After the remains of the martyr Miao Manling returned home, his 90-year-old wife also passed away suddenly, and he died peacefully.

After hearing this, Tang Cheng was also very touched, and Tang Cheng decided to go to Peony Village in Guangxian County in person to participate in the burial ceremony of this veteran couple.

Sun Zhenglu hurriedly persuaded: " Governor, this kind of funeral, you are the governor, such a big official, don't go, although this Miao Manling is for our country and the great righteousness of the nation, is a martyr, but, after all, he is just an ordinary member of the more than 100,000 soldiers who died in other places, as far as I know, this Miao Manling was in the army before his death, just a deputy company commander rank, the military rank is very low, if you really want to come forward, let me, the provincial director, come forward, have me, a department-level cadre, come forward, to participate in his burial ceremony, it is already a special honor for him. ”

After hearing this, Tang Cheng waved his hand and said: "You can't say that, you and I are leading cadres, but we are also people's public servants, there is no such thing as dignity, let alone special treatment, in the final analysis, everyone is human." I, the governor of the province, also serve the people, the Miao Manling martyrs, sacrificed their lives for the country, died in a foreign land, for decades, it is difficult for the bones to come back, and now that they are back, we must warmly welcome them; only in this way can there be hope for our nation, and a nation that attaches importance to and admires national heroes will become something that the people of the world dare not underestimate! I must go. ”

Sun Zhenglu still persuaded: "Miao Manling and his wife are just ordinary people. ”

Tang Cheng said: "Lao Sun, you have this kind of idea, you can't do it! Sacrifice your life for the country, fight a decisive battle, die in a foreign land, and the horse leather shroud, Miao Manling martyrs are not ordinary people. Even if it is an ordinary person, I, Tang Cheng, am also an ordinary person, and everyone is a common person. Don't think that if you have a black gauze hat on your head, you will be treated as if you are not an ordinary person! During the middle years of the Tang Dynasty, there was a couplet on the government of Fuliang County, Jiangxi Province, which said: If you gain an official or lose an official, you will not be dishonored, not to mention that an official is useless, and the place depends entirely on an official to eat the people's food and wear the people's clothes. ”

Sun Zhenglu had nothing to say, he was deeply ashamed, and hurriedly apologized to Tang Cheng.

Immediately, he said that he would definitely accompany Tang Cheng to go in person.

Tang Cheng immediately asked the secretary to inform Jiang Yunhu, member of the Standing Committee of the Gannan Provincial Party Committee and commander of the Provincial Military Region, and Hu Weiguo, deputy commander, to let them accompany Tang Cheng to Guangxian County to participate in the burial ceremony of the corpse of veteran Miao Manling.

After Commander Jiang Yunhu received the notice, he smiled dumbly and said to Hu Weiguo, the deputy commander beside him: "Comrade Weiguo! You and I, two commanders, go to attend the burial ceremony of the bones of a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War. ”

After hearing this, Hu Weiguo smiled heartily and said: "Anti-Japanese War veterans, when they went abroad, they did not hesitate to sleep in other places, and now, our country is strong, it is time to consider bringing back their bones." The martyrs of our country should not stay in a foreign country for a long time, and besides, our martyrs may not be respected by them if they stay in a foreign land for a long time. I agree with Governor Tang Cheng's opinion, and I personally wish to attend the burial ceremony of the bones of this anti-Japanese war veteran. ”

Jiang Yunhu also smiled heartily and said, "Since you, Lao Hu, are willing to go, I will accompany you." We all accompanied him Tang Cheng. ”

Tang Cheng personally rushed to Shaoyao Village, Guangxian County, and participated in the burial of the bones of Miao Manling, a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War, as well as the funeral of his wife. Along with Tang Cheng, Jiang Yunhu, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and commander of the Gannan Provincial Military Region, Hu Weiguo, deputy commander, two members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, and the deputy commander of a provincial military region attended the burial ceremony of a veteran's bones.

In that year, tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and young students formed an expeditionary force and went to foreign lands to fight against the Japanese invaders together with the allies, opened up the lifeline of aid to China, and made immortal contributions to the War of Resistance and the World Anti-Fascist victory. In the past, the great achievements of our ancestors have been sealed for a long time, and the bones of heroes are buried in a foreign land. Now, the leaves have fallen back to their roots, and we should use the most solemn and solemn ceremony to welcome back the remains of loyal souls who have been sleeping in foreign lands and buried them in the green mountains and green waters of the motherland.

At the funeral of Miao Manling and his wife, Tang Cheng and Jiang Yunhu Hu Weiguo, who were dressed in military uniforms, bowed three times in front of the spirit. This news has long been spread, attracting many large media reporters in China to shoot and interview.

The reporters interviewed and learned that this Miao Manling is a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War, was to participate in the expeditionary force to fight in Burma, sacrificed in a foreign country, and the bones were buried in a foreign country, and later found that the relatives claimed it back through the relationship, and in the process of claiming the bones, the civil affairs department of the local county government participated in the whole process, and bore all the expenses incurred in the process of retrieving the bones, for which the Guangxian County Government spent nearly one million yuan. The reporter interviewed the county magistrate of Guangxian County and the director of the Guangxian Civil Affairs Bureau, and they frankly said that this was mainly due to the personal arrangement of the provincial governor. The provincial governor personally attended the burial ceremony of the bones of the veterans of the Anti-Japanese War. The reporter interviewed Tang Cheng at the scene, as well as the two generals in military uniforms behind Tang Cheng.

Tang Cheng told reporters about this process, and Tang Cheng played an impromptu role in front of the reporters' cameras and talked eloquently: "What is the national spirit? What is the backbone of the nation! Today, we are kind to those martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country, and this is a kind of national spirit." At that time, many of our outstanding sons and daughters, in order not to be slaves of the country, in order to resist foreign aggression, countless heroic sons and daughters took up arms, rose up to fight, and did not hesitate to throw their heads and spill their blood. Sacrifice your life for your country. Today, we have defeated the aggressor, and the Chinese nation stands tall in the east of the world, and has made glorious achievements that have attracted worldwide attention. I have heard that many countries are actively looking for the bones of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country and buried in other places, and they proposed that as long as the bones of the martyrs are sent back to the motherland, they can be rewarded, and I am here, on behalf of the Gannan Provincial Government, I also make a statement on behalf of the Gannan Provincial Government, as long as the martyrs of the expeditionary force from Gannan Province are lost in other places, and some people find them, all the expenses will be borne by the government, and if the bones of the heroes are sent back, we will reward the other party with 600,000 yuan, which will be borne by the civil affairs finance. We will never do anything that makes our heroes bleed and cry. We, Gannan, want to put it forward and let every Gannan martyr go home. ”

When Tang Cheng said this, Jiang Yunhu was also beside him.

Subsequently, Tang Cheng, Jiang Yunhu, commander of the military region, and Hu Weiguo, deputy commander, sat down under an ancient national acacia tree in the center of Shaoyao Village, three small chairs, and three people began to talk. This place is not far from the Miao Manling funeral.