In 1939, Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao went to Soviet Union for treatment, and visited He Zizhen . When He Zizhen was in Jinggangshan, and Chairman Mao established a deep revolutionary friendship . When in the Soviet Union, He Zizhen always remembered the days he spent with Chairman Mao.
This time, who arrived in the Soviet Union with Zhou Enlai and his wife, also had a letter from Chairman Mao to He Zizhen and a box of books.
And it is this brief letter that extinguishes He Zizhen's long-held hope. What story happened to Chairman Mao and He Zizhen? What is the content of this letter?
Picture | He Zizhen
In 1934, after the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, the Kuomintang forces were pressing forward every step of the way. Forced by helplessness, the Central Red Army began the Long March.
In April 1935, the enemy dropped several bombs on the small mountain village where the Red Army was located. At that time, He Zizhen, who had been concealed, saw a soldier exposed to the threat of the enemy and watched the bombs fall. She rushed out without hesitation, rushed to the soldier at the critical moment, blocked the missile with her body, and saved the soldier.
But because of this bombing, he was seriously injured. The shrapnel on his head and body combined with 12 . She survived by the rescue of doctors and nurses, but she lost a lot of blood and became weak.
At that time, He Zizhen became pregnant under such physical conditions and resolutely chose to follow the Red Army for the Long March.
In 1936, after giving birth to her daughter in a hurry in Shaanxi, He Zizhen entrusted her to the staff to take care of her. He even hurried to the road with a thin body before he could take care of and rest after giving birth.
This daughter is the only living daughter of He Zizhen and Chairman Mao Mao Jiaojiao , later renamed Li Min.
Figure | He Zizhen and his sister
The injuries sustained by the enemy bombing, coupled with the trekking during the long march, He Zizhen’s body has always been bad, and he has no milk. As a last resort, Li Min had to eat nanny's milk to grow up.
Since Li Min was born, she stayed with He Zizhen for a short time. hadn't even learned to call her mother, so she was stayed at by He Zizhen in the childcare home of the North Shaanxi security guard . Soon after, He Zizhen I got on the plane to the Soviet Union.
Li Min, who is not accompanied by his parents, has always been a quiet and introverted girl when she was young. The nursery where her mother He Zizhen placed her is located in a cave dwelling. Walking out from the door of the cave dwelling, you can see the overlapping peaks. In the evening, Li Min likes to sit at the door alone and watch the sun set quietly under the caress of the evening breeze.
Before the founding of New China,The Red Army adopts a war-time supply system for the children of cadres, and the public makes uniform clothes and pays living expenses. Therefore, even without the company of his parents, under the arrangement of the organization, Li Min can be well taken care of.
In Li Min’s childhood memories, his father Chairman Mao hardly appeared in the nursery school. never visited him or took him home for the weekend. This is because she was too young at the time, and she didn't remember things very clearly.
Picture | Chairman Mao and Li Min
According to the memories of the revolutionary comrades in Yan'an at that time, after He Zizhen went to the Soviet Union, Chairman Mao came to pick up Li Min. But because Li Min was too young at the time, he couldn't take pictures, and coupled with his busy work, he couldn't spare time to accompany her. Therefore, picked up her less frequently. Later, after Chairman Mao and Jiang Qing got married, they also took care of family and state affairs, and it was even harder to get Li Min, who was in charge of the childcare center, at the same time.
However, it is safe to say that Chairman Mao still missed his eldest daughter Li Min. Li Min went to Moscow to find her mother He Zizhen. It was only after he got his approval that Li Min was able to set off.
In 1941, Li Min accompanied his brothers and sisters who went to study in the Soviet Union on the road to Moscow . These elder brothers and sisters are also the children of the leaders of the central government. 's journey to the Soviet Union this time is a long journey, and dangerous moments may come.
In order to reach the Soviet Union safely,They hid in the wing of the plane. After the plane arrived in Lanzhou, they hid their suitcases, disguised as luggage, and were carried off one by one. After changing a plane in Lanzhou, I flew to Xinjiang and waited for the plane at the office. After the standby arrived, I took the plane to Moscow. spent three months on the way.
Figure | He Zizhen and Li Min
Since 1936 Xi'an Incident After the outbreak, the KMT reached a cooperation, united the anti-Japanese and formed an anti-Japanese alliance in Xi'an, and formed an international 2 , Xinjiang and Lanzhou have established offices. On this route, Soviet aircraft often delivered needed military supplies to the anti-Japanese army.
When the transportation mission is completed, these planes will provide some convenience for our party on the way back. Some sick fighters or cadres who need to study and advance will follow the returning planes to return to the Soviet Union for treatment or study. .
But the offices are all under the control of the Kuomintang. If someone from our party wants to go to the Soviet Union, they must use disguise. Moreover, the planes carrying military supplies from the Soviet Union returned irregularly. wanted to go to the Soviet Union and had to wait for the plane's arrival in three offices for a long time.
In 1937, when He Zizhen went to the Soviet Union to study, he passed this route. was also the first group of comrades of our party to go to the Soviet Union to study and treat illnesses.
Later, Li Min still clearly remembered how she was dressed at the time. According to her memories, : "I was wearing a black leather cap at the time.However, I also have a hat made of cloth. The size of the hat is tailored to the size of the head. It is tightly placed on the head until the eyebrows. There are two long and thick straps beside the hat. Wrap them around your neck and it becomes a scarf. He was wearing pilot clothes and a black leather coat. ”
Figure | He Zizhen and Li Min
Among the people who went to the Soviet Union with Li Min at that time, there was also Zhu De’s daughter Zhu Min , and everyone did not take care of each other. I feel lonely.
Li Min didn’t know until the plane arrived in the Soviet Union that no one told his mother He Zizhen that he had come to Moscow. After the plane landed, no one picked her up. It was with the help of a kind pilot that Li Min found the Chinese overseas student. Until this time, He Zizhen still knew nothing about her daughter’s arrival.
When she heard other overseas students say that your daughter was waiting for you in the dormitory, she thought it was comrades who were joking. Insurance For the sake of this, she went back to the dormitory to check it suspiciously.
After returning to the residence, He Zizhen saw a little girl standing in the room blankly, looking around blankly, she couldn't help being amused.
"Who are you, why are you here? He Zizhen asked the little girl with a strong Jiangxi accent.
"My name is Jiaojiao, I'm here to find my mother." " Li Min's answer was with an accent of northern Shaanxi.
" What's her name? "My mother's name is He Zizhen."
"This time, did you bring her a gift?" "I brought Jiaojiao."
This is a warm and simple conversation when the mother and daughter meet again. After three years of separation from her mother, Li Min, four years old of , finally met He Zizhen in Moscow.
| He Zizhen and Li Min
For a time, He Zizhen had mixed feelings, and she squatted down and held her daughter in her arms. She couldn't help but burst into tears, . She can hardly imagine how much hard1strong her 4-year-old daughter had gone through before she came to Moscow.
Later, when He Zizhen told other people about the process, always smiled with a proud tone.
So what was Li Min’s first impression of his mother He Zizhen?
She thinks that the mother in front of her is really very beautiful, different from the aunts I saw in Yan'an, her mother's hair is curly, wearing skirts and high heels, and the aunts in Yan'an are all She wears short hair, a military coat and cloth shoes.
However, my mother talked to herself with a smile, and later embraced herself warmly. At this moment, Li Min clearly felt the love and tenderness of her mother for herself. , She finally realized what it feels like to have a mother!
4-year-old Li Min may not know how much joy her arrival brought to He Zizhen. When Li Min came to Moscow, He Zizhen was losing her husband. In grief.
Figure | He Zizhen and Li Min
In 1925,He Zizhen joined the Communist Youth League and joined the Communist Party the following year.
Later, He Zizhen and Yuan Wencai , Wang Zuo led the peasant revolutionary army stationed in Jinggangshan was the only female communist member at that time.
In 1927, Chairman Mao led the Autumn Harvest Uprising's troops to the Jinggangshan Reunion Division, and met with He Zizhen. In the battle to establish a revolutionary base, Chairman Mao and He Zizhen forged a deep revolutionary friendship and formed a relationship. For couples.
In the subsequent revolutionary undertakings, He Zizhen accompanied her husband Chairman Mao to run around and participated in the Long March, and experienced difficulties and obstacles.
But the good times did not last long. When the revolutionary situation was promising, there was an irreconcilable contradiction between and Chairman Mao. So, in August 1937, He Zizhen and Chairman Mao went to the Soviet Union to study in anger. What only did not expect her was, unfortunately, one after another will come.
Picture | He Zizhen in Jinggangshan
He Zizhen found out that she was pregnant after arriving in the Soviet Union. At that time, she gave birth to a child in Moscow alone, and soon contracted pneumonia, and unfortunately passed away .
This brought great grief to He Zizhen, she loved Chairman Mao deeply,But failed to save the child. She gradually realized that coming to the Soviet Union alone was not a correct decision.
Later, He Zizhen wrote a letter to Chairman Mao, but did not receive a reply. Full of expectation was also a little bit extinguished. If it is unfortunate to lose a child. Then, what happened next became the last straw that crushed He Zizhen.
The personnel sent by the Communist Party to study in the Soviet Union are generally fixed for a year or so . In order to study efficiently, comrades who went to the Soviet Union do not necessarily have to learn Russian. There will be a special teacher who will translate the lessons into Chinese so that everyone can learn knowledge more quickly.
In 1938, He Zizhen, who was far away in the Soviet Union, read a piece of news from the newspaper: Chairman Mao and his wife Jiang Qing, walking on the moonlight to send off reporters outside the cave.
The news was like a bolt from the blue. She couldn't believe that her former lover was married.
Picture | He Zizhen and Chairman Mao
He Zizhen is unwilling to believe this is true, constantly paralyzing herself, and still insisting on attending classes and participating in activities every day. She hopes that this is misinformation, and she has illusions.
But soon, this hope was shattered. In August 1939, He Zizhen met Zhou Enlai and his wife in Moscow. He Zizhen was very pleased to learn of their arrival. However, what she did not expect was that Zhou Enlai and his wife also brought a letter from Chairman Mao and a box of books.
The content of the letter is very brief. At the beginning of the new letter he wrote Comrade He Zizhen, instead of the usual self-preservation . Chairman Mao has always called her self-care in the past years.
wrote in the letter: "The letter and photo you sent,I have received it. Today, everything is fine for me. Don’t read it. I hope you will study hard in the Soviet Union. We will be comrades in the future. "
Although there are still concerns about He Zizhen in this letter, the title for her has changed, which is equivalent to a breakup. means that the relationship between Chairman Mao and He Zizhen is over.
Since then, He Zizhen had to accept reality, and the repeated trials made her feel confused about the future. Every late night, she couldn't sleep.
Figure | He Zizhen and Chairman Mao
Therefore, the arrival of her daughter Li Min gave He Zizhen The hope of cheer, she is not nothing, there is only her own flesh and blood, and her daughter also needs her. Li Min became her spiritual support, and she began to focus all of her energy on Li Min and accompany her daughter.
Li Min came to Moscow After that, could feel his mother’s deep love, and his mother stayed with her, and every night she could listen to her mother’s lullaby to go to sleep.
Li Min not only gained the love of his mother in Moscow, but also made foreign friends. It was a Spanish boy who was about the same age as Li Min, and they often went out to play games together. In addition to the company of the little boy, his two brothers are also in Moscow.
Mao Anying and Mao Anying , Is Li Min’s half-brother. This time he came to Moscow to participate in the study. The two elder brothers like this lively and cheerful sister very much. Whenever the school sends out some rewards and delicious food, they are reluctant to eat and stay quietly. Next, give it to my sister Li Min for the first time after school.
Whenever they are free on weekends, Mao Anying and Mao Anying will go to He Zizhen’s dormitory to gather together.Play poker with He Zizhen and his sister and have fun. There are a few children here, the dormitory is always full of laughter, and the happiness of the children also affects He Zizhen.
Picture | Mao Anying and Mao Anying
The four of them often get together, and they feel like a family. In fact, although there are blood relations, strictly speaking, they cannot be called For home.
The four of them usually eat in the canteen and live in the dormitory. They never mentioned Chairman Mao, who connected them, as if this person did not exist.
Later, Li Min grew up a bit and started to go to kindergarten. Before enrolling in school, her mother He Zizhen specially asked her: "Don't tell anyone about your surname Mao, if someone asks who your father is, you just say you don't have a father."
Actually, even if there is no instruction from your mother, She doesn't expose herself either. From her birth to the present, the concept of her father is very vague, and she has never felt the existence of her father.
He Zizhen prevents her daughter from revealing herself, but also to protect her. Chairman Mao is the leader of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and is always paying attention to his movements internationally. Among them, there are many hostile elements who intend to use Chairman Mao's children to threaten him. At that time, there were not only Chinese students but also students from other countries who were studying in Moscow.
Picture | He Zizhen and Chairman Mao
Another important reason is that even though He Zizhen and Chairman Mao have a relationship between for more than 10 years, she has never used the chairman’s wife. This identity.
He Zizhen is an approachable person who treats others with enthusiasm. She considers herself just a member of the revolutionary team. The status and honor of the husband is not a capital to show off for her wife.
When He Zizhen first arrived in Moscow, she never used the chairman's wife to seek privileges. What's more, she and Chairman Mao are no longer husband and wife, so there is no need for it. And the relationship with Chairman Mao has evolved to this point, and she believes it is her fault.
Fortunately, the company of several sensible children later relieved He Zizhen’s heart knot. The three children who were sensible would not mention their father’s marriage in front of He Zizhen, and every time they saw He Zizhen’s face, he looked sad. When I feel bad, I feel distressed. And He Zizhen took good care of several children, helping them as much as possible in life, and leaving some delicious food for the children.
In this way, in a foreign country of Moscow, the four depend on each other and rely on each other to form a warm little home.
Picture | Li Min and his wife and He Zizhen
On April 19, 1984, He Zizhen died of illness in Shanghai at the age of 75. After He Zizhen's death, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee specifically asked the Central Committee for instructions on how to deal with her funeral. Deng Xiaoping decided after careful consideration: "Buy Comrade He Zizhen in Babao Mountain. We, the leaders of the Central Committee, must send a wreath."
After the death of He Zizhen, many people spontaneously went to Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery to mourn the heroine who had experienced ups and downs.
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