The other party didn't know how to answer, so Mao Zedong picked up a pen and filled in Zeng Zhi's name on the list, "Zeng Zhi is an excellent revolutionary comrade. If you miss her, is it because someone is good and bullied?"

Preface

In April 1959, the first meeting of the Second National People's Congress was held in Beijing. Before the conference began, the list of members of the National People's Congress Standing Committee was delivered to Mao Zedong's desk.

Mao Zedong looked at the list repeatedly several times, but he couldn't find Zeng Zhi's name . He asked the people around him, "Why didn't Zeng Zhi? Why did she miss her?"

The other party didn't know how to answer, Mao Zedong picked up a pen and filled in Zeng Zhi's name on the list,

"Zeng Zhi is an excellent revolutionary comrade. If you miss her, can it be that people are good and bullied?"

Picture丨Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong's "little sister"

Speaking of Zeng Zhi, Mao Zedong knew her very well. In April 1928, the two of them met.

At that time, Zeng Zhi followed the 7th Division of Chenzhou to move to Jinggangshan . When she arrived in Huang County, Hunan, she was pregnant and collapsed on her husband Cai Xiemin because she was exhausted.

was closing his eyes to rest, Mao Zedong carelessly pushed open the door and walked in, "Old Cai! Are Comrade Cai Xiemin here?"

Seeing Zeng Zhi leaning against Cai Xiemin's shoulder, Mao Zedong also joked, "Oh, it's a sweetheart in the golden house, Lao Cai, it's so lucky."

Cai Xiemin stood up and introduced Mao Zedong to Zeng Zhi, "This is Mao Runzhi I often mention to you!"

Zeng Zhi had heard of Mao Zedong's name for a long time, and he admired him very much. He knew that the man in front of him was the revolutionary he admired the most, and Zeng Zhi immediately sat up straight.

While listening to Mao Zedong and Cai Xiemin chatting and laughing, she secretly observed him. At that time, Mao Zedong had long middle-parted hair, a thin face, and a firm and spiritual look.

He has no airs and has some talks with Cai Xiemin, and there are many jokes mixed in between. Since then, Zeng Zhi has lost his restraint on Mao Zedong and has become his "sister" of "big and little".

Picture丨Zhu De and Mao Zedong

On May 4, "Zhu and Mao met", and the troops were reorganized. Cai Xiemin was appointed as the party representative of the 33rd Regiment of the Red Fourth Army, and soon changed to the party representative of the 32nd Regiment, and Zeng Zhize was transferred to the office of the Youth League Party Committee. In August, Zhu De led part of the Red Fourth Army to return to the southern Hunan area and retreated to the eastern Guizhou area. Mao Zedong led his troops to welcome them back to Jinggangshan.

When passing by Ninggang , Mao Zedong went to the delegation's headquarters to visit Cai Xiemin and Zeng Zhi. Seeing the two of them sitting together again, Mao Zedong joked again, "You two are really model couples who are inseparable."

was joking. Mao Zedong saw Zeng Zhi's belly, and after asking, he found out that Zeng Zhi had been pregnant for more than 5 months.

Considering the war is imminent, Mao Zedong instructed Zeng Zhi to leave Ninggang as soon as possible and go to the left-behind Jinggangshan to , and said that he could use his own horse to send Zeng Zhi over.

The next day, Zeng Zhi, who was so kind, rode on Mao Zedong's horse, and bumped all the way, and Zeng Zhi finally arrived at the place where he stayed behind.

was at the back, and Zeng Zhi successfully gave birth to a child. After that, she went to Hongguang Hospital to serve as the secretary of the general branch.

Picture丨Zeng Zhi

At this time, the Kuomintang reactionaries launched the third "meeting suppression" against Jinggangshan. In order to get rid of the enemy's siege, the Front Committee of the Red Fourth Army implemented the strategy of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", leaving only a small number of troops to guard the mountain, and the main force marched towards southern Gan and western Fujian.

In this way, Zeng Zhi will be separated from her husband. Hongguang Hospital is a part of the left-behind, while Cai Xiemin needs to follow the main force down the mountain.

Just one day before the team set off, Zeng Zhi suddenly received a note sent from Ciping . asked Zeng Zhi to hand over the work as soon as possible and set off to ziping immediately so that he could set off with the troops the next day.

Zeng Zhi rushed to Ciping without stopping. As soon as he saw Mao Zedong, Zeng Zhi asked straight to the point, "Why do I need to go with the troops?"

Mao Zedong smiled and told her the reason,

"In order to do a good job in mass work along the way, the Front Committee specially established a Workers' and Peasants' Movement Committee. You have done mass work in the local area and were elected as the leader of the women's group. At the same time, he was responsible for mobilizing and organizing the masses along the way."

In this way, Zeng Zhi came to work with Mao Zedong, and her contact with Mao Zedong and his wife He Zizhen began to increase.

Picture丨Mao Zedong and He Zizhen

At that time, Zeng Zhihui led a group of propagandists to the front of the team, posting slogans, understanding the situation, and promoting the masses. At night, Zeng Zhihui reported to Mao Zedong what he learned.

Once, Mao Zedong pointed out directly that Zeng Zhi’s working method was too simple and blind. Zeng Zhi was very enthusiastic and attentive to his work, and he was naturally a little dissatisfied with Mao Zedong's words.

Mao Zedong did not care about her, but instead took out the form that had been prepared long ago and handed it to her, "If you fill in the contents in the form in detail, your investigation and research will not be simple."

Zeng Zhi took the form and saw that the column above was detailed in detail, including several bridges, what roads were passed by, whether it was water or fields on both sides of the road, and what crops were in the fields.

Picture丨Cai Xiemin

Zeng Zhi suddenly realized that Mao Zedong hoped that she could analyze and judge in a targeted manner, rather than having a set of templates anywhere, so that she could truly understand what the masses wanted.

In addition to work, Mao Zedong also regarded Zeng Zhi as his "little sister" in life. At that time, Zeng Zhi and He Zizhen slept together, so the letter Cai Xiemin wrote to Zeng Zhi was easily seen by He Zizhen.

He Zizhen doesn't count when he sees it himself, and sometimes he will tell Mao Zedong. Once, Mao Zedong learned about Zeng Zhi and Cai Xiemin's troubles in the letter. Soon after, he surveyed Cai Xiemin to the military headquarters to reunite the couple.

Zeng Zhi and Tao Zhu

During this period, Mao Zedong actively carried out various investigations and research, and used the form of symposiums to understand different situations in a targeted manner.

Every time at a symposium, Zeng Zhi would sit next to him, helping to hang the blackboard and pour boiling water. She was at her closest position and most intuitively felt Mao Zedong's working style.

At this time, Zeng Zhi was still living with Mao Zedong's neighbors. As soon as I stood in front of the window, Zeng Zhi could see Mao Zedong and He Zizhen joking and playing, and sometimes he could hear Mao Zedong's unique Hunan-style English.

Picture丨Mao Zedong

In mid-November, Chen Yi was instructed by Zhou Enlai to ask Mao Zedong to return to the Red Fourth Army. At this time, He Zizhen had been pregnant for more than 6 months, and it was not convenient to continue to follow the army. Mao Zedong could only ask Zeng Zhi to help take care of him.

As a result, Zeng Zhi misunderstood Mao Zedong's meaning, thinking that he was asking him to give up his work and take care of He Zizhen. So, Zeng Zhi angrily argued, "I have my job, how can I have time to serve her to have a baby!"

Mao Zedong was angry when he heard this, "Just let you take care of you!"

Zeng Zhi did not allow anything, "I am a party cadre, and I have so much work to do, how can I take care of her all day?"

Speaking of this, Mao Zedong realized that Zeng Zhi was misunderstanding his meaning. He slowed down his tone, "I asked you to take care of you, not to let you do nothing, take care of you all day long, but to make you care more."

Zeng Zhi understood what Mao Zedong meant and felt a little embarrassed,

"Zizhen and I are good friends. In the past, we marching and slept together. I have always cared about her and taken care of her. Even if you don't say it, I will do this. I just misunderstood you."

Mao Zedong smiled, "It's good to understand, so I'll ask you."

Picture丨Zeng Zhi and Cai Xiemin

After Mao Zedong left, Zeng Zhi stayed in western Fujian to work.Shortly after , she and Cai Xiemin were transferred to the provincial party committee in Xiamen .

In January 1932, the Central Red Army captured Zhangzhou . In order to open up the new Suzhou District of southern Fujian, the Xiamen Central Municipal Party Committee moved the Municipal Party Committee to Zhangzhou.

Zeng Zhi, who was then the secretary-general of the Xiamen Center Municipal Party Committee, dressed up as a student and quietly took a manure transport truck. Then he entered Zhangzhou to find Mao Zedong who had been away for a long time.

When Mao Zedong met Zeng Zhi, he was very surprised. He smiled and told her that Cai Xiemin happened to be here.

Zeng Zhi and Cai Xiemin have not been able to meet for a long time. In order to allow them to reunite well, Mao Zedong specially arranged the largest bedroom to them, and they lived until Red Army evacuated from Zhangzhou.

Picture丨He Zizhen Before the Soviet Union's Red Army withdrew from Zhangzhou, Cai Xiemin was appointed as the secretary of the Central County Party Committee of Zhangzhou, and Zeng Zhize was preparing to return to the Central Soviet Area. But Cai Xiemin was in a bad mood at that time, so Mao Zedong personally found Zeng Zhi and begged her to stay with Cai Xiemin.

Zeng Zhi agreed to Mao Zedong. Before leaving, Mao Zedong held a practice banquet for them. Usually, he was so angry that he couldn't bear to even get some oily food. This time, he asked the guard to buy a big turkey and opened a can of canned butter. Zeng Zhi was so moved that he almost burst into tears.

Two days later, Mao Zedong met her. During the conversation, they talked about Cai Xiemin who had already died, and Zeng Zhi poured out all the "sweet and bitterness" he encountered.

She also told Mao Zedong that she came to Yan'an this time to study in the Marxist-Leninistry Academy. Mao Zedong was very pleased and encouraged her to study hard.

At the same time, Mao Zedong also mentioned He Zizhen who had already gone to the Soviet Union. He said sadly, "I still have feelings for Zizhen. After all, I am a couple for 10 years."

pic丨Tao Zhu and Zeng Zhi

When I was in Fuzhou, the two pretended to be husband and wife because of revolutionary missions. After Cai Xiemin died, Tao Zhu gave Zeng Zhi a lot of care. The two of them became closer and closer without realizing it, and finally they naturally joined together.

1945, according to the arrangements of the party organization, Tao Zhu and Zeng Zhi prepared to go to the occupied areas of the Northeast to organize guerrilla struggles behind enemy lines. At this moment, Zeng Zhi suffered from appendicitis. During the

operation, Zeng Zhi considered that the struggle behind enemy lines would be very cruel and there might be many big battles to fight in the future, so he proposed to undergo sterilization surgery at the same time.

Tao Zhu learned about this and wrote a note to the organization, "Respect Comrade Zeng Zhi's wishes and agree."

Picture丨Yang Shunqing and Zeng Zhi and Tao Zhu's daughter

Shortly after the operation, Zeng Zhi and Tao Zhu went to the Northeast battlefield together. She left her newborn daughter in Yan'an Nursing Hospital and asked the soldier Yang Shunqing,

"We have entrusted this child to you. If we can't come back, this child will be yours."

When saying goodbye to Mao Zedong, the two even said,

"For the sake of the revolution, we will never consider the gains and losses of our individual family, at any time Prepare to give your all. "

Picture丨The Founding Ceremony

plus the name "Zeng Zhi"

In March 1949, Zeng Zhi came to Beiping . On the 15th, she came to Xijiao Airport very early, climbed onto the roof of a jeep, preparing to see Mao Zedong's style when he was inspecting the troops.

Zeng Zhi hasn't seen Mao Zedong for a long time. She was very excited and shouted loudly.

On October 1, Zeng Zhi, who attended the founding ceremony of , met Mao Zedong again. Unfortunately, he failed to communicate with each other when he met.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tao Zhu went to work in the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee. Two years later, Zeng Zhi also went to Guangzhou, and has been working in Guangdong since then.

In April 1959, the first session of the Second National People's Congress was held in Beijing.Before the conference began, Mao Zedong searched for the list of members of the National People's Congress for a long time but couldn't find Zeng Zhi's name.

He turned his head and asked the people around him, "Why didn't Zeng Zhi? Why did she miss her?"

Then, he picked up a pen and filled in Zeng Zhi's name on the list, "Zeng Zhi is an excellent revolutionary comrade. If you miss her, is it because people are good and bullied?"

Speaking of which, this is not the first time Zeng Zhi has been "fallen". As early as 1954, Zeng Zhi was recommended by the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee to serve as a National People's Congress representative. After the list of

was sent to Tao Zhu, Tao Zhu crossed out Zeng Zhi's name without thinking, and then replaced it with Fangfang Comrade's wife Su Hui .

Zeng Zhi was very angry after learning about this, so she ran to question Tao Zhu.

Tao Zhu told her that the central government transferred Fang Fang from the South China Bureau to Beijing. In order to take care of his emotions, he decided to let his wife serve as a NPC representative.

Zeng Zhi was not convinced by this reason. She felt that one code was the same, so she wrote a letter to Mao Zedong with aggrieved heart.

Finally, Zeng Zhi got his wish and became a NPC representative in 1954. There are many similar things in

. Zeng Zhi often complained to Mao Zedong about his husband's "case". For this reason, Mao Zedong said "deeply sympathetically", "Good people are bullied, and good horses are ridden..."