Chapter 16 Premier Li Peng pays homage to Zhou Enlai's former residence

During his inspection in Jiangsu, Premier Li Peng of the State Council once again came to Huai'an, the hometown of Premier Zhou Enlai, a proletarian revolutionist of the older generation, and paid tribute to the former residence of Comrade Zhou Enlai with deep affection. On the morning of May 19, 1994, the sun was shining brightly, the green pines were dripping green, and the red plaque with golden characters "Comrade Zhou Enlai's former residence" inscribed by Comrade Deng Xiaoping was particularly dazzling, and the atmosphere of the former residence square was even more solemn.More than 20 staff members of Zhou Enlai's former residence management office were dressed in uniform uniforms and waited eagerly for the arrival of Premier Li Peng.

At 10:20, a minibus taken by Premier Li Peng slowly drove into the square of the former residence along with the drive-thru. The welcome crowd burst into warm applause. Premier Li Peng and his wife Zhu Lin, accompanied by heads of relevant departments of the State Council, entered the former residence with money.Premier Li Peng walked at the front in good spirits, smiling frequently to the staff on duty.When visiting the birthplace of Premier Zhou Enlai, the guide said: "The beloved Premier Zhou was born in this room on March 5, 1898. His father's name is Zhou Shaogang, and his mother's name is Zhou Wan Mrs. Zhou Enlai, known as Twelve Aunts..." Premier Li Peng listened intently, looked at the portrait of Zhou Enlai's mother carefully, and whispered to Zhu Lin: "Premier Zhou's mother is very delicate, and Premier Zhou looks like her mother." Zhu Lin and The people around him laughed heartily.Then we visited the house of the wet nurse Jiang Jiang. The guide said: "The wet nurse Jiang Jiang was born in a family of working people. Zhou Enlai had a deep affection for her and affectionately called her 'Mama Jiang'." At this time, Premier Li Peng interjected: " This wet nurse has an influence on his life." She was approachable and amiable when she spoke, as if she was chatting with everyone.

In the former residence exhibition room, although Premier Li Peng is very familiar with Zhou Enlai's family background, he still listened carefully to the detailed introduction of the narrator, especially when he listened to the deeds of Premier Zhou's concern for the construction of his hometown, he was more emotional and contemplated for a long time. Entering the second room, that is, the exhibition hall of "Looking at the Former Residence and Remembering the Prime Minister", the first thing that catches the eye is the original plaque of Deng Xiaoping, the inscription of General Secretary Jiang Zemin, and Comrade Li Peng's first visit to the former residence of Zhou Enlai on May 30, 1980. The inscription: "Our comrades in the power industry front will always miss the beloved Premier Zhou Enlai, learn from his revolutionary spirit, and work hard for the realization of the four modernizations!" At that time, Premier Li Peng visited the former residence as the minister of the Ministry of Power Industry.After fourteen years, great changes have taken place in Huai'an, the hometown of Premier Zhou.During this visit to Jiangsu and the former residence of Premier Zhou, why didn't Premier Li Peng have mixed feelings? !The scene of Premier Li's first visit to the former residence of Premier Zhou with tears in his eyes is still fresh in the memory of every staff member in the former residence.At this time, Zhu Lin pointed to Chen Huanyou's inscription "A Generation of Talents" in September 1983, and asked Governor Chen: "Is there still your inscription?" Premier Li Peng smiled and said to her: "Chairman Mao wrote in "Qin Garden In the words of "Spring", "A Generation of Tianjiao" refers to a Genghis Khan-style national hero."

The comrades in charge of the former residence management office took the initiative to help Premier Li Peng step over the threshold of the exhibition hall and came to the courtyard facing the alley.Next to the tall and straight Guanyin Willow, Premier Li Peng and Zhu Lin took a group photo with great interest. Coming out of the south gate of the former residence, the leaders of the former residence introduced to Premier Li Peng: "To commemorate the 90th anniversary of Comrade Deng Yingchao's birth, we held the exhibition "Deng Yingchao's Brilliant Life". This is the picture material collected and organized when participating in Deng Yingchao's mourning event. I want to ask Premier Li for guidance!" After hearing this, Premier Li Peng happily stepped into the exhibition hall of Deng Yingchao's life and achievements located in the Zhou Enlai Research Association.Looking around the exhibition hall, Zhu Lin said with emotion: "It's the first time I've seen so many photos here." Premier Li Peng pointed to a photo of "Deng Yingchao and Liao Chengzhi who was just released from prison together" and told Zhu Lin: "This is Liao Chengzhi. When Premier Li Peng was staring intently at the photo of Deng Yingchao meeting the comrades in charge of the Huai’an Municipal Party Committee, Zhang Tianmin, deputy secretary of the Huai’an Municipal Party Committee, introduced: “This is the scene when we visited Deng’s mother at the Xihua Hall in Zhongnanhai, Beijing in 1988.” At this time, Zhu Lin pointed to the color photo of "Deng Yingchao, Li Peng, and Zhu Lin in front of the West Flower Hall" and said to Comrade Li Peng: "Here is another one with us." Comrade Li Peng recalled happily: "At that time, we The two helped Ms. Deng to the entrance of the West Flower Hall, and each held her by an elbow. Mrs. Deng joked, "You make me look like a jet!" "All the people present couldn't help laughing.Then, Premier Li Peng pointed to a photo of Deng Yingchao celebrating the Spring Festival with Jiang Zemin, Li Peng and others, and pulled Zhu Lin and said, "I have another photo here." Mother Deng's happy New Year greetings.Comrade Li Peng is a child of a martyr who was sent to study in Moscow by the party organization.When the former residence exhibited a group photo of Zhou Enlai with the children of martyrs in Moscow in 1940, he wanted to write to Comrade Li Peng to ask who these children of martyrs were. This opportunity finally came. When Premier Li Peng stared at When this photo was taken, a comrade in the former residence hurriedly asked Premier Li Peng: "Is there you in this photo?" Premier Li Peng smiled and told everyone: "I am not in this photo, but my cousin. His surname is Zhao. One is Ge, and the other is Zhang Tailei's son." Zhu Lin then told the comrades in the former residence management office: "We still have many of these photos, which are with Deng's mother." The former residence comrades said: "Please send Order samples so that we can enrich the exhibition content of "Deng Yingchao's Brilliant Life." When I came to the desk where I signed the inscription, the leaders of the former residence asked Premier Li Peng to write an inscription, and Premier Li Peng said: "Let me sign it!" After the fall, Zhu Lin said to Comrade Li Peng: "Let's take a photo with the comrades in the former residence, they worked very hard!" Comrade Li Peng said to Zhu Lin: "You can also sit on the stool." Say to everyone: "We must learn from Comrade Zhou Enlai's lofty qualities of infinite loyalty to the revolutionary cause and infinite love for the people."

Walk out of the exhibition hall of "Deng Yingchao's Brilliant Life" and return to the east gate of Zhou Enlai's former residence.At this time, a neat row of chairs had been placed under the plaque inscribed by Deng Xiaoping; inside the gate, Comrade Hu Yaobang's inscription "Model for the Whole Party", surrounded by green pines on both sides, was shining brightly.Zhu Lin seemed to understand the feelings of the former residence staff best, and said: "All the staff of Zhou Enlai's former residence would like to take a photo with Premier Li." The camera was captured, and the minds of every former residence staff were also captured...