In March 1969, the Ninth Congress of the Party was about to be held. Delegates from all over the country came to Beijing one after another. On the last night of March, when the lights of thousands of families were silent, the lights in the courtyard of No. 7, Yongkang Hutong, Beijing were not extinguished all night.
Through the dim night and the faint light, a tall figure was walking around the room, walking around, seemingly very anxious.
This person is the famous founding general, Xu Haidong .
As a member of the Eighth Central Committee of the Party, Xu Haidong did not receive a notice to attend the Ninth National Congress, and he was very anxious.
What Xu Haidong didn't know was that on the same night he was not sleeping all night, Premier Zhou Enlai held an emergency meeting in a conference hall on the north side of the Great Hall of the People .
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With Chairman Mao’s "Instructions on Xu Haidong’s Proposal Report on the Presidium of the Ninth Congress of the Communist Party of China" written by Chairman Mao. He said to the people present: "According to Chairman Mao's proposal, Comrade Xu Haidong should attend the Ninth Congress and propose that he participate in the Presidium."
Some people raised questions.
Zhou Enlai: "As for Comrade Haidong having such or such problems, let me talk about it later. We all know that Chairman Mao said that Comrade Xu Haidong is a person who has made great contributions to the revolution."
Zhou Enlai's words just fell, and a "consent" came.
Just like that, more than ten hours before the Nine meetings were held, Xu Haidong was identified as the representative attending the Nine Conferences and was included in the presidium.
At noon on April 1, 1969, two comrades came to Xu Haidong's bedside and read Chairman Mao's instructions to him.
Then, the two asked Xu Haidong affectionately: "Can you attend the opening ceremony?"
Xu Haidong was already in tears at this time: "The chairman asked me for my name. If my health is not good, I will go even if I die."
Then, the general's wife Zhou Dongping tidied up his clothes, shaved off his beard, and brought an oxygen bag.
At the same time, Chairman Mao, Zhou Enlai and others have arrived at the rostrum of the Great Hall of the People.
Chairman Mao knew that Xu Haidong was in poor health and was not sure whether Xu Haidong could come. His eyes were anxious and he was looking at the representatives at the venue, looking for them one by one.
Seeing the Prime Minister beside him, Chairman Mao asked cordially: "Is Comrade Haidong here?
Zhou Enlai comforted: "I have sent a car to pick it up. "
Not long after, the meeting was time and it had not started. At this time, with the help of the staff, Xu Haidong was pushed into the venue in a wheelchair.
Seeing Xu Haidong coming, Zhou Enlai hurriedly changed a good seat for him.
Chairman Mao also saw Xu Haidong at this time. He waved to Xu Haidong affectionately despite the surprise gazes of the crowd.
Xu Haidong was moved again and burst into tears.
At the Ninth National Congress, Xu Haidong was able to receive such an honor and was valued by Chairman Mao so much because he made great contributions to the revolution.
l3 What great contribution does Xu Haidong have to the revolution? What kind of intersection does he have with Chairman Mao?
The most mysterious general in the Red Army
American writer Snow In "The Westward Journey", there is such a passage : Among the leaders of the Red Army, there is probably nothing more famous than Xu Haidong, and no one can be more mysterious than him.
Xu Haidong's mystery originates from the legend of his revolutionary career.
1900, Xu Haidong was born in a kiln worker family in Huangpi, Hubei. The Xu family has been kiln workers for six generations. Born in such a poor family, it seems that Xu Haidong will have an indissoluble bond with the kiln worker profession.
13 years old, in order to reduce the burden on the family, Xu Haidong began to learn kiln-burning talents with his brother. This was done 11 autumns, summers, autumns and winters.
1925, by chance, led Xu Haidong to the road of revolution.
At that time, when Xu Haidong was attending the temple fair, he met one of his former classmates lijitang .
Li Jitang had just returned from the provincial capital Wuhan. This trip was to spread Marxism. It turned out that when he was in Wuhan, Li Jitang was influenced by Dong Biwu and Chen Tanqiu, participated in the revolution, and joined the Communist Party of China .
When he saw his old classmate, Lin Jitang knew that Xu Haidong was not a person in the pool, so he immediately told him the revolutionary principles.
At that time, Xu Haidong couldn't understand what the October Revolution was or what the Soviet was. He only knew that the poor should resist when they were oppressed by the landlords.
Xu Haidong, who suffered a lot of hardships, deeply agreed with this principle. It was from this time that he had the idea of going out to explore, see the world, and participate in the revolution.
In the autumn of 1925, when Xu Haidong saw the opportunity, he immediately followed Lin Jitang to Wuhan.
Under the introduction of Li Jitang, Xu Haidong joined Communist Party . Soon, in order to cultivate military talents, Xu Haidong was arranged to join the troops of the direct warlords.
Xu Haidong is smart and can understand at one point. After coming to the army, he did not disappoint the expectations of the party organization and soon learned a lot of useful military knowledge. After the Northern Expedition began, Xu Haidong joined the army with the consent of the party organization and officially began his military career. After the failure of the revolution in 1927, Xu Haidong returned to his hometown. At this time, he was a world of difference from two years ago.
When he was leading the team in his hometown, the county party committee only gave him a pistol.
Despite this, Xu Haidong was not discouraged. Instead, he relied on this pistol and forced a team of peasants. Even afterwards, he led the team into the main force of the Red Army.
By 1931, Xu Haidong had been promoted to the commander of the Red Army. After
After insisting on guerrilla warfare in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, Xu Haidong became the "major trouble" of the enemy with his outstanding military command ability
Chiang Kai-shek once regarded Xu Haidong as a "big disaster". He personally asked the plane to send flyers and gave a reward of Xu Haidong's head with a hundred thousand oceans.
In order to suppress the morale of the Red Army, the Kuomintang has repeatedly boasted that it had wiped out Xu Hai's eastern territory, etc.
In fact, Xu Haidong was not only not eliminated by the Kuomintang troops, but was growing stronger and stronger.
When Long March was reached, the Red 25 Army led by Xu Haidong also became the only unit that not only did not reduce personnel but also added many soldiers.
All of this comes from Xu Haidong's super high military command talent.
Chairman Mao: Thanks to the 5,000 yuan
In the autumn of 1935, Xu Haidong led the Red 25th Army to northern Shaanxi to join forces with the Red Army led by Liu Zhidan. Then, in accordance with the instructions of the party organization, they reorganized the troops into the Red 15th Corps, with Xu Haidong as the commander of the army.
On November of the same year, when Xu Haidong was preparing to command the battle in Zhangcunyi, the legion political commissar Cheng Zihua sent someone to send a letter. It turned out that Cheng Zihua told Xu Haidong that Chairman Mao and Zhou Enlai and other central leaders were coming to the legion headquarters in the afternoon.
Xu Haidong was very excited and rode his horse to the authentic Zuopu where the legion headquarters was located.
More than three hours later, Xu Haidong returned to the station. As soon as he washed his face, Chairman Mao came.
Chairman Mao had never met Xu Haidong before, but he was at this time, as if it was not the first time the two met. He held Xu Haidong's hand tightly and said kindly : "Comrade Xu Haidong, thank you for your hard work..."
Xu Haidong hurriedly replied: "Chairman, thank you for your hard work..."
The first meeting with Chairman Mao also became Xu Haidong's deepest memory.
Soon, a test for Xu Haidong came.
Central Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi after 25,000 miles of Long March. They slept in the open all the way, and their equipment and weapons were very bad. At this time, winter in northern Shaanxi was coming.
How to ensure that the soldiers can safely spend the first winter in northern Shaanxi became Chairman Mao’s heart.
Yang Zhicheng, who was the director of the rear department of the Central Red Army at the time, did some calculations for Chairman Mao, and he told Chairman Mao that at least two or three thousand oceans would be needed.
Chairman Mao frowned and paced around the room.
After a while, Chairman Mao suddenly said: "I will write you an IOU. You go and try it with Comrade Haidong. I believe that if it is possible, Comrade Haidong will definitely help us."
Xu Haidong got the IOU written by Chairman Mao and felt very ashamed. He felt that he was not considerate well. In order to make up for his mistakes, he hurriedly found Cha Guozhen, the then Minister of the supply of the Red 15th Army.
Learning that the troops still have 7,000 yuan, Xu Haidong immediately spoke : "Leave 2,000, and the remaining 5,000 is given to the central government."
Cha Guozhen wanted to say something, and Xu Haidong immediately stopped him: "We are difficult, the central government will definitely be more difficult than us, otherwise Chairman Mao would not write an IOU... In any case, we must ensure that the Central Red Army safely spends the first winter in northern Shaanxi."
The next day, Xu Haidong took the money and handed it to Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao was very excited. He later remembered this matter very clearly. He said: "At that time, thanks to the 5,000 yuan."
Later, Chairman Mao called Xu Haidong a person who "had great contributions to the Chinese revolution."
So, as we all know, this 5,000 yuan is important, is there no other reason? Actually there is.
Chairman Mao’s borrowing money is actually a test for Xu Haidong
Let’s analyze it from the background at that time.
In June 1935, the Central Red Army and the Red Fourth Front Army met. At this time, the Central Red Army had more than 10,000 people and more than 80,000 people in the Red Fourth Front Army. According to the Central Committee's vision, the troops should gather north to fight against Japan.
At the critical moment, Zhang Guotao, the main leader of the Red Fourth Front Army, developed the idea of warlords.
Zhang Guotao believes that whoever has more guns should listen to whom. His will torture eventually led to a breakup between the two armies.
In the end, Chairman Mao led more than 7,000 people north, while Zhang Guotao led more than 80,000 people south.
Decades later, when Chairman Mao was thinking about this, he was still very palpitations.
1960, in an interview with his old friend Snow, Chairman Mao clearly stated that his break with Zhang Guotao on the grassland was the darkest period of his life.
At that time, he even prepared to 7000 Red Army to be disbanded and go to white area to do underground work.
It was under such a difficult situation that Chairman Mao and the Red Army finally arrived in northern Shaanxi after great hardships.
According to the army sequence at that time, the 15th Red Army was under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Red Army, and Xu Haidong was also an old subordinate of Zhang Guotao, so someone had questions at that time, whether Xu Haidong could listen to the Central Committee or Zhang Guotao at this time.
Chairman Mao wrote a letter to borrow money from Xu Haidong. From another perspective, it also means to test Xu Haidong.
At the critical moment, Xu Haidong showed his firm party spirit.
is exactly what I said in the previous article. Xu Haidong immediately understood the profound meaning of Chairman Mao, and he also knew that Chairman Mao was correct, so he finally took out 5,000 yuan and handed it to the Central Committee to help the Central Red Army through difficult times.
html More than 0 years later, when I thought of this, Xu Haidong did not make any contribution to himself. He mentioned it and wrote in his memoir: I sincerely support and love Chairman Mao... At that time, I thought that a Communist Party member should serve the central government unconditionally.Xu Haidong's profound understanding of the great meaning can be seen.
Xu Haidong's borrowing money was actually the best comfort to Chairman Mao's heart, because the money sent by Xu Haidong not only helped the Central Red Army survive the first winter in northern Shaanxi, but also politically, it was also at the darkest moment in Chairman Mao's life, allowing him to see the dawn of victory.
Chairman Mao repeatedly praised Xu Haidong for being a person who made great contributions to the Chinese revolution, so there is such an important reason.
In fact, Zhou Enlai, Peng Dehuai and other Red Army leaders also had a deep understanding of this.
Later, after borrowing money, when Peng Dehuai met Xu Haidong, he had always praised Xu Haidong, and he praised Xu Haidong. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xu Haidong visited Zhou Enlai.
Zhou Enlai was cutting his hair at that time. When he learned that Xu Haidong was coming, he ignored his half-clearing of his hair and hurried out to greet him. He held Xu Haidong's hand tightly, and the two had a great time talking. When
was awarded the title, Xu Haidong had not been on the battlefield for many years, but Chairman Mao insisted on awarding him the rank of general .
Zhou Enlai agreed. After the news of
was released, Xu Haidong himself had some opinions.
Xu Haidong believes that he has been recuperating for a long time and has made little contribution to the party organization, but he was awarded the rank of general. He feels very guilty and hopes to be awarded the rank of low.
Zhou Enlai rejected him, and Zhou En said, "Comrade Haidong, it is not high or low to grant you the rank of general, it is very appropriate."
Xu Haidong had to give up after hearing this.
Later, when the rank was awarded, Xu Haidong was not only awarded the rank of general, but his ranking was also ahead of Huang Kecheng, Chen Geng and others.
You should know that Huang Kecheng, Chen Geng and others are all famous generals, and Xu Haidong was able to rank ahead of them, second only to Su Yu.
This also shows the impact of Xu Haidong unconditionally giving money to the central government when he was in northern Shaanxi.
At the Ninth Congress of 1969, although Chairman Mao had not seen Xu Haidong for a long time, he had always had a place for Xu Haidong in his heart, so the scene at the beginning of the article happened.
