On October 22, 1985, General Xu Shiyou, who had been a hero of the horse, died in Nanjing, but the leaders were not allowed to hold a memorial service and did not allow a monument to be erected, and his body was not buried in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Mansion, but chose to be buried secretly in the middle of the night, escorting the coffin to take a first-class state of preparation for the whole process, which was very low-key to the outside world, why was General Xu Shiyou's funeral so mysterious and special? A year later, 7 words appeared on his tombstone, what is the meaning of this?
Xu Shiyou was born in a poor peasant family, the children of the poor family have long been in charge, in order to live Xu Shiyou left home at the age of 8, came to the Shaolin Temple alone to do chores, but he did not have any complaints, but learned a skill, a home visit changed his fate, the young Xu Shiyou is a jealous and hateful person, because he is not used to bullying and fighting back, plus he has trained a martial art in the Shaolin Temple, so ordinary people are not his opponents at all, and in a fit of anger, they actually lost their hands and beat each other to death. Xu Shiyou, who woke up, realized that he was in trouble, went home to see his mother and fled overnight, by chance he went to Wu Peifu's army, because he had a good kung fu, plus he fought very bravely, so he was quickly promoted to company commander, and then resolutely left because he was not accustomed to the current situation of army corruption, in August 1927 Xu Shiyou joined the Communist Party and began a real military career, he was very brave during the battle, and liked to kill the enemy with a large knife, in a battle, He rushed to the enemy camp wielding a large knife and killed the enemy to hide in Tibet and flee into the wilderness, so Xu Shiyou also had the title of "Leader of the Great Knife Regiment", and the chairman praised him as a great figure, bravely carrying half of the sky of Jiaodong.
The first time the two met was in 1935 during the Long March, the chairman had heard of him earlier, but did not know what words his name was, Xu Shiyou wrote his name on the blackboard, the chairman said that "Shi" is the meaning of being an official, it is better to change it to the world, meaning to be friends with people all over the world, this meeting made the two people leave a deep impression on each other, in 1935, after the Red Fourth Front Army and the Central Red Army met the division, Zhang Guotao, dissatisfied with the idea of going north to resist Japan, wanted to establish a separate Central Split Party and the Red Army. Xu Shiyou could not stand the internal opposition of the organization, so he led 30 people to prepare to return to Sichuan to fight guerrillas, but Xu Shiyou's plan was accidentally leaked, he was almost shot for it, the reason why he was still peaceful was because the chairman exercised the veto power, and soon after the chairman went to see Xu Shiyou and apologized to him, but at this time Xu Shiyou was still angry, so the two of them dispersed, during which the chairman visited Xu Shiyou many times and said to him that Zhang Guotao's mistakes should be borne by himself, and it has nothing to do with you comrades. I believe that when you went to Sichuan to fight guerrillas, it was not a planned counter-revolutionary activity, but it was just a matter of not thinking it through for a while, and the chairman's words deeply touched Xu Shiyou, who in his heart decided that he would follow the chairman all his life.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xu Shiyou was ordered to go to Chen Geng's troops, participated in the creation of the Ji'nan base area, and led the troops to achieve the victory of Xiangcheng Guda, the Japanese army was beaten and fled, in 1942 Xu Shiyou was transferred to Shandong, he led the army and the people to fight heroically against the Japanese Kou, not only rebuilt the anti-Japanese democratic base area, but also reversed the passive situation of the Jiaodong Anti-Japanese Resistance, during the Liberation War, Xu Shiyou served as the commander of the 9th Column of the East China Field Army, successively participated in the Battle of Laiwu Menglianggu, and successfully annihilated the 74th Division, the enemy's ace unit. In 1948, the battle to liberate Jinan was officially launched, Xu Shiyou fought fiercely with the enemy army for 8 days and nights, and finally won the victory, Jinan officially announced the liberation, the chairman specially rushed to Jinan after hearing the good news, praised Xu Shiyou, in 1955 Xu Shiyou was awarded the rank of founding general, for a time the scenery was infinite, but since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to complete, Xu Shiyou is a general with outstanding military achievements in the country and the people, but he is deeply ashamed of his mother.
After joining the Red Army, Xu Shiyou was busy fighting on the battlefield, so there was no way to fulfill filial piety under his mother's knees, xu Shiyou only returned home twice before the founding of New China, when the Kuomintang encircled and suppressed, in order to prevent harm to his family, Xu Shiyou broke off contact with his mother, and it was not until after the founding of the People's Republic of China that he was able to get his mother's contact, in 1954 Xu Shiyou, who was already the commander of the Shandong Military Region, took a leave of absence to return to his hometown, which was 20 years after he first returned home, when he saw his mother with ragged clothes and gray hair. Xu Shiyou couldn't help but cry bitterly, kneeling next to his mother to express his guilt, from that moment on Xu Shiyou secretly swore in his heart that he must let his mother spend a stable old age, and take his mother to live by his side, every day in addition to work is to accompany his mother, but his mother can not adapt to urban life, less than a month fell ill, he said to Xu Shiyou that he wanted to go back to his hometown, Xu Shiyou had to follow his mother's wishes, in 1955 Xu Shiyou received the news of his mother's death, he made up for his filial piety, Decided to be buried next to his mother after death, at that time the central government was advocating cremation, Xu Shiyou as a political commissar should lead by example, for this reason he repeatedly communicated with the chairman, after hearing Xu Shiyou's filial piety, the chairman was also silent.
In 1985, Xu Shiyou's condition suddenly deteriorated, he knew that his time was over, he reported to the organization, mentioned the idea of his burial, he had been serving the country before he died, only he owed his mother, so he hoped that he could approve his burial, buried next to his mother to fulfill filial piety, Xu Shiyou's body was not as good as a day, lying on the hospital bed did not forget to ask whether his request for burial had been approved, but until his death he did not get the answer he wanted, Deng Gong learned the news of Xu Shiyou's illness and death, After a long silence agreed to his request, he instructed that it would not be an example to handle it as an example, but because cremation was being carried out throughout the country at that time, in order to avoid causing adverse effects, Xu Shiyou's funeral was carried out in secret, and Deng Gong also said four no,No memorial service was allowed to be published in the newspaper; no monument was allowed to be erected, and no family members and children were allowed to pass it on, and he used seven special descriptions to describe Xu Shiyou, Xu Shiyou's lifelong military achievements, he was a special person with a special character, special experience, and special contributions, so he decided to meet his special requirements. This is the special of the special.
The military region first sent people to his hometown secretly, built a new tomb for him next to the ancestral tomb, according to the instructions above, in the process of transporting the coffin, there was no sound, there was no sign on the vehicle, the escort had been in a state of first-level preparation for war, in the middle of the night General Xu Shiyou's coffin came to his hometown smoothly, and was buried next to his mother's grave, and his coffin contained five things, a bottle of Moutai wine, a semiconductor radio, a watch, a hundred yuan, and a pistol seized from Zhang Lingfu's hand In order not to be silent, there was no monument in front of General Xu Shiyou's grave, but later because there were too many people worshipping, Wang Zhen proposed to the organization that a monument should be erected for General Xu Shiyou, there was no epitaph on it and no resounding title, only seven big characters Comrade Xu Shiyou's tomb, these seven words are heartbreaking, General Xu Shiyou has made great achievements in battle in his life, fought for the country and the people in the first half of his life, and bowed to the construction of the country in the second half of his life. However, there is no description on the tombstone, but general Xu Shiyou's tombstone does not need to be described too much, his contribution to the people for the party and the country has been deeply engraved in everyone's heart, and finally General Xu Shiyou's soul returned to his hometown and was forever buried next to his mother.