Chairman Mao has always attached great importance to the issue of children's education. Once, he asked Mei Bai, secretary-general of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, a question: "Do you remember what Cao Cao said about Han Xian Emperor ?"
Mei Bai had read books and had knowledge, so he answered Chairman Mao that he knew, among them The two sentences are: Born in the deep palace and raised in the hands of women.
When Chairman Mao and Mei Bai talked about this topic, they did not just talk about history, but they had deep concerns about the education of children under the current situation.
"Aren't the children of our senior cadres the Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty? They were pampered since childhood and could not bear hardships. They are flowers in the greenhouse. Some people are 'Adou'." Chairman Mao said.
The so-called "flowers in the greenhouse" refer to the children of many leading cadres at that time. These children had not endured much hardship and were born with "golden keys" in their mouths. They no longer have the concept of hard work of the previous generation, but they compare themselves with their fathers to see whose father has a higher official position and whose car rides better.
Mei Bai was also aware of this matter, and couldn't help but secretly sigh that Chairman Mao was aware of everything and paid so much attention to these problems that originated from the smallest details despite his busy schedule.
"Will your child ride in your car?" Chairman Mao suddenly asked Mei Bai.
Mei Bai immediately replied: "Sit down, I won't give you a seat either."
Chairman Mao then asked him how he did it. Mei Bai said frankly that the situation was different. Girls were usually more well-behaved and would not sit down once told, but boys were disobedient. If they really got on the bus, he would push them off.
Chairman Mao admired Mei Bai's approach very much and said with a smile: "You are so good, I should promote your experience."
In fact, Chairman Mao also had his own set of principles and experiences regarding educating children. He knows very well that if children are not properly guided and cultivated in their concepts from an early age, they will have problems in the future.
Therefore, Chairman Mao never did anything special for his children. He often exercised their strong will intentionally or unintentionally, and his requirements for them were even much higher than those of the children of other leading cadres. In Chairman Mao's words: "Who makes you my children, Mao Zedong!"
Once, the Chairman and Li Yinqiao were out for a walk, and he asked Li Yinqiao a question: "Do you think Li Min or Li Ne is better? Good? ”
It can be seen that Chairman Mao also attaches great importance to the education of not only boys but also girls in the family.
When Chairman Mao and Li Yinqiao went out for a walk, they talked about the education issues of Li Min and Li Ne
1. Concealing the identity of "Mao Zedong"
That night, Li Ne was very excited - she was going to school tomorrow.
Before this, she also learned knowledge, but not in school. At that time, the war had been going on, and Li Ne followed Chairman Mao through the most difficult years, and her study had always been the responsibility of Li Yinqiao and his wife, the guard chief around Chairman Mao.
Now that the country has finally stabilized, Li Ne has the conditions to study in school. However, before going to school, Chairman Mao made a special "three-part agreement" with her -
was not allowed to mention her father's name or his position when she went to school, and she was not allowed to take Zhongnanhai's car to school.
In short, no special things are allowed.
is just hiding his father’s identity. If the teacher asks, how should he tell the teacher? Li Ne couldn't help but ask. Chairman Mao told Li Nedao: "Tell people that you are the daughter of a cadre of the People's Liberation Army."
Chairman Mao and Li Nedao had a three-part agreement, and she was not allowed to reveal her identity in school under any circumstances.
But the school always had to meet with the parents, and there was no complete identity card. The whole film's "Dad" still doesn't work.
When he went to school the next day, Wang Hebin, Chairman Mao's life secretary, sent Li Ne and Li Min to school. The school gave him two student registration forms, one of which required the names of parents.
Regarding this matter, Wang Hebin did not dare to make his own decision, so he went back to ask Chairman Mao for instructions.Unexpectedly, Chairman Mao wrote lightly: "Just fill in your name for the students you bring!"
So Wang Hebin's name was filled in the parent column, and Wang Hebin would communicate with the school as "Father Wang" from now on. Communicate and meet.
However, because Li Ne is a child from an "ordinary family", he encountered a lot of unhappy things at school. The most important thing is that the spirit of comparison in the school is beyond Li Ne's imagination.
In Beijing schools at that time, there were many "big courtyard brothers", that is, the children of cadres who grew up in the courtyards of Beijing's party, government and military organs after the founding of the People's Republic of China. They discussed all day long in school whose father had what official position. What kind of car do you have, what kind of background do you have at home?
As soon as Li Ne arrived at school, many boys asked her: "Why are you dressed in such shabby clothes? What does your father do?"
Li Ne had made an agreement with her father not to reveal his identity, so she chose "worker" "This ordinary identity told those boys.
As a result, what she received was the disdainful looks from the boys.
was not comfortable getting along with his classmates. On the one hand, he could not reveal his father's identity, which also caused Li Na to get into trouble in class.
In the first lesson of school, the Chinese teacher told the students "The East Wind is Red". There was a line in it that praised Chairman Mao - the east is red, the sun is rising, and Mao Zedong was born in China.
This text was perfectly normal to most of the students at that time, but for Li Ne, this text could not be read no matter how hard it was read.
Mao Zedong... Li Ne has never called his father by his first name. To pronounce this name is tantamount to disrespect for his father.
But the teacher didn't understand. He couldn't understand why Li Ne was stuck here and asked Li Ne if he didn't like Chairman Mao. Li Ne's face turned red from suppressing it. She couldn't explain the matter, so she just stayed silent.
The classmates burst into laughter, and Li Na lay on the table in aggrieved tears.
Even though Li Ne suffered grievances at school for concealing his father's identity, Chairman Mao insisted on his principle and did not let Li Ne say that he was Mao Zedong's child.
Li Ne's inner defenses were broken. As soon as he returned home, he threw himself into his father's arms aggrievedly. , told dad about it. Li Ne asked his father with pleading eyes: "Can I not hide your identity?"
Mao Zedong looked at Li Ne distressedly, but his tone was serious and firm: "No, you can't say that you are Mao Zedong's child."
From then on, Li Ne Whether he was aggrieved or unhappy, he refrained from revealing his father's identity, and he didn't receive any special treatment because of it. Even when he got home from school, he took the bus by himself.
In fact, not only in school, but everywhere else, who Li Ne's father is is absolutely concealed.
Once Li Na fell ill and needed to be hospitalized. Chairman Mao was very worried about Li Na's illness. Even so, he still specifically told the staff that neither Li Na nor his name should be disclosed.
So at the hospital, the staff registered Li Na's name as "Shen Juan" and told the doctor that she was the daughter of Mao Zedong's security guard Shen Tong. Therefore, although Li Na was "noble" as Chairman Mao's daughter, she did not receive any special treatment and received treatment as an "ordinary employee's child."
2. Suffering with the people of the whole country
The name "Li Na" was chosen by Chairman Mao with a special meaning. This is taken from a sentence in "The Analects" - slow in words but quick in deeds. The meaning is very clear: I hope my daughter will talk less empty words and do more practical things.
The name Li Ne is taken from a sentence in the Analects - slow in words but quick in deeds. The meaning is very clear: I hope my daughter will talk less empty words and do more practical things
Through this name, we can feel Chairman Mao's affection for Li Ne. expect. In life, Chairman Mao also held Li Na to this standard.
In Chairman Mao’s view, only by enduring hardship can one grow into an independent and complete person. Especially when the life of the party and the people was difficult, Chairman Mao would never allow his children to do anything special, and he must share the joys and sorrows with the people.
In 1947, Li Ne was only a 7-year-old girl. At that time, the War of Liberation was at its peak, and food was very tight. All we could eat were black beans produced by the Shanxi-Sui Military Region to support northern Shaanxi.
At that time, Li Ne was so innocent that he couldn't help laughing when he saw that everyone's teeth and mouths were all black after eating black beans.
But Chairman Mao was very serious and told Li Ne that there was nothing funny. It was the black beans that supported the uncles and aunts of the People's Liberation Army in fighting.
During the Liberation War, Li Ne regarded eating black beans as a fun thing, but Chairman Mao seriously told her that it was not funny, and asked Li Ne to eat black beans with everyone.
Although Li Ne was still young, she was already very sensible. She listened to her father's instructions. The importance of black beans, she immediately said to Chairman Mao: "Okay dad, I eat black beans too."
During the period when Li Ne was fighting with Chairman Mao, she rarely acted like a child, and endured hardships with everyone, and never complained. , withstood the harsh test of war. Li Na's sensibleness is inseparable from Chairman Mao's education.
Later, when New China was founded, the country was in dire straits, and the people's lives were still very miserable. Therefore, Li Na still eats in the cafeteria with his classmates, just like ordinary students.
In 1960, the country's economy was in difficulty, and people across the country were shrouded in the cloud of hunger, and Li Na was no exception. At that time, each student at Peking University had a rationed food supply, and there was not enough to eat at all. Li Na could only eat "small stove" once when he went home on weekends.
She also reported to her father that the food at school was not enough to fill her stomach, but Chairman Mao did not give her any special treatment. Instead, he told her that the difficulties were temporary and that she should overcome them together with the people of the country.
Once when he got home, Li Ne saw his parents having dinner. He didn't even say hello to them, so he took the bowls and chopsticks from Li Yinqiao and wolfed them down, stuffing the steamed buns and vegetables into his mouth like a whirlwind. There was no trace of the quietness of his daughter's home. .
Chairman Mao couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw his daughter losing her composure, and looked at her with a heavy face. He stopped moving his chopsticks and left all the dishes on the table for his daughter to eat.
In the blink of an eye, four vegetarian dishes, a basin of soup, and a few steamed buns on the table all went into Li Na's stomach. Even the bottom of the basin was not spared. He rinsed it with boiling water and drank it.
The guards and chefs all saw this and couldn't bear it. They all begged for Li Ne: "Let Li Ne go home to eat every day!"
Chairman Mao couldn't bear it, but he still firmly stated that he couldn't do it because Li Ne was his. Daughter, just do this special thing.
Even if Li Na didn't have enough to eat at school, Chairman Mao would not allow her to go home to "Xiao Zao" every day, letting her share the joys and sorrows with the people of the country.
Later, Li Yinqiao couldn't bear Li Na's hunger, so he gave her a pack of biscuits. When Chairman Mao heard about this incident, he angrily reprimanded Li Yinqiao and told him this:
"My children don't have enough to eat, and I feel bad. But I am a state cadre, and the state will give me certain treatment according to regulations." . She is a student, and she cannot enjoy things that are not allowed according to the regulations. Who said she is my daughter? It is better to abide by her duties! "
That's right, watching my own daughter starve is a shame. Father, Chairman Mao is naturally heartbroken. But rules are rules. If Chairman Mao takes the lead in this special situation, the consequences will be disastrous.
Tempering a strong will
In an era filled with smoke and war, it is impossible to be a child of Chairman Mao without a strong will. Chairman Mao also often tempered his children's will.
One day in January 1946, Chairman Mao lived in Wangjiaping of Yan'an. Through an ordinary conversation, Li Ne accidentally learned something very important.
Once, Li Ne saw that the window of their cave dwelling was broken, so he asked an old carpenter who was almost 50 years old to come over and repair it. When
was finished, it was lunch time, and Chairman Mao left the old carpenter to eat. Li Na, who was only five and a half years old at the time, was also present.At the beginning of
, the old carpenter was still a little restrained because of Chairman Mao's special status. However, Chairman Mao was approachable. After chatting with him for a few words, the conversation gradually got better and the old carpenter was no longer nervous.
While chatting, the old carpenter talked about being beaten when he was a child. He said that he was beaten a lot when he was a child, and sometimes the beatings were a bit unclear.
This situation is very common in the village. There was even a child whose one eye was broken by his father. The father sadly regretted it for a long time.
Hearing this, Li Ne couldn't help but feel fascinated, and couldn't help but sympathize with the child whose eyes were broken.
But she was a child at heart after all, so after thinking about it, she blurted out: "Hello, my dad. My dad has never hit me."
These innocent words made the whole table laugh. Only Chairman Mao kept a straight face. Face. He pointed to the "gold and silver ingot rice" in his bowl and said coldly to Li Ne: "If your father didn't have this, he would beat you."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere suddenly cooled down. Li Ne's eyes turned red when her father suddenly said this, and she tried not to cry.
This so-called "gold and silver ingot rice" is named after Chairman Mao. It is actually millet , rice, sweet potato and even pepper mixed together. At that time, everyone was generally hungry, and it was not easy to have a full meal of "gold and silver ingot rice".
Chairman Mao told Li Ne: If he didn't have this meal, he would also beat Li Ne. In fact, the implication is that the more difficult the environment, the higher the requirements for children will be.
Why were the old carpenters beaten when they were young? Hungry. When a child is hungry and does not understand his parents, he will naturally be beaten.
In other words, the harder the environment, the more demanding the requirements for children. This is why Chairman Mao pointed to the "gold and silver ingot rice" and said that without "this", he would beat his daughter.
The harsh environment of war places extremely high demands on Li Na's strength of will.
In mid-March 1947, the situation in Yan'an was very tense. In order to deal a heavy blow to our party, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops and adopted a strategy of focused attack on Yan'an.
So the Party Central Committee took advantage of the situation and chose to use Yan'an as a bait to lure the enemy deeper into the country and transfer large units. At this time, there were countless bombing planes hovering over Yan'an, but the chairman and Li Na were still under artillery fire on the ground and were in extremely dangerous situation.
Faced with Chiang Kai-shek's key attack, the Party Central Committee decided to use every trick to evacuate Yan'an and lure the enemy deeper into the country to achieve the strategic goal.
At that time, not to mention ordinary children, even adults would probably be scared to the point of weakness, right? But when Chairman Mao asked Li Ne if she was afraid, Li Ne said bravely: "My aunt and I ran into the air-raid shelter and we were not afraid anymore."
Chairman Mao reminded Li Ne that the enemy was not far from Yan'an now, and she really was not afraid. ? Li Ne was more determined this time. The child's eyes looked directly at his father and said: "Daddy is not afraid, and I am not afraid either."
Li Ne's answer made Chairman Mao very pleased, so he smiled slightly and said: "Very good. Look at the plane bombing. Listen to the sound of cannons, this is also an exercise for you. Adults need to exercise, and children also need to exercise. "
Using the sound of cannons to exercise children shows that Chairman Mao has high expectations for Li Ne. When
evacuated, Li Ne was deeply impressed by what he saw. The large-scale transfer of troops and the evacuated people were scenery that could not be seen in ordinary times, and she was also a part of this marching force.
When they evacuated Yan'an, Li Ne was deeply impressed by the large-scale transfer of troops and the evacuated people.
At night, Li Ne could no longer take a car - because there was a mountain in front of him and he had to climb it on foot. Chairman Mao wanted to carry her across the mountain, but she was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes. Even though Chairman Mao repeatedly called her, she became confused, so the staff had to put a piece of cloth on her body and carry her on his back. Sleep on your body.
Of course, when it was really extremely dangerous, Chairman Mao would not let Li Na take the risk casually. While fighting guerrillas in northern Shaanxi, Chairman Mao arranged for Li Ne to be sent to Shanxi, and Aunt Li Wenfang was temporarily responsible for taking care of Li Na.
Behind Chairman Mao's strict requirements for Li Ne and his constant training of her was his love for her. Chairman Mao's love for Li Ne also had a tender side.
Although the war was urgent and military affairs were involved, Chairman Mao did not forget this daughter. No matter how busy I am, I will always take time to read my daughter's warm letters and cute doodles, thinking of her all the time. Not only that, Chairman Mao also mentioned Li Ne in his letters to his family, and hoped that they would pay more attention to Li Ne.
Later, when the situation in the War of Liberation improved a little, Host Mao took his daughter back and finally reunited with her.
After the situation of the Liberation War improved a little, Chairman Mao took his daughter back, and the father and daughter were finally reunited.
Chairman Mao loved this daughter very much, and would come to tease Li Ne whenever he could, so he gave Li Ne a cute look before. His nickname was "Big Baby", and his daughter called Chairman Mao "little daddy" back.
These two titles are kind and interesting, and they are the testimony that the blood of father and daughter is thicker than water. At this moment, the father and daughter met again, and Chairman Mao couldn't help but said with tears in his eyes: "Baby, my big baby, such a good baby!"
And Li Ne also used the naughty name she used to call her father, and shouted happily: "Little daddy" , Good dad, I miss my little dad every day.”
From then on, the father and daughter stayed together and never separated again.
4． Chairman Mao's strict requirements for his children
This is Chairman Mao's education for his daughters. Although it is strict and even harsh, it is also full of endless love. Regarding his daughter, he once asked Li Yinqiao a question during a walk: "Which one do you think is better, Li Min or Li Ne?"
As the chief of the guards around Chairman Mao, Li Yinqiao usually had a lot of contact with the life and care of these two daughters. Learning has a strong say in this.
He said : "Both children are very good. They don't have the sense of superiority of the children of high-ranking cadres. They are very motivated, work hard, are strict with themselves, and listen to the chairman's words."
Li Yinqiao said this, but the weight is Extremely heavy. Chairman Mao was so pleased that he burst into tears - it seemed that he was doing a competent job as a father.
After listening to Li Yinqiao's comments about Li Min and Li Ne, Chairman Mao shed tears of relief - it seems that he is still a competent father.
However, Chairman Mao was not complacent. He told Li Yinqiao that compared to them, his daughter was still not rich enough. After all, the hardships they endured were far less than theirs.
In the chairman’s view, enduring hardship is an important criterion for measuring whether a child has a promising future. However, Li Yinqiao slightly disagreed with Chairman Mao's point of view - we should not be so demanding on our children and always compare them with those who have suffered more. Compared with the children of ordinary families, Li Ne and the others have already suffered a lot. Enough.
Chairman Mao smiled and said: "Your idea of enduring hardship is wrong. They are my daughters, but I am also an ordinary person. If a person has to compare with the inferior, if he does not compare his contribution to his enjoyment, then he has no future."
This is Chairman Mao's view of his children. requirements. Children must not only be able to endure hardships with the common people, but also be able to endure more hardships than the common people. Li Yinqiao feels a lot about this.
As the leader of a country, there are thousands of eyes below staring at you, and they will never let go of even the smallest detail.
Chairman Mao's actions just set an example for everyone. He not only required this for boys, but also for girls at home. He did not do anything special, encouraged them to endure hardship, and tempered their will.
As the leader of a country, Chairman Mao set high standards and strict requirements for them, setting a good example for the people of the country.
Even the national leader took the lead in imposing strict requirements on his daughters. The following leading cadres and ordinary people like us, also How could you not be deeply affected and moved?
