On January 8, 1976, Zhou Enlai passed away. At the memorial service, Qiao Guanhua lay on the glass of Zhou Enlai's body and was grief-stricken. He protected Zhou Enlai's coffin and prevented the staff from cremating it. Even people around Zhou Enlai said: "I have never seen a person with unrestrained emotions who can be so miserable!"
Premier Zhou had no children in his life. Qiao Guanhua had worked with Zhou Enlai since he joined the Communist Party of China. Obviously, he had He regarded himself as Zhou Enlai's child, so he said at the funeral: "Prime Minister, today I will send you on your last journey as your child..."
html For many years, Zhou Enlai has taken great care of Qiao Guanhua, and the two have long been married. A deep friendship developed. However, before that, the two had a misunderstanding. On this day, Zhou Enlai convened a meeting of diplomatic cadres. After the meeting, he stopped Qiao Guanhua and asked seriously: "Why did you give me gifts?"Zhou Enlai asked him to touch It makes no sense, so what is going on?
The first time I met Zhou Enlai
In the autumn of 1942, Qiao Guanhua came to Chongqing. It was almost dusk when he arrived. Qiao Guanhua jumped out of the car, holding his small package in his hand, walking along the Jialing River, thinking about his thoughts.
During this visit, Qiao Guanhua also met Zhou Enlai, whom he had admired for a long time, for the first time.
When Feng Yidai
entered the city, he went straight to Feng Yidai's dormitory. Qiao Guanhua and Feng Yidai were friends when they lived in Hong Kong, so they came to him when they first came to Chongqing. Feng Yidai also welcomed Qiao Guanhua's arrival and even made a room in the dormitory for Qiao Guanhua to live in.
A few days later, Feng Yidai told Xia Yan the news that Qiao Guanhua had come to Chongqing. Xia Yan also came to Chongqing according to Zhou Enlai's instructions.
Xia Yan was naturally overjoyed when he saw his friend. He told Qiao Guanhua what he had seen, heard and achieved in Chongqing. After hearing this, Qiao Guanhua was also happy for his friend.
During the conversation, Qiao Guanhua asked Xia Yan, hoping that she could pay tribute to Zhou Enlai and convey her urgency to see Zhou Enlai.
Zhou Enlai had a lot of work to do in Chongqing. He not only had to preside over the daily work of the Southern Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, but also was responsible for leading the work in southern China. He even had to deal with the Kuomintang and carry out various Anti-Japanese National United Front work.
Despite his busy official duties, Zhou Enlai still met with Qiao Guanhua a few days later.
Xia Yan
On that day, Xia Yan took Qiao Guanhua to meet Zhou Enlai. They walked to Zhou Enlai's mansion, Zengjiayan 50. As early as a long time ago, Qiao Guanhua was very fond of Zhou Enlai, a revolutionary. Now when they met, their dream finally came true, and the two of them came to Zhou Enlai's office.
As soon as Zhou Enlai met, he took the initiative to shake hands with Qiao Guanhua cordially. He said with a smile: "I have heard about you a long time ago. Your articles are very good! Welcome to Chongqing."
Qiao Guanhua did not expect that when they met for the first time, Zhou Enlai was so enthusiastic about him, which made his inner tension disappear instantly. Afterwards, he reported his current work status to Zhou Enlai.
When the conversation was coming to an end, Zhou Enlai also carefully asked about Qiao Guanhua's physical condition. At that time, Qiao Guanhua's intestines often got sick, but he was already a staunch revolutionary, so he would not give up the revolution because of this trivial matter. He often used the enema machine I carry it in my backpack and use it to treat illnesses, but now I feel a little tired.
Zhou Enlai learned that Qiao Guanhua was unwell and the journey was full of travel, so he thoughtfully said : "When we get here, we will rest in Chongqing for a few more days and check up on our health. As for work matters, we will talk about it later."
Then, Then he stood up and personally escorted Qiao Guanhua to the door.
Premier Zhou
The first meeting with Zhou Enlai was an unforgettable experience for Qiao Guanhua. That night, he tossed and turned all night long. He was going to work under such a great person in the future. How could he not be excited? And he firmly believed that, In the subsequent work with Zhou Enlai, I will surely learn a lot.
After Qiao Guanhua joined the work, Zhou Enlai also attached great importance to him and entrusted him with important tasks.
In 1942, Zhou Enlai instructed Qiao Guanhua to join the editorial board of "Xinhua Daily", responsible for international news and commentary work, opening an international commentary column, and serving as the editor-in-chief of "People's Weekly".
Zhou Enlai greatly recognized the articles written by Qiao Guanhua. His sharp writing and articles criticizing the current ills were produced in his hands, which shocked the entire mountain city and won widespread praise from the people.
In Chongqing, Qiao Guanhua is also very busy at work, holding multiple positions. In addition to the work of "Xinhua Daily" and "People's Magazine", he also served as the foreign affairs team of the Southern Ministry.
Gong Peng was with Qiao Guanhua and the children.
Here, he also met Gong Peng, Zhou Enlai's English translator. While getting along day and night, the two fell in love. Zhou Enlai was very happy to learn that his two right-hand men had become lovers, and urged them to get married as soon as possible. Thousands of miles of marriage were tied together by a thin thread. After the marriage, Zhou Enlai specially arranged a small home for them on the third floor of No. 50 Zengjiayan.
Gong Peng passed away, Qiao Guanhua burst into tears when he saw Premier Zhou
After the Kuomintang government moved the capital to Nanjing, the center of negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party also moved from Chongqing to Nanjing. Soon after, the CCP delegation set up an office in Shanghai and used Zhou Gongguan as an office. Qiao Guanhua and Gong Peng also followed Zhou Enlai to Shanghai and were responsible for foreign affairs and newspaper work.
Here, Zhou Enlai would often handle work inside and outside the party, hold frequent discussions with democratic parties and patriots, and meet with representatives from all walks of life in Shanghai.
Qiao Guanhua and his family
Soon after, the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party broke down. Before Zhou Enlai retreated, in order to protect the core force and transfer it to a safe place, Zhou Enlai sent Qiao Guanhua and his wife to Hong Kong.
Before leaving, Zhou Enlai specially practiced it for them. When saying goodbye, Zhou Enlai said with emotion: finally defeated Japan. The common people have thought that peace is very popular in peacetime, but now we have to fight again. You go south, I'm going back to Yan'an , and it may be a few years before we meet again.
Speaking of this, Zhou Enlai's voice was choked up, as if to cover up something, he suddenly proposed, I will practice it for you, eat hairy crabs from Shanghai once, it was the time when the crabs were fat, but at this moment their mood was very complicated. .
On that day, everyone ate crabs and drank wine together. Premier Zhou was in high spirits that day and ate five crabs in one go.
After the founding of New China, Qiao Guanhua and Gong Peng returned to Beiping and held important positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, fighting side by side with Zhou Enlai again.
Zhou Enlai served as Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Government Affairs Council of the Central People's Government, and the deputy ministers were Li Kenong, Wang Jiaxiang, and Zhang Hanfu. Qiao Guanhua served as deputy director of the Foreign Policy Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and acted as acting director of the Asia Department, while Gong Peng served as director of the Intelligence Department. Qiao Guanhua and Qiao Guanhua became a diplomatic couple, fighting on the front line of New China's diplomacy and making outstanding contributions.
Qiao Guanhua and Gong Peng
In May 1970, Gong Peng was exhausted physically and mentally, and his health condition was not optimistic. One night, he suddenly fell to the ground and couldn't move. After being sent to the hospital, the doctor gave the result: the cerebral artery had ruptured and he had lost the ability to think.
After Zhou Enlai learned about it, he immediately rushed to the hospital, checked Gong Peng's pulse, and sent a rescue team to perform brain surgery on Gong Peng.
After the operation, Gong Peng's face turned sallow, and she could no longer see her former grace. She lay on the bed like a deflated rubber ball. When Zhou Enlai saw her appearance, he couldn't help but said sadly: "I don't want to see it." It makes me sad to see Gong Peng like this."
Zhou Enlai was busy looking for a cure for the sick Gong Peng. He thought that Mr. Ma Xulun, who was the Minister of Education at the time, had been living in a vegetative state for 12 years, and that Gong Peng was in a similar situation. With a glimmer of hope, Zhou Enlai sent his health nurse Zheng Shuyun to find out what special care Ma Xulun had. technology.
html In May, Gong Peng's physical condition took a turn for the worse and she was in a coma. She could only rely on machines to maintain her life. Despite this, Qiao Guanhua still stayed by her side day and night. He hoped that his wife would get better, but what he didn't expect was bad news.
Premier Zhou
Premier Zhou rushed to the hospital immediately after learning the news of Gong Peng's death. When Qiao Guanhua saw Premier Zhou, he was as relieved as a child seeing his father. He hugged him and cried loudly: "Gong Peng is dying, I really can't bear it. !"
Premier Zhou looked at the children next to him, gently caressed Qiao Guanhua's back, and encouraged him like a father: "Comrade Guanhua, you are a member of the Communist Party, be strong!"
Qiao Guanhua could only put away his tears and control his emotions.
Qiao Guanhua and Gong Peng had lived together for more than 20 years. His wife's sudden death made him very uncomfortable. Therefore, for more than a year after Gong Peng's death, Qiao Guanhua was in a low mood and missed his wife.
When Qiao Guanhua came home from get off work every day, he would pick up a magnifying glass and look at Gong Peng's photos carefully, looking at her face and eyebrows. Unknowingly, Qiao Guanhua had tears streaming down his face.
Gong Peng
Time will dilute everything. A few years later, Qiao Guanhua quickly cheered up and actively devoted himself to work, visiting foreign countries with Zhou Enlai, participating in activities and other matters.
At work, Qiao Guanhua and Zhou Enlai were inseparable. Even Kissinger could see the good relationship between the two.
When Nixon visited China, Qiao Guanhua and Kissinger had close talks. The atmosphere between the two was tense during the negotiation. When the two sides were at a stalemate, Qiao Guanhua also borrowed Zhou Enlai's negotiation skills and said a few naughty words to ease the awkward atmosphere.
Kissinger burst out laughing after hearing this, and said bluntly: Qiao Guanhua is very talented and difficult to deal with.
Qiao Guanhua has worked beside Zhou Enlai for many years and has dealt with Americans many times. He is well versed in the art of negotiation and is good at grasping the rhythm of negotiations. He is gentle when he should be gentle and shows his sharpness when he should be sharp, which makes foreign representatives marvel at him.
Qiao Guanhua
Kissinger was also deeply impressed by Qiao Guanhua. He said: "Qiao Guanhua takes Zhou Enlai as an example. He is very smart and I admire him very much."
Premier Zhou asked Qiao Guanhua after the meeting: Why did you give me gifts?
Premier Zhou and Qiao Guanhua have formed a very tacit superior-subordinate relationship over the years, and Zhang Hanzhi has never seen any personal interactions between them in private. But many of Qiao Guanhua's ways of doing things were deeply influenced by Premier Zhou.
In November 1971, Qiao Guanhua and others participated in the first Chinese delegation to New York to attend the UN General Assembly 26 meeting. At that time, there was no contact between China and the United States. When the Chinese delegation first arrived in the United States, the first thing those young people thought of was Premier Zhou, saying that they wanted to bring something back to Premier Zhou.
So, they bought some chocolates and biscuits that they had never seen in China. After returning to Beijing, they gave these things to Xiao Gao, who was next to Premier Zhou, and lied that Minister Qiao gave them to Premier Zhou. These young people thought that as long as they reported Minister Qiao's name, Premier Zhou would definitely accept it.
Premier Zhou
However, they did not expect the tacit understanding formed between Premier Zhou and Zhou, and there was almost no contact in private.
Therefore, this gift directly caused Premier Zhou to misunderstand Qiao Guanhua.
Once Premier Zhou convened many cadres of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a meeting in the Great Hall of the People. After the meeting, Premier Zhou suddenly stopped Qiao Guanhua and scolded him: "Why did you give me gifts?"
Faced with the Prime Minister's question, Qiao Guanhua was confused and asked: "Where have I given gifts to the Prime Minister?" Premier Zhou then said: You came back from the United Nations and gave me biscuits and candies. You should know my rules, why? Send me something. I want to ask you in front of everyone, please take your things back.
Qiao Guanhua had no idea what Premier Zhou was talking about and said that he had never sent anything to Premier Zhou.When the attendees saw Qiao Guanhua being trained, took the initiative to say that it was them. They used the name of Minister Qiao so that Premier Zhou could accept it, but they did not say hello to Minister Qiao.
Qiao Guanhua
After learning about this, Premier Zhou realized that he had wrongly blamed Qiao Guanhua, and said gently: "It's your good intention, forget it, give it to the staff to try, it's from the United States! But don't do this again, I I never accept gifts."
But this "gentleman is as light as water" relationship is full of Qiao Guanhua's deep friendship for Premier Zhou.
In the spring of 1974, Premier Zhou underwent surgery, but he relapsed a few months later. In the autumn of the next year, when Qiao Guanhua led the Chinese delegation to attend the United Nations General Assembly, he heard that Premier Zhou's condition had worsened, and Qiao Guanhua was heartbroken. It was like a big stone weighing on me, and I was worried.
When he was about to leave to return to China, Qiao Guanhua and Zhang Hanzhi discussed bringing some gifts to Premier Zhou. Zhang Hanzhi was very surprised because she had never seen her husband and Premier Zhou interact in private, so when Qiao Guanhua offered to give her gifts, he asked her Puzzled.
then asked: "Don't you never give gifts to the Prime Minister?" Qiao Guanhua said thoughtfully: "The Prime Minister is a patient now! I think he will understand what I mean."
So he used his pocket money The money bought Premier Zhou a box of soda crackers and a box of macadamia nuts. Qiao Guanhua knew that the Prime Minister liked peanuts the most, so he concluded that Premier Zhou would definitely like macadamia nuts.
After Premier Zhou
returned to Beijing, they asked the driver to deliver these things to the hospital where the Premier was staying.
Not long after, when Premier Zhou met with foreign guests in the hospital, he met Zhang Hanzhi and Qiao Guanhua. After meeting with the foreign guests, Premier Zhou asked them to stay for a while, then talked with them about some state affairs, and also mentioned the gifts given to him. He said with emotion:
"I have received all the biscuits, nuts and bread you sent. "Guanhua knows that I never accept gifts, but this time I understand that you are sending condolences to the patient, so I accepted it. It's rare that you are thoughtful. I love eating."
Qiao Guanhua looked at Premier Zhou. His body and sunken cheekbones, with tears in his eyes, he choked and said: "Prime Minister, you must take good care of yourself." Premier Zhou shook Qiao Guanhua's hand tightly and gave him some comfort. . Neither of them could have imagined that this would be their last meeting.
In January and August, Qiao Guanhua learned the news of Premier Zhou's death. After returning home, he was in a daze. He took a break before regaining consciousness and told Zhang Hanzhi that Premier Zhou had gone.
On the day Premier Zhou passed away
, Qiao Guanhua went to the Great Hall of the People for a meeting and established a funeral committee. Before the meeting started, he met Health Minister Liu Xiangping. She told Qiao Guanhua that when the Prime Minister felt that his physical condition was deteriorating, he was very clear-headed and said that he wanted to meet some comrades one last time and had something to say.
Originally, he was going to see Qiao Guanhua that afternoon, but at noon Premier Zhou felt very tired, so he decided to wait until the next morning to see him again. He did not expect that his condition worsened early the next morning and he was unable to see Qiao Guanhua.
After hearing this, Qiao Guanhua wiped away tears sadly. Unexpectedly, on his deathbed, Premier Zhou still wanted to see him, which made him both touched and sad.
When Qiao Guanhua returned home and talked about this matter with Zhang Hanzhi, he couldn't help crying anymore. Zhang Hanzhi comforted him: "I know you were sad that you didn't see the Prime Minister in the end. You were among the last people the Prime Minister missed. , This is a kind of comfort. "
After Premier Zhou passed away, Qiao Guanhua has been busy with the funeral committee. On January 10, when he escorted the Prime Minister's body to Babaoshan for cremation, the motorcade had already arrived at the gate of Babaoshan Cemetery. Many people begged and hoped to see the Prime Minister again. Their cries and shouts rang through the sky and refused to disperse for a long time.
Zhou Enlai Memorial Service
When the staff sent Premier Zhou's body to the cremation furnace , Deng Yingchao and the staff held the coffin lid and cried bitterly. Qiao Guanhua stood aside and could no longer control his emotions, holding on to the Prime Minister's The coffin wailed: "Prime Minister, you have never had children in your life, let me be your child today to take you on your last journey!"
The people present were even more sad when they heard this sentence, and cried until their throats became hoarse.
In this way, everyone watched the Prime Minister's body being pushed into the cremator. After that, Qiao Guanhua escorted the Prime Minister's ashes to the Working People's Cultural Palace.
That day, Zhang Hanyi didn't see Qiao Guanhua all day long. It wasn't until that night that she received a call from Zhang Hanzhi, telling him: "You need to take more care of Mr. Qiao these days. I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it anymore." "
Qiao Guanhua
Yes, for a long time, Qiao Guanhua grew from a young man who was inexperienced in the world to the later Minister of Foreign Affairs. Among them, the teachings of Premier Zhou were indispensable. Over the years, he has always regarded Premier Zhou as his idol and moved towards this. Study hard.
Although they have few interactions in life, the two of them know each other best and never reveal it easily. It wasn't until Premier Zhou passed away that Qiao Guanhua realized that Premier Zhou had left him forever, and no one would teach him carefully in the days to come.
To him, Zhou Enlai was a persuasive teacher, more like a father who knew everything and talked about everything. How could this not make him heartbroken?
