In December 1959, Premier Zhou invited the first batch of released war criminals from Gongdelin to come to his home
When he saw Zheng Tingdi, Premier Zhou cared about his family life, asked him and his wife how they were now, and encouraged Zheng Tingdi and his wife to remarry and integrate into normal life as soon as possible. What has Zheng Tingdi done? Why did he and his wife divorce? How did Premier Zhou help him remarry?
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In his lifetime, Zheng Tingdi made meritorious contributions to the neutrality of the War of Resistance Against Japan
Born in 1905 in Wenchang, Hainan, Zheng Tingji was a cadet of the fifth term of the Whampoa Military Academy
In his early years, he was a lieutenant general in the Kuomintang army, and was highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek.
He was a subordinate of the famous anti-Japanese general Dai Anlan and the younger brother of Zheng Jiemin, a notorious agent in the Kuomintang military command, but completely different from his brother Zheng Jiemin's personality and style of doing things.
Zheng Tingdi was born in a wealthy merchant in Hainan, living in favorable conditions, before he joined the Kuomintang, his father wanted him to inherit the family business and do business in his hometown. Zheng Tingdi did not think so, he saw the national environment, believed that if he wanted to change the status quo of the country, he had to join the army to serve the country, and under the opposition of his father, he resolutely decided to enter the Whampoa Military Academy and join the Kuomintang army after graduation.
(Zheng Tingji)
The first major battle in which Zheng Tingdi participated was the Battle of Xinkou during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
In this battle, the troops led by Zheng Tingdi encountered the onslaught of the Japanese army's heavy artillery and infantry equipped with sophisticated weapons, after seeing that hao Menglin, commander of the 9th Army, Liu Jialin, commander of the 54th Division, and Zheng Tingzhen, commander of the 5th Brigade, who were accompanying them, were heroically sacrificed in the battle, Zheng Tingji was bloodied, killed the red eye, and led his soldiers to fight with the enemy to the death, because the Japanese firepower was fierce, Zheng Tingji's troops were seriously damaged, but Zheng Tingji resolutely did not retreat, and after the bullets were directly connected with the enemy's white blade, he was shot several times in the battle. Fortunately, thanks to the timely rescue and luck, Zheng Tingdi was full of emotion in his heart, and gave himself the name "Rebirth" to commemorate this battle.
Another representative campaign of Zheng Tingji was his participation in the Battle of Kunlun Pass, commanded by Bai Chongxi
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At that time, he was facing the famous Japanese general Masao Nakamura,
Zheng Tingdi is responsible
One day, Zheng Tingdi, who was working out a battle plan, received intelligence from his subordinates, and there was a group of Japanese troops not far from them, and Zheng Tingdi looked through the telescope and found that the pair of Japanese Kou were not ordinary soldiers, but officers, and at this time they were plotting something under a tree.
(Bai Chongxi)
Zheng Tingdi immediately seized this opportunity, and without hitting the grass and snakes, he transferred all the mortars of the regiment, and also transferred the machine gun squad, and after preparing for the preparation, he ordered the guns to fire in unison, and the enemy did not have time to react, and all of them were killed. post-war statistics,
Zheng Tingdi's raid annihilated a total of 78 junior and middle-ranking Japanese generals, including the famous Masao Nakamura, and Zheng Tingji became famous in the first battle and was praised by the Kuomintang government.
In 1942, Zheng Tingdi followed his superior Dai Anlan to the Burmese battlefield, at this time Zheng Tingdi was already the infantry commander of the 200th Division, at this time Yangon City had become a purgatory, Dai Anlan and Zheng Tingdi took the British army's defense, and the Tonggu Blockade War immediately began
。 This battle was extremely fierce, the Japanese army with sophisticated weapons and equipment, gradually occupied the battlefield advantage, after holding out for half a month, the Kuomintang 200Th Division had run out of ammunition, Dai Anlan immediately ordered to fight while retreating, Dai Anlan was unfortunately shot and killed during the retreat, before sacrificing he handed over the command of the army to Zheng Tingji, hoping that he would be loyal to the country, and also hoped that Zheng Tingji could take care of his children, and this battle also became the pain of Zheng Tingji's life.
In the spring of 1947, Zheng Tingdi became the commander of the 169th Division of the newly organized 6th Army of the Kuomintang, and was transferred to the Northeast Battlefield to participate in the battle, and in the same year he was promoted to the commander of the 49th Army.
With Du Yuming, Liao Yaoxiang and other generals in the northeast region and the PLA troops engaged in fierce battles,
Zheng Tingdi was captured in the Battle of Montenegro, then imprisoned in Harbin for rehabilitation, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was transferred to the Gongdelin War Criminals Management Center in Beijing.
Zheng Tingdi's days in Gongdelin
Unlike Huang Wei, a "diehard" who resisted reform, Zheng Tingdi's thinking had long since changed, and under the education and transformation of the previous years, Zheng Tingdi had realized the mistakes he had made before. After his capture, he also wrote a letter of persuasion, which was sent by the central government to his subordinates and former peers through broadcasts and leaflets, and his letter also had the desired effect, and soon a large number of Kuomintang soldiers chose to surrender and revolt.
It is precisely because of his high consciousness and rapid transformation, during the Gongdelin period, Zheng Tingji was also the first minority to understand, when other Kuomintang generals insisted on "stubborn resistance" and "adding chaos" to the management office personnel, Zheng Tingdi had already lived a good life, and even once spat with friends, his life did not change much from before, during the war years, fighting outside for many years, it was rare to go home, the wind and rain were full of risks, and now he could not go home, but he could not eat and drink without worrying about the spiritual world, and his wife Feng Lijuan could still visit him regularly. Zheng Tingdi was very satisfied.
During the war criminals management center, Zheng Tingji also served as the leader of the team in charge of the bathhouse, and every weekend when the bathhouse was open, Zheng Tingdi was relatively happy, and this work made him relax, organizing his former colleagues to take a bath in an orderly manner and maintain order, and this kind of "happiness" was not understood by other war criminals.
However, the happy life in the new era did not last long, a certain wife Feng Lijuan handed Zheng Tingji a document after the visit, asking him to sign on it, Zheng Tingji took a look at it and was very surprised, it turned out that this was a divorce agreement, the wife who has always been very good in feelings actually asked for a divorce, Zheng Tingji was somewhat unacceptable. Feng Lijuan was also very uncomfortable in her heart and explained the reason to Zheng Tingji.
It turned out that because of Zheng Tingji's status as a war criminal, the children of the two could not carry out normal life and education, and Feng Lijuan considered for a long time for the future of her children before deciding to divorce Zheng Tingji. After Zheng Tingji knew the reason, he directly called regret, he did not regret marrying his wife, but regretted what he had done before, he sincerely apologized to his wife, regret should be like the old chief Dai Anlan, sacrificed in the battlefield, as a hero and martyr of the country, at this time his children will also enjoy special care, rather than being delayed by him as a war criminal.
After his wife left, Zheng Tingdi worked harder to receive reform and education.
Finally, in 1959, together with Du Yuming, Song Xilian and others, they were released as the first batch of amnesty war criminals.
He was free again, but at this time he had divorced his wife, where should he go?
Premier Zhou cared for Zheng Tingdi's life and helped him and his wife remarry
On December 14, 1959, Zheng Tingdi and the first batch of amnesty recipients were invited to Premier Zhou's home in the West Flower Hall in Zhongnanhai
During the banquet, Premier Zhou learned about the families and lives of several people, and after learning that Zheng Tingji's wife was forced to divorce him under pressure, he said to Fu Zuoyi, Zhang Zhizhong, who was around him: We should mobilize Zheng Tingyi and his wife to remarry.
(Fu Zuoyi)
At this time, Feng Lijuan did not remarry, and Zheng Tingji's heart was hot, but thinking of his status as a Kuomintang officer, he was a little afraid of affecting the lives of Feng Lijuan and her children. Subsequently, under the arrangement of the state, Zheng Tingji, Du Yuming, Song Xilian and others went to the Red Star Cooperative in Daxing to participate in labor, and the matter of remarriage was shelved. For Feng Lijuan, she also had bitter intentions when she chose to divorce, and she actually couldn't let go of Zheng Tingji in her heart, and she also wanted to come to see him after knowing that Zheng Tingji was released, but when she thought of the divorce she had proposed, she really didn't know how to say it when she went to see it at this time.
Soon the opportunity for the two of them came,
In 1960, Zhang Zhizhong organized a gathering of teachers and students of the Whampoa Military Academy
Premier Zhou was also invited, and Zheng Tingdi, as a cadet of the fifth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, also met Premier Zhou again, and as soon as the two met, Premier Zhou asked with concern: Have you and your wife remarried? Zheng Tingdi did not expect that after such a long time, premier Zhou was still worried about his life, and his heart was very touched.
After knowing that Zheng Tingji had not yet stepped into the steps of remarriage, Premier Zhou encouraged him to grasp it tightly and not to delay for too long, that is, with the encouragement of Premier Zhou, Zheng Tingji finally made up his mind to try again to break the mirror with Feng Lijuan, and after the party, Zheng Tingji immediately wrote a letter to Feng Lijuan, telling his thoughts about her and her children.
Premier Zhou was not only concerned about the lives of these former high-ranking Kuomintang officials, but what Zheng Tingdi did not expect was that Premier Zhou had really made some "hard work" in order to get him back married.
In 1961, Zheng Tingdi and Du Yuming and others became the cultural and historical commissioners of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, writing the history of the Kuomintang and sorting out materials and memoirs during the war
。 Premier Zhou transferred Feng Lijuan to the CPPCC as a typist, and in order to increase the chances of the two getting along, Premier Zhou deliberately moved the typewriter directly into Feng Lijuan's home and let her work from home, saying that it was "confidential", and it was Zheng Tingji who was responsible for sending information to Feng Lijuan.
Both of them knew very well in their hearts that this was a good intention of Premier Zhou, that is, the two could have more contact, so that they could break the mirror and reunite, Zheng Tingdi and Feng Lijuan already had feelings for each other, and it did not take long for the two to decide to remarry on the National Day of 1961, and the state also gave them a house in the compound where Zheng Tingji's former peer Du Yuming was located in order to arrange their lives.
On the day of the remarriage, the two called a few relatives and friends, wrapped a meal of dumplings, even if the ceremony was officially held, the life of the two after marriage was very harmonious. The CPPCC also gave them a house at Dengshikou and shared a courtyard with Du Yuming and Song Xilian.
Zheng Tingdi died in Beijing in 1996 at the age of 91.
epilogue
Zheng Tingji is a person with ideological consciousness, he is a patriotic person like his former boss Du Yuming, and in the years after his release, he worked hard for the country, for himself, and for a new life.