Speaking of the children of Chairman Mao and Yang Kaihui, everyone knows Mao Anying and Mao Anqing. In fact, the two had a younger son named Mao Anlong, who unfortunately passed away at the age of 4.
So, what did Mao Anlong go through back then? Why did he die early?
(Picture: Mao Anying, second from right in the second row)
Time goes back to November 14, 1930. After Yang Kaihui died heroically, he left behind three sons: Mao Anying, Mao Anying and Mao Anying. At that time, the eldest Mao Anying was just 8 years old, and the youngest was just 8 years old. Maoanlong is still only 3 years old.
At first, Yang Kaihui's brother Yang Kaizhi raised these three children. Later, for their safety, the organization took them to Shanghai and sent them to Datong Kindergarten.
This Datong Kindergarten was secretly opened by our party. Its main purpose was to adopt the orphans of martyrs. It was opened by Dong Jianwu, a secret agent of our party, using his identity as a pastor. It claimed to be a church kindergarten and invited Kuomintang elders to Yu Youren inscribed a plaque.
Under this background, the Kuomintang reactionaries did not dare to do anything to them. Therefore, this Datong kindergarten adopted many orphans of martyrs and children of our party leaders. In addition to the three Mao brothers, there were also Li Lisan's daughter, Cai Hesen The son of Yun Daiying, the son of Guo Liang, etc.
But no one expected that Mao Anlong died here unfortunately.
(Picture: The old site of Datong Kindergarten)
According to Mao Xinyu's records in the book "My Uncle Mao Anying", in May 1931, due to the rebellion of Gu Shunzhang, our party's organs in Shanghai were severely damaged. Datong Kindergarten He was also exposed and often harassed by the reactionaries.
One night, inspectors and police officers from the French Concession came to Datong Kindergarten to search. After breaking into the children's dormitories, they beat the children's bedside with batons in an attempt to wake everyone up.
The bed that the patrolman knocked happened to be Mao Anlong's bed. After Mao Anlong woke up, he saw several fierce people standing in front of him, and he was frightened and cried.
A patrolman was furious and wanted to hit him with a baton. Fortunately, the teacher stopped him and prevented him from hitting Mao Anlong. However, the patrolman still poked Mao Anlong's head hard with his finger.
In those days, Mao Anlong had been suffering from a fever and cold. Coupled with this fright, his condition worsened, causing vomiting and diarrhea.
The next day, the teacher sent him to Guangci Hospital, where he was confirmed to have dysentery.
In that era, dysentery was very difficult to treat. Even an adult would lose a layer of skin if he had dysentery, let alone a child who was just 4 years old. Therefore, Mao Anlong soon died of the illness in Guangci Hospital.
This is how Mao Anlong died. Although he died of illness, it was also caused by the shock of the patrol. It was also another blood debt of the reactionaries!
Due to the lack of information at the time, many people later spread the rumor that Mao Anlong was not dead but disappeared. Many people even pretended to be Mao Anlong.
It was not until 1968 that the relevant departments of the central government sent people to Shanghai to investigate the matter and reviewed the outpatient records and death records of Guangci Hospital that year, and then confirmed that Mao Anlong died in May 1931.
While in Datong Kindergarten, Mao Anying wrote a letter to her uncle Mao Zemin, which recorded Mao Anlong's situation, saying: "Anlong is still young and very weak. He often wets the bed at night. I am afraid that he will wet the quilt every day. Sometimes I have to get up in the middle of the night to call him. He has nightmares at night, calling for his mother and kicking the quilt to the ground. I cover him with a quilt again and pat him to make him sleep well..."
It can be seen that Mao Anlong, who is just 4 years old, has not yet to take care of himself. Capable of , I suffered a lot.
Many years later, Mao Anying recalled her experience in Datong Kindergarten with her father. Chairman Mao also burst into tears after hearing this and felt guilty for his three children.
It is also worth mentioning that in the "Shaoshan Mao Family Genealogy", Mao Anlong is not listed under Yang Kaihui's name, but was adopted to Chairman Mao's first wife Luo Shi.
This Luo family, named Luo Yixiu, was a distant cousin of Chairman Mao. Under the arrangement of Chairman Mao's father, the two got married. At that time, Chairman Mao was only 14 years old and Luo Yixiu was 18 years old.
However, Chairman Mao had no feelings for her, did not live together, and later did not acknowledge the marriage.
Unfortunately, Luo Yixiu died of illness three years after her marriage, leaving no children. Later, her family adopted Mao Anlong to her, leaving her with a queen.
(Reference materials: "My Uncle Mao Anying" and "Mao Zedong's Family Affairs")
