Figure 丨 Chairman Mao and Xu Shiyou had a cordial conversation in 1958
Foreword
Facing Chairman Mao’s body, Xu Shiyou was not as "sufficient to kneel" as people said. After the ground three bowed, he circled the body a few times, and then left without saying a word.
"The Sword in the Box" Xu Shiyou
In 1985, the editorial department of "People's Liberation Army Literature and Art" prepared an appointment with a group of famous generals in the War of Resistance against Japan to write a poem about the 40th week of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
Xu Shiyou, as a veteran in the army, naturally received a draft from the editorial department.
Although Xu Shiyou has a lot of jingle in his daily life, it is still a bit difficult to recite poems and essays.
In order to be able to complete the draft, General Xu Shiyou asked for help, and finally came up with a "poem".
The content is as follows (excerpt):
Who will rule the roost? The head of the armed forces Mao Zedong. Forty years of spring and autumn count victory, millions of children sing gale. 伏枥 The old Jirong is in his heart, and the sword in the box is purple. How dare you forget the teacher’s legacy, imperialism is war. Shake hands, smile and vindicate.
Picture丨A recent photo of Comrade Xu Shiyou
After seeing some veterans who know Xu Shiyou,He smiled and said: "If you want to say that in this poem, which sentence is most like his Xu Shiyou style, only the sentence of the three-army chief Mao Zedong."
The reason why I said this sentence is like the style of General Xu Shiyou, It is because his respect, loyalty and admiration for Chairman Mao were straightforward and never embellished.
For Chairman Mao, Xu Shiyou always put himself in the position of Chairman Mao's fighter no matter from the heart, words and deeds.
If you want to study the friendship between Chairman Mao and Xu Shiyou, you must start with the first encounter between the two.
When the two met for the first time, it should be after the three main forces met, Xu Shiyou was transferred to Yan'an after studying.
However, there are many articles that set the first meeting of Chairman Mao and Xu Shiyou on the long march.
In his memoirs, General Xu Shiyou clearly pointed out: "On June 14, 1935, the Ninth Army and the 30th Army of the Four Front Army rendezvously met. On the day of the meeting, the two teams were held in Dawei Township. To celebrate the meeting, Chairman Mao attended the meeting... The good news of the meeting reached our Fourth Army far away from Dawei. The troops have been immersed in joy for a long time." At this time, Xu Shiyou has not yet seen Chairman Mao.
Figure 丨 Xu Shiyou in the Red Army period
However, after arriving in Yan'an to study, Xu Shiyou and Chairman Mao began to meet.
General Xu Shiyou has said many times: "Chairman Mao saved me Xu Shiyou twice." The first rescue occurred during Xu Shiyou's study period in Yan'an!
Speaking of this,I have to mention Zhang Guotao, an important figure in the history of the Chinese revolution.
After the failure of the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, it is convenient for me to proceed with the Long March. At that time, the Party Central Committee advocated going north to resist Japan, but Zhang Guotao had different ideas and wanted to go south to establish a base area.
At that time, the Red Fourth Front Army under the command of Zhang Guotao was relatively strong, so he clashed with the Party Central Committee and headed his team south.
However, after the three major red forces joined forces, the Party Central Committee criticized Zhang Guotao's fault.
The policy at the time was to criticize Zhang Guotao while affirming the merits of the soldiers of the Red Quartet.
Most of the Red Fourth Army fighters support the Party Central Committee's decision in a fair manner and dare to point out Zhang Guotao's mistakes.
Figure 丨 Founding Admiral Xu Shiyou
But at this time, no one expected that Xu Shiyou would jump out by himself and trigger a "big event", namely: anti-big event!
For this matter, General Xu Shiyou has also made a more detailed review and analysis.
After arriving in Yan'an, Xu Shiyou heard about Zhang Guotao. However, he didn't say anything about this matter, but instead thought that as long as he didn't involve himself, he wouldn't care about it.
With the subsequent defeat of the West Road Army, this made Xu Shiyou more uncomfortable. He couldn't rest well for half a month, and was finally hospitalized due to illness.
Xu Shiyou, as a military-level cadre of the Fourth Red Army,Many comrades came to visit him after learning that he was sick. When everyone talked about the changes in the outside world, they were not in a good mood, and some even cried.
Xu Shiyou himself is also very anxious, because these comrades all came out from the battlefield together. For this reason, he thought of a way to return to Sichuan together.
However, Xu Shiyou's plan was not successfully implemented. The Party Central Committee knew about it in the afternoon, so they were called to ask.
Figure 丨 Xu Shiyou accompanied Chairman Mao to visit the scenic spots
What kind of problem is this, I believe everyone is also clear. Regarding the memory of this period of history, General Xu Shiyou was frank and took all the responsibilities on himself. But in fact, he is also the main organizer!
But there is one thing, General Xu Shiyou’s memories are false. Instead of simply asking them to ask in the past, they took decisive measures.
According to the recollection of Mo Wenhua, director of the Political Department of the "Anti-Da" at the time: "Wang Jian'an (the commander of the Fourth Red Army) after reporting the situation, after discussion with the Party Central Committee, decided to wait for Xu Shiyou. The arrest of people will prevent irreparable consequences.”
After detaining Xu Shiyou and others, they began to interrogate them.
During the interrogation, due to Xu Shiyou's bad attitude, some people advocated that Xu Shiyou be sentenced to death. But for this proposal, Chairman Mao exercised his veto power.
On the morning of June 6, the Supreme Court held a special military court to hear Xu Shiyou and others. In this public trial, Xu Shiyou was sentenced to one and a half years in prison, while others were sentenced to one year, eight months or six months.
This Xu Shiyou naturally attracted the attention of Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao first entrusted Xu Xiangqian to visit Xu Shiyou and others to do work. Soon after, Chairman Mao came to see Xu Shiyou for the first time.
Picture丨From the left, Yang Shangkun, Xu Shiyou, Luo Ruiqing, Chairman Mao
Chairman Mao admires Xu Shiyou very much. In this conversation, the chairman told Xu Shiyou a lot of truth, but because Xu Shiyou was still angry, he didn't fully listen to it.
Chairman Mao also noticed that his state was not right, so he ended the topic euphemistically.
When he met for the second time, Chairman Mao said to Xu Shiyou: "Comrade Shiyou, you have won many battles and suffered a lot. You cadres of the Fourth Red Army are party cadres. Zhang Guotao's He should be responsible for the mistake. It has nothing to do with you comrades."
Chairman Mao's words deeply moved Xu Shiyou.
For this memory, Xu Shiyou once said: "The few words of Chairman Mao at that time immediately solved my thoughts and made me feel very comfortable and warm. How much Chairman Mao understands , We workers and peasants!"
After Xu Shiyou was released, Chairman Mao did not forget him, and he was re-arranged for a post, namely: Deputy Minister of School Affairs of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.
Figure 丨 Xu Shiyou attended the meeting to speak.
This work character is actually similar to the management department. No wonder General Xu Shiyou,When I talked about the Anti-Japanese War, I would always say: "I worked as a management section chief in the Anti-Dalian!" In the "anti-big" incident, the imprisonment of dozens of senior cadres including Xu Shiyou,...in fact, it was an unjust case.
, let Xu Shiyou go
Xu Shiyou has been serving as his management section chief in the "Anti-Japanese War", but after all, he is a military commander. With the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Shiyou I don't want to stay in school, I want to go to the front to kill the enemy.
"I would rather fight to death on the battlefield than stay in school", this sentence is a true portrayal of General Xu Shiyou.
After learning about Xu Shiyou’s request, Chairman Mao decided to put him back in the army and went to the 386 brigade of the 129 division as the deputy brigade commander.
Someone may have questions about Chairman Mao’s arrangement? Xu Shiyou was the commander of the army during the Red Army period. Why did he become the brigade commander during the Anti-Japanese War, and was demoted because of mistakes?
In fact, after our "united front" with the Kuomintang during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the commanders of the various fronts of the Red Army could only "condescend" to be brigade commanders or deputy brigade commanders.
Figure 丨 Xu Shiyou accompanied Chairman Mao to the meeting
Chairman Mao’s arrangement for Xu Shiyou cannot be regarded as a demotion, on the contrary, it is a respect for Xu Shiyou.
In the spring of 1938,Xu Shiyou followed Commander-in-Chief Zhu De to the Taihang Mountains and plunged into the tide of the War of Resistance Against Japan. During this period of time, even though Xu Shiyou participated in some battles, because the main commander was not him, he did not make a name for it.
When Xu Shiyou was in obscurity on the front line, Chairman Mao would often think of the "Monk Xu" when he dispatched troops in Yan'an.
At that time, our side was actively expanding the base area, and Shandong became a very important place in the eyes of Chairman Mao.
In order to gain a firm foothold in Shandong, Chairman Mao sent Luo Ronghuan, Xu Xiangqian and others. However, these people are handsome talents, and there is still a lack of generals who can charge. For this reason, Chairman Mao ordered Xu Shiyou.
There were some criticisms about Xu Shiyou's appointment to Shandong. means: Xu Shiyou is not the best candidate in the front line, plus the influence of "resisting major incidents".
However, Chairman Mao still insisted on his idea and appointed Xu Shiyou as the brigade commander of the fifth brigade of the Shandong Column. Later, he was appointed commander of the Jiaodong Military Region and given him the important task of consolidating the anti-Japanese base.
Figure 丨 Xu Shiyou in Jiaodong
From the above incident, for Xu Shiyou, Chairman Mao is simply the noble man in his life. Xu Shiyou's respect for Chairman Mao in the future is justified.
Xu Shiyou once commented on Chairman Mao this way: "The chairman knows me and trusts me!" It was not only during the war, Chairman Mao trusted Xu Shiyou. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Chairman Mao also cared about Xu Shiyou.
We all know that General Xu Shiyou likes to drink,But often can't control the amount of alcohol. Even Chairman Mao, who was in Beijing, had heard about it. After a certain meeting, he asked Li Desheng to talk, asking him to persuade Xu Shiyou not to let him drink excessively every day.
When Xu Shiyou learned that Li Desheng had arrived in Nanjing, he planned to entertain this old friend. Li Desheng and Xu Shiyou are old comrades-in-arms, and they know each other's temper.
At the dinner table, Li Desheng, in accordance with Xu Shiyou’s practice, just killed the first cup. After drinking three rounds, Xu Shiyou also knew that his old comrade-in-arms could not drink enough, so he did not force him.
Picture丨General Li Desheng
Xu Shiyou was also happy at this time, so Li Desheng said, "Do you know why I came to Nanjing this time?" Xu Shiyou smiled and said, "How can I? You know, you can speak up."
Li Desheng took up his glass and said, "I came to Nanjing because of this. The chairman asked me to persuade you and hope you can drink less in the future." Xu Shiyou laughed after hearing this. Then I said: "I thought it was a big deal. Drink less if you drink less. I know how much I drink. You report to the chairman, and Xu Shiyou thanked him for his concern. I will definitely pay attention to it in the future."
In this way, Li Desheng rushed to Beijing the next day and reported the trip to Nanjing separately to Chairman Mao.
For Xu Shiyou, Chairman Mao rescued him once before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and once again after the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
The second time Chairman Mao rescued Xu Shiyou was in those "turbulent" years. There were also some bad "situations" in the Nanjing area where Xu Shiyou was located at that time, and Xu Shiyou was very anxious for this.
Picture丨Xu Shiyou and Nie Fengzhi couple
At that time, Xu Shiyou summoned the staff he believed to be reliable,Understand the situation in various places, and organize everyone to discuss how to deal with the current situation.
At that time, Chairman Mao did not forget Xu Shiyou. Chairman Mao, who was on an investigation in Shanghai, specially summoned Xu Shiyou and asked him about the situation.
For this meeting, Xu Shiyou had something to say and wanted to ask Chairman Mao for advice.
After listening to Xu Shiyou's speech, Chairman Mao said: "Comrade Xu Shiyou, if you have any thoughts, please tell me all."
Xu Shiyou replied: " Chairman, no more!" To Xu Shiyou’s question, Chairman Mao answered him and said to the people around him: "Xu Shiyou is a good comrade,"
At the end of the conversation, Chairman Mao changed the subject. , Asked about the situation in Xu Shiyou's home. Xu Shiyou smiled and said: "Chairman, I can't even take care of myself, and I can't take care of family affairs."
After hearing Xu Shiyou's answer, Chairman Mao said: "You Xu Monk, if you can’t live in Nanjing, you can come to Beijing and live in my house.”
Soon, the central government or the Nanjing Military Region sent a telegram: “If Comrade Xu Shiyou is healthy, you can come Beijing celebrated the National Day and lived in Zhongnanhai, and sent a special plane to pick him up.”
Figure 丨 Xu Shiyou boarded the Tiananmen Tower
On the eve of the National Day, Xu Shiyou took a special plane to Beijing and moved into Zhongnanhai. On October 1, 1967, Xu Shiyou boarded the Tiananmen Gate and participated in the National Day ceremony.
The next day,The National Day report of major newspapers, "The Great Changes in Human History", wrote: "The great leader talked cordially with an old comrade who has made great achievements."
The old comrade in the article , Refers to Xu Shiyou. Chairman Mao not only "talked" with Xu Shiyou, but talked for more than half an hour.
Now recalling this history, Xu Shiyou's ability to survive that era safely has a lot to do with Chairman Mao's statement.
Regarding this history, Xu Shiyou once said: "Without Chairman Mao, there would be no me, Xu Shiyou."
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Since May 1976, Chairman Mao has not appeared in public.
At this time, Chairman Mao was already seriously ill and was in the final battle with death. The deaths of President Zhu and Premier Zhou have caused a heavy blow to Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao, as the leader of the country, his illness and rescue are kept secret, and only a small group of people know it. Even Xu Shiyou, who is a member of the Politburo and the commander of the military region, doesn't know a bit of news because he is out of town.
Picture丨Chairman Mao's death
In the early morning of September 9, 1976, Xu Shiyou received a notice from the central government regarding the death of Chairman Mao and his immediate entry to Beijing. Facing the bad news, he appeared very calm and issued three commands: first,The authority to mobilize the troops was reiterated; second, to summon the heads of several key departments and explain to them relevant matters; third, to arrange the work of the military region in the near future.
It seems that Xu Shiyou's handling is very proper and quite clever. He did not panic because of the death of the chairman.
After handling the matter, Xu Shiyou rushed to Beijing on a military plane.
On the way to Beijing, Xu Shiyou remembered his daily life with Chairman Mao, and tears couldn't stop streaming down.
When facing the body of Chairman Mao, Xu Shiyou did not "kneel down" and "tears like rain" as everyone imagined. Instead, he bowed deeply three times before turning around the body After a few laps, he left with a green face.
Figure 丨 People mourn Chairman Mao
The death of Chairman Mao is undoubtedly sad news for the people of the whole country. In order to allow the people to mourn this patriotic leader, the Central Committee decided to hold a week-long condolence event in the Great Hall of the People, with Politburo members taking turns to guard the spirit.
When it was Xu Shiyou's turn to guard the spirit, he was directly stopped by the guard at the door.
As for the reason? This was because Xu Shiyou wanted to enter the mourning hall with a gun. Xu Shiyou was not angry about the guard's behavior, so he asked, "Why can't I bring a gun?" The guard replied, "There is a rule that the chief can't bring a gun in." Xu asked, "Who made this rule?" The guard replied: "Regulated by the Politburo."
Xu Shiyou said, "I am a member of the Politburo, why don't I know?" After saying this, he walked in directly.
was in the entire mourning hall at that time,Among all the guards who participated in the condolences, only General Xu Shiyou carried a gun.
Figure 丨 Xu Shiyou attended the memorial service for Chairman Mao
The death of Chairman Mao was a very big blow to General Xu Shiyou.
For this reason, he posted a picture of Chairman Mao on the wall in his bedroom, leaving no gap.
For a while, General Xu Shiyou didn't go out much. Instead, he sat in the bedroom in a daze, sometimes talking to himself. No one knew what was going on with General Xu, and no one dared to go up and ask.
Later, everyone guessed that Commander Xu posted Chairman Mao's photo all over the bedroom so that he could see Chairman Mao no matter which direction General Xu was heading.
Xu Shiyou used his own way to mourn the revolutionary leader who had a great influence on him.
Xu Shiyou followed Chairman Mao for decades, and his style of work was also deeply influenced by Chairman Mao. In the face of his descendants, he never abused his private power, and once warned his daughter: "I am fighting step by step, and you must do the same, starting from the grassroots. From now on, the road will depend on your own, well. Work hard!"
Picture丨Xu Shiyou's family portrait
In this way, Xu Shiyou's seven children did not become "big officials" because of him. The future achievements are inseparable from my own hard work.
At 16:57 on October 22, 1985, a generation of war fighter Xu Shiyou died in the General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region at the age of 80.
Looking back on the life of the old general,His revolutionary friendship with Chairman Mao was moved. Xu Shiyou once said: "Chairman Mao's kindness to me cannot be repaid in this life, even I will not be able to repay it in my next life!"
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