Regarding patriotism, it is a category of "work" that can be big or small, and many people may live in obscurity in their own small world, but they are also devoted to a good thing. But some people, in their lives, pursue only one thing: to preserve strength for the country and dedicate all to the country.
For example, Zhao Tailai, a truly patriot who was once unknown, lived a life of hidden surname for 20 years in order to leave the most complete wealth for the country.
Before talking about Zhao Tailai, it is necessary to mention a person, who is the diplomat Wu Tingfang in the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic.
The modern history of our country is well known to everyone that the main source of being deceived and looked down upon by others is the lack of knowledge and culture, and the lack of understanding of changes in the outside world. And Wu Tingfang? At that time, he was a true scholar of culture.
According to the data, Wu Tingfang can be called the first doctor of law in China's modern history, and this first is absolutely remarkable. Moreover, the reason why he wanted to study the Fa in the first place was because he deceived people too much about the weakening of national strength and unequal treaties. This goal clearly went beyond many patriots at the time: to change the fate of the country with their own ability.
In the later development of the country, Wu Tingfang not only served as a diplomat, but also participated in many legal negotiations in history. Therefore, Wu Tingfang's life was full of positive development at that time.
And what is his relationship with Zhao Tailai? Grandparent relationship. In terms of generations, he is the great-grandson of Wu Yanfang.
In our country, there is a saying called "family lineage", Zhao Tailai is influenced by the family tradition, and he is very fond of national fortunes and culture. Especially in terms of historical relics, Zhao Tailai has liked to collect them since he was a child. And Zhao Tailai's parents, the children of the writer family, have collected a lot of state-level collections, which provides a lot of convenience for Zhao Tailai to understand cultural relics.
However, later national development once affected the fate of many collectors, including Zhao Tailai's parents. They were afraid of getting into trouble, so they hid all the cultural relics in their homes. But when Zhao Tailai was 15 years old, his parents were implicated, and eventually they both died.
As an underage orphan, Zhao Tailai went to his aunt's house in Hong Kong.
At that time, the aunt did not start a family, and a person brought Zhao Tailai up and regarded him as a parent. However, in Hong Kong, Zhao Tailai still does not know the "secret" of his home. It was not until his aunt's death that he told him the secret: the hiding place of the treasure.
It turned out that my aunt had purchased a residence in England at that time, which contained all the cultural relics of my aunt and her own family, including a large number of cultural relics left by my great-grandfather Wu Tingfang.
This year, Zhao Tailai was only 23 years old, and he fainted in the face of the sudden acquisition of a sky-high inheritance.
Because this number is so large, treasure has always existed only in fairy tales, and he did not expect that he would one day become a character in fairy tales. After the British side confirmed the will, Zhao Tailai was once again shocked: he saw more than 60,000 cultural relics accumulated by the family in Britain!
This was in 1981, when Zhao Tailai took out all the treasures, from jade to ceramics to calligraphy and painting, each of which is the history of our country's development.
It is not false, it is a treasure, but it should be more of a history belonging to China.
As a Chinese, as an insider of the artifacts, he suddenly did not know what to do with this wealth.
It is good to use and enjoy life by yourself, but in this way, the history of the country will be lost in the river of years.
First of all, he thought of bringing these cultural relics back to China. It's just that this matter is too important, and if you are not careful, it is likely to bring you a prison disaster. In the end, Zhao Tailai decided to quietly transport the treasure home, and it was to be staged, batched, and without a trace.
It is estimated that there is only one Zhao Tai in the world, and when he did this, he did not even tell his wife. So, he spent a lot of effort to transport the cultural relics back home.
However, at that time, the country had just opened up, and because of the fear of past memories, although Zhao Tailai transported these treasures back to the country, he did not know what to do next.
Before there was no way, Zhao Tailai thought of protecting these cultural relics well.
The so-called wealth is afraid of lufu, how Zhao Tailai is not clear, he first found an insurance place for the babies, so as not to be discovered by the family. Then he strengthened the safety of the house, and could not be supervised, for fear of revealing the wind. So I had to buy four big wolf dogs and live with trembling every day.
What Zhao Tailai did not expect was that he had been guarding for more than twenty years. For more than twenty years, he did not dare to leave home and go elsewhere, nor did he dare to mention his family lineage to the outside world.
This kind of life actually had a certain impact on Zhao Tailai, and the so-called grass and trees are soldiers, I am afraid that everyone understands. He was not afraid that someone would know about it, and if something went wrong, he would be the first sinner.
Fortunately, he once talked about it with a friend, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency, who immediately suggested zhao Tailai: donate to the country. This is like opening the door of Zhao Tailai's heart that is locked in his heart, this is the best of both worlds, not only can the cultural relics see the light of day, but also can be regarded as a real return to the original owner.
Therefore, Zhao Tailai immediately began to look for channels to prepare to donate cultural relics. But this matter was still known to other people in the family, and those uncles, uncles, cousins, cousins, and other relatives who were usually indifferent and indifferent all stood up: you can't donate, if you donate, we will break off your relationship with you.
Obviously, this is another stimulus for Zhao Tailai, and although his family is not close, he is not lonely. But if you really donate cultural relics now, you will become a real "lonely person".
Fortunately, Zhao Tailai's wife is reasonable, she not only supports her husband's decision, but also personally contacts the museum for donation.
Zhao Tailai guarded these cultural relics for twenty years, and finally donated them all to the state, including nearly a thousand first-class and second-class cultural relics, and nearly 60,000 other collections.
The combined value of these cultural relics is as high as 800 million according to preliminary statistics. However, for Zhao Tailai, these riches are only a history of the country, he said: These riches are all countries, and I am only a person who guards them. This is probably the real charity, right? Practice goodwill with your life and achieve kindness with your life.