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The founding major general returned to his hometown and saw a bitter scene: the old mother was so hungry that she wanted to eat, but the local cadres were all fat people with fat heads and big ears!
Thinking of the peaceful years that countless soldiers had paid for with their lives and had finally been exchanged, but there was still "the smell of wine and meat in Zhumen, and the frozen bones on the road", this general, who had been fighting horses for half his life, suddenly felt extremely cold.
I saw the general get up, with his hand trembling with anger, pointing to the table of delicacies from the mountains and seas in front of him, and angrily reprimanded the cadres:
"How can you eat it?"
So, where do these cadres come from, and what will the founding major general do with them?
A family begging for a living
As we all know, 1959 was the most difficult three-year period since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In the past three years, the blockade between the United States and the Soviet Union and natural disasters have directly led to a great famine that has spread throughout the country, and many ordinary people have no food to eat, and can even only survive by digging grass roots and gnawing tree bark, and as many as 2.5 million people have starved to death.
Under the torture of three years of hunger, people were generally thin and skinny, and they were so hungry that even Chairman Mao took the lead in enduring hardships with the people of the whole country, and set himself the "three nos": no meat, no eggs, and no excessive ration of food, so that Chairman Mao eventually suffered from edema because of malnutrition.
It was at this most difficult moment that You Taizhong, the founding major general, received a letter home.
The family letter came with bad news, saying that his old mother was seriously ill in bed and could not be cured, and only hoped to see You Taizhong for the last time.
Upon hearing the news, You Taizhong was suddenly struck by lightning, and immediately asked for leave to go home, hoping to return to his mother's side immediately.
Because of his busy schedule for many years, You Taizhong has not returned to his hometown for seven years, and he never thought that when he returned to his hometown again, it would be the last time he would see his mother.
Thinking that he dedicated almost all of his first half of his life to the country, but failed to fulfill his filial piety in front of his mother, You Taizhong's heart was suddenly filled with guilt for his mother.
Fortunately, at this time, he is not only the founding major general, but also the commander of the 27th Army, which can be regarded as returning to his hometown and winning glory for his family.
His hometown, Guangshan County, was also proud of You Taizhong, the founding major general, and when he learned that You Taizhong was going back to his hometown to visit relatives, the whole county was naturally full of interest and warmly welcomed his arrival.
Especially the cadres in the county, they also specially set up a banquet for You Taizhong to pick up the wind and wash the dust.
But You Taizhong, who only had a seriously ill old mother, was naturally in no mood to eat and drink, and the first thing he did when he returned to his hometown was to rely on the vague impression of home in his memory and go straight to his thatched house.
However, what You Taizhong didn't expect was that he directly bumped into the eldest brother's family of three who were about to go out to beg for food, only to see that they were all ragged, yellow and thin, and holding a dirty and broken bowl for begging in their hands.
Seeing You Taizhong, the eldest brother and sister-in-law suddenly wiped a handful of bitter tears excitedly, and told him how hard the family has lived these days:
"You're too loyal! You're back, if you don't come back, our mother won't be able to stand it! Her old man had to go out with us to beg for food two days ago, but she couldn't get up from hunger for the past two days!"
As soon as he heard this, You Taizhong immediately rushed into the old house with three steps and two steps, and really saw the old mother, who looked like a withered tree, lying dying on the shabby straw mat.
Seeing this, You Taizhong hurriedly rushed up to hold the old mother's hand, and before he knew it, he was already in tears:
"Mom, it's me, I'm Zhongya, I'm coming back to see you!"
The old mother opened her dizzy eyes with difficulty, and spit out a few words weakly: "I'm back... It's good to come back.."
As soon as the words fell, the old mother fainted with black eyes.
This frightened You Taizhong, he hurriedly reached out to test his snort, and found that there was still a faint breath of gossamer, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately afterwards, he hurriedly cooked a small bag of grain he brought into porridge, and fed the old mother half a bowl with his own hands, which reluctantly dragged the old mother back from the ghost gate, and by the way, the eldest brother and sister-in-law who had been hungry for a long time also filled their stomachs.
After everyone finally came to their senses, You Taizhong asked with a straight face: "What is going on? Didn't the state divide the fields for our families? It stands to reason that with so much land, even if the harvest is almost good, it will not starve people like this!"
In the face of You Taizhong's inquiry, the old mother and eldest brother both sighed in unison and began to talk to You Taizhong.
At this time, You Taizhong learned that his family had been reduced to begging for a living, not only natural disasters, but also man-made disasters......
The general was furious
You Taizhong's eldest brother said that in the past, their family did have a good life, farming and eating by themselves. But from the beginning of this year, the village suddenly said that there was some "task" above, that it was necessary to collect more grain, and if it was not collected, it would be against the national policy.
Their ancestors have been honest farmers for generations, and thinking that without the country, they would not have their current life, so they naturally did so obediently and directly handed over more than half of the family's grain.
As a result, who expected that there would be natural disasters and a bad harvest, and as soon as the grain was delivered, the rest would not be enough for them to eat.
And not only their family has become like this, but many people in the village are, as soon as the food is delivered, the already small surplus grain is even worse, and they all have to tighten their belts to live.
As soon as he heard this, You Taizhong immediately frowned, he in the system, he was naturally very clear about the country's policy, at that time, the country knew that the people were in difficulty, and specifically asked for less food and more people to eat by themselves, how did he get to his hometown, it was perverse, but he collected more and more?
I only heard the eldest brother continue, at first they saved food, but they could barely survive, but as time went on, their food quickly bottomed out, and there was no rice to eat at all, and the whole family could only survive by begging.
You Taizhong immediately understood what was going on: Obviously, it must have been the local cadres who abused their power for personal gain and deliberately lied about policies to increase taxes, so that the whole village was forced to starve! What is the difference between this kind of behavior and those warlords and corrupt officials who prey on the common people in the past?
Thinking that the whole village was fooled and lame by these cadres, and even his old mother was a lot old, and she still had to beg around with a broken bowl, You Taizhong was even more angry and distressed.
Here You Taizhong was still on fire, and someone came again to say that the village cadres specially set up a table of banquets to entertain the general, and hoped that the general would appreciate his face and move.
Obviously, the village cadres wanted to take the opportunity to win over You Taizhong and climb to You Taizhong's backer.
Thinking of this, You Taizhong suddenly became even more angry, and he couldn't wait to shoot the corrupt official immediately. But reason still made him try his best to restrain his anger, so he pretended that nothing had happened, and went to the banquet, he wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in this cadre's stuffy gourd!
As soon as he stepped into this cadre guest house, he immediately felt so angry! The courtyard was large and bright, and the table in the middle was full of chicken, duck, fish, meat, mountain and sea delicacies, which was in sharp contrast to the miserable appearance of his old mother who could not even drink porridge.
Looking at the surrounding cadres and teams, they all have fat heads and big ears, and their faces are full of oil, all of which are typical overnutrition that has been moisturized on weekdays.
So You Taizhong asked angrily, "You eat this every day?"
The cadres immediately flattered tactfully: "Isn't it your coming today? Then we must not neglect you!
Immediately afterwards, those cadres said flattering words while urging You Taizhong to move his chopsticks quickly.
When You Taizhong thought of not to mention ordinary people, even Chairman Mao, who was reluctant to eat a bite of green onion cake with meat filling at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but this group of cadres fished for oil and water one by one to get fat heads and big ears, and this condition to set a table of mountain and sea delicacies for themselves, he felt angry, and suddenly slapped the table and became furious:
"Can you still eat?"
In one sentence, the surrounding cadres were so frightened that they didn't dare to squeak.
Then You Taizhong left them and turned to leave, and went home to calm down, otherwise he was afraid that he would not hold back any of them, so he would take a gun and collapse them.
After collecting his emotions, You Taizhong distributed the only remaining 200 yuan to the remaining 40 families according to the standard of five yuan per family.
You must know that there used to be 200 households in the village, but now there are only 40 households left, which shows how many ordinary people these unscrupulous village cadres have forced to death.
After doing this, You Taizhong was not idle for a moment, and hurriedly found a higher-level government department in Henan and reported all the corrupt officials in his hometown!
You Taizhong's identity as a major general also played a big role at this time, and when he saw that the army commander personally reported it, the personnel of the government departments attached great importance to it, and immediately dismissed the fat-headed and big-eared cadres strictly!
Knowing that the corrupt officials had finally fallen into the legal net, the villagers immediately applauded and admired You Taizhong's impartial law enforcement and integrity.
After the corrupt officials and moths are defeated, what needs to be solved is the shortage of food in their hometowns.
Brave Major General
For this reason, You Taizhong did not hesitate to find his old chief Xu Shiyou to discuss, and asked that he could first squeeze out some grain from the local area and transfer it to those areas where the famine was most serious for emergency relief.
Xu Shiyou, who has always been righteous and awe-inspiring, naturally fully cooperated after learning of the situation, but there were many obstacles in actual operation.
Because food was so scarce at that time, if other places squeezed out food, their own food would not be enough. And if you want to transfer food, you still need the province to make an approval, go through layers of checkpoints, or really wait until the approval is successfully issued, it is estimated that the people will starve to death.
Therefore, despite You Taizhong's best efforts, he only made up 1,200 catties of food, which is not much, and if it is really averaged to each person, it is estimated that it will be a drop in the bucket.
There is really no way, You Taizhong can only find another way, he thought about it, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and reacted: Isn't there still military rations in his own army?
However, the transfer of military rations is a serious crime, and once discovered, the consequences are quite serious, and it may even be impossible to protect the rank.
But when You Taizhong thought that the people were suffering, he couldn't care about it at all, so he decided to take a risk.
So soon, he came to the military farm near his hometown, revealed his identity as a military commander, and asked the factory director to load three truckloads of grain, simply put a layer of cloth as a disguise, and then pulled back the three truckloads of grain in such a mighty and open manner.
These three truckloads of grain, for the people who have not eaten for a long time, are undoubtedly a life-saving food for the long-term drought and rain, which is enough for them to eat a full meal that has come hard.
Of course, You Taizhong did not forget to carefully instruct that the poor peasants should be given priority, and the families of the cadres should be distributed last, and everyone should not ask where the food came from or who gave it.
However, You Taizhong did not choose to hide it from the above, but took the initiative to make a review.
The matter soon reached the ears of Chairman Mao, who learned that You Taizhong was to let the people eat, but instead of punishing him, he praised him for knowing how to serve the people.
So later, with the national mobilization to solve the food shortage, You Taizhong was also successfully promoted to the commander of the Guangzhou Military Region.
In 1978, You Taizhong also funded his hometown Guangshan County to repair antenna towers and TV broadcasting stations, making Guangshan County the first county seat in Xinyang, Henan Province to watch TV.
In the 80s, in order to help his hometown get rid of poverty, You Taizhong also tried every means to build a cement factory and a tobacco factory in the village, so that more jobs could be provided for the people in his hometown, so that they could no longer rely on the weather for food, but have a more stable job.
In addition to building a factory, You Taizhong also paid out of his own pocket to fund the establishment of a primary school in his hometown, hoping to cultivate more talents for the motherland and let more villagers take off the hat of illiteracy.
In 1988, You Taizhong was also promoted to the rank of general, and in 1992, You Taizhong planned to build a railway for his hometown, so that more people in Guangshan County could finally get out of the mountains, and more wealth poured into this land in Guangshan County.
In 1998, General You Taizhong, who had worked hard for the people all his life, finally passed away. Looking back on his life, he was worthy of being a fierce general on the battlefield during the revolutionary years, and made great achievements for the founding of New China.
In times of peace, he did not forget to protect the people, seek welfare and development for them, shoulder justice, and sweep away the darkness for the people, he is like a bright lamp, always illuminating the way forward for the people, let us pay tribute to this old general.