Welcome to read the 3245th issue of Shiyuan History Column. Founding general Tan Zheng has two wives in his life. 's first wife, Chen Qiukui, and his childhood sweetheart, are the sister of another founding general, Chen Geng. Chen and Tan families are family friends, and Tan Zheng and Chen Qiukui have a very good relationship. But a few years after the two got married, Chen Qiukui unfortunately died of illness. When she died of her death, Tan Zheng was no longer by her side. The death of her wife left deep trauma in the general's heart, resulting in her unmarried for more than ten years.
After the Central Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, Tan Zheng worked at the headquarters of Yan'an and served as the Director of the Organization Department of the Political Department behind in 1937. And his boss Luo Ronghuan fell in love with the female Red Army Lin Yueqin this year. Lin Yueqin met a friend named Wang Changde while studying at the Central Party School. Wang Changde is a Sichuan girl. He has worked as a medical worker in Red Army and served as the company commander of the reconnaissance company. He is brave and bold and good at singing mountain songs . The central leaders liked the programs she performed during the Yan'an Arts Performance. Lin Yueqin and Wang Changde have a good relationship, so she communicated with Luo Ronghuan to introduce the girl to Tan Zheng, an honest man who had lost his wife for many years. Luo Ronghuan also felt that the two were very compatible. With their matchmaking, Tan Zheng and Wang Changde got married in May 1937. What's more joyful is that their matchmakers Luo Shuai and Lin Yueqin also tied the knot this month.
Ship Luo and Tan Zheng, these two people need not be introduced, readers may also be familiar with them. They are the two best political cadres in the history of our army, one is the founding marshal and the other is the founding general. Their wives are also very impressive. There is only one woman among the founding generals, Li Zhen, the wife of General Gan Siqi. To the next level, there are only 4 founding girls' colleges in , and Lin Yueqin and Wang Changde are two of them. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wang Changde served as principal of the Central South Military Region Cadre Children's School and inspector of the Central Supervisory Commission.
Wang Changde, who has a lively personality, is very close to the calm and elegant Tan Zheng. After getting married, Wang Changde often called Tan Zheng a "nerd" and his words were full of love, and Tan Zheng always smiled honestly after hearing this. Because Tan Zheng won the rank of general after the founding of the country, he had 4 stars on his epaulette, and Wang Changde had the rank of colonel, and happened to have 4 stars, so they were respectfully called the "eight-star family" by his comrades. Wang Changde and Tan Zheng have two sons and one daughter, which is originally very happy. But an accident occurred in 1960, which led to the family's tragedy.
During the War of Liberation, Tan Zheng served as director of the Political Department of the Northeast Field Army, deputy political commissar of the Fourth Field Army, and worked with Lin Zheng, the then commander of the Fourth Field Army for many years. They cooperated well at that time and had a good personal relationship. However, the official atmosphere and rules in peacetime are very different from the officers and fighters in wartime. In 1960, Tan Zheng, who was then the director of the General Political Department of , was unwilling to promote the tone of the former commander of the Fourth Field Army to "highlight politics" and excessively praise the leader, which led to conflicts between the two. Tan Zheng is an experienced political cadre with his own judgment.
But Mr. Lin believes that Tan Zheng is opposing himself when he does this. Later during a conversation, Tan Zheng angrily slapped the table. He was severely criticized that year and was removed from his post as director of the General Political Department. At first, he was appointed as deputy director, but a few years later he was quarantined and investigated and labeled as an "anti-party sectarian group." This crime is false, and the entire Tan family suffered as a result. The children's future was affected, and Wang Changde and Tan Zheng were forced to separate. Tan Zheng was imprisoned for more than 9 years in the 1960s and 1970s, and Wang Changde was often criticized, and there were serious problems in his life and psychology.
Wang Changde was sent to Jiangxi for work, and his imprisoned husband had no news and was in a very depressed mood. However, on October 13, 1971, the local party organization held a meeting to report an important situation, which was the "September 13" incident that occurred a month ago. In order to eliminate the negative impact, many places only reported it after a month, and Wang Changde did not know about this before. The sadness and dissatisfaction that had been accumulated for a long time finally broke out at this moment. Wang Changde lost his composure at the venue. She laughed to the sky, clapped her hands and said "Okay". However, as he smiled, Wang Changde's expression suddenly froze and his face gradually disappeared. No matter how everyone calls, she can't wake up. It turned out that Wang Changde had a sudden myocardial infarction due to emotional excitement and unfortunately passed away on the spot.
Tan Zheng did not obtain personal freedom at this time. He did not leave the prison until four years later and had recovered a certain political status. On the day he was released from prison, he did not see his wife Wang Changde, so he asked the children: Where did your mother go? son Tan Zedai shed tears and told Tan Zheng what happened in 1971. After hearing this, the general felt a "buzzing" sound in his head, like five thunders thunder, and he was stunned. I finally recovered from my freedom, but I didn’t expect to face such misfortune! When Wang Changde died unexpectedly, he was only 55 years old. Tan Zheng was restored to his reputation in 1980 and later died at the age of 82. In his later years, he was very painful and lonely when he thought of Wang Changde. The two marriages in the general's life ended very sad.
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