As we all know, the treatment of the people's army has been under the supply system since the beginning of the autumn harvest uprising.
Because the economic conditions were relatively poor at that time, if the wage system was followed, some lower-ranking soldiers could not afford to eat.
In order to eliminate this gap, Chairman Mao decided to implement the supply system, and the implementation of this system immediately eliminated the sense of gap between the soldiers and the commanders, so that the whole army was united in its efforts and built an indestructible force.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the mainland continued this system of treatment that had been handed down from the war years until the release of the Decision on Wage Reform in 1956.
Because at that time, the economic level of the mainland had been significantly improved compared with before liberation, and the state already had a certain economic strength to pay the wages of workers at all levels, taking into account the difference in the quality and intensity of labor of the workers, so the wage system was also born.
So, as the founding generals who founded the republic, what was their salary standard? How big is the salary gap between marshals and generals?
According to the salary standards issued in 1956, we can see that the marshal belongs to the third administrative level and the salary is 478 yuan.
Among the ten marshals, Zhu De is more special, because he is not only a marshal, but also a national leader, so he belongs to the second level of administration like Premier Zhou, and his salary is 536 yuan.
Below the marshal is the general, who belongs to the fourth administrative level, with a salary of 425 yuan, followed by the general, who belongs to the fifth administrative level, with a salary of 382 yuan.
The lieutenant generals were divided into six and seven levels according to their different positions, and their salaries were 355 and 310 yuan respectively.
When it came to the major general, it was the eighth, ninth and tenth levels of administration, and the salaries were 277, 252 and 217 yuan respectively.
Such wages were appropriately high incomes in the new China at that time.
According to the income level at that time, the monthly wage of an ordinary urban worker was only about ten yuan, but the price level at that time was relatively low, and the wage of more than ten yuan was enough to support a family.
Let's not look at the founding generals' salary standards are so high, but in the actual implementation, there will be great differences.
For example, Zhu De, since the implementation of the wage system in the country, he has not received the salary of a marshal.
Until the death of Mr. Zhu, he was still wearing old clothes that he had worn from the war years, and the sheets and bedding he used had been sewn and mended.
Mr. Zhu once said: "I can save more cloth for the country, it is all good!" ”
Among the generals, Xu Guangda did not receive the salary of the general, but always received the salary of the general.
Because when he first selected the generals, Xu Guangda took the initiative to be humble many times, and he wrote to the central government more than once to apply for demotion.
However, on the day of the award, Xu Guangda was still awarded the rank of general, which made the modest Xu Guangda not very happy, so in order to take care of his feelings when determining the salary system, his treatment was lowered by one level, and Xu Guangda also became a "general of the fifth level of administration".
There were generals with the salaries of generals, and naturally there were also vice versa, and Zhang Yunyi received the salary of the marshal with the rank of general.
Zhang Yunyi was in charge of the military and government of Guangxi at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and after 1952, he resigned from the leadership position one after another because of his aggravated illness.
When the wage system was implemented in 1956, the central government took into account Zhang Yunyi's physical reasons and deliberately adjusted his salary to three levels, that is, the marshal level.
Of course, the wages of the founding generals are not set in stone, and the specific implementation needs to be considered according to the actual economic situation of the country.
For example, during the three years of difficulty, Chairman Mao, as the leader of the state, reduced his salary by 100 yuan, and under his leadership, the wages of all state organs were reduced accordingly.
When the time gradually entered the 1980s and the country's economic situation became better and better, the country's wage system was adjusted again, and everyone's wages also showed a new increase.