Introduction:
In 1984, He Zizhen died of illness. Once this news spread, it caused many people to cry for him. But the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China did not dare to claim her funeral without authorization, and could only report to the General Office of the CPC Central Committee. The General Office of the CPC Central Committee was also in a very difficult situation, so they had to ask Deng Xiaoping for instructions.
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping thought for a long time and said: "He Zizhen is a good comrade of the Communist Party of China. Our leaders of the central government will send wreaths, so put their ashes in one room!"
A room is the place where the ashes of the central leaders are stored in Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery . Deng Xiaoping's words set the tone for the specifications of He Zizhen's funeral.
"The best woman to me"
1938, 29-year-old He Zizhen embarked on the journey to recuperate in the Soviet Union while pregnant. Mao Zedong tried his best to keep him, but he could not resist He Zizhen's determination. Mao Anying, Mao Anying and Li Min were also following He Zizhen to the Soviet Union.
It was October that we came to the Soviet Union. The weather turned colder and the withered yellow leaves spread all over the street. He Zizhen subconsciously touched his stomach and couldn't help but feel warm. This is the little life she and Mao Zedong gave birth to, and it is also the most powerful motivation for her to stay in the Soviet Union.
Chairman Mao
4 months later, He Zizhen gave birth to a son, and she named the child Liuwa. Mao Anying, Mao Anying and Li Min lay outside the fence of the crib, looking at the sleeping baby so happy that they couldn't stop. They touched the child's face and rubbed the child's little hands for a while, and couldn't put them down.
Mao An said happily: "My little brother looks really like a father!" He Zizhen, who was on the hospital bed, also showed a gratifying smile. She sighed in her heart, as if she had placed all her hope on this child.
Xiao Liuwa's birth not only brought comfort to He Zizhen in a foreign country, but also relieved her longing for Mao Zedong. But this kind of life didn't last long before it was shattered.
Because the living environment between the Soviet Union and the country is too different, Xiao Liuwa unfortunately suffered from flu . He Zizhen went all over the hospital but was unable to rescue Xiao Liuwa. She could only watch her son, who was only six months old, dies in her arms.
He Zizhen's spirit was greatly hit, and this was not the last straw that crushed her. After Xiao Liuwa passed away, He Zizhen couldn't get out of the pain of losing her son and cried bitterly on the bed all day long. Mao Anying and Mao Anying were taken great care of He Zizhen in the Soviet Union. It was also very sad to see He Zizhen crying all day long. They took the initiative to take on the responsibility of taking care of Li Min and reduce the burden for He Zizhen.
Mao Anying couldn't bear to let He Zizhen suffer too much, so he comforted him: "Mom He, it's already a thing of the past for the little brother to be gone. You have to take care of yourself. You have us and sister. You must cheer up!" Mao Anying's words made He Zizhen figure it out a lot. She wiped away the tears, gently stroked Mao Anying's cheek, nodded and agreed: "I'm so happy to have you accompany me. I really shouldn't continue to be immersed in the pain. You still need me, I can't fall down!"
With the company of Mao Anying's brothers and Li Min, He Zizhen's emotions gradually recovered and slowly walked out of sadness. But a letter from afar made He Zizhen, who had recovered well, fall into sadness again.
During the years of recuperation in the Soviet Union, He Zizhen and Mao Zedong also often had letters. Although there are only a few words in the letter, the deep concern is still hidden in it. Not only did Mao Zedong hope that He Zizhen could bring her children back to China at one time, but the stubborn He Zizhen insisted on staying in the Soviet Union, and Mao Zedong was also very helpless about this.
Perhaps the long distance weakened the relationship between the two, or perhaps it was He Zizhen's stubborn temper that sowed the seeds of separation for them. One day, He Zizhen came to the newspaper reading room as usual. The newspaper reading room was as quiet as usual, and the students were all listening attentively as the newspaper readers on the stage read the recent news in a solemn voice.
He Zizhen listened with relish, but the following news shocked her.The newspaper read word by word: "The reporter from TASS interviewed Mao Zedong in Yan'an, and the two sides talked in the cave for a long time. It was already very late after the chat. Mao Zedong and his wife went out to see the reporter off." The news of
was like a bolt from the blue, and He Zizhen could not believe it. Until the newspaper read all the news in the newspaper, she could not come back to her senses. He Zizhen walked out of the newspaper reading room with the wall, her legs trembling constantly. She began to regret that she should not be stubbornly staying in the Soviet Union and separated from Mao Zedong.
He Zizhen
He Zizhen regretted not when he was the first, but it was too late to regret it now. The pain of losing a son that had just been relieved quietly came to my heart again. After this, He Zizhen's mental state was very bad, and she often sat alone in front of the window and remained silent.
Later, Zhou Enlai visited He Zizhen while he was treating his illness in the Soviet Union. He Zizhen wrote a letter to Mao Zedong, hoping that Zhou Enlai could help bring it back.
After reading the letter, Chairman Mao replied calmly: "I have received the letter you sent. Everything is fine. I also hope that you can study hard and strive for great political progress. We will become comrades in the future."
Chairman Mao's letter was written very clearly. He Zizhen sighed. She understood that her fate with Chairman Mao had ended, and becoming a comrade was a relief to the past.
Chairman Mao
According to He Zizhen's niece Kong Dongmei, "Grandpa once said, 'He Zizhen has been with me for so many years and has suffered a lot, but she is the best woman to me'." This is Chairman Mao's highest affirmation of He Zizhen.
Have a hard life in a foreign country, He Zizhen fell into trouble after ending her marriage with Chairman Mao, He Zizhen's spirit was greatly impacted and her health was getting worse day by day. But she did not lose her will to survive because she still had three adorable children who needed her care.
Mao Anying and Mao Anying are very sensible and have never caused any trouble for He Zizhen. The youngest Li Min also often accompany He Zizhen to bring warmth to her life.
Li Min (right)
Raising three children alone in a foreign country was quite difficult. He Zizhen struggled to support her with the power of maternal love. However, the happy home composed of several people was ruthlessly destroyed by the outbreak of the Soviet-German War .
After the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, the Soviet Union entered a state of preparation. He Zizhen was forced to be assigned to a children's courtyard where she worked. Because of the war, He Zizhen had to learn how to sew, cook, sew clothes, and teach students Chinese. He Zizhen is often tired until late at night and her health is getting more and more overwhelmed.
As the war situation became increasingly tense, He Zizhen's life became increasingly difficult. Although it went against the original intention of coming to the Soviet Union, He Zizhen had to rush forward with a tough bullet.
mentioned that He Zizhen was always reluctant to recall the years he lived in the Soviet Union. Maybe those days were He Zizhen’s most painful time.
He Zizhen and Li Min
In He Zizhen's letter to Cominist International , we don't understand Russian , work is difficult, and the 4 bullets in my body often torture me so much that I can't fall asleep. My body also had symptoms of varying degrees, including headache, back pain, and back pain, which made me unbearable.
From the letter, it is not difficult to see that He Zizhen had a very difficult life in the Soviet Union, and her spirit was on the verge of collapse at that time. He Zizhen struggled. In order not to let the children get hungry, He Zizhen understood that we cannot live alone with the salary of the children's yard, and self-sufficiency is the king.
Li Min was still young at that time and the children's yard would cook for the children, but adults did not have such treatment and could only find a way for themselves. So He Zizhen found a wasteland, used her thin shoulders to cultivate and planted many vegetables. Unexpectedly, due to the impact of the war, the children's home was also in a very shortage of supplies. Not only did He Zizhen's living expenses stop being distributed, but the children's home also increased the task for her.
He Zizhen (left)
Children's Court requires He Zizhen to knit nine pairs of socks and a sweater within one month. The huge task made He Zizhen breathless. As winter approached, the weather in the Soviet Union became extremely cold. He Zizhen's illness often broke out, which seriously affected her life. However, in order to be able to work on time, He Zizhen often worked in the quilt and worked all night.
However, fate seems to be unwilling to let go of this poor woman, and the suffering of life comes to her again. Li Min accidentally suffered from pneumonia, and her high fever did not fade for several days. The people from the Children's Hospital sent Li Min to the hospital for treatment. When He Zizhen learned the news, she wanted to take Li Min home, but was rejected.
, in desperation, He Zizhen had to visit the hospital while working. But on this day, when He Zizhen came to the hospital again, she did not see Li Min on the hospital bed. She shouted anxiously, "Jiaojiao, where is my Jiaojiao?" When asked about Li Min's whereabouts, He Zizhen was told that Li Min was pushed to the morgue.
He Zizhen didn't want to believe it, so she ran to the morgue and leaned over Li Min and cried bitterly. Just when she thought Li Min was dead, the white cloth covered with Li Min seemed to have a faint breathing sound. He Zizhen immediately tempted Li Min's breath. Sure enough, she picked up Li Min and walked out of the hospital. She said to the person who blocked her: "I am going to take away my Jiaojiao. I will take care of what happened myself, you don't have to worry about it."
Chairman Mao and Li Min and Li Min
Perhaps it was the power of maternal love that infected fate. This time Li Min survived strongly. Because He Zizhen took care of Li Min day and night, she could no longer complete the task on time, which quickly aroused the dissatisfaction of the director of the Children's Hospital.
He Zizhen said: "My child has not been cured yet, so please give him a few more days of gratitude." But her request did not get the sympathy of the dean, and threatened her: "If you cannot complete the task on time, I will report that you are lazy and lazy!" The threatening words of the dean did not shock He Zizhen, and she immediately started arguing with the dean. He Zizhen's severe accusation made the dean unable to come out of Taiwan. The dean had never been contradicted like this. He immediately showed a sinister look and said: "You are crazy, I want to send you to a mental hospital!"
He Zizhen heard this sentence in the dean for many times, and did not take it seriously. She did not surrender to the dean and still took care of Li Min at home. But a few days later, a group of strangers rushed into her home, arrested He Zizhen and said, "We are from the mental hospital, let you go to the hospital!"
He Zizhen desperately explained that he was not sick, but the group of people stubbornly pulled her into the car. Since then, He Zizhen's already shaky body fell into another abyss.
The high wall of the hospital separated her from the outside world into two worlds, and she completely lost contact with the outside world. She missed her daughter day and night, and I wonder if she was doing well.
It has been two years since I met Li Min again. That day, after He Zizhen was discharged from the hospital, she saw the figure who was thinking about day and night from afar. Li Min grew up a lot, and when she saw He Zizhen coming out and ran forward excitedly, the mother and daughter hugged each other tightly.
He Zizhen passed away, and her silent old age
During the years when He Zizhen lived in the Soviet Union, she almost consumed all her life. Her original intention was to go to the Soviet Union to recuperate and study hard, but she didn't expect that she would get sick.
Wang Jiaxiang
In 1947, Wang Jiaxiang took his wife to the Soviet Union for recuperation and found He Zizhen's whereabouts. When he saw He Zizhen, Wang Jiaxiang was really shocked. He Zizhen is very haggard, which shows that she has been having a very difficult life over the years. Wang Jiaxiang was very reluctant. He asked He Zizhen, "Do you have any wishes?" He Zizhen said firmly, "I want to go back to the motherland!"
In this year, He Zizhen brought Li Min and Mao Anying back to China with the help of Wang Jiaxiang, and Li Min also met her separation.He Zizhen understood that Li Min's life with Chairman Mao was the best choice. She reluctantly sent Li Min to Chairman Mao's side, while she lived alone in the Northeast.
Without a daughter around, He Zizhen's life is very lonely. She once revealed to others that she had two wishes: one was to hope that she could regain the opportunity to work, and not to let her work just because she was Chairman Mao’s wife. The other is that I hope to see Chairman Mao again, even if I shake hands once. The wish of
was not realized until 1959. That year, Li Min's marriage was approaching. Chairman Mao, who was inspecting other places, rushed back. When he passed by Lushan , Chairman Mao thought of He Zizhen who was recuperating in Lushan. He made a decision to visit He Zizhen.
Li Min and Kong Linghua
According to Kong Dongmei's recollection, on that day, He Zizhen was taken in a villa and met Chairman Mao who was focusing on reading. He Zizhen was very excited and sat on the chair she had prepared long ago at Chairman Mao’s greeting.
After more than 20 years of missing, He Zizhen cried in tears. Chairman Mao patiently comforted her and asked about her life in the Soviet Union. He Zizhen made a brief statement and admitted his mistakes back then. The two finally looked at each other and smiled, and the past was already clouds.
This is the last time Chairman Mao and He Zizhen met, and he has never seen each other again since. But they did not lose contact because their daughter Lee Min was working as a bridge between them.
In 1950, He Zizhen settled in Shanghai under the arrangement of the organization. It was not too lonely to have her brother's family by her side. But those days of living in the Soviet Union eventually had a great impact on He Zizhen's health.
Once, after listening to Chairman Mao’s speech at the First National People’s Congress, He Zizhen suddenly fainted without warning after falling ill. This scared everyone. He Zizhen's brother immediately sent He Zizhen to the hospital for emergency treatment, and then he came back. He Zizhen's illness was intermittent and continued throughout her old age.
Chairman Mao
In 1984, He Zizhen suddenly had a high fever. Her family tried every means but failed to lower the body temperature. He Zizhen also had blood stool , and the situation became more and more serious. Seeing this, her family immediately sent her to East China Hospital, but the doctor was helpless.
On this day, Kong Linghua was tutoring the children to do their homework when he suddenly received a call from the General Office of the CPC Central Committee. The General Office of the CPC Central Committee said that He Zizhen was seriously ill and was in critical condition. She had prepared a plane ticket to Shanghai for them and asked them to set off extremely quickly.
After hearing the news that his mother was critically ill, Li Min immediately returned home to visit He Zizhen with her husband and children in Shanghai. At this time, He Zizhen's condition was very serious and she was unconscious on the hospital bed.
Li Min was anxious on the plane. She couldn't help crying. Kong Linghua beside her hugged her in her arms to comfort her. He Zizhen's condition has become more and more serious in recent years. Li Min knows very well that she wants to be with her mother more than once, but her busy work has made this wish a luxury.
When Li Min and his family arrived in Shanghai, they rushed to the hospital in turmoil, and He Zizhen was lying quietly on the hospital bed and fell asleep. He Zizhen's face was pale and her eyebrows were frowning, as if she was fighting hard with the disease. Li Min reached out and touched her mother's pale hair, feeling extremely heartbroken.
hasn't seen each other for several years, and my mother seems to have grown a lot. Li Min bent down gently and was about to call out "Mom", when He Zizhen opened her eyes. Seeing that it was her daughter whom she had been thinking about day and night, He Zizhen's eyes instantly shined, and her lips were twitching as if she said, "You are here."
Li Min wiped away the tears, held He Zizhen's hand with both hands and said, "Mom, we are here to see you, where are you feeling uncomfortable?" He Zizhen pointed at her abdomen with her dry fingers and said, "The stomach hurts." He Zizhen was still very awake at this time, and her trembling voice proved that she was suffering from the destruction of the disease.
Li Min
After several days of diagnosis and treatment, He Zizhen's temperature finally dropped, and she became much more energetic. She also said that she should eat something delicious when she is hungry.No one expected that this was He Zizhen's rebirth before his death. That night, He Zizhen's condition worsened again and he could never be saved. This year, He Zizhen was 75 years old.
The news of He Zizhen's death quickly spread across the country, causing many people to cry for it. As for He Zizhen's funeral, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee did not dare to claim the matter without authorization and asked the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, but the General Office of the CPC Central Committee was also very embarrassed and had to ask Deng Xiaoping for instructions.
After learning the news, Deng Xiaoping pondered for a long time: "Zizhen is a good comrade of the Communist Party of China. Our leaders of the central government will send wreaths, so put their ashes in one room!" Room One is the place where the ashes of the central leaders are stored in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. Deng Xiaoping's words set the tone for the specifications of He Zizhen's funeral.
On April 25, 1984, a farewell ceremony for Comrade He Zizhen's body was held in the hall of Longhua Revolutionary Cemetery, Shanghai. All Party and state leaders have sent wreaths.
April 26, Central People's Radio broadcast the news of He Zizhen's death and made a historical fair evaluation of her: Comrade He Zizhen is a strong communist fighter and an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China. Her life is a revolutionary life and a hard struggle!
