In October 1992, the weather in Jilin had long since cooled down, and Nandianzi on the outskirts of Fusong County looked a little depressed. On the 27th, a new monument rose from the ground, a very common granite carved monument that can be found everywhere in any cemetery.
But don't underestimate this stele, its origin is not simple. The monument alone took a lot of time to make and transport, wrapped in sturdy, tight packaging, and was transported from as far away as Pyongyang in a chauffeur-driven car.
The inscription on the stele is not from the hands of ordinary people, but by
Kim il sung
Carved by hand, each stroke is vigorous and powerful. In the sunlight, the golden traditional characters glittered, as if to tell the martyr's particularly short but extraordinary life.
Pictured | Zhang Weihua Monument
Kim Il Sung's heavy heart relaxed slightly after sending the monument away, because this wish, which had been shelved for decades, had finally been fulfilled. Long ago, he wanted to do something himself to commemorate the best friend who died to save him, but he did not have the opportunity to personally return to Jilin to pay tribute to his best friend, except to declare this person's life experience to the people and let the Korean people remember this Chinese hero.
Thinking of the old days when the two were good friends, Jin Il sighed a long time, and the huge stone that had just been put down was quietly pressed on his heart. Even if he now has the financial and material resources to let thousands of monuments be erected in the place where his best friend grew and died, how can he repay the kindness of sacrificing himself and desperately protecting him?
He is often asked if the living and the dead can maintain long-term friendships. Whenever he heard this question, he frowned, and sorrow slowly climbed up his face like a squirming insect.
Every time, he said categorically that he could keep it forever, that the living could copy the feelings of their deceased friends and continue the friendship with doubled thoughts.
And this monument is the best proof of this. In addition, Kim Il Sung continued their friendship for generations, although his best friend died early in order to save him from poisoning, leaving behind his newly established family, and in the decades that followed, the two families failed to contact in time.
But Kim Il Sung buried this kindness deep in his heart, paid great attention to the descendants of his best friends, and repeatedly sent people thousands of miles away to visit them. As the supreme leader of North Korea, he shoulders many responsibilities, and he is willing to take time to visit in person, even if he is in charge of every opportunity and official business.
Pictured| Kim Il Sung
For him, even if the deceased has passed away, as long as those who survive never forget the people who died, then the friendship between the two can become more and more consolidated, flowing through the frozen history until the end of the world.
But who is this dead man? It was even possible for Kim Il Sung to remember him for decades, and to temporarily release the identity of the supreme leader of North Korea and personally erect a monument to him in his own name. Why did he take poison to commit suicide in order to save Kim Il Sung's life?
This "he" is
Zhang Weihua
, also known as Zhang Yaqing. For a long time after his death, due to the lack of information and the emergence of heroes during the war, even those who lived in the local area for a long time were not very aware of his heroic deeds in the past.
Instead, in North Korea, Kim Il Sung mentioned him in public many times, and over time, whether it was a literate teenager or an old woman who had never been to school for a day, he knew that there was a Chinese hero who risked his life to save their supreme leader. There was also a passage in the crowd: "In North Korea, people who don't know Jang Wei-hwa are not North Koreans." ”
But Zhang Weihua did not think so much at the beginning, and he could not imagine that under the pressure of the enemy's imprisonment, in order to retain the strength of the Chinese revolution and to rescue his best friend for many years, he had to commit suicide by taking poison, which would cause such a big sensation in the next few decades.
In 1913, at the head of a wealthy family in Fusong County, Jilin Province, Zhang Weihua fell to the ground with loud cries. His birth made the family quite happy, such a big thing is placed in the rich family, the row of noodles is naturally indispensable, his father Zhang Wancheng held a banquet with great fanfare, celebrating the birth of his son.
According to this development, Jang Wei-hwa is not involved with Kim Il-sung in any way. After all, he was the son of a rich family, and in that economically underdeveloped era, he lived a life without worrying about food and clothing since he was a child, and he did not have to worry about other things, he only needed to wait for his duty to inherit the family business, and this life was also a safe past.
Pictured| Zhang Weihua
But fate played a kind joke with him, allowing Kim Il Sung to send him the spring breeze of revolution, and it was Zhang Wancheng who brokered the two people to become friends. That year, Zhang Wancheng was seriously ill, bedridden for several days, depressed and emaciated all day, and famous doctors from hundreds of miles away were invited, but there was no improvement.
When the Zhang family was at a loss and ready to give up, the dawn of hope ran towards them like a toddler. After hearing about this, a rural doctor carried the medicine box and took the initiative to go to the Zhang family for consultation without saying a word.
The Zhang family did not have any hope, and could only use the dead horse as a living horse doctor. After all, I didn't know much about this doctor, only heard his name
Kim Hyung Ji
He is a North Korean who raises a son named Kim Il Sung alone. As early as a few years ago, they fled to northeast China because of the war, and have since taken root here.
But to their surprise, Jin Hengji's medical skills were superb, and with a few herbs, he pulled Zhang Wancheng back from the brink of illness. Kim Hyung-ji is a person with a good heart, and it is his duty as a doctor to treat and save people, and he does not ask for anything else in return. After healing Zhang Wancheng, he left first.
Zhang Wancheng lay in the hospital bed for several days, and his mood was always very low, thinking that his evil disease had penetrated deep into the bone marrow and could not be cured. I didn't expect to meet such a divine doctor, and now that I have recovered from a serious illness, I am full of feelings in my heart.
After that, Zhang Wancheng often visited Kim Hyung Ji to show his gratitude, and with Kim Hyung Ji proficient in Chinese calligraphy, Zhang Wancheng admired and admired this humble and kind man. After a period of exchange, the two became friends.
After Zhang Wancheng heard about the difficulties in Kim Hyung Ji's family, he often reached out to help, and even after several persuasions, helped him solve the problem of settling down.
Pictured| Kim Hyung-ji
Under the invasion of the Japanese, the 8-year-old Kim Il-sung left his homeland and wandered around with his father. Perhaps Kim Il Sung was plagued by war when he was young, and his mind was more mature than his peers. Zhang Weihua regards Jin Il as his big brother and often plays with him.
But no matter how happy the time is, the two inseparable people will eventually have a different time. In 1927, Kim Il Sung decided to go to Yuwen Middle School in Jilin Province, because the school's fees were cheaper and could slightly reduce Kim Hyung Ji's burden.
Zhang Weihua, under the arrangement of his father, prepared to go to Shenyang Guogao, which was expensive. Zhang Weihua did not want to be separated, and even proposed that he pay for it, and the two went to Shenyang to study together. But Kim Il Sung's heart has already been decided, and it is no longer better to trouble the Zhang family too much.
Before parting, the two walked in the woods outside Fusong City, their hearts were particularly heavy, maybe this parting would take a long time to see each other. The tall-headed Kim Il Sung walked in front of Jang Wei-hwa, the sunlight peering through the gaps between the leaves, stretching his figure longer.
Zhang Weihua took a big step forward, caught up with Kim Il Sung, and asked him why he didn't go to Shenyang with him. Kim Il Sung shook his head and said he wanted to go to Jilin to find the Chinese Communist Party, because the North Korean Communist Youth Organization had already sprung up in Jilin.
Zhang Weihua said loudly:
"I also want to go with you, I want to go to school when you go to school, you are a Communist Party, I also want to be a Communist Party!"
Kim Il Sung looked at Zhang Weihua, who had a determined look in his eyes, and said: "Being a Communist Party is not so simple, you must be mentally prepared, this is not a fun thing, you may go to jail, you may lose your head." ”
Jin Il cost thought that this would surprise Zhang Weihua, after all, he had such a good life, he had never seen the scene of life and death in an instant, nor had he experienced a big wind and waves, how could he eat enough and have nothing to do, and specifically do things that cut off his head?
But Zhang Weihua did not hesitate for half a minute, and said categorically:
"I'm not afraid of all this, as long as I can be with you, let alone go to jail, even if it's beheading and shooting, I won't hum a word!"
Hearing this, Kim Il Sung was obviously stunned, and he showed a happy smile like an elder, and his eyes seemed to say, "Wait until you grow up!" He patted Zhang Weihua's shoulder and did not say anything more.
What he did not tell Zhang Weihua was that as early as a few months ago, he had become a member of the "Down with the Imperialist Alliance" and that from now on his head would be tied to the waistband of his pants. But he also did not expect that the words he casually mentioned would be remembered by Zhang Weihua all the time.
Until the following winter, Kim Il Sung was listening to a lecture in class, when suddenly an old school worker walked in and called him out, saying that a young man from Changbai Mountain had come to him. He was confused, not knowing who would come to him.
When he hurried to the dormitory, he found that the visitor was Zhang Weihua, who had not been seen for a long time. Looking at each other, their eyes soon red, and the two embraced each other tightly, patting each other's backs.
Zhang Weihua told his thoughts these days, since Kim Il Sung left Fusong, he began to be depressed, unable to do anything, and even abandoned his studies. Although his father repeatedly urged him to go to Shenyang, he just did not want to go, and only wanted to meet Kim Il Sung and work with him to carry out the revolution.
One night, a blizzard fell outside, and the howling cold wind seemed to pour into Zhang Weihua's heart. His whole body was awake, and a bold idea suddenly popped into his head, and he decided to look for Kim Il Sung alone.
Like a basin of water spilled out, this idea has no possibility of being withdrawn after it comes up. Zhang Weihua secretly took out one of his father's protective pistols, hurriedly wrapped a few clothes, avoided his parents and went out.
Along the way, the snow covered his eyes again and again, and he brushed them aside with his red and swollen hands. His feet were trapped in the thick white snow, and each step was extremely difficult, but his heart was extremely relaxed, and the thought of going to see Kim Il Sung was like a happy bird ready to take off at any time.
The days of walking alone were very lonely, Zhang Weihua walked for nearly two months to Jilin, and the coils on his body had long been used up. But when he saw Kim Il Sung, in addition to hugging, one of the things he did was pull out the pistol on his body, choked up and said:
"Into columns
(Kim Il Sung's nickname)
yes! I finally escaped from home and came to your side, you see, this gun was taken out by me, representing my determination to want revolution! ”
Kim Il Sung touched the cold gun, the expression of surprise could not be unloaded for a long time, after some inquiry, he knew the details of Zhang Weihua's coming to Jilin Province, it turned out that he had sneaked out and walked alone for two months.
Kim Il Sung was very touched, he did not expect Zhang Weihua to have such a determination to revolution, but he was also very worried that Zhang Weihua's sneaking away would definitely make the Zhang family extremely worried.
After thinking about it, Kim Il Sung asked Jang Wei-hwa to settle down in a nearby elm tree tun and ostensibly work as a teacher, but in fact secretly engaged in underground work. At the same time, Kim Il Sung was also tasked with leaving for the mountains, where he would strengthen his forces.
The | statue of Zhang Weihua
However, Zhang Weihua's family soon came to him, and after weighing the stakes, Kim Il Sung persuaded Zhang Weihua to go home and continue his studies, agreeing to work together in the revolution in the future. Zhang Weihua did not want to go back at first, and it was difficult to rush over, met the big brother who was thinking of his heart, and before they could get together, they were going to be separated again, but Kim Il Sung's attitude was very resolute, and he had to leave Jilin reluctantly with full expectations for the future.
Before parting, Zhang Weihua's eyes were filled with tears, and he stared closely at the close friend in front of him who grew up with him, wanting to take Kim Il Sung back to his hometown in his eyes, he did not want to move his warm gaze for a long time, thinking that the next meeting could come sooner.
But this blink of an eye came to 1930, the former vigorous Kim Il Sung looked a little embarrassed, not long ago he was detained by the enemy for participating in the armed rebellion, it was not easy to survive the prison disaster, he was ready to go to Jilin Lonely Yushu Village to secretly organize a revolutionary army, but everything was not as smooth as he thought.
He had thought that the revolutionary situation in the Jilin region would be better, but in fact, after many riots organized by radicals, the warlords and Japanese agents in the northeast had a lot of eyes, and they sent a large number of military and police to patrol everywhere and strictly guard against those revolutionaries who tried to slip away from the local area.
When Kim Il Sung was preparing to leave Jilin, a dense crowd of sentries blocked the city gates, railway stations, and other places, in addition to these dangling searches, there were also a large number of plainclothes mixed into the crowd, they were like hungry wolf dogs, twitching their noses to track their prey, trying to catch out the young people with revolutionary tendencies.
To help Kim Il Sung out of trouble,"
Communist Youth League
Several female comrades thought of a way, and they decided to wear gorgeous clothes and pretend to be noble ladies of high status, so that they could take the opportunity to attract the attention of the military and police and let Kim Il Sung escape from the side.
When they arrived at the train station, a large number of military police were interrogating the passengers entering the station one by one, and it was really risky to just divert their attention, after all, Kim Il Sung still had organized secret documents on his body, and once they were searched, the results were unimaginable.
Kim Il Sung had to run to a small station ten miles away from Jilin to get on the train, but despite this, he still faced a great threat. Just as he was sitting in his seat and breathing a long sigh of relief, he heard a noisy sound coming from the other carriages, and several military police and Ritter checked the identity of each passenger under the pretext of checking tickets.
Kim Il Sung, who had just let down his guard, immediately had a sense of crisis, and he knew very well that if he was discovered by them, there would be no good end, moreover
Japanese Kwantung Army
Korean revolutionaries have always been cruel to each other, and if they are serious, they are likely to be sent to Japan for life in prison. But on the moving train, he had no other way to escape.
Just as he was walking around anxiously, he actually met Zhang Weihua, whom he had not seen for a long time, which was a great comfort to him. After a short chat, Kim Il Sung learned about Jang Wei-hwa's situation, and it turned out that he had once again embarked on the road to Shenyang in order to find himself.
Since their separation, Zhang Weihua has not paid attention to Kim Il Sung, who is far away in Shenyang, and when he learned that his best friend had been arrested and imprisoned for riots, he was sad that he could not eat for several days.
Later, he got news of Kim Il Sung's activities near Jilin and heard many unfortunate rumors. Zhang Weihua had prepared for the worst, but he did not expect to meet Kim Il-sung on the train, and he changed his face alive and in a depressed mood all the way, and immediately became excited, and the corners of his mouth could not be put down.
When he learned that Kim Il Sung was trying to evade the search of the military police on the train, Jang Wei-hwa took him to the first-class carriage he was riding in without saying a word, and assured him that he would do his best to cover, even if he gave his life.
Figure | Zhang Weihua (middle of the second row)
Soon the military police arrived at the first-class carriage, but because it was all rich and powerful passengers, the military police did not dare to investigate for too long, and left hastily, and Kim Il Sung also escaped the disaster.
The train stopped at Hailong Station, which was also full of military police and Japanese agents. Both of them couldn't help but get nervous, and this time neither of them could guarantee whether they had any luck just now.
Just when the two were extremely nervous and almost collapsed, Zhang Weihua's father, Zhang Wancheng, actually appeared at the station. He was going to take ginseng to Yingkou to sell, and on the way there he heard that his son was on his way to Hailong, so he hired a luxurious carriage to pick up his son in advance, and in order not to let his son be injured by the hordes of military police, he also brought seven or eight family members equipped with self-defense weapons.
Fortunately, Zhang Wancheng's thorough preparations made this battle so that the military and police did not dare to approach easily. When Jang Wei-hwa and Kim Il-sung got off the train, Jang Wan-cheng and his gang immediately walked over, and Kim Il-sung also got into the luxury carriage safely.
Leaving Jilin safely and arriving in the Dunhua forest area was an unexpected result for Kim Il Sung, who thought he would die on this trip, but unexpectedly met his childhood playmate and turned the danger with the help of Zhang Weihua.
But this is not the most thrilling one, Zhang Weihua has done much more than this.
Seven years after the Sea Dragon Farewell, Kim Il Sung experienced many storms and waves, and also accumulated rich combat experience, leading the Korean People's Army to fiercely carry out guerrilla warfare in northern Manchuria.
The battle of July 1937 was very difficult to fight, the Korean People's Army was extremely difficult to fight, and the numerically superior enemy repelled them to the Fusong Mountains and sent heavy troops to guard the mountain roads in and out.
The enemy's encirclement of the areas of contact with the outside world and the lack of food and ammunition supplies in the mountains made the Korean People's Army particularly difficult. In desperation, Kim Il Sung had to pin his faint hopes on Jang Wei-hwa, and although they had not seen each other for many years, there was no other way to do it now.
He sent someone to fusong town secretly to find Zhang Weihua and explain the plight of the troops. However, this practice was opposed by many people, and many cadres believed that Zhang Weihua was the son of a rich man, there was no need to take risks to rescue them, and if Zhang Weihua leaked out the news of insufficient supply, it would simply put the troops on the board.
But Kim Il Sung firmly believes that although Zhang Weihua comes from a famous and prestigious family, he always thinks of revolution in his heart and will do his best to help them. Just as he expected, Zhang Weihua took up this burden without saying a word, and in just 10 days, he raised a large amount of money and military supplies, and sent cotton, grain and other items to the starving and frozen soldiers.
During this period, Kim Il Sung also had a brief meeting with Jang Wei-hwa. After so many years, Zhang Weihua has married and had children, has a happy and happy family, and opened a "brother photo studio" in Fusong Town, and her life is quite comfortable.
But he has another unknown identity, that is, an underground member of the Ccp. Remembering what Kim Il Sung had said to him, he returned to his hometown and worked secretly underground, providing help to the organization to the best of his ability and contributing to the revolutionary cause.
The two could hardly cry from meeting to talking, telling each other about their experiences over the years. Zhang Weihua said emotionally:
"I feel that your life is so miserable, thinking that you have suffered so much, I have not been able to be by your side, and my heart is as painful as being strangled by a knife!" 」
He was also very sorry, feeling that he had not been able to follow the southern conquest and the northern war in these years, but had first established a family, and in the near future, the second child should also be born. He felt that his contribution to the revolution was too small and he was eager to join the Korean People's Army.
Kim Il Sung promised him that when the revolutionary situation was better, he would be able to join the army. Unexpectedly, after this conversation, the two never had the opportunity to see each other again.
In the autumn of that year, Zhang Weihua was betrayed by the traitor Zheng Xuehai and was humiliated in prison, and by the time his father raised huge sums of money to rescue him, Zhang Weihua had been tortured to the point of no one.
But the enemy did not let him go, but instead sent people to his house every day to monitor, trying to lure Kim Il-sung into the bait by putting a long line to catch big fish. The enemy's intrigue and trickery are discovered by Zhang Weihua, who is afraid that he will slip up in the face of torture, and he is also afraid that Kim Il will be arrested for becoming a contact with him.
So Zhang Weihua ended his life with a bottle of developer (liters of mercury) in the dark room of the photo studio. Before committing suicide by poisoning, he also left a suicide note asking Kim Il Sung to lead his troops out of his original garrison as soon as possible.
Soon after, the bad news reached Kim Il Sung's ears, and he was so sad that his liver was broken. Decades later, he made this assessment of Zhang Weihua's suicide:
"Death is not a simple thing, the most painful thing is suicide, there are many people who commit suicide for themselves, but there are few people who commit suicide for others." Zhang Weihua's suicide by taking poison can be said to be the most noble and magnificent sacrifice among self-sacrificing sacrifices. ”