In the 1990s, within the red wall of Zhongnanhai. An old man "built a lot of construction" at home, making the whole yard very lively. When the staff stepped into the old man's room, they were really surprised: Chief! Are these all your craft? The old man smiled and nodded, supported the big wooden bed that had just been made with his hand, and said: "Or sleep comfortably in the bed you made yourself."
The old man's name is Li Ruihuan, who just moved from Tianjin to Beijing a few years ago. In his youth, Li Ruihuan was a construction worker. He entered the Beijing Third Construction Company in 1951, where he worked as a carpenter. He held this position for fourteen years.
During this period, he also used his work break to strengthen the study of architectural expertise, and eventually he also obtained a diploma in architecture by his own efforts.
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With a diploma, Li Ruihuan quickly received the attention of his superiors. In addition, he is a carpenter and has a foundation for carpentry work. He was soon transferred to the Beijing Construction Timber Factory as secretary.
It is worth mentioning that at this time, Li Ruihuan was already a little famous among the domestic workers. In 1964, the feature film "Young Luban", launched by the Beijing Film Studio, was broadcast to rave reviews.
People who watched the movie wanted to know who this skilled and funny little Luban in the movie really was. In fact, the prototype of this "young Luban" is Li Ruihuan. In other words, Li Ruihuan's own experience is more interesting than the story in the movie.
In the traditional Chinese carpentry craftsmanship, those exquisite techniques are often in the hands of the "teacher". However, this also has certain drawbacks. Although these skills are exquisite, they are difficult to operate and are not easy to pass on and promote. At that time, many workers in the construction wood factory in Beijing were learning a carpenter's method called "enlarged sample".
This method of construction is to enlarge the original tiny carving pattern in equal proportions and then have the master carpenter carve on a larger wooden board. Although the effect looks good, this skill is highly dependent on the carpenter's own experience, and it is quite troublesome to sit up and less efficient.
Li Ruihuan feels that this is a bit inconsistent with the concept of promoting industrialization and improving production efficiency advocated by our country. Therefore, when others are learning how to "enlarge the sample", Li Ruihuan is thinking about how to make a better finished product without "enlarging the sample".
To this end, Li Ruihuan also specially consulted several professors and experts in architecture. From the mouths of these experts, he heard several terms that confused him: geometry, algebra.
Although he is unfamiliar with these things, Li Ruihuan is a person who likes to study and is willing to explore. He braved the freezing cold of minus ten degrees to the local library in Beijing. Borrowed related books.
If you don't understand, you will take the initiative to go to the teacher of the School of Architecture to answer questions. Finally, Li Ruihuan used the advanced scientific knowledge he learned to improve the woodworking technology in the factory, and was highly recognized by the superior leaders. This story can be said to be the best portrayal of the hard work of the young Luban.
However, just one year after Li Ruihuan became the secretary of the factory. The political situation at home was volatile, and at this time he could only temporarily leave his beloved job and go to other places to avoid the wind.
In 1972, domestic economic work initially resumed. Forced to idle, Li Ruihuan became the secretary of the Beijing Construction Timber Factory again. A year later, he was transferred to the Beijing Municipal Construction Commission for his extensive architectural experience.
Here, Li Ruihuan is mainly responsible for directing the construction of infrastructure and various municipal projects in the Beijing area. This officially became his first step into politics.
In the 1980s, the country began to reform and open up, and all aspects of the country could be described as wasted and waiting to be rebuilt. Li Ruihuan was sent to Tianjin by the central authorities as a comrade with grassroots work experience and experience in leading economic construction. Here, Li Ruihuan still maintains his original character as a worker. As a mayor, he always goes down to the grassroots level to go to the major construction sites to take a walk and take a look.
Mingle with your workers and listen to their ideas. In the communication with these people, Li Ruihuan also gradually discovered some loopholes in our governance at that time. This prompted Li Ruihuan to start thinking, and he began the transformation from an economic doer to a philosopher.
Some workers on the construction site mentioned: Many of the current policies are a bit empty, and those of us who are grassroots workers cannot understand it. If you can't understand nature, you can't do a good job. Li Ruihuan thought about it and delivered a series of speeches among the leading cadres in Tianjin.
Li Ruihuan said: We should really do practical things for the people. Isn't the purpose of our Party to serve the people? At present, some comrades like to "endorse" and talk big when leading work. I don't think that's okay. We should speak anytime, anywhere, with emotion, and speak what the people can understand. We must truly implement the service to the people.
Li Ruihuan is not only keen on studying philosophy himself, but he also advocates that our party's leading cadres should take the lead in studying and love to study. In particular, it is necessary to study philosophy. To this end, he published the book "Study philosophy, use philosophy". In this book, Li Ruihuan made an extremely detailed exposition on how to understand Marxist philosophy and how to apply Marxist philosophy to the actual work of serving the people.
At that time, even party and state leaders such as Deng Xiaoping and Li Xiannian, who were far away in Zhongnanhai, Beijing, read it and praised his articles and views.
Subsequently, Li Ruihuan still made a lot of achievements in the leadership position of Tianjin. During his time in Tianjin, he made many speeches on "doing practical things for the people". Many of these speeches have now become the study content of our Party workers.
In addition to ideological work and construction work, Li Ruihuan, who served in Tianjin, is also a full fan. Every home game of Tianjin football team. Li Ruihuan almost always came to the scene to cheer them on. He also formed friendships with the members of the football team at that time. With the personal encouragement and support of the mayor. Tianjin's football career entered a "golden age" in the 1980s.
In 1989, the international situation changed dramatically. Both Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union experienced serious political crises. At this time, the external international environment is extremely tense for our country. To this end, the party decided to convene the Fourth Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee to discuss how to deal with the current situation.
The content and outcome of the meeting were very important, and the media at home and abroad focused on Beijing. It is no exaggeration to say that the outcome of this meeting will directly affect China's fate and the pattern of the world political environment in the next few decades.
At this meeting, Li Ruihuan was elected as a member of the Standing Committee and officially entered the core decision-making circle. Became a resident of the Zhongnanhai compound. The election of Li Ruihuan is also the beginning of a new era.
In Zhongnanhai's office, Li Xiannian held Li Ruihuan's hand tightly and said: The future fate of the country can be entrusted to your hands. Li Ruihuan felt a heavy responsibility and took over Li Xiannian's post to lead the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Carefully sum up and listen to the suggestions of various democratic parties and patriotic figures.
Li Ruihuan, who was inaugurated as chairman of the Tenth CPPCC National Committee, soon found that some CPPCC members did not speak actively enough, and some even hesitated.
Therefore, at the meeting, Li Ruihuan said straight to the point: Since everyone has come to participate in the CPPCC, it is also to make contributions to the country and put forward opinions. If you want to mention anything, you can say what you want. We all have to contribute to national policy. Everyone "conscientiously does not overstep their positions, helps not add to the chaos, and really does not appear" to really give our party a little good suggestion, useful suggestions, we will certainly welcome!
Subsequently, under the leadership of Li Ruihuan, the members of the CPPCC put forward many high-quality opinions. With regard to the work of putting forward opinions from everyone, Li Ruihuan said: Our selection of topics must have weight and is a topic that has a real bearing on the country and the people. The content must have weight, and it must be able to analyze the problem pertinently and solve the problem.
The text should also be rigorous and not make small mistakes. Avoid deviations in specific implementation. In this way, throughout the 1990s, the work of the CPPCC National Committee was done with sound and color. The CPPCC has successfully completed the task of participating in and discussing state affairs.
In 2002, at the age of 68, Li Ruihuan was about to step down. At this time, Li Ruihuan was still relatively young in the cadre team. Therefore, there is a lot of speculation about his whereabouts. However, Li Ruihuan issued a farewell speech soon after, officially announcing his withdrawal from political work.
After retirement, Li Ruihuan not only did carpentry work as he did when he was in Zhongnanhai. He still loves sports as much as he used to. After all, when he was young, Li Ruihuan was also a hot-blooded youth. Later, I joined the work force and liked football, but I didn't have time to practice.
Now I can't kick when I'm old. In Li Ruihuan's retirement life, the status of the tennis racket is very important. From time to time, the old man likes to shout a few old friends to let everyone "fight a game" on the court and have fun.
In 2009, Li Ruihuan, who had lived in simplicity for many years, was once again on the news page. His collection of a famous painter Wu Guanzhong's work "Scenery of the Northern Country" was auctioned by the auction agency for a high price of 27 million yuan. And all the money obtained from these auctions was donated by Li Ruihuan to the Sangzi Scholarship Fund, which was founded by himself. It is used to help children from ordinary families complete their education.
Afterwards, Li Ruihuan refused to be interviewed by reporters about himself. In his opinion, he has withdrawn from the public eye for so many years and has long been accustomed to a quiet life. If he could, he wouldn't want to be in the spotlight of people in his life as he is now. Instead, I want to be a pure "young Luban".
Most of Li Ruihuan's life has been spent in ups and downs. But even so, he still scrupulously adhered to the original intention and duty of a Communist Party member.
Whether it's an ordinary carpenter at a construction lumber factory in Beijing or a chief within the red wall of Zhongnanhai. He always remembered his identity and mission.
Perhaps, as he himself said in his farewell speech: I just want to do something practical for the people, and I sincerely hope that the people's cause can be done better and better.
He was not only a great statesman and philosopher. He is also a good public servant of the people, an outstanding representative and excellent example of Communist Party members.
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