In 1970, General Sun Yi wanted to visit the southern cities to see how the lives of ordinary people were. In order to be able to see the most realistic scene, he has always disliked extravagance and waste, did not take too many people to travel, only took a driver.
After arriving in a provincial capital city in the south, Sun Yi suddenly remembered that his old subordinate was a commander in the military region here. Now there is peace, but the picture of fighting side by side on the battlefield together is still vividly remembered, everyone has something to do on weekdays, the opportunity to meet is very rare, and now that I have just arrived here, there is no reason not to meet.
After settling down, they carried their bags with Xiao Du on their backs and walked to the provincial military district.
On weekdays, Sun Yi does not pay much attention to wearing, as long as the clothes are clean, the new and old are not important, so this trip is also brought with old clothes, and the old military uniforms worn on the body are also patched, casually carrying a satchel, looking very simple.
At the same time, in order not to alarm the local leaders, they went on foot. Along the way, he was telling Xiao Du about the past between the two of them, and when he mentioned his youth, his pace became steady and powerful.
General Sun Yi was happy because he was about to meet his old comrade-in-arms, but he did not ignore Xiao Du's expression. He saw that Xiao Du had been staring at his clothes, and he also guessed eight or nine points, so he smiled and said to Xiao Du: "Today we dressed like this and walked to see him to see how he reacted, if something unpleasant happens, you can also bear with it for the time being, don't show it." ”
Xiao Du understood the general's intentions, and quickly nodded his head in agreement: "You can rest assured, I will definitely not talk much." ”
During the conversation, the two men walked to the door of the military region, and as soon as they approached, they attracted the attention of the sentry standing guard, who looked up and down at the two men and felt that they did not look like the people in the military region, nor did they look like cadres, so they directly reached out and stopped them and asked about their origins.
Seeing that the sentry was so conscientious, Sun Yi replied patiently: "We came from the Dry Rest House to find the commander." ”
After the young sentry listened, he carefully looked at Sun Yi and the driver, and he was a little undecided. He looked at Sun Yi's many patched clothes and couldn't help but wonder:
Most of the cadres who came from the military cadres' rest house were cadres at or above the regimental level, and although the old man in front of him was white-haired, he was in good spirits and full of energy, and he really looked like a veteran. It's just that this old man is dressed very plainly, how come he doesn't even have a decent dress?
General Sun Yi saw the sentry's doubts, so he smiled slightly and took the initiative to say, "My name is Sun Yi." ”
"Could it be that this old man in front of you is the famous General Sun Yi?" The sentry's mind spun quickly, and then he called the commander's secretary for instructions.
After listening, the secretary asked, "Did he come by the special bus of the cadres?" ”
"No, he came on foot." The sentry replied.
The secretary didn't say anything after listening, so he hung up the phone, and the duty officer had to let the two of them wait in the duty room for a while.
Who knew that this wait was half an hour, Xiao Du couldn't help but get angry, but seeing Sun Yi still waiting calmly, it was not good to have a seizure.
After a while, a man slowly came from the military district, and the duty officer hurriedly called out to them, "This is the commander's secretary." ”
After entering the duty room, the secretary glanced up and down at Sun Yi, and then asked in a casual tone: "Where did you come from?" ”
Without waiting for an answer, the secretary suddenly remembered what the duty officer had just said on the phone, so he answered again: "From the dry rest house?" ”
Sun Yi was not angry when he saw the other party's cold attitude, and replied, "Yes, we came from the Dry Rest House." ”
The secretary was not ready to bother with them, and directly asked: "Then do you feel that life is difficult, so you want to come to our chief for subsidies?" ”
Sun Yi smiled and shook his head: "Now life is not difficult, there is no need to subsidize." ”
Now it was the secretary's turn to wonder, "Then why did you see our chief?" ”
Sun Yi replied, "I came to visit him specifically this time, can you help me report it?" ”
Who knows, the secretary didn't want to send them away: "The chief is not in the military region today, he has gone to the province for a meeting, so you should go back first!" ”
Sun Yi was not angry after listening, but sat in the duty room again and waited for an hour.
During this period, when the secretary came back from his errands, he saw that Sun Yi was still waiting in the duty room, so he said with some impatience: "Didn't I just say that the commander is not here for a few days, please come back first!" ”
Sun Yi was not angry after hearing this, and he asked politely, "When will the commander come back?" ”
The secretary's face became worse and worse after listening to it, and he sneered coldly: "This is the commander's business, you don't have to ask." Without waiting for Sun Yi to reply, the secretary took care of himself and left rudely.
General Sun Yi saw the situation and understood in his heart that he was frustrated with the driver and waited. Two hours passed like this, the commander of the military region still did not return, seeing that it was getting late, Sun Yi sighed, then picked up a pen and wrote a note, then conveyed it to the secretary, and then turned and left.
Who knew that not long after leaving, the commander, who was supposed to have a meeting in the province, hurriedly chased out of the military region and caught up with Sun Yi. Only to see this commander look guilty and say to Sun Yi: "Mr. Sun, I have just been sluggish, I am really sorry, please go back with me and speak slowly." ”
So, what did Sun Yi write on the note? After that, how to deal with this old subordinate?
The secretary on the other side, after getting the note, weighed it and handed it to the commander in a confused manner. It turned out that the commander was holding a meeting in the military region and did not go to the province at all, and just now it was just an excuse for the secretary to send Sun Yi away!
After the commander got the note, he opened it and looked at it, only to see that it read: "Comrade Commander, my grandson Lao Han has come to visit the door today, so that you can go out, you have not met, and you will see you another day." Sincerely, salute! Sun Yi is. ”
The commander hurriedly asked the secretary with a nervous face: "Where is the person who left the note?" ”
The secretary saw the commander's reaction, knew that he might have done something wrong, and had to answer honestly: "He is gone." ”
The commander was anxious and asked the secretary, "How can you let him go!" "Saying that people should prepare cars, they chased outside in a hurry.
Fortunately, Sun Yi was walking, not so fast, and did not catch up much. The commander jumped out of the car, grabbed Sun Yi's hand, and said apologetically: "Elder Sun, I'm really sorry, I didn't expect the people below to snub you so much, let's go to the office and say in detail, okay?" ”
In this way, Sun Yi followed the commander into the military region office, and the secretary who was following him looked embarrassed. What the secretary did not expect was that Sun Yi did not pursue anything on this matter, nor did he mention the secretary's fabrication of excuses. The secretary rushed forward to formally apologize, and a wave of admiration for General Sun Yi arose from his heart.
After Sun Yi left the military region this time, he never boarded the door of this old subordinate.
Although he did not say it on the surface, he was still disappointed in his heart. How many times do those who really have difficulties to solve have to face such a scene because of their clothing?
Sun Yi was such a simple and extremely simple person, he kept the common people in mind at any time and at any time, and his honesty was well-known in the whole party and the whole army at that time. Even Mao Zedong praised him as a "Sun Xinger."
Zhu De made an exception and allowed him to keep his beard
People who have met Sun Yi may not be able to remember his appearance, but they are certainly impressed by his beard, and in order to retain his beard, he is even willing to be imprisoned by Commander Zhu De.
In 1932, on the way to the Red Army School to study, Sun Yi met Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Chief of Staff Liu Bocheng, and quickly stopped to salute. Zhu De stared at the beard on his face, smiled in Sichuan dialect, and said, "You are Sun Yi, right?" Look at this beard and I recognize it. But do you know that our Red Army has a rule that you cannot grow a beard, and if you have such a long beard, are you not afraid that I will lock you up? ”
Sun Yi was not sure for a moment whether Commander Zhu was serious or joking, but he still replied solemnly: "I am not afraid!" ”
Seeing that he was so determined, Jude asked, "Then can you tell me why you want to grow a beard?" ”
Sun Yi didn't even think about answering: "When people encounter danger, the oil on their bodies runs away, the flesh falls off, and this beard does not run, and it still grows upwards with a vigor." This beard is righteous, like the spirit of a human spirit, and it cannot be shaved! ”
In fact, sun Yi said this for a reason, when he was 21 years old, he was still a soldier in the old army, and once he participated in a battle and was unfortunately seriously injured, lying in bed for more than two months, and his life was almost lost. After the injury was healed, he was so thin that only skin and bones were left, and his beard grew long. After this incident, he realized something, and the beard was also retained.
After Zhu De listened to him, he laughed and clapped his hands: "Well said, Sun Yi, your beard can stay, and if anyone has an opinion in the future, you will say that I made an exception and allowed it." Before leaving, Jude also told him to grow a good beard.
At that time, the military appearance and discipline requirements of the team were very strict, and beards were not allowed, but four people were allowed to make exceptions, in addition to Sun Yi, there were He Long, Wang Zhen, and Li Kenong. Later, General Wang Zhen shaved his beard, and only three people in the list of generals wore military uniforms and beards.
Complete the Long March on two legs
Sun Yi also often said: "People live with a strong heart and cannot relax." He also often demanded this of himself, always full of vitality, and even left a legendary story of "two legs walking the long march".
After the failure of the fifth "anti-encirclement and suppression" campaign, all departments obeyed the command and began to shift their strategy. After Sun Yi's division commander Zhang Jingwu went to the headquarters of the Central Military Commission for a meeting, he returned to the division headquarters with a heavy heart, and then called Sun Yi to his room, trying to speak several times, but he really couldn't say it.
When Sun Yi saw him like this, he was also confused, but it was not easy to urge. Zhang Jingwu said with embarrassment: "Old Sun, there is something that may be necessary to tell you in advance..."
"What?" Sun Yi asked.
"I said don't get angry."
"Commander, just say it." Sun Yi really couldn't think of anything that could make the division commander so embarrassed, and he also beat a drum in his heart.
It turned out that at the meeting, there was a link to discuss the issue of cadres riding horses, and Li De, who served as a military adviser, immediately swiped away the horse assigned to Sun Yi after he knew that Sun Yi was from the White Army. Despite Zhang Jingwu's arguments, he was unable to convince Li De.
Zhang Jingwu sighed, "It seems that you are going to suffer this trip." ”
Sun Yi laughed and said, "Without four legs, then I still have two legs, please rest assured that I will never be left behind." He said and patted his leg.
After that, Sun Yi really completed the world-famous 25,000-mile long march with two legs and a wooden stick, and became a legend that everyone talked about. Later, Chairman Mao saw him and said happily: "Your surname is Sun Xing, and you are Sun Xing!" Monkey king! ”
This title was also passed down as a good story, but Sun Yi explained: "When the chairman said that I am a Sun Xinger, he is encouraging me to use the courage, perseverance and will of the practitioner to do a good job in revolutionary work. ”
Private cars are not allowed at home, but neighbors can be on call
Sun Yi goes out to work, as long as it is not far, he will choose to walk, rarely take a special car. For his family is also strict, resolutely not allowed to use private cars, once his daughter took a special car to see a movie, but came back but he locked outside the door, not allowed to enter the house.
It was the Spring Festival of 1978, one day he went out to see his old comrades-in-arms, his two daughters were bored at home, just when the Beijing Jingxi Hotel was playing a movie, the two pulled the driver to want to take a car to see a movie. The driver agreed happily, and then drove the two out of the house, and did not return until the end of the movie in the early morning.
When the three people arrived at the door, they were dumbfounded, the door was closed, it was inserted from the inside, and they didn't have to think about it to know that it was Sun Yi's doing. The two daughters knew that this time they violated their father's rules, and did not dare to open their mouths to call for the door, and finally the driver climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard to quietly open the door.
Who knew that all this was caught by Sun Yi, who was waiting in the door, and he angrily shouted to the three people: "You stop me!" Who gave you the right to use my car to go to the movies? ”
Although the two daughters felt that they had done something wrong, they also felt that their father was making a big fuss, so they retorted: "Isn't this an unwritten rule?" A lot of people do this. ”
Their attitude made Sun Yi even more angry, and his beard was slightly cocked, and he scolded in a higher voice: "I don't care what others do, I am here, I will never allow you to do this!" He then reprimanded the undisciplined driver
The two daughters faced their father's anger, understood the seriousness of the matter, and quickly apologized: "Dad, we know that we are wrong, promise that this will never happen again next time, you don't get angry." ”
Seeing that his daughter confessed his mistake, Sun Yi allowed them to enter the door. But he did not go back to the house to sleep, but walked in circles outside, sighing from time to time.
The driver also realized his mistake and immediately wrote a review letter to Sun Yi. After Reading it, Sun Yi said to him in a serious tone: "I have read your review, which is not only a review of yourself, but also a criticism of me, because I did not educate my children well." ”
He said in a heavy tone: "As a revolutionary soldier, although we have made meritorious contributions to the founding of New China, are our decades of struggle and sacrifice just for a car, a villa and so-called privileges?" If this continues, how can we have the face to face the martyrs who sacrificed? ”
Sun Yi has always been very strict with himself, but also requires his family and children not to have privileged thoughts, not allowed to use buses privately, and if there is something, they can only go out and take the bus. But for the neighbors, he is very generous, whoever has an emergency is always available.
Once, when the neighbor's daughter-in-law was about to give birth and had a big belly and was unable to move, Sun Yi went to her house in advance to greet her and said, "If you need to go to the hospital at night, just knock on my door." ”
Who knew that she did have a seizure in the night, so she got into Sun Yi's car and was taken to the hospital.
Although Sun Yi has been in a high position for many years, he only thinks about how much dedication he can do, never covets fame and profit, he never forgets to go to the masses of the people, put himself in the shoes of the people, and thus won the respect of everyone.