Song Renqian has been following Mao Zedong since the beginning of the Autumn Harvest Uprising on the border of Xianggan and Gansu, pursuing the revolutionary road of independence, democracy and freedom around him.
In Mao Zedong's revolutionary ranks, Song Renqian repeatedly established Qigong and held many important positions. During the war, he was secretly instructed by Mao Zedong to also serve as the party representative of the "King of the Mountains". At the critical moment when Zhang Guotao wanted to split the party organization, he firmly followed Mao Zedong north. After the founding of New China, he also bravely undertook the heavy task of developing the atomic bomb.
When he was young, Song Ren was poor
Where is Song Renqian now, please call back
When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Song Renqiang was appointed deputy director of the Political Training Office of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army (in October 1937, the system of political commissars was restored and changed to deputy political commissar), and together with Liu Bocheng and Xu Xiangqian, he led his troops into the anti-Japanese front in North China.
In 1938, Song Renqian and Xu Xiangqian came to Ji'nan together, and they adopted a series of effective measures to correctly implement the anti-Japanese united front policy and fully mobilize the anti-Japanese forces.
Song Renqian threw himself into the intense work, did not care about his family, and the thought of his wife could only be left to the sweet dreams of the night when it was darker.
One day, Song Renqiang suddenly received a telegram in the front, which read: "Zhong Yuelin has graduated from school and needs to work on the front line." Where is Song Renqian now, please call back. ”
At the time, he did not know that the telegram had been sent by Mao Zedong's confidential secretary, Ye Zilong, based on Mao's dictations. When the telegram was received, Song Renqiang's troops were stationed in Hanjiazhuang, eight miles away from Nangong City in southern Hebei. At this time, he was seriously ill, suffering from typhoid fever caused by a cold, and the fever was not stopping. At that time, the lack of medical treatment and medicine in the army was very serious, and everyone was worried about his health.
Song Renqiang was a little embarrassed, according to common sense, he was not in good health, and his wife had more reasons to take care of him. But the front-line troops were all gay men, there were only two female comrades, and no one brought his wife to the front, and he did not want to make an exception. After thinking about it, I decided to put away the telegram and did not return it.
Soon, his wife Zhong Yuelin really came to Ji'nan. From his wife's mouth, Song Renqian knew that Zhong Yuelin's coming to Ji'nan was approved by Mao Zedong.
Zhong Yuelin worried about her husband day and night, and one day, she found Mao Zedong and asked to work in the front. Mao Zedong jokingly joked with her: "There are many female students in front of you, are you afraid that Song Ren will change his mind?" Zhong Yuelin laughed but did not answer.
Under Mao Zedong's personal arrangement, Zhong Yuelin, along with Zhang Jingwu and Jiang Hua, arrived at the front-line troops in southern Hebei via Xi'an and went to the radio station of the military region to carry out telegraph work.
Mao Zedong
After listening to his wife's story, Song Renqian was very emotional in his heart. Mao Zedong took the safety of the world as his own responsibility, and did not forget to care about the family affairs of his subordinates who were far away from the front. Since then, Song Renqian and his wife have been together and experienced the arduous eight-year War of Resistance together.
Mao Zedong admonished Song Renqian: "You must do a good job of unity, cooperate closely, and jointly build Yunnan well."
In 1956, during the Third Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee held in Beijing, Mao Zedong met with General Lu Han and Song Renqian, who led the Kunming Uprising at his residence in Zhongnanhai, accompanied by Song Renqian as secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee. After 14 years of separation, Song Renqian saw Mao Zedong again, and at this time, Mao Zedong's body was slightly fat, but his mood was particularly good, radiant, and energetic.
After Mao Zedong shook hands with Lu Han and Song Renqian and others, the topic turned to the main topic, and Mao Zedong spoke highly of Lu Han's behavior in leading the uprising, praising Lu Han's move to reduce the losses that might be caused by the war, creating conditions for the People's Liberation Army to march into Yunnan, and making positive contributions to ending the Southwest Campaign ahead of schedule.
The topic turned to the issue of construction after the liberation of Yunnan, and Lu Han and Song Renqian introduced the current situation in Yunnan and some of their ideas.
Mao Zedong nodded as he listened. Finally, to Lu Han and Song Renqian, he said: "Yunnan is located in the southwest border, there are many ethnic minorities, and its strategic position is important, so we must discuss more about any big or small matter in Yunnan, cooperate closely, and build Yunnan Province better." Both Lu Han and Song Renqian said that they would certainly live up to the chairman's heavy trust and do a better job in Yunnan's construction work.
After the conversation, before Song Renqian left, Mao Zedong sent someone to find him, saying that the chairman wanted to see him alone. When Mao Zedong saw Song Renqian come in, he pointed to the sofa and said to Song Renqian: "I haven't seen song Renqian for more than ten years. ”
Song Renqian spoke at the meeting
When Song Renqian sat down, Mao Zedong first said: "There are many ethnic minorities in Yunnan, and there are many well-known people. When pursuing policies in Yunnan, we must pay attention to grasping the intensity and uniting all forces that can be united. ”
Then, Mao Zedong asked about the situation after Song Renqian went down to Jinggangshan and was separated from the troops, and Song Renqian reported to Mao Zedong the details of how he was separated from the troops at that time, how he went through arduous efforts to find the troops, and how he cleverly returned to the troops. Mao Zedong mentioned Chen Chang and Xia Minghan, and Song Renqiang told Mao Zedong that Chen Chang and Xia Minghan were his teachers.
Song Renqiang followed Mao Zedong's words: "Chen Chang's two younger brothers, Chen Angu and Chen Anhuai, also gave their lives for the revolution: one was killed by the Kuomintang reactionaries after the Ma-Ri Incident, and the other was killed in the battle against Chen Emming in Guangdong, both young. ”
Mao Zedong seemed to remember something, and he told Song Renqian: "Not long ago, I received a letter from Chen Chang's daughter about her recent situation with her mother. I personally wrote a reply to her, encouraging her to make progress and take good care of her mother, and then took out 300 yuan from the manuscript fee and remitted it to Chen Chang's family as a living allowance. ”
At this time, the topic of the two people naturally returns to the remembrance of the past years. Mao Zedong told Song Renqian about his acquaintance with Xia Minghan in 1920.
Song Renqian knew that Mao Zedong was a very emotional person, who had a deep memory of many things in the past and many people, and when he talked about those comrades who sacrificed for the revolution, he was full of sadness, and there were tears flashing in his eyes from time to time.
Song Renqiao understood that the years of war had left an indelible mark on Mao Zedong's mind. While the two were relatively silent, the secretary came in and told Mao Zedong that Liu Bocheng had come to the appointment, and Song Renqi got up and resigned.
Chairman Mao
Song Renqian recommended himself as minister
In April 1956, the Central Committee held a research work conference, and after the congress, Zhou Enlai left Song Renqian behind and said: "According to the organizational decision, it is necessary to transfer a member of the Central Committee from the army to take up important work, mainly engaged in geological work. ”
After Song Renqiang listened, he went home and stayed for two days. After that, he took the initiative to find Zhou Enlai and said: "Just transfer me out, I want to do a job in the new field of work." ”
Zhou Enlai lowered his head for a moment, thought about it and replied, "Can you?" You are still the deputy director of the General Cadre Department, can you get rid of your current work? ”
Song Renqian said very happily: "There is no problem, the general cadres have comrades who can take over my work." ”
"Well, you go back and prepare for the handover of work, and I will immediately ask Chairman Mao for instructions." After saying this, Zhou Enlai turned to look for Chairman Mao Zedong.
A few days later, Zhou Enlai approached Song Renqian and said Chairman Mao Zedong's latest thoughts: "The chairman wants to set up an atomic energy committee and wants to ask you to pick up the big beams." ”
In July 1956, with the consent of Mao Zedong, it was decided to establish the Third Ministry of Machinery Industry, which was initially established to study geological exploration, and the minister was Song Renqian. In February 1958, the Third Ministry of Machinery Industry was changed to the Second Ministry of Machinery Industry. The focus of work also slowly shifted to the study of atomic bombs.
The work of researching the atomic bomb is very complicated, and we must rely on science, especially with the support of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. For this reason, Song Renqiang called Zhang Jinfu, the secretary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, briefly introduced the situation on the phone, and then said that he would visit his home.
Chairman Mao laughed and talked about life
At the agreed time, Song Ren went to Zhang Jinfu's house, told him all about the work of the Second Machinery Industry Department, and tightly held Zhang Jinfu's hands and said: "This matter is too important, you must do your best to help us, other troops I also went to win support, but your Chinese Academy of Sciences must not be less help!" ”
Zhang Jinfu smiled and said softly, "We will definitely do our best!" This is the task of the state, and it is also the task of our Chinese Academy of Sciences. Rest assured, we will give you our full support. We will first hand over the Atomic Energy Research Institute to you, and we will send all the research work of your second machine department to follow up. Gather all the forces that can be concentrated, and the strength that can be united will be united, and whoever you need will tell me, and I will send it all to you. ”
With the full support of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the research progress of the atomic bomb has also made rapid progress. During the 4 years that Song Renqiang served as the minister of the Second Machinery Industry Department, he could be said to have worked the research of the atomic bomb, and he did not know how much time and energy he had spent, and he had made a major contribution.
Once, when Song Renqiang's children recalled their father, they said: "Whether in the office or at home, my father would hang a large periodic table of elements so that he could recite it every moment." In order to learn and communicate with experts abroad, he also taught himself Russian. It was all for his second battlefield. ”
In front of the masses, there is no "official title"
In July 1964, Song Renqiang served as the secretary of the Northeast Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and for work reasons, he went to Sanli fort in Jinxian County, Liaoning Province, for work reasons, and this time the work investigation lasted for eight or nine months.
During the research period, Song Renqian had been living in the commune's supply and marketing cooperatives, and eating was also in the canteen. At lunchtime, there were many people, and he was also lined up at the back of the line like ordinary employees. He often went to various production brigades to listen to the opinions and ideas of the masses, and in his spare time, he would work with the masses.
In the blink of an eye, a year's time has passed, Song Renqian's "four clearances" work in Jin County will soon be over, and the work research group will also be evacuated. In order to strengthen the results of work, Song Renqian decided to hold a meeting on the "four qing achievements" to let everyone discuss and summarize the work experience.
Song Ren is poor
At this congress, there was one word that Song Renqian had proposed the most times: official title.
At the meeting, Song Renqian always put forward to grassroots cadres the requirement that they should not be called "official titles" when facing higher-level leaders. He demanded that all team members should always keep the common people in mind, always have the masses in their hearts, and put forward three demands when they left:
First, if we want the support of the masses, our hands and feet must be clean.
Second, under the leadership of the grass-roots research, there is no need to entertain food and drink.
Third, in front of the masses, do not let the masses call themselves "official titles."
Not calling it an "official title" has been in our party for many years. It is also one of the fine traditions of our Party, and Chairman Mao has repeatedly put forward and proposed that in the Party, all things should be called comrades, not by their positions.
In December 1965, the Central Committee issued a special notice on the issue of "official titles", requiring all party members to be called "comrades". In 1978, Mao Zedong specifically emphasized this idea.
The old revolutionary was selfless all his life
After Song Renqian embarked on the revolutionary road from his hometown, he walked away for more than 20 years. For a long time and a long distance, the villagers of Wushilong Village in Ge's hometown began to gradually forget Song Renqian. However, after he began to rise step by step, some relatives in his hometown would still take the initiative to find his doorstep, hoping to find Song Renqiang to help.
However, all the requests were rejected by him. For Song Renqian's response, the opinions of the villagers in the hometown are also very big, and some people complain: "You have become such a big official, if you don't help our villagers, you can also make some contributions to your hometown!" ”
Is Song Renqiang really as the villagers say?
In September 1949, Song Renqian would pass by his hometown on business, and he also wanted to go home to see the villagers, so he wrote a letter to the eldest brother in advance. However, Song Renqian did not expect that his eldest brother would reveal the news to the villagers, and as a result, the small village was immediately lively, and everyone rushed to tell each other: Song Lingzi wanted to return to the village, and everyone was ready to greet it!
Song Renqiang returned home for the first time after 20 years of leaving home. At 12 o'clock in the evening, he came to his door in a jeep. As soon as he got out of the car, the waiting villagers immediately surrounded him. Song Renqiang did not expect that there would be so many villagers waiting for him, and after a brief loss of concentration, he laughed.
In addition to the warmth of his family reunion, Song Renqian in his hometown only bought a pair of socks and towels for his niece Chen Shuhua and his niece, and the other family members did not get anything. He also gave two very useful sanitary gowns to the same village, Li Benchu, because when he first joined the revolution, Li Benchu funded him with two oceans.
During the few days of staying in my hometown, there were many guests from home every day. In order to entertain these villagers, the family has to cook many tables of food every day. On the seventh day, Song Renqiang pulled his nephew Song Jingtang aside and said softly, "I originally wanted to stay at home for a few more days, but I was already shy, if I stayed for a few more days, it would only affect my family, and I had to go first." ”
After retirement, Song Ren was poor
In 1958, Song Renqian wanted to go to Guangzhou for a meeting, and when he passed through his hometown, he only ate one lunch and left, leaving only a bag of candy when he left.
In May 1988, Song Renqian went to Changsha to attend a conference, and when he passed by his hometown, he did not even enter the house, only said hello to the local government and left.
In the eyes of the villagers in his hometown, Song Renqian is indeed an "iron figure" and has never given his relatives and villagers a little "care".
Although Song Renqian never favored his relatives and villagers in his hometown, he was very concerned about the construction of his hometown.
In 1993, Song Renqiang learned that the conditions for running a school in his hometown were very difficult, and he also deliberately found the Hope Project and received 800,000 yuan for school construction.
In 1995, a water conservancy disaster occurred in a township under Liuyang. After hearing the news, Song Renqiang immediately contacted the Ministry of Water Resources and said: "Agriculture is the foundation of the masses, and problems must be solved immediately." "It didn't take long for my hometown to get funding from my superiors and solve big problems.
On January 8, 2005, Song Renqian died in Beijing at the age of 96. His death took away a republican general and a respected relative.