Chairman Mao took a photo with Li Min
What did Li Min talk to his father? Why did Li Min return disappointed?
It turned out that Li Min was studying at the Women's Middle School affiliated to Beijing Normal University at that time. Because she was already 18 years old, according to the provisions of the " Party Constitution ", Li Min had already met the age requirements to apply to join the Communist Party of China.
So, many peers in the school submitted "applications for joining the party" to the organization, and Li Min was also moved. As the daughter of the leader, Li Min felt that she could not fall behind in this matter.
However, Li Min has concerns that other peers do not have, because many of the uncles and uncles she is familiar with are particularly capable Communists.
Li Min wants to be the same person as them, but Li Min feels that compared to them, she is too small and too naive.
Li Min is very concerned, so she has not submitted an "application for joining the party" to the organization for a long time.
For a while, Li Min kept thinking about a question: Can I join the party organization? What are the standards for joining the party?
Regarding this question, Li Min muttered in her heart for several days, but she had not been able to think clearly.
After thinking about it, Li Min decided to talk to his father about his heart, because he was a "old-qualified" Communist Party member.
Li Min knew that his father was not only the chairman of the Communist Party of China, but also one of the founders of the Communist Party of China. Li Min believed that his father would definitely give him a satisfactory answer.
So, Li Min found her father and made her own request seriously. In order to show her solemnity, Li Min specifically emphasized that this was a "comrade-style communication."
Li Min in his youth
In Chairman Mao's bedroom (and study), Li Min stood in front of his father in a regular manner. In normal times, Li Min may have long been snuggling beside his father like a "little bird dependent on others".
Chairman Mao obviously felt his daughter's nervousness and anxiety. He could not guess what his daughter was going to talk to him, but he clearly realized that his daughter wanted to talk to him about something very important.
In order to ease the atmosphere, Chairman Mao sat on the sofa, lit a cigarette, then looked at Li Min kindly, and said with a kindness: "In the blink of an eye, our Jiaojiao has grown up, and I will change it to 'Comrade Li Min' in the future."
Li Min was amused by his father's words, and his nervous nerves immediately relaxed a lot.
"What should Comrade Li Min talk to me, an old comrade?" Chairman Mao joked with his daughter: "Sit down and say slowly, I'll just listen carefully."
Li Min moved a chair, sat down in front of his father, and then said to his father very seriously: "Dad, the matter I want to talk to you is very important, you must listen carefully."
Seeing his daughter's solemn expression, Chairman Mao's expression also became serious. In order to show his serious attitude, Chairman Mao extinguished the cigarette he had just lit.
Before this, Li Min was always casual in front of her father. Her father was easy-going and her daughter was well-behaved. This is the most common natural state between father and daughter.
"Dad, I want to apply to join the party", Li Min mustered up the courage to speak his heart.
After saying this, Li Min looked at her father with anticipation. She thought that her father would be relieved of her positive attitude and might even encourage herself.
However, the expression on his father's face told Li Min that he was not as happy as he expected. Although he was still very calm, he exuded an indescribable sternness.
After a while, Chairman Mao asked Li Min in a calm tone: "Dad asked you a question: Why do you want to join the party?"
Chairman Mao's question suddenly confused Li Min's question. In recent days, the question Li Min thought the most was "Can I join the party organization?" and "What are the standards for joining the party?", which did not think about the question asked by his father.
Li Min didn't know how to answer for a moment, so she muttered in a low voice: "Others' parents all hope that their children will improve their thinking and strive to join the party as soon as possible. Don't you encourage me to join the party organization?"
Chairman Mao said: "Of course I encourage you to join the party organization. The Mao family has another Communist Party member. How could I object?"
Li Min said aggrievedly: "But why you asked me this question, I don't understand."
Hearing his daughter's complaint, Chairman Mao smiled. He touched Li Min's head and said kindly: "Dad is discussing with you. Dad is talking to you." The question is. "
" Think about it, it is definitely a good thing to ask for joining the party, but even if it is a good thing, you have to ask why."
Seeing Li Min thinking, Chairman Mao continued: "Why do you want to join the party, what is the motivation for joining the party? Before submitting the application for joining the party to the organization, you must consider these issues clearly."
Chairman Mao and Li Min are with
At this time, Chairman Mao and Li Min were very formal, unlike the conversation between father and daughter, but more like an old party member having a heart-to-heart talk with an activist of joining the party.
Maybe the topic is too serious, Li Min began to get nervous, and her mind was buzzing. The more nervous he was, the more he couldn't answer.
After holding it in for a long time, Li Min finally remembered a few words on the propaganda materials, and replied: "Joining the party is the wish of every young man, and it is to realize the great ideal of communism..."
Li Min thought and said while quietly observing his father's expression.
Maybe it was "insufficient confidence", or maybe it was because he saw the negative expression on his father's face. Li Min didn't plan to continue talking. She whispered to her father:
"I'll think about it carefully when I go back. When I figure it out, can I talk to you again?"
Chairman Mao stood up with satisfaction. He opened his arms and smiled at him with a smile on his face. Li Min said: "That's right. For you, a young comrade who actively seeks progress, your father's door is always open."
After coming out of his father's study, Li Min was in a very complicated mood. Li Min was a little disappointed because she could not answer her father's question;
Li Min was also a little happy. Although his father did not give an answer, he pointed out the problems he had never thought about. Although this question is not so easy to answer.
In Li Min's memory, it was not the first time that my father had a "difficulty" for himself. After returning from the Soviet Union, Chairman Mao had "madden" his daughter a lot.
In 1936, Li Min was born in Zhidan County, Shaanxi Province. A few months after his birth, Li Min's biological mother He Zizhen went to the Soviet Union and left Li Min in her infancy in Yan'an.
When Li Min was 4 years old, Chairman Mao sent someone to send Li Min to the Soviet Union. After living with his biological mother He Zizhen for seven years, Li Min returned to China with her mother and was finally taken to Beijing by Chairman Mao in early summer 1949.
left: Li Min Right: He Zizhen
After coming to his father, Li Min first entered the "August 1 School" and later transferred to the "Beijing Normal University Affiliated Women's Middle School".
Before this, Chairman Mao and He Zizhen called their daughter "Jiaojiao". Before entering school, Chairman Mao gave her daughter a new name - Li Min.
Why is the surname "Li" not "Mao"? Chairman Mao explained this: When he moved to northern Shaanxi, Chairman Mao once had a pseudonym "Li Desheng". Chairman Mao had more than a dozen pseudonyms (pse names) in his life. The pseudonym "Li Desheng" was Chairman Mao's favorite. Why is
called "Li Min"?
Chairman Mao’s explanation is that he likes a sentence in the "Analects of Confucius·Li Ren" very much - Zi Ri: A gentleman wants to be slow in his words but quick in his actions.
When naming children, Chinese people often reflect their expectations for their children in their names. Chairman Mao is a great people's leader and an ordinary father, so he has not been able to "remove the world".
He named his two daughters "Li Min" and "Li Ne" respectively, in order to encourage them to be "slow in words and quick in actions" and to be a useful person to the people.
Chairman Mao has always had extremely high requirements for his daughter, and sometimes it even reached the level of "deliberate embarrassment".
For example, after Li Min returned to the country from the Soviet Union and came to Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao "hardly" and "deprivation" her.
Because he grew up in the Soviet Union, Li Min had a very poor Chinese foundation. When he first returned to China, Li Min even spoke Chinese in a difficult manner.
However, Chairman Mao asked Li Min to complete a "unchangeable" task: read through the "Four Great Classics".
Chairman Mao also has an additional requirement: the Chinese version of the "Four Great Classics" must be read, and the Russian version of the "Four Great Classics" is not allowed.
Chairman Mao is with the children
For Li Min, who grew up in a Russian-speaking environment, such requirements are too high, and it is simply an "impossible task".
In order to complete the "task" assigned by his father, Li Min has put in a lot of effort and suffered enough.
Starting from receiving this "task", Li Min gave up holidays and all her spare time. With a book called " Xinhua Dictionary ", Li Min finally completed the "task".
Next, Li Min has to pass a "pass". Every time he goes home, Chairman Mao will inadvertently "spot check" Li Min's learning results.
Once, Chairman Mao asked Li Min: "Which three countries are the 'Three Kingdoms' in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?"
Li Min immediately replied: "Wei, Shu, Wu".
Chairman Mao asked again, "Where was the 'Battle of Red Cliff'?"
Li Min was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "It should be in Henan, right?"
Chairman Mao did not say "right" or "wrong", but continued to ask the next question: "Is the person who borrowed Dongfeng ' Zhuge Liang or Zhou Yu ?"
Li Min became even more confused. There are so many famous and surnamed characters in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Li Min, who didn't know how to speak Chinese a few years ago, could not remember it, so he had to "puzzle" casually: "It should be Zhou Yu."
Chairman Mao said: "It seems you still haven't read this book well."
Li Min's mind was in chaos. She begged for mercy to her father and said, "It's too difficult. I really can't continue reading it. Dad, please let me go!"
Chairman Mao shook his head and said firmly, "You must read the 'Four Great Classics'. Not only do you have to read it, but you must also understand it. If you can't understand the 'Four Great Classics', you can't say that you are a qualified Chinese."
It is difficult for you to see your daughter. Chairman Mao said that he "she" Li Min: "I will teach you a way. If you are confused and unable to read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", you can put down this book first and change to another book and continue reading."
So, Li Min read the "Four Great Classics" again according to the method of his father's guidance. If you can't read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", you will read " Dream of the Red Chamber ". If you can't read "Dream of the Red Chamber", you will read " Water Margin " and "Journey to the West".
"The emperor pays off for his will." Relying on his tenacious perseverance, Li Min finally "chewed" the four classics with difficulty and completed the "hard task" assigned to him by his father.
Thanks to this difficult reading experience, Li Min's Chinese level has improved by leaps and bounds, and she quickly caught up with other classmates in the class. Her classical literature knowledge even surpassed the "top students" in the class.
Chairman 0Chairman Mao's daughter Li Min
In early summer of 1958, Li Min was admitted to the Department of Chemistry of Beijing Normal University with excellent results.
Li Min was already 22 years old at this time. Several of her classmates had already joined the party organization, but Li Min had just officially submitted a "applicant to join the party" to the organization.
Since having a "comradely conversation" with his father, Li Min often asked himself a question repeatedly: "Why do I want to join the party?"
In the past few years, Li Min not only found the answer, but also understood the meaning behind his father's question.
Before submitting the "application for joining the party", Li Min returned to her home in Zhongnanhai , and once again had a "comradely conversation" with her father, and successfully passed her father's strict (almost harsh) "assessment".
A few months later, Li Min stood in front of the bright red party flag. She faced the party flag, raised her right fist, and read the party oath under the leadership of the oath :
I volunteered to join the Communist Party of China, support the party's program, abide by the party's constitution, and fulfill the obligations of party members...
Li Min is in Shaoshan "Mao Zedong Square"
We must admit that Li Min has a great father, and this father is kind and extremely strict.
Compared with most parents, Chairman Mao’s requirements for Li Min are indeed too strict, and it can even be described as “strict”.
However, Chairman Mao’s “strictness” has benefited Li Min a lot and lifelong benefit.
This is a kind of "father's love" that belongs only to Chairman Mao. It is greater than the sky, thicker than the earth, heavy as mountains and deep as the sea!
