In 1964, when Chairman Mao met with Li Shucheng, a well-known patriotic democrat and the first minister of agriculture of New China, he said: "The great Communist Party of China was born in your mansion, and it is our party's 'birth bed'!" ”
In 1969, Chairman Mao, recalling the past in the early days of the founding of the Party, said: "The first meeting was held at the home of Li Hanjun's brother Li Shucheng. ”
Li Hanjun is one of the founders of our party. He was born in 1890 in Qianjiang, Hubei Province, and was 18 years younger than his brother Li Shucheng.
In 1904, at the age of 14, Li Hanjun traveled east to Japan, successively studied at Jingwei Academy and Hyosung Junior High School, and was later admitted to the Civil Engineering Department of Tokyo Imperial University, becoming an official student of the Qing government.
At the end of 1918, Li Hanjun returned to China, mainly engaged in writing and translation work, actively propagating Marxism, and published more than 90 translations and articles in just two years, which had a great impact in China.
In August 1920, Li Hanjun, Chen Duxiu, Li Da and others jointly initiated the organization of the Marxist Research Society and the Shanghai Communist Group. The Shanghai Communist Group was the first Communist Party organization in China, with Chen Duxiu as secretary and Li Hanjun as the second-largest figure. In December 1920, after Chen Duxiu went to Guangdong to serve as chairman of the Education Commission, Li Hanjun acted as secretary.
Li Hanjun is fluent in Japanese, German, English and French. Shen Yanbing (that is, the famous writer Mao Dun) recalled in his later years: "The younger generation, and even the middle-aged generation, probably don't know what kind of person Li Hanjun is. I had a lot of working relationships with him from 1921 to 1922, and I admired his character and learning. A native of Hubei, he was in Japan in middle school until he graduated from university, studying engineering. The Japanese language is very good, needless to say, and even the Japanese people are very impressed. It is also fluent in English, German and French. He speaks German fluently, which is related to his study of engineering, and french and English can also be read and translated. ”
Shen Yanbing joined the Communist Party of China in the spring of 1921, and his introduction to the party was None other than Li Hanjun.
Dong Biwu, a major representative of the party, was also the revolutionary guide and Li Hanjun. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dong Biwu recalled: "In 1920, Li Hanjun, a student who returned from Japan and my Marxist teacher, helped establish the Communist Party of China in Shanghai and came to Wuhan to discuss with me. ”
Dong Biwu's introducers to the party were Li Hanjun and Liu Bochui.
Bao Huisheng, a representative of the party's "first congress" (a native of Huanggang, Hubei Province, who later left the party), once said that at the beginning of the founding of the Communist Party of China, Li Hanjun's position in the party was second only to Chen Duxiu.
All of Li Hanjun's activities during the founding of the party were strongly supported by his brother Li Shucheng with the financial resources of his family. Born in 1882, Li Shucheng was 16 years old when he was admitted to the Xiucai Examination, and at the age of 20, he was selected by Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, to study at the Accelerated Normal Department of the Hongwen College in Tokyo, Japan at the expense of Hubei Officials, and there were 30 students including Huang Xing. Among Li Shucheng's classmates in Japan at that time was a man named Zhou Shuren, that is, Lu Xun, who later became famous in the world.
In October 1908, Li Shucheng graduated with honors from the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School, and at the invitation of Zhang Mingqi, the inspector of Guangxi, went to Guilin to serve as the supervisor of the Guangxi Army Cadre School, and also served as the supervisor of the Army Primary School. Later senior Kuomintang generals Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Huang Shaohu, Ye Qi, Li Pinxian, Xia Wei, and Liao Lei were all students trained when Li Shucheng presided over the Guangxi Army Primary School.
During the Xinhai Uprising, Li Shucheng served as Huang Xing's chief of staff. After the establishment of the Republic of China, he served as Sun Yat-sen's military secretary and had deep qualifications. In 1926, the National Revolutionary Army swore an oath to the Northern Expedition, and Li Shucheng served as an adviser to the General Headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army with his lofty political prestige and seniority in military and military studies.
Feng Naichao, a famous revolutionary activist and educator, modern Chinese poet, writer, literary critic and translator, is Li Shucheng's son-in-law.
On July 23, 1921, Li Hanjun attended the First National Congress of the Party as a representative of Shanghai, and this extremely important meeting was held at Li Shucheng's home.
On the evening of July 30, the 6th meeting of the Communist Party of China was held at Li Shucheng's home. At the beginning of the meeting, the secret agents of the French Concession Patrol House broke into the venue despite the obstruction of the Wangfeng personnel of the Li Mansion. Li Hanjun asked him what he was doing, and the other party said that he had found the wrong place and then hurried away.
Marin, a representative of the Comintern with secret work experience, was keen and immediately suggested that the meeting be adjourned immediately. Li Hanjun disregarded his personal safety and stayed behind to cover the safe evacuation of other representatives.
Just ten minutes after the delegates left the venue, more than a dozen French Concession patrols broke in. Li Hanjun asked loudly, saying that this is Mr. Li Shucheng's mansion, what are you going to do? The patrols routinely interrogated the policemen, "the documents scattered in the venue were not turned over", and the upstairs bedroom "did not even ask for the door to be opened", and it was hastily closed.
It was precisely because of Li Shucheng's prominent status and high prestige that he escaped this disaster. If the first congress of the Communist Party of China had been searched at that time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Later, as everyone knows, a major representative of the CPC moved to a painting boat in the South Lake of Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, to continue the meeting, and finally completed this groundbreaking event.
After the meeting, Li Hanjun and Dong Biwu were also entrusted by the congress to write a report to the Communist International.
In 1922, Li Hanjun returned to Wuhan and taught at Wuchang Normal University and other schools. When he taught courses such as sociology, he encouraged students to integrate theory with practice and to participate in the labor movement. There were many people who came to listen to his lectures, and the classroom could not sit down, and even the windowsill was full of people.
In May 1923, due to disagreements with Chen Duxiu and Zhang Guotao, Li Hanjun broke away from the Chinese Communist Party.
After Li Hanjun left the party, he did not betray the organization, and until the time of his death, he continued to work for the revolution.
On April 10, 1927, the Hubei Provincial Government was established, and Li Hanjun was appointed as a member of the Hubei Provincial Government and the director of the Department of Education.
After the April 12 counterrevolutionary coup d'état of 1927, the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was completely broken. Li Hanjun, Zhan Dabei and others waged a resolute struggle against the anti-communist rightist forces in the Hubei Provincial Party Department and the government, covering up some Communists.
In November 1927, after the Gui warlords occupied Wuhan, Li Hanjun and another revolutionary, Zhan Dabei, in the name of the provincial government, ordered the release of more than 300 Communist Party members arrested in Han and put them under siege
All rescued from prison,
A large number of revolutionary seeds have been reserved for our Party.
The reason why Li Hanjun was able to accomplish this was also inseparable from the support of his brother Li Shucheng. At this time, Li Shucheng served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Government, and took turns with two other standing committee members, Kong Geng and Ye Qi, as the chairman of the Standing Committee.
On December 17, 1927, the Gui warlord Hu Zongduo captured Li Hanjun and Zhan Dabei in Wuhan.
When the enemy captured, Li Hanjun was playing chess with Zhan Dabei, and Li Hanjun and others only had a 4-hour interval between arrest and sacrifice, and there was no interrogation.
Among the 13 deputies to the party, Li Hanjun was the first to die, at the age of 37.
At the time of Li Hanjun's sacrifice, his son Li Shengquan was 14 years old, his daughter Li Shengfu was less than 10 years old, and the younger daughter Li Shengxiangqi was born 20 days after his father's sacrifice. These three children later joined the Communist Party of China, especially Li Shengquan, who, as a senior underground party member, had rebelled against many Kuomintang members during the Liberation War, establishing immortal merits for the birth of new China.
In August 1952, Chairman Mao personally issued the "Honorable Commemorative Certificate for the Families of Revolutionary Sacrificed Workers", the certificate number is No. 0011, which reads: "Comrade Li Hanjun made a glorious sacrifice in the revolutionary struggle, and his great achievements will never be immortalized!" ”
This is a full affirmation of Li Hanjun's contribution to the Chinese revolution.
(Liu Jixing)