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He was a famous educator and revolutionary, who experienced the four periods of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, beiyang, kuomintang and new China in his life, and in his long life, he always adhered to the spirit of advancing with the times and fighting ceaselessly. This legendary figure is Zhang Lan.
Zhang Lan (1872-1955), zibiaofang, a native of Nanchong, Sichuan. After passing the Examination for Xiucai, he was able to teach at Zijing Academy. In 1902, he came to Sichuan Zunjing Academy to specialize in classics and history, and the following year he studied in Japan at public expense. Seeing that Japan was becoming stronger and stronger after the Restoration Movement, and thinking that China was still poor and weak, Zhang Lan was deeply touched in his heart and was determined to change the backward appearance of the motherland.
After returning to China, he devoted himself to establishing primary and secondary schools in Nanchong, Chengdu and other places. After the Qing government announced the nationalization of the railway, it triggered a strong protest from the people, which was the famous "Road Preservation Movement". As one of the leaders of the Sichuan Baolu Movement, Zhang Lan personally participated in the strike and strike movement. In the face of the surging tide of road protection, the governor of Sichuan, Zhao Erfeng, planned to suppress it by force, first sending Zhang Lan and nine other key figures to prison, and then ordering the shooting and killing of dozens of petitioners. When the news came out, 100,000 people of the Baolu Comrades Association immediately surrounded Chengdu, and in order to relieve the siege of Chengdu, the Qing court ordered the Hubei New Army to enter Sichuan and suppress it, resulting in an emptiness in wuchang's defense, thus creating conditions for the Xinhai Revolution. Anyway, back to that. Zhao Erfeng saw that the situation had changed, and had to order the release of Zhang Lan and others, and on November 22, 1911, Sichuan became independent. Half a month later, Zhang Lan became a counselor in the military government and thus entered the political arena.
In 1913, Zhang Lan participated in the first national assembly convened by the Beiyang government. In 1915, Yuan Shikai declared himself emperor, Zhang Lan got in touch with Cai Yi to express support for the patriotic movement, and when he led his army north into Sichuan, Zhang Lan wrote an inscription for him "Guan Zhong of Today" and personally organized an uprising in more than 20 counties in northern Sichuan, which promoted the struggle against Yuan in Sichuan.
In November 1917, Zhang Lan was inaugurated as the governor of Sichuan Province, and after his arrival, he took harsh donations, exempted miscellaneous taxes, revitalized industry, and opposed corruption, which made Sichuan's politics look new. However, not long after, Tang Jiyao attacked Chengdu, and Zhang Lan had to leave Sichuan to avoid chaos.
In 1920, after the death of his mother, Zhang Lanben returned to his hometown after mourning. After that, he devoted himself to the education cause in his hometown, serving as the principal of Nanchong County High School and then the principal of National Chengdu University. During the school period, he always advocated the combination of learning and application, and educated talents for the country.
After the July 7 Incident, the 65-year-old Zhang Lan actively participated in the anti-war activities and called for unity in the War of Resistance. Regarding the Kuomintang's policy of passive resistance to the War of Resistance, he once confronted Chiang Kai-shek in person: "Why don't you agree with the Communist Party's anti-Japanese resistance?" After the Anhui Incident, Zhang Lan risked his life to disseminate the "Truth About the Tragic Encirclement and Annihilation of the New Fourth Army's Southern Anhui Troops".
In November 1939, together with Huang Yanpei, Zhang Bojun and other democrats, he established the "Comrades' Association for the Reunification and Founding of the People's Republic" in Chongqing, and in March 1941, he secretly formed the China Democratic Political League Alliance, and Zhang Lan became the chairman after Huang Yanpei. In 1944, the organization was renamed the "China Democratic League", (referred to as the Democratic League), and Zhang Lande was highly respected and became its chairman.
During the Chongqing negotiations, Mao Zedong met with Zhang Lan three times, and he admired this "courageous and courageous" move, believing that the Communist Party was the hope of the country, so he suggested that the contents of the negotiations between the two sides should be made public to prevent Chiang Kai-shek from not admitting the account. "
After that, Zhang Lan threw himself into the struggle for democracy. After the tragic assassinations of Li Gongpu and Wen Yiduo, Zhang Lan, not afraid of the spies around him, announced at the memorial meeting: "The deaths of Mr. Li and Mr. Wen were political assassinations, and I have decided to follow in the footsteps of the two comrades and bow down to China's peace and democracy and die."
The NLD under Zhang Lan always refused to be co-opted by the Kuomintang side, and Chiang Kai-shek became angry and declared the NLD an illegal organization in October 1947. For the safety of the members' lives, Zhang Lan announced that the NLD would dissolve itself, but in fact it would enter a state of underground activity. In June 1949, Zhang Lan came to Beijing and was received by Mao, Zhou and others. Subsequently, he attended the Political Consultative Conference and, on 30 September, was elected Vice-President of the State. Earlier, Premier Zhou specially gave Zhang Lan a sum of money, hoping that he could wear a new dress to participate in the founding ceremony. Zhang Lan politely declined: "The money of the state, that is, the money of the people, how can I use it to make a robe and wear it on myself?" As a result, on October 1, he wore a long shirt that he had paid for himself, climbed the Tiananmen Tower, and witnessed the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China.
In February 1955, Zhang Lan died. Before his death, he was still concerned about major state affairs, and the last thing he said was that he hoped for the early liberation of Taiwan.