On July 11, 1992, the great proletarian revolutionary, the pioneer of the Chinese women's movement, and the wife of Premier Zhou, Comrade Deng Yingchao, died in Beijing at the age of 88.
After her death, her will appeared in the people's field of vision, the first of which made people look at it in awe, but the second will made people unacceptable.
Passionate years, love and acquaintance
Comrade Deng Yingchao was born in Nanning, Guangxi, and when he was a child, his family was well-off, and he was later forced into exile because of his father's defeat in the official arena. Comrade Deng Yingchao was also forced to live in exile with his mother.
At the age of 11, Deng Yingchao hid his true age and attended the Tianjin Women's Normal Preparatory Department. When he was in school, Deng Yingchao was extremely serious and hardworking, and his grades were excellent. This experience of being educated laid the foundation for her later life.
Deng Yingchao
For Deng Yingchao, the May Fourth Movement in 1919 was an extremely important turning point in her life. In 1919, a delegation from the Republic of China traveled to Paris, France as a victor in World War I, but the Treaty of Versailles gave Japan sovereignty over Tsingtao.
When students across China learned of the news, they took to the streets to resist the unequal treaty that humiliated the country by marching. At this time, Deng Yingchao met premier Zhou at that time in the organization of progressive students in Tianjin at that time.
Due to the ideal fit, Deng Yingchao and Premier Zhou at that time established an extremely deep friendship, and often cooperated with Premier Zhou in the process of the May Fourth Movement.
Later, Deng Yingchao graduated from university and taught at Beijing Normal University, during which time he had extremely close contacts with Premier Zhou, and the two men helped and supported each other in revolutionary work.
Since then, Deng Yingchao has decided to fight for the liberation of women and for the liberation of the entire proletariat.
Before the founding of New China, because the idea of male superiority over female inferiority still occupied the mainstream, women's rights and interests were often not protected, women were usually denied access to education, and they were often discriminated against and exploited in their work.
Throughout her life, Deng Yingchao has been working to solve these problems.
In his early years, Deng Yingchao ran around and carried out the great work of liberating women, calling on women to learn new ideas and provide practical help and support to women with low cultural levels.
Deng Yingchao (middle)
During this period, Premier Zhou was studying in France. The two men had an extremely frequent exchange of letters during this period, and it was during this period that love sprouted between the two.
When Premier Zhou was in France, he saw the booming communist movement in Europe, and at the same time, the previous concept of celibacy also changed.
Premier Zhou likes Deng Yingchao's perseverance and courage, and often recalls his experience with Deng Yingchao during the May Fourth Movement.
Deng Yingchao also admired Premier Zhou very much, and the two people were extremely compatible in their ideals, so a love affair spanning the two continents of Asia and Europe was fermented in this letter.
Premier Zhou and Deng Yingchao
When Premier Zhou returned to China, the two finally married after receiving the consent of the organization.
Begonia blossoms and accompany them for a lifetime
Deng Yingchao has been accompanying Premier Zhou and has experienced countless difficult periods.
In the early days, at the most difficult time of the revolution, Deng Yingchao was wanted by the Kuomintang authorities, that is, during this period, Deng Yingchao lost his fertility after two miscarriages, which also became the biggest regret in the lives of Deng Yingchao and Premier Zhou.
Climbing snow-capped mountains, crossing meadows, and later the War of Resistance Against Japan, Deng Yingchao struggled with Premier Zhou and did the hardest work.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhou Enlai was elected Premier of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs, while Ms. Deng Yingchao continued to be in charge of women's work in New China.
New China has just been founded, and the whole society is in ruins, whether it is domestic affairs or diplomacy, it is necessary to start from scratch.
At the same time, after the victory of the revolution, the complete emancipation of women has become an important task of the Party, and Chairman Mao has also said, "Women can stand up to half the sky."
Premier Zhou worked all night and was very strict with himself, but his health gradually deteriorated in the process. As Premier Zhou's soul confidant, Deng Yingchao only supports his work and rarely stops him, because she is the person who knows Premier Zhou best.
Even later, when Premier Zhou was diagnosed with cancer and suffered from illness, he did not stop his work, and after his death, the citizens of Beijing spontaneously bid farewell to Premier Zhou, so there was the famous Ten Mile Long Street to send the Premier.
The begonia flowers in the West Flower Hall record a good story, the begonias are still there, but the deceased is no longer there. Ms. Deng Yingchao, who lives in the West Flower Hall, always thinks of Premier Zhou when she looks at the begonia flowers blooming again.
Regarding the love of two people, history has left an extremely romantic story. Once upon a time, the two people often exchanged letters, and the paper was short and long and full of affection.
Once, Ms. Deng Yingchao went on a business trip to report on her work, and Premier Zhou wrote back to Ms. Deng Yingchao, saying: "Your letter is too official, and you don't say you miss me." ”
Before Premier Zhou's death, Premier Zhou even shook The Hand of Ms. Deng Yingchao and uttered the famous words: "You and I are staunch materialists, only you, I hope for an afterlife." ”
After the death of Premier Zhou, Ms. Deng Yingchao still guarded premier Zhou's last wishes, premier Zhou loved the people all his life, struggled hard for the motherland he loved all his life, and after death, things can no longer consume the country's precious money.
Deng Yingchao insisted that everything should be simple at the funeral, and in accordance with Premier Zhou's last wish to be cremated, he scattered Premier Zhou's ashes on the land of the motherland and returned to the embrace of his mother forever.
Deng Yingchao packed Premier Zhou's ashes into four document bags, personally boarded the plane, and scattered Zhou Enlai's ashes from a high altitude on the land of China.
After premier Zhou's death, Deng Yingchao lived alone in the West Flower Hall for a period of time, and one spring, the begonia flowers in the West Flower Hall bloomed again, but Deng Yingchao was already alone, and he did not know whether Premier Zhou could still see this blooming begonia.
At this time, Ms. Deng Yingchao has realized that she is also old, and she should also think about her own aftermath.
Since Comrade Deng Yingchao and Premier Zhou had no descendants, Comrade Deng Yingchao could only hand over his own affairs to the party and the state, and in order not to add too much trouble to the country, Deng Yingchao wrote two wills for himself.
A will, admirable
Deng Yingchao's will has been highly valued by the Party Central Committee, not only because she is the wife of Premier Zhou, but also because Comrade Deng Yingchao has paid too much effort to the country and the people in her life.
In the end, he has been doing extremely hard work all his life to liberate the Chinese people, the toiling masses, and the women. In fact, due to the social reasons at that time, Comrade Deng Yingchao's two wills were not fully realized.
For her funeral, the Party Central Committee needs to take into account the feelings of the people of the whole country, she is a hero of the party, and she and Premier Zhou are people who are loved by the people of the whole country.
Comrade Deng Yingchao demanded to the Party Central Committee that her body be cremated and not retained, but all of it should be scattered.
This request was decided by Ms. Deng Yingchao before Premier Zhou's death, and she hoped that like her husband, she could integrate into the motherland.
For the Xihua Hall where he and Premier Zhou lived, Comrade Deng Yingchao also made arrangements to the party organization in accordance with Premier Zhou's last wishes.
The West Flower Hall is the place where the Party and the government have arranged for her and Premier Zhou to work, and it belongs to the state, and the ownership of the West Flower Hall belongs to the state and the entire people, not to her own.
Moreover, before Premier Zhou's death, he opposed the construction of a memorial hall in the West Flower Hall after his death, and Deng Yingchao also reiterated this in his will.
During His lifetime, Premier Zhou repeatedly opposed his relatives being given preferential treatment in the government, and for his brother, Premier Zhou made many requests to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Premier Zhou firmly believes that the government is the government of the people and must not let his family get better treatment just because he is the prime minister of the republic.
Deng Yingchao also made a request to the party and the government in his will, and he could not let his relatives receive special preferential treatment from government organs because of himself and her husband.
At this point, Deng Yingchao is highly unified with her husband, which is a direct embodiment of their ideals and beliefs in their lives.
However, the Central Committee did not fully comply with some of the demands, because if it did, the people of the whole country would be dissatisfied and it would appear that the Republic did not give preferential treatment to the heroes.
Comrade Deng Yingchao demanded in the first will that the party and the government not hold a memorial service for her, that everything should be simple, that nothing should be done, that there should be no farewell to the body, and that only her will be sent out to inform the people of the whole country of the news of her own death.
This made the party and the government feel very embarrassed, this demand obviously can not be fully complied with, the central government still held a memorial service for Comrade Deng Yingchao, bid farewell to the body, and also scattered ms. Deng Yingchao's ashes.
At the behest of Comrade Deng Yingchao himself, the urn is still used in the urn used when Premier Zhou died, and does not waste the state's money.
Ms. Deng Yingchao once criticized those who advised her to buy an urn, her salary is also the people's money, and she cannot waste the money of the state and the people.
In 1992, the People's Daily opened Comrade Deng Yingchao's will to the people of the whole country, and the people of the whole country burst into tears and solemnly respected it.
From his death to his death, Deng Yingchao has always adhered to the implementation of his ideals, firmly believed that he was a public servant of the people, and fulfilled his responsibilities for the country and the people after his death.
At the last moment of his life, Comrade Deng Yingchao explained his ideals to the people of the whole country and handed over his answer sheets to the party and the government.
You can also go to the other side of the world with peace of mind to meet the lifelong partner and confidant who is waiting for you, the best partner on the road of revolution, and your favorite husband, Premier Zhou.
An unacceptable second will
However, for Comrade Deng Yingchao's second will, not only can the people not understand, but the party and the government cannot accept it.
Comrade Deng Yingchao wants to become the pioneer of euthanasia in New China, but China has not legalized the matter of euthanasia until now, and the party and the government also have their own considerations for this matter.
Before his death, Deng Yingchao handed over this will to the staff around him. Because there are no children of their own, Deng Yingchao can only entrust these few things to them to do, for Deng Yingchao, for so many years, they have been as kind as relatives.
But no one on the will dared to do so. Comrade Deng Yingchao believes that he can no longer waste the country's resources in the last moments of his life and let the country bother again, and Deng Yingchao himself wants to see Premier Zhou as soon as possible.
Therefore, Comrade Deng Yingchao hoped that the party and the government would not rescue her when she was critically ill, so as not to increase her pain, and at the same time, in order to avoid wasting the country's medical resources and increase the burden on the national medical institutions.
The state cannot do this, the medical staff of the hospital cannot fail to rescue the hero of the republic, and the people of the whole country will not allow this to happen.
On August 1, 1991, the day of the Founding Day, the experts of the hospital tried their best to operate on Comrade Deng Yingchao, and the results were very successful.
But the good times did not last long, and a year later Comrade Deng Yingchao was critically ill again, and this time Deng Yingchao closed his eyes and never woke up again.
After the death of Comrade Deng Yingchao, a memorial service was held in Beijing's Babaoshan Mountain, and the ashes were sprinkled in the Haihe River in Tianjin according to her will. On that day, hundreds of thousands of citizens in Tianjin sent their own departures, and cars and ships along the river honked their horns.
Throughout her life, Deng Yingchao has struggled hard for the party and the people and made outstanding contributions to the liberation of Chinese women.
In his lifetime, Deng Yingchao pursued the truth and the truth of the people, threw himself into the great cause of communism without hesitation, believed firmly, never changed his faith for decades, and was a staunch communist fighter.
In the protection of women and children, Deng Yingchao has made great achievements and has made every effort to provide protection for those orphans throughout his life.
The two wills left behind after her death are the epitome of her life of honesty and honesty, the crystallization of her sincere Marxist ideals and beliefs throughout her life, adhering to party spirit, strictly abiding by discipline, and being a good comrade of the people.
The people will not forget the merits of her and Premier Zhou, and these two wills are a monument in the history of New China! The death of Comrade Deng Yingchao is not only a loss to the party, but also a loss to the people of the whole country.
But for Comrade Deng Yingchao himself, his wish has been realized, he has seen the liberation of Chinese women, seen the Chinese people stand up, and also seen that new China has become stronger, and there are no regrets in his heart.
Comrade Deng Yingchao can also go to that world to meet his beloved Premier Zhou, and I hope that in the distant other side, they can meet under the begonia flower, and watch the petals of the begonia flower flutter with the wind, and see how many delicate rivers and mountains of the motherland are so delicate.