In 1955, the wife of a founding general dressed in clothes that had long faded and could not be seen clearly, carrying a large cloth pocket to the military district hospital for medical treatment, was waiting for the result, a small nurse passed by her, looked at her outfit, and laughed out loud.
Immediately after, the little nurse who had already walked away turned her head again and whispered, "What a countryman." ”
Although this woman seemed to have a gentle personality, she still had all kinds of grievances in her heart, and when she returned home, she hurriedly told her husband about her grievances, but the founding general was not angry, but smiled and said: "The countryman is good." ”
Tang Liang, born in Hunan in 1910, although born poor, but the ideological realm is extraordinary, in the early years of the father for his son to be able to make a difference, save money to send Tang Liang to school, helpless soon his father was beaten to death by the landlord due to debt, his mother also left him to marry others, only 16-year-old Tang Liang had to wander around to solve the problem of food and clothing, it was on the way to drift, he met a group of revolutionaries to light up the direction of his life.
In 1927, he joined the workers' pickets and began his own revolutionary road, and later the Red Army team happened to be transferred to the Liuyang area, Tang Liang did not say a word after hearing the news, he applied to the organization to join it, and soon embarked on the road of the 25,000-mile Long March with the army, Tang Liang served as the chief of the organization section, because of his superior organizational ability and leadership ability, he was soon promoted to the director of the political department.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Tang Liang served as the political commissar of the Shandong Military Region and launched several battles, such as the Battle of Zhucheng, during which he became seriously ill due to overwork, and he continued to work even if he was hospitalized.
During the Liberation War, he continued to serve as the director of huaye's political department and other positions, and successively liberated Shanghai and other places.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tang Liang was transferred to the political commissar of the Nanjing Military Region, and his health has always been bad, but whenever he thinks of the situation in which the country is in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt, he forgets his pain and desperately gets up and continues to work.
In 1955, Tang Liang was awarded the rank of founding general, although he was in a high position, he still insisted on a frugal and simple life, and he thought that he could invest the rest of the money into national construction.
Not only that, he also specially and strictly ordered the soldiers of the military region to refuse all banquet activities, not to invite guests to dinner, etc., and over time, the soldiers in the military muttered behind his back that he was a "stingy ghost."
In life, he is even more leading by example, can save the province, usually there are two or three sets of clothes, under his influence, the whole family is also the same, although the whole family only relies on Tang Liang's salary to maintain, but still decided to use the money saved to help the old soldiers living in difficulty, and gradually formed a unique family rule.
Tang Liang's wife, Zhang Rui, was also an old revolutionary fighter, and after retiring from the army, she could have arranged a similar job in the military region, but due to the limited number of posts and the large number of applicants, she thought that although her family was not rich, it was no problem to eat and drink enough, or leave the post to others, saying that their lives would be more difficult, so she proposed to her superiors to arrange for others first, and then give herself a non-nervous post.
For Zhang Rui's approach, Tang Liang was very relieved and moved after knowing it, for a long time, as the wife of the founding general, many people were admired for being able to do so, but in life, she had also been treated unfairly.
In 1955, Zhang Rui was unwell, went to the military hospital for examination, and his dress was as simple and simple as usual, but he was ridiculed by a small nurse passing by, and the little nurse stared directly at her, looked up and down, couldn't help but "poof" a laugh, and also sarcastically said: "It's really a countryman." ”
Zhang Rui was extremely angry after hearing this, had a feeling of being humiliated, returned home sullen and unhappy, and had no intention of doing anything else. When Tang Liang returned home, he saw his wife sitting on a chair with an unhappy face, and quickly asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”
Zhang Rui looked sad, sighed deeply, and said, "Today there was a nurse who called me a country boy, and I felt very uncomfortable. ”
Ben thought that her husband would definitely say a few words for himself to show comfort, but he never expected it, but Tang Liang looked up and laughed after listening to it, and said successively: "The countryman is good." ”
Seeing his wife's more angry look, he immediately explained: "If there is no countryman, what will we eat and wear?" ”
Hearing these words, Zhang Rui suddenly stretched out his sad face and smiled: "It makes a lot of sense." ”
Zhang Rui did not mention the matter again, but somehow the matter was quickly spread, and the little nurse was so frightened that she fell into anxiety all day long, feeling that she had offended the big man.
Soon after, Zhang Rui went to the hospital again to get medicine, and the little nurse rushed over to apologize repeatedly, at this time Zhang Rui comforted her and whispered slowly: "This kind of small thing does not have to be assured." ”
In this way, Tang Liang and his wife insisted on their principles and lived a simple and low-key life, and the family was often called the "poor households" of the military region.
Until his later years, some relatives asked Tang Liang to help arrange work, he resolutely refused, and he was accused by relatives of being ruthless and stubborn, never wavered by anything, and has been working low-key and seriously in his post.
Until his death in Beijing in 1986 at the age of 76 due to illness, the soldiers of the military region were devastated and deeply felt the loss of a good leader.