In the Spring Festival of 1952, I heard that my nephew Zhu Gang, who was working in Beijing, was going back to his hometown in Sichuan, so he called him to Zhongnanhai, hoping that he would discuss with each family and send a child to Beijing to receive education, from primary school to university, and strive to cultivate several talents, so just after the Spring Festival, the grandsons and granddaughters of ** brothers and sisters gathered in Beijing, and became a happy home of nearly 20 people for a while.
* Happy in front of his children and grandchildren, but "financial expenditure" has become a big problem, as a founding marshal, why is the salary less than others?**The office once proposed to give ** a subsidy, why did he refuse?
* The reason why he was able to embark on the revolutionary road was because his brothers and sisters worked at home, so that he had no worries, so after the founding of New China, he decided to do his best to bring the children and grandchildren of his brothers and sisters to Beijing, so that they could enjoy a better education. ** Said to Zhu Gang: "You tell your family that you come to Beijing to learn Xi, and you have to pick school-age children!."”
The arrival of the children made the originally quiet old people's home become cheerful, the oldest of whom was ten years old, and the youngest was only five or six years old. ** I like children very much, but I am never used to it, he often taught: "You have not contributed to the country and the nation, and you cannot enjoy the treatment that you should not enjoy." In his opinion, the son and daughter Zhu Qi are the age to study Xi and make contributions, so they can devote more time to work without the pressure of educating their children.
Every time it is time to eat, the whole family gets together, crowding two large tables, such a lively scene, become a beautiful scene of Zhongnanhai Xixiaozao Restaurant, this is not a special restaurant, but a corner of the movie screening hall in the west building separated by a screen, every time the movie is played, it is necessary to put away the screen and the table. When the movie is played, someone goes early, and you can see the scene of **'s family eating, according to **'s daughter Chen Shanshan recalled:
Once, I went to watch a movie a little early, and saw Mr. Zhu's family, ** family, and the two families eating around two large tables. Later, I deliberately went a little earlier, just to see the moving scene.**There are many families, so the amount of dishes is large, so while enjoying the joy of family, it also brings him a heavy financial burden. Although he is the founding marshal, according to the suggestion of the country, several leaders are paid a fourth-level salary, more than 400 yuan, and a decreasing system is implemented. At that time, the leader had no other economic ** except for the daily salary, although the salary of military cadres was higher than that of party and government cadres, but ** has always been indifferent to fame and fortune, thinking that he no longer holds actual positions in the army, and resolutely does not engage in special, so the salary of him and Kang Keqing can be worth the income of a marshal.
More than a dozen children's food, clothing, housing, transportation, school expenses, housing, water and electricity, etc., make ** very tight, housekeeper Guo Jixiang recorded every expense of the boss's family, and the pencils and popsicles that the children bought every day, he meticulously recorded, looking at the expenditures one by one, he had no choice but to report to **: "There is a financial deficit!.""There are many family members and many relatives who need help, and the ** office has tried to give ** subsidies, but ** bluntly refused.
In addition to daily expenses, there is also a book that records each child's performance and Xi in school. The school holds parent-teacher meetings, sometimes replaced by guards, but in most cases, it is Kang Keqing who attends the meeting in person, and only by really caring about it is more conducive to the growth of children. **'s daughter-in-law Zhao Liping recalled:
"Kang's mother was born in poverty, she didn't read any books, and she was under a lot of pressure at work, but she still took care of the commander-in-chief and cared for her younger generations in every detail!”
When the grandchildren are a little older, the care and love for them will be transferred to the cultivation and training of personality. ** He planted a lot of vegetables in front of and behind his house, not only did it himself, but also led his grandchildren to do it together, ploughing the ground, sowing seeds, watering, and fertilizing, all of which were dirty and tiring work. The grandchildren recalled:
The first thing I do when I get home from school is to water my vegetable garden. This kind of labor Xi cultivated since childhood makes us feel very natural about participating in labor and enduring hardships and fatigue, and we don't feel anything at all.**Married four times, but only Zhu Qi and Zhu Min have a son and a daughter, who ran for the revolution in his early years, and when Zhu Qi was born, ** put him in his hometown of Sichuan to raise him. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began their second cooperation, once going to Nanjing for a meeting, **confiding in *** about their children, **personally sending someone to send Zhu Qi from Sichuan to Yan'an.
After that, Zhu Qi went to study at the ** Party School and joined the Communist Party of China. When Zhao Liping learned that the chief intended to match himself and Zhu Qi, he immediately felt restless, first, she thought she was still young, and secondly, Zhu Qi's father was the respected commander-in-chief Zhu!So in the following relationship, she began to avoid Zhu Qi's kindness, intentionally or unintentionally. Kang Keqing admired Zhao Liping's character very much, so he asked Li Zhen, ** and others to do the work, and after grinding back and forth for two years, Zhu Qi and Zhao Liping finally came together and entered the palace of marriage.
The new daughter-in-law has not yet met with her parents-in-law, so she joined the land reform team headed by Deng Yingchao and went to Fuping, Hebei. The two of them are high leaders, but Zhao Liping feels the kindness of his parents from them, and the family atmosphere is also very relaxed.
A month later, Zhu Qi and his wife were leaving, and according to their work needs, they went to the Shijiazhuang Railway Bureau, and left them at home for a meal, which was considered to be a trip for them. ** said: "You used to work in the army, you didn't understand technology, and after you went to the railway bureau, you had to learn from scratch!Zhu Qi followed his father's teachings, became a stoker on the locomotive, and then learned to be a first-class car, and became a deputy driver and driver.
Later, Zhu Qi was transferred to Tianjin Railway Bureau, and although he did a management position, he never left the front-line work. In the 50s, the Beidaihe Summer Resort was established, and when the leaders went there for meetings, the train often changed its head at the Tianjin Railway Bureau. One day, as soon as Zhu Qi drove back to Tianjin, he received a notice that the chief wanted to see him. The identity of the head of the car was kept secret, so Zhu Qi didn't know who the other party was, so he didn't have time to change clothes and wash, so he hurriedly rushed to the meeting room, only to find out that the "chief" was his father.
At that time, he was driving a steam locomotive, the kind that burns coal, so Zhu Qi's body and face were dark, **Seeing his son like this, he showed a satisfied look on his face, and said: "I didn't expect to get in the car you drove today!."Yes, you have learned a technology, which is good for you, and only by understanding technology can you manage well!”
In 1951, Zhu Qi and Zhao Liping's eldest son was born, which coincided with the end of the third campaign of the Chinese People's Volunteers, and in order to commemorate the phased victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the child was named "Zhu Yuanchao". Zhao Liping witnessed the love and care of ** and Kang Keqing for his grandson, especially Kang Keqing, her carefulness, worry, and patience moved Zhao Liping, and she sighed sincerely: "Many things, even biological parents may not be able to do it." ”
A year later, Zhu Qi's second son Zhu Heping was born, ** hoped to leave the child in Zhongnanhai and be taken care of by two old people, so every weekend and holiday, Zhu Qi and Zhao Liping went to Beijing to visit the child, they went to Zhongnanhai, and they always took the bus by themselves, ** never allowed the public car to go to the train station to pick up. Zhao Liping deeply feels the principle of doing things, everyone has a love for children, but he will never allow private feelings to affect work, from little things to trivial matters, she feels the noble ethics of the older generation of revolutionaries and a deeper love for their children.
* He set an example and never allowed his children and relatives to be special, for which he was rarely angry twice.
The first time was during the Anti-Japanese War, one day, Yan'an held a theatrical evening, and the leaders and their relatives went to participate, and Zhu Qi was naturally no exception. Because Zhu Qi was injured in the leg during the war, he had a lot of inconvenience in walking, so after the meeting, he got into the car of the Military Commission, and when he saw it, he immediately stopped it and shouted: "You come down!."But when ** returned to the station, he found that Zhu Qi had arrived at the same time, and after repeated questioning, he learned what happened.
It turned out that after ** drove Zhu Qi out of the car, the guards pulled him to the pedal outside the cab and took a ride. ** Immediately furious, reproached: "The pedals are reserved for the guards, not for you!."The duties of a guard are as big as the sky, what if something happens on the road?Zhu Qi knew that he had made a mistake, so he quickly apologized to his father, and since then, he has never taken the bus again.
Later, when Zhu Qi returned to Beijing from Tianjin to visit **, he took the bus by himself, and the secretary couldn't stand it anymore, and said: "You have bad legs, why are you tossing yourself?".Let the boss's car pick you up at the train station!Zhu Qi hurriedly refused: "It can't be like this, Dad will be angry!."”
One day in the 70s of the 20th century, he noticed the record in his home, and recently called Shijiazhuang frequently, thinking about it, he had little contact with the comrades of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, and he soon thought that someone was "talking for private purposes", so he asked the staff to investigate the matter immediately. It turned out that a relative of ** often came to visit the door, and his girlfriend was in Shijiazhuang, so he chatted with his girlfriend through public talk. **Very angry, let people count the number of calls**, and asked relatives to pay**.
** He once said to his children and grandchildren, "Live as the people live." If a revolutionary family cannot even manage its own offspring, how can it educate the broad masses of the people?”Commander-in-Chief Zhu's words still have a profound inspiration and education for us to this day.