During the May 1st International Labor Day in 1953, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing to celebrate. Sun Yi and his comrades came to the viewing platform on the east side of the Tiananmen Gate Tower to prepare to watch the program.
When Chairman Mao, Zhou Enlai and other central leaders walked onto the Tiananmen Gate, Sun Yi cheered with the crowd, and he would look up at Chairman Mao from time to time. However, whenever Sun Yi looked up at Chairman Mao, he would find Luo Ruiqing, the Minister of Public Security next to the Chairman, staring closely at him.
Sun Yi felt nothing at first, but gradually he discovered that Luo Ruiqing stared at him as many as ten times. So what exactly is going on? Who is Sun Yi, and why is Luo Ruiqing staring at him?
Sun Yi
The leading cadre who completed the Long March on two legs
The world-famous 25,000-mile Long March left us with many touching and legendary stories, which are still unforgettable when mentioned to this day. At that time, because of Li De's words, Sun Yi, the "Sun Beard" who completed the 25,000-mile Long March with a wooden stick and two legs, was a legendary figure that people talked about.
In August 1934, at the gate of the Shazhouba Military Commission headquarters in Ruijin, Jiangxi, people were coming and going, and it was very lively. Sun Yi, who was a teacher at the Red Army school at the time, was called by Ye Jianying, deputy chief of staff of the headquarters of the Military Commission.
As soon as Ye Jianying saw Sun Yi, she said:
"We are currently in the fifth anti-'encirclement and suppression' campaign. The situation is extremely serious. In order to cope with the more complex and difficult situation, the central government decided to form a new unit called instructors. Directly under the leadership of the Military Commission, its main task is to protect the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission. The Military Commission decided to appoint Zhang Jingwu as the commander of the teaching division, He Changgong as the political commissar, and you as the chief of staff.
I asked you to come here today, firstly, to formally inform you, and secondly. Let me hear what you think about this matter. "
Sun Yi has always regarded obeying orders as his bounden duty, not to mention the fact that this was the Military Commission's trust in him. He immediately expressed his willingness to obey the Military Commission's arrangements. In fact, as early as 1932, Sun Yi worked at the Red Army School with Zhang Jingwu and He Changgong. At that time, the relationship between the three was very good and their cooperation was very tacit. So when Sun Yi learned that he would work with his old friend again, he was very happy.
Ye Jianying nodded and continued: "The task is urgent now. The instructors must be established by the end of August and training will begin in September. The division headquarters is located in Chencun. Since He Changgong is still on the front line of the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, you first Assist Zhang Jingwu to set up the instructors."
After Zhang Jingwu
came out of the headquarters, Sun Yi rushed to Chencun, 219 kilometers away from Ruijinhtml. Subsequently, Sun Yi and Zhang Jingwu put all their energy into the work of establishing instructors.
At that time, the Military Commission decided that the instructors would be composed of independent regiments, battalions, and guerrillas from more than a dozen lines including Ruijin, Huichang, and Xingguo. The instructor has 3 regiments, each with about 1,700 people. Including the division's directly affiliated teams, there are more than 6,000 people in total. Most of the members are children of farmers who have turned over after the Agrarian Revolution, and they are between 17 and 22 years old. between.
After continuous efforts, Sun Yi and Zhang Jingwu finally established the coaching staff at the end of August. Under the command of Zhang Jingwu, He Changgong and Sun Yi, all officers and soldiers devoted themselves to intense and arduous training.
Due to the failure of the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, the main force of the Red Army was forced to transfer. October 10 was the first day of the instructor's departure. More than 6,000 soldiers were about to leave their hometowns and embark on the expedition, so each company killed a pig and had lunch together.
After Zhang Jingwu came out of the conference room at the Military Commission Headquarters that morning, his face had not been very good-looking. Soon after, Zhang Jing's general Sun Yi called over and said to him with a sad face: "Old Sun, I want to tell you something bad, you may not expect it..."
Sun Yi was very confused. Said: "What's going on? Why are you so mysterious?" Zhang Jingwu said: "I told you not to be angry." Sun Yi was very curious by Zhang Jingwu, and he said: "Just tell me, I promise not to be angry."
Li De
It turned out that after the expedition mission was arranged, everyone discussed the issue of leading cadres riding horses. Li De, the always unpleasant military adviser, said: "Sun Yi came from the national army uprising. He should not ride horses. . " After saying that, he waved his hand and crossed out the "horse" under Sun Yi's name. No matter how hard Zhang Jingwu tried, Li De refused to agree.
After Zhang Jingwu explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly, he said awkwardly : "Old Sun, it seems you are going to endure hardship this time. "Sun Yi has a very cheerful personality. He doesn't care whether he rides a horse or not. Although he is dissatisfied with Li De, he still holds back.
Sun Yi said humorously: "Without four legs, I still have Two legs! Don't worry, Commander, I will never be left behind! "
At four o'clock in the afternoon that day, as the loud bugle sounded, more than 6,000 instructors' soldiers were fully armed, left their hometowns, and embarked on the Long March.
On January 5, 1935, the instructors arrived at Wujiang River At the border crossing, except for weapons, ammunition, food and medicine, they threw all machinery into Wujiang , just to reduce the burden on the soldiers. Subsequently, Sun Yi served as the chief of the Operations Section of the Cadre Regiment of the Military Commission in accordance with the instructions of the Military Commission. , led the troops to continue the Long March.
During the Long March, the Military Commission decided to cancel the establishment of instructors, and then Sun Yi was transferred to the National Political Security Corps. However, unexpectedly, Sun Yi had no clear position here until the third night. An appointment notice was found on the table: "Appoint Sun Yi as Chief of Staff of the National Political Defense Corps. "
But Sun Yi took a closer look and found that the word "长" in "Chief of Staff" had been circled with a brush. Without the word "长", Chief of Staff became Staff Officer. Sun Yi was not angry after seeing it. Thinking: I didn’t ride a horse before, and I came here, but now I am not the chief of staff, what does it matter?
When we were approaching Zunyi, the leader Yao Zhe came to Sun Yi and said: "Huzi, I'm so sorry. , I haven’t assigned you any work these days. I talked about this with Deng Fa yesterday, and you are still the chief of staff. "
On January 9, 1935, the central government entered Zunyi, Guizhou, and held the famous Zunyi Conference here. During the meeting, Sun Yi's National Political Security Corps was stationed in the south of the city. Its mission was to ensure that the Central Committee and the central leadership People's safety.
The Zunyi Conference established Chairman Mao's leadership position in the entire party and the entire army. When Sun Yi learned about this, he said excitedly: "Commissioner Mao is back at the helm! "
After the Zunyi Conference, the National Political Security Corps was abolished. Sun Yi successively served as the reconnaissance staff of the Fifth Division of the Third Red Army and the captain of the Army Teaching Brigade.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Sun Yi took the initiative to request the establishment of a military academy.
In July 1937, After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the 115th Division Battalion School was reorganized into the Division Teaching Brigade. Since the former captain Chen Shiju was transferred to the 343rd Brigade as the Chief of Staff, Sun Yi became the captain of the Division Teaching Brigade. .
Soon after taking office, Lin Biao asked Sun Yi to lead the teaching brigade and the radio station to the Xingtang and Pingshan areas of Hebei Province to promote anti-Japanese ideas, mobilize the masses to actively resist Japan, raise food, raise funds, etc. After accepting the order, Sun Yi quickly led the teaching brigade. More than 1,300 people were stationed in Chenguanzhuang, Lingshou County.
The western Hebei region was extremely cold in November. Sun Yi led the soldiers to carry out mass work to unite the civilian anti-Japanese forces, thus strengthening the anti-Japanese team. In Taiwan County, Nie Rongzhen served as commander and political commissar
A few days later, the division headquarters asked the teaching brigade to come back. Sun Yi did not obey the order, but said: "I want to establish a base here. There is a shortage of cadres now. I am." Hebei people, can I personally stay here, run a school to train cadres for the organization, and expand the team? ”
Nie Rongzhen (left)
In view of the development and growth of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, Nie Rongzhen and Luo Ronghuan, director of the Political Department of the 115th Division, both agreed that Sun Yi should stay and run the school.So Sun Yi stayed to run the school, and the entire teaching brigade was led back by deputy captain He De.
In mid-December, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Military and Political Cadre School was established in Puyou Temple, Fuping County. Sun Yi served as the principal and political commissar, with four cadet teams under him. Military subjects include shooting, bombing, assassination, etc.; political subjects include mass Work, philosophy, social development and more. Less than 20 days after the
enrollment notice was released, more than 500 people came to sign up, and the students who signed up were all highly educated, with the majority being junior high and high school students, including many college students. Sun Yi was very happy to see people signing up so actively.
When Sun Yi was running the school, he took care of military and political affairs as well, but the task of educating people and becoming talents was too heavy for him. In addition, Sun Yi also had to lead his troops to deal with the "mopping up" by the Japanese and puppet troops. Coupled with long-term malnutrition, Sun Yi's health became worse and worse, and gastrointestinal diseases broke out from time to time.
Nie Rongzhen was very concerned after learning the news. He forced Sun Yi to take a month's leave, and on January 16, 1939, he transferred him to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region as chief of staff. After serving as chief of staff of the military region for one and a half months, Sun Yi was appointed president of the Second Branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.
In order to unify teaching ideas and implement the teaching policies and school motto formulated by Chairman Mao for the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, Sun Yi advocated the spirit of "hardship, strictness, conduct and integrity" at the school-wide cadre meeting. In terms of teaching content and methods of , Sun Yi pays special attention to the combination of learning and practice.
In the field exercise organized by the whole school, Sun Yi took out all the graduating students and took turns serving as squad leader, platoon leader, and company commander, commanding the troops to move in enemy-occupied areas and disrupt the Japanese and puppet troops. The exercise can combine teaching and actual combat and has achieved good results.
When the sophomore branch of Kangda University was rectifying military appearance and discipline, Sun Yi asked all male students to shave their heads in order to meet combat requirements. Soon after, a student gave Sun Yi advice: "Principal, you yourself have a beard, which is not in line with military appearance and discipline. You can't lead a good leader yourself, how can you ask the people below?"
The student said sharply The question made Sun Yi think deeply. He was seriously ill in 1925 and grew a beard in order to appear energetic. It has been 18 years now. Shave it off, if you don’t want to, don’t shave it off, how can you set a good example?
Sun Yi said to himself: "This student's advice is right! If you can't set an example, how can you ask the students below?" That night, Sun Yi was cruel and shaved off the beard he had grown for many years. .
A few days later, Sun Yi went to Nie Rongzhen to report on his work. At first, Nie Rongzhen did not recognize him. It was not until he looked at him that he said, "Sun Yi, where is your beard? Why is it gone?"
Sun Yi explained the situation truthfully, After hearing this, Nie Rongzhen smiled and said: "Your beard is already famous. How can you be called Sun Beard without a beard? It's better to grow it!" Just like that, Sun Yi grew a beard again.
Why did Luo Ruiqing stare at Sun Yi at the May Day celebration?
On January 15, 1949, our army captured Tianjin, a strategic town in North China; on January 31, Peiping was peacefully liberated. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to set the capital of the upcoming new China in Peking. On March 23, Chairman Mao, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai and Ren Bishi led the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the headquarters of the People's Liberation Army to leave Xibaipo and march towards Peiping.
The party, government, military and civilian leading organs of Jizhong District stationed in Baoding were busy welcoming and seeing off the central leaders. At that time, Lin Tie and Sun Yi served as the chief and deputy commanders.
On the morning of March 24, a mighty motorcade of central government officials drove into downtown Baoding. As Zhou Enlai and others got off the bus, Lin Tie quickly stepped forward to shake hands with Chairman Mao and say hello. At this moment, Chairman Mao looked at Sun Yi and said, "Isn't this Sun's beard!"
Chairman Mao
After hearing this, Sun Yi raised his right hand, saluted Chairman Mao, and then said: "Hello, Chairman! "Immediately afterwards, I saluted and shook hands with Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai and others one by one.
According to the prearranged items, Lin Tie and Sun Yi accompanied the central leaders to have lunch. During the meal, Chairman Mao said to Lin Tie and Sun Yi: "Tomorrow we will go to Peking, take over the power of the country, and prepare to establish the People's Republic of China . This is what our Communist Party of China has fought for 28 years and exchanged the lives of countless martyrs for. What a victory!"
Listening to Chairman Mao's speech, everyone nodded from time to time, while Sun Yi stretched out his hand to pick up food for Chairman Mao and other central leaders. During the meal, Chairman Mao talked about Li Zicheng again, and said: "We cannot be the second Li Zicheng."
The knowledgeable Chairman Mao impressed everyone present, and Sun Yi frequently looked at him with admiring eyes. Chairman Mao.
After the founding of New China, Sun Yi still contributed his part to our country.
In 1953, on the International Labor Day, Tiananmen Square hundreds of thousands of people gathered to celebrate. At that time, Sun Yi and his comrades also came to Tiananmen Square. They stood on the viewing platform on the east side of the Tiananmen entrance, preparing to watch the ceremony.
Luo Ruiqing
When Chairman Mao, Zhou Enlai and other central leaders ascended the Tiananmen Gate Tower, Sun Yi and the crowd burst into cheers, and he frequently turned to look at Chairman Mao. However, while Sun Yi was looking up to Chairman Mao, he discovered a strange phenomenon, that is, Luo Ruiqing, the Minister of Public Security next to the Chairman, had been staring at him.
At first Sun Yi thought he had made a mistake, but no matter how many times he looked up at Chairman Mao, he could still see Luo Ruiqing staring at him. This also made him very confused. Could it be that he had made some mistake? The collar of your clothes is not fastened?
It wasn’t until after Labor Day that Sun Yi found out in the file the reason why Luo Ruiqing was keeping an eye on him.
On this day, Sun Yi was looking through files. He found an short article in the "Security Work Newsletter" issued by the General Affairs and Security Department , and his name was actually included in this article. It reads like this:
There is a person in Hong Kong named "Sun Yi" who directly sends secret messages to the Kuomintang secret service in Taiwan, reporting the military situation of our army and passing on intelligence to them.
After reading this short article, Sun Yi was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. He instantly understood the reason why Luo Ruiqing was staring at him closely on the stage.
Chairman Mao and Luo Ruiqing
Before Chairman Mao visited the Soviet Union in December 1949, Kuomintang agents had received this information. At that time, the spies were preparing to blow up Chairman Mao's special train to achieve their ultimate goal. But the enemy's best efforts failed.
Under the personal command of Zhou Enlai, Luo Ruiqing and Li Kenong mobilized troops and grassroots cadres and militia to set up defenses along the railway where the special train passed. There were sentries one hundred meters away, facing each other, and no mistakes were allowed to occur. When Chairman Mao's special train was about to pass through Tianjin, a small bomb placed by the enemy on the railway was discovered and cleared by the public security department in time.
Soon after, the public security personnel reported the situation to Chairman Mao and Luo Ruiqing, who personally served as the escort. Luo Ruiqing immediately ordered to further check the security measures on the car and got out of the car to handle the matter personally. Soon, the agent who planted the bomb was arrested.
As the Minister of Public Security, Luo Ruiqing has a heavy responsibility and needs to always pay attention to the people around the Chairman, let alone "Sun Yi" who has the same name as the Kuomintang agent.
When he thought of this, Sun Yi felt both uneasy and relieved. What makes Sun Yi uneasy is that he doesn't know who this special agent with the same name as him is. What makes him happy is that Luo Ruiqing is serious and responsible for Chairman Mao. However, Sun Yi is not afraid of shadows. From the moment he became a member of the Communist Party, he vowed to be loyal to the Communist Party and Chairman Mao. No matter what, he would not do anything detrimental to Chairman Mao.
In the end, this matter was not followed up. Perhaps Luo Ruiqing found out that this "Sun Yi" was not the other "Sun Yi", or perhaps Sun Yi's actions proved his innocence.
General Sun Yi, who cares about the people
General Sun Yi has experienced hundreds of battles and has outstanding military exploits.During the People's Liberation Army's military ranking evaluation in 1955, Sun Yi wrote a letter to the Party Central Committee:
"I only have hard work and lack of achievements. When evaluating ranks, I would rather be low and serve high. It is enough to grant me the rank of major general. I Joining the revolution is not just for high-ranking officials and generous salaries, not to mention that what the party and the people have given me has greatly exceeded my contribution.”
Despite this, the Party Central Committee awarded Sun Yi the rank of lieutenant general based on his qualifications and merits.
Sun Yi is in a high position, but he is always thinking about the people. What he said most often is: "In the old society, the more enlightened county magistrates would have a plaque saying 'Parents of the People' hanging on their door. Now we Communists should also have a plaque saying 'Public Servants of the People' in our hearts." Plaque. "
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Sun Yi's family lived in a courtyard house in Xicheng District, Beijing. Because it was in disrepair, the family proposed to repair the house. Sun Yi did not refuse or agree. Instead, he took the children to a relatively low public house and said to them seriously: "Compared with these ordinary people, our life is much better. We are members of the Communist Party." Cadres, we can’t let the masses point at our backbone when doing things!”
There is a grocery store near Sun Yi’s home, but because the store is too small, the store owner is often worried about having nowhere to store the goods. At this time, Sun Yi said to the store manager: "Don't worry about these things. I have room at home. You can put it in my home." In this way, the outer courtyard of Sun's house became the second warehouse of this non-staple food store.
In July 1976, a huge earthquake occurred in Tangshan, and the aftershocks affected Beijing. Sun Yi immediately said to his family: "We have a small family but a big yard, but the houses of the surrounding people are one after another. Where will they hide when there is an earthquake? Once there is an emergency, you will take care of our family." The door is opened, allowing people to come in and hide. "
Resigning from work and retiring to old age is a happy thing in life, but some people can't think about it. Sun Yi's decision on whether to stay or leave his post reflects the integrity of a Communist.
In order to promote the rejuvenation of cadres, Sun Yi took the initiative to resign. He said: "The party's cause cannot be completed by one generation. Now that I am old and unable to do what I do, I should hurry up and hand over the work at hand to the young people." People, otherwise it will be detrimental to the party's cause!"
While resigning from the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Sun Yi also resigned from positions such as advisor to the General Staff. However, although Sun Yi resigned from these positions, the old man who was busy throughout his life did not stop. He found a job within his ability, that is, serving as an outside counselor or honorary principal of more than 60 universities, middle schools, and primary schools.
In order to arrive at some primary and secondary schools or the military in the suburbs of Beijing on time, Sun Yi often leaves early and returns late. At that time, in order to facilitate Sun Yi's movement, the organization assigned him a red flag car , but Sun Yi rejected it.
Sun Yi still rides in the Jim car that has been running for more than 30 years. Sometimes it breaks down halfway, and Sun Yi has to walk home. Later, An Xuekui, Sun Yi's guard and driver, felt that driving this old Jim car was too expensive in Beijing, a city where good cars are everywhere, so he took back the Hongqi car that Sun Yi had returned several times.
Sun Yi found out and asked An Xuekui: "Xiao An, what's going on? Where is the Jim car?" Xiao An replied hesitantly: "It's broken." Sun Yi said doubtfully: "It's broken? Why didn't you send it if it was broken? Repair it instead of getting a new one?"
Xiao An replied: "Chief, that car is too old and cannot be repaired.What's more, the meeting place is so far away. What if I throw you on the road again and waste time? "
After hearing this, Sun Yi knew that Jim's car was not broken down, but was disliked by An Xuekui, so he said angrily: "Why not replace the car with a jeep, but choose a Hongqi car? Don't you know I've taken a back seat? Now I mainly do work with teenagers. Now that I am sitting in a luxury car, how can I do ideological work with children? "
Finally, at Sun Yi's insistence, the Hongqi brand sedan was returned.
Sun Yi is a senior cadre who enjoys full-time treatment in the military region. His salary is not low, but he But he was dressed plainly and furnished simply. In addition to keeping half of his monthly salary as food expenses, Sun Yi used the rest to buy books and periodicals and mail them to more than 30 young friends across the country.
Since 1995. Starting in March, in addition to mailing books and periodicals to more than 30 young friends, Sun Yi also donated 300 yuan to the "Hope Project". On July 5, 2003, General Sun Yi passed away in Beijing . The general devoted himself to the interests of the people, and his practical actions profoundly explained the life pursuit of a Communist
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