" bowed to the great leader Chairman Mao, one bow, two bow, three bow! "
On December 26, 2007, a solemn slogan was heard in Chairman Mao's memorial hall. Although the old man shouted the slogan was not loud enough, he could still feel the sense of respect between his words.
If you look closely at the old man, you will find that he is former Premier of the State Council Comrade Hua Guofeng.
Comrade Hua Guofeng, who was once the Premier of the State Council, was once rejected by his family when he came to the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall to commemorate Chairman Mao.
Why did Comrade Hua Guofeng come to Chairman Mao’s Memorial Hall to commemorate Chairman Mao by his family? What is the reason behind this?
Retired in his later years, and still thought about two things
Comrade Hua Guofeng was still thinking about the country when he just stepped down from his leadership position. In order not to cause trouble for the various places, Comrade Hua Guofeng often went quietly by himself, which made the local leaders not even aware that Comrade Hua Guofeng had come here.
Looking at the development of various places, Comrade Hua Guofeng will be happier. If he decides to go to a place, Comrade Hua Guofeng will not only have to go to the local city center, but also to the townships and counties below.
For this reason, Comrade Hua Guofeng's time after retirement was also arranged, which also caused dissatisfaction among Comrade Hua Guofeng's children.
The children thought that Comrade Hua Guofeng was going out to give him a good rest for most of his life. For this reason, the children once said to Hua Guofeng: " The purpose of letting you go out is to cultivate your body. It is not to let you go so many places in a day, but to exhaust your body. "
When Comrade Hua Guofeng heard the concern of his children, he just shook his head. In his heart, as long as he could see the prosperity and strength of the country, it would be okay if he didn't rest.
Children also know what kind of person their father is. Since it is his decision, it is difficult to change.
After retirement, Comrade Hua Guofeng not only inspected the development situation in various places, but also had something unstoppable to go to Chairman Mao’s memorial hall to commemorate it on December 26 and September 9.
These two days are Chairman Mao’s birthday and death day respectively. In order to commemorate Chairman Mao, Comrade Hua Guofeng will always arrive at the location on time during these two times every year and express his longing for Chairman Mao on the spot.
It is not only Comrade Hua Guofeng who cares about Chairman Mao, but Chairman Mao also trusted Hua Guofeng very much during his lifetime. It can be said that the relationship between the two is very deep.
has known each other for many years, and has trusted each other for ten years in 1952, and served as the county party secretary in Xiangtan area in 1952. In that year, the position he served in this year laid the foundation for his subsequent acquaintance with Chairman Mao.
In 1955, Chairman Mao heard that the Secretary of the Xiangtan County Party Committee was a tall northerner. Although he was 28 years younger than Chairman Mao, he did a very good job.
It just so happened that Chairman Mao’s hometown was at Xiangtan . I heard that such a good official had appeared in his hometown, so I wanted to go and see him in person. In July of that year, Chairman Mao and Comrade Hua Guofeng had their first meeting.
At that time, Chairman Mao wanted to take the exam for the sake of his hometown, how exactly Comrade Hua Guofeng was and whether he could be competent for his parents in his hometown.
So Chairman Mao asked several questions. If it were other newly appointed officials, they would inevitably be bumpy and bumpy when answered. There were no regulations, but Comrade Hua Guofeng answered every question asked by Chairman Mao easily and fluently after nearly twenty years of revolutionary experience.
After hearing Comrade Hua Guofeng's answer, Chairman Mao also expressed his love for this hometown parent official, and took a group photo after the meeting.
Since then, Comrade Hua Guofeng has also worked very hard and earnestly, and has contributed to the development of Xiangtan area.
After working as the county party secretary for a few years in August 1957, Comrade Hua Guofeng was dropped into the provincial party committee for his excellent personal ability. Just a year later, Comrade Hua Guofeng began to serve as deputy governor.
Comrade Hua Guofeng, who has become the vice governor since then, no longer has to wait for Chairman Mao to go to the countryside like that before. Now there are opportunities and time to see Chairman Mao.
It was during this period that Chairman Mao had a more detailed understanding of Comrade Hua Guofeng. Later, when Hu Yaobang, who was the secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, took office in 1962, conveyed Chairman Mao’s speech. Chairman Mao’s first sentence was: “ Hua Guofeng is an honest person. ”
At this time, Chairman Mao’s trust in Comrade Hua Guofeng had reached a height, and Comrade Hua Guofeng’s work began to penetrate further and deeper into Chairman Mao’s side.
Comrade Hua Guofeng's rich work experience in the county party committee, prefectural party committee and provincial party committee also gave him a unique charm in management, which is one of the reasons why Chairman Mao later chose Comrade Hua Guofeng as his successor.
Later, during the period when Chairman Mao was in poor health, Comrade Hua Guofeng was also with Chairman Mao to work. During the period when Chairman Mao was seriously ill in his later years, Comrade Hua Guofeng often came to Chairman Mao to report on the work situation across the country.
Once, when Comrade Hua Guofeng was reporting to Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao's condition was already very serious. At this time, Chairman Mao could no longer stand up by himself, and even speaking became a problem. After listening to Comrade Hua Guofeng's report, he picked up the pencil on the coffee table next to him and wrote these few sentences on the blank paper with all his strength.
" Take your time, don't be anxious; do as the past policy; I'll be at ease when you do things. "
After Chairman Mao worked hard to write these three sentences, he handed them to Comrade Hua Guofeng sitting in the article. In just three sentences, there were not many words, but Chairman Mao, who was deeply tortured by illness, took a long time and could not write down these few sentences neatly.
But Chairman Mao still wrote it out. Only afterwards did we know that this is Chairman Mao’s wish to express his trust in Comrade Hua Guofeng and his support for his work through these three sentences.
When Comrade Hua Guofeng saw these three sentences, he also understood the meaning behind it. The first two sentences were the solutions given by Chairman Mao to analyze and summarize the situation at that time.
The last sentence is Chairman Mao’s personal complete trust in Comrade Hua Guofeng and determined that he can be his successor.
Life in his later years is inseparable from the figure of Chairman Mao
Comrade Hua Guofeng not only went to see the development situation in various places in the past few years before retirement, but also had a hobby, which was to practice calligraphy.
Comrade Hua Guofeng had the habit of practicing calligraphy when he participated in the revolution, but the situation was not good at that time and place to practice calligraphy. When he was young, Comrade Hua Guofeng often picked up branches on the roadside and wrote and painted on the ground, or wrote directly on his legs with his hands.
There is a room in the small courtyard after Comrade Hua Guofeng retired. The keys to the room were taken by Comrade Hua Guofeng himself, and ordinary people cannot enter that room.
This room is where Comrade Hua Guofeng practices calligraphy. In his later years, Comrade Hua Guofeng often came here to practice calligraphy. After dinner in the morning or after lunch, he would come to this room to practice calligraphy for a while.
If someone is lucky enough to enter this room, you can see that on one wall inside the room, you can see that there are all the poems of Chairman Mao. Comrade Hua Guofeng's most often practiced in his calligraphy practice in his later years was Chairman Mao's works.
Regarding Chairman Mao’s poems, Comrade Hua Guofeng has told others more than once: " My favorite work is Chairman Mao’s poems, but even if I practice for another 100 years, I will not reach the level of Chairman Mao. "
It can be said that in my later years, Chairman Mao often appeared around Comrade Hua Guofeng.
On Comrade Hua Guofeng’s 80th birthday, the family prepared a birthday party for Comrade Hua Guofeng, saying it was a birthday party, but under Comrade Hua Guofeng’s frugal request, the whole birthday party seemed very simple. There was only one table of home-cooked dishes and an birthday cake .
At Comrade Hua Guofeng's birthday party, he also told the children present: "The country's reform and opening up is very good now, everything is developing very fast, the future of the country is in you young people, you must be saving and not waste it. "
When the birthday party was about to end, Comrade Hua Guofeng recited a poem by Chairman Mao's " Bu Suanzi·Yongmei ", ending with Chairman Mao's poems on the 80th birthday, which can also show the longevity of Comrade Hua Guofeng's respect for Chairman Mao.
When Comrade Hua Guofeng was in his later years, he could no longer go to various places to see development, but in the two days of each year, he had to go out.
These two days are December 26 and September 9, which is the birthday and death of Chairman Mao.
Until his death, I still care about Chairman Mao
Every year, I see Comrade Hua Guofeng in Chairman Mao’s memorial hall. Although Comrade Hua Guofeng could not go far in his later years, he still occasionally walked around nearby.
Until one time, when Comrade Hua Guofeng was away, a crowd recognized Comrade Hua Guofeng, and in an instant, there were many people around him, and Comrade Hua Guofeng had to leave the scene.
Later, in order not to cause trouble for society, Comrade Hua Guofeng did not go out much. Except on December 26 and September 9, on the two days of Chairman Mao’s birthday and death day, Comrade Hua Guofeng said that he would go out no matter what he wanted.
Comrade Hua Guofeng was very approachable when he was in private contact with people in his later years. The old soldier who worked with Zhongnanhai also made an appointment to see Comrade Hua Guofeng together.
After going there a lot later, I know that Comrade Hua Guofeng will come to Chairman Mao’s memorial hall on December 26 and September 9 every year, and will also come to Chairman Mao’s memorial hall with Comrade Hua Guofeng.
people who have followed or worked with Comrade Hua Guofeng in the next two days, they will wait for Comrade Hua Guofeng in front of Chairman Mao’s Memorial Hall in advance.
When Comrade Hua Guofeng arrived, he entered the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. Comrade Hua Guofeng led everyone into the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. Looking at the statue of Chairman Mao in the memorial hall, Comrade Hua Guofeng would always shout a command to everyone in a solemn tone in front of everyone: " bow to the great Chairman Mao leader, two bows, and three bows! "
It is often under the leadership of Comrade Hua Guofeng that everyone can complete the commemoration of Chairman Mao, and such days are not until December 26, 2007.
This day is the same as in previous years. There are still many people waiting for Comrade Hua Guofeng in front of Chairman Mao’s Memorial Hall, but unlike before, many people are worried that Comrade Hua Guofeng might not come this time.
Because at this time Comrade Hua Guofeng, 86, was already very ill, it would be very difficult to come once, and everyone thought that maybe Comrade Hua Guofeng would not come this time.
But Comrade Hua Guofeng, who was in the hospital, told his family that he would go to commemorate Chairman Mao before December 26. Comrade Hua Guofeng's request came up with opposition from his family as soon as he was released, because Comrade Hua Guofeng, who was seriously ill at this time, was really not suitable to leave the hospital, let alone go to Chairman Mao Memorial Hall.
But when Comrade Hua Guofeng heard the words of his family, he said, " I may not be able to resist this time, then this is my last time. Didn't I even let me go the last time? "
Family people could not answer the words of Comrade Hua Guofeng. After all, they knew how heavy Chairman Mao's position in Comrade Hua Guofeng's heart is. Perhaps if he did not let Comrade Hua Guofeng go this time, this will become a regret for Comrade Hua Guofeng's life.
So after the discussion, I decided to satisfy Comrade Hua Guofeng's wish. On December 26, 2007, Comrade Hua Guofeng, who was seriously ill, still came to Chairman Mao's memorial hall.
The people waiting in front of the memorial hall were surprised to see Comrade Hua Guofeng’s arrival, on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were heartbroken, because looking at the old man who was tortured by illness, he could not get involved with the energetic Comrade Hua Guofeng before.
But even in this situation, Comrade Hua Guofeng still came to Chairman Mao’s Memorial Hall, which made everyone admire Comrade Hua Guofeng’s spirit.
This is also the last time Comrade Hua Guofeng led everyone to commemorate in front of Chairman Mao’s statue. This time Comrade Hua Guofeng’s slogan was not as powerful as in previous years, and even had a hint of slowness. However, the firm and solemn temperament in his words remained unchanged, and he still completed the command of “one bow, two bow, three bow”.
After commemoration, Comrade Hua Guofeng was soon taken back to the hospital. Looking at Comrade Hua Guofeng who left, everyone hoped that Comrade Hua Guofeng would shout slogans in front of him next time when commemorating Chairman Mao.
But they can't wait again. This time, Comrade Hua Guofeng came to Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall for the last time. Comrade Hua Guofeng passed away in Beijing on August 20, 2008.
Everyone gathered in front of Comrade Hua Guofeng's mourning hall to commemorate this revolutionary who devoted his life. It was not a few days before September 9th.
A few days ago, everyone was still imagining the way Comrade Hua Guofeng led them to commemorate them in front of Chairman Mao again, but now it is separated by yin and yang, and I can no longer hear the commands shouted by Comrade Hua Guofeng.
Comrade Hua Guofeng is strict with himself and lenient with others throughout his life. His life is full of revolution. Comrade Hua Guofeng's contribution to the Party and the people is worth remembering for our whole life, and his lofty character will also be praised by countless people.
Comrade Hua Guofeng’s spirit will last forever!
