Zhang Minzhi's "Founder of the Republic" Medal

Mr. Zhang Minzhi is a 92-year-old winner of the "Founder of the Republic of China" medal, Mr. Zhang Minzhi. Mr. Zhang Minzhi's ancestral home was Baoji, and later he moved to Hanzhong. He became a member of Hanzhong CPPCC and vice chairman of the Calligraphers Association, adding color to the new China in the art and calligraphy circles. Mr. Zhang told many touching stories that Northwest Morning Post publicized the liberation and defense of Baoji. Northwest Morning Post was founded in April 1944, which is the first progressive newspaper in Baoji. Publicizing anti-Japanese and education in a clear-cut manner, it became a daily newspaper as soon as it was published, and it became a local daily newspaper published in Shaanxi Province at that time, second only to North China News. It was originally initiated by progressives, Yang, director of education in Baoji County, and patriotic students. In the form of private equity participation, each participant holds 65,438+000 yuan. Yang, President, Business Director.

The purpose of running a newspaper is clear: "to serve the anti-Japanese war, to serve local education, to purify social atmosphere and to publicize simple folk customs." After nearly 1 year preparation by Zhang Minzhi and others, it was officially published on April 1944 as the 4th edition of news daily.

At that time, because there was no economic foundation and no office space, the newspaper rented a house to run a newspaper in Jintaiguan and other places, and then moved to the original site of Xiguan People's Printing Factory in the city.

Although there were 50 or 60 people in the Northwest Morning Post at that time, there were only four editors, including the editor-in-chief, one editor-in-chief and two editors, and the editor-in-chief often played the role of a war correspondent. However, even so few editors and reporters can edit daily newspapers with clear-cut and novel views on time every day and listen to the international and domestic news of the day through radio every day. Although there were only a few dozen people, Mr. Zhang Minzhi said that their typesetting technology was relatively advanced at that time. From the beginning, they learned the movable type casting technology from North China News, that is, they first sorted, proofread and finalized the news articles of the day on the movable type, then made a concave-convex template with hard paper, and then poured lead printing one by one to avoid the incompleteness of movable type. The only regret is that I couldn't make a drawing version at that time, so I couldn't publish news photos. The distribution scope of Northwest Morning Post covers "nine districts and ten counties" in Baoji, including Wugong, Yongshou and Zhouzhi in the east, with the maximum circulation exceeding 1000. It clearly publicized War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and its progress, made Baoji people and exiles understand the anti-Japanese situation at that time, boosted morale, and let everyone see the dawn of China and the future and hope of China's development. But at the same time, it also caused panic among the Kuomintang government, who tried their best to compile the Northwest Morning Post.

At first, they wanted to establish a national party branch in Northwest Morning Post, but they didn't get a response. Because at that time, the editors and reporters of Northwest Morning Post were mostly college students of Henan University, and their thoughts were progressive. Everyone has seen the development trend of China revolution, and no one wants to join the Kuomintang. There is nothing the Kuomintang government can do. Finally, there was a "forced recruitment"-Wen Chongxin, then the administrative Commissioner and security commander of the Kuomintang in District 9, served as the chairman, but the newspaper staff did not change, so he always adhered to the policy of running a newspaper. It was not until the spring of 1948 that Wen Chongxin returned the Northwest Morning Post to the original shareholders.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Mr. Zhang Minzhi served as the editor-in-chief of Northwest Morning Post, during which he accepted the guidance of China reporters including Xiao Gan and Xu Chi by correspondence and accepted the task of interviewing the newspaper's production in party member. At that time, both Han and Han, who were editors and reporters of Northwest Morning Post, were party member, and their thoughts were progressive. At that time, the contact between the underground party and Zhang Minzhi gave special instructions to protect these two comrades. So no matter at work or in life, Zhang Minzhi tries his best to take care of him, asking nothing but work. After liberation, he stayed in Baoji and went to Xinhua News Agency.

On the eve of the liberation of Baoji, the underground organization of the * * * Production Party once again entrusted Sharla Cheung with an important task through contacts: not only to protect the * * * production party member of the Northwest Morning Post, but also to do everything possible to protect the broadcasting, editing and printing equipment of the newspaper, so as not to let the Kuomintang destroy it and ensure the smooth publication of the newspaper as soon as Baoji was liberated. On the day before Baoji was about to be liberated, the administrative organ of Baoji of the Kuomintang forced Zhang Minzhi to flee to the west with them. Out of despair, Zhang Minzhi embarked on a train to the west. When the train arrived at Beidaofu, Tianshui, Gansu, while everyone in the carriage was taking a nap, Zhang Minzhi quietly got off the train alone, walked along the railway from Gansu for seven or eight days, slept on the street, and went back to Baoji with his left-behind colleagues to protect newspaper equipment, which finally ensured the smooth publication of the New Baoji Newspaper shortly after Baoji's liberation, and printed a new historical chapter for Baoji's liberation editing.