In Chairman Mao's life, there were many secretaries and guards, and no one dared to contradict Chairman Mao. However, in his later years, there was a young female secretary who dared to contradict Chairman Mao in person. Even Jiang Qing had to take the initiative to please her.
She is Chairman Mao’s confidential secretary Zhang Yufeng in his later years, and she is also Chairman Mao’s life secretary. Although Zhang Yufeng is not a general who has experienced many battles, her life is also quite legendary. Chairman Mao once laughed and called her "descendant of Zhang Fei ", and she was about to jump.
Zhang Yufeng is from Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang. She was born in 1944. She has many brothers and sisters at home and has a difficult life at home. Zhang Yufeng went out to make a living very early. She often said that "the children of poor people are the first to be a family." This is how Zhang Yufeng was. In 1958, 14-year-old Zhang Yufeng went out to work to help her family.
However, she only had an elementary school diploma, couldn't find any good job, and couldn't make much money even if she was tired. One day in 1960, she accidentally heard that Railway Bureau was recruiting people, so she signed up with a try-out mentality. Unexpectedly, she successfully passed the interview and became a train waiter.
In this way, 16-year-old Zhang Yufeng became a train waiter for Mudanjiang Railway. She was careful in her work and actively learned from old employees at work. She did a great job. After many assessments, she was selected as a waiter for Chairman Mao’s special train, which made her very excited.
After working on the special train for a while, one day in July 1970, Zhang Yufeng was suddenly called off and followed the guards to Zhongnanhai . She was a little unbelievable when she learned that she was going to take care of Chairman Mao, and later she accepted this glorious and arduous task.
In the days that followed, Zhang Yufeng became Chairman Mao's life secretary. It was not easy to take care of Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao was in poor health in his later years and was prone to colds during the season change. Zhang Yufeng took good care of him at every node, but Chairman Mao had his own opinion and had to smoke if he did not follow the doctor's advice.
1971, Chairman Mao caused bronchitis due to a cold. In addition, his work and rest were irregular. In order to let Chairman Mao take medicine on time and not smoke, Zhang Yufeng kept guarding Chairman Mao. In this way, under Zhang Yufeng's care, Chairman Mao's health gradually recovered.
Chairman Mao gradually felt the careful and warmth of caring for people, and he also felt the care of his relatives while living together day and night. Chairman Mao also trusted Zhang Yufeng more and more. It was because of Chairman Mao’s trust that Zhang Yufeng dared to "sing opposite" to Chairman Mao in his work.
For example, she would stop Chairman Mao from smoking and prohibit eating some things that shouldn't be eaten. Once, Chairman Mao even thought that Zhang Yufeng was neglecting the guests and criticized Zhang Yufeng, but she dared to talk back and pack up when she said she wanted to leave. In the end, Chairman Mao took the initiative to ask her to stay, so she did not leave.
In his later years, Chairman Mao was very dependent on Zhang Yufeng and she was in charge of everything in life. Later, Zhang Yufeng was appointed as the confidential secretary. No matter who wanted to meet Chairman Mao, he had to be informed by Zhang Yufeng. Even Jiang Qing wanted to meet Chairman Mao. For this reason, Jiang Qing often took the initiative to please Zhang Yufeng.
In fact, in his later years, Chairman Mao did not want to see Jiang Qing, so Jiang Qing had to use Zhang Yufeng as an intermediary to meet Chairman Mao several times. Zhang Yufeng accompanied Chairman Mao through the last six years of his life. After Chairman Mao passed away, Zhang Yufeng returned to Ministry of Railways and worked until she retired in 1988 and is still alive.
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