In 1937, a photo of Lin Biao's marriage to Zhang Mei in Yan'an was sent to her hometown in Huanggang, Hubei. When Wang Jingyi saw the photo, she covered her face and burst into tears, shut herself in her room and refused to see anyone.
Looking at Lin Biao's wedding photo, Wang Jingyi, who was feeling very painful, tore it into pieces and threw it out of the window. Then she decided that she would stick to it and never marry again in this life.
In 1949, when Lin Biao learned that Wang Jingyi was still living in that small mountain village and had waited 22 years for him , he was deeply shocked.
What happened between them? Why did Wang Jingyi keep waiting for Lin Biao?
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Many people know that Lin Biao’s wife is named Ye Qun.
But looking at Lin Biao’s family tree, you will find that Ye Qun is not the only wife.
"Lin Family Genealogy" shows that Lin Biao had a total of 3 wives in his life. The first one was Wang Jingyi. The name was followed by brackets, and the word "hiring" was written in the brackets. This means that they are engaged but have not officially married. Wang Jingyi is considered Lin Biao's fiancée.
The second wife is named Liu Xinmin, and the third wife is Ye Qun.
Lin Biao was born in 1907 in Huilongshan Town, Huanggang, Hubei. His father Lin Mingqing opened a cloth factory, and the family conditions were pretty good at the time.
Lin Biao went to a new-style school since he was a child. He received the education and enlightenment of new ideas, denounced the feudal patriarchal system, and opposed arranged marriages.
Lin’s father has a good friend, Wang Youcheng, who is 8 kilometers away from Lin’s home.
Wang Youcheng has read poetry and books and is very talented, especially his good calligraphy. During the Qing Dynasty period, he was once a wealthy family, but his family fell into decline and now he makes a living by teaching.
Lin Mingqing didn't care about this. She admired his talent very much. The two of them often chatted and wrote together.
Wang Youcheng's daughter Wang Jingyi was born one day later than Lin Biao, ranking fourth in the family.
One day, Wang Youcheng visited the Lin family and met Xiao Lin Biao. When he learned that his daughter was born only one day apart, he offered to let the two children get married.
Lin Mingqing was overjoyed and immediately nodded and agreed to the marriage.
On the fourth day of the first lunar month in 1914, during the Chinese New Year, Lin Mingqing’s house was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. He invited several important relatives, set up two banquets, and got engaged to his two 7-year-old children.
Lin Mingqing and Wang Youcheng were very happy and got drunk at the banquet.
From then on, the Lin family recognized Wang Jingyi as their unmarried daughter-in-law. Every year during the holidays, I always send some non-staple food and cakes and other gifts to the Wang family.
Although Wang Youcheng read poetry and books, he was eroded by feudal ethics and often taught his children that it is virtue for a woman to have no talent.
Wang Jingyi has listened to her parents since she was a child, accepted their arrangements, followed the three obediences and four virtues, and abided by the ethics and education.
In July 1925, 18-year-old Lin Biao graduated from middle school in Wuchang. When he returned home, he met his cousin for a drink and a chat.
At her cousin’s house, Aunt Jia asked Lin Biao, when do you plan to marry Wang Jingyi home?
Jia's question made Lin Biao think that he still had a "fiancée" whom he had settled on since childhood.
At this time, Wang Jingyi has reached the age of a flower. She has fair skin, gentle personality, and a graceful and graceful appearance. She is a standard beauty.
Although his fiancée was born very beautiful, Lin Biao felt a lump in his throat when he thought that she was a baby.
He took the initiative to find his father and said that he did not want to marry Wang Jingyi and wanted to break off the engagement.
Because at this time, Lin Biao was obsessed with a girl named Lu Ruobing.
Lu Ruobing is one year older than Lin Biao. She is from Dai Jiachong, and is only 3 miles away from the Lin family. Lu Ruobing's elder brother, Lu Chen, served as secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Lu Ruobing and Lin Biao have played together since childhood and also attended the same school.
Lu Ruobing has delicate features and is also very beautiful.
When she was in school, her every smile, every move was reflected in Lin Biao's heart.
At that time, Lin Biao only had a crush on the girl and did not express his inner thoughts to the girl.
In 1924, Lu Ruobing left her hometown and studied at Anqing Women's Normal School on the recommendation of her brother.
Lin Biao, who had never seen Lu Ruobing again, could not suppress the pain of lovesickness in his heart and wrote a "letter of confession" to her.
In the letter, Lin Biao compared Lu Ruobing to a delicate peony and a thorny rose to describe Lu Ruobing's image in his mind.
Lu Ruobing was surprised when she received the letter. Lin Biao had been her little brother playing behind her for so many years, how could she have such feelings.
She only has a sister-brother affection for Lin Biao and has no other ideas.
In addition, Lin Biao is relatively thin, doesn't talk much, and has yellow ringworm on his head, so he doesn't meet Lu Ruobing's criteria for choosing a mate. Moreover, in that era, a matchmaker was required to seek marriage, and it was not legal for Lin Biao to propose it himself.
So she wrote back a letter to Lin Biao.
She told Lin Biao that she was very busy studying and had no time to consider personal marriage issues. I hope Lin Biao can also study hard and achieve good results.
Lu Ruobing politely rejected Lin Biao.
Lin Biao was very disappointed when he received the reply. His heart hurt as if it had fallen from the sky. Already taciturn, he became even more taciturn.
After falling out of love, Lin Biao made rapid progress in his academic performance. In the second year, I was admitted to the fourth phase of Huangpu Military Academy.
Compared with Lu Ruobing, Wang Jingyi, a girl who has never gone to college, cannot make Lin Biao like her.
When he heard that Lin Biao was going to break off the engagement, Lin Mingqing was so angry that he scolded Lin Biao.
For more than ten years, the two families have been communicating as "in-laws". Now, the man has taken the initiative to break off the engagement. How can he meet his good friend?
My father firmly disagreed.
Lin Biao couldn't defeat his father, and his mother Chen often shed tears because he wanted to break off the engagement. After thinking about , I still agreed.
When the Lin and Wang families looked through the almanac to choose a good day for their children at the end of the year, they found that it was a "disaster year" and it was not a good time to get married.
In addition, the cloth factory run by the Lin family was also in trouble. Lin Mingqing also had to deal with business and was unable to spare time and energy, so their marriage was postponed.
The groom is getting married, and the bride is not me.
In October 1925, Lin Biao was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy and began his military life.
During one year's vacation, Lin Biao went home to visit relatives.
At this time, Lin Biao and Wang Jingyi were both grown up, especially Wang Jingyi. A big girl was still waiting for a child in the boudoir, which made Father Lin feel ashamed of the Wang family.
Before Lin Biao could sit down after returning home, his father gave him a red silk wedding dress and asked him to send it to Wang's house. He would immediately discuss the marriage and marry Wang Jingyi.
Lin Biao came to Wang's house under his father's scolding.
Wang Youcheng accepted the wedding dress and prepared to choose a wedding day with Lin Mingqing.
In order to escape, Lin Biao made up an excuse, saying that he only had a few days to go home to visit relatives. He didn't want to wait for Miss Jingyi, and the wedding couldn't be done in a hurry. He also expressed his position that when 's Northern Expedition is successful and he has made a contribution, he will marry the Wang girl back in glory.
Although Wang Youcheng was a little disappointed, he agreed to Lin Biao's request based on the principle that "men have ambitions in all directions" and repeatedly told Lin Biao not to let his girl down.
At this time, Wang Jingyi felt happy in her heart when she saw Lin Biao dressed in military uniform and very majestic.
She thought, how long can a war last? In another year and a half, Lin Biao will definitely come back to marry her.
html The Great Revolution of 2927 failed. Communists were persecuted everywhere, and the situation of revolutionaries was very dangerous.
At this time, Lin Biao made up his mind to cancel the marriage.
He wrote a letter to his family, telling them that the environment he was currently in was very dangerous and he was ready to die on the battlefield. He could not let Wang Jingyi down and let her choose another husband.
How could the kind and honest Wang family know what Lin Biao was really thinking? They all thought Lin Biao was thinking about his daughter.
Wang Jingyi felt sad when she heard the news that Lin Biao was breaking off the engagement, but she felt a little moved when she learned that the reason for breaking off the engagement was that Lin Biao was afraid of delaying her.
She firmly told her parents that no matter whether Lin Biao was dead or alive, she would wait until he came back. She was Lin Biao's son. If Lin Biao died, she would remain a widow for him for the rest of her life.
From the Nanchang Uprising to the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party , from Jinggangshan to Yan'an, during this period, Lin Biao experienced many major events and traveled to many places with the revolutionary team, which opened his eyes. .
At this time, Lin Biao had forgotten Wang Jingyi.
In 1937, the second time the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated, Lin Biao wrote a letter of peace to his family.
When Lin Mingqing learned that her son was in Yan'an, the first thing Lin Mingqing did was to order her son to take Wang Jingyi to Yan'an to get married.
At this time, Wang Jingyi was already a 30-year-old "older leftover woman".
Since he couldn't get rid of Wang Jingyi for so many years, Lin Biao decided to "take the heat from under the cauldron" and marry Zhang Mei, a girl from northern Shaanxi, giving up everyone's thoughts.
Zhang Mei, formerly known as Liu Xinmin, has a cheerful personality, lively and cute appearance, and is quite handsome. She graduated from a senior primary school and is nicknamed "a flower in northern Shaanxi" locally.
Zhang Mei is relatively educated, which is an important reason why Lin Biao chose to marry her.
The Lin and Wang families waited for Lin Biao's reply and opened it to see that the content was not asking Wang Jingyi to go to northern Shaanxi, but a wedding photo of Lin Biao and Zhang Mei.
Father Lin Mingqing was so angry that he almost fainted.
And the Wang family is already in chaos. Wang Youcheng was so angry that he didn't say a word for several days and couldn't afford to fall ill.
Wang Jingyi tore up the photos sent by Lin Biao and threw them out the window. She shut herself in the room and cried bitterly.
The news that Lin Biao is married undoubtedly poses a big problem to the two families.
Only then did Wang Youcheng realize that Lin Biao was knowledgeable and knowledgeable, but he looked down on his daughter. The previous breakup of the engagement was true, but all the reasons were false.
He regretted so much, why he didn't send his child to school.
Now that it has become a fact that Lin Biao is married, everyone has begun to persuade Wang Jingyi to find another family to marry.
A few days later, Wang Jingyi freshened up and walked out of the room.
She told the two families: All the neighbors knew about her engagement with Lin Biao. Lin Biao could marry someone else, but she would never marry anyone else.
The married life of Lin Biao and Zhang Mei was not happy. Because their personalities are quite different, there are often frictions in their lives.
Between 1938 and 1941, Lin Biao went to the Soviet Union to treat his injuries and lived with Zhang Mei in Moscow.
Lin Biao likes to be quiet and taciturn. He likes to read, think and walk in the yard at home.
Zhang Mei is lively and active, with a cheerful personality. He likes to go out to dance parties with his friends, but doesn't like to face the taciturn Lin Biao.
The two people quarreled constantly, and their marriage relationship existed in name only.
While in Moscow, Lin Biao also met the most exciting woman in his life, Sun Weishi.
Sun Weishi's father, Sun Bingwen, succeeded Zhou Enlai as director of the political department and chief instructor of the Huangpu Military Academy. Both Zhou Enlai and Zhu De are good friends.
Sun Weishi was also born as a general. He was lively and cute since childhood, confident and smart.
Zhou Enlai had no children in his life, and Sun Weishi always called Zhou Enlai "Dad Zhou".After Sun Bingwen's death, Zhou Enlai always regarded Sun Weishi as his adopted daughter and loved him very much.
0-year-old Sun Weishi was full of vigor and vitality. Lin Biao looked at her and experienced the painful trivial matters with Zhang Mei, and silently fell in love with this girl who was 13 years younger than him.
Lin Biao confessed to Sun Weishi that he would marry Sun Weishi after divorcing Zhang Mei.
In January 1942, Lin Biao prepared to return to China. The day before, he met with Sun Weishi on the banks of the Moskva River.
Sun Weishi told Lin Biao that he still had to go to school and it would take at least 4 years to graduate. Lin Biao also expressed his determination that he would have to wait a lifetime, let alone 4 years. If you can't wait, you will never marry.
However, after returning to China, Lin Biao did not keep his vow. Soon, he married Ye Qun.
Ye Qun, formerly known as Ye Yijing. Ye Yijing, who was married to Lin Biao, learned that her name was very similar to Wang Jingyi's, and she changed her name to Ye Qun in anger.
Ye Qun's ancestral home is in Fujian. He came to Beijing with his grandfather and father when he was very young. He is a lady of a big city.
In 1935, Ye Qun participated in the 129 student movement that broke out in Beijing. She was not afraid of military and police suppression and showed a bravery that was different from other friends.
Later, she joined the Communist Youth League, and after several twists and turns, she came to Yan'an. Served as the head of the teaching department at China Women's University.
At this time, Lin Biao had just returned to Yan'an from the Soviet Union. He broke up with his wife Zhang Mei, and there was no news about his pursuit of Sun Weishi, so he felt depressed.
Ye Qun is known as one of the "Eight Beauties" of Yan'an. The two got married soon after they met. After marriage, they gave birth to Lin Liheng and Lin Liguo.
Ye Qun is a woman who is scheming in life and ambitious in politics.
In life, she didn't like Zhang Mei's daughter and tried many times to prevent Lin Biao from meeting her.
At work, after Ye Qun became the "Director of the Lin Biao Office", he began to control Lin Biao's diet and daily life, and neglected other comrades.
Lin Biao is very tolerant of Ye Qun, and the relationship between the couple is not bad.
Wang Jingyi refused to help many times.
In May 1949, the political situation gradually stabilized. At this time, Lin Biao served as Secretary of the Central China Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Commander of the Central China Military Region, stationed in Wuhan.
After arriving in Wuhan, many relatives and friends at home visited him. From these people's mouths, Lin Biao learned about Wang Jingyi's current situation: he lived in poverty and had been waiting for him.
Lin Biao was stunned. He was very surprised when he heard the news.
After so many years of fighting on the battlefield, he seemed to have forgotten Wang Jingyi. Unexpectedly, 22 years later, Wang Jingyi was still waiting for him.
His expression revealed his admiration for this woman, and a hint of sympathy rose in his heart.
Father Lin Mingqing said to his son: Jingyi has been waiting for you for more than 20 years. This is not something ordinary people can do. Now you have a family, identity, and status, and Jingyi is still waiting in the small mountain village.
Her father asked Lin Biao that he could not marry her, but he could not ignore her and take Wang Jingyi out and help him find a job?
Lin Biao and Ye Qun discussed it and decided to let Wang Jingyi take care of their children.
But how could Wang Jingyi, who was stubborn and unwilling to bow her head, lose her dignity and accept such charity?
She decisively refused. She said that although there was a big gap in status between herself and Lin Biao and Ye Qun, she froze to death standing in the wind and starved to death without bending down.
After the People's Commune was established in 1958, Wang Jingyi and her sister Wang Jinyi did not know how to farm, and their life was very difficult. Later, they made shoes and sold them for money. However, the meager income could only sustain the basic life of the two sisters, and they were still very poor.
In 1961, Wang Jingyi's house was blown by strong winds, and the brigade helped them build a small house. She and her sister lived in this house.
Conclusion
In 1963, 56-year-old Wang Jingyi died of illness at home.People sorted out her belongings and found two things under the pillow, a red silk wedding dress and a stack of money.
These two things were given to her by Lin Biao. She had no chance to wear the wedding dress and she didn't spend any money.
Her integrity of "a broken jade will not turn white, a bamboo burning will not change its integrity" has won the respect of the Lin family. Finally, Lin Biao's name was written into the "Lin Family Genealogy" in the name of Lin Biao's fiancée.
