"In three days, Paris will fall without a fight!"
In a café in Hong Kong in 1940, when celebrities from all walks of life chatted with Chinese and foreign journalists, Qiao Guanhua's words instantly attracted everyone's attention, and the reporters gathered around to take pictures of Qiao Guanhua, and celebrities from all walks of life exchanged heads and ears, curious about who said such nonsensical remarks.
Why is Qiao Guanhua's remarks "nonsensical"? Because Germany and France were fighting fiercely at that time, when the German army came to the impregnable Maginot Line, everyone thought that Germany would give up, and naturally there was no need for Paris to surrender.
Pictured| Qiao Guanhua
This is why the people in the café felt that Qiao Guanhua's remarks were nonsensical, and everyone waited to see this young man who did not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the sky three days later.
Qiao Guanhua did not explain much when he saw the situation, but only snuffed out the cigarette butt very affirmatively and said to the crowd: "This is not a sentence that can be answered, please read the newspaper in the future." ”
Surprisingly, three days later, the German Nazi flag was actually raised over Paris, and Paris, which had a strong defense line, voluntarily surrendered, and a protracted War in Europe ended, and everyone was shocked and remembered Qiao Guanhua's prediction in the café.
Subsequently, Qiao Guanhua published the article "The Collapse of France", in which he said:
"When the sun came out on the 25th, there were still beautiful rivers and beautiful fields on the western front, but the western front disappeared."
This article caused an uproar at the time, however, Qiao Guanhua's legendary experience in life is more than this, as the first person in New China to ascend to the podium of the United Nations, Qiao Guanhua's calm and calm performance is admirable, and the heroic and free performance in the face of reporters' questions is even more admirable, so who is this Qiao Guanhua?
Qiao Guanhua's prediction of the "surrender of Paris" is not alarmist, but has a basis. At that time, in the early stage of the outbreak of World War II, Qiao Guanhua was very fond of studying the war situation in Europe at that time, so he specially read Germany's "Theory of War" and constantly deliberated according to the development of the war situation.
Qiao Guanhua put a lot of effort into studying the European battlefield, and the reason why Paris surrendered so quickly was because the French government had learned the lessons of history, and judged from a political point of view, not from a military point of view, and the division of camps on the European battlefield was far more complicated than the simple good and evil sides.
Pictured| France in World War I
In World War I, France fought for a generation, the land became a ruin, and in the end it was Britain and the United States that benefited the most. By the time of World War II, France had fallen into a military decline, and in this situation, France would not go the same way, once again choosing to squeeze out its last drop of blood, and interests were the biggest intention of Western countries!
Qiao Guanhua saw this characteristic of France, so he dared to boldly predict the "surrender of Paris", and the "café prediction event" became one of Qiao Guanhua's many highlight moments.
On March 28, 1913, Qiao Guanhua was born in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, which is a city full of heroes, such as the familiar "Lu Xun of Northern Jiangsu" Song Zefu, the national hero Lu Xiufu, the author of "Water Margin" Shi Nai'an, and Hu Qiaomu, who is known as "Erqiao" with Qiao Guanhua.
The picture | yancheng today
At that time, Qiao Guanhua's family was quite solid, his father was a well-known local gentry, and Qiao Guanhua received a good education from an early age. In 1919, at the age of 6, Qiao Guanhua entered a private school, and later entered yancheng No. 2 Higher Primary School and Yancheng Huaiguan Middle School. Because of his excellent academic performance, Qiao Guanhua jumped several grades when he went to school, but he was still the top student in the class.
In 1929, Qiao Guanhua was admitted to the Department of Philosophy of Tsinghua University, becoming the youngest student of the same class. He was admitted to Tsinghua at the age of 16, even in today's abundant educational resources, it is enough to be called a "prodigy"!
Subsequently, Qiao Guanhua went to Japan to study, and participated in revolutionary activities in Japan, and was also expelled by the Japanese reactionaries, and the unwilling Qiao Guanhua went to study at the University of Tübingen in Germany, and obtained a doctorate in German philosophy with excellent results. When Qiao Guanhua was studying in Germany, he met his friend Zhao Yijiao, and the two got together to "not do their jobs", using all their time to study military science, and always paying attention to all the dynamics on the European battlefield.
Figure | Clausewitz (cí)
The like-minded two also studied the famous German military theorist Clausewitz's "Theory of War", and Qiao Guanhua, who was dissatisfied with this, opened a new course and began to study books on the history of war and military geography in Europe, and constantly discussed and thought about the geography and history of Europe and the world.
At that time, the German philosophical system was far ahead of the world, and under the exploration and research of great philosophers such as Kant and Hegel, a complete theoretical system was formed, and the emergence of Marx pushed German philosophy to a new peak.
In 1937, when the Japanese invaders wantonly trampled on our territory and mutilated our compatriots, Qiao Guanhua used his pen as a gun and became a revolutionary fighter, publishing a large number of articles in the "Current Affairs Evening News" criticizing the brutal behavior of Japan and other fascist countries.
Pictured| Japanese invaders
In 1939, at the recommendation of Liao Chengzhi, Qiao Guanhua joined the Communist Party of China and became a true proletarian fighter.
Articles such as "Historical Revenge", "Stalin's Big Strokes", and "Silence is Not Peace" made Qiao Guanhua famous, and the "Evening News of Current Affairs" also became a hot publication at that time under the leadership of Qiao Guanhua, with a large number of solid fans. In that era full of passion, Qiao Guanhua's sharp words, passionate political arguments and unique insights were welcomed by many people.
Qiao Guanhua's fame is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more people are reading his articles, including Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong also likes to read Qiao Guanhua's articles, and someone once talked to Mao Zedong about Qiao Guanhua in conversation, and Mao Zedong praised:
"His article is very good, the analysis is bold, an article is like a thousand troops, I read one of his articles, enough to stand up to two tank divisions!"
Pictured| Mao Zedong
It can be seen from this that Mao Zedong actually liked Qiao Guanhua's articles, and Qiao Guanhua's literary level was also affirmed and appreciated by Mao Zedong.
At that time, Qiao Guanhua's pen name was "Qiaomu", and he used this pen name to publish many famous articles, and the literary scholar Feng Yidai, who was also a fan of Qiao Guanhua, once said:
"Every time I read an article, my heart is like drinking a clear spring, not only is it completely cold, but my eyes are also lit up... I was fanatical about him, just one of the young people at the time. ”
It seems that the young people of that year also chased the stars, but they were chasing celebrities with culture, thoughts and personalities.
Figure | Feng Yidai
The pen name "Qiaomu" brought Qiao Guanhua great fame, but it also brought him a lot of troubles, because there was also a Hu Qiaomu in Yancheng, who was also a good article.
The first article published by Qiao Guanhua under the pseudonym "Qiaomu" was just seen by Hu Qiaomu's sister, who immediately wrote a letter to "Qiaomu" excitedly, but did not expect that the recipient was qiao Guanhua, and since then, because of this pen name, Qiao Guanhua and Hu Qiaomu have often argued, and finally Mao Zedong came forward to calm down this file.
Because Hu Qiaomu has been working in Yan'an for many years, he is known as "North Qiao", and Qiao Guanhua, who has been active in Chongqing and Hong Kong for many years, is called "South Qiao", and the personalities of Nan Qiao and North Qiao can also be called "South Qiao".
Pictured| Hu Qiaomu
Hu Qiaomu's style is rigorous, his thinking is profound, his talent is brilliant, and he writes a good article, Mao Zedong once praised him for "relying on trees and having food to eat", and Qiao Guanhua also highly affirmed Hu Qiaomu: "Writing articles and documents, we can't stand up to one Hu Qiaomu in ten!" ”
Qiao Guanhua's personality is heroic and free, informal, open-minded, intelligent and superior, and his literary style is bright and lively, which makes people marvel at the case!
Qiao Guanhua and Hu Qiaomu are both rare talents in our country, and both have been valued and trusted by Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and other central leaders.
Later, "Nan Qiao" and "Bei Qiao" came to Beijing to work together, although the two were both fellow villagers and the same window, but they often did not give in to each other because of "trees".
In order to properly handle the contradiction between the two, Mao Zedong specially summoned the two and "cut off their names" for them!
Mao Zedong first asked What Nan Qiao's original name was, and he answered Qiao Guanhua honestly, and Mao Zedong then said:
"This name is very good, in the future you will be called Qiao Guanhua, still surnamed Qiao."
Then Mao Zedong asked his eldest secretary Hu Qiaomu what his original name was, and Hu Qiaomu also answered truthfully, and Mao Zedong nodded and said:
"Well, you were originally surnamed Hu, you can restore the Hu surname, and then you will be called 'Hu Qiaomu'!"
In this way, "Nan Qiao" left his name and "Bei Qiao" left his surname, Mao Zedong satisfactorily resolved the matter, and Hu Qiao and Hu Qiao also accepted such a result. Since then, the two have often come and gone, become good friends, and the "tree dispute" between the two has also become an interesting thing in the literary world!
Pictured| Zhou Enlai
In 1942, Qiao Guanhua came to Chongqing's "Xinhua Daily" to work, mainly responsible for the "international column", during this work, Qiao Guanhua met Zhou Enlai for the first time, and the two became tacit working partners and confidants.
For most of his life, Qiao Guanhua and Zhou Enlai fought side by side, witnessed the changes in China's diplomatic pattern together, and wrote many new chapters in China's Sino-US diplomacy with the unremitting efforts of the two.
The time came to 1949, this year was an extremely exciting year for the Chinese people, the founding of New China marked the people's complete stand up, the era of the people being the masters of their own affairs finally arrived, in November of the same year, Qiao Guanhua attended the inaugural meeting of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and since then began his diplomatic career.
Figure | the Five Permanent Members of the United Nations
Since the establishment of the United Nations in 1945, China has been one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Party Central Committee has waged unremitting struggles to quickly restore all the legitimate rights of New China in the United Nations.
In November 1971, when the Chinese delegation arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, Colelai, Director of the Protocol Department of the United Nations Headquarters, immediately stepped forward and said to Qiao Guan:
"On behalf of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, I extend my welcome and best wishes to Head Qiao and his party! All members of the Chinese delegation have arranged to stay at the Roosevelt Hotel in the center of New York, and I will give great assistance if the delegation has any requests. ”
Subsequently, Qiao Guanhua expressed his deep gratitude and expressed the Chinese delegation's hope to speak at the airport. Coley was soon ready, and Qiao Guanhua calmly came to the square to give a speech:
"The Chinese delegation came with the desire for friendly cooperation, to seek world peace, and to develop friendly relations with the American people."
Pictured | Qiao Guanhua on the left
On the morning of November 15, the Chinese delegation entered the United Nations conference hall for the first time, and the President of the General Assembly, Malik, immediately announced the welcome to the delegation of the People's Republic of China, and Qiao Guanhua followed Colelai straight to the seat of the "China" sign.
Just as Qiao Guanhua was preparing to take his seat, the heads of delegations from many friendly countries rushed up in droves, and the press corps also gathered around to ask Qiao Guanhua when they saw the situation, and some reporters asked: "Commander Qiao, can you tell me about your current mood?" ”
After Qiao Guanhua heard the reporter's question, he did not rush to answer, but looked up and laughed, and the heroic and cheerful smile instantly infected everyone present, and Qiao Guanhua smiled and said: "You see, isn't my mood now that I have answered your question?" ”
Picture | Qiao Guanhua laughing in the sky
Qiao Guanhua's answer is quite beautiful, perfectly reflecting the style of a big country, although the Chinese delegation is attending for the first time, but Qiao Guanhua is not afraid of the stage, the aura is strong, full of confidence.
Subsequently, the president of the conference, Malik, stood up to maintain order, and then took the stage to make a speech, once again welcoming The arrival of China, and the representatives of the delegations of France, Chile and other countries also spoke one after another, expressing their welcome and appreciation and admiration for China.
The most surprising thing is that george Bush, the representative of the United States delegation, actually took to the podium to deliver a speech, saying:
"No one can shy away from the fact that the outcome of the UN vote does in fact represent the aspirations of the majority of UN members. The historical moment of the People's Republic of China's participation in the United Nations has arrived! ”
Pictured| Qiao Guanhua in the United Nations lobby
After listening to the speeches of many countries, the last to take the stage was the Chinese delegation, which was also the first time that the representative of New China officially stepped on the podium of the United Nations, and it was Qiao Guanhua who made the speech on the stage.
In order to prepare for this speech, Qiao Guanhua studied and wrote the speech without sleeping before attending the meeting, and after making all the preparations, he stood on the podium of the Ungain General Assembly with full confidence and made a passionate speech.
Qiao Guanhua's "looking up and laughing" has also become an important symbol in the history of Chinese diplomacy, and was called "the glass that shocked the parliament building" by the major media in the world at that time.
Qiao Guanhua's life is bright and frank, and his political theory has not only become a beacon for guiding and confusing, but also won the respect of many people, and those who have dealt with Qiao Guanhua have been impressed by Qiao Guanhua's charm, but at the same time, they are also touched by Qiao Guanhua's truth.
Qiao Guanhua wrote countless classic articles and political theories in his lifetime, when he wrote articles, he was most inseparable from the word "tobacco and alcohol", as early as the early 40s, Qiao Guanhua developed the habit of writing late at night, at that time his economic situation was not too good, and his living state was also very casual.
Because of staying at home for a long time to write articles, Qiao Guanhua's hair grew longer and longer, he did not bother to go to the barber shop to take care of it, so he let his hair grow wantonly, and finally the roots stood upright on the top of his head, and people saw him and jokingly called him "angry hair rushing crown".
When Qiao Guanhua wrote, he held a pen in one hand, a cigarette in the other, and a wine glass in his hand, and drank while writing, and he achieved countless classics in this state.
Feng Yidai, as Qiao Guanhua's "number one fan", naturally could not bear Qiao Guanhua's life like this, so he simply took Qiao Guanhua to his home, but it was not long before the nanny came to complain, saying that "Mr. Qiao has become a fairy".
Why does the nanny say that? It turned out that Qiao Guanhua did not eat and sleep well at the end of the day, in addition to reading the newspaper is writing and drinking, the nanny is worried about his body, taking advantage of the fact that he is not ready to take the newspaper, did not expect to turn around, Qiao Guanhua sat on the sofa again to continue to read the newspaper.
When it came to the evening, the nanny watched Qiao Guanhua sleep, but in the blink of an eye, Qiao Guanhua began to read again, and the nanny felt very confused in her heart, was it not Mr. Qiao who drank too much wine and became a "wine fairy"? Since then, Qiao Guanhua's nickname of "wine fairy" has spread.
Qiao Guanhua loved to drink, and Mao Zedong also knew that when the United States instigated the Cambodian Lon Nol Group in 1970, Mao Zedong wanted to find a few pens to publicly issue statements to condemn, and Zhou Enlai found several people in a row and wrote several articles, but mao zedong was not satisfied.
In the end, Zhou Enlai found Qiao Guanhua, who locked himself in his dormitory while drinking and smoking, and quickly completed the first draft. After reading it, Mao Zedong was very satisfied, and asked Qiao Guanhua with a smile: "Li Baidou wine hundred poems, how much Moutai wine did you drink when you wrote this article?" ”
Pictured | Chen Yi
Not only does Qiao Guanhua love to drink, Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi also like to have two drinks from time to time, and over time, the three of them have become drinking friends. In fact, Zhou Enlai generally does not drink alcohol, the reason is that most of the words do not speculate more than half a sentence, but with Chen Yi and Qiao Guanhua, the three people are quite open, and the wine is unconsciously drunk.
Qiao Guanhua needless to say, full of articles, Chen Yi is not a vulgar person, Not to mention Zhou Enlai, the three people got together to drink, the atmosphere was warm, and they chatted happily, and drinking too much would not be ugly, but it was witty.
When it came to drinking, Zhou Enlai would ask these two sentences: "Is Mr. Chen coming?" "Ask Lord Joe to come."
Mr. Chen everyone understands, so why call Qiao Guanhua "Old Master Qiao"? It turned out that there was a comedy called "Qiao Lao Ye Shang Shang" at the end of the 50s, this film once it was released has achieved a strong response from the public, and has become a popular comedy, Qiao Guanhua because of his humorous personality, but also surnamed Qiao, so he was jokingly called "Qiao Lao Ye" by Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and others, and Qiao Guanhua also accepted this funny nickname with peace of mind.
Pictured | poster for the comedy "Joe On the Car"
On April 6, 1974, Deng Xiaoping attended the Sixth Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly as the head of the delegation, and Qiao Guanhua served as Deng Xiaoping's deputy. Deng Xiaoping's life schedule was very healthy, going to bed early and getting up early, but Qiao Guanhua was a "night owl" who often couldn't catch up with breakfast. Every time he missed breakfast, Qiao Guanhua patted his chest and assured Deng Xiaoping that he would get up tomorrow to eat.
But by the next day, Qiao Guanhua was still lying in bed, and Deng Xiaoping went for a walk outside Qiao Guanhua's room after getting up at 7 o'clock every morning, shouting in a thick Sichuan accent: "Mr. Qiao, get up and eat breakfast!" It caused the crowd to laugh.
Although Qiao Guanhua has some bad habits, he has never been ambiguous in the face of major events, has worked with Zhou Enlai for many years, has never made a mistake, and has always grasped the measure very well.
After Zhou Enlai returned from a visit to Africa, Qiao Guanhua specially planned an event at the Beijing airport in order to welcome Zhou Enlai.
At that time, Premier Zhou was slowly driving out of the airport in a car, the driver found that the crowd was getting denser and denser, and the driver who was confused could only slowly reduce the speed, just at this time, Qiao Guanhua imitated the posture of a primary school student, walked upright to the front of the car, turned sideways 45 degrees to face the car, and shouted with an exaggerated expression: "Warmly welcome Premier Zhou!" ”
Zhou Enlai, who had been exhausted from work for several days, was immediately amused by Qiao Guanhua's comical behavior, and instantly felt unrestrained, and the fatigue of the visit disappeared.
Zhou Enlai's status is very high, and his achievements are also very high, so everyone is respectful to Zhou Enlai, but Zhou Enlai prefers everyone to treat him like an ordinary person, and here in Qiao Guanhua, Zhou Enlai can unload all the baggage and be a happy and simple ordinary person, and it is precisely for this reason that the feelings of the two are more and more firm!
Qiao Guanhua has been worried about the country and the people all his life, serving the country and the people, and has dedicated everything he has to the country and the people.
In 1973, Qiao Guanhua resumed his work under the personal name of Mao Zedong, and as soon as he returned to work, Qiao Guanhua began to sort out his old works, turned out some of the articles and political treatises he wrote in the 1930s and 1940s and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, read them again, and after making revisions, compiled them into "Qiao Guanhua's International Commentaries", which became an important work on the social situation and international situation at that time.
Pictured| former Foreign Minister Qiao Guanhua
In November 1974, Qiao Guanhua became Minister of Foreign Affairs, representing China's image and Chinese people active in the international arena, and his confident and calm diplomatic style perfectly showed the world the style of a great power.
Unfortunately, Qiao Guanhua unfortunately had cancer, the cancer cells continued to spread, before his death, the Party Central Committee sent someone to visit Qiao Guanhua in the hospital, which made Qiao Guanhua deeply moved.
On September 22, 1983, this genius who had predicted the surrender of France and was praised by Mao Zedong as "one can top two tank divisions" died at the age of 70.