While the whole people enjoy a well-off life, we can't imagine that before the 60s, in the era of material shortage, the vast majority of PLA soldiers could only nibble on the bark of trees to fill their stomachs.
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Now, suddenly, an old farmer took out an IOU. What is the claim that this is an 11 million loan owed by the Eighth Route Army?
An old farmer in Shanxi who has a deep sense of righteousness
In 1940, Japan began to invade the Shanxi area, and the Eighth Route Army, which was formed at that time, in order to protect the revolutionary base area in Shanxi, was stationed here for a short time and did not leave until victory.
Although the war was won, the Japanese army blocked many roads in Shanxi and villages were not allowed to enter and exit, in order to fight a protracted war of attrition with the Eighth Route Army.
Seeing that the eighth route army's support materials could not be supplied, and the weapons and equipment were relatively backward, sooner or later it would be consumed by the Japanese army to the point of collapse.
In this situation, the Eighth Route Army decided to go to the villages and towns to collect grain.
Although the people of our country also understand that the Eighth Route Army is not easy, the situation in their own homes is also very difficult, and they can't open the pot, so how can they help the army? The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who saw this situation could only continue to starve.
At this moment, a landlord named Guo Yangming left the Eighth Route Army behind. He said his family had his own factory, and there were many fields in the family, which was more than enough to feed the family. Seeing how hard the Eighth Route Army was, he thought of ordering his family to bring out grain to give to the Eighth Route Army.
Not only that, but a few days later, when he heard that the support materials were insufficient, he took out his own 11 million French currency, sent people to buy grain, and then sent all to the Eighth Route Army.
Principled Eighth Route Army
For the displaced Eighth Route Army at that time, this was equivalent to life-saving food. People are iron, rice is steel, even if the Eighth Route Army has the spirit of fighting spirit, it always has to fill its stomach before it can heroically resist the enemy.
It's just that in the face of discipline, they have their own principles, that is, they resolutely do not eat grain with the people. Although the common mission of everyone is to resist Japan, this is part of the reason why the Eighth Route Army will be praised later.
At that time, many people felt great admiration for the Eighth Route Army, so even if they had no food to eat, they had to send a part to the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army also had unwritten rules, that is, in its most difficult time, it always abided by the principles of not snatching grain and not expropriating grain.
Even if they were forced to borrow grain out of necessity, the Eighth Route Army would give IOUs to the people who helped them. He told them to wait until the war was won, take the IOU and go to the state, and the country would return the grain and money.
Old man Guo Yangming also knew that the Eighth Route Army had a good style, so he took out a lot of savings from his family to help them, and the old man did not complain, nor did he think of anything to return.
Nevertheless, after seeing the truckloads of grain, the Eighth Route Army was moved to tears, and at the same time, it resolutely decided to issue an IOU to the old man.
He stamped the seal exclusive to the Eighth Route Army on it to express his gratitude, and the Eighth Route Army finally left with enough food.
How much of the loan of 11 million yuan was finally returned to the elderly?
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the elderly Guo Yangming unfortunately passed away, and he gave this well-preserved note to his descendants, and also instructed the descendants that this note could not be used unless it reached the point of desperation.
After the founding of New China, Guo Jianying, a descendant of Guo Yangming, because the family's money had been dissipated and his wife was sick in bed, so he turned over the voucher note that had long been yellowed and clearly written on the Eighth Route Army.
I plucked up the courage to go to the government and handed the note to the staff. After all, this was decades ago, and the staff did not dare to make decisions on their own, but could only tell the government to make a decision.
Subsequently, the government led the relevant personnel to make a firm decision on this note, and promised that if the IOU was real, the government would absolutely repay the money, and at this time, Guo Jianying's heart finally settled down.
However, although 11 million French currency was not a small amount at that time, but now the exchange rate is also changing in different currencies, so how to return it?
Finally, after unanimous consultation by the government, it was decided that it should be returned according to the strength of the banknotes at that time.
In this way, Guo Jianying successfully obtained 80,000 yuan from the government. Don't look at the current 80,000 is not a big deal, but this number is not small for the newly founded New China. Especially in Beijing, buying a house is more than enough.
In the end, Guo Jianying took the money to save his wife, and the state also allowed the family to enjoy a series of preferential treatment.
The friendship of sending charcoal in the snow has been rewarded, and the incident of the elderly Guo Yangming has once again proved that the Chinese government is trustworthy in what it says, the people of our country are kind and simple, and the people's fish and water conditions that our country praises are also real.