In 1959, Kim Il-sung led a North Korean delegation to China for a visit, and during a period in China, he made a confusing move: he ordered his subordinates to go to Fusun County in the northeast to look for the family of a martyr, relying on the help of local police when he could not find it, and Kim Il-sung was ready to ask for help from the top level of the Chinese Communist Party.
Why would such a national head look for the family of a martyr who has already died? The martyr's name was Zhang Weihua, and decades ago, when Kim Il Sung was still participating in the anti-Japanese resistance in the northeast, he was arrested by the enemy, and Zhang Weihua chose to commit suicide by taking poison to cover him, which saved him.
After returning to North Korea, Kim Il Sung has always hoped to find Jang Wei-hwa's family and repay his kindness. Eventually, after tireless efforts to find his son, Kim Il Sung handed them the entire 20 bundles of cash, and the story of Kim Il Sung and Jang Wei-hwa was widely circulated in North Korea.

Kim Il Sung, who came to China
In the early 20th century, in order to realize its ambitions, Japan sent troops to occupy what was then Korea, the situation in Korea was chaotic, the government collapsed, the people scattered and fled, and Kim Il Sung and his father also fled abroad and came to China.
Kim Hyung-ji and his son Kim Il Sung, who finally arrived in Fusun County in the northeast, were exhausted, and because of their Status as North Koreans, the local government did not agree to their request to avoid trouble.
Kim Hyung-ji's family met a famous rich businessman Zhang Wancheng by chance, and Zhang Wancheng was Zhang Weihua's father, when Zhang Wancheng's wife was seriously ill and needed a doctor to treat, Kim Il Sung's father knew medical skills, so he came to heal Zhang Weihua's mother, and he became acquainted with him when he came and went.
And their sons Kim Il Sung and Jang Wei-hwa are also very happy, Kim Il-sung and Jang Wei-hwa made the same table in the academy, their father is a close friend, the relationship between the two children is also very good, Kim Il-sung and Jang Wei-hwa go to school together, learn and play together.
Revolutionary friendship
Despite the strong support of Jang Wei-hwa's family, Kim Il-sung's father was very sad because his country's mountains and rivers were broken and the people left their homes, and finally died early because he was too worried about the country and his compatriots.
Close friend Zhang Wancheng went to visit Kim Il Sung's family and said that their lives were supported by the Zhang family, Zhang Wancheng not only often sent food and materials to Kim Il Sung, Zhang Weihua has also been comforting him, so that Kim Il Sung is not too sad and sad, to continue his studies, the relationship between the two families has become more harmonious.
Kim Il Sung did not become depressed because of this, but joined the communist camp and took a lot of books to Zhang Weihua, who was already disappointed in this society because he had witnessed many tragedies and was willing to dedicate his strength to saving the country.
After seeing Kim Il Sung's books, patriotic enthusiasm rose instantly, and he also hoped to fight for the cause of communism, but Jang Wei-hwa's father did not want him to engage in such a dangerous action, and his father still hoped that he could take over his own trading house and live a peaceful life.
However, a few years later, Kim Il Sung was arrested during propaganda, and Zhang Wancheng and Jang Wei-hwa used a lot of money to rescue him, and since then Jang Wei-hwa has become more and more eager for the revolutionary cause, and under the opposition of his father, he still chose to join the Communist Party and became a member of the underground organization.
Although his father wanted to stop it, Mu Chengzhou had no choice but to let Zhang Weihua continue his revolutionary cause. After joining the Communist Party of China, Jang Il-hwa provided a lot of help to Kim Il-sung's organization, and after learning that Kim Il-sung lacked weapons and ammunition, he bought more than a dozen guns and a batch of ammunition at great expense, and personally gave them to Kim Il-sung, who was greatly moved, saying that this batch of ammunition was the first weapons of the North Korean army, and even said that without the pistol sent by Jang Il-hwa, there would be no later North Korean army.
Jang Il-hwa once asked Kim Il Sung to attack Japan, but because the task was extremely dangerous, Kim Il Sung did not agree for Jang Wei-hwa's safety, and this became the last time the two met.
Sacrifice and visit to China
Zhang Weihua met a Korean, Zheng Xuehai, while participating in underground work, but what Zhang Weihua did not know was that Zheng Xuehai had defected to the enemy, and after Zheng Xuehai returned, he revealed all the information about Zhang Weihua to the Japanese, and then the Japanese arrested Zhang Weihua and put him in prison.
In prison, Jang was tortured by the Japanese to extract a confession, but Jang did not reveal the whereabouts of Kim Il Sung, who had become an important leader at the time, and had no regrets even after dragging his scarred body.
Until one day, Zhang Weihua was released by the Japanese to escape the day, Zhang Weihua was very surprised, originally thought that he had no life, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and then Zhang Weihua understood that the original arrest of him was a cover, and the real purpose was to let Kim Il Sung throw himself into the net.
Kim Il Sung knew that this was a trap and still had no remorse, which made Jang Wei Hua extremely ashamed, thinking that he was sorry for Kim Il Sung, and at this time the Japanese were investigating Kim Il Sung's location, so he finally chose to commit suicide under multiple pressures in order to cover the organization, leaving Kim Il Sung a note before he died.
Kim Il Sung was devastated by Jang Wei-hwa's suicide and did not eat for several days, just to commemorate this friend of the revolutionary comrade.
After the founding of the Joseon Dynasty, Kim Il Sung always hoped to find Jang Wei-hwa's children, but because of its age, it took a long time to achieve it.
Finally, in 1985, Kim Il Sung, who was in his 70s, met Jang Wei-hwa's son, and Kim Il-sung became extremely touched and happy, receiving Jang Wei-hwa's son's family with the highest courtesy and sending more than 20 bundles of cash, and the deeds of Jang Wei-hwa and Kim Il-sung are also engraved in the hearts of the North Korean people.
brief summary:
China and North Korea have always been staunch advocates of communism, and the story of Jang Wei-hwa and Kim Il Sung is a vivid embodiment of Zhang Weihua's influence in North Korea, just like Bethune's in China, and their friendship has touched the people of the two countries and made their names pass on to this day.