That body is Xiang Jingyu. This year, she was 33 years old. Many years later, when we mention this name again, we often add four words in front: a generation of female heroes.
People say that Xiang Jingyu's sacrifice is the loss of China Revolution, but they often ignore the impact of her death on children and lovers. In this issue, the theory of soul will carefully sort out those things after Xiang Jingyu's sacrifice:
Chen Chun and Wang Zhaigong risked their lives in this trip. Because there is a notice on the execution ground that says "No dismemberment", it is obvious that the reactionaries hate her guts, even though she is dead.
Since 1927, when Wang Jingwei showed his true colors, Wuhan has been in a state of white terror, and a large number of progressive youths died under the butcher's knife of reactionaries. Among these young people, "crime" is common and can be taken back by relatives and friends for burial. There are still some "heinous crimes" and the authorities are not allowed to accept the body.
Chen Chun and is a worker, joined the party in his early years, and has been lurking in Wuhan since he lost contact with the organization. Every time in the dead of night, he and his workmates and brothers secretly transported the body to the Bugan Pavilion near the western foot of Guishan Mountain. There is a canyon there, and they will bury the body. In order to distinguish clearly in the future, they will bury a stone as a mark in the grave.
In just one or two years, Chen Chun and his workers * * * collected 100 human remains. Therefore, he knows the enemy's various means. But when he saw Xiang Jingyu's body, he cried.
Xiang Jingyu still has handsome short hair, but his cheeks are thin. The scars all over her body indicate that she was tortured before she died. To make matters worse, her mouth is full of stones and sand, and there are deep strangulation marks on both sides of her mouth.
According to the common people, she has been giving a speech on the way to the execution ground. From time to time, someone in the crowd responded to her and felt that what the girl said was reasonable. The reactionaries in charge of escorting were afraid and began to beat her, trying to shut her up. They found that beating was useless, so they found some stones and sand, stuffed them into her mouth, and tied her cheek with a belt so that she could never speak again.
She didn't cry. The onlookers cried. In their view, Xiang Jingyu doesn't have to go this way.
Yes! Xiang Jingyu is not a poor child. She was born in a famous family and should have lived a well-off life. She was born in a merchant family in Xupu County, Hunan Province. Her father Xiang is a famous local businessman, known as "Little Zhuge".
Mr. and Mrs. Ling Rui gave birth to 10 children, including six men and two women. Xiang Jingyu ranks first in Laojiu, and her nickname is Jiujiu. For this little girl, I love Ling Rui very much, not only because she is cute, but also because she is very smart since she was a child, and she can read and write as soon as she teaches.
So from childhood, no matter what Xiang Jingyu wanted, his father and brothers would try their best to do it. Even if she wanted to be the first female student in the county, her eldest brother got her wish. It's just that my family didn't know at that time that this little sister would do so many great things in the future: join the Nan Zhou girls' school, take part in the revolution, study in Paris, join the * * * production party, and make enemies with local warlords.
This pile, one after another, was not what ladies should do at that time. Therefore, even today, more than 90 years later, Hu Jing, the actor who plays Xiang Jingyu, said with emotion in Weibo: "You could have been naive, you could have had enough to eat and wear warm clothes ..."
The news of Xiang Jingyu's murder spread quickly. Cai Hesen, who has been trying to save her ex-husband, is deeply saddened. He wrote on a piece of paper: "You are not dead, you will never die …". Past scenes, from acquaintance, love, to separation, all appear in my mind.
Cai Hesen still remembers meeting this Sanxiang woman for the first time in 19 18. One winter day that year, 23-year-old Xiang Jingyu, as the principal of a girls' school, came to Beijing to contact Hunan female students about studying abroad. As it happens, Cai Hesen was also busy organizing work-study programs in France.
Cai Hesen is very happy to meet the legendary Xupu girls' school principal for the first time. Especially her short hair impressed him more. Only then did he understand why Yang Changji had been praising her, calling her a talented woman.
In fact, for many young men at that time, Xiang Jingyu has always been very attractive. There are many anecdotes about her in the boys' circle. Some people say that in order to get all the girls to go to school, she once mobilized her parents to let their daughters go to school. To this end, she personally untied the foot wrap for them. Some people say that she is a "rebellious woman" and often makes her parents angry.
But even so, many men want to marry her. There is a local warlord named Zhou Zefan in Hunan. He worships Xiang Jingyu and wants to marry her. I agreed without putting the blame on my family. Xiang Jingyu listened to, I was so angry that I rushed directly to Zhou's house and swore in public:
Commit yourself to the country and never get married.
The Zhou family had no choice but to give up. Perhaps it was this oath that made Cai Hesen think that she really intended not to get married, so they were not together during their stay in Beijing.
They really began to open their hearts to each other at the end of 19 19. This year, Cai Hesen boarded a cruise ship to France with her sister and mother. This time, he and more than 50 progressive young people went to France to study, and Xiang Jingyu was one of them.
It took 35 days from boarding to disembarking, and Cai Hesen and Xiang Jingyu talked for 35 days. They have been discussing where the future of China lies. Sometimes they quarrel, but every day at sunrise, students will see them standing on the deck talking.
One day, they finally talked about love and marriage. Only then did they discover that someone really thought the same way. They all think that old-fashioned marriage is meaningless, and young people together should be the perfect combination of love and ideal.
At the end of the 35-day voyage, they basically confirmed their love relationship. In May of the following year, they held a unique ceremony in Mondani. In a sense, this combination should not be called marriage. After all, the bride and groom don't agree with the previous way of getting married. They call it an alliance with Cai.
Cai Hesen's mother, sister and dozens of China students attended the ceremony, but the woman had no family. That day, they took such a wedding photo:
Neither the bride nor the groom wore wedding dresses nor flowers. The groom has a copy of Das Kapital in his hand. This marriage caused a great sensation at that time, and the love of two "rebellious youths" was talked about by young people. Xiang Jingyu, who experienced the sweetness of love for the first time, wrote in his letter to his parents: He Sen is the person Jiu-Er really loves and has the same interests. ...
In the following years, they fought side by side and had a son and a daughter. Unfortunately, the arrival of the children did not make their marriage stronger. Love is easy to get along with but difficult to get along with, and the disagreement of living habits finally separated them at 1926. Maybe the marriage experts are right: two people who are too good are often sad.
After the separation, Xiang Jingyu is still a talented woman in Sanxiang, still active in the forefront of the revolution. Although Cai Hesen has organized a new family, he has always cared about Xiang Jingyu. It's just that they can never go back.
1928 In March, Xiang Jingyu was arrested, and Cai Hesen was so anxious that he didn't know what to do. He knew that he was also the target pursued by the enemy, but he still ran around trying to save her. He was in great pain when he learned that Xiang Jingyu had been killed. He commemorated her with a biography of Comrade Xiang Jingyu. In the article, he said:
When modern people interpret this sentence, they often only pay attention to the second half. But if you look at the first half carefully, you will find that she is still a "lover" to him after all.
Three years later, Cai Hesen was arrested. In the enemy's prison, he made the same choice as Xiang Jingyu: never give in. 193 1 August 4th, died heroically at the age of 36.
Is there a feeling that can transcend marriage and not even be afraid of life and death? For Xiang and Cai, maybe there is.
The successive sacrifices of Xiang Jingyu and Cai Hesen have made countless revolutionary friends grieved. But their children knew nothing about all this at the time. They are all too young.
From 1920 to 1926, the marriage between Xiang Jingyu and Cai Hesen lasted for six years, during which a son and a daughter were born. Daughter Nietzsche was born first. She was only six years old when her mother died. Cai Bo, the second son, was only 4 years old when his mother died.
When it comes to parents, Nietzsche once said, "My time with my parents is very short", so Nietzsche's understanding of my parents is basically through other relatives.
Nietzsche was born in an attic on Elephant Mountain Road in Shanghai. The couple named their daughter this name because they got married in Mondani, France. At that time, the couple were very poor, and Xiang Jingyu was doing revolution while taking care of the children. Nini's arrival eased their nervous nerves.
Four months later, because of the need of work, Nietzsche was handed over to her aunt for support. After that, she seldom saw her parents again. Since then, she has moved several times, from her aunt's house to her aunt's house, and from her aunt's hand to her grandmother's house. The reason for this is that her family is engaged in revolution, and only in this way can the safety of the children be guaranteed.
Grandma and aunt were very kind to Nietzsche, but this did not alleviate her curiosity about her parents. She often asks her grandmother when her mother will visit me, but she often doesn't get any valuable response. After all, her grandmother doesn't know.
Until one day, my mother suddenly appeared at home. Yes 1927. Xiang Jingyu came back from Moscow and planned to go to Wuhan to continue the revolution. When she passed by Changsha, she decided to visit her children.
In fact, at this point, Xiang Jingyu has been separated from Cai Hesen. When the former daughter-in-law appeared in Cai's family, her mother-in-law Ge was not unhappy at all.
About the heroine Ge, the author will introduce it to you in the next article. She is definitely a heroic mother. She raised Cai Hesen and Cai Chang and saved many grandchildren of the Cai family. Ge is the backbone of Cai Jia's hiding for many years. She is absolutely satisfied with Xiang Jingyu as a daughter-in-law.
When he saw his children again, Xiang Jingyu hardly recognized them. Five-year-old Nietzsche doesn't know how awesome her mother is outside, but she thinks she has short hair and doesn't bind her feet, which is different from other people's mothers. About this meeting, Nietzsche said this in his later years:
Such simple details of getting along, sleeping with my mother and being woken up by my mother, are simple scenes for any mother and daughter to get along. But this scene, Nietzsche remembered all his life. How much does the little girl miss her mother to keep such a thing firmly in her heart?
After only a few days in Changsha, Xiang Jingyu will go to Wuhan. Before departure, at the request of her mother-in-law Ge, the whole family took such a family photo:
The woman on the far left in the photo is Xiang Jingyu, 32 years old and very handsome. This is one of the favorite photos of Nietzsche and her brother in their lives. Although my father's revolution didn't come back, my mother and grandmother were there. No matter how fierce the gunfire is outside, it's great for Nietzsche and his brother and sister that their mother is here these days.
After the photo was taken, Xiang Jingyu left Changsha, which was the last time Nietzsche and her brother saw their mother. 1928 In March, the news of Xiang Jingyu's arrest reached the Cai family.
Grandma is keenly aware of the seriousness of the matter. Therefore, she had planned to take her granddaughter and grandson to visit her mother for the last time. But in the end, she didn't dare to take risks. If the reactionaries make an issue of children, how can she be worthy of a daughter-in-law? In this way, Nietzsche's memory of his mother will remain in that family photo forever.
Xiang Jingyu's sacrifice made the Cai family, who was already living in white terror, even more nervous. In order to avoid the reactionaries, my grandmother and aunt took several children to hide in Tibet. Finally, Nietzsche moved to Shanghai and lived with her father in a secret organ of our party.
During this period, Nietzsche, who gradually became sensible, had the opportunity to get to know her father at close range. Father is very busy at work and doesn't talk much. He always stares at her and sometimes whispers that she looks like her mother. After hiding for a while, in the autumn of 1928, her father and aunt were sent to the Soviet Union and she was taken away.
At first, for Nietzsche, life in the Soviet Union was very stable. At that time, she was studying in Children's Home, and her father was busy at work outside, so she would come to see her from time to time. Later, my father returned to China and there was no news for a long time. It was many days before an uncle told her that her father had died in Guangzhou.
Nietzsche is 9 years old. She didn't cry because she didn't even know what sacrifice was. After that, she began to live alone in the Soviet Union. She met many classmates who came from China like her: Mao, Mao Anqing,,, Qu,, and so on. Later, her younger brother Cai Bo was also sent here.
The children of these leaders actually had a similar fate before they were sent here. Brother Mao lost his mother Yang Kaihui, his father Zhao Shiyan and his adoptive father Qu Qiubai. Almost every child is suffering from the loss of their loved ones. But these children are extremely sensible, and they can keep each other warm together.
Once, Qu showed me an album with a photo she had never seen before. There is a line written below the photo: party member, the first woman in China, was born. I haven't seen my mother for many years. I'm not sure who this is, or Qu's mother told her: Yes, she is Xiang Jingyu, your mother.
Nietzsche, who was sensible, finally knew what her parents did and why they died. Since then, she has been much stronger. The Soviets themselves had a hard time in wartime, and it was impossible to give these children a good life. They are often hungry and swollen. In order to fill their stomachs, it is their daily life to sell clothes for a piece of bread and climb trees to pick wild fruits. It was not until the end of the war that everything began to improve.
From the age of 7 to 3 1 year, Nietzsche lived in the Soviet Union for 24 years. After graduating from Moscow Hospital, she returned to her motherland and was greeted by menstruation Cai Chang and her family. After that, she became a general practitioner in the hospital. After 1976, the country urgently needs Russian translation. She was transferred to Beijing Foreign Studies University to teach Russian and was later awarded a professor. She kept a low profile, and many students didn't know that she was the daughter of Xiang Jingyu and Cai Hesen.
In 20 12, she died in Beijing. She left almost nothing of value to future generations, only photos of her parents. It was given to her by her uncle and aunt in the Soviet Union. They are worried that she will be homesick. These photos have been with her for half her life.
Cai Bo is two years younger than his sister. His character follows his father, and he is very calm. But the style of doing things is as bold as my mother. After Xiang Jingyu's death, her mother-in-law, Ge Haojian, took her grandson to live in Shuangfeng, Hunan Province and taught him personally.
He got good grades and was soon admitted to Xiangxiang Middle School. Grandma is a woman who has studied in school. Grandchildren and grandchildren often discuss many national affairs together. Therefore, Cai Bo has always respected her grandmother. But he has little impression of his parents. Just one month after his birth, his mother went out to be busy with the revolution, and he seldom saw them again. Even the sacrifice of his parents took him a long time to hear from others.
1in the autumn of 938, Premier Zhou finally sent someone to find their family, and Ge safely handed over his grandson to the organization. He was first sent to Chongqing to meet Premier Zhou and Deng. Seeing this child, Premier Zhou was filled with emotion. He patted Cai Bo on the shoulder and said, "Send you to school to avenge the dead martyrs in the future ..." Since then, he has also been sent to the Soviet Union.
In the Soviet Union, Cai Boyi lived 10 years. Under the cultivation of his grandmother, he had a good cultural background and soon became the best among those children studying abroad.
At that time, among all the students, Mao had the best relationship. Mao is two years older than Cai Boda. Both of them have lost their mothers, lived in hiding, and are trying to return to China to make some achievements.
/kloc-one day in 0/945, 23-year-old Mao suddenly came to him and told him, "I can go back to China!" At that time, Mao had finished his studies, and he received a letter from his father agreeing to return to China.
This makes Cai Bo very envious. He held his good brother's hand tightly and said, "I'm waiting for this day!" " "He also wants to return to China, but his parents are gone, and he doesn't know who to apply to. After careful consideration, he wrote a letter to Chairman Mao instead of all students studying in the Soviet Union and applied to Uncle Mao for returning to China.
Everyone knows the relationship between Chairman Mao and Cai Hesen and Xiang Jingyu. Mao and Cai knew each other as early as 19 13, and they often organized activities of Xinmin society together. At the August 7th meeting, it was Cai Hesen who recommended Chairman Mao to enter the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. It can be said that his recommendation is of great historical significance.
Privately, Chairman Mao and Cai Hesen are both disciples of Yang Changji. Before he died, he wrote a letter to his good friend Zhang, asking him to take care of Mao and Cai in many ways in the future. In the letter, he bluntly said: "If you don't say anything about saving the country, you must save the country first." I have to admire Mr. Lao Yang's ability to recognize people. As early as the 1920s, he could reach this conclusion.
Many years later, my old friend is gone, but my old friend's son is still there. Chairman Mao was deeply moved by Cai Bo's letter, and he wrote back soon, saying ... I am very happy to receive your letter ".
But at that time, Chua had not finished his studies, so he could not come back. Until 1949, Liu Shaoqi met Cai Bo during his visit to the Soviet Union and brought him back. He was assigned to work in Angang Ironmaking Plant because he majored in ironmaking in Metallurgical Department.
1948 when Anshan was liberated, the iron works were almost in ruins. After the founding of New China, the demand for steel suddenly increased several times. Cai Bo, together with the first generation of Iron Man in New China, shouldered the heavy responsibility entrusted to them by history. Young Cai Bo had knowledge and technology, and soon became the technical backbone of the factory, and was officially appointed as the director of Angang.
From then on, he became the first batch of metallurgical experts in China, and his paper also amazed coach Nie. Under his leadership, Angang became the shoulder of the steel industry. For a long time, Angang has played the role of supporting national steel mills, and it has delivered a large number of talents to Baotou Steel, Wuhan Iron and Steel and Panzhihua Iron and Steel.
199 18 September 18, Cai Bo died in Beijing at the age of 67. In his later years, Cai Bo often took out photos of his parents and wiped them over and over again. He always asks people around him, "Am I qualified to be the son of Xiang Jingyu and Cai Hesen?"
A similar question, his good brother Mao Anying wrote repeatedly in his diary: "Am I qualified to be Mao Zedong's son?" The answer to this question, after Mao Anying's death, his widow Liu Siqi once asked Chairman Mao, and the chairman said, "He is qualified, and he is my pride." I believe that if Xiang Jingyu and Cai Hesen knew, they would give the same answer as Chairman Mao.