On August 29, 1959, Chairman Mao held a simple wedding for his daughter Li Min and son-in-law Kong Linghua at his home in Zhongnanhai. The relatives and friends of both the man and the woman and Chairman Mao’s comrades attended the wedding and expressed their blessings to the newlyweds.
At that time, Kong Linghua and Li Min had not graduated from university. In order to facilitate their study, Chairman Mao specially prepared a room for his daughter and son-in-law in Fengzeyuan.
4 years later, Kong Linghua's work stabilized. He discussed with his wife: "We have lived in our father (Chairman Mao)'s house for so many years, and I'm really embarrassed. Otherwise, find time to talk to our father and we move out."
Li Min nodded and said: "Yes, now our children are growing up, it's time to mention this matter to our father."
pic | Kong Linghua and Li Min
So, Li Min found an opportunity to discuss this matter with his father. Although Chairman Mao was reluctant to leave after hearing this, he still supported his daughter's decision: he agreed to let them move out of Zhongnanhai.
In 1963, Kong Linghua asked his acquaintance about borrowing a board cart, dragging all the belongings and wife and children in the family, and reluctantly leaving the familiar Zhongnanhai...
How did Kong Linghua and Li Min get to know each other and become husband and wife?
What is the detailed process of their move out of Zhongnanhai? The author will answer the questions above
and the author will answer them one by one.
1. The love story between the princess and the . Kong Fuzi . Li Min is the daughter of Chairman Mao and Comrade He Zizhen. She has experienced ups and downs since childhood and spent the first four years of her life without the care of her parents. In 1941, Li Min was sent by Chairman Mao to the Soviet Union to reunite with He Zizhen. It was not until 1949 that she returned to her father.
Year after year, Li Min gradually grew up and reached the age when she was in love. As the father, Chairman Mao began to remind his daughter intentionally or unintentionally: "It's time to find a partner."
What Chairman Mao didn't know was that Li Min had actually had someone she liked in her heart, that is her senior Kong Linghua. Kong Linghua is one year older than Li Min and serves as the president of the student union at the school.
When Li Min was in middle school, he heard about Kong Linghua's name, but the two did not have much interaction. After Li Min became a work cadre, she often had to hand over work with Kong Linghua, and gradually, there were more opportunities to meet.
Perhaps it was because of the love that Kong Linghua developed a good impression of Li Min. A few days before graduating from high school, Kong Linghua, who had a whim, wrote a love letter to Li Min, expressing her love to her.
At that time, Li Min suffered from hepatitis and was treated in the hospital. After reading the love letter, Li Min blushed and buried her head in the quilt and laughed secretly. It happened that her attending physician, Dr. Wang, walked in from outside and saw Li Min who was buried in her head. She thought she was uncomfortable and asked with concern: "Li Min, what's wrong with you? Is hepatitis caused again?"
Hearing Dr. Wang's voice, Li Min, with a blushing face, came out of the quilt and replied hurriedly: "Doctor Wang, I'm fine, I'm fine, but I'm very happy..."
"What's a good thing, what makes you blush?"
"Nothing."
Dr. Wang is Chairman Mao's full-time doctor, and Li Min has a good relationship with him. Li Min would tell him a little secret that she didn't tell her father, but this time she wanted to hide it.
"Tell me!"
pic | Li Min
Li Min hesitated for a moment and made up her mind to say, "You must promise me and keep it confidential for me."
"Okay!"
Hearing Dr. Wang's affirmative answer, Li Min told him about the love letter.
After hearing this, Dr. Wang smiled and said, "Did you think about how to write a reply to him?"
"This is the first love letter I have received, and I don't know how to reply."
"I can help you, but you must tell me what your attitude towards him."
Li Min replied shyly: "I like him very much..."
So, under Dr. Wang's "guidance", Li Min wrote a reply to Kong Linghua and agreed to date him, and the relationship between the two was established.
Later, Li Min told a few good friends around her about this. When my friends found out, they advised her: "It's not good to know about you and him.""
" Middle school students are not allowed to fall in love. If the teacher finds out, you will be criticized. Does anyone know about "
" except us? ”
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The concern for friends, Li Min smiled and said, “There is no regulation, and we can only find girls to be friends. Why can't boys interact with us? Let’s talk about having a boyfriend, it doesn’t mean finding a marriage partner…”
After hearing Li Min’s explanation, the nervous mood of his friends was thrown behind. They asked Li Min one after another about her boyfriend’s background.
Li Min said: “His surname is Kong, and I keep the full name confidential for the time being. For the sake of convenience, I will call him "Confucius" for the time being! "
" Then, what does this 'Confucius' look like? "
" He is very handsome, but his eyes are a little smaller. "
"It doesn't matter if your eyes are small, isn't someone saying: 'The eyes are big and the spirit'? "
" is it? It seems that this 'Confucius' captured Princess Li Min's heart..."
After hearing this, Chairman Mao took the initiative to ask his daughter about this: "I heard that you have made friends? ”
Picture | Chairman Mao and Li Min
Li Min was frightened by her father's sudden questioning and didn't say anything for a long time. Seeing this, Chairman Mao carefully told her: "Dad, don't object to your love. "
At this time, Li Min said boldly: "His name is Kong Linghua, he is one year older than me, and he is also a student of Bayi School. "
" What are Xiao Kong's parents' names? What job do you do? "
Li Na seemed to be stopped, and she stuttered: "I... haven't learned about this yet. "
After hearing this, Chairman Mao became serious: "You are in love with someone, but you don't even know the other party's background. What if you are cheated? ”
Li Min explained: “The students in Bayi School are all children of cadres, and his parents must also be cadres. "
" But, you don't even know about other parents, why did you talk to him? "
"I am in love with him, not with his parents. Why do I know so much? "
" You must know the root of everything, and there is no harm in understanding it. "
Li Min respected her father's opinion, and she told Kong Linghua about her father's thoughts. The two smiled knowingly, remembering that they had known each other for many years, but they had never explained the situation at home to each other. This time, Kong Linghua told Li Min truthfully about her parents' identity for the first time.
Li Min told her father completely again. After hearing this, Chairman Mao suddenly realized: "It turns out that Xiao Kong is Kong Congzhou's son! I'm very familiar with him! "
" Then do you agree? How could "
" not agree? Find time to bring him to see me! "
In July 1958, Li Min led Kong Linghua to Zhongnanhai and met his father. Chairman Mao thought he was very suitable for the first time when he saw Kong Linghua, and said with satisfaction: "Well, Xiao Kong is very handsome, I agree with your date. "
For a while, Kong Linghua's academic performance was a little regressed. Li Min said to Kong Linghua seriously: "Before the next exam results come out, I will reduce contact with you. If your grades are still so bad next time, then we don’t have to do anything. ”
One weekend during that time, Li Min went home to see her father, and Chairman Mao asked her: “Long time no see Xiao Kong, how are he? "
" He is busy studying! "
" is not that simple! Have you had a quarrel? "
" is nothing, but his grades have dropped recently. I made an agreement with him that I would date him when the grades improve. "
" It's just that the grades are not good once. When you go back, you tell him that you should combine work and rest and come to play at home if you have time. "
Picture|Kong Linghua and his wife and Chairman Mao
Later, Kong Linghua took the college entrance examination and was admitted to Beijing Aviation College with excellent results. Li Min agreed to take him to his home in Zhongnanhai to play.
2. Kong Linghua and Li Min got married
During the winter vacation of 1958, Li Min wrote a letter to He Zizhen, who was living in Shanghai at the time. In the letter, he consulted his mother's opinion about dating Kong Linghua and planning to get married.
He Zizhen's reply was: "Your father is the person in the family, he agrees, and I agree too."
After seeing the reply, Chairman Mao said to Li Min: "Marriage is your own business. Even if I agree, I will take Xiaokong to see your mother, and see that she is not satisfied with Xiaokongman. Your mother agrees, and you can follow Xiao Kong to meet his parents. ”
In the summer vacation of 1959, Li Min and Kong Linghua met their mother in Nanchang . During the first meeting, He Zizhen was very satisfied with Kong Linghua, but she still said the same thing: "Your father agrees, and I agree too." ”
In the summer of the same year, Chairman Mao attended the meeting in Lushan. In Lushan, he and He Zizhen met secretly. This was the reunion of the two after 22 years and the last time they met in their lives.
After the Lushan meeting, Chairman Mao immediately rushed back to Beijing. The second day after returning to Beijing, that is, on August 29, Chairman Mao presided over the wedding for Li Min in Fengze Garden, Zhongnanhai.
Previously, Kong Congzhou (Kong Linghua's father) had come to Beijing for a meeting. Early in the morning of the same day, he was taken to his home by Chairman Mao's secretary. The chairman said to him happily: "Today is the day for the children to get married. As your in-laws, you also need to attend. ”
Then Chairman Mao introduced Kong Congzhou to the guests present: “This is Comrade Kong Congzhou, Li Min’s father-in-law and Kong Linghua’s father. "
Chairman Mao took out 400 yuan, set up three tables of banquets, invited relatives and friends who attended the wedding to gather together, had a meal, and watched a movie in Chunouzhai, and the wedding ended.
After the wedding banquet, Chairman Mao stayed at his in-laws to chat. The two talked a lot, from work experience to children's education, and they talked until midnight.
After Li Min and Kong Linghua got married, considering that they were both studying in Beijing, Chairman Mao agreed to use the small south house of Juxiang Academy as a wedding room and temporarily settled down.
The furnishings in this small south house are very simple, even a bit simple: the walls have not been painted, There is no furniture, only the bedding from the past.
3. Kong Linghua and Li Min move out of Zhongnanhai
Picture | Li Min and Chairman Mao
1962, Li Min gave birth to his eldest son Kong Jining. The arrival of his grandson made Chairman Mao overjoyed. He would play with him whenever he had time, but every family had a difficult sutra, and Li Min and her husband were rejected by others.
In order not to cause trouble for their father, Li Min and her husband thought about it over and over again and decided to move out of Zhongnanhai. Of course, Chairman Mao was reluctant to leave his daughter's family, but he could only say to his daughter heavy: "The palms and backs of his hands are flesh! "
Li Min understood what her father meant. After she went back, she discussed with her husband: "Dad meant that she didn't want us to leave. What do you think should you do? ”
Kong Linghua replied: “Since Fengze Garden can’t be lived in, maybe we can find a house in Zhongnanhai to live in. "
When she was reminded by her husband, Li Min thought of a solution: "There are still many vacant houses in Zhongnanhai, but the conditions are not very good, so we can indeed move in. This will not bother my father, nor will it be too far away from him. "Low after the implementation of the plan, Li Min and Kong Linghua felt that if they still lived in Zhongnanhai, they would not have left their father's protection in essence. In order to strive for complete independence, Li Min decided to move out of Zhongnanhai completely.
Because he was worried that his father would not agree, Li Min skipped his father and directly applied to the General Office of the Central Committee to write a report to the General Office of the Central Committee, saying: I am married and don't need to live in Zhongnanhai anymore. I requested approval to move out of Zhongnanhai and live outside.
Chairman Mao expressed his support for this. Since Li Min had not graduated from his university at that time, he took out 40 yuan from his salary every month to subsidize Li Min It was not until she started working.
1963, Kong Linghua borrowed a cart from a friend's house, pulled all his belongings and his wife and children, and slowly left Zhongnanhai.
After moving out of Zhongnanhai, their entry and exit certificates were taken away. In the future, they could only go home to meet Chairman Mao through application. The most important thing is that it is not possible to pass every application.
4. Chairman Mao passed away in 1976
On September 8, 1976, Li Min's good friend Wang Guiyi (yǐ) went to Li Min's house to visit. Li Min was not happy about her friend's visit. She was worried and always wanted to speak.Wang Guiyi comforted her: "Are you uncomfortable? If you are sick, you should seek medical treatment as soon as possible. I will accompany you tomorrow?"
Li Min shook her head and said, "It's nothing."
Wang Guiyi seemed to have predicted something, and she continued to ask, "What's wrong with you? Can you tell me?"
"It's nothing, you can go back first!"
The next day, that is, on September 9, Wang Guiyi heard the news of Chairman Mao's death on the radio, and she suddenly realized.
During that time, Wang Guiyi often stayed by Li Min's side, hoping to share the pain for her. Li Min complained to Wang Guiyi: "Sometimes, I really hope that my father is an ordinary person, so that I don't have to leave him too far. If I want to see him, I don't have to ask for instructions, report, etc. to approve it."
Picture | Chairman Mao
From Chairman Mao's illness to his death, Li Min has only seen him three times. She said, "For the first time, I was in a cadre school. I received a call saying that my father was seriously ill. I rushed to the hospital without stopping. After a brief meeting, I was forced to leave.
The second time, my father was bedridden and was very weak, but he was still clear about his consciousness. When he recognized me, he said weakly: 'My Jiaojiao, you are finally here...' I had a lot of things in my heart to tell my father, but in the end I didn't say it. I just looked at him quietly and heard him say, 'Jiaojiao, why don't you always come to see me?'
The third time, that is, this morning, the General Office of the Central Committee sent someone to supervise him. I received something from Zhongnanhai. They didn't say anything, but I had guessed that it was my father's death. The moment I entered the door, my mind was blank, and I couldn't believe that the once kind father had left...
I ran to my father's body like crazy and grabbed his hand, but my father had no reaction. I could no longer hear his nickname "Jiaojiao". For many years, the grievances accumulated in my heart can no longer be told to my father. "
Chairman Mao's death represents the collapse of Li Min's spiritual pillar, and she seemed to have become a different person.
htmlOn September 16, Kong Linghua and Li Min went to Great Hall of the People to pay tribute to Chairman Mao’s remains. On September 18, the two attended the memorial service again.Later, in order to commemorate Chairman Mao, Kong Linghua and Li Min made a big room in their small four-bedroom apartment and set up Chairman Mao’s mourning hall. In front of the Chairman's portrait, there are various garlands, and a line of neat banners are hung on them, saying: Forever inherit the will of Dad.
In April 1984, with the death of his mother He Zizhen, Li Min rarely went out since then, and stayed in front of the mourning hall almost every day, recalling the time she spent with her parents.
My husband Kong Linghua, who had been working in science and technology, changed his career and came to Shenzhen to start a business and started a technology company. The son Kong Jining became an overseas military officer , and his daughter went abroad to study. Usually, Li Min is the only one in the family. Seeing that she was too lonely, my friend gave her two Persian cats to relieve her boredom.
A kind friend, worried that Li Min would get sick if she stayed at home for a long time, so she repeatedly advised her to go out for a walk, participate in some social activities, and breathe fresh air. But no matter how they persuaded her, she was always indifferent and refused to take a step out of the house.
For the past 20 or 30 years, Li Min has never accepted interviews with reporters, and the outside world is too unfamiliar with her. However, her feelings for her father are strong and cannot be erased or dissolved.
5. Kong Linghua passed away unexpectedly. His daughter Kong Dongmei inherited his legacy. In 1999, Guangzhou held a commemoration event for Mao Zedong. Kong Linghua, who was working in Shenzhen at the time, was invited to attend. Everything went smoothly when I went back to Shenzhen, and unfortunately there was a car accident.
Although Kong Linghua was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment in time, during the operation, due to improper use of anesthesia, he was unable to rescue him.
Regarding Kong Linghua's death, Li Min and his children forgave the hospital with a tolerant attitude. They agreed to handle the matter according to the general medical malpractice handling process.
Picture | Kong Dongmei
After his father's death, Kong Dongmei inherited the will of his elders. She is generous and friendly to others.She said: "Since my parents have been sensible, they have taken my brother and I to live a popular life, educated me to live independently, support myself, and be an ordinary person. For a while, my father had no job, and a family of four lived on his mother's meager salary. He had to make careful calculations every day.
During those days, my mother was like an ordinary person. She had to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables early in the morning and cooked by herself after work after lunch. The winter in Beijing was very cold, and the air conditioner outside would blow in as soon as the door opened, making people shivering. In order to save money, I could only wear my brother's old clothes..."
In addition to inheriting the blood of the Mao family, Kong Dongmei also had the blood of the Kong family flowing. Once, Kong Dongmei attended a new book signing ceremony in Xi'an. She suddenly decided to go to Shangqiao Zikou Village, Baqiao District, grandpa (Kong Congzhou), her hometown.
On the day I went back, local villagers heard that General Kong Congzhou's granddaughter had returned. They spontaneously came to the village primary school to welcome Kong Dongmei and his group. Primary school students held flowers in their hands, Gongs and Drum Team and Yangko Team were performing in the open space in performance costumes.
Kong Congzhou is the pride of his hometown people, and Kong Dongmei is the granddaughter of the great leader Mao Zedong. His dual identity has made the villagers very excited. That day, I was spending Xiaoxue . The whole village waited for a long time while hungry, but everyone was very happy. They prepared meals from their hometown for Kong Dongmei, and everyone waited for her to have dinner together.
When Kong Dongmei's car arrived at the entrance of the village, the villagers who had been waiting for a long time were welcomed to welcome their relatives home. The old man in the village had tears in his eyes and stepped forward to ask about his well-being.
At the welcome ceremony, Kong Dongmei was eating cornmeal and stirring the ball, tears rolling in her eyes. She knew that they were so kind because they were descendants of the Kong family and the Mao family, which was a kind of simple love!
For this reason, Kong Dongmei embarked on a unique life journey that approached the spiritual world of grandpa and grandma. Through the TV series "Mao Zedong" collaborated with CCTV, including some large-scale exhibitions commemorating the 110th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth, she truly felt that she was approaching Mao Zedong. As his relative and junior, she has the responsibility and obligation to spread red culture to every corner of the world.
In the editing, publishing, inheriting and disseminating Chinese red classic culture, in order to obtain more first-hand information, Kong Dongmei has visited many backward old revolutionary areas.
There, she found that many underdeveloped areas in China, including many old revolutionary areas, are actually still in poverty. The children in these areas have very poor learning conditions, and some places are even so simple that they can’t even stay with teachers...
The children’s desire for knowledge deeply touched her, and she felt that she had to stand up and do something. At first, she funded them in her personal name. But she soon discovered that this was not a long-term solution.
After research, in 2015, she led the establishment of an institution called Dongrun Charity Foundation , and served as the chairman, committed to education and poverty alleviation, and successively launched charity projects such as "Dongrun Qihang Scholarship" and "Dongrun Yi Teacher Award". Their footprints are spread across the country, reaching Xing'an League in Inner Mongolia at the north and reaching Wucha County, Kezhou, Xinjiang at the west.
The Wuhan epidemic in 2020, the severe torrential rain in Henan in 2021, and the severe torrential rain in Luliang in Shanxi in 2022, and the Dongrun Foundation has all donated large amounts.
pic | Kong Dongmei
Kong Dongmei said: "After doing charity for so many years, I feel more and more that: doing charity must be down-to-earth, step by step, and cannot pursue a nihilistic appearance..."
Kong Dongmei and other descendants of Chairman Mao have inherited Chairman Mao's family and country sentiments well, and silently contributed to the country in different positions. They may be the same as us in normal times, but when the critical moment, they can always rush to the front.
We should feel glad that although the great leader Chairman Mao has long gone, his patriotism and pragmatic family tradition have been passed down through his descendants.
I would like to thank Chairman Mao, his daughter Li Min and son-in-law Kong Linghua for this article.
sincerely hopes that the descendants of the Chairman will always be happy and healthy!
