Chapter 51 I miss my father Ma Mingfang

His father, Ma Mingfang, was brutally persecuted by the "Gang of Four" and tortured to death for more than 20 years.However, his old man's speech, manners, voice and smile are still vividly alive in our hearts, especially his revolutionary qualities of loyalty to the party and the cause of communism, Zhang Na's spirit of fighting the enemy tenaciously to the end, his seeking truth from facts, The excellent style of hard work and close ties with the masses will always inspire us to forge ahead bravely to achieve the great goals set by the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Dad is an old member of the Communist Party of China who joined the Communist Party of China in 1925. He is one of the founders and main leaders of the revolutionary base area in northern Shaanxi. He once served as the chairman of the Soviet government in northern Shaanxi.At that time, the white terror was very severe. Under the guidance of Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary thought of "rather killing one hundred by mistake than letting one go", they surrounded and hunted down the Communists everywhere. The Communists at that time were in danger of being arrested and beheaded all the time. .But Dad really risked everything when he started the revolution, he sacrificed his family, relatives, and his own life.Because my father made a revolution, my grandfather was arrested and sat in the classroom. My grandfather was bitten by a mad dog while delivering a letter to my father and died tragically. My cousin Luo Weiqing fell and became disabled in order to rescue my father. My mother became seriously ill because of being too frightened, and suffered from lack of medical treatment. die.

In ancient times, there was a legend that Dayu controlled the floods and never entered the house three times, which has been praised by the people throughout the ages.And Dad made a revolution, and I don’t know how many times he “passed by the house and didn’t enter”!Uncle Zhang Dazhi, my father’s old comrade-in-arms, once told me such a story: Once, your father and I went down to convey the important instructions of the special committee, and the place we were going to happened to pass by your Yejiacha. I said, "Old horse, you go back Take a look, look at the dolls and the old people!" Your father said: "Yes, I really want to go back and see them, but I can't, we have an urgent task, and it's important to hurry, time is victory!" Then he was funny Said: "Old Zhang, if I have a chance in the future, I will specially invite you to my house for a meal and fried noodles, and then two pots of dry tobacco to ensure your satisfaction." Uncle Zhang said, and he even made up a jingle for this: "No It is very unusual for a child to be unfilial to his mother, and it is very important to shoulder heavy responsibilities; it is nothing to do with the house, and everything should be dedicated to the party.” Dad started a revolution in northern Shaanxi, which is hundreds of miles away from my house. He passed by the house countless times, but he didn’t Come back and see us.In our young hearts, we only know that there is a father, but what is he like?But I can't remember clearly.We really wanted to meet him then, to see what he was like.But one time when Dad really came back, we hid behind the door and watched him secretly, and we didn’t even call Dad because we saw too little.

Because Dad is one of the founders and main leaders of the Northern Shaanxi Revolutionary Base.The enemy hated him even more, drawing shadows and figures everywhere, offering rewards for his capture.However, my father has long dedicated everything to the party, disregarding his own life and death, facing the enemy's bullets and butcher knives, he is not afraid, not afraid of suffering, not afraid of tiredness, not afraid of death, risking his life, going deep into the masses everywhere Among them, mobilize and organize the masses to attack the enemy and persist in the revolutionary struggle.He has a particularly good relationship with the masses. The masses protect him all the time. Whenever there is an enemy situation, the masses immediately tip him off.He is a member of the Communist Party and the leader of the Communist Party in northern Shaanxi. Although he has not made it public, the masses know it in their hearts, and they care and love him even more.

Once, Dad was in a meeting, and the enemy found out the location and came to arrest him. The messenger came up as soon as he arrived, and grabbed Dad's hair and didn't let him go. Dad shook his head violently with all his strength. Breaking free from the enemy's hands, he ran away under the cover of the crowd.But a handful of hair was pulled off by the enemy, a piece of scalp was pulled off, blood flowed all over his face, and a scar was left behind!How dangerous!If there were no masses, our father would have fallen under the enemy's butcher's knife long ago. The long-term and arduous revolutionary struggle made my father sick from overwork. The Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao cared for and loved him, and sent him to the Soviet Union for medical treatment and study in February 1938.Three years later, at the beginning of 1941, my father returned to China via Xinjiang according to the instructions of the Party Central Committee.Why go to Xinjiang?At that time, Sheng Shicai, the ruler of the Xinjiang Kuomintang, in order to consolidate his rule in Xinjiang, pretended to be progressive, made a gesture of "pro-Soviet and support the Communist Party", and formulated the "anti-imperialist, pro-Soviet, people-level, clean, peaceful, and construction "Six major policies" and formed a united front with our party.At the invitation of Sheng Shicai, our party sent a large number of cadres to work in Xinjiang, including Chen Tanqiu, Mao Zemin, Lin Jilu and other comrades.With the reversal of the international and domestic situation, Sheng Shicai gradually tore off his disguise, from being pro-Soviet and pro-communist to anti-Soviet and anti-communist, from uniting with the Communist Party and anti-Chiang to pro-Chiang and anti-communist, revealing his ferocious face of anti-communism and anti-people.At that time, the Kuomintang set up heavy troops in Xinjiang, and spies were rampant.

In 1941, my father returned to China via Xinjiang. He originally planned to return to Yan'an immediately to go to the front line, but Sheng Shicai's rebellion coincided with his wish to return to Yan'an, so he temporarily stayed at the Xinjiang Eighth Route Army Office in accordance with the party organization's decision. Not long after, Sheng Shicai completely tore off the camouflage of progress. He fabricated the so-called "April 12 conspiracy by the Communist Party to riot" and illegally arrested all our staff in Xinjiang.When he was arrested, my father scolded the enemy angrily, shouting loudly: "The Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army have made meritorious service in persevering in the War of Resistance. What crime is there?"Before he could finish speaking, he was kicked and beaten by the enemy, tied up and pushed into a prison van, and was put in prison together with more than 150 comrades.

In prison, Dad showed the true qualities of a Communist Party member.Together with other leading comrades, he tried every means to open up the connection between the prison numbers and organize the comrades in the prison to become a fighting group to fight against the enemy.He encouraged comrades to secretly circulate newspapers, sing "Internationale" and "Prisoner's Song" to inspire everyone's fighting spirit, and to expose and crack down on the behavior of enemies and individual traitors who sneaked into the prison.Uncle Gao Dengbang, who was once in Xinjiang prison with my father, told me such a story: One day, a guy named Li Wenlin took my father to court. My father was furious and scolded the scoundrel, saying: "The Eighth Route Army is fighting bloody battles in front of you. Who is sabotaging the war of resistance? Who are the bandits?" The villain was speechless when he asked the question.This guy became furious, and with a wave of his hand, several thugs swarmed up, punched and kicked, and beat Dad until his face was covered with blood and his whole body was bruised. "Mighty and unyielding", my father's awe-inspiring righteousness overwhelmed the enemy like a heavy gate.

I remember one day in 1959, the whole family gathered around the table to eat dumplings, and there was half a bowl of oily chili peppers on the table. , said to me: "Yes, chili peppers can be used to make delicious food, but the enemy can also be used as a torture tool to kill revolutionary fighters." His smile disappeared when he said this, and a serious expression of hatred for the enemy appeared on his face. expression, and then he told us a story of a hunger strike in a KMT prison in Xinjiang. In early August 1945, under the leadership of the party organization, comrades in Xinjiang prisons went on a collective hunger strike.The warden was furious, and lifted the comrades out one by one, and force-fed chili water into the anus.In the end the enemy failed and the hunger strike was won.

In August 1945, Chairman Mao went to Chongqing to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek and signed the "Double Ten Agreement", which included the release of political prisoners.According to this agreement, our party proposes to release all our personnel locked in Xinjiang prisons.At that time, Zhang Zhizhong, director of the Northwest Camp of the Kuomintang and chairman of Xinjiang Province, was entrusted by our party to send special personnel to escort all my personnel in prison back to Yan'an (except for a few traitors). Commander Zhu and Comrade Lin Boqu went to Qilipu to greet them in person. prison comrades and shook hands with them one by one.At the welcome banquet held in the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu raised their glasses to congratulate the comrades who had been released from prison for their triumphant return. The welcome article published in the "Liberation Daily" wrote: "Those who live are steadfast and unyielding, and those who die regard death as home." Dad came back alive and honored. We are honored and proud to have such a loyal and unyielding father who is loyal to the party and the people.

Who would have thought that this glorious history of my father's struggle in the enemy's prison would become an excuse for Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four" to persecute my father to death after so many years. During the "Cultural Revolution", Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four" wanted to overthrow a group of veteran cadres in order to achieve their goal of usurping the party and power, and my father was one of the targets they wanted to overthrow.So they wantonly confounded black and white to fabricate charges, branded my father a "big traitor", and wrote numerous articles in the "Liaoning Daily" to frame and fabricate perjury evidence to deceive and incite the masses.All of a sudden, a strong wind blew up in Liaoning, dark clouds billowed, right and wrong were reversed.In this undercurrent, my father was imprisoned by Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four" in the name of guardianship.At the same time, the whole family and father's old colleagues and subordinates were implicated.Our siblings were labeled as "traitor children" and became "children who can be educated well". Our mother was brutally criticized and sent to rural labor reform. My teenage sister Xiaofang was driven crazy and suffered from schizophrenia. He often runs into the street with his chest barebacked and yells: "Daddy is a good man! Daddy is coming back soon!" The situation is really appalling!Dad didn't come back, my sister's illness has not recovered yet, and our family has been devastated!The staff around my father and the cadres and masses in Liaoning were also implicated. They were slandered as "the black minions of the traitor Ma Mingfang" and "the black generals who are conservative and anti-army"!

Where has daddy been taken!Six years passed and there was no news.Our whole family was scattered and isolated from each other.At this time, Dad is already an old man who is nearly seventy years old. I wonder how his body is?How about clothing, food and housing?We wanted to know very much, and we wanted very much to see him.We risked it, and after repeated requests, the then "Xinjiang Ma Mingfang Task Force" finally agreed to see him on February 2, 1973. This day is the New Year's Eve, "every festive season misses relatives", we can't wait to fly to Dad's side all at once.We got up at five o'clock in the morning that day, braved the wind and heavy snow, and rushed to the designated location in the western suburbs of Beijing.Waiting and waiting, after waiting for a long time, two people from the task force got out of a car and said to us: "Your father refuses to see you." He has never seen a relative in prison, and now his relatives are visiting him, how can he not see him?There must be a reason for it.We thought this way in our hearts, didn't say anything else, just insisted that we must meet.They insisted, "It's your father who doesn't want to see you, not us." "Then why did my dad say he didn't want to see us?" We questioned. "Your dad didn't say why?" they replied. "That's why you guys are here to make troubles. You said you would let us see my dad, but why do you say that my dad doesn't want to see us?" After arguing for a long time, a jeep suddenly drove up, and my dad was killed by someone. Pulled out of the car and we were taken aback to see Dad get out of the car.He was wearing an old velvet cap on his head, his clothes were so ragged that his belly was exposed, and he was wearing a pair of liberation shoes with his heels exposed. His face was blue and gray, his eyes were straight, his hair was disheveled, his neck was too stiff to turn, and his waist could not straighten up. , skinny, can't even stand still!Dad was tortured like this, we never thought of it.I was stunned for a moment, and then I rushed forward and hugged my father, tears streaming down.But my father was very strong. He asked a few words about the situation at home, and asked us to call in the people from the special case team, and said to the special case team righteously: "You said that I betrayed my comrades in Xinjiang, and that someone reported me. Is there any basis?! Bring those who reported and we will confront them face to face! You can’t find out! You decide the case first and arrest the people first, which is not good for the party or the people. Kowtow to Yan'an and ask for execution!" Dad's words were so forceful that the task force was speechless.They originally planned that we were not allowed to talk about the case when we met, but my father insisted on the truth and persisted in the struggle. He told us the key points of the "case" by questioning the members of the special case team. We later found out that this ghostly place was the place where father was interrogated and tortured.The guys in the special case team really did everything they could to Dad. Slapping, "flying", getting stuck in the neck, kicking him on the ground, was commonplace.What is even worse is the wheel war. The three trials in the morning, afternoon, and night do not count, and there are consecutive trials at night. They are not allowed to sleep, and they have to write confession materials.It lasts for more than ten or twenty days in a row, who can bear it? !During the interrogation, they used countless tortures. The torture that my father didn't suffer in the Kuomintang prison was also suffered here!The cruelest of them is "Swallows Flying to the Sky". It is in the same posture as the jet style. One person twists his arms, while the other grabs the hair from behind and pulls it back vigorously until he faces the sky on his back.In this way, they were punished continuously for dozens of minutes.Every time I do it, my father is dying, and the sweat dripping on the ground is like being sprinkled with water!They tried in vain to use this kind of torture to force Dad to admit that he was a traitor, but Dad would rather die than admit it. They were so angry that they twisted his arm backwards desperately, turning it into an upside-down position with the palm facing outwards, and crippled him.It is really difficult to express in words the various tortures Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four" used on my father and the sufferings my father suffered. At this critical juncture of life and death, Dad firmly believed that the party's cause would surely win, that justice would surely defeat evil, that light would surely defeat darkness, and that his own struggle would surely be victorious.When we visited him, we saw that he kept cigarette pack papers, scraps of paper, and even small notes that were only as wide as a finger, so as not to be discovered by the guards, he wrote on the bed sheet and gestured with his hands. Asked me to give him a pen, I secretly brought him a small refill, and my father used this small refill between his fingers, behind the back of the guards, and struggled to write on the scraps of paper. Write and write, after about a month, when we went to see him again, he gave me a pack of waste paper vigilantly, I hid it in the waistband of my trousers and took it out. Premier Zhou's letter.My father wrote in the letter: "I came here in November 1967, and first explained to the special case group how I filled out the forms in Xinjiang prisons and fought against the enemy... I filled out the staff of the Eighth Route Army in prison, and the special case group A roster I got also admitted that I was a soldier, but at the beginning of the interrogation in 1967 and the end of the interrogation in January and February 1968, I was forced to change to a member of the Communist Party of China. But I insist on getting rid of communism, and I am willing to fight for the implementation of the Three People's Principles. After a few days, I want to get rid of the Three People's Principles and I am willing to fight for the Three People's Principles, and I will change my belief in the Three People's Principles. This will change my belief in Communism. Change again, become a traitor to communism, and add some dubious words.”Father's few words exposed the truth that Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four" wanted to inflict crimes without words.The letter also accused Lin Biao, the "Gang of Four" and their minions of the cruelty they committed against him. We wrote letters to Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou many times, but none of them were delivered.I know that there are bad people in power here, so my father asked us to deliver his letter to Comrade Sun Weishi in person.He said hopefully: "Sun Weishi is a staff member next to the Prime Minister, and she will definitely transfer it to the Prime Minister."When we were full of hope to find Comrade Sun Weishi, a kind comrade quietly said to me: "Are you still looking for her? They have already killed her!" When I told my father the bad news, it was like a sunny day. The thunderbolt shattered his glimmer of hope, his face was gloomy, and he slowly closed his eyes with tears streaming down his face.Dad is a strong man, he never shed tears, he never shed tears in the Kuomintang prison, he never shed tears in the wheel battle of special case personnel and the torture of "Swallows Flying to the Sky", why is he so sad today?I think, one is to feel sad for Comrade Sun Weishi's death, and the other is to flee because he can't find Comrade Sun Weishi and lost contact with the party?At present, the revolution has been unable to find the party for more than 50 years. How can there be more sad things than this? On August 13, 1974, my father passed away in prison with injustice!When he was dying, he specially asked us: "You should report my affairs to Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou, and say that Ma Mingfang is a good man, and I will be relieved when I die!" At that time, we firmly said to Dad: "Don't worry , we will definitely do as you asked! We will definitely do it!" Lies cannot cover up the truth, fabricated charges will eventually be exposed, and Dad's wish has finally come true! After Chairman Mao and the Party Central Committee learned of the "Xinjiang Ma Ming Plan", they made two rehabilitative decisions for the "Xinjiang Ma Ming Plan" in July 1975 and June 1980, pointing out: "Ma Mingfang and other comrades, in the enemy's prison He performed very well here, did not surrender and rebel", "stands firmly and has a clear-cut banner", "shows the fearless revolutionary spirit of the proletariat, and maintains the revolutionary integrity of the Communist Party members".This is the conclusion Chairman Mao and the Party Central Committee made to Dad!It is the conclusion that history made for Dad!Dad, you can rest in peace under the Nine Springs! Dad is gone, so sad, so sad!No!Walking is so glorious, so tragic!You fought Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four" to the last breath before you had to leave!We are proud of having such a father.You left, you did not leave us material wealth, but the precious spiritual wealth you left us is inexhaustible and inexhaustible for us and our descendants. Dad, you believe in communism all your life and strive for this goal all your life.You often said: "Party members must have the Party in their hearts." "No matter how small the party's affairs are, they are still big things, and no matter how big personal affairs are, they are still small things." Before you were persecuted to death, you said to us earnestly: "I lived to be more than 60 years old. , I just realized that my problem will not be solved in the short term.” You said intermittently: “It’s not easy to make a revolution, and there is a price to be paid for the revolution. Even if I die, don’t be sad and don’t blame the party.” Up to this point After a pause, he continued: "You are all members of the Communist Party. Party members must have the Party in their hearts, and they must believe that the Party will figure out my problem sooner or later. You should wait patiently for the conclusion given to me by the Party." Dad, you are right , Not long after you left, the Party Central Committee, Chairman Mao, and Comrade Deng Xiaoping rehabilitated you, saying that you are worthy of being an outstanding communist fighter.We and our descendants will definitely inherit your legacy and strive endlessly for the realization of the great communist ideal in China. Dad, seeking truth from facts is the creed you have practiced throughout your life.During the Great Revolution, you fought against the "Left" ideology in the party by "seeking truth from facts"; You clearly adhered to the correct line and opposed the mistakes of the "Left" and the Right; during the brutal persecution by Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four", you still insisted on seeking truth from facts, and would rather suffer torture than give in to its despicable power!Now we are more and more deeply aware that seeking truth from facts is the essence of Marxism-Leninism, Chairman Mao Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory. We must follow your teachings and always adhere to the spirit of seeking truth from facts. Dad, you often tell us: "Think about the folks in everything." This is telling us to trust the masses and rely on the masses.You are frugal all your life, diligent and frugal, you never have a small meal alone, you never dress in a special way, you never take advantage of the public, and you don't allow your relatives to take advantage of the public.I still clearly remember that one year, my sister was ill on and off for more than a year. In order to take care of my sister and not distract my father, my mother did not go to work on and off for more than a year. You shouldn’t get paid for going to work, and you can’t take a penny of your salary.” According to your request, my mother paid all her salary for more than a year to the party dues.Dad, your words and deeds are the best education for us. We must follow your teachings, keep the folks in our hearts, never forget the masses, run the family diligently, build the country diligently, and do everything diligently. Dad, you love studying the most in your life. You always seize all the time to study, even in the most difficult time, you still insist on studying.When you were brutally persecuted by Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four", you were still studying Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought tirelessly. After you left, there was still a copy of "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" under your pillow.Like you, we must earnestly study Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, especially Deng Xiaoping Theory, and work hard to build a socialist cause with Chinese characteristics!