On September 9, 1976, Mao Zedong died in Beijing Hospital after rescue was ineffective, and after the news came out, the whole country was saddened. On the occasion of Chairman Mao's death, he left eight words, and these eight words made Meng Jinyun, who was with him, burst into tears.
So what eight words did the chairman say? What is the identity of this girl? Why is she the last to be by our great leader, Chairman Mao?
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In fact, this girl's name is Meng Jinyun, she was born in Hubei in 1948, and in 1960, she was admitted to the Air Politics Cultural and Labor Troupe and became a dancer. At that time, Zhongnanhai would often hold some dance parties on weekends, and everyone sang and danced at the dance, which could relax and enhance the revolutionary friendship between each other. Dancers from the troupe are often sent to Zhongnanhai for theatrical performances. In April 1963, Meng Jinyun was fortunate enough to be sent to Zhongnanhai.
Meng Jinyun and Mao Zedong
During this trip to Zhongnanhai, Meng Jinyun met Chairman Mao, and she was surprised to find that this big man, who could only be seen on TV news, was so approachable in real life. Excited, she went to invite Mao Zedong to dance. Mao Zedong did not dislike this young yellow haired and accepted her invitation.
On the dance floor, Mao Zedong was very surprised that this little girl, who did not look very old, was so skilled in her dance steps, and asked: "Little girl, what is your name?" How old is this year? Meng Jinyun was slightly nervous, swallowed his saliva, and said: "I, my name is Meng Jinyun, from Hubei, after this year I will be 15 years old." Mao Zedong laughed after hearing this, "You are from Hubei, I am from Hunan, we are separated by a Dongting Lake, and we are also half a fellow countryman." ”
Hearing the chairman's humorous remarks, Meng Jinyun gradually relaxed his mood, and the two talked happily. Since then, the two have formed a special friendship. Meng Jinyun was very curious about why Mao Zedong liked to dance, Mao Zedong said: "When fighting, during the Yan'an period, we also often danced, which can boost morale and effectively strike at the enemy!" In Meng Jinyun's heart, he admired this heroic figure even more.
Zhongnanhai Ball
But I did not think that in 1968, Meng Jinyun was slandered and imprisoned, and Pingbai suffered a 5-year prison sentence. In 1973, meng Jinyun was 25 years old, and after she was released from prison, she was assigned to the Wuhan Military Hospital as a nurse. But she still couldn't understand: why did she get arrested and imprisoned? And why was he suddenly released?
Until she went to Beijing, she met her former friend Xiaoli. Xiao Li told Meng Jinyun that it was when she met Chairman Mao that she told Chairman Mao about her grievances, so she was released. Although Meng Jinyun has now been released and has a job in the hospital, her life resume has this experience of imprisonment, which is always easy to cause misunderstandings from others. So with Xiao Li's help, Meng Jinyun was able to see Chairman Mao again.
Singer and dancer in the 1960s and 1970s
In May 1975, Meng Jinyun saw Mao Zedong again with excitement. More than ten years have passed since the two first met, and the little girl who used to be shy and ignorant has now come out of the blue. Meng Jinyun looked at the great man in front of him and said excitedly: "Hello Chairman, I am Meng Jinyun from Hubei." What she did not expect was that after such a long time, the chairman still remembered himself, and he said: "Of course, I remember, you are my half a little compatriot, but we haven't seen each other for a long time." ”
Meng Jinyun recalled the ups and downs of these years, and for a moment he was full of emotions, and even blurted out: "Chairman, I have come to you to redress your grievances!" She then told the chairman all about her experiences from being arrested and imprisoned in 1968, undergoing labor reform, and being suddenly released. Mao Zedong listened carefully to her and then said, "Xiao Meng, you have suffered all these years, so stay here and work in the future." ”
Hearing the chairman say this decision, Meng Jinyun was incredulous for a moment, she felt that she already had a stain on her file, how could she stay with the chairman? After hearing her concern, the chairman waved a big hand: "I know that you have been wronged, just check and rehabilitate, don't worry." ”
Wang Dongxing
Meng Jinyun continued: "However, if there is no written proof of rehabilitation, it seems that outsiders will always have a bad impact." Mao Zedong thought about it for a while, felt that this was indeed the case, and then said: "This matter can be arranged for Wang Dongxing to handle." ”
Sure enough, Wang Dongxing sent someone to investigate in detail the fact that Meng Jinyun was imprisoned that year, confirmed that she was indeed framed, and specially issued a written rehabilitation conclusion for her. In this way, Meng Jinyun stayed by Chairman Mao's side, took care of the life of the chairman with all his heart, and accompanied Chairman Mao through his old age.
In Chairman Mao's later years, only the confidential secretary Zhang Yufeng and the nurse Meng Jinyun could get close. If others wanted to see Mao Zedong, no matter the size of the position, no matter what the reason, they had to go through the arrangement of the two of them, which showed that Meng Jinyun was a person that Mao Zedong trusted very much.
Meng Jinyun and Zhang Yufeng and others
Meng Jinyun took good care of Chairman Mao's side and spent almost four hundred and eighty-nine days and nights. Since the 1970s, Mao Zedong had pulmonary heart disease, severe hearing loss, gradual swelling of his legs, deteriorating physical condition, and in 1973 he had cataracts, his eyesight also had problems, and the lights were uncomfortable after a long time, but there were still many documents to be processed.
Therefore, sometimes, the chairman will let Meng Jinyun help him read some documents, newspapers, etc. As the days went on, Meng Jinyun felt that it was not appropriate, after all, he had not yet joined the Communist Party of China, was not a party member, and was not qualified to help the chairman read these documents.
Once, when Chairman Mao asked Meng Jinyun to help him read the documents, Meng Jinyun said: "Chairman, I am not yet a party member, and I will violate the principles of the organization by reading these documents." Can you encourage me to join the Party? When the chairman heard her say this, he shook his head and replied, "Xiao Meng, although I am the chairman, I do not have the right to decide to develop you into the party." You can write an application for joining the party first in accordance with the rules of the organization. Until the death of the chairman, he also abided by the party constitution and party discipline, always acted according to the rules, and did not use his private rights to help Meng Jinyun join the party.
Meng Jinyun thought that she could be rehabilitated, and she was even more cared for by the party, so she wrote an application to join the party and submitted it to the party organization, but because she had been imprisoned, the organization did not immediately absorb her to join the party. However, Meng Jinyun was not discouraged, but repeatedly applied to the party organization, and finally was approved to join the party in 1986. At this time, she had left Zhongnanshan for many years, but she never forgot Chairman Mao's instructions to her, and always insisted on following the party and obeying the organization's arrangements.
Throughout his life, Chairman Mao has always insisted on reading books and drawing truth from books. When he was young, in order to make himself quietly read and get rid of impetuosity, he even went to the streets of the downtown to read. In the war era, whether in the cave or on the car, he read books as soon as he had time, and he was very serious. He read the "Zizhi Tongjian" of more than three million words 17 times. Mao Zedong was very fond of this book, and when he talked about the importance of governing the country, he also quoted the "Etiquette, Righteousness, Honesty, and Shame, the Four Dimensions of the Country; the Four Dimensions Are Not Open, and the Country Is Destroyed" in the Zizhi Tongjian to argue it.
In 1954, in a conversation with Wu Han, he said: "Although this book is written from the standpoint of the feudal ruling class, it covers the rise and fall of dynasties. We should read this book critically, learn about historical events, learn from experiences and lessons. ”
Mao Zedong was plagued by illness in his later years, but he still had the Zizhi Tongjian at the head of his bed. Once, Mao Zedong was fascinated by reading this book, lying in bed for half a day without moving, turning over when he was tired of reading, and continued to read for several hours. Every time I have a feeling, I will communicate with Meng Jinyun, from the historical allusions in the book, to talk about what I feel and think. He told Meng Jinyun more than once: "This book is a good book, I have read it no less than 17 times, but a good book is like a good cup of tea, the more delicious it is, and I can have a different experience every time I read it." You must also read this book, and then we can discuss the problems in the book together. ”
Every time she recalls this incident, what impresses Meng Jinyun is Chairman Mao's devotion when he reads the book, and at the same time she also admires Chairman Mao's insights very much. Mao Zedong always had a very unique view of history, and he stressed that when studying history, we should pay attention to combining logic with history and the individual with the general, and he said: "We must guide practice in accordance with Marxist dialectical thought, we must pay attention to the unity of logic and history, thinking is a reflection of objective existence, and logic comes from history." In historical research, we must pay attention not only to the collection of historical materials, but also to the analysis and collation of historical materials. ”
Mao Zedong liked to read books and was better at applying the theories in the book to the process of practice. He read the Zizhi Tongjian, but he was not confused by the feudal ideas in the book, but combined the historical experience in the book with the specific reality of the Chinese revolution, and used the correct materialist view of history and dialectical materialism to guide practice, and finally led the Chinese nation to victory.
Mao Zedong met with Lee Kuan Yew
On 12 May 1976, Chairman Mao met with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. At that time, Meng Jinyun and Zhang Yufeng helped him to the sofa in the reception hall, but because Chairman Mao was very ill and in poor health at that time, the two only had a few minutes before and after meeting and talking.
But Chairman Mao had a strong mind and persisted in his work as long as the circumstances permitted. In May 1976, Pakistan's Prime Minister Bhutto came to Visit China and wanted to see Mao Zedong. When Mao Zedong heard this, he braced himself and arranged to receive him in the study, where he shook hands cordially with Bhutto, who praised Chairman Mao for leading the people in a great revolution.
In 1976, zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and other state elders who had been comrades-in-arms for many years passed away one after another, and there were fewer and fewer people around Chairman Mao who could speak. In the same year, an earthquake struck Tangshan City, Hebei Province, and because the earthquake occurred in the early hours of the morning and had a magnitude of 7.8, 240,000 people were killed in the disaster.
During that time, Mao Zedong often suffered from insomnia, suffered from illness, was often in a coma, and his physical condition deteriorated daily. However, Chairman Mao still endured the pain and suffering of illness, always cared about the people, and always cared about the work process on the front line of the disaster area. He asked him to report to himself every day on the latest situation of the earthquake, and at the same time give corresponding guidance and advice.
Zhou Enlai and Zhu De
The nerves that had been tense and the intense work had finally crushed the great old man, and his health was getting worse and worse. On the evening of September 2, Chairman Mao Zedong developed symptoms of a myocardial infarction, which was much more severe than before.
On September 8, 1976, Mao Zedong still insisted on working at his desk, dragging his weak body for nearly three hours in a row, flipping through documents 11 times, and when the work was completed, he suddenly fainted. At this time, the medical staff who had been nearby found that the chairman's heart was somewhat abnormal on the monitor, and hurried forward to carry out the rescue in a race against the clock, and finally rescued Chairman Mao.
By 19:10, Chairman Mao was very weak in his hospital bed, and he said to Meng Jinyun with difficulty: "I am very uncomfortable, call the doctor to come", and then fell into a coma, and his blood pressure continued to decrease. When Meng Jinyun heard this, she couldn't help but burst into tears, and she hurriedly called the doctor. But the illness was merciless, and on 10 a.m. on September 9, the great leader passed away.
At four o'clock in the afternoon of September 9, 1976, the Central Radio and Television Station announced to the world with great sorrow that Chairman Mao Zedong, the great leader and mentor of the Chinese People, had passed away. On September 11, more than 300,000 people came to the great hall of the people and came to mourn with a sad and solemn mood.
When the people of the world learned of Chairman Mao's death, they were also greatly shaken, and 53 countries lowered their flags to half-mast to express their condolences. At the opening of the thirty-first session of the United Nations, UN Secretary-General Waldheim said: "Mao Zedong is the most heroic figure of our time, he changed the course of world history. ”
Mao Zedong dedicated his life to the country and the people, he fearlessly endured hardships and dangers, led the Chinese people through a long revolutionary struggle, established the People's Republic of China, and was our well-deserved leader. The great leader Mao Zedong is immortal!