In 1976, the great man died, and the whole of China was plunged into great sorrow, especially for those living in Zhongnanhai. In Chairman Mao's later years, due to physical reasons, a special set of teams was needed to take care of his living, and Zhang Yufeng was one of them. This young northeastern girl has been caring for Mao Zedong for ten years, witnessing the last years of the great man.
When Mao Zedong was alive, he attached great importance to Zhang Yufeng, and many confidential events would require her to do it, and even the keys to her personal safe were handed over to her for safekeeping. But after the death of the chairman, Zhang Yufeng quickly disappeared from people's vision, and even suffered unfair treatment.
First, from the train to Zhongnanhai
Zhang Yufeng was born in a small rural area in Heilongjiang, an ordinary peasant family. When she was born, the Japanese army was still wreaking havoc on the land of China, and the three northeastern provinces had been under the control of the country for 13 years. Therefore, Zhang Yufeng's birth did not bring much joy to the family, but added a great burden to the family.
But fortunately, in 1945, Japan surrendered, and then the People's Liberation Army advanced into the northeast and controlled the overall situation in the northeast, and the people of the northeast finally looked forward to hope. Therefore, Zhang Yufeng can also be said to be a generation that grew up under the red flag, since she understood things, her surroundings have been full of passionate red, and what she has seen and heard is a revolutionary ideal. Zhang Yufeng, who grew up in this environment, needless to say about her love for new China.
In 1958, Zhang Yufeng, who was just 14 years old, heard that the railway bureau was recruiting people, so he went to register with the idea of serving the people. Maybe it's predestined in the darkness. Zhang Yufeng, for some reason, passed the audit and was assigned to the position of conductor. For Zhang Yufeng, this position is really a "gift from heaven", she cherished it, worked hard, and was soon transferred to a special train as a flight attendant.
A special train, as the name suggests, is a special train on which the leader rides, and to work on such a train, care must be taken and done with all your heart. Zhang Yufeng came all the way from a backward place, naturally cherished the rare job opportunity, and her performance also made the leader very satisfied, just when Chairman Mao's special train lacked a flight attendant, the leader recommended her to work.
In that era, Mao Zedong was a "god" to the Chinese people, a "great savior" given by God, and the lifelong dream of countless people was to see Chairman Mao. Nowadays, he can actually have the opportunity to work on Chairman Mao's special train, which is an unimaginable surprise and honor for Zhang Yufeng.
But when Zhang Yufeng officially came to work on this train, she began to be disappointed. Because there are more than 10 carriages on the train, Chairman Mao is generally only in a few fixed carriages, and the carriage where Zhang Yufeng is located belongs to the ordinary carriage and does not have the opportunity to meet Chairman Mao. Therefore, during that period, Zhang Yufeng was often sullen because he could not see Chairman Mao.
But as mentioned earlier, there is a definite number in the underworld. Soon after, when Zhang Yufeng was resting at the train station, she saw Chairman Mao, this was the first time Zhang Yufeng had seen Chairman Mao, this was the person she dreamed of seeing, and she was so excited that she could not speak.
Coincidentally, Chairman Mao also happened to see her. Seeing that Zhang Yufeng was motionless over there, Chairman Mao stepped forward to ask for her name and remembered this innocent and lovely girl. Soon after, Zhang Yufeng was transferred by Chairman Mao to work in his carriage and became his exclusive attendant.
During this period, Zhang Yufeng regarded all her work as the most important thing, and there was never a mistake. Chairman Mao also saw the seriousness and self-motivation of this little girl from her daily performance, so when his subordinates proposed to find a secretary, he chose Zhang Yufeng for the first time.
In this way, Zhang Yufeng gradually approached Chairman Mao from a poor rural girl, and eventually became Chairman Mao's secretary, responsible for taking care of Chairman Mao's daily life. When Zhang Yufeng walked into Zhongnanhai, she felt that she was carrying an incomparably heavy responsibility on her shoulders, so did she do a good job in the next time?
Second, the little secretary who dares to "get angry" with Chairman Mao
When Zhang Yufeng received the order to enter Zhongnanhai, she was very nervous, she did not know what kind of work she was going to do, and she did not know what kind of situation she would face. She could only tell herself over and over again that she had to do everything well and that Chairman Mao had to take good care of him. But when Zhang Yufeng began to work in this job, she found that it was far from simple.
Chairman Mao was the most respected leader of the whole Chinese people, but he was not God. In his later years, the chairman's health became weaker and weaker, but at the same time, the national affairs became more and more arduous, which made the old man in his 70s physically and mentally exhausted. The arrival of Zhang Yufeng greatly reduced the burden on the chairman, who was very careful in her work and took care of Chairman Mao's daily life clearly.
But Chairman Mao has one thing that Zhang Yufeng can't stand, that is, his work is too much, almost never eat on time, coupled with the fatigue of work, the chairman's temper in his later years has become more and more strange, and Zhang Yufeng is also racking his brains in order to take good care of him. Because all the people of the Chinese are concerned about the body of the chairman, if they cannot take good care of the chairman, they will be sinners of the nation.
As a great person, the chairman can naturally see Zhang Yufeng's intentions and carefulness, so he also trusts her more and more, and in the last ten years of the chairman, only she is the most trusted. The President looked at her as if he were his own family.
For example, when she first arrived at the chairman, the chairman contracted pneumonia. The chairman believed that his body did not need treatment, nor did he refuse to reduce the amount of smoking, Zhang Yufeng noticed this and began to patiently advise the chairman to smoke less and follow the doctor's advice. At the beginning, the chairman often lost his temper with Zhang Yufeng because of this, but over time, the chairman slowly followed Zhang Yufeng's advice and accepted treatment very cooperatively.
Not only that, Zhang Yufeng once collided with Chairman Mao in public. This northeastern girl has been very stubborn since she was a child, and she will not hide her emotions. Once the President received a guest she did not like, which made her a little out of shape. After the guest left, the chairman stopped her and educated her on criticism. But Zhang Yufeng believes that he has done nothing wrong, that is, he refuses to apologize to the chairman.
Zhang Yufeng's reaction made the chairman very unhappy and threw a lot of tantrums at her. At this time, Zhang Yufeng was also on fire, and immediately turned around to pack up his things and returned home. More than 20 days after Zhang Yufeng returned home, the chairman thought about it or decided to take a step back himself, so he asked someone to take Zhang Yufeng back to Zhongnanhai.
After returning to Zhongnanhai, the chairman specifically talked with Zhang Yufeng on this matter. Zhang Yufeng finally realized his mistake at this time, and he was so aggrieved that he shed tears. The relationship between the two has also returned to its original state, and even getting better and better. After this incident, Chairman Mao also became more and more dependent on Zhang Yufeng, and even made him his confidential secretary, responsible for keeping the documents.
But as the days passed, Chairman Mao's physical condition deteriorated day by day. Although in the eyes of the whole Chinese people, Chairman Mao will always be so great and will always be with his people. But Zhang Yufeng knew in his heart that that day was coming. In September 1976, Chairman Mao left this world and his people forever.
Third, even if you are framed, you will not forget your original intention
After Chairman Mao's death, Zhang Yufeng lost this ten-year-long job, and she no longer had to rack her brains every day to think about how to take good care of the chairman and how to let the chairman smoke less, but her life has since darkened. For ten years of companionship, not only Did Chairman Mao regard her as a relative, she also regarded Chairman Mao as a relative.
Chairman Mao's death made her very painful, and what was even more painful was that some people framed her for not being good to Chairman Mao during her care for Chairman Mao, and that she was ostracized everywhere in her life, and even the hospital refused her admission. For this reason, she had to run back to her remote hometown for treatment, which made her very uncomfortable, especially on a spiritual level.
But the pain did not last long, and soon Zhang Yufeng's grievances were washed away and he returned to work on the railway. In addition, Zhang Yufeng also used his spare time to record his ten years of experience around Chairman Mao and compiled it into a book, so that the world can see that Chairman Mao in his later years not only has great shores, but also has sorrows and joys.
In addition, Zhang Yufeng was also responsible for sorting out more than 10,000 kinds of books left by Chairman Mao, and nearly 100,000 books. This is a very huge project, except for Zhang Yufeng, who has accompanied the chairman for ten years, no one else can do this work.
These books were placed by Zhang Yufeng herself, and she knew best which books the chairman liked the most, and where the books were stored. In this way, she spent many years selecting more than 100 kinds of selected books from them, providing ideas for future generations to understand what the chairman learned and thought during his lifetime.
Later, Zhang Yufeng had her own family and children of her own, and her unique work experience did not make her different from ordinary people. She is one of the Chinese people that the chairman cares about most, and after the president's death, she also chose to return to thousands of ordinary people and live the life of ordinary people.
Text/Leyu
References: Zhang Yufeng Sorting Out Mao Zedong's Collection, Huang Yukang