After Jiang Qing was imprisoned, almost no one came to see her, except for one person, who was Jiang Qing's sister Li Yunlu. Many people may not be familiar with Li Yunlu. However, it was she who brought up Mao Zedong's youngest daughter, Li Ne.
Picture: From left, Mao Zedong, Jiang Qing, Li Ne, Li Yunlu and Li Yunlu's son Wang Bowen
Jiang Qing's father is Li Dewen. He has no college education and has been an apprentice in other people's homes since childhood to learn woodworking. After completing his studies, he became a well-known local carpenter and made a good coffin. In the ten miles and eight villages near
, anyone who has passed away will come to his house to make a coffin. Over the years, Li Dewen is also quite wealthy. As an adult, Li Dewen married a woman from the same county and opened a carpenter's shop. After
got married, Li Dewen had two sons and a daughter, Li Yunlu. Later, when Li Dewen was middle-aged, his wife died of illness, and Li Dewen became alone again.
In 1913, Li Dewen, who was nearly 60 years old, was introduced to the Wang family in Xiaoyuezhi Village, 30 kilometers away from his home, and married the Wang family girl, Jiang Qing's biological mother.
At that time, Xiaoyuezhi Village was the only way from Zhucheng to the South China Sea. People came and went every day and it was very lively. Jiang Qing's grandfather opened an inn here, and the business was very good. Jiang Qing's grandfather's family background is also very good.
Not only that, Jiang Qing has two uncles, and Jiang Qing's mother Wang is the youngest child in the family. Because of the superior family background, Jiang Qing's mother not only studied, but also worked as a female worker. When she married Li Dewen, she was only 20 years old.
It stands to reason that Jiang Qing's grandfather should find a suitable family for Jiang Qing's mother. Why did he find a carpenter? And she is more than 30 years older than Jiang Qing's mother Wang Shi? The reason for this is now unexplainable.
In the 2nd year after Wang Shixian came to Li Dewen's house, he gave birth to a daughter named "Li Jin child", which was later Jiang Qing.
When Jiang Qing's mother Wang Shi first married into the Li family, the relationship between husband and wife was fairly harmonious. Although there are usually quarrels, they are all innocuous little things. Slowly, Li Dewen intensified against Wang.
Picture: Mao Zedong and Jiang Qing
Li Dewen's first wife managed Li Dewen very strictly, and she had the final say in everything in the family. After marrying the Wang family, Li Dewen regained control of the family. However, his temper became more and more irritable, and he often took out Wang's anger.
One year, someone died at Jiang Qing's grandfather's house, and the mourner came to Li's house to report the mourning. The mourner forgot Li Dewen's name, and only remembered that he was nicknamed "The Tiger".
I saw an old man walking towards him. The mourner came forward and asked, "Where is the tiger's house?" The mourner didn't care, and continued to ask others for directions.
When the mourner arrived at the door of Li Dewen's house, he found that Li Dewen was sitting in front of the door. Take a closer look, isn't this the old man from before? The mourner was embarrassed, said a few words and hurried away.
As soon as the funeral was reported, Li Dewen quarreled with his wife Wang, and he scolded his wife Wang: "Look at your family, you almost pointed at my name." In the end, only Wang's family returned to his hometown to go to the funeral.
Maybe this incident made Li Dewen feel a knot in his heart. After this time, Li Dewen often beat and scolded Wang. By the way, Jiang Qing's days and are not easy.
On the Lantern Festival when Jiang Qing was 5 years old, Jiang Qing, who was rushing home after playing for a day, saw his father Li Dewen chasing his mother with a shovel.
Jiang Qing, who was eager to protect her mother, stepped forward and stopped between the two. As a result, a tooth was knocked out, and Jiang Qing's mother was also interrupted by a little finger.
After being beaten this time, Jiang Qing's mother took Jiang Qing overnight to Zhucheng, not far from her home, to work as a helper for the landlord's family here.
Fortunately, there is a relative of Wang's family in Zhucheng, and Jiang Qing was deposited in a relative's house. During the day, Mr. Wang went out to work. In the evening, I will go home to see Jiang Qing. Regarding this memory, Jiang Qing later recalled:
Picture: Jiang Qing riding a horse, it is said to be Mao Zedong's favorite one , I lit a small oil lamp in the house, and then I fell asleep leaning on the kang. When my mother came back and saw me like this, she hugged me and cried. It was very desolate.
In 1921, 7-year-old Jiang Qing was about to go to school. Her mother sent her to study at the Zhucheng County Girls' School. When you go to school, you must have a name. Xue Huandeng, the principal of the school, thought that Li Jin's name was unpleasant, so he gave Jiang Qing the scientific name Li Yunhe.
When Jiang Qing was 10 years old, Li Dewen contracted typhoid fever and died not long after. After Wang learned the news, he came back to deal with the funeral for Li Dewen. After dealing with the funeral, the Wang family took Jiang Qing to defect to her parents' house. In those days of
, the life of the widow was not easy. Jiang Qing and his mother depended on each other for life, and it was difficult for Wang to work for the landlord's family.
Two years later, when Jiang Qing was 12 years old, the Wang family heard that Jiang Qing's half-sister, Li Yunlu, had married an officer under the warlord in Tianjin. So, the Wang family brought Jiang Qing to join Li Yunlu.
Although it was Jiang Qing's school age at that time, he was so embarrassed to ask for tuition fees. There was a tobacco factory in Tianjin at that time, and Jiang Qing wanted to work as a child laborer in the tobacco factory.But the mother, sister and brother-in-law all disagreed, so they had to give up.
During his stay in Tianjin, 12-year-old Jiang Qing became a nanny, cleaning the room, doing laundry, and shopping for groceries. Fortunately, my brother-in-law was an official in the warlord army, and he did not worry about food and drink. After
stayed in Tianjin for about a year, Wang brought Jiang Qing back to Jinan . Jiang Qing has always had a lot of goodwill towards this sister Li Yunlu who helped Jiang Qing.
Not long after Jiang Qing returned, the brother-in-law who was an officer died. Li Yunlu alone and with his son , cannot stand in Tianjin at all. Soon I returned to Jinan, and my life was very hard.
and later, Jiang Qing went to Shanghai as an actor. From Shanghai, I came to Xi'an , from Xi'an to Yan'an, and finally met Mao Zedong. Her mother Wang Shi and her sister Li Yunlu have been staying in Jinan.
At the end of November 1948, Jiang Qing received a call from her sister Li Yunlu and learned of the death of her mother Wang Shi. The grief-stricken Jiang Qing found Mao Zedong and said that he was going back to Jinan for the funeral.
Picture: Mao Zedong, Li Ne and Jiang Qing were in Yan'an
At that time, Jinan had been liberated. The domestic situation was very good, and Mao Zedong considered it for a while before agreeing. Mao Zedong, who was worried, sent guards Li Yinqiao, Yan Changlin, and driver Zhou Xilin to accompany him.
At the beginning of December, Zhou Xilin, the driver of Mao Zedong, drove a medium jeep , and took Jiang Qing and other 5 people away from the Xibaipo to catch a train in Shijiazhuang. The middle jeep also followed the train to Jinan.
When he arrived in Jinan, Jiang Qing was warmly received by Jinan Mayor Yang Zhongming and others. But when Jiang Qing arrived in Jinan, her mother had been buried for a long time. Jiang Qing, who was one step late, still went to the Jinan cemetery to lay her mother's grave.
This trip to Jinan can be described as a revisit to the old place. Jiang Qing was very happy, wandering in the east and looking in the west. Especially during this time in Jinan, when he caught up with his half-brother Li Ganqing to get married again, Jiang Qing brought Li Yinqiao and others to congratulate him. In the year of
, Jiang Qing's brother Li Ganqing was in his 50s. Before the liberation of Jinan, Li Ganqing had served as a soldier in the Kuomintang. After the liberation of Jinan, Li Ganqing worked on the Jinan Railway.
And the wife he remarried was a prostitute in her 30s who had just been transformed by our party. When Jiang Qing went to congratulate, he deliberately bought some gifts, and left some money when he left.
Stepping out of his brother's house on the front foot, he said to Li Yinqiao, Yan Changlin and others around him: "I really can't stand the look of this sister-in-law wearing lipstick and rouge and powder. Uneducated people like this, the more she dresses up, the more she looks It's tacky."
In addition to her brother Li Ganqing, Jiang Qing also lived in her sister Li Yunlu's house for a long time. In terms of age, Li Yunlu is 10 years older than Jiang Qing. He is not as pretty as Jiang Qing, but he is very honest.
Li Yunlu has a son named Wang Bowen. When Jiang Qing came, Wang Bowen was studying in middle school in Jinan. Wang Bowen studied hard and was very polite.
Picture: From left, Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong, Li Ne, Mao Anying, Liu Siqi
In the past few days at Li Yunlu's house, Jiang Qing's past memories seem to be revived, and the two sisters have a very good relationship.
Before leaving, Jiang Qing asked Li Yunlu if she wanted to go to Xibaipo with her? Li Yunlu knew that her orphans and widowed mothers were suffering. Without thinking much, he agreed with Jiang Qing's suggestion.
After returning to Xibaipo, Jiang Qing told Mao Zedong how his sister Li Yunlu was alone with her son Wang Bowen after living in Jinan's hardships. Mao Zedong was deeply sympathetic and agreed to keep Li Yunlu behind.
After arriving in Xibaipo, Li Yunlu began to take care of Mao Zedong and Jiang Qing's daughter Li Ne, as if she became Jiang Qing's nanny, while Wang Bowen continued to study in Xibaipo. For decades after
, Li Yunlu has been with Jiang Qing. When Li Ne was young, Li Yunlu was in charge of taking care of Li Ne. When Li Ne got older, Li Yunlu took care of Jiang Qing's daily life.
In the 1970s, because of a trivial matter, Li Yunlu annoyed Jiang Qing, and was then kicked out of Zhongnanhai by Jiang Qing. After being kicked out, Li Yunlu lived with his son Wang Bowen in a bungalow at Tsinghua University. After
was kicked out of Zhongnanhai, Li Yunlu often wrote to Jiang Qing. Sometimes they say that they miss Jiang Qing and Li Ne; sometimes they ask about Jiang Qing's physical condition and hope that she will take care of her health; sometimes they say that her life is hard.
But no matter what kind of letter, Li Yunlu never asked Jiang Qing for money. But sometimes, Li Yunlu's implication is to hope that Jiang Qing can help her. But every time the letter is sent out, it sinks into the sea.
Jiang Qing is neither replying nor speaking back.
Picture: From left, a group photo of Mao Yuanxin, Mao Zedong, Jiang Qing and Li Ne
Around 1975, Jiang Qing, on a whim, found chef Cheng Ruming and asked him to visit Li Yunlu on his behalf. According to the address, Cheng Ruming met Li Yunlu in a bungalow of Tsinghua University.
Li Yunlu knew Cheng Ruming as early as the Zhongnanhai period. After many years, Li Yunlu was very happy to meet again, and even left tears. In the
chat, all Li Yunlu asked was Jiang Qing's health? Are you busy at work? Is Li Na in good health? She also said that Li Na was brought up by herself, and she misses her very much and wants to meet Li Ne.
After Cheng Ruming went back, he told her Li Yunlu's words as they were.After hearing this, Jiang Qing told Cheng Ruming: "Give her my 5,000 yuan deposit, which can be considered as a fulfillment of a wish!"
Actually, Jiang Qing does not have much deposit. She usually spends as much as she earns, and asks Mao Zedong for the part that is not enough. The reason why there is a deposit of 5,000 yuan is that Mao Zedong gave it.
In May 1972, Li Ne gave birth to a child. After having children, money is not enough and life is very difficult. In 1973, Li Na, who couldn't hold it any longer, found Zhang Yaoci, deputy director of of the general office, hoping that Mao Zedong could help him a little.
After Mao Zedong found out about it, he said to Zhang Yaoci: "I took out 32,000 yuan from my manuscript fee and handed it over to Jiang Qing, He Zizhen, Li Min and Li Ne respectively." 8000 per person, no one is biased, no one is inclined.
After Li Yunlu got the 5,000 yuan from Jiang Qing, life was much better. Later, when Mao Zedong passed away, although there was a large amount of manuscript fees left, Mao Zedong said before his death that Jiang Qing did not have to spend the manuscript fees when they were handed over to the state.
Jiang Qing, who felt nervous about money, actually wanted to get back 5,000 yuan from Li Yunlu. She found Cheng Ruming and wanted her to find Li Yunlu again to get the money back.
Cheng Ruming persuaded her to say, "The money has been given away, so why should it be returned?" Finally, she gave up.
Picture: Mao Zedong and Jiang Qing chatting in the wild.
Later, Jiang Qing was imprisoned, and no one came to see her except her sister Li Yunlu. In fact, since Jiang Qing was arrested, Li Yunlu has also been implicated. Fortunately, like Jiang Qing, she was not put in jail, otherwise there would be no chance to visit her.
On May 25, 1988, Jiang Qing, who was in the prison , burst into tears when she heard the news that her sister Li Yunlu had passed away.
After talking about Jiang Qing's sister Li Yunlu, let's talk about Jiang Qing's brother Li Ganqing. As Jiang Qing's older brother, Li Ganqing is 13 years older than Jiang Qing. Since the farewell in Jinan, the two have little contact with each other.
In 1970, Li Ganqing brought his young son to Beijing to see Jiang Qing. At this time, Jiang Qing was in the limelight. If you want to see her, you must report. When the report was delivered to Jiang Qing, Jiang Qing hesitantly said to the staff:
"He is also true. Before he came, he didn't even know how to write a letter to me, asking if I would let him come to Beijing. Well, you Go tell him, just say I'm busy and don't have time to see him, and tell him to go back quickly."
Before the staff left, Jiang Qing instructed: "Go to the chairman's gift library, find the worst camera, and send it to you. For that child. Find another half a catty of tea and give it to Li Ganqing, because he likes to drink tea." The
staff walked a long way, and Jiang Qing was still muttering: "It's really poor and crazy, come to Beijing to find me, no Do you just want something? When I see something, I guess I will go back!"
After listening to Jiang Qing's message, Li Ganqing kept wiping tears without speaking for a long time. He held the staff's hand and said:
"I'm so old, it's not easy to come to Beijing once. I won't see you this time, and I probably won't have a chance in the future. Can you talk to him again?"
Photo: Jiang Qinghe Sister Li Yunlu
looked at Li Ganqing's pitiful appearance, and the staff said let's try again.
Jiang Qing got even more angry after hearing the staff's reply: "I really don't know the current affairs, doesn't he know what kind of person he is? He has participated in the Kuomintang, and he has the face to see me. What am I now? Let them quickly Go back, can't stay any longer, it's not good to spread it out."
Actually, Li Ganqing's identity is complicated. Li Ganqing worked as a master under the warlord Zhang Zongchang , and later worked as a sheriff, inspector and a series of positions. In the 1950s, they also embezzled rice and eggs, which can be described as "bad deeds".
Jiang Qing is too late to hide from this "bad" relative, how could he be willing to meet?
But when Li Ganqing heard that Jiang Qing was still in but not , he said that he would not go home if he did not see Jiang Qing. There was really no way, Jiang Qing found Mao Zedong and asked him to see him or not. After hearing this, Mao Zedong said:
"Why not? I have established the senior generals of the Kuomintang, why can't you see your brother? Yes, you must go!" . She said: "People like him with historical problems are not qualified to enter Diaoyutai and Zhongnanhai." When
met, Jiang Qing also had a cold expression on his face, and even repeatedly reprimanded Li Ganqing loudly.
No matter how fierce Jiang Qing's quarrel was, Li Ganqing never pulled the corners of his mouth down and kept smiling. He pulled his son over and said : "It's the child who misses you. He said he hasn't seen his aunt. I saw him today, and I'll leave tomorrow." has flowed down. He took out an old handkerchief tremblingly and wiped away his tears anxiously, for fear of being scolded by Jiang Qing again.
Picture: Jiang Qing under trial
Jiang Qing has not waited for him to wipe away his tears before standing up and leaving without turning his head. The next day, Li Ganqing returned to Jinan with his son, and he never came to Beijing until his death.
