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In early September 1976, a few days before his death, his daughter Li Min came to his hospital bed.

** Holding her daughter's hand and saying:"Jiaojiao, why haven't you come to see me for so long? ”

When Li Min heard this, he could only cry silently.

FigA photo of Li Min and ***.

Except for *** and Li Min himself, others were also very sour when they heard these words.

Although he was already in his eighties at the time, he was no longer mentally strong after years of illnessBut in everyone's hearts, he has always been a shrewd and wise leader, a great man who stands up to the sky.

People often have a stereotype of heroes, feeling that they bleed and sweat without tears, and that they will never have a soft moment.

In his later years, he was still a far-sighted politician and a staunch Marxist-Leninist, but after all, he was old and his heart was much softer than when he was young.

At this time, it is easy to be touched by various things and can't help but shed tears. According to Zhang Yufeng, his closest confidential secretary, he recalled that he was particularly lonely in his later years.

FigZhongnanhai swimming pool.

Chinese New Year's Eve in 1976, the last Chinese New Year's Eve before ***'s death, was a particularly deserted Chinese New Year's Eve.

The temperature was low that day and the atmosphere was not high. It was dim next to the Zhongnanhai swimming pool, where *** lived at the time, and only the faint street lights were on.

Zhang Yufeng still clearly remembers that it was very difficult to swallow at that time, and her appetite was not strong, and she only ate a few bites under her spoonful of feeding.

After eating, everyone sent *** to the living room to rest, and *** who was leaning on the sofa faintly heard the sound of firecrackers in the distance, so he said to the staff around him:"You guys should set off some firecrackers, too. ”

After a while, the sound of firecrackers also sounded next to the Zhongnanhai swimming pool, and there was a little New Year's atmosphere here, and ** also smiled slightly.

Fig** With Zhang Yufeng.

**Let the staff set off a little firecrackers, in addition to letting young people also have a holiday, why not use the sound of firecrackers to dispel a little bit of loneliness in their hearts?

After all, on Chinese New Year's Eve this year, his relatives and children were not around, nor did he have any visitors, only him and a few staff members around him.

Any old man hopes to be able to enjoy family fun with his children and grandchildren around his knees in his old age; I also hope that old friends are around, and I can also talk about the interesting things of the year.

However, it is not easy for *** to get the happiness of such an ordinary old man.

In 1976, there were not many old comrades-in-arms left.

Fig**Marshal.

**Before his death, only 4 of the top 10 marshals of our country were still alive.

Among them, Marshal *** died on December 16, 1963, and the next day *** came to Beijing Hospital to bid farewell to his old comrades-in-arms who he had relied on for many years, and wrote a poem "Seven Laws, Hanging Comrade ***" for him.

At present, the last memorial service that *** participated in is the memorial service of **Marshal.

On January 6, 1972, Marshal ** died of illness, and the two have been very close comrades-in-arms since the Jinggangshan period. During the special period, Marshal ** also received some unfair treatment, but he insisted on working tirelessly for the party and the country.

While reviewing the eulogy of General **,The evaluation of the merits and demerits was deleted, and it was said that these "should not be made at a memorial service".

FigAttend the Marshal's Memorial Service.

At that time, no one thought that *** would go to Marshal Chen's memorial service, and his health was not very good at that time.

However, more than an hour before the memorial service, ** suddenly insisted on attending, put on a "wool-style" dress directly over the nightgown, and put on a coat to keep out the cold and set off.

At that time, it was still very early to arrive, and **first went to see Comrade Zhang Qian, the widow of **marshal, and when I saw her sad appearance, **I couldn't help but burst into tears.

After attending the memorial service, ** was already very tired and tired, and he couldn't get on the bus several times, and then he barely got into the car with the help of the staff. His condition deteriorated rapidly thereafter, and on February 12 of that year, he even went into shock.

According to the doctor's recollection, after this serious illness, **'s physical condition never recovered. Later, he did not go to the memorial service of any of his old comrades-in-arms, mainly because his health did not allow it.

FigComrade Dong Biwu's memorial service.

Since then, the death of many old comrades-in-arms has had a great impact on ***, and some can even be called a blow.

Lan Guiying, a nursing staff, recalled that on April 2, 1975, Comrade Dong Biwu died, and he was stunned for a long time when he heard the news, did not speak for a long time, and did not eat for a day.

He just kept listening to Zhang Yuanqian's "He Bridegroom, Sending Hu Bangheng to Xinzhou", and changed the last two sentences of the poem to "Jun and go, Hugh review".

Dong Biwu participated in the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China together with ***, and is one of the veteran Red Army soldiers and outstanding leaders for many years.

After the founding of New China, he devoted considerable efforts to the restoration of China's seat in the United Nations and to the building of China's economic system, especially the establishment of the monetary system.

FigComrade Dong Biwu was reading the newspaper.

Dong Biwu, who was 90 years old at the time, has passed half a century from acquaintance to struggle for ideals together. When such an old friend died, how could he not be shaken.

Speaking of the biggest impact on ***, it is *** and the death of Mr. Zhu.

All three of these great men died in 1976, ** at the earliest, on January 8 of that year; Mr. Zhu said goodbye on July 6.

At that time, the news of ***'s death, the staff around me didn't dare to tell ***

After *** passed away on the morning of January 8, the news was sent to ***'s residence as soon as possible. At that time, *** was lying on his side on the bed reading a book, and he didn't sleep all night.

Fig**Die.

**Beside her** Meng Jinyun was on duty in the bedroom at the time, she heard the sound of someone walking in the hall outside, and knew that someone had sent something or news,When she walked out, she saw a blank piece of paper for reporting the matter, and she was also surprised by what was recorded on the paper.

After calming down, Meng ** stuffed the paper into his pocket and quietly returned, seeing that *** was still reading, and did not notice that he had gone out.

Meng Jinyun also picked up a book to read, but he couldn't concentrate all the time.

This matter must be told to ***, but how can I say it slowly, so that ***'s mood fluctuations are not too big, so as not to cause major problems in the body?

She thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to wait until *** got some sleep.

Fig**Group photo with Meng Jinyun.

After lunch, there was a break for about two hours. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the Politburo sent a copy of the obituary, which must be reviewed and approved.

Meng ** paid attention to the chairman's mental state and felt that it was okay, so in the afternoon of the same day, she gave *** time to read the newspaper, she first read some other content casually, and then pretended to pick up the obituary slip inadvertently and read the first sentence:

"Comrade Chinese the great proletarian revolutionary and outstanding communist fighter of the People's Republic of China, who died on January 8, 1976 due to ineffective treatment ......for cancer”

Fig** Marshal memorial service.

Meng ** later recalledThe chairman didn't eat the water that day, and he didn't read much of the book, so he sat in the room for a long, long time, silently reciting the word "Enlai" from time to time.

Although his body no longer allowed him to attend the memorial service, *** sent someone to send a wreath as a way to say goodbye to ***.

Mr. Zhu's death is another huge blow to ***.

On June 26, 1976, Mr. Zhu was hospitalized due to a cold that deteriorated into pneumonia, and died 10 days later on July 6 due to ineffective rescue.

***, who is in charge of **daily work, immediately rushed to *** ward and reported the news to him.

Fig** The chairman had finished a rescue and had not yet woken up from his coma when he heard the sad news.

He asked in a hoarse voice"What disease does Mr. Zhu have? How did you ...... so quickly”

After listening to the *** report on Mr. Zhu's condition, he instructed the other party to take care of the funeral. Then he sighed:"'Zhu Mao' can't be separated, and now that Zhu has gone to see Marx, I'm almost there! ”

** He and Mr. Zhu have been working very happily and closely since the Jinggangshan meeting in 1928, and there have been few disagreements in the following 48 years.

Especially during the war, the two were almost inseparable, which gave them the name of "Vermilion". This is not only an honorific title for the two of them, but also an affirmation of their friendship and achievements by all. Mr. Zhu's death can be called the last straw for ***.

Fig**Marshal vs. ***

In addition to the death of his old comrades-in-arms, which brought *** blows and depression again and again, most of his children in his later years were not by his side, which was also one of the important reasons why he felt lonely.

**There is no fate in children,He and his four wives had a total of 10 children, but only four grew up alive, and only one son and two daughters were married and had children.

** He did not have a deep relationship with his first wife, Roche, and the two did not have children. His eldest son, Mao Anying, was born in 1922 and was the child of him and Yang Kaihui.

When Mao Anying was 8 years old, he was arrested by the Hunan warlord He Jian with his mother, and after being released on bail, he came to Shanghai, where he was arranged to study in the Soviet Union in 1936, and did not return to his father again until 1946.

According to the memories of the old comrades, at that time, he went to the airport to greet his eldest son with a disease, and his mood and body suddenly improved a lot after seeing him.

Fig** With Mao Anying.

However, Mao Anying did not get along with his father for a long time, and most of the time he worked at the grassroots level at the request of ***.

In 1950, he went to Korea with the Volunteer Army, and served as a Russian translator and confidential secretary at the headquarters. On November 25 of that year, Mao Anying, who was only 28 years old, died in an air raid by the US military.

At that time, the war was at a critical stage, and ** was also catching a cold, **for the sake of the war and *** physical considerations, he temporarily suppressed the telegram sent by Mr. Peng.

It was not until January 2, 1951, after the defeat of the American forces in the third battle and the retreat of the entire front, that the telegram was handed over to ***

A short telegram, but I read it for a long, long time, and finally said with grief:"War, there must always be **. However, that night he drove to Shijiazhuang to recuperate.

Fig** With Yang Kaihui.

** He had three boys with Yang Kaihui, the third son Mao Anlong was born in February 1927, and in early 1931 he and his eldest brother Mao Anying entered Shanghai Datong Kindergarten together, but soon died of illness, some people say that he was lost.

In short, ** lost this little son.

Among his and Yang Kaihui's three children, only Mao Anqing survived. He hid in the Soviet Union for many years, and often did not dare to admit that he was a *** child.

But that's not to say that *** is bad for my son.

The father and son often corresponded, Mao Anqing was 36 years old and had not yet fallen in love, and ** once wrote to him to provide some advice. When the wife of the last chairman criticized Mao Anqing, ** also stood up to defend his son.

FigMao Anqing with his family.

Mao Anqing found his true love with the encouragement of his father and became an excellent translator.

**Later, I didn't often go to see Mao Anqing.

Someone once asked the chairman in person why he didn't go to see Mao Anqing, who was sick at the time.

After listening, he was silent for a while, and then saidAs soon as I see him, I will think of his sacrificial mother Yang Kaihui, his brother Mao Anying, who also sacrificed his brother, and the bumps in the war years and the ...... of so many sacrificed people

Li Min, who went to visit *** at the beginning of this article, is the only child conceived by *** and his third wife He Zizhen who grew up and survived safely.

FigDeng Yingchao.

In the winter of 1936, Li Min was born in Baoan County, northern Shaanxi.

The nickname "Jiaojiao" comes from Deng Yingchao, when she rushed to congratulate *** and He Zizhen, saw this newborn little girl, and said lovingly:"What a petite! ”

So Jiaojiao became Li Min's nickname.

Some people may be curious, why is ***'s daughter surnamed Li?

**, et al. during the national war in northern ShaanxiIn order to meet the needs of the war, everyone gave themselves a code name, and the code name of ** was called "Li Desheng", which means that we will definitely win.

So ***'s two daughters are named Li Min and Li Ne.

Fig**Group photo with her daughters Li Min and Li Ne.

Speaking of which, He Zizhen is also a very hard-working mother, among the six children she gave birth to, only Li Min is confirmed to have grown up.

The first child of the two was named Mao Jinhua, but the situation of the Red Army when this daughter was born was very precarious, and the Kuomintang was about to hit the Red Army station, and the Red Army was already doing the transfer work.

The couple was forced to put the daughter in foster care with a local villager's home, only to be unable to find them when they returned. After the founding of New China, it was found that one could be found after many visits, but it has not been officially recognized.

The second child was a boy, but he died shortly after birth because he was too weak, which brought a great blow to He Zizhen.

Fortunately, soon after, the third son, Mao Anhong, was born. It was also unfortunate that he was born at the time when the Red Army was about to begin the Long March. ** Gave the child to his third brother Mao Zetan for foster care.

Fig**Group photo with He Zizhen.

However, after Mao Zetan's death in 1935, the child was also lost.

The experience of the fourth child was similar.

During the Red Army's Long March, He Zizhen gave birth to her fourth child on a stretcher. Under the scorching war situation, He Zizhen obviously had no way to take good care of him, so he could only spend four silver dollars to entrust him to the local villagers.

Under the urgency of time, He Zizhen did not leave any tokens, so finding this child has become a difficult thing to climb.

Li Min was born in 1936, which is the only healthy daughter of *** and He Zizhen.

FigHe Zizhen Lao**.

In 1937, He Zizhen gave birth to their last child in the Soviet Union, and took a Russian name called Liaova.

However, the child's life was also very bad, and he died of pneumonia at the age of 10 months.

Of the six children born, only one daughter is sure to be alive, and what a painful thing it is for a mother.

After arriving in the Soviet Union, He Zizhen's other expectation was not fulfilled - Soviet doctors failed to help her remove the shrapnel from her body. These shrennel would later accompany her for the rest of her life.

It was precisely because He Zizhen was in poor health at the time and her mental state was unstable that she sent their only daughter to live with her.

FigIn March 1948, Li Min and Mao Anqing took a group photo.

At that time, Li Min's two elder brothers, Mao Anying and Mao Anqing, were also studying in the Soviet Union, and this period was very happy for her.

At that time, because He Zizhen was having an awkward relationship with ***, she didn't allow her daughter's surname to be Mao, and only used the nickname Jiaojiao that *** gave her, and her mother's surname was called He Jiaojiao.

Later, He Zizhen was sent to a psychiatric hospital because he was framed, and Li Min was sent to the Ivanovo International Children's Hospital, where he began a life like an orphan with parents.

Because her mother had always rejected her father's existence when she was young, she didn't know that *** was her father.

Years later, she remembered that there were many great figures hanging on the walls of the Ivanovo Children's HomeThe brother pointed to one of the paintings and told her that it was her father, and she didn't believe it at the time, thinking that his brother was lying to her.

FigA recent photo of the Ivanovo Children's Hospital.

In the early years, the father-daughter relationship between the two was not deep. It was not until 1947 that the 38-year-old He Zizhen was released from a psychiatric hospital after Wang Jiaxiang and others negotiated with the Third International, and Li Min also returned to China with his mother.

After returning to China, He Zizhen was a little embarrassed, because *** had remarried at that time. Li Min, who has just returned to China, is also a little embarrassed, because she never knew that *** was really her father.

To this end, she wrote a crooked letter in Russian to *** with the presumptuous content of:"I haven't seen you in the USSR and don't know ...... about itPlease write to me as soon as possible to see if I am your biological daughter so that I can return to you. ”

**After receiving the letter, I asked someone to translate it into Chinese, and quickly replied to my daughter:"Jiaojiao, you are my biological daughter......Daddy misses you and welcomes you back. ”

FigIn July 1949, ** and his daughter Li Min were in Xiangshan.

In the early summer of 1949, Li Min, who had been away from her father for nearly 10 years, finally returned to her father, and it was at this time that she had the official name Li Min.

**For the daughter next to him is very affectionate, he said when he met people:"I have a foreign baby at home who can speak foreign languages. ”

This is like all fathers in the world showing off their cute and smart daughters, which shows the love of *** for her.

Later, *** personally taught his daughter Chinese, often took her daughter to Xiangshan Park to play, and the relationship between the two father and daughter was gradually heating up.

is the same as Mao Anqing, after Li Min grew into a big girl, ** on the one hand agreed with her daughter's free love, and on the other hand, she carefully checked the choice of son-in-law.

Fig**Attend the wedding of Li Min and Kong Linghua.

Later, Li Min also became a bridge of emotional communication between her parents, going back and forth between Beijing and Shanghai, taking turns to accompany her parents.

**The father-daughter relationship with Li Min is very deep, and the reason why there are fewer and fewer opportunities to meet later is mainly because of the fourth lady.

Under her pressure, Li Min's family moved out of Zhongnanhai, and every time she went to see her father, she had to wait for a long time to be contacted and reported, and sometimes she couldn't get in after waiting for a long time.

Even if I sometimes go to see my father, if I meet my stepmother, I will be sneered at for a long time. Later, the stepmother simply used her power to prevent Li Min from entering Zhongnanhai to visit his father.

So from ***'s illness to his death, Li Min only saw him three times in total.

FigOn December 26, 1963, ** lived with Li Min and her husband Kong Linghua in Zhongnanhai.

The first time was shortly after the death of Marshal **, when ***'s condition took a sharp turn for the worse, and Li Min quickly rushed to the hospital to visit his father.

At that time, *** took his daughter's hand and said:"You have to come to see me often. ”Li Min couldn't bear to complain to his sick father, so he could only nod with tears.

The second time was when she was seriously ill, Li Min deliberately rushed back from her husband's residence to visit her father, but her stepmother only allowed her to see it at that time.

When she arrived, although she had been rescued, she hadn't woken up yet, and Li Min wanted to stay by her father's side for a while, but she was blown away by her stepmother and others.

Until she accidentally saw the news about her father's condition from a ** document, she came to Zhongnanhai again desperately, but *** was already very weak at that time.

Fig** With Leene.

Among all the children of ***, the only one who spent his childhood by his father's side was Li Ne. Li Ne is also a smart little girl who is deeply pampered by ***. However, she was not by the chairman's side when he died, and only came back to attend the memorial service.

Behind the greatness of great men is a lot of hardships that we have not seen or even imagined.

** When I was young, I was with my comrades-in-arms, and most of my children lost contact with each other during the war; In his later years, his comrades-in-arms who had deep feelings passed away one after another, and some of the children who stayed with him sacrificed and some were not around, which made him extremely lonely in his later years.

He was still a wise old man, but he became a lonely warrior, a lonely father.

Perhaps it is precisely because of the twilight of the hero that people are more sentimental about his loss and sadness.