It's the beginning of the school season again, and the campus is full of youthful vitality.
"The vast number of young people in our country must strengthen their ideals and convictions, cultivate noble character, cultivate excellent skills, have the courage to innovate and create, be determined to struggle hard, and work together with hundreds of millions of people to compose the song of youth in the new era in the course of their determined struggle." From the ravine-strewn plateau of northern Shaanxi, General Secretary Xi Jinping is well aware of the aspirations of young people and is particularly concerned about the growth of young people.
Some young people sighed: "The general secretary is our learning model and life mentor, and his personal growth experience has brought endless impetus to our learning and growth." ”
Today, we relive and learn together.
Facing difficulties, the more setbacks, the more courageous
January 13, 1969, Beijing Station, crowded. Zhiqing, family members who came to see them off, policemen who maintained order, soldiers, and station workers crowded the platform.
This is the scene when the intellectual youth in Beijing are about to set off to "go to the countryside and receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants." Xi Jinping, 15, was on one of the "Zhiqing Special Trains" to northern Shaanxi.
After a day and a night train ride, braving the rolling loess to take a truck, and then walking 10 miles up the mountain road... The last thing that comes into view is the "poor mountains and remote areas".
You Zhiqing confessed that he was very disappointed at that time and could not connect the scene in front of him with his future.
When he first arrived in the countryside, Xi Jinping was equally dazed in his heart: "Leaving the capital and throwing myself into a strange environment, surrounded by distrustful eyes, I was only 15 years old, and I initially felt very lonely." ”
In 1972, Xi Jinping was in a team to return to Beijing to visit his relatives.
He was assigned to the Liangjiahe Brigade.
"The last thing I can stand when I go is fleas." That kind of pain Xi Jinping has always remembered: "A bite is a piece of red packet, and finally the red packet becomes a blister, the blister rots, oh, the pain is not wanted." ”
Eating is not good, zhiqing recalled: "The stomach always feels empty." ”
There are also countless farm jobs. "At that time, we learned to plough the ground, although it looked simple, everyone was in a straight line, but as soon as we got it, it was crooked." Zhiqing Wang Yansheng recalled, "At first, Like us, Jinping was very unskilled in farm work. ”
In addition, the father is still under supervision, there is no clear conclusion, it is always like a dark cloud hanging over...
Hard life, unfortunate circumstances, completely unfamiliar environment, for a teenager, the inner pressure can be imagined.
Initially, Xi Jinping was not able to fully adjust his mentality. "Others go down to the mountains every day to work, but I am very casual, and the people have a bad impression of me."
After wandering and confused for a while. A few words from my aunt and uncle, who had participated in the revolution, had a great impact on him: "We were all looking for opportunities to drill into the masses at that time, and who do you not rely on the masses now?" Of course, it depends on the masses! ”
The words stirred up the deafening and deafening Xi Jinping, who was originally confused.
He began to work in black and white, in the wind and rain in the cave weeds, in the cattle pen, the same learning. Before long, Xi Jinping even passed several levels, "not afraid of biting", "eating everything", "all this set of life things will be taken care of by themselves", and became "the strongest labor force".
In 1975, Xi Jinping, then secretary of the party branch of the Liangjiahe Brigade (third from right in the back row), and Beijing and local intellectuals.
For the pursuit of faith, Xi Jinping also showed the tenacity to face difficulties.
He wrote 8 applications to join the Communist Youth League of China; he wrote 10 applications to join the Communist Party of China.
The first time the regimental application was written, the secretary of the commune resolutely disagreed, and scolded the secretary of the brigade branch who helped Xi Jinping deliver the application.
But Mr. Xi was not discouraged. "I'm a young man, self-motivated, what's wrong?" A few days later, he wrote two more applications, asked for a letter of support and handed them over, and wrote them until the eighth.
Xi Jinping later recalled that at that time, he had "no such feeling of misery or a sense of inferiority." Undoubtedly, he was supported by a firm belief in communism in his heart and a precious quality of courage in the face of difficulties and setbacks.
Xi Jinping has been insisting on studying in addition to heavy labor.
In order to make the most efficient use of time, he "multi-threaded operation": working during the day, reading books during labor breaks, reading books on the loess slopes when herding sheep, and reading under kerosene lamps until late at night.
Frustration is not short-term, and adversity is also nirvana.
"Jinping is a relatively calm person with strong ability to resist pressure." Deming, a Zhiqing who once lived in a cave with him, said, "Never complain to us, let alone complain about anything." ”
Xi Jinping himself summed it up this way: Hardships and hardships can temper a person's will. Seven years of hard life in the mountains and the countryside have greatly exercised me, and when I encountered any difficulties later, I remembered that I could still work under such difficult conditions at that time, so why not do it now? You can't be so hard.
Decades later, Xi Jinping encouraged the vast number of young people: "In the process of growth and struggle, young people will reap success and joy, but also face difficulties and pressures. It is necessary to correctly deal with temporary successes and failures, treat the superior without pampering, and be frustrated without short-sighted ambitions, so that favorable circumstances and adversities will become the wealth of life rather than the burden of life. This heartfelt passage comes from understanding, and it comes from life.
Bold exploration, courage to innovate
One early morning in the middle of winter in 1984, Zhengding Railway Station. The crowd of people who were waiting on the platform to pick up cattle suddenly became lively: "It's really not small. ”
Xi Jinping once recalled this past: "Zhengding was engaged in pure agriculture at that time, and I considered that Zhengding was close to Shijiazhuang, so I proposed to engage in diversified operations and develop a 'semi-suburban' economy... Dairy farming also began at that time. The arrival of this batch of cattle has led to the rapid development of the cattle industry and has become a "big deal" outside the county in Zhengding.
Zhengding people are still unforgettable, more than 30 years ago, it was under the leadership of Xi Jinping that Zhengding opened the closed door, demolished the wall of thought, and ushered in the eight winds.
In 1983, Xi Jinping, then secretary of the Zhengding County PARTY Committee, talked to the people of Zhao Village.
What should we do if we engage in egalitarianism in distribution, employees do not contribute to their work, and production efficiency is low? Xi Jinping pushed for rural reform. At the initiative of Xi Jinping, in January 1983, Zhengding set a precedent in Hebei and comprehensively implemented the responsibility system method of contracting cadres to households. In two or three years, the county's total agricultural income has nearly quadrupled.
"Relying on the city, serving the city, vigorously engaging in agriculture, industry and commerce, turning peasants into workers, and never leaving the land." "We grow what the city needs; we process what the city needs." The "semi-suburban" economic development path proposed by Xi Jinping has made everyone refreshed, and has made Zhengding realize "licheng and rich countryside".
"A county party secretary from Shanxi Province visited Zhengding and said with emotion before leaving: 'Here, I can't hear everyone shouting reform, but reform is everywhere.'" ”
This is a description in a newsletter in the first issue of "China Youth" in 1985, which reported on the new face of the "high-yield poor county" under the leadership of Xi Jinping, then secretary of the Zhengding County Party Committee.
At that time, Xi Jinping had just passed the age of establishment.
More than two years ago, Xi Jinping gave up Beijing's superior conditions to come to Zhengding, and successively served as deputy secretary of the county party committee and secretary of the county party committee.
When he first came, Zhengding wore the hat of a high-yielding county, but he did not even have enough food and clothing.
"After producing thousands of catties per mu, the farmers still can't eat enough, so they secretly go to other counties to change sweet potatoes to eat." Do you understand these things? Not long after taking office, Xi Jinping, who returned from research in Triangle Village, asked Cheng Baohuai, then deputy secretary of the Zhengding County Party Committee.
"I understand." Cheng Baohuai replied.
Xi Jinping nodded and continued to analyze: "I think the current situation of Zhengding is that in the economy, agriculture is one single, and agriculture is one grain. The more grain we pay, the lower the income of the masses, and we are actually a 'high-yielding and poor county'! ”
"We should reflect it to our superiors and strive to reduce some of the requisitions." Xi Jinping said solemnly.
Soon after, the good news came that the county's grain requisition task was reduced by 28 million catties that year!
The humble and easy-going Xi Jinping has always been decisive and resolute on the issue of reform.
"The broad masses of young people must maintain the vigor of newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, learn without understanding, practice without practicing, and strive to create conditions without conditions." This is Xi Jinping's ardent expectation of the young generation, and it is also a true portrayal of his own youth.
"Vice Mayor Xi dares to be responsible and responsible!"
"At the most tense and difficult time, he allocated these 300,000 yuan, completely reversing the fate of a century-old building!" Gong Jie, then director of the Xiamen Museum and in charge of the restoration of the Bagua Building, recalled the conversation with Xi Jinping many years later, and it is still difficult to hide his excitement.
It was one day in 1986, when Gong Jie sent an invitation to Xi Jinping, then a member of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal Party Committee and executive vice mayor, to visit the Bagua Tower.
"Good!" Xi Jinping agreed very crisply.
After turning around in the courtyard, Gong Jie said, "There are still upstairs."
"I know what you mean." Xi Jinping will realize that with the creaking sound of the old floor slab, he will pick up the stairs, and as far as he can see, it is a yellow-brown mold left by the long-term leakage of the roof...
"How much is missing?" Xi Jinping asked as he walked.
"300,000 yuan." Gong Jie answered.
"Come and get it tomorrow." Xi Jinping said.
Xi Jinping, then vice mayor of Xiamen, Fujian Province, visited abroad.
This happened in the second year of Xi Jinping's new appointment to Xiamen. At the time, Mr. Xi was in his early 30s and "the youngest of the city's leadership team." Wang Jinshui, then deputy secretary of the Xiamen Municipal CPC Committee, recalled: "He was very down-to-earth, paid great attention to investigation and research, and did not play official. He often went deep into the grassroots, and the problems encountered at the grassroots level were not asked to be written by others, but directly brought to the municipal government for implementation and quickly solved. ”
One year, Xiamen experienced a 100-day drought that had not been seen for more than 30 years. In the rice fields, the rice that should have been pumped and flowered died in large areas. At the edge of the rice field, Xi Jinping's brow frowned.
"Can't wait! Tractors, electric irrigation pumps, diesel, fertilizer, all hurriedly deployed. Xi Jinping made a decision on the spot and urged the relevant departments to implement it as soon as possible. After that, he led the team to the field, stood in the front line of drought control, and solved practical problems in a timely manner...
Due to the timely fight against drought, the per capita income of farmers not only did not decrease, but also increased by 20 yuan.
"Vice Mayor Xi dares to be responsible and responsible!" The local people were full of praise.
"The broad masses of young people must bear in mind the 'empty talk about misleading the country, and work hard to rejuvenate the country,' base themselves on their own duties, immerse themselves in hard work, start from themselves, start from the little bits, and use diligent hands and first-class achievements to achieve their own wonderful life." Xi Jinping used his fiery youth to write a vivid footnote to this message.
Face adversity and setbacks with the courage of the strong, face difficulties, and be more courageous; break through barriers and be proactive with the determination of pioneers; base on their own duties and have the courage to take responsibility with the attitude of a doer. This is the example set by Xi Jinping for the vast number of young friends. (CCTV)