Chapter 74 Eleven amnesty

have their own future. I will never forget the jubilant scene caused by Chairman Mao's proposal and Chairman Liu's amnesty order. After the announcer finished his last sentence, there was a short silence in front of the broadcaster, and then there was an explosion caused by cheers, slogans and applause, as if ten thousand whips were lit at the same time, and the ringing was continuous and non-stop. From this moment on the morning of September 18, the whole staff could not calm down. The war criminals talked a lot.Some say that the party and the government always say that one is one and that two is two.Some said, now there is a rush.Some said that after running for a long time, the day to go out will come.Some said that the amnesty should be done in batches, first and then later.Some said that maybe all of them went out together.Some said that in the first batch there must be so-and-so, so-and-so....However, more people understand that amnesty depends on the performance of changing from evil to doing good, so many people have some regrets about their recent lax tendencies.At the same time, some people verbally "modestly" say that they are not up to standard, but secretly arrange their clothes, burn waste notebooks, and throw away worn socks.

During the break, the courtyard was noisy.I heard Lao Yuan say to Lao Xian: "Who will be in the first batch?" "Is it okay to win an award in this academic performance competition? You are very likely." "I can't. I think you can." "Me? If I go out, I will definitely go to Beijing and send you some local products from Beijing. I really want to eat Beijing candied dates." From the other side of the courtyard came the voice of Big Jaw: "If you want to let go, let it go, or if you don't let it go, don't let it go!" "You don't have confidence in yourself," someone said to him, "I'm afraid you will be left behind!"

"Leaving me?" The big chin turned red again, "Unless Pu Yi is left, otherwise he won't leave me." He was right, and I thought so too.About the next day, the deputy director asked me what I thought about the amnesty, and I said: "I think I can only be the last one, if I can change it. But I will try." Amnesty release, for ordinary prisoners, means reunion with parents and children, but this has little to do with me.My mother was long gone, my father died in 1951, and my last wife divorced me in 1956.Even if these people are still there, who among them can understand me like the people here?Counting all the people I have known in the past, who can tell me the truth of life like this one?If release means gaining freedom and "sunshine", then I want to say that it is here that I gain the sunshine of truth and the freedom to understand the world.

For me, amnesty means that I have obtained the qualifications to be a human being and started a truly meaningful new life. Not long ago, I just received a letter from Lao Wan, which said that his son who studied geology, the captain of a university mountaineering team, and his classmates arrived in Tibet after conquering the snow peaks of Qilian Mountains. When the serf owners rebelled, he and his classmates immediately stood with the serfs and fought.After the rebellion subsided, he and his classmates marched towards the new Xuefeng.In Lao Wan's letters full of pride and happiness, he repeatedly mentioned that his child is growing up today, but luckily it is not the one that deserves to be cursed!day era.Today's era has opened up an infinitely bright future for his children.If it weren't for such an era, he would not have such a son, and he himself would not be where he is today. Now he is assigned to a translation department to do translation work, and has become a staff member, a builder of the socialist cause , the same as every real Chinese.He wished that I could enjoy this kind of happiness that I didn't know before with him as soon as possible.This, he believed, was what I longed for day and night. ...

One month after the amnesty decree was promulgated, we went out to visit together again with members of the No. 1 and No. 7 schools.We went to Dahuofang Reservoir again.When we visited the Dahuofang Reservoir last time in 1957, we only saw endless crowds moving in the valley. At that time, we knew from the model on the table that it would store 2.11 billion square meters of water , it can protect against the once-in-a-thousand-year flood (10,700 square meters), and at the same time irrigate 80,000 hectares of land.When we visited this time, it was a great masterpiece that had been completed for a year-a vast man-made sea unfolded in front of us. The 1,367-meter dam.Japanese war criminal and Deputy Director of the General Affairs Office of Manchukuo, Gu Hai Tadyuki, came back from this visit, and when he expressed his thoughts to all the war criminals in the club hall, he said something like this:

"Standing on the embankment of the Dahuofang Reservoir and looking around, I feel majestic. Beautiful and peaceful. I also deeply feel that this is a victory in the fight against nature. This is the pride and pride of the Chinese people who are continuing to defeat nature. Joy... Seeing such a reservoir reminds me of standing on the embankment of the Shuifeng Reservoir and looking out at it when I was the director of the general affairs department, the deputy director of the economic department, and the deputy director of the general affairs department during the Puppet Manchukuo period. At that time, I also thought it was a struggle against nature, and I was proud that only the Japanese in Asia could do such a big project in the world; it was absolutely impossible to despise the Chinese (at that time, in order to prepare for war, it was necessary There is a lot of work that can’t be done, and the forced requisition of labor is still insufficient, and there is no material, so the Dahuofang Reservoir project was cancelled.) The clothes of the Chinese workers are in tatters. I think I am a completely different kind of person compared to these people ; I look at them with arrogance as a 'great, wise, noble' person."

"The people working in the Dahuofang Reservoir, because they are full of hope, have soaring energy, selfless labor, vigorous vitality, show great pride and joy in their brows. Standing on the corner of the small embankment and looking at me, They are war criminals who have committed serious crimes against the Chinese people. Which side is right?  …” On one side are the Chinese people who "show great pride and joy in their brows", and on the other side are war criminals who have committed serious crimes.What I longed for in my heart was to break away from the latter side, lose the identity of this side, and stand on the front side, that is, the "right" side.This is the only way I have found out after ten years of thinking.

Ten years of experience and study have made me understand the fundamentals of right and wrong.In the past ten years, the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the confession of Japanese war criminals, China's diplomatic victory and unprecedented improvement in international reputation, the changes in the country, society, and nation, including my family and to the smallest extent, such as my own physical condition Change, all these miracles, have taken place under the leadership of the Communist Party—of which ten years ago I had nothing but prejudice, hostility, and fear.The facts of the past ten years and the history of more than one hundred years have shown me that it is the people I despise the most that determine the fate of history; it is inevitable that I will go to destruction in the first half of my life. The collapse of the reactionary forces is also inevitable.I understood what the so-called fate that Chen Baochen, Zheng Xiaoxu, Yoshioka Yasuno, and gods and Bodhisattvas could not tell me in the past was.The best destiny is the destiny that is connected with the destiny of the people.

"Whichever side is right, stand on that side." It takes courage.The amnesty gave me courage.And it's the same for everyone. We study and work harder.Many people are waiting for the next study evaluation.The tofu made by the food processing team is white and tender, the pigs in the animal husbandry team have been fed fatter, and our medical team has eliminated any errors. Even the big jaw has become more honest and has never quarreled with anyone. Another month passed.One night, the deputy director came to talk to me about the amnesty issue and asked me, "What have you been thinking for the past two months?"

I said what I thought before, and I think there are a few people who have not been transformed badly. I mentioned those from the animal husbandry group, the food processing group, and a few people who won awards in the last study competition. "It's easier for you to think of other people's strengths now." The deputy director said with a smile, "If you were included in the amnesty, what would you think?" "Impossible." I said with a smile. impossible.I went back to the house and still thought so. "What if...?" When I thought of this, I suddenly became nervous.Later, I thought, there will be in the future, and it will take a long time.In short, hope is greater.I couldn't help fantasizing, imagining that I was like Lao Wan and Xiao Rui, among ordinary people, doing ordinary things. I fantasized that I might be assigned by the labor department to a medical unit as a medical assistant. Just like what was described in the newspapers... But it will take a long time, until the people approve me and admit that I am one of them.Thinking about the future happiness, I can hardly even sleep with the party.

The next day, we were notified of the assembly. We walked into the club hall and saw the huge red banner on the stage. My breath became short of breath.The horizontal drape reads: "Fushun War Criminals Management Center Amnesty Conference". On the stage were representatives of the Supreme People's Court, the two directors and some others.The audience is quiet, it seems that the sound of heartbeat can be heard. After the chief had a brief talk, the representative of the Supreme People's Court walked to the podium, took out a piece of paper, and read: "Aixinjueluo Puyi!" My heart beat violently.I walked up to the stage and only heard the above read: Before I finished listening, I was crying bitterly.Fatherland, my fatherland, you made me a man! ...