In 1957, the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan was completed. The completion of this bridge was a major event that people across the country were looking forward to. Taking advantage of this great opportunity, Chairman Mao came from the Central Committee to Wuhan,

In 1957, the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan was completed. The completion of this bridge was a major event that people across the country were looking forward to. Taking advantage of this great opportunity, Chairman Mao came from the Central Committee to Wuhan, Hubei Province for an inspection.

Chairman's visit to inspect is naturally a first-class event. At that time, all the leaders of Hubei Province went to greet him in person, but what was unexpected was that when Chairman Mao got off the train, he asked about a man named Wang Shengrong.

When the leaders present heard this very unfamiliar name, they looked at each other for a moment, not knowing what to do. They could only confess to the chairman that no one knew this person. But the chairman said: "We must find this person!"

After finding Wang Shengrong, Chairman Mao directly promoted him from an unknown deputy director to a deputy provincial level position. What is the origin of Wang Shengrong? Why did Chairman Mao look for him as soon as he got off the train? What made Chairman Mao give him such a big promotion?

Picture丨Chairman Mao inspected

The August 7th Conference Emerged

Wang Shengrong was born in Wuhan, Hubei, into a poor working class family in the Wuchang area. His father was a porter at the dock and his mother was a handicraft vendor. In that era when our country's society went through great changes, although the family lived frugally, things like not having enough to eat still happened from time to time.

As the saying goes: "The children of the poor become rich early." Wang Shengrong is such a sensible child. At the age of thirteen, Wang Shengrong went to work as a child laborer in a cotton mill in order to help his parents share the burden of the family. Here, Wang Shengrong witnessed the oppression and exploitation of workers by capitalists, and his yearning and worship for communism increased day by day.

Although he could not read much due to family conditions, Wang Shengrong, who is warm-blooded and kind-hearted, still harbors lofty ambitions and hopes that one day he can contribute to the motherland.

Therefore, in a series of labor movements carried out in Wuhan, Wang Shengrong will always be active. It was precisely because of his active participation in these labor movements that Wang Shengrong got the opportunity to change his life, and his life changed tremendously.

Picture丨Workers’ Movement

At that time, Xiang Ying, a famous proletarian revolutionist and leader of the workers’ movement, returned to Wuhan and led the workers’ movement in Wuhan. During these workers' movements, Xiang Ying noticed Wang Shengrong, who was actively participating in them. Wang Shengrong's love for the revolution and the motherland moved Xiang Ying, so under his introduction, Wang Shengrong joined the Chinese Communist Youth League .

After becoming a member of the Communist Youth League, Wang Shengrong's love and yearning for the Communist Party of China further deepened. He joined the local textile union in 1926 and became an active member of the labor movement, with outstanding performance.

At the same time, becoming a glorious Communist Party member has become Wang Shengrong's most noble ideal. So it didn’t take long for Wang Shengrong to submit an application for party membership to our party, and with his outstanding ability and performance, he officially became a Communist Party member in 1927.

Picture丨Join the Party

Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution in Shanghai. A large number of progressive young people and Communists were massacred by the Kuomintang, causing heavy casualties. Not long after, the villain Wang Jingwei also betrayed the policy of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and broke with the Communist Party of China. Under such a situation, the Communist Party has been under tremendous pressure, and the future of China's revolutionary path is not clear.

Therefore, under this background, the Chinese Communist Party held the famous August 7th Conference in order to correct its mistakes, learn from experience and lessons, and at the same time find the route and struggle policy that the Chinese Communist Party will take in the future.

The August 7th Conference was held on August 7, 1927 in Sanjiao Street, the former Russian Concession in Hankou. Because of the Kuomintang reactionaries' crazy act of massacring Communist members at that time, whether the conference could be held safely became the biggest problem. After careful consideration by the organization, the security and conference affairs of this meeting were finally handed over to Wang Shengrong.

Picture丨August 7th Meeting

After receiving the task, Wang Shengrong felt that there was a long way to go, and on the other hand, he thanked the party for its trust and recognition from the bottom of his heart. So he secretly made up his mind: no matter what, he must do a good job in this meeting.

So, when preparing for the meeting, Wang Shengrong went to Sanjiao Street and visited many times. In order to ensure safety and just in case, Wang Shengrong is familiar with what the residents living in the surrounding area, how many people in the family do, and what they do. He also specially designed several escape routes in case of emergencies.

The security of the entire conference was greatly guaranteed through his efforts, and the conference work was also completed very well. In the end, the 1987 Conference was a complete success. Wang Shengrong also rose to prominence in our party because of his outstanding performance. It was during this work that Wang Shengrong came into contact with the great Comrade Mao Zedong for the first time.

Wang Shengrong's practicality and seriousness were all noticed by Mao Zedong. He admired this young man who was not afraid of hardship and was very clever. Wang Shengrong was impressed by Mao Zedong's majestic strategy and foresight. The two met at this point, setting the stage for their indissoluble bond.

Picture | Comrade Mao Zedong

studied in the Soviet Union, was elected as a member, and saved the Chairman at gunpoint

After the 1987 meeting was successfully completed, in order to preserve the revolutionary power, our party decided to send a group of outstanding party members after serious discussions and consultations with the Soviet Union. , went to the Soviet Union for further study.

Wang Shengrong, as a rookie in the party, naturally yearns for such a good opportunity. So under the arrangement of the party, he went to the Soviet Union for nearly two years of study. Wang Shengrong has grown tremendously in these two years of study.

In 1930, Wang Shengrong returned to China after completing his studies and was transferred to the Central Soviet Area to take charge of the Young Pioneers. After that, our party established the Young Pioneers Corps, with Wang Shengrong as the captain. Under the leadership of Wang Shengrong, the work of the Young Pioneers was carried out in an orderly manner. In a short period of time, it grew to more than 7,000 people and became the most solid reserve force of the Red Army .

At the end of 1931, as the captain of the Young Pioneers, Wang Shengrong was elected as a member of the first Central Revolutionary Military Commission as a representative of the Young Communist Party. In this session of the Military Commission, Wang Shengrong was elected together with Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Wang Jiaxiang, Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, Ye Jianying, Xu Xiangqian and others.

Picture丨Go to the Soviet Union to study

The committee members who were elected together are all famous figures whose reputations have been passed down from the revolutionary period of our country to this day. From here we can also see that Wang Shengrong had a very high status within the party at that time.

Later, in the Soviet Republic of China, the Provisional Central Government was established in Jiangxi Central Soviet Area . Mao Zedong served as the Chairman of the Provisional Government. Then the First Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Ruijin Ye's Ancestral Hall. Although the preliminary work went relatively smoothly, at this meeting, there were huge differences among the party representatives.

At that time, the meeting passed five resolutions including the "Political Resolution Plan". However, Chairman Mao’s proposition on the construction of the Red Army and base areas was not recognized at the meeting.

The end of this meeting marked that the Central Soviet Area fully accepted the erroneous propositions in the Central Committee's instruction letter. Because of this erroneous proposition, the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area began to exclude Chairman Mao and his correct leadership of the Party Central Committee.

Picture丨Provisional Central Government

In the winter of 1932, under the exclusion of Wang Ming and others, Chairman Mao was transferred to the southern Jiangxi area to conduct investigation and research work. Although Chairman Mao knew it well, this kind of transfer order was obviously a distrust and rejection of him by the leaders. However, he has always been serious and responsible for his work, and he still works hard and is very dedicated to this job.

He often visits local people's homes and carefully listens to and collects the opinions of the people. and integrate the needs of the people into thinking about the direction of the future revolution, proceed from reality, and work hard for the happiness of the people.

But in that era of constant war and turmoil, this job was also perilous and full of unknown dangers. One day, Chairman Mao was writing an article in his residence, but he suddenly found that the village was extremely quiet today, and there was not even a sound of the barking dogs that were often heard on weekdays.

Chairman Mao, who had extremely rich combat experience, gradually realized that something was wrong with the situation. He felt that the danger was approaching.

Picture丨Chairman Mao

So Chairman Mao quickly put down the pen in his hand and walked out of the residence accompanied by the security guards. But not long after they walked out, they were attacked by hostile forces - a group of civilian armed organizations.

It turns out that the crazy Kuomintang reactionaries hated Chairman Mao so much that they issued reward orders everywhere among the people and offered high-priced rewards to Chairman Mao. So this group of people saw money and started taking action after learning that Chairman Mao was in southern Jiangxi.

At the same time, because the Chinese Soviet Republic needed to convene leaders for a meeting, the central government sent Wang Shengrong to southern Jiangxi to inform Chairman Mao. After receiving the mission, Wang Shengrong set off with a platoon of troops. But who would have thought that when they arrived in southern Jiangxi, traveling day and night, they happened to encounter Chairman Mao and the guards exchanging fire with civil forces.

Although Wang Shengrong and his party were tired, they immediately cheered up: "Everyone, prepare to fight. No matter what, we must protect Chairman Mao!" So the reinforcements also joined the battle and covered Chairman Mao's departure.

Picture | Firefight

However, during the evacuation process, Chairman Mao and his guards were surrounded by several civilian terrorists. These people approached Chairman Mao with knives and guns in an attempt to capture Chairman Mao alive. At this moment, Wang Shengrong rushed up from behind, killed the terrorists in one fell swoop, and successfully rescued Chairman Mao.

Later, during the evacuation process, because Chairman Mao was unwell and unable to walk, Wang Shengrong, regardless of his previous day and night travel, picked up Chairman Mao on his back and started on the road.

But with the chairman on his back, Wang Shengrong had no way to hold the gun, and it was inconvenient to observe the enemy's position. This situation is very dangerous, because if he is not careful, he will be hit by the enemy's bullet.

Picture丨Evacuation

But fortunately, Ji Ren has his own destiny. Wang Shengrong finally managed to escape with Chairman Mao. This time of sharing life and death, Chairman Mao was extremely impressed by Wang Shengrong.

What is even more admirable is that despite experiencing such fierce battles and critical crises, Wang Shengrong did not publicize his achievements after returning to the organization. On the contrary, he said nothing about the matter. Everyone in the organization only knew that he went to southern Jiangxi to pick up Chairman Mao, but they did not know that he saved Chairman Mao from the enemy's gun.

Wang Shengrong, who was not only brave and good at fighting, but also very indifferent to fame and fortune, won the admiration and appreciation of Chairman Mao, and the revolutionary friendship between the two became more and more profound.

Picture丨Chairman Mao

was not moved by money and devoted himself to the party

In April 1932, the Red Army successfully entered Zhangzhou and won the unanimous trust and love of the people of Zhangzhou. Therefore, with the strong support of the people, the Red Army raised more than 1 million silver dollars. This fund-raising successfully solved the economic difficulties of the Central Soviet Area and gave the Central Soviet Area party organizations a surplus to help the Shanghai Front Party.

At that time, due to the complicated situation in Shanghai and the severe lack of funds for the Shanghai party organization, the activities of the party members were difficult. In addition, the Shanghai Incident occurred in 1932, known as the "Songhu War" in history. This war put the already extremely difficult Shanghai party organization into an even more difficult situation.

Therefore, in order to guard against the Japanese army and the Kuomintang reactionaries, the Soviet Area the Party Central Committee converted the ocean funds that were to be provided to the Shanghai Party Organization into US dollars, and then sent people to transport them there. However, during the transportation process, money was lost repeatedly.

Picture丨Songhu War

When the money was sent to Shanghai for the first time, the Soviet Area Party Central Committee selected a cadre and gave him 7,500 US dollars, asking him to transport it to Shanghai and hand it over to the Shanghai Party organization. However, due to the severe situation, the delivery route can only go to Hong Kong first, then to Shantou and Meixian, and finally reach Shanghai.

During the transportation, the veteran cadre could not resist the temptation of money and ran away with 7,500 US dollars while passing through Hong Kong. News like this made both the Soviet Area Party Central Committee and the Shanghai Party Organization very heartbroken and helpless. However, Shanghai's urgent need for funds has not yet been resolved, so the Soviet Area Party Central Committee could only send people to deliver funds.

This time, taking a lesson from the past, the Party Central Committee of the Soviet Area directly used senior division-level cadres to deliver 20,000 US dollars. However, in the face of desire, no matter how old the seniority is, it is only an unsafe insurance. This old party member couldn't resist the temptation in the end. Like the first person who transported the money, he ran away with the money.

This situation makes party organizations in both places very worried. On the one hand, Shanghai is in dire straits. On the other hand, although the Soviet area has money, it cannot transport it. The Party Central Committee is stuck in a dilemma and cannot move.

Picture丨The funds cannot be delivered

Just when everyone was worried about this matter, Zhou Enlai thought of a person who would definitely be qualified for the transportation task, and that was Wang Shengrong. Everyone is very aware of Wang Shengrong's character. Not only is he serious and down-to-earth in his work, he is also very indifferent to fame and wealth, and regards money as something extraneous, so he must be the best person to transport money.

Subsequently, under the delegation of the organization, Wang Shengrong took more than 60,000 US dollars and set off for Shanghai according to the route taken by the previous two people. In the process of transporting money, due to the large amount, it can only be packed in rattan boxes, but this often attracts the attention of enemies in the level.

So Wang Shengrong disguised himself as a servant who helped the rich young master transport books, and played by ear along the way. Just when everyone thought that Wang Shengrong would also run away with money, he delivered the huge sum of money to the Shanghai party organization without any loss.

This mission once again proved Wang Shengrong's ability and character, and also made the leaders of the Party Central Committee even more impressed with him. In addition to appreciation, everyone admires this outstanding party member who is dedicated only to the revolution, and Chairman Mao is no exception.

Picture丨Wang Shengrong

suffered an accident but did not complain. After retirement, he was willing to remain anonymous

In 1946, when Wang Shengrong was speaking at a conference, he accidentally lost a leg in an accident. But he interceded for the "murderer", once again letting us feel his generosity and kindness.

It turned out that when Wang Shengrong was giving a speech on the stage, a little soldier stood under the stage, listening to the speech and wiping his gun. Perhaps the speech was too exciting. The little soldier didn't even notice that his gun was not secured, so he accidentally went off the gun while wiping it. The bullet passed through the podium and penetrated from the sole of Wang Shengrong's foot into his calf.

Such a sudden disaster forced Wang Shengrong to have his leg amputated due to bacterial infection. He gave up the leg that was injured in the accident and never returned to the battlefield. But Wang Shengrong did not blame the little soldier. Instead, he said good words and begged for the little soldier when he was punished. The generosity and kindness of are really admirable.

Picture丨Wang Shengrong

Later, after the victory of the revolution, Wang Shengrong returned to his hometown in Wuhan, hiding his past achievements and not mentioning how much he had contributed to the Party Central Committee. He only worked as a small employee in the Enterprise Department of the Central South Engineering Bureau. Deputy Director.

No one around me knows that this deputy director was once a hero who made great contributions to the founding of New China together with Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and others. But Wang Shengrong didn't care at all. He just did his job well and worked conscientiously. He truly loved what he did and radiated his own light and heat in his position.

It was not until 1957, when Chairman Mao visited Wuhan and mentioned Wang Shengrong to the leaders of Hubei Province at the time, that everyone knew that there was such a hidden hero.

In the end, under Chairman Mao’s personal instructions, Wang Shengrong was promoted to deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Metallurgical Department, enjoying deputy provincial level treatment. , the revolutionary veteran who dedicated his youth to the motherland, finally got the treatment he deserved.

Picture | Wang Shengrong

Conclusion

Looking back on history, it is precisely because of countless revolutionary seniors like Wang Shengrong, and precisely because of their spirit of "paying back our youth and shining our country" that we can now be born under the red flag. Grows in the spring breeze.

We should always remember their great contributions to future generations, continue their revolutionary spirit, and contribute to the future of our motherland.