Jiao Hong, the hometown of Jiao Hong.

In the historical materials about Jiao Hong, the assistant minister of the Anti-Japanese War, most of them introduced him like this: Jiao Hong, the word Keming, from Yexian County, Henan Province ... As for where Jiao Hong came from, it was not shown. In view of the long history, there is no specific written record, and the staff of Ye County Local Records Office, Ye County Cultural Bureau and other relevant departments can't find the specific birthplace of Jiao Hong at the moment. On July 25th, it rained intermittently, and the reporter visited Jiao Hong's hometown accompanied by the heads of relevant departments such as Yexian Cultural Bureau.

Xin Zhenqiang, the local chronicles office of Yexian County, said that according to the actual population, Jiao currently ranks 62nd among all surnames in Yexian County, with more than 2,300 people. Jiao surname is mainly distributed in Kunyang Town, Chengguan Town and Sendai Town of Ye County. From Ye County Records, we can find that Jiao Hong, Jiao Kuan and their descendants pay attention to filial piety and are outstanding figures in past dynasties. Jiao Tomb is located in the west of Jiaozhuang Village, Chengguan Town, Ye County. There are eight archways in the village, including three in Jiao, which is the largest number of archways among Ye County officials. These three archways are Rong En Square, Embroidered Clothes Square and Situ Square, which respectively celebrate the achievements of Jiao Hong in different periods of his life. Several other archways belong to Jiao Kuan and others. Xin Zhenqiang said that these archways could still be seen in the west of Jiaozhuang village more than 10 years ago, and none of them are left now.

Judging from the location of the memorial archway, Jiao Hong's ancestral home may be in Jiaozhuang.

Jiaozhuang is located in the northeast suburb of Yexian County. Entering Jiao Guixiang's home, the whole family warmly received the reporter and his party. Jiao Guixiang, 72, is cheerful and talkative, and local residents say that he is well informed. When he mentioned the name of Jiao Hong, assistant minister of the Anti-Japanese War, his first reaction was a little hesitant. After a pause, he said that no one had mentioned Jiao Hong for many years. When he was a child, he heard the story of Jiao Hong from the old man. Because he is still young, he can't remember many things about Jiao Hong now. What he can remember is that Jiao Hong is two brothers. Jiao Hong has many children and grandchildren, most of whom are officials. This is consistent with the records of Yexian County. According to the legend of the villagers, Jiao Hong's father was a small official like Xian Cheng when he was a child. At a banquet, a man who was a high official in North Korea thought that Jiao Hong's father was from a humble background and looked down upon him. When the father came home, he said to his two sons, You two brothers must study hard and fight for my breath in the future. Later, Jiao Hong's brothers both won the Jinshi, and Jiao Hong's son also won the Jinshi when he grew up.

Jiao Guixiang said that a long time ago, people in Jiaozhuang Village were all surnamed Jiao, and now people surnamed Jiao only account for about110 of all the surnames in Jiaozhuang Village, that is, more than a dozen families. For various reasons, some people named Jiao moved to other villages, and one of them moved to Sanliwan Village, Chengguan Town, southwest suburb of Yexian County. There is no way to prove when Jiao Hong's family moved to Sanliwan Village, but there is indeed a family named Jiao in Sanliwan Village. According to Dong Jianli, deputy director of Yexian Cultural Bureau, and Xin Zhenqiang, local chronicles office of Yexian County, this Jiaojia is a descendant. Jiao Ruoyu, the former mayor of Beijing, lived in Sanliwan Village when he was a child.

Asked about Jiao Hong's more detailed situation, Jiao Guixiang didn't know. He said that he had seen Jiao Shilang's tomb before. There were memorial archways, stone tablets, stone horses and stone turtles on the tomb, among which stone horses and stone turtles were seen several years ago.

In Sanliwan Village, the reporter asked 78-year-old Zhang Junjiang and 86-year-old Zhang Ruichang about Jiao Ruoyu. Jiao Ruoyu's father knows the two old people best. They said that Jiao Ruoyu's father had a hard life in Sanliwan Village. Because of his poor family, he often begged for food, worked as a long-term laborer for the rich and worked as a handyman in crops. Later, a Jiao Ruoyu was born in Jiaojia, and his reputation increased greatly. The graves of Jiao Ruoyu's relatives can still be seen in the fields north of Sanliwan Village. Most of the young Jiao family who used to live in Sanliwan Village went to Beijing, and the old man died more than 10 years ago, so now there is no one surnamed Jiao in Sanliwan Village. Only a few straw houses left by Jiao family in Sanliwan village were demolished in the process of unified planning in the village more than ten years ago. The reporter saw that the location of the original straw house has now been built by other households. The reporter also asked Zhang Junjiang and Zhang Ruichang about Jiao Hong. Both old people shook their heads, saying that they had never heard of this man.