Chapter 124 Grief-Scraping the city wall is like peeling off a section of Beijing's city wall, just like peeling off a section of mine

In 1957, the "Anti-Rightist" movement was in full swing, and the Beijing city wall was being demolished in full swing. Beijing was full of the sound of wall destruction.One day, Liang Sicheng went into the city to have a look, and found that Di'anmen had disappeared, and Guang'anmen also disappeared. He heard that Guangqumen was being demolished, so he rushed there, only to find that there was only one city tower and one gate left.The city-destroying army is marching on Beijing's last two gates—Chongwenmen and Xizhimen—the last two gates with urn walls in 1957.Liang was in tears, and he wanted to go to Zhou Enlai: "Tearing down a tower in Beijing is like cutting off a piece of my flesh; tearing down a section of Beijing's city wall is like peeling off a layer of skin from me!"

During the Great Leap Forward, Yang Zenghua, a deputy army commander who was disarmed and returned to the fields many years ago, specially ran from the countryside of Hubei to Beijing. He found Zhu De and said, "Commander-in-chief, let me ask for an order. There is no iron smelting in the village, and there is no food in the canteen. Let the common people It’s hard work. Just give me a word, and I’ll leave.” Zhu De put his hands on his shoulders and said, “I’ll definitely report your opinion to the Party Central Committee, but none of us have the right to violate the Central Committee’s policy.” “Then I want to write a letter to the central government." Yang said, "I want to ask, who made this sharp point?" Zhu De said, "Plow your fields! I've said what I have to say."

Yu Youren missed the mainland in Taiwan and wrote a large number of poems such as "Chicken Crowing" and "National Memorial". "Chicken Crowing" says: "Fuzhou's rooster crows, Keelung can be heard. Yi people are far away from the shore, how should we not?" "Wang Yu" said: "The spirit of independence is not hurt, the wind blows the Pacific Ocean. Come to the top of Taiwu Mountain Look, the rain is wet and Shenzhou looks at my hometown." As for "National Martyrdom": "Bury me on the high mountain, look at my mainland. The mainland is invisible, I can only cry bitterly. The sky is blue, the wild is vast, on the mountain, the country has mourning. Bury me on the high mountain Come, look at my hometown. My hometown is invisible, and I will never forget it!"

During the "Cultural Revolution", Ma Jingyun, who worked in Tianjin's confiscation and implementation office, handled the implementation procedures of many older celebrities. One of them was the sixth concubine of the President of the Republic of China, Xu Shichang. Ma said: "This old lady was over 70 years old at the time. , but still amazingly beautiful, tall, with a straight waist, a pair of big and half free feet, and plain clothes, which cannot conceal the elegant demeanor of everyone. I still don't understand that the harsh years have not given her Write down the memory of the annual rings that should be written on his face." The sixth aunt's family confiscated most of the "four old" contraband, and they could only pay back the money and hand in the real objects. In addition to jade, there were more than ten calligraphy and paintings written by Xu Shichang himself. Aunt Six dared to ask for the return of the calligraphy and paintings, saying that she wanted to "keep them in mind", but she refused on the spot.

On August 27, 1966, at the climax of the "Destruction of the Four Olds", worker Chen Yanrong and his wife Liu Wancai, who lived near Peking University, were ransacked by the Red Guards of the High School Attached to Peking University, kidnapped and beaten in the school.Chen Yanrong was beaten to death late that night at the age of 37.His wife was beaten and bruised.An elderly woman was also killed at the same time as him that day.Chen's body was sent away and burned without ashes, and only Chen's family was notified to pay 28 yuan for the cremation fee.The Chen family borrowed the money only after suing for debts.One can imagine how difficult life was for Chen's six underage children. After the "Cultural Revolution", the branch of the Affiliated Middle School of the Chinese Communist Party of Peking University compensated Chen's family with 2,500 yuan.When she got the money, Chen's wife cried, "I've never seen so much money in my life. But what do I need money for? I need people."

During the "Cultural Revolution", the society was full of Red Guards, rebels, and street people, and people's every move was monitored.Yu Pingbo wanted to eat some tender peas, but he was afraid that the neighbors would find out.The old couple came up with a way to peel the peas at night covered with a sheet, rub the pea shells with their hands into fine powder at night, mix them in the ashes, and pour them out the next day.In the end, it was discovered by the garbage inspectors, and they were criticized again, scolding this reactionary academic authority for continuing to live a bourgeois life.

After Lin Huiyin passed away, Jin Yuelin said: "A poetic Qianxun Waterfall is the April sky in the world forever." Many years after Lin Huiyin's death, one day, Jin Yuelin solemnly invited some close friends to a banquet at the Beijing Hotel, and everyone was puzzled.Before the meeting, he announced: "Today is Huiyin's birthday!"