preface
Among the founding generals, there are many who love to drink, among which Xu Shiyou is the most famous, he is addicted to alcohol, loves Moutai, and is accompanied by Moutai all day long, and the story between Moutai is also widely circulated.
Picture 丨 Xu Shiyou
No wine, no joy
When Xu Shiyou was young, he practiced martial arts at the Shaolin Temple, but in theory, Buddhist disciples should not drink alcohol.
But Xu Shiyou was an exception, he not only drank, but also drank like a life.
Xu Shiyou love to drink is a natural, they Xu family three generations are a good hand at drinking, his father is more wine as water to drink, in such an environment to grow up, Xu Shiyou does not want to drink is difficult.
After joining the Red Army, Xu Shiyou did not quit drinking.
Although there was a "prohibition order" in the army at that time, Xu Shiyou, as a general who had won many battles, not only did not make a mistake because of drinking, but also because he drank more and more courageously, and he had this "privilege" that broke the rules.
At that time, the conditions were harsh, but for xu Shiyou, a person who did not drink and was not happy, the meal could not be eaten, but the wine could not be drunk.
So at that time, most of them drank shochu made from sorghum and sweet potatoes.
However, most of this kind of wine has a general taste, Xu Shiyou is just for fun, if you have the opportunity to drink a good wine, Xu Shiyou himself can be happy for half a day.
Heroes are massive
On the Long March Road,
The troops need to climb over the cottages of ethnic minorities, and the king of the cottages is also a well-known local "dionysian", and when he heard that a large number of Xu Shiyou wanted to cross the cottages, he proposed that "three bowls but not the villages" and should compete with Xu Shiyou.
Xu Shiyou was young and vigorous, not to mention that he had full confidence in his own amount of alcohol, so he ordered his subordinates to put on the banquet, Xu Shiyou to drink, the king of the cottage to cook, and all the men, women and children of the village came out to see the liveliness, and the scene was like the New Year, which made people unhappy.
The cottage king is not polite at all,
Directly on the sea bowl used by ethnic minorities, that bowl is about the same size as the wine altar
Xu Shiyou looked at it, and his heart was also a little bottomless, but in order to pass the village, there was not much nonsense, and he directly picked up the sea bowl and drank three bowls bowl after bowl.
The shanzhai king looked at xu Shiyou's amount of wine, he even drank three bowls, Xu Shiyou came to the strength, let people continue to pour wine, grunt three bowls under the belly, the shanzhai king looked at the hero massive ah, he is not willing to show weakness,
"The first three bowls count as your passing, and these three bowls are tried and tested."
After saying that, he directly dried a bowl, but before he could finish drinking the third bowl, his whole body softened and he fell to the ground and could not get up again.
The Shanzhai King's men saw that the Shanzhai King was drunk like this, and they were busy asking people to carry the Shanzhai King into the house,
Then open the door of the village, beat the gong and drum to welcome the Red Army through the cottage.
Custom "three do not drink"
Although Xu Shiyou can drink and drink, he also has his own responsibilities and rules in his heart.
He set himself the principle of "three no drinks":
"Don't drink before the war, don't drink during the war, don't drink when you lose a war."
In August 1933, Xu Shiyou led troops to attack Yingshan, and after several months of uninterrupted fighting, Xu Shiyou did not drink alcohol, although the correspondent's wine pot was filled with wine, Xu Shiyou did not pay much attention to the wine during the battle.
In Xu Shiyou's view,
Fighting requires courage, but it also requires a sober brain
Only courage has no mind, just recklessness.
Some people joked that Wu Song had to drink 18 bowls before going up the mountain before fighting the tiger, and Xu Shiyou said:
"Fighting tigers requires courage, but war is faced with people, and people and tigers are not the same, and they are not referenced."
In December 1935, Zhang Guotao led the Red Fourth Front to the south without authorization, and in the process of sniping at the enemy,
Xu Shiyou proposed that five regiments were needed, at least three, but Chen Changhao, the political commissar of the Front Army, thought that only one regiment was needed, and no matter how Xu Shiyou analyzed the pros and cons with the other side, Chen Changhao could not listen to it.
Picture 丨 Chen Haochang
Xu Shiyou had no choice but to obey orders.
As a result, two-thirds of the whole regiment suffered casualties in the struggle, and Xu Shiyou was also angry and sad in his heart.
Chen Changhao realized his mistake and wanted to coax Xu Shiyou, knowing that Xu Shiyou loved to drink, so he brought wine to him.
Xu Shiyou didn't even look at it and said:
"Before the expedition, I drank Shangma wine, and I drank celebratory wine after winning the battle.
Chen Changhao touched a nose of ash and had to leave curtly.
Drink blood wine oath
November 1942,
More than 20,000 Japanese Kou carried out a cruel and vicious "sweep" of the Jiaodong area, slaughtering more than 500 compatriots, which was the Mashishan Massacre.
Figure 丨 Ma Shi Shan Massacre
Xu Shiyou was the commander of the Jiaodong Military Region at that time, and he called a meeting of the military cadres and the masses.
At the venue, there was a pig-killing table with a kitchen knife, a chicken, and a large bowl of liquor.
Xu Shiyou stepped forward and painfully analyzed the reasons for the defeat of this battle:
"In addition to the fact that the enemy is too fierce, my work is not done well."
"If in the future there is a situation of enemy sweeping, everyone must dig tunnels to save themselves, and if everyone can respond, I promise that this will not happen again today."
He raised his kitchen knife, cut off the chicken's head with one knife, and left the chicken blood in a large bowl containing white wine, and then drank it all.
"If there is such a situation as today, kill my head like this chicken."
I love Moutai wine alone
The story of Xu Shiyou and Moutai roughly occurred after the founding of the People's Republic of China, when society gradually stabilized, and the production and purchase of good wine became easier.
Xu Shiyou then had the opportunity to start tasting all kinds of good wines
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At that time, Moutai was used as a state banquet, and frequently appeared on the leader's table, and the long aftertaste of Moutai captured Xu Shiyou's heart, and since then,
Xu Shiyou's life is full of Moutai figures.
Picture 丨 Moutai wine
Don't look at the current price of Moutai has been beyond people's reach, but at that time, it was still considered "affordable wine", although for the general public, it is not particularly cheap and affordable.
But at that time, Xu Shiyou, as the founding general, was more than enough to buy some of his favorite Moutai wine.
Moreover, at that time, As an internal special commodity for senior cadres, the price of Moutai was generally cheaper than the market price, and it was basically a half discount, even so.
Xu Shiyou will still spend half of his salary on buying Maotai.
There is a clear distinction between public and private
Xu Shiyou is a person with a righteous spirit and a clear distinction between public and private,
The wine you drink is kept by yourself, and the wine manager who drinks on business is kept by the administrator
Sometimes in order to entertain guests, the administrator will also leave a few bottles in his home,
Xu Shiyou marked the wine left by the administrator. The public writes "public" and their own writes "private".
If you accidentally drink the wrong drink, then it depends on what the situation is,
If it is a public affair to drink the "private" wine, then it is laughed at, and it does not care, if it is a private matter to drink the "public" wine, then immediately make up, never take advantage of the public half of the cheap.
Xu Shiyou felt,
When a big husband does things, public is public, private is private, and it cannot be clearly distinguished.
Tu 丨 Xu Shiyou attended the banquet
In 1955, Xu Shiyou was the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, when the Moutai wine in Nanjing was 3 pieces of a bottle, Xu Shiyou let the guards buy wine for himself in Nanjing, once, Xu Shiyou went to Guizhou to investigate, inadvertently inquired about the price of Moutai in Guizhou, this question, Xu Shiyou felt a pang in his heart,
How is this Moutai in Nanjing cheaper than the factory price?
After returning to Nanjing, Xu Shiyou went to the market survey full of doubts.
It was found that Moutai had risen from 3 to 6 a year ago.
It turned out that the guards saw Xu Shiyou buying wine with a meager salary, but his daily life was frugal, and he felt painful.
After the price increase in Moutai, it was still reported according to 3 yuan, and the difference was paid by the troops.
After Xu Shiyou listened, he severely criticized the guards, saying that how can individual drinking make the troops pay for it, is this not taking advantage of the public.
He then ordered his men to replenish the difference in the price of the year's wine to the troops.
Moutai at home was stolen
There is also a small story about Xu Shiyou and Moutai wine.
In 1967 National Day, Xu Shiyou was invited to Beijing to participate in the National Day celebration.
He spent 40 days in Beijing, and during these 40 days, he did not dip the wine and spoiled the Moutai wine that was treasured at home.
After handling the affairs of Beijing, he returned to Nanjing without stopping.
When I got home, I went straight to the storage room and couldn't wait for a drink.
When he opened the storage room, Xu Shiyou was dumbfounded,
More than a dozen bottles of Moutai wine that he treasured were gone.
Xu Shiyou, who did not drink and lost the wine, was in a very bad mood, and he angrily scolded:
"This damn thief, don't leave me a bottle, wait until I catch you, and see how I can clean you up!"
Knowing that his old comrade-in-arms had recruited thieves at home, he had also stolen his beloved Moutai wine,
Guo Huaruo, deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, asked Xu Shiyou to drink the two bottles he had hidden.
Figure 丨 Guo Huaruo
As soon as Xu Shiyou heard this, his mood instantly improved, patting Guo Huaruo's shoulder,
"Or old Guo has a conscience, go, drink and go!"
After the wine was drunk, Xu Shiyou began to wonder, according to theory,
The compound of the military region, a place where there are guards and guards everywhere, should be the safest, so how can it attract thieves?
He began to recall that when he bought wine, only he and the guards knew, could it be that the guards went out to brag to people and said that they were hiding good wine?
The guard was busy explaining that although he loved to brag,
But regarding Xu Shiyou's family affairs and military affairs, I dare not mention a word.
Later, this even reached The news reached Zhou Enlai's ears, and he specially called Xu Shiyou and said that the next time he went to Nanjing, he would bring him a few more bottles of good Maotai.
Picture 丨 Zhou Enlai
People around them comforted themselves in this way, and Xu Shiyou slowly forgot about this matter, so this matter became an "unsolved case".
Can't afford to drink Maotai
After his retirement, Xu Shiyou lived at No. 8 Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, and although his life was quiet, the people who visited him were still endless.
Xu Shiyou was hospitable and always left people to eat, almost at least once a week.
At that time, Xu Shiyou fell in love with going out hunting, he was brilliant in marksmanship, and he could bring back a lot of prey every time, and the guests used the prey they fought back, plus a few bottles of Maotai wine, which was affordable and warm.
Picture 丨 Xu Shiyou shoots a gun
After the reform and opening up, Xu Shiyou left for retirement,
At this time, the price of Moutai began to soar, directly rising to more than a dozen pieces
Since then, it has soared all the way.
At this time, it is somewhat beyond the scope of Xu Shiyou's tolerance,
So he began to replace Maotai with the affordable Yanghe Daqu
The taste of this Yanghe Daqu is also good, the appearance and texture are very similar to Moutai, the key is that the price is cheap, only one-third of Moutai, and many military region cadres use it as a substitute for Moutai.
The only fly in the ointment is that the "feeling" of Moutai cannot be found, and later the staff came up with an idea and poured Yanghe Daqu into the Moutai bottle.
This matter was known to Xu Shiyou, and he felt good,
He also gave this unique invention a new name, called "Tu Maotai"
Picture 丨 Yanghe Daqu
Even if Xu Shiyou himself can't drink Maotai, he is not willing to let the people who come to his home suffer losses.
Every time a guest came, he would send the staff to buy "real Maotai" for hospitality, and he still drank homemade "Tu maotai".
But Xu Shiyou drank Tu Maotai alone, and this way of saving money could not bear the door of guests every day.
The staff around them had to hide that Xu Shiyou had prepared a tumaotai for the guests, and secretly explained the situation to the guests, asking the other party not to mind.
The guests could understand that the old chief with a clean and honest style was not economically rich and did not account, and as long as he praised Xu Shiyou's wine, Xu Shiyou, as the host, was very happy
He is sincerely receiving everyone who comes to visit him.
In order for Xu Shiyou to be happy and spend less money, everyone made up such a white "lie".
Until Xu Shiyou died, he still did not know the "mystery" of this Tu maotai.
After Xu Shiyou's death, the price of Moutai rose to three hundred yuan a bottle. Old friends get together and joke."
Fortunately, the commander left early, otherwise he really couldn't afford to drink Maotai now. ”
Picture 丨 Xu Shiyou's family
"Inseparable" from wine
Xu Shiyou's "feelings" with wine are really inseparable, and even illness can't stop his desire to drink.
Once, Xu Shiyou went to Beijing for a meeting, because the water and soil were not satisfied, always diarrhea, Zhou Enlai heard about it, specially visited the hotel where Xu Shiyou was staying, and advised him to check his body and rest well.
Xu Shiyou did not take his illness too seriously: "The premier is assured, there is no need to rest, there is no need to check, I can cure it with my own "earth cube". ”
What is Xu Shiyou's "EarthWorks", first
Hungry for two meals, empty the stomach and intestines, and then two glasses of Moutai wine on an empty stomach, that is not "medicine" to get rid of the disease.
Zhou Enlai laughed and said that this method was only suitable for Xu Shiyou alone.
However, drinking alcohol does hurt the body,
In 1985, Xu Shiyou suffered from cirrhosis of the liver, and the doctor told him that he must not drink alcohol
For Xu Shiyou, who is addicted to alcohol, it is simply his life.
Picture 丨 Book "Xu Shiyou's Later Years"
He began to play with the staff and medical staff,
Unable to bear it, he grabbed the bottle and cursed and grinned as he hurriedly poured it into his mouth
The staff is also helpless, Xu Shiyou met the wine, became a child, the wine is really his most beloved "toy".
behind
For the sake of Xu Shiyou's body, the staff confiscated all the wine, locked it up, and sent guards to guard it.
In order to prevent Xu Shiyou from drinking, it is also painstaking.
Even so,
Xu Shiyou still took advantage of the guard's turn or other things to quickly find out the wine that had been secretly hidden, drank a few mouthfuls of it, and when the guard found out that he had taken the bottle, he begged bitterly, "Baby, let me take a sip, I drink one less sip." ”
In order to drink, Xu Shiyou hid wine everywhere.
Once, when a staff member retrieved half a bottle of wine from under the couch in the ward, the paramedics, worried about his body, asked him how he got in.
Xu Shiyou smiled like a child, "Hey hey, I'm hungry." ”
The medical staff is anxious,
Speaking of your physical condition, drinking alcohol is equivalent to eating arsenic.
Xu Shiyou listened and smiled: "Arsenic is arsenic, I have good anti-poison ability." ”
Figure 丨 Xu Shiyou in his later years
Another time, after the guard found Xu Shiyou coming out of the toilet, he was pale and confused, and the guard felt that something was not right, so he went to the toilet to check.
I found a military coat hanging inside, touched it into my pocket, and sure enough, there was a bottle of wine hidden
Xu Shiyou, who was exposed, laughed silly, it seems that as long as this wine reaches the stomach, even if it is questioned, it does not matter.
Later, the condition worsened, Xu Shiyou's condition is getting worse and worse, often in the middle of the night, severe pain, body convulsions, uncontrolled, whether it is anesthetic or tranquilizer are not good, a doctor who understands Xu Shiyou,
Taking out Moutai and dipping chopsticks at his mouth, Xu Shiyou miraculously quieted down.
Sometimes the lips are swollen and bleeding, and the medical staff still does not help to apply lip balm to him.
But when you put the wine on your lips, your lips are noticeably less dry
, probably between Xu Shiyou and the wine, there is really some inexplicable fate.
A bottle of Moutai wine in the tomb
On October 22, 1985, Xu Shiyou died of liver cancer in Nanjing at the age of 80.
Because Xu Shiyou wants to be buried in his mother after death,
"Live to be loyal, die to fulfill filial piety"
, so when the leaders signed the proposal to implement cremation, they did not sign it.
Later, the central government also agreed to Xu Shiyou's request for burial.
Xu Shiyou is a more traditional person, he has been revolutionizing when he was alive, he rarely can go home to take care of his mother, and after his mother died, he did not have this opportunity anymore, presumably there is still guilt in his heart.
Xu Shiyou's burial was secret, only a few people knew, and even the burial was done before dawn.
Xu Shiyou's tomb did not have a monument, but the neighbors of the countryside heard that this was Xu Shiyou's tomb, and they came to mourn.
Picture 丨 Xu Shiyou's tombstone
The following year, vice chairmen Yang Shangkun and Xu Xiangqian erected a granite stele for Xu Shiyou in their personal names, on which were seven large characters handwritten by the painter Fan Zeng
"Tomb of Comrade Xu Shiyou".
Xu Shiyou's tomb contains 5 funerary items,
The watch he brought with him, the semiconductor radio he listened to every day, a shotgun, 100 yuan, and of course, a bottle of his favorite Moutai wine.
Regarding these things, there are also some theories: watches and radios were things that Xu Shiyou used to make him close to his body before he died, so that he did not feel lonely on Huangquan Road, and as for the wine money gun, it was because wine can be bold, money can be psychic, and guns can hit evil spirits.
Moutai respects heroes
Picture 丨 Moutai wine in front of Xu Shiyou's tomb
Every time around the Qingming Festival,
People who come to worship always bring Xu Shiyou's favorite Moutai wine
Open the bottle, toast it, and then place the empty bottle in front of the tomb, where the bottles have piled up over time.
"With Moutai wine, I think General Xu will not be lonely no matter where he is."
People's nostalgia for this hero has never stopped, and they also believe that General Xu Shiyou's spirit in heaven will be proud and relieved to see the motherland becoming more and more prosperous and powerful.