Zhou Enlai's younger brother Zhou Enpu died to protect his younger brother, and his descendants have lived in Jiaozuo for many years.

Shandong Kuomintang authorities arrested a middle-aged man in his forties and asked him to tell the whereabouts of Zhou Enlai. But the man kept his mouth shut and eventually died under the torture of the enemy.

And this middle-aged man is Zhou Enlai's younger brother-Zhou Enpu.

Zhou Enpu's ancestral home is Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Shaoxing Zhou family is a big family in the local area. However, under the background at that time, the traditional family like Zhou's inevitably declined.

But even so, many feudal patriarchal clan systems have been preserved by the family. In fact, this phenomenon can be seen everywhere in old China. After all, modern China was in a state of social transformation-the original feudal society collapsed and a new society was brewing.

Shortly after birth, Zhou's elders considered that his uncle had no son, so they adopted him-that is, according to the past tradition, his biological parents were no longer father and son.

Zhou Enpu was born one year later than Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enpu's birth made Zhou Enlai's parents very happy-because they had another son; Moreover, according to the old rules, Zhou Enpu is the eldest son in the sense of parents' ethics.

In fact, in old China, due to the backward medical level, the probability that newborns can grow up safely is not great. Therefore, in the old society, many people would choose various methods to let their children grow up safely on the basis of the objective reality of backward medical level. Generally speaking, there are three main methods.

The first is to give the child a longevity lock. I hope that the child's life can be firmly locked.

The second is to name a base-such as two dog. In 1980s, this naming custom still existed in many rural areas.

The third way is to nominally send it to a temple or Taoist temple to be a monk and Taoist child, indicating that the child is a monk and hopes to be blessed by the Buddha.

Zhou Enpu's parents wanted Zhou Enpu to grow up safely, so they chose the third method.

-They sent Zhou Enpu to the temple, and then asked the monks to make a special prayer ceremony and treat them as nominal monks in front of the Bodhisattva, so that they could be blessed by the Bodhisattva. This experience also gave Zhou Enpu a nickname "Monk".

Zhou Enpu needs to find a job when he grows up. At that time in old China, most people were at a loss. The so-called hesitation can be understood as not knowing where to go.

Mr. Lu Xun has an anthology called Wandering. Lu Xun explained: "At that time, the social environment made him not know where his road was, where the road of the country was, and the people certainly had no choice."

It is interesting to mention such a detail in Mao Dun's novel Midnight-that is, for farmers, the result of farming is getting poorer and poorer, but there is no way out without farming; Faced with the financial oppression of imperialism, businessmen also fell into a strange circle similar to farmers' farming.

This means that Zhou Enpu wanted to find a job, and at that time, it was not always possible to find a suitable job. However, even so, you still have to find a job.

After all, when the Zhou brothers were growing up, facing the torrent of the times, they made the choice of reaching the same goal by different routes. Zhou Enlai chose to take part in the revolution, while Zhou Enpu first followed his uncle to the northeast to find a job to make a living.

At that time, the northeast was divided into north and south by imperialism. A city like Harbin appeared in the north; In the south, there are cities like Dalian and Yingkou.

According to our modern concept, Harbin, Dalian and Yingkou are all very common declining cities. However, in modern China, these cities were once prominent.

Harbin, for example, had a name called "Oriental Moscow" in the old China era. In Harbin, there are Belarusian businessmen, Japanese chambers of commerce, and some wealthy Jewish businessmen choose to set up industries in Harbin. In addition, many famous international banks choose to open branches in Harbin. Dalian and Yingkou are also prosperous because of port factors.

In addition, at first, Japan invested heavily in the Northeast in order to occupy the Northeast and support the Bong-feng warlords to seize the national political power. This made a large number of people from Shanhaiguan go to the northeast to make a living, and a new peak of crossing Kanto began.

Zhou Enpu's coming to the Northeast to make a living is actually an adventure. But Zhou Enpu may not know that his trip to Guangdong had a certain influence on the later history of China.

1927, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei slaughtered progressives successively. Before this, the northern warlords also launched crazy revenge on progressives, which means that revolutionary work needs to enter a new stage.

According to the previous revolutionary struggle program, we mainly focused on the workers' movement, farmers' movement and students' movement. The crazy killing of progressives by Beiyang regime and Chiang Kai-shek regime also reminds us that we need to consider armed struggle to compete with the enemy.

Therefore, at the "August 7th meeting" of 1927, some party representatives suggested that the "Sixth National Congress" should be held as soon as possible to determine the next revolutionary trend. Just, where should the Sixth National Congress be held? This issue has caused controversy. After all, there are few safe places in Chinese mainland at this time.

Although the Red Army has opened a base area in Jinggangshan, Jinggangshan is actually surrounded by the enemy, and it is unrealistic for delegates to cross the enemy blockade.

So I thought about it, and some representatives advocated holding this meeting in Hong Kong under the rule of the British Hong Kong authorities or Macao under the control of the Portuguese and Macao authorities. However, this proposal is still rejected by mainstream representatives.

The reason is very simple-Portuguese and Australian authorities are unwilling to offend Nanjing, while Hong Kong and British authorities are very hostile to the Red Army, especially after the October Revolution, Britain has repeatedly threatened to interfere in the Russian revolution.

Finally, after discussion, the delegates decided to hold this meeting in Moscow. This is also the only record of holding a party congress in a foreign country in the history of our party.

Although Zhou Enpu did not have the conditions to attend this meeting, Zhou Enpu played a great role in the convening of this meeting.

At that time, the head of our party was Chen Duxiu. But after the failure of the "Great Revolution", Chen Duxiu has gradually drifted away from the right path. Therefore, * * * International decided to appoint Qu Qiubai and Zhou Enlai to preside over the overall work of the Party temporarily.

According to past practice, Qu Qiubai and Zhou Enlai should go to Moscow in advance to prepare for such an important event as the Sixth National Congress, and they cannot wait until the meeting is about to start to prepare specific meetings.

Go to Moscow for a party congress? Sounds like a safe environment. After all, the Kuomintang can't go to Moscow to arrest people no matter how powerful it is. However, a very difficult problem lies ahead: how to get to the Soviet Union?

For delegates, there are two ways to choose. One is by sea. You can go ashore from Shanghai Port to Vladivostok in the Soviet Union, and then take the train directly, enter Eastern Europe along the Siberian Railway and arrive in Moscow.

The other is by land. This land passage is also divided into two roads.

The first way is to start from Harbin, reach Manzhouli, and then enter the Soviet Union from Manzhouli. This road is very dangerous, because even in the later period of Manchuria, there were still many bandits from Harbin-Manzhouli Road. Therefore, if you take this road, even if you can escape the pursuit of the Kuomintang authorities, it is easy to encounter such emergencies as bandits.

The second road also started from Harbin, but ran to Suifenhe, and then entered the Soviet Union from Suifenhe.

After repeated weighing, Zhou Enlai finally decided to enter the Soviet Union from the northeast.

Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing also heard the news of the upcoming Sixth National Congress through the intelligence agencies, so Chiang Kai-shek ordered the Fuxing Society (the predecessor of the later centralized organization) and the agents of local police organs to find out the situation of delegates going to the Soviet Union for meetings through all social resources and make preparations for interception.

Compared with land, water is much more convenient. Our people know this truth, and the Kuomintang certainly knows this truth. Therefore, agents, police and even gendarmerie agencies have increased the travel expenses of the Shanghai-Vladivostok route. This has led to a sharp increase in the risk of choosing this channel.

Zhou Enlai chose the Shanghai-Dalian route, landed in Dalian, and then arrived in Harbin from Dalian. Zhou Enpu has lived in Northeast China for many years, and he knows some acquaintances and contacts, and also knows some local rules. Therefore, Zhou Enlai contacted his younger brother and hoped that his younger brother would help him.

At this time, Zhou Enpu was married, and his wife's name was Wang Lanfang.

For his brother, Zhou Enpu, of course, is very clear. At that time, Zhou Enlai was in charge of Kurt's work in Shanghai, where Kurt eradicated many traitors. At the same time, Kurt also dealt a heavy blow to those who helped others. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek hated Zhou Enlai's guts and offered a reward for the capture of Zhou Enlai.

However, Zhou Enpu understands and admires his brother's actions-after all, why did he leave his hometown to make a living if it was not the decadent old China? At the same time, Zhou Enpu was moved by his brother's feelings: he knew his brother's efforts and struggles, and the risks he took were not for his own interests, but for the future of the country and 40 million people.

Zhou Enpu was a little excited at the thought-he was Zhou Enlai's younger brother, and that alone was worthy of his pride and dedication.

Therefore, Zhou Enpu and Wang Lanfang risked their lives to entertain Zhou Enlai in Northeast China and made a lot of efforts to report Zhou Enlai's successful entry into the Soviet Union.

Before and after this, Wang Lanfang also made a "reluctant invitation" to Zhou Enlai, that is, he also wanted to take part in the revolution. Now that Uncle Zi is in charge, can you do me a favor and let him enter through the back door?

After hearing these words, Zhou Enlai was also very moved and gratified.

You know, this "back door" is not for welfare, but for necessity. Because at that time, the Kuomintang participated in our revolution with absolute superiority, which meant bloodshed and even a narrow escape.

After Zhou Enlai went to the Soviet Union, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou Enpu were relieved. Since then, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou Enpu have lived a simple life for more than ten years. It was not until 1938 that Zhou Enpu came to Shandong.

By this time, Japan had occupied the Northeast for seven years. During this period, the Japanese constantly plundered the social wealth in the northeast of China, and life in Zhou Enpu became awkward.

-Especially in 1937, after Japan invaded China, in order to raise war funds, Japan's search for northeast China reached an unprecedented level. The value of fake Manchu coins is getting worse every day. Zhou Enpu lost his job again. In desperation, Zhou Enpu came to Shandong.

Of course, Zhou Enpu didn't want to disturb Big Brother. Because Zhou Enpu knew that his eldest brother was the captain of the "poor team", he basically had no extra money to support himself.

After Zhou Enpu came to Shandong, he found that the situation in Shandong was more complicated at this time, and the three forces were evenly matched-at this time, the Japanese army occupied Jinan and other cities; Yimeng mountain area has the Eighth Route Army anti-Japanese base area, and some areas are occupied by defeated Kuomintang troops, still obeying Chongqing's orders. The three forces in Shandong are intertwined and the situation is very complicated.

At this time, Zhou Enpu joined the Shandong anti-Japanese team, but he was arrested by the Kuomintang opposition in June 1945.

-at that time, the Kuomintang spy didn't know where to get the news and learned that Zhou Enlai's younger brother was in Zhou Enpu, so they tortured Zhou Enpu and asked Zhou Enpu to tell Zhou Enlai's recent action track and prepare to deal with Zhou Enlai.

But of course, Zhou Enpu won't reveal a word to the enemy. Finally, he died heroically because he couldn't bear the torture of the enemy. He is only 46 years old.

It is true that although Zhou Enpu did not play the leading role in the torrent of the times like his brother, Zhou Enpu, like his brother, is a responsible and ambitious person.

-In order to cover his brother's trip to the Soviet Union, he took risks that many people dare not take; Moreover, I never went to the Eighth Route Army for help because of my brother's identity, and finally gave my life to protect my brother.

Zhou Enpu's spirit is worth learning from our contemporary people. Because most of us are ordinary people, how can we be a responsible ordinary person? Zhou Enpu told us the answer with his whole life.

Zhou Enpu didn't become a great man, a man of the hour and a promoter of the historical process like his brother, but Zhou Enpu did his best to contribute to his brother's career.

China can make progress not only through leaders like Zhou Enlai, but also through ordinary people like Zhou Enpu who try their best to contribute!

Fortunately, although Zhou Enpu is gone, he still has his family, who witnessed the establishment and prosperity of the new China.

His wife, Wang Lanfang, proposed to join a revolutionary organization as early as in the northeast to help the poor turn over and contribute to the liberation of the country and the nation. So after the fall of Northeast China, Wang Lanfang joined the guerrillas to deal with the Japanese aggressors.

The hardships of the Northeast Anti-Union Movement are no less than the Red Army's Long March. Northeast China is frozen in winter, and every winter, anti-Union soldiers are frostbitten because of winter.

In addition, after the Japanese established the puppet regime in Northeast China, they often gathered puppet troops and police to cooperate with the Japanese army and carried out crazy encirclement and suppression of guerrillas. Wang Lanfang was wounded by the enemy when he participated in guerrilla warfare in posthumous title.

After the founding of New China, the surviving anti-United fighters have actually lost one tenth. Therefore, the country combined with the actual financial resources at that time and gave these veterans certain treatment. According to Wang Lanfang's qualifications, she enjoys the treatment of cadres.

However, considering the economic burden, Zhou Enlai took the initiative to say to Wang Lanfang: "I hope that Wang Lanfang will give up the treatment given by the state and said that he will provide Wang Lanfang with a source of life." Wang Lanfang readily agreed to Zhou Enlai's proposal.

And Wang Lanfang also have a son named Zhou.

Zhou was a soldier in the army when he was young. However, his comrades hardly know that Zhou is his nephew. Zhou is also very low-key, thinking he is just an ordinary person.

Later, when I worked in Jiulishan Iron and Steel Plant in Jiaozuo City, I established a love relationship with a little girl named Jin Juqing in the factory. But even in front of his girlfriend, he never mentioned Zhou Enlai.

Jin Juqing was also very moved. After that, after marrying Zhou, she kept a low profile like Zhou.

Today, Zhou's descendants still live in Jiaozuo, Henan Province, and his descendants are as low-key as Zhou, inheriting and continuing the simple and introverted family style from generation to generation.

Once in Zhou Enpu, his wife Wang Lanfang was seriously ill, and Zhou Enlai called the local government. It took the staff a long time to find Zhou's home, only to find that their family had been crowded in a house of more than ten square meters for so many years.

If it weren't for Wang Lanfang's serious illness, we wouldn't even know what happened to Zhou Enpu's descendants!

In fact, both Zhou and his son have such characteristics in their lives, that is, they define themselves as ordinary people.

However, although ordinary, I try my best to make my own contribution to society and people. For example, in troubled times, stand up and do your bit; When it comes to peace and prosperity, it is unknown, without a penny from the government and a brick and tile from the people.

I want to dedicate this article to those unsung heroes in troubled times like Zhou Enpu and his descendants!