In Hefei City, Anhui Province, Yanqiao Road runs parallel to Jixian Road, which is a tribute to Chen Duxiu's two sons, Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian, who gave their lives for the revolution, and Jixian Road originates from Chen Duxiu's cemetery, Jixian Pass in Anqing, Anhui Province, to pay tribute to this great pioneer.
Although these two roads do not intersect, they both point to the avenue of prosperity, implying that Chen Duxiu's revolutionary spirit will never be extinguished and guide us to a better future.
In China, talent has always been a scarce resource, especially within the Communist Party, which is even more scarce due to its relatively short existence. For example, Chen Yannian is a rare talent. ”
Indeed, our happy life today is inseparable from the dedication of countless talents and revolutionary martyrs, who should be remembered by us, such as Chen Yannian, the eldest son of Chen Duxiu.
Chen Yannian was born in 1898 in the former residence of Nanshuiguan in Anqing City, Anhui Province, when he was five years old, his grandmother and mother sent him to study in a private school, and at the age of twelve, he entered a new school to receive education, and studied in Anqing Shangzhi Primary School and Quanwan Middle School.
At that time, the seeds of the Chinese revolution began to sprout, and Chen Duxiu was running around for the revolutionary cause, and he did not spend much time with Chen Yannian. At the age of twelve, his father Chen Duxiu divorced his mother Gao Xiaolan and was with his aunt Gao Junman, which may have caused a kind of estrangement between Chen Yannian and his father Chen Duxiu.
Chen Duxiu is the leader of the democratic revolution in Anhui, and his sons Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian are also hot-blooded young people. In 1913, Chen Duxiu led the "Second Revolution" against Yuan Shikai.
Yuan Shikai sent his henchman Ni Sichong to arrest Chen Duxiu's son, but the three Chen Yannian brothers escaped wittily. In 1915, the two brothers expressed their ambitions to their father and came to Shanghai to start their independent life.
They learned French at a French tuition school and were admitted to Aurora University. Chen Yannian initially believed in non-**ism, but he finally chose to go to France to study work-study and study Marxism with the help of Wu Zhihui, a non-****ist, and became one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of China.
During his study in France, Chen Yannian's thinking underwent earth-shaking changes, and he left a**ism and turned to communism. At the same time, together with Zhao Shiyan, ** and others, he founded the Communist Organization in Europe, the Chinese Young Communist Party.
Under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, Chen Yannian and Zhao Shiyan went to Moscow to study at the Eastern University and became members of the Communist Party of China. After returning to China, Chen Yannian was appointed to come to Guangdong to serve as the secretary of the Guangdong District Committee of the Communist Party of China and the head of the organization department.
During his tenure as chairman of the Guangdong District Committee of the Communist Party of China and director of the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy, Chen Yannian succeeded him as secretary of the Guangdong District Committee of the Communist Party of China. **The chairman once commented that Chen Yannian is a rare talent, and he has made important contributions to party building and party unity.
At the beginning of 1927, the Guangdong Party organization had more than 9,000 members, making it the local party organization with the largest number of party members in the country. ** once said: "Guangdong's party is very united, and the party's life is also doing well, and Yannian's contribution in this regard is great." ”
During the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Chen Yannian had the same views as ***, resolutely opposed the offensive of the Kuomintang rightists, and advocated a resolute struggle.
However, some party leaders headed by Chen Duxiu adhered to the policy of compromise and concession, which Chen Yannian deeply hated, and he resolutely opposed "right-leaning opportunism" and said: "I am the Communist Party, and I resolutely stand on the party's standpoint and oppose the policy of compromise and concession of right-leaning opportunism." ”
In the spring of 1927, Chen Yannian went north to Wuhan to participate in the "Fifth National Congress" of the Communist Party of China, and on the way was appointed secretary of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang District Committee of the Communist Party of China, and went to Shanghai, but Chiang Kai-shek launched a counter-revolutionary coup d'état, and Chen Yannian was reappointed secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.
At that time, Shanghai was in the atmosphere of white terror, and the Kuomintang reactionary parties wantonly arrested the first members of the Kuomintang, but Chen Yannian still came to Shanghai regardless of his personal safety and devoted himself to restoring and rebuilding the party organization destroyed by the Kuomintang.
On June 26, 1927, the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China was established at No. 104, Hengfengli, Shigaota Road, North Sichuan Road, Shanghai, but the venue was suddenly surrounded by the Kuomintang military and police, and Chen Yannian was unlucky.
As a "bigwig" figure of the Chinese Communist Party, Chen Yannian was regarded by Chiang Kai-shek as an important target, hoping to obtain intelligence from him. However, Chen Yannian was unyielding, saying that he had already dedicated everything to the Chinese Communist Party and would never reveal a trace of information.
On June 30, 1927 (July 4, according to one account), Chen Yannian was escorted to the execution ground, and although the executioner asked him to kneel, he firmly said: "Revolutionaries are upright and upright, and they regard death as if they were at home. ”
In the end, Chen Yannian was hacked to death at the age of 29. Before his death, Chen Yannian said: "Our party has grown up and become strong in the course of a protracted and uninterrupted revolutionary struggle and from the arduous and difficult revolutionary struggle. ”
This is the true portrayal of his life's revolutionary cause.
Under the street sign of Yanqiao Road in Hefei, people are full of people's deep respect for the two Yanqiao brothers. One of the cards reads: "Although Yanqiao Road is limited in length, its end leads to a bustling avenue.
This seemingly ordinary road has carried a hundred years of hard work. The present prosperity is as you expect, and we will witness all this for you with your eyes.
Chinese".