One day in 2011, a septuagenarian in Guangdong came to the local government with an IOU, and the staff took a breath of cool air after reading the IOU, not only because the IOU has a history of seventy-seven years, but also the content, if it is returned according to the interest and interest, the local government needs to pay more than three trillion yuan. What's going on here? Where did the IOU in the old man's hand come from? Why did it take seventy-seven years for redemption, and how should the government repay it?
In the face of such a sky-high IOU, the government staff also dare not be careless, immediately reported the matter to the leader, the government leader in order to verify the authenticity of the IOU, specially organized the relevant experts to identify, after verification, the old man in the hands of this IOU is true, then the debtor should pay back according to the content of the IOU, soon, the sky-high price IOU incident caused a local sensation, with more and more people paying attention, a period of old history was solved.
The old man who took the sky-high price IOU to the government was called Liang Shiwei, who lived in Datou Village, Guangdong Province, and as Liang Shiwei grew older and had no ability to work, he relied on the low security issued by the state to maintain his life on weekdays. In 2011, Liang Shiwei just had a peaceful and happy Spring Festival, but the festive atmosphere of the New Year did not last for a few days, Liang Shiwei was worried, because the old house he lived in had been a hundred years old, in disrepair everywhere, there was no money to find someone to repair, helplessly he dragged his elderly body to climb up to the roof, when he opened the roof tiles, a small box suddenly appeared in front of him, driven by curiosity, Liang Shiwei opened the box, which contained a sheepskin wallet from the Republic of China period. Due to the good quality of the well-preserved so far, after opening the wallet, he took out a yellowed note from the inside, opened it to see that it was an IOU.
The IOU reads: "Now borrowed from Dajingtou Village Hongwen Third Sister White Rice Thirty-Eight Buckets seventy pounds, Ocean 5,000 yuan, 8 gold bars, each 1 two, to be repaid by the local county government after victory, pay two points of interest", the time is December 29, 33 years of the Republic of China, the borrower is "Li Zhaopei of the Third Squadron of the New Crane People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Brigade". The third sister of Hongwen mentioned in this IOU is Liang Shiwei's third aunt, and in that era there was no monogamy system, so men could also marry three and four concubines, but the family with such conditions was either rich or expensive, which showed that Liang Shiwei's father was not an ordinary person.
Liang Shiwei's father is called Liang Hongwen, this person's life can be described as legendary, he was born in a poor family, from childhood to live a hungry life, in order to be able to fill the stomach, Liang Hongwen went out to work at a young age, because he was too young to understand the sinister heart, when he applied for a job, he was targeted by bad people, and finally was abducted to the United States to do hard work, during this period he suffered all kinds of torture, it is precisely because of this experience, which has trained Liang Hongwen's smooth character, and later with a clever mind, he made a lot of money in the United States After becoming a rich man, the first thing he did was to find ways to return to China, after all, no matter how good the moon in foreign countries was, it was not as round as his hometown.
In this way, Liang Hongwen took a steamship with a huge fortune and returned to his hometown of Guangdong, where he had a heart and mind, but his hometown had long been a man, and his relatives were no longer there, so he settled in Dajingtou Village, and then bought a house and bought land, overnight there was a rich man In the local area, Liang Hongwen, after having a house and land, he married 6 wives successively, and the third sister of Hongwen mentioned in the IOU was Liang Hongwen's third aunt, and Liang Shiwei's birth mother was the sixth aunt, and the sixth aunt gave birth to Liang Shiwei when Liang Hongwen was 80 years old, but according to the rules, Liang Shiwei must be raised by mrs. Zhangjia, because the eldest aunt and second aunt in the family have died, and the third aunt is in charge of the Liang family, so Liang Shiwei has lived with the third aunt since childhood. Liang Hongwen's third aunt is a very business-minded woman, since taking over the Liang family, both the family and the industry are well-organized, so they also have the title of "Third Sister".
At that time, it was in the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the iron hooves of the Japanese army stepped into the provinces of China, the life of the people was miserable, where there was oppression, there was resistance, and soon young and promising young people everywhere organized anti-Japanese guerrillas to fight against the Japanese army, and Liang Yuejiao, the daughter of Liang Shiwei's second brother, also joined the anti-Japanese team.
At that special period, the comrades of the guerrillas also had a very difficult life, because of the shortage of food, many comrades in the guerrillas also had no food to eat, so Liang Yuejiao had to borrow grain from Liang Wensan's sister to solve the urgent need. Although Liang Wensanjie was a female class and could not go into battle to kill the enemy, she had a patriotic heart, and in the face of the guerrillas' request, she did not hesitate to let the housekeeper take out sixty pounds of white rice at home, but the guerrillas were also disciplined, and could not take a needle and a thread from the masses for free.
After this, the comrades of the guerrillas came to Liang's house several times, and Liang Wensan's sister also poured out her help, and the IOU mentioned at the beginning also occurred during this period. The comrades of the guerrillas did not come back to the Liang family to borrow things, and the IOU was also personally kept by Hongwen Sanjie, in order not to let other aunts borrow the topic to play, nor did they want the comrades of the guerrillas to have psychological baggage, Hongwen Sanjie hid the IOU in the tiles of the roof, and the comrades of the Eighth Route Army did not disclose the fact that the Liang family lent grain to the Eighth Route Army in order not to bring trouble to the Liang family.
Later, after the end of the war, the landlord was suppressed, as the richest local Liang family was not spared, Hongwen Third Sister was the master of the Liang family, was tied up by the Five Flowers to the public trial meeting to criticize the fight, but she never revealed her loan of grain to the Eighth Route Army, after experiencing this incident, Hongwen Third Sister became more and more physically ill, and died of illness soon after. Since the death of Hongwen's third sister, the Liang family has also declined, and Liang Shiwei, who is only a teenager, cannot stand in Dajingtou Village, so he has to choose to go out to make a living, and only after many years has he returned to his hometown.
In 2009, when Liang Shiwei was cleaning the ancestral tablet, he found the IOU hidden in the tablet, this IOU is not the sky-high IOU mentioned at the beginning, but a note of sixty pounds of white rice, Liang Shiwei took this IOU to the government, the government verified that the IOU was true and exchanged, in view of the fact that Liang Shiwei is a low-income family, life is not rich, the local government gave him a one-time compensation of 20,000 yuan in cash.
After Liang Shiwei got this money, the first thing to do was to renovate the roof of the old house that leaked everywhere, and under the tiles of the roof he found an IOU, compared to the previous IOU, Liang Shiwei preferred to get the reward of this IOU, not only because of the huge property, but because there was such a sentence at the end of this IOU: "It is recommended that the third sister of Hongwen be treated as a revolutionary family, and her descendants must be protected and cared for." This sentence was added by the guerrilla who wrote the IOU at that time, not only to the gratitude of Hongwen Sanjie, but also to her recognition and affirmation of supporting the revolution, if this IOU is confirmed, then it will be of great significance to Liang Shiwei, both to get corresponding compensation, but also to justify the name of Hongwen Sanjie.
In order to verify the authenticity of the IOU, the relevant departments first found Liang Xianxiao, the daughter of Hongwen Sanjie, in Liang Xianxiao's memory, the mother Hongwen Sanjie did lend grain and money to the Eighth Route Army many times, and the things on this sky-high price IOU were not lent out at one time but many times, and the last time the other party wrote this IOU.
Later, the staff found the borrower Li Zhaopei's home, but unfortunately Li Zhaopei had died many years ago, fortunately his wife Jian Huixian was in good health, she told the staff that she had been an underground worker in Dajingtou Village, during the War of Resistance, the guerrillas always looked for Hongwen Sanjie to borrow money to borrow materials, and also said that as long as there was Hongwen Sanjie in the family, they would support it, and hearing the answer of the old man Jian Huixian, the staff knew that this IOU was basically true, and the two IOU before and after comparison, it was indeed written by the same person. Since this IOU is genuine, how can the government repay it?
This sky-high IOU is not as simple as the first one, the number of the first IOU is not large, the local government has enough authority to deal with it, and the final result of the processing can reach the satisfaction of both parties, but this sky-high IOU involves too much amount, if it is in accordance with the provisions of the arrears, then the government finally needs to repay Liang Shiwei more than three trillion yuan, this figure is already higher than the GDP of some provinces at that time, even if the government wants to return it truthfully, it has no power.
In the end, the Liang family proposed to give appropriate compensation, but this is also to make the relevant departments embarrassed, how much appropriate compensation is appropriate, only to give the principal, according to the price at that time, the material donated by Hongwen Sanjie is worth more than five million, and now seventy-seven years have passed, the purchasing power of prices has changed dramatically, and the five million at that time has been converted to the present, which is also a huge wealth. If it is only a symbolic compensation, it is bound to cause dissatisfaction, after all, the Liang family once wholeheartedly supported the revolution, and finally did not even get the principal, which is also unreasonable, if it is repaid according to the original price, where should such a large amount of money come from? These are all issues that need to be considered, and the state does not have clear rules and regulations on how to deal with the IOU before the founding of the country, and the local government does not have any precedents to refer to, so this sky-high IOU has not been solved accordingly.
Although the matter of the IOU has not been resolved, the Liang family has also gained, Liang Wensanjie has been named, and her deeds have been widely circulated, so that more people know the selfless dedication she has made to the Chinese revolution.
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