September 9, 1976, was the saddest day for the entire Chinese people.
Because, they have lost a great leader.
On this day, Chairman Mao lay on his hospital bed and closed his eyes heavily.
The news of Chairman Mao's death soon reached the ears of the leaders of various departments of the state and spread throughout the whole motherland.
The great Chairman Mao bid farewell to the world in such a silent and silent way.
The hearts of all people are heavy, the leaders are the same, the Party organizations are the same, and so are the people.
On this day, they lost a great leader, the star on the way to the proletariat, the faith in their hearts.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" >, the last page of the list of keepers. </h1>
Immediately after Chairman Mao's death, the top echelons of the Party and state governments organized a meeting on two main issues:
First, the handling of Chairman Mao's body:
Second, the drawing up of the list of Chairman Mao's spiritual guardians.
On the issue of handling Chairman Mao's body, although there are many opinions, you and I say a word, but it was quickly finalized.
The body of Chairman Mao was placed in a crystal coffin for permanent preservation and admiration for future generations.
In the whole thing, the Party Central Committee also did not hesitate to use all resources and all manpower and material resources. Even Li Jiaying, the former deputy director of optical design and research at the Beijing 608 Factory, who had resigned to cultivate at home at that time, was invited out.
Although the production of this crystal coffin, which was appointed by the Party Central Committee as the "No. 1 Task", was made in time for the first anniversary of Chairman Mao's death, that is, before September 9, 1977, with the unremitting efforts of the staff.
This crystal coffin, which took nearly a year, has a solemn and generous appearance, a majestic appearance, and a unique national design style, so that Chairman Mao can still stand there vividly on the first anniversary of his death, and be admired by countless people.
The second thing is chairman Mao's list of spiritual guards.
Chairman Mao, as the greatest leader of the country, can guard his soul mostly old comrades-in-arms who have made great achievements in the war, or relatives and friends of the chairman, but what is surprising is that at the end of the list, there is an unknown name, which is impressively listed - Meng Jinyun!
Who is Meng Jinyun? Why did he appear on Chairman Mao's list of spiritual keepers?
A series of questions appeared in the minds of everyone.
But counting down, maybe this seemingly ordinary woman is definitely beyond your expectations.
This woman had spent more than five hundred days and months with Chairman Mao day and night, accompanying Chairman Mao until the last moment.
She is Chairman Mao's nurse, and at the same time, she is also the most trusted person in Chairman Mao's later years!
Chairman Mao has given his whole life to the revolution, to the motherland, to the people, and to communism! Because of his inner worries about the country and the people, Chairman Mao's old age was not easy, and he still had to deal with the affairs of the whole motherland every day.
In his later years, Chairman Mao would often work in his room, and naturally no one could enter or leave the room directly.
Whether you are a political commissar of the central government, a local political commissar or a leader of a state department, in order to protect state secrets and ensure the personal safety of the chairman, everyone must greet you in advance and routinely check.
Meng Jinyun, on the other hand, is just an exception.
As Chairman Mao's personal bodyguard, Chairman Mao directly allowed Meng Jinyun to come and go as he pleased. It can be said that at that time, the whole country was a "privilege" that no one could enjoy!
Not only that, as a nurse, Meng Jinyun sometimes holds an "important position" next to the chairman! Be Chairman Mao's "eyes."
When Meng Jinyun took care of the chairman, the chairman was already in his eighties, the disease of senile age was already very serious, and it was very inconvenient to read and write.
At this time, the only person who can help the chairman handle the work is Meng Jinyun, a personal nurse.
Many of the correspondence of some state leaders, or important newspaper news, were read to Chairman Mao by Meng Jinyun in chairman Mao's later years.
Chairman Mao was able to entrust such confidential information to Meng Jinyun for safekeeping and reading, and naturally he could not do without trust in the personal caretaker in front of him.
You know, at this time, Meng Jinyun has not even joined the party.
It is also because of such a sense of trust that Chairman Mao in Meng Jinyun's eyes is more different from the chairman in the eyes of everyone!
From Meng Jinyun's memories, we learned about Chairman Mao's little-known side.
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After hundreds of days and nights of getting along, Meng Jinyun's understanding of Chairman Mao has surpassed everyone else.
Although Chairman Mao was old, he did not give up studying, but on the contrary, he preferred to read more.
It is said that Chairman Mao's favorite book is "Zizhi Tongjian", which Chairman Mao has read more than once, and even learned about the new in order to facilitate the past, and almost every nurse has read this book to Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao's habit of reading also deeply infected Meng Jinyun, who was a close care worker. Meng Jinyun began to read to Chairman Mao, and in the end he slowly developed the habit of liking to read.
The approachable Chairman Mao often shared some of his own reading experiences and good book recommendations with this young book friend on weekdays.
Because he was busy with work in his later years, Chairman Mao's hobbies were not many, and reading books from time to time, singing a few sentences of Peking Opera, and a few flower drums were already considered entertainment projects.
After getting along day and night, Chairman Mao in Meng Jinyun's eyes has long since changed from "god" to "man."
Chairman Mao devoted his whole life to the motherland he loved and the people he loved, and it was precisely because of this tireless labor that Chairman Mao finally dragged down his body.
There is no doubt that the Chairman is a workaholic.
Meng Jinyun even more directly and frankly said: "Chairman Mao's old age was not happy! ”
Of course, it is not Chairman Mao's unhappy life, it is Chairman Mao's heart that worries the country and the people, and it is doomed to be unhappy in this country!
The world is worried and worried, and the world is happy and happy.
Chairman Mao is great!
For the sake of peace and stability throughout the motherland and for the sake of the people's happy life, Chairman Mao has never relaxed for a moment, and even the time left for himself to cultivate is rare. Even cataract surgery did not stop the chairman. After a few days of rest, Chairman Mao appeared at his desk again.
Yes, he is Chairman Mao, people regard him as a leader, a great man, and he does not dare to slack off for a moment!
Even at the age when the people felt they should be at ease and blessed, he still stuck to the front line of the motherland and burned every moment of his life.
They will worry about where the harvest is not good, where there will be disasters and heartache, and they will feel remorse for the country's backwardness. It seems that Chairman Mao will always practice what he preaches and take the lead in shouldering the heaviest burden of building socialism.
Chairman Mao was still an ordinary man.
Even a strong man like Chairman Mao wept over the death of an old friend, played hide-and-seek with nurses to sneak a cigarette, and spat foul language out of anger.
According to Meng Jinyun, Chairman Mao did not leave any last words at the last moment of his life, but only eight words that were too ordinary to be ordinary:
"I was so upset, I called the doctor."
Yes, Chairman Mao is an ordinary person, and in the face of illness and the passage of time, he can only be like us and resign himself to it.
In fact, sometimes, when remembering Chairman Mao, I may wish to thank the female nurse next to the chairman.
It is precisely because of her statement that we can see that Mao Zedong, a great man who will never be soft in the face of the enemy, will never bow his head in the face of the power of US imperialism, and can do whatever it takes for the sake of the people, also originally had the side of an ordinary person.
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For his last years with Chairman Mao, Meng Jinyun has always maintained a heart of nostalgia. She was happy, she witnessed the last days of a great man!
After watching it for so long, there is still a puzzle that has not been solved.
That is, who is Meng Jinyun? Why did he become Chairman Mao's personal nurse again!
Looking at the history books, it is not difficult for us to find that compared with the famous Zhang Yufeng, Meng Jinyun's news seems to be very little.
Just two short sentences: sitting on an equal footing with Zhang Yufeng, being Chairman Mao's personal caretaker, is enough to prove the weight of this woman.
Meng Jinyun was born in 1948, the last year before the founding of New China, a native of Hubei.
It can be said that Meng Jinyun is almost a child who grew up with New China.
The children of that era were willing to endure hardships and be willing to work hard. In particular, Meng Jinyun, who has a good foundation, is more willing to work dance. After graduation, Meng Jinyun naturally passed the examination and was selected for training in the Air Politics Song and Dance Troupe.
The training of the song and dance troupe was very tiring, but Meng Jinyun, who was only twelve years old, still resolutely persevered.
It was because of her persistence that there was a more well-known story later.
In the early days of the founding of New China, both state and government personnel were in a state of extreme tension. In order to ensure the physical and mental safety of the staff, senior government leaders began to hold regular dances every Wednesday and Saturday in Zhongnanhai, and stipulated that every Zhongnanhai staff member must attend every week.
The dance partners who accompanied the dance naturally fell to the literary troupe.
Meng Jinyun's personal conditions and strength are good, and he is also among them. At this time, Meng Jinyun was only fourteen years old.
This was her first time in Zhongnanhai, and the nervousness, excitement and curiosity filled her brain.
Here, she had even seen the great people she had ever seen in her life, and how proud she was in the heart of a mere fourteen-year-old girl.
But what makes her proud is still behind.
That is, Chairman Mao agreed to her invitation to dance.
Perhaps with such an excited and nervous heart, Meng Jinyun's dancing rhythm was disrupted by himself, and everything went wrong.
However, Chairman Mao did not blame her, but instead came out to comfort her.
When he learned that she was from Hubei, Chairman Mao affectionately called her a half-little fellow.
In this way, on many future dances, she will serve as the president's dance partner, dancing and laughing with the president.
However, things are uncertain, and the sky is unpredictable.
In the special era, when Meng Jinyun was twenty years old, he was treated unfairly and was unjustly imprisoned.
After five years in prison, Meng Jinyun was actually released and even assigned to work in the military hospital.
After inquiring from many sources, Meng Jinyun learned that Chairman Mao had actually always been worried about her "half a little fellow."
The reason why she was released from prison was entirely because of the help of Chairman Mao's subordinate Zhang Yufeng, which greatly touched Meng Jinyun. She thought that Chairman Mao, who was full of opportunities, would soon forget himself, but she did not expect that even after many years, Chairman Mao had not forgotten himself.
Later, Meng Jinyun became a personal nurse by Chairman Mao's side with the help of Zhang Yufeng, chairman Mao's secretary, which led to the later day and night.
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Meng Jinyun lived with Chairman Mao day and night and was deeply influenced by Chairman Mao. After Chairman Mao's death, Meng Jinyun threw himself into the vast sea of people, returned to ordinary people, devoted himself to his love, and worked as an ordinary dance teacher in a school.
However, perhaps out of admiration for Chairman Mao, out of her last duty and social needs, Meng Jinyun still stood up after a long time in anonymity, telling the world the story of the old life behind a great man, so that the world saw the flesh-and-blood Chinese leader --- Mao Zedong!
Heroes will also be late, and great men will die, but the spirit left to us by Chairman Mao will always be there. The heart of a child who shed the last drop of blood for the road to the construction of the motherland is like a seed, and in our hearts, it has taken root and sprouted.