In 1984, Deng Yingchao s 80th birthday, secretary Zhao Wei recalled that Song Meiling sent a crystal

February 4, 1984 was Deng Yingchao's 80th birthday.

Since *** died, Deng Yingchao has not given himself a birthday, and in 1984, according to Deng Yingchao's Xi, he actually did not want to celebrate this birthday.

But the staff around her thinks: Life is rare for 70 years, and now this 80th birthday, we must have a good time.

On his birthday, some of Deng Yingchao's familiar old comrades-in-arms came to celebrate and take pictures.

Of course, the most unexpected thing is that on the occasion of Deng Yingchao's birthday, he also received a special gift from far away in the United States.

"When Sister Deng was 80 years old, Song Meiling once sent a crystal rabbit with exquisite workmanship. Song Meiling always remembered that Deng Yingchao was a rabbit. ”

That is, the year Deng Yingchao was 80 years old, on February 16, 1984, Song Meiling publicly published the "Open Letter to Deng Yingchao" in Taiwan.

And Deng Yingchao also personally picked up the pen and wrote a reply ......

In the early morning of October 20, 1938, a boat carrying more than 300 children sailed for Chongqing.

As a result, the ship was bombed by Japanese bombers in the middle of the way, and all the children on the ship were killed, and the blood stained the mouth of the Yangtze River.

As a witness, Song Meiling once remembered such a scene vividly, and although many years have passed, she still feels vivid.

"More than 300 children were tragically sunk by Japanese planes, and none of them were spared, and although it has been more than 50 years now, I am always sad and indignant in my heart when I think about it!"

At that time, the office of the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party of China in Chongqing was in Zengjiayan, and as soon as Song Meiling went ashore, she met Deng Yingchao who came out of the *** office.

This is also the first meeting between Song Meiling and Deng Yingchao.

FigIn 1940, the three Song sisters visited the children in the nursery.

When she met Song Meiling, Deng Ying supernaturally wanted to say hello as soon as possible:"Where is Madame going?".”

Song Meiling did not play dumb riddles, but answered truthfully:"The weather is good, and there will probably be no air raids, so why not go out for a walk?"

Okay, I'll go in and explain. ”

The group went all the way to the nursery school.

Because the times are difficult,The nursery is located in an ancestral hall and the environment is very simple, but it is also a great blessing for the children to have such a safe place of refuge in such a war-torn era.

In the classroom, a teacher was teaching the children to sing, and when they saw someone coming in, the children immediately recognized who was in front of them.

Jiang's mother, Deng's mother. ”

Everyone cheered and shouted.

In another classroom, the children were playing word games, and Song Meiling and Deng Yingchao were on the side with great interest.

A ten-year-old girl pulled one out of a stack of cards from her teacher's hand, and the teacher asked her, "Do you know the words on it?"”

Know, devil. ”

The little girl replied timidly.

Start pick-up. "Japan ......Devils".

Pick it up a little longer. ”

Evil Japanese devils. ”

Follow-up. "The evil Japanese devils are very bad. ”

The teacher asked comfortingly, "Can you still pick it up?"”

The little girl began to sobble quietly

"Of course you can, the evil Japanese devils are very bad, they flew planes to bomb us, killing ......Blew up my dad......Mom!”

FigGroup photo of China's wartime child care home, the second from the right in the front row is Deng Yingchao.

As the little girl kept sobbing, the female classmates present couldn't help crying, only the boy was holding back tears.

Deng Yingchao looked at the scene in front of her from the side, and couldn't help but feel a little sad, she comforted the little girl, and asked the children in the classroom:

"This little sister is very good, can you still pick it up?”

In fact, since the fall of Nanjing, refugees from the Jianghuai region have flocked to Wuhan, Anhui and other places, but these places are also precarious, and the people are displaced and in a difficult situation.

Under such a catastrophe, children have also suffered unprecedented misfortune, some have died of **, some have been abandoned by their parents, and some have been separated from their parents and are lonely, and these children, in the end, can survive, I am afraid that very few.

At that time, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were a gathering place for the sunken corpses of Japanese soldiers, and there were often sacks containing the remains of children on the banks of the river.

Its tragic scene cannot be summed up in words.

Not only that, the Japanese army wantonly searched for children in the occupied areas, not only letting these children transfuse blood for the wounded Japanese soldiers, but also taking them back to Japan and training them to use against us.

The sinister intentions of the Japanese can be seen.

At that time, Ta Kung Pao also published an article written by Li Zongren's wife, Guo Dejie, exposing this situation:

"The Japanese invaders captured the fat and strong boys in our war zone as a tool for blood transfusion of the enemy's wounded soldiers, so that the wounded who were pure and strong, and the wounded who were transfused with excessive bleeding could be healthy as soon as possible and return to the battlefield. "

FigAt the beginning of 1939, Deng Yingchao, Zhang Qinqiu, Liao Yiguang, and Lu Jingru, members of the women's group of the Southern Women's Bureau, took a group photo.

At that time, the people gradually took in these children who had been displaced by the war, and then sent them to Chongqing to settle down.

At the beginning of 1938, Deng Yingchao actively contacted well-known people from all walks of life and held a meeting on child care in a hotel in Hankou.

Most of the attendees were celebrities from all walks of life, such as Cai Yuanpei, Guo Moruo, Shen Junru, and Li Dequan, the wife of General Feng Yuxiang, a total of 183 people.

But among these people, there is still a lack of a person with sufficient weight.

The appearance of Song Meiling greatly made up for this shortcoming.

Deng Yingchao hoped that the work of the nursery school could be included in the name of the organization led by Song Meiling, and Song Meiling readily agreed.

On the day of the establishment of the Nursery Association, Soong Meiling attended the conference and delivered a 3,000-word speech.

It was on this day that Song Meiling and Deng Yingchao officially met, and Song Meiling stepped forward very politely to shake hands with Deng Yingchao:"I've admired it for a long time!Sincere cooperation and all-out efforts to help refugee children. "

FigIn 1939, some children from the children's nursery in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border District took a group photo.

As early as the Great Revolution, Deng Yingchao had actively participated, and Song Meiling had been famous for her for a long time, but Deng Yingchao still said politely:

"Madame Chiang, we must not only help the children in distress with the spirit of the War of Resistance, but also train them to become talents for the construction of China!"

In fact, in the past, leaders of the older generation such as ** formulated various political measures to solve problems related to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

In the fifties, when he met with Cao Juren, a famous journalist who had returned from Hong Kong, he talked about a proposition:

"If Taiwan returns to the motherland, they can live their own way. The army can also be saved, and we will not force him to lay off troops, not want him to streamline his administration, and let him engage in the 'Three People's Principles.'" ”

The "first program" means that Taiwan must return to the motherlandThe "four eyes" include: After Taiwan's return to the motherland, except for foreign affairs, which must be unified in the first place, all military and political personnel arrangements shall be decided by Chiang;All insufficient military, admin, and construction funds shall be appropriated by **;Taiwan's social reform can be resolved through mitigation and consultationThe two sides agreed not to send people to undermine each other's unity.

Fig** With Deng Yingchao.

In his early years, he was the main leader of the work in Taiwan, and during the Great Revolution, he was the director of the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy, and he had this very good personal friendship with Chiang Kai-shek.

In order to strive for the reunification of the motherland, he has devoted his whole life to it.

On December 20, 1975, when he was dying, he also summoned Luo Qingchang, the head of the leading group for Taiwan work, and instructed him:

"For the friends who helped us in the past, there will be a period in the future, and you who do the right work must remember that for the old friends who have helped us, we must remember him and don't forget him. ”

On New Year's Day in 1979, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued the "Letter to Taiwan Compatriots", and Deng Yingchao was appointed as the head of the leading group for the work on Taiwan, and on New Year's Day in 1980, he said in a speech at the New Year's tea party of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

"The general policy clearly declared in the "Letter to Taiwan Compatriots". It is not an expedient measure, let alone the so-called '** offensive', it is completely based on the general interests of the Chinese nation and the fundamental interests of the entire country. ”

"If Jingguo is willing to send someone back to sweep the grave, we will welcome it very much. ”

FigSong Meiling.

In July 1982, Chiang Ching-kuo publicly published an article mourning his father.

Although this article was written by Chiang Ching-kuo to mourn his father, the article used a large amount of content to tell his feelings of missing his hometown.

After Deng Yingchao saw this article published by Chiang Ching-kuo, he immediately convened a meeting of the Taiwan group, and in view of the fact that Liao Chengzhi, the deputy head of the group, and Chiang Ching-kuo were classmates at Sun Yat-sen University back then, Deng Yingchao suggested that he write an open letter to Chiang Ching-kuo. And help from the side.

On July 24, 1981, Liao Chengzhi's open letter to Chiang Ching-kuo was published in People's **.

All in all, Liao Chengzhi's letter caused a huge response at home and abroad, and everyone turned their attention to Chiang Ching-kuo, hoping to see his attitude.

Unfortunately, Chiang Ching-kuo, despite his desire to seek a communication and dialogue, was still quite resistant at the time.

On August 17, 1981, the leading group for Taiwan work received a reply, but the reply was not from Chiang Ching-kuo, but from Soong Meiling.

Song Meiling still insisted on her position and rejected the kindness of Deng Yingchao and Liao Chengzhi.

Despite this, Deng Yingchao still did not give up his efforts.

As the war of liberation progressed, the Kuomintang was completely defeated on the mainland.

Despite this, after Soong Meiling arrived in Taiwan, her "diplomatic" enthusiasm continued unabated, especially during the sixties and seventies, and she was frequently active in diplomatic occasions, lobbying the United States to support Chiang Kai-shek.

In 1975, after the death of Chiang Kai-shek, Soong Meiling went to the United States to settle down.

Although Song Meiling lived in seclusion in her later years and rarely saw guests, she always insisted on her own ideas in her attitude.

In May 1981, Mr. Soong Ching Ling was seriously ill, and his relatives knew that Soong Ching Ling always remembered his sister, so they sent a special letter, hoping that she could come back to have a look.

After Song Meiling received the letter, she only replied coldly:

"The letter has been received, I know. ”

"Flesh and blood affection, the avenue is important. ”

FigDeng Yingchao.

Although several attempts to communicate were rejected, Deng Yingchao never gave up his efforts.

In the following years, Deng Yingchao had to send greeting cards to Song Meiling in the United States every year.

Song Meiling and *** Deng Yingchao have a deep friendship.

After the Xi'an Incident in 1936, ** personally flew to Xi'an to mediate, Song Meiling was very sincere, and Deng Yingchao did not say much, during the Anti-Japanese War, they worked together to establish a conservation association.

On February 4, 1984, Deng Yingchao's 80th birthday, Song Meiling in the United States sent a congratulatory gift, a crystal rabbit with exquisite workmanship.

On February 16, Song Meiling published an "Open Letter to Deng Yingchao", which can be regarded as a response to Deng Yingchao's tireless contact over the years.

“……Recalling that during the Anti-Japanese War in Chongqing, I had met with my eldest sister Confucius to talk with Mr. Confucius several times, and asked Mr. about the anti-Japanese war issues at that time and the prospects for the future of the countryRegardless of the authenticity of the content, I still remember telling my sister that if Ying Chao can serve the country and the nation, she will stand out, and even super Ying will ...... come out”

"The first acquaintance of Lushan has been fifty years. The gathering of the mountain city and the meeting of Jinling are still as vivid as yesterday. It is a pity that it has been more than 40 years since the end of the question. Fortunately, friendship still exists, and the two hearts are connected.

Looking back on the years, the national disaster was in full swing, and his wife devoted herself to the all-people war of resistance, promoting domestic unity, striving for international assistance, promoting anti-Japanese morale, and helping the wounded soldiers of the refugees.

I am also over 80 years old. Although the burden of government affairs has been relieved today, those who cannot be put aside are the only ones who are united by the country. ”

FigIn 1984, Deng Yingchao's 80th birthday, a gift from Song Meiling - Crystal Rabbit.

Song Meiling lived in seclusion in her later years and had little contact with outsiders, although she had also experienced the glory of the past, she never refused to write a reminiscence text.

On October 24, 2003, Song Meiling died at her home in Manhattan, New York, USA, at the age of 106.

In his later years, Deng Yingchao always devoted himself to friendly exchanges with Taiwan, and whenever a delegation of Taiwan compatriots came to the mainland, Deng Yingchao would take time to meet with him and patiently and meticulously listen to the views and views of the members of the delegation on the reunification of the motherland.

As early as the end of 1979, Zhu Xuefan was elected vice chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, and Deng Yingchao met with him many times and instructed him to contribute to the reunification of the motherland.

In February 1981, Zhu Xuefan presided over a symposium on postal communication with Taiwan, and submitted the "Report on the Establishment of a Research Group on Postal Communication with Taiwan" to the ** Working Group on Postal Communication.

After receiving the report, Deng Yingchao warmly praised Zhu Xuefan's contribution, and in 1988, after Zhu Xuefan was elected chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, Deng Yingchao also called to congratulate

"With regard to the reunification of the motherland and the implementation of one country, two systems, you and your comrades will certainly be able to achieve new development and new achievements. ”

In the Great Hall of the People, the children who were raised by the nursery club are now all old people with gray temples, but despite this, they have not forgotten Deng Yingchao's kindness.

FigDeng Yingchao.

In November 1990, the 100th anniversary of General Zhang Zhizhong's birth, General Zhang Zhizhong's descendants came from Taiwan to visit the mainland of the motherland.

In his later years, Deng Yingchao's physical condition was never very good, but he was still concerned about national affairs, and Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia and his daughter Princess Monique also visited the hospital in person.

Despite her illness, when she heard that Beijing No. 1 Experimental Primary School was about to celebrate its 80th anniversary, Deng Yingchao picked up her pen and wrote an enthusiastic letter for her students.

On July 10, 1992, Deng Yingchao's condition worsened, and although the doctors tried their best to treat him, Deng Yingchao's condition still did not improve.

At 6:55 a.m. the next day, Deng Yingchao, who had worked hard for the motherland all his life, left us at the age of 88.

In the face of his death, Deng Yingchao was actually prepared, and put forward requirements to ** a few years ago, such as cremation after the body is dissected, no ashes are kept, no farewell to the body, all houses and houses shared with *** are owned by the whole people, etc.

The last outfit Deng Yingchao chose for herself was a suit made in the 60s.

FigDeng Yingchao and secretary Zhao Wei in his later years.

When the secretary Zhao Wei took it out, the sleeves of this suit were also torn, the lining of the suit was also torn, and even the waistband of the trousers was torn, with several patches on it, and there were still various materials.

At that time, everyone did not approve of taking this dress, but in the end, it was the secretary Zhao Wei who made the decision and followed Sister Deng's wishes.

Although Grandma Deng Yingchao has left us, her spirit has always been with us, and one day, we will be able to see the scenery that her old family is looking forward to.