From 1966 to 1971, due to the suppression of relevant cabals in the military, more than 100 founding generals were criticized and dismissed, and in serious cases, they even lost their freedom. With the occurrence of the "913 Incident", these cadres also ushered in opportunities for rehabilitation and comeback, including the famous founding general Yang Yong. Yang Yong was the commander of the Beijing Military Region, and he became the target of some people during that time and was removed from his post. At the beginning of 1972, ** was very concerned about Yang Yong's situation, and he specially asked the person in charge of the General Political Department to understand the situation.
At that time, the director of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army was Li Desheng, and the deputy director was Tian Weixin. These two people are very honest and serious, but because Yang Yong and other cadres were framed by the previous Siye group, they don't know the specific situation, so they can only report truthfully to the prime minister. **Apparently dissatisfied after listening, instructed them both:Go check and find out what's going on with Yang Yong. If there are no major problems, free him and return to work as soon as possible!
** I saw Tian Weixin again after the other party got Yang Yong's investigation report. Although the results of the investigation show that Yang Yong's so-called "problems" are basically imaginary, there are still some details that are not good-looking. Frowning, he said to Tian Weixin: You should take this report to Yang Yong himself and ask for his opinion. What does that mean? ** believes that there may be inaccuracies in the content of the report, and he doesn't want Yang Yong to be wronged again, so he wants to give the general a chance to explain and appeal himself.
The third time I saw Tian Weixin, ** was still not satisfied. It turned out that after Tian Weixin visited Yang Yong, Yang Yong did not raise any objections to the report. The old general himself has a generous and kind personality, and he was very serious in the past few years, and now he and the General Political Department are willing to "uphold justice" for themselves, Yang Yong already feels very warm, so he did not defend some doubts in the report, saying that he is "grateful to the leader and fully accepts".
**To Tian Weixin:Some of Comrade Yang Yong's "conclusions" are too strict, which is not conducive to his future work. You'll still have to go see him again and verify the details. Tian Weixin has been engaged in political work for many years, and his intention is already obvious, and the prime minister does not believe that Yang Yong will make the so-called "mistakes" in the report. On the same day, Tian Weixin took the comrades of the General Cadre Management Department to the Jingxi Hotel to find Yang Yong.
It turned out that on the report, it was shown that General Yang Yong had the problem of "misappropriation". Strictly speaking, this matter will be a stain if it is true, no wonder *** has not allowed the conclusion of the investigation to pass, and Paita Weixin has repeatedly verified it. Tian Weixin said to Yang Yong: There are some details, Commander Yang, you should read and confirm it again! The conclusion was made by the General Political Department, but we really do not understand the previous process. In the morning, it is specifically mentioned that you can supplement these materials.
Yang Yong still didn't care much, but under Tian Weixin's repeated questioning, he said with a smile:The misappropriation of ** was done by a section chief of the military region at that time. In order to overthrow me, they put everything on my head that happened to the section chief and staff officers. I do have leadership responsibilities, and even if it is not a big problem for me, it is okay to write like this. After Tian Weixin understood the whole story, he immediately revised the report, and at the same time admired General Yang Yong's morality.
Under the care of the Prime Minister many times, Yang Yong finally made a successful comeback in May 1972. Due to the full number of full-time cadres in the army at that time, the general was first assigned to the Shenyang Military Region and temporarily served as deputy commander. Later, Yang Yong successively served as the commander of the Xinjiang Military Region, the first deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, and the secretary of the People's Liberation Army. In January 1983, Yang Yong, a famous general of our army, passed away due to illness.