Do you remember the TV series "A Generation of Heroes"?
He Futang, who returned from abroad, learned that his father was killed by the greedy and fierce group president and the landlord, and endured the humiliation and became the son-in-law of the landlord's family, and then carefully maneuvered among all forces and became the overlord of one party. The TV series garnered 160 million views within a week of its release and was sought after by countless people.
And Wei Futang, the prototype of the protagonist He Futang in this play, his story is even more exciting than the TV series.
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He grew opium, but never smoked it in his life.
He was often ruthless in managing the place, but he also did a lot of good deeds.
He attached great importance to education, founded Furen Middle School, and stipulated that the first knife of meat killed by a merchant and a pig must be given to the school teacher.
He is a good firearm and a good woman. In addition to the original Luo, there are also 5 aunts, his fifth aunt lived until her death in 2005, and was reported by "Hanzhong Daily" with the title of "The Last Aunt in Our City Died".
Known as the "Emperor of the Earth", he was born in the Aoki River and finally in the Aoki River.
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Wei Futang, who was adopted to the Luo family at the age of 8, studied in private school for several years, and dropped out of school at the age of 14.
Later, due to the bankruptcy of his stepfather's gambling and cigarette smoking, the family had no choice but to move to live in a ravine.
Not long after, because the family couldn't open the pot, Wei Futang was sold by his stepfather to a local landlord as a son-in-law.
However, the arrogant Wei Futang felt insulted, and not long after he became rich, he sold his land and cattle, directly angered his cheap father-in-law to death, and took over the family property.
At the age of 16, he decided to join the Red Gang and began his career as a hero.
After only two years in the Red Gang, he joined the militia again, and soon, with his extraordinary courage and skill, he was appreciated by the upper echelons, and he was not willing to live under the people, and under the command of the county police chief Li Tianbing, he single-handedly killed Wei Zhengxian, the head of the militia group.
In order to avoid the limelight, he defected to Wang Sanchun, a nearby bandit leader, and served as the battalion commander.
Under Wang Sanchun's command, he can be described as lawless, robbing homes, killing people and selling goods, and selling opium, there is nothing he dare not do. When the Red Army went north to resist the Japanese, he also led his men and horses to intercept it.
After a period of freedom in the bandits' nest, he returned to the Aoki River and became the head of the militia as he wished.
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Aoki River is located at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningbo provinces, and has been convenient for the people since ancient times, and bandits are rampant.
Not long after Wei Futang took office, he quickly took measures to control the situation.
Internally, he secretly sent people to arrest the Zhao and Shen families who raised guns against him, and set up a private court to torture the two to extract confessions.
Since then, no one has dared to oppose him to his face.
Externally, Wei Futang also has a set. In the face of rampant banditry, he co-opted and cracked down on a group.
For example, the bandit leader Yang Kai, he first protected him, let him lead the team to rob the house, and then sent someone to destroy Yang Kai when his power grew.
With these two hands, Wei Futang's prestige is getting higher and higher.
It can be said that the Aoki River became his one word hall, and the locals called him the "Emperor of the Soil". He imposed heavy penalties and even killed those who dared to offend him.
After the guns were more numerous, Wei Futang accumulated a large amount of property through economic activities such as exacting taxes and miscellaneous taxes, opening shops, and handmade tanneries. In addition, he instructed his subordinates to grow opium and carry out the opium trade, and obtained a lot of wealth. As a result of his intervention, many anti-opium campaigns in the area ended in vain.
However, although Wei Futang cultivated opium and sold opium, he himself did not smoke it for the rest of his life.
After his pockets were swollen, Wei Futang was determined to promote the economic and cultural development of the local area, he built a water conservancy bridge, and founded Furen Middle School, of which he himself served as the honorary principal.
It is worth mentioning that Wei Futang attaches great importance to education.
Fu Jen Secondary School implements a diversified education including foreign languages, opera, martial arts, and physical education, and its students can speak English and sing English songs.
In the barren and backward Aoki River, it can be said that the scorpion pulls the poop - the only one.
In addition, he also pays close attention to the quality of teaching. For students who do not come to school, he will personally talk to their parents; For students with poor grades, he will hold teachers accountable; For poor students, he will give preferential policies and living allowances. He even stipulated that the pork vendors in the market must give the meat to the teacher of Fu Jen Middle School for the first time at the opening of the opening ceremony to show respect for the teacher.
Under his leadership, Fu Jen High School became a leader in local education.
As he grew older, he turned his attention to women, and he claimed to be passionate about two major things in his life: guns, and women. Guns, he is no longer short of them. So he began to pursue women unscrupulously.
Moreover, Wei Futang's vision is very picky, and most of his wives and concubines are from famous families.
In addition to the original match, he accepted a total of five aunts.
Among them, there is a pair of sisters.
And what he loved the most was the fifth aunt, Qu Yaozhang, who not only gave birth to two sons for him, but also came from a big family. After Wei Futang's death, Qu Yaozhang never remarried, nor did he leave the Wei family's compound, and has been serving the elders at home and raising two young sons. When Qu Yaozhang died at the age of 87 in 2005, Hanzhong Daily also reported it.
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In November 1949, Wei Futang, who was armed with heavy troops, maintained a wait-and-see attitude in the face of the pressure of the People's Liberation Army. Later, under the persuasion of progressives such as Le Minjue, he gave up resistance. In January 1950, he led the department to surrender and surrender.
In the same year, during the review of the Toucheng bandits, Wei Futang was accused and reported by many people.
In 1951, the local people's court heard the case, and Wei Futang was sentenced to death for crimes such as mutilating 28 people and keeping guns and ammunition in an attempt to escape from prison.
In April 1952, Wei Futang was shot dead along with his brother Wei Yuanchen.
Due to local considerations, Wei Futang had done some good deeds for the local area, and deliberately left enough property for his family.
His widows and children were not affected too much by the movements.
In 1986, the Ningqiang County People's Court conducted a review of Wei Futang's case, and in consideration of his surrender to the people's government after liberation, it decided not to pursue his historical blood debts, and changed the judgment to "not pursue criminal responsibility", thus restoring his historical reputation as a defector.