When Zhou Enlai was in danger, he had at most 17 tubes inserted at the same time, and he could only feed his stomach directly through nasal feeding. The illnesses in him are unimaginable to ordinary people.
But despite this, Premier Zhou still worked until the last moment and urgently summoned Luo Qingchang before his death. So, what did Zhou Enlai say to him at that time? Who is this person, and why did this person urgently summon him at the last moment? It was not until 17 years later that Luo Qingchang revealed the content of his conversation with Premier Zhou.
The figures on Luo Qingchang’s secret front
Cangxi As the base of the red revolution, it has provided many outstanding young people to the revolution. During his school days, Luo Qingchang participated in the Communist Youth League to engage in underground work. In 1934, 16-year-old Luo Qingchang joined Red Army with 23 friends. Afterwards, I bid farewell to my hometown and followed the large army to start the Long March .
Yuluo Qingchang
The first test he faced after joining the army was the Long March. For a child who was only 16 years old, such a test is too cruel. Despite his young age, he joined the Long March without retreating at all.
He couldn't stand the long journey along the way. He could always fall asleep while walking. After resting on the grass once, he followed in a daze until he was halfway through the road.
Just when he was so anxious that he was at a loss, the team leader and instructor Fu Chongbi came over with a gun and sternly scolded him:
"Luo Qingchang, the dead must guard four wooden boards. Why did you, a soldier, lose the guy?" Afterwards, whenever Luo Qingchang thought of this, he was ashamed.
Of course, during the Long March, what you need to face is not only physical fatigue, but also the challenges of conditions and environment, as well as the pursuit of the enemy.
When they were stationed in , when Luo Qingchang and another comrade went to find the Women's Independent Company, they found that more than 30 female Red Army soldiers were all shot dead by the enemy, including a female soldier he knew.
This is the most shocking scene he has seen after joining the army. This scene will be unforgettable for him. He held the grenade in his hand and secretly made up his mind to avenge them. After
, Luo Qingchang followed the troops to Dusong Ferry in Chonghua County, Dajinchuan. He unexpectedly encountered the enemy. The troops immediately fought fiercely with several people, and the enemy's blood splattered on his face without fear.
After the soldier Yu Sang was injured, everyone rushed to bandage him. Yu Sang smiled and wiped his face. Luo Changqing remembered this scene and his confidence in the revolution became stronger.
During the Long March, they experienced countless difficulties, and Zhang Guotao's wrong route also made many soldiers sleep there every time they arrived. There is a little soldier who is very lively and is a pistachio in the army, but when he passed through the grass and , he also died there.
Before his death, he held Luo Qingchang's hand and said expectantly:
"Luo Qingchang, I can't do it anymore. You go and put the red flag all over China!"
Luo Qingchang has never forgotten it for the decades after that, and this sentence has always inspired him.
Since 1938, Luo Qingchang was sent to the Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army to start his "underground" work.
His public identity at that time was the confidential secretary of Lin Boqu, director of the Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army, and was actually responsible for the security of the office.
1939, Luo Qingchang broke into the internal affairs and worked under the leadership of the big spy leader Wu Defeng, and was engaged in the collection and transmission of intelligence systems.
At that time, the station of the Eighth Route Army Xi'an Office became a major concern for the Kuomintang. Therefore, spies lurked around every day, looking for loopholes and excuses to prepare for action.
But under Luo Qingchang's arrangement, you can escape the inspection every time. At the same time, Luo Qingchang was in contact with the resident. The spy once heard the abnormal radio wave , but he didn't find anything every time he came to search, and this was also Luo Qingchang's credit.
Luo Qingchang
Over the years, whenever there is a problem with the enemy or his own people, he can always discover and solve the problem as soon as possible.
Once he got the message and was shaken by the person he contacted, he ignored his personal safety and crossed the cordon for the party's secret documents, retrieved the secret documents from the contact person, and transferred them safely to the Eighth Route Army Xi'an Office.
In 1941, Luo Qingchang was transferred back to Yan'an and entered the core department of our party's intelligence agency to assist Li Kenong in grasping the intelligence struggle against the enemy. The report on the "Three Youth Leagues" written by Luo Qingchang was also praised by Chairman Mao.
During his time in Yan'an, Luo Qingchang also promptly provided the enemy's situation to Chairman Mao and Zhou Enlai every day, and fully grasped the enemy's mobilization situation. Chairman Mao was very satisfied with this: "Every move of the enemy is under our control."
Luo Qingchang's intelligence work was done vividly and had never been noticed by the enemy. Many senior Kuomintang officials and generals among the CCP intelligence personnel also maintained close contact with him.
Luo Qingchang
After Luo Qingchang
, Luo Qingchang still played his role in important positions in the intelligence department of the Communist Party of China, and also participated in the detection of major events such as " Kashmir Princess ".
1963, he also followed Liu Shaoqi to visit Cambodia and served as the leader of the Front Security Leading Group. Luo Qingchang's intelligence work was unanimously recognized by everyone within the party. Marshal Xu Xiangqian also commented: "Luo Qingchang is an unknown hero on the intelligence reconnaissance front of our party."
However, Luo Qingchang has never been complacent about his work. He often said to people around him:
"I am the son of a farmer. It was the party who led me to the revolutionary ranks. Being able to engage in intelligence work under the leadership of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai and do my best for the revolution is a great blessing in my life!"
Zhou Enlai
So, what is the connection between Zhou Enlai and Luo Qingchang? Why did Zhou Enlai urgently call him before his death?
Zhou Enlai urgently summoned Luo Qingchang before his death
On September 4, 1975, Zhou Enlai saw a newly published " Reference News " reprinting an article from the editorial department of Hong Kong's "Seventies" "Interview with Chiang Ching-kuo's Old Ministry of Crazy Cheung-kuo's Cai Sheng-3". In the article, the death of Chiang Kai-shek in and Chiang Kai-shek in , analyzes the situation in Taiwan and the situation about Chiang Ching-kuo in .
Zhou En saw it and smelled a glimmer of opportunity. For many years, Zhou Enlai has been paying close attention to the Taiwan issue. Before his death, Taiwan issue has also become the thing he cannot let go of the most.
Zhou Enlai specifically instructed Luo Qingchang and Qian Jiadong to figure out the content of Cai Shengsan's conversation. At that time, his life had entered the countdown. Although his body could no longer control him, his mind was still very clear.
So after he signed his name in the instructions, he wrote down "分, 分, 分, 分, 分", which shows that Zhou Enlai's concern about the situation in Taiwan.
Since the 1930s, Luo Qingchang has worked under the direct leadership of Premier Zhou. When he was the Minister of the Investigation Department of the CPC Central Committee, he had been working with Zhou Enlai for more than 40 years and had been managing Taiwan work for a long time.
In May and June 1971, Premier Zhou and Luo Qingchang and others had a meeting in the west hall of the Great Hall of the People. During this period, Luo Qingchang received a confidential call from Deng Yingchao. Deng Yingchao said carefully:
"Little Luo, you don't know that Enlai has blood in his urine now. You can't do it too late for your work. Don't tell others about this."
As a staff member of the intelligence department, he naturally knows the impact of leaking Premier Zhou's condition, and Deng Yingchao was able to tell him this secret because of his trust in him for many years.
Zhou Enlai Deng Yingchao
On December 20, 1975, Zhou Enlai's guard called and said that the Prime Minister wanted to see him by name. At that time, Premier Zhou was weak and had a high fever, and he couldn't speak smoothly. Zhang Shuying, on duty, did not hear what he said clearly at first. It was not until Premier Zhou repeated it and found out that he knew that he was going to see Minister Luo Qing.
After contacting Luo Qingchang, Zhang Shuying took him to the hospital in the Prime Minister's car.
When Luo Qingchang arrived at the hospital, Premier Zhou fell into a coma again. After waiting outside for more than twenty minutes, the Prime Minister finally woke up. Luo Qingchang looked at the haggard Prime Minister and felt as if he was cut off.
He insisted on saying to Luo Qingchang:
"Comrade Qingchang, I didn't expect that when I was sick, I would be so sick, and I would still see you today."
But before the Prime Minister could say a few words, the physical pain was unbearable, so I could only end the conversation. After saying that, he quickly fell into a coma again. After Luo Qingchang waited outside the ward for half an hour, the Prime Minister did not wake up, so Luo Qingchang had to leave.
Luo Qingchang
It was not until later that he realized that this side was the last farewell to the Prime Minister.
This is also the last time the Prime Minister asked the head of a central department to talk to him. After the Prime Minister's death, Luo Qingchang served as deputy director of Zhou Enlai's funeral office and bid farewell to the Prime Minister's last journey.
On the evening of January 15, 1976, Luo Qingchang scattered his ashes on the plane to the land of the motherland in accordance with Premier Zhou's will.
So, what did Premier Zhou say to Luo Qingchang? It was not until September 1993 that Luo Qingchang revealed the content of the secret talks with Premier Zhou during the interview.
Premier Zhou told him that don’t forget the people of Taiwan, and don’t forget friends in Taiwan, such as Zhang Xueliang , Zhang Zhen .
Zhang Xueliang
Zhang Xueliang is a well-known national hero, but who is Zhang Zhen?
In 1945, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party signed the Double Ten Agreement. General Zhang Zhizhong, the peace general, decided to hold a cocktail party to celebrate that night in the auditorium of the Military Commission of the National Government, and Chairman Mao was also among them.
That night, Liu Yazi came to visit Chairman Mao. Zhou Enlai asked him to see him next day and asked his secretary Li Shaoshi to send him home safely, but on the way, he was attacked by the Kuomintang. Li Shaoshi was seriously injured and was immediately sent to the hospital.
When Zhou Enlai learned about it, the first thing he thought of was Chairman Mao’s safety, but in order not to worry Chairman Mao, he did not mention this matter.
He explained to Chairman Mao and came out to arrange the matter. At this time, he thought of Zhang Zhen, the commander of the Kuomintang’s military police, who accompanied Chongqing. In order to protect Chairman Mao’s safety, Zhou Enlai called Zhang Zhen to visit the dead Li Shaoshi, and then accompanied him to safely escort Chairman Mao to Hongyan .
Chairman Mao shook hands with Zhang Zhen
For this matter, Zhou Enlai never forgot about this matter. After the founding of New China, he still did not forget Zhang Zhen. He had said to Luo Qingchang many times: "Taiwan will be liberated in the future. Don't forget Zhang Zhen's contribution to the negotiations during the Chongqing negotiations."
However, General Zhang Zhen had already passed away in Taiwan in 1950, but Premier Zhou still cared about him before his death.
In the first twenty days before Premier Zhou's death, he missed those Taiwanese friends who had worked with him every day, hoping that they would return to their motherland as soon as possible.
During the talks, Premier Zhou also explained to Luo Qingchang that his ashes would be scattered at the estuary of the Yellow River .
Premier Zhou
There are two meanings here:
The first is that the Yellow River is China's mother river, and his ashes scattered on the mother river can be regarded as returning to the earth mother. Second, Zhou Enlai hopes to scatter his ashes into the sea, and bring his ashes to Taiwan through the tide to be with his Taiwanese compatriots, which is also his greatest wish.
So, how much effort did Zhou Enlai put into Taiwan in these years?
Zhou Enlai is in love with Taiwan
After the end of the Korean War , the central government took into account the complex international situation and proposed the idea of a peaceful solution to the Taiwan issue.
On August 12, 1954, Premier Zhou proposed at a symposium on democrats :
"Anyone who is willing to return to the motherland from Taiwan, we will not blame us. Everyone has friends in Taiwan and can do propaganda work to them."
Month, the central government clearly stated in its propaganda policy on solving the Taiwan issue: Anyone is allowed to abandon the darkness and turn to the light and return to the mainland to reunite with their families.
After this, Zhou Enlai has expressed his idea of a peaceful resolution of the Taiwan issue on many occasions, both at home and abroad.
Premier Zhou at the Bandung Conference
1955, when Zhou Enlai visited Myanmar , he told Prime Minister Wu Nu that the Taiwan issue is China's internal affairs and no external interference is allowed. As long as Chiang Kai-shek agrees to the peaceful reunification and liberation of Taiwan with China, the Chinese people can forgive him, but he must recognize the Central People's Government and cannot claim to represent China.
After this, Zhou Enlai also took the initiative to propose in public that he hoped to conduct the third cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party with Chiang Kai-shek, and that the Taiwanese authorities would send representatives to Beijing to discuss with us at the appropriate time.
At this point, the work of peacefully resolving the Taiwan issue has begun to enter the stage of seeking contact and consultation.
In order to accelerate the reunification of the motherland, Zhou Enlai instructed the central and local offices to protect the ancestral tombs of Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng and others, and take care of their relatives who are still in the mainland.
Chiang Kai-shek
After this, despite some eye-catching achievements in work with Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek was still full of suspicion and did not believe in our party.
After discussing with Chairman Mao, Zhou Enlai believed that the task of liberating Taiwan should not be too anxious, and it may be left to our next generation to solve it. We can also create conditions for them and wait for the time to be ripe.
After much thought, Zhou Enlai decided to do the work of a veteran of the Kuomintang as an important channel for winning over Taiwanese people.
In March 1961, Mr. Zhang Shizhao told Zhou Enlai that the Kuomintang veteran Yu Youren who was with Zhou Enlai during the Anti-Japanese War, saying that this year was his wife's 80th birthday, but he could not accompany her in the mainland, which made Yu Youren very sad.
After Zhou Enlai learned about it, he immediately notified all departments to celebrate his 80th birthday for Mrs. Yu, and he also prepared some gifts himself. When Yu Youren, who was far away in Taiwan, received Premier Zhou's care for him, he was overjoyed and very moved.
Yu Youren
Of course Premier Zhou also has a certain effect on the work of the veterans of the Kuomintang. Before Yu Youren passed away, he wrote a poem expressing his strong desire to reunify the motherland.
"Buried me in the mountains, looking at my mainland. If the mainland does not see me, I can only cry bitterly!"
At the same time, Zhou Enlai also instructed relevant people to send photos of Chiang Kai-shek's ancestral tomb to Taiwan, and asked Chiang Kai-shek's brother to take care of Chiang Kai-shek's relatives in Fenghua and Chen Cheng's family. These work also had a lot of impact on Taiwan.
An important person in charge of the Taiwan authorities said that they no longer send people to the mainland to disrupt public peace and disrupt order, and also said that further sending people to the mainland to talk is inevitable and necessary.
Premier Zhou
Premier Zhou guides him in handling Taiwan's work in the future with such a kind and kind policy.
In January 1975, Zhou Enlai came to Changsha with illness to attend the Fourth People's Congress. Chairman Mao proposed to release a group of Kuomintang war criminals and US-Chiang spies.
After returning to Beijing, Zhou Enlai immediately implemented the decision and decided to release 25 war criminals first and arrange work for them after they are released. But at the end of the preparations, Premier Zhou still proposed to release all war criminals in custody. Finally, with the consent of Chairman Mao, the Supreme People's Court of agreed to release 293 war criminals.
These people never thought that they would be able to regain their freedom one day, so when they were released, they were full of gratitude to the Communist Party.
At the same time, Hua Guofeng announced to the world that all released people can return to Taiwan or live in the mainland. If you return to Taiwan, you will pay a sufficient travel fee to provide all conveniences. We are welcome to those who are willing to return to the mainland after returning to Taiwan.
Among these released people, many of their relatives are in Taiwan, but they thought that if they returned to Taiwan, they would likely be treated as a CCP spy and implicate their relatives, so most of them decided to stay in the mainland.
Zhou Enlai worked hard to achieve the great cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland.
Unfortunately, at the end of his life, he could not see Taiwan’s return, so before his death, Zhou Enlai explained to Deng Yingchao that he would put his ashes in the Taiwan Hall of the Great Hall of the People in to express his wish to be with Taiwan.
However, we believe that the great cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland will be realized in the near future and fulfill the Prime Minister's last wish.
