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In 2021, after the TV series " Awakening Era " was broadcast, it immediately aroused heated discussions among the audience on the Internet. The scene where Chen Duxiu's two sons Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian turned around and looked back with handcuffs resonated with many viewers.
But just when everyone sighed that Chen Duxiu's family was full of loyalty, they never thought that Chen Duxiu actually did not have only two children.
As relatives of revolutionary pioneers, although not all of Chen Duxiu's family members embarked on the road of revolution, because of Chen Duxiu's identity, they were more or less persecuted to varying degrees.
However, despite this, they still did not become stumbling blocks on Mr. Chen Duxiu's revolutionary path.
If the father and son who sacrificed for the revolution were heroes who sacrificed for the country, then these families who stood behind the heroes silently supported were equally admirable existences in the corner.
Although Mr. Chen Duxiu has made outstanding contributions to our country's revolutionary cause, Mr. Chen has been proud and honest throughout his life.
, as it is played on TV, advocates that his children support themselves, and even if he dies, his descendants will not enjoy any honors. After his husband passed away, his youngest child, Chen Songnian, had to do hard work in the kiln factory in order to support his family. It was not until Chairman Mao visited Anqing that he remembered the old friend who guided him on the revolutionary road that he learned about the difficulties of Chen Songnian's family.
So how did Chen Songnian become a kiln factory worker? After Chairman Mao learned about the situation, did their family get proper arrangements?
The stormy era
1958, nine years have passed since the founding of the country. Under the leadership of Chairman Mao, agriculture and production in various places have gradually resumed and developed, and many policies have been introduced in various places.
In order to observe the development situation in various places, Chairman Mao decided to go to the grassroots level in person to see the development of New China. When
came to Anqing, Anhui, no exception, Chairman Mao was warmly entertained by the local political commissar secretary. The group took the "Luoyang" to the Anqing boundary of the Yangtze River basin without knowing it.
Chairman Mao, standing at the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, looked at the river in the distance, and his memory was unconsciously pulled back to that stormy era.
At that time, they were all young men with great energy. Because they realized that this country was about to save the nation and survive, a group of patriotic students organized and began the revolutionary path.
Recalling the revolutionary years back then, there were countless awakened young righteous men before Chairman Mao. It was a turbulent era and an era where flowers bloomed for the struggle for China.
At that time, there were Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Zhang Shizhao...
Many people were like bright stars, lit up the dark sky before dawn. They discussed articles together and worked together for the future of the Chinese nation.
But now these people have passed away. Some of them have been imprisoned for publishing articles, and some have been persecuted to death by the enemy. Many people have not seen the birth of their ideal China. Although the angles they took later were different, the goals of the strugglers were always the same, that is, the rise of China. China has not only been covered with the blood of soldiers on the battlefield, but also has a path paved with flesh and blood of countless literati.
From now on, the shock brought by opening the magazine " New Youth " for the first time seems to be especially yesterday. This magazine has had a profound impact on Chairman Mao's revolutionary path.
Thinking of the past, Chairman Mao suddenly remembered that the territory he was in was the hometown of a "old friend", and this old friend was Chen Duxiu.
Chen Duxiu's revolutionary career began very early. As early as the reform and reform period, he realized that China had reached the brink of reform.
Although he had been expelled from the college and wanted by the Qing government during this period, Chen Duxiu's determination to revolution has never wavered.
He went to Japan several times to learn advanced Western ideas, and later organized patriotic speeches and revolutionary movements many times.
After actively participating in 11 Revolution , he had a deep understanding of Marxism. It was also from that time that he embarked on the path of Marxist revolution from a democrat.
Later, he and Cai Yuanpei, Li Dazhao and others co-founded "New Youth" and " Weekly Comments " , with sharp words and pertinent language.
While vigorously criticizing the rule of warlords in various places and expose the Japanese conspiracy, they vigorously publicize and praise national thoughts and promote Marxism, and call on the people of the whole country to stand up and fight against the enemy together.
Even the birth of the early Communist Party of China did not take Chen Duxiu's leadership. It can be said that he truly achieved the task of our party's revolutionary pioneer.
But it is precisely because of Mr. Chen Duxiu's "extraordinary" performance that he and the people around him did not live well. He hid in the early years and hid in the future, and the people around him left one by one after another.
Now the old friend has passed away for more than ten years, and it seems that he has never heard of the situation of his descendants.
Thinking of this, Chairman Mao hurriedly asked the political commissar of Anqing City who was accompanying him about the situation of Chen Duxiu's descendants, but the result was very surprised by Chairman Mao.
A ill-fated life
The descendant of Chen Duxiu mentioned to Chairman Mao was Chen Songnian. He and the three brothers Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian mentioned above were born to the same mother, which is Chen Duxiu's original wife.
This is actually a place where Mr. Chen Duxiu has been criticized in history. Not long after Chen Songnian was born, Mr. Chen Duxiu left his home with one of his later wife and never went back.
Little Songnian There is almost no impression of his father in my memory. Although Yannian and Qiao Nian remembered their father, their disunderstanding of their father at that time exceeded everything.
Fortunately, their mother always talked about her father's goodness. As she grew older, Yannian and Qiao Nian brothers gradually realized that everything their father did now was for the motherland.
An emotion called "worship" also planted seeds in the hearts of brothers and others.
However, although Chen Duxiu had already left this family, this small family was also implicated a lot because of his identity.
It took a long time later, Songnian remembered that in the days when his grandfather passed away, a group of vicious people broke into their homes in military uniforms, and their warlords under their Yuan Shikai .
The coffin of grandfather was still parked in the lobby. These people entered the door and smashed and plundered. They said they wanted to arrest "Chen Duxiu's son" and force him to submit.
, who was still confused, had no time to figure out the situation, and was carried out by his two brothers.
Maybe it was because of bad luck. My brother had already climbed out of the yard wall, but Songnian unfortunately fell into the neighbor's yard.
Fortunately, my mother and grandfather are kind to others on weekdays and have a good relationship with their neighbors. Looking at Songnian, who is still young, the neighbor still can't bear to hand him over.
just thought this was his own child, and he tricked the soldiers who came to search.
But this time, Songnian and his brothers' fate went to two forks. At that time, they probably didn't expect that since then, they would become the eternal secret for the three brothers.
Yannian and Qiao Nian left and went to Shanghai. Later, under the influence of their father, they studied, studied abroad, and came into contact with Marxist ideas.
During this period, Chen Duxiu did not make too many requests to his children's position.
After being influenced by revolutionary ideas from many parties, the two children finally embarked on the same revolutionary path as their father. The father and son often referred to as revolutionary comrades in public.
At this point, Yannian and Qiao Nian became the two backbone forces on the revolutionary road, and they died after being persecuted.
"I will never kneel down if I die while standing." "Although we are chasing all obstacles ahead, our descendants will definitely enjoy happiness!"
When he received the news of his elder brother's death, Songnian was only seventeen years old. After discussing with his elder sister at home, he decided to go to Shanghai.
However, in order to intimidate other underground party members, the enemy ordered that no one would be allowed to collect the body for Yannian. Her sisters Chen Yuying and Chen Songnian could only look at Yannian's broken body silently, gritting their teeth and preventing themselves from crying.
However, in just one year, news of Qiao Nian's death came again in front of him.
This time, the enemy also did not let anyone collect the body for Qiao Nian. In the square where Qiao Nian was executed, he watched the bloody man lying there.
Thinking back to the freshly lived brothers at home a few years ago, Chen Yuying could no longer suppress the sadness in her heart. If Song Nian hadn't helped her, she would have fainted.
Not long after the siblings returned home, the sister fell ill because she couldn't bear the blow and passed away soon.
witnessed the deaths of his brothers and sisters one after another, and the 18-year-old Chen Songnian ultimately did not choose the revolutionary path.
He has a respect for his father and brother in his heart, but he cannot let go of his mother and he still bears the responsibility of the family on his shoulders.
However, after learning that the two sons died and their daughter died of illness, Chen Songnian's mother's health was getting worse and worse. Two years later, she also left the world.
In just three years, four close relatives from the family were sent away one after another. This was undoubtedly a huge blow to a twenty-year-old young man. Chen Songnian, who was confused in his heart, embarked on the road to finding his father.
In 1933, news of Chen Duxiu being arrested for the fifth time came from Nanjing. Chen Songnian took his wife, who had just been married, to the prison to visit his father. This was the first time that the two fathers and sons met since Chen Duxiu left home.
When Chen Songnian was a child, he often heard his mother talk about his father. In his mother's memory, his father was always full of energy and rigorous. However, Chen Duxiu, who was sitting in prison at this time, was already a little tired.
Looking at himself, the only living child, Chen Duxiu was speechless for a long time. Chen Songnian, who had been alone for too long, could not help but have red eyes when he looked at his father who had gradually grown old.
only mentions the mother who died shortly after her death, and the father and son fell into a long silence again.
Chen Duxiu always felt a little guilty about his first wife, but at this time, he was imprisoned and could only explain to his only son, hoping that he would burn more incense for his mother.
But Chen Duxiu has always been strict in educating children.
Finally, he patted Chen Songnian on the shoulder, just like when he first met Yannian and Qiao Nian, he said, "Men don't cry easily if they have tears, don't cry! You still have a family to take care of."
It seems that it was from this moment that Chen Songnian truly realized that he was the only one left in the Chen family.
short-term family
Unfortunately, in order to prevent his property from being robbed, Chen Songnian has sent the finances and antiques from his home back to the old house of Anqing with all the methods he could think of. Unfortunately, these things were ultimately not preserved in the war.
1938, the war spread to Anhui, and the old house in the Chen family was also robbed, and the Chen family, which was once quite rich, fell.
Chen Songnian took his elderly grandmother and his wife and children to Jiangjin, Chongqing to meet his father who had just been released.
The next few years were probably a short and stable life in Chen Duxiu's turbulent life. At that time, Chen Duxiu had his third wife Pan Lanzhen around him, and his son and grandson were also surrounded by him.
Although the family's financial situation is not as good as before, Chen Duxiu can still earn meager royalties by writing articles. Chen Songnian and his wife also found a teaching job in a nearby school. The family lives in poverty but also stable.
During this period, I learned that Chen Duxiu had long been expelled from the party Chiang Kai-shek had once tried to win over.
But in the end there was too much blood between them, not to mention that Chen Duxiu's two sons died tragically under the persecution of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek's win was doomed to fail.
Later, Premier Zhou also visited Mr. Chen Duxiu and sincerely invited Mr. Chen to return to the Communist Party. However, he knew that he had been out of politics for too long and had a stubborn personality, so he politely declined Premier Zhou's invitation.
However, Chen Duxiu still couldn't enjoy this family life with her grandchildren for too long.
In 1942, Chen Duxiu's life, who had not been released from prison for a long time, came to an end, and Chen Songnian's grandmother also passed away during this period.
Since then, Chen Songnian has sent away six of his closest relatives, and Chen Songnian has become a real orphan.
In his later years, he was very sad and slutty
Before the founding of New China , in order to fulfill his father's last wish, Chen Songnian moved his family again with his wife and children, and returned to Anqing, Anhui. The coffin of his father and grandmother were also returned together.
However, after that, Chen Songnian's family's life became even more unsatisfactory. Because of his father Chen Duxiu, Chen Songnian's job search journey became more difficult and he eventually became a kiln factory worker.
Even so, Chen Songnian never gave up on the education of one son and three daughters. No matter how hard or difficult it is, he never asked the children to give up their studies.
Every time the children have the idea of giving up, he always takes out Chen Duxiu's deeds to educate them.
In order to maintain the livelihood of the family, his wife Dou Hengguang went to the kiln factory to work during the day and made money with her husband at night, which probably caused her health to be damaged. After a few years of such days, Dou Hengguang passed away early, and Chen Songnian's burden became heavier.
When Chairman Mao asked about Chen Songnian's situation, he was only forty-three years old and had already experienced much vicissitudes in the kiln factory's consultation.
After learning about this situation, Chairman Mao specially asked the Anqing Municipal Political Commissar to take care of Chen Songnian's family. The government arranged a relatively relaxed job for him based on Chen Songnian's situation and issued him a government "Revolutionary Sacrifice Family Memorial Certificate".
Chen Songnian's children also lived up to their father's expectations, continued the Chen family's family style, and achieved excellent results in various fields.
