Welcome to Shiyuan History Column No. 2641. Fu Zuoyi, a famous general of the Nationalist Army, first spoke to the chairman after the Battle of Zhangjiakou in 1946, in which the Kuomintang army won a partial victory. The first real meeting between Fu Zuoyi and the chairman was in February 1949, after Fu Zuoyi surrendered in the Beiping Uprising, he went to Xibaipo with gifts to meet the chairman.
Because the nature and background of these two events were too contrasting, when Fu Zuoyi saw the chairman, he thought in his heart that he was going to "ask for guilt" and that the psychological burden was very heavy. However, after the meeting, the chairman treated Fu Zuoyi very politely, took his hand and called him "uncle and relative", and affirmed his two major achievements in protecting the ancient capital and heroic resistance, so that he would not feel guilty. In fact, this also reflects a high posture of a revolutionary, and Fu Zuoyi breathed a long sigh of relief and basically opened his heart.
Talking about the upcoming construction of new China, Fu Zuoyi proposed that he did not want to lead troops anymore, because he had previously carried out water conservancy construction in the western region and accumulated some experience. The chairman's answer was very clever, although he was not allowed to go to Hetao, but he said that it was "too much to use" and agreed to let him do water conservancy work, and he would become the water conservancy minister of all of China in Beijing. Fu Zuoyi's appointment document was later read out by the premier himself, and Fu Zuoyi himself had moist eyes at the scene, and his heart was naturally warm to be able to get such a generous arrangement from the new Chinese government as a General of the Kuomintang Uprising.
Fu Zuoyi has been working as a water conservancy minister for more than twenty years and has made tremendous achievements in construction. However, in the early days of his term of office, Fu Zuoyi's work was not very smooth, because his colleagues in the department all knew the identity of Fu Zuoyi's rebellious generals, and many people wore colored glasses that looked at the "generals of the defeated army" and did not buy Fu Zuoyi's account. In this atmosphere, even some lower-level clerks did not have special respect for Fu Zuoyi. Fu Zuoyi felt this breath, but he was a person with a very high emotional intelligence, and the first thing he thought of was to save himself, so he spoke and did things very low-key. Although his subordinates did not cooperate, he was silent, and the documents were basically signed by the vice minister, and Fu Zuoyi only commuted to work on time every day, and did not mention too many work opinions. After the establishment of the Ministry of Water Resources, the internal scope was obviously somewhat eccentric.
The vice minister signs documents and makes decisions on behalf of the vice minister, and under normal circumstances, he can also ensure the operation of the department, but some important documents are eventually handed over to the central government for review, and the chairman often sees the documents sent by the Ministry of Water Resources, but he has never seen the three words "Fu Zuoyi" on it, so he was confused and asked the premier to arrange someone to investigate. Sure enough, an investigation found discord within the Ministry of Water Resources. The chairman was greatly angered by this, and asked the premier to take full responsibility for the handling of this matter, and it was necessary to ensure that Fu Zuoyi's powers and powers were in place, rather than putting on a show and hanging a sign with an empty head for outsiders to see. Fu Zuoyi is an example of united front work, and such a state will naturally have a bad impact.
The chairman basically understood Fu Zuoyi's situation in the new department and decided to "support" him. Under the attention of the chairman, the premier directly explained to the vice minister of the Ministry of Water Resources and other relevant cadres: If you want to set fu zuoyi and disrespect your ministers, it is disrespectful to the central authorities. General Fu is a meritorious general in the uprising, what reason do you have not to respect? In the future, documents that your ministers have not signed are not allowed to be sent to the Central Committee, nor are they allowed to be read when they are sent.
With the full support of the chairman and the prime minister, the work process of the Ministry of Water Resources has suddenly become much smoother, and no one dares to disrespect Fu Zuoyi anymore, but instead sends all the documents to him for examination and signature, and all water conservancy decisions are also asked fu Zuoyi to be the master. General Fu Zuoyi did have experience in managing water conservancy in his early years, which was not a decoration. After he really performed the ministerial function, the work performance of the Ministry of Water Resources improved significantly, and he himself often went to the construction site to direct construction, mobilize personnel and provide guidance.
The change from commander-in-chief to minister of water resources has been successfully realized. Fu Zuoyi was extremely grateful for the support of the chairman and the premier, and he knew better in his heart: Such a new China is a promising country. Fu Zuoyi devoted all his energy in the second half of his life to water conservancy work.
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