In 1965, Chairman Mao asked Mr. Peng to be the third deputy director in Southwest China. Who were the three bosses?

The founding marshal of the great ups and downs

Among the top ten marshals of New China, Mr. Peng can be said to be the one who ranks high with great credit. He joined the party during the low period of the revolution, and later experienced the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Liberation War and Anti-US Aid Korea and became a legendary figure who has experienced many battles. However, his life is like a drama. Mr. Peng, who is invincible and invincible on the battlefield, encountered "Waterloo" after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The trip to Lushan in 1959 cast a shadow over the life of the Marshal. He was removed from his post and moved out of Zhongnanhai at the same time.

After staying away from the temple, Mr. Peng lived idle in the Wu’s Garden. The people around him began to alienate him. Even his wife Pu Anxiu complained repeatedly, “You are in charge of the military, why do you want to interfere in the economy?” “Don’t write that letter. Believe it or not?" The marshal argued for reasons, but he didn't speculate with his wife and often broke up unhappy. Mr. Peng felt very helpless. In order to pass the time on weekdays, he planted vegetables, and he and the guards dig pond mud, raise fish and plant fruit trees. The General Marshal who once commanded thousands of troops, now looks like an old farmer in the countryside.

served as the deputy commander of the junior line

But then again, Mr. Peng was a hard-working man after all. By 1965, the organization began to consider arranging his work. At that time, the Sino-Soviet diplomatic relationship was very serious and the international situation was very severe. Our country began to vigorously build the third line, so the central government decided to let President Peng go there as the deputy commander.

First, Peng Zhen, the mayor of Beijing at the time, came forward to do the ideological work of President Peng. As soon as they met, Peng Zhen explained the main theme: "I will talk to you on behalf of the Central Committee. The Central Committee has decided to send you to the third line as deputy commander."

Mr. Peng was silent for a moment, and then he refused. It turned out that the Marshal had two concerns. On the one hand, he was a layman in industry.There is still some experience in investigating and researching in the countryside; on the other hand, he was in an embarrassing situation at the time, no one listened to his words, others would doubt if he was right, and others would be suspicious if he was wrong. The two talked for a long time, but there was no result. Finally, President Peng threw a sentence "If I don’t see the chairman, I won’t go anywhere."

After a while, President Peng met the chairman as he wanted At that time, there were Liu Shaoqi, Peng Zhen, Deng Gong and others nearby. The chairman said earnestly, "Now we need to build a strategic rear, and invest in the southwest in proportion. Finally, it is appropriate for you to go to the southwest. In the future, you can bring a few soldiers to fight in order to restore your reputation." Marshal

still insisted on "I do Industry is a layman. Time is pressing and I am afraid I will lose it. I still want to go to the frontier to engage in agriculture." The chairman replied, "Comrade Peng Dehuai is going to the southwest. This is a party policy. If anyone disagrees, ask him to come and talk to me."

It's all about it, and Mr. Peng is not easy to refuse, and finally agrees to go to work. According to the organization's arrangement, Mr. Peng is always the third deputy director of the junior line. That is to say, plus the director, first and second deputy directors, there are three immediate bosses in front of the marshal. So who are these three people apart? We then look down.

Senior Third Line Director Li Jingquan

Li Jingquan is more than ten years younger than President Peng, and has less seniority in the revolutionary years. He once served as a supplementary division political commissar in the Red Army Corps and can be said to be a subordinate of President Peng. It's just that Li Jingquan made rapid progress later. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Southwest Bureau of .

When he was conferred in 1955, Li Jingquan served as the political commissar of the Chengdu Military Region .But because he mainly worked in local governance, he failed to be awarded the title. Ten years later, the Central Committee decided to establish the third-line construction committee of the Southwest Bureau. Li Jingquan has been in charge of the Southwest for a long time, with excellent experience and qualifications, so he was appointed as the third-line director.

Cheng Zihua, the first deputy director of the third line

Cheng Zihua is a well-known general. He once commanded the Twenty-fifth Red Army to go to the Long March alone and took the lead in northern Shaanxi to lay the foundation for the arrival of the Central Red Army. Since then, Cheng Zihua participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, and gradually grew into a commander of the Corps commanding thousands of troops.

Unfortunately, Cheng Zihua had already left the army when he was awarded the rank in 1955, so he passed by. However, military rank does not represent everything. Cheng Zihua later served as Minister of of the Ministry of Commerce of , deputy director of the State Construction Commission, and executive deputy director of the Planning Commission, and became an expert in the field of economic construction. In 1965, Cheng Zihua came to the Southwest and served as the third-line executive deputy director, that is, the first deputy director.

Yan Xiufeng, the second deputy director of the third line

Compared with the above two, Yan Xiufeng is a little more unknown. He also has no military rank, and he has not even been a military post. In the revolutionary years, Yan Xiufeng served in the Shanxi and Sui regions for a long time, and his main job was to be responsible for local governance.

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Yan Xiufeng also came to the Southwest. During this period, he did a good job and made rapid progress. He was promoted from the Secretary General of the Provincial Government to Deputy Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Secretariat of the Southwest Bureau. In 1965, Yan Xiufeng was appointed as the second deputy director of the third line. It is worth mentioning that he and the executive deputy director Cheng Zihua are still fellows in Shanxi.

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