In September 1982, Comrade Deng Xiaoping received an overseas Chinese in the United States who no one expected. This person was born into a family of great warlords, but he did not have the arrogance of a warlord. Later, although he was trapped in the United States and threatened the US government many times, he did not forget his ancestors, but instead used his talents to make a career and serve the motherland many times.
When Deng Gong asked this person what his wishes were, this person expressed his most simple wish to Deng Gong, that is, to return to China to settle down. Decades of ups and downs, decades of patriotism, so that this person very much want to return to the motherland, continue to dedicate to the country.
Comrade Deng Xiaoping
In the face of such a sincere and earnest request, no one could refuse, but Deng Gong refused this person's request. Soon after this incident, cross-strait relations began to ease, and what role did this person play in the middle? Who is this mysterious man?
This mysterious overseas Chinese in the United States is the second son of Feng Yuxiang, the leader of the famous northwest warlords in modern China, Feng Hongzhi, who was born in Beijing in 1917 and was born by Feng Yuxiang's original partner, Liu Dezhen. At that time, in the dark era of warlord division and foreign humiliation, he was born in a warlord family, which could be said to be windy and rainy, not to mention That Feng Hongzhi's father was Feng Yuxiang, the hero of the time.
Feng Yuxiang and Feng Hongzhi
However, Feng Hongzhi was not like the brother-in-law of the warlord family of the same period, who bullied men and women all day and squandered his life, but instead studied hard and endured hardships from an early age. Among them, the most profound influence on Feng Hongzhi was his father Feng Yuxiang. In Feng Hongzhi's memory, although his father Feng Yuxiang was a warlord who could call the wind and rain, he could empathize with the people at the bottom.
At that time, the table in Feng Hongzhi's home would be placed on the nest head and the bud valley noodles. From the moment Feng Hongzhi was able to eat, Feng Yuxiang asked him to eat the nest head on the table, if Feng Hongzhi refused to eat, Feng Yuxiang would severely punish him, and after several times, it became a habit.
Once at dinner, Feng Yuxiang asked Feng Hongzhi, who was buried in bitterness: "Hongzhi, is wo wotou delicious?" Feng Hongzhi raised his head and thought seriously: "When Dad is there, the nest head is delicious, and if Dad doesn't eat together, it won't taste good." Hearing Feng Hongzhi's answer, Feng Yuxiang smiled, and he said to his son in a serious tone: "Son, but what you think is not delicious, there are still many people in China who can't eat it!" When you grow up, you must be a capable Chinese. ”
Feng Yuxiang
Not only that, in order to enable his children to deeply appreciate the suffering and hardships of the people at the bottom, Feng Yuxiang cultivated the spirit of bearing hardships and standing hard work for his children. The warlord, who was then a high-ranking official in the Nanjing government, let his children live in thatched huts and go out to herd sheep. In order to manage the flock well, the young Feng Hongzhi used eighteen martial arts, and even suffered injuries in the process of herding sheep, leaving scars. Although his life in childhood was relatively hard, for Feng Hongzhi, this was a rare thing in his life, and his father left him a precious wealth.
At the age of 12, Feng Hongzhi and his sister were sent by Feng Yuxiang to study in the Soviet Union. In places where people are not familiar with life, it is inevitable that individuals will be afraid, not to mention Feng Hongzhi, who is still a half-grown child. However, thanks to his father's teachings, Feng Hongzhi soon adapted to the study life in a foreign country.
Technical University of Berlin
In order to exercise his ability, Feng Hongzhi does everything himself, and he will also set up his own stall to earn some pocket money. In this way, Feng Hongzhi spent his own difficult and fulfilling years in the Soviet Union. Because of Feng Hongzhi's talent, he soon got the opportunity to study at the Technical University of Berlin in Germany.
In the days of studying at the University of Technology, Feng Hongzhi became good friends with Jiang Jingguo, Kong Lingjie and others, but in the circle of these brothers, Feng Hongzhi was very abrupt. In this regard, Feng Hongzhi did not feel that he was an outlier in the circle, but went his own way and obeyed his heart.
In 1941, Feng Hongzhi ended his studies with excellent results and returned to China. After returning to China, Feng Hongzhi entered the Industrial Company and became a mechanical engineer, making no small contribution to China's industrial manufacturing. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, due to the dissolution of the Industrial Company, Feng Hongzhi went to the United States to study for further study, so as to contribute to the construction of the country in the future.
In the United States, Feng Hongzhi has made good achievements in mechanical manufacturing, Feng Yuxiang is very happy, the Japanese Kou has been driven away, the country is in need of a large number of talents, he is looking forward to his son's return from school to serve the country. Feng Hongzhi's father's expectations were quietly remembered in his heart.
However, Chiang Kai-shek brazenly launched a civil war, shattering the illusions of Feng's father and son. In order to resist Chiang Kai-shek, Feng Yuxiang was at the forefront of overthrowing the old Chiang Kai-shek dictatorship. In September 1948, Feng Yuxiang was assassinated and unfortunately killed at the age of 66. Feng Hongzhi, who was far away in the United States, was deeply saddened by this news, and he took his father's teachings to heart and studied harder to learn and study technology.
In 1949, when the tribulations of the new China were finally established, Feng Hongzhi was so excited that he immediately packed his bags and prepared to return to China, but how could the US government allow a talent with high-end technical knowledge to return to China to build China? In the eyes of the U.S. government, the more backward China is, the better. Therefore, as soon as Feng Hongzhi arrived at the airport, he was detained by the US side and was not allowed to return to China.
Feng Hongzhi found many ways, but used his connections but never had a way to return to China. In addition, outside Feng Hongzhi's home, there are also American policemen secretly stalking, and once Feng Hongzhi changes, he will be restricted from moving. In desperation, Feng Hongzhi could only stay in the United States.
During this time in the United States, Feng Hongzhi experienced many hardships, and the first problem in front of his eyes was to find a job. At that time, high-end jobs in the United States were only open to people with American nationality, and people of other nationalities could only engage in some physical work. Even if the situation is so severe, Feng Hongzhi did not give up, he is like a bamboo, tenacious, hard from the work of selling physical strength, all the way up, in that discriminatory United States has achieved career success, money and status.
At that time, many people asked Feng Hongzhi if he would change his nationality, and Feng Hongzhi said: "When I was most difficult, I did not change my nationality, so why should I change it now?" I am Chinese, and I have Chinese blood on my body, and this can never be changed! ”
After Nixon's visit to China in 1972, Sino-US relations tended to ease, and both sides set up a number of liaison offices in each other's countries. One day in 1973, Feng Hongzhi received an invitation from Huang Zhen, director of the Chinese Liaison Office in the United States. After receiving the news, Feng Hongzhi couldn't sleep at night excitedly.
The next day, as soon as the two sides met, they embraced excitedly. After a while, Huang Zhen shook Feng Hongzhi's hand and said, "Mr. Feng, we have been looking for you everywhere, and now we can think of finding you!" Feng Hongzhi learned that the motherland had been looking for himself, and he couldn't help but wet his eyes, and he said to Huang Zhen: "I have also been waiting for news from the motherland!" ”
HuangZhen
Subsequently, Huang Zhen pulled Feng Hongzhi to sit down and said: "I have met a lot of Chinese expatriates here, but they have all added American nationality, you are the first one not to join, really like your father, there are hard bones!" In this regard, Feng Hongzhi said firmly: "I am a descendant of Yanhuang at any time!" ”
Feng Hongzhi's words infected Huang Zhen, and after that, Huang Zhen asked him what he thought next, and Feng Hongzhi did not hesitate for half a minute, saying that the only thing he wanted for so many years was a Chinese passport. This earnest remark made Huang Zhen even more moved, and he said that he would definitely fulfill Feng's wish.
Soon after, Feng Hongzhi, who had been wandering in the United States for half a lifetime, finally got a passport from new China, and Feng Hongzhi burst into tears that day. Since then, Feng Hongzhi has often traveled back and forth between China and the United States, handing over advanced technology to Chinese youth. In September 1982, Feng Hongzhi received the news that Deng Gong wanted to meet him! Feng Hongzhi was very excited and made preparations early.
Deng Xiaoping
After the two sides met, they were very happy, and the two were like friends who had not seen each other for many years, and they spoke freely. When Feng Hongzhi mentioned that he wanted to return to China to settle down, Deng Gong listened to it, but after listening to it, he pondered for a moment and said: "In my opinion, you should not rush back first..." As soon as this remark came out, everyone present was confused, it is reasonable to say that Deng Gong will definitely agree, but now he has refused, is there a hidden feeling here?
Sure enough, the next moment Deng Gong said his reason to Feng Hongzhi: Feng Hongzhi has known many people abroad for so many years, and these are valuable assets, which can not only contribute to the construction of the motherland's "four modernizations," but more importantly, are also rare treasures for resolving the Taiwan issue.
Feng Hongzhi immediately understood the deep meaning: On the one hand, after the defeat of many Kuomintang generals, some of them fled to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek's father and son, and some of them fled to the United States; as Feng Yuxiang's son, he was more or less able to contact and even persuade these people; on the other hand, Chiang Ching-kuo was now dealing with various affairs in Taiwan, and Feng Hongzhi and Chiang Ching-kuo were good friends, and he knew Chiang Ching-kuo best, which can be described as the only person to persuade Chiang Ching-kuo.
Chiang Ching-kuo
After Feng Hongzhi understood, he accepted Deng Gong's suggestion. In October 1982, after Feng Hongzhi participated in the 100th anniversary of Feng Yuxiang's birth, he immediately sent a letter to Chiang Ching-kuo, and at the same time returned to the United States to establish an industrial company to introduce advanced science and technology to the motherland.
The industrial companies were proceeding in an orderly manner, while Chiang Ching-kuo's side encountered some resistance. It turned out that the stubborn Chiang Ching-kuo, after reading Feng Yuxiang's letter, was unwilling to change. To this end, Feng Hongzhi used the killer skill - to send Chiang Ching-kuo a box of soil and indicate the source and a letter written with sincerity. The soil in the box was personally picked up by Feng Hongzhi in front of the tomb of Chiang Ching-kuo's mother, who respected his mother the most, and now Feng Hongzhi wants to use this soil to arouse Chiang Ching-kuo's thoughts about his mother, so that Chiang Ching-kuo can change his mind.
Sure enough, after Chiang Ching-kuo saw the contents of the letter and the box, he began to gradually loosen, and a few months later, Chiang Ching-kuo announced that he would allow the people of Taiwan to visit their relatives on the mainland, and cross-strait relations finally "broke the ice." This has to be said to praise Deng Gong's cleverness, and it also has to be praised by Mr. Feng Hongzhi, who has worked hard for the great cause of the reunification of the motherland.
Feng Hongzhi, like his father, has been fighting for the cause of the nation-state all his life. To this day, Feng Hongzhi has preserved the family letters left to him by his father, and always remembers that he has maintained a diligent and simple style of work and simplicity at all times and places. Today, Mr. Feng Hongzhi is more than a hundred years old, but he is still fighting for the development and reunification of the motherland, such a patriotic doer, he deserves the respect of all of us!