As we all know, Chairman Mao is a great proletarian leader. His life is not only outstanding, but also hard and simple, and never wastes himself.
It is precisely because of this that Chairman Mao never has his birthday.
But when he was 71 years old, Chairman Mao held a small birthday party abnormally.
At the originally happy meal, Chairman Mao suddenly said to the four guests with a stern voice: "Don't raise your tail!"
The originally lively banquet was silent in an instant.
So, who are the four guests of ? Why did Chairman Mao suddenly say this?
Mao Zedong named and invited four model workers
December 26, 1964, which was Mao Zedong's birthday. Mao Zedong was exactly 71 years old this year.
According to traditional customs, birthdays should be over 7 after birthdays, so this time, the district secretaries around Mao Zedong strongly demanded that Mao Zedong live a grander life.
The district secretaries demanded that Mao Zedong's birthday be held in a grand manner. In addition to thinking that Mao Zedong should have a good birthday, they also meant to ease the tension brought by the meeting.
However, facing everyone's request to celebrate his birthday, Mao Zedong firmly rejected the comrades' suggestions: "There were regulations before that the central leaders did not celebrate their birthdays." The comrades around
said that on the birthday, you can take out the royalties to treat everyone to a meal in the name of private.
Mao Zedong laughed out loud, embarrassed to refuse.
Therefore, Mao Zedong took out a sum of his royalties to the comrades around him to help him organize a birthday party.
However, in terms of the invitation of the banquet, Mao Zedong did not let them make the decision, but put forward his own proposal, and he wanted to personally designate a candidate to attend his birthday party.
Of course, no one has any opinions on this.
In the list drafted by Mao Zedong himself, he mentioned that he would invite some leading comrades in the central government, the main responsible comrades of various major regions, and a small number of ministers.
Since this, Mao Zedong's list pointed out separately includes more than 30 people, which is a rare large-scale birthday party for Mao Zedong.
Among the more than 30 people, there are workers, farmers, the People's Liberation Army and intellectual scientists, covering all aspects of talents and classes that are most needed in the construction of New China, which can deeply reflect Mao Zedong's idea of putting people first.
Among them, there are several people named by Mao Zedong, who are particularly eye-catching. They are: Dong Jiageng, Chen Yonggui, Xing Yanzi and Wang Jinxi .
The four of them just participated in the congress and are representatives of model workers. The life experiences of the four are quite legendary.
Although several people dressed very simply at the meeting and their faces were tanned, in Mao Zedong's eyes, they were the most meaningful and representative group at the meeting.
Among the four people, Dong Jiageng is from Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. He was born in an ordinary local farmer family in 1940.
Although he was an ordinary and poor person, Dong Jiageng had established the lofty ambition of studying and serving the country since he was a child. He repeatedly begged his parents to send him to school.
Although the family needs someone to work, their parents can't resist Dong Jiageng's request and still send him to school.
finally achieved this wish. Dong Jiageng studied hard in school and his grades were also among the best.
However, in the summer of 1961, Dong Jiageng made an astonishing choice - after he had excellent grades, he actually chose to give up after getting the chance to be admitted to Peking University !
In the face of everyone's discomfort, Dong Jiageng ignored it and just focused on his work.
In fact, he made this choice because of Mao Zedong.
1961, the domestic economic situation was relatively bad and the agricultural economy was severely damaged due to various reasons.
Faced with this situation, Mao Zedong issued a enthusiastic call to "intellectual youth go to the countryside". Dong Jiageng responded to this call and was determined to support the rural farming construction cause.
Compared with Dong Jiageng, Xing Yanzi is a rare female model worker, and also a female educated youth who responded to Chairman Mao’s call to go to the front line of the countryside to work.
From Sijiazhuang Village Kindergarten to the "Swallow Commando", Xing Yanzi led the women of the village to make outstanding achievements in the rural socialist construction.
Iron Man Wang Jinxi was born in a poor family and became an oil worker after the liberation of Yumen.
At that time, becoming a worker was a glorious thing.
is not only no longer a farmer facing the loess and facing the sky, but also has the opportunity to directly contribute to the industrial construction of New China.
Wang Jinxi cherishes such opportunities in life and loves his work very much.
He once used his body to subdue the explosion, "I would rather live twenty years less than to win the big oil field" 's will to soar to the sky supported Wang Jinxi to make great contributions to the oil industry of New China.
It is precisely because of this that Wang Jinxi led the 1205 drilling team of Daqing Oilfield to drill the first oil well in Daqing . All of them were fortunate to come to Beijing as a model labor model on the oil front.
Chen Yonggui A little different from Wang Jinxi is that Chen Yonggui was already a Communist Party member in 1948.
When the founding of New China, Chen Yonggui served as the production committee member, party branch secretary and agricultural cooperative director of Dazhai Village.
During his tenure, he worked diligently, focusing on production and agriculture, creating solid and obvious achievements.
Under the leadership and organization of Chen Yonggui, local farmers have shown great enthusiasm and enthusiasm for agricultural production.
Because of this, he was appointed as the deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Dazhai Commune in 1959, and was deeply loved and trusted by the local people.
So many people attended the audience and so many identities included in the audience. It is really a rare relatively grand birthday party in Mao Zedong's hard and simple life.
But at such a large number of birthday parties, Mao Zedong was wearing a white shirt with a big patch on his back.
This made many cadres who saw it feel very touched. It’s not that the president of a country cannot afford new clothes, so why should he wear a piece of clothing full of patches?
In fact, this is due to Chairman Mao’s consistent hard and simple style.
Mao Zedong always adheres to the simplicity of hard work and simplicity of his work. As early as Mao Zedong's career in studying, he never paid attention to his personal material life and enjoyment.
He doesn’t have much money in his hands. After only meets basic food and clothing, he spends most of the money he saves on buying books.
A long gown when he was studying, Mao Zedong could wear it for several years. Even if the patch was hit and then, he never cared about the eyes of others.
As long as you have a book in your hand, Mao Zedong will not feel panic.
It is precisely with the support of this hard and simple style that Mao Zedong had the money and leisure to read a large number of books.
1921, after the founding of the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong led the workers' movement in Changsha, Anyuan and other places. He ate and lived with the workers, and he didn't care much about living, living and eating conditions.
As the revolution became more and more intense, the thousands of hardships on the Long March 2 road shaped Mao Zedong's tenacious will, and he also deeply imprinted his hard and simple character into his personal style and habits.
After the founding of New China, the country has obtained a relatively stable external environment for development, and the economy such as agriculture and industry has also begun to fully recover and develop under the auspices of Mao Zedong.
Logically speaking, the country is stable at this time and the material conditions are much better. Mao Zedong could eat something better and he had the conditions to go to the next level in terms of wearing.
Many staff members around him also persuaded Chairman Mao to throw away the clothes and supplies that had been sewn for too many years. The President of a country always needs to buy some decent good things.
But Mao Zedong himself did not do so.
After the founding of New China, Mao Zedong's food was indeed better than during the revolution, but he never advocated extravagance and waste, and still maintained a fine style of hard work and simplicity.
Mao Zedong disdained the seafood that many people said was expensive and basically didn't eat much.
His favorite meat dish is just a meal on the table braised pork . as for other dishes that are full of variety are simply disdainful.
For staple food, Mao Zedong also maintained the habit of hard work and simplicity during the revolution. Considering that domestic agriculture is in a stage of slow recovery and development, Mao Zedong rarely eats rice and noodles.
His staple food is usually mixed with soybeans and red beans, and the flour is also mixed with buckwheat flour , sorghum flour or corn flour and coarse grains.
The dishes placed on the table are at most , four dishes and one soup , and most of the time there are many vegetarian dishes, purslane , small cabbage , water spinach , bitter melon, lotus root and various wild vegetables are all more attractive to Mao Zedong's appetite than big fish and meat.
Until now, we can still see the slippers worn by the great leader of Mao Zedong at that time. These cloth slippers were made of large fence inline liter insole.
This pair of ordinary-looking slippers was worn by Mao Zedong several times. Not only did the edge of the shoe have been replaced, but the soles have also fallen off and were later nailed.
Although it has been repaired and repaired, after wearing it for a long time, the newly replaced edge of the shoe in front of the shoe is still worn out again.
Today, even in an ordinary family, I'm afraid I can't find a pair of slippers that look like this.
also has a Mao Zedong pajama, which is similar to these slippers and looks beyond recognition.
As a piece of spring and autumn , you can wear pajamas in both seasons. This white pajamas was made after the founding of New China, and Chairman Mao has been wearing them almost all the time.
The collar of this pajama has been worn out long ago and has been replaced with a new one. Because I often change my pajamas and still work, the cuffs have been worn out to pieces.
had no choice but to change the position of the cuff several times.
Count carefully. There are 67 patches on this pajama, and it is almost impossible to see the original pajamas look like, and it looks a bit shabby.
But in Mao Zedong's view, as long as this dress is not as unblocked, it can always be worn. There is no need to waste materials and supplies, and just change to a new pajama.
In addition to patched pajamas, Mao Zedong even had dozens of patches for an old towel.
Mao Zedong's frugality that is engraved in his bones not only shows that he is present to himself, but also affects the people around him.
read the family style and family education of important leaders at the beginning of the founding of New China. Without exception, one thing that has been mentioned is hard work and simplicity and down-to-earth work.
Li Shangyin once said, "Learn at the predecessors, success comes from diligence and thrift, failure comes from extravagance." Is it thrift or extravagance and waste, to some extent, the key to the success or failure of a country, and it is also the key to the success or failure of a new China that was in trouble at that time.
The reason why the new China, which was just established, was able to gradually overcome various difficulties and develop was also inseparable from the consistent thrifty and simple style of the national leaders led by Mao Zedong.
Of course, it is definitely not enough to only focus on "reducing expenses" in a country's achievements and development, and we must also grasp "open source".
Therefore, Mao Zedong himself also paid great attention to labor and production.
This is also the reason why he invited the four labor models mentioned above at his 71st birthday party. On the evening of December 26, 1964, the representatives of the intellectual youth going to the countryside, together with four model workers, entered the venue.
This is the first time these four model comrades have entered the small canteen of Zhongnanhai in . The dark faces of several people were a little embarrassed and nervous.
Chen Yonggui also specially cleaned up that the black cotton jacket was his best jacket, which was also the latest and best clothes for the party branch secretary who was so anxious at night.
Because it was a guest specially invited by Mao Zedong, several people were named by Mao Zedong and asked to sit next to him.
So, under Zhou Enlai's arrangement, Dong Jiageng sat on Mao Zedong's left hand, and Wang Jinxi sat next to him.
Correspondingly, on Mao Zedong's right hand was Xing Yanzi, who went to the countryside with a female intellectual, and next to Xing Yanzi was Chen Yonggui, the secretary of Dazhai.
Going further next to it is Qian Xuesen and Yu Qiuli, an outstanding scientist in our country. Before the
people were fully arrived, Mao Zedong had already arrived in advance and had no airs of the chairman.
He warmly greeted the guests present to smoke and eat candy, and soon the atmosphere on the venue became harmonious.
people were all together, and Mao Zedong said happily:
"I used my royalties to treat everyone to dinner. My children didn't let them come here, they were not qualified.
There are workers, farmers and the People's Liberation Army here. Not only do they eat, but they also have to talk!"
this speech made the atmosphere at the scene lively instantly, and everyone present couldn't help laughing.
Originally, several model workers' representatives were worried that there was something wrong with their clothes, but when they saw Mao Zedong revealing a conspicuous patch behind the white shirt when he spoke, they were a little surprised.
The great leader actually wore a patched white shirt on his birthday party.
This made the few people who were a little concerned about their image and dressed suddenly relaxed, and then felt a little ashamed of themselves being entangled in such a thing.
Soon, Mao Zedong started chatting with everyone enthusiastically.
Mao Zedong first talked with Yu Qiuli and Wang Jinxi.
He asked Yu Qiuli how many years he had read.
Yu Qiuli told Chairman Mao embarrassedly: "I have only been to elementary school for 3 years."
Mao Zedong praised him very much, praising him for having only been to elementary school for 3 years but being able to celebrate the country. It was really not easy.
Then Mao Zedong turned his attention to Wang Jinxi and encouraged him: "The oil workers did a fierce job and fought well. We must learn from Daqing in industry."
Mao Zedong's words were both compliments and encouragement to Wang Jinxi. Wang Jinxi was a little embarrassed and nodded in response to Mao Zedong's words.
As for Chen Yonggui, who looked quite old next to him, he was a nationally famous "crop expert" at that time, so Chairman Mao asked him how old he is now.
Chen Yonggui answered Mao Zedong honestly, saying that he is now 50 years old.
After hearing Chen Yonggui's answer, Chairman Mao said seriously: "Fifty knows destiny! Don't be upset, you can't be upset for the rest of your life."
Then he said: "Some people are not good, their tails are up too high, they have to behave with their tails!"
As soon as Mao Zedong said these words, he was silent for a while.
1964 is an important year for the national economic transition and development. It has just experienced three years of natural disasters and serious difficulties in the national economy. The most unforgettable thing is to be humble at work and be content with understanding a little bit.
Therefore, as soon as Chairman Mao’s words came out, everyone present couldn’t help but start to reflect on themselves.
When Mao Zedong saw that everyone became serious for a moment, he changed his style intimately and exchanged trivial matters in life with Dong Jiageng and Xing Yanzi.
Soon, with Mao Zedong's approachable and cordial conversation, the four educated youth models increasingly integrated into this warm atmosphere.
During the meal, Mao Zedong frequently picked up food for the two educated youth sitting beside him, telling them not to be restrained and to eat more.
But everyone wants to communicate more with the Chairman and learn more, how can we have time to eat?
After this meal, the four of them returned to their hometowns and devoted themselves to their work, achieving outstanding results in their respective fields.
Later, Chen Yonggui became the Vice Premier of the State Council, and during his tenure as Vice Premier of the State Council, he insisted not to get a salary from the state.
He truly practiced what Mao Zedong said, "not swaying his tail" until the last moment of his life.
Conclusion
Taking root in the people and hard work and simplicity is the greatest thing about Mao Zedong as a great man.
The old saying goes, "Frugality is the common virtue; extravagance is the great evil." History has fully proved that only hard work can achieve success, and if the country is extravagant and desperate, it will inevitably lead to destruction.
Only when everyone learns from the hard work and simplicity of the revolutionary ancestors headed by Mao Zedong can they form a good and positive atmosphere of hard work in the whole society, and truly enable the Chinese nation to flourish and strong and realize the Chinese dream.
