Li Min and Kong Linghua met at the Bayi School, where most of the students were the children of cadres, but their classmates did not know who the other's family was. At that time, Kong Linghua was the president of the student union and also the "hero" of the school, Li Min Xiaokong Linghua was his sister for two terms, and they were simply classmates at first.
Li Min likes to dance and often performs on stage at school, so the two also have the opportunity to contact. After a period of contact, Li Min gradually became fond of this two-year senior, and Kong Linghua was deeply attracted by Li Min's lively and cheerful personality. Since then, their feelings have become somewhat delicate, and they are no longer simple classmate relationships.
It wasn't until one day later that the two finally established a relationship.
Li Min was a little worried in her heart, she didn't know if she would get her father's consent for this matter, but she still decided to tell her father. When she first mentioned the name "Kong Linghua" to her father, his father was stunned for a moment and then did not say anything. Because the father has always been very enlightened, he advocates that the marriage of his children should be decided by himself.
After Li Min first mentioned Kong Linghua to his father, there was no follow-up, and his father did not ask again and again.
Chairman Mao and his daughter Li Min are pictured
After a while, Mao Zedong remembered this incident and asked Li Min, "Which is Xiao Kong's father?" What to do? ”
Li Min didn't know how to answer, because even she didn't know Kong Linghua's family background. She could only reply: "I didn't ask, and he didn't say it." ”
Listening to Li Min's answer, Mao Zedong felt a little confused and said, "Then how do you make friends with him?" ”
Li Min seemed to suddenly remember something, and said to his father: "Most of the Bayi Schools are the children of cadres, and his father should be a military cadre." ”
Mao Zedong was a little surprised to hear his daughter answer his question with "should", and repeated the question he had just asked: "You don't know what your parents do?" How to talk about the object? ”
Li Min was a little puzzled and replied to his father: "I make friends with him, do I know what my parents do?" ”
Mao Zedong smiled and patiently said to Li Min, "I still want to ask about it, and understand the situation." ”
The conversation between father and daughter was over. At first, Li Min did not understand her father's words, went back to think carefully, she felt that her father's words were reasonable, she had always respected her father's words, and she should still understand each other's family when it came to love. In this way, Li Min decided to ask Kong Linghua for an understanding when they met next time.
Li Min just mentioned this matter to Kong Linghua, Kong Linghua smiled, and then said to Li Min: "We have been classmates for so long, basically the other party knows everything about the situation, but the family situation knows nothing." ”
So Kong Linghua carefully told Li Min about his family situation, and after saying it, he did not forget to add: "Remember?" Also want to know what to ask though. ”
Li Min and Kong Linghua
At this time, Li Min can be regarded as having "collected" Kong Linghua's information and can "resume his life" to his father. After Li Min returned home, he saw his father sitting on the sofa, so he carefully walked to his father's side and said to his father: "Kong Linghua's father is Kong Congzhou." ”
Mao Zedong reacted at once, and then with a smile on his face, he said to his daughter, "Oh! Xiao Kong's father turned out to be General Kong Congzhou, and I was familiar with it. ”
Li Min tentatively asked Mao Zedong: "So, do you agree?" ”
Mao Zedong happily lit a cigarette and said as he nodded: "Agree, agree." ”
Li Min let out a long sigh, and the stone in his heart was finally put down.
So, who is Kong Congzhou? Why was Mao so happy and relieved to learn that his daughter Li Min was in love with Kong Lingzhou's son?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" > the approval of both parents</h1>
Ever since he learned that Kong Linghua's father was Kong Congzhou, Mao Zedong was very satisfied. Mao Zedong knew that Kong Lingzhou was a staunch Communist Party member, and he was honest and honest, calm and generous, and presumably his son would not be bad, and the combination of Kong Linghua and Li Min made both families very happy, including Li Min's mother, He Zizhen.
At that time, after Li Min and Kong Linghua established a relationship, Li Min told his mother He Zizhen about this matter. Because Li Min lived with her mother in the Soviet Union since she was a child and did not return until two years before the founding of the Country, she was very dependent on her mother, so she must think of telling her mother something.
After He Zizhen learned that Li Min and Kong Linghua were in love, while lamenting that her daughter had grown up, she said to her daughter: "You and Xiao Kong love each other, and you also have plans to get married, which I approve of, but I suggest that you marry after graduating from high school, because after marriage, you need to have children, there are more things, and it will be difficult for you to study again." ”
Li Min felt that her mother was not unreasonable, so she pushed the wedding date back and prepared to talk about marriage again in 1959. Kong Linghua's side is also here, he is usually very busy studying, and he is not in a hurry to get married, and Li Min's idea is in line with it.
Later, after Kong Linghua was successfully admitted to the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Li Min took Kong Linghua to Zhongnanhai to visit Mao Zedong.
As Mao Zedong grew older, he became more concerned about his children, and he was always happy every time Li Min took Kong Linghua home. Later, a few times li min went home without Kong Linghua, Mao Zedong asked Li Min: "Why did Linghua not come for some days?" ”
Li Min also always said to Mao Zedong: "Ling Hua is busy with his studies, and he will come when he has time." It can be seen that even if the two were not yet married, Mao Zedong already regarded Kong Linghua as a family.
Li Min and Kong Linghua were at Chairman Mao's side
The same is true of Kong Linghua's side, when Kong Linghua told Kong Congzhou and his wife about his love affair with Li Min, they were very happy in their hearts. Kong Congzhou has always advocated that children fall in love freely, and when he knows that the daughter-in-law is Li Min, he is even happier in his heart, because he knows that Li Min's personality is lively and cheerful, kind, approachable, and very suitable for his son.
Although the parents of both sides did not meet, they both acquiesced to kong Linghua and Li Min's marriage.
Since then, every summer vacation, Li Min always has to go back to his home in Shenyang with Kong Linghua to visit Kong Congzhou and his wife, so they come and go, the two are not yet married, Li Min has become familiar with his future in-laws.
Li Min and her family take a group photo in Dalian
Early in the morning of August 29, 1959, Mao Zedong invited Kong Congzhou, who was in Beijing for a meeting at the time, to his home. When he learned of this incident, Kong Congzhou was a little excited and nervous in his heart, and during the time when he was waiting for the car to pick him up, he had thought about the scene of meeting Chairman Mao many times.
Although he had seen Mao Zedong before, it was all a group reception, and he had never spoken to Mao Zedong alone, not to mention that his son and the chairman's daughter were together, and he did not know what to say, but could only sort out the Zhongshan clothes he was wearing over and over again.
After waiting for a while, a black car drove into Kong Congzhou's residence, and Kong Congzhou saw it and hurriedly greeted it. Only to see a cadre dressed in Zhongshan suit coming down from the car, after seeing Kong Congzhou, asked: "You are Comrade Kong Congzhou, the chairman is waiting for you, get on the bus quickly." ”
As he spoke, he tightly held Kong Congzhou's hand, and Kong Congzhou's nervous mood seemed to have eased a little.
Kong Congzhou sat in the car, not caring about the scenery outside the car, thinking about what to say to Mao Zedong. It was early autumn, the weather was still cool, but Kong Congzhou's palms had been sweating, and for a while, anxiety and nervousness surged into his heart, and he had to open the window to breathe, and it took a while to ease up.
Hole from the continent
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="92" > Li Min and Kong Linghua were tied</h1> together
Kong had a premonition in his heart before he came from Zhouzhou, and the chairman would definitely invite him to the house to discuss the marriage of his children. In fact, Li Min and Kong Linghua's marriage date was earlier than now, when Li Min and Kong Linghua were still in college, and they were going to take advantage of the summer vacation to hold a wedding, so they went to ask Mao Zedong's opinion, and Mao Zedong also agreed with their ideas, and said that he would personally officiate the wedding.
However, when it came to the summer vacation, it was just in time for Mao Zedong to hold a meeting in the field, and he could not return for a while, seeing that the wedding date was getting closer and closer, because Mao Zedong could not rush back in time, he postponed the marriage date. Because Mao Zedong attached great importance to his daughter's marriage, he repeatedly called during the meeting and told him that he must wait for him to return to officiate at the wedding.
In this way, the original wedding date was postponed until the chairman returned to Beijing.
In late August, as soon as the chairman returned to Beijing, he called in Kong Linghua and Li Min, asked them to discuss marriage together, and drew up a list of invited guests. They planned to hold a wedding on August 29, that is, the day Mao Zedong invited Kong Congzhou to his home, which was the first time the two of them met in private, and they did not expect that they were already in the family of their children.
When the car slowly stopped, Kong Congzhou found that he had arrived at Fortress Garden, next to Mao Zedong's residence, Juxiang Bookstore. Kong Congzhou stepped out of the car, only to see Mao Zedong rushing forward, excitedly holding Kong Congzhou's hand and saying: "Today is a big day for the two children, please come and sit down and talk about it." ”
Kong Congzhou felt the warmth of Mao Zedong's broad palm, and the tension in his heart gradually calmed down.
Then, Mao Zedong took Kong Congzhou's hand and shuttled around the guests at a table, introducing them one by one: "This is the father-in-law of Li Min of our family, the father of Kong Linghua, Comrade Kong Congzhou. ”
Hearing Mao Zedong introduce himself so kindly, Kong Congzhou was somewhat flattered, and the tension in his heart disappeared at once.
Li Min and Kong Linghua's wedding was held at the Zhongnanhai Yinian Hall, which was presided over by Mao Zedong himself. There were many important guests at the wedding, such as Cai Chang, Deng Yingchao, Ye Zilong, Luo Guanglu, etc., the atmosphere of the wedding was very lively, Mao Zedong was also very happy this day, usually he did not drink much, on this day he drank several glasses of wine in succession.
After Mao Zedong finished drinking, he still held the hands of Li Min and Kong Linghua and said in a serious tone: "You have become a family, you have grown up, you can stand on your own, and I wish you a good relationship, good study and good work." I hope that you can respect and love each other and grow old with white heads. ”
After the wedding, Mao Zedong took a photo with the guests attending the wedding.
When the guests hurried away, Mao Zedong took a photo with the newcomer alone. After the end of the scene, Mao Zedong specially left Kong Congzhou and his cousin Wang Jifan to the study to talk.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="93" > talking about ancient and modern</h1>
Kong Congzhouyi walked into Mao Zedong's study, and was greeted by a whole row of bookshelves. Kong Congzhou had heard that Chairman Mao liked to read, but he did not expect that the chairman's collection of books was so many, all kinds of books, and even there were a few open books on the coffee table, and it seemed that Chairman Mao was reading recently. Witnessing the living habits of great people, Kong Congzhou's admiration for the chairman has added another layer.
After Mao Zedong asked Kong Congzhou and Wang Jifan to sit down, he casually lit a cigarette and began to smoke, then turned to Kong Congzhou and asked, "Where do you work now?" ”
"Shenyang Senior Artillery School is the principal." Kong answered from The Continent.
Mao Zedong was intrigued by this, and then asked: "The Advanced Artillery School is the highest school of artillery, and your burden is not light. Are there any difficulties at work? ”
Kong Congzhou said with some embarrassment: "There is no difficulty, that is, my knowledge is too low, and my practical experience is very rich, but I have not mastered enough theoretical knowledge of artillery." ”
Mao Zedong greatly admired Kong Congzhou's modest, cautious, and self-disciplined spirit, and he smiled and said to Kong Congzhou: "Your ancestor Confucius was a great thinker and educator!" When I was a teenager, I read Confucius's 'Learning and Learning from Time to Time, Isn't It?' That set. If it weren't for Confucius, I'm afraid I wouldn't even recognize the words! He proposed the six arts of etiquette, music, archery, imperial, calligraphy, and counting, and there are mathematics in the six disciplines, and you should learn mathematics well. ”
Kong Congzhou agreed with Mao Zedong's words and nodded excitedly.
Then the two men talked about the army and history, and also mentioned Comrade Wei Ye.
Mao Zedong asked, "When did the 17th Army begin to have Communist activities?" ”
Kong Congzhou replied: "It should be after 1923, when General Yang Hucheng was recuperating in Yulin, and was introduced to Comrade Wei Yezu, and since then there have been activities of Communist Party members. ”
Mao Zedong said: "Wei Yezuo was a good comrade and learned, I have read his writings, he is written at a high level, and his knowledge is profound. ”
When talking about books or literati, Mao Zedong couldn't help but ask a few more questions: "You Shaanxi talents, have you read the "History"?" The author Sima Qian is a native of Shaanxi, do you know? ”
Kong Congzhou nodded and said, "I have read Sima Qian's Records of History and wrote them very well. ”
In this way, Mao Zedong began to expound his unique views on the topic of "History", as soon as he talked about history, Mao Zedong began to gush endlessly, and he was like a number of family treasures for every figure in history, under his introduction, those historical figures seemed to have come alive, and everyone had flesh and blood, a distinct personality, and different skills.
Later, the topic between the two returned to the party and the army, and Chairman Mao smoked one cigarette after another during the conversation, as if his thinking would become clearer and clearer with each cigarette, and it was true. For Mao Zedong, cigarettes obviously had "more advantages than disadvantages", because many of the major decisions and important remarks made by Mao Zedong were accompanied by a strong smell of smoke.
Then the two began to talk about Yang Hucheng again.
Yang Hucheng
Mao Zedong said, "Yang Hucheng trusts you very much!" When Chiang Kai-shek was arrested, Yang Hucheng only told you one person, and he was very appreciative of you, right? ”
Kong Congzhou replied: "I was brought out by him, he is my old superior, and he trusts me very much." ”
Mao Zedong fell into contemplation and continued: "The Xi'an Incident was a turning point in the Chinese revolution, and since then the situation of the civil war in China has ended, and the national war of resistance has begun, Yang Hucheng is a patriotic democrat, and his unit has been in constant contact with our party, with Wei Yezu in the front and Li Zizhou in the back. ”
In the end, the topic of their conversation returned to Kong Linghua and Li Min, who had similar views on their children, and agreed that they were married and that many things needed to be decided by themselves.
In this way, Mao Zedong and Kong Congzhou chatted all night, mao zedong always couldn't help but sigh every time he talked about emotion, and Wang Jifan next to him was also listening, expressing his views from time to time. After that night, Mao Zedong and Kong Congzhou knew each other a lot, and they happily ended the conversation.
After Li Min and Kong Linghua got married, they lived with Chairman Mao in Fortress Garden, and the chairman loved them very much, not only caring about their growth at all times, but also often talking with them, pouring out the love of a great father on them. Chairman Mao also liked Kong Linghua very much, saying that he was an honest man, and they often discussed it together.
Li Min, Kong Linghua and their first child, Kong Jining
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="95" > summary</h1>
The combination of Li Min and Kong Linghua, both for Mao Zedong and Kong Congzhou, is a happy thing. Through this incident, Mao Zedong met the old subordinate of General Yang Hucheng from the beginning, and found that his Thirty-eighth Army had always been regarded by our Party as a model for united front work. Kong Congzhou also further understood the simplicity and simplicity of the great man Mao Zedong and respected Mao Zedong in awe.
The wedding seems to be a combination of two young people, but in fact it is an in-depth conversation between two revolutionary old men, through the night of August 29, these two revolutionaries talk about the revolutionary ideals of their youth, and take our thoughts back to the turbulent era of the 1920s and 1930s.