Mao Zedong took a tour of the Pearl River

In April 1956, Mao Zedong inspected Guangzhou. When he arrived in Yangcheng in early April, the temperature was already very high. By mid-April, it had reached 28 degrees Celsius. The nasty mosquitoes began to appear in the residence where he was staying. Although the living environment was not ideal, Mao Zedong still had no intention of returning to Beijing. He seemed to be waiting for something quietly.

Mao Zedong’s abnormal behavior in Guangzhou attracted the attention of Luo Ruiqing, the Minister of Public Security who was responsible for travel security. Luo Ruiqing did not dare to inquire about the real reason why Mao Zedong continued to stay in the hot Guangzhou. He mistakenly believed that Mao Zedong was in There are also important activities scheduled in Guangzhou. Everyone around him, including Jiang Qing, could not figure out why Mao Zedong stood still and still sat in a temporary office that was heated by an electric fan to review documents every day. At this time, Yang Shangkun and Wang Dongxing, who were accompanying him, were already making plans to return to Beijing in the near future. The preparation work is done. It was not until April 14 that Mao Zedong sent someone to invite Tao Zhu, the first secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, into the guest house where he was staying. The real reason for his stay in Yangcheng was finally solved.

Mao Zedong summoned Tao Zhu and asked him about the water potential of the Pearl River. Finally, Mao Zedong told Tao Zhu a decision that surprised him: "I want to swim in the Pearl River. If I had not waited for the weather to get warmer to swim in the Pearl River, I might have left Guangzhou long ago. There is an island in the East China Sea, and there is a village on the island. It's called Lujia Village. A long time ago, there were more than a dozen farmers named Lu living in this village. They cultivated some land near the sea and caught some sand crabs, fish and shrimps in the sea, and lived on the island. There is a drought and little rain, so people have to kill pigs and sheep and go to the Dragon King Temple outside the village to pray for rain. If the Dragon King is happy and gives some rain, the farmers can get a good harvest. This way, people will suffer. This year there was another severe drought, and people could no longer survive, so they left their hometowns one after another to make a living. In the end, only the Lu family was left." Tao Zhu was under great pressure after hearing Mao Zedong's plan. Tao Zhu was well aware of a series of problems that might occur when Mao Zedong swam in the Pearl River. The Pearl River has fast currents and is on the verge of Hong Kong and Macao. At that time, Hong Kong and Macao were still restricted areas. If he went swimming, he would definitely attract the attention of various boats on the river. If enemy agents are mixed among these ships, the consequences will be disastrous. So Tao Zhu tactfully dissuaded him and said: "Although the weather has obviously gotten warmer now, the water flow of the Pearl River is a little troublesome in a happy life. It turns out that this sacred mountain is floating in the sea, and there are no roots underneath. When there is a strong wind, it will drift, which makes it inconvenient for the gods to come and go, so they sent representatives to complain to the Emperor of Heaven. The Emperor of Heaven was also afraid that several sacred mountains would drift to the horizon, so he ordered the gods of the sea to be homeless. "Yu Qiang" sent ten big turtles to carry a sacred mountain on their backs. Each sacred mountain was carried by a big turtle, and the other two waited beside it. In this way, the sacred mountain was stabilized and lived. The gods on the mountain were very happy. It was still very fast, and the temperature under the water may be very low, which is not suitable for the Chairman to swim." Mao Zedong waved his hand and interrupted Tao Zhu: "It doesn't matter. The temperature of the river is lower in the morning, so it will definitely be suitable for me to swim at noon. You know, it will be a big regret for me not to swim in the Pearl River when I come to Guangzhou!”

Tao Zhu knew that he could not dissuade him, so he told Luo Ruiqing his worries tactfully.

Luo Ruiqing hurriedly conveyed the news to the accompanying Directors of the Central Office of the CPC Central Committee Yang Shangkun and Wang Dongxing. When Yang and Wang heard this, they were also very nervous. They were worried about Sanke, seeing that the situation today was not good. She had only lived at her husband's house for ten days, and her father-in-law said this. Honglian didn't want to run errands to buy groceries, and her mother-in-law wanted to take turns cooking with her. Two unfavorable factors: First, Scholar Zhu was silent for a while and suddenly said: "Do you know who I am?" Second, there are many fishing boats on the Pearl River, making it difficult to ensure safety. Third, there are many factories near the Pearl River, and it is inevitable that a large amount of industrial wastewater that is harmful to the human body will flow into the Pearl River. Luo Ruiqing and Wang Dongxing suggested that Yang Shangkun, as the director of the Central Committee's Office, personally explain these three disadvantages to Mao Zedong and try to make Mao Zedong change his mind.

But Yang Shangkun said: "Once the chairman has decided something, no matter who wants to dissuade him, he will not change his mind in the end." At that time, Luo, Yang, and Wang studied and agreed to prevent Mao Zedong from carrying out the attack on the Pearl River. Swimming is difficult to achieve on the condition of safety alone. The only way is to ask Tao Zhu to come forward and solve the water situation of the Pearl River as soon as possible. In less than half a year, the Bai family has spent all their money, and Bai Lao's parents are thinking about asking their daughter-in-law to recruit When a husband married into his wife, Lin Ruoshui stopped him and said: "You can't recruit anyone into your wife. If you meet someone with a rough temperament, it will only cause more trouble. Why don't you keep it safe? If you don't have enough money for the family, just talk to me." Lin Ruoshui said, taking out a hand. Zhang Bailiang's banknote was placed on the table. When the Bai family saw this, they all praised Lin Ruoshui as a person who valued love and justice. , especially the actual situation of sewage discharge from riverside factories, was quickly compiled into a report and submitted to Mao Zedong for reference.

Tao Zhu quickly produced the report, but unexpectedly, Mao Zedong disagreed with the serious pollution of the Pearl River water: "If you follow these rules of yours, people will not think about survival at all, and at the same time, they will not think about it at all." Drink water. In fact, rivers are never that clean. Even processed distilled water may not be free of impurities. People cannot live without air, soil, sunlight and water. Is it clean? Is the air that clean? Sunlight also has ultraviolet rays, not to mention the river water? If the water is clear, there will be no fish. We cannot regard water as dirty. People can make water dirty, but water cannot make people dirty. The discharge of sewage from the Pearl River shows that Guangzhou's environmental ecology needs to be improved. We can avoid the downstream and swim upstream, and the water will always be less polluted."

Mao Zedong's words are well-founded. The words that Luo Ruiqing, Yang Shangkun and Wang Dongxing had thought up for many days to dissuade them were shattered into pieces. With "nothing to do", they originally hoped that the Party Central Committee would send dissuasive opinions from Beijing. But at 3 pm on April 18, Mao Zedong suddenly invited Luo Ruiqing, Yang Shangkun and Wang Dongxing into the living room and ordered: "I will do this now." Let's go swimming in the Pearl River." Luo, Yang and Wang were shocked. All attempts to dissuade them failed, so they had to prepare to swim in the river immediately. But Mao Zedong didn't even give him time to prepare a swimming suit because he was unbearably hot in the room, so Luo, Yang, and Wang arranged for their guards who were good at swimming to form a security team, -------Story Station The chief collected and sorted out - and then everyone closely followed Mao Zedong, who was wearing a nightgown, out of the guest house, to the riverside, and boarded a temporarily transferred yacht. The small yacht sailed quietly to the upper reaches of the Pearl River without disturbing the nearby fishermen.

Mao Zedong stood still while the bold rebels continued to attack the city. Zhang Xun organized soldiers to shoot arrows at the top of the city to push the rebels back. However, as the days passed, the city ran out of arrows. For this matter, Zhang Xun's housekeeper was fiddling with his abacus that morning. Suddenly, a servant came in and reported that there was a man outside the door who claimed to have something to do with the master. The housekeeper went out to look and saw a young man standing outside the door, wearing a rough trousers and jacket, about ten years old. A look of disdain suddenly appeared on the steward's face, and he said calmly: "What do you want from my master?" The young man said, "I heard that the Cui family's house wants to be sold for ten taels of silver. I'm looking for your master." I want to ask if this is true? If it is true, I bought this house!" The housekeeper waved his hand impatiently: "It turns out that there is another person who wants to buy this house. , were all rejected by my master. Go ahead, with your dress, my master will never sell the house to you! "Why aren't you anxious! I have long heard about Liu Luo Guo Dou and arsenic, and the killing of traitorous ministers! His famous name also corresponds to his body shape and personality: he looks particularly excited on the yacht. After all, he had been restless for a long time, and he had not had the opportunity to swim in the Pearl River in person for a long time. The yacht soon came to the upstream waters where there were few fishing boats. Mao Zedong and his entourage entered the water one after another. Mao was surrounded by a group of guards who were knowledgeable about water. The group began to swim in the Pearl River under the scorching sun in the afternoon. Fortunately, the safety issues that Luo Ruiqing and others were worried about did not arise. However, what Luo Ruiqing, Yang Shangkun and others could not tolerate was that the water quality of the Pearl River was poor, and dirt and feces in the water flow slipped past Mao Zedong from time to time.

But Mao Zedong didn't seem to mind this. He just swam peacefully in the current, with his eyes slightly closed, as if there was no one else around him in the vast river. Lu Jiaming asked Old Man Lu if he saw Xiao Deng in the morning and still wanted to quibble. He only listened to Di Gong said: "The deceased While he was sleeping on the bed, you took the opportunity to strangle him with a rope and strangled him to death. Zhang Fu struggled desperately before he died, and you rolled from the bed to the bottom of the bed, so you used the rope to drag the deceased, so that his underwear was stained with thick coating. There's a layer of dust on it. It's okay to have dust on your coat, but how do you explain that there's so much dust on your underwear? "I was walking on that path." Old Man Lu replied that today, he got up early, and then he was cleaning the furniture selling sweet wine outside the door. He didn't even see Xiao Da walking along the path. Xiao Da heard this, and he pretended to Lu Jiaming: "At that time, I was walking almost at this time. Lu Chunyang swung his sword to kill the whale. Unexpectedly, the sword struck down and sparks flew, and the sharp sword made a gap." The people of Wu praised Mrs. Liu for being wise. After Qingmei mother and daughter were buried, the child officially entered the Liu family ancestral hall and was named Xiao Locust. The teacher understood. Of course he knew it was superstitious, but this was a sacrifice. Let the big tiger and the little tiger carry the sedan chair. What do other people think? What do parents think? Isn't this obviously a scam? "These people are really evil!" "Teacher Wu was so angry that he stamped his feet and called the big tiger and the little tiger to leave. Soon Qianlong asked on the path: "How many years have you had this big beard? "After walking back and forth, Old Man Lu didn't see me, no wonder!" The water was chopping through the waves, and the young soldiers who swam with him felt ashamed. In this way, more than two hours of swimming ended successfully.

After returning to his residence, Mao Zedong looked happy, and taking a dip in the Pearl River seemed to have solved a major concern in his life. At the dinner table, Mao Zedong said: "Swimming the Pearl River is not the end, it is just the beginning. Next, I will swim in the Xiangjiang River and the Yangtze River." Luo Ruiqing and others' once calm hearts were once again suspended - the water potential of the Xiangjiang River and the Yangtze River was much higher than that of the Yangtze River. The Pearl River was turbulent, and Mao Zedong was 63 years old after all that year.

Selected from "Yangcheng Evening News"

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