At the end of September 1985, when the founding general Xu Shiyou suddenly fell seriously ill, the Nanjing Military Region Hospital urgently issued a notice of critical illness; Comrade Yang Shangkun, then member of the Political Bureau and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, immediately rushed to Nanjing on behalf of Political Commissar Deng to visit Xu Shiyou after learning the news.
Xu Shiyou still closed his eyes, did not react at all, just made a purring sound, and then vaguely spat out 4 words: I am finished. Yang Shangkun understood, there was no reason in his heart to tremble, this issue of the content of the brother will circle a useful history, decipher Xu Shiyou's lifelong horse, not afraid of death, do not say death, do not believe that they will die, why will Yang Shangkun when he visits him in Nanjing, suddenly said: I am finished?
Yang Shangkun visited Xu Shiyou, why did Xu Shiyou say: I am finished?
In 1956, Chairman Mao, on behalf of the party and the state, held an enlarged meeting of cadres in Beijing, at which Chairman Mao personally took the lead in drawing up a "Proposal", calling on the chiefs present at the meeting, as well as leading cadres at all levels of the party, government, and army, to voluntarily deal with their own affairs in a cremated manner.
Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou, President Zhu Laozong, and other heads of the headquarters all readily agreed and signed the cremation proposal in person, but when the "proposal" reached the hands of General Xu Shiyou, he refused to sign it: I will not be cremated after I die. Why? Soldiers regard obedience to orders as their duty, so why does Xu Shiyou dare to directly refuse the orders of high-ranking leaders?
Moreover, from the day Xu Shiyou learned to go down the mountain to join the Red Army, he gave the impression that he was clean and neat, vigorous and vigorous, acted in a style of life, fought the enemy on the battlefield, and was a fierce general and tiger general who had made great achievements in battle under the neutrality of our army.
Biggest regret: I didn't see my mother for the last time
Perhaps others did not understand Xu Shiyou's approach, but Chairman Mao, who had been living with Xu Shiyou for a long time and fighting side by side, understood that Xu Shiyou had his own grievances. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to complete, Xu Shiyou was born in an ordinary poor peasant family and lost his father at an early age, and several children were raised by their mothers with hard work and hard work.
Therefore, in order to save the family's expenses, Xu Shiyou voluntarily went to the Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts, but although he left his mother, Xu Shiyou had great respect for his mother. Therefore, as long as Xu Shiyou returned home, he would accompany his mother to do filial piety, and later after Xu Shiyou learned to go down the mountain to join the Red Army, the southern conquest and the northern war made a revolution, and the time to spend with his mother became less and less.
Xu Shiyou has made great achievements in battle and has a special status in the military, so just in case, he can't often go home to visit his mother, which is not only for Xu Shiyou's sake, but also for the safety of his mother's life. After 20 years of joining the army abroad, Xu Shiyou became the commander of the Shandong Military Region after the liberation of the whole country, and finally had the opportunity to return home to visit his relatives.
Many years later, the mother and son were reunited, and in addition to being overjoyed, the mother and son hugged and cried excitedly. In the past 20 years, China has changed greatly, xu Shiyou has made great contributions to this, but time has made his mother's black and beautiful green silk, turned into a full head of white hair, looking at the old mother with wrinkles on her face and faltering, Xu Shiyou's heart is like a knife, full of regret.
He was worthy of the party and the country, as well as the people of the whole country, but he only failed his mother, so Xu Shiyou secretly swore in his heart: Since he could not often accompany his mother to serve before he died, he would also be buried next to his mother after he died in the future, and perform filial piety under the Nine Springs.
In 1965, when Xu Shiyou was the commander of the Nanjing Grand Military Region, he suddenly received a telegram from his mother who was seriously ill and was anxious, but at this time, Xu Shiyou was performing a vital coastal defense inspection mission in the coastal area, and he could not get out of his body at all, and could not return home, and when he finished the mission and hurried back to his hometown, he found that his mother had already driven to the west of the crane, and he could not see the last side of his mother, which also made Xu Shiyou feel more remorseful and guilty in his heart, which became the biggest regret in his life and never let go.
I don't go to Beijing for treatment
In 1979, when Xu Shiyou was the commander of the Guangzhou Grand Military Region, just in time for the country's southern Xinjiang self-defense counterattack campaign, Xu Shiyou was ordered to serve as the commander-in-chief of the western front, personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, and swore to defend the territorial integrity of the country and the dignity of the national dignity of the big country, and at this time, although Xu Shiyou was still majestic, he was 74 years old after all, and after the war, he obviously felt that his physical condition showed a downward trend, which was not optimistic.
The leg injury recurred, and he was suffering from the ravages of the disease every day, suffering and suffering, and becoming more and more powerless. Therefore, Xu Shiyou submitted his resignation to Beijing, asking to leave his post in Nanjing to recuperate and write his own war memoirs. During the period of recuperation in Nanjing, because there was no heavy military trouble, Xu Shiyou's life was comfortable, and he spent every day in raising flowers and pigs, and Xu Shiyou himself also liked to immerse himself in this rare pastoral life.
At the end of July 1981, in order to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the founding of the people's army and implement The Supreme Instruction of Political Commissar Deng on organizing troops and conducting military parade training, Xu Shiyou also watched the grand military parade organized by the Nanjing Military Region itself at the invitation of nie Fengzhi, a former subordinate and current commander of the Nanjing Military Region.
Xu Shiyou's old Ji Futuo, watching the young people's disciples and soldiers salute him, could not help but shed tears of excitement, that night, Xu Shiyou's interest was very high, pulled Nie Fengzhi to talk about the wine, when the love was strong, he could not help himself, and even drank a whole bottle of Maotai wine.
One day in 1985, Xu Shiyou was fertilizing the flowers at home, suddenly felt a sharp pain in the abdomen, thought it was just usually tired, so did not care too much, did not mention it to his family, until a few months later when the military region organized a physical examination, the doctor found out that Xu Shiyou had suffered from very serious liver cancer, and the cancer cells had begun to spread throughout the body, so he was immediately taken to the Nanjing Military Region Hospital for treatment.
However, Xu Shiyou's old subordinate, Comrade Liu Xuanting, who was then the political commissar of the Beijing 301 General Hospital, suggested that Xu Shiyou be transferred to Beijing for treatment. Unexpectedly, Xu Shiyou said: I will not go to Beijing. Liu Xuanting wondered: Why didn't the old chief go to Beijing? Beijing's medical conditions are better. Xu Shiyou stammered: The road in Beijing is too narrow.
Liu Xuanting then said: "Old chief, there is Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, didn't you see it at the founding ceremony?" The road is very wide. Xu Shiyou was silent for half a moment, and finally replied: There are too many people, and I can't argue with them. Liu Xuanting did not speak at this time, nor did he continue to ask questions.
Attempt to strangle yourself with a towel
In September 1985, the Nanjing Military Hospital specially dispatched experienced doctors and nurses to Xu Shiyou's home to conduct real-time monitoring and treatment of him, but Xu Shiyou was already in the advanced stage of cancer at this time, and his condition was no longer controlled, and it would only become more and more serious.
The great pain caused by the advanced stage of liver cancer, incomparably cruelly tortured Xu Shiyou's nerves and body, the daughter-in-law who has been accompanying the sickbed was in tears, I know that his old man is in pain, but he never shouts pain, once the pain is too bad to shout to get painkillers, but after they are ready, the old man does not fight, gritting his teeth and insisting without a word.
And as long as he hurts, he will throw us all out, there can be no one in the room, how strong he is, from the bottom of his heart, he does not want others to see his pain unbearable.
One day after lunch, Xu Shiyou proposed to go to the toilet, but ten minutes later, no one came out, the doctors and nurses were not at ease to rush over to check, but did not expect to push open the door but was shocked to find that Xu Shiyou was actually hitting the wall with his head. Everyone's heart is very heavy, and for this kind of abnormality, everyone is not willing to think of the worst.
Just think that maybe Xu Shiyou had a terrible headache at that time, just wanted to relieve the pain by hitting the wall, or maybe Xu Shiyou was delirious at that time, had a temporary consciousness disorder, and couldn't control his behavior? But a few days later, Xu Shiyou took advantage of the fact that there was no one in the room, and even strangled himself with a towel on his neck, and his two hands tightened the ends of the towel, and he actually wanted to strangle himself.
Fortunately, the doctors and nurses arrived urgently to pull Xu Shiyou back from the line of life and death, no one knew, and no one could personally understand how much pain Xu Shiyou had endured under the torture of the disease, and would choose such a way.
I'm done
Xu Shiyou is a fierce general who fights on horseback, he is active all his life, and long-term bedridden treatment makes him very irritable, and he grunts a sentence repeatedly in his mouth: Activity, I want to move.
But Xu Shiyou is a high-risk patient at this time, it is necessary to ensure bed rest, so as not to cause internal organ rupture and bleeding and respiratory failure, and Xu Shiyou has been bedridden for several months at this time, muscle degeneration, has long lost the ability to move, coupled with severe ascites and body edema, Xu Shiyou's weight has exceeded 200 pounds, who can lift him, let him move?
The medical staff and Xu Shiyou's children were at a loss. Although they did not want to believe it, they also knew that Xu Shiyou was afraid that the limit was approaching, which may also be his last wish before he died, if he is not satisfied, he cannot bear it in his heart, and Xu Shiyou is stubborn, if he does not satisfy him, he may try to do everything possible to move, and the situation will be more dangerous at that time.
Therefore, after consultation, some people asked: is it possible to move the old chief to the sofa to sit down, and then push the sofa around the ward, and also let the old chief look at the scenery outside the window and take a ride. This proposal was unanimously endorsed by all. Immediately after, the doctor found seven or eight strong boys, used the strength to suckle, carried Xu Shiyou to the sofa, pushed by everyone, and began the last activity in his life.
Xu Shiyou's face finally showed a rare smile, and after enough activity, Xu Shiyou fell asleep. This time, he slept very quietly, but all the people present were all red-eyed. At the end of September, Xu Shiyou's condition suddenly worsened, he was unconscious, incontinent, and even a small amount of bleeding and bruising appeared in his lower limbs, and the doctor directly and urgently issued a critical illness notice.
Comrade Yang Shangkun, who was then vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, rushed to Nanjing on behalf of Political Commissar Deng to visit his old comrades-in-arms, and the staff members shouted in front of Xu Shiyou's ear: Vice Chairman Yang of the headquarters of the Central Military Commission has come to see you, and he came on behalf of Political Commissar Deng. Xu Shiyou closed his eyes tightly, there was no reaction, just repeated the sound of "grunting" in his throat repeatedly, and said a few words vaguely.
Yang Shangkun understood, the doctors and nurses in the ward, and the children of the general also understood, and Xu Shiyou said: I am finished. This iron general, who was not afraid of death and did not believe that he would die, would actually take the initiative to say that he was finished, which made Yang Shangkun's heart twitch a little, and the tears could not help falling.
At 4:57 p.m. on October 22, the life of the founding general Xu Shiyou came to an end, and he died at the age of 80 due to illness in Nanjing Hospital. At the time of his death, Xu Shiyou was still worried about his wish to go into the soil for safety and often accompanied his mother's Nine Springs, and after Political Commissar Deng learned of the situation, he decided to do a special affairs and agreed to Xu Shiyou's request for "no cremation of the body" many years ago, and approved the burial, but clearly instructed: The next is not an example.
Therefore, Xu Shiyou's funeral was very mysterious and very low-key, and there were only wives, sons and daughters and some very good comrades-in-arms at the funeral. 16 days after Xu Shiyou's death, the Nanjing Military Region specially arranged a hearse, carrying Xu Shiyou's coffin out of Nanjing, not far away to bury his hometown in Henan, so that Xu Shiyou was buried in the ground, but because it was a special agent, Xu Shiyou's tomb was very simple, and there was no funerary product, not even a decent tombstone.
It was not until a year later, after the common people learned that this was the grave of the founding general Xu Shiyou, they jointly wrote to the state, asking Wang Zhen, who was also the founding general, to come forward, and only then did they set up a very simple granite tombstone in front of Xu Shiyou's tomb, although there was no grand memorial service, but presumably Xu Shiyou would not care about this formalism, because his wish was fulfilled: he was loyal before he died and filial piety after death. Finally, he got his wish and was buried with his mother.