The name Zengshan is unfamiliar to many people, but he is an important figure in the history of our party. In 1930, he was successively appointed as a member of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission and chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Soviet Government.

Zengshan

During the Agrarian Revolution, the Zengshan family made great sacrifices for the revolution: Zeng Shan's father Zeng Caiqin was an underground traffic officer of the Ji'an County Committee of the Communist Party of China. After being arrested by the enemy, he died heroically in the enemy's prison; his elder brother Zeng Yansheng participated in the Nanchang Uprising, and later led the Wan'an riot and served as the secretary of the Gannan Special Committee. In 1928, he was arrested and brutally killed by the enemy; Zeng Shan's younger brother Zeng Bingsheng joined the party in 1926 and was arrested and died in 1927. Zeng Shan’s mother and sister-in-law were both representatives of the county Soviets. The entire Zeng family sacrificed more than 100 people for the revolutionary cause.

"In the struggle of the revolutionary base in Jiangxi, Comrade Zengshan made contributions." Mao Zedong specially followed Zengshan to his home to express condolences and praised the "heroes of the family" of the Zeng family.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the central government decided to establish the Southeast Branch of the CPC Central Committee, which was composed of Xiang Ying, Zeng Shan, Chen Yi, Fang Fang, and Tu Zhennong. Xiang Ying was the secretary and Zeng Shan was the deputy secretary, responsible for leading the party work in the southeastern provinces. adapted the guerrillas in the eight southern provinces into the New Fourth Army, and established the New Fourth Army Branch of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, with Xiang Ying and Chen Yi as vice chairman (later known as deputy secretary). Among the Southeast Branch and the New Fourth Army, only Xiang Ying, Chen Yi and Zeng Shan were the only ones who also had leadership positions. Zeng Shan is mainly responsible for organization and finance work in the Southeast Branch. He has successively created JAC Bank and Bank of China.

Zengshan

In June 1945, Zeng Shan was elected as one of the 44 Central Committee members on the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China in . During the War of Liberation, Zeng Shan was a member of the East China Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, responsible for the supply of materials for the East China Field Army . In May 1949, when Shanghai was liberated, Zeng Shan served as Vice Mayor of Shanghai, Vice Chairman of the East China Military and Political Committee and Director of the Finance and Economics Committee. After

, he also served as the Central People's Government Council Committee Member and Minister of Textile Industry, Minister of Commerce of the State Council, Minister of Transportation Work of the CPC Central Committee, Minister of the State Council, Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the State Council, and Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the State Council.

Zeng Shan’s life is open and honest. During the Soviet area, he resolutely resisted the anti-counterfeiting period and rescued a large number of cadres. Later, during the New Fourth Army, he opposed Kang Sheng's "rescue of the fallen movement" and protected many cadres from the impact. During the ten years of Cultural Revolution, he fought resolutely with the Gang of Four and Lin Biao.

On April 16, 1972, Zeng Shan died of illness in Beijing. At the memorial service on April 20, Mao Zedong sent a wreath. Zhou Enlai made a special trip back to Beijing from other places to participate, and Ye Jianying delivered a eulogy. Zhu De, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen, Deng Yingchao, Xiao Ke, Kang Keqing and others attended the memorial service.

Zeng Shan and his wife Deng Liujin

Zeng Shan’s wife Deng Liujin joined the revolution in 1929 and joined the party in 1932. In 1934, Deng Liujin embarked on the road of the Long March of the Central Red Army with . He was one of the only 27 female Red Army soldiers in the Central Red Army at that time. After Yan'an , he served as Minister of the Women's Department of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, and in May 1937, he served as inspector of the Women's Department of the CPC Central Committee.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Deng Liujin's footsteps spread across southern Anhui, central Anhui, northern Jiangsu, Shandong and other places. In 1948, she built a nursery hall in a church in Daguanying Village, Qingzhou, Shandong Province. It mainly carries and carries for the children of some martyrs and revolutionary comrades. The oldest is six years old and the youngest is only two years old. Among them are the children of Chen Yi, Su Yu, Tan Zhenlin and others.

, and Zeng Shan’s children have also inherited the ambition and talents of their parents and have achieved quite excellent results. His third son Zeng Qingyang, fourth son Zeng Qingyuan and youngest daughter Zeng Haisheng were all awarded the rank of major general. The best one is the eldest son Zeng Qinghong, who became the vice chairman of of the People's Republic of China.

When talking about Zeng Shan’s children, we need to mention the origin of the name of his youngest daughter Zeng Haisheng. Deng Liujin was pregnant during the War of Liberation and moved on a boat, but as a result, he gave birth to a young daughter on the boat. Crying for newborns is inevitable.In order to prevent her daughter from crying, causing everyone to die, Deng Liujin made a very painful decision: she was going to throw the child into the sea.

In Deng Liujin's words: The Long March has many ups and downs, and many lesbians have made sacrifices. It is worth it that I have made some sacrifices for the revolution. Finally, after everyone's persuasion from , she gave up this idea. Zeng Haisheng was also very committed and did not cry loudly. Later, in order to remember this experience, Deng Liujin named his daughter Zeng Haisheng.