On June 11, 1959, Peng Dehuai, then Vice Chairman of the Military Commission and Minister of National Defense, returned to Beijing after a month-and-a-half-long visit. The next day, he was notified to go to Lushan to attend the Politburo meeting.

On June 11, 1959, Peng Dehuai, then Vice Chairman of the Military Commission and Minister of National Defense, returned to Beijing after a month-and-a-half visit. The next day, he was notified to go to Lushan to attend the Politburo meeting.

After Peng Dehuai received the notice, he was mentally exhausted and had many official duties to deal with, so he called in his right-hand assistant, Huang Kecheng, then Chief of General Staff and Deputy Minister of Defense.

Peng Dehuai: "I don't want to go to Lushan to attend the meeting, you go for me."

Huang Kecheng was a little surprised: "This is a Politburo meeting chaired by Chairman Mao. You are a member of the Politburo, how can you not go?"

Listen After reading Huang Kecheng's words, Peng Dehuai felt that there was some truth to it, and the matter was not yet decided.

At that time, Huang Kecheng did not realize that his reminder eventually caused Peng Dehuai to end his political life.

Huang Kecheng met Peng Dehuai in 1930. At that time, Peng Dehuai was the commander of the Fifth Red Army, and Huang Kecheng served as the political commissar in the column of the Fifth Red Army. When the

troops were attacking the Xiushui county, Huang Kecheng ignored his identity and rushed forward with a machete in hand.

Peng Dehuai was very surprised when he saw it through telescope , and then he became angry.

At the end of the battle, Peng Dehuai called Huang Kecheng and criticized him: "You rush forward with such thick lenses, and you look like an official at first glance. If you die, who will command the troops? You are not allowed to rush forward in the future."

Huang Kecheng nodded in agreement, but not long after, he did something that surprised Peng Dehuai.

Soon after, due to the influence of the Li San route , Peng Dehuai was ordered to lead the Red Army to attack Wuhan. Huang Kecheng learned of this and immediately raised objections. He believed that the Red Army was still very weak and should not confront the enemy head-on. .

But as a soldier, Peng Dehuai must carry out his orders. Due to Huang Kecheng's persistence, he finally changed his battle plan and instead of attacking Wuhan, he attacked Changsha.

Peng Dehuai's compromise choice did have some effect, and the troops captured Changsha. However, within a few days, the enemy came back, and the Red Army could not fight and had to withdraw.

In other words, the Red Army's attack on Changsha was wrong and should not have been fought.

After the war, during a meeting, some people criticized Huang Kecheng, saying that his ideas were wrong and his ideas were problematic. Huang Kecheng argued hard, but unfortunately he could not win over others at the time. In the end, Huang Kecheng was demoted to the political commissar of the regiment.

After this incident, Peng Dehuai was more impressed by Huang Kecheng. He believed that Huang Kecheng was a comrade and friend worth getting along with.

Therefore, during the suppression of counter-revolutionaries the following year, when he learned that Huang Kecheng was going to be executed for protecting several comrades, Peng Dehuai galloped on his horse and saved Huang Kecheng's life from the knife's edge.

Huang Kecheng did not know about this matter. It was not until someone mentioned it at the Lushan Conference more than 20 years later that Huang Kecheng learned that Peng Dehuai had saved his life. He was very grateful.

Many years later, because the two had similar temperaments, they forged a profound revolutionary friendship during the war.

To put it simply, Peng Dehuai and Huang Kecheng can become "life and death friends" because they share the same belief and pursuit. They are both willing to die for the revolutionary cause and insist on the truth at all times. Wings unyielding.

It was this belief that brought Peng Dehuai and Huang Kecheng together and became "best friends"

However, although the two have so many similarities, they also have differences.

Peng Dehuai's character is more like a burning, blazing flame, just like Hunan peppers, spicy to the end.

Huang Kecheng is slightly different. Although his character is strong and strong, there is also a little softness in his strength. This can be seen from one thing.

During the Long March , Deng Ping, the chief of staff of the Third Red Army Corps at the time, unfortunately died. Peng Dehuai burst into tears after learning about it. Deng Ping was his close friend and his good comrade-in-arms.

After liberation, Deng Ping's body was unknown where it was. Peng Dehuai instructed the local area to find it no matter what.

It wasn't until 1957 that things became clear. Zunyi local people found Deng Ping's remains in old town Gantianba. Peng Dehuai was very happy when he learned about it.

The next year, construction of Deng Ping's tomb began in Zunyi. Local government officials knew that Peng Dehuai and Deng Ping had a very good relationship, so they asked Peng Dehuai to write an epitaph for Deng Ping. There is nothing wrong with the matter of

. Peng Dehuai wrote it as soon as he wrote it, but as he wrote it, Peng Dehuai wrote other things.

Peng Dehuai, perhaps feeling nostalgic about what happened back then, couldn't control his emotions, and reviewed the glorious history of the Fifth Red Army and the Third Red Army, so he wrote a long poem, recalling in detail his experiences from the Pingjiang Uprising and the Second The battle history of the first occupation of Zunyi.

Peng Dehuai was the Minister of Defense at the time. When he wrote poems, he wrote them in his office. After he finished writing, he asked his secretary to put them in the building of the Ministry of National Defense to dry.

Huang Kecheng was the Deputy Minister of Defense at the time. When he learned about this incident, he was a little surprised because he felt that Peng Dehuai was too public about this.

In response, Huang Kecheng found people who worked around Peng Dehuai and asked them to help him pass on a message to Peng Dehuai: "Don't write randomly in the future, otherwise you will make mistakes."

Is this right or wrong? , let’s not talk about it for now, but one thing we can definitely see from Huang Kecheng’s reminder is that Huang Kecheng knows much more about politics than Peng Dehuai.

This is the character of the two of them, Peng Dehuai is tough, Huang Kecheng is tough but soft at the same time. Their characters ultimately create their different lives.

On July 2, 1959, the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee kicked off in Lushan. The main topic of this meeting was to summarize experience, continue to correct the mistakes that had been corrected before the meeting, and discuss economic work in the second half of the year and the next four years. Task.

Chairman Mao said at the opening of the meeting that he hoped to hear more opinions and feedback from everyone. Peng Dehuai was so inspired that he spoke or interrupted seven times in a row at the group meeting.

Actually, objectively speaking, Peng Dehuai's speech at the meeting was a bit harsh, but the facts he said still resonated with everyone.

What we can see is that before Peng Dehuai wrote the "Letter of Ten Thousand Words", the atmosphere of the Lushan Meeting had always been very relaxed. In the words of many people, this enlarged meeting of the Politburo was actually It is a "fairy meeting"

. Participants in the meeting hold meetings during the day, watch theater at night, visit each other and go out for sightseeing when they have free time.

However, this relaxed meeting atmosphere did not last long.

Peng Dehuai discovered a problem. Wang Chengguang, the military staff officer who later followed Peng Dehuai up the mountain, recalled: "The boss asked me, have you read all the meeting briefings these days? I said I have read them all, and he said, I was in the group meeting He expressed some opinions, but they were not published in the briefing and could not be seen in the briefing. "

Peng Dehuai seemed very unhappy about this matter.

On July 13, 1959, Peng Dehuai went to see Chairman Mao and wanted an interview. When he came to Chairman Mao's bedroom that day, the guard told Peng Dehuai that Chairman Mao had fallen asleep.

Peng Dehuai's heart sank after hearing this. All the leaders of the Party Central Committee knew that it was very difficult for Chairman Mao to sleep. Once he fell asleep, he could not take care of anything. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, among all the leaders of the Party Central Committee, , and only Peng Dehuai broke into Chairman Mao's bedroom. At that time, it was because of urgent military affairs to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea.

At this time, there is peace in the country and the war has passed. It is unjustifiable to disturb the chairman no matter what.

Peng Dehuai thought for a while and decided to leave.

If Chairman Mao did not sleep this morning, but met Peng Dehuai, and Peng Dehuai burst into tears, then might China's history have changed? We can't explain any of this.

Because historically, there has never been an if.

After returning to his room, Peng Dehuai had many thoughts and didn't know what to do for a while.

That night, after careful consideration, he decided to write a letter to Chairman Mao, telling him what he was thinking and some of the facts he had seen.

This letter became known as the "Book of Ten Thousand Words". In fact, the content of this letter was only about 3,700 words.

(Because the content of the letter is too long, I will not include it in the article. If anyone wants to read it, you can send me a private message and I will send it to you.)

The next day, Chairman Mao got this letter from Peng Dehuai.

After reading the letter, Chairman Mao smiled wryly : "Peng Dehuai sent me only negative materials to read. Send me all negative materials."

Three days later, the letter written by Peng Dehuai was delivered to the participants of the conference. .

On July 18, 1959, Zhou Xiaozhou, then Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, spoke in support of Peng Dehuai. Two days later, Zhang Wentian, then First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke in support of Peng Dehuai.

At the meeting that day, perhaps Peng Dehuai felt something because he sat in the last row of the meeting.

After the meeting, Peng Dehuai was the first to walk out of the venue, but not long after leaving, he turned back.

At this time, Chairman Mao was going downhill with several other central leaders. When he saw Peng Dehuai, Chairman Mao said kindly: "Mr. Peng, let's talk."

Peng Dehuai blushed: "What's there to talk about? There is nothing to talk about..."

Chairman Mao disagreed: "It doesn't matter. If we have different opinions, we can sit down and talk."

Peng Dehuai waved his hand again: "There is nothing to talk about..."

The two of them. In the end, they broke up on bad terms.

At this time, Huang Kecheng and others also received Chairman Mao's telegram and came to Lushan. Zhou Enlai saw Huang Kecheng coming and said meaningfully : "You are a step too late. If you go up the mountain before July 14, Peng I will never take out that letter."

Huang Kecheng was speechless after hearing this.

That night, Huang Kecheng and Peng Dehuai lived in the same villa, one in the east end and the other in the west end.

Peng Dehuai asked Huang Kecheng: "Have you read the letter I wrote to the chairman? What do you think of it?"

Huang Kecheng had fully realized the bad consequences that this letter was about to bring. He said somewhat reproachfully: "I read it. This letter is not very well written. Mr. Peng, you and the Chairman have known each other for many years. If you have any opinions, you can express them in person. Why are you writing a letter? Moreover, some of the formulations and words used in this letter are also very inappropriate." "That's right."

After hearing this, some regrets may have flashed through Peng Dehuai's mind, but he had no real regrets.

Although Huang Kecheng blamed Peng Dehuai, when he spoke at the subsequent meeting, he still chose to support Peng Dehuai. At the

meeting, when Huang Kecheng was speaking, some old comrades winked at him or tried to persuade him with euphemistic words, but Huang Kecheng never listened. He said everything he wanted to say at once.

After Huang Kecheng spoke, many people talked to him and asked him to draw a clear line between him and Peng Dehuai, but Huang Kecheng did not agree.

In the end, Chairman Mao personally found Huang Kecheng.

Huang Kecheng, Peng Dehuai, and Chairman Mao are all from Hunan. Maybe Hunan people have a "spicy" spirit. Chairman Mao still appreciates Huang Kecheng. During the war, he entrusted Huang Kecheng with important responsibilities many times. In peacetime, this is still the case.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chairman Mao named Huang Kecheng as the first parent official in Hunan Province.

This time in Lushan, Huang Kecheng said these words, and Chairman Mao decided to talk to Huang Kecheng. Chairman Mao always talked about everything in the world, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, and they even talked about the Siping Defense War during the Liberation War. .

Chairman Mao: "Is the attack wrong?"

Huang Kecheng: "When the enemy begins to advance, we hit him. This is correct. Later, when the enemy comes to our army for a decisive battle, we should not hold on."

Chairman Mao: "Yes. I decided to stick to and ."

Huang Kecheng paused: "What you decided is also wrong."

Chairman Mao was speechless for a long time, and then he slowly said: "Then let history and future generations judge. "

After the Lushan Conference, Huang Kecheng, Zhang Wentian, Zhou Xiaozhou and Peng Dehuai were all dismissed from their posts. At that time, Huang Kecheng was also prohibited from meeting Peng Dehuai.

However, the friendship between the two did not change. Later, Huang Kecheng said: "For a long time, I often dreamed of being with him." Arranged to go to Shanxi to serve as deputy governor.

Shanxi was the old base of the Eighth Route Army. Huang Kecheng and Peng Dehuai experienced a lot here. Huang Kecheng was deeply moved when they returned to their hometown. After that, he wrote a poem "Jiangchengzi·Remembering Peng Dehuai"

The content is: Sharing hardships together for a long time I can't forget it, I don't think about it, and I think about it again. The mountains and rivers block it, so I can't talk about it. The two places have the same concern, Taihangding and Emeigan. We still have to meet each other in dreamland, as if we were on the battlefield in those days, with military trumpets blowing frequently and the sound shaking the mountains and rivers. The wishes of a rich country and a strong military will be fulfilled, and we should encourage each other and don't be sad.

During the special period, Huang Kecheng and Peng Dehuai met several times, but they only exchanged one sentence during these meetings.

In 1974, Peng Dehuai died of illness. Before his death, he got rid of his niece Peng Gang and gave the books he left behind to my good friend Huang Kecheng.

After Huang Kecheng received these special "gifts", he burst into tears.

Later Huang Kecheng said: " "Peng Dehuai and I keep our words to ourselves, treat each other with sincerity, and argue with each other rationally. Our personalities and styles are relatively compatible, that's all. "