In the TV series "Ode to Yan'an", there is such a scene, a female Red Army cadre came to Yan'an after all kinds of hardships, she could not wait to see Chairman Mao, the next day, Chairman Mao invited her to come, after the female Red Army came, Chairman Mao was fiddling with the stove to boil water.
The female Red Army did not look out, went up and patted Chairman Mao on the shoulder, and shouted loudly: "Old Mao! ”
Chairman Mao looked back and was very happy, pulling her to ask long and short questions; we are talking today, and at that time, judging from the title of this female Red Army cadre calling Chairman Mao, it is enough to understand that Chairman Mao's relationship with this female Red Army can be described as extraordinary.
This female Red Army is indeed a very important figure in history, her name is Zeng Zhi.
Zeng Zhi, a native of Yizhang, Hunan Province, was born in 1911, and as a teenager, she participated in the student movement and opposed imperialism, and at the age of 15, she was admitted to the Hengyang Peasant Movement Training Institute, and in that year, she joined the Communist Party of China.
When he was in the agricultural training institute, Zeng Zhi married Xia Mingzhen, the director of education, and soon after, Xia Mingzhen was sacrificed, and later introduced, Zeng Zhi married Cai Xiemin, a party representative of the Seventh Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and in the 1928 Shonan Uprising, he led the troops to Jinggangshan, zeng Zhi followed the troops to Jinggangshan, and she became the first batch of female Red Army soldiers in the Jinggangshan revolutionary base area.
At that time, when the troops were going to Jinggangshan, Zeng Zhi saw Chairman Mao for the first time, when she and Cai Xiemin were resting at home, and suddenly a shout came from outside, "Old Cai, is Old Cai inside?" As soon as the words stopped, Chairman Mao came in and saw Cai Xiemin and Zeng Zhi.
He smiled and said, "Old Cai, good luck, Jinya is hiding a delicacy." ”
In November of this year, Zeng Zhi gave birth to his first child, it was difficult to give birth, three days and three nights also came out of the mother's belly, 26 days after the birth of the child, due to the war, Zeng Zhi had to give the child away, until 1924, the mother and son recognized each other again.
In the battle of Jinggangshan, Zeng Zhi also became friends with He Zizhen and other female Red Army soldiers, in 1929, Zeng Zhi once confronted Chairman Mao in person, when He Zizhen was pregnant, Chairman Mao wanted to go to the front line to direct the battle, he found Zeng Zhi: "I want to take the team to Jiangxi, He Zizhen is pregnant, can not go with me, she stays, you are responsible for taking care of her." ”
Zeng Zhi also thought that Chairman Mao would not allow himself to do other work and take special care of He Zizhen, so he confronted him: "I have my job, and I have time to take care of her and give birth to a child!" ”
Chairman Mao was also angry when he heard this, and he said, "I just want you to take care of it!" Zeng Zhi retorted: "I will not take care of it." ”
Chairman Mao: "You must take care of her," Zeng Zhi said: "I am a party cadre, I have so much work to do in a day, how can I take care of her all day?" Hearing this, Chairman Mao knew that Zeng Zhi had misunderstood his own meaning, so he said: "Let you take care of her, not let you take care of her all day long, but let you care more about her." ”
Zeng Zhi also knew Chairman Mao's original intention, she said: "Zizhen and I are good friends, in the past the marching army often ate and slept together, you did not say that I will do the same, just now I misunderstood your meaning." ”
Chairman Mao disagreed: "If you understand, it is good." ”
During the agrarian revolution, Zeng Zhi successively served as the director of the Organization Department of the Fujian Committee of the Communist Youth League, the secretary of the Fuxia County Party Committee, and other positions, in 1934, Cai Xiemin was betrayed and sacrificed by traitors, and soon after, Zeng Zhi went to Xiamen to work, where she and Tao Zhu became acquainted, and the two later married.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zeng Zhi successively served as secretary of the Central County Committee of Jingmen, Danyang and Yuan'an, secretary general of the Central Women's Committee, and during the Liberation War, she successively served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shenyang Municipal Party Committee, the director of the Staff and Workers Department, the director of the Preparatory Office of the Shenyang Municipal Trade Union, and the Women's Federation.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zeng Zhi went to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, and successively served as the director of the Electric Power Bureau, the secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, and the standing committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee.
Because he and Chairman Mao had formed a profound revolutionary friendship during the Jinggangshan period, after liberation, Chairman Mao would still entrust some of his own affairs to Zeng Zhi to do; once, Zeng Zhi went to visit Chairman Mao and saw that Chairman Mao was still wearing sweater pants with many holes, so he asked: "Is there a problem with the legs when he still wears sweaters on such a hot day?" ”
Chairman Mao shook his head: "There is nothing wrong with the legs, it is just that the size is too big." Zeng Zhi asked again, "Then why didn't Jiang Qing order it for you?" Chairman Mao waved his hand, Zeng Zhi understood, and she continued: "Then I will order two sets for you in Guangzhou." ”
Chairman Mao was very happy to hear this, and later, Zeng Zhi sent Chairman Mao two sets of custom-made sweater pants.
In 1928, Zeng Zhi's first child was fostered in the home of a deputy company commander named Shi Libao, a subordinate of Wang Zuo, who was also a Red Army soldier, and sent the child to his mother-in-law for safety.
After that, after the sacrifice of Shi Libao and his wife, the child and his grandmother depended on each other.
In 1951, the central government sent a condolence group from the old revolutionary area in the south to help Jinggangshan resume production, and after Zeng Zhi learned about it, he asked his comrades-in-arms in Jinggangshan to help inquire about the whereabouts of his children.
At this time, Zeng Zhi was the director of the Guangzhou Electric Power Bureau, Shi Laifa came to Guangzhou under the arrangement of his superiors, met his mother Zeng Zhi, the two just met, Zeng Zhi shed tears, at that time Shi Laifa did not know Ding, even his own name could not write, Zeng Zhi was very distressed, let him stay in Guangzhou to live.
Shi Laifa refused, he said, "Mother, forget it." I have already started a family, and I have divided the land and the land, I am the main labor force in the family, or go back! Besides, there is an 80-year-old grandmother at home, she can't live without me, I have to go back to guard her, give her a pension and send her to the end, people have to talk about conscience. ”
Zeng Zhiyi listened, very touched, she said: "Come, you did the right thing, you should go back!" Although you are illiterate, you can understand the great truth, and to be a human being is to know the rewards of gratitude. The old man has raised you for so many years, and I can't take people's love. ”
After that, Shi Laifa returned to the countryside and became a farmer for a lifetime.
During the Cultural Revolution, Zeng Zhi did not suffer much harm under the protection of Chairman Mao, and after the End of the Cultural Revolution, she resumed her work and was appointed deputy director of the Central Organization Department, after which she worked diligently and won the respect of many people.
In 1998, Zeng Zhi felt that his time was short, so he wrote down his will, did not hold a memorial service, and did not hold a farewell ceremony for the body.
On June 21, Zeng Zhi died of illness at the age of 87, and according to her last wishes, the Central Organization Department was mourned and did not hold a farewell activity.
In his later years, Zeng Zhi spent years of painstaking efforts to write a memoir, and later, under the collation of her daughter Tao Siliang, her memoir was named "A Survivor of a Revolution - Zeng Zhi's Memoirs".