He almost starved to death on the side of the road in his youth, but was fortunately saved by the Marching Red Army and joined the revolutionary ranks instead. Because of his generous personality and serious work, he was arranged to be Chairman Mao's guard, but what was the situation at that time when such a revolutionary fighter was almost assassinated by "his own people" because of a simple wind chill, and was even pushed into the morgue to live and die? What is the thrilling story behind this incident? Three times in a circle, click a concern ~
In 1930, when Wu Jiqing was just in his twenties, because his family was poor since childhood, although he had grown up, he still worked as a helper in a wealthy family to earn some money to support his family. Wu Jiqing has not read a book, fortunately, he is generous and does things very steadily, but even so, he can only maintain three meals a day, and there is no balance throughout the year.
The so-called roof leaks during the overnight rain, Wu Jiqing reached the age of starting a family but he was still alone, and no one gave him a kiss, and at this time, his father also had a serious illness. The family, which had no balance, now had to bear the father's medical expenses and could only borrow it everywhere. However, the treatment stopped again, and it was not long before the father died, leaving the orphans and widows to rely on each other.
Although his father died, the two of them still had to live, so he continued to work long-term work. One day, the young master of a rich family wanted to bully Wu Jiqing, and in the words, the two clashed, and Wu Jiqing was beaten by the young master and a group of helpers, and the only piece of clothing on his body that his mother made for him was torn. The young and vigorous Wu Jiqing returned the favor during the conflict, which also prevented the two of them from continuing to work in the rich family.
Back in the two broken houses back home, Wu Jiqing thought that this was not the way to go, he had to find a way to survive, and if this family could not do it, he would change it. The next day, Wu Jiqing left his mother to go out to work alone, and in the cold winter months, he walked in the wild wearing thin clothes, and because he had not eaten for several days and the weather was too cold, he fainted on the side of the road.
Vaguely, Wu Jiqing saw a group of people walking towards him, but he immediately lost consciousness when he was hungry and cold. When he woke up again, he saw a group of soldiers in blue-gray uniforms. "Big brother, you're awake," a soldier standing not far away, seeing that Wu Ji was awake, rushed forward.
"You are"? At this moment, Wu Jiqing did not know who the group of people in front of him was, but he expected that they should have saved themselves.
"We are the Red Army, and when we saw you faint on the side of the road, we brought you here with us." Wu Jiqing was excited to hear that it was the Red Army that saved himself, although he had never seen the Red Army, but he had heard the reputation of the Red Army.
"Come, eat something," a small soldier handed Wu Jiqing a few sheets of crepes and two eggs. "Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year, everyone in our troops has added a meal, everyone has an egg, you are weak, eat two." Wu Jiqing looked at the egg in his hand and thought that his mother was still at home, so he immediately got out of bed and went home.
Watching Wu Jiqing go outside the house, a soldier stopped him, "It's snowing outside, you can go after eating."
"My mother is still at home, I come out looking for food, I have to send things back."
"Oh, take it," the soldier who stopped him handed the egg in his hand to Wu Jiqing.
"Mine is also for you", and the other warriors also handed over the eggs in their hands.
Wu Jiqing looked at the group of people in front of him and thought in his heart, before he always heard the villagers talk about how good the Red Army was, but now he knows that the Red Army is really good to our people.
Suddenly, his tearful eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Please let me join the Red Army, I will also join the army and vent my anger for our people." Wu Jiqing, who had taken care of the family's affairs, set out with the troops.
Due to the change of personnel, Chairman Mao lacked a guard around him, and Gu Bai, who was Chairman Mao's secretary, was always looking for a reliable person. Gu Bai found that Wu Jiqing, who was honest and diligent, was very suitable to stay by Chairman Mao's side as a personal guard, so he found him.
When he heard that he was going to be transferred to Chairman Mao's side as a guard, he was first stunned, and Gu Bai saw that he had not replied for half a day and thought that he had any concerns.
"Chief, I am so excited that I actually have the opportunity to go to Chairman Mao's side to do things", hearing his words, Gu Bai understood that he was too excited to speak for half a day.
When they first arrived at Chairman Mao's side, there was always some discrepancy in the communication between the two, and Chairman Mao often could not understand Wu Jiqing's Jiangxi dialect. At the beginning, because of communication problems, Chairman Mao did not know his name for a while and a half, and Wu Jiqing had never read a book since he was a child, nor could he write. Later, after half a day, Chairman Mao "touched" his name, "Wu Jiechuan", and Chairman Mao, after consulting his opinion, gave him a new name , "Wu Jiqing."
As Chairman Mao's personal guard, in addition to paying attention to protecting the chairman's safety, he must also take care of the chairman's daily life, don't look at Wu Jiqing's big characters and can't read one, but he is very careful. Wu Jiqing found that Chairman Mao usually had a low appetite for these light dishes, so he asked other soldiers in the army, and after questioning, he learned that Chairman Mao, as a Hunan native, liked to eat spicy, but he rarely could eat it during the march.
In order to make Chairman Mao mention food
He saw a farmer along the way and went in to ask if there were any peppers, and finally, once he saw peppers at a grandfather's house. Probably dazed with joy, he hurriedly asked Uncle Uncle for some chili peppers and went back to cook for Chairman Mao.
When Wu Jiqing brought his elaborate meals to Chairman Mao's table, the attentive Chairman Mao asked, "Jiqing, where did you get these peppers from?" When he learned that Wu Jiqing had taken it from a peasant family and had not yet paid the money, Chairman Mao was immediately unhappy, and he said to Wu Jiqing, "As workers and peasants of the Red Army, we must remember the three major disciplines and eight points of attention." I will give you the money and you will send it to the great master. ”
The illiterate Wu Jiqing knew what the three disciplines and the eight points of attention were, but he knew that the chairman said that he would send the money to others, and he would send it himself. Chairman Mao knew that Wu Jiqing could not be blamed for this, and that the discipline was not strict, and it could only be said that there was no demand, and immediately reiterated the discipline requirement in the army.
In order to make Wu Jiqing literate, Chairman Mao specially told Gu Bai to find him a good teacher, and later under the introduction of Chairman Mao and Gu Bai, Xie Jueya, one of the "Five Elders of Yan'an", personally taught him to learn culture. After a period of time together, Xie Jueya also really liked this humble student.
In this way, Chairman Mao specially approved that Wu Jiqing, a guard, could "leave his post" to study, but no one expected that Wu Jiqing, who had always been generous, actually "skipped class."
At first, he thought that chairman Mao might have arranged for Wu Jiqing to do other things, but he would not have seen him so silently for several days.
At this time, Chairman Mao also wanted to find Xie Jueya to understand the situation of Wu Jiqing's study, the two met each other, Wu Jiqing did not go to class for many days was known, after many inquiries, Xie Jueya learned that Wu Jiqing had been in a coma in the hospital for several days because of severe wind chills. So Xie Jueya hurried to the hospital to see Wu Jiqing, and the chairman on the other side also arranged for someone to go to the hospital and specifically instructed him to be cured. After two days of consultation, Wu Jiqing's condition has improved, the whole person has woken up from the coma, and seeing that he is no longer in serious trouble, Xie Jueya is relieved to go back.
After a few days, Xie Jueya thought about Wu Jiqing's condition, which should have been almost better, so he went to visit him with a fruit basket, but when he came to the ward, he did not see anyone.
"No, it shouldn't be discharged so soon," Xie Jueya thought as he asked the hospital's medical staff. However, after some questioning, the medical staff told him that Wu Jiqing was dead and that the bodies were sent to the morgue!
This news was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and Xie Jueya couldn't believe how someone who had been fine a few days ago suddenly died? Especially when he noticed the doctor's uncaring attitude, which made him feel that things did not seem simple, so he proposed to see people alive and corpses in death.
But the doctor on the side refused on the grounds that the person had been sent to the morgue. Seeing that the other party was still unmoved, Xie Jueya roared angrily: "People are dead, not only did you not inform your families, but you also pushed people into the morgue at will, don't you know that he is Chairman Mao's guard?" ”
When he learned that Wu Jiqing was Chairman Mao's guard, the doctor immediately panicked and even spoke in a state of flux. Xie Jueya knew that there must be something else hidden in this, so he immediately informed Gu Bai to arrange for someone to come to the hospital to investigate, and he went to the morgue first.
The doctors, who had just been flustered, and the medical staff, quickly stopped him, and claimed that the morgue was full of people who had died, and that after the body decomposed, there would be a large number of harmful bacteria, which were likely to be infected. But at this time, Xie Jueya did not believe the doctor's words at all, and he pulled a female nurse with him and led her to the morgue.
At this time, Wu Jiqing was lying on a patchwork bed in the morgue, and when Xie Jueya lifted the white cloth covering him, Wu Jiqing's miserable white face was revealed. Xie Jueya, who was full of grief, immediately burst into tears, although the two only had a short period of teacher-student love, but from the perspective of their usual relationship, Xie Jueya still liked this down-to-earth student. Only to see him pull up Wu Jiqing's hand, but in the next second suddenly stopped, it turned out that he actually felt a very subtle pulse beating at Wu Jiqing's wrist.
Wu Jiqing is not dead yet!
Xie Jueya immediately called out to the nurse who had just led the way, and the two of them worked together to take Wu Jiqing out for rescue. And Gu Bai, who rushed to the news, also controlled the inaction of the doctor at the first time.
Later, after investigation, the troops learned that this doctor was once a prisoner of war of the enemy army, but in the later transformation process, he recognized the wrong attitude very positively, and expressed his willingness to use his medical skills to help the Red Army treat the wounded, which allowed him to stay in the hospital to treat the Red Army, but it was such a person who actually let a person who was only infected with wind and cold gradually aggravate his condition until he was thrown into the morgue alive and died.
Fortunately, in the end, Wu Jiqing was rescued in time and retrieved a life, but he also found a spy hidden inside for our army. However, it is conceivable that how many people of the Red Army who entered this hospital before have encountered such a poisonous hand, and with this lesson learned, our army has also strengthened the supervision and review of prisoners and surrendered personnel to prevent such things from happening again.
In 1945, Wu Jiqing was assigned to work in Inner Mongolia, and although he was no longer working with Chairman Mao, he always missed the days when he was with Chairman Mao. In 1984, Wu Jiqing had retired, and at this time, chairman Mao, whom he respected most, had been dead for 8 years, but every bit of his and Chairman Mao's experience seemed to be in front of him, and he later wrote a book for this purpose, "Days by Chairman Mao's Side", to commemorate Chairman Mao.
Wu Jiqing was lucky to be able to meet the Red Army team in that snowy winter, and to be rescued by his mentor in time when his life was in danger, and this luck also accompanied him throughout his life in the days that followed.