1974 is the 25th anniversary of the founding of New China. On October 1, Tiananmen Square will hold a grand celebration. The day before National Day, on September 29, the Central Committee decided to hold a state banquet in the Great Hall of the People to entertain the attendees.

1974 is the 225th anniversary of the founding of New China. On October 1, Tiananmen Square will hold a grand celebration. The day before the National Day, on September 29, the Central Committee decided to hold a state banquet for at Great Hall of the People and host the attendees.

Premier Zhou Enlai, who was responsible for formulating the list of state banquets, after some thought, a familiar name emerged in his mind - Qu Wu. After careful consideration, Qu Wu was included in the supplementary list of state banquet staff.

After the list was submitted to Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao saw the word "Qu Wu" and simply approved one word: Yes.

In this way, Qu Wu was able to walk out of prison and go straight to the state banquet, thus ending his six-year prison life.

So, who is Qu Wu? Why are Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou so valued?

Quwu

Patriotic youth, blood splashed the Presidential Palace

1898, Qu Wu was born in a poor family in Weinan, Shaanxi. Qu Wu's life experience is very miserable. When he was 4 years old, his parents died one after another and could only grow up with his grandmother.

Qu Wu's uncle is promising, passed the imperial examination in the late Qing Dynasty, and became a small official in Hebei. My uncle loved this nephew very much and paid out of his own pocket for Qu Wu to study. Unfortunately, when Qu Wu was 10 years old, his uncle also died of illness, so he had to go home to farm and look for the direction he was moving forward.

1911, Revolution broke out, and Qu Wu also joined the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal march and began to come into contact with revolutionary ideas. He believes that doing a revolution cannot rely on being cruel and brave, but one must arm oneself through knowledge and change the destiny of the country.

So in 1914, he hiked more than 200 miles and went to Huashan Academy to study. But Qu Wu was penniless and could not afford the tuition fee, so he was rejected for a while. Later, the dean was moved by his sincerity and waived tuition fees, which finally gave him the opportunity to study. Three years later, he graduated from Huashan Academy and was successfully admitted to Shaanxi Chengde Middle School.

1919, the May Fourth Movement broke out and the wave of student movement swept across the country. After the news reached Shaanxi, Qu Wu, who was determined to serve the country, immediately took action, led the students to strike and march, and secretly organized a group of ten people to save the country.

In June 1919, Qu Wu, as a young leader in Shaanxi, led Shaanxi students to Beijing, and stood in front of Xinhuamen with more than 500 students across the country, organized Beiyang government to sign the Paris peace agreement, requiring foreign evidence of state power and domestic punishment of traitors.

President Xu Shichang Under pressure, he met Qu Wu and other student representatives. He persuaded with great sincerity: " You are still young, have no political experience, and are easy to be exploited. Let's go back to school! "

Xu Shichang's shirkness angered Qu Wu. As was played in the TV series " Awakening Era ", he knelt on the ground and roared in tears: " Today is thrown into Shandong, tomorrow is thrown into North China, and our country will die soon! If the government does not agree to our request, we will fight for !" After that, Qu Wu hit the wall head-on, and blood flowed in an instant.

This is the "Blood Splash Presidential Palace" incident with great influence. Under pressure, the Beiyang government had to give up signing the Paris Peace Agreement.

A month later, Qu Wu attended the first national student conference held in Shanghai and got the opportunity to meet Sun Yat-sen. When he learned that he was a young hero of the "Blood Splashing Presidential Palace", Sun Yat-sen said earnestly: " China's hope is placed on a young man like you! "

Jiang Jingguo

became sworn brothers with Jiang Jingguo and were imprisoned by the Soviet Union for 7 years

Qu Wu's shocking feat was appreciated by the Kuomintang veteran Yu Youren . When he learned that he was wanted by the Beiyang government, he kept him and took refuge in the palace.

During this period, two major events happened to Qu Wu: The first thing was to marry Yu Youren's eldest daughter Yu Zhixiu; the second thing was to become sworn brothers with Chiang Kai-shek's eldest son Jiang Jingguo.

At that time, in order to win over Yu Youren, Chiang Kai-shek specially sent Chiang Ching-kuo to the mansion to study and visit. Yu Youren felt that Qu Wu and Chiang Ching-kuo were in love, so he said, "You both are born in the year of the dog (Qu Wu is 12 years older). Both are so young, it is better to become sworn brothers and can also support each other in the future." So Qu Wu and Chiang Ching-kuo became sworn brothers.

In 1922, Qu Wu was admitted to the preparatory course of liberal arts at Peking University , and joined the party in 1925 with the recommendation of Li Dazhao. During this period, Chiang Ching-kuo also went to Beijing to study and received a lot of help from his righteous brother Qu Wu. The two studied and rowed together and spent a pleasant time.

Qu Wu and Yu Zhixiu

1926, Qu Wu went to the Soviet Union to study under the arrangement of Li Dazhao, and met Chiang Ching-kuo there again. The two met again in a foreign country and felt very intimate. When they parted, Qu Wu gave his only thick blanket as a gift to Chiang Ching-kuo, which allowed Chiang Ching-kuo to survive the severe cold of Siberia . However, Qu Wu, who had no blanket, spent 7 difficult years in the severe cold of Arctic Ocean .

While Qu Wu stayed in the Soviet Union, his wife Yu Zhixiu was arrested by the Kuomintang reactionaries on the charge of "communism" and ordered her to dissolve her marriage with Qu Wu. Yu Zhixiu had no choice but to divorce Qu Wu, and was released from prison.

In April 1930, Qu Wu remarried, and the other party was a Soviet girl named Nina. However, just one week after the two were newly married, Qu Wu received instructions to return to China to participate in the revolution. sat on the train back to China, Qu Wu was in a dilemma. Before the train started, he shouted to Liu Bocheng: "I'll go back and say goodbye to Nina." After that, he jumped down and jumped off the train.

Qu Wu and Chiang Ching-kuo in the Soviet Union

However, when Qu Wugang met Nina, he was arrested by Soviet soldiers. After a trial, the Soviet Union sent Qu Wu to the Murmans Claire reform site on the shore of the Arctic Ocean on the grounds of "violating military discipline" and worked for seven years of hard labor.

It was not until the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out in 1937 that Yu Youren learned about his former son-in-law's experience, and he rescued Qu Wu back to his country by negotiating with the Soviet ambassador. When passing through Hong Kong, Qu Wu contacted Liao Chengzhi, the representative of the Communist Party of China in Hong Kong, and asked him to review his history and accept himself as a re-joining party. But Liao Chengzhi told him: " welcomes you to return to China to fight against the war. Regarding the issue of restoring the relationship between the party organization, we will give a reply after research in the future. ."

Yuyouren

Peacefully liberated Xinjiang and made great contributions

After Qu Wu returned to China, he temporarily lived in his former father-in-law Yu Youren's home. When Jiang Jingguo heard that he was back, he came to visit him immediately. He hugged Qu Wu and cried bitterly, saying, "Brother , I'm sorry for you, I will never forget your kindness for life! "

1939, Qu Wu met Zhou Enlai at Zhou Mansion in Chongqing. During the talks, Qu Wu proposed to restore his party membership and contribute to the revolution. Zhou Enlai weighed the pros and cons, believing that it would be more beneficial to keep Qu Wu in the Kuomintang and could rely on Yu Ren's connections to publicize the work of the Anti-Japanese War.

However, Qu Wu was not valued by the Kuomintang. In 1944, Chiang Kai-shek arranged him back to his hometown in Shaanxi and served as the director of the Department of Construction. Qu Wu did not want to leave Chongqing, so he had to find Chiang Ching-kuo to mediate. But for his safety concerns about his elder brother, Chiang Ching-kuo advised him: "Now someone reports that you are colluding with the Communist Party. If you don't leave, your life will be lost!" Qu Wu had to take office.

Zhou Enlai

During the revolutionary period, although Qu Wu was in the enemy camp, he made great contributions. Rescuing 131 Communist Party members detained by Shengshicai and peacefully liberating Xinjiang were his two most brilliant strokes.

In October 1945, Qu Wu was transferred to the position of mayor of Dihua (now Urumqi). The most important thing after taking office was to rescue the detained Communist Party members. To this end, he urged Zhang Zhizhong many times, reminding: " release of Communist Party members in detention cannot be delayed anymore, to show our sincerity in establishing a coalition government. ."

With the permission of Zhang Zhizhong, Qu Wu met Qu Qiubai's first wife, daughter, Mao Zemin's wife and others in Xinjiang prison.After conveying Zhou Enlai's instructions, he left some money to help everyone improve their lives.

Chiang Kai-shek and his son

1 On June 10, 2019, with Qu Wu's unremitting efforts, these Communist Party members and their families were finally released and arrived in Yan'an safely. Just over ten days later, Chiang Kai-shek tore up the Double Ten Agreement and launched a large-scale attack on the liberated areas. If it were a few days later, Qu Wu's rescue operation would have failed.

Therefore, when Qu Wu came to Beiping as a Kuomintang negotiator in 1949, Zhou Enlai held his hand tightly and said gratefully: "Thank you for completing this important task ."

Before Qu Wu went to Beijing, he followed Zhang Zhizhong to Xikou, Zhejiang to listen to the views of Chiang Kai-shek and his son on the peace talks. During this period, he talked to Jiang Ching-kuo, his brother, many times, and persuaded him to follow the trend and promote peace talks. But in Jiang Ching-kuo's view, peace talks are just means, not the end. The two parted in disagreement and never met again.

Shortly after the People's Liberation Army entered Xinjiang

, the peace talks broke down, and Qu Wu returned to Dihua to promote the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang. He convinced Xinjiang Provincial Chairman Bao Erhan, the Security Commander Tao Zhiyue and others, and finally reached a consensus and prepared to launch a peaceful uprising.

Jiang Ching-kuo was always paying attention to the movements in Xinjiang and sent people to dissuade them many times, but Qu Wu was unmoved. In his call, he said: The peaceful liberation of Xinjiang is the general trend, and people's will, I am sorry that I cannot obey my fate!

On September 25, 1949, Bao Erhan, Tao Zhiyue and others issued a telegram to announce the uprising and Xinjiang was peacefully liberated. Not long after, Qu Wu, as the leader of the "Welcome the People's Liberation Army into the New Delegation", went to Jiuquan to welcome First Field Army led by Peng Dehuai, making great contributions to the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang.

Quwu

From prison to state banquet, Chiang Ching-kuo worshiped his ancestral tomb in the 1987s

After the founding of New China, Qu Wu continued to serve as Mayor of Dihua and rejoined the party in 1950, and finally got what he wanted. After that, he was elected vice chairman and chairman of the Democratic League. In 1983, he served as vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and was a dignified vice-state-level cadre.

During that ten special period, Qu Wu was "unfairly treated" because he "joined the party twice". He was detained in Qincheng Warden for 6 years since 1968.

However, Premier Zhou did not forget this revolutionary who worked hard for the country. On the eve of National Day in 1974, he remembered this familiar name and included Qu Wu on the supplementary list of state banquet personnel. After reviewing it, Chairman Mao simply approved one word: Yes.

In this way, Qu Wu was able to be released from prison and went straight to the state banquet, restoring his freedom.

Chiang Kai-shek's ancestral tomb

Although they were not planning each other and were separated by a shallow strait, Qu Wu did not forget the sworn brother of Chiang Ching-kuo. In 1987, he, who had retreated to the second line, came to Xikou, Zhejiang with his family, and worshipped Jiang Jingguo's grandmother and mother with a flower basket, and even cleaned up the weeds around the Jiang family cemetery despite his age.

In the eyes of the people, Chiang Kai-shek's family is a sinner of the Chinese people and cannot be forgiven. Therefore, when Qu Wu came to visit the tombs of Xikou , many people expressed their discomfort. Faced with the doubts, Qu Wu only said: " My brother can't come back in Taiwan. As the eldest brother, shouldn't I mention my brother's grave sweeping? "

After returning, Qu Wu wrote his experiences into a long letter and sent it to Taiwan. After reading the letter, Jiang Ching-kuo, who was already in his twilight years, was greatly moved and was very grateful for his kindness.

In 1988, Chiang Ching-kuo passed away. After learning the news, Qu Wu was deeply saddened and could not sleep all night.

In 1992, Qu Wu died of illness in Beijing. Before his death, he said to his children: " People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are reunited. When you pour me a cup of Maotai wine , so that I can feel the joy of the reunification of the motherland in the nine springs... "