It is well known that I like to make friends in all aspects.
But I'm afraid the only person who can make Mao "give a gift" is this familiar non-party friend.
Capitalist Mr. Li.
He is Mr. Li, a capitalist in Yongshun County, Hunan Province.
Be entrusted with an important task at the first meeting.
Li, born in the eighth year of Guangxu (A.D. 1882), was originally named Huawu.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, he has devoted himself to the establishment of chemical industry in China. He used to be the director of Li Yong Alkali Factory and the general manager of Jiuda Salt Industry Company.
During the war, he kept his integrity and moved the factory to Sichuan.
Photo 1929, Hou, Li, etc. take a group photo in the soda plant.
Previously, Mr. Zhu Chen participated in the establishment of the National Assembly and was a member of the old National Political Council.
From 65438 to 0949, he participated in the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC). After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as deputy director of the North China Government Council, minister of light industry, deputy director of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and deputy director of the National Construction Association.
The first meeting between Mao Zedong and Mr. Du Chen was in Chongqing, the capital of the people, just after the victory of the war.
1On August 28th, 945, Mao flew from Yan 'an to Chongqing to attend the negotiations between the two sides.
Figure 1945 Mao and Chongqing negotiate.
On September 17, Mao invited Wu, Liu Hongsheng and others to Zhang Zhijun's residence in Guiyuan, Chongqing.
At the end of the symposium, Mao got up and saw him off, and asked the gentleman sitting at the end: "If the Kuomintang and the Communist Party establish an alliance, can Mr. Fan be a minister of a Ministry?"
Fan Xudong pondered for a moment and said seriously, "Mao, I'm not cut out to be an official. However, I can recommend someone to you. "
"Who is it?" Mao asked with interest.
Lee! Fan Xudong replied.
Fan Xudong, the Father of China Chemical Industry.
Mao strolled back to the mansion and asked, "How about fellow villagers in Hunan?"
Obviously, he is no stranger to the name Li. After all, Wynn and Jiudu are mostly world-renowned chemical enterprises.
Very enterprising and brave. He smiled and said, "He has been in contact with our party for a long time. Last month, he was interviewed by Ta Kung Pao and Xinhua Daily. Welcome to Chongqing! "
A few days later, he and Wang were in the delegation office and had a forum with the leaders of Chongqing community.
One more guest on the list is Li.
Tugong
At this meeting, Mao put forward the basic principles of founding the country and explained them to the delegates present.
Mao wanted to have more contact with this respected entrepreneur, so a few days before he left Chongqing, he invited Mr. Candle Dust to have lunch alone.
After a brief greeting, Mr. Candle Dust told Mao frankly: "It is really credible and feasible for the industry. But my attitude is not right-leaning, not right-leaning, and advocates' people's ownership, people's governance, and people's enjoyment'. "
Li also told Mao that he was organizing an inaugural meeting with Huang Yanpei and others to strive for and safeguard the survival of the industry.
A photo of Li, the salt-alkali king.
Mao smiled and said, "Mr. Candle Dust is really witty and admirable. For such a big man, different opinions and viewpoints should be allowed to exist. It won't work. "
Seeing that Mao has such a broad mind, Mr. Wang can't wait to get it off his chest: "If the two parties unite, I hope they can accept it." All migrant workers' is the policy of building the country. "
"After the war, the national strength was difficult and everything had to be done. We can concentrate manpower, material resources and financial resources to support the development of backward agriculture in China, and industry may as well be set up by operators with certain strength and scale, so that industry and agriculture can take care of each other? "
Mr. Candle Dust became more and more excited, as if he saw a bright future.
Panorama of Li Yong Soda Factory in Tanggu 1935
Mao couldn't help but praise again and again: "That makes sense! That makes sense! Mr. Candle Dust and Mr. Fan Xudong started the chemical industry, and their contribution to the chemical industry is indelible. "
Mao went on to point out that in semi-colonial old China, capital could not be developed, and only independence could lead to industrial development.
Mao humorously said to Mr. Candle Dust: "We have always regarded capitalists as friends!"
In such a lively and jubilant environment, the host and guest frequently raised their glasses and broke up happily.
Li's eldest son joined as early as 1930. At this time, he was in Chongqing, and his public identity was a teacher of Wuhan University who moved to Leshan.
Gather strength and prepare.
He came back from a visit and asked him what he thought of Mao He.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Candle Dust said categorically: "Mao is a perfect and great family, but he is just a sly dog."
Not long after, according to the instructions of Mao and the Party, and after consulting with Huang Yanpei and others, Mr. Zhu was nominated to join the old school as a "sage".
Within the party, Bing Xu, Xu Dixin, etc. I often work with Mr. Candle Dust.
Li stepped into politics and became a patriotic activist.
By the beginning of 1948, Mr. Zhu Chen continued to operate two companies, Wynn and Jiuda, in Tianjin.
The picture shows the factory building of Wynn and Kuda occupied by the Japanese invaders.
The smoke of war is getting thicker and thicker, and the sound of guns is getting louder and louder, getting closer and closer.
The machines in the factory are intermittent, and the production is very depressed. He often recalls the experiences of those years, and his thoughts are hard to calm down.
After eight years, I finally look forward to the final victory. What Mr. Candle Dust wanted at that time was to restore the old foundation of Wynn and Kuda and make great achievements for China Chemical Industry.
However, what he encountered was robbing officials and setting up checkpoints for the people.
The industries in Tanggu, Tientsin, Jiuda and Li Yong were taken care of by the old industries and soon recovered. However, Mr. Candle Dust's attitude was left-leaning, and the spy secretly incited labor unrest. Even the factory director he sent was thrown out many times and spent a lot of energy to rectify it.
In Qingdao, Yongyu Salt Company was forcibly confiscated in the name of enemy property.
Song Ziwen, one of the "families"
Song Ziwen, one of the "families", suggested that it was necessary to join the "official shares" in order to return them, but the actual attempt was to annex them.
Now the Wynn factory asks to go to Japan to dismantle the transportation equipment, but the nationals have been procrastinating.
Mr. Candle Dust made representations face to face twice, even striking the table, but it still dragged on for more than a year. It was not until April of 1947 that the robbed equipment of Chengchang arrived at the factory and returned to its original owner.
In the face of retrogression and successive victories in the next war, Mr. Candle Dust clearly saw that the middle road of "no right deviation and no left deviation" was impossible.
On April 30th, 1948, a slogan was issued to commemorate May 1st Labor Day, calling on "the sages of all organizations to convene as soon as possible to discuss how to convene and form a joint."
Red Capitalist Series-Li
Mr. Candle Dust is keenly aware that his luck has run out and the takeover is just around the corner.
It's just that he advocates "no right deviation, no left deviation", which is far from it. How will he treat himself?
To Li He's surprise and surprise, at the end of May, he received a secret letter from silver. He opened it, and it turned out to be a handwritten letter from Mao.
In his letter, Mao expounded our party's economic proposition of "developing production, prospering economy, giving consideration to both public and private interests, and benefiting both labor and capital", emphasizing that industry should not only be protected, but also be further developed.
Mao welcomed Mr. Candle Dust to join the new company and hoped that he would support this cause.
This was written by Mao after he arrived in Xibaipo, and it was also his earliest personal letter to Mr. Candle Dust.
Figure1953 In June, Mao replied to Mr. Mao's personal letter.
The trust and guidance of China's great leaders greatly encouraged Mr. Candle Dust.
At this time, the party promptly assigned Li Ding and others to pick up the plane with him, and also discussed with him the specific matters of welcoming Tianjin.
Hearing that Tianjin was coming, Mr. Candle Dust was very excited and said on the spot that he would do his best.
He took the lead in opposing the order to move important factories and enterprises in Tianjin to the south, quickly stabilized the vast number of operators and shattered the plot to destroy Tianjin's industry and leave an empty city.
He called capitalist forums many times and put Mao's "New Theory" and "On Union" on the table to publicize the economy.
Photo1July 5, 949, standing with the preparatory meeting for the new consultation.
He also ran around for peace in Tianjin, first sending a telegram to other elites through Hu Shi, asking them not to fight in Tianjin.
Later, he personally went to Tianjin to surrender to Du Jianshi, police officer Chen Changjie and director Li Hanyuan.
Because of the jealousy caused by his progressive stance, there are often plainclothes stalking near his home, which is quite dangerous.
1949 65438+125 October, just one day in Tianjin, the Military Management Committee immediately sent someone to pick up Mr. Candle Dust and gave him strict protection.
Old Candle instructed Jiu Da and Li Yong to return to work immediately, and supported China with practical actions.
Tu Tu and Tientsin guard Chen Changjie and Du Jianshi.
At this moment, Li has made up his mind that he will use the rest of his life to contribute to the construction of new China.
1June, 949 15, Mr. Zhu accepted Mao's invitation and attended the new preparatory meeting in Beiping as an industrialist.
A friend of a gentleman, a gift
After the birth of New China, Li Zhulao held various positions in the Democratic National Construction Association and Lianhe, united and guided the whole country to recognize the future and supported China, which played a positive role in the initial economic recovery and development.
After 1956, he became the minister of the Ministry of Food Industry (later changed to the Ministry of Light Industry), devoted himself to the construction of the motherland, and did his best until he died.
Tu Youyou was announced on the rostrum.
However, Mao's contact with Mr. Candle Dust is unusual and there is no personal friendship.
Mao has great respect for Mr. Zhu Chen and people like him, such as sending troops to help, issuing construction bonds, reforming the private sector and other major issues related to the national economy and people's livelihood. They all ask for people's opinions in advance.
Mr. Zhu Chen will come to every meeting and express his opinions wherever he goes, expressing warm support and active support for the major policies of the party and peace.
1950165438+1October 30, which lasted for one month and five days. More than 40,000 people in Tianjin fought against US aggression and aided Korea to defend their country. This move became a national leader.
Nearly seventy-year-old, white-haired, candle-covered old people still hold high the small red flag, walk in the forefront of the team, and sometimes shout slogans.
Figure1950165438+10. On October 30th, Tianjin was defending the country and defending the country.
For Mr. Candle Dust's outstanding patriotic action, Mao personally called 65438 to welcome him on February 2.
The most rare thing about Candle Old Man is that he dares to express his opinions and is outspoken.
/kloc-in the winter of 0/950, Mao personally visited his hometown Tianjin candle factory, and later met with the candle factory many times to listen to his opinions on industrial construction.
At that time, there were many problems in private enterprises, such as public-private relations, labor-capital relations, funds and so on. They have all written or reflected to Mao.
Someone asked him, "Aren't you afraid of being told that you speak for capitalists?"
But Mr. Candle Dust calmly replied: "Mao has repeatedly stressed that we should listen to different opinions. I should tell the truth! " "
And Lao Zhu's opinion has indeed provided a reliable basis for the party to formulate industrial policies.
Figure1949 June 15, at the new preparatory meeting, comrades and delegates took photos and sat on stools smoking.
Li's style of daring to speak and remonstrate was famous at that time, and even drivers were worried about it.
When he was in Tianjin, the driver Wang Shufa told such a story:
One year, he sent Mr. Zhu to the Mao family in Fengzeyuan for a meeting, and many people attended.
After the meeting, Mr. Shen Junru and others left one after another. He waited for a long time, but the candle still didn't come out.
I don't know what happened inside, but Wang Shufa thought something had happened to Mr. Candle Dust.
He was thinking, so he came out and told him to wait at the front door. He saw Mao and the candlelight come out laughing with his own eyes and sent the candlelight all the way to the door.
Photo1On April 23, 954, Mr. Li accompanied Mao to inspect the site of Dagukou Fort.
Until the Lantern Festival in 1964, Mao invited Huang Yanpei, Chen Shutong, Li and other old people 10 to be guests at home.
As always, he is honest and frank, and has received Mao's support as always.
Mr. Candle Dust is older than Mao 1 1 year. Mao regards this honest elder as a friend and teacher.
1950 visited the North China Urban and Rural Materials Association, 1952 visited the Yellow River, and 1955 visited the northwest. Mao Du invited Mr. Zhu Chen, who is familiar with these aspects, to consult at any time.
Figure1On April 23, 954, Li accompanied Mao to inspect Tianjin Military Port.
In 1990, I talked about Mao Zhu's old research on chemistry during his inspection.
Counselors are open-minded, careful and knowledgeable; The answer is enthusiastic and detailed, which is true teaching; This reflects the unusual friendship between the two.
Mao is very concerned about Mr. Candle Dust. From the founding of New China in 1949 to 1966, Mao invited Mr. Candle Dust to dinner once a year.
Once a candle driver asked him curiously, "Candle, Mao invites you to dinner. What are the good dishes? "
Candle smiled and explained: "Mao's life is very simple." He treats you to dinner, that is, two dishes. Others are Hunan dishes, mainly talking! "
At the opening ceremony of the second session of the second session, Mr. Li reported good news to Mao on behalf of all sectors of society.
It is not difficult to see from here that Li likes Mao's cordial and easy-going reception very much. He thinks this is the real "friendship between gentlemen".
Although he is a friend of a gentleman, Mao often gives gifts to Mr. Candle Dust.
1954 winter, he went to Beijing for the first time, and was received by Mao in the hall on September 14.
He gave Mao a very precious gift, including tiger skin, musk and other local products and beads.
Mao looked at the tiger skin and suddenly said, "Give this tiger skin to Mr. Candle Dust. He needs it more than me!" " "
This tiger skin was later used as a mattress by Mr Candle Dust. After the old man died, his grandson Li Mingzhi saw this tiger skin at home.
Li Mingzhi said: "As soon as I saw this tiger skin, I thought of my deep friendship with Mao's grandfather!"
Photo1On July 30th, 955, Li (front right) accompanied (front left) to inspect the Yellow River.
Indeed, this is indeed a profound friendship.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the party and leaders who were busy with government affairs and daily affairs always remembered this non-party friend. Who can not sigh!
Mr. Candle Dust has the same idea as a generation of great men.
The more you know about the past between Mr. Mao and Mr. Candle Dust, the more anxious you are to find the answer to such a question:
Why can they have such a deep friendship?
Li Wencai, the eldest son of Candle Master, talked about this problem when he was 86 years old. He just said, "Of course there are similarities in thought!"
In this way, Mr. Candle Dust lived in the old city for most of his life, and suffered a lot for establishing the chemical industry in China.
Photo: The emblem established by the inaugural meeting of Tianjin Federation of Industry.
After he arrived in New Zealand and participated in founding ceremony, he deeply realized his sincerity.
It has been said many times: "This way, this way, it will definitely make it rich and strong soon."
"Taking so much money to develop industrial agriculture is something I didn't even think about before." He felt that Mao had led him to a brand-new bright road. Mao respects him, and he respects Mao even more.
As early as 195 1, Zhu Lao put forward this understanding in Tianjin: "If you listen to Mao, follow him and take the road."
Everyone who has worked around Candle Lao feels that he and Mao have a lot in common in their thoughts.
Mao issued the call of "opposing waste and practicing economy", which Mr. Candle Dust thought was very reasonable.
Inspection of Tianjin Soda Factory founded by Li (third from right).
In the old society, although Candle Lao was a capitalist, he lived a simple life.
At the beginning of the establishment of Jiuda Salt Factory, he did not live in the garden house rented by the company for him in the French Concession, but lived in the workshop of the factory with his family, and lived for 10 years.
He once said to Wang Guangying, who served as the Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China: "Mao is right. From frugality to luxury, from opposing extravagance and waste to prosperity, it is related to whether the new China can prosper."
Wang Guangying saw him turn over the old envelope and reuse it in Candle Lao's office of Wynn Chemical Industry Company.
When Zhu Lao became a minister, whenever he was on a business trip, he would never take a bus where he could reach by train. As long as he has a secretary and never brings a guard, his house will be very simple, and a bathroom will be enough.
Figure1950 On April 29th, the inaugural meeting of Tianjin Federation of Industries was just around the corner, and Li (seventh from left) was elected as the chairman.
Think back to the habit of mending clothes, white sheets and wooden beds. How similar!
1953, deputy director of North China Executive Board.
However, Li himself thinks that his contribution as deputy director is not great, because he has already served as deputy director in Tianjing Construction Association, and he still has to deal with the company's affairs.
So, I wrote a letter to Mao, explaining my difficulties and clearly refusing.
Mao wrote back and gently advised Mr. Candle Dust: "Although there is a lot of work, you can arrange it and only deal with a big problem for the time being, so you won't feel too busy."
How about Mr. Li?
Old Candle read these lines over and over again, deeply realizing Mao's concern, trust and expectation for himself, and resolutely shouldered this heavy burden.
1956, when the candle reaches the working age, there are more candles, never bitter, and always work hard silently.
It is not just a name, but it has dealt with one or several major issues in a period of time and done a lot of practical things, leaving a monument to future generations.
After Zhu Lao became a minister, he provoked the heavy burden of national light industry construction. Mao suggested that he should pay more attention to industry and do more investigations, so as to find a way to develop light industry suitable for China's national conditions.
Including the current tobacco monopoly system, was established by Mr. Li.
Tu Mao is reading a newspaper.
It is precisely because there are so many ideas and viewpoints that Mao and Mr. Li can be honest with each other.
Mao has a deputy Li in the party list almost every time, and the characters on the list are delineated by himself.
It's just that Mr. Li was seriously ill at that time. 1966 has been recuperating at home since the last visit.
It is also under the care of Mao He that Mr. Li spent the last two years of his life peacefully.
Figure 1963, with Li
The past is vivid, some are fleeting, and some will go down in history forever.
The communication and friendship with Mr. Li truly embodies the lofty spirit of sharing weal and woe and treating each other with sincerity, which will be praised by future generations forever.
The above is related to 1976, which belongs to the dragon that robbed the pearl three times in his life, and shares the modern history of China. After reading 1976, I hope this will help everyone!