The two people Xu Shiyou was most afraid of, the first was Zhou Enlai, and the other was his mother, why were he afraid of the two of them?
We know that Xu Shiyou loves to drink, drinking is easy to talk big, and does not spare people, which will definitely affect the work, but also affect the feelings between colleagues, Zhou Enlai is very clear about his situation, so he wants to find an opportunity to educate Xu Shiyou and let him change his problems.
Finally the opportunity came, Zhou Enlai took the initiative to invite Xu Shiyou to drink, a mention of drinking, Xu Shiyou was of course happy, but also Premier Zhou invited guests, this face is very big! So he gladly went to the feast.
At the wine table, Premier Zhou said to Xu Shiyou: "I heard that Commander Xu is an honest person, that is, he is not honest in drinking, he likes to talk big, and the two of us are compared to see who drinks more..."
Xu Shiyou grabbed a bottle of wine from the waiter's hand without concession: "This bottle is mine, Prime Minister, you are free." Premier Zhou had to smile and said to the waiter, "Get me another bottle." The two drank a bottle while chatting, quickly opened the second bottle, and still the bottle touched the bottle.
Then, the waiter put on the third bottle, and as a result, Xu Shiyou's body was already shaking, and when he went to get the wine, his eyes were glazed over, and his body also slid under the table.
Premier Zhou asked the waiter to bring a soup of decanting, a few mouthfuls of soup, Xu Shiyou was slightly sober, said: "Premier, I, Xu Shiyou, served..." Premier Zhou said in a serious tone: "I am not betting with you on wine, but I just want to tell you that drinking wine cannot be unforgiving, comrades are happy, there is nothing wrong with drinking some wine together, you often do not spare people, is this not hurtful and angry?" ”
The next day when he woke up drunk, Xu Shiyou handed over a review to Premier Zhou and promised that he would not drink indiscriminately in the future. Xu Shiyou also said later: "I am afraid of Premier Zhou, and I am particularly serious about doing things, and I want to correct my faults." ”
Xu Shiyou's mother was also the object of his fear. Xu Shiyou fell to his knees in front of his mother three times in his life.
The first time was in 1932, when he left Dabie Mountain, he bid farewell to his mother and knelt down to his mother; the second time, when he was the commander of Jinan, he took his mother to Jinan, and he knelt down to his mother; the third time was when he returned to his hometown, and his mother came far away with a bundle of firewood, and he fell to his knees.
The majesty of his mother has always affected Xu Shiyou's life, because Xu Shiyou lost his father when he was 14 years old, and only one of the eight brothers and sisters in the family survived, so Xu Shiyou was afraid of his mother's loneliness, sadness, and suffering, and he was very filial to his parents from an early age.
It is worth mentioning that Xu Shiyou insisted on being buried after death and returning to his mother to fulfill his filial piety. Xu Shiyou is afraid of his mother, this is deep love!
Xu Shiyou was afraid of two people this time, but he admired only one person! Who, exactly?
In his later years, he confessed to his eldest son, Xu Guang: "I have only admired one person in my life, that is, Chairman Mao. ”
In Xu Shiyou's life, the person he admired the most was Chairman Mao. His respect, loyalty, and admiration for Chairman Mao reached an unrequited point. Xu Shiyou said that Chairman Mao could "insert a knife in two ribs" and "die for himself," and he even likened himself to Chairman Mao's "sword in the box." He would kill whatever Chairman Mao pointed out.
Since ancient times, there has always been more suspicion than trust between monarchs and subjects, and there are few unbridled monarch-vassal relations like Chairman Mao and Xu Shiyou. If it is xu Shiyou's admiration for Chairman Mao that has caused such loyalty, it is better to say that Chairman Mao's strong personal charm infected Xu Shiyou.
This feeling has always been deep in the heart of Xu Shiyou, he has never confided in anyone, until his son suddenly asked about this matter in his later years, and Xu Shiyou, who entered his old age, was willing to recall the original past, which made people sigh.
Everyone knows that Xu Shiyou famously said: "Without Chairman Mao, there would be no Xu Shiyou, I am Chairman Mao's person alive, and I am Chairman Mao's ghost when I die!" ”
What few people know is that in Xu Shiyou's later years, he once wrote a poem: "Who dares to oppose the red sun, Lao Tzu gave him three hundred guns!" How can such a Xu Shiyou not be admired??
Source: A Brief History of Historical Figures