1956年10月的一天,时任中央书记处总书记的邓小平来到聂荣臻家里,就他的工作安排征求聂荣臻意见。当时邓小平曾经提出了三个职务让他选:一是分管科学技术,填补被调去当外长的陈毅留下的空缺,二是还回到原来担任的岗位任北京市市长,第三就是继续主管军工生产和军队装备工作。聂荣臻没有任何犹豫地选择了第三个方案。从此,也成就了共和国历史上一段关于“科技元帅”的传奇故事。 One day in October 1956, Deng Xiaoping, then general secretary of the Central Secretariat, came to Nie Rongzhen's home to solicit Nie Rongzhen's advice on his work arrangements. At that time, Deng Xiaoping once proposed three positions for him to choose: first, to be in charge of science and technology, to fill up the vacancy left by Chen Yi, who was transferred to be the foreign minister; secondly, to return to the former position as the mayor of Beijing; and the third is to continue In charge of military production and military equipment. Nie Rongzhen did not hesitate to choose the third option. Since then, it has also made a legend in the history of the Republic about “science and technology marshals.”