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Founding General Wang Zhen is a good person , a big, good man, a loyal person, which is recognized by many people, and this is one of the biggest highlights in his personality.
General Wang Zhen’s ancient heart has been in the army for a long time. There are many people who have received his help and benefactors.
Wang Zhen is with the soldiers
For example, Zhang Aiping, who is the founding general and Wang Zhen, was helped by Wang Zhen after ten years of major cases, and his situation improved a lot. For example, Comrade Zhongxun, who once served as the secretary of the Northwest Bureau, resumed his work and his situation improved under the care of the older generation of revolutionary comrades such as Wang Zhen, Ye Jianying, , and Hu Yaobang.
In 1991, a letter came to General Wang Zhen’s office, who was already 83 years old. The letter was written by Wang Zhen’s former subordinate. He asked General Wang Zhen, Do you still remember 1,000 dan of life-saving food from the landlord’s house in 1945?
A letter with only a few words, a past that has been separated forty years, involves a memory of hardships, changes in family and country, changes in the world, noble righteousness of the people, and great virtues of human nature.
Today we will talk about the past of war that has been around for many years. Remember his name, he is the founding general Wang Zhen.
"Xiaohankou" rich and wealthy
Hankou is one of the three towns of in . It is an important part of Wuhan City, Hubei Province today, and an important water transport terminal.
Hankou is located on the northwest coast of the Yangtze River in , and is located on the north coast of the Han River . Because the two rivers cross, Hankou has excellent natural water conservancy conditions. It has been an important transportation hub and freight center since ancient times. It is known as "the first prosperous place in Chu" and is called " Eastern Chicago " by overseas friends.
But few people know that is in the upper reaches of Hankou, there is a mountain town called Huantan . Since ancient times, it has also given the benefits of water transportation and canal transportation. It is the largest cargo distribution center within a radius of 100 kilometers in Hankou. Because it is around Hankou and has similar nature, it is also called "Little Hankou".
Today's scenery of Huantan Town overlooks
Historically, Huantan Town was the seat of the Meiqiu Inspection Department of the Qing Dynasty. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, it became a paradise for gentry and landlords.
The largest landlord in Huantan Town is a large family that has reproduced from the Qing Dynasty. This family’s surname is Liao, and its clan leader, Lao Taigong, is also known as the richest man in Huantan.
During the Republic of China, the world was in chaos and warlords fought endlessly, but these interns in the mountains and fields were able to rest and recuperate and grow rapidly.
Initially, the Liao family made a fortune by farming and raising tenants. After generations, there were hundreds of acres of paddy fields and hundreds of tenants. They were several major families in the local area.
But this is not the most prosperous time of the Liao family.
The heyday of the Liao clan, and it is still to come to the period of the second-generation heir of the Liao family, Liao Linxuan .
This Liao Linxuan is also considered a young master of a big family. He has been spoiled since childhood, but he does not have the domineering and hostility of a wealthy family. Instead, he has a bodhisattva heart, who is kind and kind, and compassionate.
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When Mr. Liao was young, he met a foreign Taoist priest . He heard the foreign priest speak crappy foreign dialect that he couldn't understand. He held a thick brick book in his hand and a silver pendant hanging on his chest. He said that Mr. Liao was kind-hearted and suitable for converting to "our door".
Then Young Master Liao followed the foreign Taoist priest to the provincial capital and converted to that family.
Later, Young Master Liao learned that the thick brick book on the foreign Taoist priest was called the Bible, the silver pendant he carried was called the cross, and the sect he converted to was called Catholicism.
The foreign Taoist priest who "lead him into the door" has a formal unified title in China, called missionary.
Timely help Ming Dayi
Young Master Liao has been in the provincial capital for several years, and later went home to inherit the family business. By chance, at the suggestion of his wife Mao, he used 12,000 yuan to hang a large amount of money and set up an inconspicuous paste and salt mine, and he got home.
This paste salt ore is a special product in hilly and mountainous areas. Paste salt ore is a well-celled operation ore, and the main mineral product is crude gypsum.
At that time, the crude gypsum (cement) had just been introduced from abroad to China and was very in short supply in the country. In the main materials for the production of the ash, the crude gypsum produced by the paste and salt mines was needed. It can be said that the crude gypsum was the first pot of gold that the Liao family made.
This paste salt mine has some by-products, that is well salt. In the veins that have mined crude gypsum, salt-containing mineral water can be mined. After boiling the water, coarse salt can be extracted.
Salt mine
Coarse gypsum plus coarse salt, plus thousands of acres of paddy fields, together form the three troikas for the Liao family in Huantan to make a fortune, and allow this family to grow rapidly into a huge household in the Yingcheng area.
Even after the Japanese invasion of China and entered the Tunyingcheng area, the Liao family did not hurt the muscles and bones. Not only that, because the Liao family has wise, capable and righteous leaders from generation to generation, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Liao family provided support to the nearby Kuomintang and Communist anti-Japanese armed forces.
For example, the 127th Division of the National Army that once fought in Yingcheng, its division commander Chen Li once borrowed Liaojiazhuang as a temporary division command post to command nearby anti-Japanese armed forces.
For example, The Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army was also supported by the Liao family during the War of Resistance. At that time, it was a critical moment when all units of the New Fourth Army were blocked by the Japanese army.
However, the Liao family helped to make peace and showed their true feelings in times of crisis. There are more than these. The troops of founding general Wang Zhen had also received material support from the Liao family.
At the end of 1944, Wang Zhen, who was then the commander of the 359th Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, received the latest task of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, asking him to temporarily put down his production tasks in Nanniwan, lead the 359th Brigade to the Guangxi and Guangdong region, and open up new bases.
At that time, the Japanese invaders were affected by the Pacific War and no longer made any achievements in the inland China. It was sooner or later that retreat and surrender. Our party and the Kuomintang clearly realized this, so they were trying their best to prepare for taking over the enemy-occupied area.
Wang Zhen led the 359th Brigade south to the south, which was the preparation of the Party Central Committee. He wanted to lead the troops, set out from Yan'an, meet with the Dongjiang Column of the New Fourth Army, and take root in the Hunan-Jiangxi-Guangxi-Guangxi Border Region. While consolidating the new base, he attracted the attention of this area of Kuomintang army and took the Central Plains as the flank vanguard for the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army .
General Wang Zhen during the Anti-Japanese War
After a year of development, in 1945, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, led by Li Xiannian and Wang Zhen, Central Plains Military Region was established, and the 359th Brigade was the main force of the Central Plains Military Region.
In the winter of 1945, Wang Zhen led his troops to the Luoyangdian area for repairs and preparing for winter.
But at this moment, a sudden blizzard brought difficulties to their marching plan.
It turned out that just when the troops were passing by Yingcheng area, a heavy snowstorm suddenly broke out, and the road became muddy and slippery, making it difficult to pass. Not only did the heavy weapon fail, but the infantry carrying light weapon also had difficulty walking.
More importantly, they have no food.
The Kuomintang's besieged enemies had several divisions. Wang Zhen could still deal with them in the face of their numerous sieges, but he really had no choice but to replenish supplies.
After all, although he was an expert in production during the Nanniwan period, he was digging food from the mud and supported by the people in the future.
However, during this winter, the troops were moving, and coupled with the enemy's blockade, it became very difficult to raise food without the support from the rear.
59 Brigade cultivated and cultivated the fields and cultivated the fields and produced them
In the war of war, the Red Army , during the years of the War of Resistance, Wang Zhen became a Communist general who frightened the enemy with his tough style of not fearing sacrifice and daring to fight and rushing.
However, for food, a penny has stumped the hero.
Helplessly, Wang Zhen asked for help from the party member comrades in northern Hubei Li Shi, but Comrade Li Shi had no choice. This was in the enemy-occupied area, not in the back of Yan'an, where could he raise the food consumption of a brigade?
Not to mention Wang Zhen’s 359th Brigade, it is as strong as the middle and wild ace combination "Liu Deng". When Liu Deng’s army entered and left the Dabie Mountains, it was still difficult for the troops to mobilize the masses from the enemy-occupied areas. This is the case for all external troops.
As the troops were about to fall into a dilemma of freezing and starvation, Li Shi asked tentatively, "Chief, why not ask the Liao family, a big family in Huantan? If you want to tell who is the most likely area in the surrounding area and have the ability to help us, the Liao family is the Liao family."
At present, Li Shi talked about the situation of the Liao family to Wang Zhen.
Wang Zhen was also hesitant after hearing Li Shi’s introduction. Can this work?
Show true feelings in times of crisis
At this time, the Liao family was no longer the famous family in Huantan. After a war of anti-Japanese war and the long-term exploitation of the Kuomintang army, the Liao family's ancestors are no longer the glory of the past.
But if you want to talk about the winter food of a brigade, it is still a drop in the bucket for the Liao family. After all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. The Liao family's ancestral property is the land, and the grain reserves must be the most.
But Wang Zhen was not hesitant and entangled, but the clan leader of the Liao family at that time, the grandson of Liao Linxuan, the upper-generation clan leader of , Liao Fuchu , he has a relationship with the Kuomintang's garrison. Although the latter exploited him money, he also provided him with guns, ammunition and manpower, forming a "mining police force" similar to the private army.
On weekdays, and other mine police teams have repeatedly suppressed the People's Liberation Army in their jurisdiction. In addition, Liao Fuchu also acted as a county magistrate in the regime controlled by the Kuomintang. It can be said that he has a relatively close relationship with the Kuomintang army.
Will such a person really help us?
But there was no way out. For the sake of the army's way out, Wang Zhen decided to bite the bullet and give it a try.
Wang Zhen asked Li Shi to go to the Liao family to try it. Li Shi came to the Liao family anxiously, but did not see Liao Fuchu, the head of the Liao family.
In a state of disappointment, Li Shi was about to leave, but a white-haired old lady walked out of the main hall and called Li Shi who was about to leave.
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"Are you the People's Liberation Army?" the old lady asked Li Shi with a smile.
Li Shi shook his head, "I am a Communist Party, but I am not in the army."
This old lady is Mao, the wife of Liao Linxuan, the head of the Liao family, and was the woman who suggested that Liao Linxuan use 12,000 yuan to hang a large amount of money to put down the paste and salt mine.
At the beginning, Liao Linxuan spent 12,000 yuan to hang a large amount of money to mine, and was ridiculed by the clan elders, believing that he was unrealistic and wanted to throw money into the water.
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After all, the 12,000 yuan storm in the 1920s was almost worth millions now. If it were replaced with paddy fields, the Liao family's land would be more than twice as much.
But Mao's vision is relatively long-term, and she is also very courageous and knowledgeable. With her promotion, Liao Linxuan made up his mind to buy a mine, and it was her efforts that the Liao family had a wealthy life.
When time has passed, Liao Linxuan is no longer there, but Mao has survived to this day, and he is ninety years old.
She looked at Li Shi, "It doesn't matter whether you are the People's Liberation Army or not, it's the Communist Party. It's said that Your Communist Party is the decision for the poor in the world. I think, sooner or later you will get the support of the people of the world."
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Mao's vision is indeed long-term, and he basically predicted the political trajectory of China in the next few decades.
"Our Liao family is patriotic and also from the Ming Dynasty. I can still make some decisions. How much food your army needs, please report to the housekeeper. "
" As he said that, Mao asked Li Shi to follow the old housekeeper to the grain and rice warehouse.
" Li Shi excitedly brought 1,000 dan of life-saving food and returned to the 359th Brigade to report to Wang Zhen.
Wang Zhen looked at the pile of grain that was a hill, but the first thing was to ask Li Shi, "Have you written an IOU with me? "
Li Shi spoke honestly, "I beat him, but the old lady said, "I don't want the IOU, saying that the Liao family supported the revolution, and she tore up the IOU IOU. "
In this way, Li Shi borrowed 1,000 dan of life-saving food, which greatly solved the winter food problem of the 359th Brigade.
It is worth mentioning that later, Mao sent some vegetables to the 359th Brigade, and dozens of large fat pigs. The 359th Brigade's supplies problem was further alleviated, and he successfully survived this difficult winter.
But after more than ten years of battles, against the national army, aiding North Korea, and counterattacking India, Wang Zhen was not idle.
In 1991, General Wang Zhen, who was already 83 years old, suddenly received a letter written by Ma Xing, a veteran of the 359th Brigade.
Ma Xing was in the 395th Brigade The alternative art soldier likes to write battlefield literature and diaries. It is the type that Wang Zhen, who has poor cultural level, "appreciated" by Wang Zhen, so he communicates with Ma Xing much.
Suddenly, he received a letter from Ma Xing, and Wang Zhen was happy. After all, he was an old subordinate who had been away from nearly forty years.
But the content of the letter made Wang Zhen's heart full of heavy weight.
It turned out that the letter mentioned that the Liao family, who had helped 1,000 dan of grain in the 359th Brigade, was reported by the "Mineral Police Force" for suppressing the People's Liberation Army and "has been too close" with the Kuomintang, and was sentenced for several years.
Although Liao Fuchu was released from prison later, because he was guilty, had no citizenship or rights, he was an illegal household, so he could not reunite with his family, and had to live in the world and lived a hard life for more than ten years.
After a hero who had made contributions to the revolution, he actually lived in the world as an illegal household. Although he did have intersections with the Kuomintang army, it was also forced by the situation. He had to bow his head when he was in the same place? But the help of their family to the 359th Brigade is also a fact.
How did Wang Zhen, who had once been favored by the Liao family?
Although Liao Fuchu wrote materials, he said that his family gave the 359th Brigade He had helped food, but there was no physical evidence such as IOU, nor did everyone in charge (Li Shi had passed away long ago), so his materials were not taken seriously, and his grievances were not violated.
At his desperate situation, Liao Fuchu found Ma Xing's house.
He saw an article on Ma Xing in the newspaper, and mentioned the old story of giving away food, so he asked Ma Xing to come here with the idea of giving it a try.
Ma Xing heard that he was the benefactor and came to him very enthusiastically. heard that Liao Fuchu's family was in difficult life. Not only did they pay for it out of their own pocket to help him first, but they also wrote a letter very seriously to give it to their old boss Wang Zhen, hoping that he could intervene in the matter.
Then the letter came to Wang Zhen. Wang Zhen naturally attached great importance to this matter. not only immediately called the civil affairs department of the local government where Liao Fuchu was located, asking them to "rehabilitate" Liao Fuchu and cleanse his crimes, but also asked the civil affairs department to give him priority compensation.
Helping to make the most of the times, showing true feelings in times of crisis. The 1,000 dan of life-saving food in saved the 359th Brigade and the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Region. The Liao family can be regarded as a revolutionary hero and a model to support the front!
