1927年5月,反动军阀何健紧步蒋介石发动“四·一二”反革命政变的后尘,在湖南策动了“马日事变”,疯狂屠杀共产党人,残酷镇压工农运动。在白色恐怖之中,国民党左派人物也四处逃散,徐特立躲避在长沙郊区自己学生、共产党员黎尚瑾家里,却无意遇上隐瞒了政治身份来此避难的李维汉同志。李维汉是中国共产党湖南省委的领导人,也是徐老的学生。黎家是一个地主家庭,来往人员复杂,隔壁房间里就有人在那里一边打牌,一边痛骂共产党,叫喊要杀共产党的人头。徐特立和李维汉在这边都听得清清楚楚。在这种情况下,李维汉问徐老是否愿意加入共产党,徐老毫不迟疑地表示:“我已经51岁了,只要共产党这样一个先进的领导能允许我这老朽之人加入组织,那我就真获得了新生,那还不愿意吗?”于是,经李维汉介绍,中共湖南 In May 1927, the reactionary warlord He Jian followed Chiang Kai-shek’s footsteps in the “April 12th” counter-revolutionary coup, instigated the “Major Day Incident” in Hunan, frantically slaughtered Communists and cruelly suppressed the workers’ and peasants’ movement. In the white horror, the Kuomintang leftists fled. Xu Teli evaded the home of Li Shangshen, a student and communist party member in the suburbs of Changsha. He did not intend to meet Comrade Li Weihan, who had concealed his political identity and sought refuge. Li Weihan is the leader of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and Xu Lao’s student. The Li family is a landlord’s family. The people involved are complicated. Some people in the next room are playing cards there while slamming the Communist Party and shouting to kill the head of the Communist Party. Xu Teli and Li Weihan can hear clearly on this side. In this case, Li Weihan asked whether Xu Lao was willing to join the Communist Party. Xu Lao said without hesitation: “I am 51 years old. As long as such an advanced leader of the Communist Party can allow me to join this organization, then I will Really got a freshman, isn’t it still right?" Yu Li, introduced by Li Weihan, Chinese Communist Party, Hunan