One morning in 1958, as usual, Chu Qing was about to go to work. At this moment, Su Yu, who had a haggard face and a very depressed expression, suddenly walked out of the inner room and said to his wife in a low voice: Something happened to me, can you take a leave today to help me?
Later years Su Yu
The expression and words of her husband surprised Chu Qing. Su Yu is the chief of staff and the founding general. He has experienced countless bloody storms in the war years and has long been as determined as steel. Why did he say such words? After asking her husband, she found out that Su Yu was criticized at the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission of and was even designated as an "extreme individualist who is anti-party and anti-leadership."
Such a heavy hat pressed against her body, which made Su Yu feel very painful. Although he has never been "anti-party and anti-leadership", he has no "extreme individualism". However, such a hat was buckled on his body and was criticized repeatedly, so he could not even explain it to himself.
What’s worse is that Su Yu must write a review and pass it at the meeting to pass. However, writing a "deep review" for himself was extremely painful, which made Su Yu extremely difficult and exceeded his ability.
Although Su Yu locked himself in the inner room and closed it for 7 days, it was still useless. In the end, Su Yu had to ask his wife to write for him. He handed a bunch of conference briefings to Chu Qing and said helplessly: Look at these and write a review for me. I can't do it myself. As long as I can pass, I can write anyway.
Su Yu
Chu Qing was even more worried after learning all this, and was even more afraid that if the review failed repeatedly and she would tie her husband to the ranks of ", the conflict between us and us, ".
So, in anxiety, Chu Qing made up a review regardless of the consequences and reality, and admitted all the charges imposed on Su Yu at the meeting. If you admit your sin, you will naturally pass it, so this review written by Chu Qing, which was completely against your will, was finally approved.
However, Chu Qing, who had too simple thoughts, did not know that since then, her husband always carried this heavy shackle forever in the second half of his life, and he did not even untie it when he died. At that time, Su Yu was suddenly criticized for three: anti-leadership, fighting for military power, and complaining to foreign countries.
However, these three reasons for being criticized are actually wronged. Why was Su Yu suddenly criticized? In fact, this is caused by changes in the international and domestic situations, including Su Yu's own personality.
As we all know, Su Yu is one of the best generals that emerged in our army's military revolutionary career for more than 20 years. His genius military talent and outstanding military achievements made this famous general of our army who lacked qualifications in the Red Army era become the leader of the top ten generals.
We have every reason to believe that if it weren't for the qualifications and the mountain, Su Yu could have been on par with Marshal Lin Biao with his military achievements. Because of his humble personality, he did not fight or rob, when Su Yu was extremely dazzling in military affairs, he was extremely low-key in dealing with people and affairs. He resigned as commander many times. Although he led the third field army of to achieve brilliant results, Su Yu's position was always the deputy commander.
At the same time, due to long-term fighting in the hearts of the enemy far away from the central government and harsh environment, Su Yu is not very familiar with most central leaders. In addition, he is not good at socializing, not good at speaking, and too low-key. Therefore, this general with great military achievements is always ignored intentionally or unintentionally.
plus there is a very lack of struggle, so after the founding of New China, Su Yu, who was transferred to the Central Committee as the Chief of General Staff, faced with the complex working environment, did not unexpectedly offend some people.
At the same time, in the late 1950s, the international and domestic situation underwent considerable changes, on the one hand, the famous Soviet Zhukov incident broke out internationally.
Zhukov
Zhukov was the meritorious marshal who led the Soviet Union to win the Soviet-German War . However, this marshal with great military achievements said at the meeting of the 1957 opposing the lifting of the Khrushchev First Secretary of the CPSC Central Committee: Without my order, tank cannot move from the spot.
Zhukov's firm opposition saved Khrushchev's political life. However, his words also made a big taboo: Was the Soviet Red Army Zhukov alone? Therefore, this sentence ultimately ruined Zhukov's own political life.
Khrushchev fired Zhukov after being rescued. This incident caused a huge uproar in socialist camp , and Chairman Mao also began to be wary of the principle of party commanding guns .
Under such concerns, and there are always people around him who express dissatisfaction with Su Yu, Chairman Mao also misunderstood Su Yu and felt distrust.
On the other hand, at that time, in the guiding ideology of the Party, "the struggle between two classes and two roads" was the main contradiction in the country. This has caused many issues to be exaggerated and raised to an excessively high level, which has further deepened the degree of criticism of Su Yu.
Su Yu
With the help of his wife Chu Qing, Su Yu forcibly admitted the charge. However, after the review is approved, it does not mean that the criticism of Su Yu is over. In fact, after being criticized, Su Yu was removed from his post as Chief of Staff and transferred to Deputy Minister of the Ministry of National Defense and Vice President of the Academy of Military Sciences.
Moreover, what was most painful for Su Yu was that he left his beloved front-line troops from then on. Not only that, the hat made Su Yu carry an extremely heavy spiritual shackle. After passing the review, Su Yu rarely got angry with his wife after returning home: Why did you write me like this? It's simply out of shape.
The wife knew that the anger Su Yu wanted to get was not targeting him or blaming him, but that she really couldn't accept the fact that she was wronged and felt too depressed.
Since then, Su Yu has always carried this heavy shackle. He left the troops he is best at. His suggestions cannot be taken seriously, his military talent has been wasted, and he is under great mental pressure.
Chairman Mao and Su Yu
This heavy shackles have been around for more than 20 years. It was not until , 1978, after , the Central Committee began to deal with historical unjust, false and wrong cases, including Marshal Peng Dehuai and others, who were rehabilitated. Seeing this, Su Yu was very happy. He formally wrote a complaint report to the central government, demanding the revocation of all the false criticisms of him in 1958.
However, strangely, when the report was signed by Marshal Ye Jianying and finally handed over to the General Political Department for processing, it was like a rock sinking into the sea and there was no formal reply.
Because he was carrying heavy pressure and mental shackles, coupled with the severe injuries suffered during the war years, Su Yu in his later years suffered great pain and torture. He suddenly suffered from cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral thrombosis, and his condition was very serious.
Wife Chu Qing knew that physical illness was not the most painful for this general in the military with an iron will. The most painful thing was the spiritual shackles that were wronged deep in his heart.
Su Yu
So, Chu Qing couldn't bear to leave the world with such a heavy burden, so she began to complain everywhere with Su Yu on her back, and found multiple leaders one after another, hoping that Su Yu could see the implementation of the party's policies in her lifetime when she could still think normally, "but she really couldn't bear to let him finally meet Marx with a heavy burden."
However, on February 5, 1983, Su Yu never waited for the day he was rehabilitated and passed away with deep regrets.
After Su Yu's death, although the Military Commission instructed that the obituary should "focus on writing his contributions and achievements positively", the obituary still did not mention the unjust case in 1958.
Until December 25, 1994, on the 10th anniversary of Su Yu's death, with the repeated efforts of his wife Chu Qing, and with the joint letters from many old subordinates of Su Yu, Liu Huaqing, then Vice Chairman of the Military Commission, and General Zhang Zhen, jointly published an article entitled "Remembering Comrade Su Yu" wholesale by the Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
Su Yu
This article was published in the " People's Daily " and the "People's Liberation Army Daily". The article specifically stated:
1958, Comrade Su Yu was wrongly criticized at the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission and was treated unfairly for a long time. This view is also the opinion of the Central Military Commission Military Commission.
The publication of this article also marks that Su Yu was finally rehabilitated after 36 years.
