Chapter 4 Study in Shanghai

In the autumn of 1925, Huang Ziwen was admitted to Shanghai Zhonghua Vocational School. After Ziwen arrived in Shanghai, he was infected by the anti-imperialist, anti-feudal, and anti-warlord labor movement there, inspired by the vigorous revolutionary atmosphere, which greatly broadened his political vision. One day, Ziwen went to Shanghai University to ask his father's boss, Mr. Yu Youren, and happened to meet Pu Kemin and Zhang Ziping, who had known each other in Sanyuan.Pu Kemin came to Shanghai in the first half of the year, and made a special trip to deliver a report on the organization of the Sanyuan League to the League Central Committee.Yun Daiying, head of the League Central Committee who was teaching at Shanghai University at the time, introduced him to stay in school to study and introduced him to join the Communist Party of China.When Mr. Yu founded Shanghai University in October 1922, he had turned to the Chinese Communists for help, and the party organization successively selected members of the Communist Party of China Li Da, Zhai Qiubai, Yun Daiying, Deng Zhongxia, Cai Hesen, etc. to serve as leaders and teachers in the school, making the school the first A university that was very influential in China during the period of KMT-CPC cooperation, with a strong party force.Bo Kemin organized the "Shaanxi Hometown Association" at school, discussing academic studies and discussing revolutionary theory at the same time.

Ziwen, Zhang Ziping, and Pu Kemin had contacts several times, and then joined the "Hometown Association".Since then, they have often met in the name of the "Association of Hometowns" to discuss the current situation at home and abroad, China's future and other issues, and secretly spread the experience of the October Revolution in the Soviet Union.Once, Ziwen was attracted by the "Communist Manifesto" explained by Pu Kemin. The principles of class and class struggle in the "Communist Manifesto"; the demonstration of the emergence, development and growth of the proletariat; The hope lies in arousing the toiling masses to follow the path of the October Revolution in the Soviet Union.He then made up his determination to "fight for communism for life".

Since then, in addition to studying professional textbooks hard at school, Ziwen often bought some progressive books and periodicals, and used holidays to study and discuss with his classmates.He also went deep into the streets and alleys to talk with the people who set up stalls, "chat" with the old people who lived at home, to understand the people's sentiments, and to increase social knowledge.Zhang Ziping admired all of Ziwen's achievements, specially cultivated him, and introduced him to join the Communist Party of China in 1926.After joining the party, Ziwen's revolutionary will became stronger.

In March 1927, the party organization learned the lessons of the failure of organizing workers' uprisings in October 1926 and February 1927 due to insufficient preparations. Under the leadership of Zhou Enlai and other comrades, the party organization extensively organized the third armed uprising of Shanghai workers. And mobilize students and citizens to cooperate.Under the instructions of the party organization, Ziwen traveled among the workers and students to do alert and liaison work.The victory of this struggle made him further see the strength of the working class, understand the importance of the barrel of a gun, and firmly believe that only the Communist Party is the backbone of the proletarian revolution.