<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > preface</h1>
In Chairman Mao's later years, in addition to his confidential secretary Zhang Yufeng, there was a nurse named Meng Jinyun. Compared with Zhang Yufeng, Meng Jinyun is much more low-key, and in the last days of Chairman Mao's life, she has always been with Chairman Mao's side and taken good care of her like a child.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" Data-track="75" > first met</h1>
Meng Jinyun is an authentic Hubei girl, in 1959, 12-year-old Meng Jinyun was admitted to the Air Politics Cultural and Labor Troupe, at that time, the head of the central government held a dance party or twice a week in Zhongnanhai, and the dance partners often picked some girls with good dance ability and dignified appearance from the military and political song and dance troupe, because some "old comrades" were either married, or often went out to perform, and there was no time, and this heavy responsibility fell on Meng Jinyun, who was only 14 years old.
Like all girls, Meng Jinyun was extremely excited when he knew that he could go to Zhongnan and dance with the central leaders. On the same day, Meng Jinyun and other girls got into the jeep and came to the dream of Zhongnanhai, after getting off the car, she curiously looked at everything around her, the antique buildings, the crowds that shuttled back and forth, everything seemed very novel, Meng Jinyun followed the staff to the dance hall.
Chairman Mao dancing
Because it was the first time, Meng Jinyun was a little restrained, she sat alone in the corner, looking at the crowd coming and going, the first central leader to enter the ballroom was Zhu De and his wife, at this time Zhu De had reached the age of ancient rarity, but he still walked in with great strides, the voice was loud and communicating with others, and then Liu Shaoqi and his wife Wang Guangmei also came in, and Zhu De's style was different, he took a calm step, gentle and elegant, from time to time to turn back to communicate with his wife, other leaders also came in, The ballroom was suddenly buzzing.
At ten o'clock in the evening, just when the dance was at its climax, the ballroom suddenly became quiet, only to see a middle-aged man who was slightly blessed slowly enter the dance hall, "Chairman Mao is coming" I don't know who shouted, and the dance hall suddenly sounded warm applause.
At this time, Meng Jinyun, who was sitting on the sidelines, seemed very excited, Chairman Mao was an idol of the masses of the people, how glorious it was to meet Chairman Mao, only to see that Chairman Mao was wearing only a simple gray Zhongshan suit, and after smiling with everyone in the dance hall, he took a flexible step and entered the dance floor with a girl from the Air Politics Song and Dance Troupe, dancing and chatting.
After a song was danced, Chairman Mao was a little tired, walked to the rest area next to it, Meng Jinyun just sat there, saw a little girl sitting a little shyly, did not speak, Chairman Mao smiled at her, Meng Jinyun suddenly felt nervous as if she could not breathe, she had fantasized countless times that after seeing Chairman Mao, how to take the initiative to greet, but did not expect that Chairman Mao would take the initiative to smile with himself, Meng Jinyun suddenly did not know how to respond, could only smile awkwardly.
Figure Meng Jinyun
However, Meng Jinyun reacted quickly, after a piece of music was finished, Meng Jinyun took the initiative to go to Chairman Mao, stretched out his hand to invite him to dance together, Chairman Mao looked at this bold little girl, smiled, stood up and entered the dance floor with him, although Meng Jinyun plucked up the courage to take the initiative to invite Chairman Mao to dance, but after really dancing with Chairman Mao, Meng Jinyun's heart was still very nervous, his palms were slightly sweaty, and his legs walking in the dance steps were slightly trembling, Chairman Mao had already seen that this little girl was a little nervous. Just take the initiative to find a topic and divert attention.
"What's your name?"
"Meng Jinyun"
Figure Chairman Mao
Then Chairman Mao smiled and said, "You have the same surname as Mengfuzi, and the icing on the cake is more beautiful than the icing on the cake.", and then Chairman Mao asked, "Where are you from?" Meng Jinyun replied: "Hubei people" As soon as he heard that he was from Hubei, Chairman Mao seemed very happy: "You are a Hubei native, I am a Hunan native, and we are still half a fellow villager." Then Chairman Mao smiled and said to her, "You dance very well, don't be nervous, nervous should be me, I am an amateur." After listening to Chairman Mao's words, Meng Jinyun gradually became less nervous, and it turned out that Chairman Mao was so approachable.
Later, Meng Jinyun often came to Zhongnanhai to dance with Chairman Mao, and gradually became acquainted with Chairman Mao, and for the first time, he felt nervous, and the two people often chatted while dancing and chatting about homely things.
Chairman Mao at the dinner table
Once, Meng Jinyun saw the mole on Chairman Mao's face and said curiously: "Chairman, my grandmother said that the mole on the face is a symbol of blessing", Chairman Mao responded with a smile: "You also have moles on your face, then you are also blessed", Meng Jinyun shook his head and said: "You are a Hunan mole, I am a Hubei mole, we are different." After hearing this, Chairman Mao laughed and said: "You are really a little nine-headed bird.", in Hubei", "nine-headed bird" means to represent shrewd and strong.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" Data-track="80" > see you again</h1>
Later, Meng Jinyun was unjustly imprisoned, until 1973 was not released, at this time Meng Jinyun was 25 years old, she returned to her hometown of Wuhan, under the arrangement of the relevant departments, in a Wuhan hospital as a nurse, for how she was released, Meng Jinyun was full of doubts, until one day, she saw the old comrade-in-arms who danced with her, she knew the truth, it turned out that the old comrade-in-arms sympathized with her suffering, and reported her affairs to Chairman Mao, Chairman Mao still had an impression of his dance partner at that time, Instruct the relevant authorities to release her.
Chairman Mao and the staff around him
In 1975, after many years, Meng Jinyun saw Chairman Mao again under the recommendation of an acquaintance, and when he first met Chairman Mao, Meng Jinyun's tears swirled in his eyes, Chairman Mao was now more than eighty years old, his health was not as good as before, due to serious illness, he was somewhat inconvenient to move, looking at the white-haired Chairman Mao, sitting quietly on a chair, Meng Jinyun's heart was full of mixed feelings.
The purpose of her coming to Zhongnanhai this time was to hope that Chairman Mao would rehabilitate herself, but Chairman Mao said to let her stay in Zhongnanhai, at this time she was no longer the little girl who dared to be bold, she had a bad history, there must be black materials in the archives, and she could not involve Chairman Mao, but Chairman Mao said disapprovingly: "It's okay, you stay by my side, even if you are the master, from now on, I will regard you as my daughter." After hearing this, Meng Jinyun could no longer hold back, and tears flowed down. In this way, Meng Jinyun stayed by Chairman Mao's side and accompanied Chairman Mao for the last 489 days.
Figure Meng Jinyun and his family
Because of her lack of experience in contact with Chairman Mao, Meng Jinyun often could not understand Chairman Mao's preferences and occasionally made mistakes; once, Chairman Mao suddenly ignored her, and as soon as she spoke, Chairman Mao waved her hand to let her go out, Meng Jinyun was very confused, she usually talked and laughed with Chairman Mao, how Chairman Mao suddenly ignored herself, she secretly observed for a few days, and found that there was nothing wrong with her, so she found Chairman Mao's confidential secretary Zhang Yufeng to inquire, and Zhang Yufeng said to her: "Don't worry, I will help you ask."
A few days later, Zhang Yufeng found her and explained the reason to her, it turned out that when Meng Jinyun entered and exited the room, his footsteps were relatively light, there was no sound, and he would often suddenly appear in front of Chairman Mao's eyes and frighten the old man, so that after several times, Chairman Mao was a little angry. Then, Zhang Yufeng also reminded her that in the future, when entering Chairman Mao's house, it is best to make some movement in advance, so that the old man can have a psychological preparation, Meng Jinyun suddenly realized, she did according to Zhang Yufeng's method, and only then did she reconcile with Chairman Mao.
At this time, Chairman Mao's eyes were cataracts, and he couldn't read the words in the book, so he specially asked Meng Jinyun to read a poem to him; once, the "Poetry Journal" magazine published a poem by Chairman Mao, and a few days later the magazine sent a sample journal to Chairman Mao, and Chairman Mao asked Meng Jinyun to read this magazine, and as he read it, Meng Jinyun suddenly laughed, and Chairman Mao asked her doubtfully: "How did you laugh?" Meng Jinyun replied: "Chairman, how do you write farts in poetry? This poem is Chairman Mao's "Nian Nu Jiao Bird Questions and Answers", which contains a sentence :"There is also food, potatoes are cooked, and beef is added, no farting!" And look at the world upside down. ”
Pictured Chairman Mao and Meng Jinyun
The poem was created by Chairman Mao in 1965, Deng Yingchao accompanied Chairman Mao to meet with female foreign guests, during the conversation, Deng Yingchao inadvertently mentioned to Chairman Mao that he had not seen Chairman Mao write poems for a long time, and was looking forward to his new works.
Figure Poetry Magazine
"Ever since you oppressed me to write poems, there was no way but to obey fate, and it took two nights without sleep to write two poems"
Hearing Meng Jinyun's inquiry, Chairman Mao remembered the past of that year, smiled, and said: "There are people who live who do not fart, but those who fart are proud, and those who smell farts are depressed." After saying that, Meng Jinyun couldn't bear it any longer and laughed loudly.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="87" > the last National Day</h1>
October 1, 1975, this day is the 25th birthday of the new China, at this time Chairman Mao because of his serious illness, has been unable to climb the tower of Tiananmen, when the outside celebration, he quietly lay on the bed, page by page turning the book, surrounded by silence, next to Meng Jinyun did not dare to say a word, nervously looked at Chairman Mao, she was worried that Chairman Mao was sad, at this time, Chairman Mao suddenly looked up and said: "I am afraid that this is the last National Day I have ever had." After hearing this, Meng Jinyun was very sad in her heart, she saw that Chairman Mao's expression was very sad, but she did not know how to answer Chairman Mao's words, Chairman Mao thought she did not hear him speak, and murmured again: "This may be the last National Day I have ever had." Meng Jinyun reacted at this time and quickly persuaded: "Chairman, you have thought about it a lot, you want to live a long life and a hundred years..."
Picture Chairman Mao and Zhang Yufeng
After hearing this, Chairman Mao smiled and said, "Everyone dies once, and I know what is terrible about my physical condition." Meng Jinyun was worried that if he continued to speak, the old man would be sad, so he said: "You see, today is the National Day, it is a day of national celebration, you don't say that you are dead or not, you are fine now." Chairman Mao knew that these words were Meng Jinyun's comfort to himself, and he said:
"Xiao Meng, are you afraid of death, but what is there to be afraid of, this is an indispensable experience in life, where do people not die?" For a person, death can be a big thing, but for a nation, death is a good thing. ”
After Meng Jinyun heard this, his heart began to mutter: What happened to Chairman Mao today, he always said something about death and immortality.
Chairman Mao at Tiananmen Square
Chairman Mao reached the last time of his life, because he was often sick, his temper began to become bad, and he often began to sulk because of a small matter, on this day, Chairman Mao proposed to go to the hall and sit down, Meng Jinyun helped him to go to the hall trembling and majestic, after sitting down, Chairman Mao proposed to read the newspaper, Meng Jinyun hurriedly took out the newspaper, moved a small chair, and sat next to Chairman Mao. There is no need to read it specifically for him.
But because Chairman Mao's hand was shaking very badly, he couldn't hold the newspaper, Meng Jinyun held the newspaper up for Chairman Mao to read, while holding it, while observing where Chairman Mao read, and then adjusted the newspaper for him, for a long time, it was inevitable that mistakes would be made, this time, the speed of the newspaper adjustment was too fast, Chairman Mao had not finished reading the content, Meng Jinyun turned the newspaper over, Chairman Mao was seeing Xingtou at this time, the content he wanted to see suddenly disappeared, very angry, put his glasses on the sofa next to him, very angry and said to Meng Jinyun: "You go out." 。 Meng Jinyun saw that Chairman Mao's face was not good, knew that Chairman Mao was angry, and did not listen to Chairman Mao's words, so she quickly apologized to Chairman Mao: "Don't be angry, I am not good, I am sorry Chairman." But Chairman Mao tilted his head to the side and ignored her, and she had to walk out in a sad way.
On this day, Chairman Mao's head was leaning on the sofa, looking at the distance in a daze, and Meng Jinyun, who was sitting next to him, was worried about chairman Mao's discomfort, so he went forward and asked: "Chairman, do you have any discomfort?" Chairman Mao looked at Meng Jinyun and said: "To say that I am uncomfortable, I am not comfortable during this time, many things, I can't help myself, they all say that the body is the capital of the revolution, and I see that my capital is not much." ”
Then Chairman Mao sighed again, stunned for ten minutes, and said: "Xiao Meng, you see I am not strange, I also feel strange, I am actually the most reluctant to live in memory, but recently somehow, as long as I close my eyes, the past scene after scene hits, you say strange is not strange." ”
Because he was already very familiar with Chairman Mao, Meng Jinyun said frankly: "Chairman, only people who are not happy will always reminisce about the past. After saying this, Chairman Mao came to ask with interest: "How can I be a good Fa, you talk about it." Meng Jinyun then said: "Chairman, I see that you are good except for your body, you are also a strange person, there is a disease that is not willing to be treated, there is a reason why there is no cure for the disease, if I am you, I will quickly cure the disease, and be happy every day." ”
"It's you Xiao Meng who is happy all day, I'm afraid it's hard for me to do it." After listening to Chairman Mao's words, Meng Jinyun was very disapproving, she said: "How can you be unhappy, you are the chairman, there is nothing that cannot be done, you see that you let Hua Guofeng be the chairman, not lying in bed for two days, you made a decision, so you don't always think about those bad things." ”
As soon as Meng Jinyun finished speaking, Chairman Mao's face was a little solemn, and he said: "I can't do anything, some people say that I say a sentence to top others to say ten thousand sentences, this is a bit exaggerated, don't say a sentence top ten thousand sentences, that is, a sentence sometimes, it doesn't work, I want to throw some people out of the Political Bureau, but I can't move."
Then Chairman Mao suddenly said, "Xiao Meng, what do you think the people of the whole country would do if they knew that I was going to divorce Jiang Qing?" "This is the first time Meng Jinyun heard Chairman Mao take the initiative to tell herself about Jiang Qing, she did not know how to answer, Chairman Mao also knew that she could not speak, so she muttered to herself." Xiao Meng, you can't answer this question, divorce is going through formalities, but also to sue, you say where do I go to sue for divorce with Jiang Qing, which judge dares to take this case. ”
In 1976, Chairman Mao's body was already very weak, often fell into a coma, unable to eat normally, the doctor suggested using nasogastric tube intubation to deliver nutrition, but Chairman Mao thought that he was in good health, firmly believed that he could carry through the disease by immunity, and resolutely did not insert nasogastric tube. Meng Jinyun, knowing Chairman Mao's temper, came to Chairman Mao's hospital bed and whispered in Chairman Mao's ear:
"Chairman, you have to listen to the doctor's words, you see that Mr. Liu's body is not as good as yours, people use nasogastric tubes, the body quickly gets better, you use nasogastric tubes, the body has nutrition, immunity has also improved, there is no immunity, how do you resist the disease?" After listening to Meng Jinyun's words, Chairman Mao felt that she was right, and only reluctantly agreed to use nasogastric tubes.
At 7:10 on September 8, 1976, Meng Jinyun was accompanying Chairman Mao at the bedside, the surroundings were silent, and suddenly Chairman Mao's faint moaning came from his ears: "I am uncomfortable, hurry up and call the doctor", Meng Jinyun heard this, frightened, hurried to call the doctor, the doctors carried out emergency rescue for Chairman Mao, but everyone knew that Chairman Mao's life had actually entered the countdown, the central leaders received the news, everyone came to the hospital overnight, the last hour, everyone waited quietly, I hoped that Chairman Mao would survive the hurdle, but at 12:10 on September 9, 1976, the heart of the great leader Chairman Mao stopped beating forever and left his beloved China.
Figure Meng Jinyun in his later years
After Chairman Mao's death, Meng Jinyun became a teacher at a middle school in Beijing, and now that she is in her seventies, she smiles whenever she recalls her days with Chairman Mao, which is probably the happiest day of her life.