Wang Jinshan was appointed vice minister of public security as early as 1960, and at this time, he had outstanding military achievements and high authority, which could be described as an unlimited future.
Unfortunately, a marriage change caused his career to be greatly frustrated, not only was he dismissed from all posts, but even his military rank was demoted to colonel and sent to the Zhoukou Huangpan Farm, and he was also a deputy, serving as the deputy director of the farm.
This demotion lasted for six full years, until 1970, with the help of his old subordinate Xiao Yongyin, he asked General Xu Shiyou to personally intercede, and he was able to make a comeback.
At that time, many founding major generals had already served as commanders of the Grand Military Region, and Wang Jinshan was a founding lieutenant general; after his comeback, if he simply talked about seniority, his position should not be lower than that of the commander of the Grand Military Region, but after all, he was a person who had made mistakes, and it was impossible to arrange work in this way organizationally.
Organizationally, Wang Jinshanguan was not even reinstated, but only made him deputy chief of staff of the Nanjing Military Region.
The Nanjing Military Region is a large military region, what level is the deputy chief of staff of the large military region? Regular military rank. In 1952, when the army was rated, Wang Jinshan was rated as a deputy corps level, which was exactly two levels higher than the main army level.
In the combat sequence of our army, the authority of the chief of staff is lower, while the authority of the deputy chief of staff is even lower, and the deputy chief of staff basically cannot interject in any major confidential matters of the command.
As a great general who has commanded thousands of troops and horses, Wang Jinshan is too depressed to let him be deputy commander, can he withstand the "supporting role" of the deputy chief of staff?
In 1974, General Li Desheng traveled from Shenyang to Beijing to attend a meeting of the Politburo and paid a special visit to comrade Xiaoping, an old leader.
In 1938, Li Desheng was appointed platoon commander of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and the political commissar of the 129th Division was Comrade Xiaoping. Since then, Li Desheng has been serving under Comrade Xiaoping, from platoon commander to battalion commander, regiment commander, division commander, until Comrade Xiaoping left the army in 1950.
Li Desheng made great achievements under Comrade Xiaoping, and Comrade Xiaoping also witnessed his growth, and the two established a very deep revolutionary friendship.
Li Desheng's purpose in visiting Comrade Xiaoping this time was twofold: one was naturally to visit the old chief, and the other was to reflect on Wang Jinshan's situation to the old chief.
Wang Jinshan was also an old subordinate of Comrade Xiaoping, and when Comrade Xiaoping was the political commissar of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, Wang Jinshan was the deputy commander of the 772nd Regiment under his command.
Comrade Xiaoping can also be said to have witnessed the growth of Wang Jinshan, who was promoted from deputy regimental commander to deputy commander of the Third Corps of the Second Field Army, and was always a subordinate of Comrade Xiaoping during this period. When Wang Jinshan was the deputy commander of the Third Corps of the Second Field Army, Comrade Xiaoping was the political commissar of the Second Field Army.
After Wang Jinshan suffered a marriage change, Comrade Xiaoping has always been very concerned about his situation.
When Li Desheng met Comrade Xiaoping, Comrade Xiaoping was in good spirits and talked with him with great interest about the history of the Second Field Army.
Wang Jinshan was a fierce general of the second field, and when he talked about it, he inadvertently talked about Wang Jinshan. Li Desheng hurriedly said to Comrade Xiaoping: "Old political commissar, Comrade Wang Jinshan is in a bad situation now, and although he has returned to the army, he has only served as a deputy chief of staff in the Nanjing Military Region. Those of us who worked under him are now in higher positions than him. I heard that he is not in good health now, and you have to help him. ”
Li Desheng was right, Wang Jinshan's old subordinates who were awarded the title of general were basically higher than him, and some were even much higher.
Li Desheng himself was an old subordinate of Wang Jinshan, and at that time, his position was that of a member of the Politburo Standing Committee (Zhengguo level) and commander of the Shenyang Military Region, far above Wang Jinshan.
Xiao Yongyin, who helped Wang Jinshan make a comeback, when Wang Jinshan was the commander of the Red Army division, he was still just a company-level cadre, but now he has become Wang Jinshan's immediate superior, serving as deputy commander and chief of staff of the Nanjing Military Region.
Seeing that Li Desheng was so concerned about Wang Jinshan, Comrade Xiaoping praised him one after another, saying: "You are right, you are right, we should consider this issue, and at no time can we forget the comrades who made contributions in the revolutionary war years." My suggestion is to let Comrade Wang Jinshan become a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (at the ministerial level). “
In this way, it was not long before Wang Jinshan was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
In 1978, General Wang Jinshan died, and since his last military post was deputy chief of staff of the military region, the aftermath could only be handled by the regular military rank. However, Wang Jinshan was, after all, a founding lieutenant general, and had served as commander of the corps, deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region, and vice minister of public security.
Comrade Xiaoping learned that a supplementary appointment notice was issued, and Wang Jinshan was appointed as an adviser to the Nanjing Military Region to handle the aftermath according to the specifications of the leaders of the large military region.
Upon learning of all this, Li Desheng was very touched, and he later recalled: No matter what period Comrade Xiaoping was in, he always proceeded from the cause of the party and the people, cared for cadres, loved cadres, knew people well about cadres, and loved talents like treasures. ”