[Learning Party History Together] Why did he "not wear straw sandals in leather boots" and repeatedly asked to join the Communist Party?

The Nanchang Uprising fired the first shot of armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries, and it became a key watershed in He Longrong's career. He had no intention of being a high-ranking official, “not wearing straw sandals in leather boots,” and repeatedly applied to join the Communist Party during the most perilous period of the Chinese revolution. The firm belief that the Communist Party will be able to win the revolution has always been rooted in his heart.

In the exhibition hall of Nanchang August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall , a precious registration form for party members is displayed. The owner of this registration form is the commander-in-chief of August 1st-He Long.

The party member registration form filled in by He Long in 1938 (copy) Nanchang Bayiyi Memorial Museum collection

Joined the party in 1927. This year, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei betrayed the revolution one after another, setting off an anti-Communist counter-current across the country, brutally massacring Communists and revolutionary masses. Joining the Communist Party at this time meant being arrested, imprisoned, or even decapitated at any time. Danger.

In order to resist the KMT reactionaries’ slaughter policy and save the Chinese revolution, in July 1927, the CPC Central Committee appointed Zhou Enlai as secretary of the former Enemy Committee to prepare for an uprising in Nanchang. He Long, then commander of the 20th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, had more than 7,000 troops in his hand and became the target of competition from all parties. He Long’s daughter He Jiesheng later recalled: “Before my father led his troops to the Nanchang Uprising in 1927, Chiang Kai-shek learned of the news and began to woo him to give 5 million Guangyang .In addition, a Hanyang Arsenal and the title of Wuhan Garrison Commander were given to him in an attempt to buy him. But this did not shake his father's lofty beliefs and political ideals.

On the one hand, it accepted the purchase of the Kuomintang reactionaries and the high-ranking officials enjoyed the glory. On the other hand, they risked bloodshed and sacrificed and followed the Communist Party's uprising in Nanchang and embarked on a revolutionary road of life and death. He Long is firm. He chose the latter.

In fact, He Long wanted to join the Communist Party for a long time. As early as 's first KMT cooperation , He Long sent him to the General Political Department of the National Revolutionary Army. Zhou Yiqun, a Communist Party member carrying out political work in the army, publicly stated that he wanted to join the Communist Party of China. However, because the Communist Party of China stipulated that high-ranking military officers were not allowed to join the Party in the friendly army at that time, Zhou Yiqun politely refused him and said: "The Communist Party does not close, as long as there are enough Conditions, when the time comes, someone will come to you. "Since then, He Long applied for Party membership time and time again, but failed to get approval.

On July 28, 1927, Zhou Enlai came to He Long Headquarters in person to inform He Long about the detailed plan of the Nanchang Uprising. He Long later recalled, "I was so excited that I couldn't even speak, so I held Comrade Zhou Enlai's hand tightly, and only said one sentence: Whatever the party wants me to do, I will do it!

Nanchang Uprising (oil painting) The National Museum of China

On the way of fighting and retreating, He Long repeatedly said to Zhou En: "Let me join the party! I leave everything to the Communist Party. I will do what the party asks me to do!" At that time, in a dilapidated school, Zhou Enlai and others held a simple party membership ceremony for He Long. Tan Pingshan and Zhou Yiqun said to He Long who was sitting on a bench religiously like a student: "Comrade He Long, at this moment we represent When the party asks you, you must answer truthfully and must not conceal it. May I ask how much of your movable property, real property, cash, etc. do you have left?" He Long smiled indifferently, spreading his hands and said, "I have nothing." Tan Pingshan and Zhou Yi Qun asked again: "Then what about your social relations? What are your social relations in all sectors of workers, peasants, military and politics? What are their attitudes towards revolution?" He Long said: "The social relations in the past, after participating in the revolution, are no longer contacted." Few. The number of words seems to be plain, but it demonstrates his determination to give up the glory and wealth for the revolution and follow the party wholeheartedly.

In 1959, He Long revisited the Bayi Uprising Memorial Hall in Nanchang. He recalled the scene when he joined the Party. He said: "Some people say that I asked to join the Party hundreds of times. Yes. It is very difficult for me to join the party because I am a warlord. The party wants to test me.”

Now, on a wall of the former site of He Long’s headquarters, a passage of He Long said on the eve of the Nanchang Uprising is displayed: “Only follow The Communist Party, the Chinese revolution has hope, and the Communist Party is the people’s savior.” This passage is exactly the reason He Long wanted to join the Communist Party, and the thin registration form for party members carried him all the way to the party. The party’s solid belief.

Source: Communist