"This will not change, swear to die against the widow; do my best, I write what I say; grit your teeth, I am me."
This is a sentence engraved in front of the tomb of Feng Yuxiang in Tai'an City, Shandong Province, excerpted from a poem he wrote for himself during his lifetime. These words, with determination, but also with a hint of pride.
How many times have you been forced to a dead end, you have to grit your teeth to survive, perhaps only Feng Yuxiang himself knows. All we know is that his accidental death in 1948 caused grief to many people.
On July 31, 1948, At the invitation of our Party, Feng Yuxiang set off from the United States on the "Victory" to return to China. He planned to go to the Soviet Union first, and then the Soviet Union would return to china.
Two years ago, Feng Yuxiang, who did not want to be with Chiang Kai-shek, asked himself to go abroad to investigate. This time, he was able to return to join the preparatory work for the Political Consultative Conference organized by our party, which undoubtedly made the People of china look forward to it. Unfortunately, on September 1, due to a fire on the ship, 66-year-old Feng Yuxiang was unfortunately killed.
When the bad news came, the whole country grieve. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the central government decided to bury General Feng's ashes in Taishan, after all, he had retreated to Taishan twice before his death and had great feelings for it.
The "General Ofe Cloth" has passed away, with an unfulfilled wish. Since then, many people believe that the legend that belongs to the Feng family has ended. It was not until September 1982 that the People's Daily published news and photos of Deng Xiaoping meeting with Feng Yuxiang's relatives and having cordial conversations with his second son, Feng Hongzhi.
The news appeared on the first page of the newspaper, which showed the weight of the weight. Until this time, many ordinary people knew that there were several remarkable people in the descendants of the Feng family, especially the second son, Feng Hongzhi, who already had a social status in the United States.
What I want to tell you about this issue is some things related to the meeting between Deng Xiaoping and Feng Hongzhi. After Feng Yuxiang was killed, what did Feng Hongzhi experience? This time, when the 65-year-old Feng Hongzhi proposed to Deng Xiaoping in person that he wanted to return to China to settle down, why did Deng Gong shake his head? What important role did Feng Hongzhi play in the United States in the end for Taiwan? And listen to the author's details.
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Feng Hongzhi is the second son of Feng Yuxiang, born in 1917, the mother of Feng Yuxiang's original wife Liu Dezhen. When he was 6 years old, his birth mother passed away, and he lived with his stepmother Li Dequan, and was also able to be personally taught by Feng Yuxiang. In his later years, when Feng Hongzhi mentioned his father, he often talked about two things like this:
First, the tired nest head.
When Feng Hongzhi lived with his father, his father was already a high-ranking and powerful person, but the staple food in the family was always a few nests. Feng Hongzhi didn't like to eat, and he didn't dare to say anything.
When Feng Yuxiang asked him if the nest was delicious, he said: "If the father is there, it will be delicious, and if the father is not there, it will not be delicious!" Then, Feng Yuxiang touched his head and said to him seriously, "Son, there are still many people who can't eat this thing!" From then on, Feng Hongzhi began to understand his father's sighs all day.
Second, the father who wore cloth shoes and lobbied for thousands of miles
After years of eating with his father, at the age of 12, Feng Hongzhi and his sister were sent to the Soviet Union to study. He had good grades and soon moved to Germany to study mechanical engineering.
During these days, Feng Hongzhi's classmates were all "big people", including Chiang Ching-kuo, the son of Chiang Kai-shek, and Kong Lingjie, the son of Kong Xiangxi. With these young princes, the frugal Feng Hongzhi looks so different.
At the age of 24, Sino-German diplomatic relations were severed, and Feng Hongzhi returned to China. At that time, the land of China was already under the iron hooves of the Japanese Kou, and the lives of the common people were as fragile as ants.
But it was during this time that his father became the one he admired the most. At that time, in response to the national salvation movement, Feng Yuxiang, who was over the age of flower armor, wore cloth clothes and feet wore cloth shoes, and lobbied for thousands of miles. In more than a year, this "northwest king" has traveled to more than 20 counties in Sichuan, calling on the people to "have money and make a strong contribution" through speeches. ”
The mountain roads in Sichuan are not easy to walk and are not very peaceful, and Feng Hongzhi followed and guarded his father the whole time. Every time the voice of "recover the lost land, return my rivers and mountains" sounded from the stage, Feng Hongzhi's respect for his father deepened once, and he raised his arms and shouted with everyone over and over again. Until his later years, such scenes still appeared in Feng Hongzhi's mind from time to time.
Over the past year, the father and son have raised more than 23,000 taels. At that time, it was the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists to resist Japan, and the father and son gave some of this money to the Nationalist government and part to Zhou Enlai. Later, Premier Zhou spoke highly of Feng Yuxiang's move.
It is said that the father of the tiger has no dog, and Feng Yuxiang's expectations for his son are extremely high. In 1945, before the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Feng Hongzhi was sent by his father to the United States to study industry.
At that time, Feng Yuxiang's heart was full of thoughts: the Japanese have run away, and it is time for young people to rebuild their homes. At that time, technical talents like their own sons will surely come in handy. Regrettably, Chiang Kai-shek's brazen civil war dashed his wishes. In 1948, Feng Yuxiang was killed.
The year his father died, Feng Hongzhi was 31 years old. At that time, he was in the United States, and he could only wait quietly, waiting for the end of the civil war. In 1949, when he heard of the founding of New China, Feng Hongzhi was excited and immediately packed his bags and prepared to return to China.
Unfortunately, at that time, he had two major foreign doctoral degrees in his hands, what a scarce figure, how could the Americans easily let him come back? Feng Hongzhi thought of many ways, he even went to the Soviet side, but he could not come back. There was no way, he had to wait in the United States. And his relatives in China are also eagerly looking forward to it.
The children of the Feng family all have a strong personality trait: they are modest on the surface, but their bones are very hard. Feng Hongzhi is the same.
The Americans wouldn't let him come back, so he planned to get a job there first. Logically, with a doctorate degree in hand, how can you not find a good job. However, at that time, large enterprises in the United States basically set a threshold for the employment of Chinese: if you want to find a good job, you must be an American citizen. In order to live, many Chinese have to do the same.
But Feng Hongzhi said he would do nothing. In the end, he really had no choice but to go to the workshop to work as a car worker in order to support his wife and children. Dr. Tangtang works as a car worker in the United States, and some people laugh at him for being stupid, but Feng Hongzhi recognizes a death reason: how can Feng Yuxiang's son enter the nationality of other countries.
It turns out that it is gold that always shines. Feng Hongzhi started in the military industry, became a draftsman, and finally won the respect of his peers by relying on his remarkable technology, and soon became the vice president of a large company. Whoever said that he would not be able to live without changing his nationality, Feng Hongzhi punched many people in the face with facts.
After Nixon's visit to China in 1972, Sino-US relations became increasingly relaxed. Soon, Feng Hongzhi received a notice from the Chinese Liaison Office in the United States, asking him to go to the Liaison Office as soon as possible. After more than 20 years of wandering, he finally waited for the call of the motherland, and Feng Hongzhi, who was 55 years old, had no sleep at night.
Early the next morning, when Feng Hongzhi, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, appeared in the hall of the liaison office, the person in charge, Huang Zhen, shook his hand and said, "This time I can count you!" "Yes, until then, our Party has been sending people to look for him.
Before the meeting, Huang Zhen had already understood Feng Hongzhi's past experience. In Huang Zhen's later words, Feng Hongzhi was the first expatriate he met at that time who did not become a U.S. citizen. Therefore, he used this sentence to evaluate Feng Hongzhi: "You are really like your father, with a hard bone!" ”
Huang Zhen admired Feng Hongzhi's ambition and asked him if he wanted anything next. Feng Hongzhi did not mention anything else, but said: "I have nothing else to ask for, and my only hope is to get a passport of the People's Republic of China in the future." In so many years abroad, Feng Hongzhi could not come up with any officially recognized identity certificate, but he still did a career in the United States, and Huang Zhen was full of emotions after listening to it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" >2: Meet Deng Xiaoping</h1>
After reconnecting with the motherland, Feng Hongzhi did a lot of things to promote friendly relations between the two countries. At that time, he often flew between the two countries to bring the latest technology back home.
In September 1982, the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Feng Yuxiang's birth was held in Beijing, and the children of the Feng family gathered together again. One day during this period, Feng Hongzhi received a notice: You should hurry up and make preparations, deng Xiaoping will meet the descendants of the Feng family. Hearing this news, Feng Hongzhi was excited.
This meeting was of great significance to the sons and daughters of the Feng family. During this period, Deng Xiaoping also talked publicly for the first time about his past with Feng Yuxiang.
In fact, Deng Xiaoping and Feng Yuxiang had known each other as early as the Northern Expedition. In 1927, when Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup, Feng Yuxiang remembered his old feelings, not only promptly informed Deng Xiaoping of the rapid transfer, but also specially ordered someone to send him 200 yuan for coiling.
At that time, the incident happened suddenly, and without Feng Yuxiang's operation, Deng Xiaoping's situation could be imagined. This kindness, Deng Gong has always kept in mind. Therefore, on the centenary of Feng Yuxiang's birth, although Deng Gong has every opportunity, he must also meet with the people after him.
After talking about this matter, Deng Gong also inquired about the living conditions of the Descendants of the Feng family one by one. When asked about Feng Hongzhi, Feng Hongzhi, who is already 65 years old, said such a request: I am also old and want to return to China to settle down...
This request made by Feng Hongzhi is not surprising. In the eyes of the leaders accompanying you, this request is also a common sentiment of people, and it is reasonable to say that we should absolutely welcome it. But what people didn't expect was that after hearing this, Deng Gong shook his head and said, "I think you don't have to rush back..."
Deng Gong was always far-sighted in considering things, and he explained the reason to Feng Hongzhi on the spot. Deng Gong believes that Feng Hongzhi has been operating abroad for many years, and people in all aspects have more contact, and if he continues to stay abroad, he can play a role that he cannot play in China. In these roles, in addition to mentioning his contribution to the construction of the "four modernizations" of the motherland, Deng Gong also specifically mentioned 6 words: promoting the reunification of the motherland.
Feng Hongzhi immediately understood Deng Gong's meaning. In fact, as Feng Yuxiang's son, Feng Hongzhi does have many advantages that others do not have on the issue of promoting the reunification of the motherland:
First, Feng Yuxiang still had many subordinates in Taiwan, and there was still a very high prestige among the officers there. And these people, according to the generations, Feng Hongzhi should be called an uncle.
Second, many officers of the Nationalist army fled to the United States that year, and they also respected Feng Yuxiang. Feng Hongzhi was able to contact them in the United States and run around for the reunification of the motherland.
Third, Feng Hongzhi was a classmate of Chiang Ching-kuo, and the relationship between the two was good enough to be commensurate with brotherhood. If the Taiwan issue is to open up the situation, Feng Hongzhi's relationship can also come in handy.
These 3 advantages are not available to others.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > three: How clever Deng Xiaoping's decision was</h1>
Understanding Deng Gong's meaning clearly, Feng Hongzhi did not disappoint him.
After continuing to stay in the United States, he founded an industrial company and served as president. Feng Hongzhi does not love money, so when he was young, he did not think of setting up a company, this time it was to borrow the strength of his company to match the technological development of the motherland.
Then, Feng Hongzhi began to consider frequent contact with his old classmate Jiang Jingguo. At that time, the Taiwanese side was in a state of complete reluctance to communicate with the mainland, and even the veterans in Taiwan could not achieve it if they wanted to return to their hometown to visit relatives and do business. If this situation continues, it will obviously be a great obstacle to the reunification of the motherland. How to break this game, many people have thought of a way.
Deng Xiaoping, on the other hand, was already trying to figure out a way before he met Feng Hongzhi in 1982. In July of that year, he deliberately asked Liao Chengzhi, the son of Liao Zhongkai, to write a letter to Chiang Ching-kuo and give him great righteousness. Regrettably, the stubborn Chiang Ching-kuo has not let up.
In order to fulfill Deng Gong's wish, Feng Hongzhi made a special trip to Fenghua, Zhejiang Province, and found the cemetery of Mao Fumei, Chiang Ching-kuo's biological mother.
Chiang Ching-kuo had a deep affection for his mother, Mao Fumei, and when he was still in his mother's belly, Chiang Kai-shek went out to join the army. In order to take the eldest son alone, Mao Fumei suffered a lot. Later, in order to remarry Song Meiling, Chiang Kai-shek deliberately returned to his hometown and forced Mao Fumei to divorce him.
After that, Mao Fumei poured all his feelings into his son. Chiang Ching-kuo knew very well how much his mother had suffered for herself, so when he returned from studying abroad, he had to kneel down with his wife and children and thank his mother for her kindness.
In 1939, Mao Fumei, who was in Fenghua, was killed in a Japanese bombing. After Receiving the urgent telegram that "his mother died and returned quickly," Chiang Ching-kuo rushed to his hometown day and night, knelt on the ground and wrote down the four big characters of "washing blood with blood."
Of course, Feng Hongzhi knew these things very well. Therefore, he deliberately took three pieces of loess in front of Mao Fumei's tomb, and took some photos of the scene and put them into a brocade box.
Then, Feng Hongzhi had the identity of a former friend and specially sent a letter to Chiang Ching-kuo. In the letter, Feng Hongzhi said the following:
My brother is known for his filial piety... Professor Li Zhengdao's mother died of illness in Taiwan, and Zeng Meng was allowed to be buried in the mainland, which shows that he pushes himself and others, worships filial piety, and is admired...
Feng Hongzhi's actions, especially the photos and loess, undoubtedly made Chiang Ching-kuo shake his heart about opening up to visit his family. Soon, Chiang Ching-kuo set up a five-member working group to discuss how to open up family visits to the mainland.
Feng Hongzhi learned of this news in the North American Daily in New York. After the efforts of him and many comrades, a few months later, the Taiwanese side finally announced that it was allowed to visit relatives on the mainland. This "ice-breaking" was undoubtedly very important at the time.
In 1988, Chiang Ching-kuo died, and Feng Hongzhi, who was in the United States, planned to go to mourn and contact his old friends in Taiwan to see if he could do any more work.
However, when he went to the Taiwan office in the United States to go through the formalities for entering Taiwan, the staff informed him: "You must take a US certificate to enter." In this regard, Feng Hongzhi was extremely angry, and he reprimanded on the spot: "How can this really be true!" Why is it that on Chinese soil, foreigners' documents must be used to enter? ”
After the news of Feng Hongzhi's anger in the United States reaching Taiwan, it caused quite a stir. This move of his aroused the patriotism of many people. These things, one after another, undoubtedly play a subtle role in the reunification of the motherland.
In accordance with Deng Xiaoping's suggestion, Feng Hongzhi, who remained in the United States, also exerted his residual heat in economic construction.
In the past, flying from the United States to China took more than 20 hours one way, and Feng Hongzhi often flew around. Because of his age, his feet were basically swollen after each time he got off the plane. A friend advised him to take a break, and he always stressed: "For the country to be strong, I will suffer something!" ”
In 1988, Feng Hongzhi relied on his own connections to reach a sewage treatment technology transfer contract abroad, solving a big problem in Shanghai's sewage treatment. He has done too much of this kind of thing that benefits the country and the people.
Because he has a deeper understanding of Taiwan and the United States, in the process of our economic development, he can put forward completely different opinions every time.
For example, after the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, all localities like to introduce foreign technology, and there are very few cases of independent research and development. Feng Hongzhi keenly discovered this problem and proposed: "We cannot take the road of Taiwan, and 80% of the economic lifeline of Taiwan is in the hands of foreigners. ”
Once, after Feng Hongzhi returned to China to visit the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum, a local leader specially came to send him. Perhaps because considering that he had lived in the United States for many years, it was a foreign car that was sent to pick him up that day, and even the songs played on the car were foreign.
At this point, Feng Hongzhi was not happy, he said bluntly: "Today I worship the old ancestors of the Chinese nation, but I am sitting in a foreign car, listening to foreign songs, if the old ancestors have knowledge underground, they will turn over..."
Today, Feng Hongzhi still lives abroad and is still running around for the motherland. As the president of a company, Feng Hongzhi dressed very simply every time he appeared on important occasions at home and abroad.
Many people in the outside world are speculating: how many hundred millions of him should he be worth so frugally? But when the reporter interviewed him, he found that he still did not have his own villa and lived in an apartment. But it is such a person that whenever the motherland needs it, his donation can be immediately in place.
Epilogue: In 1982, Deng Xiaoping proposed that Feng Hongzhi continue to stay abroad and play his own unique role. It turned out that this move was extremely clever, and Feng Hongzhi did it.
On the wall of Feng Hongzhi's apartment there is a painting that he cherishes very much, which is Feng Yuxiang's autograph, and there is a towering Mount Tai on it. When friends in China went to see him, Feng Hongzhi would often take pictures in front of this painting and let his friends bring them back to the motherland, believing that no matter where he was, the people of the motherland would understand him and understand him.