Chapter 26 7. Deng Yingchao, Mrs. Zhou Enlai

Among the few female cadres in the Central Soviet Area, Zhou Enlai's wife, Deng Yingchao, won the unanimous praise and respect of the majority of cadres and masses with her extraordinary wisdom but simple and noble qualities. Deng Yingchao was one of the earliest members of the Communist Youth League in Tianjin during the May Fourth Movement.Due to her outstanding performance in the patriotic student movement, Tianjin underground party organization approved her as a formal member of the Chinese Communist Party in 1925.She was the secretary of the Women's Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1928, she went to Moscow to attend the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China and returned to China, where she engaged in secret party work in Shanghai. In May 1932, he arrived in Changting of the Central Soviet Area, and then went to Ruijin in the rear, where he successively served as a propaganda officer, an organization officer, and secretary-general of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area.

When Deng Yingchao arrived in Ruijin, she was in poor health and often vomited blood.But she has always been loyal to her duties and persisted in her work despite her illness. Life in the Central Soviet Area was very poor at that time.Due to the enemy's continuous military "encirclement and suppression" and economic blockade, Red Army soldiers and government staff often did not have enough to eat, and they only had five cents a day for food. For this reason, Mao Zedong, chairman of the Soviet Central Government, once issued a call at the "Second National Congress" of the whole Soviet Union: "Financial expenditure should be based on the principle of economy." "All government workers should understand that corruption and waste are extremely serious crimes." "Save every copper coin, for the cause of war and revolution, and for our economic construction." The central government's official newspaper "Red China" is also mobilizing the entire Soviet area to set off a climax of the saving movement.

In response to the call of Mao Zedong and the central government, Deng Yingchao, who was the secretary-general of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area, immediately discussed with comrades such as Lu Dingyi who worked in the Propaganda Department of the Central Bureau, took the lead in saving money, and proposed two specific measures: First, "Save two or two meters every day, so that the Red Army in front can eat enough to win the battle." Second, "This year, the public will not distribute our clothes in hot weather, and these clothes will be worn by new soldiers." This proposal immediately received a warm response from the leaders of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area and the staff of the Central Office, who signed the letter of determination one after another.Deng Yingchao and the staff of the central government have invested in the conservation campaign with their own practical actions.

On March 20, 1934, "Red China" commended their exemplary deeds. When Deng Yingchao worked in the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area, she often paid attention to the work of various departments in the Soviet Area. Whenever there were important meetings and commemorative activities, she would attend them while sick, and write commemorative articles and enthusiastically publicize them. In November 1933, on the eve of the First Workers and Peasants Women's Congress in the Central Soviet Area and Beibei Province, Deng Yingchao wrote the article "How to Lead the First Workers and Peasants Women's Congress in Various Provinces" with joy.

In the article, she warmly praised the women in the Soviet area for "in the development of the Soviet revolution and in the four times of crushing the enemy's 'encirclement and suppression', they played their enthusiasm, contributed their enthusiasm, and demonstrated their heroism and great strength." She called on women in the Soviet area to "resolutely fight for the defense and development of the Suwei River", "don't relax for a minute to expand the Red Army and rejoin the movement", "complete 300,000 pairs of straw sandals to comfort the Red Army".

She also called for the general establishment and improvement of the organization of women workers and peasant women's representatives in the Soviet area, to examine and understand women's lives, and to solve their practical difficulties.After Deng Yingchao's article was published in "Red China", it played an important guiding role in the work of women in the Soviet provinces. On August 10, 1933, when the 100th issue of "Red China", the official newspaper of the central government, was commemorated, Bogu, Luo Fu and many other central leaders wrote articles to commemorate it. Deng Yingchao also wrote an article entitled "Flying to the World China" article.The article reviewed the great achievements of "Red China" under the leadership and call of the Party and the Central Soviet Government. At the same time, it also objectively pointed out some shortcomings of "Red China", and put forward some specific suggestions, such as expanding the distribution network , organize peddlers, set up sales agencies, train correspondents, etc., in order to make ""Red China" active in the Soviet areas, in the border areas, in the white areas surrounding the Soviet areas, in the central cities, and in the workers and peasants of China. among the working people."

The words in these articles by Deng Yingchao are like warm spring breezes, blowing on the red soil of the Soviet area and flowing in the hearts of the people in the Soviet area. In October 1934, Deng Yingchao left the Central Soviet Area to follow the main Red Army on the Long March.