Figure | In April 1937, Mao Zedong was at Yan'an Airport
Preface
As a leader, Mao Zedong did not have many requirements for eating. Moreover, during the three difficult periods of New China, he took the lead in enduring hardships with the people of the whole country, and formulated "three no's" for himself: do not eat meat, eggs, and do not exceed the quantity of food.
So, what interesting things did Mao Zedong have in terms of eating?
and Red Army drink wild vegetable porridge together
Sanwan adaptation During the period, in order to eliminate the old habits and old systems within the army, Mao Zedong waved his hand and carried out a major reform of the army and formulated many measures. What moved everyone the most was that canceled the small stove for officers and stipulated that officers and soldiers eat together. From the secretary of the front committee and the commander of the division, to the groom servicemen, the Red Army all ate one pot of rice and one plate of dishes, and no one was allowed to make special treatment.
This measure was cheered and supported by soldiers and the masses as soon as it was implemented. Even Luo Ronghuan couldn't help but sigh: "This is an amazing change. It strengthens the relationship between officers and soldiers, and also plays a positive role in the test and transformation of cadres."
Figure|In 1937, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, and Qin Bangxian were in Yan'an
At that time, the environment in the Red Army was not good. Outside was the "encirclement and suppression" that the Kuomintang was eyeing. They did not dare to act rashly. Moreover, the base area lacked doctors and medicine. The most important thing was that even basic food and clothing could not be guaranteed. The Red Army could not find a way to satisfy hunger, and could only go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables to satisfy hunger, so as to spend the torment of the years.
However, even in such an environment, the Red Army soldiers still had no complaints, but were able to make fun of their hardships and compiled a song for themselves that has been sung to this day: "Red Rice, Pumpkin Soup , autumn eggplant, delicious and full of food."
If we talk about our current life, it is difficult to understand why they are so happy. It is actually very simple, because as a member of the Central Committee and secretary of the Front Committee, Mao Zedong ate exactly the same meal as them.
The Red Army officers and soldiers could only drink porridge, but they did not just drink porridge, and they would also add wild vegetables to it, which would not only make you feel full, but also save rice grains.
Mao Zedong had no complaints about this. Like the yamen, he drank wild vegetable porridge every day. However, the cook who followed Mao Zedong felt sorry for him. The work that was reversed every day and night was not good for the body. If he couldn't even keep up with the nutrition, how could the body bear it?
Figure | In 1938, Mao Zedong made a bowl of white rice for Mao Zedong in
Finally, the cook specially made a bowl of white rice for Mao Zedong. When it was time to go, the bowl of white rice was served on the table. However, when Mao Zedong saw the white rice on the table, he directly brought it to the kitchen, and then asked the cook: "What do you eat?"
Before the cook could answer, Mao Zedong saw a large bucket of wild vegetable porridge with sharp eyes, and immediately understood the meaning. Everyone was still drinking wild vegetable porridge, and his bowl of white rice was an exception.
However, Mao Zedong didn't say anything, but poured all the white rice in his hand into the wild vegetable porridge bucket. Then, he stirred it with a spoon in the bucket until it was evenly inside. He then put a bowl of it, and then walked to the soldiers without changing his face and drank the porridge in his hand in big mouthfuls.
For Mao Zedong, he was no different from ordinary Red Army soldiers. He could eat whatever they eat, and there was no need to make special cases.
We are the Red Army, how can the leader be specialized
0 Mao Zedong himself is from Hunan, so he loves peppers deeply, and he can be said to be happy without spicy food. Moreover, for this, he also said "Don't eat peppers, no revolution." The simple seven words are enough to let everyone see his love for peppers.
Picture | In 1938, Mao Zedong went to Xunwu, Jiangxi to start investigation and research. However, due to the limitations of conditions, they cook cabbage in clean water. If they take a look, they can understand that there is almost no oil or water. If they taste it again, they will find that even the salt is pitifully low.
Wu Jiqing, the guard who followed Mao Zedong, couldn't bear to eat these things. Before he came to work with Mao Zedong, he heard that Mao Zedong liked to eat chili very much. Seeing that he had eaten water for a long time, Wu Jiqing decided to change Mao Zedong's taste.
So, he began to knock on the door from door to search for the fellow villagers' homes. His final efforts were not in vain. Finally, he found the red pepper at the fellow villagers' homes. Everything was ready. In the evening, Wu Jiqing specially delivered the fried red pepper to Mao Zedong's room.
At that time, Mao Zedong was concentrating on writing a research report, so when he saw the red pepper in front of him, he was confused. He knew that under the current conditions, he could not eat chili peppers, but the guard actually got them for him, so he finally asked this question: "Where did the chili peppers come from?"
pic | In 1938, Mao Zedong wrote "On the Protracted War" in Yan'an Cave
Wu Jiqing looked proud: "I asked for it from my cousin."
Then, Wu Jiqing saw Mao Zedong suddenly stood up, walked towards him, and said to him: "Have your company commander told you? Have you told you?"
Then, Wu Jiqing saw Mao Zedong suddenly stood up, walked towards him, and said to him: "Did your company commander tell you?"
Then, Wu Jiqing saw Mao Zedong suddenly stood up, walked towards him, and said to him: "Did your company commander tell you?" 'Three major disciplines, eight points to pay attention to '? '
Wu Jiqing replied: "No!"
Mao Zedong was not angry, and still said gently: "Comrade Wu Jiqing, you can't blame you for this matter. The main reason is that we do not promote the policies of the New Warrior Party enough and the education did not keep up with it in time. You will tell your company commander to let the commander send the pepper money to the fellow villagers from my meal fee, and also apologize to others."
Wu Jiqing realized that he had done bad things with good intentions and should not violate discipline. So he returned the pepper to the fellow villagers as Mao Zedong said and apologized to others.
Of course, Mao Zedong and Chili have a deep relationship. During the Long March , Mao Zedong led the Red Army across the grassland. The conditions at that time were even more difficult, and pepper became a rare food.
Picture|Red Army Crossing the Grassland
Therefore, when they allocated food to the central leaders, the guards took their own initiative and received 20 more red peppers for Mao Zedong. He thought that Mao Zedong would be in a better mood when he saw these peppers. However, he did a good job of doing bad things. After seeing these peppers, Mao Zedong not only was not happy, but he didn't even smile on his face. Instead, he said seriously: "We are the Red Army, how can the leader make it special?"
Mao Zedong has always been a strict person and will not rely on his own identity to make it special.
Don’t buy expensive things for me to eat
Mao Zedong formed such a thought, which was inseparable from his son of a farmer. Therefore, he understood more clearly the hard work of the hard work of the working people and did not pay attention to wearing it. In the new three years, the old three years, and the sewing and repairing for another three years, he had a lot of patches on his clothes, and even Zhongshan server is rarely made.
At the beginning of the founding of New China, the guard Wu Xiangting went to Mao Zedong as his life administrator for a few days and had an intersection with Mao Zedong.
Picture|In 1945, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi and Zhu De were on the seven rostrums
One day, Wu Xiangting met Mao Zedong in the kitchen. Seeing that he was so busy that he was not stuck in the ground, Mao Zedong was so curious that he asked directly: "Wu Xiangting, what are you doing?"
Wu Xiangting replied: "I just came back from buying vegetables."
Mao Zedong continued: "You have changed your career. OK, let me tell you, as long as your food is cooked cleanly, don't buy expensive things for me to eat. For example, it's winter now, don't buy fresh vegetables such as tomatoes and cucumbers. Now it's money to buy a cucumber, you can buy a basket of cucumbers in summer. You can only eat one meal for a cucumber in winter, and you can eat dozens of meals for a basket of cucumbers in summer."
Many people cannot understand. Mao Zedong was busy with all his life. Why did he understand vegetables so well? In fact, this is because he checked the family's income and expenditure every month. Moreover, even if he went to another place to inspect, he would not forget the food expenses and ensure that he would not exceed the standard.
Once, Mao Zedong went to Lushan for a meeting. For this reason, he specially found his secretary Gao Zhi , and explained to him: "Gao Zhi, please calculate with Master Li to see if my food expenses exceed it. If it exceeds it, you can't subsidize it. ”
Picture | In 1946, Mao Zedong played table tennis in Yan'an
Master Li immediately took off his spirit and calculated the bill carefully, and reported: "No more than. "Mao Zedong was still a little worried and asked again: "Does coal money be included?" ”
Master Li quickly replied: “I’ve counted it. "
Mao Zedong repeatedly reminded him: "If it exceeds it, you cannot call a local subsidy. "
This shows that Mao Zedong had high requirements for himself.
As a national leader, Mao Zedong received gifts from all over the world every year, such as ginseng and deer antlers, which are even more ordinary things. In fact, he could clearly regard these things as private ownership. However, Mao Zedong did not do this. Instead, he properly placed these supplements, registered them all, and then confiscated them all.
1964, Indonesian Overseas Chinese representatives once sent 31.5 to Mao Zedong at one time Mao Zedong did not hide any private information about the high-end bird's nests. Instead, he asked the staff to send all of these bird's nests to Great Hall of the People to entertain foreign guests.
The people who followed Mao Zedong were moved by his actions.
Even Mao Zedong's life administrator Wu Liandeng couldn't help but say: "A pair of bamboo chopsticks, a simple dining table that was pounded by his feet, and a few plates of chili mold tofu, the chairman seemed to maintain his unique 'nutritional balance' throughout his life. He obviously does not have the potential to be a foodie, nor does he plan to become a foodie. "
pic | Mao Zedong, who moved to northern Shaanxi in 1947,
, so, there is no need to guess what special food would be on Mao Zedong's dining table. He lives a normal life, even simpler than ordinary people.
As he said: "We live in this world not to eat the world, but to transform the world. This is humans, and there is this difference between humans and other animals. "
There is no need to spend too much effort on food, transforming the world is more important.
serves the leftovers from noon
Whether it is an ordinary day or a special festival like the New Year, for Mao Zedong, there is any difference.
Whether it is New Year's Day or Spring Festival, Mao There are three meats and two vegetables and one soup on the table. Foods such as abalone and shark fin will not appear on the table at all.
However, Mao Zedong still had taboos when eating. He didn't like to eat them, because he saw dead mice in the soy sauce workshop when he was a child, and he didn't like to eat beef and mutton.
for Mao Zedong The meals of Xi are the most experienced by the chef Cheng Ruming who is by his side.
pic | In August 1949, Mao Zedong and his old friend Liu Yazi were together
1962, Mao Zedong welcomed a very special person on New Year's Eve, which is Emperor Xuantong Puyi .
After Puyi was released from prison, Mao Zedong took good care of him. He not only arranged work for him, but also paid great attention to him in daily life.
During the Spring Festival this year, Mao Zedong simply invited Puyi to have a meal on New Year's Eve.
For Puyi, who used to eating big fish and meat, this meal should be extremely unforgettable, because there were no delicacies on the table, and there was no nectar and jade liquid.
The first thing to serve was fried bitter melon with green peppers. Everyone can understand this dish. Mao Zedong himself is from Hunan and Hunanese are fond of spicy food, so there is nothing special about the appearance of peppers on the table, and Puyi just nodded.
Then, Cheng Ruming placed the second dish on the table, and it would be a plate of fermented black beans . Such a plate of dishes also accounted for the share. Puyi was at peace and the food would definitely be better in the future.
result disappointed him because Cheng Ruming gave him a thunder critical strike next, and what he brought with him was rice and steamed buns.
If you want to find the most expensive food on the table, it should be that bottle of wine.
pic |Picture | Puyi and Zai Tao and Pujie were together
Mao Zedong saw that there were not many dishes on the table, and he ordered Cheng Ruming: "Super the leftovers from noon."
In fact, Mao Zedong did not mean to anyone. He was in a natural disaster for three years, and Mao Zedong had to take the lead.
Not only this time, Cheng Ruming said that Mao Zedong’s New Year’s Eve dinners were leftovers many times.
Bird's nest, shark fin, abalone, he doesn't eat
In addition to Cheng Ruming, Chen Daizeng, a chef at Beijing Hotel Huaiyang cuisine, also worked as a chef of Mao Zedong, and his impression of getting along with Mao Zedong was very deep.
Chen Daizeng faced Mao Zedong, and could only sigh that he was really "a place where heroes are useless."
The skills he learned in a Beijing hotel were simply not used by Mao Zedong. After spending a long time together, Chen Daizeng almost lost his skills because Mao Zedong had his own set of his own principles of eating.
Mao Zedong had very strict requirements on himself. Without his consent, others would have no way to change his food standards and eating habits.
pic | In 1951, Mao Zedong and his children went to Xiangshan
bird's nest, shark fin and abalone, Mao Zedong didn't eat any of them. He usually just had simple food and even wild vegetables.
However, sometimes Mao Zedong ordered dishes himself, but this ingredient must be used as the best.
If you eat chicken, then make chicken thigh chicken spicy chicken diced and cook the chicken bones on the rack. You can’t throw it away after boiling the soup. You have to make it into bait. Then use these baits to fish in the deep sea water of Zhongnanhai . It won’t take long, and the pockets will be filled with shrimp roe. Then the chef uses these to make shrimps for Mao Zedong to cook small fish.
I used my royalties to treat everyone to a meal
In 1964, Mao Zedong celebrated his 71st birthday.
On this day, Zhongnanhai welcomed several special people, namely the famous scientist Qian Xuesen , the leaders of intellectuals Xing Yanzi and Dong Jiageng, the "Iron Man" Wang Jinxi and Dazhai Party Branch Secretary Chen Yonggui, they are all representatives who are participating in the third National People's Congress .
This is also the first time they have entered Zhongnanhai. Before they come, they wear the best clothes in their homes on them, but they are still a little excited and at a loss.
pic | Mao Zedong invited model workers to a banquet
Mao Zedong made a gesture when he saw the visitor, and everyone immediately understood and sat down. Then, Mao Zedong said happily: "Today is neither a birthday nor a birthday celebration, but a 'three-same' implementation. I used my royalties to treat everyone to a meal. My children did not allow them to come, and they were not qualified. There are workers, farmers, and the People's Liberation Army together. Not only do they have to eat, but they also have to talk!"
The originally tense atmosphere was not so tense after Mao Zedong said these words, everyone was not so restrained.
Moreover, what surprised these model workers even more was that they saw that there was a very obvious patch behind Mao Zedong's white cloth shirt. The result was unexpected, and they felt that Mao Zedong was approachable.
When eating, Mao Zedong did not remain silent, but took care of each of them, and they gradually took down their guard.
Mao Zedong turned to Yu Qiuli, "How many years have you been studying?"
Yu Qiuli answered well, "Three years of elementary school", Mao Zedong was shocked: "It's great to have a Daqing in three years of elementary school!"
As he chatted, the topic shifted to Daqing. Among the people present, Wang Jinxi was completely closely related to Daqing, so Mao Ze Dong wanted to give him a thumbs up: "It's great that the oil workers work hard together to create a Daqing! The oil workers do a fierce job and fight well. I want to learn Daqing in industrial science."
Figure | In February 1956, Mao Zedong and physicist Qian Xuesen were happy at the banquet. Wang Jin was so happy that he could get Mao Zedong's praise, and he could do better.
Immediately afterwards, Mao Zedong looked at Chen Yonggui again: "You are a crop expert. How old are you?" Chen Yonggui said the truth: "50 years old."
Mao Zedong also sighed in his heart: "You know your destiny at fifty. Don't be upright. You can't be upright for the rest of your life. Some people are not good, your tail is too high, you have to be as a human being with your tail!"
Mao Zedong looked at Dong Jiageng and Xing Yanzi again: "Can you see " reference message " in the village?"
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l7 Dong Jiageng said without hesitation: "A commune only has one copy of "Reference News", which is limited to the top leader who can see it. After reading it, it has to be sealed and returned to the county. I heard that it must be kept confidential. I am a member of the Party Committee. I occasionally see "Reference News" from the secretary, but the words are too small..."
Mao Zedong immediately said to Zhou En: "Reference News" should be printed more, and the words should be larger..."
After hearing this, Mao Zedong frowned. This matter really needs to be solved. So, he immediately said to Zhou En: "Reference News" should be printed more, and the words should be larger. The negative teaching materials are negative teachers, which can educate people, and we can also produce , Jiang Kaishi, and selections to educate us. ”
Photo | In March 1960, Mao Zedong shook hands with the national industrial model Meng Tai
At the dinner table, Mao Zedong still had no airs and kept picking vegetables for the educated youth. After the meal, Mao Zedong also gave each person an apple and shook hands with them friendly and said goodbye.
This day was Mao Zedong's birthday, but he did not think there was anything special, but did the same thing, because he would not make special things, nor would he hold a special birthday party for his own.
Sacrifice to the great Chairman Mao!
