Chapter 50 never forgetting memory

My brother passed away, 25 years ago, he passed away so miserably!So tragic!He was persecuted and tortured by Lin Biao, the "Gang of Four" and their cronies, and passed away.The premature death of my brother caused the party to lose a strong guard and the people lost a loyal son.He belongs to the party and the people. He dedicated everything to the party and the people. His glorious life will never be forgotten by the people. I have spent 25 years in deep grief.Although we are siblings, I don't know much about him.I am not good at writing, but I wanted to write, but unfortunately I wrote too late. If someone asked me why I wrote an article in memory of my brother after 25 years, I would be really embarrassed and speechless.Now I suppress my grief and record bits and pieces of my memories to show the world, and I also comfort my dear and respectable brother Ma Mingfang under the nine springs.

My family is like the tens of thousands of farmers on the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi. They live a poor life facing the loess with their backs turned to the sky, swallowing chaff and vegetables for half a year. grew up in the family.My parents often said that although our family was not well off, my elder brother never complained about the family at all. He was very reasonable and considerate since he was a child. When my elder brother was 8 years old, his parents sent him to study in Wangjiawan Private School, two miles away from home.The first teacher, Mr. Wang Jiaren, is serious in teaching and hardworking, which has laid a good foundation in Chinese here. At the age of 12, he transferred to Shenjiaping Primary School, which is more than ten miles away from home.I often couldn't afford tuition and food expenses, so I had to pay some millet and mung beans.Sometimes I don't even have food, so I have to borrow food to go to school.My elder brother neither complains about his parents nor compares himself with his classmates, but immerses himself in his studies, and his academic performance is always among the best.After graduating from high school, my mother stopped advising my brother to study again.But his father still wanted him to go to school.It turned out that my father liked to study when he was a child, but his grandfather refused to let him read. For this reason, his father had a fight with him. When his grandfather got angry, he grabbed a stone and hit him, hurting his leg. My father felt very uncomfortable. , worked hard to read a lot of characters, I can write general letters, and the characters are also well written, and I can write a couplet or something during the holidays.He secretly planned, if I have a son in the future, I must let him study hard.He wanted to realize his wish and insisted that his brother be admitted to Suide Fourth Normal School.

When my brother was young, he not only studied hard, but also was filial to his parents.Once he saw his mother roll up his trousers and rub the hemp rope on her legs, making her legs red. He touched his mother's legs and asked, "Mom, your legs are red from rubbing. Does it hurt?" His mother said, "It hurts." Well." He took off his pants and lay beside his mother and said, "Mom, rub it on my butt, it doesn't hurt me." The mother glanced at him, smiled comfortably, and rubbed on his butt Patted it lightly, and said kindly: "Silly boy, you can't rub your buttocks, go play." On the fifteenth night of the first lunar month when I was six years old, I went to watch Yangko. It was very late and I didn't come back. I asked my elder brother to look for me, but he searched for a while but couldn't find it. My mother was very angry when she saw that he hadn't found me back, and said angrily, "When is it so long and I haven't found my baby, let's see what you can do? "As he spoke, he picked up a broom handle and threw it at his back. Seeing his mother getting angry, he quickly knelt down and confessed his mistake. Seeing that he admitted his mistake, his mother stopped hitting him.The mother calmed down and said: "What are you doing kneeling, go find the baby." Then the elder brother stood up.It was relatively rare to treat the elderly so well at that time, let alone now.

My elder brother joined the Communist Party of China when he was studying at Suide Fourth Normal School in 1925. He served as the secretary of the party branch of the school and participated in student movements such as the anti-warlord struggle. In 1926, he worked as a soldier in the Xi'an National Army coalition. In the north, he successively served as secretary of the Hengshan, Xiangshui District, Suide North District, and Zhenchuan District. One night in the autumn of 1930, my brother attended a meeting in Zhenchuan. The meeting was held at the home of a party member. The comrades who attended the meeting came here as scheduled and were about to hold the meeting. Said: "Hurry up and disperse and transfer."Immediately, he raised his arm and slammed the glass on the window, and pulled Jiang Haoxing to let him go first. Without saying a word, Lao Jiang pushed Ming Fang down and pushed him out of the window, and then followed closely Climbing out, the two of them ran out of the town quickly one after the other. After running for about four or five miles, they stopped after seeing that no one was chasing them. Only then did the elder brother realize that he was only wearing a pair of Shoes, cut a few cuts on the chest, the two looked at each other and smiled, and wiped the blood from the wound.Take a break, Old Jiang said, let's go!This place could not stay for long, and the two quickly left here.

In 1931, my elder brother organized guerrillas in Mizhi, Jiaxian, Zhenchuan and other places to carry out armed struggles, mobilizing the masses to fight local tyrants and distribute food.One day in March, he was going to work in the eastern district of Mizhi, and he stopped by his house and came back to have a look.Just after noon that day, when my mother was on patrol at the bank, she found two people hurriedly walking towards our house at the bottom of the slope. She saw that something was wrong, so she hurried back to report to Mingfang.At this time, my elder brother was sitting under the eaves of the neighbor's house, and my mother pointed at Mingfang as she walked and said, "Hurry up! The bad guys are coming!" He had just stood up when the two men had already barged in, and they were heading towards Mingfang like wolves. He rushed forward, one grabbed his arms and twisted them backwards, tied his hands with a rope, another grabbed his hair to make him unable to move, his father grabbed the man's wrists to prevent him from being tied up, Mingfang struggled with them , the four of them tore into a ball and fought fiercely. The mother ran out of the door wittily and shouted to the neighbors: "Hey—the bad guys are coming! Come! Come! Wang Cong (Ma Yufang)! Come here! Ah!" The villagers rushed to hear the sound, pulling, pulling, and the cousin Ma Yufang hit the wrist of the man who was holding his brother's hair, and the brother took advantage of the situation and shook his head violently, freeing himself from the man's clutches. When he came out, the man was still pinching a bundle of hair in his hands, leaving a scar on his brother's head where no hair grew.After his brother escaped from danger, Li Luxi accompanied him to Shanxi via Qikou.

My elder brother was captured by the Kuomintang officials of Mizhi County Government, and was taken back from them by the villagers.Seeing that the communists they got ran away again, they were very annoyed, so they took away their father, cousin Ma Yufang, Jiachang Ma Jiugui and others. When your people come back, ask Ma Mingfang to replace them, or else they will all be shot." After my father and the others were taken away, my mother didn't dare to let me live at home. For a while, I slept at Li Chengyuan's house at night.The villagers are very concerned about the captured people. Uncle Ma Fucai visited them in the prison in Mizhi County to find out the news. Some people searched for acquaintances to try to rescue them. After many links, they found Mr. Li Dingming, a patriotic democrat. Progressive, highly respected, sympathetic to the poor people, and agreeing with the Communist Party's ideas (later he became the vice chairman of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government). Out of a sense of justice, he personally went to Mizhi County to negotiate with the KMT county government, and finally got his father, cousin, etc. released go home.

At the beginning of 1933, my sister-in-law gave birth to her second child. Fearing being discovered by the enemy, she lived in her natal family for a long time. Her natal family was also a farmer in Mizhi Luojiajian, six miles away from our home.As the enemy searched more and more urgently, my natal family couldn't live anymore, so I returned to our house. When I came back, I didn't dare to let people see that my sister-in-law had a baby, so I put the baby in the dung basket, and her grandfather carried her back. .When I got home, I was afraid that the enemy would find out that the child would question her, and things would be troublesome. After much deliberation, there was no good solution. After many discussions with my parents and sister-in-law, I decided to give this child to my village family in desperation. I was raised by a family surnamed Li. The owner of this family was named Li Shaoye. On a quiet night, Li Shaoye came to my house to take the child away.After the child left, the sister-in-law cried sadly many times. She cried, but she never showed the slightest dissatisfaction. She was reasonable and considered the overall situation.Fortunately, the Li family is honest and kind-hearted. The whole family loves this child very much and can do their best to raise her. My father has visited her several times and the situation is still good. This gives the parents and sister-in-law some relief. In the late summer of 1934, the child had a fever due to diarrhea. At that time, there were no medical conditions in the countryside. Besides, our family was in such a situation, and there was really nothing to do. The child’s high fever persisted. , He passed away prematurely before even seeing his father.Although the child did not grow up, under such circumstances, it is really commendable that Li Shaoye, a fellow villager, dared to take the child of a Communist who was captured by the authorities back to his home to raise.On the one hand, this shows that the relationship between father and brother and the villagers is good. On the other hand, it also shows that the working people support the cause of the Communist Party. They have seen that the Communist Party can represent their interests and can do things for them.

The sister-in-law has lost her own flesh and blood, and her heart is very painful, and her mood is very low. She is originally an introverted person, and this makes her even more depressed.Her mother, sister, and neighbors often gave her some reassuring words to help her relieve her worries, and it gradually passed. In the winter of 1942, my sister-in-law suffered from a gynecological disease, and she was bleeding profusely. It may be a disease of uterine tumors. Although she was treated by many methods, due to the limitation of medical conditions, she was taken away by the disease at a young age in May 1943. Only 35 years old.She left behind two children, a 13-year-old daughter Ma Rui and a 7-year-old son Ma Guang. From then on, the upbringing and education of the two children fell on my parents.At that time, my elder brother was still in the Xinjiang Kuomintang prison. He didn't know everything until he returned home in 1946, when his mother told him about the sad incident with tears.With a heavy heart, he comforted his mother and said: "Illness, it's something that people can't help, don't be too sad."

My sister-in-law is a simple, kind, loyal, virtuous, hard-working peasant woman, introverted, not very talkative, always quietly doing the housework she is used to, respecting the elderly, very filial, never The phenomenon of talking back and arguing, he is even more concerned about his brother.After he engaged in revolutionary work, he was away all year round, wandering, and she was worried and lived in fear at home. As long as her brother came home, in addition to taking good care of his life, she and her mother would wait outside the door all night and watch. If there is any movement, inform him, fearing that he will have an accident.All this is done so naturally, so thoughtfully.After the death of my sister-in-law, the whole family was deeply saddened. Ma Rui and Ma Guang were very unhappy. They stayed around grandma all day long, and my mother was in a trance. After a period of time, the mood of the family slowly recovered.

After finishing my sister-in-law's funeral, I started to solve the problem of going to school for the two children.Ma Rui is past school age, and Ma Guang is also at school age. Our family lives in a rural area, and there is no suitable school nearby.Later, the Mizhi County Committee found out that the Suide Prefectural Committee established a school for the children of cadres. The school is responsible for the clothing, food, and housing of the students here. Ming Fang’s children can live in this school. After discussion, my parents agreed with them. Go to Suide to go to school, and they are willing to go, so the matter is settled.Our home is 80 miles away from Suide, and it takes a day's walk to get there. One day in June, my cousin Ma Yufang and I sent them to Suide to go to school. We found a donkey to carry simple luggage. The two children bid farewell to their grandparents and left reluctantly. The two old people repeatedly reminded them , When we arrived at school, we had to study hard, listen to the teacher, and asked Ma Rui to take good care of his younger brother, so he stood on the bank of Yan and watched us out of the village. Ma Guang rode a donkey, and the three of us walked, and we started on the road like this.After walking for a while, Ma Rui couldn't move anymore, so he asked them to take turns riding a donkey and walking for a while.After walking for a while, the two children couldn't walk anymore. I discussed with Yufang and asked Ma Rui to ride the donkey. Yufang and I took turns carrying Ma Guang on our backs. It's getting late, find a small hotel to stay.The next day, I went to the Suide Prefectural Committee to find Comrade Bai Fengzhang, the organization minister of the prefectural committee in charge of this matter. Minister Bai was very enthusiastic. As soon as we explained the situation, he immediately said: "This is no problem. The children of Comrade Mingfang go to the cadres' children. Of course you can go to school.” Then the admission procedures were completed, and the siblings embarked on a new life path.

The Kuomintang reactionaries had no way to catch Ma Mingfang, so they forced him to ask his father for someone.In the end, the method of ransacking the house and closing the door was adopted in an attempt to make Ma Mingfang fall into the trap. In March 1934, Sun Shaoshan, the adjutant of the 256th Brigade of the 86th Division stationed in Mizhi, led a group of heavily armed military police, and broke into our house aggressively. Said: "Old man! Hand over Ma Mingfang quickly, otherwise your whole family will not be able to live." The father was anxious and angry, his eyes were wide open, his lips were trembling, and he said angrily: "You arrest Ma Mingfang today, and you will catch him tomorrow." Catch, you have soldiers and generals, and you can't catch them. Where can I go to find them? They are not hidden in my house. If you see them there, you can catch them..." Sun Shaoshan was furious, and took two steps forward, "Old man You’re still stubborn.” As he said that, he punched his father in the chest, “Look at your stubbornness, quickly hand over Ma Mingfang!…” The father staggered back a few steps, glared at Sun Shaoshan, and said nothing, Sun Shaoshan pointed at his father , yelling at his minions like wolves: "Seal the door! Let them all get out!" A group of soldiers in gray uniforms started to move in a hurry, some locked the door, some stuck Seals, it didn’t take much effort, the three-hole kiln in our house and the gate were all pasted with a seal that read “Seized in March 23rd of the Republic of China” and stamped with the seal of “Mizhi County Government”. Two seals intersect to form an "X".Our whole family was kicked out and surrounded by the courtyard wall, not knowing what to expect.The villagers gathered in a large circle, some said some comforting words to comfort, some sighed to express their injustice, but there was nothing they could do.Some people also whispered: "What kind of world is this! How can such a decent person from the old Ma family suffer such a disaster?..." Another group of people, led by Uncle Ma Fucai, surrounded Sun Shaoshan and asked him to stay. Let us live in the next hole kiln.Uncle Ma Fucai said: "Adjutant Sun, let's continue to arrest Ma Mingfang. We can't delay it. Please leave a hole for them to live in the cave, and you can see that there are six or seven people in this family. The place to stand..." The people around said in unison: "The old horse is right, leave a hole for others to live in first."Some people continued to say "Yes! Leave a hole" in a high and low voice. "Leave a hole." "..." In the end, Sun Shaoshan said: "Okay, for the sake of the villagers, I will leave a hole for them, but you must help the government to arrest Ma Mingfang!" "That's for sure, there's no problem." Everyone said in a high and low voice. Uncle Ma Fucai said again: "Adjutant Sun, don't you think this gate should be closed?" "Okay, it's not sealed" Then, Sun Shaoshan called the whole village together again, and specially called Jia Chief Ma Jiugui to him, and talked about Ma Mingfang's "communist crime" for a while.At the end, he pointed to Chief Jia and said, "As Chief Jia, you must lead the whole village to guard against the Communist Party. As soon as Ma Mingfang has news, he will immediately report to the government. If Ma Mingfang is caught, we will definitely reward you. Ma Mingfang can only surrender himself. That is the only way out, otherwise there will be no good end." The next day, Sun Shaoshan held another Baojia meeting in Yangjiagou and killed the Communist Party member Wang Zhonggao.Wang Zhonggao was nicknamed "Unable to Shake". After Sun Shaoshan killed him, he screamed wildly at the mass meeting for a while, abused the Communist Party, and talked nonsense about Ma Mingfang's communist crimes, and finally said: "Ma Mingfang has not yet repented. Since Xin, I sealed the door of his house yesterday to see whether he turns his head back. If he still refuses to surrender, I will catch him sooner or later, and Wang Zhonggao will be his fate. Some people say that Wang Zhonggao can't be shaken. I can’t shake you. Hmph! I can shake anyone.” This Sun Shaoshan once joined the Communist Party. After the failure of the Great Revolution, he defected to the Kuomintang and became a shameful traitor. Now he turns around and kills the Communist Party members. In 1933, Mingfang’s father-in-law, Luo Jiafu, delivered a letter for him. He was bitten by a mad dog on the way and contracted rabies. He died early at the age of 45.Brother-in-law Luo Weiqing once went out with Mingfang on errands, and fell on the way, broke an arm, and became permanently disabled. Since our house was seized, my brother has never come back. In the autumn of 1935, someone suddenly came to our house and handed a letter to my father. The letter was written by brother Mingfang. What's changed? You live in the Jiang administration area, and accidents may happen at any time. For the sake of safety, you can come to the Soviet area to live for a while, and go back after the liberation of your hometown.If it is agreed to do so, I will try to fetch you.Only then did we know that Brother Mingfang had gone to work for the Soviet government in Northern Shaanxi Province.The comrade who came was surnamed Li. He told his father where he was going and how far he was going. After reading the letter and hearing what he said, my father became confused and couldn't make up his mind.A large family, whose ancestors have lived on this land for generations, suddenly leaves to go to a different place. For a farming family, it is indeed a big event, and it must be carefully considered.Later, my father discussed with his close friend, Uncle Ma Fucai. Uncle Fucai is my father’s brother of the same clan. Help solve it, after some serious and careful thinking, I finally think that "thirty-six strategies are the best".At this time, my cousin Ma Yufang also ran to my father, determined to leave Mizhi with us.Father agreed to his request. After Comrade Li left, we prepared to leave home according to his requirement that we could only bring some bedding and personal clothing.Our family has a three-hole cave, and the middle one has three granaries, in which some grain is placed, and some furniture is placed on top of the granaries: a wall was built next to the outer edge of the granary, and the wall was plastered with mud. The other cave dwellings were obviously a little shallower. At the time, I thought it would be safe, but in fact it was completely useless. On August 23, Comrade Li came again. He took a letter from Mingfang and asked us to obey Comrade Li's arrangements in all actions. At that time, common people lived in the stockade, and our family was no exception. It was called "Shangzhaizi" at that time.Because the stockades are all built on the top of the mountain, the Kuomintang called the common people to go to the stockades. It pretends to be for the safety of the common people, but in fact it is afraid that the Communist Party will "redify" the common people. Because the stockades are inconvenient for outsiders to come and go, the common people will not be easily "redified". ", in fact, this is a waste of effort, won't everyone be "red" in the future? On August 25th, none of the women or children in our family went to the village, but I went up with my father and Yufang to deal with it for a day. On the afternoon of the 26th, I went down the mountain. After dinner, my father and Brother Yufang also came down in front of the Guanzhai Gate.That night our family gathered together to wait for Comrade Li to arrive.After dark, after a long period of time, people were asleep. When Comrade Li and the others came, someone was already outside to meet them.A total of five of them came, and because we had prepared for it, they left as soon as they came and picked up their luggage.Comrade Li said to his father: "Let the old mother ride the donkey at home." At the same time, pointing to the comrades who came with him, he said: "Let some of them carry the luggage, and the others walk a few steps. Wait outside the village, and you can ride a donkey there.” Our family left the house and set off like this.Uncle Ma Fucai was the only person who sent us away that night. My father said goodbye to him with tears in his eyes. , the family is all up to you to take care of..." The uncle said: "Second brother! Don't worry, go away, I will take care of the family affairs, I will wait for you to come back, you will come back..." The father left Take two steps to look back at the door and cave dwelling, take two steps to look at it, and I don’t know how many times I look back until I can’t see anything anymore.Comrade Li helped him walk slowly, and at the same time said: "Don't be too sad, old man, the situation will be fine, you will come back, you have to take care!" The mother didn't say a word, just kept wiping her tears, and the rest The adults took care of the dolls and walked quietly. When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they all rode on donkeys. Four children who could not ride a donkey sat in two baskets (a basket is a means of transportation in northern Shaanxi. A round basket made of wicker is fixed at each end of the two half-moon-shaped logs, and the half-moon shape of the two logs is used to hang it on the saddle bridge, so that the animals can carry it. The baskets on both sides can hold things. Can also sit people).In this way, our family left our hometown and embarked on the road to the Soviet area.In the vast and silent night, only our family walked on the rugged path of the Loess Plateau, turned over a mountain, and crossed a ditch. We kept walking all night, and we arrived in Suizhou after dawn. In Delijiazhai, Comrade Li said: "We have arrived in the Soviet area, everyone can relax, we are tired after walking all night, so let's rest here." After dinner on the third day, Comrade Li said: "Let's stay here for a day tomorrow and take a rest. The next stop is Zhejiaping. There are enemy troops there, so we can leave at night."After dinner the next day, we waited for a long time, and there were no pedestrians on the road before we set off. Before we left, Comrade Li said: "Let's take care of the baby when we leave, don't talk, try not to make any noise. , go quietly."We walked through a deep ditch, went up to the mountain, and walked along the winding field path, walking, and suddenly my father fell off the cliff on his donkey. This unexpected situation made people feel very uncomfortable. Nervous, Comrade Li immediately assigned a comrade to sneak down from the place where his father fell to look for it. The others continued on their way. After walking for a while, my father came with us again. We are safe and sound, so we continue to move forward.After a while, Comrade Li said: "The enemy's line of defense is ahead, be careful not to make any noise, and walk as fast as possible." We all walked quietly, walking, eagerly hoping to cross the enemy's line of defense as soon as possible. I don't know how long I walked in the defense line, and suddenly I heard Comrade Li say: "Uncle Ma! Everyone can rest assured, we have crossed the enemy's defense line." Everyone felt relieved and breathed a long sigh of relief. , and walked for a long time, the east was already bright, and we just arrived at a village, and we stayed.After that, Xiaoxing stayed overnight. He went to Yongping Town, Yanchuan County in early September and lived in a cave dwelling in the village of Zaoshugu. Yongping is the Sanchakou to Yan'an, Wayaobao and Yanchuan counties.The Soviet government of Northern Shaanxi Province is here.A few days later, Ming Fang came back from other places, and our family was reunited here.For many years, our family has not got together to have a good talk about the family life. Today is the gathering after the chaos, and it feels more cordial and warm.As soon as Mingfang entered the door, Yufang and his wife stood up to show politeness and family affection. He hurriedly gestured for us to sit down, walked quickly to his parents, leaned over and said, "Dad! Mom! How are you? We are tired from the journey. Right?" The parents said almost at the same time: "It's okay, I'm not tired..." He then said: "Just take a good rest for a few days." Then he greeted the others and asked Yufang, "How many children do you have now?" Yufang smiled and said "two", and pointed at them at the same time, "This one is called Xing, who is four years old, and this one is called two years old." Brother Ming Fang followed his fingers and said, "Oh! A kid, all right?"He asked again: "Li Tai, have you studied yet?" I said that I studied in He's house for a few months that year, but never again.He looked at Gao Tai again and said, "Gao Tai's eyes are still the same? They haven't been cured since then?" His father said, "There is no one in our place who can cure this disease. Let's talk about it later." Gao Tai was my third brother, eight years old at the time, When he was two years old, he became ill. A quack doctor came and said that he could cure his illness. After taking some medicine, he was cured, but the overdose of the medicine damaged the optic nerve, resulting in blindness in both eyes.Then he asked, "Does Yongning (Ma Rui, five years old) recognize me?" Yongning just stared at him with big eyes, without saying a word, and his mother said, "Yongning! Call me daddy, this is your daddy," she still didn't Say nothing.Then father, mother, and Yufang talked about the family affairs in the past few years, from how Sun Shaoshan closed the door, his father, Yufang and others were arrested and locked up in the prison in Mizhi County, how the villagers found someone to rescue them, and said We have encountered so many troubles in the past few years at home, how the folks in the front village and the back house helped us overcome each difficulty, all the way to the ups and downs on the way from home to here this time.Ming Fang just listened quietly, nodding his head from time to time, humming.My father said: "Oh! Mingfang! Do you think we are going to make a fuss? You have been arguing outside for more than ten years, and the whole family is always worried about you, and they can't even sleep. You don’t even have a home anymore, do you think we can go back?” After a short pause, Mingfang said slowly: "It's a blessing that our family can be reunited here. It's fine if we don't have someone at home. Of course, it's not easy to move. I'm not familiar with the place when I first arrived here." , it’s nothing you want, it’s inconvenient, you’re not used to it, there are a lot of difficulties, we’ll get over it slowly, and you’ll get used to it after a while. Although Yili is not as good as our hometown, Sun Shaoshan and the others can’t get here. Get a good night's sleep," said everyone happily.He went on to say: "Let me tell you, our affairs will come to fruition. Don't worry. We don't have a home now. We will have one in the future. It won't take long before we can go back to our hometown. At that time, we will build another home." Now, we not only want to make ourselves have a home, but also let all the poor and homeless people have a happy and happy home, and by then, everyone will be fine." I lived in Zaoshuzhuang for a short time, and moved to Shiyougou, two miles away from Yongping. On October 2, the Red Army liberated Wayaobao, and on October 5, the provincial government moved to Wayaobao.After a while, our family also moved to Wayaobao.Not long after I lived here, some news came from my hometown in Mizhi. The Mizhi County Government of the Kuomintang came to our house soon after learning that our family had gone, dug up the sealing wall of the middle kiln, and dug The food was sold, all the food, furniture, pots and caves were sold, and a complete sweep came out.When my father found out about these things, he was like a thunderbolt. He was so angry that he couldn't eat or sleep all day long, and he was in a trance. The property was completely wiped out at once, and there was nothing left, so I couldn't accept this cruel fact.Walking in and out all day long, chanting, saying for a while: "If I had known about this, I would never have come out!" After a while, I said: "If Ming Fang hadn't been so noisy, what would have happened? We didn't Do you want to live a good life at home? Why are you in this state now? What are you doing?" Seeing his anxious appearance, the family tried their best to persuade him, and sometimes my elder brother also persuaded him for a while when he came back, telling him not to worry, the matter has come to an end It's useless to be anxious, it's more important to go with the flow and take care of your health. He said what he said there, but he became more and more angry when he said it, and said angrily: "What are you talking about, I didn't force you to toss like this ? Back then, if you weren't so noisy, how could these things happen?" Seeing that he was angry, my brother stopped talking.After that, every time my elder brother came back, he always stood outside the door and listened. Several times he heard his father getting angry, so he walked around outside the door and left.He understood his father's feelings very well at this time, and he was afraid that his father would be even more angry when he saw him. He knew that at this time, the old man could not be stimulated any longer, and he could only slowly adapt to this cruel reality that could not be avoided.This shows how considerate and filial he is to the elderly. In 1935, the Central Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi after a 25,000-mile long march, and the central government stationed in Wayaobao on October 30.It was early winter at that time, and comrades in the central government were still wearing single clothes and straw sandals.The provincial government was busy receiving comrades from the central government, arranging food and lodging for them, preparing clothes and various daily necessities, and at the same time calling on the masses to donate money and things. Our family had nothing to donate when we first arrived here, so we donated two Strips of felt. After the Central Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, the focus of Chiang Kai-shek's encirclement and suppression also shifted to northern Shaanxi. In 1936, the transfer of the Northeast Army to Shaanxi and Gansu was one of the measures.Due to changes in the situation, the government agencies of northern Shaanxi Province left Wayaobao in June and moved to Tanjiaying (in Ansai County).Our family also moved to Leizuizihe, 20 miles away from Tanjiaying.There is a lot of wasteland here, full of weeds and trees, and dead wood and rotten branches everywhere. We picked them up for cooking, saving the cost of buying charcoal. On July 13, 1936, my sister-in-law gave birth to a son here.At that time, my mother delivered the baby at home without going to the hospital. The baby was born crawling, and the mother pulled him over, so he was named Handpan. My mother loved him very much, Changqin Call him hand in hand.As soon as Shou Shou was born, the two old people were very happy, and their mood immediately became better. The atmosphere at home suddenly became very active and lively. Since then, no one mentioned the unpleasant past. If you don't come here, how can you give birth to such a boy?The son grew up and was named Ma Guang. As the situation was constantly changing at that time, the provincial government also kept shifting along with the situation. At the beginning of 1937, the provincial government moved to Panlong again, and our family also moved to Hejiamaozi, ten miles away from Panlong.The terrain here is relatively flat, and there is no firewood on the mountain, but there is a lot of cow dung in the fields, so we pick up dried cow dung in the fields as firewood.After more than two years of wandering and moving five times, in October 1937, there was another move, but this time it was different from the previous ones. This time, they moved back to their hometown. The donkey went to Mizhi, and after five or six days of trekking, he returned to his hometown where he had been away for 26 months on October 29. When he first arrived in Yongping two years ago, his brother said, "It won't take long to go back to my hometown." "if. The three-hole cave dwelling in my hometown is still the same, and it is cleaned cleanly.As soon as we got home, a lot of men, women and children from the neighbors came. It didn't take much effort. The front and back of the house were full. Many people helped to pack things and arrange accommodation. Soon everything was settled.Uncle Ma Fucai, who sent us away that night two years ago, also came. When he met his father, the two brothers were so happy that they didn’t know what to say. They talked affectionately about the changes in the past few years, talking about everything. Topic, after making a fuss for most of the night, they went home separately. The next day, something unexpected happened.After breakfast that day, some people who had bought things from my house came to us. They brought us all the things they bought at the time, and said very politely: "These things used to be sold by others, and I bought them for sale." I bought it, and now that you are back, I will return it to you and return it to the original owner!" After two or three days of giving away, basically all the things in our house came back.This is something that parents are very satisfied with. In 1937, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government was established, and the central government decided that Ming Fang should be a member of the border region government and director of the Civil Affairs Department.Due to long-term hard work, he became sick from overwork and went to the Soviet Union for medical treatment and study in February 1938 with the approval of the Party Central Committee.Dimitrov received them before returning home. He returned to China in 1941, passing through Xinjiang, and temporarily lived in the Xinjiang Eighth Route Army Office. In September 1942, reactionary warlord Sheng Shicai fabricated the so-called "April 12 conspiracy by the Communist Party to riot" and detained more than 150 members of our party in Xinjiang. Ming Fang, Zhang Ziyi, Fang Zhichun and others were imprisoned in Hachinoliang. In April 1943, he was thrown into prison again.Facing the brutal atrocities of the reactionary warlords, he was filled with righteous indignation and strongly protested, shouting loudly: "The Communist Party, the Eighth Route Army has made meritorious service in the war of resistance. What is the crime?" Ming Fang was detained in the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 Prisons of Hua (Urumqi) City.在长达四年的监狱生活中，备受摧残折磨，吃的是发霉的米，里面有沙子、老鼠屎，住的地方阴暗潮湿，经受了各种酷刑拷打，监狱的刑法有120多种，如电刑、冰火刑、站炭渣、睡针刺床（把钉子钉在木板上，把衣服扒光，让他睡在针刺上，狱吏就使劲摇晃木板，使他在木板上滚动），给他手指钉钉子等等等等，他被打得遍体鳞伤，人瘦得皮包骨头，但他大义凛然，坚贞不屈，铁骨铮铮，顶住了威逼利诱，与敌人进行坚决的斗争。他积极同狱中主要领导人张子意、方志纯等同志取得联系，沟通各狱之间的联络，把狱中同志组成一个战斗的集体，积极组织和鼓励狱中同志传阅秘密传来的报纸，传唱《国际歌》、《囚徒歌》以激励斗志。当发现监狱里混进来叛徒时，他及时传出来有“臭鱼”的警告，并组织同志同“臭鱼”进行斗争，直至把叛徒赶走。敌人妄图用填写“志愿回家，不跟共产党走”的表格诱骗他们自首。明方兄面对敌人的卑劣伎俩，挥笔疾书：“信仰共产主义，志愿回延安”。气得敌人目瞪口呆，一筹莫展。在一次审讯时，敌人诬蔑八路军“破坏抗战，挑动内战，是土匪！”明方怒不可遏，痛斥敌人：“八路军在前线坚持抗战，你们在这里关押残害八路军，究竟谁破坏抗战，谁是土匪？”当即遭到敌人的毒打。他们在狱中进行过两次绝食斗争，每次都坚持到七天七夜。在绝食过程中，敌人强行给他灌食，他咬紧牙关将饭碗打掉。由于大家团结一致，坚决斗争，终于迫使敌人基本上答应了他们提出的条件。 1945年《双十协定》发表后，经过周恩来同志的多次交涉与斗争，1946年6月国民党被迫将新疆监狱中全体同志释够回延安。当他们回到延安时，受到了党中央和毛主席、朱总司令的热情欢迎和祝贺。中央办公厅举行宴会欢迎他们。 《解放日报》发表欢迎他们胜利归来的文章说：“活着的坚贞不屈，死了的视死如归。”明方回延安后任西北局副书记兼中共晋南工委书记。 1946年11月，哥哥与马淑良结婚，组成了一个新的家庭。 1950年10月4月，淑良嫂在西安生了个女儿，取名小芳，她方脸盘，大眼睛，白净的面孔，看上去很是机灵，十分逗人爱，哥哥嫂嫂喜欢极了，真把她看作掌上明珠。 明方在各方面对自己要求非常严格，事事以身作则，处处为人师表。他不但这样做，对战友、亲属子女也是如此。他总是谆谆教导我们，要老老实实地做人，老老实实地做事，一切都要按党的政策、原则办事，绝不能搞那些歪门邪道的东西。 1947年明方随西北局转移到子洲马蹄沟。早年曾同明方一起工作过的郭洪绪同志，想让应征入伍的儿子回家，请明方帮助解决。明方诚恳而严肃地说：“你儿子当了兵，家里有困难，这个我能理解，但是现在国民党几十万军队打进来，咱们没有自己的武装能行吗？现在我叫你儿子离开部队，那我今后的征兵工作怎么做呢？家里有困难想办法克服，兵都走了，边区保不住了，那你的家不是也保不住了吗？” 1948年冬天，哥哥、嫂嫂和随行人员乘坐卡车从延安经米脂去晋南工委。这天天气很冷，到米脂已是下午七点多钟了，米脂县委已安排好让他在米脂休息，可他想趁此机会回家看看父母，又不耽误明天的活动，饭后稍事休息就骑着牲口上路了，乡间小道路面很不好，牲口走不快，索性就徒步行走，米脂县城离我们家有30里路，到家里已是半夜时分，父母起来做了点家乡的钱钱饭随便一吃就休息了。 .哥哥和两位老人拉话时间很长，睡得很迟，第二天一早起来就又上路了，临行时随行人员把明方的一件灰色棉袄搭在马鞍上，母亲说：“明方，把这件棉袄留给你爸穿吧。”他沉思片刻说：“妈，这是公家的，留下不好，我爸的棉袄我另想办法，反正一定让他穿上就是了。”母亲很理解自己的儿子，挥挥手说：“那好，你们走吧。”哥哥、淑良嫂和随行人员一一向父母亲告别离家走了。 1950年父亲来西安住了一阵，一天警卫员惠世恩看他有些闷闷不乐，就说：“淑良、正方他们都忙着上班，没有功夫陪你出去，我今天没事，咱们出去转转。”他让司机开车去临潼玩了一趟。此事让哥哥知道了，把小惠批评了一顿，又对父亲说：“在家里呆久了就到附近走一走，没有什么要紧事，不要叫他们陪你……” 1952年春天，政治骗子李万铭拿着伪造的第二野战军某领导给明方的信，找到省委要求分配工作，秘书王礼同志请示了明方，他同意王礼的意见，让民政厅优抚局处理。后来李万铭的骗局被揭穿，1956年《人民日报》发表的《一个大骗局的前前后后》一文中说：这个骗子的伪造信件，陕西省委秘书王礼应该看出，但是没有看出，擅自作了处理。明方看后，当即给中央组织部写信，并转陕西省委组织部，信中说：“此事王礼同志请示了我，过错是我的，不应该由王礼同志负责。”王礼同志看后很受感动。 在西北局工作时，开始实行工资制，中央给他定为行政三级调中央工作后，当他看到中央各部负责同志的行政级别比他低时，就主动申请把自己的行政工资级别由三级改为四级。 1954年明方调任中央组织部副部长，同时任副部长的还有安子文同志。1955年底中央决定成立财贸部，他主动向中央写信，申请到财贸部去工作，他认为安子文同志留在组织部比他更合适。 在那“史无前例”的年代里，明方兄遭受“四人帮”诬陷，于1967年11月被关押进行所谓“监护审查”。在长达七年之久的监狱生活中，他受尽了摧残折磨，诸如捆绑吊打、喷气式、燕儿飞天、拳打胸脯、卡脖子、一日三审的车轮战、晚上不准睡觉等等，各种非刑拷打无所不用其极。由于长时期的摧残折磨，他的身体受到严重损害，于1973年2月病倒住进工农兵医院。9月21日我收到马锐的电报，得知哥哥病情严重，这是自“文革”八年来第一次得知他的消息。这时我正在陕北的黄土高原上接受再教育，我当即就去北京看他，我们已经有十个年头没有见面了，不知他被“四人帮”折腾成什么样子了，一心只想能够很快见到他。不料，当我匆匆赶到北京的时候，并不能马上见到他，还要经过有关部门批准。为办这样一个手续就等了三天，到9月25日才被批准，并且规定一共只可探视三次。26日一大早，戒同马锐和她丈夫战式印到了医院，一位看守人员把我们领到病房，他躺在床上，我们轻步走到床边，马锐指着我对他说：“爸！你看谁来了？”我接着说：“认得吗？”他凝视片刻，惊喜地说：“正方！你来了！谁叫你来的？”同时吃力地往起坐，马锐赶紧把他扶一扶，我说：“我自己来的。” “人家批准了？” “批准了。” 他紧握我的双手，嘴唇颤抖着泪如泉水般满脸直淌，这是我第一次见他流泪。当年，他告别亲人出生人死闹革命的时候，没有流过泪；在敌人监狱里，遭受严刑拷打，他没有流过泪；妻子、女儿亲戚被死神夺去生命的时候，他没有流过泪；可在新中国成立二十几年后的今天，他流泪了，可想他的冤情有多么的深重。我再也控制不住自己的感情，尽管嘴里说着“不要难过！不要难过！”眼泪却不由自主地夺眶而出。过了很长一段时间，我们的情绪才慢慢平静下来，开始说些家常话，说了一阵，他一手指着自己掉了一颗门牙的牙床，一手在我的手上写了一个“打”字，原来牙是被专案组的暴徒们打掉的。我顿觉毛骨悚然，心如刀绞，“四人帮”太残暴了！ 他又说：“我没有病，只要回到马锐家里一个星期就好了。” 他也问了我在“文革”中的情况，我说：“我是三年牛棚生活，四年接受贫下中农再教育，现在还在接受教育中。” 他还问了我家里和孩子们的情况，我都一一告诉了他。 9月29日，第三次去看他，临行时我说：“你好好养病，明天我就回去了……。” 他说：“好嘛，回去吧。你们放心，好好工作，不要为我操心，我没有问题，在新疆我身体受了严重损害，我保持了政治上的纯洁，没有给党中央毛主席丢人，相信党中央、毛主席会正确处理的。”我万万没有想到，这竟是我们最后一次见面。 他一个人被关在一间大约七八平方米的小屋里，门口有人监视，每次去看他，到大门口，都由看守人员先进去看一看，再出来打招呼，我才能进去。进去以后，再要出来，不论办什么事情，都要在房子里边敲敲门，看管人员听到敲门声，问清缘由，再去外边察看一番，得到许可，才能出去，因为我没有在房子里敲门的习惯，有两次贸然开门出去，当即遭到看管人员的训斥。后来我们才明白，这是不让我们看见其他被关的人，也不准被关的人互相见面。所有被关的人都编了号，一律不准叫名字。有一次明方火了，大声喊道：“我马明方不是叛徒，是共产党！”被看守人员狠狠训斥了一顿。这哪里是医院，比当年在新疆盛世才的监狱里还不如，坐监狱每天还可以放放风，晒晒太阳，在这个“医院”里，一年四季见不到太阳。 明方兄自从患病以来，就在这间小屋里，整整关了18个月。 在医院里，他用颤抖的手，在碎纸片上给周总理写了一万多字的申诉信，嘱咐马锐、马广把信交给孙维世同志，请她转交周总理。可是这时孙维世同志已被“四人帮”残害离开了人世。这封用血泪写的信，始终没有能够让总理看到。 后来他的病情逐渐加重，在已经不能行走的时候，还不给最起码的护理，他只好艰难地爬进爬出，膝盖磨得伤痕斑斑，血肉模糊。在他弥留之际，还不停地喊着他心爱的小女儿“小芳！小芳！你在哪里？你怎么不来看爸爸呀？！”他哪里知道，他心爱的小芳早已病了，病得连妈妈都不认得了。自从明方兄被监护审查以后，淑良嫂整天被挂牌批斗，家也被抄了，后来她们母女又被遣送到辽宁农村，接受监督劳动。害病的小芳得不到及时治疗，病情更加严重，后来虽然多方求医，已经无法恢复了，一个好端端的聪明伶俐、活泼可爱的姑娘，活活地变成了一个废人。 由于长期的摧残迫害，再加上严重的疾病得不到治疗，明方兄与“四人帮”坚持斗争了八年，于1974年8月13日含冤怀愤与世长辞，时年69岁。 1975年9月，中央准备给明方兄开追悼会，同时对他的冤案平反昭雪，通知家属去北京参加追悼会。会前中央组织部的同志把他的病情给家属介绍了一下，并且把他的病历给我们看了，病历上写着：“由于肺部感染发烧而死亡。”用过的药除了四环素，再没有任何治疗记载。由此可见“四人帮”是何等的恶毒！手段是何等的残忍！就连这次追悼会也由于“四人帮”的干扰没有开成。他们这些罪恶行径，理该昭告天下，让善良的人们知道世间还有豺狼。 马明方同志是七届中央候补委员，八届中央委员，是我党久经考验的坚强的无产阶级战士，是红军时期陕北革命根据地的创始人和主要领导人之一。曾任陕北省苏维埃政府主席、陕西省委书记，西北局第三书记，中央组织部副部长、中央财贸部部长，东北局第三书记等职。他的一生是革命的一生，战斗的一生，光辉的一生，他把自己的一切献给了中国人民，在50多年的革命生涯中，为中国人民的解放事业，为社会主义革命和社会主义建设做出了重大贡献。他高尚的革命情操和不朽的光辉业绩，将与世长存。 今天我们纪念他，应该继承学习他对党、对人民无限忠诚，无私无畏，胸怀坦荡，光明磊落，百折不挠的革命斗争精神；学习他孜孜不倦刻苦学习，理论联系实际，深入调查研究，实事求是，作风严谨，注重效率的工作态度；学习他顾全大局，谦虚谨慎，艰苦朴素，廉洁奉公，严于律已，宽以待人，勇于自我批评的优良作风。我们要以明方同志的模范行为为榜样，为我国的社会主义现代化建设而努力奋斗，以慰英灵！