On November 30, 2022, when it was extremely cold and people were shivering from the cold, the bad news came, Comrade **, this great man with the pride of "benefiting the life and death of the country, and avoiding it because of misfortune and fortune", has left us forever.
However, did you know? 40 years ago, Comrade ** once asked Zhang Aiping a question that surprised him. What is the history of this question? Please reveal together.
Zhang Aiping, a revolutionary soldier with both civil and military skills, is admirable for his patriotic spirit and firm belief. Although he did not have much intersection with Comrade ***, he and his father Jiang Shangqing were close comrades-in-arms on the revolutionary road.
They have the same lofty ambitions and similar life trajectories, the only difference is that Jiang Shangqing was born a little later than Zhang Aiping. Zhang Aiping was born in an ordinary peasant family in Sichuan Province, and later participated in revolutionary activities in Daxian Middle School.
So, he changed his name to "Aiping" and was determined to fight for the country and the people to the end.
** and Zhang Aiping: During the White Terror, their road to joining the party was full of difficulties. The Kuomintang reactionaries carried out a crazy campaign against the Chinese Communist Party, and our party could only go underground in order to avoid their pursuit.
Even under such circumstances, Zhang Aiping did not betray the party and the motherland, and always adhered to her love for the country. He constantly looked for opportunities to escape, and finally succeeded in returning to the party organization with the help of his companions.
At the end of 1929, Zhang Aiping joined the Red Fourteenth Army, and his military talent began to be demonstrated. Their stories make us feel the firm faith and fearless spirit of the communists.
Zhang Aiping's performance during the Long March, with her keen battlefield insight and superb tactical layout, won the respect of the people in the team. At that time, Zhang Aiping already had the ability to contribute to the country, and Jiang Shangqing was still exploring his own path.
The Jiang family ushered in a new life in 1911, named according to the genealogy, named Jiang Shihou. His father Jiang Shixi was full of poetry and painting talent and strong patriotic feelings, and paid attention to the education of future generations.
In 1927, Jiang Shihou secretly joined the Communist Youth League and actively devoted himself to the revolutionary cause, but unfortunately he was arrested by the reactionaries and imprisoned in Suzhou Prison.
Jiang Shihou was imprisoned for unfair treatment, but through the unremitting efforts of his family, he was able to regain his freedom and change his name to Jiang Shangqing, joining Shanghai University of the Arts. With his outstanding eloquence and profound thoughts, he was deeply loved by the awakened youth and successfully joined the Communist Party of China.
During his studies, he actively propagated Marxism and organized student activities, but this was repressed by the reactionaries. In this ***, Jiang Shangqing was unlucky**.
Having learned the lessons of his last release from prison, Jiang Shangqing was well prepared to face the reactionaries this time. Despite the fact that his lawyer could not alleviate his guilt, he continued to promote Marxism in prison, even in the face of threats and gunfire from guards.
He said, "Aren't you patriotic? If I am guilty of patriotism, I am honored to be able to show my loyalty with my blood! The prison guard was speechless and could only threaten him with a gun. Jiang Shangqing's determination and courage are admirable.
Jiang Shangqing knew that the resistance of real swords and guns would only lead to more trouble. He had offended the prison guards because of his relationship with the Confucianists, and since then he has lived a difficult life under the torture of the reactionaries, and when he was released from prison, he was sick and pale.
These experiences made him realize that the spread of communism seemed so weak in the face of reactionary policies, and that in order for the revolution to succeed, the idea of communism must be understood by more people.
So, he resolutely decided to use the pen as a ** and devoted himself to propaganda work.
After the outbreak of the "September 18" incident in 1931, in the face of the barbaric aggression of the Japanese army, the Kuomintang authorities still adhered to their leading position, and even did not hesitate to rely on the strength of foreign enemies in an attempt to eradicate our party from the land of China.
When Jiang Shangqing learned of this news, he was deeply indignant, so he wrote "Advance Song - The Incident in the Three Eastern Provinces", calling on patriots to unite and jointly fight against foreign enemies. This poem, full of pride and ambition, immediately attracted many like-minded young people, and Jiang Shangqing struck while the iron was hot and led them to found such progressive literary magazines as "New Century Weekly" and "Anti-Enemy Weekly," making important contributions to the dissemination of advanced ideology and culture.
After the outbreak of the "77" incident in 1937, the Japanese army's aggression against our country became more and more serious, and Jiang Shangqing could no longer bear it, so he said goodbye to his wife and children, left Jiangdu County, and went to a broader world of struggle.
Jiang Shangqing, a hot-blooded young man who has always cherished the ideal of dedication to the country. In 1938, when the situation in eastern Anhui became increasingly severe, he was entrusted by the party organization with an important task and became the commissioner's secretary to Sheng Zijin, the sixth administrative inspector and security commander of Anhui Province.
And Sheng Zijin is having a headache about how to solve Wang Eryi's problem. It turned out that there was a factional struggle within the Kuomintang, and the Anhui region was controlled by the Gui faction, and Sheng Zijin came to manage affairs as a "paratrooper", so he was naturally not treated by the Gui faction.
Jiang Shangqing relied on his talents and firm ideals to resolve Sheng Zijin's predicament and achieve himself.
The Gui family considers himself the boss of Anhui and does not obey Sheng Zijin. Wang Eryi and other Gui ** found trouble with Sheng Zijin, but Sheng Zijin had no breakthrough in Anhui. Jiang Shangqing's appearance reassured Sheng Zijin, and the two hit it off at first sight, and Jiang Shangqing's lofty ideals made Wang Eryi worship.
Jiang Shangqing's high emotional intelligence persuaded Wang Eryi, Wang Eryi cooperated with Sheng Zijin's work, and Sheng Zijin promoted Jiang Shangqing to the second person in the security headquarters.
After his high position, Jiang Shangqing's work within the Kuomintang became smoother. He took advantage of the opportunity to help Sheng Zijin expand the army, continuously recruited new recruits for our party, and persuaded Sheng Zijin to establish the Northeast Anhui Military and Political Cadre School under the nose of the Kuomintang, and trained a large number of core talents for the future New Fourth Army.
In the same year, Zhang Aiping was transferred according to the organization and became a senior staff officer of the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army, responsible for the military work of the Kuomintang Gui Department. Zhang Aiping first focused her work on Sheng Zijin, but it was not enough to focus on people.
So, how can we get the inside information of the Gui Kuomintang?
At the critical moment, Zhang Aiping thought of Jiang Shangqing arranged by the party organization, and he immediately wrote a secret letter to him. After receiving the letter, Jiang Shangqing was excited, but because of his hidden identity, he did not dare to mention anything about the Communist Party, and he was also puzzled about how to pass on the information in his hand.
So, Jiang Shangqing found an opportunity to visit Zhang Aiping. When Zhang Aiping first saw Jiang Shangqing, she was attracted by his strong bookish atmosphere. After a brief conversation between the two, Zhang Aiping sighed that "it is too late to see each other, and it is difficult to find a confidant".
After Zhang Aiping accompanied Weinberg to inspect the honor guard of China's three armed forces, Zhang Aiping and Jiang Shangqing worked together to quickly spread the spirit of communism in the northeast of Anhui. In addition, with Jiang Shangqing's efforts, Sheng Zijin agreed to join forces with Zhang Aiping to resist Japan.
This news made the Kuomintang diehards very unhappy, and they believed that Sheng Zijin had betrayed the Kuomintang and therefore planned to get rid of him. Among the many voices, Xu Zhiyuan's voice was the highest.
The current anti-Japanese situation is grim, and Sheng Zijin and Xu Zhiyuan have always been at odds, but if they can get Xu Zhiyuan's help, it will be a huge boost to the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in Northeast Anhui.
After discussing with Jiang Shangqing, Zhang Aiping invited them to dinner and discussed in detail the establishment of an anti-Japanese united front. At the banquet, Xu Zhiyuan expressed his full cooperation with Sheng Zijin's work, but after leaving the table, he actually killed his future colleagues.
After the banquet, Sheng Zijin decided to walk the path with Jiang Shangqing in order to return to the station as soon as possible to prepare for anti-Japanese matters. Zhang Aiping reminded them before they left that there might be an ambush on the path, but Sheng Zijin insisted: "When I came, I took this road, no problem." ”
Zhang Aiping's prophecy came true, and just as the figures of Sheng Zijin and Jiang Shangqing disappeared from sight, dense gunshots suddenly rang out. This sudden ambush left both Sheng Zijin and Jiang Shangqing defenseless, and in order to protect the cadre school they had worked so hard to build from collapse due to their sacrifice, Jiang Shangqing tried his best to create an opportunity for Sheng Zijin to evacuate.
In the end, Sheng Zijin successfully escaped from the hands of death, while Jiang Shangqing, who was only 28 years old, was shot several times and died heroically. When the news of Jiang Shangqing's sacrifice reached Zhang Aiping's ears, his heart was like a knife, he lost a good comrade-in-arms, and even lost a confidant who he talked to.
Zhang Aiping searched for many years without success, but found that Jiang Shangqing had died in front of her. In order to continue Jiang Shangqing's ambition, he has been looking for Jiang Shangqing's descendants. However, after many inquiries, he did not receive any news about the descendants of Jiang Shangqing.
When Jiang Shangqing died, he had no children under his knees. According to family tradition, his eldest brother passed on his 13-year-old son *** to him, hoping that *** could inherit Jiang Shangqing's legacy.
**Growing up listening to Jiang Shangqing's struggle stories since childhood, he has long regarded Jiang Shangqing as a role model for himself to learn.
**During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he practiced the patriotic spirit of resistance against Japan with practical actions; During the War of Liberation, he secretly devoted himself to the underground work of the Party and made unremitting efforts to overthrow the reactionary rule.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he devoted himself to the field of electrical construction, and went to Japan and France many times to inspect electrical technology, introduce advanced production experience, and contribute to the development of domestic electrical industry.
In 1978, at the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, he courageously proposed to abandon the idea of "taking class struggle as the key link" and shift the focus of work to economic construction, thus promoting the process of reform, opening up and socialist modernization.
**Meeting Zhang Aiping in 1982 made Zhang Aiping realize her wish for many years. The arrival of ** made Zhang Aiping feel very cordial, it turned out that he was also a lover of calligraphy.
Zhang Aiping had a very happy conversation with ***, mentioning his best friend Jiang Shangqing, ** deeply admired this.
Jiang Shangqing's son, with his father's courage, is really extraordinary! ”
**Hope to erect a monument for his father and ask Zhang Aiping to write an inscription. Zhang Aiping immediately agreed, and wrote down the seven big characters of "Tomb of Comrade Jiang Shangqing" with a splash of ink. From Jiang Shixi to Jiang Shangqing to ***, their patriotic spirit has been passed down from generation to generation, and they have promoted the progress of the country in their own ways.
Inheriting and carrying forward Jiang Shangqing's legacy, he not only put forward innovative theories such as "important ideas and scientific outlook on development, but also created a new era of rejuvenating the country through science and education."
Although they are no longer with us, the qualities and spirit of the heroes will always be remembered in our hearts. In order to comfort their souls in heaven, we should work harder to show the glory of future generations, and let the world know that China has stood up and will stand forever!