When 17-year-old Chen Yannian and his brother Chen Qinian knocked on the door of his father Chen Duxiu's apartment in Shanghai, they were greeted not by his father's loving smile and warm embrace, but by Chen Duxiu's cold eyes.
With the phrase "a young man's life, it is also possible to listen to his own future", the two brothers were "turned away" by their father.
For his biological father Chen Duxiu, Chen Yannian is a stranger.
At the time of his birth, the nation was in dire straits.
Chen Duxiu, who had great righteousness in his heart, has been running away from home to the front line of the revolution.
Therefore, since childhood, Chen Yannian has not enjoyed the love of his father.
Even for this father, Chen Yannian still had some resentment.
Two years earlier, in 1913, Chen Duxiu, then secretary general of the Anhui Governor's Office, had participated in the defeat of Yuan's "second revolution."
In order to avoid being pursued, Chen Duxiu fled to Shanghai, and then hurriedly crossed east to Japan.
Cai Yuanpei and Chen Duxiu
Yuan Shikai's "minions" did not let Chen Duxiu go, in order to cut the grass and remove the roots, they "killed" all the way to Chen Duxiu's hometown.
Fortunately, Chen Yannian received the alarm in advance, and he escaped with his young brother overnight, which saved his life.
However, when the bandits saw that there was no one in the house, they took all the property of the Chen family with their bare hands.
When Chen Yannian returned home again, all they were left with was an empty house.
For a time, Chen Yannian's resentment towards his father accumulated to the extreme.
Over the years, For everything in this family, Chen Duxiu has ignored it.
When his grandmother died, he did not return to mourn; his mother was bedridden, and he not only ignored it, but even married his own aunt.
As for the brothers, let alone raising them, he hadn't even paid for their schooling once.
In addition to the calamities that could bring them at any time, this biological father could be described as "useless".
Even this escape was implicated by his father.
As soon as he thought about this, 15-year-old Chen Yannian's heart was full of anger.
However, it is undeniable that his father Chen Duxiu's behavior of running around for the revolution still left a deep impression on the little Yannian heart.
All along, he dreamed in his heart that one day he would be able to get out of Huai'an and go to the outside world to study.
So, two years after the disaster, he learned that his father had returned to Shanghai from Japan.
Even with many dissatisfactions in his heart, Chen Yannian still wrote to his father at home to tell his father his wish.
Knowing the wishes of his two sons, coupled with the disaster that his family suffered because of himself.
Without saying a word, Chen Duxiu decided to take Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian to Shanghai.
Gao Junman
Who is happiest to know this news? That was Chen Yannian's aunt, gao Junman, the second wife that Chen Duxiu married.
All these years, she has been feeling guilty about not being able to take care of her two children.
This time, she was very happy to hear the news that the two Chen Yannian brothers were coming to Shanghai.
Packing up the room and preparing food and clothing, Gao Junman was busy and looking forward to the arrival of the Chen Yannian brothers in Shanghai.
Finally, 17-year-old Chen Yannian brought his 13-year-old Chen Qiaonian to Shanghai.
Before Gao Junman could give them the prepared clothes and food, Chen Duxiu, who was bent on changing the status quo of the Chinese youth who could not carry his shoulders and could not carry his hands, from the outside to the inside, "drove" the brothers out of the house.
Although Chen Duxiu arranged a French cram school for the Chen Yannian brothers and provided ten yuan a month for living expenses, he did not care about anything else.
The image of Chen Yannian in the film and television drama "The Age of Awakening"
Chen Yannian, who was "driven out of the house", took his brother to live in the guest hall of the new youth magazine publishing house.
During the day, the two worked in the concession, went to the cram school at night, and only slept on the cold floor of the guest hall when they rested at night.
Because the cost of living is not enough, the daily diet of the two people is only a large cake and steamed bun that is difficult to swallow, and when it is dry, it will be a few mouthfuls of cold and white.
Originally a long body age, but because of long-term malnutrition, the body was emaciated and the color was haggled.
Recalling the scene when he first saw Chen Yannian, Chen Duxiu's best friend Pan Zanhua said that at that time, there was a roaring north wind blowing on the seashore, and the ground temperature was extremely cold.
The light on the side of the road was dim and unclear, and in the distance I saw a cloud of white gas coming towards me, and when the white gas approached, I recognized that it was Chen Yannian.
In the cold winter months, Chen Yannian was still wearing a single coat and holding his shoulders with both hands.
Thin as a lamb in the desert, it makes people feel pity.
"Sonless?" Pan Zanhua asked.
Chen Yannian stood on the side of the road with his hands folded and said, "Fair enough." ”
Everyone else couldn't help but feel sad when they saw it, not to mention Gao Junman, the aunt of the two children.
For the difficult situation of the two children, Gao Junman is in the eyes and anxious in the heart.
She herself persuaded Chen Duxiu not to move, so she asked Pan Zanhua to maneuver around.
But what I didn't expect was that what I got was still Chen Duxiu's cold and firm refusal.
"The benevolence of a woman, the son of a thief, though good, produces evil consequences." The life of a teenager tells him to create his own future. In a word, the intention of dissuading the crowd was dispelled.
Although they were dissatisfied with their father's indifference, the Chen Yannian brothers had no objection to Chen Duxiu's arrangement.
Not only that, they also refused the help of their aunts and uncles, and insisted on self-reliance with the idea that "young people should be bitter, and bitterness is determined".
Wu Zhihui
In terms of learning, they are also working hard.
Not long after coming to Shanghai, the two were admitted to the famous Aurora University in Shanghai at that time with excellent results.
It was also during this period of study in Shanghai that Chen Yannian met Wu Zhihui, the "murderer" who pushed himself into the abyss.
At that time in China, under the influence of the New Culture Movement, many people with lofty ideals were committed to finding a way to save China from danger.
Chen Duxiu was the initiator of this new cultural movement.
Regarding the movement led by his father, Chen Yannian still expressed great agreement, saying: "This movement contains the significance of proletarian struggle and has never existed in eternity."
However, perhaps out of hostility to his father, at first, Chen Yannian did not follow in Chen Duxiu's footsteps.
Moreover, during his university studies, he came into contact with anarchist (anarchist) ideas abroad and developed a strong interest in them.
Therefore, Chen Yannian showed great admiration for Wu Zhihui, the leading figure of Chinese Anakitism.
Soon, under the influence of the trend of work-study in France, the Chen Yannian brothers decided to go to France to study and explore the truth of saving the country.
This decision was strongly supported by his father, Chen Duxiu.
Therefore, the two brothers took Wu Zhihui's handwritten introduction letter and roamed the world with "party qualifications."
As a result, he received funding from the Anakil-controlled Huafa Education Association and was able to study directly in France.
Chen Duxiu is certainly very happy that his son can have his own pursuits and can work hard to find the truth of saving the country.
Chen Duxiu
But for their choice of the anarchist camp, Chen Duxiu expressed full concern.
Having never written a letter to his two sons, he rarely asked a member of the Shanghai Communist Group to carry a letter to Chen Yannian.
The content is also very simple, persuading them to abandon Anakiaism and turn to Marxism.
After reading the letter, Chen Yannian only said one sentence: Duxiu this person, don't pay attention to him. There is no follow-up.
When he first arrived in France, Chen Yannian still lived a life of half-work and half-study.
With fluency in French and solid literary skills, the brothers were successfully admitted to the Arions School near the University of Paris.
Entering the broader world of knowledge, Chen Yannian seized all the time, absorbed the power of knowledge, and hoped that when the knowledge grew a little longer, he would apply for the University of Paris.
I thought that the future was full of infinite light, and Chen Yannian still firmly believed in Anaki doctrine.
I didn't think that this organization that gave itself hope was waiting ahead with a "dagger".
In the country of 1920, the situation was turbulent.
The Beiyang government of the authorities was corrupt and mischievous, making the people's lives miserable.
At this time, the Huafa Education Association suddenly announced that it would cut off financial support for work-study students studying in France.
The black hand behind all this is the Anaki doctrine that Chen Yannian has always believed in, and the Wu Zhihui he admires.
Because of the hard life of half-work and half-study in China, the Chen Yannian brothers quickly adapted to a life without financial support.
However, few of the international students who went with them were able to have such adaptability, and many international students had to be forced to live on the streets.
Later, in the spirit of the psychology of fish dying and breaking the net, some students studying in France began to rebel against the Huafa Education Association.
Seeing the conflict intensify, the chinese head of the mad education association colluded with the French authorities to persecute these students.
Under their cruel treatment, many international students developed symptoms of mental disorders, and even more directly led to death.
Chen Yannian, who witnessed the whole process and personally experienced the persecution, this time he saw the "hypocrisy" of Anakiaism thoroughly.
He and his younger brother Chen Qiaonian resolutely broke away from the shackles of Anakiaism and joined the struggle instead.
Such behavior naturally attracted Wu Zhihui's hatred, so that in the end, Wu Zhihui directly led to Chen Yannian's death.
After joining the ranks of the struggle, Chen Yannian united and got to know a group of progressive people, and under their influence, he gradually began to believe in Marxism.
In the end, Chen Yannian still joined the camp of his father Chen Duxiu.
However, Chen Yannian disagreed with one thing about his father's revolutionary views.
He felt that a revolution like his father's desire to have both a country and a family would only bring disaster to the family.
Therefore, he set himself the "six noes" law of "no idleness, no drama, no photo, no restaurant, no clothing, and no personal sex".
Chen Yannian said: "I am determined to be a brokener of the old world, and the red strips come and go without concern. ”
That's what he said and that's what he did.
After being exposed to Marxist thought, Chen Yannian devoted all his body and mind to the revolutionary ranks, and here he finally exerted his talents.
Whether in terms of ideology, military or leadership, Chen Yannian's outstanding performance has created immortal historical merits, and he himself is also known as China's "Little Lenin".
However, society did not give him the opportunity to appear on the big stage of the times as a "little Lenin", and when the revolutionary cause was in full swing, Chen Yannian was arrested.
At that time, he was attending a meeting in Shanghai, which was supposed to announce that he would be the secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and deploy related tasks.
Halfway through the meeting, they received a tip-off that an organ officer had been arrested.
And the clerk knew the place of the meeting.
Upon hearing this news, Chen Yannian immediately announced the suspension of the meeting and moved to a safe place first.
Before moving, they made an agreement with the wife of a comrade to remove the pot on the windowsill if there was danger, so that they knew they should not return.
After making arrangements, they went to the tea house next door.
Until three o'clock in the afternoon, the flowerpots on the windowsill were safely placed.
Chen Yannian was worried about the meeting documents in the conference room, and seeing that nothing had happened for so long, he disguised himself as the master of the tea room and returned to the conference room.
Not long after sitting down, the police officers who were searching for them rushed into the building, and Chen Yannian collided with them on the spot.
In order to cover the retreat of the other comrades, Chen Yannian and the three remaining comrades picked up their tables and chairs and fought with the searching police officers.
Although young and strong, in the end, it was difficult to defeat four hands with two fists, and Chen Yannian and four other comrades were unfortunately arrested.
After being arrested, Chen Yannian did not panic, but calmly and calmly negotiated with the prison guards.
He falsely claimed to be a worker in the pantry, named Chen Yousheng.
Because he was wearing a burlap shirt and dark skin when he was caught, the prison guards did not have much doubt about his identity.
Most importantly, Chen Yannian has always been strict with himself with "six noes", so few people know his true appearance.
The prison guards did not even think of corresponding the person in front of them with the name "Chen Yannian".
At the same time that Chen Yannian was circling with the prison guards, after the organization learned the news of his arrest, it hurriedly sent someone to do some maneuvering.
Inquiring from many parties, they learned that Chen Yannian's identity had not been exposed.
Therefore, the organization entrusted someone to redeem Chen Yannian with a ransom of 800 yuan.
The prison guards agreed to this condition, but because Chen Yannian had a fight with them, in order to gain his prestige, the prison guards planned to detain Chen Yannian for a few more days, let him suffer hardships, and then release him.
At this moment, Chen Yannian's situation was much safer.
After dispelling the suspicions of the prison guards, Chen Yannian borrowed a pen and paper from them and wrote a letter to his friend Wang Mengzou.
"I was mistakenly arrested and am now being held in the detention center of the Municipal Police Department. But I'm a regular worker, and of course there's not going to be a big problem. It will be released soon.
However, now that my shirt and pants are in tatters, I would like to ask my husband to buy a set of cloth shirts and pants for me. "Drop"Chen Yousheng".
In the film and television drama "The Age of Awakening", Chen Yannian was righteous
The name "Chen Yousheng" was not recognized by Wang Mengzou, but he still recognized the handwriting of his friend Chen Yannian at a glance.
When he learned that his friend had been arrested, Wang Mengzou was anxious.
He didn't even have time to ponder his friend's words, "I'm a regular worker, and of course there won't be any big problems." Soon the meaning of "release" will be revealed, so he hurried out with the letter to find someone to rescue him.
But with this salvation, something big happened.
The person Wang Mengzou came to rescue Chen Yannian was Hu Shi. Hearing that Wang Mengzou wanted to save a friend, Hu Shi, who did not listen to "lies" in his life, asked for the true name of this friend.
The anxious Wang Mengzou didn't think much of it and told Hu Shi Chen Yannian's name. Hu Shi listened and immediately agreed to come down.
He took the letter, immediately went out to take the car, and went straight to Wu Zhihui's home.
Receiving a reply from Hu Shi promising to rescue, Wang Mengzou happily returned to Shanghai and waited for the good news.
But in the end, what awaited was a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
Hu Shi, who was looking for Wu Zhihui's help, was originally well-intentioned, but he did not want to be kind but did bad things.
He only remembered that Wu Zhihui had a friendly exchange with Chen Yannian, but he did not know that since Chen Yannian quit the anarchy and turned to Marxism, Wu Zhihui had always been angry with him.
In addition, Chen Yannian's father, Chen Duxiu, once scolded Wu Zhihui as an "old dog".
Therefore, Wu Zhihui, who has a small heart, has always held a grudge against the Chen father and son.
Hearing that the person Hu Shi wanted to rescue was Chen Yannian, Wu Zhihui did not feel overjoyed and cried out to him.
He immediately called the Commander of the Shanghai Garrison and bluntly said that it was more useful to capture Xiao Chen (Chen Yannian) than to capture Old Chen (Chen Duxiu), and That Chen Yannian was only stronger than Chen Duxiu.
Not only that, Wu Zhihui also told the Kuomintang authorities about this news.
Upon hearing this, the authorities immediately ordered Chen Yannian to be severely tortured and demanded that useful information be asked.
Originally, when Wu Zhihui learned of Chen Yannian's arrest, Han Buxian, who had been arrested with Chen Yannian, could not withstand the pain of severe torture and had already identified Chen Yannian.
But because few people had ever seen Chen Yannian, the prison guards were still in a state of half-belief.
Wu Zhihui's whistle-blowing directly exposed Chen Yannian's identity.
The commander of the Shanghai Garrison personally went to the prison to torture Chen Yannian.
But no matter what kind of torture they used, Chen Yannian did not reveal a word.
Eventually, the enraged Kuomintang authorities ordered Chen Yannian's secret execution.
Late at night on July 4, 1927, Chen Yannian was secretly escorted to the Longhua Execution Ground.
Before the execution, he was reprimanded by the executioner for asking to kneel.
Chen Yannian said in awe: "Revolutionaries are bright and upright, regard death as a homecoming, and only stand to die, never kneel." ”
The fierce executioners tried to press Chen Yannian to the ground, but no matter how tough they were, Chen Yannian remained motionless.
The executioners, who had nothing to do, picked up the butcher's knife and slashed at Chen Yannian.
Chen Yannian, 29, stood and sacrificed his life for the revolution.
Upon learning of the death of his eldest son, Chen Duxiu locked himself in his room for a long time.
The Nanjing Yuhuatai Revolution Memorial Hall is engraved with this sentence: "We have suffered a lot, and our descendants can enjoy the blessings of happiness." We are willing to pay the price for our noblest ideals. ”
Future generations have no way of knowing the heroic scenes of these revolutionary martyrs sacrificing their lives for the country, and can only feel their sincere heart for the country and the people from the few words they left to the world.