After receiving this news, Chairman Mao was very sad. He couldn't sleep for several days in a row. These staff members were worried.
In order to relieve Chairman Mao’s pressure, the head nurse Wu Xujun took the initiative to chat with Chairman Mao. The two talked about their parents, family, and later talked about life and death view and materialism .
However, halfway through the discussion, Chairman Mao’s face suddenly became serious. He said When I die, don’t come to me!
Why did Chairman Mao, who has always been kind and friendly, suddenly become harsh when talking about this topic? And what unknown relationship does Chairman Mao and Luo Rongheng have?
To answer these questions, we must start from the day in December 1963.
1. The grief great man
Although Chairman Mao was prepared, the moment he learned the news, Chairman Mao still showed great grief. He paused for a while, then paused the meeting and said, "Martyman Luo Rongheng passed away. I suggest everyone to watch three minutes of silence together."
After the silence, Chairman Mao took the lead in recalling Luo Shuai. He praised Luo Shuai for being capable, principles, and being a talent! And expressed great regret.
A few days later, Mao Zedong wrote "Seven-character Scripture-Diagnostic Comrade Luo Rongheng" in pain. The sloppy font can reflect his sad mood at that time. The "You are unfortunately gone now, and the country has troubles to ask who you can ask" expresses his great condolences.
We are all familiar with Chairman Mao’s poems. Whether it is " Qinyuanchun·Snow " or " Qingpingle·Liupanshan " and other poems, they are heroic and grand, positive and optimistic heroic spirit, but this poem is very different from the previous poems and writes great sadness.
This great man who has long been indifferent to life and death still cannot hide his sorrow when his old brothers and old comrades died, thus seeing how important Marshal Luo Ronghuan is in Chairman Mao’s mind.
Luo Rongheng is one of the few generals who wrote poems to mourn him personally. Why did he receive such treatment? This is thanks to Luo Shuai's outstanding personal ability.
Marshal Luo Ronghuan was born in 1902, 9 years younger than Mao Zedong. When Mao Zedong started teaching, Luo Rongheng was still studying in middle school in Changsha. By chance, Luo Ruiheng was "explored" by Mao Zedong.
Luo Rongheng's experience is indeed true. In 1935, Luo Rongheng followed the army Long March , and many soldiers were willing to follow Luo Rongheng because he had meat to eat.
It turned out that during the Long March, a team of Kuomintang cavalry launched a surprise attack on the Long March troops, but Luo Rongheng fought steadily and wiped out the cavalry, and seized a lot of supplies and war horses, which made the Red Army soldiers at that time bookmarked several meals.
During the Anti-Japanese War period, Luo Rongheng made Shandong awesome and severely damaged the Japanese and puppet troops many times. Later, Mao Zedong praised Luo Rongheng and said that if Shandong only changed to Luo Rongheng, all the chess in Shandong would be alive. If Shandong's chess is alive, the whole country would be alive!
For the new China, Luo Rongheng made great achievements, but decades of high-intensity work made Luo Shuai's health very poor. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Luo Rongheng often had hematuria . Later, Luo Rongheng's health became worse and worse. Before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Luo Rongheng was diagnosed with kidney cancer.
Luo Rongheng's condition Chairman Mao was in mind. He advised Luo Shuai many times that you are in poor health and you can hold less meetings or even not hold meetings. This will be better for your health, otherwise it will not last long. Please consider it!
However, Luo Shuai still worked hard. He told the great people that I am not a person to rest and have no hobbies in entertainment. This is a shortcoming. I hope other comrades don’t learn from me. After hearing this, Mao Zedong had no choice but to arrange the best medical team to treat him.
Although Chairman Mao was very concerned about Luo Rongheng's condition and sent the best doctor to treat him, Luo Shuai's health became worse and worse. In the autumn of 1963, Luo Shuai often had angina pectoris and kidney failure. Soon after, news of critical illness was reported.
On the afternoon of December 16 of the same year, under the protection of his family and comrades, Luo Shuai's heart stopped beating. He was 61 years old at the time. Then the bad news was reported to Chairman Mao. The great man was very sad, so he wrote the eulogy, "You are unfortunately passing away now, and the country has difficulties, who can you ask."
2. Don’t be in front of me after I die
Chairman Mao was very touched by Luo Rongheng’s death. On the one hand, Luo Shuai was his close comrade-in-arms and capable general. On the other hand, Luo Shuai died when he was not old, so Chairman Mao began to face life and death. After all, he was also a 70-year-old.
After returning from the farewell ceremony of Luo Shuai's body, Chairman Mao rarely spoke, and his sleep quality at night was also very poor. Taking sleeping pills twice in a row was useless, which was completely different from the chairman's open-minded and optimistic personality.
Chairman's health nurse Wu Xujun was very anxious when seeing Chairman Mao's heart. While cleaning, she accidentally found a piece of straw paper that was crumpled into a ball of straw paper with the beginning of the tribute, but there was no title. So she was going to take this opportunity to let the great man open up the conversation.
Once, Wu Xujun found an opportunity to ask Chairman Mao and said, "Chairman, I have seen the poems you wrote. Who can make you admire so much?"
Chairman was amused by the word "Your Excellency". He did not blame Wu Xujun for peeking at his poems, but instead wrote the title "Written by Comrade Luo Rongheng" on the trial draft.
It is gratifying that through this incident, the great man's mood improved a lot. One night, Mao Zedong took the initiative to talk to her. The great man sat on the sofa and told the story, and Wu Xujun also listened and communicated.
In the face of emotions, Chairman Mao is also an ordinary person and an elder. He talked about the life and death of many people, and finally when talking about his mother, Mao Zedong seemed very sad.
Chairman Mao said nostalgically that although my mother did not know what the "mass line" was, she was a kind and enthusiastic rural woman. She was sincere and respected. When she passed away, she was lined up and everyone missed her very much.
Mao Zedong's mother died in 1919. Mao Zedong was busy carrying out the revolutionary movement. By the time he returned home, his mother had already left and had been in the museum for two days.
The sad Mao Zedong wrote the "Sacrifice for Mother" with deep affection and loyalty, and kept in front of his mother's spirit for several days until his mother was buried.
When talking about this experience, Mao Zedong said with great grief, "I am not a qualified son. I was not by her side when my mother died. I am such a person. I cannot be filial to myself even if my mother dies."
Wu Xujun also empathized with it. He comforted and said, "You can't blame you. You have made such a great contribution to the revolution, but you are actually filial to your mother."
Wu Xujun's words were very real. Although Mao Zedong did not see his mother for the last time, he liberated the old China and saved countless Chinese people. He was a great hero of the New China, and Mao's mother would be relieved in the aftermath of the springs.
Chairman Mao Zedong saw that Wu Xujun understood so thoroughly and felt that she had a different experience, so the Chairman opened up and said, Comrade Xiao Wu, is your mother okay?
Wu Xujun showed a trace of pain and talked about her past with her mother. She said that her mother passed away early and she was only 8 years old at that time. Because her mother did not leave any photos when she was young, she forgot her mother's appearance. This is a great sadness in the world.
Wu Xujun said that at the funeral of her mother, what impressed her most was that some adults said that her mother was going to "leave". Before "left", she must have wanted to see Xiao Wu Xujun's beautiful appearance, so that she could "leave" more peacefully.
Wu Xujun is very filial and obedient. She specially put on the little red cotton jacket her mother made for her, and then kowtowed her a few times. Apart from that, she didn't remember anything.
After listening to Wu Xujun's words, Chairman Mao Zedong lit a cigarette. After a moment, Chairman Mao Zedong changed his amiable image. He said seriously: "When I die, don't be in front of me!"
Wu Xujun became anxious after hearing this. She hurriedly said, Chairman, I am your medical staff. If there is really a day, I will not be by your side, and I will always be by your side, so that you can cure your own illness.
But Chairman Mao Zedong still said firmly, no, please don’t be by my side when I die!
When Wu Xujun was puzzled, Chairman Mao Zedong told me the reason for his attitude. He said that his mother was in her prime when he left home. Although he went home, he did not often, so his impression of her mother was still in her prime.
Later, when his mother passed away, he was not around and could not see his mother's illness, so this left the best impression of her mother. So until Mao Zedong's later years, in his memory, his mother was still a strong and beautiful image.
Wu Xujun understood immediately. It turned out that the Chairman wanted to leave her a tough image. After all, she directly witnessed the life and death of her mother when she was young. The Chairman did not want her to witness again, nor did she want her to feel the pain again.
Chairman Mao not only cares about the world, but also takes care of the feelings of the staff around him. The great man has such a broad mind!
3. Dialectical
But Wu Xujun is still in a dilemma. After all, she is her doctor. If the chairman is sick, how can he let it go?
Seeing that Wu Xujun did not reply, Chairman Mao continued: The more others avoid the problem, the more he wants to talk about it.
In the war years, I passed by death many times, and even several times, people said that I was dead, but I was not dead, and some people said that I was lucky. I disagree with this because I believe in dialectics. There is life and death, there is victory and failure, there is correct and error, just like the change of seasons and the replacement of day and night.
Then Mao Zedong continued to ask: "Comrade Xiao Wu, do you usually study dialectics?"
Chairman Mao and Wu Xujun
Havenly asked a sudden question, Wu Xujun was speechless, and then she said that the knowledge she studied was relatively narrow, mainly studying people's birth, old age, sickness, death, and difficult diseases.
After listening to Wu Xujun's answer, the great man also nodded and said, "You have a good answer. Birth, old age, sickness and death are a kind of dialectical theory. People's birth, old age, sickness and death are things in different cycles. Look, Comrade Luo Shuai is like this. Not only that, we will do this in the future.
After hearing such profound words from the Chairman, Wu Xujun didn't know how to answer for a moment. After a while, she reacted and said, Chairman, let's change the topic!
Results Chairman Mao said in a very firm tone, don’t avoid this topic, because I haven’t explained it thoroughly yet, there is a book on my bookshelf. You can take it back and read it, and we will continue to talk tomorrow.
In fact, Wu Xujun is only responsible for Chairman Mao’s physical health and should not have discussed the reason with the Chairman, but why did Chairman Mao do this?
In fact, Chairman Mao is very caring to the younger generations and treats them equally. He often tells the staff around him, don’t put your goals on me, you should look at the country. If I die in the future, I will still be counting on you to build the country!
Chairman Mao often sends staff books and asks them to read the newspapers they read. Sometimes he asks them some ideas about political affairs, which fully exerts the sense of democracy.
So under the Chairman's words and deeds, the staff have been fully improved and have become the leading talents in the construction of New China later. On the one hand, we must admire the great man's dialectical materialism, and also admire the Chairman's talent cultivation strategy, paying attention to comprehensiveness and key points.
4. The open-mindedness of a great man
The next afternoon, the great man and Wu Xujun sat on the sofa. Chairman Mao asked her how she read the book and had she figured it out.
Wu Xujun said that I had finished reading all of them, but I thought about some things that I didn’t understand. Chairman Mao nodded in approval and asked her to give an example.
Wu Xujun thought for a long time and said what he talked about yesterday (the view of life and death and dialectics). I can't give examples.
Chairman Mao smiled and said, "A person has to die, I, Mao Zedong, are also an ordinary person, so Mao Zedong is also going to die. When I met Montgomery 2 years ago, I had already proposed my own five ways to die."
The first one was shot to death, the second one was a traffic accident, the third one was drowning in swimming, the fourth one was a small bacteria that caused me to die, and the fifth one was to fall to death from the plane, although the central government set rules for me not to fly.
But I think I may still sit in the future. After all, the King of Hell will not invite you, so I will go by myself!
Chairman Mao expressed his view of life and death through five ways of death, and his language was humorous, and he talked about a serious matter in a tactful and lively manner, which was enough to reflect the great man's open-mindedness, wisdom and talkativeness.
After saying this, Chairman Mao smiled, but Wu Xujun on the side was in a heavy mood. She said, "Chairman, can you stop saying such things? It is unlucky to say these things."
Chairman Mao said after hearing this, "criticized" Wu Xujun. He said that you, a natural science person, are so superstitious, you must understand the seriousness of the laws of nature!
Then Chairman Mao stood up from the sofa, walked slowly with his hands behind his back, and then he smiled and said to Wu Xujun, "I'm dead, you have to dress up beautifully. It's best to wear bright clothes to attend the celebration meeting. At the celebration meeting, you can speak openly on the podium."
Wu Xujun asked in confusion, what am I talking about, Chairman? Chairman Mao taught her, you said, comrades, Chairman Mao passed away, so today we celebrate the victory of dialectics. People will die after all. If they do not die, the earth will not be able to hold it. Didn’t the ancients say that thousands of sails pass by the side of the sunken boat, and thousands of trees are springing in front of the sick tree. This is the law of the development of things!
Wu Xujun shook his head one after another after listening to it. He said, I can listen to you normally, but in this matter, I can't listen to you, and I won't do that!
At this time, Chairman Mao suddenly became serious and said, Xiao Wu, you have worked by my side for so long, you should understand me, and I advocate cremation and signed the agreement! Wu Xujun asked in surprise, did you sign an agreement?
Chairman Mao said seriously, I and the comrades of the Party Central Committee have signed the letter. It is great to do this. If you don’t believe it, you can check it!
Before the end of this conversation, Chairman Mao said to her earnestly, you and other comrades should cherish your life and live your life well, don’t leave in a hurry.
Later, Wu Xujun learned that Chairman Mao signed the agreement to cremation with 136 comrades of the Party Central Committee in 1956, and Chairman Mao took the lead in advocating and was the first to sign.
A great leader of an ancient civilization saw so thoroughly about life and death! Chairman Mao’s treatment of the body also broke through the burial custom that has been passed down for thousands of years in our country.
In the vast crowd, Wu Xujun also cried bitterly because she followed the agreement with Chairman Mao. When the Chairman passed away, she was not by her side and could not meet the Chairman for the last time.
However, this is just as Chairman Mao expected. He left the most beautiful impression on Wu Xujun and others, so the great man's intentions are good.
But this man has passed away, life still needs to continue. Another extremely important thing has come to everyone’s mind. How to deal with the body of a great man.
At that time, there was an opinion in society that Chairman Mao’s last wish should be respected, but more people hoped to preserve Chairman Mao’s body forever so that future generations could admire it.
In the end, the State Politburo decided to permanently preserve Chairman Mao's body, because the body of a great man, like his thoughts, is a precious legacy of the New China. Moreover, people can continue to pay homage to this great leader a hundred years later, which is a blessing for the Chinese people.
Conclusion
Chairman Mao’s view of life and death reflects his open-minded mentality and materialism. He is not afraid of death and looks down on death. He believes that people should follow the laws of nature and cannot go against the way. Although Chairman Mao has been away from us for many years, all materialism and all the spirit of reality will always illuminate the progress of the new China.
Editor: Ten Years
Editor: Lin Hua
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-