In February 1977, Zhang Aiping made a comeback, and on this day, Deng talked to him, hoping that he could come out to work again, and the country is now in urgent need of talents.
Zhang Aiping expressed her gratitude to Deng, and also expressed her attitude, over the years, he has experienced too many things, his health is not good, and he is getting older, so he should let some young people come up, so he doesn't want to come out to work anymore.
After hearing this, Deng expressed his understanding, and instead of reluctantly, he talked to him about the construction of the army.
Although Zhang Aiping didn't want to come out to work, he was an old revolutionary and an old general after all, and he had always been very concerned about the construction of the army, so he talked a lot with Deng, especially the issue of the army's weapons and equipment, thinking that the construction of our army's weapons and equipment is seriously lagging behind the times, and if we can't catch up, we will be completely thrown off by a strong enemy!
Deng very much agreed with his point of view, and returned to the topic at the beginning, still hoping that he would come out to grasp the work of the army, and told him that he would consider making him the secretary general of the Central Military Commission.
Zhang Aiping was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that the Military Commission was ready to give him such a heavy burden, but his determination not to return to work was already very firm, and no matter how Deng personally persuaded him, he didn't have any intention of changing his mind.
So, Zhang Aiping couldn't afford such a heavy burden on the grounds that she was old and had bad legs and feet, so she asked him to ask Gao Ming.
Although Zhang Aiping has already said this kind of thing, Deng still did not give up, and still hoped that he could take up the post of secretary general of the Military Commission.
But no matter how much persuasion she took, Zhang Aiping never let go, and in the end, Zhang Aiping had no choice but to say: "If the Central Military Commission asks me to come out to work, I still have to work on equipment, I followed Nie Shuai to develop two bombs and one satellite, and I still have some experience in grasping the army's high-tech development, and strive to catch a good example within three years." ”
Seeing that Zhang Aiping was determined to do so, Deng couldn't continue to force it, so he had to agree to his idea.
Why did Zhang Aiping insist on resigning from the important post of secretary general of the Central Military Commission? Because he knew very well that the post of secretary general of the Central Military Commission was too important, and this was a special period, and it would inevitably involve many people and things.
Of course, this is only an important reason, and the other reason is that he also knew Deng relatively well in his long career of revolutionary struggle.
In particular, someone once asked him: "Deng was rectified in 1975, and you, Wan Li, Hu Yaobang, and Zhou Rongxin were known as Deng's four major cadres, do you know?"
Zhang Aiping replied angrily after hearing this:
"What are the big four? I don't know if they're not. I'm not! I'm not anyone's person! To say that I am one of the four great vajrasas under him is an insult to me! How can a person become a tool and a believer of a certain person? If it is right and correct, I can follow you, and if it is wrong or wrong, how can I follow you? If I follow you, it is not with you personally, but with your thoughts, your line and principles. ”
Why did Zhang Aiping react so violently? This is because he had strong views and dissatisfaction with the two events at that time, mainly in two aspects.
The first thing is the implementation of marketization by the military-industrial complex. We all know that the military industry has always been an important weapon of the country, especially since the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to factors such as the high degree of tension in the external situation, the military industry has always been directly led by the national defense department, forming a set of independent military industrial system independent of other departments.
However, this situation was not until October 20, 1984, after the Third Plenary Session of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China adopted the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Reform of the Economic System", the four core industrial ministries of the second (nuclear), third (aviation), fifth (weapons), and seventh (aerospace) were originally under the leadership of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and were immediately required to be assigned to the State Council for the implementation of the leadership, so as to gradually implement the socialist market economic system. This means that the independent military-industrial system of the continent, which lasted for 30 years, will no longer exist.
Zhang Aiping has a different view on this sudden decision. Because as an "old man" who has been fighting in the field of national defense science and industry for a long time, he knows very well that if a country's military industry is unable to be independent, self-research and development, pursue profit maximization by market-oriented means alone, and take "making is better than buying" as the guiding ideology, once the war starts, the national defense science and industry will be controlled by others.
Therefore, he and other comrades have raised strong objections in the hope of stopping this practice. Of course, Zhang Aiping's reaction so fiercely is not to oppose the reform of national defense science and industry, on the contrary, in his view, national defense science and industry should not only be reformed, but also to serve the purpose of national defense construction, the implementation of targeted reforms.
In this regard, he angrily put forward his own opinion, saying:
"Reform is necessary, but it is not called reform only if it is done in a foreign country. The science, technology, and industrial system for national defense was formed by history, and the criterion for judging it is not market efficiency, but battlefield efficiency. Not for maximum profit, but for the security interests of the survival of the country. ”
"Furthermore, the army is not just about buying weapons. Proceeding from the needs of war, it is necessary to consider not only the price and quality of military products, but also the wartime emergency response capability and technological development trend of production enterprises; while for civilian products, it is enough for those who buy them to only consider price and quality, and no one will consider the stability and future development of enterprises. Therefore, the competition for military products must not be a simple survival of the fittest, and the losers will be completely eliminated. ”
However, even so, in the end, the above still implemented a market-oriented strategy. He had no choice but to say worriedly: "Can a big country like ours live by buying weapons? Since we have wavered on the fundamental line, what good can I say?"
In 2000, with the proposal of "integrating the military with the people," the mainland's national defense science, technology, and industrial system, which had lasted for half a century, finally became history.
Zhang Aiping's view on the second thing is even more obvious, and the second thing is to allow the military to enter the field of market economy.
Business has not been advocated in the ranks of all dynasties, especially in market economic activities, because of the special position of the military, it will inevitably play a strong role in market economic activities, on the one hand, it is not conducive to the development of the market economy, on the other hand, it is bound to breed many bad Xi.
Zhang Aiping saw this very clearly, so on March 14, 1985, Zhang Aiping wrote a letter to the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. He used words to provoke indignation: "If some people want to engage in enterprises or companies to do business, let them leave the army or the government to do a good job! In particular, the organs of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense are keen to make money instead of climbing to the peak of science and technology, which is really sad!"
However, despite his shouting, he was unable to stop the momentum until 1998, when the situation was declared closed by a letter from the top.
Source: Qingshi said the WeChat public account