Facing Soong Ching Ling who was suffering from illness and could hardly speak, Wang Guangmei and others felt very sad. Then Deng Xiaoping took the results of this meeting to visit Soong Ching Ling in the hospital and told her: "If something unexpected happens to you, we will make

"Madam, Mrs. Song is in very bad condition. Come and take a look!"

On May 15, 1981, the 88-year-old Soong Ching Ling was critically ill in the hospital. Her attending doctor, Dr. Gu, was Liu Shaoqi's former health care provider. Doctor, so Dr. Gu quickly called Wang Guangmei, Liu Shaoqi’s wife and Soong Ching Ling’s friend.

After receiving the call, Wang Guangmei and some of Soong Ching Ling's other friends quickly drove to the hospital where Soong Ching Ling was staying to visit her. Facing Soong Ching Ling who was suffering from illness and could hardly speak, Wang Guangmei and others felt very sad.

At this time, Soong Qingling held on her strength and tremblingly said two words to Wang Guangmei and others, expressing her last wish with difficulty. Wang Guangmei and others immediately reported the matter to Deng Xiaoping, who was in charge of the work of the Central Committee at that time. .

In response, Comrade Xiaoping, who was also a friend of Soong Ching Ling, immediately convened an emergency meeting of the Political Bureau to make important decisions.

Later, Deng Xiaoping took the results of this meeting to visit Soong Ching Ling in the hospital and told her: "If something unexpected happens to you, we will make appropriate arrangements." After hearing this, Song Qingling finally felt at ease.

So, what is Soong Ching Ling’s wish? What is the relationship between Deng Xiaoping and Soong Ching Ling?

1. The revolutionary friendship between Deng Xiaoping and Soong Ching Ling

"Hello, please open the door. Our troops will live here recently."

At the end of May 1949, the Chinese People's Liberation Army invaded Shanghai. Among them, a platoon of the Third Field Army The commander and his men came to a spacious house opposite the Wukang Building in and politely asked to stay overnight. What was going on?

After the troops led by Chen Yi entered Shanghai, they followed the instructions not to disturb the people, so they slept neatly on the curb at first.

Such military discipline and style moved the people and the international community at that time. However, the soldiers' accommodation in Shanghai cannot be arranged for a while, so they can't sleep on the road all the time.

So Chen Yi and other army leaders decided after discussion to let the soldiers live in the mansions of capitalists. At that time, many capitalists had fled and the houses were empty, which was perfect for them to live in. For some capitalists who did not flee, their houses were to be nationalized anyway, so they could still live in them.

The platoon leader who called the door opposite the Wukang Building received instructions from the company commander to stay in that mansion, but the people they met this time were not capitalists.

After the platoon leader called the door, the doorman inside opened the door and answered: "You can't live here."

The platoon leader suddenly touched the gray nose and was a little confused. He explained clearly the reason and purpose of their coming, but the doorman still Just those few words: "You can't live here."

Now the platoon leader got angry, thinking that he had met a die-hard capitalist, and immediately made harsh words: "If the house is not vacated before 4 p.m., soldiers will be sent Come and move things."

The owner of the mansion, Soong Ching Ling, who heard the fierce argument outside, came out and said to the platoon leader: "I am Soong Ching Ling. This is my mansion, and your troops cannot live there. Please Commander Chen (Chen Yi)

call me. "

The platoon leader and the soldiers were stunned when they heard this. They did not expect that they thought Soong Ching Ling's house belonged to a capitalist, so they hurriedly apologized and left.

However, it was this misunderstanding that led to the first meeting between Deng Xiaoping and Soong Ching Ling.

When Chen Yi and Deng Xiaoping, then first secretary of the East China Bureau of the Communist Party of China, learned about this incident, they immediately decided to come to apologize in person.

The next day, Chen Yi, Deng Xiaoping and others came to Soong Ching Ling's residence to express their sincere apologies and specially arranged for soldiers to be responsible for day and night vigilance and security protection at her residence.

In addition, after Chen Yi and Deng Xiaoping heard that Soong Ching Ling was in financial difficulty at the time, they decided to give her one million yuan first and make arrangements for the rest later.

Soong Ching Ling expressed her understanding and gratitude for Chen Yi and Deng Xiaoping's apology and help. After this contact, Deng Xiaoping was deeply impressed by Soong Ching Ling's generosity and calm and elegant conversation.

It was not until after the founding of New China that Soong Ching Ling was elected as the Vice President of the country, and her work contacts with Deng Xiaoping increased.

These two people, who both have overseas study experience, found that they have a lot in common with each other, and both believe that China must vigorously develop productivity and have a high degree of material civilization.

Soong Ching Ling even proposed the concept of "common prosperity" in 1952, which was consistent with Deng Xiaoping's core thoughts during the subsequent reform and opening up period.

On August 24, 1977, Deng Xiaoping called Soong Ching Ling and said that he had urgent matters and needed to interview her. After hearing this, Soong Ching Ling took it very seriously and immediately canceled the meeting with Liao Mengxing and others, waiting for Deng Xiaoping's arrival.

During this meeting, Deng Xiaoping received support from Soong Ching Ling on issues such as reform, opening up, and modernization. This was tantamount to adding confidence for Deng Xiaoping to carry out the great cause of reform and opening up in the future.

Finally, after the epoch-making Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in 1978, it was established that my country's focus shifted to economic construction.

Song Qingling was so excited after the meeting that she even made no secret of her high praise for the meeting in a letter she wrote to her friends.

She said: "The recently held Third Plenary Session of the Party Central Committee was a great victory. We are concentrating our efforts on modernizing our production, academic and national defense..."

After that, Soong Ching Ling also spared no effort to support Deng Xiaoping's work. .

For example, in 1980, Deng Xiaoping proposed to abolish the lifelong tenure of leading cadres. Not long after, Soong Ching Ling wrote to the Party Central Committee requesting to resign from her leadership position. In doing so, she set an example for Deng Xiaoping's reform.

From the relationship between Deng Xiaoping and Soong Ching Ling, it is not difficult to see that although Soong Ching Ling’s interactions with Deng Xiaoping were not as frequent and close as those with Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi and others, they also had a sincere revolutionary friendship.

2. Unfulfilled wishes on the deathbed

"We have entered the 1980s with full confidence. The task we face is to make remarkable achievements in the four modernization drives and to always put the work of completing the great cause of the reunification of the motherland at the forefront. Here comes the important agenda..."

On New Year's Day in 1980, 300 people including Deng Xiaoping, Deng Yingchao, Song Qingling and other important national leaders, as well as leaders of democratic parties, mass organizations, and patriots from all walks of life gathered in Beijing to participate in the National New Year's Day Tea Party held by CPPCC .

At this tea party, Deng Xiaoping made such a speech. As soon as he finished speaking, Soong Ching Ling took the lead in applauding warmly. She said after the meeting that it was a morale-boosting meeting.

In addition to fully supporting Deng Xiaoping and his policy of reform and opening up on domestic occasions, Soong Ching Ling would attend with Deng Xiaoping when meeting with foreign guests, especially American guests, to express her position.

However, no matter how great a person is, he cannot withstand the ravages of time. By March 1981, the 88-year-old Soong Ching Ling could no longer accompany Deng Xiaoping to attend meetings. The disease held her back, making her extremely painful and dangerous.

As Soong Ching Ling's coronary heart disease and chronic lymphocytic leukemia conditions worsened seriously, Soong Ching Ling was admitted to the hospital, bedridden all day long, unable to get up, and would go for a walk in Gui Men Guan from time to time.

Deng Xiaoping and the Party Central Committee were highly concerned about Soong Ching Ling's illness and instructed that they should make every effort to treat Soong Ching Ling's illness and provide her with all-round protection.

At the end of March, Deng Yingchao, then a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, went to the hospital to visit Soong Ching Ling on her bed.

When he first arrived at the hospital, Deng Yingchao still called Soong Ching Ling "Vice Chairman" out of respect. When Soong Ching Ling, who looked haggard, heard this call, she slowly waved her hand and told Deng Yingchao not to call her that.

"How about I call you Comrade Soong Ching Ling?" Deng Yingchao understood what she meant, and Soong Ching Ling also smiled and nodded.

Next, Deng Yingchao sat by Soong Ching Ling's bedside and chatted with her to reminisce about old times. Although Soong Ching Ling had difficulty speaking at this time, she and Deng Yingchao still had a very happy chat.

At the time of separation, Soong Ching Ling could not get up to see each other off, nor could she hug and express her deep feelings, so she kept kissing Deng Yingchao's hand. Seeing this, Deng Yingchao was very moved and sad, so she could only kiss Soong Ching Ling's hand back to express herself. of pity.

Two days after Deng Yingchao visited Soong Ching Ling, Deng Xiaoping deliberately took time out of his busy work to visit and express condolences to Soong Ching Ling in the hospital.

Song Qingling was very happy with Deng Xiaoping's arrival.

During the conversation between the two, Soong Ching Ling once again expressed her praise and support for Deng Xiaoping's ongoing reform and opening up cause, and she revealed her expectations for China's bright future.

Deng Xiaoping asked Soong Qingling to rest in peace and recuperate, and not to worry about other things. The two talked happily.

After a while, in order to prevent Soong Ching Ling from consuming too much energy, Deng Xiaoping did not want to disturb her rest anymore, so he took the initiative to say goodbye to her, saying that he would find time to see her again.

After leaving, Deng Xiaoping specifically issued instructions to relevant departments: "Mrs. Soong Ching Ling's treatment shall be implemented in accordance with the standards of the head of state."

Because Soong Ching Ling had resigned from the corresponding leadership position the previous year, theoretically she could not enjoy the state The treatment of the head of state.

However, in order to express the Party Central Committee's care and gratitude to Soong Ching Ling, Deng Xiaoping deliberately made such an arrangement.

Just when Deng Xiaoping, Deng Yingchao and other central leaders and the people across the country were looking forward to Soong Ching Ling's condition gradually improving, Soong Ching Ling's health was getting worse day by day. On the night of May 14, her fever suddenly reached 40.2 degrees and continued to persist. Many other indicators of the body are also approaching extremely dangerous levels.

After the full rescue efforts of medical staff, Soong Ching Ling's body temperature did not drop until the next morning, and other symptoms were alleviated.

But Dr. Gu, the experienced attending physician, knew that Soong Ching Ling's body might not be able to hold on for long, and she might get sick at any time and be unable to be rescued.

Then the first scene happened. After receiving the call, Wang Guangmei was preparing to take a car to the hospital while contacting Deng Yingchao and others to inform them that Soong Ching Ling was in critical condition.

Soon, Wang Guangmei, Deng Yingchao, Peng Zhen, then secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and others gathered in Soong Ching Ling's ward. They felt very sad, but tried their best to hide their sadness because they didn't want Soong Ching Ling to see them like this. Sadness and the feeling that time is running out reduces the hope of survival.

Wang Guangmei and others looked at this great woman of a generation who was weak in appearance but extremely strong in heart. Her face was so pale from the pain that she could not even raise her hands to say hello or speak. Their hearts felt like needle pricks. , but he could only try his best to comfort Song Qingling.

At this time, Soong Ching Ling did not feel much sadness or fear. Apart from being a little uncomfortable because of the pain, her mentality seemed surprisingly calm. However, in this last short period of time, Soong Ching Ling still had a wish that was not fulfilled, and she wanted to express it.

Wang Guangmei saw that she wanted to speak, so she put her ear to Song Qingling's mouth. Wang Guangmei finally heard clearly what Soong Ching Ling was saying. She said: "Join...the party..." and she said it three times in a row.

After hearing these two words, everyone could no longer suppress the tears in their eyes. They nodded to Soong Qingling with tears. Deng Yingchao said that the Party Central Committee was considering this matter. After hearing this, Soong Ching Ling said "yes" three times in a row.

In fact, Soong Ching Ling had already applied to the party organization for membership more than once.

The first time was in 1937, when Soong Ching Ling was talking to comrade Li Yun who came to her from the Shanghai underground party. After the conversation, Soong Ching Ling's voice suddenly dropped, and Li Yun saw that she seemed to have something to say.

So Soong Ching Ling asked Li Yun if he was now a member of the Communist Party.

Li Yun was very excited that Soong Ching Ling had such recognition, but he could only cautiously say go back and ask the organization. The reply he then gave her was: "You are just like a member of the Communist Party." Soong Ching Ling was very happy.

Soong Ching Ling applied to join the Party for the second time after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Liu Shaoqi and Wang Guangmei went to visit Soong Ching Ling one day in 1957. After a chat, Soong Ching Ling formally applied to join the Party. Liu Shaoqi was naturally very happy, but such a major event still had to be reported to Chairman Mao and the Party Central Committee. Make a decision.

Some time later, when Liu Shaoqi and Zhou Enlai went to Shanghai to visit Soong Ching Ling, they brought her the decision of the Party Central Committee.

Taking into account the situation at the time, the Party Central Committee believed that Soong Ching Ling's temporary stay outside the party would have a greater impact on the revolution, and Liu Shaoqi guaranteed that Soong Ching Ling would be informed of all major events within the party and that she could participate.

Although Soong Ching Ling felt very sorry, she also expressed her understanding and support for the decision of the Party Central Committee. As a result, Soong Ching Ling's joining the party has been delayed.

It was not until her deathbed that she mentioned this wish again. Deng Yingchao, Wang Guangmei and others were determined to help her fulfill it, so they drove straight to Zhongnanhai as soon as they left the hospital to report Soong Chingling's last wish to Comrade Xiaoping.

Deng Xiaoping did not waste a moment after hearing this, and immediately organized an emergency meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee at three o'clock that afternoon to discuss Soong Ching Ling's joining the party.

The results of the meeting came out quickly, and the Politburo unanimously agreed that Soong Ching Ling would join the Communist Party of China.

Early in the morning on May 16, Deng Xiaoping went to the hospital to visit Soong Ching Ling. Seeing her condition, Deng Xiaoping was equally sad.

"You are now an official member of the Communist Party of China !"

During the visit to Soong Ching Ling, Deng Xiaoping specifically told her this matter. Song Qingling was very happy and excited after hearing this. Tears filled her eyes immediately and she could not calm down for a long time.

After a long time, I looked at Soong Ching Ling who had calmed down. A long-lost smile appeared on her pale face. She seemed to be truly at ease and free from worries.

At this time, Deng Xiaoping comforted Soong Qingling to rest in peace and recover from her illness, and told her the sentence at the beginning of the article: "If anything happens to you, we will make appropriate arrangements." Soong Qingling nodded peacefully and said goodbye to Deng Xiaoping.

After Deng Xiaoping returned, he attended the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress that day, where another important decision regarding Soong Ching Ling was made.

3. Pass away forever, but the spirit will last forever

"After voting at the conference, Comrade Soong Ching Ling was awarded the title of Honorary Chairman of the People's Republic of China..." This resolution was passed at the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on May 16, 1981.

This honor is well deserved for Soong Ching Ling, a great communist fighter.

However, just ten days after Soong Ching Ling joined the Communist Party of China and became the honorary president of the country, she could no longer hold on and was ruthlessly taken away by the disease.

According to Soong Ching Ling's last wish, she was to be buried in Shanghai's Cemetery of Nations , next to her parents and nanny Li Yan'e. Moreover, Soong Ching Ling said that because she was a junior, the grave was lower than her parents'.

Five days later, on June 3, Soong Ching Ling's memorial service was held in the Great Hall of the People. Party and state leaders such as Deng Xiaoping deeply mourned the death of Soong Ching Ling.

"...To mourn Comrade Soong Ching Ling, we must turn grief into strength and unite closely around the Party Central Committee to complete the sacred cause of reunifying the motherland..." Deng Xiaoping delivered a sad eulogy, hoping to look forward to the future with Soong Ching Ling's spirit. future.

After the memorial service, in the early morning of June 4, Soong Ching Ling's ashes were escorted to the Capital Airport by the People's Liberation Army's ceremonial troops, and then transported by a special plane to the Cemetery of All Nations in Shanghai.

There, representatives from all walks of life in Shanghai and people who spontaneously came to see him off surrounded the Cemetery of All Nations. People from all walks of life wrote elegiac couplets and stood under the scorching sun to express their sorrow.

One year later, on the first anniversary of Soong Ching Ling's death, the "Song Ching Ling Foundation", which aims to benefit children's cultural, educational, scientific and welfare undertakings, and contribute to promoting international friendship, safeguarding world peace and realizing the reunification of the motherland, was officially established at Soong Ching Ling's former residence in Beijing. Deng Xiaoping was very pleased to serve as the honorary chairman of the foundation.

At that time, the reform and opening up was in full swing, but Deng Xiaoping, who had many things to do, always took time to attend the activities related to the "Soong Ching Ling Foundation".

Later, Deng Xiaoping resigned from most of the party and state leadership positions, as well as other civilian positions, but he retained the position of honorary chairman of the "Song Ching Ling Foundation" throughout his life.

This shows the depth of Deng Xiaoping’s revolutionary friendship with Soong Ching Ling.

Conclusion

"But camphor tree itself has a fragrance, and this fragrance can be maintained forever... As long as the wood exists for one day, insects will be afraid of it. This is the value of camphor tree..."

The description of the camphor tree in the text "Song Qingling's Camphor Tree" is analogous to Soong Ching Ling, a great woman with beautiful appearance, noble character and integrity.

Soong Ching Ling's life of fighting for the cause of communism and seeking the welfare of the people was glorious and legendary. Her revolutionary friendship with Deng Xiaoping was also very sincere and profound. Deng Xiaoping led my country's reform and opening up to become rich, and Soong Ching Ling was also behind it. Big support and a credit.

Song Qingling has left us forever, but the precious spiritual wealth she left behind will continue to bless future generations and benefit us endlessly.