One day in 54 years, When Mao Zedong learned that Zhou Enlai was preparing to go to Zhang Zhizhong's house, he specifically instructed him: "When you visit Mr. Wen Bai this time, you must help me find someone." ”
Premier Zhou was puzzled, "Chairman, who do you want me to find?" ”
Mao Zedong replied with a smile: "The nanny of the Zhang family, do you remember?" At that time, she did not take care of us less, and you went here to thank her on my behalf. ”
Entrusted by Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou came to Zhang Zhizhong's house, met the kind nanny, and asked kindly, "Do you remember Chairman Mao?" ”
What did the Zhang family nanny do back then, and why did she get Chairman Mao's thanks?
A Kuomintang general who was friendly with the Communists
Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang had always been at odds with the Communists, and they saw the Communists as a thorn in their eye and a thorn in their flesh.
But one of the many senior Kuomintang generals was particularly out of place.
He had ordered his troops not to harm the Communists, so he was called a "revolutionary traitor" by the Kuomintang.
This maverick Kuomintang officer was Zhang Zhizhong.
Zhang Zhizhong was a native of Chao County, Anhui Province, from a poor family, and after the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, he was conscripted into the army.
Whenever he rushed to the battlefield, he held the determination to die, after the outbreak of the Songhu Campaign, he resolutely went, facing the grim situation of life and death, he wrote a suicide note with deep affection, "It is the time of the survival of the country, as a soldier, he cannot bear to live secretly, but ask Ma Ge to wrap the body and defend my homeland..." Every word is a love for his hometown and the desire to serve the country without complaint or regret.
In the Battle of Songhu, Zhang Zhizhong had outstanding ability and good command, annihilating more than 60,000 Japanese troops and crushing the Japanese army's plan of "destroying China in three months".
Zhang Zhizhong
He not only strictly demanded that he should make contributions to the motherland, but also devoted himself to educating his children and cultivating their spiritual character of loving the country and the people.
Zhang Zhizhong's daughter Zhang Su I went to England to study in 1935, but unexpectedly two years later, she received letters from her father many times, writing: The domestic situation is critical, he hopes that his daughter can return to China and participate in the anti-Japanese salvation movement.
In Zhang Su's mind, although her father was a Kuomintang, he was a great hero who served the people, and later she recalled that when she was a child, her father often touched their little heads and told them that they must study hard and make their own contributions to the country in the future, and she has always remembered it, caring for women and children all her life, enthusiastic education, and abiding by her father's teachings.
As Zhang Su said, although Zhang Zhizhong was at the top of the Kuomintang, he did not make enemies with the Communist Party, and he unswervingly supported the "united communist" policy proposed by Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
At that time, the "Observation" magazine founded by Chu Anping gathered a large number of liberal writers who spoke out, sharply written, and pinned down the current politics, and these progressives denounced the corrupt rule of the Kuomintang.
When Chiang Kai-shek learned of this, he was furious and ordered the closure of the Shanghai "Observation" magazine and the arrest of relevant personnel.
At this critical juncture, Zhang Zhizhong participated in the peace talks, and after returning to Nanjing, he rescued many progressive people imprisoned in the Shanghai Garrison Department.
Zhang Zhizhong family photo
Not only that, he also wrote to Chiang Kai-shek many times, denouncing the Kuomintang's misconduct toward the Communist Party and advocating cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to jointly resist foreign enemies.
In 1941, he directly advised Chiang Kai-shek that the principle of "dissolving the Communists, opposing the Communists, and restricting the Communists" should not be adopted, and refuting the actions of cracking down on and suppressing the Communist Party.
After the "Anhui Incident", the first anti-communist upsurge, in view of the bad influence of this matter, he wrote tens of thousands of words suggesting that Chiang Kai-shek send personnel to consult with the Communist Party in order to repair the broken relations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, but unfortunately his suggestion was not adopted by Chiang Kai-shek.
The kmt's best candidate for negotiations in Chongqing
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan in 1945, the people who had suffered from the war were eagerly hoping to recuperate, but Chiang Kai-shek, the commander of the Kuomintang, never gave up the idea of attacking and eliminating the Communist Party.
In order to delay time and make adequate preparations for the civil war, and also under the pressure of international and domestic pressure at that time, the Kuomintang attempted to use the "Chongqing Negotiations" to shift the responsibility for the civil war to the Communist Party.
Chiang Kai-shek was very proud of this method, and he expected that Mao Zedong would not dare to come to the Kuomintang base camp alone, and if he did not come, he would refuse peace talks and provoke a civil war; if he came, he could also use this to make the Communists hand over their troops so that they could deal with them in the future.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly sent a telegram to Yan'an, inviting Mao Zedong to Chongqing to discuss the state of affairs in order to seek a grand plan for peace, and published telegrams in newspapers to stir up public opinion.
At that time, the situation between the Kuomintang and the Communists was tense, and the people were afraid of the outbreak of war, and Chiang Kai-shek's move made the middle people see hope, and they called the central authorities one after another, hoping that Mao Zedong could go to Chongqing to conduct peace talks between the Kuomintang and the Communists and promote domestic peace.
Do you want to negotiate in Chongqing? The Communist Party has had a heated discussion about this.
If the chairman goes to the Kuomintang base camp, it is difficult to ensure safety, but if he does not go, will he not fulfill Chiang Kai-shek's plan?
After repeated studies, the Central Committee finally decided that Comrade Mao Zedong would go to Chongqing to participate in the negotiations, but at the same time, he must also be prepared for "peace" and "war".
Chiang Kai-shek's side is also considering the right person for the delegation, and Zhang Zhizhong, who has always adhered to the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, is undoubtedly the best candidate.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Zhang Zhizhong as the chief representative of the delegation and sent him to greet the CPC delegation.
Zhang Zhizhong took a special plane from Chongqing to Yan'an to meet him, and this meeting with Mao Zedong left a deep impression on him.
Zhang Zhizhong wrote in his memoirs: "Before 1945, he had no impression of Chairman Mao, but because of the false propaganda of the Kuomintang, he had some doubts about Chairman Mao, but after that meeting in Yan'an, he changed his impression of Chairman Mao, and the more he came into contact with him, the deeper he understood." ”
During the Chongqing negotiations, the Chinese communist delegation lived in the Hongyan Office of the Eighth Route Army, and Zhang Zhizhong, considering that this place was located in the suburbs and had many inconveniences in interacting with people from all walks of life in Chongqing, proposed to Zhou Enlai, "If Mr. Runzhi is not abandoned, my Guiyuan garden is a good residence." ”
Guiyuan is Zhang Zhizhong's official residence, spacious, well-equipped, convenient for office and guests, and most importantly, to ensure the safety of Mao Zedong and his party, Zhang Zhizhong believes that this is very suitable as the residence of the CCP delegation, and he packed up the residence earlier and moved it to a small courtyard with his family.
Mao Zedong was very touched to learn that Zhang Zhizhong had made such a proper arrangement, and he did not resign again.
He said sincerely: "Mr. Wen Bai is so kind, we are respectful rather than obedient, but we are deeply sorry for Madame Zun and your children." ”
Zhang Zhizhong waved his hand and smiled: "If you can live there, it will be a blessing for our whole family." ”
The two sides laughed and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Zhang Zhizhong
Zhang Zhizhong sent his nanny to take good care of Mao Zedong, the old nanny followed him for many years, was serious and responsible, and with her by Mao Zedong's side, he could also rest assured.
After Mao Zedong moved into Guiyuan, the nanny took good care of her. In order to make Mao Zedong's stay in Guiyuan more comfortable, she deliberately asked people about Mao Zedong's living habits in advance and carefully prepared daily diets.
She is diligent and conscientious, and although what she does is ordinary, she does not slacken off, and her work is unanimously praised by the CCP delegation.
And she was not only able to do her job well, but also very understanding, often before Mao Zedong told her what to do, she had already done it intimately.
What is even more rare is that although the nanny does not read much, she can manage many things in an orderly manner, and Mao Zedong once joked that he learned a lot from the old nanny.
During the Chongqing negotiations, because of her meticulous care, Mao Zedong's life in Guiyuan was very comfortable, so he often thanked her for her kindness.
At this time, Zhang Zhizhong was busy in the negotiation field, and he hoped that the Kuomintang and the Communists could stop the civil war.
Unexpectedly, Chiang Kai-shek had no intention of having a good peace talks at all, and he used three telegrams to summon Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and others to Chongqing with great "sincerity," but he did not even prepare the proposal.
They had to start from the initial formulation of the proposal step by step, and finally after 43 days, the two sides were at war with each other, and after many rounds of negotiations, they signed the "Double Ten Agreement".
After the negotiations ended, Zhang Zhizhong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, these days from the difficulty of reconciling, I am afraid that only he himself knows.
However, although the negotiations were over, Zhang Zhizhong could not be completely assured, because he had heard that there were military agents who wanted to be unfavorable to Mao Zedong.
In case the night was long and dreamy, Zhang Zhizhong decided to personally escort Chairman Mao back to Yan'an again, and at the airport he met the people who warmly greeted Mao Zedong, and Zhang Zhizhong felt the people's support for the Communist Party leader from their expressions, which was the trust of the people who had never felt before in the Kuomintang area.
He thought it was foolish for the Communist Party to be deeply loved by the people and that there were still anti-communist ideas in the Kuomintang.
In April 1949, Zhang Zhizhong led a Kuomintang delegation to Beiping to participate in peace negotiations, but because the agreement signed was rejected by the Nanjing government, the delegation had little way to return.
In this regard, Mao Zedong instructed that all members of the delegation should be kept, but with their consent. In order to strive to keep Zhang Zhizhong in Beiping, Mao Zedong often came to visit, talked with him for a long time, and did his ideological work, and Zhou Enlai secretly brought his family to relieve his worries.
Grateful for the kindness, Zhou Enlai specially came to the door to thank him
Zhang Zhizhong and Zhou Enlai were former friends; they had both served as instructors at the Whampoa Military Academy, and in the Whampoa Military Academy, the two had forged a deep friendship, and the exchanges between them were typical of sincere cooperation between party figures and people outside the party.
As early as the Chongqing negotiations, Zhang Zhizhong felt that seeing Mao Zedong was like meeting an old friend, and his kind and humble attitude made Zhang Zhizhong feel very kind.
Since Zhang Zhizhong stayed in Beiping, his contacts with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai have become increasingly close, and they often get together to talk and usually visit each other.
When Mao Zedong was talking to people, he once talked about the origin of Zhang Zhizhong's characters, and he said humorously: "Zhang Zhizhong was originally a policeman, so he took the word policeman, and later when the police were not right, they took 'wen' from the police character, and took 'white' from the character for "white" and the word "white" from the word "white" in the word "white" it seems that he is still an advocate of simplifying the word."
One day in 54 years, Zhou Enlai was preparing to visit Zhang Zhizhong, and when Chairman Mao learned of this, he specially instructed: "When you went this time, in addition to visiting Mr. Wen Bai, I hope you can also help me find a person, she was the nanny of the Zhang family at that time, and we have not had time to thank us well." ”
Premier Zhou said, "Chairman, rest assured, I will definitely find her and thank you very much." ”
When he arrived at Zhang Zhizhong's house, Zhou Enlai saw the nanny who had taken good care of Mao Zedong as he wished.
The nanny was a little nervous, she did not expect that such a small person as her, Premier Zhou and Chairman Mao could still remember.
Zhou Enlai smiled at her gently and asked kindly, "Do you remember Mao Zedong who lived in Guiyuan Garden?" ”
The nanny replied excitedly: "Of course I remember, but I didn't expect him to become such a great person now." ”
After some conversation, Zhou Enlai learned that the nanny had a wish, she wanted to find her son. It turned out that her son had joined the army in his early years, but he had not heard from him so far, and his whereabouts were unknown.
Hearing the babysitter's words, Zhou Enlai smiled and comforted her: "You can rest assured, we will definitely help you find the child." ”
The nanny heard Zhou Enlai's answer and was very grateful, she bowed her head and thanked: "Then thank you so much!" ”
Zhou Enlai picked up the nanny, smiled and said, "You're welcome, we want to thank you for taking care of you that year." ”
After a few words of greeting with the nanny, Zhou Enlai bid farewell to Zhang Zhizhong and left.
After consulting with Chairman Mao, he immediately sent someone in the army to investigate the whereabouts of the nanny's son, and the matter was soon answered, and they found the nanny's son, who also worked in the army and had already become an officer.
Later, under the arrangement of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, the nanny was able to reunite with her son.
Patriotic general Zhang Zhizhong
Zhang Zhizhong was once a high-ranking member of the Kuomintang, but he was very close to the Communist Party, which seemed to be very contradictory, but in fact, it corresponded to Zhou Enlai's evaluation of him, he was complex and simple, but one thing is certain that he was a patriot.
In October 1945, Zhang Zhizhong went to Xinjiang to deal with the riots, and when Zhou Enlai learned of it, he entrusted him with the rescue of Communists arrested by reactionary warlords in Xinjiang.
After arriving in Xinjiang, he quickly took measures, ordering better food for those arrested, allowing them to roam freely in prison, and sending books for reading. He then telephoned Chiang Kai-shek several times, pleading with him to release the Communists in accordance with the "Double Tenth Agreement."
With Chiang Kai-shek's permission, he personally went to prison to release the arrested party members.
However, Zhang Zhizhong knew that Chiang Kai-shek would not release people so easily, and in order to safely escort them back to Yan'an, Zhang Zhizhong repeatedly instructed his subordinates to make specific arrangements for vehicles, medicines, and medical personnel.
Before this group of arrested party members left to return, he sent a letter to the relevant Kuomintang military and political personnel in advance, stressing that these people were all approved by Chiang Kai-shek to be released, and sent his subordinates to take care of them all the way in case of an accident.
In addition, he specially sent Qu Wu to represent him to send off these comrades, and with his efforts, more than 100 arrested party members returned to Yan'an safely, and the backbone of the CCP was preserved.
Zhang Zhizhong
Zhang Zhizhong has been running for the country and the people and for peace all his life, and has made outstanding contributions to promoting national unity.