In the early days of the Communist Party, there were many red families where husband and wife, brothers and sisters made revolutions together. But the red family today, after the history of the Communist Party of China is unprecedented, there are four members of the Central Committee, two of whom are members of the Politburo Standing Committee, which is a unique spectacle in the history of the Party. This red family is Cai and Sen and Xiang Jianyu, Cai Chang and Li Fuchun.
01 Allied with Cai
Cai and Sen and Xiang Jingyu were among the main founders of the early Chinese Communist Party, of which Xiang Jingyu was the only female founder. They met in Changsha and later went to France to work and study together. They also married in France and formed the party's famous "Xiang Cai Alliance". When they got married, they took a picture of reading Capital together as a wedding photo to show their faith in Marxism and to beat the old world to the ground. While studying in France, Cai and Sen mentioned in a letter to Mao Zedong that they should blatantly establish a socialist party in China, the Chinese Communist Party. He also became the first person in history to propose the name "Chinese Communist Party.".
After returning to China, Cai he sen always served as a senior leader in the party, and at the same time, he was a rare theoretician in the party in the early days of the founding of the party. He was very close to Mao Zedong, and together with Xiao Zisheng, he was known as the "Three Friends of Xiaoxiang". Mao Zedong once said that Cai hesen said, "I don't have a word that I disagree with." After returning to China, Xiang Jianyu has been engaged in the women's movement, and she is the first women minister of our party. Because of her shrewd talent and steady character, many comrades in the party called her "the old grandmother of the revolution."
But while Cai and Sen and Xiang Jingyu's revolutionary cause grew stronger and stronger, there was a rift in their feelings. Cai and Sen worked, often sleeping and forgetting to eat, not trimming the edges, and ignoring the trivialities of life, which made it difficult for Xiang Tou to accept. Once, when Xiang Jingyu was standing on a stool and accidentally fell down, Cai and Sen saw the eyes, but when they returned home, they did not ask a question.
At this time, Peng Shuzhi walked into the life of Xiang Jingyu, and after finding out that she was in love with Peng, her heart fell into a bitter entanglement, and finally chose to confess to her husband. This made it difficult for Cai and Sen to accept. At a meeting of central leaders, after Chen Duxiu announced the adjournment of the meeting, Cai he and Sen suddenly said that there was one more thing for everyone to discuss, and then said with an embarrassed face, "Comrade Xiang Jianyu is in love with other people." As soon as this sentence was uttered, the people present were stunned. At that time, in the party, Xiang Cai was not only a husband and wife, but also a revolutionary alliance, which had become a banner. In order to repair the relationship between the two, in 1926, the central government decided to send the two to Moscow to study, hoping to break the mirror and reunite, but in the end it was to no avail, and the two broke up peacefully shortly after they arrived in the Soviet Union.
Although the alliance in life has disappeared, the alliance in the revolution still exists. Both of them have always been loyal allies on the road of revolution. In 1928, Xiang was arrested and imprisoned for betrayal by traitors. After learning this news, Cai and Sen were impatient and actively tried to rescue them, but to no avail. On May 1 of that year, he was brave and righteous to the police.
After the sacrifice of Xiang Police, Cai Hesen wrote "Biography to Comrade Xiang Police" with great sorrow and deep affection, in which he wrote: "Great Police! Heroic warning! You are not my personal lover and Sen's personal lover, you are the eternal lover of the Chinese proletariat. ”
Three years later, Cai Hesen also died in Guangzhou because of traitors, and the legend belonging to the "Xiang Cai Alliance" came to an end.
02 Together forever
Cai Chang is the younger sister of Cai Hesen, who joined the revolution under the influence of her brother and went to France to work and study together. In France, she and Li Fuchun, a fellow hunan countryman, formed a lifelong partner and supported each other together, walking through half a century of ups and downs. Cai Chang and Li Fuchun formed deep friendships with Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and others during their study abroad. Deng Xiaoping was also their witness. During their time in France, Mr. and Mrs. Li Fuchun had a daughter, but soon after the birth of their daughter, Cai Chang underwent a ligature. In their view, since they have decided to devote themselves to the revolution, they must no longer be dragged down by the affairs of their children.
After returning to China, Cai Chang led the women's movement in the party for a long time and made outstanding contributions to women's liberation. Not only that, she was also one of the 30 female Red Army soldiers who completed the Long March. During this period, her optimistic and cheerful personality inspired many people, and she was also known as the revolutionary "saint" in the Long March. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Cai Chang served as the first president of the All-China Women's Federation, and she was also one of the few female revolutionaries in the party who was called "big sister".
Li Fuchun has long been responsible for the economic construction of the party and the state. Especially after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as vice premier of the State Council, assisted Zhou Enlai and Chen Yun, and made important contributions to the implementation of the "First Five-Year Plan" and the construction of socialist industrialization. However, during the Cultural Revolution, under the influence of the "February countercurrent", Li Fuchun suffered a lot of political blows, worrying about the country's economic development until the last moment of his life. Cai Chang was also shocked during the Cultural Revolution, and was posted with a big poster by the rebels, but fortunately Mao Zedong did not forget this good comrade-in-arms who had known him since his youth, saying that "if Cai Chang is also overthrown, there will really be no good people in Hongdong County." The criticism of her also stopped.
In 1975, due to excessive concern for the future of the country, Li Fuchun's life entered the dying moment. After Receiving the notice from the hospital, Cai Chang immediately rushed from the residence to the ward. But in the end, she still missed the last goodbye with the lover who accompanied her all her life, and became a permanent regret. 15 years later, Cai Chang died in Beijing.
03 The Romance of the Revolutionaries
In 1949, at the first session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Kuomintang elder Liu Yazi and Cai Chang met, recalled the past exchanges, felt a lot of emotions, and wrote a poem to commemorate their friendship:
There were several revolutionary couples, and at that time Xiang Cai became a ren.
He Sen shed blood to death, and his mighty spirit was majestic and worldly.
Death and life flow to the ends of the earth, and today the new capital is laid down.
Remember the iron shoulder to bear the moral righteousness, double fly Li Cai two family.
At the time of the poem' writing, Xiang Jingyu had been sacrificed for 21 years, and Cai and Sen had been gone for 18 years. But the old friends and relatives still haven't forgotten them, and they are still remembering them with deep respect.
Of course, today when we look back at this history and walk into this prominent red family, we will inevitably mention their private feelings and even ignite the soul of gossip. But the affairs of the Six Dynasties are by no means a private scheme. The smoke dissipated, and we saw the backs of four staunch revolutionaries. Dedicating oneself to doctrine and walking with faith is a romance unique to revolutionaries.
This red family tells us with ironclad facts: the revolution is not a dinner party, it is to go to jail and bleed, or even beheaded. From the day they joined the revolution, they were ready for the hardships of the future and were willing to sacrifice everything for the happiness of the majority of the people.
Finally the struggle of these revolutionaries tore a hole in the bleak sky, and the sun leaped from the east and shone on the earth. When latecomers look back at this period of history, they will feel more and more deeply: the romance of the Republic of China does not belong to the talents and beauty, the wind and snow, and the revolutionaries who tear through the darkness.