Before the official start of the marshal's memorial service, while giving a speech, the marshal quietly walked over to *** and stuffed a manuscript into ***'s hand. **Somewhat unsure, he whispered, "What did you give me?"
Ye Shuai didn't answer, just stared at the prime minister, made a "please" gesture with both hands, and then bowed lightly and walked back to his position. The manuscript pointed out that Marshal **, as an old revolutionary, made important contributions to the establishment and construction of the country, so the state should hold a high-level funeral to express the memory and respect for the deceased.
However, because Mr. Chen was implicated during his lifetime and had no position in the end, it is difficult to determine the specifications of his funeral. Initially, due to the influence of the background of the times, the specifications of Mr. Chen's funeral were relatively conservative, slightly higher than that of General Peng Shaohui, but not as good as that of General Xie Fuzhi. ** It was decided to raise the specifications of the funeral at least one notch higher than the funeral of Admiral Li Tianyou.
After learning that *** would come to attend Mr. Chen's funeral, he informed those who had been advised not to attend Mr. Chen's memorial service, as well as all committee members and democrats in Beijing, could now attend Mr. Chen's memorial service. The funeral was presided over by the Military Commission, and the number of participants was limited to 500.
An hour before the start of the memorial service, ** came to the venue in person, dressed in pajamas, with only a coat draped outside, without the majesty of a great man, but a little sloppy. Despite his poor physical condition, he was still very worried about the chairman's physical condition and asked, "Why did you come so early?"The chairman replied: "I know that my old comrade-in-arms is gone, and I can't sleep."
**In the cold January in Beijing, I secretly complained in my heart, why can't *** wear more clothes?After all, it's a bit strange to look in your pajamas and overcoat. However, the prime minister was also embarrassed to criticize *** in person, so he turned to the guards and secretaries who took care of the chairman to criticize.
The guards felt aggrieved and said that when the chairman suddenly got up and left for the memorial service, they had to hurriedly put on an overcoat for the chairman. The Prime Minister has worked with *** for many years and is well aware of the chairman's style, but he also understands that this criticism is actually addressed to the chairman.
After the chairman arrived, the specifications of the memorial service were improved, and the arrangement of the joint eulogy by the marshal and Major General Li Desheng, which was originally presided over by the Military Commission, no longer seemed appropriate. Hence the awkward scene at the beginning. In fact, Ye Shuai gave *** a eulogy to Mr. Chen, considering the many guests, even foreign heads of state, it is most appropriate for *** to give a speech to mourn.
The prime minister glanced at the manuscript handed by Ye Shuai and realized that he was going to read the eulogy himself, so he read it in advance. This eulogy is more than 600 words, and he read it quickly, but there are four words that make him not very satisfied, so he took advantage of the memorial service to ask *** to take a look. Secondly, there are merits and deeds, and merits outweigh faults, how to look at it.
**After reading Mr. Chen's eulogy, his brows were slightly furrowed, and the corners of his eyes were filled with tears, saying that the eulogy itself was not bad, but there was a sentence in it that was not very appropriate. Seeing the chairman's reaction, he could probably guess which sentence the chairman was referring to, which should be the four words that he himself was not satisfied with.
**I think those four words are "meritorious deeds", because Mr. Chen had been criticized and implicated before, and now someone actually added this "meritorious deeds" to his eulogy. Mr. Chen participated in and led the Southern Hunan Uprising, served as a divisional to military cadre of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army during the Agrarian Revolution, and made great contributions to the stability of the New Fourth Army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
During the War of Liberation, he guarded Huaye with prestige, and later served as the mayor of Shanghai, the first mayor and other important positions, and his contributions to the party and the country are indelible to anyone. Even if Mr. Chen has made mistakes, the mistakes are absolutely insignificant compared to his merits. Therefore, it is hoped that the phrase "meritorious deeds" will be replaced by "merits outweigh faults".
** The Chair was clearly aware of the problem. Originally, it was planned to let *** read the eulogy in person, but the comradeship between **boss and *** has been as long as forty-four years, starting from Jinggangshan in 1928. ** Knowing this, in fact, there is no need for a eulogy to review Mr. Chen's revolutionary experience in detail.
However, out of respect for his old comrades-in-arms, ** still carefully read the entire eulogy. It turned out that it contained a summary: "merit and demerit". * After seeing these words, I was obviously very displeased. What is the big fault of Mr. Chen, who should be specifically mentioned in the eulogy?So, without hesitation, he crossed out the words "meritorious and deed".
After the cross-out, ** also added an additional annotation, indicating that although this is a usable eulogy, in this case, it is not appropriate to discuss the merits and demerits of Comrade **. The prime minister was overjoyed to see that *** directly deleted the paragraph "meritorious deeds", because it proved that the **boss was innocent in the eyes of ***.
Recognition is more precious than praise from others, and care is more sincere than others. If the boss knows about this, he must be gratified by it. However, the best situation is that there is no so-called Hades, after all, Mr. Chen's most famous poem also offended the King of Hades.
After the memorial service began, Cambodian leaders Prince Sihanouk and Zhang Qian slowly walked in the front with their hands on the left and right. After the memorial service, Zhang Qian, as the widow of Mr. Chen, fell into a solemn and sad memorial service atmosphere, which undoubtedly aggravated her grief even more.
It wasn't until after *** left that she barely controlled her emotions, so that Mr. Chen could rest in peace. In addition, one day on the day of the memorial service, Mrs. Zhang Qian was very excited about the arrival of ***. The marshal had always been nostalgic and had reverence for *** before his death, so it was a great honor for him to be here today.
After Marshal ** developed colon cancer, eating became extremely difficult. However, one day, Mr. Chen suddenly asked to eat a bowl of noodles. Chen Shanshan had been worried about her father's illness day and night, and was confused why his father suddenly became interested in food, but she hurriedly prepared noodles for his father.
December 26, 1971 is the birthday of *** and the big day of New China. Although Mr. Chen was seriously ill, he still silently celebrated the chairman's birthday. His heart was full of nostalgia for the revolutionary past, recalling the Red Army's Long March, climbing snow-capped mountains on grassland, defeating reactionaries and other past events, and expressing endless loyalty to the party and the party.
When he was dying, his old comrade-in-arms Ye Shuai came to visit and brought a handwritten letter, and Mr. Chen burst into tears after listening to it. Now, ** came to mourn Mr. Chen and praised him as a good comrade who supports and loves himself. Mr. Chen's life is full of endless attachment to the revolutionary cause, and he and other revolutionary comrades support each other and witness the great success of the Chinese revolution.