Chapter 34 33. Fengyun Daqiu Village

In 1987, Daqiuzhuang became the "No. 1 village in the world"; in 1993, Yu Zuomin was arrested and Daqiuzhuang once again became the center of the storm.Daqiuzhuang Town is located 30 kilometers southwest of Tianjin, 45 kilometers away from Tianjin Airport, 60 kilometers away from Tianjin Xingang, close to Tianjin-Shanghai Railway and Beijing-Fuzhou Expressway, with extremely convenient transportation.But this is only after Yu Zuomin made Daqiu Village develop into the "No. 1 Village in the World".From the reform and opening up in 1978 to the arrest of Yu Zuomin in 1993, Daqiuzhuang has always been the well-deserved leader of rural China after Dazhai.

"I remember that day it was half sunny and not cloudy. It was not much different from today. Our old hen ran out. I was afraid that it would lose its eggs again, so I went out to look for it. When I heard the bell, I wanted to stay. I will go again, just calling our chickens on the street, the village is quiet, I have never heard it so quiet, there is not even the slightest wind... I still remember that day until now, when I arrived at the venue, I saw some villagers crying, which shocked me, and I thought that another leader had died, and the village was like this when Chairman Mao died..."

A villager in Daqiuzhuang recalled that autumn afternoon in Daqiuzhuang in 1977.It was not another Chinese leader who passed away. The reason why the villagers got together was because Yu Zuomin, the village secretary of Daqiuzhuang, rang the big bell at the head of the village to call a village meeting after three days and three nights without sleep. The most famous farmer in the history of Daegujang spent three days thinking about how to make his village rich.In history, Daqiuzhuang was famous for its poverty. Later, Li Deming, a crop expert in Daqiuzhuang, recalled to the reporters who came to interview: "Do you know what poverty is? Poor... grandma's! People say that I am a brick in Daqiuzhuang. It’s not worth life to kill people, that’s a joke in my village, because there is no brick in a village in Old Dongxiang (Daqiu Village)!” There is a folk song that it is better to eat bran for ten years than marry a woman in Daqiu Village.

Later, Yu Zuomin recalled to the reporter Xing Junwei who went to interview him: "At that time, we really wanted to get rich all at once. Once for three days, I didn't close my eyes, and I didn't know how much I smoked. Walking around the saline-alkali land in Tuanbowa alone, I thought at the time that if Daqiuzhuang engaged in joint production contracting like Xiaogang, each person could get about one mu of saline-alkali land, even if the entire mu was divided among various Every household will not get rich. In the old society, the two landlords in Daqiuzhuang, Lao Cai, still ate bran and swallowed vegetables. How can you get rich? At that time, the rich were those who had factories and business names in Tianjin. Only the landlords and capitalists can eat rice and noodles. In Daqiu Village, if you want to get rich, it can be said that it is not much more difficult than climbing to the sky. The only way out is a word of work, no work and no wealth.”

Yu Zuomin tragically announced his decision that day, along with his promise, "First, I want to change Daqiuzhuang so that everyone can live a better life; object, become a family".The villagers looked at this poor secretary, remembering that he once wanted to check the accounts of his nephew who was an accountant, and forced the only high school student in Daqiu Village to commit suicide by lying on the track. Thinking of his past deeds, they expressed their respect for him like thunder support.This village is located in a saline-alkali land in Jinghai County, Tianjin, thus taking the first step to become the prominent first village in the world.

Yu Zuomin raised 150,000 yuan through various means, bought 3 old rolling mills eliminated from Tianjin, and set up China's first township factory cold-rolled strip mill.At that time, Yu Zuomin was 50 years old, but he was still as competitive as the young man.When someone said to Yu Zuomin: "If Daqiu Village can get rich by relying on this, so that the villagers have food and money to spend, I will crawl to give you New Year's greetings," Yu Zuomin immediately retorted: "If you can't Let Daqiu Zhuang rely on this to eat and have money to spend, and I will crawl to give you New Year greetings." As a result, the rolling mill started to make a profit that year, and then recovered all the investment in the second year, and also made a net profit of more than 300,000 yuan.

Yu Zuomin and the villagers of Daqiuzhuang, who had tasted the sweetness, were out of control. Ten years later, in 1987, the number of enterprises in the whole village of Daqiuzhuang had reached 117, with fixed assets of 33.714 million, profits of 15.135 million, and the production of more than 100 kinds of products.That is, in this year, Daqiuzhuang won the reputation of "the first village in the world". In the national selection of village-level township enterprises, Daqiuzhuang ranked first in industrial output value, tax payment, collective accumulation and per capita income. , and become a model for the whole Chinese countryside.

In 1992, Yu Zuomin integrated the factory in Daqiuzhuang into four group companies: Yaoshun Group, Jinhai Group, Jinmei Group and Wanquan Group.Two years later, the total industrial output value of these four group companies reached 7 billion yuan, with a profit of 510 million yuan. But at the same time, Yu Zuomin's arrogance began to show, and made many people unhappy. Yu Zuomin has a saying, "Look up and look forward, and look down at Qian. Only when you look at Qian can you look forward."This jingle caused a big uproar at the time, saying that he was advocating "everything depends on money."Some people advocate that this sentence must be changed even if it is said, and the word "qian" should be changed to "economic benefits", and the word "qian" should be changed to "communism". "Only by looking at economic benefits can you look at communism, and it makes sense to say that." This is someone trying to smooth things over for Yu Zuomin, but Yu Zuomin doesn't appreciate it. "When you go to the store to buy something, what do you say when you give money, 'Give you ten economic benefits'?"

Some people think that Yu Zuomin's words are advocating that everything should be based on money and take the road of capitalism.When Yu Zuomin heard about it, he was furious and furious: "We are farmers, what right do farmers have to take the road of capitalism?" , so no one will take this sentence to say something. Once Yu Zuomin fell ill and was admitted to the hospital, but his demeanor shocked the surrounding patients and staff.He only smoked the most advanced Zhonghua brand cigarettes at that time.Cigarettes are always lit by people, handed to the mouth respectfully, and then when the smoke is almost exhausted, the people on the side carefully remove the ash and cigarette butts.He eats the best river crabs, and the meat is picked and sent to him to eat.

An old cadre in the same ward with Yu Zuomin saw Yu Zuomin's style of work, and asked Yu Zuomin what kind of work he did?Yu Zuomin said he was the secretary of the village party branch. "So you are a local emperor?" the old cadre said. "I went to Tuzi to be the emperor." Yu Zuomin replied. It’s not just these people who are dissatisfied with Yu Zuomin, Yu Zuomin is also dissatisfied with them, “Cats are raised to catch mice, the current situation is not like this, some people play with cats to relieve boredom, and let the cats lie on his bed obediently. The legs are for him to play with... Someone asked me what is the most difficult? I said that it is the most difficult with the situation. Entrepreneurs in the United States and Japan are not as good as Chinese entrepreneurs. Because they both focus on the economy, we focus on the economy with one hand and the other. Politics. For example, in order to receive a group of old comrades, I studied the issue of "four dishes and one soup" for a long time. During the meal, the last dish was tofu mixed with shallots. An old comrade said: "You are really an entrepreneur, Yiqing Erbai, let’s talk when we get back.’ Before leaving, each person was given a bag of stick noodles. I said, ‘Whoever wants it, raise your hand. If you don’t raise your hand, don’t give it. Otherwise, I’ll be suspected of bribery.’ In the end, I raised them all.”

He also said that the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate had investigated me for seven months, but in the end no problems were found, saying, "You can stand the test."I thought to myself, how can the public security bureau and the procuratorate always test people?There are also people who say, if you don’t do bad things, you are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. I said, if you don’t do bad things, if ghosts keep calling your door, it’s no wonder you don’t have blindness! When Yu Zuomin was riding in the Mercedes-Benz 560, a cadre once asked Yu Zuomin: "The ministers of the central government do not ride in such a luxurious Mercedes-Benz 560, but only in the Mercedes-Benz 280. What level are you? Do you dare to sit in it?" Yu Zuomin Immediately became angry: "The bureau level rides in the middle-class car, and the minister-level rides in the high-end car. We farmers have no class. Who set the standard for us to take a car? What class is the farmer? Don't compare us with those who have a class. In the past, we We can’t even eat enough, how come no one compares with us?” Later, Yu Zuomin himself explained to the villagers in Daqiuzhuang, "I don't run around, so why do I need such a good car? Wearing a suit is really not as comfortable as our big waist pants, and the taste of Western food is not as good as our corn." Porridge and steamed small fish. The main reason I do this is to show others and show our peasants’ face.” If the identity of a farmer once made Yu Zuomin anxious, now he goes around showing the heights a farmer can reach.He always said, "I'm a farmer!" and used the farmer as an excuse to respond to attacks. Yu Zuomin's own house is 600 square meters. He always likes to ask others: "How is my house compared to Zhongnanhai?" Later, it is said that he often said that his level can also be a vice premier.This is his implicit comparison with Chen Yonggui, another prominent farmer in the People's Republic of China.And he also showed his identity as a peasant leader everywhere.This can be seen in the way he treats other famous peasant heroes. In 1992, Yu Zuomin was extremely popular.In Yu Zuomin's own words, "Thousands of people have come to Daqiu Village in the past few years. Tell me, who doesn't want to see me, Yu Zuomin? The people here are really Chinese and foreign. , Hong Kong, Taiwan, everywhere, there are thousands of people in more than ten or twenty groups in a day, just like a wheel war, if I see them all, I will not be exhausted? I have seen up to 8 groups of people a day , Shaking hands and talking endlessly, I have to say the same sentence to different people countless times. Just like this, if anyone doesn’t see them, they will complain when they go back, saying that you are proud...” Often a Large groups of visiting high-level government officials were turned away by Yu Zuomin for fear of disturbing Yu Zuomin's work.The arrogant owner thanked guests behind closed doors in his luxurious office.But when Wang Zuoshan, director of the village committee of Xiaojin Village in Tianjin, and Guo Fenglian, secretary of the party branch of Dazhai Village, visited Daqiu Village, Yu Zuomin readily agreed to meet them personally. Yu Zuomin also gave generously to these two once powerful peasant leaders.He agreed on the spot to give Xiaojinzhuang 60,000 yuan to solve the urgent need for Xiaojinzhuang's village-run enterprise to default on workers' wages, and also promised to help Wang Zuoshan build a factory with an annual profit of 1.5 million yuan.When Guo Fenglian told Yu Zuomin that there was a financial problem in the production and operation of the enterprise in Dazhai, Yu Zuomin replied on the spot: "This is easy to handle. You don't have to ask for help everywhere. I will solve it for you." Then Yu Zuomin immediately asked someone Write a check for 500,000 yuan to Guo Fenglian.Guo Fenglian wanted to write an IOU to Yu Zuomin, and Yu Zuomin waved his hand generously: "Don't write an IOU, you don't have to pay back the money. Farmers help farmers, that's what it should be." Up to now, in Huaxi Village, there is still a display of Yu Zuomin's work. Min gave Wu Renbao a car, but Wu Renbao is exhibiting it now to warn him not to get carried away like Yu Zuomin. A reporter asked Yu Zuomin, saying that without Yu Zuomin, there would be no Daqiu Village today, and Yu Zuomin would reply: "You can't say that, it's a bit outrageous. Mao Zedong is not a god, but I can be a god." Ask again, saying that the outside world rumors that Yu Zuomin is a proud person, but Yu Zuomin defended and said: "Chairman Mao said, 'Pride makes people fall behind'. How about one step forward? In 1992, the total output value of our Daegu Village was 4 billion. In 1993, our total output value was 8 billion. It is estimated that next year, it may reach 15 billion. Do you think this is proud? According to me Look, the person who said this did not distinguish between pride and pride." But Yu Zuomin was finally caught. In other words, the farmer was so arrogant that he got so proud that he set up a private torture hall in Daqiu Village.His favorite subordinates killed people, and he even thought that he could still cover the sky with one hand and protect his subordinates, so he even encouraged the whole village to fight against a state machine.He forgets that a truly proud man must make sure that he is invulnerable, lest his proud offended enemies take advantage of any weakness in him and attack him until he is defeated. "Rather than saying that Yu Zuomin is fighting the law and the police, it is better to say that he is fighting the entire official clique," said writer Ling Zhijun.Journalists have been instructed by their superiors not to intervene in the Daqiuzhuang incident; and those political leaders who spoke for Yu Zuomin in the 1980s have also been silent this time.The final result was that in April 1993, the police caught the four beggars who had killed someone, and then arrested Yu Zuomin—of course not all the people in Daeguzhuang were so restless. During the public confrontation with the public security organs, Zhang Yanjun, the general manager of Jinhai Group Company, persuaded him to die, picked up the ashtray on the table and broke his own head.During Yu Zuomin's confrontation with the government, Zhao Shuzhong, the general manager of Jinmei Group, went to other places with excuses to direct the company's production and operation by phone. Ling Zhijun said that although there were few media reports, Yu Zuomin's arrest still caused a great deal of publicity, "The phone at the home of a journalist in Tianjing City kept ringing at night, and many people wanted to know about Yu Zuomin's situation. These people are all influential figures in China's reform wave over the past decade, and they regard Yu Zuomin as their own kind." For Yu Zuomin, Ling Zhijun's evaluation is the most pertinent: "The reason why the Deng Xiaoping era is exciting is also because of the creation of people like Yu Zuomin. In many ways, Yu Zuomin can be regarded as the best among Chinese people. A rare character. He was rare not because of his greatness or his wealth, but because he despised greatness and mocked riches. He was a farmer, a man who spent his childhood wandering, a man who had only received three months A semi-literate person educated in a private school, a person who still has nothing to eat in his middle age. It was not until he was in his fifties, that is, the age when urban people approached retirement, that he began to shake the country. His fate and his impact on hundreds of millions of peasants In the history of contemporary China, only Chen Yonggui, secretary of the party branch of the Dazhai Brigade, can compare with him. Chen was an official in the Mao Zedong era, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a vice premier of the State Council. Lost it all again. The man who rose to prominence in post-Mao China—for a few years his reputation was even higher than those of the top party officials—and then went to jail at the end of the Deng Xiaoping era. His big hit Purple and great grief both make some people elated and others down." And without this farmer with mixed reviews, although Daqiu Village is still economically stable, it is difficult to regain the feeling of being highly regarded in the past.