introduction
Napoleon, a famous European politician and military scientist, once said, "A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier." Nowadays, this sentence is often used by leaders to motivate subordinates, in a sense, there is indeed a certain path, if a person does not want to progress, no pursuit, satisfied with the status quo, it is terrible.
Realistically speaking, in real life, whether it is officials or ordinary people, most of us are not so morally noble, to be a person who does not care about fame and fortune, selfless dedication and do not ask for returns. The reason why most people work hard is that they still have the merit of making a contribution, doing a good job, and hoping to be superior to others, which is the common sentiment of people.
In 1955, the whole army was awarded a large number of titles, and more than a thousand senior generals were awarded the rank of major general or above, which was impossible to achieve absolute fairness and needed to take into account various factors. The work of awarding titles is actually very complicated, and there are more people who are sophisticated, not only looking at the battle achievements, but also the factors such as seniority and origin, which need to balance the major mountains.
As soon as the list of large titles was drawn up, it caused some generals to be dissatisfied, and in the words of the chairman, it was really "a boy who has tears and does not flick, only because he has not yet reached the time of awarding titles." According to Song Renqian's recollection, when the preliminary plan for conferring titles was announced, most people were relatively satisfied with what kind of military rank they were awarded, and a small number of people had more or less different views.
Among a small number of people, although they do not say anything in their mouths, they are a little unconvinced in their hearts; some people will complain and will not eat for two or three days, and some people will run to the leaders to complain that they have worked hard and worked hard, and they can be awarded a higher military rank. A cadre during the Red Army period, after learning that he had been awarded major general, openly said, "I will hang that sign on the dog's tail!" "Unpretentious, true temperament.
The one who said, "I'm going to hang that sign on the dog's tail!" Zhong Wei, after the 1955 list of the great conferral of titles was announced, he was one of a small number of disgruntled people. Of course, in addition to Zhong Wei, wang jinshan and Wang Bicheng, two fierce generals, were not very satisfied with the ranks they had conferred, or looked for leaders, or expressed dissatisfaction.
During the grand award of the rank of the whole army, General Zhong Wei expressed dissatisfaction with the result of the award, what rank did they finally receive? How is it resolved?
Low rank high match - Zhong Wei
"I'm going to hang that sign on the dog's tail!" After hearing that Zhong Wei complained about the results of the award, the chairman also unceremoniously sarcastically said: "The boy has tears and does not flick, only because he has not yet arrived at the time of the award." ”
Did Major General Zhong Wei award the low? To be fair, according to his military merits and qualifications, it is indeed a little low, many generals who are less senior than him, and many generals with less military achievements have been awarded lieutenant generals, no wonder Zhong Wei will have a little resentment after learning that he has been awarded major generals, which is also understandable.
Zhong Wei had good qualifications, and during the Red Army period, he was already the director of the political department of the division and belonged to a senior general. Born in 1911, Zhong Wei joined the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1930 and became a member of the Party in the same year, serving in the Red Third Army. The Red Third Army is the Central Red Army, Zhong Weigen is Miao Hong, and his background is a big advantage.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhong Wei served as regimental political commissar, regimental commander, deputy brigade commander, and other posts, and participated in guerrilla warfare behind the anti-Japanese enemy lines. The Liberation War was a period of Zhong Wei's highlights, he could fight wars, fight skillful battles, won the trust of the four wild forests, and was promoted beyond the ranks.
Siye Lin always has his own set of personnel, commanding operations does not look at seniority, ability is first, even if it is a senior person, the war is not well fought, Lin Zong will not reuse it. On the contrary, rising stars like Zhong Wei and Han Xianchu, who command battles well and frequently play beautiful victories, will be used extraordinarily.
Zhong Wei was the commander of the 12th Column of Shiye and the commander of the 49th Army of Shiye, and he was known as the Chinese General Patton. If you cover up your name and just look at your seniority, "the director of the political department of the division during the Red Army period, the deputy brigade commander during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the commander of the column during the Liberation War, and the commander of the army", if he did not make a mistake of principle, the lieutenant general would be appropriate.
Zhong Wei was a very individualistic person, not hiding, learning that he was only a major general, his temper came up, he posed his attitude, and he was angry. After Zhong Wei's behavior was known to the old leader Lin Zong, he criticized and educated him, and the effect was not bad, and he did not make such a big fuss because of the matter of awarding titles.
The chairman is also clear about the fact that Zhong Wei's title is too low, and judging from the treatment behind, Zhong Wei is still taken care of by the chairman. After the rating, Zhong Wei's treatment is relatively high, according to the standards of a lieutenant general or a general, the chairman is very optimistic about his ability, personally named Zhong Wei as the chief of staff of the Beijing Military Region, in fact, it is very obvious, that is, low rank and high match.
An old general of high character
Zhong Wei is a bold and straightforward person, and if he has any dissatisfaction to say, he does not hide it. During the great awarding of the title, Zhong Wei did have some emotions because his rank was too low, but this did not mean that he was a utilitarian person, and he had a pursuit of his honor, and it could be seen that Zhong Wei was a person who had high requirements for himself.
Zhong Wei seeks truth from facts, adheres to the truth, and is not afraid of power, after the Lushan Conference in 1959, Mr. Peng was wrongly criticized, Zhong Wei dared to speak out for Huang Kecheng and Mr. Peng, and his attitude was firm, even if he was later delegated to another profession and persecuted, he did not have any complaints.
Zhong Wei is not only honest with himself, but also to his family, and never uses his power to benefit his family. In the 1970s, a cousin of the Zhong Wei family stole a cow and was caught, and the leaders of Pingjiang County specially wrote a letter to Zhong Wei, which read: Elder Zhong, your cousin stole a cow, we sentenced him to five years in prison, if you have opinions, we can also change the sentence.
Upon reading the contents of the letter, Zhong Wei was very angry, and immediately gave the leaders of Pingjiang County a long distance, and said sternly: Of course, I have opinions, please change the sentence to seven years, I see who dares to intercede. Zhong Wei led by example and did not intercede for his cousin.
In the 1980s, Zhong Wei died, his ashes were buried in his hometown, and his cousin knelt in front of his tomb and cried: "Brother, I am sorry for you, I also smeared you back then." ”
Zhong Wei's son Zhong Lailiang and his father had not seen each other for more than ten years, and when Changsha was about to be liberated, Zhong Wei sent someone to Pingjiang to pick up his son. As soon as they met, the father and son had not yet spoken, and the subordinate reported that the enemy had come to an army, and Zhong Wei was very excited and wanted to eliminate this army to his son as a greeting gift.
Three days later, Zhong Wei led his troops to win the battle, saw his son, and said happily: "Boy, Daddy sent you an army." Zhong Lailiang pouted, embarrassed and said, "I want to do something in Changsha." According to the general situation, Zhong Wei and his son have not met much for more than ten years, and they owe their son too much, and now that they have a status, it is not difficult to find something for their son.
But Zhong Wei did not do this, although he also hoped that his son would become a talent and live a good life by his own ability, but after carefully looking at Zhong Lailiang, he felt that he had no ability, only suitable for planting crops, and casually said, "I see you, you are a man who farms, go back," and then sent his son away.
Zhong Lailiang had been a farmer all his life and did not rely on his family to get benefits, and Zhong Wei did not allow him to do so. When the old general's grandchildren grew up, they also more or less asked Zhong Wei for help, greeted them, and wanted to work in Beijing, but they were all strictly refused.
Zhong Wei warned the younger generations: "Don't go through the back door, that is shameless." I hate corrupt elements the most, and if you give me a machine gun, I'll knock them all out." Of course, Zhong Wei is not "six relatives do not recognize", when he learned that his granddaughter was admitted to the teacher's training, he was so happy that he did not fall asleep for several days, and wrote back to congratulate: "Good boy, you have won a big victory, and Grandpa wants to go back to celebrate you." ”
Relics of Zhong Wei
The old general was full of righteousness and a clean wind in his sleeves, and he only arranged work for two people around him in his life, one was a nanny and the other was a guard, and he never took care of his relatives. Before his death, the general wrote a suicide note, handed over his personal belongings as party fees, did not waste money to hold a memorial service, and scattered his ashes at the Pingjiang Tianyue Academy, the site of his uprising.