Chairman Mao had four wives in his life, in addition to Luo, who was arranged at home, as well as Yang Kaihui, He Zizhen, and Jiang Qing, all of whom left a lot of stories with Chairman Mao.
Mao Xinyu is Chairman Mao's only grandson, what does he say about the three grandmothers?
In 2006, when Mao Xinyu gave a report at Zhejiang University, someone raised this topic, and Mao Xinyu also answered with interest.
The first is Mao Xinyu's own grandmother Yang Kaihui.
Mao Xinyu has never seen Yang Kaihui, even his father Mao Anqing, has a vague memory of Yang Kaihui, but Mao Xinyu still loves Yang Kaihui's grandmother the most.
In Mao Anqing's memory, the best part of his childhood was before he was 5 years old, when his father could often come home to reunite with his wife and children, and share the joy of family, but all this came to an abrupt end one day in 1928.
Mao Anqing still vaguely remembers that day, his father, who had been missing for a long time, suddenly came home late at night and talked with his mother all night, Mao Anqing fell asleep because he was too young, who knew that when he woke up the next day, his father was "missing" again.
This was the last meeting of his parents, and later Yang Kaihui was arrested by the reactionaries, and the brothers Mao Anying and Mao Anqing were also imprisoned together, Yang Kaihui was tortured because he never gave in, and finally heroically became righteous at the age of 29.
Therefore, in Mao Anqing's heart, there was a misunderstanding of his father for a long time, thinking that he ruthlessly abandoned his mother and their three brothers, and it was not until he later saw the poem written by his father in memory of Yang Kaihui that he began to understand his father.
After Mao Xinyu was born, Mao Anqing often told him about his grandmother Yang Kaihui, and Mao Xinyu also had great respect for this grandmother who died for the revolution very early, saying: "Yang Kaihui is my most admired and respected relative, she is a great communist fighter and a pioneer of the Chinese women's movement." ”
This is followed by Mao Xinyu's other grandmother, He Zizhen.
Although He Zizhen is Mao Anqing's stepmother, the two have been getting along longer than Yang Kaihui and Mao Anqing, and the relationship is also very close.
Mao Anqing went to the Soviet Union at the end of 1936, and at the end of 1937, He Zizhen also went to the Soviet Union and met Mao Anying and Mao Anqing brothers, and after the brothers learned of He Zizhen's relationship with their father, they were a little unacceptable at first, but He Zizhen took care of them meticulously, so that they gradually accepted this stepmother.
Later, He Zizhen's daughter Li Min also went to the Soviet Union, and the family of four was happy, happier than Chairman Mao in China.
It was not until 1949 that Mao Anqing left He Zizhen and returned to his father's side.
In these 11 years, Mao Anqing has regarded He Zizhen as his mother and felt the long-lost maternal love, so he often mentioned He Zizhen to Mao Xinyu later and introduced her heroic deeds in those years.
Moreover, after the end of that movement, He Zizhen once lived in Beijing for a while, and also met Mao Xinyu, although there is no blood relationship, but she likes this grandson very much, after all, this is Chairman Mao's only grandson, He Zizhen also has high hopes for him.
Therefore, when talking about He Zizhen, Mao Xinyu said emotionally: "She is an excellent female Red Army fighter, a great and outstanding communist fighter, and the best grandmother for me." ”
Finally, Jiang Qing.
Unlike Yang Kaihui and He Zizhen, Jiang Qing's feelings for Mao Anying and Mao Anqing's brothers are actually very complicated.
When Mao Anying first returned to China, Jiang Qing also attached great importance to him and took the initiative to introduce him to a girlfriend, of course, there was also a factor of "currying" over Chairman Mao.
However, the girlfriend introduced by Jiang Qing was only good-looking but did not have a firm revolutionary will, and later published a public article slandering Yan'an, which made Chairman Mao and Mao Anying very angry, and Chairman Mao also ordered Jiang Qing not to interfere in Mao Anying's marriage in the future.
After Mao Anqing and Shao Hua came together, Jiang Qing obstructed in every way, according to Jiang Qing's thoughts, Shao Hua and Mao Anying's wife Liu Siqi are sisters, if they both come to the Mao family, will they still have something to talk in the Mao family?
Even after Mao Anqing married Shao Hua, Jiang Qing would find various reasons not to allow Shao Hua to approach Chairman Mao.
In 1970, Mao Xinyu was born, which was originally Chairman Mao's happiest thing, but under Jiang Qing's obstruction, Chairman Mao rarely saw this grandson, which made Chairman Mao's later life lose a lot of happiness.
Therefore, Mao Xinyu was very disgusted with this grandmother.
However, when talking about Jiang Qing, Mao Xinyu was still very generous, did not fall into the well, but said a very pertinent sentence: "History has already made a due evaluation of this person, I will not say more." ”
I have to say that Mao Xinyu's broad mind that does not miss old evils still has Chairman Mao's demeanor.
(Reference: "Grandpa Mao Zedong", "My Father Mao Zedong", "Haikou Net")