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At the beginning of the founding of New China, the supply system was implemented for cadres.
The so-called supply system, that is, does not pay wages, but according to the needs of individuals, food, clothing, housing and transportation, regularly give certain subsidies, but the standard of subsidies varies from person to person and is not fixed.
After the plastering ceremony of the People's Liberation Army in 1955, the state simultaneously launched the reform of the salary system, and formulated a unified salary standard according to the rank, rank and position, of which the salary of the marshal was 450 yuan, and there was an additional military age allowance.
What is less well known, however, is that the salaries actually received by the ten marshals are very different, seven of them are received according to national standards, but three marshals have never received the marshal's salary.
So, who are these three people? Why don't they take the marshal's salary? What is their actual salary?
Zhu De: Diligent and thrifty housekeeper, refusing to receive wages
The first is Jude.
As the commander of the Red Army, the commander of the Eighth Route Army, and the commander of the People's Liberation Army, Zhu De was undoubtedly elected as the first founding marshal of the mainland at the award ceremony.
And his ups and downs of life are also full of legends.
In 1886, Zhu De was born in a poor peasant family in Sichuan Province, and when he was young, in order to make a living in a chaotic world, Zhu De planted crops, worked as a laborer and a cargo man.
However, no matter how hard life is, he has always maintained a good habit of reading and learning.
At the age of 23, Zhu De left his hometown for the first time and went to Kunming to be admitted to the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall, and began his military career.
Because of his diligence, Zhu De rose through the ranks within the Yunnan Army, and even became the commander of the Yunnan Army Gendarmerie and the chief of the police department.
However, during the May Fourth Movement, Zhu De was deeply influenced and came into contact with Marxism for the first time, which made him fascinated by the Communist Party.
Subsequently, he decisively resigned from all his posts, traveled at home and abroad to seek party organizations, and finally found Chancellor Zhou in Germany in 1922.
In this way, Zhu De joined the Communist Party at the age of 36, and among the young people in the party, he seemed a little out of place at first.
However, in the Nanchang Uprising not long after, Zhu Delin was ordered to take command for three days and led his troops to fight the Nationalist army for three days and three nights in the Sanheba area, which won a lot of time for the transfer of the main force of the revolutionary army.
After the unfortunate defeat of the rebel army, Zhu De took 800 people to Jinggangshan, Jiangxi, and achieved a historic meeting with Chairman Mao.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Fourth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Zhu De served as the commander of the army, and in the subsequent agrarian revolution, the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the War of Liberation, he was the undisputed commander of our army.
His superb art of conducting has made an indelible contribution to the victory of the Chinese revolution.
Because of this, when he was awarded the title in 1955, Zhu De was the first marshal who deserved it, but he did not receive the marshal's salary.
Originally, in addition to serving as the commander of the People's Liberation Army, Zhu De also served as vice chairman of the republic and member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.
Therefore, after receiving the salary of the executive level, he did not receive the salary of the marshal again.
Of course, as one of the highest-ranking leaders, Zhu De's administrative salary plus subsidies is also at the same level as Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou, reaching 649 yuan, which is actually higher than the salary of the marshal.
However, even if the salary is not small, Jude's life is still quite simple.
In 1958, he publicly published an article entitled "Diligent and Thrifty Family Management", calling on the whole army to grit its teeth and support the construction of new China.
As the commander of the army, he also played an exemplary role for the soldiers with practical performance, and always maintained the revolutionary spirit of hardship and simplicity.
In life, Zhu De's food, clothing, shelter and transportation are very simple, in order to save money, he and his wife Kang Keqing eat in the ordinary canteen every day.
Even after washing his face and bathing, Zhu De repeatedly stressed the need to save water, and he once jokingly told his secretary, "Tap water is not self-generated, it must not be wasted."
Jude's frugality is, of course, closely related to his own personality, and there is a very real reason for this.
In the early days of Zhu De's revolution, many of his compatriots were persecuted because the Kuomintang surrounded and blocked him, and although this matter passed for decades, he still kept it in his heart.
After the founding of New China, Zhu De took some children from his hometown to his home to take care of.
Because of this, although his salary is very high, the pressure is naturally also very large.
However, Zhu De still resolutely refused to accept the marshal's salary, in addition, he saved a total of 20,000 yuan in his lifetime, but after his death, this money was neither left to his wife nor distributed to his children, but was given to the state as party fees.
He Long: A lifetime of conquest, a simple life
In addition to Zhu De, He Long was another founding marshal who did not receive the marshal's salary.
He Long was born in Sangzhi, Hunan Province, and his life was very poor at an early age, in order to reduce the pressure on his family, he only studied private school for five years, and then dropped out of school to work as a farmer.
When he was young, He Long was a good boy with strong flesh and blood and a penchant for unevenness, and when he was bullied by bandit bullies in his hometown, he would always stand up for the first time and help them out of a bad breath.
It can be said that the spirit of "hating oppression and sympathizing with the weak" has taken root in He Long's heart since childhood.
Because of this, after the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, seeing the overthrow of the decadent Qing Dynasty, He Long greatly respected Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and in 1914, at the age of 18, He Long began to follow Dr. Sun Yat-sen in the revolution.
In the following ten years, He Long was unjustly imprisoned and tortured three times, and he also built up his revolutionary armed forces with two kitchen knives.
Because of his courage to fight, in 1927, he was promoted to the commander of the National Revolutionary Army.
However, at the end of the Northern Expedition, He Long began to realize that only communism could lead the Chinese people out of the depths of life.
So he turned to the Communist camp and served as the commander-in-chief in the Nanchang uprising, firing the first shot of our Party's armed uprising.
From He Long's resume, it is not difficult to see that in the early Red Army, he had irreplaceable importance.
Later, He Long led the Red Army to win one victory after another, and after the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he served as the commander of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
In the War of Liberation, he obeyed the orders of the central authorities and worked hard in the great northwest, laying a solid foundation for the liberation of the northwest region.
It can be seen from this that He Long's election as the founding marshal is really deserved.
However, He Long did not receive the salary of the marshal, because after the founding of New China, he served as the commander of the Southwest Military Region and the third secretary of the Southwest Bureau of the COMMUNIST Party of China, and devoted himself to the liberation of the Great Southwest and the construction of the Great Southwest.
Although after 1954 he had been transferred back to the Central Committee as deputy prime minister, he still referred to the standards of the three levels of local administration in the salary assessment and did not receive the marshal's salary.
In addition, according to the salary standard of the third level of administration, He Long only has a salary of 440 yuan, even if he adds local subsidies, it is only about 510 yuan, which is 75 yuan less than the standard salary of the marshal.
Of course, the amount of salary did not affect He Long's determination to serve the people, and after returning to the Central Committee, he has been actively participating in leading socialist economic construction and national defense construction.
Since 1959, he has successively served as director of the National Defense Industry Commission and a member of the Central Military Commission, and has carried out activities in which the whole army has participated in such activities as large-scale military training, which has greatly promoted the process of modernization, mechanization, and regularization of the Platon Army.
Chen Yi: I didn't receive the marshal's salary, but I had extra expenses
Similar to He Long, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Yi was first responsible for the construction of the military region in East China, and only returned to the State Council in 1954 to serve as vice premier.
Therefore, when receiving wages, he also refers to the local administrative level and receives 510 yuan per month.
Of course, this salary is also not cheap, but for Chen Yi, it is often unable to make ends meet, especially after 1962.
Chen Yi saved money in order to bear the pressure of life, what is going on?
This has to start with Chen Yi's experience during the agrarian revolution.
In 1934, the Kuomintang launched the fifth "encirclement and suppression" against the Central Soviet Region, and after the battle began, Chen Yi, then commander-in-chief and political commissar, led his troops to constantly negotiate with the Nationalist army.
Through clever guerrilla tactics, the enemy army was repeatedly defeated and won a considerable advantage.
However, after all, the gap in strength between the two sides is huge, especially Chiang Kai-shek's return in the first four "encirclement and suppression" campaigns, so the fifth "encirclement and suppression" has dispatched a large number of elite troops.
Even there were dozens of fighter planes, and under the fierce bombardment of the aircraft, although Chen Yi repeatedly led the army to transfer, he was also seriously injured, and a crushing fracture appeared in the crotch.
After learning of this, Premier Zhou was very concerned, and immediately brought a doctor to Ruijin and operated on Chen Yi at the first time.
However, at that time, the medical level was quite limited, Chen Yi only removed a small amount of broken bones, and the leg injury was still very serious.
Later, Chen Yi understood that his situation could not accompany the army on the Long March, so he applied to stay in Jiangxi to fight guerrillas, and Premier Zhou agreed to his request and arranged for Red Army soldiers to settle for him in the Youshan area.
After a period of recuperation, Chen Yi's condition improved slightly, and before he could fully recover from his injuries, he once again went to the front line to take charge of command work.
In addition to attacking the Nationalist army, he continued to develop guerrillas, expand the area of the base area, and at his call, a large number of ordinary peasants joined the revolutionary ranks, including a peasant woman named Wednesday Di.
On Wednesday, di's home was located at the foot of the Oil Mountain, so she took advantage of the geographical advantage and turned her home into an underground contact point for the guerrillas.
Not only that, the conditions on the oil mountain were harsh, and Wednesday Di often braved the blockade of the nationalist army, carrying a basket full of food, and went up the mountain to help Chen Yi and others.
To this end, Chen Yi half-jokingly proposed that Wednesday Di change his name to Zhou Basket, unexpectedly, when he heard this, Wednesday Di was overjoyed.
Since she had not had a big name since she was a child, she gladly accepted it and has been calling herself Zhou Basket ever since.
In 1936, Chen Yi's old injuries recurred, his legs were puffy, and the situation was not optimistic, Zhou Lan remembered the prescription left by his father, so he traveled to all corners of the Oil Mountain and found many herbs.
Then she took Chen Yi to her attic, and under her careful care, Chen Yi was completely cured in less than half a month.
In this way, during that difficult period of time, Zhou Basket's disregard for his life made a major contribution to the revolutionary cause.
In 1937, after the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the two parties began to unite against Japan, and Chen Yi bid farewell to Zhou Lan and led his army away from Jiangxi.
In the next twenty years, Chen Yi conquered the north in the south, and after the founding of New China, he took on the heavy diplomatic responsibility, and it was not until 1962 that he was able to take time out of his time to return to Jiangxi for inspection.
Although 25 years have passed in a flash, Chen Yi has never forgotten Zhou Lan's kindness, and after returning to Jiangxi, he deliberately found Zhou Lan's family and expressed his gratitude to her.
Not only that, seeing that Zhou Basket was living in poverty, Chen Yi also set aside a part of his salary every month to subsidize her life.
Because of this, Chen Yi not only has a lower salary than other marshals, but also has additional monthly expenses, so his life has always been relatively simple.
Chairman Mao and Xu Guangda's humble act
Having said all this, everyone should also understand that the three marshals Zhu De, He Long, and Chen Yi did not receive the marshal's salary for various reasons, and their high style and bright festival also won the admiration of everyone in the army.
Of course, in addition to them, there are also some important leaders who have also refused high salaries, including Chairman Mao and Xu Guangda.
In March 1955, when the wage reform was initially formulated, Premier Zhou presented chairman Mao with a first draft of the administrative level.
Only to see that the administrative level is divided into 24 levels, each level corresponds to a different wage standard, and the classification of levels is accurate and reasonable.
Seeing the situation, Chairman Mao couldn't help but smile, but when he saw that he was the only one at the administrative level, and it corresponded to a salary of 600 yuan, he couldn't help but frown.
Subsequently, he sincerely told Premier Zhou, "The founding of New China is the credit of all of us, and now I am the only one cadre at the first level, and you are all below the second level.
At Chairman Mao's strong request, Premier Zhou held an emergency meeting and adjusted the corresponding salaries at all levels, and Chairman Mao's basic salary was also reduced to less than 600 yuan.
In fact, as the leader of the country, Chairman Mao's salary was really not high, but he refused to accept it, which showed that Chairman Mao's mind was broad.
Under his example, a wind of humility was also set off in the army, and Xu Guangda also wrote to Premier Zhou, saying that his merits were not great, requesting that his rank and salary be reduced, and that wang Zhen be awarded the rank of general.
Although Premier Zhou did not agree to this request in the end, Xu Guangda's approach was also passed on as a good story in the military.
epilogue
It is not difficult to see that whether it is Chairman Mao, or the three marshals such as Zhu De, He Long, and Chen Yi, or Xu Guangda, they all do not care about the amount of salary.
After all, they were all revolutionaries, tempered by blood and tears, and in that war era when mountains and rivers were broken and the country was turbulent, they worked hard for the revolution, and even life and death could be ignored, and in peacetime, these wages were naturally even less worth mentioning.
Today, these revolutionary martyrs have passed away, but their selfless spirit has always been alive and eternal on the land of China.