Deng Xiaoping, He Long and General Zhu are together
Preface
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were no major wars in the country. The Central Military Commission has adjusted the main military chief officers of major military regions. After a period of adjustment, some military chief officers from major military regions have been transferred from their original positions.
For example, after Peng Dehuai entered North Korea to command the battle to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, the second secretary of the Northwest Bureau became the actual person in charge of the Northwest region; Liu Bocheng took the initiative to open the Military Academy for the country; Nie Rongzhen entered Zhongnanhai and served as the acting chief of staff of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army.
At this time, He Long was still the vice chairman of the Southwest Military and Political Committee, commander of the Southwest Military Region, and the third secretary of the Southwest Bureau of the Communist Party of China, and participated in leading the local work of clearing out bandits, restoring production, and building the border. As time goes by, the work of southwest gradually stabilized...
Deng Xiaoping: I found you a good job
In July 1952, Liu Shaoqi approved the "Opinions on Strengthening the Service Organization of the Party Central Committee". In the "Opinions", it was proposed: " plans to draw the secretaries of the central bureaus back at the beginning of next year to strengthen the central leadership. "
Chairman Mao, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De were together
Considering that in August, Zhou Enlai and Chen Yun were going to visit the Soviet Union, and Deng Xiaoping was urgently needed to serve as Vice Premier of the State Council and assist Premier Zhou Enlai in preside over the work of the State Council. The Central Committee decided to first transfer Deng Xiaoping to Beijing in accordance with the "Opinions on Strengthening the Party Central Committee's Office".
In mid-July, Deng Xiaoping, who was working in the Southwest Bureau, received a telegram from Liu Shaoqi, asking him to go to Beijing immediately and be familiar with the work of the Government Council.
After receiving the telegram, Deng Xiaoping immediately handed over his work and took his whole family to Beijing to take his post.
On the plane from Chongqing to Beijing, I thought that when I was in Chongqing, others called my father the "chief". My daughter was curious about what changes would happen when she arrived in Beijing, so she asked Deng Xiaoping: "Dad, what are you going to Beijing?"
After hearing his daughter's words, Deng Xiaoping smiled and answered two words: "Sole!"
Deng Xiaoping and Premier Zhou Enlai were together
After arriving in Beijing, Deng Xiaoping simply settled his home and immediately came to Premier Zhou Enlai's office to report to him. After meeting with
, Premier Zhou Enlai introduced the division of labor between the four vice premiers of the State Council to Deng Xiaoping:
"Dong Biwu also serves as the director of the Political and Legal Committee of the State Council, in charge of political and legal work; Chen Yun also serves as the director of the Finance and Economic Committee of the State Council, in charge of financial and economic work; Guo Moruo also serves as the director of the Cultural and Education Committee of the State Council, in charge of cultural and educational work; Huang Yanpei also serves as the Minister of the Ministry of Light Industry, in charge of work of the Ministry of Light Industry."
Finally, Premier Zhou Enlai said that according to Chairman Mao's instructions, Deng Xiaoping will be responsible for overall strategic decision-making after coming to the State Council, and will assist himself in charge of the overall work of the State Council.
This time, Deng Xiaoping felt that the burden on him was getting heavier. Therefore, Deng Xiaoping made up his mind to live up to the trust of Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and the Party Central Committee, strive to be familiar with the relevant work of the State Council, and be a good assistant to Premier Zhou Enlai. From then on, Deng Xiaoping began another important period in his revolutionary career.
He Long's old photo
After familiarizing with the business for a period of time, Deng Xiaoping quickly entered the working state. One day, Liu Shaoqi forwarded a letter from the Communist Youth League to Deng Xiaoping. In the letter, the comrades of the Communist Youth League said:
"I hope General He Long can serve as the director of the State Sports Commission."
After receiving the letter transferred by Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping decided to talk to He Long. So, Deng Xiaoping called a familiar phone number through the dedicated line. On the other end of the phone is where I worked for three years.
At this time, a red phone from the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee Office suddenly rang. He Long, who was reading documents at his desk, put down the work in his hand and picked up the red telephone receiver in front of him.
Before He Long could speak, Deng Xiaoping's voice came from the phone: "Boss He, how are you doing recently?"
He Long is familiar with Deng Xiaoping and has never been to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Since he calls on the red phone, there must be something important. Thinking of this, He Long smiled and said, "It turns out it's Comrade Xiaoping. Why did you remember to call me? Is there anything important?"
Deng Xiaoping's old photo
Then He Long said, Deng Xiaoping said, "Well, that's it. Mr. He, I found a good errand for you in Beijing, and planned to invite you out of the mountain. Look, okay?"
Hearing Deng Xiaoping said that he had found a good errand for himself, He Long said with interest: "Huh? What's the errand?" After He Long finished speaking, Deng Xiaoping told He Long about the Communist Youth League's hope that he would serve as the director of the State Sports Commission. A position like
is a new challenge for He Long. After fighting for half a lifetime, He Long was very familiar with military affairs. He suddenly had to take charge of such a job. He Long was not mentally prepared and fell into silence.
He Long knew about the previous adjustments to the military chief officers of the Military Region by the Central Military Commission, and was also very familiar with Deng Xiaoping and others who had a place to enter the central government. Therefore, He Long was mentally prepared for the change in his position as the commander of the Southwest Military Region. He felt that he might go to , , or go to other troops, but he would never get involved with the Sports Commission.
was silent for a while, and He Long said seriously: "So, what about Chairman Mao's opinion?"
Deng Xiaoping was with Chairman Mao
Deng Xiaoping was prepared for He Long's issue and knew what he was hesitating in his heart, so he said to He Long: "It doesn't matter, I have said hello to Chairman Mao. The Chairman believes that you are most suitable for this work!"
Hearing that Chairman Mao also supported him as the director of the State Sports Commission, He Long stopped hesitating and immediately expressed his opinion: "Okay, no problem, I will do whatever the central government asked me to do!"
On November 15, Premier Zhou Enlai officially appointed He Long as the director of the Central Sports Commission. After receiving the appointment, He Long immediately handed over his work and formally appointed him to the Sports Commission to preside over the national sports development work. At the Sports Committee, He Long first learned about the current situation of national sports development.
After investigation, He Long found that compared with other countries in the world, China's sports can be said to have not started yet. In 1932, Liu Changchun represented China in the Los Angeles Olympics , becoming the "first person in China's Olympic Games", but his ranking was not ideal. It is said that Liu Changchun's training at that time was extremely poor, of course, this was not his problem. At that time, the country was in a war-torn era, so it would be good to have training.
He Long and sports athletes are together
Even if they participated in world sports events, China has not won a medal at the Olympics. In other words, there is no single sports in the world, which is a bit of a success. This shows how backward the development of sports in China is.
Under such circumstances, the sports of New China requires no one, and there is no training ground, which is simply blank. In order to develop sports, He Long presided over the first national sports committee work meeting based on the investigation. At the meeting, He Long said:
"Everyone knows what our sports career in China looks like. However, we proletarian revolutionaries are working hard to transform the old society, old China and to develop sports in the future. Therefore, in the future, we must start from scratch, not be afraid of hardships, and strive to remove the label of "Sick Man of East Asia" as soon as possible and become a world sports power."
Having a goal, we must make a plan. Under He Long's personal leadership, the Sports Committee quickly formulated a relevant development plan.
Looking at the carefully crafted plan in front of him to develop the national sports industry, He Long called Deng Xiaoping's office.On the phone, Deng Xiaoping said, "Boss He, what's the matter when you come to me?"
Zhu De, He Long, Deng Xiaoping at the opening ceremony of the All-Army Sports Conference
After listening to Deng Xiaoping's words, He Long said directly: "Comrade Xiaoping, the development of the Sports Committee, I want to ask you for money and people!"
After listening to He Long's words, Deng Xiaoping knew that He Long would talk to him about this matter sooner or later. He also knew a little about the development of national sports. Therefore, Deng Xiaoping was not surprised at all, but he didn't expect that He Long's work efficiency was so high and he formulated his work plan so quickly. So, Deng Xiaoping smiled and said:
"President He is really old-tempered and full of enthusiasm. It's not easy to find someone? During the revolutionary period, you could dig the local county magistrate to play basketball in your army. Now you want a few people in various places, who dares not listen to you? As for the money issue..."
Immediately afterwards, Deng Xiaoping thought for a while and said: "You have to solve the problem of money with Comrade Bo Yibo." Hearing that Deng Xiaoping pointed the direction for himself, He Long was very happy and replied cheerfully, "I know!"
hung up the phone. Deng Xiaoping knew that the national sports industry was going to be carried out, and He Long was also busy, so he laughed. Deng Xiaoping knew about President He's decisive behavior and admired him from the bottom of his heart.
Deng Xiaoping and He Long took pictures in Chongqing
Asolutely, not long after, He Long began to poach people nationwide on a large scale, which can be said to be vigorous. In response, Deng Xiaoping smiled and said, "This President He is such a strange person!" As he said that, Deng Xiaoping thought of what happened in 1949.
He Long: I must get the football on
On October 10, 1949, Chairman Mao and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to form the Southwest Military Region, and dispatched He Long, commander of the Northwest Military Region, deputy commander Wang Weizhou, chief of staff Zhang Jingwu, and Li Jingquan, member of the Standing Committee of the Northwest Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, to work in the southwest. In order to get this done, Chairman Mao specially sent a power to Peng Dehuai. In the telegram, Chairman Mao said:
"About the troops from Shaanxi to Sichuan, they have been determined as the 18th Corps together with He Long, Bo Cheng and Xiaoping. The time for annihilation of Hu should not be too early. The Second Field Army should be waiting for the second field to advance to the line between Xia (Xizhou, that is, Yibin ), Lu (Zhou), Chongqing, and then launch an attack. The time is about early or mid-December, and it is determined by the Military Commission."
After receiving a telegram from Chairman Mao, Peng Dehuai conveyed the order of the Central Military Commission: "The 18th Corps is under the command of the Southwest Military Region. The Independent First Army (4 regiments) in charge of the transformation of the Corps is still under the command of the 62nd Army, and will enter Sichuan with the 18th Corps."
Northwest Military Region Commander He Long is commanding the battle
At this time, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping were leading the Second Field Army to launch an attack on Chongqing and Nanchuan . In order to prevent He Long and the 18th Corps from entering Sichuan and alleviate their own pressure, Hu Zongnan and his troops were contracted, destroyed them along the way of the 18th Corps' march, and mines were buried. In this case, He Long and Li Jingquan suggested to the Central Military Commission:
"Once our main force is dispatched, the enemy will be forced to retreat quickly. If our army does not advance, the enemy will retreat in a planned manner and destroy roads and bridges to increase the difficulties of our army's advance. In the case that it is impossible for us to destroy Hu bandits in the mountains of Qinling , I will send a capable vanguard to be equipped with engineers to advance with combat readiness attitude, and take the task of reconnaissance and road construction to prepare for the army to advance."
Chairman Mao agreed with He Long and others after careful consideration, and let the 18th Corps follow Hu Zongnan's territory to slowly attack and advance.
On December 3, on the basis that the second field army had occupied Chongqing, Deng Xiaoping and Liu Bocheng judged that Hu Zongnan might accelerate his retreat. So, Liu and Deng called He Long and others to ask the 18th Corps and other units to accelerate their advancement. The 18th Corps and the 7th and 19th Corps and other units that cooperated with the operation to pursue and advance.
Deng Xiaoping and Liu Bocheng were together
After receiving a telegram from Deng Xiaoping and Liu Bocheng, He Long immediately led the 18th Corps to pursue Sichuan, liberating many areas along the way.
After the liberation of the southwestern provinces, He Long was appointed as the vice chairman of the Southwest Military and Political Committee, commander of the Southwest Military Region, and the third secretary of the Southwest Bureau of the Communist Party of China.
During the cooperation period, Deng Xiaoping fully experienced He Long's decisive behavior. The two cooperated very well and made outstanding contributions to the peaceful liberation of Tibet, the liberation of the Greater Southwest, and the construction of the Greater Southwest. After serving as director of the State Sports Commission, He Long carried forward his work style during the battle period of commanding the army, and immediately went to various places to personally select talents. First, He Long decided to go to Chongqing to select generals among his old subordinates. The first one selected by He Long was the Zhang Zhihuai , who had followed him for many years.
Zhang Zhihuai once taught sports in a sports college. After joining the Eighth Route Army, he made great achievements under the leadership of He Long. In addition, Zhang Zhihuai is also the captain of the "Fighting Basketball Team" of the 120th Division, and his basketball skills are second to none among the 120th Division.
He Long and the combat basketball team
At this time, Zhang Zhihuai was the cadre director of the Southwest Military Region Command, in charge of the personnel work of the troops. When Zhang Zhihuai hesitated when he learned that He Long wanted him to serve in the Sports Commission. After participating in the revolution, Zhang Zhihuai regarded the army as more important than life. Although he still loved sports, he was still reluctant to leave the army and serve in the Sports Commission.
In order to convince Zhang Zhihuai, He Long decided to talk to him again. After seeing Zhang Zhihuai, He Long smiled and said, "Comrade Zhihuai, sports are also an important front now. This front just lacks professional talents like you, so if you don't do it, who will do it?"
After hearing He Long's words, Zhang Zhihuai wanted to fight for it again, so he said, "But, but the army also needs me!"
In order to poach Zhang Zhihuai, He Long changed his approach and said seriously: "Comrade Zhang Zhihuai, I, He Long, is also the commander of the Southwest Military Region. Is my position important? But the Central Committee decided to let me catch sports, and I went there without hesitation. This is OK. I will give you three days to consider. If you really can't figure it out, we will hold a branch party committee meeting. If you can convince everyone, I will not force you to catch you."
From He Long's words, Zhang Zhihuai heard that if he did not agree, He Long would not leave. After returning home, Zhang Zhihuai didn't sleep all night and thought about He Long's words many times. Finally, Zhang Zhihuai said to himself, "Although he is reluctant to leave the army, he is a party member, and obeying the cause of the party and the country is necessary."
He Long is playing tennis
The next day, Zhang Zhihuai walked into He Long's residence and told He Long that he was willing to work at the Sports Committee. After hearing Zhang Zhihuai's words, He Long was very happy and immediately arranged for Zhang Zhihuai to go to Beijing, and he embarked on the journey of poaching people again.
With He Long's efforts, a group of military cadres who love sports have left their original units one after another and gathered at the office of the Beijing Sports Commission to begin selecting and cultivating sports talents for the country.
In September 1954, He Long was appointed as Vice Premier of the State Council and Director of the State Sports Commission.
Thinking of the extremely low popularity of the "three major balls" of basketball, football and volleyball in China and the extremely poor foundation, He Long felt very anxious and said to the leaders of the Sports Committee: "If you can't get the three major balls, I will die with my eyes open!"
Among the "three major balls", He Long is particularly worried about football. In history, Chinese football teams have never appeared in the World Cup. For football with the worst foundation and the weakest strength, He Long decided to make great efforts and must achieve results!
1954, in order to quickly improve the level of Chinese football, He Long decided to send a Chinese youth football team to Hungary to learn football skills and experience from them.
Chinese youth football team took a picture in Hungary
Before the Chinese youth football team left the national gate, He Long found the comrades leading the team to talk and asked them to convey their words to the members of the football team.He Long said: "We must tell the children that our future football hope for the future of New China is entrusted to them, so that they must study hard and practice hard in Hungary and strive to win glory for the country as soon as possible!"
Although, under He Long's care, the Chinese youth football team has made great progress, it is still very weak compared with other football teams in the world and has lost again and again in the game.
In the summer of 1955, at the 5th World Youth Gala held in Warsaw , the Chinese youth football team lost to Polish football team with a record of 2-3; in early 1956, when Yugoslav Football Second Team visited China, the Chinese youth football team lost to the Yugoslav Football Team with a record of 2-4.
In the eyes of the players, He Long has invested a lot of energy in the development of the Chinese youth football team. They have repeatedly failed and completely disappointed He Long’s expectations for them. In response to this, the football players and coaches were nervous. On the one hand, they worked harder and were ready to accept He Long's criticism.
team members all said that He Long's criticism was acceptable. What I worry most is that I see He Long's disappointed eyes. No matter how afraid you are, you will inevitably meet. One day, the football players received a notice that He Long wanted to see them.
He Long On the day he met at the table tennis match
, the players were very nervous and hid in the corner, lowered their heads and did not dare to speak. Seeing this scene, He Long decided to encourage them, and smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? Come, go to the first row!"
Immediately afterwards, He Long said to the female basketball players of Shanghai Sports Academy , "Don't be idle, pour them a glass of water quickly. It is not easy for them to return from the battle outside." When the football players such as
were sitting in the front row, He Long smiled and said, "It's okay. Are you afraid of losing? You have tried your best. I watched your game, and you played 2-2 in the second half, and you performed very well! You must seriously summarize the lessons of failure, continue to work hard, and strive to get a good result in the next game. I believe that the development of our Chinese football has great potential!"
for the situation of Chinese football. He Long summarized. He found that the main reason why Chinese football cannot make great progress like other sports is that it is not popular enough and the mass base is too poor.
1964, He Long said to the staff of the National Sports Commission meeting: "I am very dissatisfied with the current development of Chinese football. You must promote football to the whole country and make football come forward!"
He Long was talking about sports
1969 On June 9, 1969, He Long passed away and finally failed to see the moment when the Chinese football team entered the World Cup, which became a lifelong regret!
During his lifetime, He Long made many efforts for the development of China's sports industry. It is no exaggeration to say that He Long is the pioneer and founder of the sports industry in New China!
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