This is what Chiang Kai-shek said to Zhou En in person in 1937. You know, Chiang Kai-shek has a very big temper. However, there was only one exception in that diary, that was Zhou Enlai.

"Enlai, you are the most rational and humane comrade of the Communist Party of China..."

This is what Chiang Kai-shek said to Zhou En in 1937.

You should know that Chiang Kai-shek has an extraordinary temper. Later, after his diary was exposed, people found that he had scolded everyone almost all, even the Soong Mei-ling , which was facing each other day, was no exception.

However, in that diary, there is only one exception, that is Zhou Enlai.

From this incident, it is not difficult for us to see Premier Zhou's personal charm. Even a life-and-death opponent cannot find any problems with him.

For a long time, Premier Zhou left such an impression of a gentleman for all those who have been with him. Always be gentle and kind, treat others with sincerity and courtesy.

However, during the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in October 1938, when he met a military officer in the Kuomintang, Premier Zhou rarely looked at him coldly and ignored him. What's going on?

Zhou Enlai

On that day, Zhou Enlai visited Guo Moruo 's home. Coincidentally, Mr. Guo also invited some friends from the cultural circle to visit his home.

When Zhou Enlai walked into the living room, everyone was clapping their hands and making friends. It turned out that just before Zhou Enlai entered the door, there happened to be a military officer in the National Army who, under the watch of everyone, wrote this poem:

Wealth cannot be lustful, poverty cannot be moved, mighty cannot bend, and truth cannot be separated.

However, facing such a scene, Zhou Enlai did not express anything, but just shook hands with the others in the living room with a smile. Only when he walked to the Kuomintang officer, Zhou Enlai's originally smiling face suddenly became very cold. He ignored the other party and walked straight to Mr. Guo Moruo's inner room.

happens to be the lover of the National Army officer who was coldly opposed by Zhou Enlai, and was also on the scene. When she saw this scene, she was quite puzzled and didn't know why Zhou Enlai treated her lover so differently. Is it because of the identity of a military officer in the National Army? But at this time, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had already begun to cooperate in anti-Japanese war.

Until many years later, the national army officer had become the woman's husband. After deciphering her husband's identity, she realized that the husband was actually a red agent code-named "August 1".

So, who is this red agent? Why did Premier Zhou be cold-eyed when he saw him? Does Premier Zhou also know his true identity?

1: Go deep into the tiger's den

This red agent is named Xie Hegeng.

912, Xie Hegeng was born in a scholarly family in Guilin, Guangxi. His father, Xie Shunci, was a former scholar in the Qing Dynasty and a top student at Guangxi University. He was famous in the cultural circle with his good handwriting. The huge plaque and banner of Mr. Sun Yat-sen's interim presidential palace was written by Xie Shunci.

Under the influence of such a family environment, Xie Hegeng's cultural literacy needs no need to say much. And when he grew up, it was the era when this country was in trouble and countless aspiring people explored the way to save the country and the people. Xie Hegeng's thoughts naturally also longed for progress and wanted to do something for this country.

happens to be the first party member of our party at that time. Under the influence of my second brother, Xie Hegeng had come into contact with the theory of Marxism-Leninism early on, and agreed with this theory from the bottom of his heart, and began to actively participate in some peripheral activities of our party organization.

Xie Tiemin

However, just as the revolutionary cause was booming, the Kuomintang reactionaries led by Chiang Kai-shek openly betrayed the revolution and launched the "April 12 Counter-Revolutionary Coup", extending the butcher knife to our party members and revolutionary patriots. Xie Hegeng's second brother was also sacrificed under this white terror.

It can be said that during this period, under the cover of white terror, the revolution fell into a low tide. But the sacrifice of the second brother and other revolutionary patriots did not make Xie Hegeng feel at all about retreat. On the contrary, his revolutionary determination was even stronger. He would carry the hope of his second brother and his comrades and go to the end on the revolutionary road.

933, Xie Hegeng graduated from university.

"Enlai, you are the most rational and humane comrade of the Communist Party of China..."

This is what Chiang Kai-shek said to Zhou En in 1937.

You should know that Chiang Kai-shek has an extraordinary temper. Later, after his diary was exposed, people found that he had scolded everyone almost all, even the Soong Mei-ling , which was facing each other day, was no exception.

However, in that diary, there is only one exception, that is Zhou Enlai.

From this incident, it is not difficult for us to see Premier Zhou's personal charm. Even a life-and-death opponent cannot find any problems with him.

For a long time, Premier Zhou left such an impression of a gentleman for all those who have been with him. Always be gentle and kind, treat others with sincerity and courtesy.

However, during the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in October 1938, when he met a military officer in the Kuomintang, Premier Zhou rarely looked at him coldly and ignored him. What's going on?

Zhou Enlai

On that day, Zhou Enlai visited Guo Moruo 's home. Coincidentally, Mr. Guo also invited some friends from the cultural circle to visit his home.

When Zhou Enlai walked into the living room, everyone was clapping their hands and making friends. It turned out that just before Zhou Enlai entered the door, there happened to be a military officer in the National Army who, under the watch of everyone, wrote this poem:

Wealth cannot be lustful, poverty cannot be moved, mighty cannot bend, and truth cannot be separated.

However, facing such a scene, Zhou Enlai did not express anything, but just shook hands with the others in the living room with a smile. Only when he walked to the Kuomintang officer, Zhou Enlai's originally smiling face suddenly became very cold. He ignored the other party and walked straight to Mr. Guo Moruo's inner room.

happens to be the lover of the National Army officer who was coldly opposed by Zhou Enlai, and was also on the scene. When she saw this scene, she was quite puzzled and didn't know why Zhou Enlai treated her lover so differently. Is it because of the identity of a military officer in the National Army? But at this time, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had already begun to cooperate in anti-Japanese war.

Until many years later, the national army officer had become the woman's husband. After deciphering her husband's identity, she realized that the husband was actually a red agent code-named "August 1".

So, who is this red agent? Why did Premier Zhou be cold-eyed when he saw him? Does Premier Zhou also know his true identity?

1: Go deep into the tiger's den

This red agent is named Xie Hegeng.

912, Xie Hegeng was born in a scholarly family in Guilin, Guangxi. His father, Xie Shunci, was a former scholar in the Qing Dynasty and a top student at Guangxi University. He was famous in the cultural circle with his good handwriting. The huge plaque and banner of Mr. Sun Yat-sen's interim presidential palace was written by Xie Shunci.

Under the influence of such a family environment, Xie Hegeng's cultural literacy needs no need to say much. And when he grew up, it was the era when this country was in trouble and countless aspiring people explored the way to save the country and the people. Xie Hegeng's thoughts naturally also longed for progress and wanted to do something for this country.

happens to be the first party member of our party at that time. Under the influence of my second brother, Xie Hegeng had come into contact with the theory of Marxism-Leninism early on, and agreed with this theory from the bottom of his heart, and began to actively participate in some peripheral activities of our party organization.

Xie Tiemin

However, just as the revolutionary cause was booming, the Kuomintang reactionaries led by Chiang Kai-shek openly betrayed the revolution and launched the "April 12 Counter-Revolutionary Coup", extending the butcher knife to our party members and revolutionary patriots. Xie Hegeng's second brother was also sacrificed under this white terror.

It can be said that during this period, under the cover of white terror, the revolution fell into a low tide. But the sacrifice of the second brother and other revolutionary patriots did not make Xie Hegeng feel at all about retreat. On the contrary, his revolutionary determination was even stronger. He would carry the hope of his second brother and his comrades and go to the end on the revolutionary road.

933, Xie Hegeng graduated from university.At this time, he was an early graduate student, but secretly, he had secretly joined our party in 1930 and became an underground party member.

Under the organization's arrangement, after graduation, Xie Hegeng came to Chahar Feng Yuxiang's army and served as the captain secretary of the commander of Ji Hongchang of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army.

Ji Hongchang is a patriotic general. Xie Hegeng learned a lot after following him. General Ji Hongchang's family and country justice and determination to fight against Japan all deeply influenced Xie Hegeng.

But unfortunately, due to the pincer attacks of the Japanese army and reactionary forces, the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces failed. Now, Xie Hegeng's work in the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces was forced to end.

Like many red agents, Xie Hegeng actually yearns for working in the Central Soviet Area and confronting the enemy on a head-on battlefield. So he reported his ideas to the organization.

However, after considering it, the organization arranged another task: uses the relationship between Guangxi fellow villagers and invades the Guangxi warlords to do united front work . It is reasonable that

has such an arrangement in the organization. On the one hand, Xie Hegeng had just graduated, and was both a top student and had a clean background, and had a great chance to enter the Guangxi warlords; on the other hand, Xie Hegeng himself is from Guilin, Guangxi, and is very clever and knows how to socialize various affairs. This task is very suitable for him.

Xie Hegeng

In this way, Xie Hegeng took the letter of introduction written by Feng Yuxiang and rushed back to Nanning, Guangxi thousands of miles away.

After arriving in Nanning, Xie Hegeng went straight to the Guangxi headquarters and said that he wanted to meet Bai Chongxi .

If you are an ordinary person, it is obviously impossible to see Bai Chongxi just by speaking out. Fortunately, Xie Hegeng has a "step-down" in his hand: Feng Yuxiang's letter of introduction.

So, Xie Hegeng met Bai Chongxi as he wished.

Earlier, Li Jishen had actually written a letter to Bai Chongxi to recommend Xie Hegeng, but Bai Chongxi didn't know how Xie Hegeng himself was.

This time, he saw the young man in front of him with a graceful appearance and extraordinary conversation. He also admired him very much for a while and agreed to place him. However, he still needs to discuss with Li Zongren and before making a decision.

Now, Xie Hegeng was very confident. The first step to break into the Guangxi warlords was to take it out.

Because all the energy was devoted to the tasks arranged by the organization, Xie Hegeng had not yet returned home to visit his father and sister after returning to Guangxi. Therefore, after receiving the reply from Bai Chongxi to resettle, Xie Hegeng hurried back home to visit his father and sister, and waited for Bai Chongxi's "resettlement".

However, Xie Hegeng waited at home and did not wait for Bai Chongxi's "resettlement". At this time, Xie Hegeng also began to think about this matter seriously: What should we do if Bai Chongxi’s so-called “resettlement” is just an excuse? What if Bai Chongxi "replaced" the edge work and had no way to access core information?

After thinking about it, Xie Hegeng felt that he could not "wait for the sake of the rabbit". He had to take the initiative to let Bai Chongxi see his abilities, so that he could find a position useful to our party in the Guangxi clique.

So, not long after, Xie Hegeng visited Bai Chongxi again. This time, he made sufficient preparations and specially brought two papers he wrote: "On the Impact of US Dumping Policy on China's Economy" and "On Guangxi's Foreign Trade".

Xie Hegeng has real talent and knowledge. Bai Chongxi was able to become one of the leaders of the Guangxi clan and was also called " little Zhuge ". He is obviously not a person who can enjoy the money. Therefore, after reading Xie Hegeng's paper, Bai Chongxi admired Xie Hegeng more and more, and felt that this young man was indeed a talent that could be created.

Bai Chongxi

Soon, the Gui clan's appointment of Xie Hegeng came down. Because he was highly appreciated by Bai Chongxi, Xie Hegeng was directly appointed as a researcher at the Guangxi Industrial and Commercial Bureau and a first-class clerk in the Industrial and Commercial Department of the Department of Construction.

Moreover, he also obtained a "special pass" to enter and exit Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's residences at will. From this, it is not difficult to see Bai Chongxi's appreciation of Xie Hegeng.

At this point, Xie Hegeng has entered the tiger's den and has gained a firm foothold in the Guizhou system.Since then, the information from the Guangxi clique has been continuously transmitted back to our party through Xie Hegeng.

Until 1937, Xie Hegeng had completely gained Bai Chongxi's trust and became the confidential secretary around the other party.

2: Zhou Enlai personally guided

You should know that Premier Zhou directly led Central Special Section 5, and he and Li Kenong have always been responsible for the work on the hidden front of our party. Don’t Premier Zhou know his true identity for a trump card agent like Xie Hegeng who has entered the senior management of the Guangxi clique?

The answer is obviously no. Premier Zhou not only knew Xie Hegeng’s true identity, but also personally guided him.

1937, at this time, the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had begun. As the representative of our party stationed in the Kuomintang-controlled area, Zhou Enlai is responsible for the overall work of our party in the Kuomintang-controlled area.

It was also during this period that Zhou Enlai and Xie Hegeng met for the first time.

In fact, before meeting, Zhou Enlai had already learned about Xie Hegeng's experience from the Guangxi underground party organization. So as soon as we met, Zhou Enlai held Xie Hegeng's hand enthusiastically.

This time, Zhou Enlai and Xie Hegeng talked a lot. They asked Xie Hegeng in detail about his work with Bai Chongxi, and also carefully advised Xie Hegeng to pay attention to some hidden fronts, so that Xie Hegeng must protect himself.

Later, when we met for the second time, Zhou Enlai even brought Dong Biwu and Ye Jianying to listen to Xie Hegeng's report together. At the same time, Zhou Enlai also clarified the nature of Xie Hegeng's work this time: must be strictly confidential, and he can only contact his online Xuan Xiafu alone, and must never have relationships with the underground party organization in Guangxi, and must never let anyone know his true identity .

This is not only Zhou Enlai’s work requirement for Xie Hegeng, but also his earnest guidance for Xie Hegeng, the red agent.

Of course, Zhou Enlai's guidance to Xie Hegeng is far more than that. There is also a legendary revision story between him and Xie Hegeng.

Zhou Enlai

1 In early March 11938, Bai Chongxi, as the Minister of the Military Training Department of the National Army, wanted to deliver an important speech to the training group above the National Army's Commander and the National Army. The title of the speech was "The Relationship between Military Political Work and the National People's Political Work".

As the minister of the Military Training Department, Bai Chongxi, as the Minister of the Military Training Department, naturally could not take action personally. So, this task naturally fell on the "penny" beside Bai Chongxi, and Xie Hegeng was one of them.

Xie Hegeng is a top student. He has been with Bai Chongxi over the years and has done a lot of writing articles. So after he returned, he rushed to work overnight and wrote a speech of more than 14,000 words in a casual manner.

Xie Hegeng is quite confident in his writing style. But when he read this speech to a comrade around him, the comrade said, "It's too long, it should be deleted."

Friends who have processed texts should know that sometimes it is more difficult to modify an article than to write an article, especially to delete it. After all, for writers, the content in the article has meaning.

Just when Xie Hegeng was at a loss, he suddenly remembered someone: Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai was the director of the Political Department at the Whampoa Military Academy and Northern Expedition Army , and is now the deputy director of the Political Department of the Military Commission. It is natural for him to revise this speech.

So Xie Hegeng handed the speech to Li Kenong and asked him to pass it on to Zhou Enlai on his behalf.

Zhou Enlai was very busy at the time, but after receiving Xie Hegeng's speech, he did not delay at all and helped Xie Hegeng complete the revision work overnight. Because Zhou Enlai knew that this speech was crucial to Xie Hegeng's deepening trust in Bai Chongxi, and he was willing to give his greatest support to these comrades who were fighting on the hidden front.

The next day, when the speech was handed to Xie Hegeng again, he found that the whole manuscript was covered with traces of red ink writing, and Zhou Enlai deleted more than 2,000 words word by word.

The deleted contents are exactly the words Xie Hegeng accused the Kuomintang army of political work. As for why it was deleted, it was Zhou Enlai to protect Xie Hegeng.Because Bai Chongxi spoke as the Minister of Military Training, if these words accused the political work of the National Army appeared in the speech, it would be like Bai Chongxi slapped himself. Moreover, when Bai Chongxi saw these words, he would also doubt Xie Hegeng's position.

Not only that, Zhou Enlai also asked Li Kenong to lead a message, asking Xie Hegeng to change the content and methods of the political training in the speech. Because in Xie Hegeng's speech, the series of political training contents and methods he listed were too similar to those of our party and army. This will also increase the risk of Xie Hegeng being exposed.

It can be said that Zhou Enlai's concern and guidance for Xie Hegeng is all-round.

In the end, Bai Chongxi did use Xie Hegeng's version of the speech in his speech. The manuscript used by a senior general of the National Army during his important speech was actually written by the leader of the Communist Party of China. When Xie Hegeng reported this to Li Kenong, Li Kenong also joked:

"Little kid, you are so lucky. Comrade Enlai is your literary adaptation teacher. This is also a top secret story in the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party."

Li Kenong

3: Why are you cold-eyed at him?

Through the above content, we already know that Zhou Enlai knows Xie Hegeng’s true identity, and the two have also seen each other many times. So this time, when I saw Xie Hegeng again at Guo Moruo's house, why did Zhou Enlai look at him coldly?

At first, Xie Hegeng was very puzzled by this. It was not until Dong Biwu secretly made an appointment with him that he learned the answer from Dong Biwu.

It turns out that the reason why Zhou Enlai was cold to Xie Hegeng was actually to protect him. At that time, as a celebrity in the cultural world, Guo Moruo visited him very much, including patriots and enemy spies.

In this case, Xie Hegeng's superficial identity is an officer of the National Army. If Zhou Enlai had a gentle attitude towards him, it would likely attract the attention of "people with heart", which would lead to the exposure of Xie Hegeng's identity. On the other hand, Guo Moruo was a cultural figure who supported our party at that time. Xie Hegeng, as Bai Chongxi's confidential secretary, would inevitably make people suspicious when he visited Guo Moruo.

Of course, after explaining the reason, Dong Biwu also reposted Zhou Enlai's words: " If you find out that you go to Guo's hometown in the future, you have to consider your party membership. "

Some people may think that Zhou Enlai's words are too harsh. But let's put ourselves in our shoes, Xie Hegeng's identity is a red agent. Once his identity is exposed, only death will await him, and it will also involve other comrades on the hidden front.

In this case, Zhou En said this not only because of his concern and love for Xie Hegeng, but also because of his responsibility for Xie Hegeng's life safety.

Moreover, Zhou Enlai's "strickenness" is not only for Xie Hegeng, but also for Li Kenong, who is known as the "King of Agents", was criticized by Zhou Enlai because Xie Hegeng.

It was early in 1939, and the anti-Japanese war was raging all over the country. In order to expand its influence, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi decided to let two famous actors, Kingsoft and Wang Ying , bring the anti-Japanese drama team 2 to Nanyang to promote the performance. Our party is also happy to see anti-Japanese propaganda like

. So Li Kenong specifically instructed Xie Hegeng to cooperate with Jinshan and Wang Ying to prepare the performance plan.

In fact, Kingsoft and Wang Ying are also people of our party, and Wang Ying is Xie Hegeng’s lover. But at this time, they still don’t know each other’s identities.

Xie Hegeng and Wang Ying

On a day, Xie Hegeng was preparing to find Jinshan and Wang Ying to inform them of the performance as Bai Chongxi’s confidential secretary. But on the way, he met Li Kenong, Jinshan and Wang Ying walking together.

Xie Hegeng kept in mind Zhou Enlai's instructions: cannot let anyone know your identity . So, when he saw the three of them walking together, his first reaction was to avoid them and find an opportunity to meet Jinshan and Wang Ying alone.

But just as Xie Hegeng wanted to turn around, Li Kenong saw him.Because he knew Xie Hegeng's identity as a agent and knew that Kingsoft and Wang Ying were his own people, Li Kenong did not shy away and directly called out Xie Hegeng's name, and asked him what the performance plan was.

Now, Xie Hegeng knew the true identity of Kingsoft and Wang Ying, and Kingsoft and Wang Ying also knew that Xie Hegeng, Bai Chongxi's "confidant", was actually his own person.

However, after returning, Li Kenong realized his mistake. On the crowded street, talking to Xie Hegeng, Wang Ying, Jinshan and others. What if it is exposed?

So, he notified Kingsoft and Wang Ying not to mention the matter of the day to anyone; on the other hand, he found Zhou Enlai and Dong Biwu and reported the matter.

Although Zhou Enlai has always treated people gently, especially for comrades. But in the face of Li Kenong's mistake this time, he made severe criticism: Xie Hegeng is a secret party member directly led by the Party Central Committee... What problems should he have to do, you, Li Kenong!

Fortunately, this meeting was very secretive, and Kingsoft and Wang Ying were also reliable comrades, so this incident did not cause any follow-up trouble. But Li Kenong was always worried about this matter, and even when he mentioned it after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he felt very guilty.

So, whether it is the cold eyes of Xie Hegeng or the severe criticism of Li Kenong. Behind this seemingly inhumane, it is actually Zhou Enlai's care and love for his comrades. He doesn't want to or want to see his comrades exposed or sacrificed.

ending:

Wang Ying back then wondered why Zhou Enlai was cold-eyed towards her lover. In that "mistake" by Li Kenong, she knew that her lover was also her own person. But at that time she didn't know how high her husband was. It was not until Xie Hegeng's experience was completely deciphered that she knew that her lover: was actually a secret agent directly led by the Party Central Committee, code-named "August 1" .

Time flies, and now Zhou Gong , Li Kenong, Xie Hegeng, Wang Ying and other ancestors who have fought side by side have all left us. But the legends they left behind and the spirits passed down to us will last forever!

Since then, the information from the Guangxi clique has been continuously transmitted back to our party through Xie Hegeng.

Until 1937, Xie Hegeng had completely gained Bai Chongxi's trust and became the confidential secretary around the other party.

2: Zhou Enlai personally guided

You should know that Premier Zhou directly led Central Special Section 5, and he and Li Kenong have always been responsible for the work on the hidden front of our party. Don’t Premier Zhou know his true identity for a trump card agent like Xie Hegeng who has entered the senior management of the Guangxi clique?

The answer is obviously no. Premier Zhou not only knew Xie Hegeng’s true identity, but also personally guided him.

1937, at this time, the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had begun. As the representative of our party stationed in the Kuomintang-controlled area, Zhou Enlai is responsible for the overall work of our party in the Kuomintang-controlled area.

It was also during this period that Zhou Enlai and Xie Hegeng met for the first time.

In fact, before meeting, Zhou Enlai had already learned about Xie Hegeng's experience from the Guangxi underground party organization. So as soon as we met, Zhou Enlai held Xie Hegeng's hand enthusiastically.

This time, Zhou Enlai and Xie Hegeng talked a lot. They asked Xie Hegeng in detail about his work with Bai Chongxi, and also carefully advised Xie Hegeng to pay attention to some hidden fronts, so that Xie Hegeng must protect himself.

Later, when we met for the second time, Zhou Enlai even brought Dong Biwu and Ye Jianying to listen to Xie Hegeng's report together. At the same time, Zhou Enlai also clarified the nature of Xie Hegeng's work this time: must be strictly confidential, and he can only contact his online Xuan Xiafu alone, and must never have relationships with the underground party organization in Guangxi, and must never let anyone know his true identity .

This is not only Zhou Enlai’s work requirement for Xie Hegeng, but also his earnest guidance for Xie Hegeng, the red agent.

Of course, Zhou Enlai's guidance to Xie Hegeng is far more than that. There is also a legendary revision story between him and Xie Hegeng.

Zhou Enlai

1 In early March 11938, Bai Chongxi, as the Minister of the Military Training Department of the National Army, wanted to deliver an important speech to the training group above the National Army's Commander and the National Army. The title of the speech was "The Relationship between Military Political Work and the National People's Political Work".

As the minister of the Military Training Department, Bai Chongxi, as the Minister of the Military Training Department, naturally could not take action personally. So, this task naturally fell on the "penny" beside Bai Chongxi, and Xie Hegeng was one of them.

Xie Hegeng is a top student. He has been with Bai Chongxi over the years and has done a lot of writing articles. So after he returned, he rushed to work overnight and wrote a speech of more than 14,000 words in a casual manner.

Xie Hegeng is quite confident in his writing style. But when he read this speech to a comrade around him, the comrade said, "It's too long, it should be deleted."

Friends who have processed texts should know that sometimes it is more difficult to modify an article than to write an article, especially to delete it. After all, for writers, the content in the article has meaning.

Just when Xie Hegeng was at a loss, he suddenly remembered someone: Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai was the director of the Political Department at the Whampoa Military Academy and Northern Expedition Army , and is now the deputy director of the Political Department of the Military Commission. It is natural for him to revise this speech.

So Xie Hegeng handed the speech to Li Kenong and asked him to pass it on to Zhou Enlai on his behalf.

Zhou Enlai was very busy at the time, but after receiving Xie Hegeng's speech, he did not delay at all and helped Xie Hegeng complete the revision work overnight. Because Zhou Enlai knew that this speech was crucial to Xie Hegeng's deepening trust in Bai Chongxi, and he was willing to give his greatest support to these comrades who were fighting on the hidden front.

The next day, when the speech was handed to Xie Hegeng again, he found that the whole manuscript was covered with traces of red ink writing, and Zhou Enlai deleted more than 2,000 words word by word.

The deleted contents are exactly the words Xie Hegeng accused the Kuomintang army of political work. As for why it was deleted, it was Zhou Enlai to protect Xie Hegeng.Because Bai Chongxi spoke as the Minister of Military Training, if these words accused the political work of the National Army appeared in the speech, it would be like Bai Chongxi slapped himself. Moreover, when Bai Chongxi saw these words, he would also doubt Xie Hegeng's position.

Not only that, Zhou Enlai also asked Li Kenong to lead a message, asking Xie Hegeng to change the content and methods of the political training in the speech. Because in Xie Hegeng's speech, the series of political training contents and methods he listed were too similar to those of our party and army. This will also increase the risk of Xie Hegeng being exposed.

It can be said that Zhou Enlai's concern and guidance for Xie Hegeng is all-round.

In the end, Bai Chongxi did use Xie Hegeng's version of the speech in his speech. The manuscript used by a senior general of the National Army during his important speech was actually written by the leader of the Communist Party of China. When Xie Hegeng reported this to Li Kenong, Li Kenong also joked:

"Little kid, you are so lucky. Comrade Enlai is your literary adaptation teacher. This is also a top secret story in the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party."

Li Kenong

3: Why are you cold-eyed at him?

Through the above content, we already know that Zhou Enlai knows Xie Hegeng’s true identity, and the two have also seen each other many times. So this time, when I saw Xie Hegeng again at Guo Moruo's house, why did Zhou Enlai look at him coldly?

At first, Xie Hegeng was very puzzled by this. It was not until Dong Biwu secretly made an appointment with him that he learned the answer from Dong Biwu.

It turns out that the reason why Zhou Enlai was cold to Xie Hegeng was actually to protect him. At that time, as a celebrity in the cultural world, Guo Moruo visited him very much, including patriots and enemy spies.

In this case, Xie Hegeng's superficial identity is an officer of the National Army. If Zhou Enlai had a gentle attitude towards him, it would likely attract the attention of "people with heart", which would lead to the exposure of Xie Hegeng's identity. On the other hand, Guo Moruo was a cultural figure who supported our party at that time. Xie Hegeng, as Bai Chongxi's confidential secretary, would inevitably make people suspicious when he visited Guo Moruo.

Of course, after explaining the reason, Dong Biwu also reposted Zhou Enlai's words: " If you find out that you go to Guo's hometown in the future, you have to consider your party membership. "

Some people may think that Zhou Enlai's words are too harsh. But let's put ourselves in our shoes, Xie Hegeng's identity is a red agent. Once his identity is exposed, only death will await him, and it will also involve other comrades on the hidden front.

In this case, Zhou En said this not only because of his concern and love for Xie Hegeng, but also because of his responsibility for Xie Hegeng's life safety.

Moreover, Zhou Enlai's "strickenness" is not only for Xie Hegeng, but also for Li Kenong, who is known as the "King of Agents", was criticized by Zhou Enlai because Xie Hegeng.

It was early in 1939, and the anti-Japanese war was raging all over the country. In order to expand its influence, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi decided to let two famous actors, Kingsoft and Wang Ying , bring the anti-Japanese drama team 2 to Nanyang to promote the performance. Our party is also happy to see anti-Japanese propaganda like

. So Li Kenong specifically instructed Xie Hegeng to cooperate with Jinshan and Wang Ying to prepare the performance plan.

In fact, Kingsoft and Wang Ying are also people of our party, and Wang Ying is Xie Hegeng’s lover. But at this time, they still don’t know each other’s identities.

Xie Hegeng and Wang Ying

On a day, Xie Hegeng was preparing to find Jinshan and Wang Ying to inform them of the performance as Bai Chongxi’s confidential secretary. But on the way, he met Li Kenong, Jinshan and Wang Ying walking together.

Xie Hegeng kept in mind Zhou Enlai's instructions: cannot let anyone know your identity . So, when he saw the three of them walking together, his first reaction was to avoid them and find an opportunity to meet Jinshan and Wang Ying alone.

But just as Xie Hegeng wanted to turn around, Li Kenong saw him.Because he knew Xie Hegeng's identity as a agent and knew that Kingsoft and Wang Ying were his own people, Li Kenong did not shy away and directly called out Xie Hegeng's name, and asked him what the performance plan was.

Now, Xie Hegeng knew the true identity of Kingsoft and Wang Ying, and Kingsoft and Wang Ying also knew that Xie Hegeng, Bai Chongxi's "confidant", was actually his own person.

However, after returning, Li Kenong realized his mistake. On the crowded street, talking to Xie Hegeng, Wang Ying, Jinshan and others. What if it is exposed?

So, he notified Kingsoft and Wang Ying not to mention the matter of the day to anyone; on the other hand, he found Zhou Enlai and Dong Biwu and reported the matter.

Although Zhou Enlai has always treated people gently, especially for comrades. But in the face of Li Kenong's mistake this time, he made severe criticism: Xie Hegeng is a secret party member directly led by the Party Central Committee... What problems should he have to do, you, Li Kenong!

Fortunately, this meeting was very secretive, and Kingsoft and Wang Ying were also reliable comrades, so this incident did not cause any follow-up trouble. But Li Kenong was always worried about this matter, and even when he mentioned it after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he felt very guilty.

So, whether it is the cold eyes of Xie Hegeng or the severe criticism of Li Kenong. Behind this seemingly inhumane, it is actually Zhou Enlai's care and love for his comrades. He doesn't want to or want to see his comrades exposed or sacrificed.

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Wang Ying back then wondered why Zhou Enlai was cold-eyed towards her lover. In that "mistake" by Li Kenong, she knew that her lover was also her own person. But at that time she didn't know how high her husband was. It was not until Xie Hegeng's experience was completely deciphered that she knew that her lover: was actually a secret agent directly led by the Party Central Committee, code-named "August 1" .

Time flies, and now Zhou Gong , Li Kenong, Xie Hegeng, Wang Ying and other ancestors who have fought side by side have all left us. But the legends they left behind and the spirits passed down to us will last forever!