Normally, work is assigned to subordinates by superiors, but there is a founding major general named Tian Weixin, who has arranged jobs for many founding generals, including Chen Zaidao, Wang Jian'an, Li Zhimin, Yang Yong, etc.
So, what's going on here?
Tian Weixin, a native of Dong'e County, Shandong Province, was a relatively late adopter of the revolution, being awarded the rank of colonel in 1955 and not promoted to major general until 1964.
There is a certain gap between such qualifications and status compared with those comrades-in-arms who hold the rank of general. However, in a political movement, many founding generals were wrongly criticized and dismissed, but Tian Weixin was not implicated, but was promoted to deputy director of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army, wielding greater power.
In 1973, ** began to rehabilitate many old cadres and let them return to work. **Find Tian Weixin, let him take charge of this work, and arrange new positions for old cadres.
After Tian Weixin received this task, he felt very embarrassed. Since those veteran cadres had higher seniority and status than him, he was worried that they would not follow his arrangement. At the same time, most of these veteran cadres used to serve as full-time cadres of large military regions, but now there are candidates for these posts.
If they are allowed to return to these positions, they will not only face difficulties in job arrangement, but also involve the handling of colleague relationships, which is a rather tricky problem.
For example, General Chen Zaidao previously served as the commander of the Wuhan Military Region, and Tian Weixin asked for instructions in the hope that Chen Zaidao would return to the Wuhan Military Region as deputy commander. **Agreed to his request, but asked him to call the Wuhan Military Region first to ask for his opinion.
Tian Weixin proposed to the Wuhan Military Region to let Chen Zaidao go back, but was refused. The reason of the Wuhan Military Region is that Chen Zaidao's status is too high, so how can his subordinates work normally?
Tian Weixin then asked *** for instructions, and finally Chen Zaidao was arranged to be the deputy commander of the Fuzhou Military Region. Han Xianchu, commander of the Fuzhou Military Region, had a good relationship with Chen Zaidao and happily accepted him.
However, new problems arose, and the founding general Wang Jian'an also encountered problems.
Wang Jian'an was a founding general with a lofty status, who had already served as a military-level cadre during the Red Army period, and served as commander and political commissar of the Ninth Corps during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and later served as deputy commander of the Shenyang Military Region and deputy commander of the Jinan Military Region.
At present, he has started his work again, and Tian Weixin has already fought for him in several military regions, but the replies are all similar, saying that they are not short of people here, and ask Commander Wang to find another job.
In fact, the main reason is that he is afraid that Wang Jian'an's status is too high and it will be difficult to handle the relationship when he comes. In desperation, Tian Weixin had no choice but to go to *** for help again, and as a result, *** recommended the Fuzhou Military Region again.
As soon as Han Xianchu heard this, his head immediately became bigger, and he said to Tian Weixin, Lao Tian, we already have a Commander Chen here, you send me another Commander Wang, how can I let go of this small place?
Tian Weixin conveyed the meaning of ***, if Han Xianchu has an opinion, the prime minister can discuss it with him personally. During Han Xianchu's meeting in Beijing, he personally talked with him and did ideological work.
Han Xianchu agreed to let Wang Jian'an go to the Fuzhou Military Region as deputy commander. Then, Tian Weixin found Han Xianchu again, hoping that he could help arrange Li Zhimin's work. Li Zhimin has been a political commissar for a long time, and the Fuzhou Military Region just lacks a political commissar, so Han Xianchu extended a warm welcome to Li Zhimin.
In the end, the Fuzhou Military Region gathered four founding generals: Commander Han Xianchu, Political Commissar Li Zhimin, Deputy Commanders Chen Zaidao and Wang Jian'an, which were the highest ranks among the major military regions in the country.