In 1955, our army implemented the rank system for the first time. At that time, the most eye-catching things were the ten marshals and ten generals. Because in the history of our army, marshals and generals have only been produced in the process of awarding titles. And in the process of conferring titles. This person is responsible for reading out the list of titles awarded by the marshals. However, he did not have a military rank, and the rank of lieutenant general he had received in history was also abolished. He is Peng Zhen.
1. The history of brilliant struggle
The name Peng Zhen, friends familiar with modern and contemporary history, believe that it will be like thunder. In modern history, Peng Zhen was our alternate secretary. At that time, our high-level pursued a collective leadership system, the so-called collective leadership system, that is, the five secretaries together to make the highest decision, Peng Zhen is the alternate secretary outside the five secretaries, and its status can be seen.
Peng Zhen was born in 1902, and in the early 1920s, when the red ideas were first introduced to Peng Zhen's hometown, Peng Zhen accepted the progressive ideas for the first time and participated in the red organization.
In 1923, China was still under the rule of Beiyang warlords. The president of the Republic of China at that time was a direct warlord Cao Kun. Although the beiyang warlords' right to speak was based on the support of guns and cannons, Cao Kun obstructed international public opinion and the law of the Republic of China, so he spent money to bribe members of Parliament and made a bribe to elect the president.
At that time, Peng Zhen spread progressive ideas to the workers by holding night schools, and even launched various activities against Cao Kun. From this, we can see the ability and greatness of Peng Zhen and the Red Organization - you know, according to Mr. Lu Xun's novel "Storm", at the time of Zhang Xun's restoration in 1917, ordinary people were still indifferent to who became emperor, and in 1923, thanks to progressive people like Peng Zhen and the progressive forces behind him, workers had understood the importance of civil rights and used practical actions to oppose Cao Kun's bribery to elect the president. There was only a six-year difference, but it was a world of difference.
From this point of view, history did choose the red organization.
Hard fighting
In 1927, after the April 12 Incident, Peng Zhen was assigned by the central authorities to be responsible for the revolutionary struggle in the northern region, and the north was under the rule of warlords for a long time, so the progressive forces were relatively weak, so Peng Zhen's work was more difficult, but Peng Zhen persevered, and even in 1929, he was arrested by the warlords in the north.
During Peng Zhen's arrest, in prison, he still did not forget to contact progressive people and fight against the enemy, until 1935, when Peng Zhen was released. However, the reason for the release was that the enemy did not know Peng Zhen's identity and thought that Peng Zhen was a small person, and in 1935, it was just the end of the sentence, so Peng Zhen was released.
Peng Zhen's release from prison coincided with the Red Army's Long March. After that, Peng Zhen went to Yan'an and gradually participated in the formulation and promotion of many policies, making outstanding contributions to the construction of the base areas and the success of the revolution.
A short-lived lieutenant general
Peng Zhen's work in the revolutionary years can be roughly divided into two parts.
The first part is the work of the enemy-occupied areas. As mentioned above, Peng Zhen was once arrested by the enemy because he was working in the enemy-occupied areas. Although the enemy-occupied areas seem to be calm, the enemy controls the political power in the enemy-occupied areas and has military police, so this work is as dangerous as military struggle.
The second part is the work at the central decision-making level of the Red Organization. Although this part of the work seems to be not dangerous, it is very responsible. For once there is a slight mistake in the formulation of policy, it will be lost and cause losses to the revolutionary cause.
Of course, Peng Zhen's two parts of work have been done very successfully. However, because Peng Zhen's main job is these two parts, and there are fewer military or armed struggles involved, it is normal to have no rank.
However, Peng Zhen once had a military rank, but this rank was short-lived: it was 1946, and Peng Zhen and others were assigned to negotiate with the Soviet army. The negotiations emphasized the principle of reciprocity, so Peng Zhen was temporarily awarded the rank of lieutenant general, but this rank was also cancelled after the negotiations.
In fact, whether there is a military rank or not is not directly related to the size of the contribution to the revolutionary cause - for example, leaders and chief designers do not have military ranks, but their contribution is unparalleled.