In April 1959, the Second National People's Congress was held in Beijing. Many generals attended the meeting, such as Marshal He Long, General Chen Mingren, etc. There was also a small episode before the meeting started, that is, someone brought a gun to the meeting.
As we all know, you are not allowed to bring guns to meetings, not to mention there are so many important generals, and the general who brought guns to the meeting is Chen Mingren. When He Long learned about this, he quickly said to Chi Haotian: "Go and collect his gun."
So what is going on? Why did Chen Mingren bring a gun to the meeting? Why didn't He Long tell Chen Mingren directly instead of asking Chi Haotian to tell him?
Chairman Mao and Chen Mingren
Chen Mingren led the uprising
Chen Mingren was a student in the first batch of Huangpu Military Academy. He served in the Kuomintang army for 25 years and was awarded the Medal of the Blue Sky and White Sun. He was considered "to have created miracles in the world, and he is worthy of it" For rare talents" .
In 1949, Chen Mingren served as the deputy commander of the Kuomintang's "Suppression General" in Central China and the commander of the First Corps, leading the 29th Army and the 71st Army to be stationed in Changsha, Hunan. When the People's Liberation Army was in turmoil, Chen Mingren swore: "Soldiers should take protecting the country and the people as their bounden duty, and a wise man should be patriotic as well as his hometown."
html On August 4, Chen Mingren and Cheng Qian led an uprising of more than 120,000 Kuomintang troops. . After Cheng Qian and Chen Mingren led their troops in the uprising, Chairman Mao sent a telegram to them: "Resolutely break away from the puppet government and join the people's revolution. Welcome!"
On August 25, 1949, Chairman Mao personally modified Xinhua News Agency "The Significance of the Hunan Uprising" clearly stated: "The uprising of the two generals Cheng Qian and Chen Mingren in Hunan seriously shocked the remnants of the Kuomintang in South, Southeast, Southwest and Northwest China. The only hope for the remnants of the Kuomintang is to break away from Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren , etc., accepted the leadership of the Communist Party. "
On September 27, 1955, our army implemented a military rank system, and Chen Mingren was awarded the rank of general.
Cheng Qian and Chen Mingren
Chen Mingren brought a gun to the meeting
In the days that followed, Chen Mingren served as a member of the National Defense Commission and other positions, and was elected as a representative of the first, second and third Hunan Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee. Immediately afterwards, Chen Mingren was elected as a representative of the National People's Congress in 1959, a military representative.
Everyone knows that soldiers never leave their guns, so when Chen Mingren attended the meeting, he naturally brought his gun with him. However, this is not an ordinary meeting, and the participants are not ordinary people, so everyone attending the meeting is not allowed to bring guns.
When someone discovered that Chen Mingren entered the venue with a gun, he quickly reported the matter to Peng Zhen, the secretary-general of the conference. Peng Zhen didn't know what to do for a while. At this moment, he spotted He Long. He immediately found He Long: "Mr. He, you are not allowed to bring guns to the meeting. I wonder if you can collect his gun." Come up?"
He Long nodded and said, "Leave this matter to me, I will help you solve it."
He Long
I believe everyone must be very confused when they see this. Why did Peng Zhen ask He Long to solve this problem? Is it because of his seniority? In fact, this is not the case.
Anyone who knows about it will know that Chen Mingren was a member of the People's Liberation Army delegation, and Marshal He Long was the head of the People's Liberation Army delegation at the time. Therefore, Peng Zhen believed that He Long could control Chen Mingren, and Chen Mingren naturally listened to He Long.
But He Long did not go directly to Chen Mingren and put away his gun, but took a roundabout approach. Everyone should know that Chen Mingren is a rebel general, and his identity is relatively sensitive. If He Long went directly to collect his gun, he would inevitably not give face to the other party and embarrass the other party, so He Long decided to find Chi Haotian to resolve the matter.
He Long said to Chi Haotian: You put away Chen Mingren's gun.
He Long found Chi Haotian who was sitting aside and was preparing for a meeting, and said to him: "Comrade Chi Haotian, go and put away General Chen Mingren's gun." "You are not allowed to bring guns to the meeting."
There were many generals present. Why did He Long find Chi Haotian alone?
First of all, Chi Haotian is young and is Chen Mingren's descendant. If he goes to persuade him, he will not embarrass Chen Mingren.
Secondly, Chi Haotian is very capable. His ability is not only reflected in the military aspect, but also in dealing with complex problems. Chi Haotian had dealt with many difficult problems in the army and satisfied both parties. This was also an important reason why He Long chose him.
After Chi Haotian accepted this task, he did not rush to find Chen Mingren, but thought about what he should do. After a while, Chi Haotian came to Chen Mingren and said: "Commander Chen, the Secretariat told everyone yesterday that if you carry weapons, they will be handed over to the general assembly for safekeeping. I wonder if you have any?" Carrying weapons?"
Chen Mingren nodded and said, "I brought a pistol." After that, he handed the pistol on his waist to Chi Haotian, and then said, "I'll trouble you." Chi Haotian said with a smile. ： "You are so polite, Commander Chen, and I would like to thank you for cooperating with our work."
Chi Haotian also meant this. He said that the Secretariat had issued a notice that guns need to be handed over for unified custody. His words It was aimed at everyone present, not Chen Mingren alone, and Chen Mingren did not feel the slightest discomfort.
I have to say that Chi Haotian's way of handling problems is really amazing. It is no wonder that he can solve diplomatic problems one after another in the future.
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