<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > preface</h1>
The marriage of Chairman Mao's eldest daughter, Li Min, can be said to be "right at the door and happy and happy." His husband Kong Linghua, as the son of General Kong Congzhou, was not only talented, but also handsome, and more importantly, honest and good-eyed.
Figure | From left to right, they are Li Min, Chairman Mao, and Kong Linghua
The combination of the two has been unanimously approved by both parents. It has been learned that the chairman did not attend the wedding of several of Chairman Mao's children for various reasons. Only Li Min's wedding, the chairman not only attended, but also personally presided over.
So, how did a couple who were favored by "everyone" start to communicate?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="88" > Li Min and Kong Linghua's interaction began with a letter</h1>
When Li Min returned from the Soviet Union and came to Chairman Mao's side, he was 13 years old. At that time, Li Min, because he lived and studied in a foreign country for many years, had long developed the habit of "foreigners" there. Even though her mother, He Zizhen, usually communicates with her Chinese, her Chinese is really not fluent.
Chairman Mao was very happy about Li Min's arrival. He often said to other central leaders: "My family has a doll that can speak foreign languages." As for the foreign habits that Li Min was tainted, Chairman Mao felt that he must quickly "correct them."
First of all, Li Min's diet changed from the original bread to small rice. Then, Li Min's dress changed from the previous glamorous to clean and simple. In the end, Li Min's personality, from the previous lively and cheerful, has become stable and introverted.
Figure | Li min
Not long after being with Chairman Mao, Li Min quickly adapted to life at home.
And Kong Linghua's childhood is very similar to Li Min's. His father, General Kong Congzhou, went to the revolutionary front when he was very young. Therefore, the young Kong Linghua's impression of his father is very vague.
Later, because of his father, his mother had to take him into hiding in a remote rural area. At that time, he also worked as a young man for the big families in the village. It is said that the treasurer of the house was particularly vicious and harsh, and Kong Linghua suffered a lot.
It was not until 1948 that Kong Linghua was found by the organization and later brought to his father.
Perhaps because of the same painful experience, when Li Min and Kong Linghua went to the "Bayi Primary School" where the cadres' children concentrated, the two soon developed a deep friendship.
Their friendship lasted until a letter appeared, so that Li Min and Kong Linghua's friendship began to change in the direction of love.
It turned out that Kong Linghua had sent such a "help" letter to Li Min. The letter said that his sister Kong Shujing was in the northeast and wanted to come to Beijing to study, and he didn't know what to do, and wanted Li Min to help think of a way.
For this sudden "help", Li Min did not know what to do? Therefore, she quickly took the letter to her guardian, Dr. Wang Hebin, and asked him to help come up with ideas.
Dr. Wang Hebin was a man whom Chairman Mao trusted very much. When Li Min and Li Ne entered the Normal University Girls' Attached High School to study, the chairman sent Wang Hebin to accompany the sisters to register, and in the column of filling in the parents' names on the student registration form, Chairman Mao asked Wang Hebin to fill in his own name, that is to say, Wang Hebin was the "father" in Li Min and Li Ne's school.
Figure | Wang Hebin (second from left) walks with Chairman Mao
According to Li Min's friend Wang Gui, he recalled:
"On that day, Dr. Wang Hebin, Li Ne, me, and my aunt were all there, so the four of us discussed how to help." After everyone's discussion, Dr. Wang summed up the results of the discussion and replied to Kong Linghua in Li Min's tone. ”
The general meaning of this reply is to ask Kong Linghua whether his sister is in elementary school or middle school. How many grades? Because the transfer of classes requires examinations, the content and progress of courses in other places are different from those in Beijing, in short, all this requires Kong Linghua to write back to explain in detail. After all, Kong Linghua's letter was too general in its introduction to his sister's situation.
Now, after the reply letter that gathered everyone's thinking was written, Li Min's task was to copy the letter back on the manuscript paper.
When Li Min was ready to write, she saw that the title at the beginning was just an affectionate "Hua" word, and she cried and laughed. At that time, the "discussion group" headed by Dr. Wang all knew that Li Min's classmates had written for help, but they did not know whether it was a male classmate or a female classmate, because they saw Kong Linghua at the end of the letter and dropped "Linghua", so everyone defaulted to female classmates.
At that time, Li Min sat at the table and was embarrassed, she felt that the title of "Hua" was too affectionate and seemed inappropriate, but she did not change it in the end, and copied the mistake wrongly. Dr. Wang sent the letter away.
Figure | Group photo of Kong Linghua's family, Kong Shujing (first from right)
Soon, Kong Linghua sent a second letter, telling the details of his sister Kong Shujing. Seeing the situation, Li Min once again found the four people who participated in the discussion last time to help come up with ideas.
Still in the same way as the previous time, Dr. Wang first drafted the letter, and then Li Min copied it. At the beginning of the letter, it is still the word "Hua". According to Wang Gui, he recalled:
The second time, Li Min showed us a showdown, saying that Ling Hua was a male classmate. However, due to her unskilled Chinese, the more anxious she is, the more she can't understand, which is really bitter about her clumsy and stupid "foreigner"...
This time, I wrote back to Kong Linghua and said: I'm very sorry, the transfer matter is more complicated, I'm afraid I can't help you.
Soon after the incident, Li Min and Kong Linghua had a good relationship, and everyone knew about it.
Dr. Wang also quipped: "In the future, if there is anything wrong with your 'Hua', we will not participate in the collective discussion." ”
Li Min blushed and argued, "'Hua' is your name, you can't blame me, who told you not to investigate and study, just discuss?" ”
Hearing Li Min say this, everyone pointed at her and laughed.
Later, according to Wang Gui' recollection:
"After this matter was known to everyone, I asked her, 'Kong Linghua wrote to say about his sister, is it that the drunkard does not mean to drink?' She replied, 'Yes, not in the wine.' I said, 'And care about our incense also.' ’”
Figure | Group photo of Li Min and girlfriend Wang Guiyuan
"Xiangxiang" and "Wang Gui" are the nicknames of girlfriends between Li Min and Wang Guiwei. They have a good relationship and have always called each other affectionately...
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="89" > Li Min and Kong Linghua were in love, and Chairman Mao was very worried</h1>
Before and after Graduating from high school, Li Min chose to continue her studies, but at that time Chairman Mao hoped that Li Min would come out early to join the work and suggested that she should not continue her further studies.
According to Wang Guiyuan,
Before and after graduating from high school, for unknown reasons, Chairman Mao did not want Li Min to continue her further studies, but wanted her to join the work early and learn in practice. Maybe it was because her father was a practical revolutionary, and perhaps in his opinion, a person's practical experience was more important than knowledge.
Later, Li Min's classmates also learned about this matter, and some of them came up with ideas for Li Min and asked her to simply serve as a Russian translator for Chairman Mao.
At this time, Li Min told the truth, and the original chairman hoped that she would manage the "Mao family", but Li Min felt that the family had a large population, complicated relations, and after thinking about it for a long time, she still chose to go to college.
All along, Chairman Mao has always settled the affairs of his children through consultation with them, and he will not force them to do anything. In this way, Li Min successfully went to Beijing Normal University and entered the Department of Chemistry.
At that time, her relationship with Kong Linghua also became more and more intimate. When Chairman Mao, as a father, learned of the situation, he immediately called Li Min to the front and asked li min's boyfriend with concern about his family situation.
And Li Min feels that she is in love with Kong Linghua and has nothing to do with his family.
Chairman Mao said that he still needed to ask a question.
Li Min has always respected Chairman Mao's words, not to mention that this involves his own lifelong affairs. Therefore, when Li Min met Kong Linghua again, he raised a series of questions according to the requirements of his father Chairman Mao.
Kong Linghua laughed after hearing this. He felt that the two classmates had been "talking about everything" for so many years, but the topic never touched on the family situation. Therefore, Kong Linghua came to a "bamboo tube pouring beans", talked in detail about his parents and family situation, and finally, he also asked Li Min: "Remember?" What else do you want to know? Just ask! ”
Figure | Kong Linghua (first from left)
After returning home, Li Min relayed Kong Linghua's words to Chairman Mao, and when the chairman learned that Kong Linghua was the son of General Kong Congzhou, he was very relieved about the interaction between the two young people.
Then, Chairman Mao also instructed Li Min to bring "xiaokong" to her home to play when she had time. Soon after, Li Min took Kong Linghua to the chairman's residence to talk and chat with the chairman, and Chairman Mao liked Xiao Kong's honest character. In Li Min's memoirs, it is recorded:
My father did not directly praise Xiaokong, but from the eye contact with my father, I realized that my father liked Xiaokong very much.
After some time, Li Min returned home, and Chairman Mao asked her, why didn't Xiaokong come for a long time?
Li Min said Kong Linghua has been busy studying. Chairman Mao said with a smile that it is necessary to combine work and leisure. Know the daughter Mo Ruo Father! From Li Min's expression, Chairman Mao could see that it might be that the little couple was in trouble.
Figure | Li Min and Kong Linghua
Sure enough, the chairman's guess was correct. It turned out that due to the love problem, Kong Linghua's academic performance had declined, and after Li Min heard about it, he said that only Kong Linghua's grades were raised, and the two could continue to communicate, otherwise they would temporarily stop contacting each other.
Chairman Mao said that if you don't study well for a while, it doesn't matter, and you shouldn't talk about heroes with one success or failure. Finally, the chairman added: "Jiaojiao, you told Xiaokong that he should study hard and come to our house to play when he has time." ”
Soon, Kong Linghua was admitted to the Beijing Aeronautical Institute with excellent results, and Li Min resumed contact with Xiao Kong.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="90" > the marriage between Li Min and Kong Linghua, Chairman Mao was very concerned</h1>
After the stage of love, the fruit of love has quietly matured in the hearts of Li Min and Kong Linghua.
After Li Min and Kong Linghua visited their parents, they were blessed by the elders. In the second half of 1959, they agreed together to get married.
The wedding date is set. The wedding was imminent, but Chairman Mao went to Lushan and could not return to Beijing for a while. At this time, Li Min was sweetly planning his wedding, and Chairman Mao made a long-distance phone call to inquire about the preparations for the wedding, suggesting that he drag it out for a while and be sure to wait for him to return.
Figure | Wedding photo of Li Min and Kong Linghua
Finally, the Lushan Conference was over, but Chairman Mao did not return, and he went to Beidaihe, where he held a meeting of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee. During this meeting, Chairman Mao called again and wrote a letter. The letter was the same as on the phone, that is, the chairman was going to officiate the wedding for the couple.
After some time, Chairman Mao finally returned to Beijing, and Li Min and Kong Linghua went to the train station to meet him and drive home with him.
Early the next morning, Chairman Mao summoned Li Min and Kong Linghua to discuss the details and draw up a list of invited guests.
Among the invitees, there were Cai Chang, Deng Yingchao, Wang Jifan, Ye Zilong, Li Yinqiao and others. Originally, Wang Gui was also invited, but she was in her boyfriend's artillery unit at the time and did not rush back. I have to say, it is also a pity!
On the wedding day, a festive atmosphere envelops the courtyard as if everything is full of luster. Li Min wore her favorite light blue dress and white leather sandals. She didn't wear powder, she didn't wear any ornaments...
The groom's official Kong Linghua was dressed in blue trousers and a white shirt...
The two stood together, wearing safflower flowers on their chests. This adds a festive touch to the wedding.
There was no ceremony at the wedding, and there were not many guests invited, but the atmosphere was very pleasant.
Chairman Mao was particularly happy that day, he personally officiated at the wedding for his beloved daughter, he wished his daughter and son-in-law happiness, and hoped that they would learn from each other and make progress together...
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="94" > li min and Kong Linghua's children were born, and the chairman suggested naming his grandson</h1>
After their marriage, Li Min, Kong Linghua, and their father, Chairman Mao, lived together in The Fortress Garden, and they lived in the Small South House of Juxiangyuan, where Li Min lived. It is understood that in the room of the small two, there is no valuable decoration and any new furniture, and the house has not been renovated, but they still feel happy.
It can be said that it is a very beautiful thing that they can get the attention of the chairman at the side of the leader Chairman Mao.
After living together, Chairman Mao paid great attention to maintaining "family harmony." Once, he took Li Min to see a play in "Drunkenly Beating golden branches", with the intention of telling Li Min to know the way of filial piety, even if it was 'golden branches and jade leaves'.
Li Min also understood his father's good intentions. Many years later, whenever li min talked about this past, Li Min said this: Dad may be afraid that I will not honor my in-laws, so he let me watch this play.
Figure | Chairman Mao and Li Min's group photo
With Chairman Mao's "guidance," after marriage, the young couple rarely quarreled, and their lives were peaceful and comfortable.
In 1962, the sons of Li Min and Kong Linghua were born. The arrival of the little guy added joy to Li Min and Kong Linghua.
Like ordinary people's homes, the older generation is very happy with the arrival of the next generation. Chairman Mao especially liked this chubby little baby, and after work, he often walked to Li Min's house to see his grandson.
According to Li Min, "If the child is asleep, the father will stand next to him for a long time, carefully examining, and really can't see enough." If the child is awake, the father bends down and plays with the child face to face. ”
Once, when Chairman Mao was teasing a child, he said to himself, "Baby, what should I call it?" ”
Next, the accompanying guard thought of a few names, and Chairman Mao shook his head, as if he was not satisfied. Later, the chairman said: "Name the baby, don't use my word, and don't call it Leopard Wow, Tiger Wow or whatever." Baby is the future of the country, our hope, and the class that comes to take over us. The succession is to inherit the cause, follow us, the meaning is clear, but what the specific name should be, or the grandfather to decide. ”
Later, the old man Kong Congzhou named his precious grandson "Jining". Its meaning is "similar to what Chairman Mao said before." I have to say that both old people have a deep love for children.
Figure | General Kong Congzhou
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="91" > Li Min and Kong Linghua moved out of Zhongnanhai, and Chairman Mao did not give up</h1>
In 1962, Li Min was forced to move from the small south house of Juxiang Academy, where he had lived for many years, to another courtyard. When she looked back, many walls and doors cut off the connection between her and her father, and she knew that she was leaving her father, so Li Min shed tears.
Chairman Mao came to see them on purpose. He asked, "Everything has been moved away, so why don't you come here anymore?"
Li Min blurred his eyes and said intermittently, "No, my box is still here, I will still come back." ”
After another year, Li Min's family moved out of Zhongnanhai. At that time, Kong Linghua borrowed a flatbed truck and took away all the belongings of their small family. Since then, he has left Chairman Mao.
The chairman really wanted them to stay, and asked them, can you not leave!
Later, the chairman died of a serious illness, and Li Mincai visited three times. She was very remorseful about this. She said, "In the beginning, if I had been more determined, how nice it would have been to stay with my father!" At that time, Li Min's family was planning to move, and her mother He Zizhen stopped her and advised her not to move. But Li Min only thought about the current situation and did not consider the development of the past.
I have to say that it is also a big regret!
Li Min left, and for Chairman Mao, the two daughters who followed each other day and night walked like this, and their hearts always felt empty. He will miss and miss his "petite baby". Whenever he saw Li Ne, he would think of Li Min, who used to hold one by the side of the chairman and enjoy the joy of the world when the sisters were all around the chairman. However, with regard to the departure of his beloved daughter, Chairman Mao could only say that when the child is older and his wings are hardened, he should also break into the outside world.
Figure | Photo of Li Ne and Li Min
As time passed, Chairman Mao was seriously ill and lying on his hospital bed, and Li Min hurried to see his father. When the chairman saw his daughter, he said, "Jiaojiao, you have come to see me, Jiaojiao, why don't you come to see me so often?" Li Min's "rebuke" of the chairman's father was only tearful.
In the days when the chairman's body was described as withered, he still thought about Li Min and pointed out that Li Min's birth period was wrong. He was very concerned about his beloved daughter, and the last time they met, Chairman Mao held up his strength and tried to talk to his daughter as much as possible.
Li Min listened carefully, she couldn't say anything, just held up her father's weak and powerless hands and pressed them tightly to her chest...