In 1928, a student said this after being arrested: "I am glad that I was able to go to jail for saving the country at the age of 17. If patriotism is guilty, I am proud of such a crime."
In less than two years, the 17-year-old student was not only arrested twice, but also suffered various inhuman torture in prison. However, not only did he not surrender, he strengthened his determination to fight the enemy to the end.
However, just when the Anti-Japanese War he organized was in full swing, it was tragic by the armed forces arranged by people with ulterior motives. At that time, the revolutionary was only 28 years old.
He is the father of Jiang Zemin, former President of China - Jiang Shangqing
Jiang Shangqing
Jiang Shangqing Father Jiang Shixi
At No. 33, Jingzhong Lane, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, there is a Jiang Shangqing Martyrs Historical Materials Exhibition Hall. Every day, many people spontaneously come to commemorate the martyr.
In 2009, Jiang Shangqing was also named "one of the 100 heroes and models who have made outstanding contributions to the founding of New China". So what outstanding deeds does this Jiang Shangqing have?
Jiangshangqing's original name is Jiang Shihou . He was born in 1911 in a doctor's family in Jiangdu County, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. His father is Jiang Shixi.
Jiang Shixi was smart and studious since childhood, and was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. He also studied traditional Chinese medicine under the famous doctor Zhou Yunxi for 6 years. Because of his excellent medical skills and often sending medical treatment to poor patients, he does not charge any money and is called "Jiang Shenxian".
Jiang Shixi came to the Inner River Shipping Company of Fairy Temple after the Xinhai Revolution. He is a man with patriotic thoughts.
Jiangshixi
1915, when Yuan Shikai signed the " Twenty-One " that was humiliating the country with Japan, Jiangshixi wrote several small songs with his own talent to teach his fellow villagers to show resistance.
1915, Jiang Shixi was hired as an assistant manager of Nantong Dada Inland Shipping Company. He was talented throughout his life, and was very loving with his gentle and virtuous wife Fan. He had 7 children. Among them, Jiang Shangqing ranked sixth.
Jiang Shijun, the eldest son of Jiang Shixi, is a classmate of the great writer Zhu Ziqing .
Jiang Shangqing lived a life of food and clothing since childhood, and was also influenced by his father's revolutionary thoughts. At the age of 17, Jiang Shangqing transferred to Yangzhou High School to participate in student movements, but was arrested by KMT as the name of "a core member of the student movement" and sentenced to 6 months in prison.
In prison, Jiang Shangqing was not only not intimidated by the coercion and temptation of the Kuomintang reactionaries, but instead had a stronger will.
He said: "I am glad that I was able to go to jail for saving the country at the age of 17. If patriotism is a crime, I am proud of such a crime."
Later, after his family went on many ways, he was rescued and released from prison and changed his name to Jiang Shangqing. In 1929, after being released from prison, Jiang Shangqing studied hard and was admitted to Shanghai University of Arts .
During his time in college, Jiang Shangqing joined the Communist Party and served as secretary of the underground party branch of Shanghai University of Arts, continuing to engage in revolutionary activities. During this period, he met the famous writer Yu Dafu, Jiang Guangci and others.
Under the guidance of these progressive writers, Jiang Shangqing began to create literature and wrote a large number of poems, which caused a strong response among the students.
Jiang Shangqing was arrested for the second time
At the end of 1929, half a year after Jiang Shangqing was released from prison, Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee held a joint meeting of the school party organization at Shanghai University of Art, and Jiang Shangqing also participated.
At that time, the reactionary authorities received a secret report: Some Communists were organizing secret gatherings. So the school was surrounded by executioners. After receiving the secret report, the reactionary authorities were very excited and immediately led people to arrest the Communist Party.
In order to protect the leaders of the provincial party committee to get them out of danger, Jiang Shangqing immediately stepped forward, so he was arrested and imprisoned for the second time and was detained in Shanghai Tilanqiao West Prison.
In prison, Jiang Shangqing was tortured again, and he had an asthma attack in , so his health was getting worse and worse. In order to encourage himself to persevere, he wrote combat poems such as "The Cold World", "Hunger is a Weapon", and "I Come Here Again" in prison.
These poems later played a positive role in awakening the people and inspiring the fighting spirit of the anti-Japanese war.
No matter how the executioner tortured Jiang Shangqing, he couldn't let him speak. So they "kill the chicken to show the monkey" in front of Jiang Shangqing, massacred the revolutionaries, and intimidated him and tried to make him compromise.
Although Jiang Shangqing couldn't bear to see his comrades being killed, he always maintained a firm will and fought against the enemy with the attitude of "not saying anything if you beat him to death", leaving them helpless. Later, with rescue from multiple sources, Jiang Shangqing regained his freedom.
18-year-old passionate young man was arrested and imprisoned twice in less than two years, and tortured, but he survived strongly, which further strengthened his determination to fight against hostile forces to the end.
The Death of Jiang Shangqing
In August 1938, Jiang Shangqing was ordered to come to Anhui to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda work and serve as the secretary of the special branch of Northeast Anhui.
In addition to coming here to promote the anti-Japanese war, the party organization also gave Jiang Shangqing a difficult task, which was to establish good relations with Sheng Zijin, the commissioner and security commander of the Kuomintang’s Northeast Anhui Sixth District, and establish an anti-Japanese national united front .
Jiang Shangqing was knowledgeable and talented, and had a very strong ability to do things. He quickly gained Sheng Zijin's trust. He was appointed as secretary and deputy commander of security in the 6th Administrative Region Commissioner's Office, and was also responsible for establishing the Northeast Anhui Military and Political Cadre School and cultivating a large number of anti-Japanese youths.
In July 1939, General Zhang Aiping held a banquet and invited Sheng Zijin, Jiang Shangqing and Xu Zhiyuan to attend.
Zhang Aiping
Xu Zhiyuan is a big landlord in the local area and has never succumbed to Sheng Zijin. Zhang Aiping's banquet was actually just to ease their relationship. He hopes that everyone can join forces to fight against Japan unanimously.
The cunning Xu Zhiyuan agreed to cooperate on the surface, but in fact he had other plans in his heart. After the banquet, he left first. Sheng Zijin and Jiang Shangqing took a while to come out of Zhang Aiping's house.
Then, under Xu Zhiyuan's instructions, the landlord forces, who had a close relationship with Xu Zhiyuan, set up an ambush on the way back of Jiang Shangqing.
Jiang Shangqing and others did not notice at all. He rode a horse in front of the team, suddenly got shot several times and died on the spot. This year, Jiang Shangqingcai was only 28 years old.
After the enemy killed him, he pushed his body into the river. Under the impact of the flood, Jiang Shangqing's body drifted for dozens of miles and was finally salvaged in the Qingyang area.
Jiang Shangqing died in Xiaoxikou, Si County. This armed attack was later called the "Xiaowan Incident".
General Zhang Aiping was extremely sad after receiving this news. Later, he had been looking for Jiang Shangqing's descendants and relatives, but there was no news.
After this incident, our party continued to put pressure on Sheng Zijin . In this case, he allowed the establishment of the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army offices in the local area. Our party sent Zhang Aiping as the director.
The eldest brother Jiang Shijun adopted his son to Jiang Shangqing
Jiang Shangqing's wife is Wang Zhelan. She is from Shanghai, has a good education and noble character. Jiang Shangqing and Wang Zhelan are the same age as the same classmate. They are childhood sweethearts and are in love. He got married in 1935 and had two daughters after marriage.
"Home after the July 7 Incident ", the party organization arranged for Jiang Shangqing to go north to fight against Japan, and the two had to face separation. Wang Zhelan firmly supports her husband's patriotic movement, and she also sold her dowry to Jiang Shangqing as travel expenses.
The two have deep feelings, both husband and wife and confidants, and often send love poems to each other. But what Wang Zhelan didn't expect was that this farewell actually left the couple with heaven and man forever.
Jiang Shangqing and Wangzhelan
Jiang Shijun is Jiang Shangqing's eldest brother. He doesn't know what his younger brother is doing outside. He only knows that he is doing a great thing, which is about patriotism, so he can support Jiang Shangqing.
Back then, under the propaganda and call of Jiang Shangqing, many aspiring young people in the village participated in the revolution. The Jiang family alone had three brothers actively participated in the Anti-Japanese War.
At that time, Jiang Shijun's fifth brother Jiang Shixiong was also fighting against Japan in northeast Anhui. He brought the news of Jiang Shangqing's death home. Jiang Shangqing's old mother was heartbroken when she heard this bad news. Her sixth son was gone at such a young age, which made her very sad.
According to the customs of their hometown, Jiang Shangqing had no son to send him off, and his eldest brother Jiang Shijun couldn't bear to see him off his sixth brother's lineage. So after discussing with his wife Wu Yueqing, he adopted his 13-year-old second son Jiang Zemin to Jiang Shangqing according to local customs.
Jiang Zemin wears mourning for his dead adoptive father according to the rules, which is also the real reason why Jiang Zemin became the heir of Jiang Shangqing.
Conclusion
After Jiang Shangqing died, his body was buried in Cuiji Village, Wangjiaba Town, Funan County, Anhui Province. In 1982, the tombstone was moved to the Martyrs Cemetery in Sihong County, Jiangsu Province. With high respect, the veteran general Zhang Aiping wrote an inscription for the young patriotic hero.
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In 1985, Jiang Shangqing's three children: Jiang Zemin, Jiang Zeling, Jiang Zehui and others came to sweep the graves of his father Jiang Shangqing to express their condolences. Although they had a short time with Jiang Shangqing, they must be proud of having such a great father who sacrificed his life for the country.
In 2009, Jiang Shangqing was named "one of the 100 heroes and models who have made outstanding contributions to the founding of New China."
On April 10, 2011, Chairman Jiang created "Manjianghong·Jiangshangqing's Birth Festival" to commemorate the 100th birthday of the martyr Jiangshangqing.
The older generation paid the price of their lives for the revolutionary cause. When we face their great achievements, we should maintain deep respect for them and not forget their great contributions to the new China.
Our happy life is hard-won now, and it is exchanged for countless heroes with their blood. We should cherish it!
