Xu Xiangqian is one of the ten marshals who is often underestimated, he made great contributions in the early history of our party, many classic battles were won under his command, but unfortunately, later due to physical reasons, Xu Xiangqian gradually went behind the scenes, so people have a shallow impression of him.
But the real history of Xu Xiangqian, is a worthy of our descendants to study and remember the big hero, he not only conquered the battlefield to achieve many achievements in his life, but also a low-key modest, heavy feelings and thrifty man, when he learned that he was rated as one of the ten marshals, Xu Xiangqian also said to his wife: "I am ashamed."
Understated modesty
Although Xu Xiangqian has always been a senior general in our army, he is very low-key and humble, so that sometimes others can't believe that the person in front of him is Xu Xiangqian, who has made great achievements in battle, and many interesting things have happened to him, such as these two things, which is enough to see Xu Xiangqian's low-key humility.
Xu Xiangqian had a subordinate, after just getting married, took his bride to visit the chief Xu Xiangqian, this bride had never seen Xu Xiangqian, so when she went to Xu Xiangqian's door, she made a joke, when Xu Xiangqian stood at the door in very ordinary clothes waiting for this subordinate, the bride walked in front and saw Xu Xiangqian, but she looked at Xu Xiangqian dressed plainly, not at all like the chief, she thought it was just an ordinary guard, so she did not greet Xu Xiangqian.
This move can make the husband on the side anxious, and the husband said to the bride: "Why are you so rude, and you don't say hello when you see Xu Zong?" Hearing her husband say this, the bride looked confused and quietly asked her husband where Xu Zong was, and the husband told her that the person in front of her was Xu Zong, and the bride was shocked at the time, and in the midst of embarrassment and surprise, she quickly apologized to Xu Xiangqian, saying that she had eyes that did not recognize Taishan.
Of course, for such an embarrassing thing, Xu Xiangqian did not blame the bride, but also told this subordinate, saying that the bride had not seen herself, it was normal not to know herself, and told him not to be angry with the bride. Such a low-key and humble and broad-minded person makes future generations admire it endlessly.
The second thing that happened to Xu Xiangqian was that he went to the military compound near his residence to watch a movie, near the place where he lived, there was a military compound, and every month everyone would be organized to watch movies together, Xu Xiangqian liked this atmosphere, so he went there to watch movies.
When Xu Xiangqian walked there for the first time, he was suddenly recognized by some soldiers, everyone saw the chief coming, immediately stood up to salute and applauded, and instantly interrupted others to watch the movie, which made Xu Xiangqian very embarrassed, so later Xu Xiangqian specially explained to those soldiers, don't be so solemn, if the next time everyone still welcomes himself like this, then he will not come here to watch the movie.
After Xu Xiangqian said this, everyone never warmly welcomed Xu Xiangqian as before, and from such a simple small thing, it was enough to see that Xu Xiangqian was indeed low-key enough, he was in a high position, but he was always able to maintain a humble and low-key, which was really admirable.
Love is important
In addition to the obvious characteristics of low-key modesty and modesty, Xu Xiangqian also has a more distinctive personality trait of heavy affection and righteousness, which is actually relatively common in the older generation of revolutionaries, but Xu Xiangqian can always maintain such characteristics in some special periods, which is really valuable.
The Battle of Taiyuan is one of the representative battles in Xu Xiangqian's life, in the initial taiyuan campaign just began, Xu Xiangqian's body was not very good, as the war continued and achieved some achievements, Xu Xiangqian's body was deteriorating, at this critical moment, if Xu Xiangqian suddenly left, the impact on the entire battle was very serious, so Xu Xiangqian after careful consideration, planned to find a capable person to continue to command the Taiyuan Campaign instead of himself.
This person Xu Xiangqian thought was Capable was Peng Dehuai, and when Peng Dehuai attended the meeting in Xibaipo, Xu Xiangqian went to find Peng Dehuai, told him some things about the Taiyuan Campaign, and made a request, hoping that Peng Dehuai could continue to command the battle in his place.
Peng Dehuai was originally a man of great affection and righteousness, and at Xu Xiangqian's request, Peng Dehuai also agreed to him, and after applying to the Central Military Commission for approval, Peng Dehuai took the place of Xu Xiangqian to command the campaign, and Xu Xiangqian went to concentrate on recuperating. However, after the victory of the Battle of Taiyuan, many people only remembered Xu Xiangqian, who launched the campaign, but ignored Peng Dehuai, who later played a key role, so Xu Xiangqian, no matter what occasion, would specifically remind everyone that Peng Dehuai played a key role in the taiyuan campaign.
Treating the kindness of others, Xu Xiangqian resolutely does not forget, and treats people with heavy feelings and righteousness, he also responds with true feelings, this is our Marshal Xu Qianqian, when he learned that he was rated as a marshal, he remembered the comrades who had died on the battlefield, he felt guilty, so he also said to his wife: "I am ashamed of it",
After saying this, he wrote a special letter to Mao Zedong, saying the meaning of lowering his title to himself, and Mao Zedong was quite touched after seeing it, praised Xu Xiangqian as a good person, and wrote back to him: "According to your qualifications and merits, it is well deserved to be awarded to the marshal." After becoming a marshal, Xu Xiangqian still said many times that he was ashamed of it, and such a person made posterity moved.
Thrift
Xu Xiangqian was a marshal, after the implementation of the salary system, he received a salary of the second level of administration, such a salary was also very high at that time, and there was no problem in wanting to live a richer life, but Xu Xiangqian never made a big move.
He is a very frugal person, the clothes are wearing some very ordinary clothes, even if they are old, they are reluctant to throw them away, the family meal is also a very ordinary dish, and even rarely eat meat, even when his son first took his girlfriend home to eat, the table was also a pure vegetarian dish, enough to see how diligent and frugal Xu Xiangqian's usual life was.
Of course, Xu Xiangqian did treat himself frugally enough, the dishes were mainly vegetarian dishes, but for those staff around him, Xu Xiangqian was very willing, for example, on the day of Chinese New Year's Eve in 1989, Xu Xiangqian specially asked his family to prepare a sumptuous meal, and also made an exception to buy a few bottles of good wine, the family was very confused, and later learned that Xu Xiangqian was used to entertain his guards, he said that everyone worked too hard for a year, and he wanted to invite them to eat and thank him.
At the dinner table on this day, Xu Xiangqian raised a glass and drank it with everyone, and all the soldiers present stood up and raised their glasses one after another, and everyone was deeply touched by Xu Xiangqian's hospitality, and they were even more impressed by him as a person.
epilogue
On September 21, 1990, Xu Xiangqian passed away, even before his death, he still considered others, he asked his children not to allow the body farewell and memorial service after his death, he is such a person, keep a low profile all his life, attach great importance to people, strict requirements for himself, it is precisely because of the efforts of ancestors like him that we have a happy life that we have today's hard-won happy life!
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