1. Recovering Taiwan - Zheng Chenggong
Zheng Chenggong (1624-1662 AD) was originally named Sen with the courtesy name Damu. The king of Tang gave him the surname Zhu and changed his name to Chenggong. He was a native of Nan'an in the late Ming Dynasty. The Dutch colonists invaded and occupied Taiwan in 1624 (the fourth year of the Qing Dynasty), brutally exploited and oppressed the Taiwanese people, and continued to harass the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, arousing great indignation among the Chinese people.
In 1655 (the twelfth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty), in order to protest against the plunder of the Dutch colonists at sea, Zheng Chenggong ordered a ban on merchant ships trading in Taiwan, which dealt a powerful blow to the Dutch colonists economically.
In April 1661, Zheng Chenggong ordered his eldest son Zheng Jing to defend Xiamen. He led 120 new warships and more than 25,000 soldiers, and vowed to march eastward to regain Taiwan at Liaoluo Bay, Kinmen. After a fierce naval battle, Zheng Jun sank the Dutch battleship "Hector" and recovered the "Red Chian Tower".
In the nearly year-long battle, the Dutch army suffered nearly 2,000 casualties and suffered heavy losses. On February 1, 1662, the Dutch invading army was forced to surrender, and Taiwan, which had been occupied for 38 years, finally returned to the embrace of the motherland.
2. Smoking opium in Humen - Lin Zexu
Lin Zexu (1785-1850), also known as Yuanfu, also known as Shaomu and Shilu, also known as Wenzhong, was a Houguan in Fujian. In his early years, his family was poor and he received a good education. In the 16th year of Jiaqing, he was awarded Jinshi. During his 40 years as an official, he was "self-motivated" and honest in serving the public; he also attached great importance to water conservancy and disaster relief.
His greatest achievement is that he led the vigorous anti-smoking movement in Chinese history - the elimination of opium in Humen, directed the anti-British struggle, safeguarded national sovereignty and national dignity, and became the first nationalist in modern Chinese history. Heroes and patriots. At the same time, he compiled foreign books and materials such as "Four Continents" and created a trend of learning and researching the West in modern China. He was a pioneer of modern reform ideas in China.
3. Qin Liangyu, King of Ten Thousand Miles of Diligence
Her husband Ma Qiancheng is a descendant of Ma Yuan, the general of Fubo in the Han Dynasty, and a hereditary Shizhu Xuanwei envoy (commonly known as chieftain). After Ma Qiancheng was killed , because his son Ma Xianglin was young, Qin Liangyu took over the duties of her husband. Qin Liangyu led his brothers Qin Bangping and Qin Minping to participate in the battles against the Qing army, She Chongming Rebellion, Zhang Xianzhong Rebellion and other battles. They made outstanding military achievements and were named the second-grade imperial wife. Emperor Chongzhen once wrote four poems praising Qin Liangyu. After Qin Liangyu's death, later generations of literati wrote many poems praising Qin Liangyu. In modern times, Bing Xin and Guo Moruo also praised Qin Liangyu. The patriotic general Feng Yuxiang once said: "To commemorate Hua Mulan, we must learn from Qin Liangyu." After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the Southern Ming Dynasty pursued Qin Liangyu was posthumously named "Zhongzhenhou". In the history of the past dynasties, female celebrities have been recorded in the biographies of women, and Qin Liangyu is the only heroine in history who was recorded in the official biographies of generals as a famous dynasty general.
4. Serving the Country with Loyalty - Yue Fei
Yue Fei was the most outstanding commander in the Southern Song Dynasty. He valued the people's strength to resist the Jin Dynasty, created the "Connecting Heshuo" strategy, and advocated the north of the Yellow River. The anti-Jin rebels and the Song army cooperated with each other to attack the Jin army to regain the lost ground. Yue Fei governed the army with clear rewards and punishments and strict discipline. He was also considerate of his subordinates and led by example.
The "Yue Family Army" led by him is known as "killing without demolishing the houses when freezing, killing without robbing people when starving"; the Jin people circulated a lament that "it is easy to shake the mountain, but difficult to shake the Yue Family Army", expressing their feelings towards the "Yue Family Army" Army" is the highest praise. Yue Fei opposed the Song Dynasty's passive defense strategy of "only ordering oneself to defend oneself to wait for the enemy, not daring to attack from a distance in order to win", and always advocated active offensive in order to win the victory in the anti-golden struggle.
He was the only commander in the early Southern Song Dynasty who organized a large-scale offensive campaign. Yue Fei's literary talent is also rare among generals. His immortal poem "The River is Red: The Crown is Angry" is a patriotic masterpiece that has been passed down through the ages. He is also the author of "Collected Works of King Yue Zhongwu".
5. Anti-Japanese hero Zhao Shangzhi:
The three words Zhao Shangzhi once frightened the Japanese invaders. "The small 'Manchukuo', the big Zhao Shangzhi" is The Japanese pirates sighed with helplessness and admiration. Known as the most stubborn "anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese" element by the Japanese and puppets!
At that time, there was a saying circulating in the Northeast called "Southern Yang and Northern Zhao". "Nanyang" refers to Yang Jingyu, and "Northern Zhao" refers to Zhao Shangzhi. He joined the Communist Party of China at the age of seventeen and attended the fifth phase of Huangpu Military Academy in the same year. After experiencing hardships, his determination to resist Japan was unwavering, even in the end Even though he was wounded and captured, he still preferred death over surrender.
An expert said that many famous anti-Japanese heroes in Northeast China did not use their original names due to underground work, but Zhao Shangzhi always used his original name. But few people know that Zhao Shangzhi also used another name. According to Liu Li, director of the Shangzhi Martyrs Memorial Hall.
Zhao Shangzhi once served as the chief writer of the "Northeast Red Star Wall Newspaper" founded in 1940. The pen name of the main writer "Xiang Zhi" was later confirmed by the original manuscript discovered, and it was modified based on the word "Shang Zhi". According to curator Liu Li, in addition to writing these newspaper articles and poems, Zhao Shangzhi also wrote lyrics for the anti-Japanese song "White Mountains and Black Waters" and wrote two papers on the Anti-Japanese War.
In my impression, Zhao Shangzhi should be as tall and majestic as the anti-Japanese hero Yang Jingyu. The only photo of General Zhao Shangzhi discovered so far is of Zhao Shangzhi serving as the Bayan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla in August 1932. In a photo taken with members of the guerrilla headquarters when he was the political commissar of the team, Zhao Shangzhi is sitting in the middle front row with a riding crop in hand. The 24-year-old Zhao Shangzhi is obviously half a head shorter than the people on both sides.
After the failure of the Bayan guerrillas, Zhao Shangzhi joined the Sun Chaoyang Division of the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, and later led six people to Zhuhe to establish the anti-Japanese guerrillas. By 1934, this anti-Japanese armed force continued to grow and numbered thousands. Later, General Zhao Shangzhi served as the commander of the Third Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces.
Zhao Shangzhi had a loud voice. He often told the soldiers at conferences the principles of resisting Japan and saving the nation, and described the future of the country after the Japanese were driven away. In February 1942, Zhao Shangzhi, who was only 34 years old, was plotted by Japanese and Manchu spies who had infiltrated the army during a battle. He was seriously injured and captured before bleeding to death. Later, the Japanese invaders dismembered his body into two parts, and the body sank into the Songhua River. The head was sent to Xinjing (now Changchun), the "capital" of the puppet Manchuria, to ask for credit, and his whereabouts are unknown.