As a major revolutionary historical theme TV series, "Counting The Flow of People" has aroused great attention as soon as it was broadcast. The drama panorama shows the historical process of the Communist Party of China from its birth to its growth, from leading the workers' movement to the unity of workers and peasants, through the era of the Great Revolution, from the agrarian revolutionary war to the victory of the new democratic revolutionary war, and finally built our new China, which is a tortuous and great revolutionary course, which is an ideal and glorious extraordinary epic!
Major historical revolution theme TV series "Counting The Flow of People"
The Beijing-Hankou railway workers' general strike is the famous "February 7 workers' strike" in modern history, this vigorous movement was launched by the Secretariat of the Chinese Labor Union under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and a group of heroic revolutionary martyrs such as Shi Yang and Lin Xiangqian emerged, who threw their heads and spilled their blood and practiced the power of faith with their lives.
Several popular figures great labor lawyer Shi Yang
"Comrade Shi Yang's sacrifice proves that the Communist Party of China is the working class's own political party and the most protective of the interests of the working class." --Mao Zedong
Stills from "Counting the Merry People"
In "Counting The Flow of People", Mao Zedong had a long conversation with Shi Yang all night, Shi Yang was a lawyer with a bright heart and resolutely seeking the interests of labor, he offered to join the Communist Party, the perseverance of his eyes, the firmness of his tone, but also let people clearly feel his confidence in the revolution, he actively participated in and led the workers' movement, in the Beijing-Hankou railway workers' strike, he was a pioneer, participated in the inaugural meeting of the Federation of Trade Unions, and fought with the reactionary warlord Wu Peifu, who fought with reason, with superb knowledge and fearless spirit. After his arrest, he still denounced the reactionary warlords' acts of destroying human rights with professionalism, and even won the sympathy and admiration of the officials in charge of the trial; on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, his wife waited for him at home for Chinese New Year's Eve meal, but he still did not submit to the reactionary warlords, he still insisted on advocating and shouting for the workers' brothers, and swore to defend the interests of the workers to the death, which also completely angered the warlords Wu Peifu and Xiao Yaonan in the early morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve, who gloriously sacrificed their lives for the great revolutionary cause and were shot and killed in Wuchang Hongshan.
Abandon the Agricultural Studies Law and set up education to awaken the people
Shi Yang in "Counting the Merry Characters"
Shi Yang was born in a poor family in Zhushan County, Hubei Province, but since he was a child, he was admitted to agricultural school at the age of eighteen, studying sericulture, if it were not for the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, he might have become an excellent sericulture expert, but because of the arrival of the revolutionary climax, he had to give up his studies, but he also opened a new ideal road.
In order to awaken more toiling people, Shi Yang returned to his hometown to establish a national school and a peasant affairs association, hoping to help more people with the power of education, in 1915, he was admitted to hubei law and politics school to study law, he believed that learning law well would be able to uphold justice and protect rights for more people, two years later Shi Yang graduated with the first place in the first place, and has since embarked on the professional lawyer practice path.
Shi Yang in "Counting the Merry Figures"
After the outbreak of the May Fourth Movement, all parts of the country launched a campaign to support the patriotic students in Beijing against imperialism and feudalism, and Wuchang was no exception, during this period, Shi Yang actively contributed to the student movement, he appealed for the students who were brutally killed by the warlords, advocated the prosecution of the murderers, and served as the director of the commentary department of the Federation of All Walks of Life in China, personally participating in the progressive movement.
Shi Yang, a labor lawyer in "Counting The Merry People"
Subsequently, Shi Yang also initiated the establishment of the "Civilian Education Society", and actively participated in the creation of civilian schools and the work of revolutionary newspapers and periodicals founded by communists. When the Jiang'an Jinghan Railway Workers' Club was established, he also became a legal adviser, and for the benefit of the laborers, he did not hesitate to work hard and risk, and successfully led the organization of the workers' strikes at the Hanyang Iron and Steel Factory and the British and American Tobacco Factories.
Defending Labor Rights and Interests Honorably Joining the Communist Party of China
Stills from "Counting the Merry People"
In response to the warlord Wang Zhanyuan's brutal robbery in Wuchang City, Shi Yang issued a telegram, led the struggle to "drive the king to autonomy", and successfully expelled the reactionary warlord Wang Zhanyuan, and then Shi Yang participated as a non-party person in the work of the Wuhan branch of the Secretariat of the Chinese Labor Union led by the Communist Party of China. He even led the coachmen to oppose the arbitrary increase in the rent of rickshaws by the owners of the car dealerships, exposed the ugly behavior of the capitalists in collusion with the concession authorities, and won the interests they deserved for the laborers, leading the strike movement to a complete success.
Shi Yang and his wife in "Counting the Merry Figures"
In 1922, after the introduction of Xu Baihao and Xiang Ying, Shi Yang finally joined the long-awaited Communist Party of China, and participated in the preparation of the wuhan federation of local federations of trade unions in China, became the actual initiator and organizer, and served as legal advisers, leading many workers' movements, with the legal profession, running for the workers, fighting for the interests, and also making Shi Yang extremely prestigious in the minds of the workers, and he also became a civilian lawyer who was dedicated to the unfairness of the workers and the most trusted civilian lawyer for the laborers.
Shi Yang, a labor lawyer in "Counting The Merry People"
In September 1922, Shi Yang and Lin Yunan also led a general strike of the Cantonese-Han railway workers, which lasted 17 days, forcing the reactionaries to agree to the conditions proposed by the workers and winning a comprehensive victory.
Later, when Shi Yang went to Shanghai to attend the National Judicial Conference, he also met the revolutionary pioneer Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who also had a deeper understanding of the democratic revolution and strengthened his belief in the revolutionary struggle, and he continued to use legal weapons to continue to defend the rights and interests of his workers.
Stills from "Counting the Merry People"
By 1923, in order to fight against the barbaric act of unjustified dismissal of female workers from the British Tobacco Factory in Hankou, Shi Yang led a workers' strike, and the thirty-day struggle also made the british reactionary capitalists accept all the conditions, and with the support of the labor lawyer Shi Yang, the rights and interests of the workers were once again safeguarded and guaranteed.
Fearless of hardships and dangers, he led the Beijing-Hankou railway strike
The Beijing-Hankou Railway was the main source of military salaries for the warlord Wu Peifu
During this period, Shi Yang participated in the preparatory activities of the Beijing-Hankou Railway Federation of Trade Unions, on February 1, 1923, the inaugural meeting of the Beijing-Hankou Railway Federation of Trade Unions was held in Zhengzhou, Shi Yang's identity was the legal adviser of the Hubei Provincial Trade Union and the Beijing-Hankou Railway Federation of Trade Unions, and for the inaugural meeting of the Federation of Trade Unions, the warlord Wu Peifu and others were strongly opposed, they were afraid of the joint movement of the workers, and they were even more afraid of the strength of the workers like a tide, so in the impassioned speech of the leaders of the workers' movement, The reactionary military and police attended the inaugural meeting of armed disturbances and suppression, and the workers' representatives attending the meeting also clashed with the reactionary military and police.
The warlord Wu Peifu in "Counting the Merry Figures"
The Federation of Trade Unions then put forward to the Wu Peifu authorities a series of demands such as the removal of the zhengzhou police chief within two days, the return of compensation for the assets of the federation, the increase of labor remuneration, and the guarantee of the right to rest and leave; if the authorities did not agree to the workers' demands, a general strike on the entire line of the Beijing-Hankou Railway would be held, and Shi Yang and Lin Xiangqian were determined to be the overall responsible for the strike on the riverbank. After receiving the instructions of the General Trade Union on February 4, the Beijing-Hankou Railway Workers on the banks of the Hankou River formally went on strike, which is also known as the "Beijing-Hankou Railway Workers' Strike" in history.
Labor lawyer Shi Yang
Death is a sacrifice of life for the workers' movement
Stills from "Counting the Merry People"
Therefore, at the behest of the reactionary warlord Wu Peifu, the Hubei warlord Xiao Yaonan began to take measures to suppress the strike by force, Lin Xiangqian was killed by the reactionary warlord tied to a wooden stake, Lin Xiangqian was unyielding, resolutely fought against the reactionary forces, and also sacrificed his precious life for the revolution, while Shi Yang was arrested at home on the evening of February 7, and was immediately escorted to the Hankou Police Department, and then escorted to the Hubei Army Trial Office.
In court, Shi Yang's righteousness was awe-inspiring
In court, Shi Yang relied on his professional ability to study law and argued on the basis of reason, so that the judges present were speechless. Shi Yangzheng awe-inspiringly refuted the reactionary nature of the reactionary warlords, denounced them for violating the spirit of justice and abusing lynching, pointing out that Wu Peifu did not fulfill his promise to protect laborers, and even more violated the fundamental laws of the country.
In the drama "Counting the Merry Characters", Shi Yang martyrs are righteous scenes
"I only hope that the Chinese working people will rise up sooner and eat meat and sleep together with warlords, bureaucrats, capitalists, and people like you who are running dogs for them; I am not afraid of people, not afraid of things, not afraid of death, upright people, against rape, you killed one Shi Yang, and there are ten million Shi Yang! Shi Yang's words of awakening before righteousness
In the play "Counting The Merry Characters", Shi Yang's wife is waiting for him to go home on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve
However, the essence of the reactionary warlords will not change, they believe that power is the truth, did not wait for the end of the court trial, Wu Peifu secretly ordered Xiao Yaonan to execute Shi Yang, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, at the foot of Hongshan Mountain, Shi Yang was escorted to the execution ground, and the wife at home was still waiting for him to be reunited, this tearful scene was also shown in the TV series "Counting The Flow of People", Shi Yang did not succumb to the reactionary forces, he was passionate, he regarded death as a homecoming, insisted that he never regretted it for his faith, facing the military police and the masses. He still shouted loudly, just to welcome more toiling people, and before his execution, he still shouted "Long live the laborers", was shot twice, he fell in a pool of blood, and on the occasion of the new year, he gave his precious life for the revolutionary cause.
History has not forgotten the constant commemoration of all sectors of society
Shi Yang in "Counting the Merry Characters"
Shi Yang is great, his life is meaningful, those rickshaw drivers in Hankou for his rights and interests did not forget his kindness, risking, Shi Yang was buried by righteous people that night, in order to send mourning, set up sacrifices for him at various docks, when thousands of coachmen spontaneously marched for him, they wept bitterly, the scene was very touching.
"The history of the blood of the Erqi Workers is left behind, Wu Xiaoyi stinks for thousands of years, and the lawyer should serve the righteousness of the world and be martyred in the name of the martyrdom." --Dong Biwu
Mao Zedong in "Counting the Merry Figures"
Later, for the "labor lawyer" Shi Yang's commemorative activities are also a steady stream, Lin Yunan specially edited the "Memorial Record of Mr. Shi Yang", "Republic of China Daily" also produced Shi Yang's memorial number, at that time the annual commemorative meeting was very solemn, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai on different occasions in different forms to give high praise and deep remembrance to this hero, in order to commemorate Shi Yang, Hubei Party organization buried Shi Yang's body under the Hongshan Mountain outside Wuchang City, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, also specially built Shi Yang Martyrs Cemetery, and set up " Shi Yang Martyrs Monument" and statues, Dong Biwu inscribed poems for Shi Yang martyrs, Chairman Mao wrote the name of the stele for Shi Yang martyrs, and later on the riverbank, also built the "Erqi Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Hall" and "Erqi Martyrs Monument", jointly commemorating those heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the Beijing-Hankou railway strike.
Shi Yang, a labor lawyer in "Counting The Merry People"
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