Chapter 35 Chapter 1 The Vibrant Evergreen Tree——Liu Ying

Gannan, Yudu. Popularity work is in full swing. She embarked on a journey of popularization. In September 1934, Liu Ying, who was then the head of the organization of the Central Bureau of the Shaoxing Communist Party, was sent to Yudu County for the second time as the captain of the Red Expansion Assault.Since Liu Ying overfulfilled the red expansion plan for the first time here, most of the young and middle-aged people in Yudu County were mobilized to join the army. Now it is extremely difficult for her to complete the task of expanding the army here.She felt a little embarrassed. At this time, Mao Zedong happened to be living in Yudu to guide his work.In addition to reporting the situation of the expansion of the red to Luo Mai, the head of the Central Organization Department every night, Liu Ying also often reported the work situation to Mao Zedong.When Mao Zedong learned that her work was not going well, he gave her an idea: "Whatever you do, you must clear your mind first. If you have a clear mind, the task will be completed quickly." red meaning.

So, she dispelled her worries, and devoted herself to the work of expanding her popularity without sleep or food... However, at this time the situation in the central base area was already very serious, and the transfer of the encirclement was imminent.One day, Mao Zedong brought a few guards to the county party committee in a hurry. He said to Liu Ying: "Comrade Liu Ying, pack your bags quickly and go back to Ruijin!" How can we go back if we haven’t finished it?” Mao Zedong said again: “It doesn’t matter, let’s go back quickly!” Liu Ying still didn’t understand what he meant, and still said that the task was not completed, and she dared not go back to Ruijin.

Seeing that she was very stubborn and it was inconvenient to tell the truth, Mao Zedong prepared to leave.When he reached the door, he turned his head decisively and said to Liu Ying almost in an orderly tone: "Comrade Liu Ying, you must go back, there is a special task!" What "special task"?Liu Ying was a little puzzled.Soon after Mao Zedong left, she hurried back to Ruijin on horseback. It turned out that this so-called "special task" was a large-scale strategic transfer - the Long March. Three days later, she embarked on a long journey. At the beginning, she was assigned to the second column as an inspector of the headquarters.After leaving for a few days, she was transferred to the third echelon of the Central Committee as the director of the political department, changing from mass work to political work.

At the beginning of the Long March, every day was a night march, and every day we had to trek across mountains and rivers. The footprints of the Red Army were left in places that were inaccessible.However, with the enemy's 400,000 troops chasing and intercepting in three directions, the Red Army failed to get rid of the passive situation. The Xiangjiang River is full of rapids.The enemy formed the fourth blockade line here, trying to wipe out the Red Army by the Xiangjiang River.At this time, the situation on the front line was extremely tense, and the troops moved very slowly.In particular, the logistics organization is dragged down by unnecessary heavy burdens, making it very inconvenient to move.Sometimes the vanguard has already set off, and the rearguard has just arrived at the camp.Many people couldn't move anymore and collapsed to the ground.

Both Liu Ying and Mao Zedong were in the column of the Military Commission, and they were not far apart when they camped.As long as she has a little time, she often goes there to walk, look, and chat.One day, Mao Zedong met Liu Ying and asked her about the situation of the troops. Liu Ying reported some actual situations to Mao Zedong without any scruples, especially the problem of the troops being overloaded.After hearing this, Mao Zedong agreed with Liu Ying very much.He said to Liu Ying: "With so many things, how can I walk?" One day in April 1935, Liu Ying received a note from Li Fuchun, director of the General Political Department.

The note clearly stated: "Comrade Liu Ying, I have decided that you will replace Comrade Deng Xiaoping's work, and report to the Central Team immediately." She rode to the General Political Department with anxiety.After seeing Li Fuchun, he first showed a face of embarrassment.Then he complained: "I am doing mass work, and I can't do it as the secretary-general of the Central Committee." After hearing this, Li Fuchun said to her humorously: "Cough! Cough! Comrade Liu Ying, why are you humbled?" What about it?" Then, he continued: "Comrade Deng Xiaoping has been transferred to the front line, and you will take over his job. You can do it, and someone will help you after you take office." In this way, Liu Ying took office.

Liu Ying came to the central team in a hurry.Mao Zedong said to her kindly: "Comrade Liu Ying, I suggested you to work in the Central Team. You are a lesbian in the back echelon and you are not worn down. This is more suitable for your work. Take care of us. No How many things.” In the position of secretary-general of the Central Committee, Liu Ying’s main tasks are: keeping records of meetings, managing the lives of leading comrades in the Central Committee, and doing ideological work for the guards.Among these things, the most difficult thing to manage is to take care of the lives of leading comrades in the central government.Life at that time was very difficult, and we were often in danger of running out of food.After arriving in Maoergai, the army was almost out of food. The best thing was fried green barley, which was still distributed according to rations. It was difficult to eat enough, and the central leadership comrades were the same.

One night, Mao Zedong, who was concentrating on looking at the map and thinking about problems, asked Liu Ying: "Liu Ying, can you get me a handful of fried wheat, I am so hungry at night." Liu Ying quickly said: "Okay! I'll get some for you." Liu Ying walked out quickly, but couldn't find it after searching. Fortunately, there was still some left by the cook.She ordered some fried wheat from the cook, put it in a small cloth bag, and handed it to Mao Zedong for dinner.Mao Zedong took the bag from Liu Ying, grabbed a handful of fried wheat, and put them into his mouth one by one like eating peanuts, chewing with relish.

Sichuan, Mao Gong.The Central Red Army and the Fourth Front Army joined forces here.However, on the issue of "going north" or "going south", the central government had serious differences with Zhang Guotao.One day, Mao Zedong wanted to talk to Zhang Guotao, so he asked Liu Ying to follow him to take notes.As soon as Mao Zedong entered the room, he said to Zhang Guotao in a funny way: "Look, I brought you 'water'." Zhang Guotao didn't react, so he asked, "What water?" Seeing that he was still wondering, Mao Zedong asked him He smiled and said to him: "Hey, didn't Shang Jia Baoyu say that men are made of mud and women are made of water!" Zhang Guotao laughed suddenly, and the tense atmosphere eased down.

After the First Red Army and the Fourth Front Army joined forces, in order to strengthen the political and ideological work of the Fourth Red Front Army, the Central Committee gathered cadres from the Central Bureau of the Communist Party of China and formed a temporary central task force, which was brought to the Fourth Red Front Army by Kai Feng.Due to work needs, Liu Ying was also transferred to the Central Task Force. After crossing the vast grassland, the troops came to Brazil for a rest, but no one thought that they would be in danger.One night late at night, Kai Feng hurriedly woke up Liu Ying and the others, and asked them to inform the troops to set off quickly, and put forward the "three nos" requirements: that is, no talking, no lighting torches, and no falling behind.

They ran for more than 10 miles in one breath, and stopped when they reached a small hillside.At this time, Zhang Wentian suddenly appeared in front of them and said to everyone: "Zhang Guotao is splitting and trying to hijack the central government and go south. We must get out of the dangerous zone as soon as possible and insist on going north." Under such circumstances, Liu Ying returned to the central team. . At this time, Wu Liangping was the Secretary-General of the Central Committee, and Liu Ying was appointed as the instructor.In the treacherous environment, this female Red Army cadre showed great optimism and tenacity. During the journey, she followed the army, got rid of the enemy's heavy siege, crossed the Jinsha River, flew over the Dadu River, and snatched the Huding Bridge... along the way, her spirit was always so uplifting.When she slept, she didn't take off her clothes, didn't loosen her leggings, and her head was covered with lice; however, she joked with everyone happily. Once, when climbing a snow-capped mountain, she encountered great difficulties.Looking up from the foot of the mountain, a white world shone with dazzling light.Liu Ying took two dried chilies, drank a bowl of chili water, and started climbing the mountain with the team.The mountain road was rugged and steep, and the leading troops used bayonets to dig out stepping holes in the ice and snow to make way for the follow-up troops.But when there are too many people stepping on it, the pit becomes slippery, and if you are not careful, you may slide into Baizhang Snow Valley.Liu Ying wore straw sandals, walking forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and sometimes the snow covered her knees.Although it was very difficult to walk by herself, she still watched over the warriors around her from time to time.On the snow-capped mountains, dark clouds overwhelmed the top, the wind roared, and the snowballs were rolled up and rolled all over the sky.Liu Ying and the others were all wearing extremely thin clothes, shivering from the cold, as if their blood had been congealed.The most terrible thing is that the air is getting thinner and thinner, as if a big stone has been pressed on the chest, and it is forced to suffocate.Liu Ying breathed heavily with her mouth open, exerting great effort every time she took a step.However, after crossing the snow-capped mountains, she had no time to rest, and she was very interested in sharing her experience of pulling the mule's tail up the mountain. In an extremely ordinary private house, Liu Ying and Zhang Wentian got married. In fact, everyone has an instinct to pursue love and happiness.Revolutionaries are not ascetics, even in difficult times of war. In the Central Soviet Area, not many lesbians participated in revolutionary work.Liu Ying, a girl with a beautiful face, lively nature, and ability, is of course the goal pursued by many people.However, she was so absorbed in her work that she had no time to take care of her marriage.Moreover, in a war environment, she was afraid that after getting married and pregnant, she would not be able to march and fight, which would affect her work.Therefore, she politely declined many comrades who pursued her, and she still lived alone until she was 30 years old. However, "unintentionally inserting willows and willows into shade".The revolutionary marriage between Liu Ying and Zhang Wentian can be called a "marriage made in heaven". Liu Ying met Zhang Wentian when she was studying in Moscow.At that time, Zhang Wentian was Liu Ying's teacher, and they had a teacher-student friendship. After Liu Ying came to Ruijin, she and Zhang Wentian often met.At that time, Ruijin's material life was quite difficult, but most of the revolutionaries were optimists.When they are suffering unbearably, they will also find ways to entertain them. In the evening, they often hold a spiritual dinner: bragging.People from Hunan say that Hunan’s famous dishes are full of flavors, people from Sichuan say that Sichuan dishes are so good, and people from Cantonese say that Cantonese dishes are exquisite… Not long after Liu Ying came to Ruijin from Shanghai, one day, they unceremoniously beat Liu Ying once as a "local tyrant".The initiator is Zhang Wentian.At that time, Liu Ying was working in the central office of the Communist Party of China a few miles away from Ruijin, when she suddenly received a call from Zhang Wentian: You Kena (Liu Ying's Russian name), come back, everyone decided to hit your "local tyrant" today ". It turned out that Liu Ying had just arrived from Shanghai and still had some travel expenses left.After receiving Zhang Wentian's call, she rode back to the Central Bureau to prepare a treat.On the way, I met Deng Yingchao.Sister Deng said to Liu Ying: "I have to be on duty tonight and I can't go. You give me one yuan, and I will buy a pair of rubber shoes to wear." People came to a small restaurant on Ruijin Street.After sitting down, I bought some stir-fried vegetables and stewed tofu, and had a delicious meal.Look how human these young leaders are! During these exchanges, the friendship between her and Zhang Wentian continued to deepen. After the Zunyi Conference, Liu Ying was transferred to be the Secretary-General of the Central Committee and got along with Zhang Wentian day and night.During the arduous march, Zhang Wentian cared about her very much: he had 4 guards, and he allocated one to Liu Ying; Liu Ying had no pen to keep records, so he lent her his most precious pen at that time; Liu Ying’s trick in taking notes is not to record everything she hears, but to keep the key points concisely and help her organize the records… Seeing that they agree with each other, other central leaders are very happy and often make jokes about them.Although both of them have this intention, neither of them wants to tell the truth.Mao Zedong often quoted an ancient poem, told an allusion, and made insinuations, trying to break through this layer of window paper. Zhang Wentian was a bit of a scholar, usually serious in speech and expression, but when Mao Zedong made fun of him, he was always powerless and laughed it off. Once, when the troops arrived at the camp, the central leadership lived in a row of four houses.Mao Zedong let Liu Ying live in the middle room, let Zhang Wentian live in the west room, he lived in the east room, and Chen Yun lived in the far side room. He said to Chen Yun in a joking tone: "You should be a supervisor and watch them." After crossing the Jinsha River, Zhang Wentian took the initiative and asked to marry Liu Ying.However, Liu Ying still did not agree. She was afraid that she would get pregnant after marriage, which would not only make her suffer, but also drag down the troops and delay work. When we arrived in Wayaobao, the environment was relatively stable, and the ban on the Red Army was lifted. Almost all unmarried Red Army soldiers found a partner here.Liu Ying and Zhang Wentian also got married here. At that time, there were neither conditions for a wedding nor any treats.On the day Liu Ying and Zhang Wentian got married, Mao Zedong walked into the "new house" yelling: "I don't admit it, you didn't treat me!" At this time, Zhang Wentian just smiled and didn't say anything; but Liu Ying retorted: " What can I offer you? Nothing!" During the difficult years, the two newlyweds became married like this.