In the years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, many outstanding revolutionary soldiers were not afraid of hardship or tiredness, and they put the interests of the state first and their personal interests second. Most of them have a straightforward, simple and straightforward personality. To this end, after the founding of New China, they were awarded the title of founding heroes by the state. Among these heroes, because they basically came down from the battlefield, their personalities were relatively grinning, and they said something, so they also made a lot of jokes. The founding hero we want to talk about today is Wang Shitai. Once, because of his upright personality, he was frightened by the founding general to talk to him.
Wang Shitai's name is rarely known among the founding heroes. Of course, it is not that his merits are poor, his qualifications and military achievements are not low, when awarding military ranks, it could have been awarded to the general, but he did not expect that before the award of the title, the great man gave him a special task. This is why there is such a small episode in the middle. Wang Shitai is notoriously bold and stubborn, and he did not hide it even before the great man.
It is said that once he was assigned to report to the great man, and after the report was completed, Wang Shitai asked the great man why he could not figure out one thing, why he should return the three counties of Anding, Yan'an, and Ganquan that the Red Army in northern Shaanxi had painstakingly laid down to the enemy party. Because this matter involves cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, three or two sentences are not clear, so the great man laughed it off. Because of this incident, the founding general Xiao Jinguang was startled, and he specifically went to talk to Wang Shitai and told Wang Shitai how he could talk to a great man like this. It's not big or small. But Wang Shitai has a straight personality, and what is said in his heart. So I was not convinced to say that I was not wrong.
After the great man knew about this matter, he laughed and said that the young man was very good, not only thick and honest, but also not arrogant and impatient, and was a material that could be made. Wang Shitai is indeed as the great man said, conscientious in his work, so in 1955 he was awarded the title of general.
But before the title was awarded, Wang Shitai received a paper transfer order and left the army to serve as vice chairman of the Gansu provincial government, chaired by Deng Baoshan. For this decision, Wang Shitai was not very happy. Because he had had conflicts with Deng Baoshan before. When Mr. He found out, he told him that this transfer order was personally named by the great man, saying that only he was capable of this chore. After Wang Shitai listened, he didn't say a word, saying that as long as the great man explained things, he would definitely do a good job.