In 11 years, he turned 3000 acres of sand into an oasis
The endless grassland, the howling wind.
While shoveling the soil, Yu Zhongsheng checked the growth status of the grass and trees, "This is tamarisk, a local characteristic plant; this is yellow willow, the longer it grows and the stronger after planting, it is now as tall as one person." For these "babies" , He is as precious as every family.
Before retiring, Yu Zhongsheng was the former deputy departmental prosecutor of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate’s Office of Malfeasance and Infringement Procuratorate. He handled a large number of cases with significant national influence. After retiring, he traveled between the city and the desert, planting trees and grass, and combating desertification. Very busy.
To ask what is the most concerned thing at the moment, he must tell you: "Planting trees to control sand." And the story about him should start from here.
Control sand and benefit the "second hometown"
380 kilometers is the distance between Zhenglan Banner's five livestock farms and Beijing. This farm is located in the southern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and at the southern end of the Xilin Gol Prairie. For more than ten years, Yu Zhongsheng has traveled back and forth countless times.
This is also the place where Yu Zhongsheng once intervened in the team and taught, and was affectionately called the "second hometown" by him.
In Yu Zhongsheng's memory, the fragrant grass here is delicious, and the fallen leaves are colorful, which makes people yearn for.
However, in the spring of 2010, when Yu Zhongsheng came here again after retiring, he found that the pasture was severely deserted due to overgrazing, and his memory disappeared.
The greenery faded, the desert was contiguous, and when the wind blew, the soil filled the back mountains.
Seeing such a scene, Yu Zhongsheng was heartbroken. Out of his love for the "second hometown", he made a decision that shocked everyone-combating sand!
When it comes to handling cases, Yu Zhongsheng is a professional who can treat sand. He is an "outer man". At that time, he had just had liver cancer surgery. The bandage on the wound had not been removed and his body was in recovery.
Therefore, the decision to control desertification has not only met with opposition from family members, but many local people are also skeptical, “How many years have passed since desertification, and now it’s time to control desertification.
But these didn't make Yu Zhongsheng retreat, but instead made him firmer in his own ideas.
"This matter is meaningful and must be persevered." Yu Zhongsheng said, "Moreover, sand control can't be abandoned halfway. You can't just go home in a muddle-headed manner, otherwise you can't explain it to the people on the local ranch, and you can't explain it to yourself. "
At the beginning, Yu Zhongsheng tried to introduce some entrepreneurs to investigate and see if they could bring some help to the local economic development. In the end, they all stopped. "Enterprises who pay money also need to pursue profits. They think that the benefits of sand control are not great." Although there were difficulties at the beginning, Yu Zhongsheng decided to do it himself, adhering to the belief that restoring the ecology is the greatest benefit.
"I have confidence in sand control because I have seen the beauty of this sandy land in the past. It is possible to return to its original state, and it shouldn't be difficult."
Since 2010, Yu Zhongsheng has embarked on the road of sand control. He has contracted 3000 acres of land in the pasture to plant yellow willow, mongolica, tamarisk and other trees, and self-funded wells for irrigation.
In recent years, Yu Zhongsheng's retirement salary has basically been invested in sand control.
Buying saplings, artificial planting, watering... everything costs money. Yu Zhongsheng told reporters that since he started planting trees, he has never bought clothes and shoes that cost more than 100 yuan. Socks are also patched and patched. Save money to plant trees.
"Plant fewer trees, plant large trees, ensure survival rate, and do not useless work." Over the years, Yu Zhongsheng summed up the experience of planting trees and sand control, and he is always paying attention to the changes of every tree and every grass on the ground.
Today, 3,000 acres of land are planted with green plants, and the pastures have reached the standard that can be used for herding sheep.
"In the future, some medicinal materials can be planted to conserve the land, and secondly, it can also promote the development of the surrounding industries." Yu Zhongsheng promised, "When I leave this place in the future, I hope to leave a green pine forest for the pasture. It will not degenerate for a hundred years, so that this place will become a paradise, a back garden of a pasture."
Party members should set an example to others
After more than ten years of rooting, Yu Zhongsheng has not only controlled the sand, but also won the admiration and sincerity of the local herdsmen.
Nowadays, no one thinks that he is "in the head" anymore. On the contrary, everyone kindly calls him "Teacher Yu".
The name "Teacher Yu" also has another special meaning in Yu Zhongsheng's heart.
In 1968, Yu Zhongsheng jumped from Beijing to the pastoral area of East Ujimqin Banner of Xilin Gol League. Two years later, he was admitted to the Xilin Gol League Normal School. After graduation, he was assigned to teach in a five-kind stockyard middle school. He was a veritable "teacher".
After becoming a teacher, Yu Zhongsheng always remembered to demand himself according to the strictest standards, "I have to set an example for my students, and I must do what I promised, and I can't be sloppy."
The role of demonstration is also reflected in Yu Zhongsheng's identity as a party member.
It has been 37 years since joining the party in 1984, and Yu Zhongsheng also reflects the consciousness of old party members.
"It is not easy for a party member to drag the sick body and insist on planting trees in the grassland to control sand all year round." Tang Yunhuai, the former director of the Retired Cadre Bureau of the Supreme Prosecutor, is an old friend of Yu Zhongsheng and admires Yu Zhongsheng's behavior in planting trees to control sand.
"We have been to the pasture where he planted trees to control sand. The conditions were very difficult. We had to face wind and sand during the day and be with stars and bugs at night. Without perseverance, we couldn't hold on, but Lao Yu never talked about hardship."
Not to mention hard work, clinging to the head, simple and peaceful, this is what Yu Zhongsheng learned from the local herdsmen.
In Yu Zhongsheng's heart, he never expects to be a hero, he just tries his best to do every job and every thing.
In Yu Zhongsheng's view, sand control is not the end point. It is his pursuit to form a virtuous circle of sand control through planting trees, so that the land here will gradually improve and the lives of the people here will improve a little bit.
Now, Yu Zhongsheng is 72 years old, and he has been planting trees and controlling sand for more than ten years. How long can he persist?
According to his thoughts: "As long as it can move and the local people don't hate it, it will continue to plant."
"Yu Zhongsheng is here, I'm relieved"
On sand control, Yu Zhongsheng became the "Teacher Yu" in the mouth of the local herdsmen; on handling cases, Yu Zhongsheng was a reassuring "Prosecutor Yu".
From entering the work of the procuratorial organ in 1979 and retiring in 2010, Yu Zhongsheng has been fighting on the front line of investigating and prosecuting cases of dereliction of duty behind the accident, and has handled a large number of cases with significant national influence.
There are many honors that belong to Yu Zhongsheng. He is the first prosecutor of the Supreme Procuratorate to be awarded the title of "National Model Prosecutor", and is also an outstanding Communist Party member of the central government agency. Zeng Rongli has his personal second-class merit once and third-class merit four times.
But when he himself recalled his previous case handling experience, he said that he had not received many praises, and he remembered three times deeply:
——After a major accident occurred in a certain place, the chief prosecutor of the local procuratorate asked his subordinates who was sent by the highest prosecutor to intervene in the accident investigation and guide the case. The subordinate replied, "Yu Zhongsheng", and the chief prosecutor said, "Then I can rest assured." .
——Once during the investigation of a major accident, the driver in charge of picking up Yu Zhongsheng in the area where the case was handled said to him: "The locals are talking about you, saying that you are here again. I don't know who is going to be'unlucky' again."
——Another time, in 2009, the Central Political and Legal Committee issued a notice requesting the national political and legal system to carry out activities to learn from Yu Zhongsheng.
"These are the biggest compliments to me." Yu Zhongsheng said.
During his tenure, Yu Zhongsheng, based on his experience in handling cases, summed up the work mechanism and investigation model for investigating work safety accidents, which played an important role in guiding procuratorial organs in investigating and handling accident-related dereliction crimes.
"The law entrusts procuratorial organs with supervisory duties, and we must earnestly perform this right, and use them thoroughly." Yu Zhongsheng told reporters, "Investigating cases must be handled in accordance with the law."
This is Yu Zhongsheng. He has a clear conscience about his work and 30 years of prosecutorial career; he has always been diligent and diligent about his "hometown" and 11 years of sand control and a long road.
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