The Prime Minister died of terminal liver cancer on January 8, 1976. Although he underwent several major surgeries in his later years and was so weak that he could not even eat normally, one day at the end of December 1975, he suddenly asked his secretary to drink a cup of Lu'an Gua Pian tea.
The staff present were quite confused, because the prime minister's body was already so weak, why did he drink tea?The prime minister took a sip of tea and tasted it silently, and said thoughtfully: "I think of Ye Ting."
It has been almost 30 years since General Ye Ting died, but when he came back and became the commander of the New Fourth Army, I was very happy and made a special trip to visit him, and he also gave me a jar of Lu'an Gua Pian Tea ......After saying that, the Prime Minister's eyes seemed to moisten a little. Hearing these words, the staff suddenly realized: in the twilight of life, the old comrades-in-arms who have long passed away want to taste the taste of this tea again.
Although *** can ask other people to come to the hospital if they want to see them, it is impossible to see Ye Ting, so he has to express his thoughts in this way. ** He and Ye Ting met in their early years, and had important cooperation experience in the Nanchang Uprising in 1927.
At that time, ** was appointed by the higher-level party organization to go to Nanchang to serve as the secretary of the General Front Committee of the uprising, and Ye Ting, as the commander of the 11th Army, the main force of the rebel army, took the lead in the battle to capture Nanchang City, and made great contributions. On the list of the main leaders of the Nanchang Uprising, ** ranked first and Ye Ting ranked third, both of whom were veritable founding fathers.
Soon after, Ye Ting led the Guangzhou Uprising, one of the three early uprisings of our party. The prime minister admires this revolutionary and capable general very much, and Ye Ting has always respected *** The two have become close comrades-in-arms. However, due to misunderstanding and suppression, Ye Ting, who has a straight personality, once left Chinese mainland and eventually experienced a regrettable experience of leaving the party.
**Always deeply concerned about Ye Ting, and tried his best to lend a hand many times. Before the all-out war of resistance in 1937, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party reached an agreement to start a second cooperation. With the unremitting efforts of *** and others, Ye Ting was appointed as the first commander of the New Fourth Army, and finally returned to the people's army that he had longed for for a long time, which made Ye Ting extremely excited.
It was in this context that the prime minister went to visit Commander Ye, who had just returned to the team. Ye Ting also missed *** There were no special souvenirs during the war, so the general gave a jar of Lu'an tea to the prime minister at the time of separation, which was the opening scene.
For Ye Ting, who was dedicated to serving the country, a few years later, he encountered the Southern Anhui Incident planned by the Kuomintang reactionaries, was imprisoned for five years, and later died in a plane crash. If there is no sincere and deep revolutionary friendship, how can the *** who is about to die still remember the old story of Ye Ting's "sending tea"?
And the staff who felt the deep emotion between these two great men were all saddened. Shortly after the incident, **'s health deteriorated further. On January 8, 1976, the great Prime Minister of the people closed his eyes forever.