On September 2, 1998, Yang Shangkun, who had served as ***, was seriously ill in bed, and in the ward of the 301 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, he expressed his last wish in this life.
"After cremation, send the ashes back to my hometown Tongnan County and bury them with Yang Yangong!”
On September 14, Yang Shangkun died of illness at the age of 92.
On the morning of May 18, 2001, Yang Shangkun's ashes were officially placed in the "Yang Shangkun Cemetery" in Tongnan, just 600 meters next to the cemetery, where the "Yang Yangong Martyrs Cemetery" was located.
Needless to say, Yang Shangkun's excellence, as an outstanding leader of the party and the country, dedicated to the revolution for more than 70 years, his talent can be learned from the world, but everyone knows that he was influenced by his brother Yang Yangong to embark on the revolutionary road.
Speaking of Yang Yangong, the world is not familiar with him today, he is one of the pioneers of the Chinese communist movement and the early military leader of our party.
At a time when his family and country were in danger, his loud cry is still deafening, and his lifelong revolutionary will has also encouraged generations of Chinese sons and daughters.
His life was short and brilliant, and he would rather sacrifice than give up his revolutionary ideals, and it is touching to have such a firm belief.
What are the legendary stories about the Yang brothers?Let's find out.
On March 10, 1898, Yang Yangong was born in Shuangjiang Ancient Town, Sichuan, and his father Yang Huaiqing was very enlightened and progressive, and also attached great importance to the education of his children.
Yang Yangong's eldest brother and second brother studied in Japan and participated in the alliance, and under their influence, Yang Yangong had the idea of breaking through the feudal cage since he was a child.
In 1912, he wanted to go out of Shuangjiang, just for himself to be able to add more new era knowledge and thoughts, but was suppressed and stopped by the feudal patriarch, in order to show his determination, he did not hesitate to cut off the patriarch's braid in public in the teahouse, because of this, but also by the villagers called "four strong boys".
From 1913 to 1920, he first came to Nanjing to study military affairs, and then to Japan, where he came into contact with Marxism.
On January 12, 1924, after returning to China, he and Wu Yuzhang founded the Chinese Youth Communist Party in Chengdu, carrying the historical mission of establishing the proletariat, and after getting in touch with the Communist Party of China, the two became members of our party in 1925.
To say that feudal ideology did not know how many young people were harmed in the future back then, it stands to reason that Yang Yangong was born in a landlord family, even if he is willing to be bound by the world, his life will be stable and stable, but he is a person who dares to self-revolution, just as he sighed in the face of revolutionary colleagues back then.
"I am a traitor to the old society and a spawner of the new society!”
In order to strengthen the revolutionary will of himself and his descendants, his children were also named "**" and "communist", which is his greatest ideal in this life, to realize communism in the whole of China and the whole world.
It is conceivable that such an aspiring young man who dares to cut off his robe and break his righteousness with the old times must be charming in the revolutionary ranks, and he is so cute that he has also made many close comrades-in-arms, ** is one of them.
In today's exhibition hall of the life and deeds of the martyrs of Yang Yangong, some chapters in the "Diary of Yang Yangong" are still faintly visible, among them, Yang Yangong did not hesitate to express his admiration for his conduct, knowledge and talent.
"Bo Cheng is indeed a rare talent, and it is especially rare among soldiers!”
"Discussing the current situation with Bo Cheng, he is really a genius and has quite an insight, so that this person can achieve his ambition, why worry about Sichuan?”
In getting along with Yang Yangong and other revolutionary colleagues, the first realistic and prudent actions left a deep impression on everyone, and I finally determined one thing through my understanding of Yang Yangong and others, that is, the Communist Party of China is the hope of realizing "saving the people from fire and water".
In February 1926, Yang Yangong led the establishment of the Chongqing Local Executive Committee of the Communist Party of China and was elected secretary, so as to realize the party's unified leadership over the revolutionary struggle in Sichuan.
In May, ** became a member of our party.
In August, the Chongqing Prefectural Executive Committee then put forward the strategic proposition of "supporting the first and comrade and transforming the old army" in Sichuan, and decided to launch an armed uprising in Shunqing and Luzhou to cooperate with the Northern Expedition.
"Sichuan Province is now the best place to work, and the spirit of hard work of the comrades in Sichuan is even more unmatched by other provinces!”
At the beginning of December, the Lushun Uprising began, and although the uprising failed for more than 160 days, it was a brave attempt by our Party to try to control the armed forces alone, and it was destined to go down in history.
It is not a pity that the uprising failed, and it is heart-wrenching that after this, Yang Yangong's life also came to an end.
In March 1927, when the British imperialists were leading the army to fight fiercely on the front line, the British imperialists used the bridge as an excuse to bombard Nanjing, causing more than 2,000 Chinese people, which was the famous Nanjing Bloody Case.
After the incident, people from all walks of life in Chongqing were filled with righteous indignation, and Yang Yangong and others discussed holding a mass meeting of the whole city on March 31 to collectively carry out anti-imperialist and anti-feudal propaganda and education on the atrocities of British and American imperialism in the shelling of Nanjing.
On the day of the conference, when Yang Yan was about to go out, the warlord Liu Xiang sent someone to deliver a letter.
"There will be an accident at the conference, I am afraid it will not be good for you, if you can not go to the meeting, the military seat will have good news!”
The "meeting" referred to in the letter was precisely this mass meeting.
After reading the letter, Yang Yangong smiled coldly, and then said to the sender.
"Threats and temptations are of no help to my Yang Yangong. For the sake of the great cause of our family and country, we will not take into account our personal safety and interestsYou can't buy me, and you can't stop me!”
Before the meeting began, the sound of firecrackers suddenly sounded around, and the villains began to fight against the masses, even to the point of drawing knives and slashing people, and killing people when they saw them.
In a desperate situation, Yang Yangong jumped off the wall and escaped to an ordinary family for the time being, and was able to escape.
In the early morning of April 1, he continued to work, contacting comrades and assigning tasks, but the reactionaries' white terror did not stop, and his family persuaded him to stay out of the limelight for the time being, but he refused.
"The enemy is cruel, but how can I only care about my own safety?”
In the early morning of April 4, on the steamer "Yadong" that had anchored and left Hong Kong, Yang Yangong, who was about to go to Wuhan to report the situation to ***, was arrested by the reactionaries.
At that time, he was not afraid of danger and looked calm, first quickly swallowed the hidden secret documents, and then was imprisoned
In the face of the enemy's coercion, temptation, torture, he never revealed a trace of information, and during the interrogation, the enemy even slammed his legs with a stick to force him to kneel, but even so, he still preferred to die.
This matter once reached the ears of Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek also sent spies for interrogation.
"Are you really not afraid of death?”
Faced with such a vicious spies, Yang Yangong glared at the other party angrily and said righteously.
"Only you ** people are afraid of death!You will surely die without a place to bury. You can cut off my head at will, but you will never shake my faith!My head can be broken, and my will cannot be taken!”
Seeing that he could not pry his mouth open no matter what, and when the enemy was angry, the only resort was to execute him in public, using the most brutal means to make the righteous people afraid.
Before the execution, in order to silence Yang Yangong, the enemy did not hesitate to torture him, cutting out his tongue, gouging out his eyes, and chopping off his palms, just to make him shut up when he was executed in public.
On April 6, the Chongqing Fotuguan Execution Ground was crowded with people, Yang Yangong could not make a sound, but the last thing he wanted to say became the cry of the people, and the voice of "Down with imperialism, down with warlords, long live the Communist Party of China" echoed in the sky, and at the last moment of the hero's end, he smiled and said goodbye to his compatriots.
With the sound of 3 gunshots, Yang Yangong's life was forever fixed at the age of 29, but he still practiced his life motto with his life.
"Life is like a horse's shoe, wear out Fang Xiu!".”
In 1937, ** praised him in Yan'an as "a martyr who sacrificed for the first Kuomintang-Communist cooperation", and his influence inspired future generations to forge ahead, including his brother Yang Shangkun.
Every time he recalls the past, Yang Shangkun will always have such feelings.
"When the Communist Party was underground, there were six Communists in our family, which was rare at that time. Why would there be so many Communists from such a family?This is due to the external environment and the internal situation of the family, and from the inside of the family, it is directly related to my fourth brother Yang Yangong!”
In Yang Shangkun's heart, the fourth brother Yang Yangong was his revolutionary leader, and most importantly, because of this family relationship, Yang Shangkun also had the opportunity to listen to the opinions of other revolutionary predecessors, which were valuable revolutionary enlightenment for him.
It can be said that Yang Shangkun received a good revolutionary education in his growth process, and he also felt Yang Yangong's touching brotherhood.
In 1926, at the age of 19, Yang Shangkun became a member of our party, and at the suggestion of Yang Yangong, he went to Shanghai and entered Shanghai University, which was founded under the leadership of the Communist Party.
After more than 70 years, he still remembers the scene on the day of parting, the fourth brother's voice is still in his ears, and the brothers' handshake on the river wheel has become an eternal secret!
Even so, Yang Yangong still left the anchor of the revolutionary aspiration in Yang Shangkun's heart, which also enabled Yang Shangkun to adhere to the revolutionary line impartially throughout his life, the only regret is that when he was moving towards a higher revolutionary realm and having a higher revolutionary status, the fourth brother could not be by his side.
In April 1988, Yang Shangkun was elected *** He comforted Yang Yangong with practical actions, and also mourned his brother with his life, so there was the scene mentioned at the beginning.
When the soul returned to his hometown, the two brothers of the Yang family were finally able to drink and talk in heaven, and the prosperity of New China created by countless revolutionary descendants was destined to be the most gratifying place for Yang Yangong.
In the world, there is never a more touching existence than faith and perseverance.
If the tragic death of Yang Yangong is too regrettable, Yang Shangkun continued all his revolutionary ideals, they are not only the pride of the Yang family, but also the most admirable brothers in the process of the great cause of the family and country.
The blood of the martyrs will never be shed in vain, and the shouts for the nation and compatriots can be learned from heaven and earth, and this is the most respectable and fearsome thing about all communists who have firm ideals!