Chapter 2 Chapter 2 First Class Mission

According to the calculations of medical scientists, the average person's lifetime sleep time is 7.5 hours a day.As the saying goes: Half of a person's life is spent in bed.Sleep is indeed an extremely important part of a person's life, without sleep there is no life.Of course, people cannot live because of sleep, but if they live without sleeping well, it will be extremely painful. Why do people sleep?It is said in ancient books: "The generals were put to sleep by the intermediary." ("Hanshu. Jia Yi Biography") Medical books say that sleep is a state of the body that periodically alternates with the waking state.It is necessary for the recovery of brain function after fatigue. People need to sleep when they are tired, but the high level of fatigue can excite the brain nerves, and the excitement finally makes people unable to fall asleep.

We ordinary people are only entangled with ourselves, our family or surrounding environment, work and other things every day, and we are often troubled and anxious about not being able to fall asleep.So, how does a leader who is busy with world affairs all day long and manages every day get and arrange sleep? When Li Yinqiao, the head of the guard, talked about this matter, his tone was so heavy.He introduced that Mao Zedong, as the leader of the most populous country in the world, lost many things that a normal person should have in his life because of all kinds of inescapable, one after another, big and small things. .One of them is sleep.Mao Zedong was used to working at night and sleeping during the day.It's quiet at night, so it's easy to think about problems and concentrate.However, sleeping during the day is not very scientific.Human physiology has its laws and science, and it is painful to artificially violate this law and science.This kind of pain comes from the spirit and body. Mao Zedong exhausted his whole life for the cause of liberation of the people of the whole country and the construction of new China.

"How long does Mao Zedong sleep on average?" we asked. "There is no way to calculate the average." Li Yinqiao shook his head apologetically.He said: "Mao Zedong's energy is superhuman. There are so many major domestic and international affairs waiting for him to deal with, so he can't follow God's law of sunrise and sunset, so he can't calculate how many hours he sleeps a day. Often, he works until early morning on this day. It was four or five o'clock, and he hadn't slept until ninety o'clock, and there was some urgent matter that urged him to get up. And this waking up, maybe it was two days and one night of continuous work. Our comrades in the guard class once calculated how many hours he slept a week, It turned out to be less than twenty-seven hours. Comrade Luo Ruiqing, our old Minister of Security, was known among the heads of the Central Committee for his extraordinary energy. He could not doze off for three days and four nights. I'm so tired!''What are you doing?' Someone asked. 'Accompany the chairman!' It can be seen how superhuman Mao Zedong's energy is.

"The task of our guards is mainly to be responsible for Mao Zedong's basic necessities of life. His clothes are very simple, a few military uniforms and a few pieces of underwear, which he wore from northern Shaanxi to the difficult period of the 1960s. Mao Zedong's diet is even simpler: a bowl of chili , A plate of soybeans! When you are in a happy mood, you can have a bowl of braised pork at most; except for the war of liberation when he moved to northern Shaanxi and Mao Zedong spent more time on tour in the early 1950s, most of the time is reclusive. Therefore, take care of the old man to sleep This has become the first and most important mission of our guards." Li Yinqiao said that they usually call him "Old Man" without Mao Zedong's face behind their backs.

"Mao Zedong is full of energy, and he is the most outstanding of all the leaders in China I have come into contact with. When he works, he will make it difficult for those around him to support him. Usually we guards take turns on duty every day, using four shifts. But in our day, The four young men combined could not stand up to Mao Zedong, who had entered sixty years of age. Mao Zedong had several times when he left the office and gently covered the sleeping guards on duty outside the door. Whether it was the war years, or After the founding of New China, no matter which head of the central government came to see Mao Zedong, the first sentence would always be to ask, "Is the chairman asleep?" When he heard that he was sleeping, even if there was an important matter (unless it was particularly important), he would always ask Mao Zedong. I dare not and do not want to wake Mao Zedong. Everyone knows that it is not easy for Mao Zedong to sleep. Especially Zhou Enlai, every time he sees us, he always asks how the chairman is sleeping these days. When he heard that he slept well, It will be like finishing a big happy event, with a comfortable smile on your face; if you hear that you haven't slept well, you will find me and instruct: "Head of the guard, you have to think of a way, the chairman is At the helm of the entire Chinese people, you have to ensure that he rests. This is the top priority, do you understand?' After finishing speaking, he will teach us some effective methods in a very specific way. Therefore, there are instructions from Premier Zhou and other leading comrades , It made our guards feel the importance of ensuring that Mao Zedong slept well.

"In order to ensure that Mao Zedong slept well, we have thought of many methods. Some methods are feasible, but some cannot be realized. For example, when Mao Zedong is stipulated to go to bed, or at least a few hours of sleep in a day, these two points can be realized in practice. Even Mao Zedong himself is sometimes unable to act according to his will: China is a big country, and there are countless major events in a big country, and he is the supreme leader of this big country, and some things must be decided by him. Our guards see Mao Zedong’s office often had long bright lights on for several days and nights, and how many times in private he sighed: How difficult it is for Mao Zedong to be the chairman!”

"Let me tell you a few stories about Mao Zedong sleeping." Li Yinqiao shook his spirits and said to us. In September 1948, the central government held the famous "September Conference" in Xibaipo. The conference focused on "Army advances, production grows an inch, discipline is strengthened, and the revolution is invincible". The War of Annihilation issued a general mobilization order. At this meeting, the Central Committee determined the great strategic policy of liberating the whole of China. According to the needs of the war situation, it decided to centralize all possible and necessary powers in the hands of the Central Committee and the Central Representative Office to strengthen the unity of the Central Committee. leadership, creating the ideological and organizational prerequisites for national victory.The five secretaries of the Central Committee at that time: Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Ren Bishi, carried out a division of labor, and Comrade Mao Zedong was still in charge of the military command of the country, with Zhou Enlai assisting.Since then, Comrade Mao Zedong devoted great energy to the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin and the subsequent battle of crossing the river.During this period, Mao Zedong worked almost all night long, and the head of the central government came over from time to time to persuade him to take more rest, but Mao Zedong always said humorously: "In front of me are millions of Kuomintang troops, such a big pot of 'braised pork', How can I sleep without eating it!"

No one is helpless to him. The guards were in a panic and tried every means to persuade Mao Zedong to sleep more, but whenever they walked into his office and saw Mao Zedong resting on the table with one hand and holding a magnifying glass in the other, they wished to "swallow" the military map It looked like he didn't dare to come forward and say a word again. At the critical juncture of the Northeast battlefield, Mao Zedong had not closed his eyes for two consecutive days and three nights.On this day, Li Yinqiao was on duty. Among the guards, doctors, secretaries and other personal staff used by Mao Zedong in his life, Li Yinqiao was the one Mao Zedong praised the most, and he also had the deepest personal relationship with Mao Zedong. He had a quick mind, many methods, and great courage.

In the past few days, Li Yinqiao watched Mao Zedong work all day and all night, and tried his best to persuade the chairman to "take a nap" on the bed for a while, but it didn't work. Li Yinqiao was helpless and had to stand behind Mao Zedong, repeating this sentence clumsily: "Chairman, you haven't closed your eyes for two days and three nights. It's time to go to bed and lie down for a while." After a while, Mao Zedong said "hmm", as if the guards behind him didn't exist at all. Li Yinqiao was so anxious that he wanted to stamp his feet, but he was afraid of affecting Mao Zedong's thoughts.He rubbed his hands vigorously, and the more he stood there, the more he felt ashamed and wronged. Ashamed, as a guard, he failed to take good care of the chairman; wronged, because he tried his best to solve any problems.Time is passing by one hour after another.The more Li Yinqiao thought about it, the more anxious he became: Today there is no guarantee of getting a good night's sleep, Zhou Enlai has already said: the guards must be inspected, especially Li Yinqiao!Zhou Enlai had stricter requirements on people he knew well, because Li Yinqiao was Zhou Enlai's bodyguard before he came to Mao Zedong's side.Li Yinqiao was in a hurry, so he rushed out a sentence that surprised even himself: "Chairman, you don't respect people, I will formally give you an opinion!"

It's loud and punchy. Mao Zedong, who was lying on the map, was startled, looked up at Li Yinqiao in doubt, and asked back as if he didn't hear clearly: "Yinqiao, what did you just say?" "You don't respect people!" Li Yinqiao pouted. Mao Zedong seemed to feel the seriousness of the problem, so he propped himself up from the map, turned his head slightly, and stared at his guard seriously. "Tell me, is there someone who came to me again?" Mao Zedong thought that some central leader came to him and unintentionally ignored him, causing others to misunderstand that "the chairman has opinions on me"!

"No one has been here at the moment." Li Yinqiao said. "What's going on?" Mao Zedong asked more seriously. Li Yinqiao was smiling inwardly, but he still said solemnly: "That's right, sometimes the chairman just doesn't respect people, especially the comrades below." Mao Zedong was most afraid of this.When he was in Yan'an, he repeatedly emphasized the need to keep close contact with the masses and to be a primary school student of the masses with an open mind in response to the problem of some comrades in the agency being superior.The guards knew Mao very well.In the party, among the senior strata of the central government, Mao Zedong never talked politely to anyone.Whoever enters his office has something to do, and then leaves after finishing the work.Mao Zedong generally neither went out to greet him nor go out to see him off, but if a comrade, a fellow villager, or a democrat came from below, Mao Zedong always greeted him and sent him out. It is to listen carefully and remember carefully.At this time, what Li Yinqiao said today naturally attracted Mao Zedong's attention. "For example, the chairman is sometimes very disrespectful to what our guards say." "Be more specific." Mao Zedong put down the magnifying glass in his hand, with a smile on his face, as if he understood half of it. "Okay." Seeing Mao Zedong listening carefully, Li Yinqiao knew that his "conspiracy" was expected to succeed. "Well--I asked the chairman, do you know how many times I and other guards have advised you to rest?" Mao Zedong nodded apologetically and said, "About four or five times?" "No, at least forty or fifty times!" Li Yinqiao corrected. "Are there so many?" "There must be. The chairman once said that we must listen carefully to the opinions of the masses, whether they are right or wrong, but you have not listened carefully to our opinions. Besides, our opinions are correct. Because of the guarantee Your rest is an important task entrusted to our guards by the organization!" Mao Zedong finally smiled, came over and patted the guard on the shoulder, and said: "Your opinion is correct, but there is a reason why I did not take your opinion seriously: all war zones across the country have entered the moment of decisive battle, and some Many important matters are waiting for us to make decisions. I am the chairman, and I must devote myself to it, otherwise it will affect the process of our country's seizure of power. Yinqiao, you should help me to do work with other guards!" "Chairman, I can't complete this task." Li Yinqiao said, "Because your words are one-sided." "One-sidedness?" "Yes. You said that you are the chairman and that the current situation requires your full commitment, otherwise it will affect the progress of the revolution. This is only one side of the problem. If you are sick and exhausted from the high fatigue of work, then you can't After working normally, then, as the chairman, you will have a great influence on the national revolutionary situation that is in a decisive battle!" Mao Zedong widened his tired and red eyes in surprise, and said approvingly: "Silver Bridge has made progress. When did you learn dialectics?" Li Yinqiao felt embarrassed now: "I read your "On Contradiction", and you said that there are always two sides to any problem in the world." "Oh—you are using Mao Zedong's theory to attack Mao Zedong's point of view!" Mao Zedong said in a high-pitched voice. "I dare not, Chairman." Li Yinqiao argued hastily.He knew that once his "trick" was "debunked" by Mao Zedong, he would have no way to persuade Mao Zedong to rest, so he was so anxious that tears were about to fall out of his eyes, he begged: "You haven't closed your eyes for several days, this is reality." Right? You must take a break." Mao Zedong paced back and forth in the room a few times, saying in his mouth: "From the other side of the question, your opinions and viewpoints are also reasonable. However, there are indeed many things at hand. What should we do?" Mao Zedong He stopped pacing suddenly, and said to Li Yinqiao: "This way, let me finish reading the documents in hand as soon as possible, and then go to rest. What do you think?" "No, Chairman." Li Yinqiao said resolutely, "You tell us this every time, but your actions are always out of order. Besides, the documents you want to see have never been finished." After Mao Zedong heard this, he unconsciously glanced at the mountain of documents on his desk, frowned, and said, "This is a difficult problem." Li Yinqiao was happy. This clever ghost knew that the "conspiracy" could succeed. He quickly moved a reclining chair, and then said to Mao Zedong: "Chairman, you lie on the chair to read documents, and I will comb your hair. It doesn't affect your work, and you can rest." Mao Zedong glanced at Li Yinqiao approvingly and said, "Okay, okay, this is good." In this way, while Mao Zedong was lying on a chair and reviewing documents one by one, Li Yinqiao combed his hair over and over again. After an unknown amount of time, Li Yinqiao heard a "snap" and the document in the chairman's hand fell to the ground. When he looked down, Mao Zedong had fallen asleep.He hurriedly picked up the documents that had fallen on the ground, then lightly covered Mao Zedong with a sweater, then tiptoed and quietly walked out of Mao Zedong's office.Before Li Yinqiao's feet went out, he could only hear the loud "snoring" sound behind him, which was so powerful and rhythmic. As soon as he left the door, Zhou Enlai was greeted opposite him. "Hush—" Li Yinqiao hurriedly made a gesture in a low voice. "What, the chairman is asleep?!" Zhou Enlai asked softly. "Listen—" Li Yinqiao put his right palm over his ear.Zhou Enlai followed his example and stood at the door of Mao Zedong's office, listening attentively. "Hoo-loo-hoo-loo-" "Hey, it's really fragrant!" Zhou Enlai said very happily.After quitting Mao Zedong's workplace, he came to the guard's duty room and asked Li Yinqiao what clever trick he had used.Li Yinqiao explained how to let Mao Zedong lie on a chair and let him read the documents while combing his hair.After hearing this, Zhou Enlai said repeatedly: "Okay, this method is good! Combing your hair can make the blood vessels in the epidermis of the brain circulate, which is beneficial to eliminate the fatigue of the brain nerves and promote sleep. This method is good!" According to Li Yinqiao, when he was working in Mao Zedong, he and other staff members continued to comb Mao Zedong's hair. Mao Zedong was very willing to accept this good method of hypnosis. So far, those guards who once worked beside Mao Zedong recalled Mao Zedong's deep snoring sound from the reclining chair, and always felt such happiness, as if charging soldiers had captured a strong fortress. Zhou Enlai personally "intervened" "This happened on the eve of the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China." Li Yinqiao recalled. Since the central government moved from Xibaipo to Beijing on March 25, 1949, Mao Zedong was still directing the battle of crossing the river to completely destroy the Jiang Dynasty on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was preparing for many major events in the founding of New China.After the preparatory meeting for the new Political Consultative Conference was held in June, Mao Zedong's residence was always full of visitors.During this period, the guards saw that Mao Zedong was busier than ever, often unable to eat and sleep normally, but his energy was also better than ever.As the commander-in-chief who has led the Chinese people and the Communist Party of China for more than 20 years, Mao Zedong was naturally very excited about the People's Republic, which was "conceived in October" and about to "give birth". Therefore, his mental state was always full and full, showing that Extraordinary superhuman perseverance. On September 10, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held in Beijing.In order to hold this meeting well and discuss and draft the "Common Program" with people from all walks of life, Mao Zedong did not close his eyes for several days and nights. On September 30th, there were only a dozen hours before the founding ceremony, but this afternoon, after Mao Zedong participated in the foundation laying ceremony of the Monument to the People’s Heroes, he returned to his residence and ate a delicious meal of "chilli and stinky tofu" Finally, he called Li Yinqiao and asked him to comb his hair. "Well, the old man is going to sleep now!" The guards discussed excitedly, but within half an hour, Li Yinqiao returned to the duty room with a sullen face. "How is it, is the chairman asleep?" the guards asked impatiently. "Looks like it's over again!" Li Yinqiao shook his head and said, "I thought my 'conspiracy' was going to succeed again, but he didn't care about it at all, saying, 'Yinqiao, you comb it for me, Enough to keep me going for seven or eight hours.'” "How can this work! In another seven or eight hours, it will be noon on October 1st, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, you have to go to the Tiananmen Gate Tower, which keeps the old man awake for nearly a hundred hours to attend the founding ceremony. , How can we explain to the people of the whole country!" The guards stomped their feet anxiously. "Hurry up and think of a way!" The guard Sun Yong said to Li Yinqiao, "Yinqiao, you are the 'Zhi Duoxing' who controls the old man, make up your mind!" "Yes, head of the guard, hurry up and find a way!" The guards surrounded Li Yinqiao and said in a hurry. Li Yinqiao was anxious, and stomped his feet: "What can I do! You just know how to shout at me!" In the duty room, there was silence. Suddenly, the phone rang.Li Yinqiao picked up the phone. "Hello, is this Xiao Li? Is the chairman asleep?" It was Zhou Enlai's voice. Li Yinqiao replied feebly: "Report to Vice Chairman Zhou, the chairman just refuses to sleep. No matter how we persuade him, it's useless." "How can that be done! No way! Brat, in about ten hours, the Chairman will go to Tiananmen Square, alas!" After a long sigh came from the phone, there was a long silence.Zhou Enlai also seemed a little helpless. "Hey, call Vice Chairman Zhou, the chairman will listen to him!" Yan Changlin, the guard platoon leader, poked Li Yinqiao lightly with his arm, and whispered in his ear. Li Yinqiao seemed to react immediately, and quickly brought the phone to his lips: "Vice Chairman Zhou, the chairman listens to you, you can persuade him!" "Okay, I'll be there soon, you guys get ready." The other party put down the phone. The guards cheered. With Zhou En coming, Mao Zedong had hope while sleeping. Zhou Enlai was really fast, and he arrived at Mao Zedong's residence in only three or four minutes. "Which one of you is on duty? Prepare some sleeping pills immediately, and give the chairman a massage." After speaking, he walked into Mao Zedong's office. About five minutes later, Zhou Enlai walked out of Mao Zedong's office. The guards hurriedly asked: "How is it, the chairman agreed to sleep?" "It's not that optimistic." Zhou Enlai said to the guards, "I still have something to do, so I can't stay here for long. If you go in after an hour, you must try your best to make the chairman sleep. If something serious happens, I will call you ask!" When Zhou Enlai left, it was already past four o'clock in the morning, which already belonged to the great day of October 1, 1949. The guards guessed from Zhou Enlai's words that Mao Zedong promised to rest after another hour of work, so Li Yinqiao walked into Mao Zedong's office just after the hour was over. Mao Zedong was still writing at his desk, and he didn't seem to want to "let go" at all.Therefore, Li Yinqiao gently reminded: "Chairman, another hour has passed, and the sky has already started to turn pale." "En." Mao Zedong hummed, but there was no response.Seeing Mao Zedong's concentration, Li Yinqiao didn't dare to disturb him easily, so he had to retreat again. "Yinqiao, vice chairman Zhou called three times in half an hour to ask if the chairman is asleep, what should we do?" Yan Changlin said to the long-faced Li Yinqiao. Li Yinqiao didn't say a word, sat down for a while, stood up again for a while, walked back and forth in the room for a long time, and finally turned back into Mao Zedong's office. "Chairman..." He opened his mouth angrily, without even looking up. "Why, you are emotional if I don't sleep!" No, this time Mao Zedong took the initiative to put down his pen, stretched himself, and stood up and said. "No, no... Chairman." Li Yinqiao suddenly turned from worry to joy.He is familiar with every living habit and detail of Mao Zedong.He knew that Mao Zedong was going to bed. Li Yinqiao hurriedly prepared the bath water, and ten minutes later, when Mao Zedong walked back to the house from the courtyard, he immediately served Mao Zedong to take a hot bath.After going to bed, Li Yinqiao stepped forward to give Mao Zedong a massage as usual, but Mao Zedong stopped him and said, "It's all right, Yinqiao, you also have a rest, and wake me up at one o'clock in the afternoon." Li Yinqiao had no choice but to back out and wait in the duty room.He was on duty that day, although the guards did not dare to sleep because of Mao Zedong's refusal to rest these days, and Li Yinqiao was exhausted at this time, how dare he doze off.Based on his experience, it is speculated that today's Mao Zedong would not fall asleep very early, maybe he would not fall asleep until noon.If he is not woken up when the time comes, and the founding ceremony is missed, no one can afford the historic responsibility!Thinking of this, Li Yinqiao pulled himself together and warned himself: Mao Zedong must be woken up on time, absolutely.The responsibility of the guards is sometimes linked to the fate of the Chinese revolution, because they are Mao Zedong's guards. At one o'clock, Mao Zedong did not ring the bell.Li Yinqiao hurried straight into his bedroom.Mao Zedong slept soundly, and Li Yinqiao hesitated: When Mao Zedong could not sleep for several days and nights, he and the guards, Zhou Enlai and other central leaders were all in a hurry, trying to hope that Mao Zedong could sleep, but now Mao Zedong really fell asleep , and when he slept so soundly, he had to wake him up again.Mao Zedong is so difficult!Li Yinqiao's nose is so sour.He couldn't bear to go forward to wake up Mao Zedong who was sleeping soundly.Once, Li Yinqiao and the guards recorded that after Mao Zedong hadn't slept for several days, when he fell asleep one day, he slept for thirty-five hours!To this end, Li Yinqiao and all the guards held a celebration reception.These guards, who usually don't drink alcohol, drank a glass of wine each with great joy because Mao Zedong could sleep for thirty-five hours.Today, how much he hopes that Mao Zedong will set another record of thirty-five hours of sleep!But, no!Absolutely no!If the founding ceremony is missed, the Heavenly King and Lao Tzu will not allow it. "Chairman! Chairman!" Li Yinqiao called out twice. "Huh?" Mao Zedong opened his eyelids, and he saw Li Yinqiao. "What, is it one o'clock?" "Yes!" Li Yinqiao replied while helping Mao Zedong lean on the bed rail.Then serve a cup of hot tea and put it on the bedside table. It was Mao Zedong's habit to wake up, drink tea and read the newspaper, and he was no exception on the "great day" of the founding ceremony. "Chairman, it's half past one!" Li Yinqiao pinched his watch, interrupted Mao Zedong's newspaper reading, and put on for him the "Mao-style uniform for the founding ceremony" that has been engraved in the hearts of the Chinese people for decades. At 2:50, Li Yinqiao supported Mao Zedong and walked up a hundred steps. Together with other leaders of the central government, he climbed up the Tiananmen Rostrum. At exactly three o'clock, Mao Zedong walked to the microphone and solemnly announced to the world: "The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China has been established!" This voice still resounds in the hearts of more than one billion people. From the grand ceremony at three o'clock in the afternoon to the fireworks show in the evening, Mao Zedong stayed on the Tiananmen Rostrum for six or seven hours. At eleven o'clock, Mao Zedong returned to Juxiang Bookstore.Li Yinqiao hurriedly took off his uniform and leather shoes for him. "Chairman, you are always in good spirits and full of energy on the tower today." Li Yinqiao couldn't help but sighed as he looked at Mao Zedong who was still rosy and full of energy after a hard day's work. After hearing this, Mao Zedong also said happily: "Yes, I am in good spirits seeing the people and seeing the joyous scene of the people who have turned themselves into masters!" Mao Zedong raised his head slightly, and looked at the sky with bright eyes.What was he thinking about?Think of his republic?Miss his people?Miss his Yan'an cave?Or the lovely wife Yang Kaihui who died under the enemy's butcher's knife? In an instant, Mao Zedong gathered his galloping thoughts back.He said seriously: "Yinqiao, today I want to thank you for giving me a good night's sleep." "No, it's thanks to Vice Chairman Zhou." Li Yinqiao said, "You agreed to sleep after he persuaded you!" Mao Zedong nodded and said: "Yes, Enlai is always so thoughtful in everything he does. But I have to give you credit." "It is difficult for ordinary people to understand and accept that Mao Zedong's sleep is a major event for the whole party. In fact, it is not an exaggeration at all. I have been a guard and head guard with Mao Zedong for fifteen years, and my feelings in this respect can be said to be extremely profound. Mao Zedong himself often said, "There are only three important things in my personal life: sleeping, drinking tea, and eating." You see, he put sleeping first." Li Yinqiao said. "I heard that Mao Zedong lost his temper with the guards a few times, and it was all about sleeping?" we asked. "That's what happened." The guard said, "The thing that Mao Zedong hated, irritated, and suffered most in his life was sleeping. On the contrary, what he longed for, happiest, and most satisfied was sleeping. The reason why Mao Zedong and the guard once had a fight for sleeping Temper, the whole process, fully embodies the special relationship between leaders and guards and the deep friendship between teachers and juniors." Then, Li Yinqiao told us several "sleeping episodes". This time is another important meeting.During this meeting, Mao Zedong delivered an important speech "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People", and chaired the Supreme State Council.Whenever such major events happened, Mao Zedong no longer had any rules of life to speak of. "Why, so the chairman hasn't slept for two days and only ate a decent meal?" Li Yinqiao, the head of the guard, couldn't help becoming anxious again after listening to the reports of the guards. "Looks like I need to think about it again!" After he finished speaking, his eyes fell on the bodyguard Feng Yaosong: "Xiao Feng, will you be in the next class?" "Yes." Feng Yaosong clearly heard another sentence that the chief guard didn't say from the gaze of the chief guard: It's up to you!Feng Yaosong immediately felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. It was late at night, and Xiao Feng accompanied Mao Zedong, muttering in his heart to "try to make the chairman sleep more and eat more", but he couldn't take any effective action. At this time, Xiao Feng suddenly saw Mao Zedong, who was writing at his desk, leaning his head upwards, pinching and rubbing his temples, eyebrows and eyelashes with his hands. Obviously, he wanted to rest for a while.Seeing this opportunity, Feng Yaosong hurried forward and persuaded in a low voice: "Chairman, you haven't eaten for more than a day, can I get you something?" Mao Zedong looked at Xiao Feng, heaved a long sigh, nodded, and immediately shook his head: "There's no need to cook rice, just bake a few taro." "This..." Xiao Feng was about to reason, but Mao Zedong waved at him again, bowed his head and wrote an article again.At this time, there should be no more superfluous words, otherwise Mao Zedong would not forgive him easily. Xiao Feng had no choice but to follow Mao Zedong's instructions to the kitchen.In the middle of the night, in order not to wake up the chef, Lao Hou, Xiao Feng roasted the taro by himself.Lao Hou still woke up, and when he saw Xiao Feng, he said, "Why, are you hungry? Come inside, there are delicious things here!" Lao Hou thought that Xiao Feng was "stealing" food, so he said with concern. "It's me, it's the chairman who wants to eat!" Xiao Feng said hastily. "You brat, why didn't you say it earlier!" Lao Hou became anxious, "The chairman hasn't had a decent meal in three days, I'll make it right away!" "No, Master Hou, don't be busy. Bake some The taro is enough!" Lao Hou was angry when he heard it: "You little brat, the chairman has been hungry for a few days, how can you just bake a few taro for him to eat? What do you have in mind?" Xiao Feng was also anxious: "The chairman Let’s talk about roasted taro, you’re so kind, then you can cook and deliver it yourself!” Lao Hou finally stopped talking, he knew Mao Zedong’s temper very well. Xiao Feng put the six baked taro on a plate and brought them to Mao Zedong's office.As soon as he stepped into the door, he heard snoring in the room. It turned out that Mao Zedong had fallen asleep!I saw him leaning on the cushion at the head of the bed, holding a pen in one hand, and clutching a file in the other, and just fell asleep. Seeing this, Xiao Feng gently put the taro on the radiator, and then exited the door.If Mao Zedong was woken up, it would be a "deserving death" thing!Xiao Feng said to himself. Not long after, Xiao Feng heard a cough from outside the door, and Mao Zedong woke up. "Chairman, the taro is ready!" Xiao Feng hurried into the room and picked up the plate of taro on the radiator. "Okay, I want to eat!" The chairman put down the pen and documents in his hand, rubbed his face, grabbed one, and stuffed it into his mouth while peeling the skin with relish.Seeing him enjoying himself, the guard hurried out of the room. After one cigarette, Xiao Feng outside the door heard the sound of snoring again: Mao Zedong fell asleep again!At this time, Feng Yaosong's heart was as sweet as a bottle of honey. There was only one taro left in the plate.The old man ate five, enough to last for a while.Xiao Feng thought while tidying up.He was just about to go out on tiptoes when he suddenly felt that Mao Zedong's snoring sounds a little strange today!The guard looked back anxiously, my God!Feng Yaosong couldn't believe that there was still half a taro in Mao Zedong's mouth!The half taro trembled in Mao Zedong's mouth with the sound of snoring! How sleepy Chairman Mao is!Xiao Feng's eye sockets gushed out a stream of heat.The chairman must never be allowed to sleep like this!Xiao Feng thought about it, and subconsciously moved his hand slightly.I saw him stepping forward and grabbing the half of the taro with two fingers. The taro was picked out, and the snoring disappeared immediately. "Which one?" Mao Zedong stared at Feng Yaosong with eyes that were red from staying up all night, looking at Feng Yaosong with extreme sullenness, and asked angrily, "What's going on, ah?" Feng Yaosong was startled, he called out "Chairman" casually, and burst into tears, without saying a word, he only gestured to Mao Zedong with the half taro in his hand. "Oh, you little brat!" Mao Zedong sighed with pity, anger, and gratitude, "I shouldn't be angry with you." "No, no, Chairman, it's my fault. I shouldn't have woken you up." Xiao Feng cried out, begging Mao Zedong constantly, "You haven't slept well for a few days, I'm afraid this taro will be stuck in the Mouth disturbs your sleep. Please, you need to sleep..." Mao Zedong smiled.Looking at the guard who was still a child, he said helplessly: "Okay, Xiao Feng, we have reached an agreement, as for you, don't cry, and for me, I will sleep according to your words." "Hey!" Xiao Feng burst into tears when he heard this, and quickly picked up the taro and the plate that Mao Zedong had eaten and went out. Later, Xiao Feng told the head of the guard about this, and Li Yinqiao poked his forehead lightly with his finger like a big brother reprimanding his little brother, and said: "You are not timid, but you are just a little stupid! " That's another time.The guard on duty this day is Li Liancheng. "Mao Zedong lost his temper this time. The responsibility lies with our guards, but Li Liancheng also has good intentions." Li Yinqiao still remembers this incident vividly. On this day, Mao Zedong had just finished writing an important manuscript, and he was very excited.He didn't close his eyes for two days, and he wanted to sleep well, but it was difficult to fall asleep.Two hours later, he had taken his third sleeping pill, and the doctor usually ordered him to take up to two pills when he couldn't fall asleep. Li Liancheng helped him to bed again, and then massaged him with all his might.After an unknown amount of time, Li Liancheng was pleasantly surprised to find that Mao Zedong had finally closed his eyes and was already snoring softly.Li Liancheng didn't dare to take a breath, and he didn't dare to move his numb posture easily, because Mao Zedong hadn't fallen asleep yet. I don't know how much time passed, maybe half an hour?One hour?Li Liancheng stopped his hands and listened quietly to Mao Zedong's snoring - great, he is fast asleep!The familiar sound of snoring, like a melodious spring song in the season of willow blossoms, made Li Liancheng intoxicated. He tiptoed off the bed, and slowly moved back to the door.At this moment, Li Liancheng's eyes were blocked by another strong light: sunlight, a beam of sunlight coming in from the window.broken!Li Liancheng couldn't help frowning.It won't be long before the light hits Mao Zedong's face. At that moment... Thinking of this, Li Liancheng turned back into the room and walked cautiously to the window despite his numb hands and feet.He wanted to block the nasty sunlight and ensure Mao Zedong had a good night's sleep. The window is a wooden shutter.Just lay it down and completely block the light from entering the house.The shutters at that time were not like the aluminum or plastic composite shutters that are as light as cotton cloth and can be seen everywhere on the street today.Wooden shutters appear bulky.Li Liancheng scolded the carpenter who made the window, why didn't he make it lighter.He was afraid that Mao Zedong would be awakened when the curtain was drawn. 他担心极了，越担心手就抖得越厉害。 “啪——啦！”担心的事终于发生了，百叶窗像散了架似的一滑溜从上坠落下来，其实这声音并不算大，可在静谧的房间内，对一个睡着了的人来说，这突如其来的响声，却如同电闪雷鸣。 “谁？怎么回事？”李连成的身后，已是愤怒焦躁的吼声。 卫士面无血色。 毛泽东吃力地从床上坐起，张着那双因极度疲乏而布满血丝的眼睛，瞪着李连成：“说，怎么回事？” “我关……关窗。” “关窗，早干什么去了？你不要在这里值班了，出去！你给我外边站着去！”毛泽东历来有怒便发，吃了三份安眠药才刚刚进入睡乡就这样给折腾醒了，他的火气自然不比一般。这火越大越显露了他内心和精神上的痛苦。 李连成哪敢违命，退到院子里，双脚并拢立正站好。 不到五分钟，李连成又被由远渐近的熟悉的脚步声惊得浑身打了个冷战。毛泽东出门了，依然怒气冲冲地说：“去吧，你不要在这里了，你去把李银桥叫来！” 李连成丢了魂似的跑到值班室。他知道毛泽东的脾气，谁要真是惹火了他，一句话就会把你给支到天边，并且永远不许再回到他身旁。李连成自知今天闯了祸，一副哭丧脸向卫士长作了汇报。李银桥一听，没说一句话便匆匆向毛泽东卧室赶去。 “主席，我来了！” 李银桥进屋时，毛泽东正在屋里焦躁地来回走着。见卫士长进来，他嘴巴动了动，却没有说话，看得出，他是硬压着肚子里的火气。 再叫他睡是不可能了。李银桥搬上一把躺椅，让毛泽东坐下。毛泽东坐下来了，胸脯却仍然起伏不停。此刻最好的办法是让他稳定情绪，李银桥不愧是卫士长，对毛泽东的情绪、嗜好了如指掌。他拿起一把梳子，便给毛泽东梳起头发来。 毛泽东不与他说话，他也不问毛泽东一句。李银桥知道毛泽东的火气未消，而且对他这个卫士长也有意见——至少应有“领导责任”嘛。李银桥心里知道，因为毛泽东与他这个卫士长私人感情非同一般，所以没有冲他发作。机灵的李银桥便没有再多嘴。这时，惟一要做的，是让毛泽东从恼怒和痛苦中恢复过来。 梳呀梳，不知梳了多长时间。李银桥只觉得两只胳膊都快要断了。 “好了，去叫李连成进来。”半天，毛泽东终于平静地说了一句话，“方才我对他发了火，该向他道歉。”毛泽东回到了他那平易近人的位置。 “主席，我看算了。是小李的错，再说我也有责任。”李银桥不想再让毛泽东为此事劳神了，便劝道。 “不行，我向卫士发火是不对的，一定要道歉。” 见毛泽东坚持，李银桥便退了出来，回到值班室，挨了半天冷板凳的李连成见卫士长出来了，依然一副哭丧脸，可怜巴巴地盯着卫士长。 李银桥瞅见李连成，就咬牙切齿地举起拳头在他面前晃了晃。“你是怎么搞的？事先为什么不做好准备，我真想揍扁你！”说着，拳头却落在了自己的大腿上。 “主席睡着了吗？”李连成最想知道的是这个。 李银桥白了他一眼：“还睡什么？主席几天不能睡，好不容易合眼你又弄醒了他。你真是个小混蛋！去吧，他叫你去呢！” 无奈，李连成胆战心惊地来到毛泽东卧室。 “主席，我……错了，您狠狠地批评我吧！”李连成的声音颤抖着。 正在一边吸烟一边看文稿的毛泽东侧过头，“唉”了一声，说：“你有些小错，我是大错，我不该向你发脾气。” “不，主席……”李连成泣不成声，“是我不好，是我不该……” 毛泽东是见不得别人眼泪的。见小卫士如此伤心，不由怜悯心大起：“莫哭了，莫哭了。是我委屈你了。我工作忙，脑子想的事也多，睡不好就烦躁，情绪不能自控。你可别往心里去啊！” 毛泽东越这么说，李连成越哭得不能控制，最后竟号啕痛哭起来。他是被毛泽东的话所感动的，谁知毛泽东误以为他受了天大的委屈，便一个劲地哄。 在此之后的一个星期内，毛泽东竟三次向李连成表示道歉，弄得李连成不知所措。 专列“搬女将” “说起毛泽东睡觉的事，还真不少，而且挺有些你们文人说的艺术戏剧性！”李银桥兴致勃勃地给我们讲起了另一件事。 广袤的原野上，一辆列车在月光下由中国的华北平原向中原、华东方向奔驰而去，这列列车行至沿途各个站时或是根本不停，或是戒备森严。有经验的人知道：这一定是哪一位领导的专列。据说中央对享受专列人员级别有严格规定，必须是副总理和政治局委员以上。专列的行动路线是保密的。 毛泽东的专列胜过其他专列的总和，包括一切的一切。这是专列以外的情况。然而，在专列上，卫士们感到与在中南海丰泽园里别无区别：毛泽东睡什么床、吃什么饭、干什么事，都依然如旧。 夜间行车是毛泽东专列的习惯，因为夜间是毛泽东的工作时间。这个习惯连中央的刘少奇、周恩来、朱德、任弼时这样的领导人物都要围着转，专列当然亦不例外。同样，白天是毛泽东的休息时间，公安部长罗瑞卿经常随毛泽东出巡，为了保证毛泽东休息，只要他一合眼，这位罗部长就要通知列车马上停开，不管是逢站或不逢站。罗瑞卿不在时，这个权力便由卫士长李银桥行使。随即，一个电话，专列的四周便会迅速出现一队队武装警戒人员。毛泽东的专列始终是处在绝对安全的情况之中，对此，毛泽东曾多少次地反对过，但有关部门严格按照“向人民负责”的原则坚持这样做。 毛泽东是个永远不知道疲倦的人，任何时候都争分夺秒地扎在工作与看书当中。卫士们介绍，他的一生中，除了人必需的一些日常生活外，百分之九十五以上的时间是在案头、床头工作和读书，除此就是开会及参加一些党务、国务活动。即使在专列上，毛泽东也依旧如此。 “老头子又是两天两夜没睡了！”卫士们挤在一起，又在为毛泽东的睡觉问题发愁起来。 “小封，小李，还有张仙鹏、田云玉，你们都想过办法没有？”卫士长李银桥一个个地点著名问大家。 “没办法，老头子是什么脑子？我们那点小阴谋、小把戏，还不都被他小菜一碟地识破了！”田云玉首先泄气地说道。 “卫士长，你有办法，还是听你说说。”张仙鹏非常敬佩李银桥，因为卫士长总是在关键时刻教他怎么做。这一次，张仙鹏又希望卫士长能出“高招”。 “对，卫士长你说怎么做，我们遵命便是。”卫士们哄嚷起来。 “嚷什么，就知道从我这里拿现成的点子，今天哪，都得给我想！”李银桥瞪了大伙一眼。 于是，一片默然。卫士们个个闷着头，搔首思索着，可半天也想不出辙。 “有了。”最后，还是李银桥说话了。他是卫士长，比谁都着急。 “快说，是叫我去吧！”最受毛泽东宠爱的田云玉蹦了起来，请战道。 李银桥抬手按在小田肩膀上。“今天这一招，我们都不唱主角。” “哪位唱？” “我们来个搬兵。”李银桥笑着朝大家挤挤眼，“搬个女将来！” 卫士们面面相觑，随即不约而同地叫起来：“小姚！叫姚淑贤来！” 李银桥点点头：“小封，快去请！” “是！”封耀松转身跑步便去。 姚淑贤，是毛泽东专列上的一位医务人员，活泼，可爱。这位天津姑娘跟随毛泽东专列好几年了，因为在专列的首长主车厢工作，所以跟毛泽东挺熟悉。毛泽东也喜欢小姚，并且曾为正在谈恋爱的这位姑娘写了一首古诗词，让她悄悄交给她的那位经常不能相见的恋人。“靓女其妹，俟我于城隅。爱而不见，搔首踌躇。”毛泽东的墨迹，给姚淑贤的爱情增添了无限情趣。 姚淑贤被卫士封耀松叫来了。 “小姚，主席已经两天没睡了，得想个办法。”卫士长见了姑娘便说，“我们几个都说你嘴灵手巧，再说主席也挺喜欢你，准能想个法子让主席睡觉。” “哎呀，我的卫士长，你可别抬举我了。你们都劝不动，我更不行了！”小姚连连摆着手说道。 “小姚，别弄虚的了，你准有办法！”卫士们跟着起哄。看得出，小伙子们倒是一片诚意。 “小姚，你会唱京剧吗？”卫士长问。 “哎呀，我可不行！”小姚一听便叫了起来，“别说唱，就是听也听不懂呀！” “这可怎么办？”卫士长一听真着急了。火车上毕竟不是中南海，有娱乐的地方、散步的院子。这干巴巴的就像手掌那么大的一块地方，好人也会憋出病来！ “我有个同事是农村的，以前跟她学过一支农村小调……不知能不能行？” “行行行！”听小姚一说，卫士们顿时雀跃起来。活泼的田云玉像抓住救星似的拉着姑娘的胳膊说：“只要你一唱，主席就会和了！” “总不能上去就对主席说：'主席，我给您唱个歌'呀？”小姚说。 “得想个法子，先把主席的注意力吸引开，然后再唱歌。”一向比较稳重的张仙鹏说。 “这样吧，我先削好几支铅笔，然后再想法跟他说上话。”小姚自己给自己出了个点子。打她上了毛泽东专列后，便主动承担了为毛泽东削铅笔的任务。毛泽东一天用的铅笔不下二三十支。 “行，这样就能把主席的注意力吸引过来了。”田云玉说道。 “哎呀，不行呀，如果我上去说：'主席，铅笔给您削好了。'他说：'行，放在这里吧。'那不就糟了，我总不能赖着不走呀！”小姚扭头一想又着急起来。 “你不会随机应变一下，你不走，主席能轰你走吗？”急性子的田云玉冲着姑娘说。 小姚不高兴地反击道：“就你行！你能在主席面前撒娇，谁能跟你比。” “哎呀，吵有什么用，还是想想办法吧。”卫士长说话了。 There was another silence. “有了，”张仙鹏拿起桌子上的一本《人民画报》，“你们看，这上面有毛泽民烈士的照片，小姚拿着这个，请主席讲讲自己兄弟的事，这不就搭上话了？” “行，就这么着！”李银桥让小姚拿着这份画报和削好的铅笔，然后对卫士们说，“我们几个准备配合行动。” “是！”卫士们像接到了攻克高地命令的战士，一齐立正。 “女将”姚淑贤虽说与主席经常见面，可那是全国人民、全世界人民敬仰的主席呀。现在她要去接受一项“引诱”毛泽东“上钩”的使命，心里头“怦怦”跳个不停。 “千万别紧张。”身后，卫士们小声鼓劲道。 小姚挺了挺胸，做了个深呼吸，然后将毛泽东正在工作的车厢门拧开。门一开，小姚感到一股浓烈的烟味扑鼻而来。平日，对这种烟味小姚并不以为然，她深知毛泽东的烟瘾，可今天她却要来个“大惊小怪”了。 “咳咳咳……哎呀，好大的烟味呀！”小姚装腔作势地说道。门外的卫士们捂嘴的捂嘴，竖拇指的竖拇指，差点为小姚的表演笑出声来。 果然，毛泽东见小姚那副样子，便把手中的烟头给摁灭在烟灰缸里，并且朝姑娘抱歉地笑了笑，随即又将目光落到了文件上。 “主席，铅笔用完了吗？我又削了些。”小姚在步步实施计划。 “好，请放好，谢谢你。”毛泽东嘴里说着，却连头都没有抬一抬。 “主席，水凉了吧，要不要换？”小姚继续找“茬儿”。 “不凉，莫换了。” 毛泽东说不凉，小姚的心却一下子凉了。what to do?她的手碰到了衣服口袋里的那本画报，姑娘急中生智，不知哪来的那股勇气，掏出画报，竟然不管毛泽东同意不同意，就往毛泽东正在看着的文件上一盖。 “主席，看，毛泽民烈士，卫士长说是您的亲弟弟，我怎么看不出来呀？” 毛泽东出神地看了看画报，然后放下笔，身子往后一仰，做了个扩胸的动作。 “他上当了！”小姚激动得快要喊出来了，可又不敢。 “他长得有点像印度人，是跟我不太一样。”毛泽东无限深情地说道，“不过我们的确是亲兄弟。他像我父亲，我像我母亲。” “主席，给我讲讲您弟弟的故事吧！”姑娘得寸进尺。 毛泽东摇摇头，正想开口，即听到卫士长的声音：“小姚怎么搞的，主席正在办公，你就跑来搅和，出去吧！” 小姚见卫士长那副气势汹汹的样子，真是吓了一跳，可当她又见卫士长朝她扮鬼脸，便完全明白了。她顿时装出一副可怜巴巴的样儿，朝毛泽东看了一眼，像是真要走开似的。 毛泽东哪知这是“小鬼”们早已串通好的把戏！听见卫士长这么一说，便不干了：“你不要乱说，我现在正在休息，小姚跟我聊聊天，有什么不对呀？” 卫士长的脸顿时比电影还变幻得快，一副笑颜地说道：“主席您不知道，小姚会唱河北小调，让她给您唱一段。” “瞎说瞎说！”小姚真羞假羞不知道，反正脸蛋绯红。 “好啊，你还不承认！”卫士长朝门外喊一声，“喂，进来吧。主席在休息，快一起来听小姚唱歌呀！” 卫士们早已准备好，呼啦啦地拥到了毛泽东身边。 “哎哎，你们说说，小姚的歌是不是唱得挺好的？”卫士长李银桥不愧是个一流的鼓动者，卫士们顿时一齐帮起腔来。 “对对，她昨天还唱呢。” “小姚，你要是在主席面前不唱可不行啊！” “你们不要给她戴高帽子了。”毛泽东被这些姑娘小伙子逗乐了，慈善的目光落在了姚淑贤身上。“小姚，你唱一个吧！” 小姚毕竟是个姑娘，在这关键的时刻，却想退缩了。“不行啊，主席，我过去是瞎哼哼，在您面前，我……”说着就想溜。 “不行不行！”卫士们一下子把她抓了回来。“一定要唱！一定要唱！” “你们……你们这么多人欺侮我一个人，欺侮妇女！”小姚的脸红得像熟透的桃子。 毛泽东笑得眼里直闪晶莹的泪珠，一边与卫士们拍着手，一边指手画脚地对小姚说：“我们建立统一战线，你不与我们站在一起就孤立了，唱一支，唱了就加入了我们的统一战线了。” 卫士长暗暗地捅了一下小姚，小姚知道不能退了，便鼓了鼓勇气，于是那轻松、优雅的歌声在专列的主车厢内回荡起来—— 毛泽东全身松弛地靠在座椅上，与卫士们一起，摇头晃脑地为小姚打着节拍，卫士们个个喜笑颜开。 “后来，毛泽东睡了吗？”我们问。 李银桥久久停留在那幸福的回忆中，许久，他说：“没有，小姚唱完后，我们又一起同毛泽东说说笑笑了一会儿，他就又开始办公了。后来我又去劝他睡觉，他眨眨眼，说刚才小姚唱歌时他就休息了一阵子，够了，我还能再说什么呢？” “毛泽东就是这样一个人。他一生中最注重睡觉，可一生中始终睡得比别人少得多，少得多。”李银桥无限深情、无比痛惜地说。