In the summer of 1956, Li Yunlong received a notice to go to Beijing for a meeting. At this time, Tian Yu was on vacation, so he decided to go to Beijing together. Since Zhao Gang and Feng Nan were transferred to Beijing, they had not been there.
On the day they arrived in Beijing, Zhao Gang and Feng Nan went to pick up the train at Qianmen Railway Station. As soon as the train entered the station, before it stopped, Li Yunlong poked his head out of the window and shouted cheerfully to Zhao Gang who was standing on the platform. : "Old Zhao, you bastard, you want to kill me." Zhao Gang was wearing a crisp summer tussah silk army uniform, with a major general's epaulettes, looking like a Confucian general. Feng Nan was wearing a blue and white floral Bragi. She lightly held Zhao Gang's arm and looked at the train that had just stopped with a smile in her eyes. Standing on the platform, this couple looked very outstanding. Li Yunlong and Tian Yu came down from the soft sleeper car, and the two reunited couples hugged each other after a long absence. Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang hugged each other in a manly way, with their right arms hooking each other's shoulders, and their left fists punching each other's chest. The women's embrace is the kind of wholehearted devotion, even their faces are pressed together, and they are so excited that tears welled up in their eyes. Passengers coming and going from north to south on the platform looked at the two generals and his wife in amazement. Li Yunlong originally planned to live in Zhao Gang's house. But at this moment, I still have to pretend to be polite: "Old Zhao, I want to choose a guest house closer to your home, so we can talk." Zhao Gang interrupted him: "Nonsense! I can let you live in a guest house when I come to Beijing. ? Isn’t this a curse?” “That’s so embarrassing, it’s too disturbing.” “Stop doing this, when have you ever been embarrassed?”
Zhao Gang lives in a compound of a military institution in the western suburbs. His house is also a small two-story building covered with creeper plants. The civil servants cleaned the rooms together and even gave up their own bedrooms. That night, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang drank up a bottle of Moutai, and Zhao Gang, who was already shaking, took out another bottle of Wuliangye. Li Yunlong naturally had no reason not to accompany him, so the two of you had a glass, and I drank half of the bottle, and the remaining half bottle was firmly confiscated by the two women. Once they drank too much wine, they would naturally talk more. The two men seemed to return to the old days in a daze. They used to face each other and drink with a table between them. When they got excited, Li Yunlong held the wine glass in one hand. Dragging the chair with one hand, he staggered around the dinner table and sat down next to Zhao Gang. The two of them were tearful again, shoulders shoulders and backs, calling each other brothers. Feng Nan was surprised to find that Zhao Gang, who is usually gentle and elegant, also lost his temper after drinking today, swearing and spitting out foul words, which was simply unbridled, let alone Li Yunlong. Tian Yu and Feng Nan simply left the two nonsense men in the dining room, and they went upstairs to the study to have a secret talk.
Li Yunlong raised his empty wine glass again and said, "Old Zhao. Come...do it!" "No...why is there no wine? Who the hell stole... stole our wine?" Zhao Gang was drunk in the cupboard Fumbling around: "No...that's right, it's... someone took our wine model... away, Lao Li, I, Zhao Gang, I'm sorry...I'm sorry, hello...It's hard to come here... Come to my house, I... I don't even have... wine... wine, I'm really... really sorry."
Li Yunlong is somewhat more sober than Zhao Gang: "No, just... Didn't you have... some wine just now? Why did someone... touch it away? We only drank... two... two... yes Isn’t it right? You haven’t had enough, have you?” Zhao Gang said angrily, “Damn, who… who dares to touch our things? We… the independent group has always touched other people’s things, isn’t it Lao Li? Devil... traitor, let's touch... imitate their things, huh... time for them to imitate us... ours?" Li Yunlong said: "You son of a bitch, no... not interesting, every time... I eat ready-made ones. I touch... the devil's stuff. When I come back, I don't... don't give it to you? You still...return the fucking old saying... that I violated...discipline." Zhao Gang's eyes quickened I couldn't open my mouth, but I kept saying, "Blind... nonsense, it's not us who... broke the discipline, it was the fucking devil who committed the... violation of discipline, why don't they... don't give us something... Bring it here?" Li Yunlong walked unsteadily to the faucet, filled the empty wine bottle with tap water, then walked back to fill Zhao Gang's glass and said, "I...I found wine, there is...some, open it Drink..." Zhao Gang picked up the cup and drank for a day, saying: "Good wine, once you drink it, you will...know that this is Mao... Maotai." Li Yunlong sang while drinking: "Big knife to... Huh? To whose head Are you cutting it?" Zhao Gang was lying on the table and was about to fall asleep, he muttered: "Of course...it's Chiang Kai-shek..."
In the study upstairs, Tian Yu carefully looked at the books in the bookcase and sighed: "Hey, you have saved so many books?" Feng Nan said: "I saved a lot before marriage, most of Zhao Gang's books are liberated We bought it later, and when we got married, we combined our books together, which is our biggest fortune." Tian Yu asked: "I haven't communicated much in the past few years, are you just focusing on having children? Even the old Didn't my friends inform me?" Feng Nan laughed and said, "I know you're coming, but I'm afraid the children will make noise, so I put them in the nursery. The two children are boys, and they are named after individual characters, Shan and Gao."
"This is the name of Lao Zhao. It comes from Fan Zhongyan's "You Yan Yuling Ci": the clouds and water are green, the river is fast, the wind of the husband, the mountains are high and the water is long. It seems that the two children behind, whether they are male or female , should be called Shui and Chang. I said to Lao Zhao, that Gao character is not very good. Zhao Gao has the same name as the treacherous minister who called a deer a horse. What should I do? Lao Zhao said that it doesn’t matter, just call it that. Tian Yu, before I met Lao Zhao, I never planned to have children in this life, let alone a few in a row, but you know, we women are so weird, once I fall in love with a man, I will do everything for him Do it, as long as he is willing, why not have ten children?" Tian Yu said: "I really envy you, you old Zhao has a good temper and loves others, you are really blessed. Our old Li has a violent temper and beats children every now and then. , you don’t know, he gets angry, it’s scary.” Feng Nan didn’t keep her hands idle as she spoke, she was knitting a sweater for the child, and said while knitting: “Old Zhao also got angry sometimes, but his He has strong self-control and can hold back every time. In fact, I really don’t want him to hold back, it hurts his body, and there are some irritating things. He held back and didn’t get angry, but he went home like a serious illness. I have been depressed for three days. If I let the fire out, my heart will be much lighter."
"I remember once there was a theatrical performance for Soviet experts. Zhao Gang went there in plain clothes that day. Just as we sat down, a young man who seemed to be the secretary of the chief rushed over and shouted in a bad manner: "You guys, sit in the back. This is the seat reserved for the head. You are not qualified to sit here. Why don’t you even understand the rules? Zhao Gang’s secretary got angry and stood up to argue with him. Zhao Gang stopped him and said, then let’s move the place. Let’s move Sit down at the back, and when the performance is about to start, the distinguished guests will come out. We found that the seat just now was reserved for the family members of a chief executive. His wife, children, nanny, and civil servants are all sitting in the seat we just vacated. seat."
"At this moment, I noticed that Zhao Gang's face was pale with anger, and his hands were trembling. I could see that he was trying to restrain himself. That's not counting, what's even more annoying is later. There will be a banquet after the performance, in fact The Soviet experts had already returned to China the day before, and the organizers found that there was still a lot of entertainment expenses left for this event, so the performances were performed and the banquets were eaten as usual. I have never seen such a luxurious banquet, and the food on the table was too late Eat, one dish after another is served continuously. The plates are raised high, and the serving has not stopped. Zhao Gang didn’t move his chopsticks that day. He sat silently for a while and suddenly pulled me up and said, let’s go home. In the car Here, he said loudly to me, Feng Nan, did you see it?"
"This is a privilege. One person attains enlightenment, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. Did you see that banquet? It was a waste of the people's hard-earned money. How many settled their food and clothing. Where is the conscience of these people? Are they also considered Communists? Pooh!"
"Even worse than the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek also knows how to promote a new life movement, and takes the lead in advocating frugality. He doesn't even drink tea, but only boiled water. You said, so many people shed blood and sacrificed to bring down this country, just to let these bastards enjoy privileges Wasting the blood and sweat of the common people?” Seeing him getting more and more angry at the time, I pointed at the secretary and the driver sitting in the front row of the car, meaning that it would be bad for them to hear, so Old Zhao shut up. For this matter, he didn't recover for three days.
"He kept saying to me in private, what's the matter? It was said at the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee that winning the national victory is only the first step in the long march. Didn't we say it earlier? Learn from Li Zicheng. Why do you forget everything as soon as you enter the city? How can it go on like this? I advised him not to talk nonsense outside. He said, Feng Nan, I know you care about me and love me. Talking nonsense outside, I have a responsibility to you and this family. I am willing to create a happy and stable life for my relatives. I can bear it, and I will try my best to bear it. But Feng Nan, if one day I can’t bear it anymore , I want to say everything I want to say. If there is such a day, I hope you can understand me. Tian Yu, when I heard it, my heart was really broken, tears kept streaming down, I cried and hugged him , and said to him, my dear, please remember that no matter when we live together, we will die together, and no one will try to tear us apart."
Feng Nan burst into tears, Tian Yu's eye circles were also red, she sighed in a low voice: "What a chivalrous and tender Zhao Gang."
Feng Nan wiped away his tears and continued: "A few days ago, Lao Zhao and the others conveyed the situation of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Khrushchev's 'secret report'. It is not allowed to speak to those who are not qualified to listen to the message, including family members of course. In fact, the rules are rules, can the news not be spread? That day when Lao Zhao returned home after listening to the message, I found that his face was pale, and he shut himself in the study I didn't eat or drink for a whole day and night, and then I couldn't help it anymore, and rushed into the study to see what was wrong with him. I was shocked when I entered the door, and I saw him crying silently. To be honest, I never I never saw him cry, but I didn’t say anything, I just hugged him gently and wiped away his tears. Lao Zhao said, Feng Nan, there are so many old Bolsheviks. He died by the enemy's knife, and was executed by Stalin. How could he do such a thing? He is the leader of the proletarian revolution, he is Lenin's comrade in arms, I have always regarded him as a hero, why? How could it be like this? Some people say that he made a serious mistake, but is it a mistake? This is a crime. I said to him, Lao Zhao, don’t we have three chapters in the agreement? Don’t tell me if I shouldn’t know, Did you forget? He looked at me for a while before whispering, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I forgot. Tian Yu, I'm really worried about his body. He thinks too much in his head and is under too much pressure. How can this go on? Tian Yu gently patted Feng Nan's hand and comforted him : Don't worry, Feng Nan, Lao Zhao and Lao Li have experienced too many things in their lives, and nothing can overwhelm them."
Feng Nan suddenly thought of the two drinking men downstairs: "Yo, I don't know what happened to those two guys, let's go and have a look." In the restaurant downstairs, Zhao Gang was so drunk that he lay on the messy table, And Li Yunlong didn't know how he came to the living room, he was lying on the sofa snoring like thunder, the living room was filled with a strong smell of alcohol...
…Li Yunlong had meetings during the day, and returned to Zhao Gang’s house to drink and brag at night. He didn’t toss around until two o’clock in the morning. Anyway, he always sat in the last row during meetings during the day, and he always found a chance to sleep for a while. Zhao Gang couldn't stand it any longer. He was a political commissar of a department of the General Staff, and he had a lot of transactional work. That day he listened to a few subordinates report on their work, and fell asleep while listening to them. The subordinates waited quietly for more than ten minutes. He woke up suddenly and apologized to his subordinates repeatedly. A director flatteringly said: "Chief, I want to make a suggestion to you. You are too inattentive to your body. You forget to eat and sleep when you work. Your body is the capital of the revolution. If you fall ill, it will be detrimental to the revolutionary cause." loss."
Zhao Gang couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this. It seems that if a person has some status, he has a certain kind of mystery. Under the veil of mystery, his every move can be connected with a great cause, even if he is squatting in the toilet to defecate . Zhao Gang frowned in disgust and criticized: "How do you know that I forget to sleep and eat when I work? I am not so great. Besides, the world will continue to rotate without me, Zhao Gang. How can it cause losses to the revolutionary cause? You comrade Ah, I need to correct my problems. When I see the leader, I don’t want to be flattered and use my brain on work. To tell you the truth, I was drinking with my old comrades at night, bragging and not sleeping. Why do you forget to eat and sleep because of work?" Zhao Gang I wonder why there are more and more cadres who talk about flattery. I hope this kind of atmosphere will not spread in the party and the army.
On Sunday, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang changed into plain clothes and wanted to go shopping. Since neither of them had ever taken a bus, they simply gave Zhao Gang's driver a holiday and they got on the bus at a bus terminal. The driver and the conductor haven’t arrived yet, and the car is already crowded. The summer in Beijing is very hot, and the sun is scorching hot. The smell of sweat is intertwined, and the exposed skin is often stuck to the skin of the person next to it, making it sticky. In this environment, people tend to be irritable and angry, and quarrels are inevitable. A man quarreled with a woman because the woman stepped on the man's foot when she got into the car. Seeing that the woman didn't seem to be apologetic, the man sarcastically asked, "Did I hurt your foot?" It seemed very generous: "It's okay, I don't care. You don't care that I care, how inappropriate is that?"
"It seems that I have to apologize to you?" "Of course you want to apologize." "Then are you fucking unreasonable? You stepped on my foot, and I have to apologize to you?" "Don't curse, What kind of hooligans are you playing? Afraid of crowding? If you are afraid of crowding, just take a car. If there is no crowding, do you have such a life? I said why are you so lacking in tutoring? Your parents taught you like this when you were young?"
"Someone lays things that no one cares about. Stinky rascal..." "You said I was a rascal, where did I go to you..." The woman's husband had been watching coldly for a long time. Now that he had started scolding, he couldn't leave the scene. "Grandson, who are you scolding? This is my wife." "You should discipline yourself. Women are ignorant, but men are also ignorant? Are you fucking looking for smoke, aren't you..." At this time, the person standing aside Li Yunlong stood up to meddle in his own business: "Okay, okay, don't say a few words, it's hot, don't make it look like a black-eyed chicken. This lesbian, you stepped on someone's foot, why don't you apologize? Is it finished?"
"You can't always say that someone is a hooligan. As for gay men, you can't just stop people. Why do you step on uncle? How can a man be as knowledgeable as a woman? That lesbian husband, your wife stepped on someone's feet, not only If you open your mouth to swear without apologizing, it means that you have not disciplined your wife well. Well, you have not disciplined your wife well. Now you should not add fuel to the flames, expand the incident, and don’t attempt to beat others. This is a new society and it will never be allowed. Beating people..." As soon as Zhao Gang heard Li Yunlong lecturing people, he knew that something bad was going to happen. Although his motive was to persuade a fight, it actually added fuel to the fire. Since everyone is an ordinary person, no one has the right to teach anyone a lesson. Sure enough, the two sides who were pulling Zhang with the sword immediately turned their heads when they heard Li Yunlong's words, and rushed to Li Yunlong together. The woman rolled Li Yunlong's eyes and said: "Can you control it? Find a cool place to stay for a while?" The man said: "I don't like to listen to what you say, you are all poor people, what kind of leader are you pretending to be? Let me try to step on you? What are you doing?" The woman's husband was even more rude: "Humph! A bedbug came out of cracking melon seeds, and Chongren (human) came." Li Yunlong was furious immediately, and grabbed the woman The husband's collar said: "You dare to curse? You turned against you? You curse again and I will listen to see if I don't smoke you, you little dog." The husband naturally has to show some heroism in front of his wife. Ken showed weakness, so he punched him straight. Li Yunlong blocked with his left hand, and slapped the opponent loudly with his right hand like lightning. The man suffered a loss and was eager for revenge. He rushed up to fight with Li Yunlong. Zhao Gang secretly groaned in his heart, thinking that this old Li is also forty-six years old this year, why is he still so troublesome? Compared with the competition in the past, it is even worse. He didn't care to think about it, and hurried to fight. The man whose foot was stepped on saw Zhao Gang pulling the fight, so he thought that Zhao Gang was pulling the wrong side of the fight. Two of them fought one. In addition, he punched Zhao Gang on the back while yelling at you for pulling the fuck out of your frame. Zhao Gangchui was caught off guard, and was suddenly punched in the back. He seemed to have never been beaten in his life, but this blow set him on fire, so he turned around and punched him. This is great, there was a sudden commotion in the carriage, the woman burst into tears, people who didn't know the details thought she had been raped... If the police who arrived after hearing the news stopped the fight, the fight between the two generals and the two civilians I don't know how the battle will end. At the police station, a young policeman asked sternly, "Who did it first?" Zhao Gang said, "Comrade, let me explain..." "I ask you, who did it first?"
"Where are you talking so much nonsense? Say it!" "I'll do it first." Li Yunlong had long forgotten about the other party's first move, and thought he was the first to do it. Slap: The policeman said at the table: "Okay, you don't care about gathering people to fight in public places and disrupting social order? Do you know where this is? Tell you, this is a dictatorship, and it is specially for you people, honestly." Come on, you..." He pointed at Li Yunlong and said, "Why are you squinting at me? Are you not convinced?"
Li Yunlong said: "Little comrade, your attitude is not good. You should ask the matter clearly. After you ask, you can criticize whoever you should criticize..." "Shut up! I will answer whatever I ask you. There is no place for you to speak here. "Fuck your mother." Li Yunlong got angry, he took out his military ID card and threw it over and shouted: "Show me, and then bring your leaders to me, you little bastard, who gave it to you?" Power speaks like this?" The little policeman took a look at his military ID card, and his mouth became O-shaped, and he didn't close it for a long time. He was a little stupid, this was a general, he jumped up and stood at attention, and stammered: "I'm sorry. , two... chiefs, I... I really don't know that the two chiefs are visiting privately today, please... chiefs forgive..."
Zhao Gang said softly: "Forget it, little comrade, don't be nervous. You see, we don't wear military uniforms. We are ordinary citizens without military uniforms. When everyone gets angry and quarrels, the past is over." He pointed out The man whose foot was stepped on said: "You comrade, I want to criticize you a few words, why do you even beat the one who persuaded the fight? This is called indiscriminate. Of course, I have a bad temper today, so I also want to invite you Forgive me, they are all men, they are all bloody, I am afraid that no one can do it if they are beaten, so I also fight back." Those few also knew the identities of Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, they were very frightened, and kept apologizing . Li Yunlong said to the man with lingering anger: "You boy is really mean. You quarreled with them, and I helped you fight them, but why are you standing with them again? Do you still have a stand?"
"Hmph, you boy, it's easy to be a traitor." He turned to the police and said, "You comradeIt's a trivial matter to change your work style in the future, so why are you bluffing like this? Don't make such a fuss, do you hear me? "The little policeman said repeatedly: "I remember, chief, I remember." Zhao Gang said: "Okay, okay, let's go, everything is over." "
"No one is allowed to hold grudges, Lao Li, let's go."
The two returned home at night. When I told the two women about it, the two women laughed and fell on the sofa, saying that they had never heard of it, and that generals would also fight on the street. Li Yunlong expressed his satisfaction with Zhao Gang's performance. This kid has improved a lot over the years. When he sees his elder brother fighting, no matter who is right or wrong, he should help him as a brother, otherwise he will be a traitor and cannot be handed over.
That's what he commented. Tian Moxuan and his wife are coming to Beijing to attend a meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Zhao Gang was very happy when he heard about it. He said to Tian Yu and Li Yunlong: I want to invite the two elderly people to dinner, and you must invite them for me. Li Yunlong scratched his head and said: "Let's forget it, my old father-in-law can't talk with us, and some views are a bit out of line, and he almost quarreled with me last time." Tian Yu gave him a white look and said: " Why do you always look at people with colored glasses? Different opinions can be discussed, and you can’t label them indiscriminately. If my parents don’t open up, don’t they also marry their daughter to you?” Feng Nan said: “That’s right, contribute all of my daughter It’s revolution, so what’s your dissatisfaction?” Zhao Gang said earnestly: “I’ve admired the knowledge and character of the two old men for a long time, this time I must ask for advice in person, I respect learned people. Lao Li, you If you don’t want to listen, you don’t have to talk, just drink your wine, but you can’t spoil the atmosphere.” Li Yunlong sighed: “Oh, this time you intellectuals have become the majority, and I have become a minority, isolated.” Tian Moxuan and his wife have too many acquaintances in Beijing's cultural circle, and the spare time of the meeting is almost occupied by visits and banquets from old friends.
Tian Yu invited Zhao Gang several times but was rejected by him. "I don't know this General Zhao, so I won't go. Just thank him for his kindness." Tian Moxuan said impersonally. "He is your son-in-law's old comrade-in-arms. Before joining the revolution, he was also a cultural person. He admires your knowledge and character very much. He wants to get to know you. Why don't you go there once?" Tian Yu begged.
"My son-in-law's friend? Then there's no need to meet him, because my son-in-law is the most revolutionary person in the world. Except for the proletarian revolution, other ideas are likely to be regarded as heresies by him. Different ways, don't conspire with each other. I don't see you. The old man is very stubborn." "Father, why are you replying to someone's invitation like this? Let me tell them that if we don't agree with each other, my father doesn't want to see you?" "That's it, Tian This is the temper." Shen Danhong said: "Mo Xuan, our daughter and son-in-law live in someone else's house, just out of courtesy, we should visit him, how can he be so unreasonable?" Tian Moxuan still attaches great importance to his wife's words Hearing what his wife said, he fell silent. Shen Danhong persuaded in a soft voice: "You are good everywhere, but you are unreasonable and too noble. This is easy to be misunderstood. Mo Xuan, listen to me, go, you shouldn't Hurt our daughter's self-esteem." Tian Yu said: "It's better to be mother. Dad doesn't love me now, I'm very sad." Tian Moxuan smiled: "Okay, I'll go, who said I don't love my daughter anymore?" "Dad, you really Good." On the day when Tian Moxuan and his wife visited Zhao Gang's house, Zhao Gang insisted on going to the restaurant to greet them in person, but Li Yunlong had no choice but to go with Zhao Gang. To Li Yunlong's surprise, when Tian Moxuan saw Zhao Gang, his eyes lit up, his joy was beyond words, and he looked at Zhao Gang with a pair of loving eyes and a smile.
This made Li Yunlong baffled. In his impression, the old man was never warm to him. He always believed that the old man was a high-level intellectual, and he thought soldiers were rude, so he looked down on him. When Tian Moxuan and his wife came down the stairs on the second floor of the hotel, Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong who were waiting in the lobby stood up. Zhao Gang took a step forward, stood at attention respectfully and said, "Hi, Uncle and Aunt! My name is Zhao Gang." Tian Moxuan saw Zhao Gang was wearing a light white tussah silk summer military uniform. His body was very well-proportioned. He stood in a standard military posture, with a feeling of a jade tree facing the wind, and there was a heroic spirit between his brows. Tian Moxuan blurted out: "What a heroic General Zhao, he is really a pillar." Zhao Gang took Tian Moxuan's hand with both hands and said, "Mr. Jiu Yang's knowledge and character have never had the chance to listen to the teachings. Today, with the help of my old comrade-in-arms, I can It is a great honor to meet Zhao Gang. I am a junior, if you do not dislike me, Zhao Gang should treat me as a disciple and just call me Xiao Zhao."
Tian Moxuan smiled and nodded: "Okay, Tian will sell the old one today." Li Yunlong took a step forward and said, "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, hello, Zhao Gang and I are here to pick you up." Tian Moxuan seems to be in a good mood today, He said to Li Yunlong gently: "Hello, I heard that you did well in the military academy. Tian Yu wrote to me." Li Yunlong said modestly: "So-so." Talk less, just drink one cup after another.
He didn't like this atmosphere very much. First of all, it was not casual and seemed very formal. How could there be so many things about drinking with the old comrades who led the soldiers in the past? The brothers yelled, slapped the table and scolded their mothers, and even squeezed each other's noses to drink, that was a joy. Drinking is like this, if no one persuades you to drink, no one holds a glass to challenge you, then it will be too boring. In addition, he doesn't like the way those educated people speak. It sounds a bit difficult to listen, and they talk about irrelevant things. If it were on other occasions, he would have been annoyed and might have walked away. But today he has to sit here honestly, without showing any impatient expression, because this is Zhao Gang inviting his father-in-law and mother-in-law to dinner. He also had to give Zhao Gang some face. In addition, the father-in-law and mother-in-law have to see that their son-in-law also has learned friends. Li Yunlong felt that compared to the last meeting, Tian Moxuan's words were obviously less, and the aggressive spirit in his words seemed to be calmer, but the arrogance unique to Tian Moxuan, which was almost soaked in the bones, remained the same. Zhao Gang was very interested. He liked to deal with cultural people, and he still missed the strong cultural atmosphere of Yenching University back then. It is not difficult for him and Tian Moxuan to find a common language. The two talked about poetry, calligraphy, and engraving of gold and stone seals. Zhao Gang also happily took out two chicken blood stones from his collection and asked Tian Moxuan to appreciate them. The two people's views on poetry are also quite consistent, both advocating boldness and restraint.
Tian Moxuan believes that although Su Dongpo's "Nian Nujiao; Chibi Nostalgia" can be regarded as a masterpiece through the ages, it is not as good as Mao Zedong's "Qinyuanchun". "Snow" can be described as shocking the past and the present, and its grandeur is unmatched by anyone. What Tian Yu was most worried about was that his father talked about politics. The old man's temper was too stubborn, and his words were unobstructed and frightening. She was very happy to see that her father did not talk about politics today but only about culture, so she smiled at Zhao Gang and said, "My father admires Chairman Mao the most., I haven't heard him praise others so much. "Tian Moxuan took a sip of wine: "My understanding of Chairman Mao is first of all cultural. I have read "Sacrifice to the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor" written by him in 1938. At that time, my eyes lit up. He was really talented and literary. I still remember the sentence in it... the ancestor of the great, my Huazhao, the scorpion, the scorpion, the Yue, the river, the wisdom and wisdom, the light and the wasteland, the establishment of this great cause, the majesty of the east... the east waits for the talent, the sword walks Struggle together, Wan Liqi vomit, serve the country, fight hard for years, prepare for adventures, and the Huns are not destroyed, why is the family... Listen, it is impossible to write this article like rafters. Especially during the Chongqing negotiations in 1945, after "Qinyuanchun Snow" was published, I thought, our country is full of wars and chaos for years, who can clean up the broken rivers and mountains? Those who are not talents are not allowed. Mencius said: In five hundred years, there must be kings, and there must be famous people in the world. Mao Zedong, the number one person in ancient and modern times. I participated in the founding ceremony in 1949, and Chairman Mao said: The Chinese people have stood up since then! We democrats and people without party affiliation burst into tears, this is our own country, and we are the masters of the country..."
Tian Moxuan's excitement infected everyone, even Li Yunlong put down his glass and listened intently. He didn't expect Tian Moxuan to say such heartfelt words. In the past, he always believed that the old man was very wary and suspicious of the new regime. Zhao Gang was even more like a spring breeze. He raised his glass and said, "Well said, Mr. Tian, I will drink three glasses for your heartfelt words." Li Yunlong also stood up: "Come on, old Zhao, I will drink three glasses with you .” The atmosphere of the family banquet became lively. Feng Nan brought up the fight between Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang on the bus. Everyone thought it was funny, saying that among the more than 1,000 generals in the PLA, the performance of these two was unique. Li Yunlong thought of the little policeman at the police station, and couldn't help but get angry again: "This little bastard really lacks a tutor, he doesn't ask indiscriminately, he just opens his mouth to scold others, and when I take out my military officer card, I'm so scared that I can't speak easily. I'm so young. It’s just so snobbish.” Zhao Gang complained, “I blame you. If you insist on meddling with other people’s business, you will add fuel to the flames. It would be strange if we didn’t fight. Fortunately, the police station released us. A principled policeman. No matter what kind of general you are, you will be detained first, and then you will be notified to the higher-ups to collect people. Our jokes will become big . You don’t care. You have caused trouble for decades. Punishment is more than meritorious deeds. I am a political commissar anyway, and I do ideological work for others all day long. This time, I gather people to fight in public places, disrupt public order, and be detained by the public security organs. I can’t afford it.” “Look , You see, the old crow landed on the pig, so don't think anyone is black, you are high-minded, don't fight back when you are beaten." Zhao Gang was a little embarrassed: "It is true, it is very difficult not to fight back when you are beaten." Everyone was chatting Unexpectedly, these words made Tian Moxuan fall into an old habit, and the old man got into trouble again. The issue of Zhao and Li fighting in public places seems to be a trivial matter, but it reflects a profound problem. Just think, if they are not generals but civilians, according to the "Public Security Management Regulations", such a fight in a public place is illegal even if it is justified, and they should be punished. This is nothing more than normal.
What is abnormal is that when the lawbreakers revealed their identities, they received great tolerance. Even the law enforcement officers were terrified and apologized to the lawbreakers repeatedly, as if they had done something wrong. This shows the weak concept of the legal system of citizens in our country. Li Yunlong said disapprovingly: "Hey, it's a trivial matter, why is it so serious?" Zhao Gang withdrew his smile and became serious: "Mr. Tian, go ahead." "A normal society should have a sound legal system. If the law loses justice, the consequences will be serious." Undoubtedly terrifying. Zhao Gang, do you know Robespierre? Yes, the leader of the Jacobins during the French Revolution. He is an example. This person is very radical. He thinks he is the most revolutionary, and he always deprives The life of others, put yourself above the law. The direct consequence of this is that no one's life safety can be guaranteed, including himself. When the law becomes blank, there are only two endings, or autocracy Dictatorship, or mob politics. In the end, Robespierre himself was sent to the guillotine, and he actually died by himself. In a society without fair legal protection, I am afraid there will be no winners." Zhao Gang beat A cold war, silence.
Li Yunlong couldn't hear it, and he argued: "The laws of our country are sound." "And you broke the law and easily escaped punishment. What if your rank is not a major general but a general? Wouldn't it be more tolerant?" ?” Tian Moxuan interrupted him. Li Yunlong thought for a while, and felt that this question was a bit complicated, and it was best not to speak. Shen Danhong persuaded with a gloomy expression: "Mo Xuan, isn't it a family dinner today? Why are you talking about politics? Can you talk about something else?" Feng Nan also lightly reprimanded Zhao Gang: "Look at you, you have offended the old man. Happy?" Zhao Gang picked up the wine glass and said: "Mr. Tian, please forgive me for disrespecting the younger generation and making you unhappy. Come, please drink this glass..." He drank it down, his face turned red, and his emotions became a little excited. "Mr. Tian, I understand that you are a little worried, afraid that the policies and laws of the ruling party will become a mere formality."
"You have two questions. The first is whether our laws are fair. The second is the law's restrictions on power. Are you worried about whether our party can achieve these two?" A political party, no matter how advanced its theories are, will inevitably have shortcomings, and if it doesn’t even understand this basic truth, there is no such thing as an advanced political party.”
"What I want to talk about is the limitation of power. In fact, your party's national system is also established according to the principle of separation of powers, at least with reference to the principle of separation of powers. Compared with Western capitalist countries, our National People's Congress The Standing Committee is equivalent to the Congress, exercising legislative power. Our country’s president is equivalent to the president, exercising executive power. Our courts are also exercising judicial power. Although this model has been established, but... IMHO, it is just a This kind of appearance, in fact, cannot achieve mutual restraint, or your party has the final say, lacks the most basic supervision, and the public lacks the ability to intervene, so there will be a problem, if there are deviations and mistakes in your party's national policy, and the public has no If you don’t have the ability to supervise and intervene, then you have to wait for your party to correct and adjust itself. This will take a while, and this period of time may be very long, and the entire nation will not be able to afford this price. In addition, your party’s theory of class struggle is also a national policy. It is worth discussing. In my opinion, the responsibility of the government is to manage the country, to reconcile the contradictions of various classes and strata due to the imbalance of political and economic status, to minimize such differences, and to ease the contradictions. It should not be intensified This kind of contradiction makes a certain class or strata become nobles, while a certain class or class becomes slaves. The rule of law is needed to manage a country, and acts of subverting the country should be judged fairly by the law, not the arbitrary will of the individual..."
Zhao Gang interrupted him excitedly: "Could it be that our People's Congress, the Political Consultative Conference, the supervision of the democratic parties, as well as the judiciary and supervisory organs are all mere formalities? We really can't solve it? Is there any reason to say that? Injustice?" Tian Moxuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Zhao Gang, let's not talk about it, the Hu Feng case has just passed, right? Our judicial procedures may not be worth an imperial approval. In my eyes, this Mr. Hu Originally a big leftist, how did he become a counter-revolutionary all at once? It seems difficult to explain.” Zhao Gang also calmed down: “Mr. There's going to be a big difference."
"You also talked about the kind of reverence for Chairman Mao just now..." "Yes, I think he is a great man, and I am worried because of reverence. As the leader of the ruling party, his burden is too heavy. If there is a policy error, It will bring huge disasters, even if these disasters are borne by a small number of people, even if it accounts for 5% of the total population, that is 30 million, if this percentage is bigger? Then there may be a catastrophe, This catastrophe may exceed any catastrophe that has occurred in Chinese history, and its effects will affect decades to hundreds of years." Zhao Gang smiled: "As a member of the CPPCC, of course you have the right to express your personal opinions, and you still have to say no to some things. Clear, let history prove it, and continue to drink now." Tian Moxuan said stubbornly: "Okay, it's a deal, in another twenty years, if I'm still alive, let's continue talking..."