"Chairman Mao, Chen Geng is going to release a death row prisoner! I have no choice but to come to you!"
Dong Biwu rushed into the office in a hurry, disturbing the silence of the day. Looking at the anxious Dong Biwu, Chairman Mao patiently listened to the cause and effect. , said with a gloomy face: Go call Premier Zhou!
Who is the prisoner on death row that Chen Geng wants to release? Why did Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou discuss matters together?
Chen Gengchu took on the big role
In 1952, it was when New China was in the ascendant. The country wanted to develop and the people wanted to progress, so the country’s personnel also needed to be mobilized!
Only when the right screws are nailed to the right positions can the organization operate normally.
So in 1952, as soon as Chen Geng returned from the Korean battlefield victorious, he was given an important task by Chairman Mao: dean of the Military Engineering Academy!
Logically speaking, giving this position to Chen Geng is a matter of popular expectation. After all, he was a general in the Korean battlefield. As the second deputy commander and commander and political commissar of the third corps, his achievements were all achieved on the battlefield with a knife and a gun.
Let him serve as the dean. He will definitely be able to intersperse the actual dilemmas on the battlefield with his teaching.
But Chairman Mao did not expect that Chen Geng would actually escape when the situation came to a head!
"I have no experience, and the task is too difficult..."
Since Chen Geng has so little confidence, why did Chairman Mao choose him? According to Chairman Mao's words, Chen Geng is actually an all-rounder. He is the veteran of the Huangpu Military Academy, the backbone of the Red Army Infantry School and the Red Army Cadre Corps, and has rich teaching experience. A person like
is naturally the best candidate to take over the important task of the Military Engineering College. Not only did Chairman Mao think he could do it, but Premier Zhou, Zhu De, and Peng Dehuai all supported Chen Geng, so he took over this important task.
After Chen Geng took over this important task, he realized that he had just taken on a hot potato! How can running a school be such a simple thing? To keep the school on the right track, every aspect of school location selection, teacher selection, and teaching courses is a top priority.
When Chen Geng wants to run a school, his top priority is to solve the teacher policy. After all, the focus of education in a school is to spread knowledge. In order to let students enjoy the best teaching resources, Chen Geng has thought a lot. In the early days of the founding of
, he made clear the direction of the Military Engineering College, which was to form a teaching team with excellent faculty. Since we want to improve the quality of teachers, of course we need to find leaders in various fields!
After the liberation of Shanghai in 1949, Chen Yi did something very prophetic.
He summoned all the experts and high-tech talents in Shanghai and promised these people that they would have no worries about food and clothing. He would also set up a special research laboratory so that they would not be unemployed and could focus on their own fields.
After Chen Yi learned that Chen Geng was going to establish a school, he decided to send all the talents he retained to Chen Geng to work hard to build a prosperous and powerful motherland.
Chen Geng is a man who is thirsty for talents. He was so happy that Chen Yi was going to send him this batch of talents. He also quickly formed a recruitment team to bring together the talents in Shanghai and think about it. He also summoned some specialized talents to his staff.
But at that time, after all, the People's Republic of China had just been founded and all kinds of things were prosperous. Talents were needed in all walks of life. If Chen Geng wanted talents to work for him, he had to use some tricks!
Zhang Shuzu is a real person and one of the leading talents in the ballistics industry. He made a list of experts for Chen Geng. When he handed the list to Chen Geng, he said bluntly: "It is even more difficult to get them together."
But Chen Geng has never He is not a person who is afraid of hardships. He understands the importance of education, so he always wants to obtain better educational resources for students.
But the problems Zhang Shuzu gave him were not small. The people on this list are now well-known people in all walks of life. Some are military officers and some are local cadres. All of them need to be seconded to the school, and they have to get the nod from the deputy prime minister of the Government Affairs Council.
Chen Geng believes that although the school is initially built, it needs the support of teachers. But what is more important is the future survival. Even if we cannot call all the backbones from all over the country, at least some of them must be called to support the and the military industry .
Just do it. Chen Geng immediately visited Chen Yi and He Long after getting the list. After obtaining their consent and that of the Central Military Commission, he gave the final list to Premier Zhou, hoping that he would approve it quickly so that the school could open as soon as possible.
Although Chen Geng handed over the list, Premier Zhou had many things to do, so the processing and approval of the list was slow. Chen Geng, who couldn't wait, simply came uninvited and went to Zhongnanhai Xihua Hall to see Premier Zhou.
Premier Zhou was surprised to see Chen Geng. When he learned that he was just transferring a few professors to the school, he asked him: "Can't you wait a moment?"
Chen Geng usually has a cool temper, but something happened. He often blocked Premier Zhou in the bathroom. Although he was a little angry, Premier Zhou still read the list handed over by his old friend.
"Why do you want to leave so many professors at once? Can the list be reduced?"
"This is the minimum requirement. I won't leave until you approve it!" Chen Geng was as domineering as ever, and did not regard Premier Zhou as a high official!
Premier Zhou also understood his temperament and the importance of the construction of Kazakhstan's military industry, so he silently signed the list of names submitted to Chen Geng and signed the word "agree".
Even if Premier Zhou signed it, seconding experts is not a trivial matter. To succeed, another general, Liu Bocheng, must nod.
Premier Zhou was actually very worried about Kazakhstan's military construction. For this reason, he went to Liu Bocheng to recruit two heavyweight generals for Chen Geng.
As soon as Chen Geng heard that Premier Zhou had hired two extra professors for him, he left Xihua Hall and went straight to Liu Bocheng's residence.
Although Liu Bocheng understood the purpose of Chen Geng's trip, he still pretended to be confused. After whetting Chen Geng's appetite, he pretended to complain and said: "Chen Geng, your hands are really long."
Although it was a complaint, he could Liu Bocheng seemed relieved for a second. Seeing Chen Geng seriously trying to explain to himself, Liu Bocheng said frankly that he would also fully support Chen Geng in running the school!
In this way, experts from all over the country were transferred to the school by Chen Geng, and the professor team of Harbin Military Industry was getting stronger and stronger. Isn't there a time when
stumped Chen Geng?
Death Row Prisoner Hard to Die Hero Han
Even though Chen Geng has extraordinary abilities, there is only one thing he cannot solve. Among the top ballistics experts in the field of ballistics, there is one who is a bit "difficult to criticize"!
When Zhang Shuzu and Chen Geng reported this candidate, they thought about it for many days, but there were too few talents in the ballistic field.
On this day, Zhang Shuzu approached Chen Geng to report to him on the progress of ballistics experts. He said that he had found a very suitable person. This person not only studied in France, but was also a top talent in the field of ballistics!
But when it came to inviting this expert to the school, Zhang Shuzu was in a dilemma, saying that even Premier Zhou couldn't approve him!
Chen Geng's appetite was whetted: "I don't believe it. Who is he? You say he is so miraculous!"
Chen Geng later found out that this ballistics expert is called Shen Yi, and he is young. He studied in France when he was young and has been studying ballistics. After returning to China, he also contributed excellent results in the Anti-Japanese War and served as the major general commissioner of the Kuomintang's third theater.
Zhou Enlai and Shen Yi are very close "combat brothers". They were rivals at first, but they couldn't bear it. Premier Zhou took the trouble to promote the Communist Party to Shen Yi. Gradually, he was impressed by the greatness of our party and saw what happened in the Northeast. After the incident, Shen Yi resolutely abandoned the Kuomintang and rebelled from the northeast to Yan'an to serve the Communist Party.
He arrived in Yan'an and became a popular person. He was a famous talent in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and a leader in manufacturing guns. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Shen Yi, who had rich experience, naturally became a famous person in the military industry.
But after he entered Vanity Fair, he gradually lost himself. After becoming the director of the Financial Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, he began to make money crazily, and he was not low-key. He would buy whatever luxury goods were expensive.
After Chairman Mao learned about this, he decided to severely punish these corruption offenders in order to clear up party discipline and correct the party's style. Shen Yi, Liu Qingshan, and Zhang Zishan were all caught in the trap.
In the first large-scale anti-corruption struggle, Shen Yi "beared the brunt" and became the first big fish to go to jail because the amount involved was huge and the crime was very heinous! Shen Yi received the punishment he deserved-the death penalty.
The once favored son of heaven became a prisoner just because of greed. He is a death row prisoner. Although he can be used by the country, no one dares to say what kind of bad impact such a person will have if he is released...
Chen Geng and Zhang Shuzu were silent.
Looking for Chairman Mao to solve the problem
Chen Geng couldn't make up his mind after much thought. Although such talents can be reused, such a criminal record is enough to make people "thrilling". Both
and Zhang Shuzu were undecided, so Chen Geng decided to go to Chairman Mao. In his mind, Chairman Mao could solve all difficult and complicated diseases, and this trivial matter might not be a big deal at all!
So he planned to talk to Bo Yibo first. Unexpectedly, Bo Yibo was very determined: "He is a death row prisoner for corruption!"
But Chen Geng did not want to give up such talents. He insisted: "If they are talents, they can be used!" "
Chen Geng insisted again and again, and Bo Yibo proposed a solution: go to Dong Biwu, who could "control" whether the condemned prisoners should stay or stay.
Dong Biwu, then deputy prime minister of the Government Affairs Council and director of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, received a call from Chen Geng as soon as he got wind of the incident.
Chen Geng got straight to the point and asked Dong Biwu directly: "Mr. Dong, I want the corruption criminal Shen Yi from the Civil Aviation Administration of China to go to Harbin Military Industry and help me!"
Although Dong Biwu understood Chen Geng's thirst for talent, he could He was still shocked. After Chen Geng explained the ins and outs, he decided to discuss with Shen Junru first and change Shen Yi's death sentence to with suspended death to .
Shen Junru was the president of the Supreme People's Court at that time, director of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and president of the Supreme People's Court. The pair found by Chen Geng seemed to be a perfect match! Can they solve Chen Geng's urgent need?
Dong Biwu was also very smart. He not only asked Shen Junru, but also Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou.
This is the beginning of the scene. Dong Biwu hurriedly asked to see Chairman Mao. After Chairman Mao heard the whole story, he called Premier Zhou to discuss a solution.
Chen Geng's words were rough but not rough. Although Shen Yi was guilty, the country really couldn't find a more suitable candidate than him. Even Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou felt that this "death row prisoner" was indeed a talent that could be made.
On the other side, Shen Junru also went all out, temporarily turning Shen Yi, a death row prisoner, into a suspended death sentence.
The ballistics teacher of Kazakhstan Military Industry is finally found! When Chen Geng saw Shen Yi who was wearing handcuffs and anklets, he said to him sincerely: "You will follow us in the military industry from now on."
Although Chen Geng had a bad temper, he was not anxious at all when he saw Shen Yi. He told Shen Yi that he hoped he could go to Harbin Military Industry to translate scientific and technological intelligence materials and transform while working.
After being imprisoned, Shen Yi had already made up his mind to achieve enlightenment. Hearing Chen Geng's kind words to him, and getting the opportunity to make meritorious deeds, he finally decided to change his ways.
He promised Chen Geng with tears in his eyes: "I will definitely pay for my crime and make meritorious service. Thank you for giving me this way of life!"
Chen Geng was also moved by his sincerity and just told him casually that he would make up for his mistakes in the future. He also personally sent Shen Yi to the Political Security Department!
Although Shen Yi was given a reprieve, the surveillance on him could not be relaxed for a day. When working in the Kazakh military industry, Shen Yi worked as hard as possible to translate first-hand scientific and technological information for the country and contribute to China's ballistics industry.
Chen Geng is also a man of good temper. Although he looked down on Shen Yi's corrupt behavior, he was gradually moved by this practical scientist who accepted reform well, worked for the country down-to-earth, and showed signs of repentance.
Therefore, in 1959, the tenth anniversary of the founding of New China, when Chairman Mao suggested amnesty for a group of criminals, Chen Geng handed over Shen Yi's name.
Among the first batch of criminals released with Shen Yi, in addition to Shen Yi, there were also Wang Yaowu, Du Yuming and others.
Chen Geng himself also won a good reputation because of his efforts to protect Shen Yi, and Harbin Military Industry also became famous. Old professors and students all praised Dean Chen Geng who sincerely cared for talents!
Chen Geng's path to becoming the dean was the same as 's Long March . Although it was difficult, he never thought of giving up. Later, he went to the Xihua Hall and found Premier Zhou and asked him to sign the academic list.
said bluntly: "The last time!"
But Chen Geng's last words seemed to have no end... Although Premier Zhou complained that Chen Geng had transferred all the professors to Harbin Military Industry, he seemed to be very satisfied with the achievements of Harbin Military Industry!
Chen Geng’s unremitting hard work has made Harbin Military Industry what it is today. After the first Higher Military Engineering College of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was officially established on September 1, 1935, General Chen Geng also passed away eight years after the establishment of the Kazakh Military Engineering Institute.
Although Chen Geng has left, the legend about him and the academic Great Wall he forged with his hard work will always be circulated in Ha Military Industry!
