He has been honest all his life, and always warns his children not to use his name to seek relationships for themselves, let alone take a stitch from the organization, because this is stealing the interests of the people.
Not only did he teach his children, but he also set an example for them at all times.
In 1937, during the Yan'an period, due to the economic blockade imposed by the Kuomintang on the Red Army, for a long time, they only ate black beans every day.
Some people can't look past this, and quietly add food to ***. When he learned this, he severely criticized the man, saying:
"Civilians and soldiers can eat this, why can't I? ”
**I stayed in Yan'an for ten years, and I have been eating and living with everyone during this time. After the birth of her youngest daughter Li Ne in 1940, she also ate black beans in her childhood, and never made anything special.
However, in 1972, because of a letter from Li Ne, ** broke the rules he had set.
From the manuscript fee that he personally promised to "take from the people and use it for the people", he personally transferred 8,000 yuan to Li Ne. I don't know what to think of, he tearfully asked Li Min to give Li Min 8,000 yuan.
**Love to read, after busy work, often give up the rest time to read.
In addition to his love for knowledge, he also sought ways to save the country and govern the country, and he often got insights from books and compiled them into articles published in major newspapers and magazines.
Over time, he received a considerable amount of money. By the time of his death, he had 1.24 million yuan left, which can be said to be a huge amount of money.
However, from *** in 1955 took 404The salary of 8 yuan, and has remained unchanged according to this standard since then, knows that although this manuscript fee is his personal property, he will hardly use it for himself and his family.
At the suggestion of ***, the manuscript fee was placed under the name of the Zhongbang Special Conference Room. After that, he used the manuscript money to open a warrior school in Zhongnanhai, and asked teachers to teach these children who were far away from books because of the war to learn knowledge and keep up with the pace of the times.
The manuscript fee he pays for himself is less than 10,000 yuan a year, and most of it is for official business. He was concerned about the situation of democrats and patriots who provided a lot of help to Communist Party members during the Anti-Japanese War, and would give Zhang Shizhao and Wang Jifan 2,000 yuan each every year.
At the same time, ** often send subsidies to the families of martyrs who encounter difficulties, or the staff around them. Hundreds or thousands.
At that time, a very small number of cadres and leaders had a slight problem in their thinking, and they often took advantage of the opportunity of their work to take advantage of the people. ** After knowing it, he asked someone to repay it with his own manuscript fee, apologized to the masses and severely criticized those cadres.
So generous to others, but to yourself, ** is always stingy.
In 1960, there was a widespread natural disaster across the country. In addition, the Soviet Union withdrew all aid to China, and under the encirclement and suppression of the two phases, seven ** did not have enough to eat.
**Deeply saddened, often sitting in the middle of the night, and taking the lead in reducing food. Originally, his food was very simple, never special, and he ate the same as the staff around him, all of which were in the canteen. With this cut, he has not touched a single piece of meat for 7 consecutive months, and every day is a coarse grain of wild vegetables.
Seeing that *** was so "double standard" that he didn't think about himself at all, Wang Dongxing once persuaded him to get the manuscript fee back and let the family improve their lives.
This is not the first time Wang Dongxing has persuaded him, but *** every time the answer is:
"The manuscript fee is given to me by the people, so I should take it from the people and use it for the people. The child will support himself in the future and must not take advantage of the interests of the people. ”
**Always adhere to this principle, and never use the manuscript fee privately.
Until one day in 1972, when he was working in the office, he suddenly saw the guard Zhang Yaoci coming over with a serious face.
Thinking that something was wrong at Zhang Yaoci's house, he was about to put down the pen in his hand and ask, only to see that the other party handed him a letter.
After reading the letter, ** smoked a few cigarettes one after another, said "It's me who can't live with her", and then asked Zhang Yaoci to withdraw 8,000 yuan from his manuscript fee and send it to Li Ne.
What happened to make *** say this, and sent a huge sum of 8,000 yuan to Li Ne for the manuscript fee that he was reluctant to pay?
A few days ago, I saw a flat-headed middle-aged man with a black duffel bag on the road outside the gate of Jiangxi Wuqi Cadre School.
This person is Zhang Yaoci, he was entrusted by *** to come here to see how Li Ne is doing.
Li Ne had just given birth to a child, and after learning about it, he was very concerned about the situation of the mother and son, but he couldn't leave, so he had to ask Zhang Yaoci to come and see it on his behalf. However, he never imagined that Li Ne's life would be so miserable.
In 1970, 30-year-old Li Ne resolutely gave up the comfortable life in the office and came to Jiangxi Wuqi Cadre School for labor work under the arrangement of ***.
During this period, she never used the identity of *** daughter to obtain any convenience for herself.
At the same time, in her long-term labor work, she understood the meaning of her father's letting him come here, to be friends with the people, and to let the young intellectuals play a role in the vast countryside.
In addition to ideological construction, Li Ne also met her first husband Xiao Xu.
After his eldest daughter Li Min got married in 1959, ** has always been very concerned about her lifelong events, and he hopes that his younger daughter can also find happiness.
Therefore, in 1971, he received a letter from Li Ne saying that he wanted to marry Xiao Xu, and the investigation learned that Xiao Xu's character was very good and agreed to the marriage.
What Li Ne didn't expect was that love was beautiful, but marriage was painful. After just a few months of marriage, she deeply felt the ideological gap between herself and Xiao Xu, and their marriage was full of quarrels.
In order to reduce mental consumption, Li Ne proposed to separate, and both parties calmed down. It didn't take long for Xiao Xu to receive a guaranteed place at the Workers' and Peasants' Soldiers' University and went to Hebei.
However, Li Ne found out that she was pregnant. Without any hesitation, she decided to give birth to the child. However, raising a child is not so easy, she has not forgotten her father's teachings, and has repeatedly refused the help offered by the school.
Within a few months of the birth of the child, Li Ne's monthly salary of dozens of yuan could not afford the milk powder money. In addition, she has been in poor health since she was a child, and her increasingly stressful life has caused her a lot of mental pressure.
Therefore, what Zhang Yaoci saw was a mentally decayed and hungry Li Ne, whose face turned yellow.
Zhang Yaoci came to work beside *** in 1933, and he watched Li Ne grow up. Seeing this scene, he was very sad and persuaded Li Ne to write a letter of help to ***.
Originally, Li Ne disagreed, but looked at the children on the side waiting to be fed. For the sake of the child, she made an exception, wrote a letter, and asked her father to receive 8,000 yuan, and entrusted Zhang Yaoci to bring it to ***
Looking at the back of Zhang Yaoci leaving, Li Ne was very nervous, because *** once said to them that "you can't ask for money from your family after work".
The first words that other children say are always "Dad" or "Mom", but the first thing Li Ne said was "Dad, go for a walk", and this was the sentence she said the most with *** when she was a child.
Since our party was stationed in Yan'an in 1937, there was a room where the lights were always on until midnight, that is, the office place, and he was often busy until late at night and refused to rest.
Considering the body of ***, the people around me persuaded me, but it was useless. Everyone knows that he is worried about the war, and they also know his temper, so it is difficult to say more.
However, soon a person who could give *** a break appeared, and Li Ne was born in 1940.
The 47-year-old *** loves her little daughter very much and often takes time to visit her.
Everyone often "uses" Xiao Li Ne to let *** take a break from complicated official duties, and often says in her ear to persuade *** to rest more.
Under this environmental influence, the first thing she said became "** go out for a walk".
After Li Ne learned to walk, he often appeared in front of *** at a fixed time, saying "Dad went out for a walk" while pulling his father up with both hands. **Understand everyone's intentions and listen to your daughter's opinions.
At that time, on the land of Yan'an, such a picture appeared every day:Walking with his hands behind his back in front, Li Ne and other children learned from him behind his back.
Every time I see this scene, the people around me will laugh out loud, and ** is no exception.
In 1947, Li Ne was always by his side and taught by him personally, so Li Ne was the only child who grew up beside his father.
Maybe it's the family affection that he brought up since he was a child, or maybe *** made up for the debt he owed to the other 9 children because of the war in his later years, he was very fond of Li Ne.
In the midst of the great food shortage in the country, Li Ne studied in the history department of Peking University, and he could not eat enough at school every day. Every weekend when he went home, ** would open a "small stove" for her, give her his rations, and lie that he was full.
Li Ne did not react to the deep fatherly love, so that in his old age, he still regretted why he had to eat that ration in the first place and let his father starve.
Although *** dotes on her, she has not forgotten to teach harshly.
When Li Nenian was in primary and middle school, he was surrounded by ** children and wealthy merchant families. Unlike their chauffeur-drive transfers.
When she was in elementary school, she was arranged by *** to follow the children in Zhongnanhai to school in a large van. In middle school, she started riding her bike to and from school on her own.
The summer was fine, but the weather in Beijing was very dry and cold in winter, and Li Ne's hand cracked after a trip. Li Yinqiao couldn't bear it, and proposed to *** that he would pick up Li Ne home every night, but *** sternly refused.
This shows that ** will not be used to children and will require them to be self-reliant.
Another time when Li Ne was sick and hospitalized, ** told the security officer Shen Tong to go through the hospitalization procedures, change Li Ne's name to Shen Juan, and fill in his name on his father's column.
**The reason why I did this was because I was worried that the hospital would give Li Ne special care. Not only was he strict with his children, but he also set an example himself.
Every time he receives gifts from leaders of other countries or international friends, he will always hand over his valuables to **, give the rest of the food to the welfare institute, and give tea to the staff around him, and he will not leave anything.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the relatives of the Mao family provided a lot of help. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, every time a relative came over, he would use his salary to buy them souvenirs, buy clothes, and invite them to dinner.
If someone asks him to help arrange work, he will sternly refuse, saying:
"This is the wealth of the common people, not my *** family."Under the influence of ***, Li Ne learned the fine style of his father. She never told others her identity, so much so that in 1965, she was found to be the daughter of *** after working at the "People's Liberation Army Daily" for two months.
At that time, many people couldn't believe it, because ***'s daughter wore colorful clothes every day.
In addition to learning his father's low regulation and frugality, Li Ne also learned the heart of serving the people.
In 1968, after putting forward the slogan of intellectual youth going to the countryside, she was tormented by neurasthenia, and still chose to work in the Jinzhouba Brigade of Ruijin, Jiangxi.
After that, she came to Jiangxi Wuqi Cadre School and continued to dedicate. Whether it is in Shazhouba or Wuqi Cadre School, she is always warmly praised by the local people, and she has never shouted tired.
Therefore, writing a letter to *** this time, Li Ne's mood was very painful and entangled, and he felt ashamed of his father's previous teachings.
**After knowing Li Ne's recent situation, he was very sad, thinking that it was his own fault, and that it was "a little sloppy" to deal with his youngest daughter's marriage.
Now seeing Li Ne living so hard, as a father, he can't bear it. Therefore, he asked Zhang Yaoci to take 8,000 yuan from the manuscript fee to Li Ne.
However, ** has always been a fair person, and when he helped his youngest daughter, he also asked Zhang Yaoci to send 8,000 yuan to Li Min and others.
Although Li Min is not like Li Ne, he has been by *** since he was a child, and he only saw his father when he was 13 years old. But ***'s love for her is no less than that for Li Ne. He treats the two sisters equally.
**In his busy schedule, he always finds time to care about Li Min's study and life. After he fell ill, he often muttered "Why doesn't Jiaojiao come to see me often".
At that time, Li Min had just given birth to her second child, and the family was crowded into a house in the Terracotta Hutong. She and her husband Kong Linghua's monthly salary is not high, and they not only have to support two children, but also need to use money to treat their mother He Zizhen.
He Zizhen had a lot of diseases when he was young, and his health was very bad, and he needed to take medicine for a long time. plus some other reasons, so Li Min's family has a tight life.
If the child is not doing well, how can the heart of the parents feel good?
Thinking of this, ** felt very sorry for Li Min, and couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, and asked Zhang Yaoci to take out another 8,000 yuan from his manuscript fee and send it to Li Min's family. At this moment, he is just an ordinary father who loves his children deeply.
But when sending money, ** also asked Zhang Yaoci to tell the children that this was the only time. It means not to think that your father will always help them, and that you have to work your own to live.
**After his death, all the manuscript fees were handed over to the state, leaving no money for his family.
After receiving the money, Li Ne still lived a frugal life in addition to buying a little food for her children. When the child was more than a year old, she and Xiao Xu divorced.
In 1974, Li Ne returned to Beijing from Jiangxi and went to visit the father and daughter and talked a lot, during which she mentioned the marriage and asked her if she hated herself, otherwise why didn't she come to see him for so many years.
Seeing his father's worried appearance, Li Ne cried and shook his head, saying that he had never hated him, explaining that he had not come back all these years because the work there had not been completed.
In 1976, *** died, and Li Ne felt that the sky had fallen. In extreme grief, her neurasthenia relapsed.
Suffering from illness and raising children alone, her life fell into poverty again, and she ate cabbage left over from the vegetable market every day, sometimes without cabbage.
Even so, Li Ne still did not give up his love for life. She often remembered that she once taught herself to swim, let her rush into the waves over and over again, and told her that she would have to rely on her tenacious will to overcome any difficulties in the future.
Those old friends of ** saw that Li Ne was living so hard, and they wanted to sponsor her. Li Ne refused, because she had always remembered what her father had said.
Those people understood Li Ne, and although they couldn't help her financially, they would often visit her and care about her life.
In 1984, under the introduction of Li Yinqiao and others, Li Ne met her second husband Wang Jingqing. The husband and wife fell in love with each other, and her life gradually improved, and she found the high-spirited self she once was.
Li Ne often went to the *** Memorial Hall to visit his father, and silently told him about what had happened over the years, so that *** should not worry, he was doing well.
Putting aside his identity as a leader, his teaching and love for his children are worth learning from the world.