Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Family Members

Today in 1993, when the 65-year-old Li Yinqiao recalled the long years that he and several other guards spent beside Mao Zedong, he was always filled with emotion. He said: "We who followed Mao Zedong for several years We have been guards for years and decades, living with Mao Zedong’s family every day. Mao Zedong has always regarded us as members of his own family, and we have always felt the caress of a loving father and the warmth of a family. Mao Zedong once asked me Ask: "Do you think I kiss my son or your guards?" I replied without hesitation: "Kiss our guards." Mao Zedong admitted this. He said: "My two daughters and two sons are alive. Li Min, who has been following He Zizhen, Li Na and his two sons, An Ying and An Qing, also rarely see each other for a few years, even when they are together, it is rare to see each other a few times a year, and they talk for a while at most, eating It's just a meal. I just get along with you day and night, inseparable. I can't hide this matter from my family from you, and you are all responsible for the food, housing and expenses of the family. You can be regarded as me One of the family, worthy of the name.'”

"What is the life of Mao Zedong's family? The general public, especially the contemporary teenagers, are very interested. In the past two years, you and Quan Yanchi co-authored "Mao Zedong who stepped up to the altar" and "Mao Zedong who stepped down from the altar" There are some descriptions in the book. After reading it, everyone’s response is good. However, some young people seem to be skeptical. In their eyes, as the first family of China, it is impossible to live such a poor and difficult life, because they say , Now an official, not to mention a provincial governor or a minister-level official, is just a small bureau chief or a small department chief. He has everything he wants at home, lives in a spacious room, there is fish and meat on the table, and his children spend money like running water. Could it be that Mao Zedong Is your family so difficult? So pitiful? Can you tell us about it with your own experience?"

To our questions and requests, Li Yinqiao agreed without hesitation, and showed some indignation: "I have heard more or less the questions you raised. What I want to declare is that the books or articles I wrote in the past There is nothing adulterated about the life of Mao Zedong’s family. As an economic person in charge of the daily life of Mao Zedong’s family, I can be a witness for history. Yes, some officials in society are not big now, but the degree of modernization and level of life Gao is indeed amazing. I don't know where these people got their money, but one thing I do understand is that they are very good at using the power in their hands. Mao Zedong, as the chairman of the party and the supreme leader of China, has the supreme authority Power. When he was alive, although the country was not as rich as it is now, as the lord of a country, if you want to get something, if you want to get something, I am afraid that it is only a matter of one sentence, and sometimes even a small hint is more than enough. However Mao Zedong has never been, and he is most opposed to being special in family life. In his family and personal life, he has shown strict self-discipline, diligence and thrift, selflessness, helping others, and never abusing power. , especially the current leading cadres and the general public, including young people, should learn and worship!"

Li Yinqiao spoke very excitedly, so we asked him to speak slowly. "Okay, let me tell you more, so that I can correct the inaccuracies in the books written by some authors on Mao Zedong's life a few years ago. "During the war, I lived in the army, so I won't talk about it. After the liberation, life became stable, and Mao Zedong's personal family life became interesting. Let's start from here." According to the instructions of the relevant departments of the central government, Mao Zedong's guard class is mainly responsible for taking care of the life, work, daily life and safety of Mao Zedong and his family.Because the children around Mao Zedong are basically him and Jiang Qing, except Li Na who can sometimes go home.But Mao Zedong's family, Jiang Qing's natal family and several children together can be considered a big family.In addition, Mao Zedong never touched money. He said more than once that he hated money the most in his life, and Jiang Qing was a person of enjoyment. He also worked as a housekeeper for Mao Zedong's family.Therefore, Mao Zedong's family, I know best.

In the early 1950s, the life of Mao Zedong's family was based on the economic contract system, because the salary system had not yet been implemented.The state gave Mao Zedong about 200 yuan a month, and Jiang Qing more than 100 yuan a month.The money is unified by me.At that time, I was paying more than fifty yuan a month.In order to plan the money, I listed such items as food, clothing, miscellaneous expenses and savings according to Mao Zedong's opinion.The daily food standard I set for Mao Zedong's family was three yuan.After reading it, Mao Zedong asked whether the food expenses were set a little higher. I explained that this included the money for entertaining guests, so Mao Zedong took a pen and wrote the words "according to it".Since then, this plan has been strictly followed.

Let's talk about "eat" first! Now, I often hear some people comment that the big cadres of the central government who meet every day on TV and newspapers either attend receptions or have banquets.I can't say well about the current issue, but I know some things about Mao Zedong's era, especially Mao Zedong himself.Receiving foreign guests and attending some important state banquets requires eating a few meals and drinking a few glasses of wine. It is necessary and irreproachable for engaging in diplomacy and government departments.As the chairman of the party, Mao Zedong also served as the chairman of the country in the 1950s, and sometimes attended some receptions, banquets for foreign guests, etc., but under normal circumstances, Mao Zedong was not willing to be busy with these wines and meats all day long, except for unavoidable situations , he likes quiet most in his life.When the president of the country established diplomatic relations with our country, the ambassador to China would send the letter of credence, and the president of the country had to receive the letter of credence in a certain ceremony.Mao Zedong was very reluctant to do this.At first I still went, but later I simply quit.He is not good at socializing.He basically didn’t drink alcohol, and his food was very simple. For a few days, Mao Zedong attended several banquets in a row, and when he came back, he murmured to me, “I won’t go there in the future. Don’t you see the dishes on the table like that? Eat it, or my spicy tofu with soy sauce is more suitable for the stomach."

Mao Zedong was such a person. Speaking of what he usually eats, you may not believe it, his simplicity is sometimes a bit too much for us. Chili is the main dish of his life.In addition, it is black beans, moldy tofu and so on.Among the staple foods, Mao Zedong liked oatmeal porridge, roasted taro, and red and brown rice.Maybe it was the living habits he developed in the countryside when he was young, or maybe it was the result of the tense life during the long war years. Mao Zedong was too rough and too single when it came to food.For this reason, Jiang Qing has never been able to get along with Mao Zedong, and we as guards sometimes feel that the chairman is living too hard.

Mao Zedong had a serious meal, usually with four dishes and one soup.Among them, a dish of dried chili and a dish of moldy tofu are indispensable.Sometimes this soup is the water for rinsing the dishes, and at most a few vegetables or wild vegetables are added—he is greedy for wild vegetables. All the meals of Mao Zedong's family members, relatives, or guests left by Mao Zedong were included in Mao Zedong's personal food expenses, and the meals were no different from what he usually ate.Mao Zedong's private treats were never "state funding" as some people now speculate.

Eating simple and rough is the second thing. The first thing is that Mao Zedong's simple and light food can be maintained, which is considered good, but his special working method makes it impossible for him to eat regularly.He doesn't work every minute, and he doesn't have an hour when he eats. He only takes feeling hungry as the "standard".Most people eat two meals a day, and some eat one meal. Sometimes they work for several days and nights, and they may eat five or six meals.It is almost rare for Mao Zedong to cook several dishes in a serious manner when we are eating as a family now, and to eat decently around the table.Mao Zedong had a dedicated chef, but the chef was "unemployed" most of the time.Therefore, our guards will also take on this task. "What? You said that we young men can cook for the chairman? Of course, it's very simple." In our guard's duty room, there is an electric stove and a large enamel jar.Mao Zedong was hungry, so we used it to cook a bowl of noodles for the chairman, or make a vat of oatmeal porridge, or bake a few taro.You young people now treat me to a meal of more than a dozen dishes. At that time, Mao Zedong could not eat so many good dishes in a month.I have followed him for fifteen years, and he always eats casually, a handful of fried soybeans, a few roasted taro, or a pot of oatmeal is considered a meal.

In the 1950s, Mao Zedong often went out for inspections. When he went to a place, the local comrades in charge inevitably had to clean up Mao Zedong's dust and hold banquets and wine.Mao Zedong was most annoyed by this, and made several provincial party committee cadres unable to step down several times.He directed at all kinds of dishes on the table, and lost his temper to these leading cadres: "You only think about me, Mao Zedong, and don't look at the masses of the people, what is in the rice bowls of the common people! The common people’s rice bowls are packed so much, and I’m more satisfied than anything else.” After a long time, leaders from all over the country knew the old man’s eating habits and temper, so they honestly and casually bought a few simple meals that Mao Zedong liked.Sometimes, I often ask our guards for advice in advance.

For meat dishes, Mao Zedong preferred braised pork and some fish.But he didn't let us do more.I remember when I moved to Yan'an and fought those fierce battles with Hu Zongnan's troops, I won three consecutive victories.One day, Mao Zedong said to me very emotionally: "Yinqiao, think of a way, can you help me make a bowl of braised pork? Make it fatter!" I said, "With such a big victory, shouldn't it be right to eat a bowl of braised pork? I'll go right away." After listening to my words, Mao Zedong quickly waved his hands: "I didn't mean that. I have used my brain too much these days. Eating some braised pork will be good for the brain." He is the guiding ideology.Usually, he only proposes to eat meat when he thinks he uses his brain too much.In fact, when did Mao Zedong not use his brain too much?Therefore, we deliberately asked the kitchen to make as much braised pork as possible to nourish his brain. In order to eat braised pork, Mao Zedong even had a fight with Jiang Qing, and the two ate it separately. That was the time when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea ended.Once, Mao Zedong worked continuously for dozens of hours, and I repeatedly reminded him: "Chairman, you haven't had a serious meal for two or three days." "Really?" Mao Zedong, whose head was buried in the pile of documents, seemed to ask me in surprise.When his eyes left the file, he probably felt hungry all of a sudden, so he said: "I'm really hungry, well, I'll have a meal!" I said, "Dr. Xu has already decided on the recipe, but there is no chance to make it..." Mao Zedong waved his hand as soon as he heard it: "I don't want any of his recipes. You can just get me a bowl of braised pork. I'm tired from working my brain these days." I was about to go to the kitchen to explain, when Jiang Qing came out of her room, and she whispered, "Is the chairman going to eat?" I nodded: "He wants braised pork." "It's braised pork again!" Jiang Qing was very dissatisfied, "Is there anything better than braised pork? It's been a few days, and the chairman hasn't had a proper meal. What did you eat yesterday?" "Oatmeal." "What about the day before yesterday?" "Xiao Zhang said that he cooked a bowl of dried noodles." "Look, you just don't know how to do things! See when I throw your electric stove and tea mug outside!" Jiang Qing was angry.In all fairness, Jiang Qing at that time was more concerned about Mao Zedong's life.She said this in the hope that Mao Zedong could change his eating habits and eat more nutritious meals.The problem is, she shouldn't be assertive and talk so much.She turned to me and said, "Stop rambling, do as I say! Don't use braised pork, what good stuff? Country buns are peasant habits that can't be changed!" She meant Mao Zedong. In this way, according to Jiang Qing's intention, Mao Zedong got a bowl of fish nuggets.During the meal, I stood timidly aside, waiting for Mao Zedong to eat. Mao Zedong always couldn't eat without the book or newspaper in his hand.He held the chopsticks in his hand, but his eyes were still fixed on a newspaper.Jiang Qing put a piece of fish into her husband's bowl.Mao Zedong realized something was wrong, so he turned his head and glanced at the table. "Well, what about braised pork?" Mao Zedong frowned. My heart "pounded" and jumped up.I know Mao Zedong's temper.He has always advocated that "what has been explained must be done", but I clearly don't do it, it must be "restrained".But I hoped in my heart that Jiang Qing would speak for me. "Where's the braised pork?" Mao Zedong turned his gaze to me and raised his voice. I swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva and wanted to wait for Jiang Qing to explain, but she didn't speak, so I had no choice but to answer. "Why didn't you do it?" Mao Zedong was angry, and asked loudly, "Why didn't you do what you told me?" There was silence, and my heart was in my throat. "Speak up, why didn't you do what you told me?" Mao Zedong was angry, "I only ask for a bowl of braised pork, is that too much?" Chairman, how can you go too far!You have worked for the Chinese revolution and hundreds of millions of people for decades. It is not too much to eat braised pork every day, and our guards are willing to cook it for you every day.But this time Jiang Qing refused to let him do it.I said this in my heart, but I couldn't utter a word, because I knew that if I said it, things would become big.Mao Zedong and Jiang Qing never got along. At this time, I said that Mao Zedong must have a quarrel with Jiang Qing.But Jiang Qing, you should come out and explain yourself!I felt aggrieved, but I couldn't speak, and tears flowed down my face. Mao Zedong couldn't watch him cry.Seeing me crying, I became uneasy again: "Forget it, forget it, pay attention in the future, you have to do what you told me. Don't cry, I still have to eat." Probably he also saw some tricks in it, so while I was helping him to sleep, he asked me to tell him what was going on in a low voice.I didn't dare to say it, but he wanted me to.But at this time Jiang Qing entered the room, Mao Zedong gave her a blank look, Jiang Qing immediately shouted: "You talk, you talk, I'm leaving!" I knew things were going wrong again, and Jiang Qing must have known that I had sued her in front of Mao Zedong.Helpless, I had to answer Mao Zedong's question.After I told the story, Mao Zedong's face darkened, and he said angrily: "She is right, I am a bumpkin, I am the son of a farmer, and I can't change the peasant's living habits. She is a foreign bun, and I can't eat it." When they reach one piece, they will separate. Yinqiao, remember: From now on, I will live in the house, wear clothes, and eat according to my habits. Jiang Qing’s house, what clothes to wear, and what meals to eat are all up to her. My business Leave her alone!" In this way, the problem of food for the only two members of Mao Zedong's family became "two fronts." On the issue of food, Mao Zedong not only never had high demands on himself, but also had the same demands on his children.Li Min and Li Na have followed us to eat in the big cafeteria since they were young.I remember once my lover who was an aunt to Mao Zedong’s family made a request to Mao Zedong: “Li Min and her mother suffered unimaginable hardships in the Soviet Union. Li Na, a baby who was six or seven years old, marched with us and slept in the open. You have been rolling under bombs for several years, but you haven’t had a good day, so let them have dinner with you!” Mao Zedong flatly vetoed: “Don’t come with us, take them to the big cafeteria!” At school, like all ordinary children, they sleep in dormitories, eat light meals, and wear old blue cloth clothes. They go to the countryside to work, walk together, and squeeze the bus with their classmates. No one else knows that they belong to Mao Zedong. daughter. I watched Li Na grow up. After going to college, I only go home every Saturday. The school is in the outskirts of the city. When there is an extracurricular activity, I always come home in the dark. A girl’s home is always less safe, so I kept it secret. Chairman Mao quietly picked her up several times, and Mao Zedong severely criticized me when he found out. In 1960, when the country’s economy was in difficulty and the Soviet Union forced debts, Mao Zedong, who had implemented the salary system at this time, made his first request to reduce his salary of about 500 yuan by 200 yuan, and instructed me: “Three years I don’t eat meat.” Naturally, the braised pork that he used to nourish his brain was canceled without exception.Once Mao Zedong did this, other leaders in the central government followed suit, reducing wages and not eating meat.But I am afraid that there are not many people like Mao Zedong who really do not eat meat for a meal. At that time, Li Na was in poor health and was resting at home. One day, I sent a guard to visit her.Li Na's face was very ugly, and the guard thought she was seriously ill, but Li Na said, "I'm hungry..." When the guard came back and told me, my nose was also sore.This child was born in Yan'an, and he hadn't had a few decent meals since he was a child. He always ate the black beans with us when he was a child. Now that he is liberated, his father is still the president of the country, but he is screaming hungry.Anyway, I was determined to get her something to eat!I got a pack of biscuits and quietly sent them to her.Li Na hid in a place where there were people behind her. Seeing that there was no one around, she swallowed a few yuan in one go, as if she had stolen it. After eating a few yuan, she remembered something, and carefully hid it in the pocket of her underwear. In the pocket, probably ready to eat slowly.Jiang Qing knew about this first, and then Mao Zedong found out. "Repeated orders, why specialize?" Mao Zedong was angry again.I was not convinced, and said: "Other parents also give gifts to their children!" Mao Zedong slammed the table: "Others can give gifts, but my child can't even give a biscuit! Who said she is Mao Zedong's daughter!" Whenever we want to do some "specialization" for his children, or for his children in a certain matter, Mao Zedong will be so furious and say: "Who is called He is Mao Zedong's son!" "Who said she is Mao Zedong's daughter..." In fact, the old man loves his children very much, but he is the leader of the people, and he is a person who wholeheartedly seeks happiness for others, but never for himself. Selfish Marxist-Leninists.He had to put strict self-discipline first, and put his love for his children deeply in his heart. Mao Zedong not only likes to eat braised pork, but also likes to eat some carp.After so many years of suffering, Comrade He Long once asked someone to deliver some carp.Jiang Qing came forward on this day, took Li Na home, and had dinner with Mao Zedong.The kitchen made two fish, one big and one small. Jiang Qing gave the big one to Mao Zedong, and he and Li Na ate the small one. At that time, Han Guixin and I were standing by the side. After Jiang Qing picked fish for his daughter, he gave it to Xiao Han. Xiao Han refused to eat, but Li Na refused, so Xiao Han had to eat with him. Mao Zedong, as if he was afraid of neglecting his son, greeted me: "Yinqiao, you eat together, I left half a fish for you." He pointed to the plate, took the documents, and stood up from the edge of the table. "Chairman, I, I won't eat." I took a few steps back in panic, how could I grab fish from Chairman Mao Zedong?Although my stomach was already "protesting", I didn't dare to have such unreasonable thoughts anyway. Mao Zedong thought I thought he had moved his chopsticks, so he said, "I'm not sick, so I haven't moved that side yet." I blushed to my ears: "That's not what I meant, save the chairman for dinner." "No leftovers, I don't eat leftover fish." After speaking, Mao Zedong left. Seeing Jiang Qing, she hurriedly finished the food in the bowl, and greeted Li Na and Xiao Han. They were afraid that I would be embarrassed to eat, so they all left. "Mao Zedong really didn't eat leftover fish?" we asked. "Where!" Li Yinqiao immediately denied it.Not only did he often eat leftovers, but when he saw rice grains and vegetables falling from the dining table, he always picked them up and stuffed them into his mouth. There was never a grain of rice left in his used rice bowl.He used this reason to let me eat it.Because during that time our guards had a very difficult life. Mao Zedong had such a simple and rough diet throughout his life, and he never had stomach problems or malnutrition.In this regard, our guards, doctors and other leaders of the central government all call it "god".Mao Zedong was a human being, but in some respects he was truly extraordinary. Don't you believe that Mao Zedong hasn't used a bar of soap to wash his face for decades?But it is true.He likes to wash his face with clean water, and if his hands are stained with ink or oil and cannot be washed off, he uses some soap for washing clothes.Speaking of it, you don't even believe it, he didn't even use toothpaste for brushing his teeth, he only used tooth powder.Mao Zedong had his own explanation for this issue: "I am not opposed to using toothpaste, high-grade toothpaste. It is produced for use, and it does not need to be produced or developed? However, tooth powder can also be used. I used tooth powder in Yan'an and got used to it. .” "At your age, let alone young people who are younger. They feel a little weird about many of the living habits of those of us who came from Yan'an. It is true that some practices are not very fashionable now, but The glorious tradition of hard work, diligence and frugality that we cultivated during the Yan'an period is the excellent quality of our Communists. Some habits formed at that time, we old comrades will never forget and will not change It is." Mao Zedong is the best example of inheriting and carrying forward the glorious tradition of the Yan'an Revolution. Speaking of Mao Zedong's clothes, it is even more tear-jerking.He has a sweater and wool trousers, which he has worn for many years. He heard from Yan Changlin, Mao Zedong's former guard platoon leader, that during the Long March, when Chen Changfeng, who served as Mao Zedong's guard, was there, Mao Zedong had this set of sweater trousers.Mao Zedong still wore it until the early days of liberation.I don't know how many patches there are.I am in charge of Mao Zedong's family's clothing expenses, so I am going to buy some wool to knit a new set for Mao Zedong.However, I know that for such matters, I must ask the old man himself for instructions, otherwise I will be punished.I consulted with the guards several times, but was pushed back by his old man.I am still not reconciled, because that would really hinder the image of a great leader.So, I discussed with Xiao Han and asked her to help talk about it. She sewed up Mao Zedong's torn clothes and pants, maybe Chairman Mao could listen to what she said. One day, Mao Zedong was reading documents, so Xiao Han and I went in to do work again.Xiao Han said: "Chairman, the weather is going to be cold soon. Your sweater and trousers are too torn, so you don't need to mend them. Li Yinqiao and the others offered to buy you some wool and let me knit a new set. Recently, I plan to follow them Let’s go to the street to see the colors, buy them for you and weave them quickly.” "Don't bother, Xiao Han, you took good care of Li Na, and you did the sewing and mending for us, which caused you a lot of trouble, and I am very grateful to you. I still ask you to work hard and darn a little more. Just wear it." Mao Zedong replied. "Your sweater and trousers are too torn, but they can be mended. How shabby they are!" Xiao Han wanted to fight for. "Well, it doesn't matter if you wear it inside, it doesn't matter whether it looks good or not, as long as you can wear it. If the coat is torn, you can still wear it if you mend it!" Mao Zedong brought up his revolutionary theory, "hard work is the glorious tradition of our party and our army. , although life is better now than it was in Yan'an, but when will this tradition have to be inherited, don't you think?" Unfortunately, our plan fell through again. A towel for washing face and hands, I don't know how long it has been used, and even the hairs on it have been smoothed out.I also asked whether to replace it with a new one, but Mao Zedong refused as usual: "Washing your face and wiping your hands is not a big deal, just wipe off the water droplets on your face and hands, and it will last for a while." His theories of life are generally as difficult to refute as his political views. You must have seen Mao Zedong wearing that neat yellow woolen uniform at the founding ceremony from photos and movies!This is the first time Mao Zedong wore decent clothes.Because I was going to attend the founding ceremony, the life secretary Ye Zilong got some pornographic schools from the warehouse captured by the Kuomintang army. I took it to Wangfujing and asked a master named Wang Ziqing to make it.After the founding ceremony, Mao Zedong wore it a few times and put it away.At that time, the military uniforms of the troops did not have a uniform style, and clothes made of yellow cloth were considered military uniforms.After liberation, one day Mao Zedong said to our guards: "Now that we are building socialism, we can take off our military uniforms. I will take them off, and you will too." Never wore a military uniform again.Mao Zedong also no longer wore the yellow woolen uniform he wore at the founding ceremony. One day, Mao Zedong said to Jiang Qing: "I don't want to wear military uniforms any more. You can give them to whoever you want!" In the past, Mao Zedong gave his son Mao Anying one of his military coats. An Ying died, and her son An Qing was not by her side.Mao Zedong completely regarded us as his own family members, and he asked Jiang Qing to share his clothes with us guards. I took four sets including the military uniform worn at the founding ceremony.Later, two pieces were distributed to Sun Yong, the deputy head of the guard in charge of the outer guard.I was extra careful, and took home the one I wore at the founding ceremony. Mao Zedong's clothes were too fat for me, so I changed them into clothes that fit me.At that time, I didn't think of how much historical and cultural value it had, so I cut it in a hurry.It’s just that my wife joked with me and said: “Li Yinqiao, you are so brave. You dared to cut off the dragon robe worn by the ‘emperor’ and wear it proudly.” I said, “Don’t talk nonsense, Mao Zedong himself Besides, he is a public servant of the people, don’t want to be an emperor. He treats us as his own family, so it’s nothing to change the clothes!” In 1967, when the rebels abused me and repeatedly criticized and ransacked my house, they found this set of clothes. When the History Museum heard about it, they took the suit away.It is still in the Tianjin History Museum.Later, the Central History Museum and I wanted to ask for it, but they never gave it away.I feel very sorry, because this is the clothes that Mao Zedong personally gave me; when I wear them, I will always feel the warmth of his fatherly father, or I should not change the "only" chairman of the founding ceremony of New China at all. clothes, its cultural relic value seems to be higher.The set of "Founding Ceremony Clothes" that people see in the "Chairman Mao Memorial Hall" is not genuine.Because they couldn't get it back from the Tianjin History Museum, the relevant departments went to Sun Yong to borrow one of the two sets that Mao Zedong had given us each.Thinking about it now, I always feel a little confused.At this time, my lover Han Guixin would comfort me and say: "Yinqiao, you don't have to blame yourself like that. When the chairman was here, he never treated us as outsiders. He was very casual about his own things, except books. Yes, whoever wants to take it can take it." My lover is right.Mao Zedong was never stingy with the things in his home. To be honest, apart from books and Jiang Qing's clothes, his home was not as rich as Han Guixin's and mine.This point, I, the "steward" who is in charge of his family's property, knows best. Although Mao Zedong gave several pieces of clothes to us staff as soon as he handed over, he has always been very stingy with himself, and he can't even be believed. That was when we had not yet entered the city of Beijing. We lived in the Shuangqing Villa in Xiangshan. Mao Zedong met here or went to the city almost every day to meet the leaders of various democratic parties, representatives from all walks of life, and celebrities.One day, he was going to see Zhang Lan. He told me before: "Mr. Zhang Lan has made a lot of contributions to the liberation of the Chinese people, and enjoys a high prestige among democrats. We must respect the old man. Help me Find something better to change into." I searched through all of Mao Zedong's belongings, but I couldn't find a piece of clothing that wasn't torn or patched.I had no choice, so I asked Mao Zedong for instructions: "Chairman, it's too late to do it, should I borrow one?" Mao Zedong didn't seem to have thought of this "accident" either. He paused for a while, and after hearing what I said, he quickly waved his hand, "Don't borrow it. The patch doesn't matter, as long as it's clean and tidy. Mr. Zhang is a virtuous person, so he won't laugh at me!" In this way, Mao Zedong wore patched clothes and received not only Zhang Lan, but also famous Shen Junru, Li Jichen, Guo Moruo... But not long after, I was worried about another thing.It turned out that in those few years, Mao Zedong served as the chairman of the country and often received foreign guests. Fortunately, he had a black woolen uniform provided by the etiquette department, but the pair of leather shoes on his feet were so old that they lost their luster. , the most terrible thing is that none of his socks are without patches.I advised him to change his leather shoes and buy two new pairs of socks, but Mao Zedong refused, saying he could still wear them for a while. Helpless, one day, before receiving foreign guests, the old man lay on the sofa with his feet stretched out naturally. I accidentally looked over there, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Chairman, draw your feet in." Mao Zedong thought what was going on, and quickly withdrew his feet: "Yinqiao, what's going on?" I smiled, pointed to his feet and said, "Look, if you stretch your feet forward, all the patches on the socks will be exposed in front of the guests." Mao Zedong stretched out his foot again, and he found that the patch on the sock was "exposed". He smiled and said, "Yes, I will retract it, so the family ugliness can't be exposed!" From then on, whenever Mao Zedong received foreign guests or met with some important guests, I would remind the guards that "the family ugliness should not be publicized". They smiled and understood what was going on.When Mao Zedong heard this, he would understand it and respond quickly. From what I have seen in the fifteen years I have followed Mao Zedong, he generally never accepts gifts from others.Although sometimes some local party and government leaders and old comrades-in-arms, old friends, relatives, and fellow villagers who followed Mao Zedong to fight the world will also send him some gifts, but the things placed in his home are generally confiscated by relevant departments. Make your own rules.Foreign friends and leaders sometimes give gifts, which are confiscated.If it's something to eat, it's fun for us young guards and boys in the guard company and squadron, because Mao Zedong always thinks of us. I remember that it was the second year after the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Comrade Kim Il Sung, the great leader of the Korean people, gave Mao Zedong twenty-four boxes of high-quality apples in order to show his respect to Mao Zedong and the Chinese people.Usually, Mao Zedong just glanced at the gift list for gifts like this, and he couldn't see the real thing.However, this time the relevant departments found it difficult to handle the matter, because the five striking words "Long Live Chairman Mao" were printed on each of the apples. Who would dare to eat "Long Live Chairman Mao"!For this reason, Mao Zedong had to be consulted.That day I saw Mao Zedong holding an apple with "Long Live Chairman Mao" in his hand and looking at it curiously.A comrade in the management department told him that this was when the apples were not yet ripe, and the writing was pasted on the apples, and the words appeared as soon as the sun was exposed. "It's hard for Kim Il-sung to have his heart." Mao Zedong said, "However, 'long live' is impossible. A person who can live to a hundred years old is a long life. Let alone a long life for me, it is absolutely impossible for me to live a hundred years. .Because I have a lot of issues that I wanted to discuss with Marx. Then you don’t have any worries.” Mao Zedong said it humorously, with an indifferent attitude. "Yinqiao, convey my order to let the guards and the comrades of the guard squadron destroy all these twenty-four boxes of apples." Mao Zedong made a habitual and attractive movement of pushing forward on his chest. "Yes!" Just like that, I ate North Korean apples happily for a few days with the guards and guards. As the saying goes, no matter how good a couple is, there are times when they quarrel, and no matter how close brothers and sisters are, they will grit their teeth with anger.We live in the big family of Mao Zedong, and sometimes it is unavoidable to have some conflicts over some things.At this time Mao Zedong was always like a father, he would restrain the "big boy" like me first, and he would inevitably coax the younger ones.No wonder, although our guards are all good fighters, but after all, most of them are young men who have just left their parents. Those who reprimand us at the height of the "proletarian revolution" always use humor, or enlightenment and enlightenment like amusing children.As a result, the trivial things that were originally there immediately disappeared.Therefore, I, the "big brother" who is the head of the guard, has been very easy to lead these "little brothers" who are guards for more than ten years.Our guards have always maintained a revolutionary friendship of brotherhood and brotherhood.This should be attributed to Mao Zedong, the "big patriarch". This is the case internally.Externally, Mao Zedong had a completely different attitude.If our guards have a bad relationship with outsiders, Mao Zedong will completely assume the attitude of a strict parent and punish you until you admit your mistakes and correct them. Mao Zedong often said to us: "You are my guards. Once you have trouble with outsiders, I have to be like those strict fathers. No matter how right my own children are, no matter how wrong other people's children are, I must first criticize them."你们。我很小的时候，我父亲也是这么做的！”这一点上，他继承了中华民族所有做父亲的传统美德。 卫士田云玉是公认的最受毛泽东喜爱的小卫士，他不仅年纪小，而且一身孩子气。平时在毛泽东和江青面前无拘无束。这对身边缺少儿女天伦之乐的毛泽东夫妇，无疑是一种补偿。所以，他们平时很惯着他。他身上穿的毛衣，还是江青亲手一针一针织的哩！这一惯不要紧，小田却渐渐滋长起了那些被惯孩子的通病——任性，目中无人。 有一次，我们随毛泽东到南方。在专列上，一天，小田和乘务员小姚在一起，小姚是个姑娘，也是跟随毛泽东多次出车的熟人了。为了开门快慢的事，小田和小姚两人吵了起来。小田让小姚开快一点，声音里带有一种“命令”的口气，小姚也是个任性的姑娘，偏偏不吃这一套，于是两人你一句我一句地顶了起来。 “你不就是个列车员吗，有什么了不起的？”小田挖苦道。 小姚的嘴巴也不饶人：“列车员怎么着？我还入党了，你还没有入党呢！告诉你，做人还得靠自己，别以为你在主席身边有什么了不起！” 小田不干了，到毛泽东身边还没人这么伤他自尊心呢！于是气得破口大骂，什么话难听，他就骂什么。一开骂，小姚姑娘就只有眼泪了。她“呜呜”地哭着到毛泽东那儿狠狠地告了小田一顿御状。 “小田，主席叫你去！”我把小田叫去。见他的神色，还是那样一腔傲劲，他嘴里喃喃着：“哼，告就告，主席会把我怎么样！” 谁知，这一次毛泽东可没有轻饶小田。毛泽东用手指着小田的鼻尖，怒吼地责问道：“你说，你为什么对小姚耍态度？” “都是我们把你给宠坏了！瞧瞧，现在都不知道天高地厚了！”江青也在一边指指戳戳。 “越来越不像话了！”毛泽东双手叉着腰，那架势真像老子要打恨铁不成钢的儿子似的。“要检查，要当面向小姚检查，检查不好就别来见我！” 小田这次可威风扫地了，一直几天抬不起头来。不过，事情过去了，毛泽东又像疼爱自己的乖孩子似的跟小田又是逗乐又是寻开心。小田也没有一点思想负担。 严格地说，这类事还只能算是孩子之间的小打小闹。大人间的大打大闹也是有的。我们卫士及工作人员之间还倒没见过和听说过有谁跟谁公开打得不可开交。不过，我们同毛泽东的家人之间倒是出现过几次大吵大闹。不是跟别人，都是跟不可一世的江青大人。江青那时还不是什么“四人帮”，除了主席夫人外，没有什么头衔，后来经周恩来提议，中共中央常委研究同意后，她才有了毛泽东生活秘书的头衔。但她不怎么管事。虽说她负责兼管我们卫士、医生、护士和阿姨这一摊，实际权力还不一定有我这个卫士长大呢！所以，在当时我们的眼里，她也仅算是毛泽东家庭成员中的一员，仅仅是重要一员而已。江青可不同于毛泽东，侍候她不那么容易，而且她经常挖空心思出怪点子让我们不好办。我们最恨她的是她经常干扰我们值毛泽东的正班。 毛泽东长年累月，难有闲时，毛泽东越忙，江青就越闲。她一闲，事情就多起来，而且总是叫上我们这些卫士们。虽然我们心里也很反感她，可毕竟不敢公开跟她唱对台戏。再说，我们卫士也负有为她服务的一部分责任。江青也就借这一点，总是对我们指手画脚，谁要稍微表露出一些不顺从，谁就不会有好果子吃。当然，那时还谈不上“政治迫害”，再大，也仅算作是“家庭矛盾”吧。可悲的是，当时我们卫士、毛泽东，连江青在内都把这些顶嘴吵闹当作一说就过去的“家庭矛盾”。待后来登上“女皇”的政治舞台后，这位“第一夫人”便一下翻脸，说成是我们“一直对她不满”，“反对江青”的把柄，从而进行严酷的政治报复。This is something. 但在五六十年代，虽然我们多次跟江青吵过，而且有时吵得非常厉害，但毛泽东和我们，包括当时的江青在内，都把这些看成是“家庭矛盾”，我举个例子。 记得是1958年夏天，我随毛泽东、江青又来到北戴河，还是住平房一号屋。自毛泽东1954年来后，这一号平房便成了他每年夏天的一个新办公地址和起居处。 这段时间，毛泽东很忙，诸如人民公社、大炼钢铁、吃食堂等大事都纠缠着他，大会小会几乎天天有。这一天照例，毛泽东晚上工作了一个通宵，上午十点来钟才睡觉，并在临睡前嘱咐我，下午四点钟有个会议，三点钟要叫醒他。趁着还有几个小时，我便坐在值班室看书。大约两点，给江青值班的卫士说江青让我去打牌。 就一个来小时了，我真没什么兴趣，可江青叫的能不去吗？ “来，银桥，还是我们俩打对家。”江青兴致正浓。可偏偏我一副无精打采的样子，“怎么了，想老婆了？你几天没陪我打了，快拿牌。”她朝我使了个眼色，示意让我打起精神配合她赢上几回。 我抬起手腕，看看还差几分就两点了，便“唉”的长叹一声，那只摸牌的手慢腾腾地抓着。 “喂，看着一点，让你出牌了！”江青瞪了我一眼，显然是我的精神状态使她大为扫兴。 心不在焉，牌能打得好吗？连续两回，我们都输了，江青沉不住气了：“今天你是怎么啦？不是叹气就是打错牌！” 我只好说：“主席下午有会。” “正班不是田云玉么？”江青说得对，可我是卫士长，毛泽东行动时，我必须跟着，这是多年养成的习惯，也是我神圣的职责。江青这么一说，我又不好当面反驳，取而代之的是没完没了的叹气声。 说实在的，这种叹气声和连续的出错牌的状态，对一个正在兴头上的人来说，是难以忍受的，再加上江青一贯惟她独尊，我这个样，在她看来是明摆着没把她放在眼里。 第三局，刚出几张牌，我连续失误，以致败局已定。 “不打了！”忽然，江青把牌往我面前一甩，瞪着一双大眼睛，“噌”地立起来，大声责问我：“李银桥，你今天到底想要干什么？你说说清楚！” 打牌的和看牌的卫士与护士一下子都惊呆了，大眼瞪小眼地看着我。 妈的，你们看着我干什么？我心里头窝着火，便没有好气地回敬江青道：“我要干什么呀？主席下午要开会，我要陪他！现在你却要我陪你打牌，你说我要干什么？” “放肆！”江青“嘭”地一下拍起桌子来。然后指着我问：“你想想你是跟谁在说话。” 瞅她那样，我有意带着轻蔑的口气说：“还跟谁，不就跟你江青同志说话吗？你耍什么态度？” “咳咳，你这李银桥，是我耍态度还是你耍态度？是你们为我服务还是我为你们服务啊，你说呀！说！”江青声嘶力竭地抬出高帽子给我戴。 我可不怕她这一套，毫不含糊地回答她：“我为主席服务，就是间接为人民服务，政治上一律平等。组织上没有交代我陪你打扑克的义务！” “你、你……”江青气得就差没搬起凳子朝我砸，“李银桥，李银桥，你狂到这个份儿上了，啊？你不就是个卫士长吗？你，你你给我滚出去！滚！” 这我哪受得了！堂堂毛泽东的卫士长，给她手指着让我滚就滚了？再说，你江青当着这么多卫士的面让我滚，我以后还有什么权威指挥我的卫士了！我的脸一下子像喝醉了酒，太阳穴“突突突”地直震脑门子。那时我已虚岁三十了，跟随毛主席也有十多个年头了。可我第一次感到我是那样冲动，我也仿佛第一次感到自己已不再是一个任人摆布的小孩了，我也是人，也是大人了！于是，那男子汉的吵架架势一下“哗”地拉开了，好像除了记得自己是毛泽东的卫士长外，其余全忘记了似的，指着江青以同样的嗓门回敬她。 “你不狂？你江青不就是个秘书吗？我喊毛主席万岁，还轮不到喊你江青万岁呢！” “啊——好你个李银桥！”江青气哭了，冲着我就奔了过来，亏得护士把她拉住了。 “你再说一遍！我看你李银桥再敢说一遍！” 以前我跟江青也吵过架，那时情况不同。我是小卫士，再说那次我理短。是因为我说了她躲风，可今天就不同了，我也不知怎么搞的，像吃了豹子胆似的，眼看这一架闹大了，心里也不免有点慌，可嘴上还是死硬死硬：“我就说你！看你怎么着！” 大概除毛泽东以外，江青还没有碰到第二个人敢当着众人面这样对待她。她哪受得了这个，于是又哭又闹，非要跟我拼个死活。我也哭了，也不停地与她对骂。现在想起来觉得真有意思，太好笑了，完全像小孩子打架一般。屋子里全乱套了，护士们劝江青，卫士们拉着我，一起一伏，一前一后，双方如同拉锯一般。 当时，我在嘴上和行动上没让江青占过上风，但心里毕竟发毛。估计毛泽东也要起床了，我便一边哭，一边闹地转头便朝毛泽东的房间跑去。 “怎么回事？”大概毛泽东已听到外面吵吵闹闹的声音，正朝外探着头张望。 我一见毛泽东，就像外头受了多少委屈的儿子见到亲娘老子，“呜呜”地放声大哭起来：“江青骂我，她……她说我就是为她服务的……” 我还没有说清两句，江青也披头散发地哭着闯了进来。于是我们两个又吵成一团。 “什么屁事！”毛泽东一听我们净是为了一些鸡毛蒜皮的小事闹到如此地步，便站在中间，大着嗓门喊了一声：“不许吵了，都给我闭嘴，看你们成什么样！蠢么！蠢么！”说着，他一副劝架样，一手将江青往外推，一手将我往屋里推。 “你年纪比他大，不能少说一句？”毛泽东对要出门的江青嗔怒地说了一句。嗨，不知怎的，我顿时觉得有了靠山似的，冲着江青背后又重重地说了一句。这下坏事了，江青说啥也不肯出去，非得跟我没完。 “怎么回事？她不说了你还嘀咕个啥？”毛泽东瞪了我一眼。 我不吭声了，可江青哪肯罢休。她一闹，我又忍不住了。 “住嘴！”毛泽东真的发火了，只见他站在我和江青中间，双手叉腰，右脚往地上狠狠地一跺，那声音像打雷一般：“从现在起，谁再说一句，我就追究谁！” 江青和我眼瞪着眼，谁也不敢吭声了。 “看看你们的能耐！一个毛泽东的老婆，秘书，一个毛泽东的卫士长，就为了打扑克吵成这个样？”毛泽东的眼睛冲着地，火气十足：“我整天忙得顾头不顾尾，你们倒好，闲得发慌！吵架吵得拉都拉不开，说出去叫人家听着，丢不丢人哪？啊！” “到此为止，你们两个玩不到一起就不要玩了，都看书去！”毛泽东把那只大手在胸前那么一画，“都给我下去！” 事后，公安部长罗瑞卿和中央办公厅主任杨尚昆给我们整风。批评是批评了，但我没有感到什么压力。因为我心里有底，这是“家里”的事，吵得再凶也是家里的事，像所有的家庭一样，吵过也就完了。我们在毛泽东身边时间干得长的卫士们都有这种感觉：毛泽东把我们当作他家庭的成员对待，我们也觉得有他这么个“大家长”，如同生活在自己亲生父亲身边，爱与憎，都清清楚楚，没有什么隔阂。虽然若干年后，江青得势时借这些私怨对我报复，但当时我始终没因为跟她在毛泽东面前大吵大闹后有什么后顾之忧。毛泽东也没有，第二天他就“银桥”、“银桥”地叫个不停。 “这就是我们在毛泽东一家生活的真实感受。”李银桥说。 我需要补充一点的是，毛泽东对自己的一生几乎毫无物质上的任何追求，他吃粗茶淡饭，穿旧衣破袜。但对我们卫士以及其他身边工作人员、亲属、故友却从来是慷慨解囊。在他工资开支中，后来专门让我单设了一项“救济同志”栏。我本人就几次接受过毛泽东的经济帮助。差不多卫士班的同志人人都受过毛泽东的这种帮助。 “说起这些，常常使我们卫士感到催人泪下。”两鬓斑白的李银桥，眼眶里盈满了泪水。 “我能不动情吗？”他说，“毛泽东自己一套毛衣补了又补，洗脸洗脚舍不得用两块毛巾，可只要一听我们卫士中哪个家里有困难，便会马上解囊。” 他自己不管钱，而且他曾不止一次地对我说：“我这个人最讨厌钱。”在我跟随他十几年间，从没见过他动手拿过钱。有一次，一位叫张瑞岐的同志，在延安时当过毛泽东的警卫员，解放后，他写信给毛泽东说家里遇到了困难，毛泽东见信后立即吩咐我寄钱。 我从毛泽东的工资节余存款中取出三百元，放在牛皮纸袋里，准备寄之前让毛泽东本人过过目。当口袋送到他面前时，毛泽东以为又是什么公文，正准备抽出来看时，我说了声：“是给张瑞岐同志的救济款。” 毛泽东一听，脸色突变，像是无意中抓了一只癞蛤蟆似的那样恶心，把牛皮纸袋扔到了一边。“你以后要注意呢！我是从来不摸钱的。我最讨厌钱这东西。”从那时起，我便知道毛泽东是不摸钱的。然而，他自己不摸钱，对我们卫士，对身边的同志，却总是关怀备至，百般帮助。记得，经我手得到毛泽东经济帮助的就不下几十人次。对我们卫士，除了平时同志的家中和个人有什么特殊困难外毛泽东要救济，一般在卫士离开他时，在卫士结婚、生育时，在卫士离开数年再来看他老人家时，或者来信有意无意地提起有困难时，毛泽东无一例外地都解囊相助。 “请不要大眼瞪小眼地看着我，我明白你们想说什么。先听我把话说完。” 确实，毛泽东给同志的这种帮助一出手就是几百元，不了解内情的人还一定以为反正毛泽东是国家主席，要多少钱就会有多少钱。错了，毛泽东尽管一年中总有几次那样帮助别人，但从来不动用公家或者说国库里的钱给别人。他的这种资助，全是用他工资节余中的存款。也就是说，都是从他牙缝里和身上扣下来的钱！我粗略地统计过，他一年帮助别人的钱，总是远远多于他自己吃饭和穿衣所花去的钱。 毛泽东有一笔数目不小的稿费。过去是由秘书代为保管，现在是全部缴中央办公厅，就连李敏、李讷都不会得到的。对过去的朋友，对生活过得清贫的民主人士，对那些素不相识但问题反映到他老人家那里的平民百姓，毛泽东这类的帮助，大多动用他的稿费，由秘书代为处理。 “最后，我还要补充的一点是：尽管我们卫士们每个人都不同程度地得到过毛泽东的经济帮助，但他老人家把我们看作自己家庭成员中的一员的最突出的表现，是在政治上给了我们平等的权利，生活上给予了关照，以及精神和感情上的融洽。” 李银桥搬出几本当年他们卫士和毛泽东一家生活在一起的珍贵照片，我们一页一页地翻着，深深地感到毛泽东不仅是一个举世无双的中国人民的伟大领袖，同时，又是一个慈祥、可敬、可爱的父亲。 1957年8月上旬，毛泽东到青岛视察。因为人手紧，我就带了卫士封耀松和田云玉，偏偏这个时候，小田的家里来了封加急电报，电报就五个字，“母病重速回”。小田一家兄弟姐妹七人，家庭生活相对比较艰苦。他的母亲里里外外真不容易。小田一见电报就特别着急。他恨不得插上翅膀飞回家，可又一想毛泽东身边人少，就是他不走，也每天要同封耀松两人每天每人轮流值十多个小时，要是一走，显然毛泽东身边的值班可就成问题了，因为我是卫士长，还有外围及与地方联络等工作，毛泽东出外巡视时我一般不值正班。小田不知如何是好，便拿着电报找到了毛泽东。 “你打算怎么办？”毛泽东看了电报问道。 “我……还没想好。” “你母亲平时身体咋样？” "still alright." 毛泽东思忖了一会儿，说：“你准备一下，马上回去看看。当孩子的，应该为家里大人多费点心。” 小田觉得为难：“我一走，主席身边就没人了。” 毛泽东拍拍小田的肩膀：“不要管我。我这里总会有办法，你就安心回去看老人，回头你把罗秘书叫来。” 毛泽东叫罗秘书来，是问有没有顺便的交通工具把小田带到北京，然后让他早些回到家。一听有，毛泽东马上叫来小田：“正好有北京送文件的飞机，你可以跟着飞机回北京，然后再转火车回家。让卫士长给你带二百五十元钱，作路费，也好给你母亲治病用。” 小田见毛泽东为他考虑得如此周到，心里热乎乎的。 “一百元就够了，主席。” “嗯？”毛泽东说，“那好，你就先带上一百元回去，如果再有困难就写信来，啊？！” "Hey." 小田回到老家黑龙江双城县，走进家门，只见母亲红光满面，正欢快地干着活。 “妈，你病好了？”小田惊讶道。 母亲一见儿子回来了，高兴得直上下瞅个不停。然后笑嘻嘻地告诉儿子：“你妈没病。就是太想你才拍了个电报。” “妈，看你，怎么能这样！”小田生气了，在家待了几天后，满足了家里人的愿望，便又回到毛泽东的身边。回来后，他如实向毛泽东作了汇报。他低着头，心想这一下肯定要挨毛泽东“克”了。 不想，毛泽东笑呵呵地把他拉到自己的身边，连声说：“你去对的吆，对的吆。”然后，又十分感慨道：“你现在该明白，儿行千里母担忧啊！母亲的爱是其他的爱不能相比的。” 我看到毛泽东在说此话时，眼睛湿润润的。是啊，过去他老人家曾多次跟我说过他的母亲当年也是三天两头地挂念这位远离韶山冲，到全国各地去寻找真理的儿子，其情其景，不无催人泪下。Mao Zedong was a very emotional person.他当年为了革命事业，为了全中国劳苦大众的解放，不曾顾得上这种崇高而神圣的爱偿还给自己的母亲，而今，他却把这种爱倾注在我们这些生活在他身边的卫士身上。这种爱，难道不值得我们这些卫士把它化作力量，化作忠诚，化作全心全意为毛泽东服务，为全中国人民服务的实际行动吗？