Northwest Years 西北岁月 Episode 37

Under Xi Zhongxun's persuasion, Ru Yuli accepted the invitation and was willing to join the Northwest Military and Political Committee to contribute to the Northwest Bureau. With Ru Yuli's response, Xi Zhongxun was very happy and revealed that they had sent a telegram to Comrade Deng Xiaoping of the Southwest Bureau in the name of the Northwest Bureau, inviting General Yang Hucheng's relatives to Chongqing to negotiate the transfer of the remains. It was decided to transport Yang Hucheng's remains back to Xi'an for burial. At that time, all walks of life in Shaanxi would be organized to hold a memorial meeting for Yang Hucheng, and Ru Yuli would be invited to attend as an important member of the funeral committee.

In January 1950, the Northwest Military Political Committee was formally established. The committee was mainly composed of representatives of various ethnic groups, democratic parties, revolutionary classes, the People's Liberation Army and patriotic democratic figures in various regions of the Northwest. It was also a local national democratic coalition government in the Northwest, which was an unprecedented people's democratic dictatorship in world history.

After the meeting, Xi Zhongxun personally visited Zhang Zhizhong. The two talked by candlelight at night and discussed the future of the Northwest. They agreed that the primary task was to develop transportation and build the Tianlan Railway, so that Xi'an and Lanzhou could be connected as soon as possible, and the western transportation artery would be initially formed. In the future, transportation between the Northwest and various administrative regions would be guaranteed to be convenient.

On the other hand, Gu Lin served as a military representative in Dahua Cotton Mill and had a fierce conflict with the manager Xiong Yixin over wage reform. Xiong Yixin believed that Gu Lin's approach would affect everyone's enthusiasm for work and would inevitably affect production, but Gu Lin completely disagreed and warned Xiong Yixin to be aware of it. He was a capitalist before, and those skilled workers were helping the capitalists to work. He even threatened that if it had been a few years earlier, these people would have been arrested long ago. In the end, the two parted unhappily.

With the outbreak of the Korean War, the situation in North Korea was critical, which not only concerned the safety of the Northeast, but also the safety of New China. For this reason, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others decided to send troops into North Korea, and ordered Peng Dehuai to come to Beijing for a meeting. Peng Dehuai and Xi Zhongxun and others said goodbye in a hurry, and led the Chinese People's Volunteer Army to "resist the US and aid Korea", while Xi Zhongxun was responsible for the overall work of the Northwest Bureau.

Because many technical workers were reduced in salary and chose to resign, the Dahua Cotton Mill was short of staff, the repair progress of machine failures was slow, and the output decreased. But even so, Gu Lin still did not think he was wrong. He took this incident to make things difficult for Xiong Yixin, and ordered him to repair the equipment within twelve hours. Xiong Yixin could not guarantee it, so he submitted his resignation in anger, and some technical workers followed him to resign.

Xi Zhongxun learned about this incident. He was surprised that Gu Lin was demoted and stayed in Xi'an after liberation. Later, the organization department arranged for him to go to Dahua Cotton Mill as a military representative, but problems arose again not long after. Someone has taken over Gu Lin's work. Gu Lin insisted on meeting Xi Zhongxun, admitted his mistakes in tears, and was willing to accept any arrangement of the organization. Because of this, Xi Zhongxun asked Gu Lin to stay in Dahua Cotton Mill and invite Xiong Yixin back no matter what. Gu Lin did not expect Xi Zhongxun to give him another chance.

Qin Mulan ran to complain to Xi Zhongxun angrily, saying that such a person should not be allowed to stay in the post, and he was a restless time bomb. Especially when she thought of the sacrifices of her husband and others, she could not help but burst into tears. However, Xi Zhongxun felt that it was necessary to give Gu Lin a chance to correct himself. Gu Lin was not hopeless, but Qin Mulan could not listen to him at all.

The 10th Panchen Lama passed by Xi'an on his way to Beijing and was warmly received by Xi Zhongxun. Xi Zhongxun publicly stated that Tibet is the Tibet of the Chinese people and the Tibet of the Tibetan people. They will never allow any imperialism to split Tibet. The Party Central Committee has long been determined to liberate Tibet and assist the Tibetan people in developing their own political, economic, cultural and educational undertakings, so that the Tibetan people can live a happy life like people of all ethnic groups in the country.