Chapter 14 Love of Ten Marshals-1

1. Commander-in-Chief Zhu De Boss Zhu is the soul of the Chinese army, the father of the Red Army, and the head of the top ten marshals. The title "Commander-in-Chief" seems to have been invented just for him.He is the oldest, with the oldest qualifications, the most important status, the most stable position, and the highest prestige.Having gone through hundreds of battles without a single injury, it is as if there is a god protecting the body.His marriage and love are also quite typical among the top ten marshals. Zhu De (1886-1976) was still in the Qing Dynasty when he was a teenager.Because the family was too poor, the mother gave birth to 13 children and 5 died.But the parents still let the three children read the book.After Zhu De participated in the last government examination in 1905, in his hometown Yilong, Sichuan, the elders decided to marry his cousin Liu who was two years older than him.The Liu family was quite virtuous, but Zhu De didn't like it very much. He left home to study in 1906 and never returned.Later, the Kuomintang dug Zhu's family's ancestral grave three times, and Liu's family ate fast and recited Buddha's name to bless Zhu De's safety.After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu De wanted to take Mrs. Liu to Beijing for retirement, but Grandma Liu shook her head and refused to go. She died of illness in 1958 at the age of 74.Boss Zhu generally doesn't mention this prelude to marriage and love, which is understandable for today's people.

In the first year of the Republic of China, Boss Zhu's modern marriage officially opened. In the autumn of 1912, Zhu De, a 26-year-old major of the Yunnan Army, married Xiao Jufang, an 18-year-old female student from Kunming Normal University. It is said that she was the sister of a friend.Zhu De likes this progressive girl who does not have feet bound very much. In September 1916, his son Zhu Qi (Baoshu) was born. Zhu De was blessed with the only precious son in his life when he was 30 years old.However, at the beginning of 1917, Xiao Jufang unfortunately contracted an illness, and passed away in 1919.Zhu De wrote an elegiac couplet saying: "When you raise your eyebrows, you are quite self-proclaimed as a lover in the world; when Li Chen smiles, you are still a fairyland in the sky."There are also seven "Mourning Poems", the second of which says: "Praise our military aircraft until the fifth watch, and the autumn waters with our eyes accompany the dawn. Whenever you feel worried about military affairs, whisper in peace and remember Qing." I rated this poem as Zhu Shuai's number one good poem.

Seeing that Zhu De was troubled by his sick wife and young son, his subordinate Chen Pinghui introduced to him his 21-year-old cousin named Chen Yuzhen (Zhen), who was also the niece of Zhu De's close friend and revolutionary veteran Sun Bingwen (later killed by the Kuomintang in Longhua, Shanghai) , participated in the Revolution of 1911 and the Movement to Protect the Country.Chen Yuzhen was also a teacher-educated woman with big feet who helped Zhu De take care of Xiao Jufang and Zhu Qi (1916-1974, father of Zhu Heping).After Xiao Jufang passed away, Chen Yu cherished Zhu Qi as his own, treated Zhu De like his own flesh and blood, and took care of the small family warmly and elegantly (the former residence is preserved in Nanxi, Yibin).It's a pity that Zhu Dezhi is in the Quartet, and he has become a dignified brigade commander and a famous general in the Southwest. He is in his 30s and wants to go out to fight the world and save the country and the people.There are rumors in the rivers and lakes that Boss Zhu left five concubines to come out of Sichuan to start a revolution.If there are really five golden flowers and beads surrounded by emerald greens, who will revolutionize?Zhu De went abroad in August 1922, and met Chen Yuzhen for a while in 1927.After the Nanchang Uprising, Zhu De once heard that Chen Yuzhen was killed by Sichuan warlords.In fact, Chen Yuzhen lived until 1967, and Zhu De's biological mother and stepmother were both raised by Chen Yuzhen.During the Anti-Japanese War and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu De wrote to Chen Yuzhen, saying, "I know your deep affection. Thank you... I hope you will work hard to add meals, cherish the country, and forget me and my hometown. This is you The real famous saying is the one who knows me and loves me.” Zhu De and Kang Keqing returned to Nanxi in 1960 to visit.

After Zhu De came out of Sichuan, he approached Sun Yat-sen and Chen Duxiu, and was later introduced by Zhou Enlai to join the party, went to study in Europe, and then transferred to the Soviet Union.Accompanying him abroad was a beautiful 19-year-old girl who could speak English and German, He Zhihua, a teacher of Sichuan Kaijiang Girls’ Middle School (he Zhihua, He Zhihua, etc., are all errors in the southern accent).The parents of the He family enthusiastically entrusted their daughter's life to Zhu De. There are different opinions on when the entrustment ceremony was held. The earliest is 1920, and the later is 1922.After they arrived at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow from Germany, He Zhihua gave birth to their daughter Zhu Min (child name "Lenten" because Zhu De was 40 years old) in 1926.However, the two soon broke up due to disagreements in their interests. After Zhu Min returned to China, she never saw her mother again.He Zhihua also married Huo Jiaxin, a relatively young revolutionary who studied in France (other statements such as He Jiaxing and He Jiaxing are also errors in southern accents), returned to Shanghai to work underground, and became sworn brothers with Deng Yingchao and Cai Chang to form the "Central Women's Committee" Eight Sisters".Unexpectedly, the He and Huo couples were so obsessed with ghosts that they took the initiative to betray the leader of the CCP, Luo Yinong, in 1928, causing huge losses to the CCP. Even Deng Xiaoping, who went to join the meeting, survived by only one minute.Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping ordered the CCP’s Special Section to severely punish the traitors (see Li Weihan’s recollection), and Chen Geng led the “red team” to kill traitors, killed Huo Jiaxin, severely injured He Zhihua, ran back to Sichuan, married a farmer, and died of illness before the founding of the People’s Republic of China.This was the first-class case in the history of the Kuomintang and Communist agents that caused a sensation in Shanghai. No wonder Boss Zhu never mentioned this past incident. The old man must feel very uncomfortable.Zhu Min, who was in a Nazi concentration camp, is more open-minded, able to recall rationally from the perspective of human nature.

In the spring of 1928 when He Zhihua betrayed the revolution, Zhu De led the revolutionary army to capture Leiyang, Hunan, and married Wu Ruolan, a lively and fit local female scholar and 24-year-old Communist Party member.Smedley said in "The Great Road" that Commander-in-Chief Zhu was a farmer.This is true. Zhu De, who was born as a tenant farmer, likes women who are tall and big-footed, and they must also be able to read and write.And Wu Ruolan is not only outstanding in writing, but also a female general who wields two guns, one person can withstand a squad.Wu Ruolan made a pair of cloth shoes for Zhu De, and wrote a poem: "Don't judge a hero by wearing clothes, and be willing to suffer poverty for the people. The road of revolution is full of dust and dirt, and you can go on the journey with shoes." Because Wu Ruolan's face was a little pockmarked, Zhu De took the opportunity to joke: "You have pockmarks and I have beards, let's marry 'Mamahuhu'!" The propaganda staff in the army made up a jingle: "Pockmarked beards form a pair, and Mamahuhu sleeps on one side. There are only heroes with heroes, and each should be the commander in chief."

The two had just passed their honeymoon, and Zhu Mao joined forces in Jinggangshan, and Boss Zhu's grand plans were displayed.Unfortunately, during the third anti-encirclement and suppression campaign in Jinggang Mountains the following year (the Kuomintang side called it "the meeting and suppression campaign"), in order to cover Zhu De's breakout, Wu Ruolan, who had been pregnant for several months, led the guards, and was wounded and arrested during the fierce battle.Chiang Kai-shek personally sent a telegram ordering "beheading for public display".Today, some friends worship Chiang Kai-shek because they see the corruption of the Communist Party. They say that Chiang Kai-shek is tolerant of democracy.After hearing the news, Zhu De shed tears in front of Mao Zedong.From then on, he often carried a pair of shoes that Wu Ruolan made for him with him.Many people know that Boss Zhu likes orchids, but now they should know why he likes orchids, right?When Zhu De visited Yuexiu Park in Guangzhou in 1961, he wrote a poem: "Yuexiu Park is a forest of flowers and trees, and a hundred flowers bloom in full bloom. All of them compete for spring. Only orchids are fragrant, and they are precious for a time in Wuyang City." In 1962, he wrote in Beijing Zhongshan Park: "Quiet Lan Tuxiu is under the Qiao Lin, still surrounded by entangled roots and grasses. Even if no one appreciates it, it still contains its own fragrance." I have "Selected Poems of Zhu De" in my possession. When I read this poem when I was young, I felt that it was very mediocre. , I thought it was just a work for the occasion of the leader, but now I realize the depth of love, and the older I get, the more mellow it becomes.When writing this poem about orchid, Mr. Zhu was already 75 years old.

(Picture): Wu Ruolan, a female talent with two guns Boss Zhu is so "obsessed with his wife", who would dare to marry?But among our revolutionary young women, there are those who do not believe in evil. In 1929, 43-year-old Commander Zhu De married Kang Keqing, a 17-year-old Jiangxi girl and female Red Army soldier, in Jinggangshan.Kang Keqing is also a strong and beautiful woman from a poor background. She has good marksmanship and high awareness. At that time, her education was a little poor, so she often asked Zhu De to teach her how to read.Boss Zhu looked like a farmer on the outside, but he had lived abroad after all, so he took the opportunity to propose to him.Kang Keqing is in a good state, and he needs to win a battle before he can get married.Zhu De made an appointment with Lao Mao, captured Changting in the First World War, and wiped out more than 2,000 enemies, which really guaranteed the auspiciousness of the marriage.Mao Zedong praised: "The seedlings are good for half the grain, and the wife is good for half the blessings." This marriage lasted for 47 years, and it can be called a "quasi-golden marriage", which can be said to last forever.The heads of the central government all call Kang Keqing "Sister Kang", and the common people generally call them "Mother Kang" and "Grandma Kang".Boss Zhu rounded up all the hardships and paid off all the hardships, which is exactly what was sung in "Embroidered Gold Plaque" "The virtue is high and respected by everyone, and you can live a good life".

(with picture): Zhu De and Kang Keqing in Yan'an Some references in this article: "Zhu De's Self-Report" (Liberation Army Literature and Art Publishing House, January 2003 edition), Central Literature Research Office "Talking about Zhu De-Interview with Insiders" (Central Literature Publishing House, June 2000 edition), "Biography of Deng Yingchao", Zheng Chaolin "Zheng Chaolin Memoirs" (Modern Historical Materials, 1989), "Eternal Monument: Sun Bingwen", Jin Chong and "Zhu De Biography" (Central Literature Publishing House, August 1993), Lan Yulin "Wu Ruolan: The Heroine Who Scattered Blood in Ganzhou City "("Ganzhou Evening News" January 3, 2007), Luo Ou "Searching-Zhu De Before 1922" (Yunnan Publishing House, 1985 edition), "Kang Keqing Makes the Enemy Frightened", Smedley " The Great Road", Wen Xiang's "Photography of the CCP's Hidden Front", Ye Yonglie's "Celebrity Profile", Ye Yonglie's "Red Starting Point", Yu Wei's "Denhou Zhu De" (CCP History Publishing House), Zhu Heping's "Eternal Memory" (Contemporary China Publishing House), Wu Dianyao "Zhu De and Dai Yuling's Sincere Friendship" ("Party History Expo" 2004 No. 10), Wu Zhifei "Zhu Min: I am the Marshal's Father's Civilian Daughter" ("Earth" 2006-05-15 The eighth issue), Li Weihan "Memories and Research" (Chinese Communist Party History Materials Publishing House, 1986)