One evening in the winter of 1963, ** was strolling through the yard when suddenly, his mind drifted to a memory from the past. He smiled and said to his English teacher, Zhang Hanzhi, "You know what?
I still owe your father Zhang Shizhao a debt that I haven't returned. "Zhang Shizhao, strict in words, is from Changsha, Hunan, so everyone is used to calling him Xinglao. So, why does *** owe Zhang Shizhao's debt?
For what purpose did he borrow money from Zhang Shizhao? What kind of story is hidden in this? Let's find out the truth together.
In 1919, after the death of his mentor Yang Changji, he stayed in Beijing to help take care of the funeral, and had his first contact with Zhang Shizhao, who came to mourn. **'s elegance and steadiness left a deep impression on Zhang Shizhao.
The following year, ** began to prepare for the founding of the Communist Party of China, and at the same time, he was busy with the revolutionary movement in Hunan and the organization of a group of young people to go to France to work and study.
These burdens were on ***'s shoulders, but he still persevered.
Studying in France requires a lot of financial support, and for young students with limited financial conditions, seeking financial support is the only way out. After careful consideration, he realized that it was impossible to raise a large sum of money in a short period of time, so he decided to borrow money from the philanthropic Zhang Shizhao.
Zhang Shizhao has a wide range of influence in the society, he has served as Duan Qirui**'s Minister of Justice, Minister of Education, **Secretary General and other positions, because of his enthusiastic and helpful character is known as "Gu Yishi".
**With a letter of recommendation from his teacher Yang Changji before his death, he stepped on the train to Shanghai to visit Zhang Shizhao. He told Zhang Shizhao that he wanted to raise a sum of money to fund aspiring young people to go to Europe for work-study programs.
He did not mention the founding of the Communist Party of China and his trip to Hunan to make a revolution. Hearing that *** was raising funds for the young people's studies, Zhang Shizhao readily agreed.
Although he didn't have much cash personally, he went out on his own and traveled everywhere to mobilize donations from celebrities and progressives from all walks of life. At his initiative, many celebrities donated generously, and soon raised 20,000 silver dollars.
Zhang Shizhao handed over the money to *** completely
At the time, Mr. Zhang did not know how much the money he had raised would help the Communist Party. ** The funds were divided into two parts, one to finance a group of young people from Hunan to study in France, and the other to fund revolutionary activities in Hunan, mainly for the activities of the Hunan Communist Group.
From another point of view, without Zhang Shizhao's emergency assistance, the revolutionary road of ** may be even more tortuous. This gratitude is engraved in the heart of ***, he has never forgotten Zhang Shizhao's selfless help, and this fund has become another good story of *** and the Zhang family forty-three years later.
In the Chongqing negotiations, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party negotiated on the future development of China and the founding of the country, and Zhang Shizhao was a member of the National Political Council of the Kuomintang and the leader of the Communist Party of China.
Years later, the two reunited in Chongqing. Zhang Shizhao knows Chiang Kai-shek's personality very well, and political assassinations are commonplace in the Kuomintang, as long as they can be solved with a bullet, they will not have any scruples, even if they are in full view, the people of the whole country can see it.
During his stay in Chongqing, Zhang Shizhao stayed by ***'s side every day and always paid attention to his safety. He is well aware that once there is an accident, the situation of peace talks will definitely be twisted and turned, and may even bring disaster to China.
On an opportunity to get along with *** alone, he quietly wrote the word "go", secretly reminding *** that the situation is critical, and it is better to leave early. Zhang Shizhao believed that Chiang Kai-shek and his supporters were not sincere about the peace talks, and all they wanted was to wait for US aid, increase their strength, and secretly prepare for war.
When the time comes, the Kuomintang will inevitably take the lead in provoking a civil war. Therefore, he strongly recommends *** to evacuate early.
When Chiang Kai-shek was hesitant and unprepared, Zhang Shizhao reminded *** to leave Chongqing as soon as possible to avoid a crisis. ** He had no illusions about Chiang Kai-shek, but expressed his gratitude to Zhang Shizhao for his concern for his safety, which was his warmest concern during the Chongqing negotiations.
A year after the negotiations, the reactionary Chiang Kai-shek launched a civil war, and the Chinese Communist Party rose up to fight for an independent environment for the people. In the later stages of the Liberation War, the Kuomintang was losing ground and its ruling base was crumbling.
In the spring of 1949, a delegation of the Kuomintang came to Beijing and put forward the so-called"Row the river and rule"Request. ** The chairman was aware of the usual tactics of the Kuomintang in an attempt to stall through negotiations rather than to resolve the dispute in earnest.
Despite this, he was still pleased with the arrival of the delegation, which included many old friends of the CCP, such as Zhang Shizhao, a fellow Hunan countryman. However, the Kuomintang failed in its pretense of peace and was no longer qualified to put forward conditions.
As the fruit of the revolution, a collapsed Chiang dynasty was not allowed to share it.
After the negotiations broke down, Zhang Shizhao chose to stay in Beiping to participate in the preparatory meeting for the new Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in which the CPC and the democratic parties negotiated to establish the People's Republic of China. This decision made *** very happy, he treated him with great courtesy, and *** personally prepared several spacious residences for Zhang Shizhao in Beiping for Zhang Shizhao's wife to choose.
Soon after, Zhang Shizhao was elected as a member of the first National Committee of the New Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and played an important role in the founding ceremony.
In 1959, the Political Research Office of the Communist Party of China planned to republish Zhang Shizhao's old work "Logical Guidelines" to popularize the basic knowledge of logic and promote the study of logic.
However, when seeking the author's own opinion, Zhang Shizhao was very hesitant, because the preface of the book had made Chiang Kai-shek very happy and invited him to give lectures at the Kuomintang Army University and other places.
Now, this book, which had served the reactionary rule, has been reprinted, and Zhang Shizhao is very puzzled by this.
When Zhang Shizhao's mind was confused, he met a great person, *keenly aware of Zhang Shizhao's troubles, and asked him if he had any books on logic, hoping to read them.
After careful consideration, Zhang Shizhao finally explained with a red face that this book was related to the Kuomintang reactionaries, and he was not too embarrassed to show it. However, ** comforted him with a smile, thinking that there should be no scruples about doing academic things.
At the insistence of ***, Zhang Shizhao still gave him the book. **After carefully studying the Logical Guidelines, I spoke highly of it and drafted a reprint note for the book.
This is a great story of courage, wisdom and friendship, and it once again proves the erudition and noble personality of ***.
Through close correspondence, the two discussed academic issues on many occasions. **From an academic point of view, he humbly and prudently sought pertinent advice from Zhang Shizhao, and provided great assistance in the revision and finalization of Zhang Shizhao's masterpiece "Liu Wen's Instructions" in his later years.
**Always ask Zhang Shizhao for advice with the attitude of a student, Zhang Shizhao is also deeply influenced by the rigorous study, insists on using historical materialism to analyze problems, and conducts academic discussions in a free spirit.
In 1972, the book was selected as a gift to Nixon in the United States and is now in the Library of Congress.
**'s full support helped Zhang Shizhao complete the publication of "Logical Instructions" and "Liu Wen Instructions". It happened that in December 1962, ** 69th birthday, he decided to hold a small family banquet at home, specially inviting his four fellow villagers Cheng Qian, Wang Jifan, Ye Gongqiu and Zhang Shizhao, as well as their children.
During the banquet, ** talked and laughed with the four elderly people, talked about a wide range of topics, and also asked them about their family situation. When he heard that Zhang Shizhao's daughter Zhang Hanzhi was teaching in the English Department of Beijing Foreign Chinese School, ** showed a strong interest and invited Zhang Hanzhi to teach him English.
After the family banquet, Zhang Hanzhi served as an English teacher and regularly went to Zhongnanhai to assist *** in learning English, and the contact between the two gradually increased. In the winter of 1963, even though the cold wind was biting, ** was still energetic after learning English, and he invited Zhang Hanzhi to accompany him for a walk in the yard.
**At the age of 70, his body is still strong, he is not wearing a scarf or a hat, and he is full of energy, which is in stark contrast to the "fully armed" Zhang Hanzhi.
They chatted about the past during their walk, and suddenly, ** stopped, remembering a past incident forty-three years ago, he asked Zhang Hanzhi with great interest: "Did Xing Lao tell you that I still owe him a sum of money that has not been paid off?" ”
After Zhang Hanzhi heard ***'s words, she couldn't help laughing, she thought *** was joking with her. However, ** became serious, and his mind seemed to return to that era full of youth and chaos.
He clearly remembered that it was Zhang Shizhao's money that helped him get through the difficulties, and he forgot to repay his debts after so many years, which really shouldn't be. So, he told Zhang Hanzhi that starting this year, he will officially repay the debt that has been owed for 43 years, repaying 2,000 yuan a year, and 20,000 yuan after 10 years.
Zhang Hanzhi returned home in disbelief and asked if his father's words were true. Zhang Shizhao laughed when he heard it, he told Zhang Hanzhi that this was true, but he didn't expect *** to remember.
** Do what you say, on the second day of the first lunar month every year, I will arrange for the secretary to send 2,000 yuan to Zhang Shizhao on time, and I have persisted for ten years. Zhang Shizhao's family did have some difficulties when he received the first payment"Repayment", I felt a little uneasy.
He told *** through his daughter Zhang Hanzhi that he was just the person who handed it over and was unwilling to accept the silver dollars raised.
**Understand Zhang Shizhao and know that he is a person who "gives and relieves and asks for everything". He made great contributions to the Communists, which could not be repaid in yuan.
**Knowing that Zhang Shizhao's family does not have much property, he often uses his salary to help others, so that his family life is a little difficult. In order to express his gratitude to Zhang Shizhao, ** must repay this debt no matter what.
He asked Zhang Hanzhi to tell her father that the money was paid from ***'s remuneration, so that he could accept it with confidence.
**Shortly after the Spring Festival in 1973, ask Zhang Han's family if they had received a subsidy of 2,000 yuan. Zhang Hanzhi told the chairman that the subsidy has been "paid off" and there is no need to send it again this year.
**After listening to it, he felt both amused and helpless, because he realized that he had not clearly explained the grant, so the secretary thought that he only needed to "pay back" and did not continue to send it.
The chairman immediately said that he would communicate with the people in the office to let the subsidy continue to be distributed, and told Zhang Hanzhi that the subsidy would be counted as interest from this year.
After hearing Zhang Hanzhi convey the chairman's concern and care, Zhang Shizhao on the hospital bed excitedly held the hands of his family members and said with emotion: "The chairman is really thoughtful, he is obviously afraid that I will lose face and refuse to accept it, and he specially said that he would repay the money and interest." ”
This story of "repaying debts" began with Zhang Shizhao's illness and hospitalization, and lasted until his death in 1973, spanning more than ten years. The chairman's "debt repayment" not only helped the Zhang family solve their difficulties in life, but also gave them great support and encouragement.
In the special exhibition hall of the *** Memorial Hall in Shaoshan, Hunan, a statement showing his income and expenditure of living expenses has attracted people's attention, and the report records the process of repaying Zhang Shizhao's debts.
** Insisting on repaying debts for ten years reflects his noble character and perseverance, which not only continues the deep friendship between him and Zhang Shizhao, but also shows the noble demeanor and virtues of a great leader.
** The story of integrity - pay back the money".