Birthday is a major holiday in life, everyone will never forget their birthday, and Chairman Mao will also celebrate his birthday. As the leader of a country, Chairman Mao could have had a lively and hearty birthday once a year, but Chairman Mao was unwilling to make a big deal.
Chairman Mao led by example, and every birthday was a dull one. On December 26, 1975, Chairman Mao's 82nd birthday, this birthday was as usual, just had a simple meal with his daughter and the staff around him. At this time, an unexpected person, Jiang Qing, also came, and she also brought two dishes.
You know, Chairman Mao did not invite her to celebrate her birthday together, so why didn't Chairman Mao invite Jiang Qing? What dish did Jiang Qing bring again? What is her uninvited purpose?
Jiang Qing was Chairman Mao's last wife, but her union with Chairman Mao has not been sincerely blessed by the older generation of revolutionaries in the party.
Jiang Qing when he was young
In 1937, Jiang Qing, who was originally acting in Shanghai, came to Yan'an under the introduction of the Eighth Route Army Office in Xi'an, and in the same year, Jiang Qing entered Lu Xun Art Institute to study. Soon, Jiang Qing was transferred to the Central Party School to study.
During her studies at the Party School, Jiang Qing had frequent contact with Chairman Mao. Speaking of which, Jiang Qing was able to contact Chairman Mao thanks to one person - Kang Sheng.
Kang Sheng and Jiang Qing are fellow countrymen. Jiang Qing's surname is Li, and when he was studying in his hometown, he needed to pass through the Zhang family on East Street every day. The Zhang family is a wealthy family who moved from Jiaodong, and Kang Sheng is the third generation of the Zhang family. Kang Sheng once personally said to Shi Zhe, the first director of the Central Compilation and Compilation Bureau: "Jiang Qing passes by my door every day for school, and I am watching it. ”
After Jiang Qing came to Yan'an, Kang Sheng took good care of this fellow villager, and Jiang Qing's transfer to the Central Party School was also arranged by Kang Sheng. After Jiang Qing studied at the party school for a while, Kang Sheng found her and asked her to take the initiative to find the chairman.
Kang Sheng
Why did Kang Sheng let Jiang Qing go to the chairman? Kang Sheng once said: "There are two magic weapons to improve social relations and establish friendship in China: one is teaching, "one day as a teacher, and a lifetime as a father"; The second is to go down the month and introduce his wife to others. From these words, we can see Kang Sheng's purpose.
Previously, Jiang Qing would never dare to take the initiative to go to the chairman, and even if she had, she would not have the way to enter Chairman Mao's residence, but with Kang Sheng's instructions and arrangements, she had the courage and successfully met with the chairman.
In this way, Jiang Qing took care of the chairman in life, helped the chairman clean the house, sew clothes for clothes, and then slowly, Jiang Qing lived with the chairman.
Soon after that, the news of Jiang Qing's love with Chairman Mao spread throughout Yan'an.
At that time, many of the people studying at the Central Party School were from Bai District and knew Jiang Qing's style in Shanghai, so they resolutely opposed the chairman marrying Jiang Qing, and wrote a letter to Zhang Wentian, secretary of the Central Committee, to transfer it to the chairman.
In desperation, Zhang Wentian had to pick a letter with a softer tone to hand over to Chairman Mao, but the chairman was a person who did not admit defeat, and Jiang Qing had not made any principled mistakes at that time, so in the end, Chairman Mao decided to marry Jiang Qing against the fierce opposition of everyone.
For a long time after the marriage, Chairman Mao did not have much opinion of Jiang Qing, and was relatively satisfied with some of the things she did.
For example, in 1951, Jiang Qing wrote a "Historical Investigation of Wuxun", which was highly valued by Chairman Mao, and he personally made 15 important revisions and published it in the People's Daily.
By the late '50s and early '60s, Chairman Mao's concern and guidance for Jiang Qing had increased. Looking at the "Manuscripts of Mao Zedong Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", we can find that the content involving Jiang Qing has increased sharply, and there are as many as 21 manuscripts involving Jiang Qing during this period, and of all 21 manuscripts, 19 are instructions for Jiang Qing's materials.
For example, on September 24, 1958, Mao Zedong commented on the cover of a magazine "Red Flag" that published Lu Dingyi's article "Education Must Be Combined with Production and Labor": "Jiang Qing, Lu Dingyi's article is excellent, you must read it, at least twice. ”
From the mid-60s to the end of the 60s, Chairman Mao not only gave guidance to Jiang Qing, but also cared about and supported Jiang Qing, and at this time Jiang Qing also came to the front from behind the scenes and rose rapidly in the political arena.
However, after the 70s, Chairman Mao changed his previous attitude of support and concern for Jiang Qing, and began to alienate Jiang Qing, suppress it, and even dislike Jiang Qing. Why this change?
There are three main reasons: first, after Jiang Qing entered the Politburo, her personal political ambitions were increasingly exposed; Second, Jiang Qing did a lot of bad things in that movement; Third, Chairman Mao detected that Jiang Qingla was forming gangs and small groups, and worried that she would "make trouble" in the future.
Therefore, Chairman Mao slowly distanced himself from Jiang Qing. Chairman Mao's estrangement from Jiang Qing was gradual, and at the beginning Chairman Mao only reduced the materials granted to Jiang Qing.
Of course, Chairman Mao did not forget to criticize and remind Jiang Qing to pay attention. In 1974, he wrote a letter warning Jiang Qing: "Don't show up too much; Do not approve documents; Don't let you form a cabinet (be a backstage boss). You have a lot of grievances, and you must unite the majority. To the will. Mao Zedong. "People are self-aware, and you can."
However, Jiang Qing did not heed Chairman Mao's admonition at all and continued to go his own way. After seeing Jiang Qing's unrepentant attitude, Chairman Mao began to reluctant to see her again.
When Jiang Qing wanted to see Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao refused with illness: "The recent increase in body temperature by two degrees is a serious illness!" Everyone is gone, now that it is being restored, you should go to the Politburo. ”
Not only that, Chairman Mao also specially ordered the staff because he did not want to see Jiang Qing: "Do not open the iron gate without my consent." The iron gate in Chairman Mao's words is the last gate outside his residence.
The staff firmly obeyed this order, but it was inevitable that people would make mistakes. Once, when Jiang Qing broke into Chairman Mao's residence by herself, the sentries saw her coming towards the door and quickly stopped her. Seeing this, Jiang Qing said to the sentry: "To be informed, I will not go to the chairman's place, I will go inside to see the hygiene." ”
Hearing this, the sentry was not easy to stop her, so he let her go around the outdoor pool, but after turning, Jiang Qing paced into the north gate of the indoor swimming pool, and insisted on looking at the indoor hygiene.
At that time, Zhang Yaoci, deputy director of the office, was indoors, and when he saw Jiang Qing come in, he had a premonition that a storm was coming. Sure enough, when Jiang Qing saw Zhang Yaoci, he cursed: "You are confused and don't respect me!" He asked, "Why didn't the sentry let me in?" Saying that, he walked in without looking back.
Zhang Yaoci and the others were also not easy to stop, so they could only watch Jiang Qing walk to the chairman's bedroom. Jiang Qing didn't stay long and left, and the look on his face was not good when he left, and everyone looked at their noses and noses and hearts, and did not dare to say more.
After a while, Wang Dongxing walked into the chairman's bedroom, only to hear the chairman's angry voice inside: "Why don't you stop Jiang Qing?" She, like everyone else, couldn't come in without my consent! ”
After Chairman Mao became angry this time, no matter what the situation was in the future, the staff did not dare to let Jiang Qing in again. Since then, Jiang Qing has been eating "closed-door soup".
One day, Jiang Qing happily entered Zhongnanhai to meet Chairman Mao. But as soon as they saw that it was Jiang Qing, the guard soldiers very decisively reached out to stop her. Seeing this, Jiang Qing huffed and asked, "Why are you blocking my car?" I'm Jiang Qing, I'm going to see the chairman, get out of the way! ”
But no matter what Jiang Qing said, the guard soldiers just wouldn't let him in. Helplessly, Jiang Qing had to go back to her own place. After this experience, she was finally sure that Chairman Mao did not want to see her again.
But Jiang Qing was unwilling to give up, and still tried to find an opportunity to see Chairman Mao, so "persistently" searched, and really let Jiang Qing find an opportunity.
December 26, 1975, was Chairman Mao's 82nd birthday. On his birthday, Chairman Mao did not make a big deal, but asked the chef to cook a few dishes, and then invited comrades who had worked beside him before.
Early in the morning, Wu Xujun, Yu Yaju and others came to the Zhongnanhai swimming pool, and Chairman Mao's two daughters, Li Min and Li Ne, also came to Chairman Mao's side to accompany the chairman on his birthday.
Chairman Mao was very happy, and there was laughter in the bedroom. Near noon, everyone was ready to eat, because Chairman Mao did not allow extravagance and waste, so the dishes were very simple, that is, longevity noodles and a few home-cooked dishes. At this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Chairman, I wish you good health and long life!" ”
It's Jiang Qing! Soon, Jiang Qing walked into the room, still carrying a food box in her hand. As soon as she entered the house, Jiang Qing opened the food box and took out two dishes that were still hot: fat-headed fish soup and fried chili with shredded meat. These are two dishes that Chairman Mao loves to eat very much.
During this whole process, the other people in the room did not speak, and Chairman Mao turned his head even more, not looking at Jiang Qing, and the atmosphere was a little embarrassing.
Jiang Qing deliberately chose this time to meet the chairman. She believes that after all, it is the chairman's birthday, even if the guards see her, they will not stop themselves as usual, and the chairman should not be too angry on this day, so she plans to take this special time to contact the chairman.
However, although Jiang Qing thought very well, the reality was very skinny, she did see the chairman, and the chairman was indeed not angry, but the chairman still did not want to pay attention to her.
Seeing the chairman's attitude, Jiang Qing felt very embarrassed, but she couldn't vent in public, after all, the chairman's reluctance to see her was well known, and the chairman of this banquet did not invite her, she was uninvited.
Li Ne
At this time, Li Ne broke the embarrassment, she stood up and quickly pulled her mother out. And until Jiang Qing left, the chairman turned his head and ate with everyone. After this birthday, Jiang Qing also seemed to give up goodbye to the chairman, and Chairman Mao did not mention Jiang Qing again until his death.
Chairman Mao had three marriages in his life, and his marriage with Jiang Qing was the last marriage, and it is clear that this last marriage did not bring much comfort to the chairman in the later period. In his later years, he faced a helpless marital situation. It can only be said that life left Chairman Mao with far more regrets than happiness.
But Chairman Mao will never feel pain because of regret, because he loves this country and the people of this country, and he cannot accept Jiang Qing's misdeeds for his own ambition, so he would rather not see Jiang Qing and alienate Jiang Qing.
This is our beloved Chairman!