Chairman Mao has two younger brothers, both of whom sacrificed their lives for the great revolutionary cause. After their fathers passed away, their three sons and one daughter embarked on the arduous road of striving to build China; but unfortunately, one of the four children died when they broke through the Central Plains.
The sacrifice of his eldest brother Mao Zemin
Xinjiang warlords Shengshicai began to pretend to be progress when the national anti-Japanese and national salvation movement was rising. In the spring of 1938, he demanded cooperation with the Communist Party and expressed his hope that the Communist Party would send a group of cadres to work in Xinjiang. In order to win all forces that can unite to fight against Japan, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China agreed to the request of Shengshicai and sent a group of outstanding Communist Party members such as Chen Tanqiu, Mao Zemin, and Linjilu to work in Xinjiang.
In early 1940, Mao Zemin, who passed through Xinjiang to the Soviet Union for treatment, returned to Xinjiang.
, with the pseudonym , Zhou Bin , Mao Zemin was changed from being the director of the Xinjiang Provincial Department of Finance to the Director of the Civil Affairs Department in mid-August that year.
In less than two years, he made the financial work in Xinjiang great improvement and raised a large amount of funds to purchase 10 fighter jets .
These 10 fighter jets were named "Xinjiang", took off from Wobao Airport and rushed to the forefront of fighting against Japanese invaders.
However, in early 11942, Chiang Kai-shek stepped up the bribery of Xinjiang warlords Sheng Shicai. The cunning Sheng Shicai quickly tore off the mask disguised as a revolution and began to raise the butcher knife to the Communists in Xinjiang.
August 29, after Sheng Shicai negotiated to join Chiang Kai-shek, he concentrated all the CCP’s staff in various parts of Xinjiang on the grounds of security at Bahuliang and Nanliang Guesthouses in Dihua.
At this time, Mao Zemin had already anticipated the serious consequences of the situation and was ready to treat the prison as a battlefield for his own war against the enemy at any time, and made up his mind to fight against the evil forces to the end.
In September, Sheng Shicai placed house arrest in Xinjiang under the name of "talk", including 163 family members and children, including Mao Zemin's wife Zhu Danhua and their son Mao Yuanxin.
1943, the situation of the Communists in Xinjiang worsened.
Mao Zemin, Chen Tanqiu and others have realized the severity of the form. They quickly burned down their respective study notes and made all preparations for adapting to the situation.
htmlOn the evening of February 7, Sheng Shicai convicted all the Communist Party members who had been under house arrest for more than four months into prison. After, Sheng Shicai organized the so-called "trial committee" to conduct a six-year trial of the Communist Party members, but in the end he found nothing.
In early September, Sheng Shicai, who had no choice but to do anything, "arresponded" Mao Zemin face to face for the last time, and persuaded Mao Zemin to sign the "Declaration on the Party", which welcomed Mao Zemin's anger, but in the end it was left alone.
A few days later, Sheng Shicai issued a hand-in-hand order: Secretly executed Chen Tanqiu, Mao Zemin, Lin Jilu and others.
Mao Zemin was taken out of the cell by fully armed military and police, and a thick wooden stick hit him hard on the top of his head; he suddenly felt that it was pitch black in front of him, and several military and police officers stepped forward together, wrapped Mao Zemin's body with sacks, and then beat him in a mess.
On that night, Mao Zemin, Chen Tanqiu and Lin Jilu died one after another.
47-year-old Mao Zemin was unable to look at his elder brother again, nor could he look at the hometown he missed for, nor did he look at his wife and son, nor could he meet his comrades again, and he was buried in the land of Xinjiang forever.
The news that Mao Zemin was brutally killed by Sheng Shicai reached Yan'an , and it was already mid-October.
Shocked and heard the bad news. Chairman Mao did not eat a bite of food for two consecutive days, and could not lie down and sleep for a while. He remembered everything about his second brother, and at the same time he remembered his third brother's sacrifice. Their voice, appearance and smile kept appearing in front of him.
The sacrifice of the second brother Mao Zetan
Mao Zetan, also known as Zelin, whose courtesy name is Runju, is the second brother of Chairman Mao, born on September 25, 1905.
Mao Zetan spent his childhood in Shaoshan . He started studying at the age of six or seven, and studied in Shaoshan Qingxi Temple, Waziping and Xiangxiang Dongshan School.
He is talented and hard-working, and often receives praise from his personal masters and elders. Chairman Mao also likes this little brother who is a little "naughty" and a little rebellious.
1918 Spring Festival, Chairman Mao decided to take his younger brother to Changsha from his begging, and he would support him, so that he could study, increase his knowledge, and broaden his knowledge. Later, from the time he entered the Affiliated Primary School of the First Division to leaving Changsha for five years, Mao Zetan lived with his elder brother. Under the influence of Chairman Mao, his thoughts have made rapid progress. He often discusses national affairs with his classmates, fights against corruption, and has been actively participating in the revolution.
A 13-year-old boy has grown into a firm Communist Party member and a backbone of the Socialist Youth League in just a few years. Every step he makes is inseparable from his brother's help and education, and also from his brother's strict requirements.
In the autumn of 1925, Mao Zetan came to Guangzhou to engage in revolutionary activities according to his elder brother's advice. During this period, he met and got married to Zhou Wennan.
During the hard years, Mao Zetan gradually accumulated rich combat experience.
He fought bravely, had good command, was alert and decisive, and became a resourceful general of the Red Army. During the third anti-siege, he and the division commander Xiao Ke led the division to cooperate with the main force to fight, and restrained the reinforcements of Chen Cheng and Luo Zhuoying in the Futian area, and successfully completed the task of annihilation of the enemy.
Not long after, Commander Huang Gongluo was unfortunately shot and died in a battle in Ji'an. The central government suggested that Mao Zetan be the commander of the division of the Independent Division. During this period, Mao Zetan married He Zizhen's sister He Yi.
In January 1935, according to the unified arrangement of the Central Branch, Mao Zetan led a unit of the independent division to the Sidu of Changting, Fujian Province, and merged with the troops led by Fujian Provincial Party Secretary Wan Yongcheng and the military commander Long Tengyun to establish a new leadership body for the Fujian-Jiangxi border military region. Mao Zetan is a leader member of the military region command.
In early April, the troops failed in battle and suffered heavy casualties. On the 25th, Mao Zetan led a number of soldiers to a mountain called Honglin near Ruijin's eel mouth.
Due to the betrayal of the traitor, they were surrounded by the enemy Mao Bingwen 9 parts. After hearing the gunshots, Mao Zetan immediately rushed to the door to cover the soldiers' evacuation. A bullet hit his chest. Mao Zetan immediately sacrificed his precious life at the age of 30.
The enemy found photos of Chairman Mao and Zhu De who were stained with blood from him, as well as the Communist Party of China member certificate, proving his identity.
Mao Zetan left Chairman Mao in late March 1923 to go to Shuikoushan to engage in the workers' movement. Until the blood sprinkled on the battlefield in April 1935, he always kept in mind his brother's sincere teachings to him and always had a firm stance, a clear stand, and a brave and fearless person.
He did not disappoint his brother's expectations and gave his all for the great cause of communism.
Mao Zemin's son and daughter
When Mao Zemin died, the eldest daughter Mao Yuanzhi was 21 years old and the younger son Mao Yuanxin was two years old.
Mao Yuanzhi was born in Changsha on May 5, 1922. Since childhood, he has followed his mother to travel in Changsha, Hengyang , Xiangtan and other places, engaged in the underground liaison work of the Party.
In March 1938, Mao Yuanzhi came to Yan'an to meet his uncle Chairman Mao. After a year and a half of hard study, he was transferred to the Second Bureau of the Central Military Commission to do confidential work. Due to long-term work day and night, she suffered from a headache.
Mao Zemin died in 1943. Chairman Mao did not want Mao Zhiyuan to be sad, so he did not tell her the news. At that time, she was transferred to the Organization Department of the Northwest Bureau, but her old illness worsened, and the pain was unbearable to sleep even affected her daily work. The organization asked her to rest at the Northwest Bureau farm. During this period, Mao Yuanzhi met his lover Cao Quanfu .
In August 1945, the War of Resistance Against Japan was victorious, Chairman Mao went to Chongqing to negotiate with the Kuomintang, and returned to Yan'an on October 11. On the 13th, Mao Zhiyuan, Cao Quanfu and his father Mao Zemin's former comrade-in-arms Yu Jianxin went to visit Chairman Mao eagerly.
This is the first time Chairman Mao met Cao Quanfu. After learning about his relationship with Mao Zhiyuan, he smiled even more happily. He kept the couple for dinner and specially made a bowl of .
While eating, Yu Jianxin asked about Mao Zemin's whereabouts. Chairman Mao bowed his head and hesitated for a while, and told everyone that Mao Zemin had died.
Mao Zhiyuan suddenly felt a bolt from the blue. She has been looking forward to her father's return since childhood, and there are many words buried in her heart that she wants to say to her father.
1938 When Gao Dengban went to Xinjiang to work from Yan'an, he brought a photo of Mao Zhiyuan in Yan'an to Mao Zemin. After receiving it, he knew that Yuanzhi had arrived in Yan'an. Later, he specially asked comrades who passed by Xinjiang to return to Yan'an to bring two pieces of cloth to make clothes for his daughter and comrades. The father and daughter were looking forward to reunion and reunion.
Mao Zhiyuan thought of this, tears couldn't stop flowing down, and Chairman Mao couldn't help but wet his eyes. After
, Mao Zhiyuan and her husband became more involved in the work of the Party. They first worked in the combat department of the Jinchaji Military Region Command in Zhangjiakou , and then transferred to the local area. They have been working in the Central Organization Department of the Transportation Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.
In the summer of 1990, Mao Yuanzhi was diagnosed with a terminal illness, which was in his late stages, but what she still remembered was China's vision of building socialism.
On her dying day, Mao Yuanzhi and his younger brother Mao Yuanxin, who rarely met, met for the last time. He died on July 6 of that year at the age of 67. Her ashes followed her last wishes and were buried beside her mother Wang Shulan's tomb.
Mao Yuanzhi and Cao Quanfu fell in love all their lives and gave birth to three sons and one daughter: the eldest son Cao Ziwei in 1946, the second son Cao Hong was born in August 1948, the third son Cao Yunshan was born in 1949, and the youngest daughter Cao Liya was born in 1952.
Mao Zemin's youngest son Mao Yuanxin was born in Urumqi in 1941.
After his father passed away in 1943, his mother Zhu Danhua and he continued to fight against the enemy in prison as a young man.
In July 1946, with the help of General Zhang Zhizhong , 5-year-old Mao Yuanxincai returned to Yan'an with his mother and more than 100 other refugees and started a new life.
After the founding of New China, Zhu Danhua took the opportunity of a meeting in Beijing to visit Chairman Mao at Zhongnanhai , and told him about Mao Yuanxin's wish to study in Beijing.
Out of longing for his younger brother Mao Zemin, Chairman Mao agreed to the request, leaving Mao Yuanxin with him and treating him like his biological son.
Among Chairman Mao’s family’s children, Mao Yuanxin is the youngest and deeply loved by his brothers and sisters. Everyone calls him Xiao Doudou, and Chairman Mao also takes great care of his life.
After graduating from middle school in 1960, Mao Yuanxin was admitted to the highest institution for training military talents at that time: Harbin Military Engineering College . After graduating from university, he went to the company to receive grassroots training and worked as a soldier for half a year.
Later, Mao Yuanxin returned to Shanghai to work under the organization's arrangement and lived an ordinary life with his family.
Mao Zetan's two sons
When Mao Zetan died, his eldest son Mao Chuxiong was 8 years old and his youngest son He Lucheng was a few months old.
Mao Chuxiong is the son of Mao Zetan and his first wife Zhou Wennan. When Mao Chuxiong was born in 1927, it was " Horse Day Incident " . Mao Zetan angrily rushed from Wuhan to Jiangxi to participate in the Nanchang Uprising, so Mao Zexiong had never seen his father when he was born. In the spring of the following year, Zhou Wennan was unfortunately arrested and imprisoned by the Kuomintang reactionaries for participating in the revolutionary struggle under the leadership of the Party and fell seriously ill.
In order to prevent the reactionary persecution, Mao Chuxiong changed his name to Zhou Zaoshi and began to live with his grandmother. His grandmother often told him about the deeds of his father, uncle and other relatives whom he had never met, which made his heart full of yearning for revolution.
In the winter of 1930, Mao Chuxiong, who was still in elementary school, learned about the bad news of his father's death, which sowed the seeds of hatred for the old society and the reactionaries in his heart.
In 1937, a cousin of Mao Chuxiong and his cousin came to Changsha according to the instructions of the underground party organization at the bottom of Shaoshan and brought their family to Shaoshan.
When he was in Shaoshan, he first studied with his uncle, and later entered the elementary school in Shaoshan. During this period, Chairman Mao also wrote letters to encourage him many times, teaching him to be hardworking, thrifty, and study hard.
1944, Wang Zhen led the 359th Brigade from the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region to open up and expand the southern base. Before leaving, Chairman Mao specially instructed Wang Zhen to take Chuxiong to the army after arriving in Hunan.
In September 1945, Mao Chuxiong followed the army north and rushed to Yan'an through Xuanhua, Hubei.
After hearing the news, the leaders of the CPC Central Committee were very concerned and instructed relevant departments to try to rescue them many times, but none of them worked. On the 21st, they published a news titled "Cheng Fang blocked me from contacting the Ninth Group, and General Li Xiannian was detained" to announce this major event to China and the foreign countries.
Jiang Fang was so angry that he immediately sent a secret telegram to Cen Yunying: Immediately execute him secretly on the spot.
After Cen Yun received a secret telegram on the same day, he immediately ordered Li Qingrun, Shi Xingyi and others to tie Mao Chuxiong and others up behind the remote City God Temple and bury them alive.
19-year-old Mao Zetan had not yet seen his uncle Chairman Mao whom he had been thinking about day and night, so he died like this.
He Lucheng is the child of Mao Zetan and He Yi. His natal Mao Anycheng was born in the mountainous area of southern Gannan in January 1935.
Due to the very difficult conditions at that time, in order to avoid the pursuit of the enemy, He Yi had to foster him shortly after he was born in a poor farmer's home. After several twists and turns, he was sent to He Diaoyuan's home in Huating Village, Yongxin County to raise him. He had never seen his biological parents.
It was not until after the founding of New China that He Yi had the opportunity to take He Lucheng back.
However, when He Yi took He Lucheng to , Gannan, when he was in a car accident at a wooden bridge where Taihe was handed over in Ji'an. He Yi pushed his son out the window, and he died on the spot. He Lucheng also broke his left leg. After
, he went to Shanghai to join his uncle He Minxue and aunt He Zizhen. In 1952, he was admitted to Shanghai Jiaotong University , specializing in electrification.
In 1956, after graduating from Jiaotong University, He Lucheng began to study "ground-to-ground" missile in Ministry of Aerospace Industry .
In 1958, He Lucheng, who joined the army, came to the army of Qian Xuesen and joined the army, and devoted himself to the research of my country's aerospace science and technology, and later became the first batch of missile engineers in New China.
With the successful flight test of China's first medium- and short-range missile designed and manufactured by itself, He Lu became one of the best missile experts trained by New China.
He has been unknown for more than 20 years of work. It was not until the media learned about his name when he won the National Science Conference Award in 1978.
On April 19, 1984, He Zizhen passed away. He Lucheng wrote an article "Mourning Aunt He Zizhen" and expressed heavy condolences for He Zizhen's death.
In the early 1990s, He Lucheng retired from his job, served as the chairman and general manager of several technology companies, and actively devoted himself to public welfare undertakings.
As a relative of Chairman Mao, his greatest wish is to be an ordinary person and never show off his relatives in his life. His son has also restored his original surname - Mao. He Lucheng hopes to commemorate his father Mao Zeqian.
Mao Zetan and Mao Yuanzhi both followed the footsteps of their parents and dedicated their precious lives to the construction of China. He Lucheng chose a different path and served the country with science and technology. Although Mao Yuanxin took a detour, he finally felt deeply regretful of what he did.
Now, He Lucheng and Mao Yuanxin are both in their 80s and are eager to live an ordinary life, so they have long since retreated behind the scenes, not revealing their own news, and living a plain and self-sufficient life.
But they will also silently miss their father and this great uncle with their family on Chairman Mao’s birthday.
The Chinese people will not forget the great Chairman Mao.
December 26, 2021, the 128th anniversary of Chairman Mao’s birth, since the evening of the previous day, many people from all over China have come to Mao Zedong Square, Shaoshan, Hunan, next to Mao Zedong’s former residence to commemorate the Chairman.
On December 26, 2020, on the special day of the 127th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth, more than 100 "swimmers" from Shanghai, Hebei, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jiangsu and Wuhan were launched from Hanyangmen in Wuchang and paid tribute to the great men by swimming in the Yangtze River.
"Pie Yu Chonghui - National Museum Cultural Protection Achievements Exhibition" opened, showing the signature list of representatives of the First Plenary Session of the CPPCC with the signature of Chairman Mao and other national leaders, allowing the people to review those difficult and glorious years again.
References:
"Fighting against the wind and waves without fear, forging ahead and striving for the best"; Jingchu.com; 2021.05.17
"The 128th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth, people from all over the country go to Shaoshan to commemorate late at night"; China News Network; 2021.12.26
"Protecting historical heritage with exquisite skills"; People's Daily; 2022.09.12
"Mao Zedong's Interpersonal Communication Series"; Shanxi People's Publishing House; 2013.12
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