When it comes to the great men of modern China, people have an invariably answer in their hearts: Mao Zedong. As the founding head of New China, the great leader of the Chinese people, the great commander of the Chinese revolution, and the great helmsman of the party's cause, Chairman Mao deserves the word "great man."
Chairman Mao has been practicing the purpose of "serving the people" all his life, and although he has always been kind and approachable to the masses of the people, in the eyes of the people, he is, after all, a great meritorious hero who has made meritorious contributions, changed the way of the world, and saved the people.
The people were full of love for him, and they respected him very much, and in the eyes of everyone, it seemed that he was omnipotent. But in addition to his leadership status, Chairman Mao was also an ordinary person, and he was also plagued by life, old age, illness and death like everyone else.
In his later years, Mao Zedong was plagued by illness and longed to have relatives and friends by his side. His personal secretary, Zhang Yufeng, once said that Chairman Mao's last days were not happy.
A different secretary
Elderly people have a bad temper, in addition to personality reasons, but also because of experience and life changes, many elderly people have a stubborn and stubborn heart. Chairman Mao was no exception.
Due to his poor health in his later years, Chairman Mao had no relatives to accompany him, so he always had specially invited people around him to take care of daily work and living life. Zhang Yufeng was the chairman's last personal secretary.
At that time, Chairman Mao could be said to be the most respected person in the hearts of all people, and in addition to respect, people still had a little fear of him, after all, such a capable big man's temper would not be small. Therefore, the people who took care of Chairman Mao in the past were also respectful and respectful, and did not dare to contradict them.
But Zhang Yufeng is different, Zhang Yufeng is full of reverence for Chairman Mao, perhaps because of this, she hopes to take good care of the chairman, for this elderly man who is no different from ordinary people, she is full of care.
Zhang Yufeng took care of Chairman Mao as if he were her own relative, and others feared the Chairman, but she treated him like an ordinary old man. The president, who is in his old age, often does not eat well.
In the past, the secretary did not dare to talk much, and could only wait until he wanted to eat, and let his temperament come. Zhang Yufeng was the only one who dared to quarrel with the chairman because of this.
Every time it came time to dinner, if Chairman Mao lost his temper like a child, Zhang Yufeng would argue with him, and the five games and three victories would have to quarrel with Chairman Mao obediently to bring up the meal and eat it before he was willing to give up.
Where would ordinary people dare to behave in this way, after all, they are facing a generation of great people.
But Zhang Yufeng really worked in doing so, and later, when eating, as long as Zhang Yufeng was present, the stubborn Chairman Mao would eat well. If it was someone else, the chairman would push the dishes and chopsticks, no matter how kindly he tried to persuade him.
In 1970, when Zhang Yufeng was introduced to Chairman Mao, the chairman did not regard her as an exception, believing that she was just taking care of her food, clothing, and housing as she had done in the past.
But after a period of getting along, Chairman Mao found that Zhang Yufeng was different from others, and she would not blindly obey herself, but would insist on what she thought was right. The chairman, who has always had the final say for himself, has encountered an "opponent".
Zhang Yufeng has a spirit of not being afraid of heaven, even if she is facing the national leader Mao Zedong, she will not be absolutely obedient, but in the spirit of a good starting point for the chairman, she will do her best to make the chairman less willful.
At first, the chairman was only bedridden and unable to move, but he still cared about the country and the people, and he insisted on checking some important documents during his illness.
In the case of poor physical condition, the chairman will let Zhang Yufeng read to him, Zhang Yufeng knows that there are some things that she should not know, she only plays a machine to read the text, read it and forgets, and never consciously writes down the above content.
In this way, Zhang Yufeng has been taking care of Chairman Mao's side, and after several years of getting along, she has also become the closest and most trusted person around the chairman.
The later life of a great man
With the passage of time, Chairman Mao was over eighty years old, and the long years of illness and torture made him gradually lose the spirit of that year, just a dying and obsessive old man.
Because of his health, he gradually lost a lot of energy to deal with national affairs, and people became more and more reticent. He often sat alone by the window, quietly looking at the pedestrians or trees outside, and his back looked very lonely and sad.
People are old and sick, and they inevitably become sentimental and eccentric, even the great Mao Zedong. Sometimes he is very fragile and needs more comfort and care from the people around him; sometimes he is as stubborn as a child with a will.
In fact, this is the norm for most elderly people, their capricious emotions, in fact, they hope to get more care and love, which is the expression of true emotions in their hearts.
Because of this temper, Chairman Mao in his later years turned away from him and obeyed his wishes, but Zhang Yufeng would not. Not only that, but she would deliberately "confront" the chairman with a tough attitude when he lost his temper.
This added a little "color" to the chairman's bland and quiet life.
Once in the hospital, because he refused to obediently drink the medicine, the chairman quarreled with Zhang Yufeng again, and the chairman, who was angry and frustrated, shouted at Zhang Yufeng: "Roll." Zhang Yufeng was not willing to show weakness, and replied: "Roll and roll, whoever lets me come back is a puppy." ”
This stunned the nurse on the side, too frightened to say a word, but the great man did not speak again. Later, in the chairman's diary, he wrote about the process of their quarrel, which also commented that Zhang Yufeng was "really fierce".
In 1975, due to the deterioration of his condition, the chairman could no longer eat by himself and could only rely on Zhang Yufeng to feed. Even with such meticulous care, the condition was not controlled, and as the days passed, the chairman ate less and was bedridden all day.
At that time, except for Zhang Yufeng, there was no one else around the chairman. Zhang Yufeng looked at him and was very distressed.
The last days
In 1976, Chairman Mao's illness was already very serious, there were no relatives around him, and his former comrades-in-arms also left him one by one, which increased his mental pain by a few points.
In fact, he knew his own physical condition, but he was always at ease with the construction of the motherland, and he insisted on his body to arrange the relevant matters properly. When he really couldn't hold on, the chairman would chat with Zhang Yufeng, and he was also afraid of loneliness, so later before Zhang Yufeng left, he expressed the hope that she would often come to see him.
In September 1976, the great leader Mao Zedong died of illness, and Zhang Yufeng stayed with him until his death.
epilogue
Zhang Yufeng, as the closest person to the chairman in his later years, her company made the chairman's life less sad, but later after the chairman's death, she recalled: "In the last year, the great man was very lonely, and he often cried alone.
These words made everyone very moved, even if they were as great as Chairman Mao, in the last moments of their lives, they were afraid of loneliness and being alone.