Tao Zhu, formerly known as Tao Jihua, jianhan, a native of Qiyang, Hunan. Whether in the history of the Communist Party of China or the history of the Republic, Tao Zhu is a heavyweight.
This great revolutionary has experienced legendary and bumpy life, but today' @Fenghua Peerless Xiao'er wants to tell a strange family feeling, which is the story between him and his only daughter Tao Siliang.
In 1954, Zeng Zhi, together with her husband Tao Zhu and daughter Tao Siliang.
Dad, I'm writing to you. People must wonder, "Didn't your father leave the world a long time ago?" ...... But for me, you never died,...... You used to say that we were fathers and daughters who depended on each other, and we still do.
- "A Letter That Finally Came Out" Tao Siliang
In December 1978, the People's Daily published an article, "A Letter That Was Finally Sent", which was a letter written by Tao Siliang to his father Tao Zhu. More than 10,000 words of pouring out, the daughter's endless thoughts of her father, aroused the resonance and sympathy of countless people. The letter caused a sensation throughout the country and also opened the prelude to the rehabilitation of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases after the Cultural Revolution.
Tao Siliang is currently the vice president of the China Mayors Association. After more than forty years, when asked about the letter again, Taos's eyes were moist, and she said that her father was different from other people's fathers, and her father was the unforgettable heart of her life.
Dear Dad, for eleven years, I don't know how many letters I have written to you in silence, I can neither let people know, nor have anything to vote for, but I keep writing, keep writing... What I wrote on the paper had to be sealed and destroyed, but what I wrote on my heart became deeper and deeper.
In January 1947, Tao Zhu, Zeng Zhi was in the northeast
In September 1945, a month after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, a special contingent set out from Yan'an, traveled day and night, through Taihang, Jizhong and Jidong, traveling thousands of miles to reach a strategic place in China at this time, northeast China. There was a couple in the procession, and as they marched, they talked about the lovely daughter who stayed in Yan'an.
Long before the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Tao Zhu had been sent to the northeast to organize guerrilla groups behind enemy lines, while Zeng Zhi, due to the "trial of cadres" and "rectification" in Yan'an, insisted on proving his political firmness and loyalty to the party, and took the initiative to go north with her husband to fight guerrillas.
The couple who were marching and talking about their daughters, the male was called Tao Zhu, and the female was called Zeng Zhi. Four years ago, the couple gave birth to a daughter in Yan'an. Tao Zhu named his daughter "Si Liang", which means, "Here, the brightest".
Four years later, Tao Zhu and Zeng Zhi were both sent to the northeast. Xiao Siliang, who was only four years old, was entrusted to the care of Yang Shunqing, a disabled soldier. The two kissed their daughters and kissed again, waving tears and setting off.
When Tao Zhu and Zeng Zhi and his wife left, they were equivalent to entrusting Yang Shunqing with loneliness, and the brothers in front of Xiao Siliang were all born and sent away. Because in the cruel environment of the war years, it was impossible to take children and raise children with them, so Tao Zhu and Zeng Zhi and his wife also made plans not to see their daughters again.
Zeng Zhi
A year later, Tao Zhu, who was busy working in the northeast, suddenly got the news from his daughter Tao Siliang.
It was August 1946, and Tao Zhu, who was leading a working group to carry out land reform at the grass-roots level, suddenly received a telegram from Yan'an, which said that Yan'an was in a hurry, non-combat units were transferred, and the organization had arranged for people to send Liang Liang to the northeast.
It was a very touching story. A disabled soldier, with a five-year-old girl, walked for a year on a thrilling road on a thrilling road.
It was not until 1947 that Tao Zhu still did not see his daughter arrive. Extremely disappointed, Tao Zhu and Zeng Zhi thought that their daughter had suffered an accident on the way.
On this day, Tao Zhu, secretary of the Liaoji Provincial Party Committee, who was holding a meeting, suddenly received a report from the guards that at the gate of the provincial party committee compound, an old man with a small girl who wanted to eat wanted to see him, saying that it was his daughter.
When Tao Zhu heard this, he could no longer hide his excitement, and he couldn't care that he was in a meeting and rushed out of the door at once. The people who had a meeting together also ran out.
Six-year-old Xiao Siliang was frightened by a large wave of people who rushed out. Tao Zhu picked up his daughter and kissed her again, but Xiao Siliang cried and shouted to find her Uncle Yang everywhere.
The loss and recovery of his daughter made Tao Zhu extremely happy. After two years of separation, Xiao Siliang, who was only six years old, felt strange to this father. The feeling of returning home slowly grew in her daughter's heart, and finally became unforgettable.
For this family, it is an unforgettable memory.
In February 1951, Tao Zhu went to Guangdong to preside over the land reform work, and Zeng Zhi was also transferred to Guangzhou.
Zeng Zhi is a well-known strong woman, a woman with a sense of enterprise, who does not want to live under the fame of her husband, and is not willing to only be a lady and supporting role. In 1952, Zeng Zhi became the deputy director of the Industry Department of the Central South Bureau, the director of the Guangzhou Electric Power Bureau, and the secretary of the Party Committee. She set up her home in the power plant, spent all her time researching and studying, and only came home on weekends to see her husband and children.
Tao Zhu also jokingly complained, saying that he returned home deserted, the secretary, guard, driver and cook were all men, and he seemed to live in a monk's temple.
Tao Zhu and Zeng Zhi were in Hankou
Tao Zhu and Zeng Zhi are one of seven couples in the history of the Communist Party of China who "made a fake come true."
In 1933, under the arrangement of the organization, the two engaged in underground work in the name of husband and wife. Soon after, the two pretended to be real and really married.
However, Zeng Zhi, a beautiful female Red Army soldier at that time, devoted herself to work after marriage, but at home she did not smile.
Tao Siliang said that she was a "daddy pie", at home, she was very close to her father, until the sixth grade of primary school, father and daughter both slept in the same bed.
In 1956, Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao had cordial conversations with Tao Zhu and Chen Yu in Guangzhou
In Tao Siliang's eyes, the father is like a fire, and the mother is like a piece of ice, and when fire and ice are combined, it is water, that is, it is himself.
In the eyes of outsiders, Tao Zhu's personality is bold and strong, but Tao Siliang feels that his father is a motherly heart.
She remembered that although her father was very busy at work, he cared for her very carefully.
In April 1958, Chairman Mao Zedong met with Tao Zhu, Chen Yu and others on Zhudao Island in Guangzhou
Every night, Tao Zhu had to go to the bed to see if Tao Siliang was wearing pajamas and whether the mosquito net was put away.
The summer in Guangdong is very hot, Tao Siliang often wears a vest, and Tao Zhu will always take out pajamas to put on his daughter. Tao Siliang likes to run barefoot at home, Tao Zhu will always chase his daughter to put on her slippers, he said that girls are barefoot for a long time, the feet are open, not good-looking.
Seeing that his daughter's hair is too messy, Tao Zhu will also find a comb to comb her daughter's hair a little more neatly, but often feel that the comb is too oily and smooth, too dull, so he messes up his daughter's hair a little more.
In addition to the meticulousness of life, Tao Siliang's father in his heart is still a strict father.
Tao Zhu regularly summarized the advantages and disadvantages for his daughter, let Tao Siliang insist on writing a diary, and personally changed the diary for his daughter.
In 1962, Tao Siliang graduated from Guangzhou Zhixin Middle School, and at the request of Tao Zhu, she applied for the Shanghai Military Medical University.
In 1960, Mao Zedong took a group photo with Tao Zhu and Zeng Zhi in Guangzhou.
In May 1966, Tao Zhu was transferred from Guangdong to Beijing to serve as the director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, the executive secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and the director of the "Office".
The Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, the Xinhua News Agency, the People's Daily, and the State Broadcasting Bureau, which bore the brunt of the catastrophe, were all under Tao Zhu's responsibility. Tao Zhu, who was on the cusp of the storm, resisted and struggled against many practices at that time under the complicated situation, and did a lot of useful work in publicizing culture.
However, in the end, misfortune also fell on the upright Tao Zhu.
Dad, I will never forget this day. On January 4, 1967, in the middle of the night, a few classmates suddenly woke me up from my sleep and handed me a leaflet entitled "Down with Tao Zhu"...
The sudden family change made Tao Siliang, who was waiting far away in Shanghai for the assignment of work, very worried about his father's situation. One day in August 1967, Tao Siliang tried his best to finally return to Beijing to visit his parents.
However, what Tao Siliang saw was no longer the father who was originally alive and energetic, but an incomparably old man. The old man leaned his back and saw his daughter return, so happy that his arms trembled a little. My father, who had never been in the kitchen before, actually wiped the table with a rag and did housework.
The huge contrast made Tao Siliang suddenly unacceptable. She rushed into the toilet, pretending to wash her face, suppressing her voice and crying. Tao Siliang felt that his father had suddenly reached the end of the hero.
In December 1963, Zhou Enlai, Tao Zhu and Zhang Zhizhong visited the former site of the Whampoa Military Academy
The nature has been determined, and the heart and liver will be dug up. Canghong's blood turns blue, and the grief can always be eliminated.
——Tao Zhu
Tao Zhu, who had lost his personal freedom, often read and practiced writing in his room and wrote poems in old newspapers with a brush. During this time, Tao Siliang often went with his father to admire the lotus flowers, listening to his father tell some ancient famous courtiers, Fan Huan of the Han Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty, and the story of Chang Hong's blood and blood.
In the Beijing Qizi Gallery, Tao Siliang accompanied his father for a month. Looking back on these difficult days, the only thing Tao Siliang could comfort herself was that she brought some joy to her father.
It was a summer dusk, and I approached you gently and told you I had a boyfriend. You were so happy that you took my hand excitedly and asked carefully: Who is he? What kind of person is he?
As a father, Tao Zhu was particularly worried about implicating his daughter after his accident, worried that no one would dare to be good to his daughter and no one would dare to marry her.
To this end, Tao Zhu specially wrote a letter to his daughter's boyfriend, solemnly explaining the family situation and hoping that the other party would consider it well. He was worried that people would regret it if they did not understand the situation, so he felt that he had to explain the situation clearly in advance.
In 1956, Nie Rongzhen, Luo Ronghuan and Tao Zhu were cast on the Zhudao ship
At this time, Tao Zhu was very eager to have a man in his heart, to replace himself, to take care of his only daughter. After the letter was sent away, Tao Zhu was restless all day, and the day seemed to be extraordinarily long, until Tao Siliang brought a reply.
Receiving a positive reply, Tao Zhu happily consulted with Zeng Zhi, and he wanted to send some gifts to his future son-in-law. But there are few things at home that can be handed. After turning around the house a few times, Tao Zhu finally took off one of his sweaters and handed it to Tao Siliang.
An old sweater, a briefcase, these two things, even if it is a dowry for a daughter. Tao Zhu's life has always been very simple, and at this time, he is a disciple of the four walls, and there is nothing to get his hands on. The sweater, which he had bought when he was in the Soviet Union, was already the best of all his clothes.
In the early morning of September 14, 1967, Tao Siliang left the house, and she did not say goodbye to her father and quietly left. It also became a knot in her life.
Tao Zhu's daughter Tao Siliang
Very early that morning, Tao Siliang lingered at his father's door for a long time, but still did not go to say goodbye to his father. Because she didn't want to cry and cry before she left, affecting her father's emotions, she wanted to be strong, go to work, and meet new life and challenges. In the future, there will certainly be many opportunities to come back and see my father.
However, after leaving Beijing, Tao Siliang has been unable to contact his father by letter. Soon after, Tao Siliang was transferred to the infirmary of the Xining Automobile Regiment.
In order not to worry her daughter, zeng zhi, the mother, has been hiding the truth that Tao Zhu is terminally ill. Tao Siliang knew nothing about his father's pancreatic cancer and his condition had worsened.
Until his father's death, Tao Siliang never saw his father again.
Pottery casting
Later, while collecting his father's belongings, Tao Siliang saw a letter written by his father with a brush on the title page of Lenin's book "The State and Revolution", and the last payment was the night his daughter left home, September 13, 1967.
Tao Siliang suddenly realized that that night, the father had been there to read and did not sleep, and had been waiting for his daughter to say goodbye to him.
The parting of that morning became an eternal pain in Tao Siliang's heart.
In the past eleven years, I have regretted it day by day, and whenever I think of this matter, my heart is like a knife, and I can't bear the tears... Dad, I was forced to leave you at your most difficult time, I felt guilty inside, I regretted it for the rest of my life...
At the end of 1969, Zeng Zhi was sent to rural Guangdong. At the time of life and death, Tao Zhu wrote a poem to his wife.
It is also difficult for me to return to the battlefield, and I feel that the feelings of the king are forced to the clouds. Ruthless white hair induces cold and heat, and the remaining body of the dirt suppresses bitterness.
Sick horses also know that it is late, and the dead flowers are even more timid. Like smoke and the past, the past is forgotten, and the heart is selfless and wide.
——Gift to Zeng Zhi Tao Zhu
On November 30, 1969, Tao Zhu, who had been isolated in Hefei for more than a month, died at the age of 61.
Tao Zhu: The heart is selfless and the world is wide
Tao Zhu died of an unjust illness in Hefei, and Tao Siliang still did not dare to pay public tribute to his father, and even did not know where his father's ashes were.
On the night of the first anniversary of his father's death, Tao Siliang made an excuse, returned to the dormitory alone, lit a kerosene lamp and secretly wrote a tribute to his father, and then came to a pre-selected barn to secretly pay tribute to his father in the east.
In 1978, Zeng Zhi and Tao Siliang found an urn with Wang He's name in a small corner of a broken house at the funeral home. Goodbye to my father, it is a bouquet of ashes nine years later. Tao Siliang's emotions, which had been backlogged for eleven years, could no longer be suppressed and released.
Feelings of regret, guilt, and longing converged into the "A Letter That Finally Came Out" that had been written countless times in my heart.
Dad, your daughter is a doctor who has seen many patients, rescued many patients at the end of their lives, and guarded many patients to say goodbye to life. However, in your illness, I have not been able to give you a single medicine, an injection, and even when you are dying, I cannot let you look at it...
On December 24, 1978, half a month after the publication of "A Letter Finally Sent" in people's daily, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a grand memorial meeting for Peng Dehuai and Tao Zhu.
In the primary school Chinese textbooks of the 1980s, there was an article written by Tao Zhu, "The Style of Pine Trees", and many people should still have an impression.
Tao Zhu was stubborn and strong. Tao Siliang once described his father in this way, saying that he loved one hundred degrees and hated one hundred degrees. Tao Zhu is such a clear love and hatred person, and his sincere love for his daughter also allows us to see his true disposition.
Finally, @Fenghua Jie Dai Xiao Er ended with the words that Tao Zhu wrote to his daughter.
Hurt the past, why sad?
Female growth, can take over.
The joy is flourishing, and the arrogance is stacked.
Do not dream for private feelings, only will be Zhenzhi ling ice and snow.
In 1926, Tao Zhu was escorted to the fifth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and then participated in the Nanchang Uprising and the Guangzhou Uprising
In 1949, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the first secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the first secretary of the Central and Southern Bureau
In January 1965, he became Vice Premier of the State Council
In June 1966, he was appointed Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee
In August 1966, he was elected as a member of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Eleventh Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China