The only footage of former Premier Zhu Rongji before the 10.1 military parade
His white hair and cool sunglasses. We will never hear his former bold words again, it is the country that owes the Premier...
7 years as Vice Premier, 5 years as Premier, in the hearts of the people, Premier Zhu left an image of an "iron-faced Bao Gong". To this day, all kinds of voices about him still echo in the folk, becoming a series of immortal legends...
"As long as I am in Shanghai, you will never get promoted!" said Zhu Rongji, then Mayor of Shanghai, to his own nephew, zxy_Sina Blog A. During Zhu's four years in office in Shanghai, his nephew's position was never changed. It should be noted that Zhu lost his father before he was born and his mother at the age of 10, it was his uncle, his nephew's grandfather, who raised him...
"What kind of project is this, using the money of the Party and the people to build such a shoddy project, I will fire you!" Faced with the great breach of the Yangtze River dike in Jiujiang in 98, he was angry, but unfortunately, although he was the Premier, he did not have the power...
"Because of strict governance while in office, he offended many powerful figures, so after retirement, the central government required enhanced security, he still could not move freely like an ordinary person." Hong Kong's "Asian Weekly" wrote... For someone who made significant contributions to the country and the people, having to pay for this in old age, what is the reason?
Perhaps in some Western countries, these things are not a big deal, but in China, under the unequal power and supervision, under the prevailing corruption, Zhu's spirit is extremely rare and precious...
A generation of leaders, treated so dominantly after stepping down. Perhaps, this is only for Premier Zhu.
He personally approved the far-reaching smuggling case involving Lai Changxing, who smuggled two-thirds of China's foreign cigarettes and even planes and cannons.
It is said that when Zhu was appointed Mayor of Shanghai, he said something moving: "I am an orphan, I grew up without parents, I don't fear offending anyone!"
By oneself, it is always just a tip of the iceberg, and will never be enough...
As he gradually offended more people and damaged the interests of many high-level capital, they decided to get rid of him.
In a deep night, a military plane took away Zhu's family.
If Zhu had remained in office until now, China would probably be stronger and more prosperous.
Premier Wen is also good, very concerned about the people, but from a long-term development perspective, this is often not enough.
(3) As early as the press conference in 2000, this Premier had already openly expressed his sense of helplessness, saying, "I only hope that after I step down, the entire nation can say one sentence: he is a clean official, not a corrupt one, and I would be very satisfied. If they are more generous, and say that Zhu Rongji has done a little bit of practical work, I would thank heaven and earth." In his usual humor and modesty, Zhu clearly did not restrain his helplessness towards the system. The highest self-expectation of a Premier of modern China is merely "to be a clean official," which sufficiently reflects the true state of Chinese politics.
Remembering one of his sentences, "I have prepared 100 coffins, 99 for the corrupt officials, and one for myself," it seems that the facts are indeed so. Placing hopes on individuals for reform itself is the greatest irony.
He offended many leaders (offended their personal interests), and he himself said, "After I step down, these ministers of various governments in the State Council may take revenge on me. Maybe the people listening to my speech now hate me." This is a video I randomly found online. After he finished saying this sentence, the expressions of the various ministers below were quite strange. Even the governor of the central bank was scolded by him face-to-face, though he apologized afterward, this still left potential hazards for him later.
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Why did we catch that fleeting second during the 66-minute-long military parade?
During the 66-minute-long military parade,
there were perfectly synchronized goose steps,
there were beautiful female soldiers that made countless people yearn,
there were vibrant Young Pioneers,
and there were parades of various forms of floats.
But what moved countless people
was that one-second fleeting shot
of the elderly man sitting quietly in a corner,
the former premier wearing sunglasses with white hair,
the solitary figure leaning against the railing.
Articles and photos covering the entire network once again flooded everywhere.
CCTV must be very curious why Zhu Rongji can receive more attention than Jiang Zemin or even Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao with just one second of screen time.
I wonder how many viewers, like me, started waiting for the appearance of "Zhu Rongji" after hearing Kang Hui say "Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin". After seeing Jiang, we anxiously looked for Zhu Rongji's figure. We patiently waited until Li Ruihuan and Wei Jianxing had already appeared, and we couldn't help asking the people around us, "Where is Zhu Rongji? Did you see him?"
The CCTV director doesn't know.
If he lives in the hearts of the people,
the order of positions and the length of time
cannot diminish the people's admiration for him.
Thus, the lens paused briefly for a second, then quickly passed over. Actually, this second was shared among three people, but when I saw his silver hair, my eyes watered and my heart trembled.
We are the young 80s and 90s generations,
who have not experienced the storms of the Cultural Revolution and cannot feel the sentiment of the ten-mile street farewell to the Premier. We only know that Zhou Enlai saved many revolutionaries with his single effort during that turbulent era.
We have not experienced the tide of reform and opening-up and the tremendous changes in special economic zones, unable to comprehend the affection embedded in the familiar phrase "Hello, Xiaoping." We only know that Deng Xiaoping rescued China's economy on the brink of paralysis.
But we, precisely, have grown up basking in the sunshine and rain of Zhu Rongji. In a certain sense, we are like flowers in a greenhouse, experiencing the most steadily rapid development period since the founding of New China, and these twenty years happen to be the years when this now white-haired elder devoted his heart and soul.
I am not an economist, nor do I understand profound economic knowledge,
but I was born at the beginning of Zhu Rongji's term and personally experienced the tremendous changes he brought.
I only remember that when I was a child, my mother's salary was merely dozens of yuan per month, and by 2003 when Wen took over, it could be measured in thousands. During Zhu's term, many citizens' salaries increased nearly twentyfold.
I only remember that in 2003, there were still many people who couldn't afford houses, but back then, many working-class people didn't worry about buying houses. Now, buying a house has become a pain in the hearts of many people.
I only remember that on my tenth birthday, I heard the continuous cursing of Zhu on the streets. Later, I learned that due to his iron-fisted measures, many state-owned enterprise employees who only collected salaries without doing actual work were forced to be laid off.
I only remember that in junior high school, our geography teacher said that the Prime Minister of a great nation directly cursed government officials as bastards after the Jiujiang levee broke, yet his image wasn't tarnished by those dirty words at all.
I only remember that when the gentle and refined Wen Jiabao took over as Prime Minister, many relatives and friends of my family came to visit and couldn't help shedding tears, just like a close family member was about to leave home for a distant journey.
I only remember that after Zhu stepped down in 2004, many people tried to assassinate him, and his life became more difficult than when he was in office.
I only remember that during the summer vacation of 2007, a white Israeli told me, "Most foreigners think that JZM is a vase, but ZRJ is a miracle."
I only know that Zhu Rongji's book "Answers to Journalists" has been sold out multiple times in bookstores.
I sincerely hope that China, which has undergone a century of vicissitudes, can let this national hero go down in history, give him fair evaluations and more praise, and recognize his remarkable achievements.
Premier Zhu Rongji has always been in my memory,
his anti-corruption efforts, his integrity, and his selflessness,
he fears no authority,
yet, as the Prime Minister, he was powerless to investigate corrupt officials,
the inner pain, the inner wounds, only he endured,
the initial Prime Minister, it was his helplessness about the current situation of China's bureaucracy, punishing corrupt officials,
he put his life and death aside, why couldn't he!
After stepping down, his life became so,...
As Chinese, we feel guilty towards him, this elder,
as Chinese, if you think he is a clean official, please forward this article,
let this article spread, this is what we can do,
may good people live in peace,...
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