On July 23, 1985, the Haining County People's Court in Zhejiang Province, after retrying a 34-year-old case, declared Zha Shuxun innocent and rehabilitated him.
After Jin Yong, who was far away in Hong Kong, saw this news, he had mixed feelings and tears in his eyes.
Because this acquitted Cha Shuxun, jin Yong's father, was wrongly killed 34 years ago.
Jin Yong's father, whose original name was Zha Shuqing and alias Zha Shuxun, was born in 1897 in Yuan Hua Town, Haining, Zhejiang Province, and was the same age as Song Meiling and Xu Zhimo.
In Haining, the Cha family is a real big family, in the Cha family ancestral hall, there was a couplet inscribed by the Kangxi Emperor's royal pen, which read: "Since the Tang and Song dynasties, there are several families in Jiangnan." ”
During the Kangxi Dynasty, there were two ancestor officials of the Cha family to Hanlin, and in the Yongzheng Dynasty, there was another cha family ancestor official Ju Libu Shilang, like a jinshi and a person, there were nearly a hundred people before and after the Cha family, which was called "one door ten jinshi, uncle and nephew five Hanlin".
Zha Shuqing's father, named Cha Wenqing, was admitted as a jinshi in 1886, and was also the last jinshi in the Haining Cha family, who had served as ZhiXian and Tongzhi.
In 1891, when Cha Wenqing was serving as Yangzhi County, Jiangsu Sultan, there was a sensational "Danyang Teaching Case", and in order to settle diplomatic disputes, the Qing court extended its poisonous hand to the people. Cha Wenqing could not bear to punish the people, so he hung up his seal and resigned from the government, returned to his hometown and went into hiding, and became a farmer who did not care about the world.
After hearing about this, Zha Shuqing once asked his father if he regretted it, and Cha Wenqing said to him: "Qing'er, I have never regretted it for my father, whether it is to be an official, I must be worthy of my conscience." Cha Wenqing's words left a deep impression on the young Shuqing Zha.
Born in such a profound scholarly family, Zha Shuqing naturally received a good education from an early age, whether in the old-style private school or in the new-style school, his grades were always among the best, and later he was admitted to Shanghai Aurora University to receive a Western-style education.
After Cha Wenqing's death, the situation of the Cha family was much worse than before, but the skinny camel was bigger than the horse, at that time, the Cha family still had more than 3600 acres of land under his name, more than 100 tenant farmers, running qianzhuang, sauce garden, rice shops and other shops, therefore, after graduating from Aurora University, Zha Shuqing did not choose to become an official, but returned to Yuan Hua Town to do business and take care of the family's industry.
Since ancient times, there have been countless people who are rich and unkind, but the reason why the Haining Cha family has been able to prosper for hundreds of years is because of a "benevolent" word and a "sincere" word. Zha Shuqing, who has been washed and influenced by Chinese and Western cultures, has also inherited this excellent family style, and has often generously funded the people and ethnic tenants in the township, and is willing to give charity and charity, which has won wide praise.
Zha Shuqing also took out the 1,000 mu of fine paddy fields under the name of the Cha family as the righteous fields of his own ethnic group, and the grain produced every year was used to help the neighbors. In addition, he also set up a school, so that all the children in Yuan Hua Town can enter the school uniformly and receive education, and there is no fee.
There is a poor talent in the nearby village, named Yang Liangfeng, who has been thrifty for a lifetime, for the only son under the knee Yang Deju to study, the emperor is not worthy of the heart, Yang Deju was finally admitted to Shanghai Aurora University, and the hard days finally survived. But what he did not expect was that after Yang Liangfeng heard the news that his son was admitted to college, he was too excited for a while, and he died of a sudden heart attack.
After Zha Shuqing heard about this, he took out money to take care of the aftermath for Yang Liangfeng, and also set aside a piece of his family's field as his cemetery. After dealing with these matters, Cha Wenqing took out a sum of money to Yang Deju and gave him tuition.
Yang Deju was so grateful that he knelt down and prostrated his head, and Zha Shuqing said: "Deju, if you have achievements in the future, you must not forget your father, who worked hard all his life to give up such a college student as you." ”
In 1914, the 17-year-old Zha Shuqing married the 19-year-old Xu Lu, and this Xu Lu was the aunt of the great poet Xu Zhimo, that is, Jin Yong was Xu Zhimo's cousin.
Xu Lu has a gentle personality and outstanding appearance, and what is valuable is that she has also received a new-style education, which is deeply loved by the Zha family. Xu Lu and Zha Shuqing lived together for 23 years and raised 7 children, of which the second son was named Zha Liangyong, which is also known as Jin Yong.
Jin Yong was born on March 10, 1924, and his father, Zha Shuqing, attached great importance to him, whether it was reading and writing, or daily etiquette, he taught it hand in hand and poured a lot of effort. Jin Yong remembered very clearly that his father regarded money very lightly, and from an early age he taught him: "Son, you should remember that this money and wealth are not brought with you in life, and you must not be dragged down by these things." ”
When he was a child, Jin Yong's physique was not good, and he always liked to stay at home, either fiddling with flowers and plants or flipping through books, and he did not like sports. Zha Shuqing was a little worried, so he sent Jin Yong to his sister Zha Yufang and asked her to take care of it on her behalf.
Although Zha Yufang is a female stream, she likes to dance swords and get swords, and there is a female chivalrous style in her bones, Jin Yong also likes this aunt with a bold personality, and Zha Yufang often tells Jin Yong some stories of jianghu chivalrous guests, so that Jin Yong has been greatly interested in that "jianghu" since he was a child.
Jin Yong liked to read books, especially martial arts novels about jianghu and other kinds, especially for his appetite, at that time, there were newspapers and periodicals serializing Gu Mingdao's "Wild River Woman", Jin Yong often looked for it. After his father knew, he did not feel inappropriate, but instead found those newspapers and periodicals, cut them out and showed them to Jin Yong to read together.
Later, Jin Yong liked to read books such as "Water Margin" and "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness", and Zha Shuqing also satisfied him one by one. Therefore, Jin Yong was later able to embark on the road of creating martial arts novels and become a martial arts master with influence all over the Chinese world, which had a great relationship with the support of his father, Zha Shuqing.
After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance in 1937, the Japanese Kou's troops quickly attacked Haining, and the Cha family embarked on an escape route to escape the war, and when the group arrived in Yuyao Andong Town, Jin Yong's mother Xu Lu unfortunately contracted dysentery. At that time, there was a shortage of medical treatment and medicines, and xu Lu's illness became more and more serious, and unfortunately he died at the age of 42.
Three years after Xu Lu's death, Zha Shuqing married Gu Xiuying, the family's maid.
Gu Xiuying is from a poor family, kind-hearted, whether it is Xu Lu's children left behind, or her own flesh and blood, she is the same, there is no bias. Zha Shuqing was also very satisfied with her, once saying: "Meeting two good wives is a rare blessing in my life." ”
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, Zha Shuqing led his family back to Yuan Hua Town and continued to take care of the business of the past. Zha Shuqing understood that the sharecroppers had experienced the ravages of war, so he decided to divide up the excess land under his name, and at the same time, he reduced the annual tenant rent of each sharecropper by half, so that countless people were grateful to him.
After the founding of New China, especially in 1951, a "town reaction" movement was launched throughout the country, and it was in this movement that Zha Shuqing was unfortunately killed by mistake.
At that time, Cardinal Zha was a landlord with a large amount of land under his name, plus charges such as "resisting grain" and "harboring bandits", and he was arrested. In April 1951, after a public trial, Cardinal Zha was executed by firing squad at the age of 54.
When Jin Yong, who was far away in Hong Kong, heard his father's bad news, he was devastated and cried bitterly.
Until 1981, Jin Yong was invited north by Deng Gong, and when they met, Deng Gong also mentioned the incident of Jin Yong's father and enlightened him: "We must unite and look forward." ”
Jin Yong also nodded and said, "People can't be resurrected from the dead, forget it." ”
Soon, the relevant departments in Haining, Zhejiang Province, also began to reopen the trial of the case that year, believing that the charges that were placed on Zha Shuqing that year were not established and rehabilitated.
On July 23, 1985, the Haining County People's Court in Zhejiang Province officially issued a public announcement declaring Zha Shuqing innocent. At this time, 34 years have passed since Cardinal Zha was killed.
(References: "Jin Yong Biography", "Anhui Daily", "Oriental Culture Weekly")