<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="70" > preface:</h1>
Mao Zedong's family did not want wind and wind, rain and rain, and there were not many things that were not going well. In 1965, Li Ne graduated from Peking University and was assigned to work as an editor of the "People's Liberation Army Daily" newspaper, Shao Hua was assigned to work at the Academy of Military Sciences, and Mao Yuanxin graduated from the Kazakh Military Industry and served as a soldier in the army for half a year.
Although the children have all graduated and put on the enviable green military uniform, Li Ne has not recovered from the swelling caused by hunger and still has to recuperate, and Shao Hua cannot work normally and take care of Mao Anqing. In addition, Li Min, she is busy with her mother He Zizhen out to play, He Zizhen's condition is unstable, Li Min has been worried.
Figure | Li Min accompanied her mother He Zizhen to play
In the summer of 1965, Li Min and Kong Linghua went to Shanghai to bring He Zizhen to Qingdao, and Kong Congzhou and his wife Qian Jian came with their grandson Kong Jining, which was a beautiful summer with He Zizhen. Considering that He Zizhen and Chairman Mao were not easy to meet, Kong Congzhou, as a relative, also took the initiative to comfort He Zizhen.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="125" > Li Min took her boyfriend to visit He Zizhen before marriage, and He Zizhen was very satisfied</h1>
In 1957, more than a year after Kong Linghua was admitted to the Beijing Aeronautical Institute with excellent results, Li Min was admitted to the Normal University, from classmates, to friends, and then to lovers, which was soon known to Chairman Mao. After Li Min went to high school, he revealed the secret to his father, Mao Zedong.
When he learned that his daughter had a boyfriend, Chairman Mao's first reaction was naturally to be happy, and Li Min told Chairman Mao very seriously that his boyfriend's surname was Kong. But other cases are not known. Chairman Mao said, "I only know that the person you are talking about is surnamed Kong, so what did Xiao Kong's father do?" Where do you work? ”
Figure | Li Min and Kong Linghua
Li Min said: "I didn't ask, and he didn't say it. Chairman Mao smiled and said, "If you don't ask clearly, how can you fall in love with others?" Li Min thought about it and said, "The people studying at the Bayi School are all cadres' children, and I think his father should also be a cadre of the army, right?" Hearing that Li Min didn't know the situation in other people's homes, he said a little seriously: "You don't even know what people's parents do, how do you talk about the object?" ”
Li Min said to his father with grievance: "I am in love with him, but not with other people's parents, do you know what other people's parents do?" Chairman Mao said in a serious tone: "I still have to ask, I understand the situation." ”
Not long after, Li Min told Chairman Mao, and she said, "Dad, I asked Xiao Kong, and he said that his father was Kong Congzhou. When Chairman Mao heard this, he said happily, "Oh! Xiao Kong's father turned out to be General Kong Congzhou, and I was familiar with it. He also asked Li Min to bring Xiaokong to see his father when he had time in the future.
Kong Congzhou was a founding lieutenant general of the People's Republic of China, who participated in the Transitional River Campaign in 1949, and after the founding of New China, he served as the commander of the artillery of the Southwest Military Region, the principal of the Second Artillery School, the director of the Ordnance Department of the Southwest Military Region, the principal of the Senior Artillery School, and the dean of the Artillery Engineering College.
Figure | Hole from the continent
His wife was named Qian Jian, and they had a total of 8 children, because of the war, they only lived as a son and a daughter, in addition to Xiaokong (Kong Linghua), and Kong Linghua's sister Kong Shujing. Kong Linghua was very handsome and beautiful, and Li Min once showed his father a photo and asked him: "Then do you agree?" Mao Zedong made up his mind: "Well, when will you bring Xiaokong to meet him?" "Because the two of them are still in college, they plan to have a wedding in the summer.
But Chairman Mao still had a request. Li Min's mother is He Zizhen, who has been living in the south since returning to China, and now that Li Min is getting married, it is time to ask her mother. Chairman Mao said, "I have no opinion on your marriage, but you have to ask your mother for instructions." Li Min then decided to take Kong to order South China to go down.
In the summer of 1958, Li Min came to Nanchang from Beijing with her boyfriend Kong Linghua and came to visit He Zizhen. In May 1958, He Zizhen left Shanghai to return to his hometown in Jiangxi and lived in a compound at No. 20 Sanwei Road in Nanchang City. The place where Li Min brought Kong Linghua was here.
Since He Zizhen returned to China, she has lived in the south for many years, lived in the home of her brother He Minxue for a long time, and she has her own plans to return to Nanchang. Jiangxi is He Zizhen's hometown, there are too many of her memories, everything is so familiar, and so kind, especially her old comrades-in-arms, many of them are Jiangxi, Yang Shangkui and Fang Zhichun are also Jiangxi people, Fang Zhichun is still her classmate in the Soviet Union. All this made He Zizhen feel very kind.
Figure | He Zizhen is middle-aged
When he was in Shanghai, He Zizhen went to Shanghai to visit her as soon as he fell ill, and Li Min's itinerary was familiar with li min many times, and after He Zizhen came to Nanchang, the organization arranged a nurse named Lu Panyun for He Zizhen, and in Lu Panyun's memory, in the midsummer of 1958, an important guest came to the family, and she saw a long-lost smile on He Zizhen's face. Over there were Li Min and Kong Linghua.
Li Min said: "Mom, Dad said, my boyfriend you have to make up your mind." He Zizhen also felt that Kong Linghua was very good, and his heart was 100,000 satisfied. After He Zizhen saw Kong Linghua, she felt that Kong Linghua looked very handsome, and she also took the initiative to help the family work, and her daughter looked naturally good.
He Zizhen said to his daughter: "You and Xiaokong love each other and plan to get married, I approve, but I hope that you will delay it for a year and wait until you graduate from high school to get married. After marriage, having children, there are many chores, and it is difficult for you to study again. Li Min fully considered her mother's opinion, so she consulted with Kong Linghua and postponed the wedding date back by one year.
In the summer of 1959, Chairman Mao held a meeting in Lushan, during which he learned from Zeng Zhi (He Zizhen's comrade-in-arms) that He Zizhen was now in Nanchang, so he decided to meet with He Zizhen. Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province, Lushan is located in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, not far by car, Zeng Zhi learned of Chairman Mao's meaning, he conveyed his opinion to Yang Shangkui, secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee.
In fact, since He Zizhen left Yan'an in 1937, he has never met He Zizhen again, and the only thing he has seen is the photo that his daughter brought back, which is not the case for He Zizhen. After Yang Shangkui learned of this news, he immediately told his wife Shui Jing, Shui Jing and He Zizhen have known each other for a long time, but the relationship is very good, Shui Jing learned that Chairman Mao wanted to see He Zizhen, and he was so happy that he jumped up.
Figure | Chairman Mao
On July 9, 1959, Mao Zedong and He Zizhen, who had been separated for 22 years, were reunited here. I haven't seen each other in 22 years, so I guess they have a lot to say. For He Zizhen, his impression of Chairman Mao was still stuck before she left in 1937, and now when he saw Chairman Mao who had gained a fat circle, tears could not help but fall.
Earlier, Li Min had told Chairman Mao that her mother's figure was not as good as before, and her waist was as fat as a bucket, and now that she saw He Zizhen, who was 50 years old, Chairman Mao could not help but feel a thousand emotions. In addition to lamenting the rush of time, I can't help but ask: "Hey, why did you leave in the first place?" He Zizhen said grievously: "It's all because I'm bad, it's because I'm too young to understand things." ”
As the sun set, He Zizhen and Chairman Mao exchanged for more than an hour after a gap of more than 22 years, and Chairman Mao asked He Zizhen: "Do you know that my daughter has a boyfriend?" He Zizhen said, "I know, I have seen it." Chairman Mao nodded, "You are the mother of the child, and you should give the child an idea." He Zizhen wiped his tears and said, "I have seen the small hole, and I am very satisfied." ”
"Then do you agree with them getting married?" "You agree and I agree." When Chairman Mao heard He Zizhen's words, he was also very relieved in his heart. As he said to Shui Jing, He Zizhen's brain was broken, and he answered the question, and now when asked about his daughter, He Zizhen was still very happy to give a clear opinion.
Figure | Li Min and Kong Linghua were married
After the Lushan conference, Chairman Mao held a wedding ceremony for Li Min and Kong Linghua in Beijing, and the August sun in Beijing was very good, and Chairman Mao, who had never been good at drinking, frequently raised a glass at his daughter's wedding banquet, and was very happy about her daughter's marriage. But he did not expect that his daughter had just finished getting married, and the news of He Zizhen's serious illness came from Nanchang.
On the third day after the marriage, Chairman Mao instructed Li Min to go to Nanchang immediately to take care of He Zizhen. Li Min was also surprised after receiving this news, just married, the happy mood has not yet fallen, and he will hurry south. Since Kong Linghua still had to work, Li Min went to Nanchang alone and took care of He Zizhen for more than a month, and He Zizhen gradually recovered.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="132" li min accompanied He Zizhen to play >, accompanied by his father-in-law and mother-in-law</h1>
He Zizhen's old illness recurred, not once or twice. In the eyes of her daughter Li Min, her mother's condition is unstable, there are no more than two reasons, one is because she was seriously injured during the Long March, the shrapnel in the body has not been taken out, and the physical condition is not very good; the second is that the thought of her father Chairman Mao has not diminished, and her mother's wish is Beijing, but it has not been realized, and she has only met with her father for 22 years, more than an hour, and this blow is huge.
Figure | Li Min and his family in Dalian, front row: Kong Congzhou, Qian Jian. Back row: Li Min, Kong Linghua, Kong Shujing
In 1959, after He Zizhen's health gradually improved, he instructed his daughter: "You just got married, you should also go back to see Xiaokong and see your father." Seeing that my mother's health was gradually improving, I returned to Beijing. Soon after, He Zizhen went to Shanghai, and in addition to her brother He Minxue taking care of her, Chen Yi was also entrusted by Chairman Mao to take care of He Zizhen.
But the good times are not long, He Zizhen's illness can not be predicted, before marriage Li Min often went to visit his mother, after marriage also often go, fortunately, the arrival of a little guy, let He Zizhen feel better.
In 1962, Kong Linghua and Li Min's first child was born, and Chairman Mao liked this little grandson very much, and Chairman Mao thought about it and said, "Just call it Jining." This means that children grow up to inherit Lenin's aspirations. In order to let her mother also see her grandson, she also took Kong Jining to He Zizhen's side, and He Zizhen was particularly happy during that time.
In fact, for He Zizhen, her children are not few, since marrying Mao Zedong, she has given birth to 6 children, but these children are either lost or died prematurely, and some remain in the homes of ordinary people, and only Li Min is by her side. After she returned to China, she once looked for one of her children, "Mao Mao", but because there were few clues, the child could not be found, plus the science and technology at that time was not very advanced, there was no DNA technology, even if there was a clue, it could not be confirmed.
Figure | Old photos of He Zizhen and Li Min
Therefore, when Li Min's child came to life, He Zizhen was very happy as a grandmother for the first time. Although Li Min was very busy at that time, this news was enough to make He Zizhen happy all day. At that time, Li Min was serving as a general cadre in the Colleges and Universities Bureau of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission, and the school bureau was responsible for managing more than 10 national defense science and technology colleges and universities, including Beijing University of Technology, Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Industry, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Xi'an Telecommunications Engineering College, Chengdu Telecommunications Engineering College, Nanjing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Harbin Military Engineering College. Kong Linghua is still teaching at the Beijing Aeronautical Institute, and every holiday, Li Min tries to reunite with her mother and in-laws.
That year, in 1962, He Zizhen had already returned to Shanghai from Nanchang, and He Minxue had already gone to Fujian as vice governor at that time, so she lived alone in the garden house left by Chen Yi at No. 262 Hunan Road in Shanghai, and sometimes went to live with her brother in Fuzhou for a while.
What made Li Min happy was that at that time, his father-in-law Kong Congzhou was the dean of the Artillery Academy, and the family also moved from Shenyang to Nanjing, and the distance between Nanjing and Shanghai was not far, and it was less than half a day by car. In this way, He Zizhen and his relatives have more opportunities to meet and are more convenient.
Figure | He Zizhen and grandson
At the end of 1963, at the behest of her father, Kong Shujing sent her nephew Kong Jining to He Zizhen, which brought endless joy to He Zizhen, when Li Min was working in Beijing, she learned of this news and was happy for her mother. Unexpectedly, in April 1964, Kong Congzhou was transferred to the Central Military Commission as deputy commander of artillery and president of the Artillery Science Research Institute, and in addition to Kong Shujing continuing to work at the Nanjing Artillery Academy, the family returned to Beijing.
It was convenient for Li Min and her in-laws to meet, but it was more difficult to meet He Zizhen, and He Zizhen was a little sad to learn the news. Li Min decided to take her mother out for a trip to ease her mood. In this way, in the summer of 1965, Li Min and Kong Linghua went to Shanghai to take He Zizhen to Qingdao, and Kong Congzhou and his wife also came with their children.
Now He Zizhen has no "mental problems" in other people, and it is very normal to face family affection, although she is now 56 years old, her face is still as thin as when she was young, and her figure is still picky, which is rare for women of her age.
Figure | He Zizhen and his family take a group photo, with Kong Congzhou in the middle
Except for Ji Ning, who wore a checkered coat, they all wore white short-sleeved tops, and He Zizhen's white top was the whitest, even more elaborate than the clothes of his daughter, son-in-law, and relatives. The costume can best reflect a person's mental state, and He Zizhen's normal performance is undoubtedly the greatest comfort to his loved ones, who take pictures in front of the beach and famous places.
In fact, in Kong Congzhou's view, his son married Chairman Mao's daughter, and he always had a knot in his heart, was Li Min's parents satisfied with Kong Linghua? Now with He Zizhen, Kong Congzhou also plucked up the courage to ask He Zizhen. During the break, Kong Congzhou took the initiative to chat with He Zizhen, their topic is not much, for He Zizhen's past, Kong Congzhou in addition to comfort also a lot of talk, can only talk about the parents short.
Kong Congzhou asked He Zizhen softly: "The children have been married for a few years, are you satisfied with my son?" He Zizhen understood Kong Congzhou's meaning, smiled and said, "A son-in-law is half a child, and I am very satisfied with Kong Linghua." Kong Congzhou was very happy to hear He Zizhen's words.
Figure | Li Min and Kong Linghua accompanied their mother He Zizhen
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="138" > Li Min gave birth to another baby, and He Zizhen enjoyed his old age</h1>
In 1972, Li Min gave birth to another child, whose name was also given by Chairman Mao, named Kong Dongmei. "Dong" is one of the "Zedong" in Chairman Mao's name, and "Mei" is the plum blossom loved by Chairman Mao in his life. Kong Dongmei described his name like this:
In 1972, I was born, and I also caught up with the grandfather to name, when my mother brought my photo to him, my grandfather gave me a 'Dong' in his name and his favorite 'Mei', how, generous enough?
This is enough to reflect that Chairman Mao's love for his granddaughter, although he has never seen his granddaughter, is very fond of it. But compared to Kong Jining, Kong Dongmei is not very lucky, because when she was four years old, her grandfather left her. When Kong Dongmei grew up, she recalled that her childhood was raised by her grandmother's side, and she remembered her grandmother the most.
Figure | Li Min and her husband Kong Linghua are together, with their child Kong Dongmei in the middle
Kong Dongmei said that between the ages of 2 and 6, she spent time with her grandmother, and when her grandfather died, she was deeply impressed, and her grandmother was very calm on the surface, but she was very sad in her heart.
What impressed Kong Dongmei the most was that in 1979, his grandmother went to Beijing, when He Zizhen was added as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, after receiving Deng Xiaoping's instructions, He Zizhen went to Beijing as he wished, and on September 18 of that year, Kong Dongmei accompanied his grandmother to the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Beijing under the leadership of his parents.
In front of Chairman Mao's marble statue, Li Min and Kong Linghua presented a wreath prepared in advance, and the wreath read: Comrade-in-arms He Zizhen led his daughter Li Min and son-in-law Kong Linghua to pay tribute. All this was silent, and before paying respects to Chairman Mao's remains, the staff told He Zizhen that although it took less than ten minutes, he could not cry or make a sound.
Figure | He Zizhen is in Beijing
At this time, grandma's health was already very poor, and stroke and diabetes were enough to keep her inseparable from the hospital. Therefore, for the sake of health, the time of the memorial hall she must go to is reduced again and again, and the rules are stricter and stricter. In the memorial hall, the grandmother, who had been married to the memorial for ten years and had six children, swallowed tears and whimpers into her stomach.
Seeing the person he loves the most, how can he not be moved, Kong Dongmei once recalled. In the following years, He Zizhen has been living in obscurity, and when she sees that her daughter and son-in-law are living happily, and her granddaughter and grandson are healthy, she is relieved. On the afternoon of April 19, 1984, He Zizhen, who had suffered from wind and frost, died of illness in Shanghai at the age of 75.
He Zizhen held the highest position before his death was the chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Women's Federation, the level is the level of the main department, under normal circumstances should be in accordance with the specifications of the cadres at the level of the main department to handle the funeral, but He Zizhen's identity is very special, the provincial party committee does not dare to decide, and finally Deng Xiaoping made instructions: He Zizhen's ashes are placed in one room, and we all have to send wreaths.
Figure | He Zizhen and Kong Dongmei
This undoubtedly gave He Zizhen a high degree of affirmation of her life, as Kong Dongmei said in the book: Grandma has since returned to her comrades-in-arms, she has always been a female warrior, but after more than 40 years of separation, she has now returned to the team. This is Grandma's last home, the home of eternity, the home that no one can take apart. Grandma, rest assured...
Today, Li Min and her children are full of happiness, her son Kong Jining has her own family, her daughter has her own career, and under Li Min's education, they have also been inheriting the Mao family style.