Chapter 19 Mao Zedong sadly recites "Ode to Dead Trees"

Everyone knows that Mao Anying was the eldest son of Mao Zedong, and he died on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea. From a large amount of information, people saw the strong side of Mao Zedong as a leader.For example, when Ye Zilong and Jiang Qing reported the news of Mao Anying's death to the chairman, Mao Zedong said: "Who called him Mao Zedong's son!" Zhou Shizhao, a friend of Mao Zedong's youth, once complained to Chairman Mao that Mao Anying should not be allowed to go to North Korea.Mao Zedong replied very seriously: "You may be right. But I am the chairman of the country and I advocate sending troops to North Korea. If my son doesn't go, how can I persuade others?"

Mao Zedong is not only a leader, a great hero who stands up to heaven and earth, but also a father, a father who is full of flesh and blood and full of love. He loves his son and loves his flesh and blood, he is no less than ordinary people. According to Yang Shangkun's diary on January 2, 1951, when Mao Zedong heard the news of Mao Anying's sacrifice, he was silent for a while, then sighed, and said to himself: "There are thousands of sacrifices, and we can't just take care of them." This person. The matter is over, so there is no need to talk about it." Yang Shangkun also wrote emotionally: "(The chairman) has a great spirit, but the actual blow is not small! There is no way to do it. I have the intention of going to the countryside to rest."

Of course, the battle was tense, and the strong Mao Zedong did not go to the countryside to rest, but continued to direct the Sino-US war nervously.But it is conceivable that he is bearing the pain of losing a child and continuing to work hard for the country! During the fourth campaign, Peng Dehuai returned home. When I met Mao Zedong, I specifically reported the situation of Mao Anying's sacrifice. Mao Zedong's eyes were red, he smoked cigarettes one after another, and remained silent for a long time. It was the coldest season, and he looked up at the withered willow branches outside the window, and softly recited a poem "Ode to a Dead Tree" written by a great poet named Yu Xin in the Southern and Northern Dynasties:

Planting willows in the past, Yiyi Hannan. Now look at the shaking and falling, sad Jiangtan. Trees are still like this, how can people be embarrassed! What does that mean?It means that the willow tree planted in the early years is growing luxuriantly on the south bank of the Han River, leaving Yiyi's beautiful shadow; it has withered and its leaves are falling with the wind today, how sad the image on the river is!Trees are like this, let alone people, how can they bear it! Mao Zedong especially appreciated this poignant and beautiful "Ode to Dead Trees". According to information, before Mao Zedong's death, the last words he chanted were "Ode to Dead Trees".

Presumably, when he was reciting this poem, Mao Zedong thought that An Ying and An Qing had suffered a lot since they were young, and suffered a lot, but for the sake of the revolution, his father failed to take care of them much and failed to fulfill his father's responsibility! Presumably, when he was reciting this Fu, Mao Zedong thought of Anying's mother and his beloved wife Yang Kaihui, who died early for the revolution. Presumably, when reciting this Fu, Mao Zedong thought of the vivid faces of his younger brothers Zemin and Zetan, who left him one by one before the revolution was successful.

Presumably, he also thought of himself from this. At this moment, the old man felt a kind of real loneliness and pain, a kind of loneliness and pain of losing a child in old age! But Mao Zedong is Mao Zedong, that is a strong Mao Zedong, that is a heroic Mao Zedong, that is a Mao Zedong full of revolutionary idealism and optimism!He buried this deep sadness in his heart, and continued to lead the nation's battle. There is a touching scene left in a photo: when Mao Zedong held the hand of the mother of Huang Jiguang, the hero who sacrificed himself to block the bullet hole, there was no sadness or desolation on the face of this seemingly weak mother. Only smiles, strength and strength.

Because, she knew that among the tens of thousands of volunteer martyrs who died, there was her own son, and there was also the son of Mao Zedong, the leader of the Republic!The one who condoled her as a martyr was also a martyr. She also knows that her son, and Mao Zedong's son, all sacrificed for this country, for this nation, for this man who has lived with dignity despite a hundred years of humiliation and poverty sacrificed for the country! What kind of vigor and spirit is shown in this little-footed old lady? This is a kind of national spirit that is unwilling to be humiliated and fearless of powerful enemies;

This is a dedication spirit that understands righteousness and sacrifices one's life for the country; This is a spirit of heroism with great ambition to sacrifice and dare to teach the sun and the moon to change into a new sky; This is exactly the spirit of Mao Zedong!