In the early morning of December 12, 1996, Comrade ***, who woke up, suddenly felt that he could not breathe well and could not even swallow food, and the health doctor quickly sent him to the General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to receive **.
From Comrade Xiaoping's home to the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, the total mileage is only 10 kilometers.
However, once the old man left, he never returned to the small courtyard he loved.
Although the medical staff did their best to help Comrade Xiaoping fight against the disease.
It's a pity that the miracle didn't happen.
On February 19, 1997, the centennial man had respiratory failure.
At 9:08 p.m. on the 19th, a great man of the first generation passed away due to advanced Parkinson's disease and lung infection.
Four days before Comrade Xiaoping died of illness, he asked his family to convey his last wishes to the then general secretary of the Communist Party of China.
Comrade Xiaoping did not put forward any additional conditions to the organization, but he was worried about one thing ......
On August 22, 1904, ** was born in Guang'an, Sichuan.
His original name was Deng Xiansheng, he entered school at the age of five, and later changed his name to Deng Xixian (collectively referred to as *** in this article
After graduating from high school, he was admitted to Guang'an County Middle School.
In the autumn of 1919, he was admitted to the Chongqing Work-Study Preparatory School in France, and went to France for work-study in the summer of the following year.
During his stay in France, he actively participated in revolutionary activities, followed the founders of our party and listened to their teachings.
In 1922, he joined the Chinese Socialist Youth League and became a member of the Communist Party of China in 1924.
In 1926, he went to the Soviet Union to study XiIn the spring of 1927, after graduating from school, he returned to China and was appointed by *** to join Feng Yuxiang's National Army to engage in political work.
At this time, the first KMT-CCP cooperation broke down. **On August 7, 1927, he went to Wuhan to attend an emergency meeting of the Chinese Communist Party.
At the end of 1927, he went to Shanghai with the ** agency. In the summer of 1929, under the pseudonym Deng Bin, he went to Guangxi to lead the uprising.
In December 1929 and February 1930, he and Comrade Zhang Yunyi launched the "Baise Uprising" and "Longzhou Uprising" successively.
In the summer of 1931, due to the needs of the revolutionary struggle, ** left Guangxi and went to Jiangxi ** base area to take up important positions.
In the following years, he was wrongly treated because he resolutely supported the correct line of Comrade ***.
In October 1934, on the eve of the Red Army's Long March, ** resumed work.
In January 1935, he participated in the Zunyi Conference, and together with leading comrades such as ***, he determined the new ** leadership represented by ***.
In July 1937, the full-scale War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, and the whole country formed an anti-Japanese united front.
** Deputy Director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
In January 1938, he was transferred to the political commissar of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and went deep behind enemy lines in North China with the division commander to establish the Taihang and Taiyue anti-Japanese base areas.
From 1942 to 1945, he successively served as the secretary of the Taihang Branch of the Communist Party of China and the secretary of the Northern Bureau of the Communist Party of China, and fully presided over the work of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
He was elected as a member of the ** committee at the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
During the War of Liberation, the "Liu Deng" army, which was composed of ** and ***, launched the Shangdang Campaign and the Handan Campaign.
Later, he crossed the Yellow River in the south and advanced into the Dabie Mountains, opening the prelude to the People's Liberation Army's nationwide strategic offensive against the Kuomintang army.
In the final stage of the Liberation War, Su Yu served as the secretary of the General Front Committee of the Central Field Army and the East China Field Army.
He commanded the Huaihai Campaign and the River Crossing Campaign, conquered Nanjing, the capital of the Kuomintang, and Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other vast areas.
In October 1949, ** participated in the founding ceremony, and then led the troops to the southwest without stopping.
Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other provinces have been liberated one after another, and they have participated in and led the work of marching and peaceful liberation.
In the early 50s of the 20th century, Comrade Xiaoping was transferred to work in the first place, and served as the vice premier and deputy director of the Financial and Economic Committee for a long time, directly under the leadership of the first class.
On the cusp of a series of storms, Comrade Xiaoping resolutely supported all the correct propositions put forward by the leading group with the chairman as the core.
In the mid-to-late 50s of the 20 th century, Comrade Xiaoping went to Moscow many times to negotiate with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
On the basis of the diplomatic norm of neither humility nor arrogance, we will resolutely uphold the principled position of the Communist Party of China on independence and self-determination.
In the mid-60s of the 20th century, an unprecedented catastrophe swept across China.
Comrade Xiaoping was wrongly treated and went to Xinjian County, Jiangxi Province to conduct labor education.
Between 1973 and 1976, Comrade Xiaoping was reinstated to his posts as vice premier, but he was once again mistreated, with three ups and downs.
When the premier became seriously ill, with the support of the premier, Comrade Xiaoping presided over the daily work of the party, the state and the army, which was wholeheartedly supported by the people of the whole country and achieved remarkable results.
In July 1977, the Third Plenary Session of the 10th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China reinstated his original leadership position in the party, government and military.
In December 1978, at the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Xiaoping delivered an important speech on "Emancipating the Mind, Seeking Truth from Facts, and Looking Forward in Unity".
After the vote of the plenary session, the second-generation leading group of the Communist Party of China with the core was formed.
In the 80s of the 20th century, Comrade Xiaoping adhered to the principle of "reform and opening up, emancipating the mind, and seeking truth from facts."
It has actively advocated the establishment of special economic zones, opened up 14 coastal cities in China, and carried out a "million disarmament" plan in a big way.
In November 1989, at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Xiaoping resigned from the post of chairman of the ** Military Commission, which he last held.
The smooth transition to the third-generation leading collective with Comrade *** as the core has ensured the stable advancement of the Party and the country.
After his retirement, Comrade Xiaoping still cared about the cause of the party and the country.
In 1992, he inspected Wuchang, Zhuhai, Shanghai and other places in southern China, and delivered an important "Southern Speech" to sum up the basic experience since the reform and opening up.
It is worth mentioning that Comrade Xiaoping is not only the chief architect of China's reform and opening up.
He tried his best to restore the college entrance examination, which changed the fate of the Chinese people and changed the course of world history.
Throughout the decades, Comrade Xiaoping has had three ups and downs, studied at a young age, and fought a horse for half his life.
Under the influence of the times and the inspiration of the people, he dedicated everything he had to the party, the country and the people.
Since the Spring Festival in 1994, Comrade Xiaoping has never appeared in public again.
Some foreign ** use this as an excuse to slander and spread rumors"Comrade Xiaoping is critically ill and has even died, and the CCP has not made it public in order to suppress the news."
However, the reason why Comrade Xiaoping did not appear in public was also due to his unique considerations.
First of all, since Comrade Xiaoping resigned from all posts inside and outside the party, he has rarely appeared in public and has not received foreign guests or local functionaries in his capacity as a party and state leader.
As a veteran comrade and party member, he is concerned about the major affairs of the party and the state and puts forward his own opinions in a timely manner.
In fact, after Comrade Xiaoping retired, he lived a comfortable and comfortable life in a courtyard house in Beijing.
Before Comrade Xiaoping was hospitalized, every once in a while, the health doctor would give the old man a physical examination as usual.
According to the results of the examination, although he is nearly 90 years old, Comrade Xiaoping's heart, liver and spleen are very healthy, and there is no diabetes or prostatitis common in the elderly.
It's just that Comrade Xiaoping suffered from Parkinsonism.
In medicine, it is a disease that has no way to **.
When the disease is not on, the patient, like the average person, has no problems in daily life;Once the disease occurs, it will affect the patient's breathing and eating.
* Parkinson's disease drugs are generally taken with Comrade Xiaoping for more than ten years, and then his physical condition became more and more serious, which caused respiratory problems.
In the early morning of December 12, 1996, Comrade Xiaoping woke up and felt that he was not breathing well, and the health doctor rushed him to the General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Considering the particularity of this old man's identity, the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army set up Comrade Xiaoping's ward on the top floor of a small building at the southern end of the courtyard.
It's quiet and convenient, and cars can drive directly to the elevator, making it easy for state leaders to visit.
After a detailed examination by the doctor, it was found that Comrade Xiaoping's poor breathing was due to the influence of Parkinson's syndrome.
Because of the age, doctors do not dare to prescribe targeted drugs, which will cause a series of chain reactions in the body of the elderly, and can only be conservative**.
On January 1, 1997, New Year's Day, there was a light snow in Beijing, and the whole city was lit up to welcome the arrival of the new year.
However, the joyful atmosphere did not seem to have reached Comrade Xiaoping's ward.
In order to take care of him, the PLA General Hospital sent two medical teams composed of experienced doctors** to stay by his side all night.
Doctors come in and out, and the ward seems to be crowded, but there is a strange atmosphere.
At that time, **TV was working on a documentary called "**", with a total of 12 episodes.
A paramedic named Huang Lin turned on the TV in the room in order to liven up the atmosphere.
When I changed the channel, I just switched to this documentary.
Hearing a familiar voice, Comrade Xiaoping turned his head from the side looking at the scenery outside the window and looked at the picture on TV.
Because of his lack of energy and the fact that the TV was placed too far away, Comrade Xiaoping only saw a familiar figure on the TV, but he couldn't see who he was.
So, he asked Huang Lin:"Who's on TV?”
Huang Lin said with a smile"That's you, you read it carefully, right?"”
Comrade Xiaoping showed a smile that he had not seen for a long time.
Next, Huang Lin accompanied Comrade Xiaoping to watch the documentary, leaning over his ear from time to time, repeating the words praising him on TV.
At this time, Comrade Xiaoping showed a strange shy smile on his face, just like the feeling of embarrassment of a primary school student after being praised by the teacher.
Illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread.
Because of the breathing problem, Comrade Xiaoping needed the help of a machine to breathe normally.
I have to undergo various examinations, intravenous drips, and take medicine every day, which is very painful.
However, Comrade Xiaoping never made any demands on the medical staff, let alone groaned because of the pain.
The old man and his relatives are very open-minded, fully believe in the best plan given by the medical team, and fully cooperate.
Due to the atrophy of blood vessels in the elderly, medical staff sometimes have to prick several layers to find the right position.
Comrade Xiaoping never said anything, let alone lost his temper and said that he would be replaced, which made the medical staff admire his perseverance as an old man and his calm attitude in the face of life and death.
Fast forward to February 6, 1997, which was Chinese New Year's Eve, and Comrade Xiaoping's condition was relatively stable.
The hospital specially made a few light stir-fried dishes, and also cooked dumplings, so that Comrade Xiaoping and the medical staff around him had a New Year's dinner.
At the dinner table, everyone sincerely wished Comrade Xiaoping an early success.
Another 12 days passed, and despite the best efforts of the paramedics, the miracle did not occur.
On February 19, 1997, **'s respiratory function had failed.
At 9:08 p.m., Tao Shouqi, head of the medical team and president of Fuwai Cardiovascular Hospital, and Mu Shanchu, vice president of the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, announced the cessation of rescue.
All the medical staff present cried loudly, and Comrade Xiaoping's lover Zhuo Lin took the whole family to bid him farewell.
Early the next morning, **TV station and **People's Radio** announced the news to the world.
When the bad news came, the national revolutionary sites, memorial halls, organs, schools, shops, enterprises and institutions lowered their flags at half-mast and hung out a memorial couplet.
Jiangxi's new tractor repair factory, Ruijin Soviet District, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Pudong Special Economic Zone, Guangxi Baise, Sichuan Guang'an, and other places where Comrade Xiaoping worked and lived, burst out with endless sorrow.
The Chinese people all over the world are in endless pain and express their deep condolences over the passing of Comrade Xiaoping.
However, four days before Comrade Xiaoping's death, he asked his lover Zhuo Lin to convey his last wishes to the then general secretary of the Communist Party of China: No funeral ceremonies;There is no mourning hall;Dissect the body and leave the cornea for medical research;Scatter the ashes into the rivers, lakes and seas of the motherland.
* The leaders decided to act in accordance with Comrade Xiaoping's instructions.
When the secretary received the order, he burned all the clothes he had left behind.
Like ***, Comrade Xiaoping's underwear also has several patches.
When the staff around me saw this underwear with holes, tears couldn't stop fallingWho can believe that a leader of such a big country, an engineer who promotes reform and opening up, is actually wearing torn underwear.
In addition, one of the things that Comrade Xiaoping was most worried about during his lifetime was the reunification of the motherland.
As early as the 80s of the 20 th century, Comrade Xiaoping and then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had a-for-tat debate on the issue of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, and finally reached an agreement, that is, Hong Kong will officially return to the motherland on 1 July 1997.
Taiwan, especially the uninterrupted" conspiracy of a small number of "** elements," has made Comrade Xiaoping more worried.
On the issue of the motherland's reunification, Comrade Xiaoping's great concept of "one country, two systems" has enabled Hong Kong and Macao to smoothly return to the embrace of the motherland.
The Taiwan issue has always been one of the major issues that party and state leaders are worried about, including the chairman and the party.
On February 20, 1997, Taiwan made a large number of reports on the death of Comrade Xiaoping, reflecting the attitude of all circles in Taiwan towards this matter from various angles.
Taiwan's "China Times" and "Business Times" published editorials"Hong Kong's return to the motherland is another indelible historical achievement.
The problems left over from colonialism a hundred years ago were peacefully resolved this year, and they are related to the creative proposal of the "one country, two systems" system. ”
The editorial mentions at the same timeIt is hoped that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can jointly realize their century-old wish for China's reunification and prosperity on this basis. ”
The heads of the three major organizations in Taiwan's business community respectively expressed their views on the death of *** and ***.
As a matter of fact, as early as the late 70s of the 20 th century, Comrade Xiaoping began to worry about it and set about resolving the Taiwan issue.
In January 1978, he pointed out during a meeting with members of the U.S. Congress"Solving the Taiwan issue is to use two hands, and neither way can be ruled out.
If you fight for peace with your right hand, then you probably have more strength with your right hand. If you really can't do it, you have to use your left hand, and this is a military method.
We can't be flexible on either side, the only thing that remains constant is that we can continue to wait. ”
On New Year's Day 1979, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) issued a "Letter to the Taiwan Compatriots," announcing the principle of striving for the peaceful reunification of the motherland, expounding that realizing China's reunification is the trend of the times and the aspiration of the people, and expressing the hope that the "Taiwan authorities" will put the interests of the nation first.
Shortly thereafter, Comrade Xiaoping visited the United States for the first time as the leader of the People's Republic of China and explained to members of the US Senate and House of Representatives China's stand on the Taiwan issue.
He stressed many times"We no longer use the term 'liberate Taiwan', as long as Taiwan can return to the motherland, we will respect the current system there." ”
Comrade Xiaoping understands very well that the biggest obstacle to resolving the Taiwan issue is not inside the island, but in the United States.
Therefore, the core issue in Sino-US relations is the Taiwan issue.
In the same year, the United States announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Taiwan, but said that it would still sell arms to Taiwan, including that the United States would intervene in the event of something.
Comrade Xiaoping reacted to this in a timely manner, and he said in many speeches"Taiwan's return to the motherland, opposing hegemonism, and stepping up economic construction are the three major things we will do in the 80s of the 20 th century. ”
He even put forward the spirit of "seizing the day" to provide a correct line for the important task of Taiwan's return to the motherland.
When *** was about to enter the old age of 80, he once said this affectionately"We are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and the motherland must be reunified, and there will be no way out without reunification.
Those of us who are not young are all young, and we hope that the Chinese nation will come to a true reunification. If this is not done, future generations will always blame us when they write history. ”
In May 1988, Comrade Xiaoping, who had gradually delegated power, pointed out when he met with the leaders of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia"I have a concern right now, and that is that China still has a Taiwan issue to solve.
Whether or not we can truly and smoothly realize the reunification of the mainland and Taiwan still depends on our own development. ”
It can be seen that the return of Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan to the motherland is the unfulfilled wish of the leaders of the Communist Party of China.
Comrade Xiaoping, as the core of the second-generation leading collective, regards Taiwan's return to the motherland as a major task that he cannot shirk, and is determined to accomplish the dream of reunification in the lifetime of his generation.
Due to various complicated reasons, Comrade Xiaoping made several changes to his strategic concept for settling the Taiwan issue.
This is because although Taiwan is China's internal affair, it involves complex international elements.
It is precisely for this reason that in the mid-to-late 80s of the 20 th century, Comrade Xiaoping put forward with a far-sighted view: To resolve the Taiwan issue, we must consider it from a strategic angle and have new ideas.
Under the guidance of the new strategic thinking, Comrade Xiaoping put forward a concrete idea of "peaceful reunification."
"Peaceful reunification" is slightly different from "one country, two systems."
The core of the content is that as long as Taiwan can return to the motherlandIt can be admitted that Taiwan's local government has its own set of domestic policies.
As a special administrative region, Taiwan is different from other provinces, municipalities, localities** and even autonomous regions. As long as Taiwan can return to the motherland, everything will be negotiable.
The great concept of "peaceful reunification" can be regarded as an upgraded version of "one country, two systems," and this is a new method proposed by Comrade Xiaoping in his later years after painstakingly exploring and resolving the Taiwan issue over a long period of time.
Both "peaceful reunification" and "one country, two systems" are regarded by our party as a general strategic concept for resolving the issues of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao and realizing the reunification of the motherland.
Without the Communist Party, there would be no New China, no Communist Party, and no new period.
This son of the Chinese people has been given the same highest reputation as ***.
** Faithfully dedicated his life to the rise of China and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
On such issues as economic construction, political system reform, and the reunification of the motherland, he put forward many strategic guidelines with great foresight.
However, although Comrade Xiaoping solved the issue of the reunification of the motherland during his lifetime, he created the relevant theories and is still guiding the reform of our party.
With the gradual deepening of a number of reforms, the grand blueprint drawn by his old man during his lifetime is becoming a reality again and again.
I believe that one day soon, Comrade Xiaoping's last wish will surely come true, and these will comfort his old man's soul in heaven.