In 1953, Chairman Mao began a new round of inspections, aiming to inspect the arrangements of facilities for flood control and flood control in the Yangtze River and coal transportation issues. When passing through Anqing, Chairman Mao rarely stayed here for a few days.

953, Chairman Mao began a new round of inspections , with the purpose of investigating the facilities arrangements and coal transportation issues of the Yangtze River flood control and flood control. When passing Anqing , Chairman Mao rarely stayed here for a few days.

At this time, Anqing Secretary Fu Dazhang had been waiting for a long time. After the routine work report, Chairman Mao asked about Chen Duxiu's situation of descendants .

Chairman Mao thought they were doing well , but unexpectedly, Fu Dazhang told him.

" Chen Songnian The family is very hard-working. Several children at home have to go to school. He is just an ordinary technician. He goes out early and comes back late every day but doesn't make a little money."

Chen Songnian (second from left)

As soon as he finished speaking, Chairman Mao wrote a few strokes on his notebook.

"Chen Duxiu is a person who has made great contributions to the Party. He should take good care of his descendants and let the Ministry of Finance give them a subsidy of 30 yuan every month."

But it is well known that Chen Duxiu made a serious right-leaning mistake , causing immeasurable losses to the Party.

So why did Chairman Mao take special care of his descendants? Who are his descendants?

Chen Duxiu

Revolutionary Pioneer

Before telling the descendants of Chen Duxiu, let’s first understand the basic situation of Chen Duxiu.

He was born in 1879 in a scholarly family in Huaining, Anhui Province. In this environment, Chen Duxiu read poetry and books since childhood and became a scholar at the age of seventeen.

However, with the fall of the Qing government and the invasion of the great powers, he no longer believed that studying was the only condition to change his destiny.

So, he took the initiative to participate in the activities of resisting the Qing government , but was wanted by him and could only flee to Japan to study. His experience in studying abroad in recent years made him understand the differences between Chinese and Western thoughts and the people, and began to work on revolution.

Chen Yannian

After Chen Duxiu returned from studying, he first founded the Patriotic Association in his hometown. Unexpectedly, the villagers were ignorant and notified the Qing government to arrest him.

and he fled to Shanghai to establish Patriotic News with Zhang Shizhao . This action laid the foundation for his later founding of " Youth Daily ".

At the suggestion of Zhang Shizhao, he returned to his hometown to establish the Patriotic Congress, making Anhui one of the birthplaces of the revolution . Later, he went to Japan to study, turning the new ideas that had taken shape into words, and bringing them back to China.

So, he became the revolutionary leader in his hometown, but with the continuous invasion of the great powers, the people were still so insensitive. he decided to start with culture and found the epoch-making "New Youth" in Shanghai.

Chen Qiaonian

Perhaps this is the most comprehensive embodiment of Chen Duxiu's new thoughts. Among them, He first proposed the two slogans of "democracy" and "science", awakening the ignorant young people, including Chairman Mao .

Then, he cooperated with Li Dazhao to launch the New Culture Movement , and cultivated a large number of intellectual youth for the revolutionary struggle. At that time, Chairman Mao respectfully called them teachers.

Under their leadership, Communist Party was established, and the direction and goals of old China began to become clear. Then, "May Fourth Movement" broke out, and Chen Duxiu became the leader , which set a good start for the Chinese revolution.

At that time, Chairman Mao not only respected Chen Duxiu as his teacher, but also asked him for advice in everything. Under his guidance, Chairman Mao quickly became a leader with revolutionary enthusiasm and wisdom.

Chen Yannian Monument

However, Chen Duxiu's thoughts were limited. He no longer advocated revolution in a fierce way , but then it happened to be a time when the people were in dire straits. Only violent revolution could break out a bloody path.

It’s a pity, Chen Duxiu, as an important leader of the Communist Party, did not see the domestic situation clearly and chose to cooperate with the Kuomintang by putting down the gun, which made Chiang Kai-shek unable to resist when he massacred Communists, and he was dismissed because of this.

But even so, he still couldn't see the revolutionary situation clearly. not only believed that the domestic revolution was at a low point, but also united everyone to oppose the armed uprising of the Communist Party and even established an opposition.

Seeing that Chen Duxiu's thoughts were becoming more and more conservative, and his path became more and more distorted, Chairman Mao and others had to give up when they saw the dissuasion was ineffective. Later, Chen Duxiu was expelled from the Party by the Central Committee and became an "independent" .

Chen Qiaonian

With the outbreak of The War of Resistance Against Japan, Chiang Kai-shek proposed the policy of "to calm the country first when resisting foreign countries", He began to write many articles scolding Chiang and the anti-Japanese war, which is different from his previous negative attitude .

But in short, Chen Duxiu was China's "mouthpiece" at this time. He used his pen as his sword. not only stabbed Chiang Kai-shek and Japan's sinister hearts, but also effectively created public opinion for China internationally.

and this is also the reason why later generations call him the "Anti-Japanese Warrior".

Maybe Chen Duxiu showed his edge, He was later arrested by the Kuomintang and was released in 1937. But do you think this is over?

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In essence, Chiang Kai-shek released him to invite him to join the Kuomintang or to join the independent party , which is known to everyone.

But Chiang Kai-shek's invitation was severely rejected by him. Chen Duxiu's actions cut off his "financial route", and he had to go to Jiangjin to spend his old age in peace.

Finally, Chen Duxiu died of poverty and illness. Looking at his life, he could be said to be ups and downs. cannot be denied that he made a big mistake, but it cannot be denied that he trained a large number of talents for the victory of the revolution, and his two children were also ruined in the revolution.

The torch for the revolution

Chen Duxiu's eldest son is Chen Yannian , and his second son is Chen Qiaonian .

Chen Duxiu

Among them, the eldest son was killed by the Kuomintang, and the second son left behind "Let our descendants enjoy the happiness that our predecessors have overcome all obstacles!" said this sentence and went to death safely. So why did they die?

First, let’s learn about Chen Yannian. He was born in 1898. At that time, his father Chen Duxiu was working in another place. Only his grandmother and mother took care of the family.

Under the influence of his grandmother, Chen Yannian also read poetry and books like his father, but how could he tolerate another desk in troubled times? Therefore, Chen Yannian also plans to leave his hometown with his father and devote himself to the revolution.

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Later, he really walked out of his hometown, and at the age of 19, was admitted to Shanghai's Fudan University with excellent results, and Shanghai was also the main battlefield of the revolutionary movement at this time.

The influence of his father's founding of "New Youth" has been deeply rooted in the minds of many young people. But at that time, Chen Yannian did not choose Marxism, but chose anarchism, and became friends with the person in charge Wu Zhihui .

So, with the help of Wu Zhihui, he also went to France to study with his father's growth trajectory. He met Prime Minister and others , and realized in them that Marxism is the best way to save China.

Chen Duxiu

After he returned from his studies, he went to Guangdong to serve as secretary and actively searched and cultivated the revolutionary fire. The so-called tiger father has no dog son. Under his leadership, there were nearly 10,000 party members in Guangdong at that time, laying the foundation for the subsequent revolutionary movement.

Apart from this, he did not advocate a moderate revolution like his father. On the contrary, he attached great importance to and supported the armed revolution .

In this regard, he also trained military talents and armored troops with Premier Zhou , and these troops were to protect the provincial and Hong Kong general strike, which directly illustrates the importance of force.

Chen Duxiu

And Chairman Mao also has a very high evaluation of him.

"Chen Yannian is a rare talent. In my opinion, he is far better than his father."

While leading the revolutionary movement, Chen Yannian also took the initiative to approach farmers and often went deep into the countryside in short coats and straw sandals. He not only mastered the first-hand information , but also won the hearts of the people for the Communist Party . This is why the Kuomintang can never win the Communist Party.

In 's first cooperation with the Communist Party of China, , he took the initiative to criticize his father's right-leaning policy and showed his heroic side , but it was this bravery that made him die.

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In June 1927, Chen Yannian was arrested by the Kuomintang. In prison, he suffered all the torture, and the Kuomintang failed to reveal a trace of news about the Communist Party from him.

Looking at the dying Chen Yannian, the executioner began to threaten him.

"Chen Yannian, I advise you not to toast and not to eat the penalty . Your current situation cannot survive the next punishment. If you are more sensible, I may still leave you a way out!"

Unexpectedly, Chen Yannian just pulled open the corner of his mouth that had been torn apart.

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"What the Communist Party is most afraid of is punishment. You group of scum who will only harm the people will be overthrown by the people sooner or later!"

Before he finished speaking, a whip waved down his face.

"I have given you a chance, so let's see if it's your stubborn mouth or my stubborn knife!"

The next day, Chen Yannian was taken to the execution ground. When the executioner asked him the last time if he wanted to tell the secret, he just looked at him with disgust. The executioner was angry by his attitude and asked him to kneel down and be punished .

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"My knees, kneeling on the world and kneeling down on the parents, the Kuomintang's lackey, I'm not worthy!"

Finally, he was really standing and was killed by the executioner. He did not let go of his dignity until the moment he died, and he was only 27 years old at this time.

Let’s look at Chen Qiaonian again. He is four years younger than Chen Yannian, but his wisdom and courage are not inferior to Chen Yannian’s . He was also anarchist at first, and then joined the camp of Marxism.

After returning from France, Chen Qiaonian, like Chen Yannian, devoted himself to the cause of the Communist Party alone to find a way out for the people. When his revolutionary work was in full swing, he received the news of Chen Qiaonian's death.

New Youth

But Chen Qiaonian didn't have time to be sad, so he had to take over the baton from Chen Qiaonian and come to Shanghai to discuss the revolutionary plan again. Unexpectedly, history repeats itself, and he was arrested by the Kuomintang for rumoring a traitor.

Chen Qiaonian suffered endless torture in prison. After the rescue of his friends and the Communist Party failed, he smiled and left a bold statement.

"Let our descendants enjoy the happiness that our predecessors have overcome all obstacles! As Mr. Sun Yat-sen said, the revolution has not been successful yet, and comrades still need to work hard. China's future depends on you!"

Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian

After a gunshot on the execution ground, Chen Qiaonian's life was only 26 years old. Due to the strict surveillance of the Kuomintang, no one can collect the body for him in time .

When the news of Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian's departure reached Chairman Mao's ears, he rarely stopped working for the day in order to mourn them. Finally, Chairman Mao wrote in his diary.

"The revolutionary road is dangerous, the Chen family has shown us that their departure is the misfortune of the party and the misfortune of the people.The remaining comrades still need to work hard and not ignore the bloody path they have laid for us. No matter how hard or difficult it is, we must persist. This is the truth of the revolution! "

So, what about the remaining descendants of the Chen family? What is their life like?

Chairman's Thanks

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Chen Duxiu has multiple children, and and is specially taken care of by Chairman Mao is Chen Qiaonian and Chen Yannian's younger brother Chen Songnian. His life was not only not as rich and colorful as his father and brothers, but also suffered a lot, and finally got the attention of Chairman Mao.

Shortly after Chen Songnian was born, his father divorced his mother. At this time, he had to live with his grandparents and mother. When he was three years old, his family was robbed.

This robbery made him poor. The troubled family made it worse. Chen Songnian had no chance to study, and he dropped out of school early to work to subsidize his family . He finally survived until he was 17 years old, but he received news that his elder brother died in Shanghai.

When he hurriedly followed his elder sister Chen Yuying to Shanghai, the Kuomintang did not collect the body, and he didn't even look at it. They only got some paper money when Chen Yannian died. At this time, Chen Yuying's spirit had been greatly hit.

Wu Zhihui

However, shortly after , the news of his second brother's tragic death also reached his hometown . At this time, he and Chen Yuying went to collect the body for him. Unexpectedly, the Kuomintang still refused to give it, but allowed to take a look.

When Chen Qiao When Nian died tragically in front of the two, Chen Yuying went crazy and died shortly after returning home. , and Chen Songnian was also hit by a huge mental blow.

But the tragic life in front was just an appetizer, and even more miserable was still at the end. When Chen Songnian was young, the Anti-Japanese War affected his family, and almost all his property was looted by the Japanese.