On the road to the founding of New China, those countless revolutionary ancestors brought us the touch of traveling through the tunnel of time and space. In the memory of the long river of history, no matter how long it takes, it seems like it just happened yesterday. Many stories have happened since the founding of New China. These stories that have been passed down to this day remind us all the time of the difficulties of the founding of New China and the hard-won happiness of today's life. Today's good life was obtained with the blood and lives of countless revolutionary ancestors. . The epic of the founding of New China flows endlessly like a river. It was written by countless revolutionary martyrs and people with lofty ideals, who illuminated the way forward for New China.
After the founding of New China, Chairman Mao met many people who came to visit him in Zhongnanhai, but he rarely took the initiative to invite others to his home in Zhongnanhai. However, one woman became an exception. Chairman Mao not only invited her to his home in Zhongnanhai twice, but also once invited her to live in Zhongnanhai for 25 days. If this woman hadn't asked to go home many times in order not to disturb Chairman Mao's work and life, Chairman Mao would have kept her in Zhongnanhai for a few more days. Chairman Mao was very concerned about this woman's family and living conditions, and even wanted to raise her son. This makes us have to ask in our minds, this mysterious woman, in what capacity did she go to Chairman Mao? Where is the person living at home?
This woman is Cao Yunfang, the wife of the revolutionary predecessor Luo Zhe. But what exactly happened? The story begins with the heroic revolutionary Luo Zhe. Luo Zhe's ancestors have made a living by farming for generations. There are four brothers in the family, and Luo Zhe ranks last among them. Luo Zhe's father and three brothers are all very simple rural people and manage family affairs very strictly. As the youngest child, after Luo Zhe was born, the family gradually had a surplus, and life became better and richer. The elders considered that there was no scholar in the family, so they decided to send Luo Zhe to study. The smart Luo Zhe Zhe did not disappoint his father. He was studious and inquisitive, and his homework and grades were very good. Originally, his father just wanted him to study in a private school, but he didn't expect that he secretly passed the higher elementary school.
From the beginning, Luo Zhe's father only wanted Luo Zhe to be able to read and calculate accounts, so that he could better manage family affairs in the future with these skills. However, Luo Zhe was admitted to a school in other places. Facing Luo Zhe's idea of ??going to school, Luo Zhe's father was very angry and gave Luo Zhe a lesson. Later, under the persuasion of Luo Zhe's family and friends, Luo Zhe's father reluctantly agreed to Luo Zhe's study abroad. After Luo Zhe finished high school in other places, Luo Zhe's father felt that studying cost too much and believed that reading too much would not be of much use, so he strongly urged Luo Zhe to go home and farm. Although Luo Zhe didn't say too many objections in front of his father, he had already secretly made plans to study. He first passed the university and then asked the elders in the family to intercede.
Under the persuasion of relatives, his father, who felt that going to school was a waste of money, finally agreed to pay for Luo Zhe to attend college, and Luo Zhe could continue to study. When Luo Zhe was in college, his living expenses and other expenses were strictly restricted, so Luo Zhe always had no money to buy books at school, but this did not erase his enthusiasm for reading. If he had no money to buy books, he would borrow them from his classmates. Looking at the books, he took advantage of his free time to take notes and write down his thoughts on some content that he thought was very important. After reading, he always shared his thoughts on reading with his classmates. In terms of study, Luo Zhe has always been very attentive, but in terms of life, Luo Zhe has never had high pursuits. A pair of shoes or a piece of clothing are always repaired when they are broken, but Luo Zhe never cares about these. He only cares about knowledge. Enjoy yourself in the ocean.
Luo Zhe studied at Hunan Higher Industrial School for four years from 1918 to 1922. During this period, it was the great May Fourth Movement and the founding period of our party. The Xinmin Society and the Hunan District Party Committee represented by Chairman Mao used Changsha as a position to lead workers, students and people from all walks of life in Hunan to launch a vigorous anti-imperialist and anti-feudal movement. . Luo Zhe welcomed these activities with enthusiasm and became an active member of the student movement. Every time he went on strike, Luo Zhe was always elected as a student representative based on his ability, and he often worked hard for the strike movement.
On one occasion, Luo Zhe led all the students in the school to obey the unified leadership of the Hunan Federation of Students and petitioned Zhao Hengti with great momentum. Because Luo Zhe always yearned for the victory of the revolution in his heart, it was this will that allowed him to persevere even in the face of hunger, cold, and pain. It was precisely because of his persistence in the revolution that he was appreciated by Chairman Mao by chance.
In the autumn of 1922, Luo Zhe completed his studies at Hunan Higher Industrial School. He decided to go to Beijing and apply for a university in Beijing. Because there was a delay on the road, the exam time was delayed, so he was admitted to the Beijing Russian School of Political Science and Law. Luo Zhe studied at Beijing Russian School of Political Science and Law for four years. At this time, Beijing, under the leadership of the northern party committee and revolutionary comrade Li Dazhao, was vigorously carrying out mass struggles at all levels such as "convening the National Assembly", "tariff independence", "March 18", etc. These struggles were directed against Beiyang. Warlords ignited a raging revolutionary fire in the hearts of the masses. In these struggles and resistances again and again, Luo Zhe's young heart became more and more mature through experience after experience. For the victory of the revolution, he constantly enriched himself, made friends, and contributed to the revolution.
On March 18, 1926, in order to protest against Japan’s crime of uniting with eight countries to interfere in China’s internal affairs, people from all walks of life in Beijing held a protest meeting of more than 100,000 people in Tiananmen Square, demanding the expulsion of the eight countries’ ministers. After the meeting, a petition group of 2,000 people was organized to petition the government of Beiyang warlord Duan Qirui. Luo Zhe was once again elected as a representative by the school and led his classmates to go straight to the Beiyang warlord government with the petition team. In a conflict between the revolutionary party and the puppet soldiers, 45 revolutionary comrades died. Even so, Luo Zhe still rushed forward. When he was hit in the foot by a puppet soldier, blood flowed out. He was then sent to the school for treatment by his classmates. This incident was the March 1st massacre that shocked the country. The famous writer Lu Xun called this day the darkest day in the history of the Republic of China.
After experiencing this dark day, Luo Zhe had a more profound and essential understanding of the Beiyang warlord government's collusion with imperialism, which made him increasingly clear about the direction of the future struggle. , and also made his fighting consciousness against the warlords stronger and stronger. When he learned that Chairman Mao was hosting a Peasant Movement Workshop in Guangzhou, after curing his foot injury, he resolutely left Beijing and went to Guangzhou to serve as a teacher at the Peasant Movement Workshop. At this time, Chairman Mao introduced him to the party.
In April 1927, the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup occurred. In order to cope with the situation that may change at any time in the future, Luo Zhe and Cao Yunfang moved to Chairman Mao's residence for a period of time. . During this period, Luo Zhe often stayed with Chairman Mao, The Paper and others. These revolutionary comrades discussed revolutionary issues together. In May 1927, the Ma-Japanese Incident occurred and the situation in Hunan was tense. Under such circumstances, Luo Zhe accepted Chairman Mao's arrangement and went to Changsha to start underground work, while his wife Cao Yunfang stayed behind. Chairman Mao, Yang Kaihui and his wife were very concerned about Cao Yunfang and often went to Cao Yunfang's residence to see if there was anything she could do to help.
Once, Chairman Mao and his wife happened to encounter a letter from Luo Zhe, who was in Changsha. Luo Zhe's letter told his wife Cao Yunfang to "especially study hard, especially not to eat too much chili pepper." . After reading Luo Zhe's letter, Chairman Mao found it very interesting, so he joked with Cao Yunfang: "Can I call you 'especially' from now on?". Later, Wang Jingwei rebelled, and at the behest of Chairman Mao, Luo Zhe and Cao Yunfang returned to seek refuge. It was not until the Autumn Harvest Uprising that Luo Zhe and Cao Yunfang were asked to help him. At that time, Luo Zhe had a heavy responsibility. Chairman Mao was very concerned about Luo Zhe's daily actions. Sometimes, even in the middle of the night, he would go to Luo Zhe's house and ask about Luo Zhe's safety until Chairman Mao heard Luo Zhe's answer. Only then can you go back to your house and sleep peacefully. The deep relationship between these two people can be seen from this incident.
After the Autumn Harvest Uprising, Luo Zhe and Cao Yunfang rushed back to the Xiangtan area. Luo Zhe successively served as the Organization Minister, Working Committee Secretary and other positions in the organization. He worked hard for the organization, and Luo Zhe Zhe worked with Luo Xuezan and others who also held important positions in the organization, and revolutionized together. But it is regrettable that after this separation, Chairman Mao and Luo Zhe never had the chance to see each other again.
In July 1928, due to the emergence of traitors within the organization, Luo Zhe and Cao Yunfang were arrested for betrayal by the traitors. After his arrest, the reactionaries imposed harsh punishments on Luo Zhe, hoping to use torture to force him to get some information about the organization. The interrogation lasted for 48 days, but Luo Zhe gritted his teeth and persisted, never telling anything. Seeing that nothing could be found by questioning Luo Zhe, the reactionaries became murderous and took Luo Zhe to the execution ground and shot him to death. On the way to the execution ground, Luo Zhe loudly cursed the reactionaries and called on the onlookers to unite and fight the reactionaries to the end. However, he was severely beaten by the reactionaries.
Even though he was severely beaten, Luo Zhe still showed no fear and continued to curse the reactionaries for their shameless deeds. When being tortured on the execution ground, the reactionaries forced Luo Zhe to kneel down. Unexpectedly, Luo Zhe jumped up and refused to kneel down to the reactionaries. As a result, he was shot to death by the reactionaries. He was only 26 years old when he died. When they heard that Luo Zhe died, everyone felt sorry and indignant. Compared with Luo Zhe, Cao Yunfang, who was arrested together with Luo Zhe, was very lucky. Luo Zhe, who was in prison, always insisted that his wife Cao Yunfang was just an honest housewife and that he would not take anything with him. As a result, Cao Yunfang, who was pregnant at the time, was spared the torture. However, Cao Yunfang was still detained in prison by the reactionaries. She gave birth to a pair of "twin daughters" in prison, and was not rescued until later by comrades in the organization.
Luo Zhe was only 26 years old when he died, so we can know that Cao Yunfang was quite young at that time. When Cao Yunfang was rescued, it happened to be the trough of all resistance activities organized by the organization, and everything was very depressed. Cao Yunfang went to the unfamiliar Shanghai at that time, and soon lost contact with her and wandered around. Cao Yunfang was alone. Without her husband to rely on, she was left to take care of her two children. She was in a very difficult situation. Later, Cao Yunfang married Mei Runhua, an underground party member, and life became easier.
Luo Zhe died for a long time. Chairman Mao, who was in Yan'an, learned the news of his death. He was very sad and worried about Luo Zhe's widow Cao Yunfang and their children. He tried to inquire about them in many ways. , but it was a pity that the war was in chaos at that time, and it was a pity that Cao Yunfang could not be contacted. After liberation, the chairman got in touch with Cao Yunfang and took the initiative to send 300 yuan to build Luo Zhe's grave.
In Chairman Mao’s letter to Cao Yunfang, Chairman Mao and Cao Yunfang even chatted about their family affairs. Chairman Mao never mentioned this kind of sadness about his two sons in his letters to other people. , but expressed it in the letter to Cao Yunfang. From this incident we can also see that Chairman Mao and Luo Zhe have a very good relationship. In this short letter of just over 200 words, the most important sentence is: Luo Zhe worked hard for the party. I can testify that he had no other documents at the time.
Chairman Mao has always been a cautious person and never speaks too fully, but this time he spoke with such certainty. This was the first time that he testified for his comrades as chairman. These 20 words from Chairman Mao are the greatest affirmation of Comrade Luo Zhe. Without this sentence, this young man who heroically died for his country at the age of 26 might not have been known to the world. At the same time, these 20 words are not a comfort to Cao Yunfang.
Her husband passed away too early, and he didn’t even leave her a photo. Not many people around her still remember his appearance. It’s not that Cao Yunfang didn’t want to apply for martyr status for her husband in the past few years, but without any documents, how could she explain clearly what happened 28 years ago? Facing this reply, Cao Yunfang burst into tears. The dedication and persistence of the past decades seemed to be affirmed at this moment. It turns out that there are still people in this world who remember the things I and my husband did back then. The past events, as if they happened yesterday, appeared in Cao Yunfang's mind one after another.
In June 1958, Cao Yunfang took a pair of granddaughters to Beijing to meet the Chairman and was warmly received by the Chairman. This time, Cao Yunfang spent more than 20 days in Beijing. The chairman liked her granddaughters very much and even paid for them to buy new clothes. In 1960, Cao Yunfang went to Beijing again. This time, she brought her 13-year-old son Mei Kunsheng. Looking at Cao Yunfang's energetic son, the chairman was very happy. This is how the article begins. The chairman asked Cao Yunfang for a "son" One scene. Being able to meet the chairman has become something that Mei Kunsheng will remember throughout his life.
To Mei Kunsheng's surprise, the chairman quietly asked him if the crops on the road were growing well and what was available in the market in his hometown. This surprised Mei Kunsheng at the time. After he grew up, Mei Kunsheng realized that this was the chairman's wish to hear the truth from his child.
The years are like songs, and the glory is immortal. In the hometown of martyr Luo Zhe, the story of the hero has been recited. The red memory condensed with hot blood inspires and alerts those who come after. Tan Jun, grandson of martyr Luo Zhe, said that Chairman Mao met with my grandmother twice and inscribed the words "struggle for socialism". This sentence has always been remembered in our hearts, and we have also worked hard for the construction of our hometown.
It has been more than fifty years since Luo Zhe died. His blood and the blood of countless martyrs have merged into a great torrent, breaking through the thick wall of thousands of years of reaction, drowning the counter-revolutionaries, and opening up society. and continue to inspire me and his descendants to forge ahead bravely.