In 1955, the People's Liberation Army first awarded military ranks, and the Party Central Committee did not deliberately target the former Kuomintang generals who surrendered in the Liberation War and contributed to the Liberation War, just like the officers and soldiers of our Party. At that time, a total of 3,098 Kuomintang rebel generals were given military ranks, and many of them were directly given the rank of general. Among them, Chen Mingren, Tao Zhiyue, and Dong Qiwu, three Kuomintang generals, even received the rank of general.
However, one thing is very strange, Fu Zuoyi, who led an army of 550,000 people to support our party in turn, did not receive any rank. Let us not forget that during the Liberation War, Fu Zuoyi became the commander of the Kuomintang's "suppression of north China" and had 550,000 troops in his hands, and people called him the King of Beiping. Fu Zuoyi was a feudal official who really had actual control, and Chen Mingren and Tao Zhiyue had no way to compare with him.
Among so many rebel generals, Fu Zuoyi was definitely second in terms of military strength or rank, and no one dared to rank first. Not only that, his uprising has made great effects on the peaceful liberation of Beijing, so that it has not been baptized by war for thousands of years, and his merits can be said to be very great. So what exactly is the reason why the Party Central Committee did not award Fu Zuoyi a military rank?
The first point is that Fu Zuoyi's rank is very high, and even the highest rank cannot describe his rank very well. In other words, conferring ranks does not actually reflect his identity. When Fu Zuoyi had not yet revolted, he had already been promoted to the rank of second-rank general of the Kuomintang, and this rank was also the rank of the first-class general of the Kuomintang after the highest level, that is, the commander of the "Suppression General" who held 550,000 troops in his hands, and was juxtaposed with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, and it can be said that the strength of his former superior Yan Xishan was not as strong as his.
If anyone doesn't understand, then let me just say that Fu Zuoyi's position before the uprising was the same as that of the bosses of our four major field armies, so if Fu Zuoyi was really given the title, at least he had to be a general, and even if he was given the rank of marshal, no one dared to object. I am not exaggerating at all, but let's not forget that Fu Zuoyi's old subordinate Dong Qiwu got the rank of general, so Fu Zuoyi himself at least can't be higher than the general?
However, there is a certain limit to the number of founding marshals and generals. Not only that, but the number of generals who have made great achievements in the Platon Army is really uncountable, and the competition is also particularly fierce. If fu Zuoyi is really given the rank of general or marshal, then it means that other old revolutionary generals must be replaced, and it is not a good thing to change the position of whoever moves. Even if they don't show anything, there is absolutely no way to accept that a former Kuomintang general is awarded the rank of general or marshal.
Another point is that after Fu Zuoyi's uprising, he did not stay in the army and did not lead the troops to fight anymore. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Fu Zuoyi took the initiative to resign from all his positions in the army. We also listened to him and made him minister of water resources of the People's Republic of China. Therefore, in 1955, when the Party Central Committee awarded the rank, Fu Zuoyi had strictly withdrawn from the military circles, and could not be awarded the rank for the first time by the People's Liberation Army in 1955, and the Former Kuomintang generals who surrendered to the Liberation War and contributed to the Liberation War did not deliberately target them, just like the officers and soldiers of our Party. At that time, a total of 3,098 Kuomintang rebel generals were given military ranks, and many of them were directly given the rank of general. Among them, Chen Mingren, Tao Zhiyue, and Dong Qiwu, three Kuomintang generals, even received the rank of general.
Another point is that after Fu Zuoyi's uprising, he did not stay in the army and did not lead the troops to fight anymore. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Fu Zuoyi took the initiative to resign from all his positions in the army. We also listened to him and made him minister of water resources of the People's Republic of China. Therefore, in 1955, when the Party Central Committee awarded the rank, Fu Zuoyi had strictly withdrawn from the military circles, and it could not be said that he was a soldier.
Let's make a small summary next, because for the above reasons, it is completely justifiable not to grant Fu Zuoyi a military rank. We should be aware that our army has a very large number of old revolutions, for example, Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping... Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, they were also the elders of the army and had been leading the troops to fight for many years; but after the founding of the People's Republic, he had left the army and worked in the government, so he was not on the list of people when he was awarded the title.
There is also a point of Fu Zuoyi's own ideas, there is a version that says that before the title was awarded, the Party Central Committee did consider giving Fu Zuoyi the rank of general, but Fu Zuoyi was indifferent to fame and fortune and chose to give up. True patriots like Fu Zuoyi can be said to be worshipped, and as far as they are concerned, military ranks and honors are some external things, they don't care about these at all, and the prosperity and strength of the country is what they really want in their hearts.
Therefore, Fu Zuoyi himself told the state that he wanted to be the minister of water resources and made great contributions to the water conservancy cause of the People's Republic of China. During small talk, his old subordinates occasionally said that he had not been awarded a title, but he always replied: The Party Central Committee has been good enough for him, in fact, he did not expect that the Party Central Committee would take such care of him, and he was already very satisfied in this life.