Li Shuoxun was a revolutionary pioneer in leading the military struggle in the early days of our party, and was also a famous proletarian revolutionary. He had been active in Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places for a long time to lead the armed struggle of our party. In 1931, Li Shuoxun was ordered to go to Hainan. Because the traitor betrayed, he was arrested after he arrived at the hotel in Haikou. After being arrested, Li Shuoxun was steadfast and kept the secrets of the organization strictly. Unfortunately, on September 16, 1931, Li Shuoxun was brutally killed by the reactionaries and was only 28 years old when he was executed.
It is worth mentioning that before his death, Li Shuoxun wrote a suicide note to his wife Zhao Juntao. In the suicide note, Li Shuoxun had the determination to die, but hoped that his wife could raise his children well. After that, Zhao Juntao not only raised the child alone, but also educated an excellent son. So, what stories do Zhao Juntao have?
Zhao Juntao was born in 1902 and is from Chongqing. He has been studying in his hometown in his early years. After the May Fourth Movement, Zhao Juntao moved to Beijing with her family. Her study scores were very good. After she grew up, she was admitted to Shanghai University . Zhao Juntao had an older brother named Zhao Shiyan, who was the leader of our party’s workers’ movement. Influenced by his brother, Zhao Juntao also began to come into contact with revolutionary ideas and officially joined our party in 1926.
It was also the year when Zhao Juntao joined the party. Zhao Juntao and her husband Li Shuoxun got married. In 1925, the two met in Hangzhou. At that time, Zhao Juntao was preparing to apply for Shanghai University, and Li Shuoxun was already studying at Shanghai University. Naturally, the two had a common topic, and their relationship gradually deepened with their relationship and eventually became husband and wife.
After marriage, Zhao Juntao mainly stayed in Shanghai to work in women and was separated from her husband. In 1931, Li Shuoxun was killed by the reactionaries. At that time, Zhao Juntao not only gave birth to a son, but was also 4 months pregnant. After Li Shuoxun died, Zhao Juntao first returned to Shanghai with her children, and gave birth to a daughter in Shanghai. The next year, Zhao Juntao returned to his hometown in Chongqing with his two children, and made a living by teaching in his hometown in Chongqing.
In fact, Zhao Juntao's family is very wealthy and there is no problem supporting her. However, Zhao Juntao is a person who cannot stay idle. She loves teaching and children, so she chose the education industry. In 1939, after being arranged by the Southern Bureau, Zhao Juntao entered the wartime nursery and took care of many orphans who lost their parents due to the war. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War , Zhao Juntao went to the Northeast and started working in a nursery, but she really loved the education career. Later, she was transferred to Harbin and served as the principal of the Fourth Middle School. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhao Juntao also engaged in education for a long time, participated in the establishment of Nankai University Workers and Peasants' Quick-Success Middle School and Beijing Institute of Chemical Engineering and and other schools, making great contributions to the development of education in New China.
It is worth mentioning that after Li Shuoxun died, Zhao Juntao did not remarry, raised two children alone, and raised the two children to adulthood. I am afraid that only Zhao Juntao himself knew the hardships. Especially during the special period of ten years, Zhao Juntao was also affected. At that time, the rebels falsely accused Zhao Juntao of being a traitor, because "Why are you still alive when your husband died?" Zhao Juntao replied: "If all sacrifices are made, how can the revolution win?" A sentence made the rebels speechless.
1985, Zhao Juntao sighed at the moment of his death: "It's not easy for me to pull them up." Zhao Juntao's words naturally refer to the difficulty of pulling a child by herself, which is also a true portrayal of her life. However, even so, Zhao Juntao still trained an excellent son. Her son was named Li Peng. He served as chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and was a national-level cadre in New China. Zhao Juntao also has a grandson named Li Xiaopeng, who once served as governor of Shanxi Province, and is also an outstanding cadre of our party.
