As we all know, in the 1955 New China awarded titles, there were more than 1,000 founding generals, and several of them were rebel generals, such as Chen Mingren, Dong Qiwu, Tao Zhiyue and others. They all became founding generals after the uprising, but there was a strange phenomenon.
That is Cheng Qian, who revolted with Chen Mingren, did not have a military rank. Why? On August 4, 1949, Cheng Qian and Chen Mingren issued a "Peaceful Uprising Telegram" in Hunan, and the Kuomintang then announced the expulsion of Cheng Qian as a party member. At that time, Cheng Qian had a very high status in the Kuomintang.
Cheng Qian was born in 1882 and is from Liling, Hunan. He was born in a family of farming and studying. He became a scholar of in the Qing Dynasty at the age of 16. In 1904, 22-year-old Cheng Qian was admitted to Japan to study. During his time in Japan, he met Huang Xing , Song Jiaoren and others. The next year he joined Tongmenghui .
Since then, Cheng Qian has been following Mr. Sun Yat-sen. He returned to China after graduating from Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. When the 1911 Revolution broke out, he assisted Huang Xing in counterattacking Hankou . The following year he became the Director of the Military Affairs of Hunan. Since then, Cheng Qian has been developing in Hunan and participated in the fight against imperialism and anti-Yuan.
After Chiang Kai-shek took power, in December 1935, Cheng Qian became the Chief of Staff of the Kuomintang Military Commission, and the second year he became a second-level general of the Army. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, in 1938, Cheng Qian became the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone and the chairman of Henan.
Like the familiar Lanfeng Battle , it was commanded by Cheng Qian. Under the command of Cheng Qian, more than 32,000 Japanese troops were eliminated. In terms of the anti-Japanese war, Cheng Qian made contributions to the War of Resistance. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Cheng Qian was transferred to the position of director of Wuhan Camp , and controlled the military and political power of Central China. At this time, he was already a first-level general.
During the later Liberation War, Cheng Qian joined forces with Li Zongren and to force Chiang Kai-shek to step down. Since then, the military and political power in Hunan is still in the hands of Cheng Qian. With the victory of the People's Liberation Army, Cheng Qian finally chose a peaceful uprising after some thoughts.
After the uprising, Cheng Qian was respected by Chairman Mao. On March 14, 1952, Cheng Qian was officially appointed Chairman of the Hunan People's Government. Since then, Cheng Qian has been in charge of Hunan for many years. It is precisely because he left the military system that he did not participate in the awarding of the title during the Grand Prix.
It is worth mentioning that in the autumn of the year when Cheng Qian was appointed as the chairman of Hunan, Cheng Qian went to Beijing for a meeting. During this period, Chairman Mao specially invited Cheng Qian to visit his home. After the meal, Chairman Mao and Cheng Qian took a walk together. When he reached the waterside, Chairman Mao was intrigued and proposed to row together.
Then the two boarded a small wooden boat. After Chairman Mao got on the boat, he was about to pick up the oars and row. Cheng Qian hurriedly said, "If you can't do it, you can't do it. How can the Chairman row for me?" Chairman Mao didn't care and said, "You are a veteran of the Kuomintang and my old superior, so you should follow the guests!"
It turned out that in 1911, Chairman Mao had served as a soldier in the Hunan New Army. Cheng Qian happened to be the chief of staff of the New Army. This is why the "old superior" said, but Chairman Mao was able to give Cheng Qian such courtesy, which shows that Chairman Mao treats people sincerely and respects Cheng Qian.
Cheng Qian died of illness on April 9, 1968 at the age of 87. His memorial service was grandly held in Babaoshan . Cheng Qian's wife Guo Yiqing was 37 years younger than Cheng Qian and until she died of illness on June 12, 1996 at the age of 77. After his death, she was buried with Cheng Qian together.
