任彦芳是笔者所尊敬的一位敢说实话的老作家。他父亲是革命烈士,继父孟昭芝于上世纪六十年代曾任河南省兰考县委副书记,与后来的县委书记焦裕禄比邻而居,两家人过从甚密。正因为这个原因,任彦芳老人对焦裕禄有一种特殊的亲近感情。前几年,他还出版了一本畅销书《焦裕禄身后——我与兰考的悲喜剧》。2013的5月14日,是焦裕禄逝世49年的日子,旅居海外的任彦芳发来一个邮件,文中 Ren Yanfang is an old author who dared to tell the truth. His father is a revolutionary martyr, his stepfather Meng Zhaogi was Lankao County Committee deputy secretary of Henan Province in the 1960s, and later the county party secretary Jiao Yulu neighbor, the two families have very close. It is precisely for this reason, Ren Yanfang elderly Jiao have a special kind of close feelings. A few years ago, he also published a bestseller “behind Jiao Yu - I and Lankao tragedy comedy.” On May 14, 2013, on the 49th anniversary of Jiao Lu’s death, Ren Yanfang, who lives overseas, sent an e-mail,