Chapter 3 Zhou Enlai and Deng Bin had a conversation before leaving

Shanghai in the midsummer heat of 1929.It was just dawn, and the sky over the largest city in the Far East was shrouded in leaden gray clouds.The high-rise buildings standing on the Bund are still full of colorful neon lights.The chime of the customs building rumbled every half an hour, and the slow and heavy rhythm had dragged on for half a century.At this time and place, those foreign concessions and ports enjoying extraterritorial rights, as well as British, American, French, and Japanese warships, merchant ships, and rickshaws form a variety of scenes: bureaucratic capital, foreign compradors, international crooks, underground opium dens, The prostitutes of the Belarusian expatriates, the brutal police, the Qinghong Gang, arms dealers, smugglers, land resellers, stock exchange owners, beggars, child laborers, slums...all these are enough to glimpse the most prosperous and dirty features of the colony's destiny.Above the high-rise buildings, there are wealthy financial tycoons; among the ditches and alleys, there are hooligans and hooligans. These visible and shady ones, high-sounding and low-sounding ones, "honest gentlemen" and ghosts, all gather here Together, colluded together, entangled together, on the surface it is a ten-mile foreign farm, a golden treasure land, but in the bones it is muddy water, filthy and rotten!

Shanghai was once the revolutionary base of the Northern Expedition, but now it has become the sphere of influence of the new reactionary warlords.The military and police here are strict, and spies are rampant. They are in collusion with foreign police agencies, hunted down dissidents everywhere, bought traitors, and wantonly suppressed progressive democrats and communists.Every day here, people are arrested, killed, and beheaded for public display. Death threatens and tests the fighters of the CCP’s underground party anytime and anywhere. Located at No. 447 Yunnan Road (next to the Tianchan Stage) in the public concession in the downtown Shanghai Central District, it is an important secret organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.This is a two-story building. The downstairs is a "Shengli Hospital" (the underground contact point of the Communist Party of China); the upstairs is rented by Zhou Enlai personally arranged by Xiong Jinjing and Zhu Duanxu in the name of Hunan Tubu Tusha merchants. There is a sign of "Fuxing Zizhuang" on the door, which is used as the meeting place and office of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.From November 1928 to April 1931, almost all meetings of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee were held here.Not far from here, the second floor of No. 112 Zhejiang Middle Road is the contact point of the Central Military Commission.

At this moment, Zhou Enlai, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Central Military Department (the Central Military Department was established after the "Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China", Yang Yin was the minister, and after Yang was arrested, Zhou concurrently served as it), Zhou Enlai, is working with Deng Xiaoping, the owner of the grocery store downstairs. Conversation before departure. At the just-concluded meeting, recommended by Zhou Enlai and agreed by Xiang Zhongfa, Li Lisan and other leaders present at the meeting, it was decided to send Deng Xiaoping, secretary-general of the Central Committee, to work in Guangxi as a representative of the CPC Central Committee.Deng Xiaoping at this time was only 25 years old.

After the "August 7th" meeting in 1927, Deng Xiaoping moved from Wuhan to Shanghai with the central government, and was appointed as the Secretary-General of the Party Central Committee to assist Zhou Enlai and other central leaders in handling the daily work of the Central Committee.As a cover, he worked as a clerk in an antique store and as the owner of a grocery store; as the secretary-general of the Central Committee, he got along with Zhou Enlai day and night, and he was quick-witted and decisive in dealing with things, and he did a particularly good job.When the Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of China asked the Central Committee and the Military Commission to quickly send representatives to lead the work of the Party in Guangxi, Zhou Enlai thought of this capable assistant by his side.Zhou Enlai knew that Deng Xiaoping next to him was no longer the "mimeograph doctor" Deng Xixian when he was a work-study program in France, nor was he the "Dozorov" who could speak fluent Russian two years ago and just returned from studying in the Soviet Union.More than two years of revolutionary practice activities in the country, especially the revolutionary activities in the midst of hardships and white terror after the failure of the Great Revolution, gave him a lot of revolutionary struggle experience; He often attends various top meetings of the Party Central Committee, has the opportunity to see work reports from all over the country, and participates in technical work of some major decision-making activities of the Party. is of great benefit.Therefore, Zhou Enlai strongly recommended Deng Xiaoping to work in Guangxi as a representative of the Central Committee at the party meeting.

Zhou Enlai had a special feeling of love and trust for Deng Xiaoping, while Deng Xiaoping regarded Zhou Enlai as his most respected elder brother, and he had a lifelong affection of knowing him.As early as the work-study program in France, the two were like brothers. At that time, Zhou Enlai was already the head of the European branch of the Youth League with the art of struggle and leadership; at that time, Deng Xiaoping was the youngest and most active member of the companions. , although the childishness on Yuanyuan's face has not yet taken off, it has begun to show confidence and fortitude.After returning to China, the two have been fighting together for the common cause, until later in the Central Soviet Area of ​​Jiangxi, on the Long March, during the revolutionary war, and in the highest organs of the party and the state after the founding of the People's Republic of China; until Zhou Enlai devoted himself to the party, the country and the people , Breathing out his last breath, Deng Xiaoping has been Zhou Enlai's right-hand man and loyal comrade-in-arms for more than half a century.

At this time, the two eyes were cast on a map of Guangxi Province on the table: Guangxi is a remote and mountainous province in China, bordering Vietnam in the southwest, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the northwest, and Guangdong and Hunan in the southeast. It is a good place to retreat and defend, and to advance and attack. "After Yu Zuobai and Li Mingrui came to power in Guangxi, they really wanted to make a difference for the people in their hometown, and sincerely extended an invitation to us." Zhou Enlai pointed on the map and calmly analyzed, "Guangxi is where Li, Bai, Huang The territory that has been painstakingly managed for many years, the warlords of Guangdong, Yunnan, and Hunan have fought with the Guangxi army several times, but they have not been able to fight. It gave them a chance to recuperate and breathe, because Chiang Kai-shek still had to deal with Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, and Feng and Yan's forces stretched across the hinterland of the Central Plains from west to east, and they waited for the opportunity to fight each other for their own interests."

"This opportunity is rare!" Deng Xiaoping said excitedly, "We just seized this opportunity to create a new Soviet area in Guangxi!" "Your task in Guangxi is: 1. Actively win Yu Zuobai and Li Mingrui's understanding and support for our party, and help them control the situation; 2. Use Yu and Li's cover to develop the party organization and establish a party led by our party Third, recommend our comrades to work in various departments of the military and government agencies, grasp the opportunity, and create a new Soviet area when the conditions are ripe."

Deng Xiaoping listened carefully.He is well aware of the weight of the burden on his shoulders.In an instant, a warm wave hit his heart. He saw Zhou Enlai's bloodshot eyes filled with indescribable emotions, and the wings of reverie immediately transcended time and space, soaring in the cloudy sky of Europe a few years ago.It was an autumn rainy evening, under the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on the stone steps of the Arc de Triomphe, there were two cups of warm coffee in front of the two of them, but he could not indulge in the warmth of the past for too long, he is now Holding a hot rice dumpling that Zhou Enlai handed him, he looked down at the map while eating.

"The actual situation is often much more complicated than imagined," Zhou Enlai frowned thoughtfully, "We must learn from the lessons of the Guangzhou riots. After you arrive in Guangxi, you can act flexibly according to the actual situation there." "Right, right, it will be easier for me to go to Guangxi." Deng Xiaoping praised again and again, "I will get in touch with the central government in time when I get there." Zhou Enlai smiled knowingly: "Comrade He Chang, Secretary of the Southern Bureau, and the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee have sent news that they have sent Zhang Yunyi, Chen Haoren, Gong Hecun, Ye Jizhuang, Yuan Renyuan, and Wan Danping to the provincial government of Yu Zuobai one after another. Go to work with Li Mingrui's army."

Deng Xiaoping said: "With so many comrades going, the situation must not be difficult to develop." Zhou Enlai nodded slightly, looking away from the map.His alert and wise eyes are always examining the changing situation of the current situation: "Chiang Kai-shek will not take Guangxi lightly, and other factions will also make moves. Li, Bai, and Huang are unwilling to be defeated. A hundred times the madness is waiting for an opportunity to start again. If the new Soviet area cannot gain a foothold in Guangxi, you will pull the team into Hunan and Jiangxi." Speaking of this, the two looked at each other, and there were thousands of words in their tacit gaze.Zhou Enlai suddenly changed the subject and said: "From now on, your name will change again. When you were working and studying in France, your name was Deng Xixian; when you were studying at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, your Russian name was Dozoro." Husband; after the '87' meeting in Wuhan, you changed your name to Deng Xiaoping; now you are going to Guangxi, you have to change your name again!"

Deng Xiaoping said with emotion: "The name is a symbol. For the success of our business, it doesn't matter if we change the name dozens or hundreds of times!" Zhou Enlai thought for a moment, dipped his finger in the water in the teacup happily, and wrote the word "Deng Bin" on the table. Deng Xiaoping glanced at it, and immediately said: "This name is good, good! Both civil and military!" Zhou Enlai said sincerely: "This is called tailoring clothes to suit the individual's needs. We have high hopes for you!" "Hu Gong" Deng Xiaoping's voice was a little hoarse, and he couldn't help being moved by it. Under the white terror, Shanghai is engaged in secret work, and the surrounding environment is extremely dangerous.Zhou Enlai is a well-known leader of the Communist Party and the target of the Kuomintang's pursuit by all means.During the period of the Great Revolution, he served as the open leader of both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Many people in the Kuomintang knew him well, and his situation was even more dangerous.In such a complicated environment, Zhou Enlai calmly dealt with it with his calmness and wit, constantly changing his name and address.The place of residence, sometimes for a month, sometimes only for three to five days or even one night, has to be changed. Every time I change places, I have to change my name.Only two or three people knew where he lived.Because there are too many people who know him in society, his time to go out is strictly limited from 5:00 am to 7:00 am and after 7:00 pm, and he does not go out the rest of the time except for special circumstances.He has conducted a careful study of the street layout in Shanghai, trying to avoid walking on main roads, passing through small alleys more, and not taking trams or going to public places.He usually dressed up as a businessman, and later grew a beard, so many people in the party called him "Hu Gong".Although the enemy took him as a key target in their search, they were still unable to find his trace. "Hu Gong, according to my body shape, Xiaoping is the most suitable name!" Deng Xiaoping said. "When you go to Guangxi, you want both civil and martial arts!" Zhou Enlai said.Undoubtedly, this trip to Guangxi was Deng Xiaoping's first independent role in the extremely long, tortuous and dangerous series of his involvement in the Chinese revolution. In this regard, he is full of confidence.The slightly raised corners of his mouth revealed a young and firm belief.In his autobiography written two years ago when he was studying at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, he wrote: "I have made up my mind to hand over my body to our party more resolutely and to this class. From then on, I am willing to accept absolutely Party training, listening to the Party's commands, and always fighting for the interests of the proletariat!" Today, when he feels that he should be thanked for his trust in the organization, a hot current is pouring into his blood, becoming his life, his history, and his immortal belief!He knew that there was no need to thank him anymore, and his life was piously answering and returning this thanks. Before parting, Deng Xiaoping, dressed in leather shoes, glanced at the bluish-gray cotton silk robe that he had replaced, resisted the emotion of saying goodbye, smiled slightly and said to Zhou En: "I can't be the owner of a grocery store anymore." Zhou Enlai grabbed his hand and shook it firmly: "Comrade Xiaoping, no, Comrade Deng Bin, I wish you success!" In order to maintain contact with the central government, Zhou Enlai also sent Gong Yinbing of Teke to Guangxi with Deng Xiaoping, and took the telegram code to be responsible for confidential work. The next day, Deng Xiaoping, who was personable and gentlemanly, left for Hong Kong to "visit relatives".He bid farewell to Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao, the secret grocery store, and his pregnant wife Zhang Xiyuan, and boarded a British passenger ship bound for Hong Kong at the Huangpu River pier...