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He commanded his troops in Long March , risking his life to cover Central Red Army rushing to cross the Jinsha River; he creatively implemented ethnic policies and took over Yunnan where bandits were rampant in just 50 days; he cleverly used the time difference of the Soviet Union's "turning against each other" to obtain valuable information on the development of atomic energy ; he was full of a high sense of historical responsibility and rehabilitated a large number of unjust cases, including the novel "Liu Zhidan".
He was Song Renqiong, the founding general who was praised by Mao Zedong as "the literature can come and martial arts can come."
begging and selling skills, and after hardships, looking for Red Army
Song Renqiong was originally named Song Yunqin. He was born in July 1909 in a poor peasant family in Liuyang, Hunan. He was educated by his hometown teacher Xia Minghan, participated in the peasant movement, and joined the Communist Party of China at the end of 1926. Then he joined the Liuyang Workers' and Peasants' Volunteers Army and served as the Party representative of the Second Squadron of the Fourth Regiment, and began his military career from then on.
Liuyang Workers and Peasants Volunteers were ordered to participate in Nanchang Uprising . Song Renqiong followed the troops halfway, and because the Nanchang Uprising was ahead of schedule, the troops stayed on standby. The organization sent Song Renqiong to ask the head of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee , what should we do next? Song Renqiong avoided the investigation and finally contacted the organization after more than a month of trekking. At that time, the Secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee Wang Zekai suggested that the troops should go south. He wrote a letter with medicine secretly, asking Song Renqiong to try to hand it over to Mao Zedong, and told him, "Ninggang County has a party representative in our county, with dozens of guns, and other matters are written in the letter."
Song Renqiong conveyed the instructions to go south to the army, and found Mao Zedong again. Mao Zedong learned from the secret letter that the actual situation of Jinggangshan was founded and that after the Autumn Harvest Uprising was frustrated, a revolutionary base should be established there to develop and strengthen the revolutionary armed forces. So he decided to transfer to Jinggangshan. The letter that Song Renqiong brought to Mao Zedong at the risk of his life played a key role in his march to Jinggangshan. Song Renqiong also followed Mao Zedong to Jinggangshan. In February 1928, Song Renqiong was transferred to the peasant armed forces Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo's fourth company was the party representative. Mao Zedong specifically instructed: "Be the party representative of the Shandawang and be the company platoon leader. Don't be confused. This is a revolutionary need." After hard and meticulous work, Song Renqiong gradually changed the original green forest habits of this army. After Admiral Gangshan of
, Song Renqiong participated in the battle to attack Suichuan. The battalion commander of the third battalion (later the commander of the army) where he was Wu Zhonghao was a Confucian general. After the Suichuan battle, Wu Zhonghao was drinking and chanting: "Song Yunqin, Song Yunqin, this name is not nice, it's better to change it. Mencius said that the general of heaven gave great responsibilities to this man. I changed one word, and the great responsibilities to the poor, you might as well call it Song Renqiong!" From then on, Song Yunqin changed his name to Song Renqiong.
◆Song Renqiong
In the winter of 1928, the enemy began to "encircle and suppress" the Jinggangshan base. Peng Dehuai and Teng Daiyuan, who remained on the mountain, decided to evacuate and temporarily form a spy company to serve as the defenders, and designated Song Renqiong to be responsible. When they went down the mountain, the spy company was broken up. Song Renqiong was penniless and had to beg for the troops. In the past two years, Song Renqiong suffered all the hardships, but he firmly believed in one belief: we must find the Red Army and the Party! Walking to the 0,000-year-old , Song Renqiong met two people playing with snakes. In order to survive and make a living, I worshipped these two people playing snake man as their teachers. There are snakes everywhere on the slopes and ridges. Local snake beggars use a cloth bag to hold the snake, performing arts along the door, begging for a living. Song Renqiong also caught a snake, and after his master's training, he actually solved his "beast problem". A month later, Song Renqiong said goodbye to his master and continued to search for the Red Army with this life-saving snake. Along the way, fortunately this snake was used as a cover to help him pass the enemy's repeated investigations.
The goalless search is always not a solution, and Song Renqiong decided to go home first. But at this time, Liuyang was also in a panic. In order to avoid being captured by the reactionaries, Song Renqiong took advantage of the darkness to leave home and go to Wuhan.He found out that there was a Communist Party in Guangdong that was active, so he wanted to go to Guangdong to find an organization, but he couldn't get through the warlords' melee. When Song Renqiong returned to southern Hunan, a Kuomintang army happened to be recruiting troops. Song Renqiong had an idea: Why not join their troops first? This not only allows them to find the troops while they are fighting fire with the Red Army, but also helps with food and will not be captured by the enemy! So, he changed his name to Song Gu, signed up for the 15th Independence Brigade of the Kuomintang Army in Liling County, Tang Yunshan, and became a soldier of the Kuomintang. On February 24, 1930, Tang Yunshan attacked the Soviet area of Xingan, Jiangxi (now Xingan County, ), and the enemy was scattered by us. During the chaos, Song Renqiong said to more than a dozen remaining soldiers: "I have acquaintances in the Red Army. You follow me to ensure your life safety." So he led these dozen people off the line of fire. It happened that the 31st Regiment of the former Red Fourth Army accepted their surrender. Song Renqiong finally saw his old comrade-in-arms. He was like a lost child who suddenly saw his relatives, and tears flowed. After review, Song Renqiong quickly restored his party membership and arranged for him to be the political commissar of the brigade.
◆In the spring of 1937, I took a photo in Zhenyuan County, Gansu. From the left in the front row: Tang Tianji , Liu Bocheng, Li Da . The one on the right in the back row is Song Renqiong.
Mao Zedong also knew about Song Renqiong's history. He once said humorously: " Zhuge Liang straw boat borrowed Cao Cao 100,000 arrows. You borrowed the Kuomintang's uniform and found the Red Army. Comrade Song Renqiong, it's really amazing!" In 1960, Mao Zedong asked Song Renqiong to go to the Northeast Bureau to serve as the first secretary. Song felt it was difficult to restore this national heavy industrial base. Mao Zedong encouraged him and said, "Is it more difficult than you were cheating in snakes back then?"
On the eve of the Long March, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided to merge the four Red Army cadre schools to form the Red Army cadre regiment, with Chen Geng as the regiment commander and Song Renqiong as the political commissar. After crossing Chishui for four times, the Kuomintang wanted to destroy the Red Army on the banks of the Jinsha River. In order to get rid of the enemies of the 70 regiments that were chasing, we must cross the river to the north. It was raining and raining at that time. Mao Zedong said to Chen Geng and Song Renqiong: "The rain has not been good these days. The river water has risen, and I am afraid it will affect our crossing of the river!" In order to reach the ferry before the enemy, Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai ordered the cadre regiment to rush 160 miles to occupy the ferry. At the mobilization meeting, Song Renqiong said: "This battle is crucial and is related to the safety of the Red Army. We must resolutely complete the task in accordance with the strategic intentions of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao!" Song Renqiong led the lead battalion and the rear echelon. They disguised themselves as Kuomintang soldiers, climbed mountains and crossed ridges and marched straight to Jiaopingdu. They captured two wooden boats and once they got ashore, they took down the enemy's sentinels with fierce offensives. Then, fight the regular army to the right and the security team to the left. Because the Red Army acted rapidly, the enemy was destroyed before they could react.
In order to cover the entire army's crossing the river, the advance commander Liu Bocheng ordered the cadre regiment to capture Tong'anzhou. Chen Geng led two battalions as the leader, and Song Renqiong led one battalion to follow up and forcibly marched towards Tong'anzhou. From the riverside to Tong'anzhou, there is only a small path hovering on the cliffs. Some sections of the road allow only one person to pass through. The enemy shoots at the Red Army from the top of the mountain and pushes stones down, and Red Army soldiers continue to die. The cadre group who were good at fighting fought to the death, defeated a brigade of the enemy and occupied the important land of Tong'anzhou. In the next seven days and seven nights, the Central Red Army, with nearly 30,000 people, crossed the Jinsha River with the cover of the cadre regiment and the seven wooden boats they found. When the Kuomintang troops arrived at the ferry, they only saw a rotten straw sandal left by the Red Army. This battle provided strong guarantee for the Central Red Army to cross the river safely, and got rid of the encirclement and interception of hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops. The Central Revolutionary Military Commission awarded the cadre regiment to . On the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong became the first secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and the political commissar of the Yunnan Military Region. At that time, Mao Zedong once said to other central leaders: "I, a fellow villager in Hunan, have great skills, and have also come from literature and martial arts. When I go to Yunnan, I will definitely make some achievements."
At that time, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping led the Second Field Army to lead the troops south to pursue the remaining enemies.When studying the name of this cadre team going south, Deng Xiaoping said: "It is better to call the Southwest Service Group, and it can better reflect and conform to the purpose of serving the people of , Southwest ." It was confirmed that Song Renqiong was also the director of the General Headquarters of the Southwest Service Group. After Song Renqiong held training for cadres and students in Nanjing, he led the Yunnan Detachment of the Southwest Service Team and the Guard Force on October 1, 1949 to embark on a thousand-mile journey to Yunnan.
◆In December 1949, Song Renqiong and Chen Geng led the Fourth Corps into Kunming and were welcomed by the people of Yunnan. On the right is Chen Geng, on the left is Song Renqiong.
On the way, Song Renqiong heard good news: Lu Han, chairman of the Kuomintang Yunnan Province, led his troops to revolt in Kunming. Song Renqiong held a cadre meeting overnight to mobilize and speed up the marching. After Long An and the Fourth Corps led by Chen Geng, Song Renqiong convened the first plenary session of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee to deploy the entry into Yunnan, and determined that the central work of the first period was to build a good united front, and pay special attention to uniting and transforming Lu Han and his subordinates. That morning, Lu Han wore a grass-green military jacket and led his civil and military officials and leaders of the Yunnan-Guizhou border throne to Juhua Village in the eastern suburbs of Kunming to welcome the generals of Song Renqiong, Chen Geng, and Zhou Baozhong. On December 20, more than 100,000 people from all walks of life in Kunming held a meeting to welcome the Fourth Corps into the city. Song Renqiong delivered a passionate speech. He said: "The liberation of Yunnan was due to the wise leadership of the Communist Party of China, the Central People's Government and Chairman Mao, the great victory of the People's Liberation Army across the country, the long-term struggle of the people's revolutionary armed forces led by the Yunnan people and the Yunnan local party of the Communist Party of China, and the uprising of General Lu Han and his subordinates, which achieved such victory today. We have already won, but our victory today is just the first step of the Long March. We must continue to work hard to defend the southwestern border of the motherland and the fruits of the people's revolutionary victory." Song Renqiong's speech won a storm of applause.
The peaceful liberation of Yunnan has reduced the disasters brought to the country and the people due to the war, but there have also been problems such as unity between the Communist Party and the old military and political personnel. The central government attached great importance to this and specifically instructed Song Renqiong: If you solve all problems in Yunnan, you should discuss with Lu Han, and do whatever you want to do with the education and transformation of Lu Han's subordinates to achieve the ultimate righteousness. Based on the principle of "unity first and work second", Song Renqiong personally drafted the "Outline for Taking Over Work in Yunnan", emphasizing four issues, including the unity and transformation of Lu Han. Lu Han is an Yi ethnic group in Yunnan. Before the uprising, he was the chairman of the Kuomintang Yunnan Province and a second-level general of the army. His attitude towards the new regime will be directly related to the stability of Yunnan. However, because some cadres have deep prejudice against Lu Han, frictions between some soldiers and Lu Han's troops also occur from time to time. Song Renqiong explained the policies and the overall situation to them many times, and patiently persuaded and educated them, resolving the long-saved grievances.
◆On December 20, 1949, after the Fourth Corps entered the city, Song Renqiong (first from left) and Chen Geng (second from left) met with Lu Han.
Song Renqiong strictly followed the instructions of the central government, fully respected Lu Han, negotiated everything, treated him with courtesy, met with sincerity, and visited him in person, declared unity and righteousness, regardless of personal grievances, eliminated Lu Han's ideological concerns, and had a relatively stable mood. Lu Han sent a message to his wife in Hong Kong in early March 1950: He said that everything was fine in Kunming and decided to stay in Kunming for the time being. After consultation with Lu Han himself and approval from the central government, Lu Han was appointed as the chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Military and Political Committee, Song Renqiong and Zhou Baozhong were appointed as vice chairman. Some of the military and political officials under Lu Han were arranged as members, and they held two meetings a week to discuss major military and political affairs in Yunnan. Song Renqiong visited a group of top figures in Yunnan, such as Li Genyuan, who served as cabinet prime minister during the Beiyang warlords period, and so on, hoping that they would cooperate.
The most difficult thing in the takeover process is finance. To this end, Song Renqiong personally served as the director of the Finance and Economics Committee and proposed the austerity policy of "two people eat for three people". He took the time to hold women's representative meetings from all walks of life, farmers' representative meetings, and business representatives' symposiums, mobilize the people to work hard to carry out production, actively pay grain and taxes, and overcome difficulties together.It took only more than 50 days to take over Yunnan and get it done.
Yunnan is a remote province. Among the 56 ethnic groups in my country, there are 26 ethnic minorities in Yunnan. And they are poor and backward, and they are slashing and burning. Based on the actual situation in Yunnan, Song Renqiong proposed that the land reform policy in the Han area should not be adopted, that is, not to carry out land reform first, but to pass on advanced agricultural technology to change backward farming methods and help them develop agricultural production. Miasma in ethnic minority areas is prevalent, and diseases and disasters occur frequently, resulting in some bad customs. Some ethnic minorities have to kill one person every year and use their heads to sacrifice to ensure good weather. Song Renqiong sent someone to do the work and finally convinced them to replace the head with the bull's head. While respecting customs, a large number of medical teams were sent to investigate the epidemic and treat the disease one by one, which soon strengthened relations with all ethnic groups.
Song Renqiong discovered that most religious figures in Yunnan are patriotic, but there are also a few bad elements ready to move. Therefore, he firmly implemented the Party’s religious policy, respected the freedom of faith in religion, and adopted the policy of striving for the upper class of the religious community. Jingpo people have a leader, and are bewitched by rumors such as the reactionary forces "The Communist Party prohibits religious beliefs", and plan to leave Yunnan and go to Myanmar. After hearing the news, Song Renqiong came to see Lashan in person, spread the religious policies of our party to him, and advised him not to leave Yunnan. But he still insisted on leaving. Song Renqiong said to him: "Be free to believe in religion, come and go. We welcome you when you come back."
◆ (from left) Chen Geng, Song Renqiong, Zhou Baozhong and others took a photo in Yunnan in 1950. After the mountain left, Song Renqiong held many meetings to study and implement religious policies, stipulated that the land and houses of landlords among the imams should not be confiscated, the temple property of the Myanmar, the Lama Temple, the elders, and the Buddhas should be protected, and the "Three-Self-Patriotic" education should be carried out for Catholicism and Jesus. These practices have played a positive role in stabilizing religious upper class and religious believers. Not long after, the leader of the Burma, Lashan, who ran away from Myanmar, eliminated his doubts and returned with confidence, and paid a visit to Song Renqiong. This incident has caused a strong response in the religious community, and rumors from reactionary forces have been self-defeating.
Bandits in Yunnan are very rampant, seriously threatening the new people's regime. In May 1950, Song Renqiong presided over the formulation of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee's "Instructions on Fighting for the Mass and Resolutely Suppressing Bandits and Bully Rebellion", which determined the basic strategies and methods for suppressing bandits. Song Renqiong and military commander Chen Geng held the first bandit suppression work meeting together, and the large-scale clearance was immediately launched in the whole province of Yunnan. The troops eliminated bandits who tried to resist in the deep mountains and dense forests and seized a large number of weapons and radio stations. After nearly three years of hard fighting between the military and civilians, a complete victory in the fight against bandits was achieved.
During his days in Yunnan, Song Renqiong lived up to the trust of the central government and the expectations of the people, demonstrated his leadership in military and political work, and made his historic contribution to building a stable and united new Yunnan. In July 1952, Song Renqiong left Yunnan for Chongqing and was transferred to the position of first deputy secretary of the Southwest Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (Secretary Deng Xiaoping) and vice chairman of the Southwest Military and Political Committee.
I recommended myself, and I was obsessed with the dream of atomic bomb
In September 1955, Song Renqiong was awarded the rank of general and won the first-class August 1st Medal, first-class Independence and Freedom Medal, and the first-class Liberation Medal. He was appointed as the first deputy minister of the General Cadre Department of the People's Liberation Army of China, and was later elected as a member of the 8th Central Committee and an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. At that time, in order to break the imperialist nuclear threat , the Party Central Committee had made the decision to create China's atomic energy cause and develop an atomic bomb.
◆Song Renqiong (first from left) was awarded the rank of General of the People's Liberation Army of China .
Zhou Enlai met Song Renqiong after a meeting and said to him: "We must transfer a Central Committee member from the army to strengthen the geological front." Song Renqiong really hopes that he can devote himself to the economic construction of the motherland and contribute to the socialist building with his own hands. Two days later, he saw Zhou Enlai again and said self-recommendation: "Just transfer me out."And explain the reason for requesting transfer, "I am not used to wearing the uniform on the body. "When Zhou Enlai heard this, he said happily: "Of course it's better that you can come." But, can you come out? Who will pick up your stories? "Song said: "There are still people in the ministry. "Zhou En said: "Okay, but I have to ask the Chairman for instructions. "Soon after, Zhou Enlai told Song Renqiong: "The chairman has new considerations and needs to establish an atomic energy committee. "In November 1956, the Central Committee decided to establish the third Ministry of Machinery Industry, which was specifically responsible for the development of the atomic bomb, and appointed Song Renqiong as minister. Song Renqiong felt glorious and also felt a great responsibility.
At that time, China's atomic energy industry was poor and everything started from scratch. When Song Renqiong took office, he mainly focused on three things: team formation, geological mineral exploration and scientific research base Construction.
Atomic bomb is not like fighting, it depends on science and requires a large number of scientific and technological talents. To this end, Song Renqiong visited Zhang Jinfu, secretary of the Party Group and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Zhang Jinfu readily agreed to hand over the entire Institute of Atomic Energy to 3 Ministry of Machinery and said, " Deng Jiaxian has returned from studying in the United States. He is a talent who can shoulder heavy responsibilities, and he will also give it to you. "Under Song Renqiong's planning and coordination, a scientific research team including Deng Jiaxian, Qian Sanqiang , Li Siguang and other top scientists were quickly organized. The Ministry of Geology, Ministry of Metallurgy, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Coal, etc. allocated relevant design departments and construction units to the Ministry of Machinery, forming a relatively complete atomic energy science and technology industrial system.
In July 1957, a Chinese government delegation with Nie Rongzhen, Song Renqiong and Chen Geng as the heads of the delegation went to Moscow to negotiate nuclear technical assistance with the Soviet Union. After returning, Mao Zedong listened to Song Renqiong's report and said to Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and Li Fuchun in front of Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and Li Fuchun: "It depends on you whether the atomic bomb can explode! ”
Then, the main battlefield for China's nuclear industry construction was set up in Qinghai Plateau , Yumen Gobi, the foot of Daqing Mountain, and the shore of the Yellow River. Uranium is the main raw material for manufacturing atomic bombs, so Song Renqiong took the finding of uranium ore as the top priority. Wherever uranium ore was found, his figure appeared. He slept on wooden beds, ate the same meal as everyone else, and personally took a gambling instrument to measure the mine site. Song Renqiong once recalled: "At that time, I was not old, less than fifty years old. Regardless of winter and summer, I lived in tents with cadres and workers, ate and lived with them, and learned geological mineral search knowledge from them. The geological mineral exploration work conditions are very difficult, and they often appear in deep mountains and dense forests, climb mountains and wading in the water, and sleep in the open; however, the vast number of geological science and technology personnel and workers know that they are looking for mineral exploration to establish and develop the atomic energy cause of the motherland. They are a sense of historical mission, responsibility and glory, which inspires everyone to enjoy suffering, be proud of difficulties, work selflessly, and work selflessly. As a result, the work situation quickly opened up... In 1958, the first batch of uranium mining industrial reserves were officially provided to the country. ”
◆In 1959, (from left) Nie Rongzhen, Wan Yi, Li Qiang, and Song Renqiong took photos in Moscow.
In June 1959, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union planned to tear up the agreement and terminate aid to China. Taking advantage of this short time difference, Song Renqiong Cai Two urgent actions were taken: one was to build the main process factory of the enriched uranium factory, pressuring the Soviet side to fulfill the contract and deliver the equipment; the other was to organize scientific and technological personnel to study with Soviet experts, and do everything possible to get the technology learning and get the information. At the same time, Song Renqiong arranged to speed up his research work. One day, Song Renqiong went to the Nuclear Weapons Research Institute and saw that everyone was very excited, so he encouraged and said, "We must fight for our anger." You are all engaged in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics. Your task is to turn this tone into motivation and make our career successful. "It is precisely with these response measures that our country's atomic energy industry has not caused chaos and pause.
In July 1960, the Soviet Union turned against each other and withdrew all experts in China and stopped supplying all technical equipment and materials.Song Renqiong took the keen instructions of politicians to do his work, and took advantage of the opportunities of inviting experts to dinner, meetings and seeing off, and private contact to talk about the friendship and friendship between the peoples of China and the Soviet Union. These practices were immediately effective. Many experts who had contact with Chinese scientific and technological personnel kept the relevant technical information in various ways before leaving. Some people deliberately left the fragments on the ground when destroying the information. From these fragments, Chinese technicians received a lot of valuable information, which was of great help to continue the unfinished project. Of course, there were also unfriendly among the Soviet experts. Not only did they not leave any information, they also said: "This is a devastating blow to you. You can only guard a pile of scrap copper and iron." "From now on, you will be in a technical vacuum, and the Chinese will not be able to create an atomic bomb for 20 years."
In response to this, Song Renqiong vowed: Even if we don't rely on you big brothers, we must also rely on ourselves to win the atomic bomb! However, at that time, the Northeast heavy industry needed to be restored urgently, so Song Renqiong had to implement the central decision and serve as the first secretary of the Northeast Bureau. Song Renqiong was really reluctant to leave. He had a strong sense of honor and mission for China's atomic energy career. And he felt, "Leaving at such a moment is like being ordered to withdraw from the battle at the moment of fierce fighting." So Song Renqiong went to He Long, Nie Rongzhen, Luo Ronghuan, and Deng Xiaoping to talk about his own ideas. Deng Xiaoping said: "Don't mention this matter anymore. Chairman Mao has made a decision. Let's go."
◆In 1961, Song Renqiong participated in spring farming labor at the Liutiao Lake Brigade of Beiling Commune, Shenyang.
Under the recommendation of Song Renqiong, Liu Jie succeeded as the Minister of the Second Machinery Department (changed from the Third Machinery Department).
In September 1960, Song Renqiong bid farewell to the atomic energy career that he was dreaming of with some attachment and melancholy. Before leaving, Liu Jie wanted to give him a farewell. Song Renqiong said: "I'll give up the meal, but there is a requirement. No matter what, you have to agree, that is, if there is news of the atomic bomb test, you must tell me in time."
On October 16, 1964, that long-awaited moment finally came: Song Renqiong suddenly received a call from Liu Jie and told me that it exploded at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. That day, Song Renqiong was waiting for it. The successful explosion of China's atomic bomb caused a great shock around the world, and the people of the whole country and the descendants of Yan and Huang overseas were all excited. Song Renqiong once presided over his initial work, experiencing the ups and downs, and "a unique feeling in his heart." He said: "I have worked in the Second Machinery Department for more than four years. I have spent some time on it and made some efforts. Of course, I am particularly happy and relieved."
empathized with it and vigorously rehabilitated unjust, false and wrong cases
In Song Renqiong's revolutionary career, there were many things worthy of pride, but what made him particularly gratified was that in his later years, he personally rehabilitated a large number of unjust, false and wrong cases, so that the persecuted cadres would see the light of day again and go to work.
In December 1978, after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China closed, the Central Committee decided that Song Renqiong would be the Minister of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Previously, Hu Yaobang had a conversation with Song Renqiong and said: "The Central Committee decided to transfer me to the Central Secretary-General and Minister of the Propaganda Department, and you will replace me to the Central Organization Department. "Song Renqiong felt very sudden. At that time, he was serving as the Minister of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building and Party Secretary. Hu Yaobang said quickly: "Don't hesitate, the central government has decided, so come quickly."
At the welcome meeting of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, Song Renqiong said: "I am 70 years old this year. There is an old Huang Zhong during the Three Kingdoms period. I am afraid that even Huang Zhong is not as good as Huang Zhong. I am not capable, not so courageous, stable, and sometimes a little indecisive. But there is a way to make up for my shortcomings, that is, strengthen collective leadership and give full play to the role of the collective. I will not be lazy and rely on everyone's strength to do my work together."
As soon as Song Renqiong took office, he regarded further implementation of cadre policies, rehabilitation of unjust, false and wrong cases, and handling historical problems as a primary and urgent task in implementing the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh CPC Central Committee.Song Renqiong believed that it is necessary to adhere to the principle of "resolving all mistakes, and rehabilitating all unjust, false and wrong cases in accordance with the principle of "all mistakes are all flat, part of the mistakes are all flat, and good injustice". He repeatedly emphasized that rehabilitation of unjust, false and wrong cases must be done well and must be responsible for the political life of every comrade. We cannot only see that the problems on the surface have been solved by 80% or 90%. As long as there is still a wrong case that has not been corrected, then, for this comrade, it is 100% unresolved. One case after another, one person should do it well in a solid manner, and stand the test of history.
◆In 1982, Song Renqiong was with Deng Yingchao (middle) and Lu Dingyi (right).
However, it is not easy to clarify many accumulated cases and complex situations in a short period of time. After Song Renqiong asked the central government for approval, he quickly took several measures. First, all the comrades in cadre schools were brought back to Beijing, including Peng Zhen, Zhang Jieqing and his wife, Liu Shaoqi's wife Wang Guangmei, etc. Secondly, the comrades who are still detained are freed, and the work is assigned first, and then the review conclusion is made. Then there is the method of instructing the original unit to conduct a review and then sending it to the Organization Department for trial. This greatly accelerated the progress of the review and rehabilitation work. In just over a year, the Central Organization Department directly made a conclusion and reported to the Central Committee for approval, including a large number of senior leading cadres such as Peng Zhen, Lu Dingyi, Tao Zhu, Liu Lantao, Xi Zhongxun, An Ziwen, Hu Qiaomu, Lin Feng, Tan Zhenlin, Li Lisan, and Wang Renzhong.
Among the old historical cases taken over by Song Renqiong, some of them were major cases with significant influence in the country. For example, at the Beidaihe Conference in 1962, Kang Sheng proposed that the novel "Liu Zhidan" was to overturn Gao Gang's case, and Xi Zhongxun, who supported the writing of this novel, was slandered as "anti-party elements", and thousands of people were implicated. For such a major case that was delayed for more than ten years and was examined by the Central task force during the "Cultural Revolution", it is easy to imagine how difficult it is to review it. Song Renqiong organized a special team to collect evidence from multiple sources and wrote a report on the rehabilitation of the novel "Liu Zhidan" in a short period of time. The report pointed out that "Liu Zhidan" is not an anti-party novel, but a work that better praises the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries and describes the history of revolutionary struggle. Comrade Xi Zhongxun was concerned about the creation of this novel and had expressed his opinions on how to modify this novel. It was completely legitimate and there was no anti-party activity at all. "The so-called case of using the novel "Liu Zhidan" to conduct anti-party activities was a big mistake created by Kang Sheng." On August 4, 1979, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China approved the review report of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, and finally solved this long-standing problem.
Mistakes and other major historical problems in previous political movements, such as "Liu Zhidan", have been constantly raised. Song Renqiong's attitude was very clear. He said: "Solving these problems is not only an inevitable requirement for our party to seek truth from facts and to implement the in-depth development of cadre policies, but also has a direct connection with the rehabilitation of many false and wrong cases in the "Cultural Revolution". If these problems are not solved, people will be uneven and unhappy, which will inevitably affect the strategic shift of the focus of the whole party's work." Song Renqiong emphasized the need to strictly master the policies based on the principle of seeking truth from facts. He pointed out: "Any case that is wrong should be reviewed. If the important case is completely wrong, the person who has been expelled from the party, the public office, and the internal problems are treated as enemies, and individual cases will be resolved individually."
Song Renqiong worked day and night, received and listened to the complaints of many persecuted cadres and the opinions and suggestions of the masses on the implementation of cadre policies, personally presided over the study of the rehabilitation and review conclusions of major unjust, false and wrong cases, visited and comforted the veteran cadres waiting for rehabilitation many times, arranged the cadres' housing, medical care, family and other living issues. Song Renqiong presided over the formulation of dozens of documents, providing policy weapons for rehabilitation of unjust, false and wrong cases. Relying on the strength of the whole party, he resolutely implemented the spirit of the central government's instructions, and in just over three years, he basically completed the task of rehabilitating unjust, false and wrong cases nationwide.A large number of tried and tested veteran cadres have returned to leadership positions, and professional and talented intellectuals have been used, ensuring the shift of the party’s work priorities from an organizational perspective. Song Renqiong made indelible contributions to completing this historical mission.
In June 1985, Song Renqiong, then a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, actively responded to the call for the abolition of lifelong leadership positions and jointly submitted an application to the Party Central Committee to withdraw from the front line with Wang Zhen. He looked back on history and worked hard to write the 600,000-word "Memoirs of Song Renqiong". On January 8, 2005, Comrade Song Renqiong, an outstanding political leader of our party and army, passed away in Beijing, completing the magnificent 96 years of life.
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