Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the chairman asked Luo Ronghuan to serve as Minister of Public Security. Why did Luo Shuai refuse? Also highly recommend Luo Ruiqing?
When the new China was about to be established, Chairman Mao Zedong and Vice Chairman Zhou Enlai were considering the candidates for ministers from important departments, the most important of which was the Ministry of Public Security.
At that time, the mainland of the motherland had not been fully liberated, and the war in South is still in progress. The situation facing the New China is extremely complicated and everything is in trouble. At this time, it is extremely important to ensure that the New China can start construction in a stable and secure environment. Therefore, it is very important for who will be the first Minister of Public Security of New China.
As we all know, the first Minister of Public Security of New China was Luo Ruiqing, who was also the first commander of the Public Security Army. But few people know that in early 1949, before the founding of New China in , Mao Zedong began to determine that the Minister of Public Security was not Luo Ruiqing, but someone else. His surname was Luo. He was Luo Ronghuan, the political commissar of the Northeast Field Army, and later became one of the top ten marshals!
Mao Zedong had a very deep understanding of Luo Ronghuan. As early as 1927 when Mao Zedong led the Autumn Harvest Uprising, Luo Ronghuan had been following him for a revolution, and had experienced the famous " Sanwan Adaptation ", Jinggangshan years, Central Soviet Area and Long March . It can be said that Luo Ronghuan was a good student of Mao Zedong. It was under Mao Zedong's leadership that Luo Ronghuan gradually grew into the most outstanding political cadre in the Red Army .
During the Anti-Japanese War, Luo Ronghuan first served as the director of the Political Training Department, and later served as the political commissar. When the division commander Lin Biao went to the rear to recover from his wounds and the deputy division commander Nie Rongzhen stayed on Mount Wutai to open up the anti-Japanese base in Shanxi, he and Chen Guang, Xiao Hua and others led the main force of the 115 Division to enter Shandong. After several years, he finally straightened out the extremely complex relationship of the Shandong anti-Japanese base, and realized the unified leadership of the party over the party, government and military in Shandong. This was one of Luo Ronghuan's greatest historical achievements, and Mao Zedong was deeply impressed by this.
When the Liberation War, Luo Ronghuan, Chen Guang, Xiao Hua and others led the main force of the Shandong Military Region into the Northeast and cooperated with Lin Biao again. This is the prototype of the army of Lin, Luo and Liu Dongye. From the initial 110,000 troops to a million troops, Luo Ronghuan played a very critical role in this.
Mao Zedong knew Luo Ronghuan's ability to deal with complex situations, and also knew his loyalty to the party, so he personally determined that Luo Ronghuan would be the first Minister of Public Security of New China.
But unexpectedly, Luo Ronghuan did not think he was suitable for this position. He put forward different opinions to the chairman and recommended another candidate: Luo Ruiqing.
It should be said that Luo Ronghuan and Luo Ruiqing are not unfamiliar with each other. They have long-term combat friendship and were old comrades-in-arms as early as the Red Army.
They all grew up in Jinggangshan, they are all backbone of Red 4 Army , and they have made outstanding achievements in political work. Luo Ronghuan is older than Luo Ruiqing in terms of age and qualifications. Therefore, Luo Ronghuan was called "Da Luo" and Luo Ruiqing was called "Little Luo". Of course, Luo Ruiqing also has something stronger than Luo Ronghuan, that is, his size, he is 1.89 meters long. Mao Zedong gave him the nickname "Luo Changzi" and said: "Have you been afraid of days falling, we have the eldest son Luo to support us! "
Luo Ruiqing's military experience is very prominent. He is the tiger general of the North China Military Region . Among the famous leaders of the "Yang, Luo, Geng" Corps, Yang Dezhi is the commander, Luo Ruiqing is the political commissar, and Geng Biao is the chief of staff. In the 1955 title award, Yang Dezhi was the rank of general, Luo Ruiqing is the founding general, and Geng Biao did not have the rank of military because he had transferred to the local area.
Luo Ruiqing's military rank is higher than that of Commander Yang Dezhi. One of the main reasons is that he is not at the corps level. Yang Dezhi is at the level of the corps, and Luo Ruiqing is one level higher than Yang Dezhi. He is not only the political commissar of the corps, but more importantly, he is also the director of the Political Department of the North China Military Region. From the rating in 1952, he was at the level of the Military Commission , which is the standard configuration of a general.
Based on Luo Ruiqing's experience in the army, his loyalty to the party, and Luo Ronghuan's understanding of him, he told the Chairman that he was not suitable for being the Minister of Public Security, but Luo Ruiqing was still suitable for him.
Chairman fell into deep thought.
Why did Luo Ronghuan not want to be the Minister of Public Security?
It turns out that this is directly related to Luo Ronghuan's situation at that time.
First of all, the burden on the Minister of Public Security is too heavy, and Luo Ronghuan's health is in very bad condition and he can hardly work normally.
Luo Ronghuan's health has been in bad condition for more than a day or two. As early as when he was working in Shandong, the heavy work pressure greatly damaged his health. During the Battle of Shandong, he had a lot of hematuria . Due to the tense war, he returned to work just after a simple treatment. This was in August 1945.
When the Liberation War, Luo Ronghuan led his army to the Northeast, and was responsible for reorganizing the army and expanding the source of troops with local governments. In addition, the development of the war situation in the Northeast was quite unsuccessful at the beginning, Luo Ronghuan's work burden was very heavy and his condition became heavier.
By August 1946, Luo Ronghuan could no longer hold on to his work, so he had no choice but to go to the Soviet Union for treatment under the arrangement of Chairman Mao Zedong. After consultation by medical experts in the Soviet Kremlin, it was found that his left kidney had a tumor and it had to be removed.
Luo Ronghuan's condition was very serious, and he made a mistake during the operation, which caused the wound to rupture and severe bleeding, which made his body even weaker. Two months later, the work has not recovered. Just at this moment, the doctor found that there was also a problem with his kidney, and advised him to rest in the Soviet Union with peace of mind, and arranged for him to take a vacation treatment, preparing to take him to recuperate for a long time on the Black Sea coast of Crimea, Ukraine.
But Luo Ronghuan could not calm down and recuperate. The domestic war was tense and could not be delayed for a moment. He was eager to return home and returned to China in May 1947. At that time, the strategic turning point was launched. He was also at a very critical moment outside the pass. He was too tired and his condition deteriorated rapidly, so that Mao Zedong had to make regulations in person that he could receive up to two batches of cadres every day, each batch should not exceed one hour.
After the Liaoshen Battle , the Dongye army entered the pass and jointly launched the Pingjin Battle with the North China Military Region troops. In these two decisive battles, Luo Ronghuan was a member of the General Front Committee. After the Dongye army was adapted into the Fourth Field Army, Luo Ronghuan wanted to continue leading the army south with Lin Biao, but his body no longer allowed it. In desperation, he could only stay in Tianjin and Beiping .
Luo Ronghuan knew very well that the Minister of Public Security was too heavy to be able to hold on with his physical condition. The founding of New China is about to be established, and everything is in chaos. The domestic political situation at that time was extremely complicated. The war was still in progress, and the enemy's threat still existed. The liberated areas, especially the capital Peiping, were lurking, so there was a large number of enemy specialists lurking, so we could not relax for a moment. With your own health, you cannot bear such a heavy burden.
Secondly, Luo Ruiqing is the best candidate for this position. He has military and political experience, is loyal to the Party, and has been tested for a long time. What is particularly important is that he also has security and protection experience!
When Luo Ronghuan told Mao Zedong that he was not suitable to serve as the Minister of Public Security and recommended Luo Ruiqing, Mao Zedong considered it and immediately talked to Luo Ruiqing. At that time, Luo Ruiqing had just led his army to liberate Taiyuan and was about to take advantage of the victory. At this time, he received a telegram from the chairman: "Come to come to the Central Committee for a lecture." After arriving at the Central Committee, Zhou Enlai talked to Luo Ruiqing and said that he would be the first Minister of Public Security of New China. Luo Ruiqing had concerns, and he wanted to continue leading the army to fight, and recommended another person to Zhou Enlai, saying that this person is more suitable to serve as the Minister of Public Security.
The person Luo Ruiqing recommended is Li Kenong.
Zhou En said that Li Kenong has Li Kenong’s affairs, and the central government has decided that the Chairman will see you in the evening, so don’t mention continuing to lead troops to fight.
That night, Mao Zedong met Luo Ruiqing at Xiangshan Shuangqing Villa . He was not polite to his old comrade-in-arms and his subordinates, and said directly: " I heard that you don't want to be the Minister of Public Security, and you still have to go to war? Now you are going to establish a new national regime. We don't do it, we all go to war. Is it okay? "
In this way, Luo Ruiqing became the first Minister of Public Security in New China.
In fact, Luo Ruiqing is not unfamiliar with security work. In May 1931, Luo Ruiqing was seriously injured while leading the Red Army to fight against the enemy. Bullets passed through his cheek and almost became "glorious". After recovering from his injury, he temporarily left the battlefield and served as the director of the Political Security Bureau of the Red 1st Legion.
Red 1 Corps is the absolute main force of Central Red Army . It is the army with the Red 4 Army as the core of Jinggangshan. It was originally led by Zhu De and Mao Zedong himself, and later Lin Biao was appointed as the commander of the army and Nie Rongzhen was appointed as the political commissar of the army.
From this period of time to the Long March, one of the main tasks of the Security Bureau with Luo Ruiqing as the director is to ensure the safety of central leaders such as Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. Luo Ruiqing put forward the "6 what" requirements to the staff: who, when, what, where, why and how.
Luo Ruiqing's work is very outstanding. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and others were very impressed by him. They highly praised this tall-shaped, tall-shaped, well-educated security leader, and had a very eloquent eloquence. So when Luo Ronghuan recommended Luo Ruiqing as the first Minister of Public Security of New China, Mao Zedong thought about it for a moment and agreed.
In the security and protection work of our party, there are many stars and talents emerge.
In the early revolutionary struggles, our party already had a very complete security and protection organization. The earlier leader was Zhou Enlai, whom we are familiar with. The " Special Ke " led by him made the enemy frightened.
At that time, even the later famous Chen Geng, Nie Rongzhen, Chen Yun and others also participated in the special science work. During this period, the famous " Longtan Three Heroes " Li Kenong, Qian Zhuangfei and Hu Di were outstanding representatives.
In the Central Soviet Area, the most famous security worker is Deng Fa. The famous progressive journalist Edgar Snow has a very vivid description of Deng Fa in his " Traveling West ". Deng Fa participated in the Zunyi Conference and is an important leader of the party. If he could survive until the founding of New China, he would have been the first Minister of Public Security. Unfortunately, when the War of Resistance Against Japan was just victorious, Deng Fa and Ye Ting, Bogu , Wang Ruofei and other leaders died in an air crash...
Just when Zhou Enlai talked to Luo Ruiqing, Luo Ruiqing also mentioned Li Kenong. As a red agent, Li Kenong was very famous, especially in the case of Gu Shunzhang rebellion, he and Qian Zhuangfei and others were calm in the face of danger and used the trust of the enemy chief Xu Enzeng to minimize the losses. This is Li Kenong's legendary experience.
However, Premier Zhou Enlai said that Li Kenong has Li Kenong's affairs and he has other important arrangements. We can look at his position in New China, and we know that Li Kenong does not have the time and energy to be responsible for the affairs of the Ministry of Public Security: Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Intelligence of the Military Commission, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Minister of Investigation Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
