Today we introduce the martyr Lin Wei, an early party member, secretary general of the Hunan District CPC Committee and secretary of the Central Military Commission.
Lin Wei (Chinese: 林蔚; pinyin: Lín), also known as Jīn Đồng, was born on October 26, 1898 in Baojiawan, Yintian Temple, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province. His father, Lin Shaoxu, was the first Xiucai in the late Qing Dynasty; his mother, Zhao Shi, was a pure and frugal peasant woman. Lin Wei was the youngest of the brothers and ranked sixth. When he was young, he successively studied at Teacher Tang Bijiang of Liema Mountain and Teacher Tan Jingchu of Yintian Xiazhou. In 1911, he entered the Yintiansi Public Primary School, and two years later, he entered the Xiangtan County Public West Road Higher Primary School. He is humble and studious in school, diligent and serious, and the majority of classmates love to be close to him and get along very well. But there are also many stupid children, often invite him to play cards and seek fun, he is ashamed and company, always pushing that the homework is not finished, politely refusing. Therefore, some laughed at his stupidity, some rebuked him for being proud, and some called him "Sage of the Forest." Principal Xiao Ji often asserted: "After this birthday, you will be a hero among people." In 1916, Lin Wei was admitted to Changsha Mingde Middle School with full honors. Later, through the introduction of his classmates, he got to know Mao Zedong, who was studying in the First Division at that time, and at the same time got to know Cai Hesen, Li Fuchun and other enthusiastic young people with courage and insight, and together with them, they eagerly read progressive books and periodicals such as "New Youth", actively participated in the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal student movement in Hunan, and began to explore the truth of saving the country and saving the people. During the winter and summer vacations, he gathered his friends Wang Heyue, Wu Yunmin, and others to discuss the current situation, determined to take the world as his own responsibility, and spur each other on; at the same time, he publicized the principle of patriotism and saving the people in the town and enlightened the consciousness of the masses. In 1918, Lin Wei learned that Mao Zedong had sent Cai Hesen to Beijing to contact Cai Yuanpei, the chief of education, about the issue of Hunan students going to France for work-study, and he actively participated. In August of the same year, they came to Beijing together to learn French in the preparatory class (advanced class) of Peking University. On March 10, 1919, Lin Wei, Fu Changyu, Ouyang Qin and 43 other Xiang students arrived in Shanghai and prepared to go abroad. On March 15, a farewell party was held by the Universal Chinese Students' Union. At the meeting, Wu Yuzhang encouraged everyone: "Those who want to go must have a strong consciousness, and they will not be abandoned in the middle of the way." On March 17, they set off on the sun wheel in the pill. After arriving in Paris, Lin Wei entered the Montagny College to practice French for four months, and then entered the Saint-De-Temple Factory to work, and hired French teachers to tutor after work. In 1920, Lin Wei participated in the Engineering Promotion Association initiated by Li Weihan. Through her work, Lin Wei gradually gained some personal feelings about the capitalist social exploitation system. Particularly memorable for him was International Labour Day in 1920. On that day, what he saw with his own eyes in Paris was not an atmosphere of democracy and freedom, but the suppression of demonstrators by armed police. This made him realize: "To work in the factories of the capitalists is tantamount to providing the capitalists with more cheap labour-power; to study frugally in the capitalist countries is nothing but delusional." In August of that year, the Engineering Promotion Association was renamed the Engineering World Society. In September, under the guidance of Cai Hesen, the members of the World Engineering Society and the members of the Xinmin Society in Montani met to discuss and decide that future actions should be unified on the road of "transforming China and the world." Lin Wei later participated in various political struggles initiated by Cai Hesen and Li Weihan, and each time he stood at the forefront of the struggle. On February 28, 1921, Lin Wei, Cai Hesen, Li Weihan, Zhang Kundi, Xiang Jingyu, and others mobilized more than 400 work-study students to propose to Chen Zhen, minister of the Beiyang warlord government in France: "We want the right to survive, the right to study, and the right to work." The struggle was forcibly dispersed by the French police, and Lin Wei and more than two dozen other negotiators were detained for several hours. It had a profound impact on Lin Wei's soul. In September 1921, the Xinmin Society and the World Society of Engineering jointly formed the Work-study Student Congress and entered the Sino-French University of Lyon. In this struggle, Lin Wei and more than a dozen other people were responsible for liaison. Because Wu Zhihui colluded with minister Chen Zhen and colluded with the French government and dispatched a large number of armed police to surround Sino-French University, 104 people, including Cai Hesen, Luo Xuezhan, Zhang Kundi, Chen Yi, and Li Lisan, were arrested, detained for 28 days, and forcibly sent back to China. In 1921, Zhou Enlai and others formed a communist youth group in France, and then merged with the Socialist Youth League organized by Cai Hesen to form the Communist Youth League, with Zhou Enlai in charge. After the congress of the Communist Youth League in Europe was held in June 1922, the members of the League became members of the Communist Party, and Lin Wei was also included. At that time, everyone actively studied Marxism, but there was a lack of study materials, so Lin Wei translated Marx's relevant expositions from the French version and compiled two study materials, mainly including "Political Economy" and "Materialistic View of History", which were praised by comrades. On the one hand, Lin Wei is a work-study student, and on the other hand, he does party work. He is diligent and hardworking, deep and subtle, enthusiastic to his classmates, and kind to the workers, so the workers and classmates trust him. In order to unite the Chinese workers, he took advantage of the holidays to go to various places to give speeches to expose the crime of the Beiyang warlord government in betraying the Chinese workers and to inspire the Chinese workers to fight for freedom. From 1923 onwards, as a result of the massive reparations received by the victorious powers of the First World War, the French economy recovered, factories were opened, schools were reopened, and work and study were installed throughout France. Lin Wei, Peng Shu and Yi Ding entered the University of Lyon in France to study liberal arts. In January 1924, Sun Yat-sen held the first national congress of the Kuomintang in Guangzhou, announcing the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and forming a united front. In accordance with the instructions of the CPC Central Committee, Zhou Enlai arranged for Lin Wei and Yin Kuan (Yin Hou, secretary of the Shandong Provincial CPC Committee) to join forces with the left wing of the KMT to prepare for the establishment of the GENERAL BRANCH OF the KMT in Europe, which was subordinate to two branches in Belgium and Germany. At the same time, CCP members could join the Kuomintang as individuals to expand their leftist influence. The Youth Party, organized by Li Huang and Zeng Qi in Paris, tried its best to undermine the revolutionary united front, and Lin Wei rose up to write an article according to the needs of the party, counterattacked, and exposed their conspiracy. On March 12, 1925, Sun Yat-sen died of illness. Worried about the future of the national revolution, Lin Wei put forward five proposals to the Kuomintang, in order to "respectfully warn the Kuomintang": We must continue the revolution, overthrow the warlords, and overthrow international imperialism; we must contact our friendly Soviet Russia and the oppressed nations; we must make efforts to propagate and mobilize the forces of the masses; we must pay attention to the masses of workers and peasants, who are the largest and most suffering masses, and only the workers and peasants are the thorough and truly revolutionary class; we must strictly discipline and eliminate those Kuomintang members who do not abide by Zhongshan's last instructions, do not struggle for the national revolution, and only seek to rise to the ranks and make a fortune. In conclusion, he also pointed out that this is the only way for the National Revolution to be completed; otherwise, the Kuomintang is a traitor to Zhongshan and a sinner in Zhongshan, and this is something that those who have a historical mission and want to carry on Zhongshan's aspirations in order to accomplish their unfinished deeds should pay special attention. When the news of the May Thirtieth Movement reached France, the General Branch of the Communist Party brigade in Europe immediately took action in solidarity with the struggle of the workers and students in Shanghai. At that time, Zhao Shiyan, Zhou Enlai, Li Fuchun, Xu Teli, and Cai Chang had all returned to China. Only Lin Wei, Xiao Pusheng, and others participated, and because He Luzhi, the secretary of the Youth Party, informed the French police, Lin Wei, Song Xijun, Lei Dingkun, and 20 others were arrested and imprisoned on June 24. Later, the French government was intimidated by world public opinion and had to acquit Lin Wei and others on October 17. After Lin Wei was released from prison, he strengthened his determination to oppose imperialism and strengthened his courage in fighting the enemy. Since then, the French government has intensified the persecution of the Chinese Communists in France, and the general branch of the Chinese Communist Party in Europe has had to go completely underground. Soon, the party organization decided to send Lin Wei to study at the Moscow Military Academy.
Lin Wei studied in Moscow for half a year, and after being ordered to return to Shanghai in May 1926, the Party Central Committee assigned him to return to Changsha as secretary general of the Hunan District Committee of the Communist Party of China and secretary of the Military Commission. At this time, when the Northern Expeditionary Army triumphantly entered Hunan, the broad masses of workers and peasants in Hunan took action one after another, abolishing the old trade unions and establishing new trade unions, abolishing the old peasant associations and establishing new peasant associations. After Lin Wei took office, he worked day and night to promote the arrival of the revolutionary climax. In order to adapt to the development of the revolutionary situation and improve the quality of party members and cadres, the Hunan District CPC Committee held a training course for workers' and peasants' revolutionary cadres in Hunan Province. Explaining the profound truth with shallow and vivid facts is praised by the masses as an expert in the materialist view of history. Lin Wei also recommended his five brothers From his hometown to the training class to serve as a special officer. Later, Lin Gusheng joined the revolution in Changsha and undertook liaison work. In February 1927, Liu Yuezhi, the leader of the Hunan landlords' property protection party, and Wang Fengzhe, Li Yuguang, and other rightists in the Kuomintang provincial and municipal party departments organized the "Left Society" to oppose and sabotage the peasant movement. In light of the opinions of the Hunan District CPC Committee, Lin Wei wrote an article entitled "What Is the Left Society," which pointed out bluntly: The so-called "Left Society" is a secret organization within the Kuomintang of a small number of undesirable elements, bored politicians, and frustrated bureaucrats, and is the "Xishan Conference Faction" in Hunan and the "Property Preservation Faction" and the "Gongfu Party" in Hunan Counties. After criticizing the counter-revolutionary program of the "Left Society," he pointed out: The conflict between the poor peasants and the local tycoons and inferior gentry is the struggle between the democratic forces and the feudal forces. He also said: At present, the peasant question is the central question of the National Revolution. The revolution is not revolutionary, or the test of the left and right factions, that is, on the criterion of praising or rejecting the peasant movement, Liu Yuezhi openly opposes the class struggle in the countryside, wants the peasants to endure hunger and hunger, devotes all their efforts to agricultural production, increases surplus value exclusively for the landlords, and has the Kuomintang under the jurisdiction of the peasant associations at all levels for their royal use. Liu Yuezhi's so-called "conflicts" and "disputes" naturally refer to the most urgent revolutionary actions of the peasants. This shows how reactionary Liu Yuezhi is.
The vigorous development of the workers' and peasants' movement in Hunan has aroused fear and hatred among the reactionaries. Following Chiang Kai-shek's betrayal of the revolution and the April 12 Massacre, He Jian, commander of the Kuomintang 35th Army, instructed Xu Kexiang, Zhang Guowei, Tao Liu, and other reactionary officers in Changsha to create the bloody Ma-Ri Incident. Before the incident, the Hunan Provincial Party Committee (after the Fifth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the district party committee was renamed the provincial party committee) had long been aware that Xia Xi, secretary of the provincial party committee, held an emergency meeting on May 20 to formulate a contingency plan, and decided that the members of the provincial party committee should hide and persist in the struggle, and some should be transferred to preserve the revolutionary strength; it was decided to establish a temporary provincial party committee, and when the emergency occurred, if Xia Xi was absent, Guo Liang would be the secretary of the provisional committee; Guo Liang would not be able to act as the secretary of the provisional committee; The emergency meeting also decided that the workers' and peasants' armed forces would be under the unified leadership of Wang Zeming, and if necessary, the contingent would be drawn to Zhuzhou and Liling. On the 21st, Xia Xi, Guo Liang, and Xue Shilun had all left; that night, Lin Wei and Zeng Sansu were at the zhanziqiao provincial party committee office. At about eleven o'clock, Xu Kexiang's reactionary army began to move, attacking the provincial peasant association not far from the provincial party committee, massacring the communists and revolutionary masses, and white terror suddenly enveloped the whole city of Changsha. Lin Wei was not afraid of danger, strong and calm, he arranged for Zeng San and Xie Jueya to return to Yiyang and Ningxiang respectively; he stuck to his post and continued to stay in Changsha with He Zichen and Xia Minghan. In his capacity as acting secretary of the Provisional Committee, he commanded the work and actively contacted Liu Zhixun, and decided that Liu and others would lead some pickets to Xiangtan and Zhuzhou to organize the workers' and peasants' volunteer army, and set up a general headquarters of the workers' and peasants' army in Jiangshe, Xiangtan, to quickly assemble the peasant army and make arrangements for a counter-offensive in Changsha. Later, because the Wuhan side informed the provincial provisional committee that Tan Pingshan and others had been sent to Xiangxiang to deal with the issue of the Ma-Ri incident, the troops withdrew halfway through. After the 1987 Conference, Mao Zedong Huixiang became the secretary of the provincial party committee, and Lin Wei was still the secretary general of the provincial party committee and the head of the organization department. In order to better receive comrades who came to the provincial party committee to report on their work, he specially mobilized his third brother Lin Xuansheng (Lin Qing) from his hometown to take his nephew Lin Quan, who had just turned 14, to Open a Xin'an Hotel in Jianjia Lane outside the North Gate of Changsha City. The "guests" in the past were all introduced by Lin Wei, and they were all comrades from various places who reported to the provincial party committee. At this time, the provincial party committee was secretly waging an arduous struggle, and Lin Wei deposited the party's propaganda materials in Liu Ang's home, and took the pseudonym Xiong Shusheng himself, acting as the brother of Xiong Jiguang, the minister of women's affairs, as a cover. In October, the Party Central Committee sent Luo Yinong and Wang Yifei to Changsha to reorganize the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, with Wang Yifei as secretary, Lin Wei, He Zichen, and Teng Daiyuan as members, and Zheng Jie as alternate members of the provincial party committee and minister of women's department. Soon, Lin Wei married Zheng Jie, who had shared hardships and hardships in the long-term revolutionary struggle, and thus established a deep relationship. In order to counter the enemy, the new provincial party committee actively organized the "Gray Day (December 10) Riot", which was later failed due to leaks. After this, Teng Daiyuan could not appear on the outskirts of Changsha and moved to Xiangdong to participate in the armed struggle; Wang Yifei was arrested; Zheng Jie's identity had been exposed and had to be hidden, and Lin Wei's work was even more arduous. He was very concerned about Wang Yifei and sent people to the prison many times to inquire about the news. Wang Yifei was afraid of implicating others and exposing the organization, and always told people not to look at him. Lin Wei wanted to send him a quilt to keep him cold, but Wang Yifei resolutely did not want it, preferring to be frozen. Extending to the Chinese New Year's Eve of the lunar calendar, Wang Yifei was tragically killed in changsha education club ping in the sound of firecrackers all over the city.
At that time, the situation was very critical, the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and the Party Central Committee lost contact, there was no source of funding, and Lin Wei insisted on the struggle to borrow money everywhere to provide for the party's urgent needs. Once, he borrowed only five yuan from the Qianhe Fengye Pot Factory, and he also distributed it to his comrades to maintain their livelihood. Later, Lin Wei consulted with He Zichen and sent Zheng Jie and He Zichen to Shanghai to ask the Party Central Committee for instructions and reports, and asked to send a provincial party secretary to Hunan to strengthen leadership. Lin Wei himself went to Liling to carry out work in accordance with the spirit of the instructions given by Luo Yinong, secretary of the Yangtze River Bureau, on "urging all localities to actively consolidate the workers' and peasants' movement and establish local Soviet power." He studied with Teng Daiyuan, member of the provincial party committee who had long been working there, Chen Gong, military minister of the provincial party committee, and others, reorganized the Liling County CPC Committee, with Lin Wei as secretary and Teng Daiyuan, Chen Gong, and Yi Zusan as members, and went to the South Second District, the South Third District, the South Fourth District, the West First District, and the North Second District respectively to set up a Soviet government, take back the fields from the hands of local tycoons and inferior gentry, and distribute them to the poor peasants who had no land and little land. Just as the victory of the land reform was being celebrated, the enemy army Luoding regiment and the landlord armed door-to-door regiment of more than 3,000 people frantically carried out large-scale "clearing of the countryside" in several districts in the southwest. On March 12, 1928, after an enlarged meeting of the county party committee, Lin Wei and Chen Gong went to Xilin and met the enemy on the way to Yangjiazui. Under the cover of the common people, they broke through several times, but finally because the enemy army was numerous and chased, Lin Wei was shot and injured in the foot, and he could not move. When he saw that the enemy was still hunting down innocent peasants, he immediately propped himself up and shouted to the enemy: "I am a Communist, don't hunt down the common people!" The enemy heard the sound and pounced on him. At the same time, Chen Gong was also arrested by the enemy. The reactionary leader Ye Wenke recognized Chen Gong and wrote him a note signaling him to defect and surrender himself. When Chen Gong saw it, he tore it to pieces, threw it in front of the enemy, and said: "If you want to kill, you can kill, and it is impossible for communists to surrender." The enemy's use of abduction is ineffective, and torture is useless. The next day, Lin Wei and Chen Gong fought bravely in Liling Zhuangyuanzhou. Before their execution, they did not change their color, calmly and calmly, and shouted: "The workers' and peasants' government that cannot be defeated!" "Kill the communists!" "Long live the Chinese Communist Party!"
In 1950, Mao Zedong wrote in a letter to Lin Wei's brother Lin Gusheng: Comrade Lin Wei's death is extremely deplorable. Comrades from all over the country who died should be commemorated.
