The road to the founding of New China was paved with blood by many revolutionary martyrs. Taking death as if they were home is the best portrayal of them. Wang Xiaohe is one of them. When facing the death penalty of , he laughed calmly and was frozen by the camera as a precious lens of history.
Wang Xiaohe sacrificed for the revolution, but left his wife to raise two young daughters. Not only that, his wife later found out that Wang Xiaohe had another purpose in marrying her, but she not only did not collapse, but also said calmly: I don’t hate him.
How did Wang Xiaohe be so calm? What kind of story does he and his wife have?
The interweaving of career, marriage and revolution
Wang Xiaohe was born in 1924, almost three years later than the birth of the Communist Party. He was admitted to the Shanghai Inspirational English College in 1938, and also changed his life here.
During this period, Wang Xiaohe met Xu Tongquan, an underground member of the Communist Party of China, and under his influence, he came into contact with progressive books and magazines. This made Wang Xiaohe, who was already full of passion, see the hope of the country, and the organization began to cultivate him.
In May 1941, Wang Xiaohe officially joined the Communist Party of China. After that, every step he took and every decision he made could be said to be serving the Communist Party, and all major life events such as career and family were given priority from the interests of the Party.
At the end of 1941, when Wang Xiaohe was looking for a job, he had outstanding abilities and was admitted to the post office and Shanghai Electric Power Company at the same time. Both are good jobs. How should we choose? The party organization believed that power company would help strengthen the organization's strength, so Wang Xiaohe chose to join the power company.
In his post, Wang Xiaohe studied hard and completed his work very well. He also always remembered his party membership. He often organized reading clubs to promote communist thoughts among the workers, and gathered a group of strength.
Throughout history, every parent is most worried about his children's lifelong affairs. In the past, people talked about marriage early. When Wang Xiaohe was 11 years old, his parents made a marriage for him. The other party was only 7 years old, Xin Yuying. Both families knew the truth and both parents were very satisfied.
But later Wang Xiaohe went to Shanghai, full of revolution, and had long left the engagement arranged by his parents behind. When Xin Yuying was eighteen years old, she saw that Wang Xiaohe had not come to propose marriage, so she was a little anxious, so her family came to Shanghai to find Wang Xiaohe, hoping for a result.
When we first met, Xin Yuying was rustic and uneducated. Wang Xiaohe was fashionable and had a decent job. Xin Yuying felt inferior, but Wang Xiaohe didn't care about these issues. He was considering his identity.
As a Communist Party member, Wang Xiaohe cannot be as free as ordinary people, and his identity cannot be revealed to the outside world. The relationship between husband and wife must be very close, and if you are not careful, you may bring disaster to yourself and the party.
For Wang Xiaohe, if his beliefs are different, he must never be married. So when the two were alone, Wang Xiaohe first "tested" Xin Yuying.
Wang Xiaohe asked Xin Yuying what she thinks of the Kuomintang. This question was strange on blind dates, and the partner was a woman who didn’t understand revolution, but Xin Yuying had no doubts. She answered truthfully, saying that the Kuomintang in the countryside was very bad.
Xin Yuying's answer, Wang Xiaohe was satisfied. It seems that Xin Yuying will not stand on the side of the Kuomintang, so the next chat between the two was quite happy. Xin Yuying also liked this fiancé, but their relationship was not settled.
Wang Xiaohe reported the chat situation to his superiors and said that he could continue to develop. After that, the two dated many times, but every time the Communists observed secretly, Xin Yuying didn't know.
Finally, Xin Yuying passed the organization's inspection, and the organization proposed that rural women are relatively simple and convenient for work, which affirmed Xin Yuying's character, but also expressed a certain purpose.
Wang Xiaohe accepted progressive ideas. He had no intention of this marriage arranged by his parents, but by getting along with Xin Yuying and considering the organization's suggestions, he chose to be married to Xin Yuying.
In 1946, 22-year-old Wang Xiaohe married Xin Yuying, and Wang Xiaohe's "use of Xin Yuying" also began.
accidentally got involved in the revolution
Wang Xiaohe is an underground party member and the organization requires that the identity cannot be exposed, so after marriage, Xin Yuying still does not know her husband's identity as a party member. Wang Xiaohe often needs to discuss some secret decisions with his comrades, and Xin Yuying accidentally became an important part of it.
Shortly after marriage, the two rented a house. Although the conditions were simple, they were much better than the previous room. When Xin Yuying was happy for their new home, she didn't know that the house was found by the organization, with the purpose of carrying out underground contact work.
After moving to the new home, Wang Xiaohe would often bring some people home. When Xin Yuying asked, he said he was here to play mahjong and asked Xin Yuying to take the initiative at the door, saying that it was the strictest gambler in Shanghai to prevent people from being discovered.
Xin Yuying trusted her husband very much. She really moved a small stool to sit at the door and focused on the wind. Although she was wondering why there was no sound of playing mahjong in the room, she would not ask more questions.
In addition, Wang Xiaohe often asked Xin Yuying to pass on some letters, sometimes to a person holding a hoe to the ground, sometimes to a person who coughs and spits, etc. These requests sound strange.
Although Xin Yuying was confused, she still would not ask too much and did what her husband said, because she believed that her husband was not doing bad things, and those who were in charge were also good people. Xin Yuying had already participated in the revolution without knowing it.
The husband and wife are united, the Kuomintang cannot pry
, but this kind of life did not last long, and Wang Xiaohe was still targeted by the Kuomintang. In January 1946, a general strike broke out during the power on-site. Wang Xiaohe always actively participated and received the support of the workers.
By 1948, Wang Xiaohe was already the executive director of the Shanghai Electric Trade Union. Because of his previous reactionary behavior, the Kuomintang has been keeping an eye on the trade union. In February, the occurrence of the " Shenjiu tragedy " once again aroused public anger. Wang Xiaohe organized workers to protest, becoming a thorn in the Kuomintang's side.
In April, in order to suppress the democratic movement of workers and students, the Kuomintang began to arrest the head of the trade union. Wang Xiaohe was the first to bear the brunt, but they had other plans for Wang Xiaohe.
During that time, if the Kuomintang spies frequently appeared at Wang Xiaohe's home at the beginning, it turned out that the Kuomintang did not want to arrest Wang Xiaohe at first. They highly recognized Wang Xiaohe's ability and wanted to use fame and fortune to tempt him to serve the Kuomintang, but Wang Xiaohe's beliefs were firm and unmoved.
Seeing this, if she aims at Xin Yuying again, she hopes that she can help persuade Wang Xiaohe to get rid of their family’s poverty, the Kuomintang may think that women don’t know so much, and it is easier to get caught.
However, they did not expect that although Xin Yuying did not believe in revolution, she believed in her husband and she believed in whatever her husband said. At that time, Wang Xiaohe still told Xin Yuying that he was not a Communist Party, not a deception, but could not reveal the secret.
It was not until the Kuomintang issued an ultimatum to Wang Xiaohe. On the eve of the action, Wang Xiaohe confessed his identity to his wife, which meant that he could no longer escape. Xin Yuying collapsed and cried. Maybe she had a premonition, but she still couldn't accept it.
In fact, Wang Xiaohe had the opportunity to escape, but he did not receive the order to evacuate the organization, for fear of affecting the safety of the Party and the trade union, so despite being in danger, he still tried hard to hold his position.
died calmly, and his wife ran around
On April 21, 1948, the Kuomintang arrested Wang Xiaohe, tortured him, coerced and tempted him, and tried to pry out some secrets of the Communist Party from him. The torture lasted for five months, but Wang Xiaohe had never compromised. Seeing that the Kuomintang could not take him down, he sentenced him to death.
The moment he heard the verdict, Wang Xiaohe's reaction was to laugh out loud, and it was a glorious thing to sacrifice for the revolution. The execution was originally scheduled for September 27, but it was forced to postpone the protests of the people.
On the morning of September 30, Wang Xiaohe was executed bravely and died calmly.
has been mentally prepared since he embarked on the revolutionary path. His death once again aroused public anger, and received media attention, and once again reduced the hearts of the Kuomintang.
Whether facing the trial or the execution ground, Wang Xiaohe was never sad or afraid. In his heart, justice was just the "self-deprecating" of the clown. His justice and calmness were in sharp contrast with the ugly face of the Kuomintang.
This year, Wang Xiaohe was only 24 years old, and he was in his prime. His eldest daughter was less than two years old. His youngest daughter was still in his wife's belly, but his life came to an abrupt end.
In October 1948, 21 days after Wang Xiaohe's sacrifice, his youngest daughter was born, as if it was a kind of inheritance of life. Wang Xiaohe has always cared about his daughter and named her daughter "Peimin" in a letter to his wife. Xin Yuying followed this "will".
It was not until after Wang Xiaohe's death that Xin Yuying learned the truth about their marriage from previous letters. It turned out that Wang Xiaohe did not initially like her, but her value to the revolution, but this did not affect her feelings for her husband.
While Wang Xiaohe was imprisoned, Xin Yuying was pregnant, but she had been working hard for her husband. With the help of the party organization, she kept appealing and complaining about her husband at the door of the police station. For Wang Xiaohe, she showed all her courage. How could such a relationship be defeated by a small deception?
Although the initial combination was mixed with certain purpose, "Who can be ruthless is not a plant or a tree?" The relationship between the two is real. Xin Yuying's simplicity and kindness and her various efforts have already touched Wang Xiaohe's heart.
In that era, no one cared about the love of so many children. It was not that they didn’t love, but that they had great love and had a mission, and they didn’t have so much time to get involved in these small emotions, or in other words, love was more generous in that era.
Xin Yuying understands Wang Xiaohe’s righteousness and can face this “deception” calmly. The so-called "only one has a family" is sometimes to protect the "small family".
