Chapter 80 epilogue

On May 22, 1965, Jinggangshan. The sky is extraordinarily blue; the mountains are extraordinarily blue.The rhododendrons all over the mountain are gently swaying under the breeze, and the winding mountain road is like a jade belt wrapped around the mountains, with winding peaks and winding paths, straight into the sky. A group of cars circled up the highway and stopped slowly at the majestic and steep Huangyangjie, which towers against the sky.Wearing a big cloak, the hale and hearty Mao Zedong stepped out of the car door and came to Huangyangjie. This is Mao Zedong's first and only return to Jinggangshan since he left Jinggangshan in 1929.

Mao Zedong came to the former site of the barracks where the Red Army lived when they guarded the outpost, inspected it carefully and murmured.Then he walked up to the top of the mountain, pointed affectionately at the peaks around Huangyangjie, and said to the people standing beside him, this is Huangyangjie! When he came to the gate of Jinggang Mountain and the outpost of that year, Mao Zedong seemed a little excited.Wang Dongxing, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security he wanted to accompany, went to see if there were any traces of the fortifications built by the Red Army back then.When he learned that the fortifications were vaguely visible, he pondered for a long time, as if he had returned to the unforgettable years of struggle... At that time, Mao Zedong led the troops to Jinggangshan with less than a thousand people, but now, Mao Zedong is a Chinese with millions of soldiers and horses. Supreme Commander of the People's Liberation Army.

Back then, Mao Zedong was only the leader of a separatist region with a radius of only a few hundred miles. Now, Mao Zedong is the leader of the People's Republic of China with an area of ​​9.6 million square kilometers. What a world-shaking change! And the starting point of this change is the place where Mao Zedong is now stepping—Jinggang Mountain. Mao Zedong's imagination was full of imagination, and his emotions were hard to restrain.Just when the group was about to leave after enjoying the natural scenery of Huangyangjie, Mao Zedong summoned Zhang Pinghua, the secretary of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, to the wooden monument to the victory of the defense of Huangyangjie, and said with great interest: "We are here Let’s take a group photo here! Keep it as an eternal memory.”

In the evening, the convoy led by Mao Zedong arrived at Ciping, the center of Jinggangshan. At this time, in Ciping surrounded by mountains, thousands of lights are like shining stars in the sky, shining and dazzling. Yesterday he was still in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, and today he arrived in Ciping, Jinggangshan. Mao Zedong was deeply moved.Back then he led troops from Liuyang, Hunan to Jinggang, but it took him more than half a month!No wonder Mao Zedong said humorously as soon as he arrived at the Jinggangshan Hotel: "This is very different from the past! At that time, the enemy was blocking the way and chasing after us. We walked desperately on two legs. It took us more than half a month to walk hundreds of miles. .This time it took two days to get to Jinggangshan by car, and it is still fast mechanization!"

Back to this haunted hometown, and back to this piece of hard-to-break hot land. Here, what Mao Zedong thought about and talked about the most was the yesterday, today and tomorrow of Jinggangshan. On May 24th, after the rain, the sky cleared up, and the mist lingered among the mountains, and the scenery was particularly beautiful. On this day, Mao Zedong was in a particularly good mood. He called Wang Dongxing and others who were accompanying him, and said to them emotionally: "It has been 38 years since I left Jinggangshan. This time I revisited my hometown, and I am full of emotions. Recalling 38 years ago I am very excited about this period of history!"

Wang Dongxing and others gave a detailed report on their visit to the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Museum.While listening, Mao Zedong talked about the struggle history of Jinggangshan with great interest: "Jinggangshan is a good mountain. It has good terrain conditions and a good mass base. Counties such as Suichuan, Ninggang, Yongxin, Lingxian, Chaling, and Lianhua all have Party activities and peasant movements. Have certain political conditions.” "At that time, our living conditions in Jinggangshan were quite difficult. We lived in a broken grass house, ate red rice, pumpkin soup, and wore a hundred clothes. We wore what we had, and there was no uniform clothing. At night, we covered Grass, wearing straw sandals on their feet. Some comrades can’t even wear straw sandals, they are barefoot. Uphill and downhill rely on two legs. All food and things are carried on two shoulders. At that time, except for a few people said Apart from making sarcastic remarks and getting emotional, most people are firm and optimistic, and their combat effectiveness is quite strong!"

"After half a year of hard work and countless battles, it has proved that the army led by the Communist Party cannot be dragged down or defeated. After several failures and twists and turns, we have gained a firm foothold in Jinggangshan, expanded and consolidated the Jinggangshan area. Revolutionary Base." "During the Agrarian Revolution, we established a rural revolutionary base in Jinggangshan, which ignited the 'armed separatism of workers and peasants. The question of how long we can fight, we answered this question with practice and persisted in the Jinggangshan struggle. The victory of the Jinggangshan struggle opened up the road to the victory of the Chinese revolution. If the Chinese revolution does not have the backing of these bases, it is impossible to win the national revolution. victory."

Time may wear away many people's memories, but when Mao Zedong talked about the Jinggangshan struggle, it was so specific and real, as if it happened yesterday. After reviewing the history, Mao Zedong seems to be summing up: "This period of history has further unified the understanding of the Red Army on the issue of establishing a revolutionary base area. However, without the support of the people in Jinggangshan, and without Jinggangshan as a rear rest area, the victory of the battle There is no guarantee. So now people say: Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base is the cradle of Chinese revolution.”

"Jinggang Mountain is worthy of being a mountain of revolution and a mountain of fighting. Without the arduous struggle of Jinggang Mountain in the past, there would be no victory for the revolution today. The victory is really bought with life!" "The cradle of Chinese revolution"; "the mountain of revolution, the mountain of battle". This is the lofty evaluation of the revolutionary base of the proletariat on Jinggangshan! During his stay in Jinggangshan, Mao Zedong also expressed his feelings and expressed his ambitions in poems, and wrote two well-known poems.One is "Water Tune Getou Revisiting Jinggangshan", the poem is magnificent and the artistic conception is profound. The lyrics say:

I have Ling Yunzhi for a long time, and I went back to Jinggangshan.Traveling thousands of miles to find the old place, the old look becomes new.There are singing and dancing everywhere, and there is even more gurgling water, and the high road leads to the clouds.After passing Huangyangjie, there is no need to look at dangerous places. The wind and thunder are moving, the flags are flying, it is the world.Thirty-eight years have passed, with a flick of a finger.You can catch the moon in the nine heavens, you can catch turtles in the five oceans, and you can talk and laugh and return with triumphant songs.Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb.

The other is "Nian Nujiao·Jinggang Mountains", which is lyrical and simple in poetry and prose: Towering thousands of trees, thousands of miles away, flying up to the strange mountains in the southern sky.What do you see when you come back to the old place? There are more towers and pavilions.In front of the Five Wells Monument, on the Huangyang boundary, the car flies like a leap.The mountains and rivers are picturesque, and the sea of ​​clouds was green in ancient times. In the past thirty-eight years, the world has changed, and it seems that the abyss of heaven has been overturned.I still remember that in the flames of war at that time, the nine deaths and one life were like yesterday.Unique pride, bright moon hanging in the sky, majestic wind and thunder.A chicken sings, and all the monsters disappear in smoke. Throughout the ages, there have been many literati and scholars who chanted mountains and waters. However, most of them sang famous mountains and rivers. Mao Zedong was also a poet. He also loved the beauty and vitality of nature. He also wrote poems and prose to praise famous mountains and rivers. However, he devoted special emotion to Jinggangshan, which is not a famous mountain and scenic spot. In addition, he wrote three poems for "Xijiangyue·Jinggangshan" written in 1928, which is really rare. This is the poet's Jinggangshan complex! This is not just the poet's Jinggangshan complex!Mao Zedong is even more a proletarian revolutionary, and his three poems are full of Jinggangshan complex of proletarian revolutionaries! Mao Zedong, who cherishes deep nostalgia for the hot land of Jinggangshan, is even more sincere for the people of Jinggangshan who have sacrificed and contributed to the establishment and development of this base area. He met the old Red Army, old Red Guards and relatives of the martyrs on the mountain, had a long conversation with them, and learned more about their lives and physical conditions. When he met the widows of the two martyrs Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo, he was very excited. He held the hands of the two old people tightly and said earnestly: "Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo are gone. They have contributed to the victory of the Chinese revolution. " The two old people who were talking in one sentence filled their eyes with tears, and said with a sob: "I never thought that you, the old man, still miss us." Those who hear it are all moved! On May 29, Mao Zedong, who stayed in Jinggangshan for a week, will leave Jinggangshan again.Before he left, he still had an unfulfilled wish: to meet the people in Jinggangshan. He asked the staff to help him realize this wish and not leave with regrets. Comrades from the local government gathered more than a thousand people from the Ciping area in less than an hour, gathered in front of the hotel, and lined up beside the road. Mao Zedong finally met the children of Jinggang! Mao Zedong once again came among the masses in Jinggangshan. Mao Zedong took the fragrance of the Jinggangshan soil and the deep affection of the children of Jinggangshan, and left Jinggangshan again reluctantly. This time, I never came back. During his stay in Jinggangshan, Mao Zedong not only recalled the past, but also thought about today and tomorrow. He talked about inheriting and carrying forward the revolutionary tradition of Jinggangshan many times: "The success of the revolution is bought by the blood and lives of many revolutionary martyrs! We should use the history of the Jinggangshan Revolution to promote the revolutionary tradition of Jinggangshan, so that the young children who will come later can understand the history of the Chinese revolution.” "Today, Jinggangshan is very different from 38 years ago in all aspects. It takes a car to go up the mountain, lives in a bungalow, eats four dishes and one soup, and wears clean and tidy clothes. It is really airy. However, I advise everyone , Live well, don’t lose the spirit of hard work, don’t lose the revolutionary spirit of Jinggangshan.” "Don't lose the revolutionary spirit of Jinggangshan", what an ardent expectation! A few years later, a leader of the Communist Party of China who had not fought in Jinggang Mountains, but had a great impact on the Chinese revolution, said the same thing again. It was 1972, and that man was named Deng Xiaoping. Deng Xiaoping was relegated to Jiangxi for three years during the "Cultural Revolution". It was not until after Lin Biao fell from power that he was able to work again on Mao Zedong's proposal.Just before his comeback, he realized a long-cherished wish for many years: to visit the Jinggangshan base area founded by Mao Zedong himself. Deng Xiaoping visited Jinggangshan for a week. Deng Xiaoping, who had experienced the hardships of the "Cultural Revolution", after learning about the history of struggle in Jinggangshan, said earnestly: "Our party is good and has hope; our people are good and have hope; our country is good. Well, there is hope." "Chairman Mao was poor in the revolution here in the past, and he is still poor now, and he will be better in the future." It was during this trip to Jinggangshan that Deng Xiaoping made it clear: "The spirit of Jinggangshan is precious and should be carried forward." In October 1989, Jiang Zemin also came to Jinggangshan. Jiang Zemin highly praised Jinggangshan and its spirit. He said: "Jinggangshan is the cradle of revolution. Chairman Mao opened up the road to the victory of the Chinese revolution in Jinggangshan. The revolutionary spirit of Jinggangshan will shine forever." "Although we no longer eat red rice and pumpkin soup every day like we did during the Jinggangshan struggle, the glorious Jinggangshan revolutionary tradition cannot be forgotten for a day." Jiang Zemin also pointed out from a high-level perspective: "The victory of the Chinese revolution cannot be separated from the spirit of Jinggangshan, and the realization of reform and opening up and the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics also need to carry forward the spirit of Jinggangshan." This is the historical contribution of Jinggangshan to the Chinese revolution. This is the meaning of the times of Jinggangshan spirit!