On August 7, 1958, Chairman Mao Zedong personally inspected the countryside of Xiangcheng County, and enthusiastically praised: "You have become a tobacco kingdom here", and encouraged the people of Xiangcheng County to exert all their energy and strive to go upstream.
At 7:30 a.m. on August 7, 1958, Chairman Mao Zedong, accompanied by Wu Zhipu, first secretary of the Henan Provincial CPC Committee, Yang Weiping, Shi Xiangsheng, secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Provincial Committee, and Wang Yantai, commissioner of the Xuchang Special Office, walked to the tobacco field of the second production team of Hao Zhuang of the Fourteenth Agricultural Society in Shuangmiao Township, Xiangcheng County. Chairman Mao looked at the number of acres indicated on the sign of the test field on the ground, planned the output and measures, and asked: "How much was last year's output?" Wang Yantai answered truthfully, at this time Chairman Mao pondered for a moment, calculated the multiple of the growth of tobacco leaves, nodded his head and praised: "Very good! ”
When Chairman Mao saw that several photojournalists were busy taking pictures of him, the chairman pointed to the grain around him where the harvest was in sight and said to them: "Don't illuminate me, you should take care of this." Chairman Mao walked into the grain field with great interest and said to Comrade Wu Zhipu: "Let's take a picture here and ask the people of Beijing to see your crops here." The reporter hurriedly took this moving scene into the camera.
At this time, Liu Ximin, deputy secretary of the Xiangcheng County CPC Committee, rushed to hear the news, and he saw Chairman Mao wearing a straw hat, a white shirt and gray cloth pants, and a half-old leather shoe on his feet. Chairman Mao held his hand tightly, and Liu Ximin was so excited that he could not speak, but just said one after another: "Chairman Mao is good!" Hello Chairman Mao! Chairman Mao smiled and asked him what his name was, how old he was, and how he worked in Xiangcheng County. He answered one by one, and when Liu Ximin said that the Xi of his name was The Xi of Kangxi, Chairman Mao said humorously, "Oh! You are a subject of Kangxi! Everyone present laughed. Chairman Mao was amiable and approachable, which deeply touched Liu Ximin.
Chairman Mao asked Liu Ximin to share a car with him and drive along the Xunan Highway in the direction of the county seat, passing through one color gate after another. There is a colored door that reads: "Shuangmiao Township, Xiangcheng County, Chaolu (Mountain), Yu (County), Across Xuchang". Chairman Mao asked, "What is this?"
Zhang Ximin replied, "This is the leaping door." ”
Chairman Mao asked again, "What is it for?" ”
Zhang Ximin replied: "Organize production evaluation and competition." ”
Zhang Ximin introduced that Liuzhuang Township is a township in the northeast of Xiangcheng County, bordering Xuchang County. The work here used to be relatively backward, production could not go up, and each evaluation was the first and second from the bottom. The life of the masses is also not good. The cadres could not lift their heads, but later they strengthened their ideological and political work, launched a competition, and put forward: "Strive for the upper reaches and catch up with Xuchang." Under the slogan of "learning from the advanced, we have carried out the competition of "more than thought, more than motivation, more than style, and more than production". All kinds of work have suddenly made new progress and have become advanced townships.
Chairman Mao was very happy to hear this, and said to Liu Shumin: "In conducting competitions, we must pay attention to practical results, seek truth from facts, and not be vain. ”
Chairman Mao also asked, "Have you ever visited a county in a competition with other people?" Liu Ximin replied: "Our First Secretary Ren Huanbin has been out to visit for a few days, and when he comes back, he will introduce the experience of other counties." Chairman Mao cordially said to him: "You also have to go out to see, if you don't go to see it for yourself, what is the gap between the comparison and the comparison, how can you compete with others?" ”
When Chairman Mao saw that many members of the society had brought food to the peasants to eat in order to save time on the way to the ground, he asked with concern: "Is there enough rest for the peasants?" What is life like? Liu Ximin replied: "This year's agricultural harvest is bumper, the peasants' life is good, that is, rest is almost, get up early and sleep late, and rest less than eight hours a day." After hearing this, Chairman Mao said with concern: "We must cherish the enthusiasm of the peasants, care about the livelihood of the masses, combine work and leisure, and multiply some cereals and beans, which are rich in nutrients." ”
At eight o'clock, Chairman Mao drove to the large area of tobacco leaves in Liangzhuang, Sanligou Township. As soon as Chairman Mao got out of the car, he was recognized by the masses working in the fields, and the people were very surprised and rushed up to welcome them. Chairman Mao smiled and shook hands with the masses one by one. When Chairman Mao shook the calloused hands of Li Lintou, a member of the society, he asked cordially, "What kind of Guanggong is this?" What are you doing here? How many people are in the family? How many children? And encouraged him: "Work well." Li Lin answered one by one.
Xiangcheng County tobacco is well-known at home and abroad for its high quality, especially "Lichuan tobacco" enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. Chairman Mao looked at the pleasantly growing tobacco leaves in front of him and asked Wang Yantai, "Do you have good tobacco leaves here, or do you have good tobacco leaves in Weixian County, Shandong Province? Wang Yantai said: "Now the flue-cured tobacco conference of 12 provinces in the country is held here, and they say that the tobacco leaves here grow well." Chairman Mao said satisfactorily, "If you have a meeting here, your tobacco leaves here will be good." ”
Chairman Mao stepped out of the test field, strode up the field road, looked around, and saw only one piece after another, one piece after another, looking at the sky. Chairman Mao said with great interest: "You have become the kingdom of tobacco leaves here." ”
Chairman Mao then came to the Xueyuan Agricultural Society in Shilipu Township, Xiangcheng County, and stopped at the Tobacco Leaf Harvest Field of the Xiaozhangzhuang Production Team. At that time, when the township social cadres and the members of the township community who were holding a meeting here and the members who were working in the fields saw Chairman Mao coming, they were all ecstatic and poured in from all directions, and young cadres Liu Tianshun and Zhao Chuntian ran to the front and shook hands with Chairman Mao first. ”
Chairman Mao inspected the abundant tobacco leaves of the Xiaozhangzhuang production team, the corn, sweet potatoes, and water conservancy facilities in the fields of Lizhuang and Xiaxu production teams. When he saw that the crop was as strong as a piece, and the tobacco leaves were fat and oily, he was very happy, he smoked a cigarette, and said passionately: "You should let everyone who smokes come to see!" ”
Chairman Mao stopped under a cloth shed in Xiaozhangzhuang Village. Li Dailing, the production captain of Xiaozhangzhuang, saw chairman Mao's hot face full of sweat, hurried home and brought a basin of clean water, asked Chairman Mao to wash his face, and poured another cup of boiling water for Chairman Mao to drink. Huang Zhongren, a member of the society, moved an old-fashioned chair and asked Chairman Mao to sit down. Zhang Faxiang's mother, a member of the society, was overjoyed to hear that chairman Mao, the lifesaver, had come to the door of her home, and hurriedly brought her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson to see Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao was very happy to see the three generations of their grandchildren and cordially greeted their entire family. The old man couldn't say anything excitedly, but shouted with tears in his eyes: "Long live Chairman Mao!" Long live Chairman Mao! Suddenly, "Long live Chairman Mao!" Long live Chairman Mao! The shouts resounded over Xiao Zhangzhuang, and Chairman Mao stood up, smiled and waved to the crowd.
Later, Chairman Mao cordially received the students of Xiaozhangzhuang School and inspected the Kang Room where flue-cured tobacco was.
When Chairman Mao was about to leave Xiangcheng County, Liu Ximin got out of the car and asked, "What instructions does the chairman have?" Chairman Mao shook Liu Ximin's hand and said, "You must summon up all your energies and strive to go upstream." Niu Ximin once again told Chairman Mao that we must muster up all our energies, strive to go upstream, and ensure the completion of this year's agricultural production plan!