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On October 1, 1949, the new China was officially established, and the news that Chairman Mao was elected as President of the State soon spread throughout the motherland.
At that time, relatives from Chairman Mao’s hometown, classmates when he was studying, and old friends who had intersected during the revolution all wrote letters to Zhongnanhai .
Some of them wrote letters to congratulate the Communist Party of China led by Chairman Mao for achieving victory in the revolution.
Chairman Mao
Some people write letters to get a well-known job or live a life without worries about food and clothing.
However, Chairman Mao has a strict "three rules" for this request, namely : Don't come to Beijing to see me, don't let me arrange work, and don't let local governments arrange work in my name.
For relatives and friends who had helped Chairman Mao before, Chairman Mao mostly used royalties to help them in their lives. Occasionally, there were some family and brothers who sacrificed for the revolution, and Chairman Mao would also invite them to Beijing to gather.
Chairman Mao
950, Chairman Mao's niece Chen Guosheng Why life difficulties, he wrote a letter to Chairman Mao for work, but was rejected. and then was invited by Chairman Mao to Beijing to meet. The two had a great time. During the conversation, Chen Guosheng suddenly proposed to Chairman Mao that he would build a grave for his mother Mao Ze. Chairman Mao said : "The country is very poor, and it is not possible now."
However, what is unknown is that Chen Guosheng is not Chairman Mao’s niece, Mao Zejian is not his biological mother, and Chairman Mao is not the elder brother born to Mao Zejian’s mother.
If we want to unravel this series of characters through Chen Guosheng, we have to trace back to the chaotic era of barbarian invasion and warlord separatism...
Chairman Mao is with the people
The tragic encounter between Mao Zejian and Chen Guosheng
On October 1905, in Maotang, Shaoshan, Chairman Mao's poor peasant uncle's home, another miserable girl "Jumei".
"Jumei"'s father is Mao Zedong's father Mao Shunsheng's cousin Mao Jusheng, who has three sons in Mao Zedong's family, Mao Zehua, Mao Zelian and Mao Zeqing.
Jumeizi is the only girl among Chairman Mao’s cousins, . Therefore, she has been loved by the whole clan since she was a child, especially Chairman Mao’s mother Wen Qimei, who takes good care of Jumeizi.
Because Mao Jusheng's family is very poor, in order to support his family, he almost pawned all the fertile land in his family and never had the ability to raise Jumei anymore.
Chairman Mao took a photo with his relatives
For this reason, wen Qimei intentionally took Jumei to the home to raise her, and over time she became a daughter as close as her children.
Jumeizi is good-looking and diligent. When Chairman Mao went out to study and join the army, Jumeizi took on the main responsibility of taking care of Wen Qimei and her uncle.
919 to early 1920, Chairman Mao’s parents and Jumei’s biological father Mao Jusheng died of illness one after another. Jumei lost her life support and returned to her poor hometown. At that time, Jumei's mother suffered from eye disease and gave birth to several children in succession, but she really couldn't raise her. So she listened to the villagers and "selled" her local family as a "child bride", and she fell into dire straits.
Chairman Mao
At Xiao’s family, in order to have a bite of food, Jumei got up early and worked late every day, such as cutting pig grass, picking firewood, washing clothes, cooking, doing farm work, etc., she is often so tired that she is dizzy and can’t straighten her waist.
It was almost evening one day, and 号号 was squatting beside the well in the yard to brush the iron pot. Because of long-term starvation and malnutrition, her eyes turned black, and her forehead hit the edge of the iron pot, blood flowed.
Unexpectedly, at this time, the old mother of the Xiao family came over and pressed her head viciously to the hot iron pot, and directly burned the chrysanthemum until she fainted.
Ju Meizi (Mao Zejian)
At that time, Chairman Mao was leading the campaign to expel warlords in Hunan and could not get rid of himself and care about Jumeizi's problems.
It was not until August 1920 that Chairman Mao returned from Shanghai to Hunan to prepare for the establishment of a communist group. He had the opportunity to return home and learned about Jumei's situation.
When Chairman Mao came to Xiao’s house in Shaoshan, Hunan, and saw the chrysanthemum girl with a yellow face and a scalding mark on her forehead, he suddenly remembered what her mother Wen Qimei said to him before she was critically ill : "The Mao family is just a girl like Jumei. You must treat her as your biological girl and help her study and life."
So, Chairman Mao stretched out his hand to touch Jumei's head and said, "If you want to get rid of your current life, you can only have the only way out for revolution."
Chairman Mao
"I'll go with my brother, I want to do the revolution", Jumei's eyes showed unprecedented firmness.
"You have to learn culture first, then do revolution, and then call it Mao Zejian in the future." After Chairman Mao said that, he walked to Xiao's mother and slandered him for a long time before he broke up the relationship between Jumei.
923, Mao Zejian was admitted to the Third Women's Normal School in Hunan Province. Here, she led students to oppose hegemony and the principal's corruption, and once became the leader of the school's student movement. Here, Mao Zejian met his lifelong love, Communist Party member Chen Fen . Two years later, the two became husband and wife under the encouragement of their brother Chairman Mao.
Chen Fen
926, the Hunan Special Committee of the Communist Party of China instructed Mao Zejian to go to Hengyang to organize peasant movements and fight guerrillas locally. In October of the following year, the Hunan Special Committee of the Communist Party of China formed the Hengshan County Party Committee, allowing Mao Zejian's husband Chen Fen to be the county party committee secretary, and appointed him as a member of the district party committee to continue to lead the women's and peasants' movement. At that time, Mao Zejian's husband Chen Shuyuan and brother-in-law Liang Zenan also participated in the revolutionary activities, and later both of the husband and wife died in the revolution.
His daughter Liang Guosheng was adopted by Mao Zejian and Chen Fen, and since then he changed his name to Chen Guosheng. Mao Zejian told Chen Guosheng : "You have a great uncle in Jinggangshan ".
martyrs who died in the Mao family
In the summer of 1928, Mao Zejian and her husband Chen Fen fought guerrillas in Leiyang County, but unfortunately they were seriously injured and fell into the hands of the enemy.
Because Mao Zejian was pregnant, the enemy did not take any ruthless measures against him, but "beheaded" his husband and hung it on the city tower in Leiyang County.
At that time, Chairman Mao was opening a revolutionary base in Jinggangshan. After learning that his sister was imprisoned under pregnancy, he immediately organized people to rescue her.
was finally rescued, but because he was about to be born, he had to choose to hide on the spot, so he did not follow the large army to move.
Chairman Mao
At that time, Mao Zejian was secretly waiting for delivery at the home of a village woman in Xiatangpu. A few days after giving birth to a baby boy, he was searched by the enemy and went to prison again.
Later, Mao Zejian's son was starved to death because he had no milk to feed him. He was transferred from Leiyang County Prison to Hengyang County Prison by the enemy, and then taken to Hengshan Prison, living a hellish life for more than a year.
It is reported that after learning about Chairman Mao Zejian and Chairman Mao's sister, the enemy tortured him. He first whipped him with a whip, and finally pulled out her fingernails one by one.
Chairman Mao was with the people
However, Mao Zejian's belief in the revolution was extremely firm. Even if he was tortured to the end, she did not surrender to the enemy, nor did she reveal any information about her brother Chairman Mao.
On August 20, 1929, Mao Zejian was killed by the reactionaries of Hengshan County on Mamiaoping outside the south gate of the city. He was only 24 years old.
Mao Zejian is the only girl among the four brothers of Mao’s father’s generation, is Chairman Mao’s only sister, and the earliest one to sacrifice for the revolution in the Mao family.
After Mao Zejian's death, Chen Guosheng became a completely unreliable orphan in this world. From then on, she grew up hard in Xiangxiang County, Hunan with her mother Mao Zejian's relics...
Marty's Tomb
Nickname and uncle's meeting experience
After the death of the chrysanthemum girl Mao Zejian, Chairman Mao lost his wife Yang Kaihui, which also made him fall into the abyss of pain for a time.
In the years that followed, Chairman Mao turned grief and anger into strength and led the Red Army across the Grand Canal, to capture the Luding Bridge, , and four times crossing the Chishui . While creating a miracle of human survival, he led the Chinese revolution to victory.
In 1950, shortly after the founding of New China, Chen Guosheng, who was far away in Xiangxiang, Hunan, wrote a letter and sent it to Zhongnanhai.
Yang Kaihui and her sons
Chairman Mao looked at the letter and suddenly recalled that his sister Mao Zejian and brother-in-law Chen Fen seemed to have mentioned to him that he had adopted a girl named Guohua when he was fighting guerrilla warfare in Hunan.
Because Chairman Mao has been focusing on war for many years, he has not returned to his hometown for decades, and he knows very little about the situation of his relatives and friends at home.
Chen Guosheng's letter not only aroused Chairman Mao's pity for his sister, but also made him miss his brother and his sacrificial brother in his hometown.
But sympathy is pity. Chairman Mao read this "help letter" from his niece Chen Guosheng many times, but still did not make up his mind to give "care".
Chairman Mao
In the letter, Chen Guosheng revealed to Chairman Mao his misfortune from childhood to adulthood and the current situation of poverty and poverty. He hopes that Chairman Mao can remember his brother-sister relationship with his mother Mao Zejian, help her or arrange a job in Beijing.
For the sake of principle, although Chairman Mao refused, he took out a portion of his weak salary to help Guosheng and told her that Mao Zejian's daughter should know how to be self-reliant like a mother.
951, Chen Guosheng suddenly received an invitation letter from the local government, ordering him to pack his bags and prepare to go to Beijing to meet his uncle Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao is with the people
Not a day, Chen Guosheng and his relatives from Chairman Mao Shaoshan Hometown came to Beijing by train.
As soon as she arrived in Zhongnanhai, Chen Guosheng was shocked by this majestic ancient city. Especially after seeing her uncle Chairman Mao, she was so excited that she didn't know why.
"Are you a baby in China? I am your third uncle," Chairman Mao said amiably. This is the first time that their uncle and nephew have met in more than 20 years.
Chen Guosheng nodded a little shyly, and forgot to open his mouth to speak for a moment. Seeing that he was nervous, Chairman Mao asked him to sit down.
left second: Chairman Mao
Then Chairman Mao took the initiative to talk to Chen Guosheng about the past when he was a child in Shaoshan, Hunan, especially when he mentioned his younger sister Mao Zejian, he also said : "My sister Ju is a good child. If she lives, she can do a lot for the country."
As he spoke, Chairman Mao began to sigh, probably because he failed his mother Wen Qimei's instructions during his lifetime, and he felt a little disappointed.
Immediately afterwards, Chairman Mao talked with Chen Guosheng about some stories about Wen's mother naming him "Shi Sanyizi", and told her that she had not returned to her hometown to visit her parents' graves for 20 years.
At this time, Chen Guosheng suddenly remembered that since Ze Jian's mother died, she was buried on the hills of Jinzi Peak in Hengshan. Until now, there was no decent inscription, and few relatives paid tribute.
Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou
So, Chen Guosheng said to Chairman Mao : "San uncle, can you ask the local government to repair the tomb for Zejian's mother?"
Chairman Mao was smoking a cigarette and said earnestly to Chen Guosheng: "Where is the money to build? There are millions of people across the country who sacrificed for war. If everyone builds a grave, how much arable land will the government afford, and how much farmland it will occupy, and what farmers eat and drink?"
Chen Guosheng said nothing, but muttered in his heart that Zejian's mother is a girl who my uncle sees as a big girl, and a martyr. It's nothing to book a grave and erect a good monument.
Chairman Mao and Qian Xuesen
Chairman Mao immediately said : "Do you know that my parents have passed away for more than 20 years and are still buried on the slope behind the house. Some people also suggest repairing it, but I don't agree."
Just because the country was too poor at that time, the economy was full of holes, and the problem of living people's food and clothing had not been solved, how can we think about those who have passed away?
"When the country's economy is better, I can take out spare money to commemorate the martyrs, it's not too late to repair it." , Chairman Mao said that, lit another cigarette, and his thoughts had long since floated back to his hometown in Shaoshan...
After staying in Beijing for about half a month, Chairman Mao gave Chen Guosheng a subsidy of 200 yuan and sent him on the train back to his hometown.
Chairman Mao
Back in his hometown, Chen Guosheng will tell his son about meeting Chairman Mao in Beijing. His son Song Yang was at the age of a ruffian, and it spread throughout the village within a few days.
Over time, more gossip in the village became more and more gossiped, and some people questioned Chen Guosheng and said : "You said you have met Chairman Mao, have you ever had photos? Is there any evidence? Don't be a political liar?"
Chen Guosheng was very distressed. When he got home, he criticized his son, so that he would not be allowed to mention that Chairman Mao was his grandfather's business in the future.
Unexpectedly, Song Yangzheng not only did not listen to his mother's advice, but instead took away the 10 yuan from his home and boarded the train to Beijing alone in order to prove that what his mother said was true.
Chairman Mao was with the people
It was in August 1953. Since Song Yang was leaving, the village suddenly exploded, and Chen Guosheng even called on the mountain to salvage it in the river because he could not find his son.
It was not until more than 10 days later that his son Song Yang was riding in a special car and was escorted by the central guard to return to the village with the handwritten letter from Chairman Mao’s secretary Tian Jiaying , that Chen Guosheng’s hanging heart was completely let go.
After his son's "makes" like this, although the people in the village did not dare to gossip, Chen Guosheng seemed a little guilty because he failed Chairman Mao's teachings.
Chairman Mao is with the people
955, Chairman Mao once again invited relatives from his hometown in Hunan to visit Beijing, and explicitly asked only one family to come. Chen Guosheng's youngest daughter finally came to Beijing with her mother because she cried and shouted to see her "grandfather". Before leaving Beijing this time, Chen Guosheng took the initiative to take a photo with Chairman Mao, but when taking the photo, her 9-year-old daughter stood by Chairman Mao first, while Chen Guosheng "had to" stand on the far left of Chairman Mao.
On the surface, although Chairman Mao did not allow relatives and friends to come to Beijing many times, he couldn't let them go in his heart. Especially after he got older, Chairman Mao wanted to know whether his relatives and friends in his hometown were doing well.
left first: Chairman Mao
Chen Guosheng, as his most cherished girl, stayed in this world's only "descendant". Chairman Mao wanted to take more care of him from the bottom of his heart.
It is reported that since the 1950s, Chairman Mao would spend 200 yuan a month to fund the life of Chen Guosheng's family, and this matter lasted until the 1970s.
Later, Chen Guosheng and his family encountered difficulties in a special era. After hearing the news, Chairman Mao asked Premier Zhou to come forward and preserve the lives of their family. I am afraid that the immediate family will be unable to compare with such care?
