Chapter 55 3. Birth and death, extreme hardship

nostalgia In the peaceful days of spring breeze and sunshine in 1957, the intellectual circles were making great achievements in order to implement the "Double Hundred" policy and promote the further development of academic research and literary and artistic creation.In May and June, the central and local governments successively held propaganda work conferences, and non-Party people were also invited to participate in the hope that they would give some opinions to leaders at all levels. The purpose was nothing more than to promote democracy and strengthen unity.The words were still ringing in my ears, and soon it became a national mass movement to counter the rampant attacks of the rightists.At that time, fearing that people would not release them or not release them enough, a theory of "leading snakes out of their holes" and so-called "fishing" appeared, trying every means to guide them to speak more from their hearts. The "Anti-Rightist" struggle lasted for two or three years (including rectification remedial classes), and I don't know how many people "came out of the hole" and "take the bait"!

At the beginning of the "anti-rightist movement", the shocking news that Ge Peiqi of Renmin University "wanted to kill the Communist Party" was published on the prominent page of "People's Daily". Now, the guilt is inevitable, and it is really frightening enough. I am very familiar with Ge Peiqi, whose original name was Ge Panheng. He was my classmate from middle school to university, and he was also a small fellow from Pingdu County, Shandong Province.Seeing this important news, my wife and I couldn't help but be surprised. How could Ge Peiqi be an anti-party and anti-socialist extreme rightist!The two discussed in secret, but couldn't figure it out no matter what.We have a deep understanding of Ge Peiqi. He came from a hard background, worked part-time to study in middle school, relied on hard work, and was admitted to the Physics Department of Peking University with excellent academic performance. Later, he participated in the student salvation movement. Why does he want to oppose the party and socialism?As for the background, we don't know, and the more we think about it, the more confused we become, which adds to our confusion.I don’t remember on what occasion, but I revealed it a little bit, and I was hit in the head and almost fell into the quagmire.

The past is like smoke lingering in my mind. Back decades ago, I graduated from Pingdu Zhiwu Middle School and went to Huangxian Chongshi Middle School. It was about 360 miles from Pingdu to Huangxian. At that time, there were no long-distance buses, so I could only walk or walk "Hire feet" (hire a small donkey); generally there is a post station within 25 to 30 miles.On the main traffic line, many people make a living by "driving feet", and they come and go constantly. I used this kind of transportation to go to Huangxian County. The "foot power" at one stop was two or three shangqian (about 100 copper coins).Didn't go smoothly, "chicken sound Maodian month", so I got up early and packed my luggage to catch up.Due to her poor family, Ge Peiqi was unable to "hire a foot", so she picked up the bedroll with a small pole and walked 360 miles to Huang County.This kind of hard-working spirit has aroused the praise and admiration of the students.

He worked part time to maintain his studies.He rings the bell as a "command" to wake up early and turn off the lights in the evening in the boys' dormitory, so people jokingly call him "supervisor".Ge Peiqi always likes to take the initiative to act in any cultural activities in the school. Shandong Bangzi, Mao Zhuang Guner (a small opera in his hometown) and Shuanghuang come together, so he is quite "famous" among his classmates.Ge Peiqi is such a young student who is simple, honest, hardworking, kind-hearted and enjoys himself. At that time, the Northern Expeditionary Army had arrived in Shandong, and the Kuomintang government ordered all private middle schools to file a case before recognizing their legal status; Chongshi Middle School was run by the church, and the Americans refused to file a case, so the students made a big fuss by commemorating the "May 3rd" Jinan tragedy. The field, the school came to a standstill.There was still a year left in high school, so I went to Peking and was admitted to Datong Middle School in the third year of senior high school to continue my studies. In 1931, I was admitted to the Chinese Department of Peking University.Later, Ge Peiqi went to Chongshi Middle School in Beiping, where she still worked part-time and worked in an iron factory near the school.Then he was admitted to the Physics Department of Peking University, and we became classmates again.

In the "September 18th" Incident in 1931, Japanese imperialism invaded Northeast China and North China, and the Kuomintang retreated step by step under the non-resistance policy of "safety at home first, then fight against foreign countries". The current situation was extremely turbulent.Hu Shi's theory of "saving the country by reading books" has been shattered by reality, and Ge Peiqi has also moved from the laboratory to the streets, calling for the anti-Japanese and national salvation.Because of his hard work and excellent academic performance, he was elected as the vice chairman of the Peking University Student Union, and later joined the Chinese National Liberation Vanguard (referred to as the "Minist Pioneers"); soon, he became a professional revolutionist.I left Peiping in May 1935. After experiencing the "December 9th" and "December 16th" student movements, the "Double Twelve Incident", the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japan and the three-year War of Liberation, I have experienced the situation of Ge Peiqi. I don't know much about it; but I firmly believe that he must have made due contributions in the revolutionary camp to save the nation.

The whole country was liberated in 1949, and Qingdao, the last stronghold of the Kuomintang in Shandong, was also declared liberated on June 2.I was an army representative when I took over Shandong University with the army.During the summer vacation of this year, Ge Peiqi and his wife Zhu Xiuling went to Qingdao. An old classmate Qu Shuhui (professor of the Zoology Department of Shanda University) from Huangxian Chongshi Middle School accompanied them to meet me.When the old man reunited, he felt more cordial, and learned that he had infiltrated the Kuomintang army to do intelligence work, first in Henan and then in the Northeast.I persuaded him to stay and teach in the Physics Department of Shandong University. Zhu Xiuling was a little tempted, thinking that they were old classmates, easy to get along with, and close to home, so it was convenient to visit.But Ge Peiqi must go to Peiping, saying that it is to find organizational connections.It was inconvenient to stay, so I had to let them go.Later, I learned that he was teaching at the famous Tongxian Normal University, and was soon transferred to Renmin University.Unexpectedly, with a thunderbolt, he was labeled as an extreme rightist. The hardships of life are naturally self-evident.

The ten years of the "Cultural Revolution" made things worse, and the new and old accounts were counted together, and Ge Peiqi was thrown into the 18th hell!After smashing the "Gang of Four", he first appealed to the Party Committee of Renmin University, where he worked, but there was no result. Years of injustice can only be rehabilitated.Why is he so indomitable and persevering to the end?It is nothing more than self-confidence that you will be upright throughout your life and have no ghosts in your heart; at the same time, you believe in the party and the masses.In addition, there are many old classmates of Peking University who enthusiastically help and give advice.

At first, I heard Li Xin, Sun Sibai and other comrades introduce Ge Peiqi's situation in detail, so that I was able to connect it back and forth and understand the whole picture of his life in more detail. In February of this year, when I came back from Japan, a manuscript by Ge Peiqi had already been sent to my home.I immediately wrote back to him, briefly reporting on the current situation; a few days later, he sent an enthusiastic letter and asked me to write a "preface" for his manuscript; because of my deep knowledge, I naturally agreed.The past is as vivid as it is now, and we are all in our old age. I am really moved. I read it carefully. The full text is in chronological order, narrated in a straightforward manner, only talking about historical facts, and rarely making any comments. This is also to let the facts come true Speak.He has clearly explained the ins and outs of the struggle for the party that has been born and died for decades.While reading, I was excited and felt very restless.

Breaking into the heart of the Kuomintang army, the lonely army goes deep, and if there is a mistake, life is in danger at any time. It is exactly what people in our hometown say, "tied your head to the waistband of your trousers".This kind of special work requires calmness, calmness, bravery, and wit. It can be said that there is nothing you can do without great courage and wisdom; but the prerequisite must be infinite loyalty to the revolution, without hesitation or wavering.In a very difficult and difficult environment, Ge Peiqi completed the tasks entrusted to him by the party from beginning to end.Through this manuscript, we can also see the arduousness and complexity of the revolutionary "triangular struggle" back then, so that readers know that the victory of the revolution was indeed hard-won.Forgetting the past is tantamount to betrayal; looking forward to the future, we can only use the past and the present as a foothold, not empty, let alone do whatever we want.I hope readers will keep in mind our fine revolutionary traditions and make due achievements for the construction of the socialist "four modernizations".

A good comrade like Ge Peiqi, who came from a hard life, has upright roots, is loyal, and has always fought for the just cause of the party and the people, has been woven into a "crime" on unwarranted charges and has been wronged for decades. This can only be said In doom or tragedy of the times. The dark clouds have dissipated, facing the bright spring now, old comrades like Ge Peiqi who "survived after the catastrophe" should live a good old age, right?I hope so.As an old classmate, I would like to wish him and his family well.