On March 1, 2021, an old man died in the hospital due to ineffective treatment, he was Wang Jingqing, who had served as Chairman Mao's guard, and then the second husband of Chairman Mao's daughter Li Ne, that is, Chairman Mao's son-in-law. His farewell ceremony was held in Babaoshan, Beijing, and many people came, including the staff who had been with Chairman Mao, as well as Wang Jingqing's companions, looking at Wang Jingqing's body, all of whom had tears in their eyes.
Wang Jingqing's life was simple, and many of the clothes on his and Li Ne's bodies were bought for more than a dozen yuan on the stall, and even many of his socks were patched. In him, we see the spirit of hard work, diligence and thrift in the older generation. Let's take a look at the old man's life now!
First, he became Chairman Mao's bodyguard
Wang Jingqing was born in 1927 to a poor peasant family in Shenmu County, Yulin, Shaanxi. When he was born, the landlord still existed, and his family was oppressed by the landlord before he was born. Every day, there is a shortage of water and land, and there is no food. At that time, Wang Jingqing had not yet thought of overthrowing the landlord, but he had always been very dissatisfied with the landlord.
He wondered countless times: "Why do my family suffer so much, why do the landlords have so much food to eat every day, warm clothes to wear, and live in such a big house?" Why are the landlords so cruel to these poor people, scolding and cursing every day, but exploiting vigorously. ”
At this time, Wang Jingqing still hoped that the landlord could become better, become kinder, and stop squeezing poor families like him, and his real change of mind was after he heard about the Chinese Communist Party. On one occasion, he listened to a chat with several people who were also oppressed by the landlords, and one of them said: "The Communist Party is a good organization, they have beaten off the landlords in many places, and the peasants in those places do not know how happy they are now!" ”
Another also said, "Yes! I have also heard that they all say that the Communist Party is an organization that can speak for the poor, and as soon as they come, the landlords will have to run away, and they can live more comfortably, at least the land they have planted, and the grain they have produced can be taken all by themselves, and they do not have to hand over so much. ”
After listening to this conversation, Wang Jingqing began to be interested in the Communist Party, and he hoped that the Communist Party would come to Shenmu County, where he was located, and beat the evil landlords here away, so that the grain they had worked so hard to grow could belong to him, and he looked forward to this matter day and night. Finally, his wish is about to come true...
In September 1934, the Chinese Communist Party came to Shenmu County, where they established a revolutionary regime. Some of the landlords in Shenmu County, large and small, were suppressed, and some ran away overnight when they learned that the Communists were coming. At this time, Wang Jingqing was only 7 years old, and he only knew that his parents' faces were filled with sadness and overwhelmed by life before the arrival of the Communist Party, and since the Communist Party came, his parents' faces were full of smiles every day, showing a beautiful vision for the future.
It wasn't until he got older that he really understood the Communist Party, and he thought, "If you can join the Communist Party, you'll follow the soldiers to the battlefield and fight the enemy." After the establishment of the revolutionary regime in Shenmu County, our Party established a revolutionary base area after that, and later established the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government.
Wang Jingqing, who was in the revolutionary base area, could see military personnel walking around the village every day to protect them from harm. During this period, Wang Jingqing learned some revolutionary knowledge, and his thinking was greatly sublimated because of the education of the party. At this moment, he thought, "I must join the Communist Party, and no matter how difficult it is, I must also complete this matter." ”
When Wang Jingqing was 13 years old, he told his parents: "Father, mother, I also want to join the Communist Party and become a soldier of the Eighth Route Army." When the parents heard Wang Jingqing say this, they showed great support, they said: "Son, you can go if you want, you don't have to worry about us." The Communist Party is a good organization, and it is also your honor to be able to become an Eighth Route Army, and your father supports you. ”
Wang Jingqing plucked up the courage to go to the recruitment office, and he said to the soldiers in the recruitment office: "Comrade, I want to join the Eighth Route Army, I am 13 years old this year. "The soldiers in the recruitment office were happy that a child also wanted to join the Eighth Route Army, but the child was too young and too dangerous to go to the battlefield. Therefore, he said: "Little comrade, we are very happy that you are willing to join the Eighth Route Army. But you're still a little young, and the battlefield is too dangerous for you, so why don't you join the ambulance team first? ”
Wang Jingqing saw that the soldiers in the recruitment office felt that they were too young to let themselves go to the front line, so he said: "Although I am young, I can go into battle to kill the enemy. The soldier at the recruitment office smiled after hearing Wang Jingqing's words, and he said: "Little comrade, of course I believe you, but you are too young." What's more, the ambulance team is also very important, it is related to the safety of comrades' lives, no worse than going to the front. After hearing this, Wang Jingqing thought about it for a while and said, "Well, the ambulance team can also do it." ”
After entering the army, Wang Jingqing successfully joined the children's regiment in the army and was arranged to help take care of the wounded in the rear of the unit. Watching the warriors who were originally alive and jumping were finally carried back from the battlefield, Wang Jingqing was deeply sad in his heart. He thought, "It's a heavenly Japanese, if only I could grow up quickly, so that I could avenge my dead companions." ”
Pictured | wounded warrior
Although he was in the rear of the army and could only rescue the soldiers every day, Wang Jingqing did not relax his training in combat techniques. Every day, he takes time out of his breaks to practice his killing skills. When the farmers were busy, he did not forget to help the villagers and go down to the field with them to harvest rice. In addition, he was often responsible for the protection of his leaders.
In March 1947, the Kuomintang launched a major attack on Yan'an, after which the Party Central Committee decided to transfer the position to Xibaipo after consultation. During this period, the safety of all the leaders of the Party Central Committee became the primary issue, so all the leaders of the Party Central Committee must be equipped with guards to ensure their safety. At this time, the selection of guards has become a great problem, after all, guards must be careful, can cook, can do simple sewing work, but also have a clean family, high loyalty to the party and a high level of force.
These conditions can quickly find the right person, but once combined, there are very few people who meet these conditions. Wang Jingqing happened to meet these conditions, and his usual performance was very good, so he was selected into the Central Guard Corps and became Chairman Mao's guard. He was only 20 years old.
During his tenure as Chairman Mao's bodyguard, Wang Jingqing met Li Yinqiao and the little girl Li Ne. He had a good impression of Li Ne, thinking that she was well-behaved and cute, and knowledgeable. However, Wang Jingqing did not serve as Chairman Mao's guard for a long time, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was transferred to the Political Work Office of the Central Guard Division. Because he entered the army at a young age and has always performed very well, his treatment is also very good.
2. Participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea as desired
But this was not what Wang Jingqing hoped, from the moment he joined the army, he wanted to go to the front. Therefore, after the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he realized that his opportunity had come, and he immediately submitted an application to his superiors to go to the front line of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and coexist with the soldiers, but it was quickly rejected. Because the domestic situation at that time was also very tense, all walks of life were in a state of waste waiting to be rebuilt, and the safety of state leaders was often in danger at that time, so Wang Jingqing could not go to the battlefield.
Figure | War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
Wang Jingqing later submitted several more applications for his desire to go to the battlefield, but all of them were rejected. But he did not give up, and applied again every time he rejected it. Finally, in April 1951, Wang Jingqing was conducting research in a place in Shandong, but when he reported his work to his superiors, his superiors gave him a notice that the organization had a task for him to carry out, and asked him to immediately finish the work at hand and return to Beijing.
After returning to Beijing, Wang Jingqing finally knew what was going on with him. It turned out that the good news from the front line of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea had come one after another, and the UN army, seeing that the war was unfavorable, wanted to negotiate with our army. But the front line was so dangerous, the leaders of the countries that came to negotiate were indispensable to the guards, and the organizational leaders entrusted the task of selecting suitable defense fighters to Liu Huishan, commander of the guard division. When Liu Huishan got the task, he thought of Wang Jingqing, who had always performed very well and had a high mood of participating in the war.
When he knew that he could finally go to the battlefield, Wang Jingqing was very happy, and he quickly packed up his luggage and waited with excitement for the day to go to the battlefield. A few days later, on the day of his trip to North Korea, Wang Jingqing and several other defense fighters took a train to Dandong and then crossed the Yalu River to the Korean battlefield.
After Wang Jingqing and others arrived at the location of our army's leaders in Korea, they were received by Li Kenong. Li Kenong said to them: "Comrades, this time you have come here with a heavy task, and the front line will be handed over to the soldiers on the front line, who have won successive victories under the command of Commander-in-Chief Peng, and whether or not the war can be stopped now depends on the negotiators. So keep the negotiators safe. Wang Jingqing and the others all replied: "Ensure the smooth completion of the task." ”
Pictured| Li Kenong
The negotiators chose to negotiate at Panmunjom, during which Time Wang Jingqing and others did not dare to slacken off in the slightest, remained vigilant at all times, and finally the armistice agreement was signed and the negotiations ended.
Our party negotiators, Wang Jingqing and other defenders left Korea after that, and after returning to China, Wang Jingqing continued to return to work in the Central Guard Division. His desire to go to war was finally fulfilled, and although there were some differences between him and his imagination of going into battle and killing the enemy, it also made his heart less eager to participate in the war.
In view of Wang Jingqing's serious responsibility in his work and his many years of work experience, he was transferred to the Kunming Military Region as the chief of staff of the Nujiang Subdistrict. During this period, his wife divorced Wang Jingqing for some reasons, Wang Jingqing was depressed for a while, he has not been able to understand why his wife chose to divorce him, but he quickly came out, after all, there are still many things waiting to be dealt with at work, he can not slacken off.
3. Married li ne through introduction
In May 1983, Liu Huishan, the commander of the Central Guard Division, died, and Wang Jingqing, after receiving the news, was so sad that he quickly suspended his work and applied to the organization to go to Beijing to attend Liu Huishan's funeral. At the funeral, he met many old friends who had not been seen for a long time, including Li Yinqiao and Han Guixin.
After the funeral, Li Yinqiao and Han Guixin invited Wang Jingqing to their home, and they chatted for a long time. Suddenly, Han Guixin pointed to a photo and asked, "Do you remember who she is?" Wang Jingqing thought for a moment and said, "Isn't this Chairman Mao's daughter Li Ne?" Looking at the photos of Li Ne when he was a child, Wang Jingqing couldn't help but fall into memories, recalling the days when he was still a guard by Chairman Mao's side.
Picture | Li Ne (left) and Li Min (right)
When he was a guard of Chairman Mao, Wang Jingqing knew Li Ne, when Li Ne was still a seven- or eight-year-old girl, sensible and well-behaved, Wang Jingqing liked Li Ne very much, but it was also the love of the elders for the younger generations. However, due to his identity and Li Ne's own lack of conversation, there was not much communication between him and the little girl.
But one time, at that time, Li Ne was already enrolled in the Beijing Normal University Affiliated High School. On that day, Li Ne returned from school to eat with Chairman Mao as usual, and Wang Jingqing also gave Li Ne a dinner from the canteen as usual, which was tomato and egg rice, and after putting it on the table, Wang Jingqing went to work on other things. But Li Ne's appetite is small, there are more meals, and there are few dishes, so when she eats, she secretly throws away a few bites of rice that she can't eat. And this matter was known to Chairman Mao.
The chairman was very angry, he had always cherished grain very much, he did not expect that his daughter would waste grain, and he thought that in some poor places there might be people who did not even have to eat, he was even more angry, and immediately let Li Ne go out to punish the station. Li Ne knew that he had done something wrong, and obediently went to the courtyard to punish the station.
When Wang Jingqing returned from his business, he saw Li Ne standing in the courtyard, but he didn't think too much about it, thinking that the little girl might have something to do, so he stood there. But before long, a torrential rain began to fall from the sky, and this rain soon drenched Li Ne. At this time, Wang Jingqing saw that Li Ne was still standing in the rainstorm, so he quickly opened an umbrella and said to Li Ne: "Li Ne, go into the house, the rain is very heavy, don't get sick for a while, your father will still be in pain." ”
But Li Ne looked at Wang Jingqing and said, "No need, Uncle Wang, you can enter the house." I should be punished if I make a mistake, I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me. There was no credibility in this sentence, because the little girl's face was frozen blue. Seeing that Li Ne was unwilling to leave, Wang Jingqing could only stand next to Li Ne to give her an umbrella, and he also took off his coat and put it on Li Ne.
Wang Jingqing knew the time when Li Ne was punished, and after a long time, the time for punishment finally arrived. Wang Jingqing said to Li Ne: "Li Ne, the time is up, go into the house quickly, quickly change your clothes, don't get sick." Li Ne trembled and said to Wang Jingqing, "Thank you Uncle Wang for reminding me, I will go right away." ”
Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Ne lifted his foot, he fainted. Fortunately, Wang Jingqing's eyes were fast, and he caught Li Ne in time, at this time he saw that the little girl's face was red abnormally, and quickly probed the temperature on the little girl's forehead. Oh my God, it's hot! He quickly carried Li Ne into the room and shouted at Chairman Mao: "Chairman, Chairman, Li Ne has a fever." ”
Hearing that his child was sick, Chairman Mao could not sit still, he had been sitting in the room waiting for his daughter's punishment time to end, he wanted her daughter to remember sex for a long time, knowing that grain was not easy to come by, and it could not be easily wasted. Hearing the sound of rain outside, he also quietly came to the door, and after seeing Wang Jingqing put an umbrella on his daughter and put on his own clothes, he continued to sit in the house and wait. But his daughter was still sick, so he quickly ran to her daughter and touched his forehead, how could it be so hot!
Chairman Mao hurriedly said, "Quick, take the big doll to the hospital!" Li Ne's health has not been good since she was a child, and this disease has made her stay in the hospital for a long time, and this incident has also made Li Ne's liking for Wang Jingqing rise sharply. Later, whenever she saw Wang Jingqing, she would greet Wang Jingqing, and Wang Jingqing also liked this polite child even more.
At the end of the reflection, Wang Jingqing asked Han Guixin, "How is Li Ne now?" Are you doing well? I have been in Yunnan for so many years, and I have never understood her situation. ”
Only to see Han Guixin sigh and say, "This child is not living well now, his health has not been good since he was a child, and he has suffered a lot when he grows up." In 58 years, Li Ne suffered from appendicitis and needed surgery because he ate lightly for a long time and did not eat on time. When the doctor knew that she still had a broken needle in her body, he said that two operations could be performed together, and Chairman Mao thought about it for a long time and agreed to the plan of doing the two operations together. The operation was successful, but because the sterility at the time was not done well, she became infected. ”
Pictured| Li Ne and Chairman Mao
At this time, Han Guixin seemed to remember something sad and continued, "My poor little Li Ne, who has been burning for a long time in a row, almost did not survive. Chairman Mao couldn't come over often, so he asked me to take care of Li Ne in the hospital all the time. Poor boy, those days were so thin that they were out of phase, fortunately, they survived. After Wang Jingqing listened to this incident, he could not relax for a long time. Later he asked eagerly, "What about when she grows up?" You just said she suffered a lot when she grew up. ”
Han Guixin had already packed up her emotions at this time, she said: "After growing up, in the past 70 years, Li Ne went to the countryside to work, fell in love with a boy from a peasant family, and later got married, when the two of them also had a relatively happy time, but in the end they divorced because of different ideological realms. They had a child named Xu Xiaoning, who was taken by Li Ne after the divorce. ”
Later, Han Guixin took a sip of water and said: "We also found Li Ne some time ago, she can only buy a dime and a dime of meat at a time, and often takes her children to the street to pick up rotten vegetable leaves to eat." At this time, Wang Jingqing's eyes were already red, and Han Guixin saw that Wang Jingqing seemed to have feelings for Li Ne, and said, "Li Ne is now short of a confidant around him!" Don't know if you want to be this person? ”
Hearing this question, Wang Jingqing made a big red face, he said: "Li Ne is a highly educated person, I have not been to school for a few years in total, and I am so much older than her, she can't look at me." Han Guixin saw that Wang Jingqing did not refuse at the beginning, and said, "How come, I think you are very worthy." Although you have not received higher education, but you have learned so many things over the years, not to mention that you both like calligraphy, we all know your personality, if you like it, how about we help you tie the line? Li Yinqiao, who was sitting next to him, also spoke up next to him. Hou Wang Jingqing said, "That... That's going to bother you. ”
Fourth, the happy life of the two after marriage
In 1983, with the help of Li Yinqiao and Han Guixin, the 43-year-old Li Ne met the 56-year-old Wang Jingqing, and both of them had a good feeling for each other, but both were shy, so the window paper had never been broken.
Until one day, it was a rainy day, and it was still windy. Mr. and Mrs. Li Yinqiao received a call from Li Ne. It turned out that after Li Ne woke up from sleep and found that the window had been blown open by the strong wind, she thought of closing the window quickly. But she did not expect that the rain had long been blown into the house by the strong wind through the window, and the ground was full of water. She accidentally fell to the ground. She immediately tried to get up, but as soon as she moved, a sharp pain came from her leg, and she found that her leg had broken.
At this time, she remembered Li Yinqiao and his wife, so she slowly climbed to the edge of the bed and called them. However, Li Yinqiao and his wife lived far away at that time and could not rush over as soon as possible, so they immediately notified Wang Jingqing, who lived near Li Ne. After Wang Jingqing learned the news, he hurriedly took the tool and broke through the door. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Li Ne leaning against the bed, drenched in wetness, and his legs still in an unnatural position on the ground.
Pictured | Wang Jingqing and Li Ne
At this time, Wang Jingqing's heart ached, and he quickly hugged Li Ne, who was leaning on the edge of the bed, onto the bed and found her dry clothes. Later, he found a stool, sat on the edge of the bed, and said to Li Ne, "Li Ne, I will take care of you!" Li Ne had tears in his eyes at this time, staring at Wang Jingqing for a long time before saying, "Good! ”
The two applied for marriage shortly thereafter, and the wedding was very simple, only inviting acquaintances to a meal. After marriage, the two lived very affectionately, Wang Jingqing loved Li Ne very much, he knew that Li Ne had a bad appetite but loved to eat food, so he often collected recipes from all over the world to make for Li Ne to eat. Because Li Ne was not in good health, Wang Jingqing, the family's household chore, was also all covered.
Until March 2021, Wang Jingqing died of illness. At his funeral, Li Ne cried out, the person who had accompanied her for decades. What Wang Jingqing brought to Li Ne was not only a sound family, but also endless love!