One day in 1949, Premier Zhou was hurrying to find Chairman Mao, and when he was passing through the garden of the West Flower Hall, he was keenly aware that someone was spying on him, but when he turned his head, he found that only a florist was pruning the flowers and grass with his head down. Premier Zhou did not speak, but just smiled slightly and returned to the same way, immediately arranged for someone to launch an investigation, and quickly pulled out the big fish behind the scenes and a shocking conspiracy, which scared Luo Ruiqing, then minister of public security, into a cold sweat.
So, what is the identity of this gardener? What is this earth-shattering conspiracy? Today, The Kiss tells you about Premier Zhou's wonderful past.
In 1949, in order to beautify the working environment, Zhongnanhai hired a gardener. The gardener looked unremarkable and looked calm and honest, and many people who came and went in Zhongnanhai did not see that there was anything wrong with him.
Until one day, when Premier Zhou was passing by the garden, the florist had a flash of eyes and suddenly became alert, but on the surface he still pretended to be calm, and kept building potted plants in his hands. Fortunately, Premier Zhou did not notice himself, and he sneaked through the gaps in the branches and leaves to spy on Premier Zhou's words and deeds.
Premier Zhou did not notice this too ordinary gardener at first, thinking about the great state of affairs, and silently walked alone through the courtyard to the conference venue.
Seeing that Premier Zhou was not aware of himself, the gardener was secretly happy in his heart and crept behind Premier Zhou. The two walked more than ten meters one after the other, because of the tension, the florist's hand holding the scissors was already soaked with sweat, and beads of sweat condensed on his forehead.
When Premier Zhou went around a corner of the courtyard and happened to be facing a large dense flower bush, the gardener felt that it was the right time, suddenly changed his previous cautious way of action, and took a big step forward with his left foot, trying to catch up with Premier Zhou in a big stride.
Unexpectedly, Premier Zhou turned sharply when his left foot had not yet landed, and his eyes were alertly searching around. The florist hiding behind the flowers was still more than ten meters away from Premier Zhou at this time, and under the sweeping eyes of the premier, he did not dare to act rashly, so he had to continue to pretend to be calm and calmly build the flowers.
However, this time his pretense did not escape the eyes of Premier Zhou, in fact, Premier Zhou had long been aware of being followed, but in order to avoid blaming the good people, Premier Zhou wanted to further confirm his identity according to his next behavior. Looking at the florist with trembling hands and sweating head in front of him, Premier Zhou laughed in his heart, but in order not to arouse the gardener's vigilance, Premier Zhou also pretended not to notice him, his eyes only swept inadvertently, and his face also showed deep thought as always, as if he had just turned around unintentionally and hastily admired the gardening.
However, the florist did not have the courage to look directly into Premier Zhou's eyes, glanced at Premier Zhou expressionlessly, and then quickly shifted his gaze, pretending to stare at the flowers in front of him and thinking about how to build it, however, due to excessive tension, the gardener's hands did not heed the call and trembled madly, and the cold sweat of the soybeans was like rain.
Premier Zhou saw through his camouflage tricks at a glance, as a gardener, why did the hand holding the scissors shake so much? The weather is not hot, the yard is even cooler, how can it sweat like rain? What's more, greeting each other face is the most common etiquette, but he just wants to pretend that he doesn't see anything, isn't he trying to cover up?
Premier Zhou did not expose him to his face, but simply turned around and quickly left. The frightened gardener did not dare to continue to follow, and after confirming that Premier Zhou had gone far, he hurried out of Zhongnanhai and sneaked all the way into a remote old house. And at the moment when he closed the door, a figure flashed in the corner of the room, anxiously asking, "Did you get it?" The flower craftsman, who was soaked in cold sweat, shook his head and said, "No, Premier Zhou seems to have eyes behind his back, and I can't do this." ”
The Zhongnanhai florist's first attempt to assassinate Premier Zhou failed. As the founder and former leader of the Zhongte branch, Premier Zhou is too familiar with the work of secret agents, and it can be said that no agent's disguise can escape the eyes of Premier Zhou, and even the tricks of Dai Kasa, the head of the Kuomintang army, in front of Premier Zhou, can only be regarded as a small child.
Since that time being followed by the gardener, Premier Zhou has specifically emphasized the need to strengthen the safety and security of leaders at subsequent meetings. Immediately after the meeting, Premier Zhou approached Luo Ruiqing, then minister of public security, and informed him of the strange deeds of this Zhongnanhai florist.
Luo Ruiqing immediately strengthened the guards for Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou, and other leaders, and at the same time sent two soldiers to track and reconnoiter the gardener. Sure enough, the gardener didn't go straight home after work every time, but rather took a long detour to a remote, unobtrusive old house. After the evidence was conclusive, the Ministry of Public Security immediately arrested the gardener.
After interrogation, the Ministry of Public Security confirmed the fact that the gardener was a Kuomintang agent, but for the time being, it did not get more useful information. The expressionless florist remained silent, reluctant to say who was behind him. When Premier Zhou heard of the incident, he personally interrogated him.
When the pretending calm gardener saw Premier Zhou in the interrogation room, he was inexplicably nervous in his heart, and suddenly felt that his disguise was useless, as if all his secrets were under the scrutiny of this gentle elder. Subsequently, Premier Zhou moved him with affection and reason, and under premier Zhou's gentle gaze and the elders' good manners, the florist was determined to change his past mistakes and revealed the truth.
It turned out that the florist's line was directly instructed by the Kuomintang in Taiwan to organize agents lurking on the mainland to assassinate important leaders of New China. This line is also the master of the florist, the florist's secret service skills are all learned from him, although in premier Zhou and now we seem to have no big deal about this skill of the florist, but the florist still relies on this hand to mix food and eat a small official, he is still very grateful to this master. Therefore, when the master found the florist and asked him to carry out this difficult and desperate task, the gardener agreed with hesitation and ambition, and boasted about Haikou without shame, only to be unexpectedly recognized by Premier Zhou at a glance.
Based on the gardener's clues, the Ministry of Public Security confirmed the true identity and daily activity trajectory of the famous upline. Therefore, after careful reconnaissance and arrangement, the Ministry of Public Security decided not to publish the news of the arrest of the gardener for the time being, and used this to arrest the leader of this saboteur.
At a market in Beijing, a stout middle-aged man in a gray-blue robe dodged his eyes and watched every move around him vigilantly. From time to time, he pressed his hat and held up his glasses to disguise seemingly inadvertent shifts in perspective. Today is the day he and the florist meet, and it is reasonable to say that the florist behind the hand should have already arrived. There was a faint uneasiness in his heart, but after all, after a long time, this middle-aged man did not show panic, he pretended to wander leisurely to a book stall, picked up a book and looked at it absently, the perspective went around the page, and he found several plainclothes police.
He calmly put down the book and was preparing to flee, but he didn't expect a person behind him to open his mouth first: "Boss Duan, how's it going, come with us." ”
The Zhongnanhai gardener conspiracy was revealed, and Duan Yunpeng, the big fish behind the scenes, was arrested. When interrogated, the Duan boss insisted that he was just an ordinary petty trader and did not know anything like a spy.
Seeing that he did not admit it, the police took the gardener into the interrogation room. Watching the gardener come in, Boss Duan's heart trembled, and his eyes instantly became sharp, but he still locked his teeth and did not want to say anything.
The gardener nodded helplessly at him and shouted "Master." Boss Duan knew that his persistence was useless, and his identity had been exposed. However, the desperate boss duan still refused to open his mouth.
When Premier Zhou heard that the famous Boss Duan had been arrested, he came to the interrogation room and personally advised him. When Premier Zhou came in, he smiled at Boss Duan and said, "Duan Yunpeng, we are also old rivals, do you still have to pretend not to know me at this point?" It turned out that the boss of this section was Duan Yunpeng, a big snitch who was a secret agent of the Kuomintang military command, who once studied under the famous rogue "Swallow Li San", and was later recruited by the Kuomintang into the secret service organization and plotted to murder many comrades of our party.
Duan Yunpeng saw that there was no way back, and he also replied generously: "The famous Premier Zhou, who does not know who knows, my little Duan Yunpeng cannot be called your opponent." ”
Premier Zhou smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter whether you are an opponent or not, it is that the Kuomintang is not an opponent of our party." Duan Yunpeng, do you really think that the Kuomintang had the day to counterattack the mainland? Don't you want to see the chinese people live a happy and stable life? ”
Duan Yunpeng fell into a long silence, of course, he knew that the Kuomintang had lost the people's hearts and minds, and the general trend had gone, but he still insisted on being extremely righteous: "Jiang Gong has the grace of re-creation for me, if it were not for his promotion, I would still be doing the business of chicken and dog thieves." I couldn't be sorry for him. ”
Premier Zhou smiled lightly, leaned his elbows lightly on the table, crossed his fingers, leaned forward slightly, and analyzed him with deep eyes: "Chiang Kai-shek is kind to you, but have you ever thought about why you, a second-rate role in military command, should be entrusted with such an important task and not let Ye Xiangzhi, a top secret agent, complete it?" You yourself know that you are much worse than Ye Xiangzhi, and Chiang Kai-shek is also clear, so he wants you to die. ”
When Premier Zhou saw that he was silent, Premier Zhou advised: "We have all come out of the chaos of war, and we have seen the tragic situation of the chaotic people not having a good life, and now it is not easy for the people to live a down-to-earth and peaceful life, and you have come to carry out terrorist acts again, should the people be tossed around by your Kuomintang?" ”
Duan Yunpeng gritted his teeth, seemed to have made up his mind, stood up, looked solemnly at Premier Zhou, and said: "Good, I will cooperate with you." Subsequently, under his confession, the Ministry of Public Security cracked down on hundreds of secret radio stations and arrested more than a hundred Kuomintang agents.
Under Premier Zhou's eyes, all the disguises of the enemy were nothing more than clumsy painting skins, and the florist agents who had mixed into Zhongnanhai thought that they could deceive Premier Zhou, but they did not expect that Premier Zhou, who had led the Zhongteco, had resolved the crisis lightly. It is precisely because of Premier Zhou's heavy handling and thought-provoking and touching inspiration that the gardener and Duan Yunpeng abandoned the dark and cast the light.
Premier Zhou's great personality charm, firm conviction, original intention of serving the country and the people, and wise and decisive handling methods have once again smashed the enemy's conspiracy and sabotage, and once again guaranteed the safety of the lives and property of the people of the country. This true historical story was later written into the book "My Uncle Zhou Enlai" by Premier Zhou Bingde, the niece of Premier Zhou, and we can't help but remember Premier Zhou while reading this history. He was the great Prime Minister of the people, and generations of Chinese people will remember and appreciate his selfless dedication.