Xie Juezai: Devotion to the Party and work harder for the people

Xie Juezai, born on April 27, 1884 in Ningxiang County, Hunan Province, participated in the May Fourth Movement in 1919 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1925, making outstanding contributions to the Chinese revolution and construction.

A former scholar of the Qing Dynasty turned into a staunch Marxist.

Xie Juezai studied in Mongolian school when he was four years old. In 1905, when he was 21 years old, he took part in the "government examination" of the former Qing Dynasty and became a scholar. On New Year's Day in 1921, introduced by Zhou Shizhao, He Shuheng and Mao Zedong, Xie Juezai participated in the Xinmin Society. On this day, Xie Juezai came to some gentlemen. He told the gentlemen: "If you want to transform the place, you must first create public opinion; if you want public opinion to be correct, you must first cultivate scholars. When disputes arise, the current situation is complicated and confusing, especially if scholars are not capable." This shows that Xie Juezai's energy is still focused on how to save the country.

Xie Juezai attended the New Year's meeting of the Xinmin Society to discuss ways to transform society. He Shuheng, who presided over the meeting, took a clear-cut stand to "advocate radical". Through this meeting, the purpose of Xinmin Society changed from democracy to Marxism. It was from this time that Xie Juezai embarked on the road of accepting Marxism.

Since then, Xie Juezai has been very concerned about and dedicated to the cause of communism. Since the first National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the spread of Marxism has risen in Hunan, and Xie Juezai has also participated in this process. On October 22, Xie Juezai wrote in his diary, "Today, the Normal School Alumni Association held a perennial meeting and sent off Xia Xi who went to Russia... Runzhi said: 'In the past, the school was not a doctrine, and the doctrine was not correct. The result was blind talk and nonsense, and nothing was made. We always have to do it for the doctrine. '"

On May 1, 1943, Xie Juezai reviewed his life path and pointed out: "This is how I stepped into a great and difficult revolutionary road after the age of 40, and seemed to be prepared to step into this road."

From Mao Zedong, I learned the truth of the Communists.

In 1933, Xie Juezai entered the Central Soviet Area and came to Mao Zedong's residence. Since then, Xie Juezai began to serve as the secretary of the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic and Mao Zedong. One day, Mao Zedong instructed Xie Juezai to draw up a notice, which was to hold a meeting of major cadres at the county level to discuss the investigation of fields and the determination of production. Xie Juezai wrote it and sent it to Mao Zedong for review. Unexpectedly, this notice of less than 1,000 words was completely changed by Mao Zedong, leaving no word and adding a lot. He asked Mao Zedong, "Why can't I write like this?" Mao Zedong only answered with two words: "You learn!"

Recalling this event decades later, Xie Juezai said, "'You learn! 'inspired me a lot. How to learn? One is to learn from others and learn from positive experience; the other is to learn from yourself and learn from negative experience." After repeatedly studying the manuscript edited by Mao Zedong himself, Xie Juezai realized: First of all, the content of the meeting was to check the fields and determine the production. When he first arrived in the Central Soviet Area, he did not know what the field was, and what problems the meeting was going to solve. It was rash to start writing without investigation. Secondly, the participants in the meeting were all farmers who turned over, not only to understand them, but also to understand them, he ignored this point; third, this is the Soviet area that has been "encircled and suppressed". The materials are difficult. People who come must bring their own bowls and chopsticks and be accounted for. This is what he did not expect. Xie Juezai felt that the manuscript written without investigation and understanding of the situation was naturally "nothing but words".

This year, Mao Zedong carried out investigations in Changgang Township and Caixi Township. Xie Juezai followed Mao Zedong to conduct this investigation and won Mao Zedong's art of investigation and research. Xie Juezai later said: "Comrade Mao Zedong investigated Xingguo Changgang Township and Shanghang Caixi Township, and I saw it. He found three or two farmers, the head of the township, and each township talked for almost a week. He personally took care of their food and lodging, for fear that they could not stay up late, and asked very modestly." Mao Zedong regarded himself as a student and the peasants as a gentleman, which moved Xie Juezai very much. From Mao Zedong, Xie Juezai learned the truth of the Communists-how to deal with the relationship between the party and the people. Xie Juezai once said that if you want to be a real Communist Party member, you must withstand the test: beheading, imprisonment, electric punishment, and pepper water, which is very normal; banknotes, foreign money, cars, foreign buildings, beautiful wives, don't care! His mind was filled with truth, revolution, struggle, sacrifice, until his last breath. Xie Juezai once educated party members and cadres: It is necessary to believe that Communist Party members cannot and should not have special enjoyment. The Communist Party is not opposed to enjoyment. He is trying to create a prosperous life for the whole society, but he is opposed to a few people living alone when most people do not improve their lives. good.

"If you get up early and sleep late, you can do more and feel at peace"

As the founder of the judicial system of New China, Xie Juezai has been engaged in the party's judicial practice since the late period of the Great Revolution. At the beginning of 1949, he discussed with Shen Junru, Zhang Zhirang and other judicial circles to study the abolition of the "Six Laws" promulgated by the Kuomintang government, and wrote an editorial on "Abolishing Old Laws and Building New Laws" for the party newspaper. He presided over a symposium on legal issues of the People's Government of North China. According to the discussion at the meeting, he wrote a long letter to Liu Shaoqi and Zhou Enlai, put forward specific plans for legislative work and training judicial cadres, and suggested that Chaoyang University should be changed into National Beiping University of political Science and Law. This proposal was approved, and after intense preparations, the China University of political Science and Law, the first university of political Science and Law in New China, was established, and Xie Juezai was appointed president.

Regarding how the party treats the people after it came to power, at the beginning of the founding of New China, Xie Juezai put forward an important point: "If you can do more, you can feel at ease". At that time, Xie Juezai was the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Central People's Government, and people from his hometown wanted to come to Beijing to join him. In his reply to his son, Xie Juezai compared himself to an old farm farmer in the same village, pointing out that to be an official, he must "get up early and sleep late, and be able to do more is to feel at ease", in order to advise his children, relatives and friends not to have privileged thoughts, but to earn their own living. There is another meaning of this sentence: as a communist, shouldering the mission of the party and the people, you must get up early and go to bed late, be honest in performing official duties, and take it as your own responsibility for the party and the people to do more and do good deeds. This is also the consistent requirement of Xie Juezai since he established his belief in Marxism. The first major event he encountered after becoming Minister of the Interior was the major floods from 1949 to 1950, which involved 16 provinces across the country. He said, "Don't starve a man". According to the suggestions of him and the Ministry of the Interior, a campaign of social mutual aid and economy was carried out throughout the country. The central government agencies donated 1.2 billion yuan for more than half a year and 390000 catties of grain; the North China Military Region saved 3 million catties of grain in six months. After several months of hard work, the disaster situation across the country basically stopped developing, and most of the severe spring famine passed.

Xie Juezai, who is infinitely concerned about the people's well-being, is extremely strict with his family and his children. Therefore, as early as the Yan'an period, people called him: "Devotion to the party and study hard, and work harder with the people." This is a concentrated expression of the original intention and mission of the Communist Party.

Source: Beijing Daily