At ordinary times, Zhu Qisheng often discusses Chairman Mao with the villagers. It is Chairman Mao who leads everyone to make a decision, but he has never met Chairman Mao, so naturally he doesn't know what Chairman Mao looks like. At this time, when I saw this portrait called "Savior" by the villagers, Zhu Qisheng felt more and more familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere, but I couldn't remember it at the moment.
Suddenly, he suddenly remembered and said excitedly, "Isn't this my brother running?"
It turned out that Joe Chu and Mao Zedong were comrades-in-arms when he was in the new army of Xiang 40 years ago. Mao Zedong was able to join the army, but he was the guarantor. But at that time, Joe Chu only knew that Chairman Mao was called Mao Runzhi, not Mao Zedong.
After repeated confirmation, Mao Zedong's word is Runzhi, and it is certain that this is his former comrade-in-arms.
When he got home at night, Joe Chu couldn't sleep all night. Don't say that his former comrade-in-arms is already a country, he is an ordinary person. The news is also exciting. Where can he sleep?
Thought of here, Zhu Qisheng climbed out of bed and wrote a letter to Chairman Mao overnight, trying to talk about their war friendship. Think about it, they haven't seen each other for almost 40 years.
However, after a letter is sent, it is like a leaf falling into the sea. When there was no news, Zhu Qisheng never gave up. He wrote several letters in succession, but they all fell into the sea.
Zhu Qisheng doesn't know if the letter hasn't arrived, or if Chairman Mao has forgotten his old comrade-in-arms?
It was not until the sixth letter was sent that Chairman Mao received it. It is said that it was handed over by Li Xiannian, secretary of Hubei Provincial Party Committee.
Frustrated at that time, Zhu Qisheng had given up the idea of writing to Chairman Mao, but unexpectedly received Chairman Mao's reply on August 30th, 1952.
This is a letter from the Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central People's Government, which reads as follows:
When he opened the envelope, Zhu Qisheng's eyes were wet. The words "his promoted brother" are very kind to read. Mao Zedong called him that when he was in the barracks. He said excitedly: "Brother Run has been such a big official, and he has not forgotten me, a little ordinary person."
Recalling the years when the two men fought side by side, Zhu Qisheng was deeply moved.
Zhu Qisheng was born in a peasant family in Zhuwan, a cigarette shop in Liurenyanshan Village, Daye County, Hubei Province. Due to difficult family conditions, Zhu Qisheng took advantage of his good health and became an apprentice in someone else's blacksmith's shop.
Because electric welding is more popular now, it is estimated that many people don't know how hard it was to strike iron before. It is completely manual labor, and the general body really can't bear it.
Zhu Qisheng was an apprentice in a blacksmith's shop when he was very young. Not only does he have no salary, but he also has to do all kinds of hardest work. When Zhu Qisheng/Kloc-was 0/8 years old, he couldn't stand the boss's beating and scolding and fled the blacksmith's shop.
Desperate, Zhu Qisheng joined the new army at 1909, which was later the Zhao Hengti Department of Xiang Army. Zhu Qisheng became a monitor because of long-term high-intensity labor, good physical quality and brave fighting.
Unfortunately, Zhu Qisheng is illiterate, and his promotion is difficult. In the late Qing dynasty, the new army imitated the western training methods, and even the establishment was similar. Only those who have attended the army school can be officers, and enlistment is at the rank of platoon leader, while soldiers and officers are completely different. A soldier can be a monitor at most, but it is difficult to be promoted to platoon leader.
In the old society, soldiers were called "Chuba", which means that people without ambition are completely different from officers. So by 19 1 1 year, Zhu Qisheng was still the monitor with a monthly salary of 8 Liang.
19 1 1 year, with the outbreak of anti-Qing uprisings in various places, the revolutionary situation was unprecedentedly high. The news of the failure of Huanghuagang Uprising reached Hunan. Mao Zedong, who is studying, was very excited when he saw it. Later, he recalled: "On March 29th, the third year of Xuantong, Huang Xing revolted in Guangzhou, which shocked the whole country. The news spread to Hunan, and the revolutionaries in the student community were eager to try. "
Mao Zedong immediately wrote an article entitled "Down with the Qing Dynasty" and posted it at the school gate, which caused a great sensation in the school. Mao Zedong suggested that everyone take action and support the revolution together, and also took the lead in cutting off the braid with a classmate.
191101October10. After Wuchang Uprising, the Revolution of 1911 broke out, and Mao Zedong couldn't stand it any longer. So he planned to leave school and join the revolutionary army in Wuhan to help the revolution succeed.
At the age of 18, he borrowed some travelling expenses from his classmates without consulting his family, and invited his classmates Guo Zicai and Mao to leave Changsha and rush to Wuhan to join the new army.
When Mao Zedong arrived in Wuhan in high spirits, a problem appeared. It turned out that he needed a guarantor to sign up for the army. Mao Zedong, who was studying in Changsha at that time, came to join the army with enthusiasm. Where did he think that the military routine was so deep that he needed a guarantor?
In Changsha, there are naturally many ways to find several people to guarantee. This is Hankou, a stranger. They are students. Where can I find a guarantor?
If you go back like this, Mao Zedong is obviously unwilling, because many students in Mao Zedong have joined the student army, and Mao Zedong thinks that the composition of the student army is too complicated to be a big deal, and he wants to join the regular army, so it is more direct to fight directly with guns.
I heard that the streets in Hankou are very wet, so I borrowed a pair of rain boots from my friends with great difficulty. Now, if I go home and return to Changsha, what should I say to you?
So Mao Zedong argued with the person in charge of enrollment: "I am a student, and many students have joined the student army. I am the only one here. Who can I guarantee? " The officer in charge of conscription insisted that he was not allowed to join the army according to the regulations, so the two men quarreled loudly in the camp. Debate is Mao Zedong's strong point, and the officials in charge of recruitment immediately become meaningless.
At this moment, Joe Chu happened to pass by, and Mao Zedong's debate caught his attention. He inquired about Mao Zedong's personal situation, so he asked another comrade Peng Yousheng to vouch for Mao Zedong, and Mao Zedong joined the army in the name of Mao Runzhi.
Based on the principle that whoever guarantees is responsible, Mao Zedong joined the classes of Zhu Qisheng and Peng Yousheng, with Zhu Qisheng as the monitor and Peng Yousheng as the vice monitor. Mao Zedong received an old rifle made in Hanyang and officially became a soldier. Because Mao Zedong is a student soldier, his salary for joining the army is six taels, only two taels less than that of monitor Zhu Qisheng.
Regarding this experience as a soldier, Mao Zedong said in an interview with Si Nuo on 1936: "In my class, there is a Hunan miner and a blacksmith, and I like them very much." This "Hunan miner" is Peng Yousheng and the blacksmith is Zhu Qisheng.
Why does Mao Zedong like them both? Actually, there is a reason. In the old army of China, officers and soldiers were two completely different ranks, as I have said above. In fact, veterans and recruits also have two grades. Often some veterans will bully new recruits when they are older.
Back then, Mao Zedong was only 18 years old and didn't even finish his book. He is only a child, but he misses this military career very much, which shows that he has never been bullied.
With Mao Zedong's youthful vitality, how can he not be bullied in the army?
At that time, many soldiers of fortune were making waves everywhere, and there was nothing the local government could do. Mao Zedong stood up and argued with them. Once, a soldier of fortune took two packs of cigarettes from an old woman's stall in an alley and turned to leave.
This was a common thing at that time. In a society with lax military discipline, the local government can't control the soldiers with guns. When Mao Zedong saw him, he stopped him directly and forced the soldier of fortune to pay the money before letting him go.
The soldier of fortune knew Mao Zedong, so he held a grudge. He often tries to take advantage of this topic, and waits for an opportunity to get back at Mao Zedong, but Mao Zedong is not hurt at all, because Zhu Qisheng and Peng Yousheng take care of him!
Zhu Qisheng took care of Mao Zedong in every possible way, because the new army was recruited temporarily, but the battle situation has not yet been decided, and the authorities did not have enough logistics capacity, which led to Mao Zedong not receiving cotton-padded clothes, quilts and other cold-proof equipment after the weather turned cold.
When Zhu Qisheng saw it, he gave his new military uniform to Mao Zedong. Sleeping at night without a quilt, Mao Zedong and I huddled together in a bed, so that Mao Zedong would not catch a cold in winter and spend it smoothly.
After the military training began, Mao Zedong also set strict demands on himself, studying hard and practicing hard. Seeing this situation, Zhu Qisheng and Peng Yousheng often taught him to do some demonstration movements to help him improve his military technology.
It usually takes an ordinary soldier three to six months to complete the training in the new barracks, but it only took Mao Zedong more than one month to master the basic military knowledge and basic combat skills.
Apart from Mao Zedong's personal military accomplishment, this is also inseparable from the help of Zhu Jisheng and Peng Yousheng. It is the care of these two eldest brothers that makes Mao Zedong make rapid progress.
Sometimes Mao Zedong didn't have time to clean the gun, so Zhu Qisheng helped him clean it. It was this concern for his younger brother that made Mao Zedong quickly integrate into military life.
Many people may wonder why Zhu Qisheng and Peng Yousheng like Mao Zedong.
In fact, this is not difficult to understand. One of the simplest reasons is that Mao Zedong has a culture. At that time, soldiers were uneducated. Some soldiers wrote letters from home, so they asked Mao Zedong to read them. If they want to write letters to their families, Mao Zedong gives them ghost letters and teaches them to read and write.
Joe Chu has only studied in a private school for three years and doesn't know a few words at all. Thanks to Mao Zedong's teaching, he learned a lot of knowledge. After several months, Joe Chu has been able to read newspapers.
Later, Zhu Qisheng said: I was able to keep accounts, write books and do business, thanks to the help of Mao Runzhi at that time.
Mao Zedong is very popular in the army. Besides being literate, he also has a unique skill, that is, he can tell stories from The Journey to the West, The Water Margin and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Everyone has read these famous books now, but not everyone has read them in the old society. Those who can't read can only speak by telling stories and singing operas, and Mao Zedong has been reading these books since his private school days and often tells them to his classmates. He is very familiar with this set.
Life in the military camp is boring. It is a great pleasure to listen to Mao Zedong telling stories and history. People call Mao Zedong a "scholar soldier".
Who doesn't like such a literate and helpful young generation?
It is on such days that the two sides have established a profound friendship. Later, on the battlefield, Zhu Qisheng saved Mao Zedong.
Although the armies of Zhu Qisheng and Mao Zedong did not formally fight against the Qing army, their life in the army was not completely risk-free.
Once the troops marched into Pingxiang, on the way, Mao Zedong's calf disease recurred, festering and bleeding, and the pain was unbearable. Soldiers in the old army were dismissed directly if they couldn't keep up with the team, unlike the later Red Army, which was disciplined and could not abandon its comrades.
As a monitor, Zhu Qisheng couldn't bear to leave Mao Zedong, because in this vast mountain and plain, the injured soldiers died if they were not taken care of.
Joe Chu handed the team to Peng Yousheng, the vice monitor, and took Mao Zedong with him. Although he left the big army, he never left.
The most dangerous time is when they just arrived at a village and a group of enemies followed them. Seeing that they couldn't run away, Joe Chu took Mao Zedong into the village and hid in the sewer that discharged sewage. The enemy searched a circle and left.
Zhu Jisheng took Mao Zedong to chase after the big troops, so he walked in the mountains for more than a month. When he can't eat, he goes to people's homes to beg. Finally arrived at the Xinjun receiving and repatriation station in Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province at 19 12. Mao Zedong was admitted to a military hospital and soon recovered.
It can be said that without Zhu Qisheng's care, Mao Zedong's situation is very dangerous.
Many years later, Chairman Mao recalled his career in the army. He jokingly said: "It's not bragging. Single coaches, volleyball coaches, and even coaches and battalions have conducted field drills. Later, the North-South peace talks, they refused to let me do it, and I became an amateur. At that time, Cheng Qian was a teacher and Tan was the director. He has four divisions, and Cheng Qian is the teacher of one division. "
However, just as Zhu Jisheng and Mao Zedong were preparing to overthrow feudal rule on the battlefield, news of the North-South peace talks came. The Nanjing Provisional Government was dissolved, Yuan Shikai became president, usurped the fruits of the revolution, and the new army units where Joe Chu and Mao Zedong were located were also ordered to be dissolved on the spot.
This made Mao Zedong very disappointed with the revolutionary army. On the surface, it is clear that the government was overthrown and the revolution was successful, but in fact there has been no fundamental change. Later, Mao Zedong said, "I thought the revolution was over, so I left the army and decided to go back to study.
Half a year's military career is a valuable asset for Mao Zedong, which not only honed his strong will, but also made him never slack off in the later revolutionary activities, and also made Mao Zedong have a certain understanding of the military. Later, he was able to serve as Commander-in-Chief of China People's Army, commanding troops to fight.
It was also in this half-year military camp life that I met two close comrades!
19 12, Mao Zedong, Zhu Qisheng and Peng Yousheng each received three months' salary and severance pay, and decided to go back to their hometown to find a way out. At Changsha Railway Station, three young people shook hands to say goodbye and returned to normal life.
Military life is usually hard and monotonous, but if you have a group of like-minded comrades, it must be unforgettable, and friendship is also the most precious emotion.
Mao Zedong drove back to Changsha, was admitted to Hunan First Normal University, and finally embarked on a great revolutionary road.
However, Zhu Qisheng is not so ambitious. He returned to his hometown and continued to be his blacksmith. After all, this is a craft job. He had enough to eat and saved some money to buy several acres of land.
Due to underdeveloped communication, Zhu Qisheng and Mao Zedong have said goodbye for 40 years. If there were not portraits of Chairman Mao everywhere, he wouldn't recognize Mao Zedong as Mao Runzhi!
/kloc-in the autumn of 0/952, after receiving a letter from Chairman Mao, Zhu Qisheng boarded the train to Beijing to meet Chairman Mao with his personal letter and money.
Zhu Qisheng was nervous all the way. What should I say when I meet Chairman Mao?
Although he was once the closest comrade-in-arms, now Mao Zedong is the president, and he is just an old blacksmith.
After arriving in Beijing, Zhu Qisheng was placed in Zhongnanhai. Three days later, the staff of Zhongnanhai took Zhu Qisheng to a quadrangle.
Mao Zedong greeted him from there, shook Zhu Qisheng's hand and said happily, "We met too late. Peng Yousheng wrote last spring, and I wrote back to him. Why didn't you write to me earlier? You should come early after receiving the letter! How I want to see my old friend. "
The two talked a lot about their time in the new army, and also talked about another comrade-in-arms, Peng Yousheng.
As he spoke, the two men walked into the study together. Zhu Qisheng saw a bookshelf full of books and thought of the books that Chairman Mao taught him to read. He said with great emotion, "Chairman, do you still like books like that?"
Chairman Mao said kindly, "Don't call me chairman, call me Run Zhi, call me Mao Zedong."
Then Chairman Mao sat down in a chair, looked at the book on the table and said, "After the founding of New China, everything was in ruins. I am very busy at work and have to take time to read some books. "
You know, when I lived in a military camp in Mao Zedong, I read newspapers almost every day, and a large part of my monthly salary was spent on newspapers. Thinking of this, Mao Zedong said, "Although we only lived together in the new army for half a year, I still remember it vividly, especially the care and help you and Peng Yousheng gave me. At that time, I was still a student and I was not used to military life. You care about me like a brother. "
Hearing this, Zhu Qisheng quickly said, "No, no, you care about us." "You teach us to read and write like a teacher and tell us the truth of being a man."
They haven't talked for a long time, and the secretary came to inform the chairman that it's time. After the founding of New China, Chairman Mao was very busy, with many things to deal with every day and limited time to receive guests.
However, I can't finish remembering what happened during my time as a soldier. This is probably the so-called "war friendship"!
To this end, Mao Zedong insisted on leaving Zhu Qisheng for dinner and said, "When we meet for the first time, we must have a meal here, otherwise we won't be like old friends."
Yes! It's been 40 years from 19 12 to 1952, which is not enough.
In order to entertain Zhu Qisheng, in addition to the regular three dishes and one soup, Mao Zedong also asked the kitchen to prepare a "hard dish", which is Chairman Mao's favorite braised pork. 19 12 When the troops broke up, everyone pooled their money and had a good meal. Everyone knows that Mao Zedong likes braised pork, so he specially ordered this dish.
Two people eat and chat together again, as if returning to the life of the military camp. After dinner, Chairman Mao told Zhu Qisheng that he was too busy to accompany him every day. Be sure to let him stay in Beijing for a few more days and have a good time. When he is free, they will talk again.
A week later, Chairman Mao invited him to chat again. This time, Chairman Mao smiled and said, "Have you had a good time these days? Today, I ask you to talk about the situation there and the ideas and demands of the masses. "
As a clown, Zhu Qisheng told Chairman Mao everything he knew, so that the Chairman could understand the situation of grassroots society.
A month later, Zhu Jisheng said goodbye to Chairman Mao while thinking about the situation at home. Before leaving, Chairman Mao asked his secretary to give him 500 yuan as a travel and living allowance.
At that time, Chairman Mao's monthly salary was only over 600 yuan, which was a very large sum. Zhu Qisheng refused to accept it. He didn't contribute to the revolution. Life is not particularly difficult, and I am worried that the chairman will spend money on himself.
Chairman Mao said, "This is my payment. Can be used. "
Zhu Qisheng was no longer polite and left with the money.
After returning to Wuhan, Zhu Qisheng thought that his own money was enough anyway, so he used the 500 yuan money given to him by Chairman Mao as capital, and gathered craftsmen who repaired umbrellas, shoes, pots and barrels near Hankou Bridge to set up the "Peace Oilcloth Umbrella Factory", and Zhu Qisheng became the manager.
The original intention of Zhu Qisheng to set up this factory is not to make a profit, but to let the craftsmen get some care and provide some convenient services for the society.
Zhu Qisheng often said to the workers: "Chairman Mao called on us to organize, and we can't be unorganized and dispersed as in the past. We must do a good job in the factory and then go to Beijing to report to his old man. "
1954 at the end of summer, Zhu Qisheng went to Beijing to visit Chairman Mao again with a photo of "Heping tarpaulin umbrella factory". Chairman Mao was glad to see this comrade-in-arms again. He took his hand and said, It's very kind of you. I just want to know more about you below. You need to elaborate this time.
Hearing that Zhu Qisheng opened a factory with the money he funded, he said happily, "Very good, this factory is good and has a little socialist spirit."
After staying in Beijing for a period of time, Zhu Qisheng bid farewell to Mao Zedong and returned to Wuhan. Before he left, Mao Zedong told him that he could come to Beijing more often or write to him when he was free.
Zhu Qisheng was so moved that he couldn't even speak.
Mao Zedong also said emotionally, "I won't forget you. If you have any difficulties or requirements, please feel free to tell me and I will find a way to solve them for you. " Unfortunately, after leaving Beijing, Zhu Qisheng never saw Chairman Mao again. /kloc-in the summer of 0/956, Zhu Qisheng died in Hankou.
But for this old monitor, Chairman Mao has always been very concerned, and Chairman Mao's association with a blacksmith has also become a much-told story.
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