Among the 10 founding generals of our country, there is such a person, because of his bluntness, "nine ups and nine downs", in his life, in addition to his indelible achievements, there is also his honest and realistic qualities that are more memorable. In his later years, a more special thing happened, making everyone think that he had extraordinary vision and insight.
In 1981, the general published an article, after the article was written, through Hu Qiaomu to check and polish the text, when the article was revised and given to him again, he found that all the titles of Chairman Mao in the article had been changed, he immediately pointed out this problem and expressed his views, and his views were finally affirmed by everyone. And the founding general of the "nine ups and nine downs" is Huang Kecheng, so why should chairman Mao's title be changed when publishing the article?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" >, "Poor boy" relies on relatives to help him go to school, and has since started a different life</h1>
Huang Kecheng was born in 1902 in a remote village in Yongxing, Hunan. At that time, it was the end of the Qing Dynasty's rule, in a semi-colonial state, and the people of the whole country were in turmoil, while the people in the remote mountainous areas were completely in the water. Although Huang Kecheng's family was poor and poor, his father was very democratic and borrowed money everywhere in order to allow him to go to private schools. Huang Kecheng's 9 years of private school study life were bought by his father and relatives with a load of grain. Huang Keqiang knows that his opportunity to study is not easy to come by, so he is more diligent and hardworking than his classmates around him.
In 1922, he was admitted to the Hunan Provincial Third Normal School with his own efforts. During his studies, Huang Kecheng came into contact with the ideas of Marxist-Leninist socialism, and was also deeply influenced by Marxist-Leninist socialist ideas, and actively participated in the patriotic movement when he was in school. In 1925, after graduating from the Provincial Third Normal School, he resolutely joined the Communist Party of China. After that, he participated in the Northern Expedition, serving as a political instructor for the regiment during the war, and then followed other comrades around the Two Lakes, Henan and Jiangxi.
Many years later, Huang Kecheng recalled the scene of joining the party is still impressive, he once said: joining the party is my most correct choice, not a momentary impulse, but a decision made after careful consideration, so no matter what happens, it will be very firm and unwavering. Later, Huang Kecheng also used his life to prove himself, and loving the party, the country, and the people became his lifelong belief.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="26" > second, dare to tell the truth, and have been excluded and criticized many times in the revolutionary career</h1>
In 1927, when the vigorous National Revolution ended in failure, Huang Kecheng received the task of organizing and immediately returned to Hunan to engage in underground agricultural movement work. A year later, Huang Kecheng participated in the Shonan Uprising and also organized a local peasant uprising in Yongxing, after which Huang Kecheng served as the chief of staff of the Yongxing Regional Red Guard Regiment. Later, during the Shonan Uprising, he resolutely resisted the policy of "left" blind movement of the special committees in the region, and this was the first time that he was ostracized for his outspokenness.
In 1930, Huang Kecheng was incorporated into the Fifth Red Army led by Mr. Peng, and served as a political commissar, responsible for the Eighth Brigade of the 5th Column and the 2nd Detachment of the 3rd Column. The central leadership at that time was Li Lisan as the core and advocated "Left" adventurism. At that time, the central government believed that only by organizing an armed movement in the central big cities could win the victory of the revolution, so there was a slogan of "attacking Wuhan and drinking horses on the Yangtze River".
Huang Kecheng, on the other hand, does not agree with this "left" policy, and can even be said to be very resistant. He believes that with the current strength of our Party and the Red Army, to take down the central big cities is tantamount to "taking eggs and touching stones", which will not only have no substantive effect, but may damage the strength of our Party.
With the defeat of the Shonan Uprising, Huang Kecheng believed that if we want the revolution to win, we must expand and continue to develop the revolutionary forces, and if we want to do this well, we must build revolutionary base areas. If you try to capture a few big cities, you will not be able to make the revolution last long.
At that time, Huang Kecheng was still only a small detachment political commissar, and his ideas and opinions were not taken seriously by his superiors, so he found Mr. Peng to report his ideas, and Mr. Peng was also very recognized by Huang Kecheng's ideas. Therefore, at the Pingjiang meeting, everyone was discussing whether to attack Changsha or Wuhan and what they thought. Huang Keqiang directly showed that it is simply unrealistic for our strength to attack and occupy the central city today.
As soon as Huang Kecheng's words came out, the political commissar of the Red Third Army immediately asked him to admit his mistake and write a report, and Huang Kecheng also knew that it would be useless for him to continue to say anything at this time, and even if he continued to say it, it was likely to "cause trouble", but he still continued to say what he thought in his heart. So once again he was criticized and excluded for daring to tell the truth. Since then, Mr. Peng's evaluation of him: People around me say that I am a hard bone, but where do they know that this Huang Kecheng is more than ten times harder than me!
In 1931, Huang Kecheng served as the political commissar of the Third Division (the Red Third Army), when the Great Purge was expanding, and his superiors sent Huang Kecheng a list of the Great Purge and asked him to arrest the people on the list. After Huang Kecheng read the arrest list, he said that he should not arrest them one by one. This happened to be seized by people with hearts, questioning that he was also a member of the "AB group" and accusing Huang Kecheng of being a right-leaning opportunist, so he demanded that Huang Kecheng be arrested and examined together. After General Manager Peng knew about it, he went to the Great Purge Campaign Committee, and because of insufficient reasons and evidence, the Great Purge Movement Committee had no choice but to release Huang Kecheng, but on the condition that Huang Kecheng be removed from his post as political commissar, so Huang Kecheng, who was removed from his post, was transferred to the headquarters of the legion under the arrangement of Mr. Peng and became a secretary. Without Mr. Peng, Huang Kecheng's revolutionary career would most likely end here.
At the beginning of 1932, in view of Huang Kecheng's military ability and dedication, the central government decided to reinstate him as an official. The central government decided to attack Ganzhou, Jiangxi, in accordance with the policy of seizing the central city. Huang Kecheng once again objected to the central government's policy, insisting on his previous view that attacking the big cities at this stage was an unwise decision. However, the central authorities did not adopt his opinion, and Huang Kecheng had to lead his troops to battle. During the attack on Ganzhou, the Red Army suffered heavy casualties from the enemy on its abdomen and back, and Huang Kecheng offered to withdraw, but the central government never approved it.
If the attack continues for a long time, the casualties will only be more severe. In order to preserve the strength of the Red Army, Huang Kecheng risked disobeying orders and persuading comrades from other teams to break through together, which avoided the total annihilation of the army. Although he put his life and death aside and reduced the losses for the Red Army, this behavior was defiant of military orders and was bound to be criticized. At the criticism meeting, Huang Kecheng argued on the basis of reason, insisted that he was right, and also criticized the "left" adventurism. As a result, the post of divisional commissar was abolished. After the meeting, Mr. Peng found Huang Kecheng and told him: "As long as you give your opinion, it will not be long before you are thrown out of the Red Army!" Huang Kecheng said bluntly: I am not wrong, nor am I dumb, why can't I give advice!
In 1935, Huang Kecheng, who had been dismissed as the political commissar of the division, was reappointed as a political commissar (the 10th Regiment), and in the battles of Chishui and Zunyi, he gave relevant opinions to his superiors, but was misunderstood because of his outspoken advice, and was demoted one after another and became an ordinary soldier. Later, it was used again after it arrived in northern Shaanxi. Successive criticisms and demotions did not affect his original intentions in the slightest, and he still followed the party.
In 1946, when the two parties in China were engaged in a civil war, the Kuomintang ordered an attack on Siping, where the Red Army was located. Chairman Mao's instruction to Lin Biao was to hold Siping no matter what. Huang Kecheng, on the other hand, believes that the decision to desperately defend Siping is wrong, according to the actual situation at present, retreat is the best, just as the so-called green mountains are not afraid of no firewood. So Huang Kecheng found Lin Biao and expressed his opinion, but Lin Biao did not accept it. During the telephone communication between Huang Kecheng and Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao said: "Lin Biao received my telegram, so it was my side that decided to stick to Siping. Huang Kecheng said directly to Chairman Mao: "Even if you make a decision, this decision is wrong!" ”
In 1959, our Party held the Lushan Conference, and President Peng was criticized by Chairman Mao for his "letter of 80,000 words." Subsequently, many people also followed along to criticize Mr. Peng, and in this meeting, Huang Kecheng did not fall into the well, he insisted that Mr. Peng's views were correct and should not be criticized, and he vigorously defended Mr. Peng. No matter how the people around him tried to persuade Huang Kecheng, he never changed his mouth. Some people pointed out that Huang Kecheng was too closely related to Mr. Peng and was certainly a member of the right-leaning opportunist anti-party organization. As a result, Huang Kecheng was dismissed from all positions and only retained his party membership.
After that, it was not until 1977 that Huang Kecheng made a comeback, and at the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee held by the Party Central Committee, he was appointed secretary of the Central Party Organization, and after taking office, he began to strictly grasp the party style and party discipline, and wholeheartedly contributed to the construction of the country. Therefore, some people say that Huang Kecheng's revolutionary career is full of legends, because he has been deposed many times for telling the truth, some people say that Grandpa Deng is "three ups and three downs", and General Huang Kecheng is "nine ups and nine downs", but no matter what time, he always adheres to his original intention and pays without complaint or regret.
Why has Chairman Mao always trusted and reused Huang Kecheng many times? It is simply because General Huang Kecheng has a firm revolutionary conviction, seeks truth from facts at all times, and dares to tell the truth and tell the truth. Chairman Mao once commented on him like this: Huang Kecheng, he is a person, whether it is an advantage or a disadvantage, he is particularly prominent, and it is worth affirming that Huang Kecheng is a person of excellent quality!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > Third, insist on retaining Chairman Mao's title and affirm Chairman Mao's efforts and ideas</h1>
In the early 1980s, Huang Kecheng delivered a speech in the Jiefangjun Daily, which featured the theme of "The Evaluation of Chairman Mao and the Attitude of Chairman Mao's Thought." Before this speech, a series of things happened. After ten years of catastrophe, both the masses of the people and the people in our party are reflecting on it. Although Chairman Mao led the masses of the people to establish a new China, he broke the traditional feudal thinking and made great contributions to the revolution. However, many people began to deny Chairman Mao, not only questioning Chairman Mao's thoughts, but even some extreme people began to slander Chairman Mao's thought and maliciously smear Chairman Mao's image.
Based on this background, Huang Kecheng feels that if the people's thinking continues to be chaotic, without faith, the society will be more turbulent. For this reason, General Huang Kecheng decided to make a relevant speech so that the masses of the people could evaluate Chairman Mao scientifically and impartially. When Huang Kecheng drafted the draft, he always kept reminding himself that at the most critical and critical time of our revolution, it was Chairman Mao who had great foresight and led the masses of the people to turn the tide, and in the process Chairman Mao's meritorious deeds were indelible.
General Huang Kecheng was very sure of Deng Xiaoping's assessment of Chairman Mao: "Without Chairman Mao, at least we Chinese people would have to grope in the dark for a longer time." Because every experience of the revolutionary war in which Huang Kecheng participated in his life confirmed this evaluation. Huang Kecheng did not tout Chairman Mao as a savior, but Chairman Mao was one of the main founders of our party and country, always saving the revolution in crisis, guiding the revolution, and allowing the revolution to develop sustainably.
In this regard, Huang Kecheng also pertinently said: This is a historical issue, not a problem of Chairman Mao alone, because every decision and decision is voted by all the people in the party by show of hands when they attend the meeting. We have established common lofty ideals and beliefs in the protracted revolutionary struggle, and it is precisely because of the existence of this belief that we can unite all the masses of the people. Chairman Mao's thought is the spiritual weapon of our Party and the masses of the people, and it has been guiding us to push forward the gears of the revolution, and we cannot destroy our own faith with our own hands.
Therefore, Huang Kecheng began to draft a draft of the speech and handed it to Deng Xiaoping for instructions, who said that he could publish it in the Jiefangjun Bao, but hu Qiaomu would be given a check before publishing it. After Hu Qiaomu got the draft, he revised and adjusted some of the words, and then handed it to Huang Kecheng for reconfirmation, and the careful Huang Kecheng checked the draft again and found that all the titles about Chairman Mao had become comrades. In this regard, Huang Kecheng said: I am very unaccustomed to this revision, and from an emotional point of view, I think it is better to retain Chairman Mao's title. After learning of this, Deng Xiaoping also said: "Chairman Mao's title is not a simple title, he is highly recognized by our party and the masses of the people, and Chairman Mao has made very important contributions to our party, the people, and the country. ”
On April 10, 1981, Huang Kecheng delivered this speech in The Liberation Daily. Since then, major newspapers and periodicals across the country have reprinted it one after another. Throughout this life of General Huang Kecheng, no matter what kind of things and problems he faced at any time, he dared to express his inner views, and it was a fair and impartial point of view.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="23" >4. Dedicate your life to the revolution and always put the interests of the party and the people first</h1>
Huang Kecheng is not only meticulous in his work, but even his personal life is everywhere to protect the party and the people. In 1941, under the mediation of Funing Song Naide, Huang Kecheng met his wife Tang Dihua, and on the night of Huang Kecheng's wedding, he and his wife made three chapters. The first is: No matter when, the interests of the party, the state, and the people will always come first, and we must not harm the interests of the party and the people because of our personal interests.
After the birth of the children, the family rules were set, one of which was that the resources of the public were not allowed to be used for personal matters. According to the position and rights of General Huang Kecheng, his wife and children can enjoy glory and wealth. But under his teaching, the family is a thrifty and frugal way of life, even if it is a special situation, it can not violate the family rules.
In 1980, there was a big happy event in Huang Kecheng's family, that is, his youngest son was getting married. In the society at that time, marriage was very important to pomp, so people around him asked: "Elder Huang, on the day of your son's wedding, should our car be arranged to pick up the bride?" After Huang Kecheng listened, he said righteously: "Why do you want to pick it up?" Young, there is nothing wrong with the legs and feet, just take the bus directly, or ride a bicycle. On the day of his youngest son's wedding, there was no band, no invitations and no banquets, and his son took his daughter-in-law back on a bicycle. It was just the Huang family, the daughter-in-law's family and the marriage witness staff who got together to eat a meal.
Even Huang Kecheng's precious grandson did not enjoy special treatment. For Huang Kecheng, Sun Tzu is a very special existence, he loves His Grandson very much, but even so, Sun Tzu has been squeezing the bus to and from school since he was a child, and he has never taken the official car arranged by the organization for Huang Kecheng. In 1986, the last year of General Huang Kecheng's life, he knew that he did not have much time left, so he no longer let the medical staff and family treat him, because he believed that he could no longer work for the party, the people and the country, could no longer waste the country's medical resources and drugs, and it was a waste to give him the best drugs, and it was better to leave them to those comrades who could contribute. It can be seen that General Huang Kecheng has always adhered to his own principles and abided by his own family rules: do not occupy the slightest public resource for personal private affairs.
From the moment he joined the party, General Huang Kecheng decided to dedicate his life to the revolution. He was a man with a clean wind in his sleeves, did not seek fame and fortune, and truly devoted himself wholeheartedly to the construction of the broad masses of the people and the motherland, and selflessly dedicated himself to all his strength. At any time, no matter what position you are in, you always proceed from the interests of the people.
In 1986, General Huang Kecheng died at the age of 84. Looking back on his very legendary day, we can see that Huang Kecheng loves the country, the masses of the people, and the party, and even more we can see that he has a vision and insight that surpasses ordinary people in military and political views, and can be bold and firm at every critical juncture. The spirit of General Huang Kecheng who dares to adhere to the truth, seek truth from facts, and sacrifice himself is worthy of admiration and learning from each and every one of us.