On July 12, 1921, the "Big Three" of the Comintern met on the last day in Moscow. The Kremlin's Andrea Hall was crowded and the atmosphere was warm. A handsome and elegant Young Chinese man strode up to the podium and delivered an exciting speech in pure English. He appealed to the Comintern and the Communist Parties of Western Europe to give them whatever it takes in the future to support the movement in the Far East; the Chinese proletariat will also give you great help in this great cause... This was the first time that people heard the voices of the Chinese Communists on the international forum, and the applause from the audience was thunderous, and the young CPC deputies threw appreciative glances. He was Zhang Tailei, the secretary of the China Section of the Far East Bureau of the Comintern and was praised by Marshal Nie Rongzhen as the "Light of the Beiyang Sea".
Seek knowledge
Searching for the truth to save the nation
Zhang Tailei was born in Wujin, Jiangsu Province, his ancestors were well-known officials and merchants, and his father was a talented man, so he received a good traditional Chinese education from an early age. However, due to the middle of the family, Zhang Tailei lived in his grandfather's house, relying on the meager income of his mother's maid to survive, and had a natural sympathy for the poor people.
Zhang Tailei and Qu Qiubai, who had entered the school earlier, began to care about major state affairs, attacked the shortcomings of the times, and jointly explored the revolutionary truth of saving the country and saving the people. In 1915, Yuan Shikai signed the "Twenty-One Articles" of traitorous mourning rights with Japanese imperialism, and Zhang Tailei and Qu Qiubai actively participated in the anti-Yuan struggle and the boycott of Japanese goods.
In August 1915, Zhang Tailei was admitted to Peking University, because of the high tuition fee and 7 years of study, in order to reduce the burden on his mother, Zhang Tailei was admitted to the preparatory class of law at Tianjin Beiyang University (today's Tianjin University) after half a year of study. Beiyang University is the first new type of university in modern China, with a rigorous and realistic school spirit and talents. During his studies at Beiyang University, Zhang Tailei worked hard to absorb knowledge, but also paid attention to and thought about current events and the fate of the country.
When the May Fourth Movement broke out, Zhang Tailei came to Beijing as one of the tianjin student representatives and fought side by side with the Beijing students. This patriotic movement tempered Zhang Tailei, and the revolutionary trend quickly pushed him onto the historical stage of participating in the creation of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Socialist Youth League, becoming the first Communist Party member in Tianjin. He changed his scientific name Zhang Fu to "Tailei" according to the harmonic sound of the milk name "Tailai" given to him by his father - meaning the spring thunder that resounded through space, awakening the obsessive, awakening the world, fighting rape, and changing the heavens and the earth.
Take on the heavy responsibilities
Participate in the work of the party group
In June 1920, Zhang Tailei successfully ended his four-year university career and graduated from Tianjin Beiyang University (now Tianjin University) with excellent character and academic performance. In the same year, he participated in the early organization of the Communist Party of Beijing established and led by Li Dazhao, and became one of the 58 party members who joined the party before the first congress of the Communist Party of China.
The first to board the Comintern
Stage chinese communists
In April 1920, the Communist International and the Far East Bureau of the Russian Communist Party (Brazzaville) sent Vyjingsky to China to learn about the revolutionary situation, and Zhang Tailei was introduced by Bai Liewei as his secretary, met with Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu and others, and conceived the establishment of a communist party group organization, and Zhang Tailei served as the translator throughout the process.
In February 1921, the Comintern established the Far East Secretariat in Irkutsk and asked the Chinese communist organizations to send representatives. Li Dazhao and others consulted and sent Zhang Tailei to take up the post of secretary of the China Section, which meant that Zhang Tailei completely embarked on the road of a proletarian professional revolutionary.
During the "Three Congresses" of the Communist International, Zhang Tailei also proposed that the Chinese proletarian party's implementation of Lenin's theory on the Eastern Revolution must be combined with China's actual conditions.
Family letters convey faith
Lead the family on the path of revolution
In the spring of 1921, Zhang Tailei went to Moscow and served as the secretary of the China Section of the Far East Secretariat of the Comintern, becoming the first emissary sent by the Communist Party of China to the Comintern. Before leaving, he wrote a family letter to his wife. The letter is now in the collection of the Museum of the Chinese Revolution. Its broken exterior expression speaks of decades of ups and downs; its altered handwriting expresses inner hesitation and caution.
What makes him sacrifice the happiness of his family and even the price of his life? Perhaps he has already given us the answer in this family letter, which is the original intention of "seeking eternal happiness in the future".
In his family letter, Zhang Tailei expressed to his wife and mother his decision to abandon the road of becoming an official and getting rich and embarking on the communist road. At the same time, he also instructed his wife to be self-reliant and self-reliant and educate her children. This letter reflects his pursuit of ideals, his denunciation of official corruption, and the construction of a good family style. In his letter, Zhang Tailei mentioned that he wanted to "seek eternal happiness in the future," which is precisely the original intention and mission of communists to "seek happiness for the Chinese people, and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation."
Under the influence of Zhang Tailei, his daughter Zhang Xilei and son Zhang Yiyang both embarked on the revolutionary road. Zhang Yiyang's revolutionary path began in 1939 at the age of 16.
In 1941, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "Anhui Southern Incident", Zhang Yiyang was captured in the breakout, imprisoned in the Shangrao concentration camp, infected with the relapsing fever virus in harsh conditions, the high fever did not recede, and the water and rice did not enter. After learning of Zhang Yiyang's origins, the enemy lured him to write a letter of repentance with special drugs as bait, and after he refused, he died in prison at the age of 18, sacrificing his young life for the liberation of the Chinese people. It is really a heroic father and son, a revolutionary family.
Lead the riot
Dedicate your life to youth
On December 11, 1927, Zhang Tailei, secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, led the Guangzhou Uprising, serving as secretary of the Revolutionary Military Commission and commander-in-chief of the uprising, acting chairman of the Guangzhou Soviet Government and member of the People's Navy and Army. On the 12th, Zhang Tailei unfortunately died in the command battle, at the age of 29.
The 29-year-old Zhang Tailei personally went to the front line of the Guangzhou uprising to direct the battle, and was ambushed by the enemy on the road, hit by 3 bullets, and died heroically, becoming the first member of the Central Committee and the Politburo in the history of the CCP to sacrifice himself in the front line of the battle.
"His young life was rich and colorful, and he played a unique and important role in the creation and development of the Communist Party of China and the Communist Youth League." Feng Hailong said: The cause for which Zhang Tailei and other revolutionary volunteers shed blood and sacrificed has completely changed China and is profoundly affecting the world. Now that the Communist Party of China has gone through a century-long journey, "his (Zhang Tailei's) ideal of seeking eternal and true happiness for the people of the world is gradually becoming a reality."
Source| Central Committee of the Communist Youth League
Edited | Ashan
Wang Xin, | of preliminary trial
Final Trial | Jiang Lizhao