Young people join the armyyear, my father's political trial form was puzzled: My relative is ***
On August 29, 1959, Cao Yunshan and his sister were dressed up beautifully by their mother Mao Yuanzhi and taken to a palatial place they had never seen before.
It turned out that they were here to attend their aunt Li Min's wedding. Soon, the wedding host appeared, and it turned out to be a great leader*** For the young Cao Yunshan, he couldn't believe it.
Before that, it was the first time he had seen *** up close, and he was so excited that he cheered. During the wedding banquet, ** actually sat with their family, and talked to his mother in Hunan dialect from time to time.
Finally, ** also took a group photo with their family. After returning home, the young Cao Yunshan was still immersed in the joy of seeing *** himself. However, he couldn't help but wonder, why did an ordinary family like theirs have the honor to meet ***?
It wasn't until six years later that he learned that their family turned out to be *** relatives.
In 1965, in order to defend the blue sky of the motherland, Cao Yunshan decided to apply for the pilot examination. However, the pilot's political trial demanded that the three generations of the family's direct blood relatives be investigated, which confused Cao Yunshan.
He had never heard his parents mention his grandfather, so he took the political examination form and asked his father Cao Quanfu. Although Cao Yunshan had taken the initiative to ask his family about this mysterious grandfather, his parents and grandmother were secretive about it.
In addition, his mother Mao Yuanzhi did not use her real name when interacting with foreign countries, but used a pseudonym named "Ruan Zhi", which made Cao Yunshan mistakenly think that her maternal grandfather's surname was Ruan. However, when Cao Yunshan's political trial form awakened his curiosity about his mysterious grandfather again, he found that his father had solemnly written on the table the name of his maternal grandfather that he had never heard of—Mao **.
This discovery surprised Cao Yunshan, because he suddenly remembered that this name had been heard in **.
Cao Quanfu sensed his son's surprise and nodded in confirmation: "You guessed right, my grandfather Mao ** is ***'s younger brother." I'm telling you this secret I've been hiding from you today, but please don't tell anyone. ”
At this moment, Cao Yunshan learned that his mother Mao Yuanzhi was the niece of ***, and he was the third generation of the Mao family and the nephew and grandson of ***. He suddenly remembered an incident from many years ago.
It was August 29, 1959, and their mother Mao Yuanzhi specially changed them into clean and beautiful clothes and took them to a very luxurious place. According to the mother, they were going to the wedding of an aunt named Li Min.
At that time, Cao Yunshan was still a little boy who didn't understand anything, and he didn't understand why the wedding host could only be seen in books and portraits, and he didn't understand why he and his mother could still take photos with *** in the end.
Now everything is known, it turns out that they went to Zhongnanhai at that time, and that Aunt Li Min is the daughter of ***, and their family can take a photo with *** because they are a family and are taking a family photo.
Thinking of this, Cao Yunshan's heart is full of a sense of mission and responsibility, he must win glory for ***, and he must not insult the reputation of the Mao family!
Mao Yuanzhi's mother, Wang Shulan, in order to avoid the Kuomintang's search for the Communists, took Mao Yuanzhi, who was a few years old, to start a life on the run. During her escape, she gave Mao Yuanzhi to a landlord in Hunan as a child daughter-in-law, so that Mao Yuanzhi could spend time in hardship.
Later, Mao ** learned of his daughter's experience and asked for help from the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army, only to rescue Mao Yuanzhi and send him to Yan'an. After Mao Yuanzhi studied in Yan'an, he met her future husband, Cao Quanfu.
However, until the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Mao Yuanzhi had no news of his father, and every time he asked***, the answer he got was that he was busy with work. It wasn't until she learned from her father's old friend Yu Jianxin that she finally knew her father's whereabouts.
No matter in **, you have to mingle with the masses, don't rely on your background, and don't be special. This sentence was deeply imprinted in Mao Yuanzhi's heart, she always insisted on being with the masses, and changed her name to "Ruan Zhi".
She rarely mentions her father when it comes to her children, fearing that they are proud of their family background. In addition, she had avoided contact with the Chair so as not to disturb his work.
Cao Yunshan is the son of Mao Yuanzhi, who also once dreamed of becoming a pilot, but due to political problems, he ultimately failed to realize his dream and had to return to school to continue his studies.
However, the arrival of the special period shattered his academic dream and forced him to suspend his studies at home.
In 1968, as soon as the motherland called, Cao Yunshan did not hesitate to enlist in the army, came to the army infantry grassroots level for training, and was promoted to battalion commander with his own efforts. In 1979, Cao Yunshan led his troops to participate in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, becoming the only one in the three generations of the Mao family to fight on the battlefield.
In fact, as the only grandson of Mao **, as long as he proposes it to the organization, his superiors will definitely give him special care and be transferred to the front line. However, he resolutely refused, and with deep concern for his family, he resolutely chose a battlefield full of death threats.
After the war, he was awarded the third-class merit, and the battalion he led was awarded the collective second-class merit. In 1988, Cao Yunshan transferred to local work. He found that his mother, Mao Yuanzhi, had been committed to collecting and sorting out documents related to his maternal grandfather Mao**.
After the death of his mother, Cao Yunshan took over the baton of his mother and began to trace and study the historical materials of his maternal grandfather Mao ** across the country and even abroad. He was determined to let the story of his maternal grandfather, Mao, who had dedicated his life to the revolution, be known to the world.
Many years later, he successfully collected and sorted out a large number of materials and documents about Mao **, and books and documentaries about Mao ** also came out one after another, and the image of a revolutionary martyr who was originally vague in history became vivid.
Cao Yunshan began to collect information on Mao Zetan. Mao Zetan's fate was even more tragic than Mao's, no one even knew where he buried his bones, and it was not until 2006 that Cao Yunshan found his burial place in the depths of a big mountain in Ruijin.
The local elders warned him that the mountains might collapse due to the rainy season, which was dangerous. But Cao Yunshan steadfastly followed, he said: "My uncle and grandfather are not afraid of fighting and dying here, and my descendants can still be so afraid of entering because of this danger?" ”
Under the guidance of the grandmother who collected Mao Zetan's body, Cao Yunshan stopped in front of a small bare earthen bag. This small earthen bag is Mao Zetan's grave, and due to the critical situation, even the tombstone was not placed for it.
Even if it weren't for that old woman, the souls of the martyrs wouldn't even have a place to rest. Cao Yunshan looked at the scene in front of him, sad and heartbroken, the martyr Mao Zetan should not be forgotten by the world in the wilderness.
He actively promoted the reburial of Mao Zetan's remains, and also built a martyr's cemetery for future generations to remember. At present, he is still making unremitting efforts to inherit the culture of the Red Revolution.
The glory of the Mao family continued in him.