Tan Zheng is one of the ten founding generals, he can wen and wu, in one sentence to describe it most appropriately, that is: Wen can mention the pen to settle the world, and Wu can go to Ma Ding Qiankun. As a soldier, Tan Zheng had a magnificent life and experienced countless life and death tests, such as the Nanchang Uprising, the 25,000-mile Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the War of Liberation. In addition to killing the enemy in battle, Tan Zheng's literary ability was also outstanding, he wrote a good article, and he served as Chairman Mao's first secretary, and Chairman Mao praised people and said: "Tan Zheng, talk about politics!" ”
Tan Zheng's life is full of legends, but his marriage is very bumpy, Tan Zheng's wife is named Chen Okra, is also one of the ten generals Chen Geng's fourth sister, the two people from childhood plum bamboo horses, love each other, the elders of the family see the children's minds, but also feel that the two people are born a pair, it has completed their good relationship. Unfortunately, soon after the marriage, Tan Zheng joined the army with his eldest brother Chen Geng, and Chen Okra was worried at home and died tragically. After Chen Okra died of illness, Tan Zheng has been immersed in the thought of his deceased wife, and has not remarried for thirteen years.
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In front of the Yuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan Province, there is such a couplet: Only Chu has material, Yu Si is sheng, which means that since ancient times, Chudi has been a treasure land where talents and heroes gather. In Xiangxiang, Hunan, there is a place called Longdong Township, where the peaks and peaks are stacked, the valley is deep and beautiful, especially in particular, there is also a mysterious dragon cave that stretches for 4 kilometers, the dragon cave runs through the majestic mountains, since ancient times, I don't know how to lie quietly here for thousands of years.
Zhong LingYuxiu, the aura of heaven and earth mountains and rivers are condensed here, naturally will give birth to many excellent characters, the beautiful mountains and rivers of Longdong Township, raised generations of Longdong people, but also out of Chen Geng, Tan Zheng two founding generals. Chen Geng's hometown is in Quanhu Village, Longdong Township, and Nanzhushan Village, which is only seven or eight miles away from Quanhu Village, is Tan Zheng's hometown. The fate of Tan Zheng and Chen Geng is somewhat wonderful, they are not only fellow villagers, but good brothers who have known each other since childhood, comrades-in-arms who have joined hands and shoulders, and a layer of in-law relationship.
Chen Geng's grandfather was named Chen Yiqiong, "young from Rong to become rich as an official, good at war was heard at that time", Chen Yiqiong loved to dance knives and guns when he was young, and defected to the Xiang army of Zeng Guofan, making outstanding military achievements, and the official worshiped Hua Ling as a deputy general, and was crowned "General Wuxian". Chen Yiqiong's wife Liu Shi died of illness after giving birth to her second son, and he remarried a woman in the army surnamed Xiong, a strange woman who was good at riding and shooting and could do martial arts, did not give birth to a son and a half daughter, and regarded the children and grandchildren of the Chen family as his own.
After the Sino-Japanese War, Chen Yiqiong resigned from his post and returned to seclusion, bringing back some savings, Chen Geng's father Chen Shaochun used this money to purchase more than 300 acres of land and carefully manage it, and the Chen family was a well-known big family in the local area. Chen Geng's grandfather was idle, and he liked to teach his grandson Chen Geng to practice martial arts, Chen Geng remembered that when he was a child, he always had an eighty-pound knife at home, and under the influence of his grandfather, Chen Geng was strong and healthy from an early age, and he was proficient in sticks, fists and feet.
Chen Geng
The Chen family and the Tan family have been friends for three generations, Chen Geng's grandfather and Tan Zheng's grandfather are friends with Mo Rebellion, Chen Geng's grandfather Shanwu, Tan Zheng's grandfather Shanwen, is a late Qing Xiucai, likes to dance and ink, the Tan family is a family of scholars, after Tan Zheng's grandfather died, the family was dominated by Tan Zheng's father Tan Run District. Although Tan Run district is a primary school teacher, his thinking is very old-fashioned, he can't accept the new school education, and he has always let his son study in his carefully selected traditional private school.
Tan Zheng's mother Wen Shi had a total of 2 sons and 6 daughters, Tan Zheng was the eldest son in the family, and his father originally gave Tan Zheng the name Tan Shiming, from this name, we can see the father's expectations, or the traditional idea of feudal society that hopes that his son will study and study, and honor his ancestors.
Chen Geng was originally named Chen Shukang, born in 1903, Tan Zheng was born in 1906, three years younger than Chen Geng, the Tan family's private school is famous in the local area, Chen Geng also studied in the Tan family's private school, so the two became the same window. At that time, they were all carefree teenagers, Chen Geng was naughty and active, Tan Zheng was quiet and elegant, the life in the private school was not to memorize ancient texts every day, or to read ancient poems, and the back would not be beaten and punished, Chen Geng was born free, he was not accustomed to this ancient teaching method of private school, often engaged in pranks, every day after school, Chen Yi took Tan Zheng out to be naughty and mischievous, either going down the river to touch fish, or digging bird nests on the mountain.
Regarding his life in the private school, Chen Geng later recalled: "I studied at an early age and was naughty and mischievous. My romance, untrimmed, has been like this since I was a child."
Chen Geng's grandfather was very enlightened, after graduating from a private school, with the full support of his grandfather, he was admitted to the famous Dongshan Academy, which was also the place where Chairman Mao studied when he was a teenager, Chen Geng received a new-style education in school, and gradually grew from a peasant child to a young man with lofty aspirations who took the rise and fall of the world as his own responsibility, and his thinking slowly influenced his childhood playmate Tan Zheng.
Tan Zheng originally wanted to enter the Dongshan Academy like Chen Geng's eldest brother after graduation, but his father Tan Runqu resolutely disagreed, and he did not allow his son to enter the reformed Dongshan Academy, nor did he allow his son to enter the middle school in the provincial city. After the Xinhai Revolution, Tan Zheng's private school was changed to a new type of junior high school, Tan Run District was bent on letting his son continue to receive traditional education in the orthodox private school, and when he heard that the Chen family's private school had not yet been abolished, he sent his son to the Chen family's private school to study, because the round trip was far away, Tan Run District let his son use the Chen family.
Former residence of Chen Geng
Tan Zheng was originally a hundred reluctant, but Chen Geng's grandfather treated him as well as his own grandson, chen Geng's fourth sister Chen Okra was also very good with this new brother, and the unnatural nature of Tan Zheng's sending people soon disappeared and integrated into the new family of the Chen family. The old man loves to be lively, and Chen Yiqiong often happily said to his family: "Shu Kang went out to study, fortunately, the world name came, and I have another eldest grandson."
At that time, Tan Zheng was ten years old, Chen Okra was seven years old, as its name suggests, okra was like an autumn sunflower, when he laughed, his body was full of the smell of sunshine, and the vigorous look made Tan Zheng feel extra warm when he first arrived.
When Tan Zheng came on the first day, Okra happily pulled him to see the study specially prepared for him at home, and saw that the study had been cleaned up and clean and spotless, Tan Zheng said happily: "This backyard is quiet and quiet, but it is really a good place to read." ”
Worried that this new brother was not used to living in his own home, Okra explained Tan Zheng again: "Brother Shiming, don't see outside when you study in my home, what you want to eat and drink, although tell me that Grandpa treats you as his grandson, and his father also treats you as his son, and when my brother returns from Dongshan Academy, you will play together faster." ”
"Concubine hair first covered forehead, folding flowers in front of the door drama." Lang rode a bamboo horse and went around the bed to get green plums. "The relationship between Tan Zheng and Chen Okra, as the great poet Li Bai wrote in the poem, is a real green plum bamboo horse, two small guesses. Okra always likes to circle around this new brother, okra is a girl, can not go to school like a boy, she is very envious of her brothers, Tan Zheng understands okra's thoughts, he gave her a little teacher, taught okra to recite Tang poems and Song words, and also took her to practice writing brush characters, Tan Zheng's brush words are very beautiful, okra followed this clever teacher, the words are also written in a similar way.
Tan Zheng, 23 years old
Chen Geng came back from school at Dongshan Academy, saw that Okra sister and Tan Zheng were so good, and pretended to be jealous, joking with his sister: "Fourth sister, the eldest brother is not easy to come back for a trip, and now that the family has the company of the world-famous brother, he is not intimate with the eldest brother." When Okra heard her brother say that she had hit her own heart, her face turned red and she lowered her head in embarrassment.
When Chen Geng was at home, he would tell Tan Zheng about the novelties in the school, saying that there were not only Chinese language classes, but also mathematics classes, English classes, and military classes, Tan Zheng had already felt extremely boring when he read ancient Chinese every day, and he heard that there were so many interesting courses in Dongshan Academy, just like discovering a new continent, and couldn't help but say: "Brother Shu Kang, I also want to enter Dongshan Academy, but my father won't let me." Chen Geng listened and comforted Tan Zheng, asking his grandfather and father to find a way to let him go to the Dongshan Academy.
Time is like a shuttle, soon Tan Zheng finished three years of private school to go home, these three years Tan Zheng has become the best playmate of okra, and now to leave, okra is naturally clinging to it: "Brother Shiming, you are going back to Nanzhu Mountain, there will be no one to play with me in the future." Tan Zheng comforted her: "Sister Okra, don't be sad, I will come back to see you often in the future." ”
After Tan Zheng returned home, he repeatedly proposed to his father to enter the Dongshan Academy, tanrun district has always refused on the grounds of the family's economic difficulties, and in the midst of bitterness, Tan Zheng can only write a letter to Okra to talk about it. When Tan Run District first saw the little girl of Okra, she felt that she knew Dali, and in order to let her son stay at home with peace of mind, Tan Run District entrusted someone to go to the Chen family to propose to her. Chen Yiqiong had already seen her granddaughter's thoughts, so she gladly agreed, and Tan Zheng and Chen Okra were betrothed in this year.
Tan Zheng is on the campus of the Red Army University in Zhidan County, northern Shaanxi
Tan Zheng became the son-in-law of the Chen family, grandpa Chen Yiqiong will be the master of Tan Zheng, he knows that the child must go out to study, in the future can have a big show, but unfortunately grandpa soon fell ill, before his death, Chen Yiqiong instructed his family that he must let Tan Zheng enter Dongshan School to study.
Chen Shaochun came forward and handled the entrance examination procedures for Tan Zheng, and Tan Run District put forward a condition, that is, to let Tan Zheng and Chen Okra be married before entering the school, in this way, the 17-year-old Tan Zheng ushered in the two happy events of "cave room flower candles, gold list title".
After the new marriage, Chen Okra once again experienced the pain of parting, she knew that Tan Zheng's ambitions were ambitious, even if she was very reluctant, she still sent her husband out of the house with a smile.
In the three years of Dongshan Academy, he completely changed Tan Zheng's thinking, although after graduation he became a primary school teacher at home according to his father's wishes, with a good income and the company of his wife, Tan Zheng's heart has been doing a fierce ideological struggle, and he does not want to be like Chen Geng's eldest brother all the time, throwing pen from Rong and serving the country.
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After graduating from Dongshan Academy, Chen Geng was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy, and then joined the Northern Expeditionary Army, Chen Geng has never forgotten his brother-in-law Tan Zheng, in 1926, Chen Geng served as the commander of the special service battalion of the Northern Expeditionary Army, he wrote a letter to Tan Zheng to go back, encouraging him to join the Northern Expedition.
Chen Geng was the first guide on Tan Zheng's life path, and after the 1955 award ceremony, Chen Geng, who had always been humorous, joked with Tan Zheng: "Your pole is even more powerful than the gun!" Tan Zheng replied: "If there was no guidance from the eldest brother, I might still be writing a pedantic eight-strand text on this pole." ”
Tan Zheng's heart has long flown out, the only reluctance is the wife at home, because he knows that once he is gone, Okra a woman, the life at home will become very sad, Okra sees Tan Zheng's dilemma, since marrying into the Tan family, her only wish is to love her husband to the old age, she does not want her husband to go, but still pretends to calmly comfort Tan Zheng and said: "Brother Shiming, you don't have to stay at home, go away with confidence, go out and do a lot, in order to become a man who stands tall in the sky." ”
From the beginning of Tan Zheng's study, the elders of the Chen family gave him selfless support, bent on allowing him to have a great deed in the future, Tan Zheng's heart, the okra who grew up together from childhood knows better than anyone, and now how can she tie her husband to the house for the sake of her children's love? Okra's words dispelled tan zheng's worries, and it was precisely because of okra's profound righteousness that there was a future founding general Tan Zheng.
A few days later, two officers with strange faces came to Nanzhushan Village, they were specially sent by Chen Geng to pick up Tan Zheng to join the army, to join the army, Tan Zhengming knew that his father would not agree, only told Okra, Tan Run District has been in the dark.
Tan Zheng (first from right)
The two officers made their intentions clear: "Commander Chen sent us to pick up his brother-in-law Tan Shiming and rush to Hankou, and he was not allowed to return to the camp if he could not complete the task. ”
Tan Runqu was furious when he heard this, and scolded Tan Zheng for not filial piety, Tan Zheng had already made up his mind, no matter how much his father made trouble, he must go. Tan Runqu saw that his son had eaten the scales and iron heart, so he went to his relative Chen Shaochun Xingshi to ask for guilt: "Your son Chen Geng has disobeyed, and now he wants to take care of your son-in-law as a soldier and send him to death. ”
The Chen family's thinking was originally different from Tanrun District, for Chen Geng's behavior, his grandfather and father are understanding and supportive, in the face of the fierce Tanrun District, Chen Shaochun said calmly: "Children want to go out to do a big cause, although we as elders can't help much, but we can't drag our legs." You take a world name, I, the eldest son Chen Geng is gone, the second and third elders have also gone, even the two daughters-in-law have also gone to the revolution, I did not stop one. ”
Chen Shaochun and his wife gave birth to a total of 6 boys and 4 women, the eldest son died prematurely, the second son Chen Geng was the de facto eldest son, under the influence of Chen Geng, his younger brothers Chen Liang, Chen Bahuang, and Chen Wenxin all participated in the revolution one after another. Chen Shaochun's words were true, and Tan Runqu had nothing to say for a while.
On the day of departure, Okra felt as if she had a thousand words to say in her heart, but she couldn't say a word, so she handed the bag containing the change of clothes to Tan Zheng's hand and told him: "When you go out, you must take good care of your body, don't let yourself be hungry and frozen." Tan Zheng comforted his wife and said, "Elder Brother Chen Geng has arranged everything over there, you don't have to worry, I will write to you back later." ”
In this way, Tan Zheng and Okra were separated, but neither of them expected that this would be a farewell. After Tan Zheng arrived in Hankou, he served as a clerk in the second company of Chen Geng's barracks, Tan Zheng went out for the first time, and he was not familiar with life, fortunately, there was a careful Chen Geng who took care of his brother-in-law everywhere.
After settling in, Tan Zheng wrote a letter to his wife to go back to report that he was safe:
Brother Chen Geng had not seen Sister Kui for many years, and he smelled that his health was not good, and Brother Chen Geng was extremely worried about his sister. Before joining the army, I had already reported the name of 'Tan Zheng' that we had agreed upon, and from then on, my name would be changed to Tan Zheng, and I would no longer be called the feudal Tan Shi name. Okay? ...... After leaving, I still think of your weak body and many diseases, I hope not to be too tired, and pay attention to health care. ”
In the letter to Okra, Tan Zheng called her Aoi's wife, signed as "Brother Tan Zheng", from this signature, it can be seen that Tan Zheng and Okra grew up together, and his feelings for Okra are both husband and wife, and also have the same kind of pity for his sister as Chen Geng.
When Tan Zheng was at home, he discussed his new name with his wife: Tan Zheng, and now he wrote a letter to tell his wife that he had changed his name, although it was only a small matter, but it could be seen that the husband and wife had a heart to heart.
Tan Zheng is most relieved that Okra is weak and sickly, and it is precisely this that makes this loving couple separated from this time. Tan Zheng first participated in the Autumn Harvest Uprising, went to Jinggangshan, and later participated in the Long March, and the severe revolutionary situation made it impossible for him to contact his family anymore.
The husband has no news, Okra endures the pain of lovesickness for many years, her health is not good, and she has to take care of all the housework alone, Tanrun District has no news of her son, and her resentment is also vented on her daughter-in-law: "It is because of your eldest brother, the world name that ran out to become a soldier."
At that time, Okra's father was arrested and imprisoned several times because his sons participated in the revolution, and under the worry, Okra finally fell ill, and in the last moments of her life, her only comfort was the letter that Tan Zheng had sent back, and she took it out to read it over and over again.
I didn't expect that the moments that were once so happy, such a beautiful time, would be so short, like a flash in the pan, when her husband wanted to travel for the ideal, she could not stop it, she could only pretend to be strong and say goodbye to him, who knew that from now on, when she could no longer look forward to reunion, this life was destined to be the last face. "Life should be returned, death should be Sauvignon Blanc." If she can continue to live in this world, she will definitely continue to wait for her husband to return, and if she unfortunately dies, she will miss him forever.
Later, Tan Zheng asked his family's wife about her dying, and the family told him that before she swallowed her breath, she had been holding the letter he had written with her hands tightly on her chest, because this was the last thought that her husband had left for her. Hearing this, Tan Zheng, who has experienced countless life and death tests, can't help but burst into tears, in his heart, Okra is an eternal virtuous wife.
After okra died, Tan Zheng's heart has been thinking about his deceased wife, single for 13 years has not remarried, when others introduce him to the object, Tan Zheng always refuses on the grounds that he has been married.
As the eldest brother Chen Geng, Tan Zheng has always been alone, and has repeatedly advised him: "The okra girls have been gone for more than ten years, so many years you alone are not easy, you should come out of sadness, find a partner to start a new life." It was not until 1937 that Tan Zheng, with the cooperation of his comrades-in-arms, married Wang Changde, a lively and cheerful "sister of northern Sichuan" in the Red Army, in Yan'an.
In the chaotic world, the parting of a helpless couple like Tan Zheng and Okra is staged every day. To pursue their own ideals and serve the country, they must not only live and die, but also endure the pain of parting with their families and lovers. "Ten years of life and death are vague, do not think, unforgettable", Tan Zhengda spent thirteen years of time, returned okra to a piece of affection for herself, presumably she in another world, will also hope that the rest of his life can find new happiness.