"Your achievements in Beijing are indelible, and you should be awarded a medal as glorious as the Temple of Heaven"。Whenever Fu Zuoyi is mentioned, ** is always full of admiration.
At the important moment of the founding ceremony, ** personally arranged for him to climb the Tiananmen Tower, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he personally presided over and appointed Fu Zuoyi as China's Minister of Water Resources.
It is worth mentioning that Fu Zuoyi worked for the country all his life, and after his death, ** still cared for his family. When he learned that his widow was having a difficult life, he even personally advised them to help them through the difficult time.
This story is still told today. So, what did ** do for Fu Zuoyi's family? As a former Kuomintang general, why can Fu Zuoyi get such attention?
What outstanding contributions did he make to our country?
One day in October 1974, ** reported to *** the special situation of Fu Zuoyi's family. After Fu Zuoyi died of illness, his wife Liu Yunsheng was very sad, and the family's life became difficult.
Fu Zuoyi was a good businessman and accumulated a lot of wealth during his lifetime, but he resolutely donated all his family property to the state before his death. Although ** provided his family with a monthly living allowance of 48 yuan, due to their large number of personnel and high daily expenses, this subsidy is still insufficient for them.
**I have always been concerned about the aftermath of the deceased leader, so I have also noticed the special plight of Fu Zuoyi's family.
Fu Zuoyi's special contribution attracted the attention of ***, and in order to solve the Fu family's predicament, ** personally decided to increase the subsidy for him and make up for the money in the previous months.
Why does Fu Zuoyi get *** attention? This needs to start with his relationship with our party. Fu Zuoyi showed excellent results at a young age, and at the age of 15 he joined the Xinhai Revolution, and the original intention of joining the revolution stemmed from his belief in Mr. Sun Yat-sen.
However, as a student with no income, he incurred a lot of expenses in organizing the movement and resisting the Qing army. He didn't know how to save, so he could only borrow money to maintain it, and once even borrowed 20 taels of silver.
Fu Zuoyi's father did not directly criticize his indulgence, but educated him with actions. They jumped into the Yellow River together, and the biting water of the river made Fu Zuoyi truly understand his father's hardships.
His father's words, "That's how I earn my money", were deeply imprinted in his heart and made him reflect on his wasteful behavior. Since then, Fu Zuoyi has advocated frugality and opposed extravagance and waste all his life.
This also laid the groundwork for his later life choices. He was determined to join the army and serve the country, and was admitted to the Baoding Military Academy in 1915, and graduated three years later and joined Yan Xishan's Jin Army, beginning his military career of more than 30 years.
Fu Zuoyi started as a second lieutenant trainee officer of the Independent Artillery Regiment, and gradually won the recognition of his superiors by virtue of his heroic and skillful fighting and witty and flexible mind, and his position in the army rose all the way.
By 1923, he had been promoted to battalion commander and began to make his mark in the Jin army, showing outstanding military talent. And his performance in the Battle of Zhuozhou in October 1928 made him famous.
At that time, the country was in turmoil, with internal and external difficulties. Fu Zuoyi seized the opportunity of chaos and led his troops from Taiyuan to Zhuozhou City, and became famous in a battle.
At that time, the soldiers defending the city were transferred, and Fu Zuoyi easily occupied the important town in the north. However, the rest of the Jin army fell one after another, the Feng army also regained its senses, and Fu Zuoyi fell into a situation of fighting alone.
But he was not afraid, led a garrison of less than 10,000 people, and stubbornly held Zhuozhou for 100 days. In the end, Feng Jun was helpless against him and could only ask him for peace in a gloomy manner.
Although this melee was full of chaos of warlord secession, it made Fu Zuoyi famous. His combat style of being good at attacking and defending and using troops flexibly was widely praised, and it also laid a solid foundation for his later development.
Fu Zuoyi's anti-Japanese journey was full of twists and turns. He initially actively resisted in the War of Resistance against Japan and became associated with the Communists, but in the First Battle of Zhuozhou, Zhang Xueliang's house arrest frustrated him.
Although he escaped from house arrest with the help of his friends, in the following Central Plains War, he was affected by Yan Xishan's defeat against Chiang, and his status in the army was declining day by day.
However, the advent of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression gave him the opportunity to make a comeback. In the "918 Incident" in 1931, Fu Zuoyi showed a strong anti-Japanese enthusiasm, although the national ** at the critical moment and Zhang Xueliang's escape made Japan easily occupy the three eastern provinces, but he did not give up, and always stuck to the forefront of the anti-Japanese resistance.
Chiang Kai-shek's policy of "fighting outside the country must first secure the interior" made the Japanese army even more arrogant, and at this time, Fu Zuoyi stepped forward, and he and more than 50 generals across the country jointly issued an appeal, emphasizing that "the whole country is united to resist foreign enemies and seek national prosperity."
The Communist Party has also campaigned to call on all parties to protect the country. Fu Zuoyi's first cooperation with the Communist Party stemmed from a common anti-Japanese stance. After deepening his understanding of the Communist Party, Fu Zuoyi began to correspond frequently with our Party.
In 1937, when the all-out war of resistance broke out, Fu Zuoyi played a key role in the establishment of the Kuomintang United Front. During this period, he worked closely with ** and repeatedly carried out resolute strikes against the Japanese army in the northwest region of Shanxi.
It is especially worth mentioning that after Fu Zuoyi came into contact with communist thought, he deeply admired ***, and his desk often placed ***'s works and read them from time to time.
When managing the army, Fu Zuoyi even borrowed from our army's "three disciplines and eight points of attention", which made him criticized by Yan Xishan.
Although Fu Zuoyi cooperated with the Communist Party during the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was a member of the Kuomintang after all. After the outbreak of the War of Liberation, he stood on the opposite side of our army.
In 1945, Fu Zuoyi led the army to raid the ** troops, causing heavy losses to the Communist Party. In 1946, he led 70,000 men to forcibly occupy Zhangjiakou, which was praised by Chiang Kai-shek.
After that, he was reused by the Kuomintang as the commander-in-chief of the North China "Bandits" Command. Because of his ability to fight well and the trust of Chiang Kai-shek, he became a difficult opponent for our army in the War of Liberation.
However, the Kuomintang had long since lost the hearts of the people, and its defeat was only a matter of time. No matter how skillfully Fu Zuoyi deployed and stubbornly resisted, the Kuomintang army was still losing and retreating.
On November 29, 1948, the Battle of Pingjin quietly began, and Fu Zuoyi realized that he had no way to escape but to stick to the city of Beiping. Beiping is the ancient capital of the Five Dynasties and has incomparable historical and cultural value.
If the Kuomintang refused to surrender and large-scale fighting broke out, many of the city's cultural relics and buildings would be at risk of destruction. For this situation, ** is naturally deeply worried, so he hopes that Fu Zuoyi will accept the peace talks.
At that time, it was not uncommon for ** generals to revolt in the event of Chiang Kai-shek's defeat, but the situation of Fu Zuoyi was different.
Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to his weapons, and at the beginning of the siege of Beiping, Chiang Weiguo personally went to visit, and also brought Chiang Kai-shek's personal letter, which mentioned that "a good general is better than a thousand troops".
Fu Zuoyi originally had plans to revolt, but under Chiang Kai-shek's **, he began to hesitate. At the same time, our party's work of persuading people to surrender is also proceeding steadily, first sending Peng Zexiang and other democratic party figures to make inquiries, and then asking Fu Zuoyi's old friend Deng Baoshan to give hints.
However, Fu Zuoyi still hesitated. It turned out that he feared for his life. **Realizing this, he arranged for Fu Zuoyi's daughter Fu Dongju to persuade him.
At this time, Fu Zuoyi didn't know that his daughter was already a member of the Communist Party, so he expressed his worries in front of his daughter.
In order to dispel Fu Zuoyi's doubts, Fu Dongju arranged for his father to have a formal meeting with ** and others. These high-ranking generals interpreted the overall plan for peaceful liberation in detail with reasonableness, and finally made Fu Zuoyi accept and persuade him to surrender.
On January 22, 1949, Fu Zuoyi announced the "Agreement on the Peaceful Liberation of Beiping". Subsequently, more than 200,000 Kuomintang soldiers in the city left the city, and the People's Liberation Army held a grand ceremony to enter the city.
In February 1949, Fu Zuoyi was a little nervous before being received by *** and others. After all, he used to be a high-ranking general of the Kuomintang, and he used to be the "general commander" of North China, and he had many head-to-head confrontations with our army.
However, he eventually led to an uprising and made an important contribution to the peaceful liberation of Beiping.
Fu Zuoyi took the initiative to bow his head and admit his mistake when he saw *** for the first time, but he didn't expect *** to say that he protected our ancient city of Beijing and was a meritorious man. **'s words made Fu Zuoyi breathe a sigh of relief.
On the day of the founding ceremony, Fu Zuoyi climbed the Tiananmen Tower and was even more overjoyed.
Fu Zuoyi originally planned to return to his hometown to live in seclusion after the founding of New China, but Chairman *** personally invited him to serve as a minister and serve the people. Fu Zuoyi has participated in water conservancy work and is familiar with this aspect.
Under his appointment, Fu Zuoyi became the Minister of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China. Fu Zuoyi received a simple education from his father since he was a child and was known as the "cloth general". After serving as a minister, he still maintained a clean and simple character.
Although he had a large family, the house he lived in was not spacious. Faced with the accommodation arranged for him by the relevant authorities, he repeatedly refused, and finally donated the house to the state.
Mr. Fu Zuoyi: Before his death, he often mentioned: "The people have not yet lived and worked in peace and contentment, how can I accept the gift of the state?" ”
He advocated frugality, even if he accumulated a lot of wealth with his business talent during the ** period, but after the founding of New China, he donated a part of his property every year. In 1974, he had a premonition that he would die soon, so he made a will to donate all his property to the state, leaving not even a penny to his children.
For Fu Zuoyi's selfless dedication, ** deeply admired, and immediately told Fu Zuoyi's wife Liu Yunsheng that the state would temporarily keep the money, and she could access it at any time when she needed it.
However, after Fu Zuoyi's death, Liu Yunsheng never mentioned this matter to anyone, but lived a hard life with his family. To this end, under the suggestion of ***, ** personally approved and increased the subsidy amount to 100 yuan, which solved the living problem of Fu Zuoyi's widow.
Fu Zuoyi's life was full of ups and downs, he served for Chiang Kai-shek, fought fiercely with the People's Liberation Army, and then resolutely chose to abandon the dark and turn to the light, making important contributions to the process of national liberation.
No matter where he is, Fu Zuoyi always adheres to his duties and dedicates himself to public service, especially after the founding of New China. As the Minister of Water Resources, he traveled all over the country, went to the front line of flood fighting and disaster relief, and made significant contributions to the country.
Perhaps because of this, ** will appreciate him so much, hoping to award him a medal as big as the Temple of Heaven.