chairman Mao's secretary Tian Jiaying ran to Chairman Mao's office in a hurry and breathlessly handed him a yellowed pamphlet.
In May 1930, in order to mobilize the masses, Chairman Mao decided to personally go to the masses to conduct research and understand the ideas of the masses. The research site is set in Xunwu County, Ganzhou, Jiangxi.
Chairman Mao's investigation was not a casual walk and a look, but a real in-depth investigation of the masses; in addition to investigating the local geographical environment and political divisions, he also specially sought out local cadres, teachers, workers, peasants, small traders, and peddlers and other people of all classes to learn about their real situation.
Although the investigation lasted only more than 20 days, Chairman Mao already knew enough about the local area, he knew the tragic phenomenon of the people being forced to sell their children and daughters, knew everyone's ideas about the revolution, and also saw the shortcomings of the previous land reform.
For example, in the previous work, the revolutionary contingent did not accurately distinguish between the middle peasants, the peasants, and the hooligans, and it was not particularly reasonable to divide the land among the rich peasants, the middle peasants, and the poor peasants; if the landlords' land was fully divided, they did not leave it to others at all, they could not survive, they left all the bad land to the rich peasants, they could not eat enough, they could only choose to rebel.
It is precisely because of this that Chairman Mao clearly pointed out: "The victory of the Chinese revolutionary struggle depends on the Chinese comrades understanding the situation in China and creating a new situation among the masses."
During this period, Chairman Mao also wrote a famous article: "Investigation Work" ("Against Originalism").
The 80,000-word "Investigation of Seeking Uzeki" and the more than 3,000-word "Investigation Work" can be said to be the painstaking works of Chairman Mao, and great importance is attached to it, and even if the troops are transferred, they must be bundled up and taken with them.
Unfortunately, however, in the process of moving to the North and the South, "Investigation Work" was unfortunately lost. Chairman Mao was very sad about this at that time and often mentioned it to people.
In 1955, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee collected revolutionary historical materials nationwide, and when a peasant living in Fujian knew about it, he immediately moved his mind.
This farmer, Lai Maoji, helped the Red Army deliver things in the 1930s. In order to protect this work, he specially opened a hole in the wall of his house, and then put in the box containing the "Investigation Work" wrapped in oil paper, ready to take it out when the revolution was victorious.
When Lai saw this notice, he immediately donated the box in February 1957 along with the Investigation Work.
In January 1961, when Tian Jiaying went to the Central Political Research Office to do business, he saw the yellowed "Investigation Work" from a staff member. He did not fail to hear Chairman Mao mention with great regret this information that had been lost in the fires of war, and immediately ran to the chairman's office with it and handed it to the chairman.
Chairman Mao can be said to be extremely happy about this lost and recovered material, saying: "Seeing this pamphlet is like seeing a child who has not been seen for many years. ”
When Chairman Mao learned that the reason why the "Investigation Work" could be lost and recovered was because of a Fujian peasant, he immediately proposed that he be invited to Beijing to meet him. Unfortunately, Lai had died a year earlier.
