Zhang Yufeng is a child born in an ordinary family. She is from Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province. Because her family is poor, she only went out to work in the sixth grade of elementary school. Fortunately, Zhang Yufeng was lucky and happened to be recruiting workers at the local railway bureau. After interview selection, she was successfully hired and became a railway passenger flight attendant.
looks good, work hard and have excellent professional skills. These advantages bring great development opportunities to Zhang Yufeng in the future. In the autumn of 1960, the Ministry of Railways came to Zhang Yufeng's unit and selected a group of special train personnel. Zhang Yufeng was lucky to be selected. She was only 16 years old that year and was already a conductor of the Central Leader's special train.
After that, Zhang Yufeng's life was like a "cheating". Not long after becoming the conductor of the Central Leadership Train, she was transferred to Chairman Mao's special train and became a staff member on the special train. Zhang Yufeng was serious in her work, careful in her work, and professional ethics, which attracted Chairman Mao's attention.
It is a great honor for Zhang Yufeng to be a staff member around Chairman Mao, something she never dared to think about before. Every time I see Chairman Mao working on the special train, his vicissitudes of life make Zhang Yufeng feel both distressed and sad.
On July 1970, Zhang Yufeng cleaned the train as usual. The train commander received an instruction from her superior, telling her to go to Zhongnanhai . In this way, Zhang Yufeng was taken to Zhongnanhai by the commissioner, where the guards were tightly guarded and became Chairman Mao's life secretary.
Zhang Yufeng from the border city, she is just an ordinary little girl, and perhaps she would never have dreamed of entering Chairman Mao’s core circle overnight. After becoming Chairman Mao’s life secretary, Zhang Yufeng was more excited than walking on thin ice, fearing that she would not do well enough and let down the trust of the organization. After getting along for several years, Chairman Mao saw Zhang Yufeng's uneasy thoughts and said:
In fact, it is difficult to be my secretary, nor is it difficult. It is not difficult to be aware of discipline.
Chairman 0 Chairman Mao’s words not only comforted Zhang Yufeng not to put too much pressure on her, but told her that the job of life secretary is competent; at the same time, Chairman Mao also reminded Zhang Yufeng to abide by the corresponding discipline and not to feel that she is capable and can be proud.
Immediately afterwards, Chairman Mao said something in front of Zhang Yufeng: In the past, there was a guard by me, and I asked him to call Premier Zhou. After he came back, he became arrogant. I felt very uncomfortable when I saw it and criticized him severely.
Chairman Mao was old at that time and was still a little difficult to speak. In order to allow Zhang Yufeng to better understand the things that need to be paid attention to when working as a secretary, the Chairman still made it clear word by word and was very patient.
Immediately afterwards, Chairman Mao pointed to the documents on the desk and said: You can read the documents given to me by the central government, but Wang Dongxing and Zhang Yaoci cannot read them, including my family. If I don’t let them read them, they cannot read them. Zhang Yufeng nodded while listening, silently remembering Chairman Mao's words in her heart. This is the rule she needs to abide by in the future and cannot be careless.
Looking at the young Zhang Yufeng, Chairman Mao encouraged her to study more. In addition to sending and receiving documents every day, she should also read more materials, especially "Reference Materials" and " Reference Message ". Through this window, you can learn about what is happening in the world. If you persist in reading, you can find the problem.
Zhang Yufeng has a low education. Chairman Mao asked her to study more, mainly for her future consideration. Chairman Mao is very concerned about the staff around him and pays great attention to their learning achievements and development direction. He is no exception to the young Zhang Yufeng. This is the kind of concern of the elders for the younger generation.
At the end of the conversation, Chairman Mao patiently reminded Zhang Yufeng again and told her to be humble, cautious and learn more as a secretary. You must not be complacent. You must understand who you work for and who you represent. Don’t think that by being my secretary, you can command everything.
That's it, Chairman Mao made three rules with Zhang Yufeng to let her remember what she said.In her later years, Zhang Yufeng recalled this incident, which left a very deep impression on her, and she still can't forget it.
With Chairman Mao’s side, Zhang Yufeng was very educated, and the burden was also heavy. For a married woman, Zhang Yufeng has two children in her family. She is a mother who works for the Party Central Committee and has to owe the family and is sorry for her children and husband.
Since Zhang Yufeng entered Zhongnanhai, she has worked with Chairman Mao for 6 years and served as life secretary and confidential secretary. During this period, Zhang Yufeng worked carefully every day and worked cautiously, for fear of being careless and making big mistakes. In order to better care for Chairman Mao, who is often sick, Zhang Yufeng learned the common sense of caring for elderly patients with medical staff in her spare time. The Chairman saw this intention.
Chairman Mao’s evaluation of Zhang Yufeng is kind and dedicated, which is a very high evaluation. Zhang Yufeng brought a lot of happiness to Chairman Mao in his later years and became one of the most important and trustworthy people around him.
After Chairman Mao passed away, Zhang Yufeng moved out of Zhongnanhai and returned to her family, stayed with her children and husbands, and enjoyed the family happiness. Now, Zhang Yufeng has already lived a low-key retirement life and often goes to Shaoshan to participate in related activities commemorating Chairman Mao’s birth.
