On January 8, 1976, Comrade Zhou Enlai, the great proletarian revolutionary and the good prime minister of the people, unfortunately passed away in Beijing. When the news of the Prime Minister's death came out, the whole country fell into a state of grief! Premier Zhou, the people's most beloved, suddenly passed away, which hit many people who love him, and it was also a blow to the construction of socialism in !
Premier Zhou has been worried about the people for many years. He has devoted his life to the motherland and truly achieved "devoting his whole life to the end of his life"!
In fact, Premier Zhou was diagnosed with cancer as early as 1972. If he could have a good rest and timely treatment, there would not be such a result.
Prince Zhou
However, in order to handle official business, Premier Zhou used up his last life. After the cancer cells were found, he still insisted on meeting with foreign guests.
Premier Zhou has always paid great attention to his appearance, especially when meeting foreign guests, he always has to clean up carefully, because he represents not only individuals, but also the country behind him!
So every time you meet with foreign guests, in the eyes of outsiders, Premier Zhou has a bright image. He is a resourceful and intelligent diplomatic master, and has been admired by people from all over the world!
Prince Zhou
1973, Vietnamese Prime Minister Fan Wentong decided to visit China, but in this visit, Premier Zhou was rarely late! The staff searched for Premier Zhou everywhere and finally found him in the most unexpected place.
So why is Premier Zhou suddenly late? What are the hidden stories behind this? Where did you finally discover Premier Zhou? What was Premier Zhou’s life like in his later years?
Vietnamese Prime Minister visits China
In 1950, China and Vietnam announced the establishment of diplomatic relations, which has since opened up normal diplomatic friendship between China and Vietnam. Vietnam and our country have very similar national conditions. They are also affected by colonial aggression. Under the interference of the Americans, they have built up an South Vietnam to compete with the communist North Vietnam .
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Our country's leader Chairman Mao was very sympathetic to the experience of the Vietnamese people, so when the Vietnamese were invaded by colonists and fought with Western powers such as France, he decided to lend a helping hand.
At that time, we were all very poor. The new China, which was in ruins, continued to invest a lot of funds to carry out socialist construction. However, for the sake of the Vietnamese people, we extended a helping hand to help them overcome the difficulties.
It can be said that the relationship between China and Vietnam was quite good at that time. Chairman Mao said this: "We aid Vietnam without asking for any return. Everything that Vietnam needs and what we have should do our best to provide..." It can be seen that we have made great contributions to Vietnam's stability.
Vietnam people
After driving away the French invaders, the Americans came to interfere again, causing the Vietnamese people to fall into a civil war. Premier Zhou said: "The issue of aiding southern Vietnam is the top priority of my country's foreign aid work!"
Under the personal care of Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou, our country has sent a large amount of funds, technology, weapons and other materials to Vietnam, which is really heart-to-heart to Vietnam. The purpose of ours is to help brother countries that are both socialist, a peaceful surrounding environment is also of vital significance to the development of the country.
It was only after the 1970s that Vietnam began to change. We always say that we should not always be too good to a person, because the other party will treat it as a habit. If you make a little mistake to him one day, he will blame you.Vietnam is such a typical example. Not only did our aid not win their understanding, but we waited for the lion to speak out!
Model essays and
In 1973, then-Previous Wentong, who was the Prime Minister of Vietnam, wrote a letter to Premier Zhou. The content of the letter simply shocked our chin!
Fan Wentong said in the letter: "Now the American invaders have been driven away by the Vietnamese people, and Vietnam War has also entered the end stage. We are about to start the construction of Vietnam. We hope that China can provide 8.1 billion yuan in aid funds, and the harder it will help get out of the predicament!"
Fan Wentong's request is simply unreasonable! You should know that at that time, our economy was not developed and was still a backward and poor socialist country. At this time, Vietnam suddenly made such a ridiculous request, so naturally we could not agree to it.
Prince Zhou
Therefore, in his reply, Premier Zhou clearly expressed his rejection and talked about our difficulties and the help to Vietnamese in the past. He hopes that the Vietnamese Prime Minister can understand each other and discuss the issue of aid, rather than being so whimsical.
result: Vietnamese Prime Minister obviously did not take Premier Zhou's words to heart. They felt that the Chinese should help Vietnam. If you don't help me, it would destroy the friendship of the socialist family!
Therefore, after seeing the reply, the Vietnamese Prime Minister not only did not reconsider the aid matter, but Fan Wentong decided to come to China for a visit and demanded the high aid in person.
Fan Wentong
In June 1973, Vietnamese Prime Minister Fan Wentong came to China to visit China. After all, the other party is the highest leader of a country. As a country of etiquette, we must welcome each other with the highest etiquette. Therefore, Premier Zhou went to meet Fan Wentong. However, Premier Zhou's physical conditions were not optimistic at this time.
Prime Minister
Fan Wentong came to China, Premier Zhou attached great importance to it. He originally wanted to go to the airport to pick up the plane himself, but there were important things to do temporarily, so he had to let Vice Premier Li Xiannian go to pick it up.
Li Xiannian accompanied Fan Wen to Diaoyutai State Guesthouse . Although Diaoyutai State Guesthouse is the first choice for receiving foreign guests in my country, the conditions and levels of each building within the hotel are still very different.
Premier Zhou
At that time, Li Xiannian didn't think so much, so he arranged for the concierge to let Fan Wen live in Building 3. The reason was very simple: there were too many people living in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, just the room in Building 3, which was a temporary place for someone to check out. If you don't live there, there would be no place.
So Fan Wentong lived in this building. To outsiders, this may be normal, but the conditions in Building 3 are not as good as those in other buildings. Therefore, after Fan Wentong moved in, he felt quite dissatisfied!
After handling the urgent matter, Premier Zhou asked the Concierge how the Concierge arranged the Concierge, but the Concierge said he lived in Building 3! Premier Zhou was very angry after hearing this. He said, "Diplomatic affairs are nothing small, please ask for instructions when encountering problems! Fan Wentong is still the leader of a country, so why can he be arranged in Building 3?"
Prince Zhou's foreign affairs activities
Other comrades said that it was just that room, and there was no way. Premier Zhou was very angry after hearing this. He said that there was no way to coordinate, instead of dealing with it, it was all done.
Then Premier Zhou found out that Jiang Qing lived in Building 8 with better conditions, so he went to find Jiang Qing himself and told him in detail about the situation. Finally, Jiang Qing agreed to give up his seat. That night, Fan Wentong was arranged to enter Building 8 to live.
The two agreed to have a detailed discussion with Premier Zhou on the issue of aid early the next morning, but unexpectedly, a small episode appeared before meeting the next day.
Premier Zhou
Early in the morning that day, Premier Zhou's secretary reminded Premier Zhou to meet with foreign guests, so he entered West Flower Hall . At this time, Premier Zhou lay on the table and sniffed for a while.
It turns out that because the official business was too busy the day before, Premier Zhou had not closed his eyes for 30 hours by this time. It was a great burden to young and middle-aged people, not to mention Premier Zhou, who is already 75 years old and has cancer?
It’s not that Premier Zhou doesn’t want to have a good rest, but he has too much work every day, and his desk is full of piles of high documents. Last night, it was held until two o’clock in the morning when the meeting was held! Then he returned to the West Flower Hall to process the official documents.
Premier Zhou
High-intensity work is already unbearable, but Premier Zhou has been working like this for decades! After seeing Premier Zhou lying on the table, the secretary couldn't bear to wake him up. However, Premier Zhou was very strict with himself. His time was accurately calculated in seconds. He had agreed to state affairs negotiations. This is not a child playing house, so why would he not go if he said he wouldn't go?
So the secretary could only pat Premier Zhou gently and said, "Prime Minister, there are still fourteen minutes of preparation time!"
Premier Zhou woke up quickly and stood up and said, "Well, you guys go and prepare quickly, I'll shave you! Come soon!"
Premier Zhou
After saying that, the Prime Minister stood up with his hands on the seat and held the handle, then walked into the bathroom to wash, while the secretary went outside to prepare other matters.
After instructing the necessary things, the secretary ordered Premier Zhou's chef to go to the next bowl of noodles. After all, the Prime Minister had not eaten anything from yesterday afternoon to this morning.
After a while, the face was all over, but Premier Zhou didn't come out, which made everyone very anxious!
Prince Zhou
Prince Zhou is not in the office, no one sees Premier Zhou, Premier Zhou can't come out of the bathroom yet! Did Premier Zhou suddenly "disappear"? The secretary couldn't believe it. Considering Premier Zhou's physical condition, the secretary suddenly took time and was electrocuted, so he quickly went to the bathroom to open the door.
When I opened the bathroom door, a touching and extremely moving scene appeared: Premier Zhou was holding a facial scarf in his hand and fell asleep naturally, while his other hand was a razor knife, leaning against the mirror!
Premier Zhou is really tired. In order for the country to achieve this, how many people are there besides Premier Zhou? Several guards were also worried about Premier Zhou's situation, so they came over and took a look. After seeing this scene, everyone felt tears coming out!
Prince Zhou (oil painting)
However, it is not the time to be sad. Premier Zhou still has a very heavy task, so the secretary stepped forward and patted Premier Zhou. Premier Zhou was also startled and his shoulders trembled. The secretary quickly supported Premier Zhou and said, "Prime Minister, your body..."
"Oh, why am I asleep here!" Premier Zhou quickly got up, washed his face with cold water, and quickly wiped it dry with a towel.
Everyone can see that Premier Zhou has reached its limit, but no one can dissuade him. Because time is tight at this time, the Prime Minister did not eat the top, but only ate two pieces of refreshing candy. When he disassembled the candy, his hands kept trembling!
Premier Zhou
Premier Zhou's body has reached this point, so can Premier Zhou successfully complete this diplomatic mission?
A difficult negotiation
This negotiation can be said to be the most difficult negotiation that Premier Zhou encountered. It is not because his opponent is so difficult. The big reason is that Premier Zhou's health has really reached the extreme.
During the negotiations, Premier Zhou was always very calm. Perhaps no one expected that day, and this talk lasted for ten hours!
Premier Zhou
Vietnam insists that China gives them 8.1 billion, but how could we agree to such unreasonable demands? During this period, Premier Zhou continued to share the same theories with Fan Wen, asking Vietnam to make concessions in the amount of aid and stop these unreasonable demands.
Premier Zhou was sleepy and hungry and had to drink tea to satisfy his hunger. Because the negotiations were very tense, no one was willing to breathe a sigh of relief to show weakness. The diplomatic battlefield is an invisible battlefield, and others cannot feel that we are timid.
Premier Zhou's body began to sweat . However, in order to complete the negotiation, he pretended to be fine, wiped it off with a tissue, and continued to talk and laugh with Fan Wen, chatting and laughing. In the Vietnamese perspective, Premier Zhou is still the diplomatic master on the international diplomatic stage and a difficult opponent.
Premier Zhou
Premier Zhou moved him with emotion and reason. He said: "8.1 billion yuan, this plan is too big. Not only can we not do it, it does not meet Vietnam's needs... First set the aid amount to 2.5 billion, and then classify it and calculate it."
Our plan sounds quite reasonable, but for Vietnam, we can't do this, we must give this money!
Fan Wentong's momentum was aggressive and unyielding, and she felt quite right. After a tense negotiation, Premier Zhou accurately hit Vietnam's key points in every conversation. In the end, Vietnam no longer insisted, but was quite dissatisfied with China.
Prince Zhou
In order to convince the Vietnamese, Premier Zhou made a bold decision: take model essay to the old revolutionary base Yan'an to take a look, experience the scenery there, and see China's backward northwest.
Premier Zhou has good intentions, but doing so is also huge for his health. Premier Zhou's personal doctor repeatedly advised Premier Zhou to put his work aside and leave this matter to others, but he said: "Let me finish this time first. I am so old and I don't have much time. It's better to be busy for a few more days and deal with more things..." Premier Zhou always said this, but he never did this. He is still diligent in government affairs and eating at night. People are moved by it!
Premier Zhou and Fan Wentong went to Yan'an in Yan'an. After the doctor who knew the danger of this trip brought a full set of medical facilities and also retrieved medical equipment from Yan'an. At this time, Premier Zhou was diagnosed with bladder cancer and heart disease. Such high-intensity work is really a torture for a heart disease patient in his seventies!
Premier Zhou took Fan Wentong to Yan'an and took him to see the lives of the local people. After knowing the backward appearance of Yan'an, Fan Wentong finally stopped asking for it. He thought Premier Zhou's words were justified and eventually won the 2.5 billion plan.
After knowing that Fan Wentong agreed, Premier Zhou was so happy. His face was extremely bright and saving so much money for the country was the happiest thing he was! After returning to Beijing, Premier Zhou only took a good rest for a few hours and finally returned to his job.
Premier Zhou has been doing well in Yan'an
for decades
In fact, this incident is just a small example of Premier Zhou. You should know that Premier Zhou's working habits have not changed for decades.
Since New China was founded , Premier Zhou set a rule for himself: he gets up at 9 o'clock every day to handle government affairs and keeps busy until two or three o'clock in the night.
Sometimes I sleep for a while, that is, I go to bed from two or three o'clock at night to one o'clock during the day, and get up and continue working.
Premier Zhou
Premier Zhou’s residence is not in the same place as Deng Yingchao, just to avoid delaying work. Xihua Hall is Premier Zhou’s home and his office.
After getting up every day, Premier Zhou would go to the bathroom to wash up immediately. He asked his secretary to accompany him, and the secretary would stand next to him to report on his work. There is a coffee table in the bathroom, and the coffee table is full of documents, in order to handle official documents when going to the toilet, so it is called the "Second Office".
Then the Prime Minister's diet is very simple. He usually eats some coarse grains and eats big fish and meat twice a week. At other times, the diet is very light unless there are foreign guests to see him.
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If there are foreign guests to visit, Premier Zhou will meet him early in the morning, and the state he gives is always the best side.
In order not to let himself miss any major events, Premier Zhou told his secretary that he must notify himself regardless of big or small matters.
One year, Premier visited Myanmar and returned to China. He stayed in Kunming, Yunnan for one night and returned to Chengdu the next day.
Due to the fatigue of boats and car trips, everyone had already gone to bed. Premier Zhou finally had a good sleep. It happened that late at night, someone told Premier Zhou's secretary that the representative of Myanmar would come to Kunming to plant trees tomorrow.
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Secretary felt that this kind of thing had been said in advance, and it would be okay not to tell Premier Zhou, so he hid it. As a result, when the sun just rose, Premier Zhou woke up and learned about it.
Premier Zhou was very angry when he found out, and he asked why he didn't tell himself? The itinerary was changed and he accompanied the Burmese representative to attend the tree planting ceremony in Yunnan. He returned to Chengdu one day after another. There are many similar things like
. Long-term fast-paced work has made Premier Zhou very efficient and capable. For example, a State Council meeting is held at 11 p.m. every night.
Prince Zhou
Faced with domestic and international big and international affairs, Premier Zhou can handle it in one hour, and must handle it. He forced himself to do this, and he got used to it over time.
In 1972, Premier Zhou found that hematuria when he was going to the toilet. Everyone persuaded him to go for a physical examination. At that time, he had to test his urine during the physical examination. The urine was covered with blood, and it was not water at all! The doctor was extremely worried after seeing it!
After examination, it turns out that Premier Zhou's body cancer cells were already very serious. At the worst, Premier Zhou could not even walk on the road. Once he had to take a car parked at the door, which was 20 meters away. Premier Zhou was supported and then he slowly walked.
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Everyone asked why he didn’t stop and rest? Premier Zhou said: "Prime Minister, Prime Minister, I am the Prime Minister of the people of the whole country. If I don't do these things, who will do it? You see how I can rest?"
In fact, Premier Zhou's health has improved, but it was because of this meeting with Fan Wentong in 1973 that Premier Zhou's physical condition has retreated again! Hematuria occurred.
As the condition worsened, Premier Zhou also slept very little. He used to be able to sleep for six or seven hours, but later he slept less than four hours a day. But under such circumstances, Premier Zhou still completed various document review and foreign affairs activities. Among the fifty-three documents, there are thousands of annotations alone! The workload is unimaginable!
Prime Minister Zhou
1976, Comrade Zhou Enlai, the good Prime Minister of the people, unfortunately passed away in Beijing. After his death, people from all over the country came to Beijing spontaneously to send the Prime Minister to his last journey. This great proletarian revolutionary family devoted their lives to the motherland!
After his death, his ashes were buried in the sea and walked through every inch of the motherland with the waves!
Devote your wholeheartedly and die until you die. No word can more appropriately describe Premier Zhou. This good prime minister of the people is worthy of our eternal memory! We also pay our highest respect to Premier Zhou!
