As we all know, Lin Biao made great contributions to the revolution, and he was also awarded the rank of marshal after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but compared with his revolutionary cause, his emotional road is much more bumpy, and when we mention Lin Biao's family, we will think of his ex-wife Zhang Mei and his wife Ms. Ye Qun.
Whether it is Ye Qun or Zhang Mei, it is Lin Biaoming who is marrying the wife who enters the door, but what people don't know is that many years ago, Lin Biao was still dating a lady named Wang Jingyi in his hometown.
Logically, since the two of them had already decided to marry the doll, Lin Biao was definitely going to marry this woman, but for one reason or another, the two missed it.
Many years later, Lin Biao fell in love with other women and lived a life of children and daughters, but Wang Jingyi was lonely and bitter all her life and loved Lin Biao in her own way for a lifetime.
At that time, why did Lin Biao and Wang Jingyi not become relatives, and why did Wang Jingyi remember Lin Biao for so many years?
The Lin family grew up as a teenager
It is most appropriate to describe Lin Biao in the four words of a young hero, Lin Biao was born on December 5, 1907, in a landlord family surnamed Lin in Dawan, Huanggang, Hubei Province.
Although the environment in China was extremely turbulent at that time, but with the protection of his family, Lin Biao's life was quite good, at the age of 9, his parents sent Lin Biao to a local school to study, and at the age of 13, he was admitted to the Junxin School founded by Yun Daiying and others in Badouwan, Huanggang.
Lin Biao is a teenager with high ideological consciousness, great city government, calm and introverted, and good at using his brain.
Like most people of insight at that time, he joined the revolutionary queue in order to completely change the decaying society and save the people from fire and water.
When the May Fourth Movement broke out, Lin Biao was studying in the academy, and under the influence of his classmates and progressives around him, he began to actively learn communist ideas.
In 1923, lin biao, who was a young man, joined the Chinese Socialist Youth League, and it was not long before he became the secretary of the Communist Youth League Branch of the Gongjin Middle School designated by the Wuchang Prefectural Committee of the Communist Youth League.
In the specific process of work, he discovered his lack of knowledge, and in order to make up for this shortcoming, he made up his mind to go to the Whampoa Military Academy.
Before going to Guangdong to take the Whampoa Military Academy, he had been at home with his parents and studied to prepare for the exam.
One day, when Lin Biao and his cousin were drinking together, his aunt suddenly asked him a question, and the aunt said, "You are 18 years old this year, right?" Why don't you marry the girl of the Wang family into the door, she is a big beauty! ”
The girl surnamed Wang in the mouth of the aunt was no one else, it was Lin Biao's fiancée Wang Jingyi.
A few years ago, the Wang family could be called a big family in the town, and Wang Jingyi's grandfather not only owned dozens of real estates, hundreds of acres of fertile land, but also had five or six mountain forests.
Although at that time, the economic situation of the whole country was not very good, but the Wang family maintained the dignity of the large gate households, and more than 20 servants were invited.
However, because of the turbulent situation at that time, coupled with the fact that Wang Jingyi's father did not know how to operate, the Wang family's family business was passed down to Wang Jingyi's generation, and there was no money.
In order to maintain the family's livelihood, Wang Youcheng had to put down the shelf of the literati and open a private school to earn some meager salaries by teaching to feed his family.
When Wang Youcheng opened a private school, he met Lin Biao's father, Lin Mingqing.
Wang Youcheng admired Lin Mingqing's calligraphy very much, and Lin Mingqing also liked Wang Youcheng's literati temperament, so when they came and went, the two became acquainted.
When he came to visit Lin Mingqing's home, Wang Youcheng saw Lin Biao, who looked good, so he joked that his daughter and Lin Biao were of similar age and could make the two of them a doll kiss.
As soon as he heard this, Lin Mingqing happily agreed at that time, in fact, before that, Lin Mingqing also thought about this problem, but because Lin Biao was too naughty, so he never said it, and now Wang Youcheng took the initiative to propose to set the doll kiss, he naturally couldn't ask for it.
Immediately afterward, Lin Mingqing and Wang Youcheng each held several tables of banquets, feasted on relatives and friends in the village, sent eight characters to the dolls, made an appointment, and set up an in-law.
(Wang Jingyi)
Lin Biao was very clear about this history, so he was also a little embarrassed to listen to his aunt's words.
He pondered carefully, and felt that his aunt's words were also reasonable, and he didn't know what the situation was when he went to Guangzhou this time, in case he didn't come back for several years, wouldn't his marriage be delayed?
So as soon as he returned home, he found his mother and asked that Wang Jingyi be married back at the end of this year.
However, just when everyone began to prepare for the marriage, Lin Mingqing raised objections, saying that it was a disaster year and it was not suitable for marriage, and then he forced Lin Biao's marriage to be postponed.
Repentance of marriage
After Lin Biao entered the Whampoa Military Academy, he saw a wider sky, and slowly, he no longer thought about marrying and having children.
However, at this time, Wang Jingyi's family in his hometown could not wait, and Wang Jingyi's father had found Lin Qingming more than once and urged him to let Lin Biao come back quickly and marry his children.
At the end of 1926, when Lin Biao and the Fourth Independent Regiment were resting in Wuhan, he wrote a letter to his father, saying that he had now arrived in Wuhan and would take a leave of absence to go home if he had the opportunity.
After receiving this letter, Lin Mingqing was very happy and immediately found the Wang family and said that they could prepare for the wedding.
Not long after, Lin Biao, dressed in a military uniform, appeared at the door of the house, watching his son return, Lin Mingqing and his wife happily greeted him and asked him: "Have you taken a few days off when you go home this time?" Can you get married and then go back? ”
Hearing this, Lin Biao's face was a little bad at that time, how could he, who had come into contact with new ideas outside, accept the orders of his parents and the marriage of the matchmaker?
Unwilling to be manipulated by feudal etiquette, he plucked up the courage to say to his father: "I will break the marriage contract with Wang Jingyi." As soon as he heard this, Lin Mingqing was anxious and scolded: "You bastard thing, where is the reason for retiring from marriage!" How do you want me to explain to the Wang family? ”
Lin Biao knew that his father and Wang Youcheng had a very good relationship, and this matter was originally his own fault first, so he was yelled at by his father, and he did not dare to talk anymore.
The next day, he came to the Wang family with gifts and a red silk wedding dress according to his father's instructions.
Because there is a local custom that the wedding dress for a woman to marry is sent by the man, so as soon as he saw that Lin Biao came with a wedding dress, Wang Youcheng misunderstood.
As soon as Lin Biao entered the door, Wang Youcheng directly asked him: "Now that the wedding clothes have been sent, when are you going to marry my daughter home?" ”
Hearing the news, Lin Biao was embarrassed, he pushed back and said: "This time out, I only asked for four days off, now the time is not enough, we can't be so anxious to do the marriage, can you understand?" I'll get married again next time I come back."
After listening to Lin Biao's words, Wang Youcheng was silent, he did not expect that he had waited for such a long time, and actually waited for such a sentence. He knew that over the years, his daughter had been waiting for Lin Biao, and when she heard the news, her daughter would be disappointed.
However, in order not to let the two sons have a grudge before they are married, he stubbornly suppressed his anger and said to Lin Biao: "Your father and I have been friends for many years, because I trust him, so I have given you my daughter Xu, I know that you are a person who knows how to read and be polite, you must not delay Jingyi's youth!" ”
Hearing Wang Youcheng's words, Lin Biao was ashamed, and at that time he made a promise to him, saying that you can rest assured, when the Northern Expedition is victorious, I will come back to marry Wang Jingyi.
Seeing that Lin Biao's eyes were so determined and his expression was so sincere, Wang Youcheng put Lin Biao back with confidence.
In fact, Lin Biao is not willing to marry Wang Jingyi, but also has his own reasons, first, Lin Biao and Wang Jingyi are not familiar, the two people have no emotional basis, he is not looking forward to this marriage.
Second, Lin Biao, who accepted the new idea, believes in the concept of free marriage and free love, and he does not want to engage in the feudal set anymore.
The third and most important point is that Lin Biao graduated from The Whampoa Military Academy, China's top school, and he likes cultured girls. Although Wang Jingyi's father was a teacher who opened a private school, she believed that a woman's talentlessness was morality, but she had not read much or studied.
It is the above three reasons that cause Lin Biao's resistance.
(Zhang Mei)
In the process of working outside, Lin Biao met a woman Zhang Mei who made him really like, and after falling in love and getting married, he was even more reluctant to marry the woman in his hometown.
At this time, Lin Mingqing sent a letter to Lin Biao, urging him again to let him come back to complete the marriage, this time, Lin Biao did not have patience anymore and directly told his father about his marriage to Zhang Mei.
Seeing that his sons were already married, Lin Qingming did not want to say anything more, so he had to run to Wang Youcheng's house, stick to his old face, and make amends for his son.
(Group photo of Lin Biao's family)
Hearing the news of Lin Biao's wife, Wang Youcheng was furious and released harsh words on the spot, saying that from now on, he would never have any contact with the Lin family again.
Lin Mingqing knew that it was indeed his own family that had harmed the Wang family girl, if it were not for Lin Biao's mistake, the Wang family girl would have promised a good family a long time ago, so he could only accompany the smiling face and have been making reparations.
But no matter how he remedied it, the catastrophe had already been caused, and after this incident, the two families did not have much contact, and Wang Jingyi washed her face with tears all day.
Alone for life, more sighs
(Wang Jingyi)
Although Wang Jingyi knew that Lin Biao already had a wife outside, she still had illusions about this man, and she always felt that Lin Biao had to marry someone else because of his bitterness.
Like most women at that time, Wang Jingyi was very faithful to the feudal etiquette of the Three Principles and Five Constants and the Ethics of Humanity, and she felt that her husband was her own heaven, and Lin Biao could repent of marriage and have three wives and four concubines, but she could not do the same thing as Lin Biao.
In order to keep her discipline and to keep what she considers to be a woman, she rejects the kindness of others to persuade her to marry another person and lives alone.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese came to Lin Biao's hometown and began to burn and loot wildly, although it was said that the Wang family was extremely poor at that time, and Wang Jingyi was already hungry to the bone, but she still insisted on her backbone and repeatedly refused the grain sent by the Lin family.
No one knows what Wang Jingyi is holding on to, but she has never given up the love in her heart.
In 1948, Lin Biao came to Wuhan with the People's Liberation Army, and as soon as he arrived in Wuhan, he took his parents to his side.
Seeing that the former teenager was so prominent, the relatives and friends around him also came to Lin Biao's side and congratulated him.
A group of people gathered together, it is certainly impossible to avoid mentioning Wang Jingyi, hearing Wang Jingyi's recent situation, Lin Biao looked embarrassed, sighed and said: "After so many years, why doesn't she find another family?" ”
After the crowd dispersed, Lin Qingming had a long conversation with his son on this matter, and Lin Qingming said: "Although the two of you have not finished getting married, it is reasonable that our family should help others, can't you arrange a job for her?" ”
(Leaf Group)
Lin Biao thought for a while, shook his head, and said that he also understood this truth, but he could not use his power for personal gain.
Knowing that his son had difficulties, Lin Qingming did not say more, and later, he found his daughter-in-law Ye Qun, let Ye Qun look at his face, and arranged a position for Wang Jingyi.
In fact, before that, Ye Qun had already heard of Wang Jingyi's name, and she also felt that this woman was very pitiful, so she arranged a job for Wang Jingyi to come to her home as a nanny.
(Lin Biao, Ye Qun)
In the face of Ye Qun's kindness, she directly refused, saying: "Lin Biao and Ye Qun are both human beings, can it be said that Lin Biao and Ye Qun can look down on me when they are high officials?" Even if I went to ask for food, I wouldn't go to their house." In the end, the matter was not resolved.
In 1954, Lin Biao returned to his hometown to visit his relatives, and he once again proposed the idea of seeing Wang Jingyi, but Wang Jingyi still chose to reject him.
Hearing the news, lin Biaotuo, who was feeling guilty, found Wang Jingyi's sister and gave her a wad of money, telling her that she would let her convey Wang Jingyi for herself, quickly find a good family to marry, and don't wait for yourself anymore.
But how could Wang Jingyi, who had insisted on it for so many years, give up? In 1964, Wang Jingyi died of illness, and when the cadres of the brigade were taking care of the funeral for her, they found a red silk wedding dress and a stack of money sent by Lin Biao at her bedside.
In the 1980s, the trend of repairing family trees re-emerged in society, and the Lin family, grateful for Wang Jingyi's virtue of loyalty, wrote her name under Lin Biao's name.
However, in order to distinguish Wang Jingyi from Zhang Mei and Ye Qun, the person who revised the family tree wrote a letter of appointment under her name, which means to be engaged or not to marry.
Poor Wang Jingyi gave her precious life for this letter of appointment.