In 1938, Zhou Enlai's cousin Zhou Enyan passed on his son Zhou Baozhang and daughter Zhou Baozhuang to Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao, and held a succession ceremony at the Eighth Route Army's office in Wuhan.
The public's understanding of Premier Zhou's children is limited to this, and what is unknown is that Zhou Enlai also recognized a "righteous son" - Wang Shu when he returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors.
This righteous son listened to Zhou Enlai's teachings, did not talk about his relationship with Premier Zhou, did not seek high-ranking officials Houlu, and worked quietly in the people for fifty years.
It wasn't until two years after the premier's death that when the staff sorted out the relevant information, they found that Premier Zhou still had such a "son"...
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > served in the Kuomintang government and returned to his hometown to visit his graves</h1>
After the establishment of the Anti-Japanese United Front in 1937, Zhou Enlai served in the Kuomintang government as vice minister of the Political Department.
In the spring of 1939, zhou Enlai was on his way back from the New Fourth Army headquarters to the eighth route army office in Guilin, and deliberately detoured to Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, to see his father and elders in his hometown.
The purpose of this trip is twofold: one is to mobilize the people in their hometown to actively resist the war; the other is to understand the development of the local underground party, but in order to cover up the eyes and ears of the people, they use the excuse of returning to their hometown to visit the graves.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhou Enlai's military uniform was photographed
On March 28, Zhou Enlai, dressed in a Kuomintang military uniform, arrived in Shaoxing by a cruise ship with his secretary Qiu Nanzhang, guard Liu Jiuzhou, and another student who had returned from junior high school, Wang Shu, and the Shaoxing county government arranged the reception venue at the Shaoxing County Chamber of Commerce. With the help of Prince Yu, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, the group found the patriarch Zhou Xinong.
After learning that Zhou Enlai returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors and sweep the tomb, Zhou Xinong took out the "Old Eight Rooms Sacrifice Book" from the house, but on this book there was only Zhou Enlai's biological father Zhou Mao (mào) minister, and there was no Zhou Enlai's name, but this did not affect Zhou Enlai's enthusiasm.
That night, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Prince Yu (Zhou Enlai's uncle), invited Zhou Enlai to a banquet, although at this time Zhou Enlai was a Kuomintang lieutenant general, but this did not mean that he was trusted by the Kuomintang, and there were bound to be spies to inquire. Sure enough, at the banquet, Wang Shu, the cousin of Zhou Enlai, the grandson of Prince Yu, pushed through the door and said: "There are two people (spies) wearing hats and short shirts outside the door, standing there and not leaving. ”
Zhou Enlai knew the intentions of this group of people, so he said to the relatives and friends present: "It doesn't matter, they have their own affairs, and our words will not affect them." ”
Premier Zhou
After drinking and eating, the clan began to talk about the shortness of the parents. When talking about the Eighth Route Army, Zhou Enlai said passionately: "Whether it is workers, peasants, intellectuals, or enlightened gentlemen, as long as they are not traitors, they should fully support the anti-Japanese resistance under the leadership of the government." Young and strong, they are vying to join the army. ”
Wang Shu, who was sitting in a corner, looked in his eyes, remembered it in his heart, and was determined to join the army and serve the country.
After the meal, Zhou Enlai took out a hundred yuan in cash and a letter to his secretary Qiu Nanzhang, who handed the money to the patriarch Zhou Xinong to handle the tomb sweeping ceremony the next day. The letter reads:
Princess Xinong: Hereby send someone to present the national currency of one hundred yuan, please arrange the four tables of the Ming Morning Sacrifice Table, and at noon please bao (bao) You Hashimoto family elders and children for lunch, please be bothered, Rong Mingchen thank you. Goodnight, good night. Great-nephew Zhou Enlai knocked, that is, late.
At about 9 o'clock on March 29, Zhou Enlai, dressed in a military uniform, walked with more than a dozen of his clan to the side of the footpath of the Baoyou Bridge River, where he boarded a boat to worship his ancestors.
In addition to the older generation of clansmen on the ship, there were only cousin Wang Shu and cousin Wang Xian (kuàng) Fu, as well as a reporter Song Zikang. In addition, there are guards, and among the guards are the eyeliner of some agents, such as the chief of the special affairs section responsible for tomb sweeping affairs and the other two boatmen, who glance at the Zhou family from time to time, but Zhou Enlai does not care about their surveillance, and still talks and laughs with everyone.
Between the conversations and laughter, Zhou Enlai inquired in detail about the living conditions of the peasants in the Shaoxing area and his views on the War of Resistance. The Kuomintang agents were secretly spying, and seeing that this was just a family routine, they did not suspect it.
After asking, the boat arrived at Tushan Mountain.
Tushan is the place where the Zhou family buried their people, about 5 miles from Shaoxing, there is a small village of more than 100 households, and the hills more than ten meters high stretch continuously, many people in the city like to choose a cemetery here, and the Zhou family is no exception.
After sweeping the tomb, it was already noon, and after a group of people took a boat to enjoy the scenery along the way, they returned home.
After Zhou Enlai returned to the Chamber of Commerce, the patriarch Zhou Xinong held out the "Old Eight Rooms Sacrifice Book" of the Hundred Years Hall and asked Zhou Enlai to continue the score. When Zhou Enlai saw Yunmen, the son of the Duke of Qiao Shui, and Mao Chen, the son of the Duke of Yunmen, but the score was broken behind, Zhou Enlai gladly took up his pen and wrote on the family tree:
Enlai, Zi Xiangyu, Wushifang, great-grandson of duke Shuishui, grandson of duke of Yunmen, eldest son of Mao chen, and son of duke Qiuchen, was born on February 23 of the year of Guangxu Pengshu, and his wife Deng Yingchao.
Zhou Enlai and his wife Deng Yingchao
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > recognizes his cousin Wang Shu as a righteous child</h1>
Wang Shu was a cousin of Zhou Enlai, who was 17 years old and was in middle school. Young people have a natural curiosity about strange things, and so does Wang Shu.
After returning from sweeping the tomb, Wang Shu once again followed Zhou Enlai to the Dayu Tomb. When the group arrived at Dayu Tomb, Wang Shu excitedly said to Zhou En: "Our teacher said that Dayu was a gentleman, one of the earliest emperors in China, and one of the best emperors. ”
Wang Shu passionately told the story of Dayu Zhishui, who passed through the door of the house three times without entering.
Zhou Enlai listened to his cousin's "rhetoric", and did not expect that a young man in middle school had such an opinion on Dayu and thought that this was a good seedling. Premier Zhou finally added: "Dayu not only controlled water, he also encouraged the development of agriculture, produced Jiuding, and was a true patriotic emperor for the people." ”
Zhou Enlai was in front of the Great Yu Mausoleum
Although Wang Shu had his own opinions, after all, he was a young man who was studying, and he didn't know what Jiuding was, so he asked, "Cousin Zhou, what is Jiuding?" ”
Premier Zhou smiled and returned: "Ding is a container for boiling things, Jiuding is jiuding, representing the nine states under the heavens, and Jiuding refers to dayu benefiting the whole country." ”
Hearing Zhou Enlai's explanation, Wang Shu seemed to have discovered a new continent of knowledge, so he said to Zhou Enlai: "We teachers don't know what you said." ”
When Wang Shu was not yet in junior high school, Zhou Enlai was already famous, and when he learned that Zhou Enlai was his cousin, his admiration was even more spontaneous. After listening to Premier Zhou's explanation of Dayu, there is no doubt that this admiration has been deepened again. And Wang Shu's spirit of study also won the favor of Zhou Enlai.
Zhou Enlai continued Wang Shu's words and said, "My knowledge is also taught by my teacher, but my teacher is older than your teacher, and I am older than you, so I know more than you." ”
After saying this, the surrounding crowd laughed and watched the dialogue between the uncle and nephew.
Da Yu Zhi Shui
In front of the statue of Dayu Ling, Zhou Enlai saw the nine axes on the statue of Dayu at a glance, and pretended to ask: What do these axes mean?
The slightly older ones knew the meaning of these axes, and Zhou Enlai could not have been unaware. Everyone present understood Zhou Enlai's intention, that is, this question was asked to Wang Shu.
Everyone understood and shook their heads to pretend not to know, at this time Wang Shu continued to stubble and said, "Cousin Zhou, didn't you say that Dayu made Jiuding?" Jiuding represents the land of Kyushu, and the nine axes should mean the same as Jiuding. ”
Zhou Enlai was very pleased, and immediately praised Wang Shu: "Or you are smart, so you put the axe and Jiuding meaning the same, but the symbolic things are different, the nine axes symbolize Dayu dredging Kyushu, referring to Dayu's merits in controlling water." ”
Quietly, the surrounding clans were happy, and the trip to the Great Yu Tomb came to an end in a burst of joy and laughter.
After returning to the Chamber of Commerce, Premier Zhou attended the dinner party of the tribesmen, and the tribesmen studied ink and laid out paper, and wanted to ask Zhou Enlai to write an inscription. All the clans were present, and Zhou Enlai was not easy to resign. With a wave of his hand, he wrote down some ink.
Later, Chen Zhinian, Xinong's wife, recalled: "I was present when I was writing, and he stood and wrote, and he wrote very quickly, as if he had first thought about how to write, and wrote a picture for each family. We all collected the words, but they were all burned afterwards. ”
However, Zhou Enlai inscribed a separate inscription on Wang Shu, and on the rice paper it was written: "Rush across the Qiantang River and recover Hangjia Lake." Just a few big words, but it makes people's blood boil.
Wang Shu pulled his father aside and said, "Dad, you tell my cousin that I want to fight with him and fight the devils!" ”
Since the son had such an idea, Wang Shu's father had no reason to disagree, so he stepped forward to ask Zhou Enlai.
I thought that Zhou Enlai had no reason to refuse such a request, but unexpectedly, Zhou Enlai said to Wang Shu: "You are still young, study hard, and you can't take you away."
Wang Shu seemed to be a little sad, but Zhou Enlai had high hopes for him, but he was still young, still needed to study, and would become a pillar of strength in the future, so he refused this request. But Zhou Enlai was very optimistic about this seedling and said, "Are you okay with being my dry son?" ”
After hearing Zhou Enlai's words, Wang Shu agreed without the slightest hesitation, immediately bowed and saluted, and shouted: "Daddy! ”
Zhou Enlai took a group photo with everyone when he worshipped his ancestors
Perhaps in order to break Wang Shu's thoughts of going to the battlefield to resist Japan, or perhaps the interest came up, and the inscription was once again:
Ride the long wind and break the waves! Mu Xiang (Wang Shu's former name before changing his name) cousin Yi'er
Zhou Enlai
The next day, Zhou Enlai was leaving Shaoxing for the provisional capital of Zhejiang to meet with Huang Shaohu, the governor of Zhejiang Province. Before leaving, he specially called Wang Shu to his side, gave him twenty pieces of ocean, instructed him to spend all kinds of expenses on schooling, and specifically said: "You are still too young now, first learn to live independently, and then study hard, and you can write to me often in the future." ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > Wang Shu worked diligently and worked incognito for 50 years</h1>
Since Zhou Enlai left Shaoxing, he has never returned to this hometown, and Wang Shu has never seen Premier Zhou again.
In 1940, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression had entered a stalemate, and in order to destroy our rear, the Japanese aircraft bombed Shaoxing on a large scale, and in order to avoid the chaos of the war, Wang Shu went to Fujian with his father.
After arriving in Fujian, Wang Shu kept zhou Enlai's instructions in mind, studied hard, and was admitted to Shanghai University in 1945. After being admitted to Shanghai University, Wang Shu wrote letters to Zhou Enlai many times, but to Wang Shu's dismay, he did not receive a reply, which made Wang Shu wonder if he had done something wrong.
In fact, it is not that Zhou Enlai forgot this "righteous child", but considered that he wrote back to him in his own capacity, this relationship will make Wang Shu flutter, and then affect his studies at the university, of course, this is what his father personally told Wang Shu afterwards.
Shortly after this, Wang Shu received a letter from Zhou Enlai containing a photograph of Zhou Enlai's military uniform, with a few words written on the back of the photo:
Mu Xiang's cousin Yi'er thoughts.
At this point, Wang Shu understood the good intentions of his "dry father".
In 1949, Shanghai was liberated, and Wang Shu responded to the call of "Gan Dad" and joined the Southbound Service Group to work at the Fujian Senior Industrial School.
In the following fifty years, Wang Shu has been fighting in the front line of education, serving students and cultivating more outstanding talents to build a new China.
Zhou Enlai and his wife once had ten unwritten family rules:
First, the juniors can not leave their jobs to go to Beijing to see him, they can only come to see him when they are passing by on business trips.
Second, relatives from other places cannot visit him in Beijing, and all of them live in the guest house of the State Council, and the cost of accommodation is paid by him.
Third, all go to the canteen of the State Council organ to queue up for meals, and those who have a salary to pay for the meal can be paid by him.
4. Tickets purchased as family members are allowed to enter the theater and must not use hospitality tickets.
5. Buses are not allowed.
6. No guests or gifts are allowed.
Seventh, whatever you can do in your own life, don't bother others to do it for you.
Eighth, life should be hard and simple.
Don't talk about your relationship with other people on any occasion, and don't show off yourself.
10. We must not seek private interests or engage in specialization.
For Wang Shu, the two most important of these are "do not seek personal gain, do not engage in specialization" and "Do not tell me about your relationship on any occasion, do not want to show off yourself."
Wang Shu in his later years
In the fifty years of work, the relationship with Zhou Enlai has never been mentioned, so that posterity has no way of knowing, let alone seeking private interests.
It was not until 1978, when the comrades of the Central Committee were sorting out materials related to Zhou Enlai, that they discovered that Zhou Enlai still had such a "righteous son", and since then, Wang Shu has gradually entered the public's field of vision.
In his later years, Wang Shu also summed up this relationship with Zhou Enlai, and the elderly Wang Shu said:
"It's been more than thirty years since my cousin left us, but his teachings will forever remain in my memory.
I don't talk about my relationship with my uncle, I'm just an ordinary person, I just want to take root silently at the grassroots level, and I don't ask for high-ranking officials. ”