Chapter 14 Prevent specialization at all times

On the afternoon of January 11, 1976, relatives who participated in Zhou Enlai's condolence activities listened to Premier Zhou Enlai's last words to relatives conveyed by Comrade Deng Yingchao in the Great Hall of the People: Prevent specialization at all times.Remember, don't specialize on the revolutionary journey just because you are a relative!The relatives who participated in this meeting were crying with tears in their eyes, and the scenes of past events that the beloved Premier Zhou Enlai taught during his lifetime immediately came to their minds. Zhou Erhui is the grandson of Zhou Enlai's eighth aunt. His father, Zhou Enshuo, was killed by Japanese devils and traitors.In the early days of liberation, the family was very poor.Zhou Enlai asked this nephew to study beside him, and paid his living expenses and tuition from his own salary.At that time, there were middle schools for the children of cadres in Beijing, and there were many key schools with good conditions, but Zhou Enlai did not send him to such schools, but sent him to No. 26 Middle School.This school has just been converted from a private middle school to a public one. The conditions are relatively poor, and most of the students attending are children of working people nearby.Before Er Hui entered school, Zhou Enlai repeatedly told him not to disclose his relationship with him, whether it was filling in forms or talking.Zhou Enlai said to Er Hui: If you tell about your relationship with me, people will know that you are the nephew of the prime minister, and they will take care of you and accommodate you, and you will feel superior; in that way, your progress will be slow.In July 1961, after Zhou Erhui got married, in order to take care of the relationship between husband and wife, Beijing Iron and Steel Institute transferred his lover Sun Guiyun from Huai'an to work in Beijing through negotiation.After reporting for duty, Er Hui and his wife went to visit their uncle and aunt together.Only then did Zhou Enlai know about it. He said, "Why can I only be transferred to Beijing instead of other places to take care of the relationship between husband and wife?" You can’t take the lead in violating this policy.” Later, Premier Zhou criticized comrades in relevant parties and asked Sun Guiyun, his niece and daughter-in-law, to return to work in Huai’an.A year later, Er Hui was also transferred back to Huai'an.Before Erhui left, Zhou Enlai said to him: "What you learn in school can be brought to your hometown to play a role." He also warned him: "After returning, you can't specialize it" and "prevent specialization at any time." .

Zhou Enlai’s niece Zhou Bingjian, whom Zhou Enlai loved very much during his lifetime, listened to his uncle’s advice and performed very well during labor training in Inner Mongolia. Later, he joined the army there.After joining the army, she put on a new uniform and reported to her uncle very happily.Zhou Enlai patiently persuaded her to take off her military uniform and return to Inner Mongolia to become a herdsman.Based on Zhou Bingjian's performance, the leaders of the autonomous region planned to promote her as a cadre. After Zhou Enlai found out, he said that it would be better for her to be an ordinary worker.In order to become one with the Mongolian compatriots, Bingjian was determined to learn the Mongolian language well, and was admitted to the Mongolian Department of Inner Mongolia University.This was supported by Uncle.Zhou Enlai: If you learn Mongolian well, you will be able to serve the people of Inner Mongolia better.Later, Zhou Bingjian married a Mongolian youth, and he also received warm encouragement from his uncle.

Zhou Enlai was like this with his relatives of the younger generation, and he also did not allow any specialization for his relatives of the same generation.In the early days of liberation, Zhou Enlai's aunt Chen Xiuyun once asked him to arrange a job for her.Chen Xiuyun was a suffering intellectual in the old society.In the era of white terror, she dared to risk her life to visit her eldest cousin in Meiyuan New Village.After the liberation of Shanghai, she was unemployed at home, so she wrote to her cousin Zhou Enlai for help.Later, Zhou Enlai entrusted Deng Yingchao to write a reply letter to the aunt and cousin, telling her that the cousin could not use his power to arrange work for relatives and friends.The letter stated: "The people's government employs people mainly by their own work performance. As long as they work hard, endure hardships and stand hard work, have high work efficiency, and have good relations with the masses, no matter who they are, they will be valued by the people's government. , it is useless to "support" no matter who's "kindness". This style of work is a fine tradition that our party has adhered to for a long time, especially in the current jobs of your cousin and me, let alone violate the principle of being close ...... Regarding your work opinion, I think it is better to go to northern Jiangsu to produce or engage in cultural and educational work. Now the people's government is doing it in an organized way. I hope you pay attention to reading the newspaper and contacting me directly." This precious letter , is a glorious witness of Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao's couple's education of relatives to "prevent specialization at all times". Now it has become a national first-class revolutionary cultural relic and is treasured in Zhou Enlai's former residence.