Negotiation with Chiang Kai-shek is a political competition. Since Chiang Kai-shek was forced to accept the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to resist Japan, he insisted on the merger of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and abolished the liberated areas and the People's Army. Zhou Enlai insisted on cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, United against Japan and opposed surrender. Adhere to * * * independence and safeguard the rights of the liberated areas, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to survive, develop and resist Japan. After several years of arduous and persistent negotiations and struggles, * * * has become the mainstay of China people's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the liberated areas have been consolidated and developed, and the people's army has grown from 50,000 in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War to more than 500,000.
Zhou Enlai, the CPC Central Committee and Mao Zedong have close ties and tacit cooperation in Yan 'an, and they often report to Yan 'an by telegrams or Zhou Enlai. In response to Chiang Kai-shek's "Central Prompt Case", the Central Committee listened to Zhou Enlai's report for several days and made a collective decision; In view of He and Bai Chongxi's "Hao Dian", Mao Zedong personally drafted and issued "Jia Dian"; Mao Zedong went to Chongqing to negotiate.
Zhou Enlai adheres to the party's United front policy, and he can unite people best. From Zhang Chong, Zhang Zhizhong, Feng Yuxiang to Huang Yanpei, Zhang Lan, Ma Yinchu, Liang Shuming, Tao Xingzhi, Guo Moruo, Yang Hansheng, Hu Feng, Lao She and many other Democrats, celebrities, young people and children, all had close contacts with him. Many people know China only because they know Zhou Enlai. In order to protect the safety of these people, Zhou Enlai transferred hundreds of people from Hongkong, Guilin, Chongqing, Shanghai and Yan 'an. Diplomatic envoys and journalists from the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States, as well as the special envoy of the President of the United States, have all become the targets of the Zhou Enlai United Front. Therefore, at the critical moments such as the Southern Anhui Incident, the Political Council, the Chongqing negotiations and the political consultative conference, they all sympathized with and supported China, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, condemned the encirclement of the New Fourth Army by the Kuomintang, opposed Chiang Kai-shek's one-party dictatorship, and supported the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s idea of establishing a coalition government. Zhou Enlai led the intelligence work, and Wang Kunlun used his special position to keep abreast of the upper-level developments of the Kuomintang, encouraging pro-American factions, princes and patriotic generals to oppose surrender. Yan Baohang got the information of German attack on the Soviet Union in time; People around Hu Zongnan provided accurate information about Chiang Kai-shek's blitzkrieg in Yan 'an.
Love, friendship, affection. Zhou Enlai leaders Guo Moruo and Yang Hansheng used songs, music and art to publicize anti-Japanese activities, strive for their legal status and support them in performing The Yellow River Cantata and Qu Yuan. Pianist Luo Ying, painter Zhang Wen and composer He Lvting helped Tao Xingzhi to organize the Yucai School to educate the descendants of revolutionary martyrs and orphans. After Ma Yinchu was arrested, Zhou Enlai tried to rescue him and supported the correct proposition of economist Ma Yinchu and his patriotic action against Japan. Ye Ting left the New Fourth Army twice, Zhou Enlai patiently worked, demanding that Ye Ting take care of the overall situation, and Ye Ting returned to the New Fourth Army, which made Chiang Kai-shek's plot to cancel the New Fourth Army designation or send another commander fail; After the Southern Anhui Incident, Ye Ting was arrested and imprisoned. He persisted in his struggle in prison and wrote a famous prison song. Ye Ting applied to join China after he was released from prison, and was approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Zhou Enlai helped Hu Xingfen to work in the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association and helped her understand that her boyfriend was a martyr who died for the revolution. Hu Xingfen was seriously ill and went to see him with Deng. Hu Xingfen said solemnly, I want to join China, can I? My ex-boyfriend is China and you two are China, so I want to join you in China. Work is very busy, but he still cares about his father Deng and his mother. When Deng's mother died, Zhou Enlai personally raised the sliding pole and let the old man finally watch the farm leave safely. ...
1944 After September, Zhou Enlai held many negotiations with Hurley and Chiang Kai-shek around the goal of abolishing one-party dictatorship and establishing a coalition government. 1945 assisted Mao Zedong in the negotiations in Chongqing, drafted the minutes of the talks and signed them by both parties. At this time, the Li Shaoshi incident happened, and Zhou Enlai seriously investigated and handled it properly, which reflected the integrity of * * * people seeking truth from facts. 1946, 1 In June, Chiang Kai-shek made a big fuss about the number of deputies to the Political Consultative Conference, and Zhou Enlai skillfully responded by uniting the democratic parties with wisdom.
In April, Zhou Enlai will leave Chongqing for Nanjing. At the tea party before he left, he said: Chongqing is really a negotiation city. For almost ten years, I have been running between Chongqing and Yanzhou to unite and talk about business, and negotiations have consumed one-fifth of my existing life. ...