In 1978, Chen Yun came to Huang Kecheng's house and persuaded: "Huang Lao, you can move to Yuquan Mountain, and when you are in good health, you can work better."
Huang Kecheng did not immediately agree, and put forward two requests: first, he did not want any family members to accompany him, and only brought a secretary over; The second is to take care of his own living expenses, and he counts as much as he eats and uses.
The report was submitted to Chairman Hua Guofeng, and he put forward a pen to comment: agree!
Those who know Huang Kecheng know that he is very frugal and does not waste a stitch.
Born in a poor family in Hunan, he joined the Communist Party of China in 1925 and began to fight for the revolutionary cause all his life.
"My decision to join the party was not a hot decision, it was made after long-term thinking, so it was firm and unshakable."
Huang Kecheng once said this when he recalled his experience of joining the party.
Huang Kecheng devoted himself to the revolution very early, from the beginning of the Northern Expedition, to the establishment of the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area, from the Red Army's fifth anti-encirclement and suppression, to the 25,000-mile Long March.
On the battlefield, Huang Kecheng took the lead, and when the Red Fifth Army attacked Xiushui County, he couldn't attack it for a long time, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to become the first political commissar to attack the city wall.
Huang Kecheng is best known to everyone for his courage to tell the truth and the courage to tell the truth.
During the Red Army's fifth anti-encirclement and suppression, Li De's erroneous command caused heavy losses to the Red Army, and Huang Kecheng directly suggested to Peng Dehuai that Chairman Mao should come out to command, so that it would be possible to reverse the situation.
It turned out that Chairman Mao turned the tide and saved the Red Army after the Zunyi Conference.
When the Kuomintang and the Communist Party united to resist Japan, Huang Kecheng proposed to Chairman Mao that the political commissar of the Red Army could not be withdrawn, otherwise the Eighth Route Army would breed bad habits like the Kuomintang troops.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Huang Kecheng was blunt in his speech at the Lushan Conference, saying that it was wrong to propose to the central authorities that the "Great Leap Forward" and "people's communization" were wrong, and it was precisely this speech that made him a criticized "rightist," dismissed from his post, and accused of being a "traitor to the party."
Since then, Huang Kecheng has not participated in direct work for many years, and after figuring it out, he accepted it calmly, and during the period when he was at home for review, he still often went out to see and understand the production and life of ordinary people.
During the ten-year Cultural Revolution, Huang Kecheng's body and mind were severely damaged, but Huang Kecheng, who dared to do things and put forward opinions, never relaxed his requirements for himself.
In 1978, Huang Kecheng resumed his work and served as the executive secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, rehabilitating many old comrades who had suffered unfair treatment during the Cultural Revolution.
It was during this period that Huang Kecheng's bronchitis became more and more serious, and he coughed all day long. Chen Yun suggested that he go to the south for recuperation many times, and Huang Kecheng always said, "It costs the people's money to go out, and my old bones are all old problems, and there is nothing to do." ”
Seeing that Huang Kecheng often coughed for a long time, the staff told Chen Yun again, and Chen Yun thought of a way to persuade him from work.
In order to spend more time on work, Huang Kecheng agreed to Chen Yun's request, and also put forward two requirements, no family, self-finance, and moved to Yuquan Mountain to live after approval.
One day, when Huang Kecheng was walking, the cherries on the side of the road were all red, and the staff picked some, Huang Kecheng asked: "This cherry is good, where did it come from?"
The staff had to tell the truth, and Huang Kecheng must ask the assistant to make up the cherry money to others after hearing it.
Once, Huang Kecheng's grandson came to visit his grandfather and accidentally broke a cup, he asked the assistant to buy one to make up for it, and the assistant said casually: "It's okay, a cup, just wait in the warehouse to get one."
Huang Kecheng shook his head and said: "This idea is unacceptable, if everyone is like this, then no one will cherish the things here." In the end, I still spent my own money to make up for this cup.
Huang Kecheng's old subordinates and a few comrades-in-arms gathered and had dinner at the Xijing Hotel, spending 400 yuan and recording it in the official account.
After receiving reports from the masses, Huang Kecheng immediately instructed a strict investigation. After checking the facts, I called someone to make up for it, and seriously criticized them.
Huang Kecheng has four children, and according to his rank, he can be arranged in a better position.
None of the four children of the Huang family served in the army, and Huang Kecheng kept telling the children: "You have to rely on your own hard work, don't expect me to help anyone through the back door, I, Huang Kecheng, don't have any back door."
In his later years, Huang Kecheng was riddled with diseases, blind in both eyes, and never went to other places for recuperation when he was at work.
Huang Kecheng has always told the people around him that I am old, don't waste medical resources on me, save these and leave them for those who need them more.
Because of this, Huang Kecheng ripped off the infusion tube many times when he was seriously ill, not wanting to add a burden to the country and society.
This respectable veteran comrade has always remembered to serve the people, which is admirable, he is diligent and thrifty, dares to speak out, and is a real proletarian revolutionary.