Preface
Tan Zhenlin's old age was happy. In life, husband and wife are harmonious, and the six children are very filial, which makes people very envious!
Tan Zhenlin in his later years
Speaking of Tan Zhenlin's "Boss Tan's family", it is inseparable from his two wives. For these two beautiful relatives, he always said to people: "My two marriages were approved by Chairman Mao!" ”
Whenever he said this, Tan Zhenlin's heart felt extremely proud, and the people around him could clearly see that the smile on his face was different from usual...
"Boss Tan" at work
In 1954, Tan Zhenlin was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, assisting Premier Zhou Enlai in charge of agricultural work throughout the country.
Tan Zhenlin
In 1957, while in charge of the national agricultural work, Tan Zhenlin went to Youxian County, Hunan Province, to carry out the pilot work of running a democratic cooperative here.
He told the comrades in the working group: "As leading cadres, we must not only be satisfied with listening to reports in the office, but must often go deep into the front line, do a good job in investigation and research in the rural areas, and master more first-hand materials, so that we can have the right to speak." ”
Tan Zhenlin's words stem from Chairman Mao's remark that "without investigation, there is no right to speak." That's what he said and that's what he did.
Regarding the matter of writing the investigation report, someone once suggested that Tan Zhenlin let the secretary complete it, and Tan Zhenlin said: "That is not good, if the cadres will only read the manuscript at the meeting, what is the difference between that and the puppets?" There is also the manuscript written by the secretary, which is the secretary's own thoughts, and it is difficult to represent the experience and opinions of the leaders. Therefore, it is better to write the report by yourself, and you can't be afraid of hard work! ”
Once, during a grassroots inspection, Vice Premier Tan Zhenlin, who was in charge of the work of Nongkou, happened to encounter a report meeting.
Tan Zhenlin, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, Peng Zhen and others inspected dazhai, an agricultural science
The leader sat upright on the stage, with a manuscript in his hand and glasses, looking very serious. But when reading the manuscript, it was exposed, stumbling unable to say a complete sentence, and it was not a report written by myself.
The people who held the meeting offstage also had various postures, some of them exchanged heads and ears, some yawned for days, and some made faint laughter...
Tan Zhenlin really couldn't look at it anymore, slapped the table, and said loudly: "What's the matter with you, who wrote the manuscript?" ”
The people in the audience were shocked and all came back to their senses, and the leader also said that the manuscript was written by someone else.
Tan Zhenlin looked at the leader and said, "Tell me, are you speaking, or are you someone else speaking?" ”
The leader bowed his head and did not dare to talk. Tan Zhenlin glanced at the venue and criticized: "Your officials are getting lazier and lazier, and after only ten minutes of speech, they all need others to write a manuscript. In the future, if you let others write a manuscript, it will be incompetent! ”
According to Yu Ling, a soldier of the Jiangnan Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, Tan Zhenlin never took a draft when he spoke, but only wrote a few lines on cigarette box paper as an outline for his speech.
When Tan Zhenlin began to speak, he was always able to express his views in a big way, and the comrades listened with relish and applauded unceasingly. And Tan Zhenlin will not be interrupted by applause, and the connection is very good.
After listening to Tan Zhenlin's report, a student from Shanghai was very impressed and asked him the secret of making a good report.
Tan Zhenlin is making a report
Tan Zhenlin said conscientiously that intellectuals should not only rely on culture to study, but should also work hard, understand the situation, study strategies and tactics, study in practice, and sum up experience. To do revolutionary work, it is inseparable from this, and this is the trick.
At the meeting on "Streamlining The Elite Army and Streamlining The Administration," Tan Zhenlin also only listed a few outlines and spoke for a whole day. During the period, he talked about the international and domestic situation, the work in the central Soviet Union...
Speaking of a campaign of the Red Army against Germany, he blurted out a series of data on the troops, aircraft, tanks, artillery, various guns and bullets invested by both sides in the war.
After the meeting, when people looked at the newspaper, they found that there was nothing wrong with these data, which was amazing!
From Tan Zhenlin's work, it can be seen that the talent of this "Tan boss" is indeed superior.
The origin of "Boss Tan"
Tan Zhenlin, born on April 24, 1902 in Chengguan Town, Youxian County, Hunan Province, to an ordinary working-class family, went to a bookstore as an apprentice after completing a private school.
In the bookstore, Tan Zhenlin came into contact with many progressive books and formed some revolutionary ideas.
At the age of 24, Tan Zhenlin joined the Communist Party of China and served as a picket captain for workers in Youxian County.
At the end of 1927, under the leadership of Chairman Mao, Tan Zhenlin, together with Chairman Mao, founded the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area.
In August 1928, at the mobilization meeting to attack Shanghang, Chairman Mao, after hearing Tan Zhenlin's mobilization speech offstage, said to Tan Zhenlin in private and solemnly: "The speech you just made was generally very good. However, there is a sentence that is not appropriate! ”
Tan Zhenlin hurriedly asked Chairman Mao, "Which of the words I said is inappropriate?" ”
Chairman Mao said: "You said on the stage, 'After laying down ShanghangCheng, give the troops a three-day leave, and soldiers can go to the city to buy things,' right?" ”
Tan Zhenlin listened and nodded.
Chairman Mao continued: "After the troops enter the city, they should strictly observe discipline. After you brought your troops into the city, did you do it like this? When I led the soldiers, I never did this. ”
Chairman Mao's words made Tan Zhenlin remember it very deeply, and he did not dare to forget it.
On the matter of dealing with Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo, the leaders of the Jinggangshan Green Forest, everyone disagreed, and some people advocated getting rid of the two, but Tan Zhenlin expressed his opposition and expressed his own opinions.
Chairman Mao, Zhu De, and Chen Yi all agreed with Tan Zhenlin's views.
Chairman Mao and Tan Zhenlin were together
After the meeting was adjourned, Chairman Mao said to Tan Zhenlin: "Zhenlin, my Grand Secretary. In this matter, we are 'heroes see a little bit the same'! ”
In October 1934, after the Long March of the Central Red Army, Tan Zhenlin, Zhang Dingcheng and Deng Zihui led the Red Army guerrillas to carry out a three-year arduous guerrilla war in western Fujian to consolidate the revolutionary base area in western Fujian.
In 1937, Chairman Mao praised Zhang Dingcheng, Deng Zihui, and Tan Zhenlin for their three years of hard struggle in western Fujian, and their achievements were great, and this was a great victory!
In 1940, after the end of the "Battle of Fanchang", Tan Zhenlin was transferred to the East Road Headquarters of the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army in Jiangnan as commander and political commissar.
At the Jiangnan headquarters in Liyang, southern Jiangsu, Tan Zhenlin learned from Chen Yi about the overall situation of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in Jiangnan and the enemy situation near the East Road.
In the middle is Tan Zhenlin
When passing through Danyang, Tan Zhenlin applied for a "good citizen certificate" and was the owner of a silk cloth shop.
In order to dress up as a boss, Tan Zhenlin wore a snow-white shirt, a pair of wool trousers on the outside, a long shirt, and a black top hat on his head. When walking, calm and steady, like a "big boss" style.
In order to dress himself more like a boss, Tan Zhenlin threw off his sleeve and said to the entourage: "I take a few steps, you help me see, like a big boss!" ”
After saying that, Tan Zhenlin straightened his stomach and walked up shakily in four directions, teasing the comrades to put their arms around their stomachs and smile forward and backward.
Tan Zhenlin said: "What are you laughing at, is it like or not?" ”
One warrior said, "It's like, it's just that the shelves are a little too big." Another said, "How to do it without putting up a shelf, I look very similar." What do you say? ”
Everyone commented on me as soon as you said it...
Finally, Tan Zhenlin said: "Like not, three points." I try to pose as the boss, what flaws, you make up for me. ”
After arriving near Shanghai, Tan Zhenlin quickly took in many industrial workers and expanded the army to more than 2,000 people.
When Chairman Mao found out, he praised this unit and said, "This is really a proletarian army." ”
Tan Zhenlin old photo
In 1941, after the "Anhui Southern Incident", the 16th Brigade in Liyang was attacked by the Japanese army, and the brigade commander and political commissar were all sacrificed, which made Tan Zhenlin in northern Jiangsu very sad.
After Tan Zhenlin sent a telegram to the military department, he took two guards, disguised as "bosses", led two "guys", and returned to southern Jiangsu to check.
On the way back to southern Jiangsu, a guard "dude" was stopped and interrogated by the puppet army, and the guard's mind turned, and he took out the 200 yuan on his body and threw it into the sky.
When the puppet army saw the money open, they rushed to rob one after another, and Tan Zhenlin and the guards took the opportunity to rush through the checkpoint and fled.
Tan Zhenlin was very happy and proud of this. And Tan Zhenlin, who has sprinkled thousands of dollars, was also named "Boss Tan", which spread out, and everyone called him "Boss Tan".
After Chairman Mao found out, he also called Tan Zhenlin "Boss Tan" like everyone else.
In the spring of 1959, after the Seventh Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Cpc Central Committee, Chairman Mao handed Over Tan Zhenlin, Tian Jiaying, and Li Youjiu to Liu Zhuang in Hangzhou to inquire about the People's Commune.
Tan Zhenlin, Chairman Mao and Chen Yi were together
While waiting for Chairman Mao to summon him, Tian Jiaying asked Tan Zhenlin curiously, "Why do people call you Boss Tan?" ”
Li Youjiu said humorously: "Because he is decisive and willing to support his subordinates." ”
Tan Zhenlin smiled and was silent without answering.
When the three of them saw Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao smiled and said to Jiang Qing, who was standing nearby: "Boss Tan, they are coming!" ”
Jiang Qing was puzzled and asked, "Which Tan boss?" ”
Chairman Mao said: "This person is Tan Zhenlin, who has twice disguised himself as a big boss and gone deep behind enemy lines to do work." ”
After Tian Jiaying listened, he suddenly realized: It turned out that Tan Zhenlin's name of "Tan Boss" came for this reason!
Two wives approved by Chairman Mao
Chairman Mao's contacts with Tan Zhenlin were not only this, but even his marriage to two wives had a great relationship with Chairman Mao.
Since the moment he met Chairman Mao, Tan Zhenlin has become a good comrade-in-arms who fought side by side with Chairman Mao, and the two have established a good friendship in the battle.
Chairman Mao during the Red Army
On Jinggang Mountain, Chairman Mao was not only concerned about Tan Zhenlin's battle, but also about his life.
Later, when Huang Kecheng came to Jinggangshan, he brought a girl named Jiang Xiuxian. It is said that this girl was forced to flee from the village and join the Red Army.
It was January 1928, when Jiang Xiuxian's family's field property was favored by the bully landlord in the village, who colluded with the "door-to-door group" of the league leader to make money, killed Jiang Xiuxian's parents, and forcibly occupied her family's field property.
Later, the bully landlord took a fancy to Jiang Xiuxian's young beauty and wanted to forcibly occupy it. Jiang Xiuxian had no choice but to escape from the village overnight and join Huang Kecheng's team.
After Jiang Xiuxian came to Jinggangshan, he did not come out of the pain of losing his lover, and his heart was always sullen and unhappy, and he only knew how to bury his head in work...
Later, the economic pressure on Jinggangshan became more and more intense, and it was difficult to feed so many people. The Military Commission of the Fourth Red Army made a decision: Some personnel from Hunan were repatriated to their places of origin, and Jiang Xiuxian was also among the repatriated.
Soon after, Jiang Xiuxian received a notice to return to Hunan.
Jiang Xiuxian ran to the regimental headquarters and told the organization: "I have made up my mind to join the Red Army and carry out the revolution to the end." Even if Commissar Mao told me to go, I wouldn't go either! ”
Jiang Xiuxian's words were heard by Tan Zhenlin, who was passing by. Tan Zhenlin walked in and after clarifying the situation, he thought that Jiang Xiuxian's situation was rather special.
Huang Kecheng
Therefore, Tan Zhenlin found Huang Kecheng, hoping to break the case and leave Jiang Xiuxian behind.
Later, Jiang Xiuxian heard that more than 800 people who had been repatriated at that time had been surrounded by the enemy on the way back and had all been killed. This made her feel afraid for a while. At the same time, Jiang Xiuxian thought in his heart that he was lucky.
Jiang Xiuxian thought that if Tan Zhenlin had not interceded for her and left her, she would have died like those poor people. This incident made her feel grateful to Tan Zhenlin in her heart.
In August, Tan Zhenlin fell seriously ill. After Jiang Xiuxian knew about it, his heart was very anxious, and he hurried to visit Tan Zhenlin's station.
The arrival of Jiang Xiuxian surprised Tan Zhenlin, but at the same time there were some surprises.
Jiang Xiuxian saw that Tan Zhenlin was sweating profusely on his head, so he asked Tan Zhenlin what kind of illness he had. Tan Zhenlin told Jiang Xiuxian that he was suffering from the disease of "swinging" and had taken some traditional Chinese medicine, but the effect was not obvious, and he felt that his body was very weak and had no strength.
Jiang Xiuxian said that she had seen this kind of "swinging" disease. After going back, go up the mountain to pick some herbs, and after making them, send them to Tan Zhenlin.
After Jiang Xiuxian returned, he took the medicine and personally stayed up for a long time.
In the evening, Jiang Xiuxian carried a pot of herbal soup to Tan Zhenlin's residence.
Tan Zhenlin's life photos
Tan Zhenlin was very touched and took the medicine sent by Jiang Xiuxian. Jiang Xiuxian wiped his face with a wet towel, instructed Tan Zhenlin to rest earlier, and then resigned and returned home.
For the next four days, Jiang Xiuxian made delicious meals every day, brought herbs, and came to see Tan Zhenlin.
With Jiang Xiuxian's care, Tan Zhenlin quickly recovered.
When Chairman Mao visited Tan Zhenlin, he learned that Jiang Xiuxian took care of Tan Zhenlin, and he wanted to be an adult, so he thought of giving Tan Zhenlin and Jiang Xiuxian a return to the old age.
After Chairman Mao returned home, he told He Zizhen about Tan Zhenlin and asked He Zizhen to find Jiang Xiuxian to touch the situation.
After He Zizhen found Jiang Xiuxian, the two chatted for a while. When it comes to Jiang Xiuxian taking care of the sick Tan Zhenlin, He Zizhen asks Jiang Xiuxian if she has a good feeling for Tan Zhenlin.
Chairman Mao and He Zizhen
Jiang Xiuxian said frankly: "From the time Deputy Secretary Tan approved me to stay in Jinggangshan, I regarded him as a relative in my heart. However, I understood that he was a great leader, and I was just an ordinary warrior, and I was afraid that some of him was not worthy. ”
He Zizhen said: "That is the old idea, in our revolutionary ranks, the practice of equality between officers and soldiers, there is no distinction between noble and inferior. As long as both have each other in their hearts and are completely willing to share each other's hardships and sufferings, that's it. Only such love can get real happiness and last longer. ”
He Zizhen's words made Jiang Xiuxian dispel his worries and stabilize Tan Zhenlin's position in his heart.
Half a month later, the second congress of the Xianggan Border Party was held in Maoping. Tan Zhenlin was elected acting secretary of the second special committee. Not long after, Tan Zhenlin was officially appointed secretary.
After the congress was closed, Chairman Mao decided to let Tan Zhenlin have a double happiness at the door and hold a wedding for Tan Zhenlin and Jiang Xiuxian, so that they could get married.
After Tan Zhenlin and Jiang Xiuxian got married, the two people cared for each other, took care of each other, and were very affectionate.
After marriage, Tan Zhenlin's mental state became very good, and he always felt that he had endless strength. Jiang Xiuxian was always happy, and completely walked out of the pain of losing his loved ones.
Just a year later, Jiang Xiuxian was killed. This made Tan Zhenlin very sad. He devoted all his energies to the revolutionary cause and thought nothing else.
In 1939, Tan Zhenlin, who was the deputy commander of the 3rd Detachment of the New Fourth Army, accidentally discovered that in the field service regiment of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui, there was a girl who looked and looked exactly like her beloved wife Jiang Xiuxian.
This reminds Tan Zhenlin of his beloved wife Jiang Xiuxian, who has died. He decided to pursue love.
Tan Zhenlin learned that Ge Huimin's original name was Tian Bingxiu, a native of Mengcheng County, Anhui Province, and was born in 1920 into a wealthy merchant family.
When Ge Huimin was 13 years old, he participated in the propaganda activities of battlefield rescue and anti-Japanese salvation, and was a very enterprising and anti-Japanese activist.
In 1933, while studying at the Renji Senior College in Shanghai, Ge Huimin was influenced by the underground party and actively participated in revolutionary activities.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Ge Huimin left everything to go to Xi'an, joined the National Liberation Vanguard, and later served as a soldier in the Eighth Route Army Office Student Corps, and she devoted all her body and mind to the national salvation movement, which was admirable.
In November 1938, Ge Huimin joined the party and became an honorable member of the Communist Party.
After learning this, Tan Zhenlin believed that with his character and military achievements, he should soon be able to capture Ge Huimin's heart.
Confident Tan Zhenlin
However, what Tan Zhenlin did not expect was that his several active pursuits did not work, and he also ate Ge Huimin's closed door soup.
At a later meeting, the comrades joked that this time, the wine was the engagement wine of Tan Zhenlin and Ge Huimin.
After Ge Huimin heard this, her face turned pale, and she no longer had the idea of eating, so she threw down her chopsticks and ran back.
After a few days, Tan Zhenlin fell ill, and comrades all went to see him, and Ge Huimin was also there.
After saying a few words of concern, the comrades all walked out one after another and locked Ge Huimin in Tan Zhenlin's room.
This made Ge Huimin very anxious, and she cried out at once.
After Tan Zhenlin saw it, he quickly moved a chair and helped Ge Huimin jump out of the window to let Ge Huimin return home.
Tan Zhenlin's actions made Ge Huimin feel that he was a straightforward and honest person, and he also had special respect for women. This made Ge Huimin feel a little moved in her heart.
Tan Zhenlin and Ge Huimin took a group photo
Later, with the increase in contact between the two people, Ge Huimin's good feelings for Tan Zhenlin also increased, and her feelings gradually warmed up.
Soon after, Tan Zhenlin submitted a marriage report to the organization with Ge Huimin, which was also the first marriage report of the entire New Fourth Army.
Some leaders believe that Tan Zhenlin is a typical example of "not loving the country and loving the beauty" and voted against their marriage.
Chen Yi, commander of the 1st Detachment of the New Fourth Army, did not think so. He gave Tan Zhenlin an idea and said to Tan Zhenlin: "Boss Tan, I see, you 'sue' To Yan'an, this marriage report will be approved." ”
Tan Zhenlin listened to Chen Yi's words and sent his marriage report to Yan'an with Ge Huimin, leaving Chairman Mao to decide.
After receiving Tan Zhenlin's marriage report, Chairman Mao smiled and said, "This Tan boss, hahaha..."
Speaking of which, Chairman Mao wrote the word "agree" on Tan Zhenlin and Ge Huimin's marriage report, signed his name, and signed the date.
In June 1939, Tan Zhenlin and Ge Huimin successfully married and became husband and wife. This allowed Tan Zhenlin to start the second spring of his life.
Tan Zhenlin and his wife Ge Huimin
Every time he talked about his married life, Tan Zhenlin always said with passion and pride: "My two marriages were approved by Chairman Mao. ”
Later, with the development of the revolutionary situation, Tan Zhenlin gradually became a senior cadre of the party and the army and assumed more responsibilities.
Tan Zhenlin's later years
In 1948, Tan Zhenlin and Xu Shiyou commanded a series of important battles in Shandong. Soon after, he formed the General Front Committee with Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, and Su Yu.
General Front Committee of the Huaihai Campaign, from left: Su Yu, Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, Tan Zhenlin
During this period, Tan Zhenlin personally led 3 columns to coerce the Kuomintang army Feng Zi'an to revolt and participated in the campaign to encircle and annihilate Huang Botao's corps.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tan Zhenlin was appointed secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, chairman of the Provincial People's Government, director of the Provincial Military Control Commission, and presided over the work of the East China Bureau.
Under the organization of Tan Zhenlin, Zhejiang Province has implemented a series of construction and development plans, which have made great contributions to the recovery and development of Zhejiang Province.
The famous Hangzhou Scenic Area was restored under the personal leadership of Tan Zhenlin.
In 1954, Tan Zhenlin was transferred to the Central Committee to participate in the work, serving as deputy secretary-general of the Central Committee and director of the Second Office of the Secretariat. A year and a half later, he became vice premier of the State Council and was in charge of agricultural work.
In 1976, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Chairman Mao died one after another, which made Tan Zhenlin feel very sad in his heart and worried about the fate of the country.
In January 1976, Tan Zhenlin attended premier Zhou's memorial service
Especially when he learned the news of Chairman Mao's death, Tan Zhenlin cried even more...
At the end of 1977, Tan Zhenlin revisited Jinggangshan. Coming to Jinggangshan again, Tan Zhenlin's heart was full of emotions, and he wrote "Revisiting Jinggangshan" with a stroke of his pen:
Twenty-five years old Kameoka,
Seventy-five years old and revisited.
Repeated fighting never stops,
The demons inside and outside want to sweep away.
In the spring of 1981, the Party History Materials Collection Committee of the CPC Central Committee sent someone to find Tan Zhenlin and ask him to introduce the history of the party. Tan Zhenlin did not prevaricate, combined with his own personal experience, talked about the history of the party in various periods since the May Fourth Movement, and the recorded manuscript alone has more than 100,000 words. People are very impressed by his amazing memory.
In September 1982, at the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Tan Zhenlin voluntarily retired to the second line and was elected as a member of the Central Advisory Committee and deputy director of the Central Advisory Committee.
Later, when the Central News Film Studio was filming the historical information film "Huaihai Qianqiu", Tan Zhenlin and Su Yu were interviewed by the choreographer.
Tan Zhenlin also deliberately wore a grass-green military uniform to stand in front of the map, telling about the deployment of Chairman Mao and the Central Military Commission. Tan Zhenlin's wonderful narration has been of great help to the people in reliving this major battle.
Tan Zhenlin, Ge Huimin and six children together
Tan Zhenlin had a total of 6 children in his lifetime, each of whom was outstanding. This made his later life extremely comfortable, always happy...
In Tan Zhenlin's memoirs in his later years, he also mentioned Chairman Mao and his two wives: "My two marriages were approved by Chairman Mao. ”
This incident made Tan Zhenlin remember for a lifetime...