Foreword:
Since Jinggangshan , Zeng Zhi have often slept on the same bunk with He Zizhen , and the two have always been covered with a quilt. The two are like sisters.
One day, He Zizhen found in Zeng Zhi’s bag that Cai Xiemin wrote a "love letter" to Zeng Zhi. He Zizhen read it curiously, and was amused by those affectionate words written by Cai Xiemin Laughing, he quickly showed it to Mao Zedong.
Mao Zedong couldn’t help laughing after reading it. It happened that Zeng Zhi passed by Mao Zedong’s door at this time. Mao Zedong waved his hand and said: "Zeng Zhi! Zeng Zhi! Come here!"
picture| Zeng Zhi
Zeng Zhi didn’t know what was going on, so he hurried in. Mao Zedong pointed to the letter in He Zizhen’s hand and said: "Zizhen is telling me about your letter."
Zeng Zhi saw He Zizhen Holding his love letter in his hand, he suddenly became shy, and blamed He Zizhen for peeking at his letter, but his face was flushed, and the two ran out arguing...
This beautiful scene happened in March 1929 At that time, He Zizhen and Mao Zedong had just married not long ago. When Zeng Zhi recalled these details, it was already before the Lushan Conference in 1959, and 30 years had passed.
Picture | Young Mao Zedong
Zeng Zhi met Mao Zedong for the first time and was very impressed
After Mao Zedong came to Jinggang Mountain in 1927,Zeng Zhi had not yet come to Jinggang Mountain. In the spring of 1928, it was the first time Zeng Zhi met Mao Zedong. After the southern Hunan riots, the Kuomintang troops from Guangdong and Hunan provinces rushed towards southern Hunan like crazy. Just when the Red Army was extremely critical, Zhu De ordered the troops to retreat to Jinggang Mountain in order to preserve the Red Army’s power. This is the famous "Ju Mao" "Meet the teacher.
The transfer was very hasty. Zeng Zhi described many details of the transfer in his memoirs:
This team has been lengthening all the way, and in the end it was more than ten miles apart. There are all kinds of people in this team, there are white-haired old people who are walking with a stick, there are women with a look of fear, and there are babies in swaddling clothes. There are those who hold children, carry children, and carry children, as well as those who use shuttles to carry shirts, baggage, and even diapers. In the camp at night, fires were raging everywhere, smoke filled with smoke; shouts, cries, and cries rang out in one piece. This mixed military and civilian team has no combat effectiveness. If it is discovered by the enemy at this time, the entire army can only be destroyed.
At that time, Zeng Zhi and Cai Xiemin were already married, but during the war years, there were hardly any decent weddings. Zeng Zhi followed the team to Jinggangshan. Mao Zedong cared about his comrades kindly, and soon came to Cai Xiemin’s residence to visit him, Zeng Zhi I just got pregnant and walked for a day. I was too tired. I was sleeping in the house. Mao Zedong came to the yard and shouted: " Comrade Cai Xiemin, Lao Cai, are you there?"
Cai Xiemin heard Mao Zedong's Called, he quickly came out of the room and opened the door. After Mao Zedong entered the door, he saw Zeng Zhi lying on the bed and said with a smile: "Oh, Lao Cai is so lucky, Jinwu Cangjiao! " The people who came with Mao Zedong were all the same. Cai Xiemin was joking. Cai Xiemin quickly woke up Zeng Zhi and said: "Zeng Zhi, this is Mao Zedong, Mao Runzhi!"
Zeng Zhi heard it and sat up quickly.She had long heard that Mao Zedong had gone to Jinggang Mountain and opened up a base area. Today, she finally saw a real person. Many years later, Zeng Zhi recalled, . At that time, she saw Mao Zedong was very thin, his face was full of wisdom, and his expression was cordial and deep. Talking and laughing, witty remarks, and very amiable.
Because of Cai Xiemin and Mao Zedong’s acquaintance, Zeng Zhi and He Zizhen became familiar too. He Zizhen was born in 1909 and was two years older than Zeng Zhi. There were not many women who went to Jinggangshan at that time. Zeng Zhi and He Zizhen were two wonders of Jinggangshan. woman.
Figure | Youth He Zizhen
From 1929 to 1930, many changes took place in the party. Mao Zedong was squeezed out many times, even to the point of being expelled from the party, and at that time Mao Zedong was seriously ill. Mao Zedong was facing both physical and work pressures. There were even rumors that Mao Zedong had passed away due to illness. The Communist International also issued an obituary, saying that Mao Zedong's death was a huge loss to our party. It was finally confirmed that this was a huge loss. rumor.
In October 1929, the Special Committee of Fujian West moved from Shanghang Chengguan to Sujiapo Village. Mao Zedong and He Zizhen also accompanied the special committee to Sujiapo, where they were recuperating and representing Red Fourth Army . The committee guided the work of the Special Committee of Minxi, conducted investigations and studies in rural areas, carried out the agrarian revolution struggle, and established a "civilian primary school" in the back hall of Shuhuai Hall. They worked and lived here for more than 40 days.
Zeng Zhi came with Mao Zedong. At that time, Zeng Zhi, Mao Zedong and He Zizhen lived together in a two-story building. The voices from upstairs and downstairs can be heard clearly. The relationship between Zeng Zhi and He Zizhen is also very special. Well, even the feelings of a girlfriend.
Picture | The former site of the Special Committee of the West Fujian Committee of the Communist Party of China-Shuhuai Hall
Although Mao Zedong’s identity in the party was excluded,But this did not affect He Zizhen's love for Mao Zedong in the slightest. He took care of Mao Zedong meticulously. What makes Zeng Zhi still fresh in his memory is the sweet past of Mao Zedong and He Zizhen. Mao Zedong was 36 years old at the time and He Zizhen was 20 years old. The two were young and flirting.
He Zizhen is very beautiful, smiles when he meets people, and treats people kindly and kindly. In fact, He Zizhen has a very stubborn personality. Zeng Zhi said that He Zizhen had just been pregnant and had bad temper. Mao Zedong joked with her sometimes. He Zizhen laughed when he was angry, and then ran after Mao Zedong. The two of them hit me and I hit you. They ran like this. On the surface, they were quarreling. In fact, the two of them were very happy.
At Su Jiapo, this was when Zeng Zhi thought he was the happiest, but soon the Red Army did not have Mao Zedong’s leadership and suffered a big defeat in the battle with the Kuomintang army. Many people proposed to resume Mao Zedong’s work. When the Red Army was in distress, Mao Zedong had to return to the party to continue his work.
Picture | Mao Zedong (2 from right) and Chen Yi (1 from right) in Longyan, Fujian in 1929 Army, in December of this year, the Fourth Red Army held a meeting in Gutian Town. At this meeting, Mao Zedong was re-appointed as secretary of the former enemy committee. This is the famous " Gutian meeting".
Mao Zedong returned to the party to take charge of work. He Zizhen had been pregnant for 6 months and had no mobility. Mao Zedong had no choice but to find Zeng Zhi and said: "I want to take the team to Jiangxi. He Zizhen is pregnant and can’t follow me. You will take care of it. She." Zeng Zhi thought that the "care" in Mao Zedong's mouth was to let her leave her post.Specially to take care of He Zizhen, there was emotion.
"I have my job, so how can I take care of He Zizhen."
"I want you to take care of it!" Mao Zedong said loudly.
"I won't take care of it!" Zeng Zhi was very wronged.
"You must take care of it!" Mao Zedong continued.
"I am a party cadre, I have so much work to do, how can I take care of her all day long?"
It was not until Zeng Zhi finished this sentence that Mao Zedong reacted. It turned out that Zeng Zhi misunderstood What he meant, Mao Zedong said gently: "Let you take care of her, not let you take care of her all day, or let you care about it." Zhen is a good friend. I take care of her as it should be, but take my job off and I will not do it."
Zeng Zhi recalled:
At that time, we were all young, although we respected Chairman Mao very much. , But they are all friends, and they are not afraid, and they have to quarrel with Chairman Mao.
Mao Zedong held an important position. Although his position had been changing from 1930 to 1935, the party could not do without him. At the Zunyi meeting, Zhou Enlai and others strongly pushed Mao Zedong to the position of the highest leader. With a high position, the fate of the Red Army is in the hands of Mao Zedong. As for taking care of He Zizhen, he has been unable to get away.
Picture | He Zizhen and Mao Zedong
In the days of unforeseen circumstances, Mao Zedong still received a bad news. He Zizhen was injured and was unconscious by the bomb. When Mao Zedong heard the news, he almost fell off immediately.He told the soldiers that He Zizhen must not be left behind. He ran to He Zizhen non-stop. He Zizhen had been injured for three days. He saw her wounded all over her body and Mao Zedong's tears rolled down. That was his favorite wife.
At that time, Zeng Zhi had already left for southern Fujian in 1932. Zeng Zhi heard that He Zizhen was injured, and his heart was very heavy. If she stayed with He Zizhen, maybe He Zizhen would not have an accident. From Zeng Zhi’s departure to seeing Mao Zedong again, it was 1938. Zeng Zhi went to Yan’an to see Mao Zedong. Everything was nothing but a thing. Cai Xiemin died heroically in the Zhangzhou battlefield in 1934, and He Zizhen went to the Soviet Union in 1937.
Before the Lushan Conference, Zeng Zhi and Mao Zedong talked about He Zizhen
In 1947, He Zizhen, who had been in the Soviet Union for nearly ten years, embarked on a journey back home. After ten years, the country must have undergone earth-shaking changes. For He Zizhen, why not?
Picture | He Zizhen
But it was not Shun Shunli who greeted He Zizhen. She could not enter Beijing and returned to Mao Zedong, but hurried south. After the founding of New China, He Zizhen has been running back and forth between Shanghai and Nanchang. Shanghai is the home of her brother He Minxue. Jiangxi is her hometown. There are many things worthy of nostalgia, but He Zizhen cannot realize her wish. For many years, she has never Go north again.
In May 1958, He Zizhen left Shanghai and returned to his hometown in Jiangxi, where he lived in a compound at No. 20 Sanwei Road, Nanchang City. Jiangxi is the hometown of He Zizhen. There are too many memories of her here. Everything is so familiar and so kind, especially his old comrades in arms. Many of them are from Jiangxi. Yang Shangkui and Fang Zhichun are also from Jiangxi, and Fang Zhichun is still Her classmate in the Soviet Union.
All of this made He Zizhen feel more cordial. Fang Zhichun’s wife Zhu Danhua was originally Mao Zemin’s wife. Since He Zizhen came to Nanchang, she wanted to live here. Considering He Zizhen’s ideas, the provincial party committee let He Zizhen live there. To this quiet little courtyard.
July 2 to August 1, 1959The enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee was held in , Lushan, Jiangxi Province, known as the Lushan meeting. Chairman Mao and responsible comrades of some departments of the central and state organs participated in this meeting. Chairman Mao went to his hometown Shaoshan before going up the mountain, 7 At the beginning of the month, Chairman Mao went to Mount Lu.
Since Zeng Zhi married Tao Zhu, he has been supporting and taking care of her husband. Before the Lushan meeting, Tao Zhu and his wife Zeng Zhi went up the mountain together. Just after staying, a long-distance call came from Nanchang. The alternate member of the Central Committee Feng Baiju myocardial infarction was admitted to Nanchang Hospital in a critical condition. Tao Zhu and Zeng Zhi hurriedly flew to Nanchang.
Picture | Group photo of Chairman Mao and Tao Zhu Zengzhi
Once Zeng Zhi heard that He Zizhen lived in Sanwei Road, Nanchang, he couldn't wait to visit her. It's been a long time since I saw He Zizhen, how is she? Recently I heard that He Zizhen was sick, and I don't know whether it is true or not. He Zizhen recognized Zeng Zhi as soon as he saw Zeng Zhi, and immediately took Zeng Zhixihan to ask warmth. He Zizhen heard Zeng Zhi say that he was going to Lushan, and asked Zeng Zhi whether Chairman Mao would also have a meeting? Zeng Zhi nodded and said: Hmm, I often see Chairman Mao.
Nevertheless, He Zizhen still did not have any thoughts. After all, it has been 22 years, and it seems that there is no extravagant hope to meet Mao Zedong. Zeng Zhi saw He Zizhen's situation, and after leaving, he went to Mount Lu and came to Chairman Mao's residence.
Zeng Zhi and Chairman Mao are old friends. From Jinggangshan to the founding of New China, they are old comrades who have emerged from the rain of bullets. Seeing Zeng Zhi coming, Chairman Mao just greeted her like an ordinary friend: "Zeng Zhi is here? Sit down."
Zeng Zhi looked at Chairman Mao's expression, and recalled the story of Chairman Mao in Jinggangshan that year. Chairman Mao didn't think much about it, and he also laughed with Zeng Zhi.
Zeng Zhi suddenly said: "Chairman,I went down the mountain, guess who I saw?
"Huh? Chairman Mao looked at Zeng Zhi curiously.
"I saw Zizhen!" "
Zizhen? Chairman Mao was taken aback for a moment, then quickly turned around and asked: "How is she? "
Zeng Zhi also said excitedly: "She is very good, she still remembers many things, and chatting with me about the past, it seems that we are back to the fighting years when we advanced into Gannan and !
After Zeng Zhigang said this, Chairman Mao’s eye sockets were immediately moist, and Chairman Mao sighed and said, "Hey, we are a couple of ten years..." Remove the tears on his face and say to Zeng Zhi in a low voice: "I really want to see her..."
This sentence has been hidden in Chairman Mao's heart for many years.
Zeng Zhi saw Mao The chairman looked emotional and quickly nodded and said seriously: "Yes, chairman, you should see her.
"You go to Wang Dongxing and ask him to do it. "Chairman Mao has already decided.
"I understand, please rest assured, Chairman." "Zeng Zhi nodded happily.
When Wang Dongxing was the director of the Central Security Bureau, he heard the news from Zeng Zhi, and he immediately approached Yang Shangkui, then secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee. Yang Shangkui was happy to hear the news. I called his wife Shui Jing.
Picture | He Zizhen at the time
Although Shui Jing was 20 years younger than He Zizhen,But she was very familiar with He Zizhen. When Shui Jing heard that Chairman Mao wanted to see He Zizhen, she jumped up with excitement, and she immediately agreed. At 6pm on July 7th, Shui Jing came to He Zizhen’s residence. To keep the matter confidential, Shui Jing told He Zizhen that he just wanted to let He Zizhen go to Lushan for a few days. He Zizhen just had nothing to do and was a good friend. He Zizhen didn't think so much about the invitation, so he agreed.
"Tomorrow at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, we will pick you up, shall we?" Shui Jing said.
"Okay, okay." He Zizhen was very happy.
On July 8th, He Zizhen spent a day in Lushan according to the quiet water arrangement. Lushan is a famous mountain in China and a famous summer resort. He Zizhen was very happy here. The next night, it was the night of the 9th. When Shui Jing was walking with He Zizhen, she told her that she would take you to meet someone in a while.
He Zizhen didn’t think too much. There are many comrades-in-arms in Jiangxi. Nowadays, there are still many people meeting in Lushan. It is also appropriate to have acquaintances. He Zizhen suddenly realized that Shui Jing brought He Zizhen to the second floor of Chairman Mao’s residence. The person she saw was Mao Zedong!
22 years ago, He Zizhen's brain was buzzing, she did not expect to meet Mao Zedong again here, her tears were streaming.
This conversation lasted more than an hour. As for what they talked about, no one knows. Later, when he recalled to his daughter, He Zizhen said: "I never thought I could meet Mao Zedong at that time. I really said a word. If I don’t come out, I just keep crying."
Mao Zedong asked He Zizhen: "Why did you leave?"
He Zizhen said: "It's all I am not good, I am too sensible."
I thought that I could talk to Mao Zedong once, but the next day, He Zizhen was told that Chairman Mao had gone down the mountain because of something. He Zizhen didn't expect to say goodbye this time.It's a lifetime.
Picture | He Zizhen in Nanchang
He Zizhen learned that all this was due to the conversation between Mao Zedong and Zeng Zhi, and was very grateful, and Zeng Zhi also missed her and He Zizhen's feelings so much that he died Later, she also ordered her children to leave her ashes in Jinggangshan.
Zeng Zhi chose to return to Jinggangshan quietly
In 1979, He Zizhen was added to . After being a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, he stayed in Beijing 301 Hospital. Zeng Zhi heard that He Zizhen came to Beijing and visited her. . At this time, another 20 years have passed since the Lushan Conference. Over the years, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the country. Zeng Zhi and He Zizhen recalled the past in the Jinggang Mountains and talked freely about the country’s vibrant atmosphere. He Zizhen was very happy.
Picture | He Zizhen's ashes placement
In 1984, He Zizhen passed away. Zeng Zhi attended the ceremony where He Zizhen's ashes were placed in Babaoshan. As He Zizhen's former comrade-in-arms, he was in a good mood. .
At 21:39 on June 21, 1998, Zeng Zhi died of illness in Beijing at the age of 87. Comrade Zeng Zhi, who could have rested in Babaoshan in Beijing, chose to return to Jinggangshan quietly. Before her death, she wrote to the Party Central Committee in particular. In "An Account of the Extinction of Life", she urged her to be simple and simple, and asked her daughter Tao Siliang to scatter her ashes on Jinggang Mountain.
Figure | Zeng Zhi
Whether it is He Zizhen or Zeng Zhi, they have worked hard for the party and the people all their lives, and devoted their entire lives to the revolution and construction of the Chinese people selflessly, her noble character And excellent sentiment, won the respect and praise of the majority of cadres and the masses, and is worthy of the memory of future generations.
is the same as the author’s evaluation of Zeng Zhi in "A Survivor of the Revolution": She participated in the Jinggangshan Victory Rally, went to Yan’an, and once left the party.She is the wife of Comrade Tao Zhu and He Zizhen's "best friend". She is also an outstanding leader of the Chinese Communist Party's organizational front and a long-tested and loyal communist fighter.
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