In May 1949, after half a month of arduous fighting, the Red Army liberated Shanghai at a heavy price.
Song Shilun, who had made great achievements, was promoted to commander of the Shanghai Municipal Garrison and also served as the commander-in-chief of the Ninth Commandery of the Liberation Army
What is unexpected is that after he entered Shanghai, the first thing he did was to invite "businesswoman" Dong Zhujun to dinner.
How did Song Shilun and Dong Zhujun, whose identities were so different, meet each other? What happened between them? Today, walk into the story of the well-known entrepreneur Dong Zhujun and the founding general Song Shilun with Xiaobian to understand the little-known relationship behind them.
Dong Zhujun was born in a slum in Shanghai, Jiangsu Province, her father was just a civilian pulling a rickshaw, her mother was a laundry woman, an accident, the family's old house caught fire, taking away two grandsons and a granddaughter of Dong's second uncle, Dong Zhujun had a younger brother and a younger sister, but because the family was poor, he was starved to death.
When Dong Zhujun was 6 years old, his parents knew that only reading could get ahead, so they saved money and sent Xiao Zhujun to a private school to study, Dong Zhujun was 9 years old, unfortunately patronized this poor family again, Dong Zhujun's father fell ill, fortunately, in the end, Dong Zhujun's father's health improved, but he could not pull the car.
When she was 11 years old, Dong Zhujun wrapped her feet, and when she was wrapped during the day and at night, she was cut thinly by Dong Zhujun with scissors, and then wrapped and continued to cut, Dong Mother had no choice but to give up the idea of wrapping her feet.
Dong Zhujun
When Dong Zhujun was 12 years old, the family was so poor that he could not even pay the rent, Dong Zhujun could only drop out of school, Dong Zhujun had no choice but to send Dong Zhujun to qinglou, but in the end he was distressed about his daughter, he and the old bustard said good, only to do qingqi.
Dong Zhujun, who soon sold his art and did not sell himself, met the revolutionary "Summer Time" in the Qinglou, who was young and handsome in Summer, and had the bookish anger that Dong Zhujun admired, which soon attracted Dong Zhujun's affection, and Xia Shi also fell in love with this beautiful girl with a strong personality.
Dong Zhujun, who has a beloved person, naturally does not want to continue to stay in the Qinglou, so she planned an escape, successfully pretended to be ill and left the Qinglou, Dong Zhujun, who had no identity shackles, soon married Xia Shi, and the story of the Qinglou women and the students seemed to have a happy ending, but the story was only a story after all, and their married life was not as good as imagined.
Dong Zhujun and the time of Summer
Soon after marriage,
Because Dong Zhujun wanted to learn knowledge, Xia Shi sent her to Japan to study
But this person in the summer, in fact, is suspicious, the surface kung fu is very good, Dong Zhujun was once a Qinglou Geji, which made him worry that Dong Zhujun was out of the wall in Japan, so he sent his fourth brother to Japan to monitor Dong Zhujun by taking care of Dong Zhujun.
After Dong Zhujun completed his Studies in Japan, he wanted to continue to study in other countries, but was rejected by Xia Shi, who in a letter to Dong Zhujun, strongly requested Dong Zhujun to return to China, and soon after Xia Shi became the governor of Sichuan, Dong Zhujun became the wife of the governor of Sichuan Province, under the influence of her husband, Dong Zhujun's heart germinated the idea of serving the country.
After marriage, they have four daughters and a son, although Xia Shi was a revolutionary, but his thinking is still closed and old, especially the son preference, he never cares about the affairs of the four daughters, and also said in front of Dong Zhujun and his daughter that they will all be outsiders in the future, Dong Zhujun also said that he wasted it by Xia Shi because he bought a piano for his eldest daughter, and only in front of his son was a little fatherly.
Dong Zhujun, who had accepted new ideas, naturally could not understand Xia Shi, in her opinion, these were their children, where there was any outsider's statement, the conflict of thoughts made Dong Zhujun feel bitter for a while.
Soon, Xia Shi was dismissed from his post because he followed the wrong person in the partisanship, and the frustration of his career made Xia Shi depressed, and he began to smoke opium and indulge in mahjong, because he could get a short pleasure from it.
Dong Zhujun and Xia Shi and the children
Frustrated people are always unwilling to admit their problems, so Xia Shi began to beat Dong Zhujun, saying that Dong Zhujun Kefu, in a quarrel, Xia Shi took up a knife and chased Dong Zhujun to cut, that is, this time, let Dong Zhujun make up his mind to leave Xia.
In 1929, Dong Zhujun returned to Shanghai to start a business, that is, in Shanghai, she met Song Shilun.
Affected by the 4.15 incident in Guangzhou, Song Shilun was arrested and imprisoned on the charge of "suspected communist party", and his friends cleared him of the crime and successfully released Song Shilun on bail, but after his release from prison, Song Shilun lost contact with the organization.
At that time, the situation was already very complicated, he first went to Hong Kong, did not find an organization, and then transferred to Shanghai, but Song Shilun was unlucky, he did not find an organization after wandering in Shanghai for a few days, the travel expenses were also spent, forced to make a living, Song Shilun could only submit articles to newspapers and periodicals to obtain money to maintain his life.
At this time, Song Shilun met his fellow prisoner in Guangzhou, Li Tangcao, who was also a communist
But out of vigilance, they did not identify each other, and after many trials, Li Tangcao was keenly aware that Song Shilun was the same kind of person as him, so he wrote a letter of recommendation and asked Li Tangcao to find Dong Zhujun.
Song Wheel of Time
Dong Zhujun was negotiating a divorce with Xia Shi at that time, and Xia Shi, who had a decent reading and backbone before marriage, showed his rude side at this time, he scolded Dong Zhujun for coming out of the hall, and he would certainly not be able to live without him, and proposed that their only son, Xia Daming, had to live with him.
Dong Zhujun was deeply exhausted,
When Dong Zhujun's life was in chaos, Song Shilun found her with a letter of recommendation, although it is not clear where Song Shilun came from, but out of trust in Li Tangcao, she still generously funded this young man who looked depressed and sick, and smiled and cared about his life
This deeply touched the Song Dynasty.
After receiving this huge investment, Song Shilun bid farewell to Dong Zhujun and Li Tangcai, immediately rushed to Wuhan, and finally joined the large troops of the organization to start his conquest career.
Song Shilun had courage and strategy, in the battlefield of the general charge, was appreciated by the superiors, all the way to the commander, in the war to liberate Shanghai, Song Shilun led the troops to suddenly attack the enemy, and sent two teams from the flank to encircle, preemptively before the enemy to capture a large area of Shanghai's urban area, to avoid the Shanghai urban area was damaged by artillery bombardment, the credit is self-evident, so he was promoted again, concurrently serving as the commander of the Shanghai Municipal Garrison.
Song Shilun and the warriors
After capturing Shanghai, Yang Fan invited Dong Zhujun to dinner, and Song Shilun happened to be present.
Although it had been twenty years, Song Shilun still recognized Dong Zhujun, and he excitedly asked Dong Zhujun if he remembered him
Dong Zhujun was very confused as to why the commander knew her, and after Song Shilun explained, Dong Zhujun remembered the trivial matter in her heart.
Although the identities of the two are now very different, Song Shilun is still full of gratitude to Dong Zhujun, and he takes out his booty, the Japanese command sword, hoping that Dong Zhujun will accept it.
Dong Zhujun also sighed and said, "There are relatives who are better than those who have been reunited for a long time!"
At this time, Dong Zhujun, has successfully divorced Xia Shi, before living alone with several children, life is hard, but also because of being falsely accused of being imprisoned, during her imprisonment, the eldest daughter Xia Guoqiong took on the heavy responsibility of raising the family at a young age, Xia Guoqiong learned piano with the support of her mother from childhood, and she usually studied hard, relying on teaching children piano to obtain the needs of life.
After Dong Zhujun stayed up until he was released from prison and established Jinjiang Restaurant, what many people did not expect was that Jinjiang just opened the store with its unique decoration and beautiful waiters to attract many people to patronize, watching the swarm of diners.
Dong Zhujun made a rule: no matter how noble the status of the person who came, he must queue up for dinner.
It was also at this time that Dong Zhujun met one of her nobles, Du Yuesheng
Du Yuesheng
Du Yuesheng, the leader of the Shanghai Youth Gang, who came to the scene, soon became a big fan of Jinjiang Restaurant, even if he lined up with others.
But once Du Yuesheng was angry, took the initiative to propose to Dong Zhujun to help the Jinjiang restaurant expand, Dong Zhujun originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it again, she realized: In Shanghai, a woman without a background is something that everyone can cheat, so Dong Zhujun accepted Du Yuesheng's help, which also made the Jinjiang restaurant a stable foothold in the chaotic Shanghai.
Dong Zhujun attaches great importance to the education of her children, and her patriotic feelings have also deeply affected her children
The eldest daughter Xia Guoqiong is China's first generation of pianists, her Chinese and Western style of playing is of great significance to the development of Chinese piano, the third daughter Xia Guoying followed the footsteps of her mother to become a revolutionary, she is also the first batch of students to study in the United States, Xia Guoying has excellent talent in film,
With a bright future in the United States, she resolutely returned to her motherland and founded the "Bayi Film Factory", and after the film factory retired, she also accepted a special task: to work for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States to enhance the friendship between the two peoples!
Dong Zhujun (right) and daughter Xia Guoying
The youngest daughter Xia Guozhang devoted her life to cultural relics research, the youngest son Xia Daming because of his early life with his father, was not lucky to get a good education like his sisters, but he had a strong personality like his mother, and later studied hard by himself, was arranged to work at the Beijing Agricultural and Mechanical College, the second daughter Xia Guoxiu did not return to China as lucky as other sisters, and could only live in a foreign country and achieve achievements in his field.
He participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and also participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea; the Ninth Corps under his leadership always fought in the front line; he gave full play to the superiority of our army when fighting wars; he always destroyed the enemy under the premise of preserving himself; he did not advocate recklessness, did not approve of the soldiers making senseless sacrifices, and attached importance to the lives of the soldiers.
Blood and fire are constantly tempering him, and they are also accomplishing him. After the armistice, Song Shilun joined the compilation of China's military encyclopedia cause, and he has made contributions to the country all his life, and his merits are indelible, and the three founding generals of Song, Zhang, and Liao have made high praises to him, and Zeng Kelin also believes that he has a strong party spirit and is loyal in morality.
Dong Zhujun is also really a legendary figure, her first half of her life suffered from hardships and pains, the second half of her life but rely on self-reliance and self-improvement to gain the admiration of many people, although she once stayed in the Qinglou, she never seems to feel that this is a stain,
She launched a feminist movement, calling on women to dare to go out and look out, calling on women to learn to be self-reliant and self-reliant, and calling on people not to ignore girls, but to let girls also enjoy education.
She applied unsuccessfully to join the CCP, and she funded most of the money she earned to the underground party, and established a deep friendship with the underground party.
When the country needed it, she took the initiative to stand up and set up a Jinjiang restaurant for entertaining foreign guests with the help of the government, although she had never been on the battlefield of the anti-enemy, she made a great contribution to the country in the business world.
These two are heroes for the country and the people, but one is a hero of the military and a hero of the business world, and these two people are kind and generous to help, the other understands the Entu newspaper, and has the same patriotic feelings, and soon became friends after meeting again, maintaining a friendship that lasted for half a century, becoming a good story.
After the death of Song Shilun, Dong Zhujun also wrote a poem for him with tears.