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In 1955, the People's Liberation Army awarded the rank of grand general, and Su Yu and ten others were awarded the rank of general. In the ranking of the top ten generals, Su Yu, Xu Haidong, Huang Kecheng, Chen Geng and so on ranked first, and the last in the ranking was Xu Guangda. Xu Guangda was the youngest of the ten, and the only general among the generals of the Zhengbing Army.
In addition, the administrative level of the other nine founding generals is all 4, and only Xu Guangda's administrative level is 5. Also the founding general, why is Xu Guangda's administrative rank lower than that of the other nine founding generals?
Here we have to mention Xu Guangda's wife Zou Jinghua. Xu Guangda always felt that his seniority was relatively shallow, and when he was a general, he took the initiative to resign the title of general, but the Party Central Committee did not agree. At the suggestion of his wife Zou Jinghua, Xu Guangda took the initiative to ask the Party Central Committee to lower the administrative level. Afterwards, the great man highly praised Xu Guangda, saying: "500 years ago, the general Xu Da, the second degree of Pingxi, zhi yong crowned Shenzhou; 500 years later, the great general Xu Guangda, several times gave up his title, and his fame was famous in the world. ”
Taking the initiative to give up his rank and demote the administrative level reflected the high style and brightness of General Xu Guangda, but his other quality was more commendable, that is, his loyalty to love was extremely rare in that era.
1. Arranged marriages
The marriage between Xu Guangda and his wife was actually an arranged marriage. At the time of the engagement, Xu Guangda was only 14 years old, and his wife Zou Jinghua was only 9 years old. But this arranged marriage kept two people in love until the last moments of their lives.
Xu Guangda's family was poor, but he especially liked to read. Xu Guangda often sneaked to the academy, lying alone on the window to listen to Mr. Xu's lectures. Until one day, Xu Guangda, who was hungry and frozen, fainted outside the window of the academy.
And the gentleman of the academy is Zou Jinghua's father Zou Xilu, Zou Xilu saw that Xu Guangda loved to learn so much, so he made an exception to let Xu Guangda study for free, Xu Guangda also cherished this learning opportunity, at the age of 13, Xu Guangda was admitted to Changsha Normal School. Later, Zou Xilu wanted to find a good family for his daughter Zou Jinghua, he thought of Xu Guangda for the first time, although Xu Guangda's family was poor, but Zou Xilu believed that this diligent and studious child would bring happiness to his daughter. When the two were engaged, Xu Guangda was only 14 years old and Zou Jinghua was only 9 years old.
During his studies in Changsha, Xu Guangda was enlightened by Marxism and actively participated in the student movement. At the age of 17, Xu Guangda joined the party and was secretly selected to study at the Whampoa Military Academy.
Shortly after Xu Guangda graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists broke down, and Xu Guangda was ordered to go to the Feng Yuxiang Department of the Northwest Army to carry out work. Before leaving, Xu Guangda took a leave of absence to return home.
The first thing Xu Guangda did when he returned home was to visit his fiancée. Xu Guangda, whom she had not seen for a long time, suddenly appeared in front of Zou Jinghua, and she couldn't believe that this was true. After a long time of reunion, both of them are very excited, and there are endless topics to talk about.
At the strong request of the Zou and Xu families, Xu Guangda and Zou Jinghua married.
2. Ten years of life and death are uncertain
However, Xu Guangda's whereabouts were betrayed. Relatives working in Changsha's security forces brought a letter to Xu Guangda and told him to flee. Only then did Zou Jinghua know that her husband was a revolutionary, but she supported him without hesitation: "You run away, I know that you are taking the right path, and if you do not defeat those bastards, the poor will have no way to live." ”
At this time, Xu Guangda and Zou Jinghua were married for ten days, and what awaited them next was a decade-long separation.
Xu Guangda later moved to Beiping and Shanghai. Finally, he was sent to western Xiang'e to form the Red Sixth Army and served as chief of staff. Mr. He saw that Xu Guangda, who was in his twenties, was still a bare stick, and he wanted to introduce him to the object. Xu Guangda immediately refused The kindness of Mr. He, saying: "I already have a wife in Changsha, and after I fled my hometown, we have not seen each other for two years." Now her life and death are uncertain, and I am very worried. ”
At this time, Zou Jinghua's life was not good. The Kuomintang came to his home every three to five minutes to let Zou Jinghua tell the whereabouts of Xu Guangda, and also asked Zou Jinghua to hang up a sign and tour the streets. In the face of the torture of suffering, Zou Jinghua has been gritting her teeth and insisting, in order to make a living, she went to a factory to work, overworked into a disease, and also suffered from "tuberculosis".
Xu Guangda was later injured and recuperated in the hospital, and he missed his wife more and more, so he wrote a letter to the family in someone else's name. Zou Jinghua held this letter for a long time, and she concluded that it was a letter written by Xu Guangda, and immediately replied to the letter. This is the first time the couple has communicated in four years. Soon Zou Jinghua received a second letter from Xu Guangda, in which Xu Guangda instructed her to study more. But since then, Zou Jinghua has never received a letter from Xu Guangda, and the letter she sent to Xu Guangda has also sunk into the sea.
Zou Jinghua turned her love for her husband into a driving force for learning, and she studied hard and was admitted to Changsha Girls' Normal School. Finally, she received a letter from her husband, and it turned out that Xu Guangda had been sent to the Soviet Union for treatment and study.
Zou Jinghua was very happy and sent a reply to her husband, but she still couldn't wait for her husband's reply. It was precisely at this time that the border between the Soviet Union and China was blocked by the Kuomintang, and Zou Jinghua could no longer receive letters from the Soviet Union. But she had no idea about the movement of the Sino-Soviet border. Unable to receive Xu Guangda's reply, she fell into anxiety and helplessness, afraid that her husband would have an accident.
Xu Guangda, 29, returned to Yan'an in 1937. As soon as Xu Guangda appeared, he was loved by many young women in Yan'an, but he was unmoved because he was still waiting for his wife. Exactly nine years have passed, and Xu Guangda does not even know whether his wife is still alive.
At that time, Changsha was a state-controlled area, and the letter sent from Yan'an could not be reached at all. But Xu Guangda was still not dead hearted, and he went to ask the kang university members from Hunan one by one, hoping to learn the whereabouts of Zou Jinghua from their mouths. But no one knew zou jinghua as a person.
At this time, Zou Jinghua was holding Xu Teli's introduction letter and following a group of new students from kang da to Yan'an.
Xu Guangda recognized his wife from the crowd at a glance, and by this time, it had been exactly ten years since they had last met.
The husband and wife embraced and cried, and Xu Guangda, who had been weathered for a long time, could not hold back his tears at this moment. After the great man learned of their story, he specially invited Zou Jinghua to visit his cave.
3. Accompany you to the end of your life
After the founding of New China, on many important occasions, Xu Guangda brought Zou Jinghua to attend. Zou Jinghua originally wanted to refuse, and had been tormented by life and suffering for a long time, and Zou Jinghua's appearance had aged compared with the wives of other leaders. But Xu Guangda did not give up at all, and every time he had to take Zou Jinghua to participate in various activities.
Although Xu Guangda and Zou Jinghua were arranged marriages, the two sides were loyal after suffering hardships, and their love was extremely rare among the senior cadres of that era and was rumored to be a good story.
During the special period, Xu Guangda was persecuted and forced to live separately from his wife. And Zou Jinghua is also ready to be separated from her husband for ten years again, and she believes that difficulties cannot overwhelm them. Zou Jinghua was also persecuted after her husband was arrested, while Xu Guangda was persecuted to death at the age of 61. Ten years of life and death are unknown, and no one thought that this parting is a farewell forever.
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