From the moment of its birth, the Chinese Communist Party has been serving the exploited. Landlords and long-term workers are the exploited and exploited. From the moment the landlord appeared, he was oppressing the poor and poor, and the long-term worker was the opposite, only the oppressed could feel the central acid and unite against the oppressor.
However, there is such a landlord family, his brother-in-law, who chooses to join the Communist Party and liberate all the oppressed; the short-term workers in his family choose to join the Kuomintang reactionaries, help the "oppressors", attack the Communist Party, and massacre the Communists. So why did they take a different path? Who are these "landlord brothers" and "short-term workers"?
Chen Geng
In 1903, a family of landlords surnamed Chen in Quanhu Village, Xiangxiang Township, Hunan Province, ushered in a great good thing, and the Chen family gave birth to a young master. All the people in the Chen family rejoiced, named the young master "Chen Geng" and feasted on the guests. Xu Kexiang, the son of the Xu family, is very envious. At this time, the infant and the envious half-grown teenager on the side did not know that they would take a completely opposite path in the future.
Under the influence of his grandfather and father, Chen Geng was very sympathetic to the poor people from an early age and developed a character of charity and charity. Since childhood, Chen Geng has followed his father to devote himself to public welfare undertakings, which has been of great help to the long-term workers in the family and the poverty outside. At the age of 12, Chen Geng was admitted to the Xiangxiang Dongshan Academy, where he was initially exposed to new social trends. Soon after, Chen Geng held the determination to go out and break out, leaving his hometown to join the Xiang Army as a soldier.
Xu Kexiang
At the same time, Xu Kexiang, who had received help from the Chen family in his early years, attended the Hunan Wushu School, and later joined the League, was working hard and practicing diligently in the First Division of the Kuomintang Army. Because Xu Kexiang was born into an extremely poor peasant family, he knew early on that change was necessary. The first method Xu Kexiang tried was to help share the household farm work.
Xu Father walks the streets and alleys every day before dawn, and Xu Kexiang also follows along, every winter and summer, Xu Father wants to work in the Chen family, and Xu Kexiang is not idle. Xu Kexiang believes that two people make money together, and there will always be an extra income. But the reality is always not as people want, and the Xu family is still very poor. Every time in the middle of the night, Xu Kexiang would think of Chen Geng, this little young master had been dressed in fine clothes since he was a child, and he didn't have to worry about his livelihood, he was both envious and jealous in his heart, and he thought that he was also born in a good family!
However, birth cannot be changed, and Xu Kexiang has to change his fate through other means. Just at this time, Xu Kexiang received financial support from the Chen family and attended the Martial Arts School, so he seized this opportunity and studied hard in order to change his destiny.
Revolution
During this time in the martial arts academy, Xu Kexiang came into contact with the League and subsequently joined it. In 1911, at the call of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, he participated in the Xinhai Revolution. After the end of the Xinhai Revolution, Xu Kexiang joined the Kuomintang and was incorporated into the First Division of the Kuomintang Army. At this time, because Xu Ke had seen more about the good life of a senior Kuomintang general, he was more eager than ever to become a Kuomintang general.
After a period of hard work, Xu Kexiang was successfully promoted to battalion commander of the First Division, and in 1920, he became the commander of the 19th Regiment of the 6th Mixed Brigade. Suddenly, Xu Kexiang was angry and mighty, and he was not mighty.
Unlike Xu Kexuan, who was promoted to a higher rank and made a fortune, at this time Chen Geng suffered a lot in the warlord melee, and not only fell ill in the army himself, but also died of illness along with his brother who joined the army. Chen Geng was completely disappointed in the Xiang army. After recovering from his illness, Chen Geng left the Xiang Army and came to Changsha to become a clerk in the Xiang Bureau of the Cantonese-Han Railway.
When Chairman Mao was young
During this time, Chen Geng continued to study while actively engaging in the anti-imperialist patriotic movement. Soon after, Chen Geng entered a self-study university initiated by Chairman Mao and had close ties with Chairman Mao. Under the influence of Chairman Mao and other progressive groups, Chen Geng's political consciousness rose rapidly and he was determined to liberate the toiling masses. In December of the same year, Chen Geng joined the Communist Party of China with great excitement and became a revolutionary.
In December 1923, Chen Geng was admitted to the Army Martial Arts School in Guangzhou. In June 1925, during the "Shaji Massacre", Chen Geng's patriotic heart was instantly ignited, and he heroically participated in the battle against the British and French invading forces. On the 29th, in order to support the Shanghai people's May Thirtieth anti-imperialist patriotic movement, Chen Geng resolutely joined the provincial and Hong Kong strike. At this time, the activities of party organizations in various places, as well as revolutionary movements, were in full swing. All the Communists, who are so immersed in the joy of the flourishing of the revolutionary cause, do not know that a terrible catastrophe is quietly rushing towards them.
Chiang Kai-shek
In March 1926, within the Kuomintang, the rightists represented by Chiang Kai-shek single-handedly planned the "Zhongshan Incident", monitored and put a large number of Communists under house arrest, and dismissed the workers' pickets of the provincial and hong Kong strike committees. Although there was no bloodshed in the "Zhongshan Ship" incident, it actually struck at the Communist Party and the Left Wing of the Kuomintang, enhanced Chiang Kai-shek's political and military status, and became the foreshadowing of the outbreak of a counter-revolutionary coup.
On April 12, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek staged a coup d'état, and in just three days, more than 300 people were killed, more than 500 arrested, and more than 5,000 people were missing. With the outbreak of the "April 12 Coup", counter-revolutionary activities appeared one after another in various places.
HE Jian
At the end of April, Tang Shengzhi's subordinate He Jian summoned reactionary officers in Hankou to discuss the anti-communist "cleansing" plan. Among the reactionary officers was Xu Kexiang. Although Xu Kexiang was born as a farmer, his long-term poverty made him only care about his own interests. The workers' and peasants' movement of the Communist Party was beneficial to thousands of poor people, but it touched the interests of Xu Kexiang, so he extremely hated the peasant movement and wantonly attacked the peasant movement.
Therefore, when counter-revolutionary activities appeared in various places, Xu Kexiang was very happy, and Xu Kexiang actively participated in the counter-revolutionary conference convened by He Jian. However, during the deliberation period, due to the non-support of Zhang Guowei, commander of the 8th Army Division, and the fact that He Jian was ordered to go north at that time, the counter-revolutionary "qingdang" plan could only be temporarily shelved.
However, Xu Kexiang did not agree to give up and insisted on going it alone. At this time, the reactionary officers who supported the shelving and the officers who did not support the shelving were at a stalemate with each other. On May 13, Xia Douyin, commander of the 14th Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army, and Yang Sen, commander of the Sichuan-Hubei Border Defense, jointly sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek to attack the Communists and the Wuhan government.
Xia Douyin
After Xia Douyin's defection, Xu Kexiang believed that the counter-revolutionary action had reached a climax, and the reactionary officers who had originally supported the shelving of the "Qing Dang" plan unanimously abandoned their original ideas. On May 17, Xu Kexiang, Wang Dongyuan, Yu Xiangsan, and others met again to discuss, and finally decided to carry out an anti-communist "clean-party" operation on May 21 with Xu Kexiang's 33rd Regiment as the main force and other troops as the main force.
On the evening of May 21, Xu Kexiang and other counter-revolutionary troops surrounded the Kuomintang Hunan Provincial Party Department, the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, the Provincial Peasants' Association, and other organs, hunting down and killing more than 100 Communists and revolutionary masses, and all kinds of mass organizations and party organs were looted. By the morning of the 22nd, as many as 70 institutions had been forced to close. Subsequently, Xu Kexiang excitedly reported this "achievement" to Chiang Kai-shek. Because the telegram code name of the day was "Ma", it was called "Ma Ri Incident".
Wang Jingwei
After the Ma-Ri incident, the whole country was shocked, and in order to give an explanation to the angry masses, Wang Jingwei said that he would "investigate" Xu Kexiang according to law. However, for a long time, I did not see Wang Jingwei punish Xu Kexiang, but instead saw Wang Jingwei frequently investigate and deal with the "excessive" behavior of the workers' and peasants' movement.
At the same time, Chen Geng, who had received the news, was also very surprised and angry, and he never expected that Xu Kexiang, the son of the Xu family, would do such a thing. Chen Geng believes that Xu Kexiang, who was previously an oppressed class, cannot do anything to harm the poor people even if he does not help the poor people.
On the other hand, Wang Jingwei's move to investigate and handle the workers' and peasants' movement is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire. The Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, which had been waiting for the outcome, was furious and decided to besiege Xu Kexiang on May 30 with 100,000 peasant troops near Changsha. On May 30, peasant rebels poured into Changsha from all directions, preparing to attack Xu Kexiang's troops.
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
However, because the 100,000 peasant army at that time could not get strong leadership and had no experience in struggle, it ended up in a hurry and changed orders. Among them, some troops changed their plans to retreat in the course of their march, while others continued to advance. Under these circumstances, the peasant rebels who chose to besiege Xu Kexiang were quickly defeated by Xu Kexiang.
At the same time, the peasant army in various counties was also broken, and Xu Kexiang and other counter-revolutionaries were even more rampant, slaughtering tens of thousands of people in just one month, and the party organizations in Hunan were seriously hit.
Soon after, Xu Kexiang defected to Li Jishen, and with his "anti-communist" title, Xu Kexiang was appointed as the commander of the independent Third Division, stationed at Pingshi Town. In January 1928, Xu Kexiang volunteered to lead his troops to attack shonan, and the remnants of the Nanchang Uprising led by Zhu De and Chen Yi.
Because of the previous streak of victories, Xu Kexiang was arrogant and arrogant, believing that the remnants of the Nanchang Uprising could be easily won, however. Xu Kexiang will eventually have to pay the price for his previous counter-revolutionary acts.
Jude
At dawn on this day, Zhu De led the rebel army, taking advantage of the dark cover, like a hungry tiger pounced on Xu Kexiang, a regiment of Xu Kexiang's army was crushed in an instant, and then like a "multi-bone Nomi card", Xu Kexiang's entire army collapsed.
When the enemy army fled to the Leshui River, due to the large number of people on the bridge, the enemy troops and horses fell into the water, and there were frequent stampede accidents. In this way, Xu Kexiang lost his troops, and he himself escaped by relying on a small boat.
When this matter reached the revolutionary masses, all the people rejoiced. After Chen Geng learned about this incident, he was also very happy, even if Xu Kexiang was still alive, it could be regarded as a fierce blow to him.
After 1929, Xu Kexiang also repeatedly participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army. After the founding of New China, Xu Kexiang fled to Taiwan, and in his later years he was often tortured by illness, but Xu Kexiang did not deserve sympathy; he changed from a peasant's son to a Kuomintang officer, and he would not be revolutionary, but because of his own interests, he also committed a counter-revolutionary act that was difficult to describe, and such a person would forever be nailed to the pillar of shame of history.
On the contrary, General Chen Geng was able to empathize with the people at the bottom as the son of a landlord, and he made many achievements in the period of the Great Revolution, the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, and worked hard to liberate the oppressed people.
It can be seen from this that a person should adhere to correct values no matter what, just as General Chen Geng expressed, birth is not the criterion for judging a person, and he often said to cadres: "The key should lie in what kind of road a person chooses and what kind of world outlook he establishes." ”