People who follow Chairman Mao’s extraordinary life naturally have a deep impression of the name Li Yinqiao .
Li Yinqiao was loved by Chairman Mao himself for his loyalty to the party and his loyalty to Chairman Mao. The name Li Yinqiao has also been closely linked to Chairman Mao in history.
Later, Chairman Mao learned that Li Yinqiao was not doing well and was furious: I watched him grow up, I know what he looked like.
Those years of Chairman Mao
On August 18, 1947, the Chief of Staff of the Central Column Ye Zilong and Deputy Chief of Staff Wang Dongxing found Li Yinqiao who was still in the army. At that time, Li Yinqiao was only 20 years old.
After Li Yinqiao arrived, Ye Zilong did not beat around the bush, but instead said directly: "Your job changes and you will be transferred to the Chairman's side as a guard."
Wang Dongxing also said on the side: "This is the trust of the organization in your organization, and it was decided after careful consideration."
Li Yinqiao also guessed why the two leaders found him. In February before, he was ordered to be transferred to the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and served as a guard for Vice Chairman Zhou for half a year.
Because Li Yinqiao was more honest and explained his own pressure, Chairman Mao asked Li Yinqiao to "borrow" him for half a year to see.
In this way, Li Yinqiao came to Chairman Mao and witnessed a lot of the history of the Republic.
As Li Yinqiao stayed with Chairman Mao for longer and longer, Chairman Mao also cared about Li Yinqiao's life more and more. The marriage between Li Yinqiao and Han Guixin was matched by Chairman Mao.
At that time, 18-year-old Han Guixin was in charge of Chairman Mao’s daughter reading and literacy. Chairman Mao accidentally heard that Han Guixin was from Anping County, Hebei, so he immediately called Li Yinqiao and said to him: "Yinqiao, it's your fellow villager. This is called fate. You can shake hands."
Then, Chairman Mao introduced Li Yinqiao to Han Guixin. In the days that followed, the two gradually had a communication.
When it arrived at Xibaipo , Chairman Mao took the opportunity to ask Li Yinqiao: "How are you talking to Xiao Han?"
Hearing this question, Li Yinqiao was embarrassed to speak, just grinning and smirking. Chairman Mao half "criticized" and half encouraged, "Don't be feudal. I agree with you when you talk. Don't rely on matchmakers. Be my guardian, you have to be self-reliant."
That's it. On December 10, 1948, Li Yinqiao and Han Guixin wrote their marriage report. In less than two days, leaders at all levels made instructions, and they all "agree".
Since the war was not over at that time, the wedding of the two was simple, and almost no one knew it.
Chairman Mao was still thinking about the two young people. After entering Beijing, one day he called Li Yinqiao and said to him: "In the past, due to conditions, it's better now. Choose a day and re-organize the wedding ceremony."
For so many years, Li Yinqiao has been by Chairman Mao and knows Chairman Mao's life situation well. Many things have left a deep impression on Li Yinqiao's mind.
Li Yinqiao has also told you some things after the end of the Shajiadian Battle.
The Shajiadian campaign ended with the complete annihilation of more than 6,000 people from the 36th Division of the Kuomintang, fundamentally reversing the war situation in the northwest.
At that time, Chairman Mao explained to Li Yinqiao beside him, hoping that the other party could get a bowl of fat braised pork .
Li Yinqiao immediately replied: "After winning such a big battle, isn't it worth eating a bowl of braised pork? I'll do it right now!"
He also knew that Chairman Mao had not had a rest for three days and two nights during the battle, but after listening to Li Yinqiao's words, Chairman Mao shook his head and said: "It's not that. I've used my brain too much during this period. It's good for my brain to give me some fat meat."
Chef Gao Jingwen also quickly cooked a bowl of braised pork, and the meat quickly came to Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao smelled it with his nose and exclaimed, "Ah, it smells so good!"
Soon, the bowl of meat was eaten up. Chairman Mao had just put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand and found that Li Yinqiao was still standing beside him and looked at him. He smiled a little embarrassedly and said to Li Yinqiao, "I'm a little greedy. I won the battle. Is my requirements not high?"
Li Yinqiao's nose was sore at that time, and tears almost fell down. The battle of Shajiadian achieved such a great victory, and Chairman Mao only wanted a bowl of braised pork.
After a moment of froze, Li Yinqiao also hurriedly replied, "Not high, not high, the Chairman's requirements are too low."
Chairman Mao whispered, "Not low, the soldiers charged in the battle and didn't eat braised pork."
It was from that day that Li Yinqiao realized that Chairman Mao liked to eat braised pork. After that, every time there was a big battle, Li Yinqiao thought of making a bowl of fragrant braised pork for Chairman Mao no matter what environment he was in.
Sometimes, Li Yinqiao's meat is "out of time", especially in the hard years.
Once, He Long brought a piece of bacon for Chairman Mao from Hedong, but Chairman Mao asked Li Yinqiao to evacuate him immediately. He said, "You want me to eat better, but how can I eat it?"
No one moved the bacon again later, until it was used to entertain Commander Chen Yi and the commander of Commander Chen Yi.
Li Yinqiao always hoped that Chairman Mao would eat better, but Chairman Mao said to him: "We live in this world not to eat the world, but to transform the world."
This sentence also made Li Yinqiao remember it fresh and never dared to forget it.
Although Li Yinqiao is here to be a guard for Chairman Mao, Li Yinqiao can learn a lot by his side, which is of great help to him.
When it comes to "eating", many of Chairman Mao's practices always leave a very deep impression on Li Yinqiao, because this is a reaction to Chairman Mao's attitude towards life.
1958, Chairman Mao visited Hubei, Anhui and other places, and left Hefei on the evening of September 19 to Wuhu .
This time, it was the only time Chairman Mao visited the convertible. There were a large number of citizens watching on both sides of the street. The car walked for more than half an hour before he arrived at the train station. Chairman Mao frequently waved to everyone in the car, and the scene was also very spectacular.
In the drizzle, Chairman Mao arrived in Wuhu and stayed at Tieshan Hotel.
Dinner was ready soon, and the waiter specially invited Chairman Mao to a small carefully arranged restaurant for dinner. Chairman Mao asked back, "Where are other comrades going to eat?" The waiter
also answered truthfully, "Go to eat in the hall."
As a result, after a while, Chairman Mao appeared in the hall. Everyone was stunned. No one was mentally prepared, and Chairman Mao also found a table and sat down.
The hotel leader did not prepare in advance at all. At that time, the restaurant was still preparing ivory chopsticks. Zhang Zhizhong thought ivory chopsticks were easier to use, but Li Yinqiao quickly hinted to the chef and asked him to replace them with bamboo chopsticks.
The chopsticks matter was just solved, but the spoon had another problem.
When Chairman Mao was about to serve the rice, he found that there was no rice spoon in the rice bucket. The people next to him were panicked and didn't even realize what to do.
However, Chairman Mao was calm and found a spoon next to him and said to everyone with a smile: "Can't this serve rice?" Chairman
Chairman's humor also caused everyone's laughter. At the request of Li Yinqiao, the restaurant only made , four dishes and one soup . Li Yinqiao also specifically asked if there were any peppers. The chef also took out the peppers he had used to pickle and introduced to Chairman Mao, "This is our local pepper, called bell pepper ." The same is true for breakfast. It will be the season for crabs to be on the market, so the chef prepared a lot of delicious food for Chairman Mao. I don't know if it's up to Chairman Mao's taste, so he asked Li Yinqiao.
Li Yinqiao shook his head and said to the chef: "Just make him a bowl of fried rice with oil, and make some chili."
The chef is still "good at making a point". When he was frying rice, he beat Chairman Mao two eggs and turned into "egg fried rice".
It is precisely because Li Yinqiao understands Chairman Mao’s strict requirements on life that he “checks” many times when he goes out, so he does not make Chairman Mao angry.
Of course, these have also profoundly affected Li Yinqiao's style in life.
In a year, it was the first snow in Beijing. Chairman Mao liked snow, and he also liked the feeling of "justice and selflessness" brought by snow.
Chairman Mao was walking in the path and suddenly asked Li Yinqiao: "Yinqiao, are you corrupt?"
Li Yinqiao was a little surprised and didn't understand why Chairman Mao suddenly asked this question, so he answered frankly: "No!"
Chairman Mao slowly said: "That's good, when you come, it's like these snow, you must keep it in the future, fight corrosion, don't ask the sugar-coated shell to hit it."
A few months later, Li Yinqiao learned the reason: On April 21, 1952, Regulations on the Punishment of Corruption of the People's Republic of China was promulgated and implemented.
At the beginning, Chairman Mao and Li Yinqiao made a "half-year agreement", and this time it took 15 years.
Li Yinqiao always stayed voluntarily, and handled everything well, worked diligently, and went from guard and deputy guard to guard.
"Snowflakes" eventually left
Many things of Chairman Mao have been recorded and passed down because of Li Yinqiao. He also said to Li Yinqiao: "It seems that my affairs cannot be hidden from you even if I hide them from you!"
Li Yinqiao is also the staff member who lives with Chairman Mao for the longest time and is closest to him. He is also a witness to Chairman Mao's 15 years.
The relationship between Chairman Mao and Li Yinqiao is becoming more and more like family affection. Therefore, if Li Yinqiao did something wrong, Chairman Mao would blame Li Yinqiao like a strict father. .
In 1959, Chairman Mao went to Shanghai to convene an enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. Li Yinqiao learned that Chairman Mao was going to the cadre club to watch the performance of "Little Knife Club" after dinner, so he waited by the car first.
As a result, Chairman Mao did not get in the car after appearing, but suddenly pointed at Li Yinqiao and shouted: "Li Yinqiao, what are you doing?"
After Chairman Mao got in the car, he still didn't look at Li Yinqiao and didn't say anything.
After the performance, Li Yinqiao saw that Chairman Mao's temper had calmed down a little, so he asked Chairman Mao: "Chairman, what happened today to make you angry?"
Chairman Mao pouted and glanced at Chairman Mao: "I'm still saying that it's burning my mouth."
It turned out that after Chairman Mao woke up that afternoon, he saw that Li Yinqiao was not by his side, so he asked another guard to bring a cup of tea.
In the past, Li Yinqiao would try the water temperature first when he was there. Chairman Mao was used to it, so he took a big sip of the tea, which was very hot.
Li Yinqiao also recalled: "The Chairman sometimes loses his temper, just like a child is angry. It is very interesting. He has only once been with him for 15 years, and he is full of anger."
the days he was with Chairman Mao were also the days that impressed Li Yinqiao the most in his life. He worked and studied with Chairman Mao for many years and accumulated valuable experience. It seems that he never thought that he had other life paths to choose from.
However, by 1962, Li Yinqiao was transferred, and those who were about to leave were Ye Zilong, Gao Zhi , Wang Jingxian and others.
Combined with the difficult historical background at that time, because the central government advocated streamlining of the staff in the agency, Chairman Mao started by streamlining the staff around him.
This time, Li Yinqiao had already talked with Wang Dongxing before meeting Chairman Mao. Obviously, Li Yinqiao was not prepared and could only obey the order.
The guard on duty found Li Yinqiao and said that the chairman called him over.
Chairman Mao and Li Yinqiao met this time, neither of them spoke at first. After a while, Chairman Mao said hoarsely: "I heard you asked to go to Shijiazhuang?"
Li Yinqiao told Chairman Mao: "I want to go to Tianjin."
s simple words, but when Li Yinqiao said it, tears also came down, and he really couldn't bear to leave.
Chairman Mao said: "You are working by my side and helping me. You are a good comrade. You have always worked diligently, which has made my work smooth and saved a lot of worry." As he spoke, Chairman Mao's eyes also turned red.
For Li Yinqiao, Chairman Mao was watching him come step by step. His work, marriage, and future are all things Chairman Mao helped to worry about.
More than ten years have already made Li Yinqiao develop a habit. Once he leaves, his heart will naturally be empty.
Chairman Mao also comforted him and said, "I have to think about your future... I can do more exercises when going on. Industry, agriculture, and public security. You can gain more experience and improve your abilities. After going on, you must be a person with your tail and build a good unity." As he spoke, Chairman Mao's tears fell again, and he took out 800 yuan from the drawer. This was the settlement fee he prepared for Li Yinqiao.
In addition, Chairman Mao also wrote " Long March " for Li Yinqiao, and repeatedly reminded: "You should come to Beijing to see me frequently. When I passed by Tianjin when I went to another place, I would go and see you."
After Li Yinqiao went to Tianjin, Chairman Mao often expressed his longing. At that time, someone asked Chairman Mao to see if he wanted to transfer Li Yinqiao back, but Chairman Mao never nodded.
Li Yinqiao on the other side also kept in mind Chairman Mao’s instructions and always acted as a person with his tail. Li Yinqiao, who originally had a low position, now has a low status.
Chairman Mao and he were like father and son, and did not assign him a "real power" position. In this way, Li Yinqiao went to Tianjin Public Security Bureau to become a deputy director.
Later, Chairman Mao heard about this situation while going out for inspection and expressed his dissatisfaction. He said to Li Yinqiao: "Don't always stay in the public security department, but learn more about the local economic situation."
Therefore, Li Yinqiao was quickly appointed as the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of a factory.
Li Yinqiao never struggled toward the goal of "big leader", but he deserves Chairman Mao's care and keeps clean and honest no matter where he works.
Chairman Mao has also always paid attention to Li Yinqiao's updates, waiting for Li Yinqiao to have the opportunity to visit him in Beijing.
One year when Li Yinqiao and his wife came to Beijing, Chairman Mao gave them 1,000 yuan, because Chairman Mao had already known in advance that Li Yinqiao's hometown had suffered a flood.
He said to Li Yinqiao: "This is my royalties. Your hometown was flooded and suffered a lot of losses. I have to help you solve some problems. From now on, you will go home every year to learn about the situation below, and then write me a report material."
For many years since then, Li Yinqiao has been doing it, attached a photo and handed it over to Chairman Mao through Yang Shangkun's channel.
Chairman Mao was just as he said, if he passed by Tianjin when he went out for inspection, he would always care about Li Yinqiao's situation.
In 1969, Chairman Mao stopped the car in Tianjin. After listening to Jie Xuegong's report, he proposed to meet Li Yinqiao.
At that time, Li Yinqiao was not doing well. After hearing this, Chairman Mao immediately said, "Yinqiao is a good comrade. He has been with me for so many years. I understand it. He is a problem of ideological understanding, and there is no other problem!"
In the more than ten years since he left Beijing, Li Yinqiao often visited Chairman Mao, and the friendship between them was still the same as before.
Chairman Mao passed away in 1976. Li Yinqiao heard the bad news from the radio. The whole family cried bitterly. That night, Li Yinqiao set out to Beijing. When paying attention to Chairman Mao's remains, Li Yinqiao burst into tears again.
Since then, on September 9 and December 26 every year, Li Yinqiao would take his wife Han Guixin to Chairman Mao’s Memorial Hall to visit this "relative".
In his later years, Li Yinqiao told the world many little-known things about Chairman Mao, further expanding historical materials.
In 2002, he also co-authored a book called "Fifteen Years Around Chairman Mao", and this book instantly became popular all over the motherland.
During his days of serious illness, he always remembered Chairman Mao’s teachings, stayed in the ordinary ward and was determined not to be special.
In 2008, Li Yinqiao was hospitalized due to lung infection with . When his family visited him, Li Yinqiao also stretched out his hand and grabbed his nephew and said, "Let's go see Chairman Mao."
Li Yinqiao's son said, "The most glorious moment in his father's life was when he accompanied the chairman to travel south and north to become the chief guard. His father was also our role model in life. Even though he had been sick for many years, he still insisted on exercising and maintained a good daily habit."
In September 2009, Li Yinqiao died of illness, and the memorial service was also held at the Babaoshan Funeral Home. Li Min and Mao Xinyu also appeared on the scene.
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