Chapter 20 Chapter 62

Nurse Li Xiuzhi brought a basin of hot water and put it on the ground, took off Mao Zedong's shoes and socks, and began to massage Mao Zedong's feet.Mao Zedong sat comfortably on the sofa in the living room. While watching TV, he tried the heat of the water with his feet. After several lifts, he finally made up his mind to put his feet into the hot water.Li Xiuzhi rubbed and squeezed his fat and fluffy big feet with a pair of soft and flexible hands, and said in her mouth: "I have been taking care of these feet for so many years, and I have taken care of them." Mao Zedong put his hands on the armrest of the sofa On the table, she stared at the TV and smiled, and said: "Then you will follow these feet for the rest of your life." Li Xiuzhi squatted there, scrubbing and massaging, and said: "If it behaves well, I will follow it for the rest of my life. It goes Wherever I go, I will follow." Mao Zedong rubbed his feet together and said, "What does it mean to behave well, and what does it mean to behave poorly?" Li Xiuzhi said, "Walk when you should walk, and don't walk if you shouldn't. Be obedient when cooking it." Mao Zedong leaned back on the sofa and smiled comfortably, and said, "This is easy, a gentleman's agreement, it's a deal."

Li Xiuzhi saw that his feet were hot and soft, so she began to massage them in the water. She asked while she was massaging, "Is it comfortable or not? You have to experience it carefully. This is also one of the manifestations." Mao Zedong laughed and said, "It only knows Walking, how can there be any experience?" Li Xiuzhi said: "Of course you should have the experience. The soles of the feet and the palms are connected to the heart. You have to experience it with it now, or it will not help you in the future. Don't underestimate it. How great these feet are. Come on." You have crossed Jinggang Mountain, walked through the grassland, climbed over the snow-capped mountains, and walked so many roads in Yan'an, and now you have traveled all over the country and helped you swim, do you hear me?" Li Xiuzhi said, pinching Mao Zedong's toes one by one. .Mao Zedong said: "Your object is not clear. Do you ask it or me? Ask it it doesn't know, and I will answer it if you ask me." Li Xiuzhi said: "Ask it is asking you, and asking you is asking it." Mao Zedong again Hehe smiled: "Okay, I have to answer for it, it's very comfortable."

Li Xiuzhi squeezed it for a while, and asked, "Is the water cold? Do you want to add some hot water?" She glanced at the thermos beside her, and Mao Zedong was still watching the TV. At the same time, she took both feet out of the basin, left and right Putting it on the side of the basin is an answer. Li Xiuzhi picked up the thermos and added some hot water to the basin, tried it with her hands, stirred it, and then put Mao Zedong's feet in again. As usual, Mao Zedong first tested the heat of the water with his heel, tried it, and then tried it again, and then slowly put a pair of big feet into the basin.The scalding water flooded the ankles again, and the feet were already red hot. Li Xiuzhi started massaging one foot at a time, back and forth, left and right.Mao Zedong calmly looked over Li Xiuzhi's head and looked at the opposite TV.

Yesterday was October 31, 1968. The 12th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee closed. The comprehensive report of the 12th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee was being broadcast on TV.Mao Zedong saw on TV footage of himself attending several plenary sessions, and also footage of Lin Biao speaking at the plenary session, as well as footage of Beijing and the military and civilians all over the country celebrating the victory of the 12th Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee outside the session.He closed his eyes and let Li Xiuzhi's flexible little hands pinch his big feet comfortably. From last January when Shanghai stormed the whole country to seize power, to September 5 this year when the revolutionary committees were finally established in Tibet and Xinjiang, the whole country (except Taiwan) ) Twenty-nine provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions have finally established revolutionary committees and achieved "a national red." On the basis of such a national victory, the convening of the 12th Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee is also a preparation for the Ninth National Congress.The revolution in the past two years has been carried out according to the situation, which is a matter of course.These shots aroused his hazy reverie just now, and even Jinggang Mountain, Climbing Snow Mountain, Crossing the Grassland, and Yan'an Earthen Cave Dwellings all appeared erratically.

He opened his eyes and saw the camera of himself at the opening ceremony on October 13 again.Accompanied by Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai and others, he sat in the center of the rostrum facing the entire venue, and said calmly: "This Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution is absolutely necessary to consolidate the dictatorship of the proletariat, prevent the restoration of capitalism, and build socialism. It is very timely. Should the Cultural Revolution be carried out? Is the achievement the main thing, or are the shortcomings and mistakes the main thing? To get to the end, or not to the end? Let’s discuss it.” He counted the fingers of his left hand with his right hand while speaking head, stating one by one, as if a kind parent is settling accounts for the family.He also said in the opening ceremony: "In the past we fought north and south, and that kind of war was easy to fight because the enemy was clear. This time the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution is much more difficult than that kind of war. Mixed together, I still can't figure it out for a while, so I have to solve it one province at a time." He also said in particular: "Shanghai is stronger than Beijing, with 1.2 million workers in control of the situation. Intellectuals are clay, hardened and impervious to air. If there are no crops, it will be difficult to handle places with many intellectuals. You can’t just say that you are stinking intellectuals, but it’s okay to stink a little. Intellectuals must be avoided, and you can’t raise your tail to the sky.” He remembered that he still He said: "This Cultural Revolution needs to go to the end, what is the end? It is estimated that it will take three years, almost by next summer. The end is to criticize, clean up the class ranks, streamline the organization, and reform the unreasonable rules and regulations."

When he spoke of the imminent "full victory" of the Cultural Revolution, he seemed a little tired.He always likes to start something, to launch a movement, to advance in depth, to fight a decisive battle, and to win a total victory; however, if this "total victory" is not the preparation for a new revolution, he will find it boring.When he said that the Cultural Revolution was about to enter the stage of "cleaning up the ranks, streamlining the organization, and reforming unreasonable rules and regulations", it was clear that it was going from "great chaos" to "great order", from destroying the old world to building a new world. Victory was uninterested.Fortunately, when the weather is calm and the red political power and red society are being built, he can spend more time reading books, swimming, and walking north and south. "It used to be difficult for the sea to be water, but Wushan is not a cloud." Those who have fought against the wind and waves will definitely feel monotonous once there is no wind and waves.When the whole country was celebrating the overall victory of the Cultural Revolution, he felt that he was going to be idle. Thinking of his age of 75, it seemed that he should leave a new society with a certain appearance to future generations.

Li Xiuzhi squatted there pinching her feet, and asked: "Now the whole country is red, what was it before? What kind of color is it? Can it be said that it is black?" Mao Zedong's eyes are still on the TV, and his thoughts are also in his own emotion In the middle, he casually replied: "A piece of red used to be a piece of not popular." "What is not popular?" Li Xiuzhi asked muttering. "If it is not red, it is not red. Gray, yellow, white, and black are all called not red." Mao Zedong replied.Li Xiuzhi asked: "The Cultural Revolution is the second time to liberate the whole of China." Mao Zedong patted the armrest of the sofa with his hand and said, "That is."

Mao Zedong saw himself at the plenary session of the Twelfth Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee again, and his face was rather gloomy.On that day, the plenary session reviewed and passed the "Review Report on the Crimes of Traitor, Internal Traitor, and Scab Liu Shaoqi" submitted to the 12th Plenary Session of the 12th Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee by the Central Project Review Group. During the Cultural Revolution, extensive exposure by the revolutionary masses and young Red Guard generals, in-depth investigations by the special case team, and a large number of physical, personal, and circumstantial evidence fully proved that Liu Shaoqi, the number one party leader in power who took the capitalist road, was a man buried in the party. The traitors, traitors, and scabs in China are the lackeys of the criminal imperialism, modern revisionism, and the Kuomintang reactionaries." Amidst the endless voices of the announcers, Mao Zedong focused on his own image at the conference.Facing the entire venue, he looked over the crowd, listening to the reading of Liu Shaoqi's review report with a calm expression.With conclusive evidence, Liu Shaoqi's complete and complete overthrow is what is needed to prove the necessity of the Cultural Revolution.He knew the weight of this review report. When this review report was brought to the 12th Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee, all those who disagreed with the Cultural Revolution would be silent.To find out this traitor and traitor, the Cultural Revolution is a matter of course; and to overthrow this traitor and traitor firmly, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution will have enough majesty.

He never imagined that Jiang Qing's hard work was responsible for producing such a weighty material. He knew that Jiang Qing was sitting not far from him.With this material, he can seal the mouths of all opponents in the party, and probably none of the participants can oppose the main theme of the Cultural Revolution.Although his eyes were not focused on anyone in the venue, he clearly knew where the officers of the "February Countercurrent" were, and they were all obedient. He is the parent, and when he calmly faced the entire venue, his expression was majestic, as if he had done something he had to do, and he had a sense of historical vicissitudes that was both obligatory and indifferent.Mao Zedong understood his state of mind at the time: he was both kind and strict, and he could not tolerate no rules in this family. He had to expel those who dared to threaten the status of the patriarch from the family. When he completed this expulsion, all members of the family The members are all obedient.He calmly announced to history that he had done what he should do.Thinking of Shen Hao, a non-Party figure, who wrote him a letter more than a year ago, suggesting "Mao and Liu unity", he couldn't help showing a sneer of contempt.He has the political wisdom of the past and present, and he can make the articles from succession to succession, calmly and unhurriedly.He thought of some outstanding politicians in Chinese history, from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period to Emperor Qin and Hanwu, Tang Zong and Song Zu, all the way to Zhu Yuanzhang, Kangxi, and Qianlong, they all had the ability to make political articles, but he made great achievements and did even better. The atmosphere is more tactful, and political articles will be seamless if they are perfected.

In a daze, knowing that Li Xiuzhi had added hot water to the basin again, he raised his feet to test the temperature of the water again, and put his feet in the basin.Li Xiuzhi's small hands are taking care of his big feet, and he is taking care of the whole world. Another scene of Lin Biao speaking appeared on the TV.Lin Biao was sitting beside him, and he was still looking up at the venue with patriarchal and expressionless eyes.He seemed to be listening to a report from a loyal son. He didn't care much about what Lin Biao said. He just used Lin Biao's loyalty and enthusiasm as an example to educate other members of the family.The way to govern the country is to reward and punish.Expelling Liu Shaoqi from the party forever, and promoting Lin Biao to the position of successor, was his greatest reward and punishment during the Cultural Revolution; this reward and punishment was to let the whole party and the whole country know what not to do, but what to do.Lin Biao was sitting next to him, speaking earnestly and politely. He heard Lin Biao say: "The Cultural Revolution has achieved the greatest and greatest achievements, and the losses have been the smallest and smallest." He heard Lin Biao say: "We are as popular as Europe is." Knowing that Lin Biao also mentioned in another speech: "From ancient times to the present, there have been four cultural revolution movements. The first is the classical culture of Greece and Rome, which has influenced mankind for two thousand years, but compared with our Great Cultural Revolution, it is insignificant. It’s trivial, nothing special. The second time was bourgeois Italian culture, which entered the era of prosperity with the Renaissance in the 14th and 15th centuries. The third time was Marxism. None of these three times was under the leadership of Chairman Mao. The Second Cultural Revolution was great, and this Cultural Revolution is the biggest in the world." Mao Zedong knew that Lin Biao had fully prepared for this speech, and he meant that he was not astonishing and endless.He neither resented nor cared about this kind of astonishing praise. In his mind, Lin Biao's school's propaganda was not an exaggerated word. Thousands of years of human history were nothing extraordinary in his mind.He once wrote a poem "Niannujiao·Kunlun", the first line of which is: "Born out of the sky, Mang Kunlun, reading all the spring scenery in the world."Isn't the world just a few continents and oceans?Isn't it just a group of people?Isn't it the history of civilization for thousands of years?He governed a state of 800 million people, more than the population ruled by any politician in history, isn't he just doing whatever he wants?

Lin Biao sat there with a pale face and a thin body talking. Mao Zedong could feel his own burly, and he could also feel Lin Biao's frailty.Although Lin Biao was called "Vice Chairman Lin" and had several figures in military uniforms under his command, however, in this venue, Lin Biao's influence was still as thin as his figure.Among the nearly 200 people present at the meeting, there were people like Zhou Enlai, Jiang Qing, Chen Boda, Kang Sheng, Yao Wenyuan, various people who wore military uniforms or not, and people like Chen Yi, Li Xiannian, and Ye Jianying. The rightist figures, different figures restrict each other and come together, this is the venue.This venue also symbolized the political situation in the country. Lin Biao was just one of these characters. Mao Zedong even felt that Lin Biao stood there like a stake. Except for a few people who helped him, he was still a bit out of place with the whole situation.When Lin Biao was unswervingly proclaiming the great significance of the Cultural Revolution at the venue, he was just like a student reading his excellent work in class. Because of the support of the teacher, he had all the glory. The other students in the class were full of respect for him. There are many dissatisfaction.Thinking of this, Mao Zedong once again felt pity for further cultivating Lin Biao.As a great politician, he has always been very sensitive to military power, but he knows that the little military power held by Lin Biao is far from posing any threat. Now, he needs to support someone like Lin Biao who dares to beat a stick. When he finally saw the footage of his speech at the closing ceremony yesterday, Mao Zedong couldn't help sighing: "I'm old." Li Xiuzhi squatted there and looked back at the TV screen, then looked up at Mao Zedong, and said, "The TV doesn't show Good." Mao Zedong shook his head slightly, and he did see that he had an aging state that he hadn't had in the past few years.Li Xiuzhi took his feet out of the basin, dried them with a towel, dragged the washbasin aside, then pulled a small bench and sat down, put Mao Zedong's feet on his lap, and began to dry rub and massage , while massaging, he said: "Anyway, you have to pay more attention to your body." Mao Zedong lowered his gaze and saw that his feet and ankles were scorched red, and Li Xiuzhi was massaging vigorously, using his fingers, knuckles and wrists Massage the instep, sole, side of the foot and ankle. The intensity of the massage made Mao Zedong often involuntarily dodge a little.Li Xiuzhi is very familiar with the sensitivity of these feet, and masters the strength of massage and extrusion.In order not to let Mao Zedong feel the cold feet, when massaging his left foot, he wrapped his right foot with a dry towel and warmed it on his own leg. When massaging his right foot, he wrapped his left foot again.In order to use her strength, she also moved the stool from time to time, moved her body, and changed the angle of massage.At this time, she gently lifted Mao Zedong's legs and feet. When she moved Mao Zedong's legs and feet, she often moved them randomly like arranging two tame dolls while vigorously massaging them.At this moment, she pushed hard with her index finger knuckles, and massaged the soles of Mao Zedong's feet sequentially. Because of the force, her little face flushed slightly, and a fine sweat broke out. Mao Zedong thought of what she said just now, and asked: "You said that cooking these feet gave rise to feelings? Do these feet have an independent meaning in your mind?" Li Xiuzhi said: "Of course. These feet are so great It all depends on it." Mao Zedong waved his feet, which meant the same as waving his hands, and he continued: "I mean, you treat these feet differently from me?" Li Xiuzhi raised her head and looked at Mao Zedong, and said: "There are connections with people, but there are also differences." Mao Zedong asked: "Is this only true for the feet?" Li Xiuzhi glanced at Mao Zedong again, and said: "There are also shoulders, which I often pinch. Yes, I have expressed feelings." "What else?" Mao Zedong asked.Li Xiuzhi glanced at Mao Zedong again, and said: "I also pinch your head and neck often, and I have pinched your feelings. However, they are not as emotional as these feet." Mao Zedong asked: "Why?" Li Xiuzhi While continuing to squeeze the soles of Mao Zedong’s feet with the knuckles of the index finger, he said: "How good your feet are, how loyal and honest, you rely on them for everything, they are unknown, unsung heroes, without them you cannot stand up." Mao Zedong She laughed and said, "You are quite philosophical." Li Xiuzhi smiled complacently. Mao Zedong looked at Li Xiuzhi's kind and pretty face, he moved his feet up and down to express caress, and then said with a smile: "Xiao Li taught me a profound truth today. Whatever you cook, you will have feelings for it." Li Xiuzhi Said: "You take care of the country, don't you also have feelings for the country?" Mao Zedong nodded, but his eyes were in a trance, because his face gradually became dark because of something.