Who says women are inferior to men? As long as she wants to do things and dares to do things, women can also do a big job. Not letting the eyebrows be shaved is always an empty phrase.
In the history of China, there are countless famous heroes. Hua Mulan's father joined the army, Mu Guiying took command of her husband, Qin Liangyu, and Feng Wanzhen strongly resisted foreign invasion. These women will be heroic and courageous, single-minded for the country, and do not lose to men at all.
In the modern history of the fierce confrontation between old and new ideas, a large number of famous heroes at home and abroad have appeared in society. When it comes to one of the most prominent families and a legendary mission, Zeng Xianzhi must be on the side.
This woman became a flower of the Whampoa Military Academy at the age of 16 and married a young talent Ye Jianying at the age of 18. After the founding of the country, she raised her and her husband's children alone, to the rank of deputy minister! The heroine's life is always amazing.
There were girls in the Zeng family who had just grown up
In 1910, Zeng Xianzhi was born into a wealthy family in Xiangxiang, Hunan. Counting up the generations, we can find that she is the fifth generation grandson of Zeng Guofan. Since childhood, the rich family environment has raised Zeng Xianzhi into a big girl, and she has received a good education and exposure to new ideas since she was a child.
Zeng Xianzhi entered the Gudaotian Normal Primary School at the age of 6, and at the age of 13, he was admitted to Hunan First Women's Normal University with excellent results. Whether it was then or now, it is a very honorable thing to be admitted to university at the age of 13.
After entering Hunan First Women's Normal University, Zeng Xianzhi gradually came into contact with a large number of new ideas and new youth. At that time, the principal Xu Teli had a great influence on her, and also laid a solid ideological foundation for her to devote herself to the revolutionary cause in the future.
In school, Zeng Xianzhi is an excellent young woman who combines beauty and talent. She excelled in her studies and played basketball. Compared with the shyness and delicacy of traditional women, Zeng Xianzhi has a bit of rebellious and bold color.
In 1924, Chiang Kai-shek founded the Whampoa Military Academy in Whampoa. Subsequently, he also founded the Whampoa Military Academy branch in Wuhan. The Whampoa Military Academy has cultivated a large number of military talents for the cause of the modern revolution and is a veritable "cradle of talents."
At that time, Zeng Xianzhi, who had advanced ideas and devoted herself to the revolutionary cause, also wanted to join the Whampoa Military Academy, but the headquarters of the Whampoa Military Academy did not accept female students, which also made her difficult.
After some inquiry, she suddenly found that the Huangpu Military Academy branch in Wuhan does not restrict the gender of enrollment! Therefore, Zeng Xianzhi secretly applied for this school.
The first beauty of the Whampoa Military Academy
Before Zeng Xianzhi entered the Whampoa Military Academy, her parents did not support her decision. Zeng Guofan's family was a typical feudal bureaucratic family, influenced by feudal ideas, and Zeng Xianzhi's parents were very opposed to her embarking on the road of revolution.
But where is Zeng Xianzhi a well-behaved woman? In that era of fierce confrontation between old and new ideas, there were more women in the new era like Zeng Xianzhi who pursued themselves and pursued individual liberation.
After applying for the Whampoa Military Academy, Zeng Xianzhi passed the examination and entered the Wuhan branch of the Whampoa Military Academy as desired. That year, she had just turned 16, which was the age of youth and blood.
Zeng Xianzhi was born into a famous family, and it was everyone's anger between his hands and feet. She has good facial features and is very beautiful. After entering the Whampoa Military Academy, many young talents immediately noticed this beautiful child.
In addition, Zeng Xianzhi is very good at communicating with people, and her popularity in school is also very good. With her beautiful appearance and outstanding talent, people at that time called Zeng Xianzhi the "first beauty" of the Whampoa Military Academy.
The fate of Zeng Xianzhi and Ye Jianying also began with the Whampoa Military Academy.
When Zeng Xianzhi was a female student, Ye Jianying was already a heroic figure with little achievement. At that time, Ye Jianying served as an instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy, deputy director of the Professorial Department and chief of staff of the Nationalist Army, and was a veritable young talent. Ye Jianying was 13 years older than Zeng Xianzhi and had two wives before knowing Zeng Xianzhi, but Zeng Xianzhi didn't care.
After graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, Zeng Xianzhi was assigned to Ye Jianying's officer training regiment as a warrant officer clerk. Subsequently, Zeng Xianzhi also followed Ye Jianying to participate in the Northern Expedition.
In his work, Zeng Xianzhi seems to have completely forgotten his female identity, and resolutely stepped onto the front line despite hardships and dangers. This fearless spirit of hers deeply touched Ye Jianying. On the other hand, Zeng Xianzhi also had a variety of feelings such as admiration and appreciation for Ye Jianying.
The constant contact between work and life made Zeng Xianzhi's love for Ye Jianying in his heart become more and more intense. In 1928, Zeng Xianzhi and Ye Jianying, two progressive young people with common revolutionary ideals, finally came together and married. Later, Zeng Xianzhi and Ye Jianying joined the Communist Party of China and fought unremittingly for the revolutionary cause of the Communist Party.
Gather less and leave more, raise children alone
The turmoil of the times has created countless families to gather less and leave more. Soon after Ye Jianying and Zeng Xianzhi got married, the two faced separation. After the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising, Ye Jianying was sent to Moscow to study in 1929.
Originally, the organization agreed to let Zeng Xianzhi follow her husband Ye Jianying to the Soviet Union to study, but Zeng Xianzhi generously gave up his quota to a more suitable person. After her husband left, Zeng Xian was sent to Shanghai to do underground work.
In the 1930s and 1940s, the political situation in Shanghai was complicated. Not long after Zeng Xianzhi was engaged in an underground movement in Shanghai, he was targeted by the Kuomintang. At the end of 1929, Zeng Xian was arrested and imprisoned by the Kuomintang.
In order to get out the communist information, the Kuomintang severely tortured her, but she gritted her teeth and never let go. By the time the Communists rescued Zeng, she was already tortured to the point of disfigurement.
After her release from prison, Zeng Xianzhi was sent to Japan, but she was imprisoned again under the condition that Japan wanted to eliminate the domestic communists. Fortunately, after learning that she was a descendant of Zeng Guofan, the Japanese army actually let her go directly.
In 1931, Zeng Xianzhi returned to China and met Ye Jianying. Later, due to organizational arrangements, they were forced to separate and act separately. For both of them, gathering less and leaving more is the norm.
In October 1938, Zeng Xianzhi gave birth to a son. In 1941, when she rushed to Yan'an to look for Ye Jianying, she found that her husband had married another woman and had a daughter. She was sad, but her good cultivation made her able to afford to put it down. She threw herself into her work and adopted her son alone.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zeng Xianzhi has been working in the All-China Women's Federation, and has reached the level of deputy minister. In the more than 40 years of working for the China Women's Federation, her indifferent to fame and fortune and gentle attitude have always remained in people's hearts. Her son also developed well later, and after joining the army at a young age, he repeatedly made military achievements and was awarded the rank of "major general".
brief summary:
Zeng Xianzhi's life was full of ups and downs, and he struggled unremittingly for the cause of the Chinese revolution. Someone once wrote a pair of letters for her life, praising her for being full of the party and the people and serving the people wholeheartedly.
Zeng Xianzhi's life was a respectable life. Although this veteran revolutionary who dedicated her life to the Chinese revolution died in Beijing in 1989, her spirit of serving the public, daring to resist, and never accepting defeat has survived forever.