In 1950, the small merchants and vendors in front of the Desheng Gate in Beiping were talking about the "Seventh Master" being reused by Chairman Mao, you know, this Seventh Master is already more than half a hundred years old, how can he suddenly be reused at this age? Not to mention that this "Seventh Master" also has the identity of an old nobleman of the Qing Dynasty!
Although everyone has different opinions on this matter, there are many opinions, but in fact, this "Seventh Master" himself is also very confused
"I have never met Chairman Mao, how does he know me?" ”
Look at the stars from afar
Ai Xin Jue Luo Zaitao was born in 1887, at this time the Qing Dynasty has been surviving, poor and weak, because Zaitao ranks seventh, so people like to call him "Old Seven", as he grows older, people in the street are willing to call him "Seven Masters".
He was the half-brother of the Guangxu Emperor, and for the government, Zaitao did not study so hard, he had four hobbies in his daily life, and he had nothing to cultivate his hobbies and strengths.
But what he didn't expect was that these hobbies cultivated in his early years could actually reopen a path of life for him in middle age.
Zaitao inherited the title of Baylor when he was fifteen years old, so in terms of understanding and talent, compared with the Qing Dynasty nobles of the same period, Zaitao was worthy of being cultivated.
Although Zaitao liked to have fun like other Qing nobles, his kind of fun was also limited to the hobby of squandering money, compared to other nobles who took money to prostitute and press plugs, Zaitao had resisted many temptations around him.
Zaitao has liked Soma since he was young, watching dramas, collecting bicycles and cooking vegetables, among which Zaitao's most powerful hobby is Soma,
Over time, the matter of soma has not only been a hobby for Zaitao, but also an obsessive attitude to life, and he even paid a lot of financial and material resources in order to win a good horse, so that he hurt many relationships between relatives and liaos.
However, as the saying goes, persistent things will always reward you. When Zaitao was 21 years old, his nephew Puyi became the Xuantong Emperor, but the good times were short-lived, and in 1912, the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution ended the surviving Qing Dynasty, and since then the Qing Dynasty has died.
The fall of a meteor
For the nobles of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, it was the beginning of their fall into the folk, and the old nobles who had always enjoyed glory and wealth were still difficult to change their vices, they could not accept the fate of their own poor people, and in their lonely lives, they still dreamed of revival in the Qing Dynasty.
At first, Zaitao was also very sad about the change of dynasty, but then he cheered up, because he was not just a person, there were many children and grandchildren waiting to be fed behind him, and a whole family of Aisin Kyora, he knew that the responsibility was greater than the sky, and after careful consideration, he decided to sell his Baylor House.
After getting this money, his living expenses were temporarily guaranteed, but there was still no hope for his future life, and the desperate Zaitao inquired about the current situation of many old princes and nobles around him, and found that their respective ways out were different.
Among them, Zaitao was most unaccustomed to being a "traitor" who worked for the Japanese and broke off contact with the old nobles who were close to foreign countries.
In those hardest days,
Zaitao chose to set up street stalls to make a living
His home also has some valuable artifacts of the old dynasty that can easily sustain his family's life.
Many traders in the folk know that the real identity of this stall master is the "Lonely Seven Princes", and the things resold by his hands are real treasures, so they often take care of Zaitao's business.
In fact, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Premier Zhou has been paying attention to the lives of these fallen nobles, until 1950, When Li Jishen reflected Zaitao's situation to Premier Zhou, Zaitao's life had obvious improvement and vitality.
Zaitao once said: "I am not a slave to the country, I sell things, that is, I do not betray the country." Perhaps this sentence touched Premier Zhou, or perhaps during the years when Zaitao was at the lowest point in his life, he had always lived his own life, and his backbone without moving a little crooked mind touched Premier Zhou.
Premier Zhou invited Zaitao to attend the second meeting of the First National Committee, and Zaitao was more than 60 years old when he received this invitation, and most of his life had passed, but for him, these were just "big things and late successes".
During the meeting, Premier Zhou said a sentence to Zaitao that he would never forget in the midst of his busy schedule:
"At the first meeting, I did not invite my husband to attend, and I forgot you, the representative of hundreds of thousands of Manchu people.
Zaitao couldn't believe that he was the representative of hundreds of thousands of Manchus.
Since then, Zaitao has changed his appearance, getting up diligently and early every day, busy with government affairs, and after getting along with a meeting, Premier Zhou gave Zaitao an opportunity to work for New China.
After careful consideration, Zaitao drew up a bill entitled "Proposed to Improve horse breeds to benefit the military", and the submission of this bill gave Zaitao hope for his future life, and he was at home every day looking forward to the arrival of opportunities.
It was not until August that Zaitao finally received a commission order, and this appointment order was written with the three big characters of "Mao Zedong".
He was appointed by Chairman Mao as an adviser to the Ma Political Bureau of the Artillery Command of the people's liberation army of Chinese!
A spark can ignite the plains
Since then, Zaitao has done his best to play a role in the Ma political situation, and in his later years, he has transformed from a depressed stallholder into a people who can shine for the new China.
During the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the decree of transferring a large number of military horses to support the front line and transport goods was very urgent, and Zaitao and his comrades quickly went to the northeast, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and other places to collect military horses everywhere.
Under repeated planning, more than 25,000 military horses were successfully sent to the Yalu River, and in 1953, after the end of the Korean War, Zaitao met with Premier Zhou again, this time, Premier Zhou still praised Zaitao's merits without hesitation.
In 1970, Zaitao died of illness and entered the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.
brief summary:
The life of Ai Xinjue Luo Zaitao can be described as experiencing a desperate place but blossoming in the dust. "Soldiers die for confidants", "Do not be a slave to the country" and "Do not be a traitor" are the mottos of his life. Although his story has become history, his spirit deserves to be passed on by future generations!