In March 1949, Chairman Mao and other central leaders took a special plane from Xibaipo to Beijing Nanyuan Airport, and the two sides were crowded with greeting queues, and Chairman Mao waved his hands one by one, until he saw a woman in the greeting team, happily went forward to hold her hand, and excitedly asked: "Sister Li, are you still alive?"
Received by Chairman Mao
So who was this woman, and what did she do to get Chairman Mao to do the same?
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It turned out that the woman's name was Li Jianzhen. Li Jianzhen was born in a poor family, her parents have a total of twelve children, she ranked second, because the family is too poor, so in that era of son preference, Li Jianzhen was sold by her parents to the Zhu family as a child bride at a price of 8 hanging money when she was eight months old, although the Zhu family is also very poor, but fortunately, the adoptive parents are still good to her.
Lee Kin-jin and his adoptive parents
Li Jianzhen has been very sensible since she was a child, and when she grows up, she begins to do all kinds of housework and farm work, at that time, girls in the countryside basically did not study, but Li Jianzhen's adoptive parents did not think so. When the younger brother of the family reached the age of going to a private school, Li Jianzhen's adoptive father asked Li Jianzhen to take his younger brother to study, and at the same time, his adoptive father secretly added a little more tuition to Mr. Teaching, asking Li Jianzhen to listen at the private school. Therefore, Li Jianzhen listened at the private school in the morning and hurried home in the afternoon to do housework. When Li Jianzhen grew up, the housework at home basically fell on her. However, after waking up early and going to bed late, working day after day, Li Jianzhen's family was still hungry and full. During this period, she also saw many young girls who were bought and sold like her, many of these girls were not treated as well as Li Jianzhen, and the people who bought them were likely to scold them, and whenever she was at that time, she always deeply felt the injustice of women's fate and wanted to fight. It was not until Li Jianzhen was 19 years old that the turning point of her life's fate came.
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In the spring of 1926, Peng Pan, the leader of the early peasant movement, was carrying out revolutionary activities in the Fengshun area and was taken home by Li Jianzhen's cousin who was studying outside. In the process of getting along more and more, Li Jianzhen gradually understood the meaning of revolution and new ideas, especially when she heard about the organization, she asked excitedly: "Can women like us also organize?" The Paper replied, "Absolutely!" He also gave a number of successful cases of women, which deeply impressed Li Jianzhen, and soon after she joined the peasant association with other little sisters in the village who wanted to fight against fate, doing things that were no different from men, proving that women can be like men.
Peng Pan, leader of the peasant movement
During this period, because of Li Jianzhen's positive attitude and brave style, she was selected as the leader of the propaganda team, she did housework during the day and propagated the new ideas of the revolution at night, and this feeling of being recognized by the organization made her full of energy! Although Li Jianzhen does not know many words, she is good at singing mountain songs, and she compiles the propaganda content into mountain songs to be sung around, because it is easier to be understood by the masses, so mountain songs have also become a unique way of publicity for her. Shortly after the same year, Li Jianzhen joined the Communist Youth League, and a year later, she joined the Communist Party of China and became a member of our party.
Li Jianzhen base research
At that time, the autumn harvest uprising led by Chairman Mao broke out, and under the influence of Chairman Mao, the Peasants of Fengshun consciously participated in the movement, and Li Jianzhen and others responded positively and successfully defeated the landlords and achieved the success of the movement. After Li Jianzhen was elected vice chairman of the Fengshun County Revolutionary Committee, under her leadership and call, more women's minds were emancipated and became independent. Two years later, Li Jianzhen was praised by the central inspector He Chao for his excellent work, and was subsequently transferred to the Central County Committee of the COMMUNIST Party of China's Raohepu as the secretary of the Women's Committee. At the end of the same year, when Zhang Dingcheng, who was then a member of the CPC's Minxi Special Committee and secretary of the Military Commission of the Special Commission, inspected the local area, he found that Li Jianzhen had strong work ability and did a good job in carrying out the orders issued by the central authorities.
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Li Jianzhen, who had just arrived in western Fujian, was very unfamiliar with the local situation, and she decided to understand the situation and slowly penetrate into the local people while looking for a suitable way to publicize the revolution. When Li Jianzhen learned that the masses in the Mingan Mountains also had a tradition of singing mountain songs, she had a familiar feeling again and once again used the method of singing mountain songs to publicize new ideas. Under her efforts, the propaganda effect was remarkable, and in just a few months, everyone in the mountainous areas of western Fujian knew that a female cadre who could sing mountain songs had arrived.
After a while, the PROVISIONAL COUNTY COMMITTEE OF TINGDONG APPOINTED LI JIANZHEN AS SECRETARY OF THE CPC TINGDONG PROVISIONAL COUNTY CPC COMMITTEE, AND KNOWING THAT HER RESPONSIBILITIES WERE VERY HEAVY, she actively organized local armed forces, suppressed bandits, and ran the local revolutionary movement in a similar way. Soon after, Li Jianzhen was told to rush to the Tingzhou Gospel Hospital to report to the special commissioner Zhang Dingcheng, and when she rushed to the hospital to see Zhang Dingcheng, she was told that she was going to report to Chairman Mao. And when Li Jianzhen reported his work to Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao couldn't help but sigh: "You female comrade, it is not simple!" ”
Chairman Mao received Li Jianzhen
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Soon after, the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression failed, and the main force of the Red Army had to shift its position to start the Long March, and Li Jianzhen became one of the few 32 women. During the Long March, Li Jianzhen served as the political instructor of the cultivation company, responsible for the food supply of the team, taking care of the wounded of the whole army, ensuring the cultivation of the wounded, and saving two founding lieutenant generals during the period.
Zhong Chibing
One of them was Zhong Chibing, who was hit in the leg by a bullet in the Zunyi War, but because of the fierce battle, the treatment was not timely, resulting in infection after the injury, and he had to amputate his limb to save his life. When she told Zhong Chibing the news, she was met with strong protests, and bluntly said on the stretcher that she was going to shoot her, she understood Zhong Chibing's mood, how can a soldier march and fight without one leg? So she patiently persuaded and carefully explained the situation, and slowly Zhong Chibing quieted down, and after Premier Zhou's assurance: after the amputation, she could continue to follow the troops before agreeing to amputation. Once, when encountering the enemy on the way to the march, several peasants carrying stretchers were scared away, but Li Jianzhen did not abandon Zhong Chibing, she called for guards, and retreated with them under the cover of the rear guard troops. In this way, Li Jianzhen carried Zhong Chibing to the destination of the Long March, so even if Zhong Chibing was later appointed as a lieutenant general, he would still call Li Jianzhen "Sister Li".
Li Jianzhen and Zhong Chibing
There was also Yao Zhe, in a battle, Yao Zhe's leg was wounded and fainted, because the stretchers at that time had wounded, and for a while there was no spare stretcher, so the organization decided to put the unconscious Yao Zhe in the homes of the people. However, Li Jianzhen did not follow the decision of the organization, she could not rest assured of Yao Zhe, so she found Yao Zhe's guards, and then found a horseman and a farmer, and several people took turns to carry Yao Zhe along with the troops, until Yao Zhe woke up from his coma and recovered. Although Li Jianzhen violated the discipline of the troops, she did not hinder the speed of the march of the troops, took good care of Yao Zhe, and avoided the possibility of placing Yao Zhe in the homes of the people and exposing the marching route, so the organization unanimously believed that the merits were offset and did not hold Li Jianzhen responsible.
When the Long March was almost at the Luding Bridge, the enemy did not know why it was eyeing the cultivation company, the plane bombed the cultivation company, and many horses and peasants who picked things were injured. Just at this time, Chairman Mao saw the situation and came over to inquire about the situation, Li Jianzhen quickly reported the matter to Chairman Mao, chairman Mao listened, and quickly found a guard squad to help her transport the wounded and supplies, Li Jianzhen saw that the enemy army had not yet left, she was worried about the safety of the chairman, and asked Chairman Mao to leave quickly, but Chairman Mao said: "You all dare to be here, what am I afraid of?" When Li Jianzhen saw this, he immediately joined the transport team, and it was not until he saw that the supplies and the wounded were transported, and Chairman Mao left on horseback. In 1935, Li Jianzhen married Deng Zhenqian under the mediation of his companions, and many leaders were present, as was Chairman Mao.
Li Jianzhen and Deng Zhen inquired
Two years later, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in full swing, and Li Jianzhen entered the front line of the War of Resistance with her husband, and unfortunately, Deng Zhenzhen died heroically in a war a few years later. At that time, transportation was not developed, and it was common for information to be blocked and intelligence to be wrong, so when Chairman Mao received the news, Li Jianzhen and his wife sacrificed heroically together, and Chairman Mao was sad and lamented for a long time. It was not until 1943 that Li Jianzhen, as a representative of women from East China, followed the delegation to attend the First National Women's Congress, which was also the first time that Chairman Mao and Li Jianzhen met in 12 years.
Marshal Ye Jianying received Li Jianzhen
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After the founding of New China, Li Jianzhen returned to Guangdong with Ye Jianying to participate in land reform, and in the process of land reform, Li Jianzhen combined the principles, policies, and strategies of the central and South China sub-bureaus on land reform and proceeded from the actual situation in Guangdong, coordinated all aspects, and solved many land problems in Guangzhou at that time. In 1979, Li Jianzhen was appointed secretary of the Central Committee of Guangdong Province, and she was 73 years old at this time, but she still insisted on dragging her sick body to work, and she worked hard to keep going. Soon after, she served as the first chairman of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, creating a new situation in the work of the Provincial People's Congress. At the beginning of the establishment of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, Li Jianzhen pointed out that it is necessary to gradually and appropriately increase the number of personnel in accordance with actual needs. Because the leaders at that time were basically older, experienced but lacking in spirit, it was urgent to train a group of middle-aged cadres, but at this moment she also made it clear that it was forbidden to take internal relations, and there must be capable people. During her more than three years as chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fifth Provincial People's Congress in Guangzhou, Li Jianzhen also presided over the standing committee of the Provincial People's Congress and adopted a number of regulations in response to various negative factors that appeared in the early stage of Guangdong's reform and opening up.
Li Jianzhen served as the secretary of the provincial party committee
When Li Jianzhen died of illness in 1992, people took a closer look at the woman who had been strong all her life, and only then did they know that the furniture she used before going to Guangdong was bought 30 years ago when she worked in Zhanjiang, and the blanket on the bed was also used when she was married.
In the more than 60 years of selfless dedication to our party, Li Jianzhen, as the first female county party secretary and secretary of the provincial party committee in China, has always been committed to liberating Chinese women, has always maintained a fair and fair attitude to treat every job and everyone, never cheated for personal gain, nor is she corrupt and perverted the law, which is worthy of respect for each of us.