In the early morning of January 5, 1976, ** suddenly felt unwell, and the medical staff immediately examined him. Due to the accumulation of work, since the end of 1975, ** has basically lost all body functions, and even eating can only rely on the esophagus to deliver liquid food to the stomach.
After examination, the medical staff learned that the main cause of this discomfort was the failure of the feces in the intestines to be expelled in time. **The attending doctor, Zhang Zuoliang, immediately operated on him and removed the feces remaining in his intestines with the help of external force.
Although the operation went relatively smoothly, everyone knew that this could only temporarily relieve the Prime Minister's pain, and there was not much time left.
After this operation, ** was in a coma most of the time, Zhang Zuoliang was always guarding his ward, every time *** woke up, he would walk to his hospital bed as soon as possible and say: ".Prime Minister, do you have any needs?”
**Whispered"I don't have anything to do here, you go and take care of the other patients, they need you more. ”Unexpectedly, this sentence turned out to be the last voice left by *** to the world.
Years later, Zhang Zuoliang talked about this scene in an interview: ".The last days of the prime minister's life were no longer sober. He said this completely by subconscious, which shows that the prime minister's good quality of thinking about others has gone deep into his bones. ”
On the morning of January 8, **'s breathing rhythm began to slow down more and more, and **, who was on duty, immediately realized that the situation was a little bad, so he pressed the electric bell.
Medical experts rushed to the ward and launched intense rescue work. But the miracle did not happen after all, and the ups and downs on the ECG oscilloscope continued to slow down, and finally pulled into a straight line.
**After the heart stopped, the paramedics performed another 10 minutes of resuscitation, but his heart never beat again. Wu Jieping sighed: ".The salvage work can be stopped, so let's remove all these things. ”
**In the last period of his life, he refused to shave, and his face looked very vicissitudes against the backdrop of his beard. **'s secretary Zhang Shuying deliberately asked the staff to shave his beard before the farewell ceremony, which also became the last time he shaved.
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12 Coup", in Shanghai to hunt down communists, in the face of these revolutionaries, the reactionaries' methods were extremely cruel, most of the party members defended their faith with their lives, but there were also a small number of people with weak willpower, succumbed to the torture of the reactionaries, and a large number of outstanding party members died because of the betrayal of traitors.
Against this background, the work of our Party was forced to go underground. In order to ensure the safety of the party organizations in Shanghai, a special branch was established in Shanghai, whose main work was to protect the safety of important leaders of our party, collect intelligence, and punish traitors.
In those arduous years, Chen Geng, Li Kenong, Qian Zhuangfei, Hu Di, Pan Hannian and other first batch of our party became our party's "clairvoyant" and "tailwind ear", and made great contributions to the safe transfer of the party organization.
At that time, in order to search for Communist Party members, the Kuomintang also set up an intelligence organization, which is the Investigation Section, the Investigation Section and the ** Special Branch in Shanghai wits and courage,-for-tat, there is a providence in the dark, the person in charge of the Investigation Section is Xu Enzeng, and the heads of the two organizations have a "En" word in their names.
The hidden front is full of dangers, and any red ** must maintain a high degree of vigilance, ** once led the Nanchang Uprising, and once served as the director of the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy, many Kuomintang officers in the Whampoa Department know the appearance of ***.
In order not to be recognized, ** in Shanghai will change the residence every three or five days when the work is in charge, and the entry and exit time is basically the time when there are fewer pedestrians on the street, mainly from five to seven in the morning and after seven in the evening.
The most obvious change made in the anti-surveillance process is the growth of a beard. This is very inconsistent with his personality, ** has the characteristics of "AB type" blood, is a perfectionist, he pays great attention to his image, and he has to shave every day in his youth, so he always shows a handsome and chic side in front of outsiders.
The black and long beard, coupled with a pair of sunglasses, is completely inconsistent with the ** announced by the Kuomintang, although it sacrifices decency, but this practice does allow him to avoid the surveillance of the Kuomintang agents.
In May 1928, ** and others were organized to go to the Soviet Union to participate in the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, but the trip was to take a Japanese steamer, in order not to arouse the suspicion of the Japanese police, ** deliberately wore a white suit and dressed himself as an antique dealer.
As soon as they arrived at the dock, ** and the group attracted the attention of the Japanese police, one of whom walked straight to them with a baton, everyone's hearts were in their throats, ** but they were calm.
"What do you guys do?...”The Japanese policeman asked sharply in unfamiliar Chinese.
"I'm in the antiques business, these are my buddies, and I'm going to Moscow to talk about business. ”He smiled and said to the Japanese police, handing him a cigarette.
The Japanese police were much more difficult to deal with than the Kuomintang patrol police, and they were always more serious in their work and very vigilant. "Everybody take out the tickets and papers, and I'll check them. ”
The Japanese police double-checked everyone's documents and the information on their tickets before letting them on board. ** and others were able to evade this investigation by the Japanese police at that time, thanks to this costume.
After the establishment of the Soviet District, when he returned to the Soviet District from Shanghai to report on his work, he often disguised himself as a missionary. According to ***'s guard Qiu Nanzhang recalled:"When he first returned to the Soviet district, he was dressed in black and had a full beard, and the people thought he was a foreigner. ”
I have to say that **'s full beard did facilitate his travel during that time, so he never shaved his beard. For this he also swore an oath: ".If you don't catch Chiang Kai-shek, you won't shave. Therefore, he has the nickname "Hu Gong".
During the Long March, due to the conditions, ** never shaved off his beard, and this beard was brought to Yan'an by him. It was not until after the outbreak of the "Xi'an Incident" that ** went to Xi'an as a representative of our party to negotiate with the Kuomintang that he shaved off his beard.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, ** was mainly engaged in the external affairs of our party, and in order to let him devote himself to his work, the organization specially arranged staff for him to take care of his daily life. But some trivial things in life, ** have always been done by themselves, such as washing socks, washing handkerchiefs, and washing razors.
In December 1945, ** went to Chongqing to negotiate with the Kuomintang, because *** also needed to communicate with the democrats in Chongqing at that time, his daily work was very busy, and he had very little time to sleep every day, so he handed over these small things in life to his secretary.
In order to maintain a good image, ** shaves every day, and he will personally demonstrate to the secretary how to clean the razor and how to dispose of the old blade.
**'s beard is not only thick, but also grows fast, basically a blade can only be used for a week, so the purchase of shaving blades for *** has become an important daily routine for secretaries.
In November 1946, negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party reached an impasse, and the outbreak of civil war was a foregone conclusion. So *** decided to lead the representatives of our party back to Yan'an.
Due to the scarcity of supplies in Yan'an, before leaving, he instructed his secretary to go to the street and buy 150 pieces of "old man's head" face razor. Later, this batch of razor knives has been used until the ** organ was stationed in Beiping.
Because the beard is thick and hard, he has only been used to the brand "old man's head" for a long time. **After stationing in Beiping, how to buy the "old man's head brand" blade is still a problem that the secretary continues to solve.
** Cheng Yuangong, the life secretary at the time, recalled: "I ran almost all over Beiping City at that time, and finally bought 50 'old man's top brand' blades in Wangfujing Department Store. Two years later, the Wangfujing department store was also out of stock, so I had to ask someone to buy it in Shanghai. ”
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, ** worked day and night for the construction of New China, and due to long-term high-intensity work, ** fell ill in 1951 and continued to have a high fever.
**After learning about the situation, it was decided to let him temporarily put down the work at hand and go to Dalian to recuperate for a while. At first, he just walked around the sanatorium, and when his health gradually improved, he asked the staff to go to the suburban park to take a look and get some fresh air.
At that time, the Volunteer Army was fighting bloody battles on the Korean Peninsula, and Chiang Kai-shek's ** who remained on the mainland often wanted to take this opportunity to wreak havoc on the mainland.
There are many wounded volunteers who have been arranged in Dalian, and once they are recognized, they will inevitably arouse the crowd's onlookers, which is likely to provide an opportunity for the Kuomintang to take advantage of.
But the paramedics said: ".If you want the prime minister to recover as soon as possible, it is better to let him go outside, and it is not possible to live in a nursing home all the time. ”After thinking about it, the guards decided that if they wanted to ensure the safety of the prime minister, it would be better to put on makeup on him so that no one could recognize him.
He Qianli, the secretary of the guard, found Deng Yingchao privately and said what he thought: ".In order to protect the safety of the Prime Minister, can he be asked to grow his beard?This will not be recognized by the masses. ”
Deng Yingchao immediately conveyed He Qianli's words to *** and agreed: ".Isn't that simple?It's not like I didn't do it back then. ”So he began to talk endlessly about his experience when he worked in the special branch of the Communist Party of China.
Within a few days, ** regained his beard and visited some public facilities in Dalian accompanied by Mayor Han Guang, which did not attract too much attention from the masses. But after a few days, he shaved off his beard again and said, ".I can't keep this beard, as prime minister, I should believe in the masses and rely on the masses, there are Soviet troops here, and American planes will not come. ”
Military painter Wang Jisong once created a classic work in 1994, called "Bow to the End", the main content of this painting is *** holding a towel in his hand, leaning against a mirror with his eyes closed.
Art is in life, in fact, this is a true portrayal of life in later life. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, ** often worked day and night, and many times it was not suitable for dozens of hours in a row.
In 1972, ** was diagnosed with bladder cancer, but for the development of the motherland's diplomatic career, he always worked with illness, and Dr. Zhang Zuoliang often advised him: ".Prime Minister, you need to be diligent in getting check-ups, which will help monitor your condition.
But *** is always very reluctant to say;“Don't be in a hurry, let me get through this section first. And what can be done to detect cancer?I'm so old, I can be busy for a few more days and take care of a few more things. ”
In May 1973, red blood cells appeared in his urine, and if he paid more attention to rest, his condition could still improve, but at that time, China had just restored its legitimate seat in the United Nations, its international status had been improved, and there were more and more foreign affairs.
One day in early June, the Vietnamese delegation came to visit China, and they offered to meet with ***, but *** worked all night the night before. Considering the relationship with neighboring countries, ** readily agreed.
When there were still 14 minutes before the agreed meeting time, the secretary Ji Dong came to ***'s office and reminded her: ".Prime Minister, Vietnamese foreign guests are coming soon, so get ready. ”
"Okay, I'll go shave first. ”He used all his strength to prop himself up, and then walked towards the bathroom with difficulty.
Since he has been engaged in China's foreign affairs, he has to dress up carefully every time he meets foreign guests, especially to shave his beard, because he understands in his heart that his image represents the image of the whole China when he receives foreign guests. **Not only does he pay great attention to grooming, but he also requires the staff around him to be the same.
Ji Dong considered that the time left was no longer enough to prepare breakfast for ***, so he called ** to the leader in charge of the reception, hoping that they could prepare some food at the meeting venue.
Ji Dong put down ** and returned to the living room to wait for *** but time passed little by little, but the prime minister was never seen, and everyone immediately began to look around***
When Ji Dong pushed open the door of the bathroom, he found a surprising scene. I saw *** holding a towel in his left hand and a stubble-stained shaving knife tightly in his right hand, and he fell asleep leaning in front of the mirror.
Ji Dong and the other secretaries were extremely distressed when they saw this haggard appearance, and no one took the initiative to go up and wake up the prime minister. Probably *** heard the whispering voices of the secretaries, he slowly opened his eyes, and then suddenly looked up.
"Oops, how did I fall asleep?It's almost late, hurry up and go!”Accompanied by the secretary, ** finally arrived at Diaoyutai on time, **Vice Minister Han Nianlong had been waiting here for a long time, and immediately stepped forward to report the reception to ***.
To Ji Dong's surprise, ** looked extremely tired just now, but immediately after arriving at Diaoyutai, he seemed refreshed, and he couldn't tell that he had been working for thirty hours in a row. It's clear that he's used the time in the car to adjust to his condition.
**After entering the hall, take the initiative to shake hands with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, Pham Van Dong's visit to China actually has only one purpose, that is, "to ask for money", and it is not a very easy thing to receive such foreign guests.
During the Vietnam War, **once wrote to Vietnam**:"Due to the expansion of the scale of Vietnam's War to Resist US Aggression and Salvation in recent years, China's aid to Vietnam will also be expanded in terms of materials and foreign exchange. ”
As a result, the Vietnamese side misread China's meaning, thinking that China would provide assistance to Vietnam unconditionally and without restrictions, so this time Van Van Dong asked for 8.1 billion yuan. At that time, China was in a special period, and its own economy was still in a state of stagnation, and it simply could not come up with so much money.
**Considering the friendship between China and Vietnam, it was decided to provide 2.5 billion aid to Vietnam for the time being, and as for how to negotiate with the Vietnamese, this task was handed over
In the end, ** successfully completed the negotiation task under the condition of extreme exhaustion, and during the negotiation process, he asked the service staff to prepare wet towels for him several times to refresh himself.
A few years later, what the Vietnamese did on the Chinese border was really in vain for the sincerity of the Chinese people, ** had passed away at that time, and if he was still alive, I don't know how chilling it would be.
Like ***, **'s physical fitness is getting worse and worse by the seventies, and he often relies on sleeping pills to maintain sleep.
In the early seventies, Kissinger visited China to prepare for Nixon's visit to China, but Kissinger's visit to China did not achieve the expected results, and there were many points of view that China and the United States failed to reach an agreement.
Kissinger was unwilling to go back empty-handed, so he proposed to meet with *** on the last day of his visit to China. But it was late at night, and ** finally fell asleep, so *** and *** met with Kissinger instead of ***.
When the two talked to Kissinger, they didn't do anything arrogant, but before leaving, they said "thank you" to Kissinger out of politeness.
But this move was seized by **, thinking that the time for "reverse Zhou" had come, so ** slandered in ***"In the process of meeting Kissinger, Zhou and Ye talked about the surrender of the soft bones Hua" and "met Kissinger privately".Wait a minute.
In fact, I was already unhappy with some of Kissinger's proposals this time, and after hearing these words, I said firmly: ".Whoever wants to engage in revisionism must be criticized. ”
At the later Politburo meeting, the false accusation was "right-leaning capitulationism", and Yao Wenyuan also echoed it. **It's hard to argue, he has always had a good temper and reprimanded in public for the behavior of buttoning his hat indiscriminately.
In the period that followed, ** entered the stage of writing and checking one after another, and he had to endure not only the torture of illness but also mental destruction every day, and a person who had fought for the revolutionary cause all his life was framed as "capitulationism", a fact that no one could accept.
During that time, **'s life was dark, he locked himself in his room every day, refused to meet guests, refused to have meetings, and even refused chemotherapy, and he didn't shave for several days after he had always paid attention to grooming. Zhang Shuying, the chief of the guard, saw the prime minister's appearance, and burst into tears in distress.
Later, thanks to *** to stop it, the "Criticism Week" movement came to an end, after this setback, ** vitality was greatly damaged, although he was still presiding over the work, but his energy was far less than before.
At the end of 1975, ** was at the end of his life, his body was full of tubes, and it was extremely difficult to even turn over, and he never had a haircut or shave again.
He was unkempt every day, his eye sockets were sunken, and he weighed less than sixty pounds. Zhang Shuying has followed *** for many years, and after seeing him like this, he was very painful, he knew that the prime minister cared about his image very much, so he took the initiative to propose:"Prime Minister, ask Master Zhu to give you a haircut. ”Master Zhu Dianhua usually works in Beijing Hotel, and in the past 20 years, he has been the one who has been cutting hair and shaving his face.
**Intermittently said:"No. Don't let Lao Zhu come. He saw me like this. It's going to be sad. ”When the staff heard this, tears welled up in their eyes.
Zhu Dianhua always wanted to come to give *** a haircut, but he refused, and it was not until after *** died that he was notified to go to Beijing Hospital to give *** a haircut.
Zhu Huadian came to Beijing Hospital with grief, when the medical staff lifted the white cloth covering the body, Zhu Dianhua was extremely shocked, he could hardly believe that the skinny old man in front of him was tortured by illness, and he almost didn't know ***.
Vice President Han Zongqi told Zhu Dianhua: ".Apply more soap, make the blade faster, and don't let the prime minister scratch his face. Zhu Dianhua wept while tidying up his appearance, and in the end he left a strand of gray hair as a souvenir.
With Zhu Dianhua's efforts, he left this world with dignity, and according to his will, the ashes stayed in the Taiwan Hall of the Great Hall of the People for one night, and then scattered them to the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.
** Spent his whole life writing the word "dedication", until his death, he still thought of the great cause of the reunification of the motherland, and his soul will always protect the land of China.