Chapter 11 Chapter 10 Trek between mountains and rivers

The sound of firecrackers at the foundation laying ceremony was still ringing in the ears, and the historical materials collection team for the Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall in Huai'an was immediately established, which was carried out simultaneously with the construction project. Over the past few years, more than a dozen comrades in the historical data collection team have been divided into three groups, traveling north and south, crossing mountains and rivers, and their footprints have been printed in more than 20 provinces and cities including Nanjing, Shanghai, Nanchang, Shaoxing, Tianjin, Shenyang, Beijing, Xi'an, Hohhot, and Yan'an. , traveled more than 200,000 kilometers, visited more than 50 units and more than 150 insiders, and successively collected 384 frames of historical photos, 152 pieces of real objects and reference materials, of which three More than ten pieces are precious cultural relics used by Zhou Enlai during his lifetime.

Almost every photo and every object in the collection has a moving story condensed. Spring of 1991.The pace of preparations for the construction of the Huai'an Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall has been greatly accelerated.The staff around the Prime Minister during his lifetime are the focus of the collection of cultural relics and historical materials.The comrades in the historical data collection team were so anxious that they kept calling Zhongnanhai and found Comrade Zhao Wei, the secretary of Sister Deng. "There are several memorial halls in memory of Premier Zhou across the country. They have all come to collect cultural relics one after another, and there are very few left. Your memorial hall was built late, and the collection work may be very difficult..."

The words revealed Comrade Zhao Wei's worries about the collection of historical materials for the Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall in Huai'an, and even more her concern.She has been working in the West Flower Hall since she was 23 years old. She has been with the Prime Minister for ten years and her eldest sister for 26 years. She has deep feelings for the Prime Minister and her eldest sister.When the comrades in the recruiting group went to Beijing, she did not hesitate to donate her treasured all-wool tweed tunic suit worn by Zhou Enlai. It was 1963, and Premier Zhou was about to go abroad for a visit, but his clothes were very worn out.How can the prime minister of a big country like ours go abroad wearing such clothes?The Prime Minister's secretaries first did the work of Sister Deng, and then Sister Deng persuaded the Prime Minister, and then went to Beijing Hongdu Clothing Store to make this suit.Usually, the prime minister is always reluctant to wear it, and only wears it when visiting abroad and holding major state events.Premier Zhou has visited more than 20 countries in this suit.In 1974, the Prime Minister, who was seriously ill, also wore this dress to attend the reception for the 25th anniversary of the National Day.When filming the epic blockbuster "Zhou Enlai", the famous actor once wore this dress on the screen, and he was reluctant to take it off after the filming work was over!

In the office of the Central Security Bureau at No. 81, Zhongnanhai, the comrades of the recruiting team also found Deng Yingchao's major general's security secretary Gao Zhenpu.Comrade Gao Zhenpu was the only comrade who was still in office among the staff around the Prime Minister during his lifetime.The Premier passed away, and he experienced and participated in the whole process of funeral for Premier Zhou.There were only three or four people who scattered the prime minister's ashes, and he also participated.The foundation stone of Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall in Huai'an was laid, and Sister Deng specially sent him as a representative.This man born by the lakeside of Weishan has the forthright character of the people in the old Shandong area.Hearing that the memorial hall was collecting cultural relics, I immediately solemnly took out a bag from the cupboard, and counted out six pieces of clothes worn by Premier Zhou before his death.

Gao Zhenpu caressed these clothes for a long time, before saying that before and after the death of the Prime Minister, the "Gang of Four" was controlling a large part of the power of the party and the country. Premier Zhou.After the prime minister passed away, those who worked beside the prime minister were all worried, and even prepared to go to jail and beheaded.At that time, what they considered most was how to deal with the Prime Minister's relics, and they were particularly worried that the "Gang of Four" and their minions would destroy these precious souvenirs.They finally figured out a way.The prime minister's belongings were first numbered, and then quietly sent to some comrades' relatives in the countryside for scattered storage.These relics were not returned to Zhongnanhai until the "Gang of Four" was crushed.Who would have believed that a person who occupies an important leadership position in our party and country, a leader who is deeply loved by the people of the whole country, should bear such a big risk for the relics he left behind!

Comrades from the solicitation team walked into a house on West Huangchenggen South Street, Beijing.An old man who was over sixty years old and physically strong received them.The old man's name is Han Fuyu, and he was Premier Zhou's personal bodyguard after he was stationed in Beijing from Xibaipo.He is originally from Shandong.In the 1930s, poverty forced him to leave his hometown and follow his father's generation to the east of the Guandong. After suffering all kinds of hardships, he finally joined the revolutionary ranks.Two years later, he was selected to be next to Premier Zhou and became the first person to accompany Sister Deng into the Xihua Hall in Zhongnanhai.

After listening to the comrades in the solicitation team explain their intentions, Lao Han turned around and took out two boxes: one was a yellow wooden crate, and the other was a clean iron box.The wooden crates were used by Zhou Enlai when he was in Xibaipo.At that time, Xinhua Radio Station insisted on broadcasting under extremely difficult circumstances.Zhou Enlai listens to Xinhua Radio every day.All radios use dry batteries, and the wooden box is used to hold dry batteries.Once, when Zhou Enlai was listening to the radio, seeing the announcer's clear attitude and sharp words, he couldn't help laughing and said: "This girl scolds the enemy very well!"

The tin box was used by Zhou Enlai when he moved to northern Shaanxi.The English letters on the bottom of the box indicate that it was originally a U.S. Army cracker box.In the spring of 1947, our People's Liberation Army captured it while fighting the Kuomintang army on the Henan front.Later, under the command of Chiang Kai-shek, Hu Zongnan mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to "blitz" Yan'an, the seat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.Chairman Mao and the Party Central Committee took a long-term view and did not compete with the enemy for the gains and losses of a city or territory, so they voluntarily abandoned Yan'an.At the same time, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Ren Bishi and other leading comrades insisted on staying in northern Shaanxi in order to stabilize the national army and people and hold Hu Zongnan back.On the way to the war, Zhou Enlai, the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and the acting chief of the general staff, needed a box to hold documents, so this biscuit box used by the Yankees to aid Chiang Kai-shek in the civil war came in handy.For the convenience of transportation, a carpenter was invited to add a wooden frame to the iron box.Zhou Enlai also used a brush to write his alias "Hu Bicheng" on the box at the time, but because the tin box was easy to rust, he wiped it many times, and the three words were finally wiped off.Zhou Enlai used it until it moved into Zhongnanhai Xihuating.

Lao Han also told the comrades in the recruitment team that when they first entered Beijing, everyone was single.The only things I took with me were a few changes of clothes and a few books on culture.In order to store these simple items, he took back the two unused boxes with the consent of the leader in charge of security work.Because it was the box used by the Prime Minister, it was kept with me when the conditions improved.After the death of the Premier, whenever he saw these two boxes, the voice and smile of Premier Zhou appeared in front of his eyes. "I love Zhou Gong so much. As long as it is to publicize his spirit, character and performance, I will run and shout for him without hesitation!"

The comrades in the collection team took over these two boxes piously, and also took over the deep affection of the veteran revolutionary comrades who followed Zhou Enlai back then and the responsibility of promoting Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai's relatives were very excited when they learned that the Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall was being built.For the collection of cultural relics and historical materials for the memorial hall, they also showed their sincerity. In the early spring of Beijing, the chill is not over, and people on the road are in a hurry.The comrades of the historical data collection team came to an ordinary residential building in Xinghuaxili, Hepingli after inquiring several times.

The door opened.Standing inside the door was an old lady in her prime, with silvery white hair, condensed with the wind and frost of many years.She is the wife of Premier Zhou's younger brother Zhou Tongyu. She is Wang Shiqin, a Manchu bannerman who has spent most of her life working on campus. She has taught English, Russian and Japanese, as well as French and German.Quite frankly, all the main leaders of the Central Committee now have her students.She pulled up a rope in the reception room, and all the New Year cards and holiday blessing cards presented to her by her disciples were hung on the rope one by one, so that people walked into her reception room, as if they had come to the United Nations, which was full of flags. In front of the headquarters. After the comrades in the historical data collection team sat down, Mrs. Wang was silent for a moment, and finally opened a floodgate deep in her memory that was never easily opened. "When the prime minister was alive, his 'family rules' were very strict, and it was rare for his relatives to take a photo with him. Even if they took a photo with you, at most they would only give you a photo as a souvenir, and repeatedly told: 'Don't take a photo with him. Show it to others, and don’t show it off in front of others.’ Therefore, it is very difficult for us to get things about him, whether during his lifetime or after his death. In the year he passed away, the eldest sister (Deng) distributed two pieces to each relative. As a souvenir. The one I got was the enamel cup used by the Prime Minister to gargle. It was worn out by the children when they went to school. Although it is a pity, it is in line with the Prime Minister’s wishes. Now I have another one The stationery jar on his desk is now dedicated to you..." Like Mrs. Wang, Premier Zhou's nieces Zhou Bingde, Zhou Bingyi and Zhou Bingjian also donated their souvenirs from those years.Bingjian donated the military overcoat worn by the Prime Minister during the "Cultural Revolution", and Bingde donated a shirt and a gray flannel Mao suit.Because the Prime Minister has been wearing it for too long, the "velvet" has been smoothed and polished. While arranging clothes, Bingyi told the comrades in the collection team that the stationery jar donated by her mother Wang Shiqin was made of wild sandalwood, and was originally a "cricket jar" for cricket fighting.She had seen it at her uncle's desk in the fifties.What Bingyi offered was a shabby white shirt worn by the Prime Minister, the collar and sleeves had been changed, and the elbows were patched.Suddenly, a photo emerged from the clothes.In the photo, Premier Zhou is holding a little girl and watching the peonies in full bloom.When is this a photo of the Prime Minister?Who is the little girl in the photo?Bingyi told the comrades in the solicitation team that it was still in 1952, our country had just risen from the ruins, and all kinds of ruins were waiting to be rebuilt, and all kinds of industries were waiting to be promoted.But the imperialists colluded with each other, isolated us politically, imposed an economic blockade, and brazenly burned the flames of war to the Yalu River.In those tense days and nights, the lights of the West Flower Hall stayed on all night.The staff were all worried about the prime minister's health, but no one could persuade him to rest.So, everyone devised a "plan" to use a Sunday to invite Bingyi.Bingyi's nickname was Mimi. She was only seven years old at the time and had just entered elementary school.According to the "instructions" of the staff, she walked into the West Flower Hall, and rushed to the Prime Minister and shouted: "Hello, Uncle!" Seeing that it was the little niece, the busy Prime Minister said with a sense of enlightenment: "Oh, today is Sunday, mi It's a holiday." "Uncle, I want you to take me to see the peony!" "No, look, Uncle is busy, you can go and see it yourself." The Prime Minister said, and went to look at the documents again. "No, I want Uncle to accompany me," Bingyi said while pretending to cry.Although the prime minister's nephew and niece lived in Beijing, they rarely visited him, so he naturally didn't want to make them sad.Only then did he put down his work, took Bingyi's right hand, and came to Yingtai in Zhongnanhai to watch the peonies in full bloom.Although the time was only a short ten minutes, a precious photo was left behind.Recalling this, tears flowed quietly from Bingyi's eyes.The comrades in the solicitation team couldn't help but have red eye circles after hearing this. As Zhou Enlai's lifelong partner, Sister Deng also donated five books to the memorial hall in her own name.These five books are: a color photocopy of "Selected Handwriting of Zhou Enlai", a picture book "Zhou Enlai's Youth", "Selected Letters of Zhou Enlai" and "Endless Missing" published by the Central Literature Publishing House, and "Memorials of Zhou Enlai" published by the People's Daily Publishing House. and Memories".The eldest sister originally wanted to sign and inscribe each book, but she was old and the hand holding the pen was shaking, so she had to give up regretfully. The collection of historical materials for the Huai'an Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall has also received extensive response and support from all walks of life. Dai Renhe, a financial worker in Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, was very excited when he heard the news that Huai'an was building a Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall. He was originally a collector of ancient and modern coins, but when he found a 1934 When Zhou Enlai and Zhang Aiping jointly issued the "Book to Children and Children" on May 17, 1999, they immediately bought it from the farmer and donated it to the Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall without hesitation. Years of precious original archives. Luoyang Tractor Factory gave the Memorial Hall a photo of Premier Zhou inspecting the factory in 1959.The Nationalities Publishing House presented all the books about Premier Zhou published by the press to the memorial hall.Comrade Tong Xiaopeng presented the "Tong Xiaopeng Photography Album" to the memorial hall.Xiao Wenyan, a famous performing artist of Huai opera who was born in Huai'an, has been received by Premier Zhou many times in the past, and even made a special trip back to her hometown Huai'an, sending her photos taken when Premier Zhou met her. At the Beijing Beitaipingzhuang Central News Documentary Film Studio, comrades in the solicitation team proposed to buy a copy of a large-scale documentary documentary "Zhou Enlai" that the factory had just produced.Unfortunately, copies have just been released. "Is there any other way?" Looking at the expectant faces of the comrades in the historical data collection team, the director of production in his fifties said, "Since the memorial hall needs it, how can I let you go home empty-handed?" He immediately issued the production task, An exception is a copy that starts production. Comrades from the solicitation team stepped into the management office of Soong Ching Ling's former residence in Beijing.In 1925, Dr. Sun Yat-sen was invited by Feng Yuxiang to go north and died of illness in Beijing.Soong Ching Ling thought that Beijing was the place where she was most sad, and she didn't want to go to Beijing.Premier Zhou was very considerate and understood Soong Ching Ling's feelings. In order to invite Soong Ching Ling to go north to build a country, he wrote an invitation letter and personally chose a place in Beijing for her to live in.The former residence of Soong Ching Ling has always regarded this invitation letter from Zhou Enlai as a treasure.When the comrades of the solicitation team expressed their intentions, Zheng Wanxing, the director of the management office, said straightforwardly: "We will fully support the cultural relics that Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall wants!" At the China Film Archive in Beijing, after collecting information about the Prime Minister from the famous film critic Chen Huangmei, the comrades in the collection team proposed that they would also like to meet Xia Yangong.Mr. Huangmei said: "Mr. Xia is not in good health recently, and usually does not receive guests. How about this, I will write a letter to Mr. Xia and ask you to take it with you." The old letter from Huangmei and the sentence "from the Premier Zhou Memorial Hall" are more useful than anything else. Xia Gong not only received them in illness, but also fondly recalled many scenes and details of the interaction with the Premier. In the historical materials collection and display team composed of comrades drawn from more than a dozen units, everyone knows the weight of the burden on their shoulders, but they can't hide the joy of accepting this glorious task.The leader of this group, Yin Jinhe, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Huai’an Municipal Committee, reminded every comrade: We are the historical materials collection team for the Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall, and we must follow the example of Zhou Enlai’s spirit in collecting materials.He also tried his best, running around.The original calligraphy of "Mourning Premier Zhou" written by the late "Grass Sage" Mr. Lin Sanzhi himself can be called a treasure of Chinese calligraphy.After learning the clues, Comrade Yin Jinhe braved the heat and scorching sun to chase after him, and finally obtained this valuable cultural relic from Yangzhou. Li Jun, a young worker of the CPC Huai'an City Party History Working Committee, had his child suddenly fall ill with a fever before leaving, and his wife had not recovered from the postpartum period.But he thought about the opening date that was getting closer and closer, and hoped that his lover would take good care of the child and let him leave on time. His wife nodded with tears in her eyes because she loved Premier Zhou and understood her husband's work.Li Jun bowed his head, kissed his wife goodbye, and set off on the road in peace. Zhou Zhongyu, the deputy director of Zhou Enlai's former residence management office, was selected to work in the historical materials collection team, and was building a house at home. His father and wife, who were over seventy years old, did not agree with him to start. After repeated consideration, he felt that the work of collecting materials was urgent. , He had no choice but to hold a family meeting to do the work of his father, wife and two daughters one by one, and invited relatives and friends to help take care of him.At that family meeting, Zhou Zhongyu said: "Premier Zhou has worked hard for the country and the people all his life. Now that the museum is almost completed, materials are needed for the exhibition. I can't delay the work of the memorial hall, because the collection work needs me more." On the evening of March 10, 1991, it was already past nine o'clock. Wang Xukui and Xian Yong from the historical data collection team found out their residence again and boarded the Beijing No. 60 bus because they were going to Beijing Station. Refunded a ticket, this is the third time to go.Go to the ticket refund window, the ticket refund is just a matter of lifting your finger, why bother to go three times?It turned out that they got an extra Beijing-Xuzhou sleeper ticket in the rush of booking and buying tickets.If you go to the refund window, you will have to charge a refund fee of more than ten yuan.They thought of Premier Zhou's consistent honest and frugal style, and Yin Jinhe's repeated instructions to collect materials in the spirit of the Prime Minister, so they decided to hold the extra ticket in their hands and let passing passengers buy it for one or two trips. None of them worked.This time, Xianyong came up with an idea. One person held up the ticket, and the other held up a sign. On the card, a few thick blue words were traced with a pen: "Beijing-Xuzhou Sleeper Ticket", and it really worked. , The ticket was purchased by a passenger at full price, which saved more than a dozen yuan for the construction of the museum.After returning to the place of residence, it was nearly eleven o'clock at night.After Comrade Wang Xukui took off his shoes and socks, several large blisters appeared on his feet. On a rainy night, in a small hotel in Beijing, two lesbians, Shi Guixiang and Li Xiao, were negotiating with the female boss for a package of cultural relics from the hotel to Beijing South Railway Station.The female boss who knows how to make money looked at the heavy rain outside the door, then at the two frail female comrades, and finally set her eyes on the plastic bag weighing only 20 to 30 kilograms, "Anyway You will be reimbursed, fifty yuan will be sent to the station for you, and you will be given a formal invoice." "Fifty yuan? Don't be kidding, can you have less." Lao Shi and Xiao Li tried the heavy bag, and their tone was almost pleading up. "If it's not for acquaintances, it's not easy to reduce a penny, okay, forty yuan," the female boss pushed the glasses on the bridge of the nose, and then looked out the door, "Or, you can lift it yourself." Go to the train station." After that, she walked away, thinking that the two female guests would beg her for help, but a sentence came from behind her: "If you want to make money from the Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall, there is no way!" When the female boss turned her head, Lao Shi and Xiao Li had carried the big bag into the rain, and soon disappeared from her sight. After more than a year of collecting materials and setting up the exhibition, they carefully calculated their budgets. By the time the museum opened, they had saved more than 160,000 yuan in funds planned to be allocated to them, and all of them were transferred to other constructions of the memorial hall.