On July 14, 1959, at the Lushan Conference, a letter from the founding marshal Mr. Peng was placed on the table, in which he expounded his views on the current situation at home and abroad.
Although the content of the letter was not surprising, some of its words offended many people, leading to his characterization as a right-leaning opportunist at the meeting, and his removal from office and his hiding, which lasted for seven years.
The injustice encountered by Mr. Peng was not a lie, and even when he was reactivated, he chose to refuse, but fortunately, he came forward to mediate in time, so that he became the first founding marshal to walk out of Zhongnanhai.
So what's going on here? Faced with an old friend who had been misunderstood for seven years, how did you convince him to go out again? Although *** is telling the truth, why was Mr. Peng still demoted?
Speaking of the Lushan Conference, some friends may not be familiar with it, but in fact, it became a regular meeting of the state at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China and was held every year. However, at this meeting in 1959, Mr. Peng's "Book of Ten Thousand Words" caused unexpected consequences.
Why? Because this letter gathered the thoughts of thousands of people, I hope to be able to get the eyes of the great man. And the most important of these is the question of China's relations with the Soviet Union.
In 1958, there were cracks in the originally close Sino-Soviet relations, such as:"Longwave radio"The incident, the Combined Fleet incident, and the shelling of the Golden Gate are important examples.
These problems caused huge divisions between China and the Soviet Union, as well as between *** and Khrushchev, and caused relations between the two countries to plummet to a low point. So, what does all this have to do with ***?
The stakes are significant, firstly, he is an important marshal and minister of defense of New China, and in the face of a powerful opponent who is about to become an enemy, he must formulate an effective response strategy; Second, before the Lushan meeting, he had just finished a foreign visit, and most importantly, after arriving in Moscow, he had an in-depth exchange with Khrushchev, and the Soviet side even openly emphasized this matter in the international arena, which not only spoke highly of the two sides, but also exaggerated the pleasant atmosphere of the two sides in the talks.
Mr. Peng's trip back to China originally thought that it could ease the tense relations between China and the Soviet Union, but he did not expect the Soviet side to suddenly change its face, withdraw experts in China and destroy nuclear equipment, and seemed to want to directly sever diplomatic relations with China.
This made Mr. Peng's situation very embarrassing. In order to prove his stance and fulfill his duties, he wrote down what he had seen and heard and his views on his visit to the Soviet Union in the report, hoping that he would be able to see everything clearly.
In addition, Mr. Peng also paid special attention to the problem of false reporting of grain output in some places. In his opinion, the situation in the country had changed at that time, and if no action was taken, it could cause big problems.
Although there is no problem with the policy of increasing grain and steel production and striving to catch up with the United States, Britain, and Japan, and it is not a fool's dream to seek speed, we have accomplished many feats in a short period of time, all of which are inseparable from the joint efforts of the people.
In the War of Liberation, it was expected that it would take at least ten years to defeat Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang, but we only took three years; The Korean War was expected to be a protracted war, but it took us only three years to defeat more than a dozen powerful countries in the world.
In terms of nation-building, the first five-year plan was once considered unattainable, but we succeeded in achieving it. These experiences have taught us that the "impossible" is just an expectation, and with determination and courage, it is possible to become possible.
Therefore, what reason do we have to question the dream of "super-Britain catching up with the United States"?
It can be seen from this that there is no problem with the strategy of ** and ***, in fact, the problem lies with some villains in the local ** and **.
In order to curry favor with their superiors and pursue fame and fortune, they constantly fabricate lies, saying that the yield per mu is more than 10,000, and what they say about "sows racing elephants", and they don't take the people and the people in their eyes at all.
It is with this in mind that Mr. Peng raised the problem of the local government to ***, hoping to take decisive measures to stop this abnormal phenomenon of flattering and bullying superiors.
Mr. Peng's heart is good, but he made two mistakes. First of all, his rhetoric is too aggressive, not to highlight the point, but to overemphasize the emotion. Second, he ignored the hostile forces hidden in the Lushan Conference.
When Mr. Peng's letter was made public at the meeting, some people immediately confused the public and incited interest groups to suppress Mr. Peng. As the saying goes, three people become tigers, let alone so many people are targeting him?
As a result, Mr. Peng was dismissed and criticized during the meeting and could only live at home.
In 1959, Mr. Peng was removed from his post at the Lushan Conference because of his outspokenness, and even the official position was pushed to the end, and he was misunderstood, which led to him being idle at home for the next seven years.
So, what has Mr. Peng experienced in the past seven years? How did he get out of this situation in the end? In fact, ** understands whether Mr. Peng is innocent or not.
However, as the leader of a democratic country, he must "obey the majority of the minority", which was demonstrated in his attitude towards Mr. Peng after the Lushan Conference.
After the victory of the Korean War, Mr. Peng moved into Zhongnanhai Yongfutang, a small courtyard house that could only accommodate a husband and wife, but the children were clamoring to move to a large villa.
Each time, Mr. Peng would refuse their request, advocating that the big house be allocated to more useful people, and he thought that the number of people in their family was not too large, and a squeeze would solve the problem.
Therefore, Mr. Peng's family lived in Yongfu Hall for seven years, until after the Lushan Conference, ** ordered them to move out of Zhongnanhai. Mr. Peng was reluctant to do this, and his mood attracted Yang Shangkun's attention.
Yang Shangkun asked *** for help, hoping to let Mr. Peng continue to stay in Yongfu Hall.
Originally, I thought that Mr. Peng's home was very close to *** and would support this matter, but unexpectedly, ** was very surprised after hearing this proposal.
He bluntly said that he had been busy with work and had no idea about it. After careful consideration, ** regretfully rejected the offer, explaining that staying in Zhongnanhai might be counterproductive to Mr. Peng.
In the end, at the suggestion of ***, Mr. Peng settled down in Wujia Garden. This place is very close to the **Party School, the environment is quiet, and ** also emphasizes not to reduce the treatment of Mr. Peng.
In the next seven years, Mr. Peng lived a quiet life, devoting himself to farming, pruning flowers and other agricultural activities, as if he had become a real farmer.
Although the outside world has speculated about his living conditions, Mr. Peng himself is living very comfortably.
When the news of Mr. Peng's framing came, some people were happy, while others were worried. Those who framed Mr. Peng were naturally ecstatic, while those who were looking forward to his comeback against ** were anxious.
Of course, ** is also one of them, and after years of investigation, he has confirmed Mr. Peng's innocence.
Therefore, in order to express his apologies and to cheer up Mr. Peng, he often sent people to persuade him, hoping that Mr. Peng could get out of the house, get out of the shadows, start from some small things, and slowly return to his work.
However, it is a pity that Mr. Peng does not seem to have completely come out of the shadows, or still has resentment in his heart, and is persuaded to refuse every time. Why, then, did he finally agree to make a comeback in 1965?
The story behind this still needs us to go deeper.
After the Lushan meeting, Mr. Peng was suspended and moved out of Zhongnanhai to farm in Wujia Garden, unwilling to come back. ** Deeply regretted this, when the organization faced a problem, he once again invited Mr. Peng to come forward to preside over the overall situation.
This problem is related to the fortunes of the country, that is, the famous "big third line" construction project. In 1965, ** and *** were worried about the remote and poor areas of the country, and in order to develop the country in an all-round way and improve the living conditions of residents, they launched the "Big Third Line Project".
However, a conundrum arises: who will lead this massive project?
The senior leaders of the ** have different opinions on this matter, but the chairman has already had a candidate in mind, and he is interested in Mr. Peng, who has strong organizational and overall planning skills and has been idle for seven years.
**Immediately sent Peng Zhen to Wujia Garden to ask for Mr. Peng's opinion, I thought that Mr. Peng would agree without hesitation, but he refused.
However, this refusal was not due to personal emotions, but Mr. Peng always had a clear reason. He thinks that for some reason, he needs to slowly regain his power, and now he has suddenly changed from an idler to the commander-in-chief of the third line, which may cause criticism from others.
In addition, although Mr. Peng had fought in the revolution, farmed land, and commanded agricultural production, he knew nothing about industry, and if he was allowed to work in this field, it would be like "a layman commanding an insider".
Although Mr. Peng rejected the offer, he was still worried that *** would misunderstand his idea, so he wrote a letter that night explaining in detail the reasons for his refusal.
He thought that *** would give up because of this, but to his surprise, **After seeing the letter, he immediately called** to Wujia Garden, and invited Mr. Peng to Zhongnanhai to meet and discuss in detail in a kind tone.
** Rushed to Zhongnanhai urgently, determined to refuse a new mission. However, when he saw his long-lost old friend again, a thousand words turned into a deep hug and handshake, and the tears of the two exchanged words.
In the end, ** broke the silence and hinted at what *** didn't want to pay with playful words. Although *** felt entangled, he finally agreed to ***'s request vaguely, moved by the expectant and apologetic gaze.
Mr. Peng once said: "Recently, I smoked again, and I was very addicted to smoking!" This sentence is ostensibly talking about smoke, but in fact it is implying that the current situation is not optimistic, and it seems that he must deal with it.
After listening, I immediately understood the meaning, and the previous misunderstandings and complaints also dissipated in the laughter of the two men.