<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > Prime Minister supported Chen Yi as marshal</h1>
In 1955, there was a tacit stipulation that generals who had previously served in the army and had already engaged in local work after the founding of the People's Republic of China would not participate in the grand title. In view of this stipulation, many revolutionary meritorious figures who were qualified to be selected as marshals and generals missed the award of titles, such as Zhou Enlai, who was already the premier, Deng Gong, the premier's partner, and Cheng Zihua, Zhang Dingcheng, and others.
During the period of the great award, the list of marshals and generals was discussed and decided by the Central Military Commission. According to li Yinqiao, the chairman's bodyguard chief, during the entire appraisal process, there was disagreement about who the Third Field Army would choose as a marshal. The chairman strongly supported Su Yu as the commander and sighed: "On merit, history, talent, and morality, Su Yu can take the rank of marshal." ”
In general, the Chairman's views were more pertinent and not many people opposed him. This time, however, the premier put forward a different view, believing that Chen Yi should be given the title of commander. In order to persuade the people, the prime minister told the story of the Soviet Marshal Bulganin, whose deeds were similar to Chen Yi's, and whose military achievements and abilities were far inferior to those of the latter, and the Soviet people still gave him the rank of marshal.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chen Yi was the commander of the New Fourth Army, and during the War of Liberation, he served as the commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army, and coupled with his contributions and seniority during the Red Army period, Chen Yi's qualifications as marshals were completely up to standard. With the support of the premier, Chen Yi was awarded the rank of marshal, ranking sixth among the top ten marshals.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > the revolutionary feelings between Chen Yi and the chairman and prime minister </h1>
Chen Yi joined the revolution very early, and when he studied in France in 1919, he was arrested by the local police and sent back to China by force because he participated in the patriotic movement of Chinese students studying in France. Four years later, while studying at the Faculty of Letters of the Sino-French University in Beijing, he joined the Communist Party through the introduction of Xiao Zhensheng and others.
During the Nanchang Uprising, Chen Yi served as the political instructor of the Seventy-third Regiment, and then accompanied Zhu Laozong in commanding the Shonan Uprising, and led his troops to Jinggangshan to meet with the chairman. On Jinggang Mountain, Chen Yi was the third person besides the chairman and President Zhu, and made great contributions to the establishment and development of the revolutionary base area.
During the revolutionary period, the chairman and Chen Yi established a good revolutionary friendship, and although the two had a brief disagreement, under the mediation of Premier Zhou and others, Chen Yi realized some of his problems and chose to support the chairman. Chen Yi is a man of open-mindedness, must correct mistakes, and is good at self-criticism, and his image in the whole party and the whole army is very good.
During the revolution, the premier was particularly helpful to Chen Yi, and the two had a good relationship in private, and they were a pair of close friends who did not say anything. The Chairman, the Premier and Chen Yi have walked together since the beginning of the revolution, supporting and helping each other, and all three have experienced the most difficult period.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > the prime minister was rarely angry and criticized his good partner Chen Yi </h1>
Among the ten marshals, Chen Yi was a relatively special one. Chen Yi came from a liberal arts background, wrote a good poem, and was a talented marshal. On writing poetry, among the senior leaders of our party, I am afraid that only the chairman is above Chen Yi. The poems written by the chairman are magnificent and the literary heritage is very deep, and a poem "Qinyuan Spring and Snow" is impressive.
In addition to writing poems well, Chen Yi is also an all-rounder with both military and political excellence. Although Chen Yi did not graduate from a regular military academy, his military ability was very prominent, and he served as the chief officer of a unit for a long time, such as the commander of the New Fourth Army, the commander of the East China Field Army and the political commissar.
In addition, Chen Yi is funny and humorous, speaks beautifully, the chairman once commented that he is "exquisite in eight faces", plus Chen Yi is good at doing overall planning work, which is very suitable for diplomatic work. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Yi succeeded Premier Zhou in 1958 as the second foreign minister of new China.
As we all know, diplomacy requires a rigorous attitude, and the words and deeds of the Foreign Minister represent the country, so it is necessary to be careful in words and deeds. During his tenure as Foreign Minister, Chen Yi did very well most of the time and was highly praised by the Chairman and the Prime Minister.
Just as the so-called "too much will be lost", Chen Yi is a talkative person, sometimes "blowing out the bull", and there is no door in his mouth. In 1965, during a diplomatic activity, Chen Yi made a big mistake, and after the premier and the chairman knew about it, they were very dissatisfied, and the prime minister, who had always been gentle and elegant, even got angry and criticized Chen Yi.
Logically, Chen Yi, who has been the foreign minister and has presided over foreign affairs for seven years, will not make low-level mistakes, but he is afraid of everything. In 1965, Chen Yi went to Algeria on behalf of China and representatives of other countries to attend the meeting, which coincided with a coup d'état in that country, and the leaders of various countries who came to attend the meeting were more panicked and asked the Chinese representatives to take advice.
At the conference, most of the countries that came to participate were from Asia and Africa, China is a big country with great influence, and the leaders of various countries asked Chen Yi whether the coup d'état in Algeria was held normally. Chen Yi did not take into account the seriousness of the question at that time, answered more casually, patted his chest and said: The conference should be held normally, and she should be opened well.
When he learned that Chen Yi was not clear about the situation, he immediately expressed his position and did not ask the central authorities for his attitude, and the premier and chairman were more angry. Diplomacy is no small matter, China can gradually become influential in the world, in terms of diplomacy, adhering to the attitude of words and faith, and accumulating a lot of good popularity.
The coup d'état in Algeria is an uncertain factor in the outside world, and Chen Yi's statement on behalf of China without asking the central authorities is undoubtedly incorrect. If the conference is not held because of the coup d'état in Algeria, it means that China will lose credibility with other countries, which is not conducive to China's future diplomatic work.
To this end, the premier not only seriously criticized Chen Yi, but also slapped the table. After Chen Yi made a diplomatic mistake, he was also very sincere in admitting his mistake, and took the initiative to write a review to the premier and the chairman, and learned the lessons learned from this time. Judging from the international situation at that time, China's diplomatic mistakes this time were easily exploited by other countries, especially the Western countries led by the United States, who spared no effort to prevent China from entering the United Nations at that time, and they were likely to take advantage of Chen Yi's diplomatic mistakes to make a big fuss and smear us.
Overall, despite the diplomatic mistakes of 1965, Chen Yi did a remarkable job as foreign minister, and he was an outstanding diplomat. The importance and strictness of the prime minister in foreign affairs have enabled China's diplomatic cause to flourish and develop rapidly, and all this is inseparable from the correct guidance of the prime minister and the chairman.