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1919 Mao Zedong was hosting a democratic movement against warlords in Changsha. , but at this moment, he received a letter from his mother's critically ill family. just finished working with his friend, so he took his younger brother Mao Zetan back to Shaoshan .
It is ruthless to have a ruthless disease. Before Mao Zedong and his younger brother could rush home, their mother passed away. However, the disaster never came singly. Just over 100 days after his mother Wen Qimei died of illness, his father Mao Shunsheng passed away due to acute typhoid fever.
1959, after more than 30 years, Mao Zedong returned to Shaoshan and came to his parents' grave. Facing the messy graves, he rejected the proposal of accompanying staff to repair the grave.
After more than a year, why did Mao Zedong not choose to rebuild his tomb for his parents? What is the profound meaning of this decision?
Return to the old place
After the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held an enlarged meeting of the Shanghai Politburo in 1959, Chairman Mao, accompanied by Minister of Public Security Luo Ruiqing and others, took a special train from east to south to conduct on-site inspections of the four provinces of Hebei, Henan, Hubei and Hunan.
As the train sped, Chairman Mao also arrived at Changsha, the last station. After learning that Chairman Mao was about to arrive in Changsha, Zhou Xiaozhou, secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, began to prepare for Chairman Mao’s reception.
Mao Zetan
Zhou Xiaozhou not only arranged the hometown opera "Three Women Grab the Board" for Chairman Mao in the provincial party committee auditorium, but also prepared authentic hometown dishes for the chairman.
But after dinner, Chairman Mao said to the accompanying staff: "Go back to Shaoshan tomorrow!"
Everyone was stunned at first, not knowing why the Chairman decided to go to Shaoshan at this time, but with the trip to Shaoshan, they gradually understood why the Chairman made this decision.
On June 25 of the same year, a Soviet-made Jim car and several small cars kept moving forward between the undulating mountains. The Chairman saw that the area was getting closer and closer to Shaoshan, and slowly shook the window.
Luo Ruiqing
As dusk approaches, the busy farming people in the distance are waving their hands enthusiastically as they look at the arrival of vehicles, while the chairman in the car window looks particularly intoxicated as he looks at the familiar rural scene.
Chairman Mao's convoy shuttled through the dirt road in the countryside and finally slowly stopped in front of the quaint and elegant brick and gray wall bungalow in Songshan Guesthouse.
At this point, after 32 years, Mao Zedong finally returned to his hometown. The car just stopped, and other accompanying personnel got out of the car. The heads of the local, county and commune who had been waiting here hurried forward to greet them, shook hands and greeted them.
After greetings, the accompanying staff asked the chairman to enter the house to rest because of the fatigue of the boat.
But at this time the chairman did not seem to hear the voice of the accompanying staff. He looked around and admired the natural scenery inside and outside the hospital.
Smoke curled in the distance, and the people were busy in the fields with red flags. Nearby, the pines and bamboos were all in sight. The Chairman did not walk into the house until the voice of the accompanying staff came again.
After the night fell, Chairman Mao asked many cadres in Shaoshan to learn about the actual situation, and this was also an important purpose for him to return to Shaoshan.
He hopes to hear the voices of the people in his hometown so that he can formulate correct policies and guidelines in the future.
As more and more people arrived, the small conference room in the chairman's accommodation room was crowded with people. Although their faces were filled with bright smiles, they seemed more restrained at times.
Most of them are young people. Chairman Mao is a great figure for them, and Chairman Mao has been leaving his hometown for more than 30 years. It is normal for them to be restrained if they have never seen the Chairman.
Chairman Mao joked with them when he saw this: "The gods descended to earth, ask about the land first. You are all land Bodhisattvas of all sizes." As soon as finished speaking, everyone couldn't help laughing.
Before the chat, Chairman Mao gave a vaccination for cadres of all sizes and big and small who arrived. He hoped that these cadres could tell the truth and talk about their views in a realistic manner, rather than dealing with their own problems.
The chairman at this time said:
"I haven't come back for decades, so I will inevitably feel a little disgusted. Besides, most of you have never seen me, but don't worry. No matter what, I, Mao Zedong, are still from Shaoshan. Don't worry, say whatever you want."
The people in the house heard the Chairman's words and their hearts fell. For the older people, Chairman Mao was still a person they were once familiar with. Except for the years that left many traces on him, there was no change in anything else.
After the atmosphere was almost active, Chairman Mao asked about the development status of Shaoshan in recent years, from how many party members asked, to the end of production status in Shaoshan in recent years; from the living conditions of the people, to the end of their views on the peasant movement in recent years.
Just as the house was in full swing, the lights in the conference room went out.
At that time, the local area had not yet been powered on, and the lights in the house were all supported by a diesel engine. It happened that the diesel engine failed at this time.
The person responsible for managing the diesel engine was very nervous. After the failure, he suddenly panicked. anxiously told the cadres in charge of logistics support that he had made a serious mistake.
Zhou Xiaozhou
When Zhou Xiaozhou heard this, he said to the responsible cadre: "Sometimes it is inevitable that errors will occur, just summarize the experience."
asked again, "Is it repaired soon?" The responsible cadre said: "The master who came to geological team is repairing the machine."
, but the machine is outdated, and it will not be repaired in a short time. After receiving the news, everyone in the small conference room had to say goodbye to the chairman temporarily and hoped that the chairman would take a break soon.
Due to the power outage, Chairman Mao was forced to change his plan to work at night. When he was lit with a kerosene lamp and was about to read a book, Luo Ruiqing asked Wenhui, the girl from the Wen family, to come in.
Wenhui said: "Chairman, you finally returned to Shaoshan and the power was cut off again. Don't read or work anymore. Have a good rest."
Zhou Xiaozhou and Mao Zedong in Shaoshan
The reason why Luo Ruiqing arranged this way is because he knows Chairman Mao very well. Sometimes the little kids' persuasion is more effective than those of their old friends. Seeing this, Chairman
put down the book in his hand, which was one of the few days he had to rest earlier.
The next morning, Shaoshan was quiet. Looking into the distance, there were only a few farmhouses with wisps of green smoke, connected with the morning mist in the mountains, covering the mountains and fields of Shaoshan.
At this time, the chairman had already gotten up. He gently pushed open the door, walked out of the house, found a high stool to pull up his blue cloth loafers, and then passed by the moon-shaped men who met the sweepers who were getting up early in the guesthouse.
Workers asked excitedly when they saw the chairman, "Chairman, why did you get up so early? Where are you going?" The chairman of
shook hands with the worker and said, "I'll go out for a walk." Then he walked out of the yard.
After the worker followed the chairman a few steps, he found an excuse to return to the hospital and quickly woke up the staff who were following Chairman Mao.
Then everyone hurriedly went to chase the chairman and asked another group of people to report the matter to Luo Ruiqing, Zhou Xiaozhou and others. When Luo Ruiqing, Zhou Xiaozhou and his accompanying staff rushed to the Chairman, they had already arrived at the pond on the south bank.
Chairman Mao looked up at the former residence hidden in the morning mist, looked at the hill in front of him, took a deep breath, and walked straight up the mountain under the guidance of the local old man.
The mountain road is steep and thorns are full of thorns. Chairman Mao’s guard stretched out his hand to support the chairman, but the chairman waved his arm and hid it away. and said, “No, I can go.”
Zhou Xiaozhou whispered to Luo Ruiqing: “Chairman Mao may have moved his feelings, so let the guard stand a little further." Luo Ruiqing waved his hand, and several guards opened the distance from Chairman Mao.
When he arrived on the mountain, although it was early morning, Chairman Mao was still sweating profusely. But at this time, he did not rest, but looked around and saw several graves, walking towards it.
At this time, the old man leading the way spoke: "Chairman, your grave is there. ”
When Chairman Mao walked to the grave, he looked at the weeds full of silence, but he bent down to pull out the weeds on it. At this time, he found a small hole in his parents' grave, so he grabbed a handful of soil from the side and filled it with the hole.
Seeing this, the accompanying staff naturally understood the Chairman's wishes, but they did not know in advance that the Chairman would pay homage to his parents to return to Shaoshan, and he had no preparations.
At this time, a clever staff member broke three pine branches next to him and handed them to the chairman.
Chairman Mao took the pine branches, placed it gently in front of the grave, and solemnly and respectfully performed three bows and salutes .
After the ceremony, the accompanying staff asked, "Do you want to repair the grave? "
Chairman Mao looked at the grave in front of him and replied affectionately:
"No, just keep it the same. Every year on Qingming Festival, just ask you to work on your behalf to cultivate soil. "
Chairman Mao knew that he would leave in a hurry after he could not stay in Shaoshan this time. If he could not let himself do the grave repairs, it would be meaningless.
At the same time, he said to the staff: "We Communists are firm materialist , and do not believe in ghosts and gods. The parents of those who gave birth to me will come to visit them next time they go back to Shaoshan. "
After doing all this, Chairman Mao looked at the grave again. Thinking that he had not visited his parents for more than 30 years, the past life with his parents appeared in his mind.
Looking back on the past
Chairman Mao's father Mao Shunsheng started his home since he was 17 years old. At that time, the Mao family had only six or seven acres of thin land.
He always got up early and worked day and night, but that's how it was, the economic situation of the Mao family still did not improve.
At that time, Hunan had the tradition of practicing martial arts from the military, and And he had a monthly salary, and Mao Shunsheng also took advantage of this. After pawning the six or seven acres of thin land in his family, he went out to serve in the army. After returning from the army, Mao Shunsheng redeemed the pawned land and paid off his family's debts. He was very good at doing business. With the remaining money in his hands, he began to engage in some small business transactions.
Mao Shunsheng
At the same time, he knew that land is the capital of farmers' lives. After making money in business, Mao Shunsheng was always keen on buying land. After more land, he also became more work. According to Chairman Mao's recollection, he started farm work at the age of 6.
After the birth of his son, Mao Shunsheng put most of his thoughts on him.
When Mao Zedong was still young, his father began to teach him abacus , keep accounts, hoping that Mao Zedong would inherit his family business and gradually grow and grow.
But Mao Zedong's ambition in his early years was not here, he loved reading and pursued a broader world. For this reason, the father and son had a great conflict, and the family was also divided into two " factions". Mao Shunsheng was one faction, and his mother Wen Qimei and Mao Zedong were the same faction.
Once, Mao Zedong, who should have worked in the field, disappeared, and the long-term workers and short-term workers at home did not find him.
But he knew his son better than his father. Mao Shunsheng went directly to the tomb and grabbed Mao Zedong.
Mao Shunsheng looked at the empty burden next to him and suddenly became furious and scolded Mao Zedong loudly. Mao Zedong thought he was right, and the father and son quarreled loudly.
Mao Shunsheng thought Mao Zedong was hiding from the tomb reading books and did not go to the fields to do farm work. At this time, Mao Zedong explained: "Before reading the book, I had finished all the farm work. "
wen Qimei
Of course, Mao Shunsheng didn't believe this. He had just eaten not long ago and he must not finish it so quickly.But when he got to the field, he found that it was indeed as Mao Zedong said, so he had to turn around and walk home without saying a word.
When Mao Zedong was 13 years old, Mao Shunsheng said that his son was lazy and useless when he was treating him to dinner.
Hearing this, Mao Zedong suddenly felt rebellious and thought that he would work seriously every time, but his father said that. Even though Wen Qimei tried his best to dissuade him, Mao Zedong still walked out the door.
When Mao Zedong was 16 years old, he went to Xiangxiang to study and left a letter at home, which said, "I will not return if I fail to study."
Mao Zedong
Although Mao Shunsheng has always opposed his son's reading and studying, he did not stop him when he saw his son's attitude was so firm.
As Mao Zedong continued to send letters and medicines to his home, the conflict between the father and son gradually faded.
When he grew up, Mao Zedong gradually understood his father's behavior at that time. His father only guided his behavior with his social experience, and hoped that he could live a better life in his heart. Although
is strict, it is not a disadvantage for Mao Zedong when he was young, which makes him more cautious and meticulous in his future work.
Compared with his strict father, his mother Wen Qimei seemed extremely gentle. She had two babies before giving birth to Mao Zedong, but both died in craving.
So Wen Qimei loved Mao Zedong 100,000 yuan. When his father scolded Mao Zedong, Wen Qimei often protected him, and in terms of studying, Wen Qimei made great efforts.
Chairman Mao’s mind kept the scenes of the past. Although they were separated from their parents’ yin and yang, they always remembered their teachings and guidance.
"Chairman! Chairman?"The voice of the accompanying staff came again, which interrupted Chairman Mao's memory of the past.
is easy to go up the mountain, but it is difficult to go down the mountain. At this time, the downhill road has two directions, and Chairman Mao happened to choose a steep downhill road.
entourage said in a hurry: "Chairman, there is no road here, it is difficult to walk." Chairman said: "Isn't the road a person walks out? The harder it is, the more I want to walk."
At this time, the security personnel were divided into two groups, one group was responsible for cutting the road ahead, and the other group looked at the bumpy and various moss down the mountain road, and some wanted to go over and support the chairman.
Unexpectedly, the security guard accidentally slipped to the ground. Seeing this, the chairman rushed forward and helped him up, and then laughed: "Look, the person who was helped did not fall, but the person who helped others fell."
Everyone was also amused by the Chairman's words.
After Chairman Mao went down the mountain in Shaoshan, Chairman Mao slowly walked towards his former residence, stopped in front of the door, and led the accompanying staff into the former residence.
When walking into a main hall, the chairman looked at the Bodhisattva and the God-Master in the hall and introduced to everyone: "In the past, our family also believed it. This was my job on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month."
Due to the premature death of Mao Zedong's two brothers, Wen Qimei was worried that Mao Zedong would not be able to raise him, so she asked him to believe in Guanyin.
Chairman Mao’s superstitious thoughts were mainly influenced by his mother at that time. After he embarked on the revolutionary path, he was always a firm materialist.
It was only after more than thirty years that Chairman Mao was able to return to Shaoshan, and he was even more worried about his former residence, where he retained his childhood memories and his destination.
The chairman of every house didn't want to leave and kept shuttled through it.
When walking into a horizontal room, the chairman saw the desk where he was a child, and said humorously to the accompanying staff: "I am a labor force during the day and a small accountant at night."
Seeing this desk, Chairman Mao could think of his strict father constantly teaching him how to plan and how to keep accounts.
But at this time the chairman could not express a trace of rebelliousness, all of which was missing his father.
walked forward and entered the bedroom. As soon as he walked into the bedroom, Chairman Mao saw the portrait of his parents. The chairman in front of the portrait choked and said: "Mother, your child is back."
1919, Wen Qimei suffered from lymphadenitis. As the condition continued to worsen, a sore appeared on her neck. Chairman Mao said to the accompanying staff:
"At that time, Chinese medicine was underdeveloped, and the sores on the neck could not be cured. My mother eventually died of illness, but if it were the current medical conditions, my mother would not die."
Since Wen Qimei passed away, Mao Zedong kept recalling the kind mother in his mind. During that time, he was deeply in grief. Under endless longing, he wrote the tear-jerking " Mother Sacrifice ".
After his mother's funeral, Mao Zedong took his father to Changsha to provide for him carefully. However, his son wanted to raise him but his parents were not waiting. months after his mother passed away, his father also passed away one after another.
At that time, Mao Zedong failed to go home because he presided over the democratic movement against warlords. His uncle Mao Luzhong wrote a couplet for him. Express his deep condolences for his father.
The deaths of two close relatives have made Mao Zedong deeply saddened. As long as there is a chance, he will commemorate his parents in various ways and express his longing.
This trip to Shaoshan is even more so. While conducting inspections in Hebei, Henan, Hubei and Hunan provinces, we will go home to visit our parents. , but the chairman did not expect that it was only after 32 years that he had the opportunity to visit his parents in Shaoshan.
After a long time, although Chairman Mao worked hard for the country's major affairs and the people all day long, his filial piety and filial piety towards his parents have never dissipated.
As he wrote in "Sacrifice to the Mother":
This is the thought of this, and this mind will not go beyond it. Raising is profound and the spring is bright and the morning mist is mist.
Report when, the sea of sperm. Alas, my mother has not died.
Although the body is gone, the spirit will last forever. One day of my life, I will repay my kindness.
One day of birth, when you are with your parents. Today is also long, but now it is short.
only focuses on the big picture and puts it in the shallowness. At this time, the home is ready, and this cup will be gone. There are some remarks after
, and they are getting better and better every day.
