In the early 1970s, Chairman Mao was old and seriously ill. At this time, he still misses his relatives in Shaoshan. When CoCo Lee and Li Ning came to visit him, the chairman earnestly told his two daughters, "I am dying, so I must ask you to do something. There are two uncles in my hometown, and I miss them very much. They don't even have enough to eat, so you should go back often. "

The two uncles in Chairman Mao's mouth refer to Mao Zelian and Mao Zerong. Both of them have a deep relationship with Chairman Mao. Especially Mao Zelian, according to statistics, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, he has visited Beijing as many as 1 1 times, and the chairman will meet him personally every time he is not busy. For their "poor relatives", the chairman is not only not disgusted, but also willing to help them. The roulette wheel of time turned back, and the story began in the 1940s. ...

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Speaking of Mao Zelian, I believe many people will feel very strange. Let's talk about his relationship with Chairman Mao first. Mao Zelian's grandfather Mao Ennong and Chairman Mao's grandfather Mao Enpu are brothers. There are 10 brothers with the word "Ze" in their families. Chairman Mao ranks third and Mao Ze ranks ninth. Although Mao Zelian has no official position, he is just a farmer, but with this relationship, the villagers affectionately call him "Grandpa Mao Jiu". In addition, it is worth mentioning that Mao Zelian was born in a poor family, so his sister Mao Zejian was adopted as a daughter by Chairman Mao's parents. Later, this sister took part in the revolution and died heroically. Speaking of which, the relationship between Mao Zelian and Chairman Mao is very clear, and they are cousins.

When he was young, Mao Zelian was strong and made a living by selling coolies at home. One night, Mao Zedong was on his way home from Mao Temple after attending a peasant association. He accidentally had an accident and hurt his left eye. Because there is no money to treat the disease, the left eye is blind. After careful consideration, the underground party organization decided not to let Mao Zelian join the party, which is also a great regret in Mao Zelian's life. However, he did not give up working for the party. Even if he has only one eye, he will still take time to deliver letters for the party organization.

1In August, 949, the Fourth Field Army arrived in Hunan and organized to send people to look for relatives of Chairman Mao and revolutionary martyrs. At that time, Mao Zelian was the first to stand up and meet the organization. When he learned about the revolutionary deeds of the chairman, he decided to go to Beijing to meet Chairman Mao, the "third brother" he had not seen for more than 20 years.

In September of the same year, the People's Liberation Army escorted Mao Zelian and Chairman Mao's cousin Li to Beijing with a stopover in Wuhan. /kloc-at the beginning of 0/0, Tan Zheng, deputy political commissar of the Fourth Field Army, and Tao Zhu, deputy director of the Political Department, called Chairman Mao, meaning that Mao Zelian and Li were coming to Beijing, and Chairman Mao called back:

In this way, Mao Zelian came all the way to the chairman. After the two met, the chairman noticed that his left eye was blind and his right eye was sick, and he was very sad. The 22-year separation has not stopped this blood relationship, and the Chairman is very distressed by what happened to Jiu Ge. After some greetings, Chairman Mao asked his secretary and son Mao Daimao Zelian to go to the Union Medical College Hospital to have their eyes examined, and asked his two daughters and Li Ne to go to the hospital to take care of them. During his convalescence in the hospital, Jiang Qing also visited Mao Zelian and personally cooked for him to eat jiaozi.

Without treatment for a long time, the chance of Mao Zelian seeing the light again is almost zero. The doctor suggested that he change an artificial eye. Mao Zelian couldn't make up his mind, so he asked Chairman Mao for advice: "Brother Chairman, do you think my eyeball should be changed?"

Chairman Mao thought for a moment and said, "Changing an artificial eye is also a decoration, but I still can't see it ..."

Mao zelian listened to the chairman's words, and he never considered installing an artificial eye in his life. These days, Mao Zelian and Li live in Zhongnanhai, and Chairman Mao chats with them when he is free. On one occasion, Li told Chairman Mao that after Mao Zelian went blind, the labor force dropped sharply, and now the family economy is very difficult. I hope the chairman can help.

The chairman shook his head after hearing this, and then said earnestly, "I know Zelian's difficulties. I'm the president. To solve the difficulties of the whole country, I can't just consider him. "

Speaking of this, Chairman Mao strolled around a few times and said, "Of course, I can use some money to help myself."

Chairman Mao is a man with flesh and blood and feelings, not a man without humanity. He knew that Mao Zelian was blind and had a heavy burden at home. How can he stand by and watch? However, for Mao Zelian's funding, Chairman Mao used his own manuscript fee and did not take a penny from the government.

Mao Zelian lived in Beijing for more than 50 days. There is no cure for his eye disease, so he has to go home. Before he left, the chairman bought him two sets of clothes and pillowcases. Also let him take another cousin Mao Zerong, leather material. In addition, the chairman wrote several letters to Shaoshan's relatives, which were full of his thoughts and gratitude.

When leaving Zhongnanhai, Yan Changlin, the platoon leader of Chairman Mao's guard, ordered Wu Xiangting, the squad leader, to send Mao Zelian and Li to the train. At that time, there were so many people on the train that they couldn't get tickets at all. In this way, Wu Xiangting couldn't get a ticket for three consecutive days. He is anxious and annoyed. In desperation, he had to find the stationmaster and report that Chairman Mao's relatives didn't queue up to buy tickets for three days. After the other party understood, he opened a back door for Wu Xiangting, so that he finally bought a ticket for the fourth day. After the task was completed, he went back to work. Wu Xiangting did not dare to tell the truth. His heart is as bright as a mirror. If Chairman Mao knew about it, he would never have a good fruit to eat.

1950 in may, chairman Mao sent his son Mao back to Shaoshan to visit his wife (Yang Kaihui's mother) and the people of Shaoshan, and told him that he must visit his ninth uncle Mao zelian. Since then, Mao has done as requested by President An Ying. Mao Zelian was very excited to see kishida fumio coming. He clearly remembers that he went to the Union Medical College Hospital for treatment in 1949, thanks to Mao's help. After a year, Mao Zelian was very excited to see his loved ones again. He shook hands and hugged kishida fumio. After a long time, he sighed: "Please bother the chairman."

After Mao Anying returned to China, he reported the situation of "Jiu Shu" to the Chairman. It turned out that Mao Zelian, influenced by the chairman, had been living in Shaoshan, planting several acres of paddy fields and barely making ends meet. This is what the chairman wants to see, and he is very happy about it. He also praised his "nine brothers" for playing a leading role in Shaoshan. Mao zelian is deeply loved by the chairman because of his simple personality.

Persuade someone to quit the organization or resign from office.

Chairman Mao has deep feelings for his relatives, but he is unwilling to engage in "specialization." There are eight cousins in Grandpa Mao's family. He is very concerned about them and writes to them in his busy schedule. Besides, he will take them to Beijing. Chairman Mao will give them financial and material help, but the chairman has never agreed to join the party, go to school, find a job and other special requirements.

1949, cousin Li asked Chairman Mao to help him find a job, but the chairman immediately refused. Because Li is a farmer and uneducated, if he is forced to a public institution, it will definitely have a bad influence. So the chairman warned him to go home and farm well and make contributions to agricultural construction in the future. Chairman Mao is such a figure. He never used his privilege to benefit his relatives.

195 1 year, Mao zelian's mother was seriously ill. After being treated in Xiangtan for a while, it didn't get better. In winter, Mao Zelian accompanied his mother to Changsha. For the convenience of seeing a doctor, he went to see Mao Yuanti, the nephew of Changsha Workers and Peasants Printing Factory. Mao suggested that he go to Beijing. Mao Zelian immediately thought of his third brother, the president of Beijing, so he asked his cousin to write a letter to his third brother and report his mother's illness. The chairman gave instructions shortly after receiving the letter. The contents of the letter are as follows:

After receiving the reply from the chairman's third brother, Mao Zelian doesn't intend to go to Beijing again. He went to a relative's house in Changsha and asked his mother to receive treatment at Xiangya Hospital in Changsha. /kloc-in the summer of 0/952, Aunt Liu died in Changsha. Next, Mao Zelian took care of his mother and sprained his foot on the way back to Shaoshan. This is really worse! Eye disease, foot disease, and the death of his mother made him feel exhausted.

1953 in may, Mao zelian wrote a letter to chairman Mao, asking to go to Beijing to see a doctor. Soon after, the chairman wrote a reply, which read:

Two requests to go to Beijing for medical treatment were rejected. It seems that the chairman is unreasonable, but he is not. At that time, there were some differences in medical conditions between the local area and Beijing, but there was not much difference. As the chairman said, it can't be cured in Changsha Xiangya Hospital, and it may not be cured in Beijing. Isn't Mao Zelian's eye disease an example before? Especially when Mao Zelian reported his illness, the chairman already knew that Aunt Liu's situation had reached an extreme state, and all the efforts in the end might be in vain. As for Mao Zelian's foot injury, rest and treatment will naturally improve. Sure enough, Mao Zelian, who stayed in bed at home afterwards, basically recovered from his foot injury.

The chairman was unhappy that Mao Zedong was not allowed to go to Beijing. 195 1 year. During Aunt Liu's illness and hospitalization, Chairman Mao sent someone to send Mao Zelian 1 ten thousand old coins (worth 100 yuan) as the treatment fee for Aunt Liu. 1July, 952, Chairman Mao sent someone to Maozelian to deliver 3 million ancient coins (300 yuan). Among them, 2 million yuan was used for the burial expenses of Aunt Liu, and 6.5438+0 million yuan was used for the treatment of Mao Zelian's foot injury. And from 1953 to 1958, Chairman Mao Zelian sends money every year to help him tide over the difficulties of life. Later, during the three-year difficult period of the country, the chairman implemented the "three noes": no meat, no eggs, and no food exceeding the quota. The staff around him once counted that during this period, the chairman did not eat rice for a week and did not eat meat for seven months. Based on this situation, the chairman's third brother stopped funding Mao Zelian.

To tell the truth, the chairman is very kind to his relatives, and they are human beings. The chairman once said: "My manuscript fee comes from the people. If the people are in trouble, the manuscript fee should be returned to the people. " The chairman can't look down on others, and the staff around him have also received his contribution. Chairman Mao told them to take it from the people and use it for the people.

Mao Zelian almost became party member before, and he must have realized this. He believes that even if he can't contribute to the people, he will let the children make up for this regret for him. With the support of the chairman and their own work, Mao Zelian and his wife supported their three children to live and go to school. Later, his eldest son Mao Anping took up the post of cadre; His daughter Mao Xiaoqing joined the army; His youngest son, Mao Jianping, also joined the army.

Go to Beijing again

From 65438 to 0954, Mao Zelian went to Beijing at the invitation of his cousin. Before going, Chairman Mao wrote him a letter telling him to "prepare his own travel expenses and don't bother the government." After arriving in Beijing, Chairman Mao was very concerned about his physical condition and life experiences over the years. Mao Zelian and Chairman made reports one by one. The chairman was very happy when he learned that he had been working hard. Then the chairman said, "Runfa, do you have a problem with not buying you a new suitcase that time?" I'll buy you a new one this time and take it back. "

Hearing this, Mao Zelian's memory suddenly returned to 49 years. When he returned to Shaoshan, the chairman put everything he bought for him in an old suitcase.

Mao zelian doesn't care about this. He said to the chairman, "third brother, my brother has been poor for half his life. How can he talk about ostentation and extravagance?" Chairman Mao didn't say anything after that.

But this time Mao Zelian went back to his hometown, and the chairman gave him a new suitcase. I didn't give him a new suitcase before, just to tell him that you can't show off everywhere in the name of your relationship with Chairman Mao. Low-key frugality is the most important thing. This time he got a new suitcase, because his simplicity and kindness touched the chairman.

1956, Mao zelian went to Beijing again. Chairman Mao still received him warmly. Every time he visits the chairman in Beijing, Mao Zelian can appreciate the chairman's self-discipline and approachability. In Mao Zelian's eyes, the chairman is not only the chairman, but also his third brother. No matter the chairman or the third brother, Mao Zedong's role is perfect.

1On June 25th, 959, Chairman Mao returned to Shaoshan. The next day, Chairman Mao took Mao Zelian and his wife Zhang to Shaoshan Guest House and got together with relatives for a meal. During the period, laughter and laughter often came from the room, and the guards around him felt: I haven't seen the chairman smile so easily for a long time.

Time flies, 10 years are fleeting, and things have changed. In the 1970s, Chairman Mao's health became worse and worse, and senile diseases kept pestering him. On this day, his two daughters, CoCo Lee and Li Ning, visited him. The chairman told them to go to Shaoshan often to help his two uncles. It is understood that CoCo Lee returned to Shaoshan to visit his uncle's family on 1977 according to his father's instructions, and left 100 yuan as solatium. Later, Wang Jingchun accompanied Li Ne back to Shaoshan, and also gave Jiushu some economic help. The two of them completed the chairman's account well before his death. In the chairman's mind, this "Uncle Jiu" is a good man and an honest man.

Similarly, in Mao Zelian's mind, the third brother of the chairman is a very human person. He helped relatives and solved difficulties, never using his own manuscript fee. He doesn't want his relatives to get into bad habits because of him. During the 27 years from the founding of the People's Republic to the death of the Chairman, Mao Zelian went to 1 1 times. He was deeply influenced by the chairman, who told him to keep a low-key and simple character. He used this to educate his children.

Later, Mao Anping once said: "Although we have a special background, my father and my family, as ordinary members of society, are strict with themselves. From this point of view, we have added luster to the great image of Chairman Mao! "