In 1975, there was a person who was imprisoned for a mistake made in the military, and he was Xu Shiyou's son, Xu Jianjun.
It stands to reason that if something happens to a son like this, it will inevitably be known to his father. But considering Xu Shiyou's age at the time and his physical condition, the news was not known to him several years late.
Because he was worried that Xu Shiyou's body would not be able to bear it, at the beginning, no one dared to tell him about it. Everyone around Xu Shiyou was tight-lipped about this matter, trying not to mention this son in front of the old chief, lest Xu Shiyou ask and don't know how to answer.
But you can't keep it like this, even if Xu Shiyou can't remember his son for a while, can he still keep remembering?
Finally, in 1979, Xu Shiyou's old subordinate Nie Fengzhi, who was also his friend for many years, informed General Xu of the news.
This is also due to the fact that General Xu Shiyou has made contributions to the revolution for many years, and the higher-level leaders still want to refer to Xu Shiyou's opinions out of respect for the revolutionary seniors.
When Xu Shiyou heard that his own son might have made a mistake and was secretly taken away by his superiors, he immediately glared angrily and said loudly: "Good catch, good catch!" ”
And directly said to Nie Fengzhi, who came to ask him his opinion, that everything was dealt with strictly, and he had no complaints: "Fengzhi, there is a saying among the people that the emperor's relatives and relatives break the law and are guilty of the same crime as the people." Even if he is my son, I will not be biased in the slightest, and if I make a mistake, I will not be punished. ”
Why did Xu Shiyou say loudly that he caught it well? What happened to this in the end?
Xu Shiyou was born in February 1906, his hometown is in Xujiawa, Macheng County, Hubei Province (now Xu Wa, Xinxian County, Henan Province), his parents are poor farmers, and it is really difficult to raise several children in the family, he was 8 years old in order to reduce the burden of the family, entered the Songshan Shaolin Temple to learn art.
Those days of practicing in Shaolin Temple, even if Xu Shiyou later recalled it, he would feel hard.
At that time, Xu Shiyou was still young, but the most important thing in practicing was to lay a solid foundation when he was a child.
Xu Shiyou recalled the days at that time, often before dawn, he had to get up and practice handstands. They will tie both of their feet to a pole and then go back to their rooms and sleep until dawn.
In winter, the stone bricks on the ground of Shaolin Temple are cold, and when the sky is not yet bright, the courtyard is even colder. Xu Shiyou, who was young, had to practice like this until dawn, and he would untie his feet when he went out.
* The reason why I do this is because I am afraid that the child will be too young to be lazy. The life of Shaolin Temple in his youth left a profound impact on Xu Shiyou, and later he grew older, wrestled with others, and still often won.
The days of practicing in Shaolin Temple not only exercised his body and laid a good physical foundation for him to join the army in the future, but also sharpened his will, making him more self-disciplined and stronger in the future.
There are different opinions about how Xu Shiyou got down the mountain. It is said that when he was going home to visit relatives, he met the young master of the landlord's family who was bullying and beat him to death in a fit of rage, and he was forced to leave his hometown.
There is also a saying that Xu Shiyou's mother was seriously ill, but he studied art in Shaolin Temple and could not go down the mountain easily. In order to see his mother, he broke through many checkpoints in Shaolin Temple before going down the mountain and returning to his hometown.
After going down the mountain, Xu Shiyou was just in time for the Northern Expedition to fight vigorously, so he joined the National Revolutionary Army and joined the Communist Youth League in 1926.
In August of the following year, Xu Shiyou officially became a member of the Communist Party of China. You must know that at that time, the Kuomintang was brutally suppressing the Communist Party, but Xu Shiyou knew that only the Communist Party would take the fate of the poor people to heart, so he chose to join the party at the most critical time.
After joining the party, he took part in the Anseong Uprising and soon began a vigorous revolutionary movement with the Red Army. During the anti-encirclement and suppression operation, Xu Shiyou took the lead and always rushed to the most dangerous front line, and once participated in the death squad 7 times, including two captains.
Due to his fierce combat style, the legend of Xu Shiyou is spread in many places, and there is a rumor that he is usually very vigilant, has a magical kung fu of flying eaves and walls, and shoots a hundred shots.
Xu Shiyou's first wife can be called a feudal arranged marriage, after he left the Shaolin Temple and returned to his hometown, Xu Shiyou's mother thought that her son had reached an age and should find a family business.
According to the folk tradition at that time, Xu Shiyou's mother soon visited relatives and friends and asked someone to make a name for him.
The matchmakers also acted quickly, and soon found a girl from a neighboring village for Xu Shiyou. This girl's name is Zhu Ximing, not only a hard-working young woman, but also a member of the village women's rescue association, and she can also be called a progressive woman at that time.
Xu Shiyou's father died early, and his relationship with his mother has always been very good. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he wanted to take his mother to his side to fulfill his filial piety, but unfortunately his mother was not suitable for city life and returned to the countryside.
Xu Shiyou's biggest regret and regret in his later years was that when his mother died, he could not be by his side due to domestic military operations.
Of course, these are all later words, and when his mother arranged a girl for him to marry, Xu Shiyou did not object. Soon, the two got married.
But at that time, it was the most chaotic day in China, Xu Shiyou was a soldier again, and the two got married for only three days, Xu Shiyou received a combat mission, and soon left his hometown with his teammates.
Xu Shiyou's mother and his wife did not blame Xu Shiyou for leaving. On the contrary, they knew very well that Xu Shiyou was going to do the work of liberating all the poor people, and although they could not go to the front, they could do a little support for the revolutionary work in the rear.
After Xu Shiyou left, the two women in the family began to do military ranks for front-line soldiers, and sometimes they would also join the laundry team, and whenever they went to the front line with the laundry team to condole, Xu Shiyou could get together with his wife for a short time.
The two of them have a total of three children, and although their lives at this time are less together and more separated, they are also happy. It's a pity that the Red Army will be transferred soon, and Xu Shiyou is completely far away from his hometown and his mother and wife, and he has not known his life and death since then.
Although Xu Shiyou left home, his wife remained with his mother. His mother couldn't see her daughter-in-law widowed, so after a few years, she found a new family for her.
Xu Shiyou's second marriage was after the end of the Red Army's Long March. At that time, when he heard the fake news, he mistakenly thought that his wife had passed away, so he got together with Lei Mingzhen, a young revolutionary woman who defected to Yan'an at that time.
This marriage is free love, and at the same time, it is also an organizational matchmaking. The two were originally like-minded revolutionary comrades-in-arms, but they didn't expect Xu Shiyou to fall into trouble, Lei Mingzhen didn't visit him, and brought him a note to break with him and divorce.
This broken marriage has caused deep damage to Xu Shiyou.
Xu Shiyou was affected by Zhang Guotao when he was in distress and was soon released. Although his ex-wife repeatedly wanted to get back together with him, Xu Shiyou categorically refused.
In 1941, Xu Shiyou met his new marriage in Shandong.
It was a girl named Tian Minglan (Tian Pu). The wedding of the two was very simple, following the spirit of hard work, diligence and thrift that our party has always had, just invited the comrades-in-arms to be together, shared a bag of candy, and invited a cup of tea.
This time, Xu Shiyou met his lifelong partner. Xu Shiyou gave birth to 6 children with her, the relationship between the two is very deep, Xu Shiyou also sighed in his later years, if there is an afterlife, he will be a partner with her.
Xu Shiyou has a total of 7 children who grew up smoothly, except for the eldest son Xu Guang, the other 6 were born to Tian Minglan.
Speaking of the names Xu Shiyou gave to his children, it is also very interesting. He and Tian Minglan's eldest daughter was born at the foot of Jingfu Mountain, when Xu Shiyou was fighting, and when he returned from victory, he saw the newborn eldest daughter.
He hugged his daughter and kissed it, thought about it, and decided to name her Xu Jingfu. Later, when her daughter grew up, she felt that the name was really unpleasant, so she changed it to Xu Li.
He and Tian Minglan's second child is a son, whose name is Xu Jianjun. It's not that he was born on August 1, it's just that he was in the barracks when he was born, Xu Shiyou looked around and decided to name him Xu Jianjun.
The third child was a daughter, and because she was born in Sangyuan, she was named Xu Sangyuan. The fourth child was born in the mountains, so he was named Xu Huashan.
The fifth child is named Xu Yuanchao, and the name is obvious, it is the name given by Xu Shiyou after returning from the Korean Peninsula.
The sixth child is a daughter, because the country is engaged in economic construction, so he named his daughter Xu Jingjian. However, the name was not used for long, and then the situation in the country changed, and his daughter wanted to join the army and become a small soldier.
Xu Shiyou naturally supported his daughter's choice, so he simply changed his daughter's name and wanted to change his name to Xu Xiaobing. But at this time, his wife came out and said, I gave birth to half a class of children for you, there must be someone with my surname, right?
Xu Shiyou was also quite open-minded in this matter, and immediately changed his daughter's name to Tian Xiaobing with a stroke of the pen.
Although several of his children have joined the army, Xu Shiyou has never made it easier for his children to change positions.
During the war years, his daughter and Nie Fengzhi's son went to the street to play together, and when they met something delicious and wanted to buy it, but they didn't have any money on hand, so they told people about their identity. After Xu Shiyou found out, he was so angry that he pulled out his gun on the spot and looked for people all over the street, saying that he wanted to teach the "little rabbit cub" a lesson.
His eldest son, Xu Guang, was dissatisfied with his position in the army, and once when he met his father, he expressed his desire to ask him for help.
Xu Shiyou immediately criticized him harshly and asked him how many times he had been a death squad? What has you done to the people? He never dared to say such a thing again.
His eldest grandson Xu Daokun also joined the army, and after demobilization, he wanted his grandfather to say something to him when he changed jobs, so that he could find a better job.
Xu Shiyou, who has always been the most fond of juniors, said sternly: "You have only been a soldier for three years, and you are definitely not a good soldier!" "And let him go home and farm, and do whatever he can.
But he is also very fond of the children at home, and in his later years he cultivated in the mountains, and every time the children visit him, he is very happy, and he will also share the fritters and twist flowers he treasures in the drawer with the children.
But when he was a child, these snacks that he thought were the most delicious and sweetest were already unpalatable and outdated for the children at that time. Perhaps this old man, who has been strong all his life, also felt lonely when he was gradually left behind by the times.
Xu Shiyou's second son, Xu Jianjun, was arrested for violating party discipline and state law. No one dared to tell Xu Shiyou about this matter at first.
Even for a long time, when all the people around him faced Xu Shiyou, they were all lying words. So much so that he always thought that his second son had done a good job, and never thought that he had been imprisoned.
It wasn't until the National Party Congress held in Beijing that Nie Fengzhi told Xu Shiyou about his second son.
Xu Shiyou has always been a violent temper, which is recognized during the war years of the Red Army, and he is a high-roller with good wine, relying on his bold personality, he has made many friends.
After hearing about Xu Jianjun, Xu Shiyou immediately roared angrily, and even shouted loudly, "Shoot, you must shoot!" It was only under Nie Fengzhi's appeasement that he put away his temper.
It is said that those who saw General Xu Shiyou's demeanor at that time said that Xu Shiyou's appearance at that time, if Xu Jianjun was at the scene, maybe he would really pull out his gun and shoot his son to death.
Even if he lost his temper like this, Xu Shiyou was still immersed in pain for a long time and did not ease his mind, he could not accept that he and his comrades-in-arms fought with their lives to lay down the revolutionary achievements, and his son actually violated the discipline of the army.
In addition to being angry, he will also express doubts to the people around him. I have asked the staff around me many times: Didn't you say how Jianjun's performance was? How did it get so fast?
But in the final analysis, he and Xu Jianjun are also father and son. No matter how much this child made him angry, and even made him want to shoot him in anger, he was still looking for this child with his eyes open when Xu Shiyou was seriously ill and dying.
At that time, he had not seen Xu Jianjun for many years, probably out of father-son affection, and he still missed it.
In the last days of General Xu Shiyou, in addition to wanting to return to his hometown to guard his mother's grave, he was probably the son he hadn't seen for many years. It's just that he didn't talk about it once, probably because he didn't want to cause trouble for ***.
It's a pity that he didn't get to see Xu Jianjun for the last time. By the time the kid came back from Xining, Qinghai, General Xu Shiyou had closed his eyes forever.
Soon after Xu Shiyou's death, the investigation of his son Xu Jianjun also came to light, and it was finally determined that Xu Jianjun was wronged, and later his party membership and military rank were restored, and appropriate arrangements and compensation were given to him.