<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > rejected request</h1>
In 1982, Mr. Feng Hongzhi, the second son of Feng Yuxiang, who had become a well-known expert in nuclear physics in the United States, offered to return to his motherland to settle down when he was received by Deng Xiaoping.
Although he has made outstanding achievements in the United States, he has never forgotten his roots as a Chinese, and he has never changed his nationality.
At that time, no matter from which point of view, Feng Hongzhi wanted to return to China and settle down, which was a good thing.
But when Deng Gong heard his request, he shook his head and refused.
At that time, many people did not understand Deng Gong's answer, but it turned out that Deng Gong's decision was very clever.
So what's going on here?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="74" > tiger father has no dog</h1>
When it comes to the patriotic general Feng Yuxiang, almost everyone knows it.
But it wasn't until September 1982, when people's daily published a report of Deng Gong meeting Feng Yuxiang's second son, that people knew that although Feng Yuxiang's second son, Feng Hongzhi, had followed his father's opposite path, he had also become a man who did not lose to his father.
Photo: Feng Yuxiang and Feng Hongzhi
And Feng Yuxiang's patriotic spirit of "unswerving ambition" was also inherited almost perfectly by Feng Hongzhi.
During the war, Feng Yuxiang was a northwestern warlord, in charge of hundreds of thousands of northwestern troops, and his position in the nationalist military government was once close to Chiang Kai-shek's. However, he was such a high-ranking official working in the Nanjing government, but his daily life was quite simple and simple.
Since Feng Hongzhi can remember, the food and drink at home is very simple, and the three meals in the morning, middle and evening are almost all cornmeal nests. Feng Hongzhi was just chewing on the head of the nest when he heard that his father was a great official, which made him a little confused.
In his impression, his father was a somewhat strict man, and when he put his face up, he really looked like a high official. Sometimes my father was in a good mood, and he would pull his second son Feng Hongzhi to his side and ask him, "Is Wo Wo Tou delicious?" ”
Feng Hongzhi wanted to be honest, but in front of his father, he was worried that he would make his father unhappy if he said it was not delicious, and he struggled for a while before replying: "If the father is there, it will be delicious, and if the father is not there, it will not be delicious." ”
These words made Feng Yuxiang can't help but smile. Of course, he knew that his son was gently telling him that the nest was not delicious, but he did not explain much, touched his son's head and said, "This is not delicious, there are many people outside who can't eat it." ”
Feng Hongzhi, who was still young at the time, listened to these words and seemed to understand them, but a seed of serving the country and saving the people was also deeply buried in his heart.
Feng Yuxiang
Later, Feng Hongzhi was sent by Feng Yuxiang to study in the Soviet Union and did not return to China until the age of 24. During his study in the Soviet Union, Feng Hongzhi met Chiang Ching-kuo, and the two became very good friends, which also laid the groundwork for Feng Hongzhi to write a letter to Chiang Ching-kuo in the 80s.
When Feng Hongzhi returned from the Soviet Union, the Japanese had already launched a war of aggression against China, and the entire land of China was invaded by the war of the invaders, and even if he did not face the battlefield directly, it was difficult to stay in the rear position.
Feng Hongzhi had just returned to China and was shocked by such a tragic situation. He was too young, and he had been abroad for too long, and when he saw this scene in front of him, his heart was filled with anger and sadness, and he was eager to do something, but he did not know how to start.
And Feng Yuxiang in this period made an excellent example for Feng Hongzhi.
At this time, Feng Yuxiang had long served as the vice chairman of the national military government, although it was a high-ranking official Houlu's position, but Feng Yuxiang always maintained the simple living habits of the past and did not change in the slightest. He no longer had military power, but Feng Yuxiang did not want to give up contributing to the War of Resistance Against Japan, so he ran to the streets to collect donations.
From the streets of the city to the ditches of the countryside, Feng Yuxiang did not have the slightest abandonment, wearing the simplest and most common cloth clothes and shoes, and when he had time, he would run to lectures to collect donations, sometimes talking to farmers or citizens about the importance and necessity of resisting foreign invaders, and sometimes he would improvise anti-Japanese songs in public.
Feng Hongzhi heard that his father only wanted to publicize the anti-Japanese resistance, encouraged the people to donate money and materials for the anti-Japanese front, and ran through more than 20 provinces in Sichuan, and almost wore all the cloth shoes. It is said that after he went to the countryside, he saw the farm work and helped to do it, and when it came to the meal, as long as the villagers gave him stuttering, he would sit on the ground with the villagers and preach anti-Japanese resistance while eating.
Pictured: Feng Yuxiang collects donations for an anti-Japanese speech
Feng Hongzhi became interested in his father's speech, so he also ran to watch it. He stood in the crowd of people listening to the speech, looked up at the improvised podium, and dressed as a simple father, told the people about the tragic situation on the front line.
Originally a little bloated, he looked so heroic in his son's eyes at this time. Feng Hongzhi looked at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but stretch out his hand and shout with his arm, "Recover the lost land, return my rivers and mountains."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="76" > scientist who walks out of the door</h1>
What he saw and heard when he was young deeply influenced Feng Hongzhi.
When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was nearing the end, Feng Yuxiang felt that there should be no war after that, and that the country would need talents who could carry out construction, so he sent Feng Hongzhi to the United States to learn industry-related knowledge.
Unfortunately, the facts did not turn out as Feng Yuxiang had hoped, and then the civil war broke out, and he was also killed in 1948 due to a ship fire, and did not see the day of the founding of New China.
When Feng Hongzhi heard this news, he was extremely saddened. Remembering the last time he met his father, his father gave him the teachings and instructions, and immediately turned his grief and anger into strength and threw himself into learning.
In 1949, when the good news of the founding of New China reached the other side of the ocean, Feng Hongzhi was so excited that he couldn't sit still, packed his bags overnight and prepared to return to China, but of course the United States could not let any scientific research talents leave.
After that, Feng Hongzhi also wanted to take the path of the Soviet Union or Canada to return to China, but he failed to succeed, and Feng Hongzhi's desire to return to China was repeatedly disappointed.
The sad reality of having a body of scientific research ability, but having no way to return to the motherland and serve the country, seriously violates Feng Hongzhi's original intention of going abroad to study. However, Feng Hongzhi was not anxious because of this, since he could not find a way to return to China for a while and a half now, he might as well sink his heart and find a job that could support himself first, and slowly wait for the opportunity.
It is reasonable to say that as a high-achieving student with a doctoral degree from two famous universities, although it is not easy to return to China, it should be very simple to find a job in the United States, but Feng Hongzhi, who is a Chinese, will always encounter thresholds and discrimination no matter where he goes and what company he submits his resume to.
Feng Hongzhi
In fact, as long as Feng Hongzhi chooses to become a U.S. citizen, most of these difficulties will be solved, which is also a choice that many Chinese people who encountered similar difficulties at that time had no choice but to make.
Throughout the 50s, Feng Hongzhi had a very difficult time. He was married to the daughter of a patriotic overseas Chinese and needed to support his family, so he simply found an errand in a machinery factory in California, starting as an ordinary employee from the lowest level of turners and draftsmen.
People who know Feng Hongzhi have heard about his recent situation and are very incomprehensible, as a promising doctoral student, he can be willing to work as a car worker.
Some people advised him to become an American citizen so that he and his family could live a decent life, but when he heard such words, Feng Hongzhi would be very angry: "I am Feng Yuxiang's son!" How can it be possible to renounce Chinese nationality! ”
Feng Hongzhi survived in various restrictions and discrimination, relying on excellent knowledge and exquisite technology, starting from the bottom step by step, convincing the Americans around him, not only winning their respect, but also becoming an expert in the field of high-tech in the United States, which is a presence that they cannot ignore when they want to develop technology in this field.
Status, fame and wealth are now all regained, but he still refuses to become a U.S. citizen. Because to this day, he is still waiting for the opportunity to return home. With the increasing changes in Sino-US relations, this opportunity has finally arrived.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="78" > rushed to the embrace of the motherland</h1>
In the spring of 1973, 55-year-old Feng Hongzhi suddenly received a notice that Huang Zhen, the director of the Chinese liaison office, wanted to invite him as a guest.
HuangZhen
On the appointed day, Feng Hongzhi specially wore a Zhongshan suit to go to the banquet. Director Huang Zhen personally went out to greet him, held Feng Hongzhi's hand for a long time, and said: "We inquired about your news everywhere, and finally found you!" ”
Feng Hongzhi was even more excited, and before everyone was seated, he told his experience over the years. After Huang Zhen listened, he became more and more emotional: "Mr. Feng, you are the first Chinese I met here who has not changed his nationality!" Like your father, it's all hard bones! ”
Huang Zhen told Feng Hongzhi that there was something that needed help despite mentioning. But Feng Hongzhi lacked nothing, except for one thing that Needed China's help: "Please give me a passport of the People's Republic of China!" ”
He has insisted on being in the United States for so many years, in order to legally Chinese identity, he hopes that he can return to China with dignity.
Feng Hongzhi's wish soon came true. He first got in touch with his siblings who had not been in touch for decades, and then in the autumn of the same year, he successfully returned to China with the tour group and reunited with his relatives. Feng Hongzhi's tears did not stop from the moment he stepped on the land.
His brothers and sisters now hold senior positions in the political and military circles, contributing their own strength to the prosperity and construction of the motherland, which makes Feng Hongzhi very proud.
Then, in September 1982, on the day of the 100th anniversary of Feng Yuxiang's birth, Feng Hongzhi's family was invited to the Great Hall of the People and met Deng Xiaoping.
In fact, Deng Gong and Feng Yuxiang's family can also be regarded as old acquaintances.
When he was young, he studied in the Soviet Union, and was an old classmate of Feng Hongzhi's eldest sister Feng Funeng, and later after returning to China, Feng Yuxiang also invited the young Deng Gong to work in the army, and the two had close contacts. Later, when Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12 Coup", Feng Yuxiang took out all 400 pieces of ocean on his body as a road fee and quickly sent Deng Xiaoping and other Communists to transfer.
These past events were unknown to Feng Hongzhi, and after listening to them, he was a little excited, thinking about the figure of his father's great shore in the past, and said his long-hidden wish to Deng Gong: "I want to return to China to settle down, and do my best for the country in my lifetime." ”
However, after hearing this, Deng Gong shook his head and told Feng Hongzhi, "I don't think you need to be in a hurry." ”
In Deng Gong's view, Feng Hongzhi is very familiar with foreign affairs and can play a role that cannot be played at home, and he can also contribute to the realization of national reunification and the construction of the "four modernizations" abroad.
Feng Hongzhi immediately understood What Deng Gong meant, and was not disappointed but a little surprised, because he realized that as Deng Gong said, there were still many things he could do.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="79" > devoted to the construction of the motherland</h1>
After returning to the United States, Feng Hongzhi immediately began to handle the tasks given to him by Deng Bus.
He first launched a "Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association" with Song Xilian and others to contact former Nationalist officers in the United States and work together to realize the reunification of the motherland. Later, Feng Hongzhi wrote a letter to Chiang Ching-kuo in Taiwan.
When he returned to China, he deliberately went to Chiang Ching-kuo's hometown, took pictures of the Former Residence of the Chiang Family in Fenghua, and then held three pieces of loess in front of the tomb of Chiang Ching-kuo's birth mother, Mao, and put the written letter and the washed photos together with the loess in a brocade box and entrusted someone to send it to Chiang Ching-kuo.
Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang Ching-kuo, who had never been willing to hear from anyone in the past about opening up cross-strait visits to relatives, could not help but burst into tears after reading Feng Hongzhi's letter. He received the letter in August 1987, and on September 25 Taiwan announced that it would open up the mainland to visit relatives. Cross-strait relations have finally "broken the ice."
After accomplishing this, Feng Hongzhi is not idle, he often travels between China and the United States, often brings back the advanced technology of the United States to China, and promotes the exchanges and development of the two countries in the field of science and technology.
At this time, Feng Hongzhi, who was already the president of Taishan Industrial Company, was supposedly able to live a luxurious and comfortable life, but no matter when he arrived, he still adhered to his father's frugal style, and even lived in the United States without a decent villa and private house, living in an apartment for many years, and who could not guess that he would be the president of the company.
Mr. Feng Hongzhi is a pure patriot, and his heart and patriotism with his father are admirable.
The reason why the Chinese nation has been able to continue to multiply for thousands of years depends on the inheritance of this enthusiasm. They are role models of patriots and deserve the respect of every Chinese.