Zhang Yufeng
One day in the 1970s, Chairman Mao's personal nurse Meng Jinyun came to change the secretary's class as usual.
But when Meng Jinyun walked to the door of the chairman's bedroom, the loud noise coming from inside frightened her to stop her steps quickly.
"You roll me!" The people in the bedroom roared with all their might, and Meng Jinyun could hear that it was the chairman's voice.
"Roll on, whoever doesn't let me go is the dog!" The other party did not seem to be willing to show weakness at all, and Meng Jinyun, who was standing outside the door, couldn't help but inhale a cool breath after listening to it.
Who exactly provoked Chairman Mao to lose so much temper? As Meng Jinyun expected, it was indeed the secretary with a big temper - Zhang Yufeng.
Arguing like this, no one can stay any longer, but it turns out that Meng Jinyun's worries are superfluous.
Chairman Mao
The quarrel between Chairman Mao and Zhang Yufeng was not the first, and it will never be, the last.
After the big quarrel, Zhang Yufeng did not leave, and Chairman Mao did not really pursue her recklessness and collision.
The final solution to this quarrel was that the chairman wrote down Zhang Yufeng's words that he was a dog on a piece of paper and wrote it down.
Chairman Mao's behavior made people cry and laugh, but if you think about it carefully, you can see that he attaches great importance to and tolerates this secretary named Zhang Yufeng.
There is never a shortage of excellent secretaries around the chairman, a woman has such a big temper, he can still value it so much, what kind of woman is Zhang Yufeng?
In the eyes of the world, Zhang Yufeng, the "confidential secretary" next to Chairman Mao, seems to be draped in a veil of mystery, unfathomable, but in the hearts of acquaintances, she is just an ordinary and upright woman.
In the words of her lover Liu Aimin: "She is an honest, decent, and straightforward person." ”
Zhang Yufeng was born in Mudanjiang in 1944, a family so poor that she could not continue her studies, so she dropped out of school at a young age and went to work.
Fate is fair, and Heaven did not create a good condition for her to complete her studies, but gave her another opportunity.
In the long run, this opportunity is easier and more worthwhile than the cold window.
Around 1960, Zhang Yufeng, who had been working in the Railway Bureau, was transferred to the special transportation office of the Ministry of Railways in Beijing, in charge of Chairman Mao's special train.
Perhaps many people will wonder, why can zhang Yufeng, an ordinary woman, work in the chairman's special train?
Chairman Mao and Zhang Yufeng
In fact, the work of the chairman's special train is not as mysterious as people think, this job does not require any diplomas and skills, and there will not be too many intimate exchanges with the chairman.
On the special train, Zhang Yufeng is nothing more than doing some service work, serving water to deliver meals when foreign guests and chiefs ride, as for usual, she only needs to be diligent in cleaning and keeping the carriage clean.
Doing an ordinary job, marrying and having children with the honest and kind Liu Aimin, Zhang Yufeng thought that life was so plain and uneventful, and it was not impossible.
But sometimes the gift of fate caught people off guard, and she did not expect that ten years of work like a day had ushered in a huge turning point.
Zhang Yufeng clearly remembers everything that happened that day, it was July 1970, a sunny morning, an important moment in her life.
Early that morning, she went to work as usual, sweeping the carriages for the new day, when two people came up on the train.
The two men, the conductor and the deputy secretary, asked Zhang Yufeng when he would finish his work. After that, take a trip to Zhongnanhai.
Going to Zhongnanhai? Zhang Yufeng didn't know what had happened, or what she had done wrong, in short, she was terrified, about 11 o'clock in the morning, she didn't have time to freshen up, she followed.
On the way to Zhongnanhai, she was still nervous, and she must not have thought that what was waiting for him in Zhongnanhai was to accompany the work of the country's supreme leader.
In 1970, Chairman Mao, who was in his seventies, was already an old man with gray hair.
Therefore, when Zhang Yufeng first saw this leader, the years had already changed his kind face, but that sense of majesty was still there, and she was still trembling.
This tension is not difficult to understand, like many people, Zhang Yufeng feels that it is her honor to work next to Chairman Mao, but as an "ordinary person", she is still uncomfortable facing the chairman.
However, that was just the beginning, and when she became familiar with the chairman's personality, life and work, the two got along much more interestingly.
From the initial restraint to the later calmness, Zhang Yufeng also exposed his bad temper to the chairman.
So much so that Chairman Mao said to people: "My temper is not good, Zhang Yufeng's temper is even worse, and she still scolds me." ”
Hearing the Chairman's remarks, the people of the world may think that Zhang Yufeng and Chairman Mao got along very badly, and that would be a big mistake.
In the past 6 years around the chairman, whether it is personal life or work, Zhang Yufeng's care can be called meticulous, and for the chairman, she even learned eighteen martial arts.
Once people are old, there will always be some small problems in the body, and in those years, the elderly Chairman Mao would feel uncomfortable in his body every time he entered the winter or the beginning of spring.
Zhang Yufeng is not a doctor, has not undergone formal nursing training, but can "heal" the chairman better than a doctor.
Chairman Mao at work
In early 1971, the chairman became inflamed with the bronchi due to a cold, and later coughed day and night.
As we all know, although the cough is a small problem, it is uncontrollable, for a person who loves to work, the cough is not only very uncomfortable, but also seriously affects the work.
But as Chairman Mao himself said, he himself had a great temper, was stubborn when he was sick, did not follow the doctor's advice, did not listen to advice, and even smoked.
Not only that, he was accustomed to resting during the day, staying up late at night to work, and his life was completely irregular, so the wayward result was that bronchitis eventually turned into lobar pneumonia.
Later, due to his constant coughing, he could not even lie in bed steadily, and could only sit on the sofa day and night to nap, and Zhang Yufeng, who worked in the Ministry of Railways, took on the work of "nurse" at this time.
Zhang Yufeng and Chairman Mao
Zhang Yufeng took care of Chairman Mao while learning nursing knowledge, and finally the chairman's body gradually improved day by day under her care.
The chairman once quoted the words in the "Chronicle of History" at the dinner table: "A life of death is to know friendship, a poor and a rich person is to know friendship, and a noble and a lowly friendship is to see." ”
This sentence is used in his friendship with Zhang Yufeng, which is most appropriate, because in the chairman's heart, Zhang Yufeng's "good" is more than this.
In addition to taking care of her life, she was also particularly careful and conscientious in her work, so that Chairman Mao in her later years could trust and rely on her without scruples.
Moreover, After staying by the chairman's side for a long time, Zhang Yufeng, who has seen big scenes, has also learned to observe words and colors.
Chairman Mao calligraphy
Chairman Mao had a nurse named Meng Jinyun by his side, who only came in 1975, and Zhang Yufeng already knew Chairman Mao very well at this time, but the little nurse was different, and the newcomers were still trembling.
According to Meng Jinyun's recollection, when she first came, the chairman was very enthusiastic about her, but four months later, the chairman suddenly became indifferent.
Meng Jinyun wanted to talk to the chairman several times, but the chairman did not pay attention, and the young nurse was very afraid, afraid that he had done something wrong and angered the chairman.
But thinking about it, she didn't seem to have done anything wrong, she couldn't figure it out, and she didn't know who to turn to for help.
The attentive Zhang Yufeng observed the delicate atmosphere between the two, and after inquiry, he learned that the chairman was actually frightened by Nurse Xiao Meng.
Meng Jinyun
When Chairman Mao himself was working alone in the room, the surrounding environment was very quiet, and when a person devoted himself to work, he could automatically shield everything around him.
And this Nurse Meng happened to be the kind who walked very lightly, she always did not make any sound when she entered the room, and always appeared suddenly when the chairman was fully concentrated, scaring the chairman.
Zhang Yufeng cried and laughed, she said to Meng Jinyun, when she enters the room in the future, first give him some sound, such as coughing, or a little rough breath, so that the old man can have a mental preparation.
In this way, the chairman cannot do without Zhang Yufeng in his later years, and it is also understandable that Zhang Yufeng's care is indeed rarely comparable.
Because of her closeness and carefulness, the chairman gradually "reassured" her, so Zhang Yufeng's role began another transformation: from a life secretary to a confidential secretary.
Chairman Mao, who was becoming weaker and weaker, became more and more powerless in his tired work, and at this time he trusted Zhang Yufeng more and more.
Even the key to the private safe, Chairman Mao was assured to be kept by Zhang Yufeng, and the chairman's vision of people was still good.
You must know that in the chairman's private safe, there are not only personal assets such as passbooks and checks, but also special top-secret documents of the party and the state.
The significance of these documents can be imagined, and Chairman Mao's trust in Zhang Yufeng is even more extraordinary!
Chairman Mao fully believed in Zhang Yufeng's personality, and Zhang Yufeng did not live up to this trust, except for her temper, she had never done anything to betray the chairman in all these years.
However, the problem of her temper was so big that she almost lost the honor of working next to the chairman.
She had been dismissed by the chairman once before, but Chairman Mao was tolerant enough to give her a chance to make mistakes.
Two people with big tempers will inevitably have friction together, which is true for ordinary people, not to mention that Zhang Yufeng's temper is still greater than that of the chairman.
According to Zhang Yufeng's own recollection, once, the chairman had an important guest come, and Zhang Yufeng's face was not very happy that day, and she kept shrugging her face when the guests came.
After the guests left, Chairman Mao angrily criticized her performance, Zhang Yufeng wanted to defend, and the chairman's temper suddenly came up: "If you are not happy, just roll me." ”
(First from left) Zhang Yufeng
Zhang Yufeng's seriousness in his work is not invisible to the chairman, but the chairman's temper itself is a bit grumpy, and when he gets angry, he can't stop it, and Zhang Yufeng always bumps into the muzzle of the gun.
Moreover, if you talk about things, putting on your face in front of the guests is indeed Zhang Yufeng's fault.
Being scolded by her superiors is a perfectly normal thing, but Zhang Yufeng's temper is also big, and she can't tolerate this grievance.
Zhang Yufeng, who had a stubborn personality, did not say a word, and even angrily packed up his things and went home.
Being scolded by the president of the country is not a shameful thing, if it is someone else, they should reflect on themselves and apologize to the chairman and admit their mistakes, but Zhang Yufeng is not an ordinary person.
She did not say a word, stayed at home for more than 20 days without seeing the chairman, and the more she stayed, the more sad she became.
She could not accept the fact that she had been dismissed by the chairman, and felt that this was a shameful thing, and she did not dare to tell the leaders of the Ministry of Railways.
Zhang Yaoci, deputy director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee at the time, asked Zhang Yufeng to write an inspection and confess his mistake to the chairman, and maybe things would get better, but unexpectedly, Zhang Yufeng still did not write.
Later, Zhang Yufeng's dismissal by the chairman was known all over the world, and even her mother-in-law advised her to confess her mistake to Chairman Mao, but she still did not go.
This stubbornness is a struggle with Chairman Mao, who is ill and refuses to seek medical treatment, and Chairman Mao said that she is "a descendant of Zhang Fei", so it seems that there is indeed no mistake.
At this point, if she didn't apologize, she might really be irreparable, but fate took care of her again.
After staying at home for a while, she suddenly remembered that she still had a piece of clothing left in Zhongnanhai, so she called Wu Xujun, the head nurse at the time.
After Wu Xujun received the call, she quickly had a reply, she said: "You are waiting at home, there will be a car to pick you up immediately." ”
Obviously, the chairman gave her a step down, and she could no longer be willful and stubborn, so she returned to Zhongnanhai.
However, the "dismissal" during this period did not make Zhang Yufeng "reformed".
After returning to Zhongnanhai, Zhang Yufeng still did not admit his mistake to the chairman, and Chairman Mao was helpless against this stubborn subordinate.
Later, he also wrote a comment to her: "Work seriously, work conscientiously, Zhang Fei's descendants, jump at a touch." ”
To tell the truth, after returning to the chairman's side to work again, Zhang Yufeng still had some gratitude in his heart, although he did not admit it, but his temper was slightly more restrained than before, and he was more dedicated to doing things.
Chairman Mao was well aware that Zhang Yufeng had a big temper, but she had more valuable qualities in her, so he also gave enough tolerance and concern to this subordinate.
People's concerns are mutual, and Zhang Yufeng is also respectful and considerate of Chairman Mao, and no matter how difficult he is, he has never made any excessive requests to the chairman.
In 1973, Zhang Yufeng became pregnant, but she continued to work until prenatal pain.
After giving birth, Zhang Yufeng rested at home, when her mother-in-law had returned to the northeast, and there was no one to help her take care of the child, so she moved the idea of "not going back to work", and she only wanted to teach her husband and children at home.
But when Chairman Mao needed her, she would not hesitate to go back to work.
According to her recollection, one day in September of that year, the chairman sent someone to visit her at her residence and told her that the replacement was not ideal, and hoped that she would return to work as soon as possible.
Zhang Yufeng did not tell the chairman about her difficulties, and the chairman said a word, and she went back to Work in Zhongnanhai.
A senior CCP leader once commented on Zhang Yufeng, saying that she took care of Chairman Mao's life on behalf of the Communists.
This is true, until Chairman Mao was critically ill, Zhang Yufeng was taking care of his life, until later she really did not have enough ability, so she was replaced by a special nursing and medical team.
Although life, old age, illness and death are the norm for people, when Chairman Mao died on September 9, 1976, Zhang Yufeng, who was guarding the bed, still had a hard time accepting this fact.
Zhang Yufeng has always had a heartfelt admiration for Chairman Mao, and she has always believed that such a "great leader" can live forever.
Although people have feelings, the disease is merciless, not long and short 6 years, she has done her last part for the chairman, and it is worth the trip.
After Chairman Mao's death, Zhang Yufeng's work as a "secretary" came to an end, but in just 6 years, her life was changed.
In the past, she was a staff member on the train, but later she followed the chairman's ears and was able to do the work of the archives.
In Zhang Yufeng's own view, Chairman Mao's influence on himself is not only his ability to work.
She said that in her life, she had never thought of any name or profit, and she only wanted to live a few years of calm and stable days without being disturbed by others.
She had to admit that such an idea was deeply influenced by Chairman Mao.
This secretary, who was once "very temperamental", became a smiling, kind and kind old man in his old age.
Sadly, the great leader who had tolerated her "bad temper" did not see her progress.