Does anyone know who Chen Yonggui is?

Chen Yonggui, the deputy prime minister of a semi-illiterate country, Xiyang County, Shanxi Province, has a small population and is the only semi-illiterate country in the world. Although poor in history, it is a place that emphasizes reading. From Zhenguan four years in Tang Dynasty to Jinshi in Qing Dynasty. In modern times, there is a bigger official, a prime minister-level official, who is semi-illiterate. This is Chen Yonggui, secretary of the Party branch of Xiyang Dazhai Brigade (now the village). Some people say that he is the only illiterate prime minister in the world. 1975 10 Chen Yonggui was appointed as Vice Premier of the State Council at the first meeting of the Fourth National People's Congress of People's Republic of China (PRC) held in mid-October, and was removed from his post at the third meeting of the Fifth National People's Congress held in September 1980. Deputy Prime Minister for five years and eight months. To say that Chen Yonggui is semi-literate means that he can't read much. 1On March 29th, 964, when Tao Lujia, the first secretary of Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, reported the situation of Dazhai to Mao Zedong in Handan, Hebei, Mao Zedong asked, "Does Chen Can study forever?" Tao Lujia said: "I can't read. I have been able to read these years, and I still read newspapers. I am a lout." Chen Yonggui grew up in a poor family and had no chance to go to school. 1974 In May, the author wrote a manuscript for Chen Yonggui to review. Of course, he can't read any more. The author read it to him and he agreed. The author said: "This is specially written for People's Daily. You can't just say' agree'. You have to write the word' agree'. " He made a mistake the first time with a stroke, and the word "Italy" was written one more line. The second time, it is a horizontal. It is far easier for him to hold a pen than a hoe. He can barely read the newspaper. He can't recognize many words, but he can probably know the meaning. A note that can write a sentence or two, a letter of 200 words. Letters are dictated by him, written down by the secretary, or written by the secretary according to his wishes. He can write no more than 400 or 500 Chinese characters, and he can recognize no more than 1000 Chinese characters. He doesn't know much about reading and books, but that doesn't mean he is incompetent. He is a man who is good at learning from social practice and has a high understanding in this respect. Our reporter called him a "peasant politician". He has some qualities of a politician. Vice Premier Chen's office is the best in the world. Vice Premier the State Council is a real job, not a show. Chen Yonggui manages the country's agriculture by division of labor. Every day, he often reads documents, gives instructions and gives reports. He reviews a lot of materials every day. These materials were first brought to Beijing by his secretary from Xiyang county, and then he chose the important ones to talk to him, or he painted the most important places for him to see. If he agrees, draw a circle on the material or write "agree". There are many things he can't understand, but he draws circles quickly. What's going on here? Zhang Huaiying, his close comrade-in-arms, once asked him, "How did you turn around so fast?" He said that when he watched Hua Guofeng and Li Xiannian draw circles, he also drew circles. He trusts them. He has a good eloquence and a little dialectic. He often has new ideas summed up in real life, and his words have substance. He dares to tell some big truths that others dare not. His language is vivid, popular, humorous and not bureaucratic. As long as he talks about rural production work and makes reports internally, he never uses speeches, but just talks casually, which is still very attractive and not chaotic. It is difficult for him to make a report at a formal public meeting. He was afraid of talking about fire, so he asked the scholar to write a speech according to his meaning first, and he would read it at the meeting. This kind of written speech, according to our writing, is incomprehensible to him. Yin Xi County specially printed a piece of manuscript paper for him, one frame is as big as four frames of ordinary manuscript paper, and the spacing between lines is also very wide, with only about 100 words per page. Several scholars in the county are familiar with his literacy habits. They copied his speech in print on this paper. If he doesn't know the words, he should write down the homophones he knows in the blank. He can only read such a speech. He had a terrible headache watching this lecture and felt it was a hell on earth. Chen Yonggui, the only vice premier in the world who doesn't get the national salary, became the vice premier. He can move his rural hukou to Taiyuan or Beijing, and he should get the national salary. But he didn't move his household registration, didn't get paid, and still maintained his status as a farmer. This means that he will never be divorced from the working people and will always be a peasant official. He is still wearing a double-breasted China farmer's suit and a white towel around his head. He never wears leather shoes and sandals, only the old farmer's shoes made by his wife. He doesn't want an "iron rice bowl", doesn't get a national salary, and usually doesn't let his family come to Beijing to live. As he was still a member of Dazhai Commune, he returned to Dazhai and worked in the fields with the members. How can Chen Yonggui live as a deputy prime minister without receiving a national salary? At first, Shanxi gave him a monthly subsidy of 6~0 yuan, and later it rose to 100 yuan. In Beijing, the national food allowance for him is 1.20 yuan per day. By the end of the year, Dazhai gave him an average work score of a medium-sized male labor force every year (in fact, he is still ahead of Dazhai). When distributing, a member can get as much money as he can in a working day. His food was not as good as that of middle-class farmers in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the Pearl River Delta. When he becomes deputy prime minister, he must meet foreign guests and inspect the work. He can no longer hang his pipe around his neck, which becomes smoking. Wherever he goes, people put "China" and "Peony" in front of him. He has a clear distinction between public and private life, and he is likely to smoke public cigarettes privately. Chen Yonggui became the deputy prime minister of a country with a population of 654.38+0 billion, and finally he was a poor man, which was also regarded as the "Prime Minister in Cloth". After Chen Yonggui became a member of the Political Bureau and vice premier, he and his family's household registration were transferred to Beijing under the arrangement of the central authorities. He was arranged as a consultant on a farm in the eastern suburbs of Beijing and became a formal state employee. It is said that his monthly salary is 150 yuan, and he pays 50 yuan a monthly nanny fee. Originally living in Dongcheng District, the Deputy Prime Minister's Hospital let him out and moved into the Gao Qian Building in Muxidi, Xicheng District. His salary is low, and prices are rising year by year. It is said that the state exempted him from rent and utilities. He is very conscious and does not easily take the special car reserved by the state for him. His wife is a rural woman and has no job, so the chef quit and cooked by her. Chen Yonggui, the only person in the world who has an official position from the highest level to the lowest level, has become a special official in the world since he became a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and later became a deputy prime minister of the State Council. He is the leader of the Party and the country, the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee of Shanxi Province, the secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and the secretary of the CPC Xiyang County Committee. He neglected the daily affairs of the Dazhai Party branch and asked Guo Fenglian to take his place as Party branch secretary. He also hung the title of member of the Dazhai Party branch, and asked him to give instructions on important matters in Dazhai. At the same time, he is a first-class official, a third-class official, a fifth-class official, a seventh-class official, and a small official with no taste in the village. This strange phenomenon, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, Chen Yonggui is probably the only one. He doesn't care much about the daily work in Shanxi Province. Jinzhong prefectural party committee, he is the head, he arranges someone he can trust to be the first deputy secretary, Xiyang county, he is the head, and arranges a deputy secretary to take care of his daily work. At this point, who is the superior and who is the subordinate? As far as the county party committee and prefectural party committee are concerned, the provincial party committee is superior, but as far as Chen Yonggui is a member of the Politburo and vice premier, the provincial party committee is subordinate. Who dares to take charge of Dazhai again? Later, Shanxi Province and Jinzhong area awarded Dazhai a prize flag, and instead of writing the word "award to", they wrote "gift to" to show the modesty of the award giver. Chen Yonggui fought for the freedom of Chen Yonggui, became a senior official in Beijing, and began his life in Diaoyutai. Jiang Qing and the Gang of Four made enemies everywhere and were afraid every day. The cadres in Dazhai and Xiyang have to go through some twists and turns to meet Mr. Chen. Chen Yonggui and Xiyang brought a secretary and a bodyguard to live in an empty house. His wife and children are not there. If the Central Committee hadn't told him to go to the meeting, he would have to soak in this room. He can't read many documents and novels. He can't always wander around the yard. The waiter came into the room to clean, disciplined, and only worked without talking. Only in the evening, when everyone is resting, the guards and waiters come to watch TV, and there is someone talking in Chen Yonggui, will it be lively. Such a life is suffocating for Chen Yonggui. He can't just go out. It is said that once he wanted to go to the Dongan market in Wangfujing, the secretary asked the security office for instructions and said that he could not defend it and could not go. He also suggested working in the China-Arab Commune on the outskirts of Beijing, because he couldn't defend it and couldn't go. He can't get close to the masses, can't hear all kinds of social voices, can't know the truth and facts, and can't read a lot of materials. In the long run, he thinks he will become a fool who knows nothing. He wrote a letter to Chairman Mao, proposing to move out of Diaoyutai and implement a three-thirds system: one third in Beijing, one third in Dazhai and one third in the whole country. Chairman Mao immediately approved Chen Yonggui's request and praised him. Chen Yonggui moved to an old quadrangle at the intersection of Dongcheng District. He managed to spend a third of his time in Dazhai, where he was really free. He returned to Dazhai and refused to let the guards from Beijing go with him. He said: "I am a farmer and go home to work. Can you still send guards to farmers all over the country? " After Chen Yonggui was disarmed, he lost the title of central official, so he could go to the streets to chat with the people alone. Young people and children call him "Uncle Yonggui" when they see him, and he can hear all kinds of voices again. He finally regained his freedom many years ago.