Chen Yi secretly smoked at the founding ceremony and was accidentally photographed by a photographer

However, it is understandable that Chen Yi smoked. On the day when New China was officially founded, the whole country celebrated, and countless Chinese people burst into tears and shouted, "The Chinese people have stood up from now on." . After several years of war, the mountains and rivers were in ruins. When the dawn finally came, one can imagine the joy of the people. But the leaders standing on the Tiananmen Gate knew that the construction of a new country had a long way to go. As the saying goes: It is easy to conquer a country, but difficult to defend it. How to benefit the people in the future and how to make the country stronger step by step are questions they are always thinking about. So Chen Yi couldn't help but light a cigarette when he thought about the depths and difficulties. It cannot be said that he did not respect the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, nor can it be said that he was addicted to smoking and ignored the occasion. In fact, it was because he had thought too much and had forgotten himself, so he did what he did. Or maybe in Chen Yi's mind, the important process of the founding ceremony has been completed, so the remaining things are not as important as what is pressing on his heart, so he smokes and thinks of ways to solve various issues in Shanghai.

At that time, Chen Yi was the mayor of Shanghai. Shanghai had just been liberated. After Chiang Kai-shek escaped, Shanghai was destroyed in a mess. This mess was placed in front of Chen Yi, and he had to spend a lot of time and energy to deal with it. With everything going on, I can only sleep about three or four hours a day. First of all, economic and cultural construction must be re-planned to revive the economy as soon as possible and ensure the basic issues of food, clothing and housing for the people in the city. The other is to do ideological emancipation work for the people of Shanghai. In this regard, Chen Yi often makes reports to explain the communist ideology. Although Chen Yi has experienced hundreds of battles and fought on the battlefield, he is very approachable and easy-going to others. People in Shanghai like to deal with him and are willing to listen to his speeches, because Chen Yi is knowledgeable and quotes from classics when he speaks. He uses interesting words one after another, and many truths become more vivid when he speaks them. .

Because of Chen Yi’s unremitting efforts in ideological and cultural work, it has played an immeasurable role in stabilizing the future situation. After all, the people are not against the Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army in the first place, because on the first day after liberating Shanghai and entering the city, the People's Liberation Army used strict discipline to prove their purpose to the people: always put the people first bit. Therefore, in the war to liberate Shanghai, not a single building in the city was destroyed, and not even a thread was taken away. As early as the first day of the People's Liberation Army entering the city, Chen Yi gave a strict order that no merchants or shops were allowed to live in or move. Brick by brick, stitch by thread by the common people. So when the battle in Shanghai ended, what the people saw was the People's Liberation Army lying asleep on the road. At that moment, they were deeply touched.

Of course, smoking is addictive. Although it is not good, it is also very common, especially among Mao Zedong and Chen Yi. When the burden on the shoulders is heavy, the mind has to keep running, trying to find ways to solve various problems encountered in the work, and those problems are often related to the future of a country, the country, the country, and the vital interests of the people. Therefore, many leaders of the Party Central Committee at that time were accustomed to smoking, which could relieve some of the pressure on their bodies. They are well aware of the harm that smoking does to the body, but when the burden is on the people of most of the region and even the whole country, they can only rely on smoking to relieve their worries.

But in the later stage, Chen Yi's cough became more severe. For the sake of his health, he took the initiative to quit smoking. When Chairman Mao found out, he joked to him: "Have ambition! Have ambition!" In fact, Marshal Chen Yi is indeed a man of the hour. For many smokers who find it difficult to quit smoking, he can do what he says. If you quit smoking, you will never touch cigarettes again. You will really take the initiative to quit smoking. Unfortunately, Marshal Chen Yi finally died of lung cancer.

In short, history has shown how great men behaved, and their character is beyond doubt. Marshal Chen Yi is already very free and uninhibited. The fact that Chen Yi smoked at the founding ceremony can be understood as his unruly temperament. There is really no need to seize these corners and discuss them with a narrow mind. It would be too trivial.