When Zhou Enlai grew up, he mentioned many times in his talks and writings that his grandfather Panlonggong was an official and magistrate of a county in Jiangsu. For example, in August of 1964, when talking with relatives in the West Flower Hall of Zhongnanhai, he said, "Our grandfather moved to Huai 'an when he was a generation ... My grandfather rose from Shaoxing's grandfather to the county magistrate. "However, he lives in Fuma Lane, Shanyang County, Huai 'an, but there is no record of his grandfather (named Long Jun, later renamed Panlong, later renamed Qi Kui, word Yunmen) in the Records of Huai 'an Prefecture and Shanyang County. Why is this?
Mr. Zhou Panlong was born in Xianfeng, Qing Dynasty for five years, and it was also the fifth year after his father Qiao Shuigong moved from Shaoxing to Huai 'an, Shanyang County. Pan Longgong studied and grew up in Huai 'an. In the ancient books department of Zhejiang Library, among the materials cited by Zhou, Zhou and Zhou, his grandfather and related materials are as follows:
Zhou Hezhen: The name of the note is the second son of my second uncle's grandfather Zhou Jun 'ang, ranking the eldest, and was adopted as the heir by my second uncle's grandfather Zhou. He was born in the year of Tongzhi Ding Mao in Qing Dynasty (AD 1867). Guangxu served as a juror in the Jiawu year (AD 1895). In his "Zhou Enlai's Tooth Record in the Same Year of Examination in Zhejiang Province" (Zhejiang Library CollectionNo. 1 1905), the entry under the column of "Uncle" is: "Since Wei Xiao, a foreign student from China, Jiangsu has tried to make up Tongzhi first, and has successively served as county magistrate of Anton (now Lianshui) and Funing, and Zhili of Haizhou (now Lianyungang). Zhou Panlong was not mentioned as the magistrate of Shanyang County.
Zhou Shen's legacy was late, but there is no record that his grandfather made a Shanyang county order.
Judging from the materials cited by Zhou Enlai's three uncles, none of them mentioned that his grandfather Pan Longgong had been appointed as the magistrate of Yang Shan. Is this another memory mistake of Zhou Enlai?
1978 In the spring, when I was working in the report group of the former Huai 'an County Committee, I personally listened to the report of Comrade Xing, an important member of the writing group of Premier Zhou and Hometown, about his grandfather's appointment as the county magistrate of Shanyang, and I still keep the records at that time. At that time, the shadow of the national ultra-left trend of thought still hung over the land of China. I remember that the report was confidential, and no more than 10 people attended the report.
Xing reported the bad news of Panlong, saying that his second brother, Zhou Ang Jun, died suddenly when he was appointed as Yizheng county magistrate. That year, Zhou Ang Jun was only 43 years old. This major blow caused a strong shock to the soul of Panlong Gong. Because there was a custom in Huai 'an at that time, the old man was a "ghost" only when he died in his own home, so that he could "bless" his descendants and "prosper". If you die in a foreign country, you will become a "wild ghost", and wild ghosts will not be able to "shelter" future generations. Considering that Zhou Panlong has been away from home for a long time, the risk is too great. When he was transferred to Taoyuan and other magistrate of a county in the future, he tried his best to seek the position of magistrate of a county in Yang Shan, because his home was in Yangshan and Ma Xu Lane, and Shanyang County was the seat of the Governor's Department for grain transportation and Huai 'an Prefecture, which meant that the position of magistrate of a county in Yang Shan was relatively higher than that of other ordinary counties. The political corruption in the late Qing Dynasty basically relied on listing and selling officials. In order to donate money to Shanyang County, Zhou Panlong poured his savings for many years. It took several years before and after this, and finally I got the position of magistrate in Yang Shan. But just as he was expecting to take office, the former Yang Shan magistrate with a tough background refused to publish the report. The reason why he refused was that Zhou Panlong's home was in Yang Shan, which violated the official system of the Qing Dynasty. Zhou Panlong was angry and anxious, so he had to spend money to report that he was from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and was sent to Yang Shan, Huai 'an. This is also the main reason why Zhou Enlai always said that he was born in Shaoxing. After the supervision of the official department of the Qing court, although the Zhou family lived in Huai 'an, they did not join the family. Zhou Enlai's ancestors and father returned to their hometown in Zhejiang to take the exam after passing the examinations in all subjects, which opened the last joint for him to be the magistrate of Yang Shan.
Unexpectedly, the joy of Zhou Panlong's victory was not over yet, but he was extremely happy and sad: he fell ill and was very ill. Let alone dealing with political affairs, even his family affairs and his own affairs can't be broken. In this way, I can't afford to get sick, and finally I can only die with regret. In this way, Zhou Panlong eventually became the "Yang Shan magistrate" who spent all his savings but failed to take office. In fact, he became an empty Yang Shan magistrate.
When later generations compiled historical records, a person who did not take office to deal with political affairs naturally could not be recorded as a magistrate. People can't find the record that Zhou Enlai's grandfather Panlong was the magistrate of Shanyang County in Huai 'an County Records and Shanyang County Records.
Admittedly, Mr. Xing is a rigorous scholar. He used to work in Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences, and later transferred to Huai 'an to participate in the writing group of Premier Zhou and his hometown. He is the editor-in-chief of this book. 1989, he published his first monograph on Zhou Enlai-The Story of Zhou Enlai's Childhood in Tianjin Xin Lei Publishing House. In addition, he also published many monographs on Zhou Enlai's childhood, family background and relatives in newspapers and periodicals such as Literary Works of the Party History (the predecessor of the century style).
Mr. Xing Lao also has many years of contacts with the author. Regrettably, when the author tried to ask him to provide the historical sources of the investigation in that year, he was too old and ill to handle it. I think the author is old, so he has to write this clumsy article for future generations, so that he can have a confession.