Chapter 39 Comrade Ma Mingfang in the Remembrance Society Education Movement

In mid-November 1965, I followed Comrade Ma Mingfang to the Guantun Brigade of Guantun Commune in Yingkou County, where we conducted a social education campaign for four months.During this period of getting along, Comrade Mingfang gave me the deepest impression that he has a clear-cut banner on the line and shows a high degree of principle; Hard and simple, approachable, is a model of discipline.Now, although 13 years have passed, the tall image of Comrade Mingfang is still fresh in people's minds.The following recalls a few fragments to express my deep condolences to Comrade Mingfang.

"Isn't it good to let all the members become work teams?" During the four months of the "Four Cleanups" work, we heard Comrade Mingfang speak the most about the mass line and the mass movement led by the party.Before entering the site, it was confirmed that two staff members would go to the site with him. Some people worried that too few people would affect the work, and advised him to ask a few more people to bring them.Comrade Mingfang rejected this proposal.He said: Why go to so many people?According to Chairman Mao's "Ten Points", rely on the masses there and follow the mass line.After entering the point, Comrade Mingfang decided that the two staff members who wanted to go with him should be integrated into the social education work team.At that time, we didn't quite understand it, and thought to ourselves, how can we complete the survey questions given by him if there are only two people in the same formation?I formed a team with a soldier from the local garrison and was inserted into a production team.This team is relatively complicated, and it feels very difficult to work.Once when we were reporting work, we pointed out to Comrade Mingfang that there were too few people, and when the Northeast Bureau came, two people were divided into two places, unable to complete the scheduled investigation topics.In order to inspire and educate us, Comrade Mingfang studied "the relationship between internal and external factors" with us. Using Chairman Mao's philosophical thought, let us clarify the relationship between the masses and the work team. It is the condition of change, and internal cause is the basis of change.But after we finished talking about the complex situation of the production team, we still emphasized the importance of the work team and asked for a few more work teams.At this time, Comrade Mingfang said rather humorously: "Since the work team is important, why not let the members of the commune become a work team? If the poor and lower-middle peasants have mastered Mao Zedong Thought and the party's policies, aren't they the work team? And it’s a work team that will never leave.” We followed Comrade Mingfang’s instructions and devoted our energy to propagating Mao Zedong Thought and the Party’s policies, guiding the masses to use Mao Zedong Thought and the Party’s policies to analyze and solve practical problems. , The work quickly opened up the situation.Comrade Mingfang also went deep into the masses with us, personally investigated, talked to people, educated cadres, summed up a batch of experience in a short period of time, and effectively guided the social education movement on the surface.

"I believe most cadres are good and better" During the social education movement, some grassroots cadres had some resentment for a time and developed negative emotions.Comrade Mingfang said to us: I believe that most cadres are good and relatively good, and we must mobilize their enthusiasm for revolution and production.In order to solve this problem, Comrade Mingfang held heart-to-heart talks with the cadres for more than ten days.At the beginning, grassroots cadres heard that Comrade Fang was a senior cadre, and they didn't know where to start talking with such a senior cadre.Some feel very restrained, just being polite; some even find a reason to avoid it.But Comrade Mingfang went deep into the masses, took the initiative to get close to them, and approached them.When people went to work in the field, he went down to the field with him. When people set up circles to accumulate manure, he followed the barn. He also participated in the mass study at night. When the cadres returned home, he went to visit.A few days later, the masses and cadres saw him, and no one was restrained.He told people the stories of the Agrarian Revolution, the War of Resistance Against Japan, cooperation and mechanization, the direction of socialism, the relationship between the party's cadres and the masses, and the policies of the "Four Cleans Up" movement.What he said is in line with the ideological activities of the cadres and the masses, and people are willing to listen.People like this veteran cadre for his lack of airs, and he can solve the knots in people's hearts who have any ideological problems, so people are willing to tell him what is in their hearts.Some people talked to him about why they wanted to be a "Peace Party Member" and "Comfort Member"; some people talked to him about their resistance to "going upstairs"; He also talked about why his wife was holding back, why his son didn't work, and so on.

Through a period of hard work, Comrade Mingfang obtained a large amount of first-hand information on where the grievances of cadres came from, analyzed the situation of grassroots cadres, and made an appropriate evaluation of these cadres.In a letter to Comrade Song Renqiong, he wrote: "Good and relatively good cadres account for the vast majority of cadres", "They have done a lot of good things for the masses and are respected and loved by the masses", "I am grateful for their achievements. It is necessary to give sufficient estimates, and to seriously criticize and educate their mistakes and shortcomings, so as to achieve the goal of raising awareness, correcting mistakes, uniting, and doing a good job." Comrade Mingfang believes that the majority of cadres It is good and relatively good, and the understanding of cadres is divided into two parts, so that the spiritual outlook of the cadres has undergone obvious changes.I remember that there was a production team leader at that time, who did not admit his mistake for taking more work points, but was dissatisfied with the criticism of the work team. He once threatened to leave the work team for two years for "reform".After Comrade Mingfang talked about his basic estimation and understanding of the cadre team, after education, the captain took the initiative to conduct a self-criticism, returned the excess work points, and asked the masses to supervise him to correct his mistakes.There is also a good cadre recognized by the masses, who also strictly demands himself, and actively finds five gaps according to the point of view of dividing one into two.Because they believed in and relied on the majority of the cadres and conscientiously implemented Chairman Mao's line for cadres, most of the cadres changed their understanding, thinking and actions.The cadres who were originally thought to be "rectified" eliminated their grievances; the cadres who originally wanted to put down the picks said they would do whatever the masses asked them to do; the cadres who were originally passive in their work also became active. The situation of the "Four Cleanups" movement changed quickly.

"Why can't you write a letter to the secretariat jointly!" Comrade Ming Fang did a lot of specific work in Guantun, mastered a lot of first-hand information, did a lot of investigation and research in accordance with the needs of the surface movement, and made many speeches that were instructive for the movement at that time.We drafted a letter with these materials and reported it to Comrades Song Renqiong, Comrade Gu Zhuoxin and the Northeast Bureau Secretariat.When the draft of this letter was sent to Comrade Mingfang for review, Comrade Mingfang signed his name on the signature of the letter, and at the same time wrote the names of the two ordinary staff members who followed him side by side, forming three Personal joint letter.The two of us refused to do this, and the reason we put forward was: Comrade Mingfang, as the third secretary of the Northeast Bureau, came down to stay and wrote letters to the first secretary and the secretariat of the Northeast Bureau. Joint name.Comrade Mingfang replied solemnly: "You have provided me with facts and materials to form these opinions. Why can't we jointly write a letter to Comrade Ren Qiong and the Secretariat for our common views at work! The position between us is The difference is that the division of labor in the revolutionary work is different, but there is no distinction between comrades, we are all ordinary party members, so why not write a letter to the secretariat with equal names and joint names!" The letter "Good Cadres" was jointly sent out in this way.

"Nothing special!" When Comrade Ming Fang was engaged in the "Four Cleanups" in the Guantun Brigade, the Yingkou County Party Committee took into account that he had chronic gastric ulcers, and took care of his life. He arranged more fine grains and vegetable oil, and the food standard was 2% higher than that of the staff members. Thirty, the county party committee also appointed a cook to cook for him alone.And Comrade Mingfang went to the cafeteria to line up with the masses to buy the meal for the second meal after ordering.When he found out that his dishes were freshly fried and more oily than others, he asked the security secretary why he had to make special arrangements, and asked the security secretary one by one what special arrangements there were, so that the security secretary could investigate carefully.After the situation became clear, Comrade Mingfang called the secretary of the commune. While expressing his gratitude to the county party committee for his concern, he instructed to immediately withdraw the professional chefs, cancel the small stove, and not to do anything special in the future.Driven by Comrade Mingfang, everyone in the work team abides by discipline, and no one is special.

The living conditions of Comrade Mingfang in Guantun were reported to the Northeast Bureau, and also to his family.His wife was worried that he would ruin his health and miss work, so he asked someone to bring him some peanuts.After Comrade Mingfang received the peanuts, he called the working team members living nearby to hold a symposium, and gave them all the peanuts to eat during the meeting.That night, I wrote a letter to tell my family that they were not allowed to send any food in the future.