"A lot of people introduce jobs, they can't do it, people can talk." An old letterhead that seems to still have residual warmth, lying quietly in the display case of Mao Zedong's relics in Shaoshan, although the handwriting on it is a little blurred, the line of instructions at the header of the letterhead is still clear.
The content of the letter is that in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Comrade Mao Zedong's cousin Wen Yunchang sent a letter requesting that 15 relatives of his grandmother's family be arranged to work and solve problems such as studying. The tree is thousands of feet high and does not forget its roots, and in the face of the infinite affection for Shaoshan and the longing villagers, Comrade Mao Zedong made another choice.
Why does he care so much about "people talking"?
When the masses look at leading cadres, they often have to look at the relatives of leading cadres and the staff members around them to judge whether the leading cadres are honest and honest in performing their official duties, and then to see the results of improving the party's work style and building a clean and honest government. As a "key minority," the family style of leading cadres is not only related to the advancement and retreat of individuals and the honor and disgrace of the family, but also has a strong exemplary effect on the entire party's style, government style, social style, and people's style. If Comrade Mao Zedong had arranged all the work of his family, then what people would say would have been to question the work style of the party's senior leading cadres and to discuss the party's style and political style.
"People can speak" -- just six words, it shows the respect and awe of the communists for the people's right to speak, and precipitates the clean and honest family style of stressing rules and abiding by discipline. Comrade Mao Zedong told his relatives, friends and fellow villagers with practical actions: "I, Mao Zedong, am the chairman of the Communist Party of China, not the chairman of the Mao family in Shaoshan. ”
In the party's centennial journey, generations of communists have paid attention to family, family education, and family style, and have given birth to a clear and pure red family style culture. From Comrade Mao Zedong's clarification of the "three principles of family style" of "loving relatives and not favoritism, remembering the old and not seeking benefits for the old, and helping relatives and not supporting relatives", to Comrade Zhou Enlai's "ten family rules" such as "don't say anything about your relationship with the prime minister on any occasion, don't show off yourself"; From Jiao Yulu educating his daughter that "you can't be superior to others just because you are the daughter of the secretary of the county party committee, you should go to a difficult place to exercise", to Yang Shanzhou often said, "I have power in my hands, but it belongs to the party and the people, and I can only work honestly and practically"...... These family styles contain the fine style of leading by example and restraining family members, embodying the true character of distinguishing between public and private and not engaging in special integrity, and are the banners, benchmarks and beacons that inspire future generations and illuminate future generations, and are the "heirlooms" of the Chinese Communists that will never fade.
Entering the new era, General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the construction of family education and family style, and stands at the strategic height of the development of the cause of the party and the country, passing on the torch and successors, and raising the construction of family education and family style to a new height. Regarding the family style, he once had such a vivid description: "Let's take a closer look at the words 'home' and 'mound', they are very similar, the difference lies in the position of the 'point'. This is just like family building, the requirements for family members and children are a little higher to become a happy home, and a lower one may bury a good family. Therefore, party members and leading cadres must understand the importance of the construction of family style from the height of building a clean party style and a pure and honest people's style, put the construction of family style in an important position, be enlightened, abide by public morality, and strict private morality, and be honest and self-disciplined, honest in the use of power, and honest in the family.
Whether or not party members and leading cadres can strictly manage their spouses, children, and other relatives, and whether they can strictly enforce family style and family education is a matter of ideals and beliefs, honesty and self-discipline. If there is a problem with family style and family education, leading cadres can easily fall into the "quagmire" of violating discipline and law. A few days ago, the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision made a public report on the investigation and handling of six typical cases of improper family style and corrupt family style in the special rectification of leading cadres using their power or influence to make profits for their relatives and friends, and a group of party members and cadres were seriously held accountable. Among them, some seek illegal benefits for their relatives, some "stand up" for family businesses, and some collude with relatives and conceal assets to resist organizational censorship...... In recent years, the downfall of many leading cadres is directly related to the improper family style of leading cadres and the failure to manage and educate their spouses, children, and other relatives. Behind the corruption of leading cadres, there are often problems such as "corruption in the internal government," "corruption in the government," and even "corruption in the whole family."
As the old saying goes, self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world. From home to country, "Qi family" is very important. Qi family, the first family style. Family style is the real "real estate" of a family, especially for party members and cadres, a good family style is a firewall against corruption and degeneration. The honest heirloom has a long history, and the unhealthy family style will leave a disaster. If there is no good family style, the warm harbor of "home" will easily become a hunting ground for breaking defenses. Hunters often target the pillow people or relatives and friends of leading cadres, and spend a long time hunting these "targets" in the "boiled frog style." Once a leading cadre cannot resist the temptation around them, he will degenerate from outsiders and bystanders to "those who are willing to be hunted." In essence, it is not so much that they are dragged into the water by the people around them, but that they are not right, they do not keep the bottom line of their hearts, they indulge in the abuse of power for personal gain, power rent-seeking, or they have failed to discipline their families and children, and they have not figured out what the party's discipline and rules are.
At present, the Party Central Committee has deployed and carried out Party discipline study and education in the whole Party, focusing on solving the problems of some Party members and cadres not paying attention to, understanding and mastering Party rules and Party discipline, demonstrating the further sublimation of the Party's understanding of the laws of self-revolution. The vast number of party members and cadres, especially leading cadres, should take the inheritance of the fine family style of the older generation of revolutionaries as an important content in the study and education of party discipline, set an example, be strict with themselves, govern the family with virtue, be honest and work together, always keep in mind the identity of party members, and take the six words of "people can speak" to heart, so that the red family style can be carried forward and passed on from generation to generation.
Source: Jun Zhengping Studio
Author: Li Xiaoyan
Editor-in-charge: Zhang Mingyu
Editor: Cao Ying