In 1976, the great leader *** drew a circle on the palm of his daughter Li Min on his deathbed, and then looked at her affectionately. Although the chairman was speechless, Li Min wept bitterly, because she understood that the circle drawn by her father represented her mother, He Zizhen's nickname, "Longan".
After reading the letter, one can't help but feel sad. In this letter, He Zizhen expressed his deep nostalgia for the chairman, revealing a poignant emotion. So, when He Zizhen wrote this letter, did he already know that *** missed her the most when he was dying?
What kind of touching and enlightening content in this letter will bring to us?
Hunan men and Jiangxi women: They are originally incompatible personalities, but the tenderness of water and the passion of fire are blended and symbiotic.
Although *** later behaved calmly and solemnly, when they first met, he was not the later revolutionary leader who "collapsed in front of Mount Tai and did not change his face".
These two revolutionary couples, who met in the midst of adversity, may have been as sweet as honey, but a long life can lead to friction and dislike. This may be the real reason why although they met by fate, they couldn't stay together in the end.
**What I admire most about He Zizhen is her tender and passionate personality.
He once said to his young daughter Li Min: "Your mother's calligraphy is delicate and dignified, but she is full of vitality when she works, gentle and elegant when she calms down, and she looks like a heroic Xiangxi woman when she stands up to work." ”
He Zizhen is from Yongxian County, Jiangxi Province, and his father He Huanwen is an enlightened squire who is deeply admired by his hometown. Although the He family has some ancestral business, He Zizhen is different from traditional women, she is knowledgeable, cheerful, independent and assertive, although she is a little frizzy, but always adheres to the principle.
He Zizhen was exposed to communist theory in her early days, and her brother He Minxue guided her on this path. He Zizhen was deeply moved by the theory of communism, which focused on the well-being of the country and the people and spoke for the poor.
She joined the Chinese Communist Youth League in 1925 and became a core member of the workers' and peasants' movement in Yongxin County. He Minxue served as the deputy captain of the Yongxin County Peasant Self-Defense Army, leading the Yongxin County Workers and Peasants Armed Forces, and He Zizhen's sister He Yi was also on the list of temporary members of the Yongxin County Committee of the Communist Party of China, and their three brothers and sisters were called "Yongxin He's Three Brothers and Sisters".
He Zizhen led the peasant movement in Yongxin County with masculine courage and courage, and she actively campaigned, organized peasant revolts, and advocated the women's movement, which left a deep impression on the revolutionary masses in Yong'an.
Later, the three He brothers and sisters led more than 1,000 workers and peasants, and although they were suppressed and persecuted by the reactionary forces, they still unswervingly went to Jinggangshan.
There, He Zizhen met *** for the first time
**, although he was only the leader of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, not the main leader of the party, his face was enough to attract He Zizhen's attention. Similarly, He Zizhen's hotness and liveliness also attracted the attention of ***, and their intersection began with working together.
As the birthplace of the revolution, Jinggangshan was the place where they lived for a long time, but because they were not locals, the work here did not go well.
As a result, He Zizhen, who is from Jiangxi, was recommended to *** as an administrative secretary to assist him in understanding the customs and habits of Jiangxi more quickly and to support him in his work.
Not only that, He Zizhen also played the role of a bridge between the Red Army and Yuan Wencai, the head of the Jinggang cottage, and helped the troops to reorganize. With the assistance of He Zizhen, the work of the first class was carried out smoothly, and the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area was successfully established.
The Yongxin troops and the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops merged to form the original Jinggangshan Red Army.
The picture on the right is Yuan Wencai, the head of Jinggang Cottage, who had a deep affection for He Zizhen, and the relationship between the two quickly warmed up.
The relationship between the two made their revolutionary friendship more firm, and they became more and more fond of this young and heroic Jiangxi girl. Their personalities complement each other and they share similar interests, which naturally leads to closeness.
In June 1928, ** and He Zizhen married in the flames of the revolution. At that simple and meaningful wedding, ** said affectionately: "You are a good girl and a good comrade, I like you very much!" ”
It was a flash marriage that had known each other for less than six months, but it was invaluable to the revolutionary couple.
During those difficult years, ** and He Zizhen became staunch revolutionary partners, and their love was witnessed by many founding generals and leaders of the Communist Party of China after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
After more than 30 years of wind and rain, they have always supported each other, understood and cared for each other, and are known as "model couples".
In 1931, He Zizhen's sister He Yi and ***'s younger brother Mao Zetan were married by the two, further narrowing the relationship between the two families.
Life and death are broad, and Zicheng said; Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son. ** and He Zizhen experienced ups and downs together on the Long March, and their love withstood the test.
In 1936, the crystallization of their love - Li Min was born. When He Zizhen was confined, her sisters came to visit, and the eldest sister Deng Yingchao picked up the newborn baby girl and laughed that she was a little girl.
The origin of the name Jiaojiao comes from the deep love of life and the incomparable love for their daughter by He Zizhen and his wife. Jiaojiao's birth made their life difficult and simple, but full of sweetness and warmth.
** There was a brief reunion with He Zizhen in the summer of 1959, he invited He Zizhen to stay in Lushan for half a day, and asked him questions for many years: "Why did you leave in the first place?" ”
He Zizhen left the Soviet Union after getting angry, but before going to the Soviet Union, she passed through Lanzhou. **After learning about it, I asked the comrades in Lanzhou to keep and persuade her on her behalf. Still, fate separated them.
Many years later, He Zizhen recalled his life in the Soviet Union in Lushan, and couldn't help but choke with tears, blaming himself for being ignorant when he was young. At this time, she and *** are already over half a hundred years old, and *** is even more than a year old.
Although the Soviet Union and China are allies, because the Soviet Union is already a powerful country rebuilt after the baptism of war, and our country is still experiencing the tribulation of internal and external troubles, the Soviet Union does not have complete respect for our country, and even sometimes puts on a proud posture and regards our country as a vassal.
He Zizhen's life in the Soviet Union was very difficult, and those who received her not only treated her badly, but also looked down on her. At that time, World War II broke out, and the Soviet Union itself was besieged by the Germans, and He Zizhen's situation was even worse.
In a letter to ***, she wrote: "The days in the Soviet Union were more bitter than my Long March, the family lacked food and clothing, there was no firewood in winter, the house was frozen, and my daughter was sick and ......”
When He Zizhen was in the Soviet Union, his heart was full of pain because of the death of his child and the mistreatment of the Soviets. Li Min was one of her surviving children, which shows that her situation in the Soviet Union was very difficult.
He Zizhen was forced to work by the Soviets and was even imprisoned in a mental hospital, all of which she remembers vividly.
During his time in the Soviet Union, He Zizhen's life was full of hardships and tribulations. When the Soviet Union learned that *** had married in China, and He Zizhen had become the "wife of the former leader of the Communist Party of China", her attitude immediately changed, and her previous preferential treatment was canceled, requiring her to exchange remuneration and treatment through labor.
As a result, He Zizhen's quality of life deteriorated sharply, and not only did he not receive any subsidies from the Soviet Union, but he also had to work himself to support himself and his children. Her life was very difficult, full of challenges and hardships.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, although he could not be contacted from the Soviet Union, He Zizhen did not feel hopeless and helpless. As one of the few revolutionary women who insisted on the victory of the Long March, she was never defeated in a war, let alone a Soviet.
To make a living, she knitted sweaters or made military uniforms in exchange for pay, but it was only a drop in the bucket. In the cold winter, the indoor temperature was close to zero, and in the house without a fire, He Zizhen and her daughter Jiaojiao could only shiver.
He Zizhen had a difficult time during the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union. And the ordeal she faced was not only the ravages of war. At the Ivanovo International Children's Home, He Zizhen met a very difficult person, that is, the director of this children's home.
This Soviet State Children's Home was dedicated to the children of international communist comrades or the children of martyrs. Many of the children who have stayed here are the children of senior cadres of our party and the orphans of revolutionary martyrs, such as Lin Xiaolin, the daughter of **, and Zhu Min, the daughter of **marshal.
When He Zizhen worked in the International Children's Hospital, although she was not the biological mother of the chairman's children, she still did her best to take care of Mao Anying and Mao Anqing brothers and rely on them for their lives.
One day, the director of the International Children's Home approached her and asked her to complete the task of woolening, but He Zizhen asked for a delay of a few days on the pretext of taking care of Jiaojiao. However, the dean did not understand and began to scold her, calling her a "lazy guy" and even threatening to put her in a mental hospital.
He Zizhen thought that this was a sentence from the children's dean to scare her, after all, she was the wife of a leader of the Chinese Communist Party, even if it was a former wife. However, what is unexpected is that the children's director who once looked down on her actually sent someone to arrest her in a psychiatric hospital and illegally detain her.
This can't help but make people wonder if the wife of China's former leader has fallen to such a miserable state in the Soviet Union.
The incident involved the historical question of the Third International**, and a children's director did not have such power. However, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was going on in China, and there was no time to take care of He Zizhen.
As a result, He Zizhen was illegally detained in a psychiatric hospital for a long time and tortured. Even after being released, the quality of life is still not high. It was not until 1947 that He Zizhen and her children were able to return to China with the help of Wang Jiaxiang and his wife and Marshal ***.
He Zizhen worked in Shenyang for many years, and only met the chairman in Lushan in 1959. When the chairman died, although she was as shocked as her compatriots across the country, she was unable to go to the capital to pay respects in person due to her special status.
On September 8, 1979, the day before the third anniversary of ***'s death, ** leaders arranged for He Zizhen to visit *** Memorial Hall.
Life is like a dream, fleeting, Comrade He Zizhen passed away 20 years ago today at the age of 75. Nearly 3 taels of metal fragments were burned from her ashes, which was pierced into her body by ** fragments when she was blocking a bomb for her comrades on April 23.
It was a kind of silent patience, that kind of pain, I'm afraid only she knows.
Li Min knows that He Zizhen has a "third-class A disability" military certificate obtained in 1951, and he can receive 27 per month$5 disability allowance, but she never received it.
Whenever Li Min asked, He Zizhen always smiled and said that there are many comrades who need this allowance more than me. She is always so simple, after all, after experiencing the Long March and half a lifetime of hardships, she is more open-minded and indifferent than many people.
He Zizhen's funeral was held in accordance with the specifications of the national leader, and this decision was made by the then national leader ***. And her ashes were placed in Room No. 1 of the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, resting with all the martyrs of the CCP, which shows its glory.