Lushan is a national 5A-level tourist attraction, located in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is a summer and autumn summer resort, with the reputation of "Kuang LuQi Xiujia World".
From July to August 1959, Lushan was beautiful in autumn, and the Eighth Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee was held there. At the conference, then-Defense Minister Peng Zong was criticized, and the situation became very bad.
In the social context at that time, the "Great Leap Forward" and "pompous and exaggerated style" prevailed, and Mr. Peng was concerned about the people, fearing that if this kind of unfavorable thing was not improved, it would bring serious consequences to the people of the whole country.
Mr. Peng, who speaks out in righteousness
At the meeting, while affirming the achievements of the "Great Leap Forward," Mr. Peng put forward some suggestions and views, dared to speak out, and was wrongly criticized. At this congress, Mr. Peng was mistakenly identified as the leader of "right opportunism" and was dismissed from his posts as minister of national defense.
At the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission after the Lushan meeting, General Peng was once again unfairly criticized, and the marshal suffered a double blow and was in a very bad mood.
When Mr. Peng was in difficulty, when he needed someone to justify his name, few people could support him, but in order to protect themselves, they chose to attack him and frame him.
Many of Hara's senior generals, in order to clear their relationship with the marshal, were anxious to prove themselves, or were forced to choose to attack the marshal.
As everyone knows, although General Peng has served as the commander of our army for a long time, he resolutely obeys the orders of the central authorities, appoints and transfers frequently, and does not have his own mountain.
During the Red Army period, the commander-in-chief of Peng Zong's Red Third Army was the founder and leader of the army, during which he supported and supported the leadership of the Chairman and was an important force in the Central Red Army.
During the Liberation War, Peng was always the commander and political commissar of Ichino, and among the many senior generals in Ichino, most of them originally followed Boss He, and their feelings for Peng were not so deep. Mr. Peng is very principled, slightly grumpy in terms of temperament, and his personal relationship with his subordinates is not so good.
The "20 Cucumbers" incident
At the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission after the Lushan meeting, Major General Tang Jinlong framed General Peng Zong, and among the senior generals present, he was silent, except for a "civilian official" with a low position, who stepped forward to defend his old superior, General Peng, and refuted Tang Jinlong's false remarks.
This "civilian official" was Gao Kegong, who served as section chief of the Northwest Field Army Headquarters during the Liberation War, and he was not a general who led troops to fight in the traditional sense, but a worker in charge of logistics. At the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission, Tang Jinlong used the "20 cucumbers" incident to criticize General Peng for "pretending to be simple" and appeared on the briefing of the meeting.
The "20 cucumbers" incident had an impact on Peng Zong's reputation, and after Gao Kegong read the briefing, he was very angry and shouted at the conference: "You Tang Jinlong know a fart!" You Tang Jinlong only know one, not the other! Wang Zhengzhu and I can prove it! ”
It turned out that in the summer of 1947, when it was in the period of the Liberation War, the Northwest Field Army was in a difficult period and was engaged in an exchange of fire with Hu Zongnan's troops. One day, General Manager Peng summoned a meeting of cadres at and above the regimental level to discuss the next military action, and Wang Zhengzhu, who was then deputy chief of staff, found Gao Kegong, chief of the fourth section of the Northwest Field Army, out of kindness.
Wang Zhengzhu felt that the cadres had been meeting for days, eating very poorly, and their bodies needed nutrition, so he asked Gao Kegong to do a better job of eating for the meeting, but not to go too far. At that time, both grassroots soldiers and senior generals knew that Mr. Peng was very frugal on weekdays, ate and dressed like ordinary soldiers, and was not allowed to take special care of himself.
Wang Zhengzhu reminded Gao Kegong to raise the food slightly and add some nutrition to the cadres, but don't go too far, otherwise Peng Zong will not be able to pass there. Since wang Zhengzhu, deputy chief of staff, ordered it, Gao Kegong took the cook to the market the next day to buy vegetables and made 20 cucumbers.
Afterwards, after Mr. Peng learned that the cucumbers were purchased at a price of 2,000 yuan per piece, he was very angry, criticized the relevant personnel, and afterwards took the initiative to make a review at the meeting, the attitude was very serious and sincere, and the subordinate officers and soldiers were very moved.
With Peng Zong's personality and personality, he absolutely cannot spend 2,000 yuan in order to eat a cucumber, and after the incident, he took the initiative to take responsibility for Gao Ke, self-criticism and review, such a high-level cadre is rare.
In the hearts of ordinary soldiers, they may think that Peng is always a commander, there is no need to make a fuss about eating a cucumber, and it is normal for an official to eat a good meal in the national army barracks. However, General Peng was very disciplined, and from the perspective of equality between officers and men, he did violate the principle and made a profound review at the meeting.
At that enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission, Tang Jinlong used the "20 cucumbers" incident to criticize Peng for always "putting on a show," pretending to be noble and pretending to be simple, and became a "cannonball" to attack Peng Zong at the meeting. At that time, Gao Kegong happened to be a staff member of the meeting, and he was also a party to the incident, explaining the origin of the matter for Mr. Peng and scolding Tang Jinlong.
In fact, the reason why Tang Jinlong did this also had his own grievances. First, Boss He did not support Mr. Peng at that time, and Tang Jinlong was a concubine of President He, so naturally he had to make a statement. Second, Tang Jinlong used those trivial things to successfully avoid Peng Zong's sensitive problems, which had the meaning of "open approval and secret protection".
epilogue
At the meeting, with Gao Kegong justifying Mr. Peng's name, everyone present understood the causes and consequences of the matter and had a basic judgment. Tang Jinlong's behavior aroused the disgust of most people at the conference, and he wanted to rush to break away from his relationship with Peng Zong and distort the facts, which was called "nothing to find."
At that time, many senior generals of Ichino were present, and the only person who could defend Peng Zong was Gao Kegong. Seeing the truth in the tribulation, Gao Kegong was able to withstand tremendous pressure and prove Peng Zong's innocence and incorruptibility, which was really not easy, and paid tribute to him.