Deng Xiaoping blurted out three names without thinking. Deng Rong frowned curiously. During the years since he participated in the revolution, Deng Xiaoping had many comrades who shared life and death. Why did he have the best relationship with these three people?

Deng Rong once asked his father Deng Xiaoping this way: "Who is your best relationship with in this life?"

Deng Xiaoping blurted out three names without thinking. Deng Rong frowned curiously. In the years since he participated in the revolution, Deng Xiaoping had many comrades who shared life and death. Why did he have the best relationship with these three people?

Deng Xiaoping smiled kindly, without answering, but slowly raised his head and looked at the sky, his thoughts slowly drifted to 1920, the passionate years...

1. The friendship of youth is the most unforgettable

On October 20, 1920, the cruise ship "Ontelepeng" slowly drove into the port of Paris, France. Among a group of blonde and blue-eyed foreigners, a short boy with thick and hard hair was particularly noticeable.

As soon as he got off the cruise, a large number of students studying in France rushed up and warmly welcomed his arrival.

The boy stood in the crowd and blushed in a cramped manner. A young man with a head combed back and a tall figure saw his embarrassment, took the initiative to hold the boy's hand, and said generously: "My name is Nie Rongzhen! Welcome to France!"

The boy quickly put down his luggage and held Nie Rongzhen's hand tightly: "Hello comrade, my name is Deng Xiansheng (the original name of Deng Xiaoping, unify the full text, ”! ”

Nie Rongzhen turned his head and pulled the tall and thin young man standing behind him to his back, and took the initiative to introduce: “His name is Li Fuchun, and we will be classmates in the future! ”

In the crowded crowd at the Paris Pier, accompanied by the salty and wet smell of the sea breeze, Deng Xiaoping met two "favorite friends" in his life - Nie Rongzhen and Li Fuchun.

The next day, the students held a warm welcome ceremony for Deng Xiaoping and his party. Deng Xiaoping met Nie Rongzhen again. After inquiring, he found out that the two of them were villagers in Sichuan. It was so exciting to meet fellow villagers on the other side of the ocean.

Deng Xiaoping and Nie Rongzhen couldn't wait to communicate in Sichuan dialect , and soon the two became good friends who could talk about everything. Whenever they mentioned this, Deng Xiaoping was very excited: "We met in a foreign country, and we were so unspeakable!"

From this day on, Deng Xiaoping, Nie Rongzhen and Li Fuchun often participated in some student activities together. They thought it would be difficult for them to integrate into a foreign country life, but unexpectedly, with the help of Nie Rongzhen, Deng Xiaoping quickly adapted to the rhythm of life in France.

pic |Young Nie Rongzhen

At the French student group at that time, 16-year-old Deng Xiaoping was the youngest. Everyone treated him as a younger brother to take care of him. When encountering problems in work and study, everyone would enthusiastically help him solve them.

After Deng Xiaoping came to France, he quickly started his overseas student career as a half-worker and half-study student.

A month later, Zhou Enlai also arrived in France. His goal was very clear, that is, to come to France to develop the early organization of the party. Therefore, Zhou Enlai began to carry out social activities as soon as he arrived in France. In 1921, the Paris communist group was established, and in 1922, the Chinese Youth Communist Party was established.

At that time, Premier Zhou was responsible for publicity work and met Deng Xiaoping during publicity activities. Under Premier Zhou's mobilization, Deng Xiaoping joined the Chinese Socialist Youth League without hesitation. When Zhou Enlai was elected General Secretary, Deng Xiaoping did some auxiliary work. When he founded the official publications "Boy" and "Chin Guang", Deng Xiaoping was mainly responsible for carving wax plates, and Li Fuchun was responsible for distribution. In a small room at the Hotel No. 17 Gordroye Street in Paris, Deng Xiaoping, Li Fuchun, Zhou Enlai and Nie Rongzhen spent a passionate period here.

French work-study four-person group living together day and night, sharing weal and woe. At that time, France's economic situation was very depressed, prices rose wildly, and more unemployed employees were increasing, and locals could not sustain their lives, let alone these Chinese students working and studying in foreign countries.

Only a very small number of students have a wealthy family background, which can support them to continue studying abroad. Most of the students are in a difficult situation, have poor food and live in poor living conditions, and their meals are all white water and bread. However, everyone has a very high enthusiasm for revolution and is a group of young people full of fighting spirit.

In such a harsh environment, many students cannot find a job that can continue to support their studies. As the unemployment situation becomes increasingly serious, the students of working part-time have experienced the severity of reality. At this moment, there are only three ways in front of them: out of school, unemployment and returning to China.

Everyone traveled across the ocean to study in Paris. They were full of confidence when they set out, but now they are suppressed by reality and are so sorry for themselves that their students are unwilling to give up.

Under the leadership of Cai Hesen, Zhou Enlai and others, the students carried out the "anti-hunger struggle". In order to win the right to study, they also carried out the "fight back to the Sino-French University of Lyon". Nie Rongzhen, Li Fuchun and Deng Xiaoping also actively participated in the struggle. In the process of seeking the truth, several people established a deep revolutionary friendship.

Since then, they are no longer simple friends, nor simple classmates, but comrades-in-arms who have revolutionary friendships and can fight side by side!

pic |Young Zhou Enlai

Fortunately, all kinds of thoughts in France were very active back then. After a long-term investigation, Deng Xiaoping and Zhou Enlai chose communism at the same time. In order to support communism, the two worked together to fight against other republican ideas, experienced danger countless times, and then escaped danger countless times.

During the years of spending day and night together, Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping gradually had the same hobbies and habits. Zhou Enlai loves to watch football, Deng Xiaoping also loves to watch football, Zhou Enlai loves to eat that kind of croissant, and Deng Xiaoping also loves to eat it.

In fact, this croissant is the cheapest food in France, but it is already the best "delicious delicacy" for international students. The small croissant symbolizes the friendship between Deng Xiaoping and Zhou Enlai. After the founding of New China, Deng Xiaoping specially brought back some croissants to the seriously ill Premier Zhou when he visited France.

Recalling the friendship with Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping said with great emotion: "I admire and respect him like my brother."

After returning from France, the four-person group of work-study teams went to different jobs. Nie Rongzhen was sent to the Soviet Union by the organization to study, and Li Fuchun stayed in the Soviet area and struggled. It was not until the end of 1927 that Deng Xiaoping once again met his teenage friends.

At that time, Zhou Enlai was responsible for the specific affairs of the central government, and he had to ask for instructions on many major affairs of the central government, and Deng Xiaoping assisted Zhou Enlai in handling daily work. Every time Zhou Enlai was in a meeting, he had to say a lot, and Deng Xiaoping sat aside and recorded the key points of Zhou Enlai's words one by one.

The two fight together, work together, and live together.

At that time, Premier Zhou and Deng Yingchao lived upstairs, while Deng Xiaoping and Zhang Xiyuan lived downstairs. The young and energetic four people still maintained high fighting spirit even though they were in the whirlpool of the revolution. They could often hear laughter at home. Cai Chang asked Deng Xiaoping and Zhou Enlai and others why they always laughed?

Deng Xiaoping smiled and replied: "We were young at that time, of course we were happy."

A short sentence was full of youthful spirit. People often say that the friendship of youth is the most precious. No matter how many storms we have experienced, the most unforgettable are the energetic young men and those childish but lofty ideals!

pic |Young Deng Xiaoping

2. Comrades fighting side by side

In September 1924, Premier Zhou returned to China, and Deng Xiaoping, Nie Rongzhen and others also returned to China one after another. These students who went to France to work and study directly joined the forefront of the Chinese revolution and made great contributions to the victory of the revolution!

Zhou Enlai and Nie Rongzhen led the August 1st Nanchang Uprising and fired the first shot of armed resistance to the Kuomintang. Deng Xiaoping also launched the Baise Uprising in 1929. Several people from one side of the world burned the spark of the revolution into a prairie fire, burning the entire land of China!

1934, the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" of the Central Red Army in failed and was forced to conduct a strategic transfer. When preparing to set off, Li Fuchun, who was working in the Political Department, found that Deng Xiaoping's name was not on the transfer list. He immediately reported to his superiors. With the help of Li Fuchun, Deng Xiaoping was able to join the Long March team.

1935 During the Red Army's Grassland , Deng Xiaoping became the propaganda minister of the Red First Army. At that time, the political commissar of the Red First Army was Nie Rongzhen. The two of them, who were both fellow villagers and classmates, became colleagues and comrades-in-arms. During these arduous years, the two of them were loyal and supported each other, and established a deep friendship.

Deng Xiaoping's work was very hard at that time. He not only had to keep up with the pace of the large army, but also had to constantly publicize the Communist Party's propositions and promote the anti-Japanese war. When the troops were resting, Deng Xiaoping could not rest, but also had to do ideological work for prisoners. He had to write propaganda outlines and textbooks when he had some spare time. The long-term high-load work crushed Deng Xiaoping's body step by step.

When I was in Qingyang, Gansu, Deng Xiaoping suffered from severe typhoid fever. He was unconscious for several days and could not eat anything. His life was in danger. However, the resources of the Red Army were very limited at that time. One had no medicines and the other had no supplements. Nie Rongzhen was so anxious that he couldn't sleep for several days and nights and couldn't eat.

is at this critical moment. Zhang Xueliang sent people to send two trucks of condolences, including some canned milk. Nie Rongzhen immediately ordered: No one is allowed to touch these milk, and all of them will be sent to Deng Xiaoping!

Learning that Deng Xiaoping was unconscious and drank all the milk, Nie Rongzhen jumped three feet high with joy. He said excitedly: "This is a timely help. With these milk, people will be saved!"

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, Deng Xiaoping was transferred to the political commissar of the 129th Division, Nie Rongzhen became the political commissar of the 115th Division and deputy division commander. After the great victory of Pingxingguan, Nie Rongzhen was ordered to stay in the Jin-Cha-Hebei Border Region to preside over the anti-Japanese war behind enemy lines, Deng Xiaoping led the troops to the front line.

The two people fighting side by side were once again sent to different battlefields, but no matter where they were, they had the same attitude towards the Japanese invaders, that is, "resolutely drive the Japanese invaders out of China"!

Deng Xiaoping and Nie Rongzhen fought bravely on their respective battlefields, fighting to the death, and doing their best to defend the territory of the motherland.

pic|Deng Xiaoping

In January 1940, the Jin-Cha-Hebei Military Region formed a southward detachment to Southeast Jin-East . Nie Rongzhen led a team of thousands of people. Under the cover of night, he marched through Heshun and Liao County , and arrived at Wangjiayu, where the Eighth Route Army headquarters was located.

Here, Nie Rongzhen met old comrades such as Zhu De, Peng Dehuai and Deng Xiaoping. It was New Year's Eve, and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters were having fun in the New Year. When Nie Rongzhen came, everyone became more lively.

I haven't seen an old friend for a long time. Zhu De pulled Nie Rongzhen and refused to let him go for a long time. The two of them drank one glass after another with their glasses, but they couldn't have fun.

Deng Xiaoping, who was next to him, had not drunk any wine. He was worried that if everyone drank too much, it would be difficult to mobilize it in time if something unexpected happened. Nie Rongzhen understood what Deng Xiaoping meant without saying anything, so he didn't persuade him to drink a glass of wine. This was the tacit understanding between old comrades. Needless to say, he understood it at a glance.

Nie Rongzhen did not follow the south detachment to continue, but stayed to report to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters. After the report was completed, Deng Xiaoping invited Nie Rongzhen to the 129th Division to give lectures to the soldiers and reminisce about the past. Unexpectedly, Nie Rongzhen lived in the 129th Division for several days and did not return to the headquarters.

This old comrade-in-arms who have been together for a long time have finally met each other and have a lot of things to say. They chat every day until the rooster is dawning.

In Yan'an arduous years, Deng Xiaoping met Zhuo Lin, and the two held a simple revolutionary wedding in the cave, and central leaders such as Mao Zedong and Liu Shaoqi attended their wedding.

On the wedding day, Deng Xiaoping was very happy and refused toasts from all directions. Li Fuchun knew that Deng Xiaoping had a bad alcohol tolerance and should not be drunk on the revolutionary wedding day, so he secretly put the white water into a bottle and handed it to Deng Xiaoping. Deng Xiaoping immediately realized something was wrong with his mouth and looked at Li Fuchun gratefully.

After the wedding, everyone had no time to greet each other, so they went their separate ways for the revolution. Nie Rongzhen led his troops to the front line, Deng Xiaoping and Liu Bocheng led the Eighth Route Army to advance into the Dabie Mountains, and Li Fuchun stayed in Yan'an, responsible for the central government's finance and logistics work.

At that time, Zhou Enlai was not in Yan'an. He wandered in the heart of the enemy, led the revolutionary struggle in white area , and did his best to do the united front work.

Deng Xiaoping, who was at the Paris Pier back then, would never have thought that these "boys" would become extremely important leaders of our party and our country in the future!

pic | Zhou Enlai

3. Join hand in hand to old age and never forget his comrades

After the founding of New China, a group of four people working and studying in Paris gathered in Beijing, Deng Xiaoping became the Vice Premier of the Government Council, Li Fuchun served as the Director of the State Planning Commission, Nie Rongzhen was responsible for the work of the General Staff Department, and Zhou Enlai was responsible for the work of the Government Council.

At that time, Nie Rongzhen had a heavy burden on his shoulders and was busy for 24 hours. Deng Xiaoping and Zhou Enlai were both worried about his health, but there was no other way.

New China is in a mess, and all walks of life are in urgent need of restoring production order. There are endless work and endless documents every day, and everyone is working overloaded.

One day Nie Rongzhen suddenly fainted in the office, and the staff hurriedly sent him for rescue. After some examination, it was found that Nie Rongzhen actually suffered from heart disease and hypertension . He insisted on working until the situation on the Korean Peninsula stabilized, and then resigned from his position as Chief of General Staff and other positions, and went home to take care of his illness. Deng Xiaoping and Li Fuchun went to visit him whenever they had time.

At that time, Deng Xiaoping often took his family to Nie Rongzhen's house to eat tofu . In fact, there are many tofu sellers in Beijing, but Deng Xiaoping only likes tofu ate Nie Rongzhen's tofu . Deng Rong, who is only 6 years old, does not understand the difference between Nie Rongzhen's tofu and the ones sold outside.

Deng Xiaoping patiently explained: "The tofu in your Uncle Nie's family is the most authentic, and his family has few people and is too quiet. It's good for us to make a fuss!"

Nie Rongzhen also welcomes Deng Xiaoping's family to visit. Every time he sees children running around the ground, Nie Rongzhen will watch with a smile on his face for a long time.

Deng Xiaoping is a particular person. He never comes to his house empty-handedly. Every time he visits, he always brings Sichuan kimchi from his hometown. Nie Rongzhen loves this bite and is willing to share it with others. He often uses the kimchi sent by Deng Xiaoping. Whenever he hears the guests praise the kimchi, Nie Rongzhen will proudly say: "Is it comfortable? The kimchi in my hand specially brought back from Sichuan!"

In addition to visiting Nie Rongzhen's house, Deng Xiaoping's family often go to play with Premier Zhou and his wife. Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao have no children all their lives, so they love Deng Xiaoping's children especially.

Influenced by his father, Deng Xiaoping's children also love to watch football very much. Whenever there is a game, Deng Xiaoping would take his son and Premier Zhou to watch it.

Picture | Deng Xiaoping took his child to an outing with Premier Zhou. When he saw the cute child, Premier Zhou became very entertained. He deliberately asked the boss Deng Pufang: "Who in your family is in charge of the money?"

Deng Pufang pouted and thought for a long time before answering: "It's my sister Deng Nan. "

Premier Zhou picked up Deng Nan and said with a smile: "You are also the Prime Minister, as big as my official! "

Deng Nan was suddenly picked up by Premier Zhou, was shocked and shouted: "I am not the Prime Minister! I'm not the Prime Minister! "

Hearing this, Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping were amused.

Then Premier Zhou pointed at the third brother maomao and said, "You are the Foreign Minister at home. "

When it was the youngest youngest turn, Premier Zhou was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's your name? "

The little boy replied in a slight voice: "Feifei..."

"Yo, then you have the same name as me! ” Premier Zhou quipped.Deng Pufang next to

heard it and said, "No! No! Uncle Zhou is not called Feifei!"

Zhou Enlai explained with a smile: "I used to have a pseudonym, which is Feifei. Are we the same name?"

It was not until this time that everyone knew that Zhou Enlai used a pseudonym "Feifei" when he was young.

In the eyes of children, Premier Zhou is a kind elder. He is very concerned about the life of Deng Xiaoping's family. When he was studying in Paris, Zhou Enlai treated Deng Xiaoping as his younger brother to take care of him. Unexpectedly, so many years have passed, in Zhou Enlai's heart, Deng Xiaoping is still a younger brother who needs his care.

Once, Zhou Enlai came to Deng Xiaoping's house and saw that there was no guard at the door. He said anxiously: "How can this be done? There is not even a guard at the door." A few days later, Premier Zhou added a sentry at Deng Xiaoping's door.

At that time, Premier Zhou was responsible for foreign affairs and often got some delicious delicacies. Every time he got something delicious, he was always reluctant to eat it, but sent it to Deng Xiaoping's house for his children.

At that time, crabs were very precious and delicious. Not to mention children, many adults had never eaten them in their half life, or even seen them. Looking at the crabs sent by Premier Zhou, no one knew how to move their chopsticks.

Deng Rong was so scared that she burst into tears when she saw it that she didn't dare to eat it. Premier Zhou kindly held Deng Rong in his arms and said, "I'll teach you, crabs are delicious."

Premier Zhou opened the back cover of the crab bit by bit, patiently and carefully taught the child how to remove the stomach, how to peel the meat from his body, how to decompose the crab layer by layer, and then put the crab roe on the rice, stirred it briefly, and fed it to Deng Rong with a spoon. Deng Rong, who was already afraid, took a bite, and was so anxious that he wanted to eat it.

Looking at Premier Zhou who was feeding Deng Rong for dinner, Deng Xiaoping was unconscious and did not expect that so many years would pass in the blink of an eye.

The four young men who were walking on the streets of Paris with newspapers and were full of energy now have become people with beautiful temples and starting families.

After dinner, Zhou Enlai asked with concern: "How is Fupian (Nie Rongzhen's character) recovering? The central government is short of manpower now!"

Deng Xiaoping replied: "It's not bad. I'll ask his opinions in a few days."

Picture | Deng Xiaoping and Nie Rongzhen

After three years of recuperation, Nie Rongzhen's body has slowly recovered. Deng Xiaoping, under the Central Committee's appointment, solicited his opinions on work arrangements.

Deng Xiaoping asked with concern: "How is your body recovering?"

Nie Rongzhen patted his chest hard and said, "Don't worry, I can hold my body firmly."

Deng Xiaoping smiled and nodded, saying straight to the point: "Do you think it's okay to be the mayor?"

Nie Rongzhen frowned, sighed heavily, and replied, "You know, I don't want to be the mayor. Our country is too backward and urgently needs to carry out work on national defense science and technology. , I am willing to overcome difficulties, but in the end I have to ask the central government to make a decision. If possible, it is okay to take into account both in the future! "

Deng Xiaoping nodded vigorously and said, "It's not possible. The body is the capital of revolution, so be careful! I know your ideas."

In fact, in recent years, Nie Rongzhen has often mentioned that my country's national defense technology lags behind the West in the West. Deng Xiaoping understood the idea of ​​his old comrades. Indeed, it is obviously easier to be a mayor, but strengthening our country's national defense technology has always been Nie Rongzhen's dream.

Before coming to Nie Rongzhen's house, Deng Xiaoping had already reflected Nie Rongzhen's ambitions in the field of national defense science and technology to the central government. He said bluntly: "That's it, I will submit it to the central government for approval and appointment."

Nie Rongzhen's request was quickly approved. In November 1956, Nie Rongzhen became the Vice Premier of the State Council, in charge of science and technology work.

In the same year, Li Fuchun also entered the State Council and helped Premier Zhou work with Deng Xiaoping. Li Fuchun's family lives behind Deng Xiaoping's house. The two often go home together. The young Deng Rong likes the amiable Cai mother very much and often goes to Li Fuchun's house to play. Cai Chang can always take out a few candies from her pocket. No matter how many years have passed, Deng Rong remembers the delicious candies at Cai's mother's house.

In his spare time, Li Fuchun would also bring his family to Deng Xiaoping’s house to play cards. Adults would talk and laugh, and the children would run around in the yard. Whenever they saw this scene, Deng Xiaoping couldn’t help but sigh a lot.

Picture | Li Fuchun and Cai Chang couple

Later, the children also grew up, and their old comrades left one by one. Deng Xiaoping cherished the old comrades who were with him and the remaining short time.

Daughter Deng Rong asked his father curiously: "Who do you have the best relationship with in your life?"

Deng Xiaoping blurted out without hesitation: "Prime Minister Zhou, and you Uncle Li and Uncle Nie."

Deng Rong was puzzled. His father had fought so many battles in his life and had many comrades who had been through life and died. Why were these three people?

Deng Xiaoping did not answer, but looked up at the sky. The answer was in the small room of the hotel at No. 17, Gordroye Street in Paris. The friendship of youth is the most precious and unforgettable...