Xu Luxi took me to an apparently entertaining room. Apart from two cloth sofas, two steel chairs, a writing desk and a small bookcase, the most striking thing is a calligraphy directly attached to the wall: "Two Bombs of Deng Jiaxian", written by Zhang Aiping. Below is a portrait of Deng Jiaxian in a small photo frame, leaning against the top of the bookcase.
In contrast, Xu Luxi's appearance surprised me even more: if she didn't say "I'm Xu Luxi" when she opened the door, I wouldn't recognize her directly, because her camel-colored double-breasted coat, straight hair combed casually and dark face definitely looked like a working woman, which was far from the image of "Mrs. Yuan Xunfu, a famous family and a university professor" outlined in my mind in advance.
Fortunately, Xu Luxi, when he was face to face, was much gentler and more friendly than he was on the phone yesterday. As soon as I sat down to chat, I felt her inner thoughts and feelings, which was completely another experience. Sure enough, when talking about the friendship between Deng Jiaxian and Yang Zhenning, she immediately became euphemistic and meaningful, and she never mentioned the deadline given to me yesterday, so that when I got up and left, it was past 1 30 in the afternoon, and she completely forgot to have lunch.
Xu Luxi told me that Deng Jiaxian and Yang Zhenning are both from Anhui, and their fathers Deng Yizhe and Yang Wuzhi are both professors in Tsinghua University. They live in the dormitory of Tsinghua West Campus, No.9. 1 1 is closer to their neighbors. Deng teaches art history and Yang teaches mathematics, and their personalities are very compatible. Deng Jiaxian's mother and Mrs. Lao Yang are both housewives, good wives and good mothers, and they have a good relationship, so the two families are family friends.
Deng Jiaxian was born in 1924, two years younger than Yang Zhenning. Both of them are naughty and have the same interests. Both of them studied in the National Southwest Associated University, but because Yang Zhenning skipped one grade in middle school and was three grades higher than Deng Jiaxian in college, they were big brothers, so Deng Jiaxian and Yang Zhenning got very close.
1947, Deng Jiaxian was admitted to the publicly-funded graduate school in the United States, so he had to contact the school himself. Yang Zhenning's tuition at the University of Chicago is very expensive, so he helped Deng Jiaxian get in touch with Purdue University, which is close to Chicago, so that they can get along easily.
1950 On August 29th, Deng Jiaxian returned to China immediately after receiving his doctorate. At that time, Yang Zhenning went to Princeton and they were separated for a long time. 196410 On June 6 16, China's first atomic bomb exploded successfully, and American newspapers published a list of scientific researchers in China. Although it was translated into English, Yang Zhenning recognized one of them as Deng Jiaxian. Xu Luxi said, "Later, I asked him why he was so sure it was Deng Jiaxian. Yang Zhenning said it was impossible for the CIA to invent a name that sounded like Deng Jiaxian. "
197 1 year, Yang Zhenning returned to China for the first time. After he arrived in Shanghai, he made a list of relatives and friends he wanted to meet. The first one was Deng Jiaxian.
Speaking of which, Xu Luxi's tone suddenly became heavy. She said that at that time, the Gang of Four had a plan to get rid of those who engaged in nuclear weapons. Young people were badly beaten, loyal and reliable, and those who made great contributions were turned into spies, and many people suffered greatly. At that time, there were two slogans: "American spies speak English and Soviet spies speak Russian", which shows the fierce persecution. Qian Jin, a bomb expert with great contributions, was tortured to confess that he was a spy, but he refused to admit it and was killed alive. When the young ones are finished, it's the turn of the top. Because it was impossible in Beijing, they transferred Deng Jiaxian to Qinghai "22 1 Base" and organized a group of soldiers and workers to beat him. The reason is that the two nuclear tests failed to achieve the expected results. They seized the mistakes in scientific experiments and went online in order to get rid of the person in charge, Deng Jiaxian. At this critical moment, Yang Zhenning wants to see him. Zhou Enlai ordered the recall of Deng Jiaxian back to Beijing, and was saved by luck.
Xu Luxi sighed: "Although I don't believe in Buddhism, I always feel that God has arranged for Yang Zhenning to save Deng Jiaxian's life! 1990 I talked to Yang Zhenning when I went to the United States. He was shocked:' Is there such a thing? In fact, inadvertently, he also saved a large number of people engaged in nuclear weapons in China. Such a coincidence cannot be described in words. It's simply wonderful! I still haven't figured out how to express it, so I am very grateful to him! "
Judging from the interview, Deng was not protected, but engaged in it, and was almost killed, but not for international face. It didn't work well this week.