Yang Kaizhi once protected Mao and An Ying. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he wrote for work. Mao Zedong: Don't expect anything.

1In August, 949, Mao Zedong received a letter from his hometown in Hunan, which was sent by Yang Kaihui's brother Yang Kaizhi. The handwriting on the letter made him feel very kind.

Yang Kaizhi is the only son of teacher Yang Changji and the uncle of his two sons, An Ying and Anqing. These identities are well known. But in fact, despite this blood relationship, Yang Kaizhi and Mao Zedong are like-minded friends.

19 14 years, 16-year-old Yang Kaizhi often saw Mao Zedong go home to find his father when he was still in middle school in Changsha. At that time, my father often praised Mao Zedong in front of him and his sister, saying that he was ambitious and talented.

My father is a respected educator, and he has been full of peaches and plums all his life. All his brothers and sisters believed what he said. After a period of communication, Yang Kaihui became Mao Zedong's lover, and Yang Kaizhi became Mao Zedong's "minion". Yang Kaizhi is five years younger than Mao Zedong. He likes to follow Mao Zedong, Deng Zhongxia and other big shots around to participate in student activities.

In Yang Changji's study, these young people who decided to work hard for stormy China talked about what was happening in their motherland. At that time, everyone was so energetic and radiant. Between them, there is blood, friendship and affection. ...

At that time, Yang Kaihui had not been married, but the Yang family had regarded him as a relative. By 1920, when Mr. Yang Changji died, Mao Zedong had already made a eulogy as a family member and helped the coffin to the south with Yang Kaizhi, 22.

Today, 29 years later, it is not easy for Mao Zedong to see Yang Kaizhi's letter from his hometown in Hunan. Because there are many greetings in the letter, there are three important information points: first, Mrs. Yang Popo is still alive; The second question is whether Mao Anying and Mao Anqing are well; Third, ask about the whereabouts of his daughter Yang Zhan.

For the first two points, Mao Zedong naturally very happy. The old lady is still alive, and he still has a chance to be filial to his beloved wife Yang Kaihui who has already sacrificed; An Ying and Anqing brothers are also very good at this time. They also believe in grandma, uncle and others. Just the third thing, Mao Zedong doesn't know how to answer.

Yes, the only child, and the only female doll among the descendants of the Yang family. The child left a deep impression on Mao Zedong. He met this little girl when he visited the base education in Yan 'an on 1939. She really looks like her aunt Yang Kaihui. Her short hair makes her feel as sunny as Lian Xiaoli's aunt.

At that time, she was a college student at North China United University. When she met her uncle, she made up her mind: "I want to be an excellent revolutionary soldier like my aunt!" "

Mao Zedong knew that she was not just talking, because he knew the Yang family's character very well. But what he didn't expect was that two years later, Yang Zhan died heroically while protecting his comrades. That year, the child was only 2 1 year old.

My daughter has been gone for almost 8 years, but Yang Kaizhi, who is waiting for her child to return home in triumph in Hunan, has never known it. It's not that the organization didn't tell him, but that Yang Zhan told his comrades-in-arms before he died and told his father everything until the revolution won. She thought her father would feel better then.

Now, Yang Kaizhi's letter asking about her daughter's whereabouts has been placed in front of Mao Zedong. He just didn't want to go back and had to tell the Yang family the truth. So five days later, Mao Zedong replied with this letter:

This day is 1949 August 10. This letter is simple, but we can still feel Mao Zedong's good intentions from it. First of all, I want to express my gratification that the old lady is still alive. Secondly, tell the child's uncle that his nephew is all right. Then I told Yang Kaizhi about Yang Zhan's death. Sacrifice for our country and Glory are the best affirmation for the little girl. Finally, tell Yang Kaizhi that if there are any difficulties at home, he must say that he will try his best to help.

Now we don't know what kind of grief Yang Kaizhi will fall into when he receives this letter. 5 1 year-old, knowing that her daughter died for 8 years. How hard it will be for white-haired people to send black-haired people pain!

At this time, Changsha has just been liberated, and young people who have left their homes to work hard for the country have returned to their hometowns to reunite with their families. Hugging relatives can be seen everywhere on the road. Some of them are long-lost brothers, and some are father, son and mother who have not seen each other for many years. The Yang family, which used to be very lively, became particularly deserted.

The Yang family is a famous family in Changsha, and Mr. Yang Changji was once a popular figure in the education field, teaching in Hunan No.1 Normal University and Peking University successively. 1920 When Mr. Lao Yang died, Beijing celebrity Cai Yuanpei and others came to attend the funeral.

Today's Yang family is so bleak for me. Sister Yang Kaihui died at the hands of Hunan warlords in 1930+0 1 at the age of 29. Before she died, she said, "Unless the seas run dry and the rocks crumble, I will leave Mao Zedong." My daughter Yang Zhan died at the age of 2 1 by the Japanese. Before she died, she said to her comrades-in-arms, "Go ahead, leave me alone …".

Thought of here, looking at the empty Yang family mansion, Yang Kaizhi wrote a letter to Mao Zedong after a long time, that was after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). The original letter has not been preserved, but we can guess what Yang Kaizhi wrote from Mao Zedong's reply to him. Mao Zedong answered him like this:

Mao Zedong wrote this letter on 19491October 9, the 9th day after the founding of New China. This time, there is no many greetings in the first letter, no warm side, and even a little harsh.

Obviously, the main content of Yang Kaizhi's last letter is that he hopes his brother-in-law who has become the chairman can arrange a good job for him, preferably in Beijing. Mao Zedong directly used the words "Don't expect anything" in his reply.

Seeing Mao Zedong's reply, many people should think of an idiom: Unkindness!

After all, Yang Kaizhi is not just an outsider with relatives and friends. He is very kind to the Mao family. In difficult times, he helped the Mao Zedong family many times.

After Mao Zedong and Yang Kaihui got married in the winter of 1920, they went to Bancang for revolutionary activities many times. Every time they are in danger, Yang Kaizhi covers for them. In his later years, Mao Zedong mentioned what happened at that time, which is still fresh in his memory. He said, "I jumped in from Zhushan at the back door, and Kaihui took the front door." . From such a detailed description, we can feel how dangerous it was. Without Yang's help, the consequences would be unimaginable. ...

1927 In August, Mao Zedong was going to the front to direct the autumn harvest uprising, and he had to be separated from Yang Kaihui and his mother. After a long period of time, Yang Kaihui lived in his parents' home. At that time, Hunan warlord He Jian hated Mao Zedong's guts. If we can't catch him, he always wants to catch his wife and children. The reward at that time was 1 1,000 silver dollars. In this case, Yang Kaihui and his three sons were discovered by secret agents in June+10, 5438, and were arrested and imprisoned.

Mao Zedong is ignorant of all this. At this time, the most anxious thing is Mrs. Yang and. In order to save her sister, Yang Kaizhi took her old mother, who was nearly sixty years old, to Nanjing celebrities for help.

It is not easy to ask people to do things, let alone ask these people to help a female producer, which is actually to let them take risks. However, as a response to the late Mr. Wang's reputation, he also showed some sympathy for Yang's mother and son. At that time, several respected people came out to help intercede. These include powerful Zhang and Tan, cultural celebrities Cai Yuanpei and others.

They jointly sent a letter to the Kuomintang authorities, asking them to keep Mr. Lao Yang's only daughter. Yang Kaizhi's action is very wise. These people were very influential at that time. Their joint letter put a lot of pressure on the authorities, and they had to call He Jian and ask him to suspend his sentence.

Although he hated Mao Zedong, he still wanted to give face to Nanjing, so he set a minimum requirement for Yang Kaihui: "As long as you promise to leave the * * * production party and Mao Zedong, you and your children will be released." Yang Kaihui made his choice without hesitation. She would rather die than betray her faith and lover.

Many years later, when talking about Yang Kaihui's death, many people only saw her fearless side, but ignored that she was the mother of three children. When she refused to compromise with the enemy, she actually gave up her three children in prison. As for the danger. For a mother, this kind of pain is far more painful than losing her life.

Fortunately, she has a brother and mother behind her. 1930165438+1October 14. After learning of her sister's heroic sacrifice, Yang Kaizhi ran around and vowed to protect her three nephews. After many efforts, the enemy really released three children. The cunning enemy thought that perhaps through these three children, the producers of * * * could be lured out and the big fish could be caught in the long line.

There are three children in prison, the oldest Mao is 8 years old and the youngest Mao Anlong is 3 years old. When they were most helpless, it was my uncle Yang Kaizhi and my grandmother who came to the prison gate to take them home. In fact, when Yang Kaizhi decided to pick up his nephew himself, he had expected that the whole family would live in white terror. There are too many people who want to catch them. There are skirmishers, spies and warlords who want revenge on Mao Zedong. They are Mao Zedong's children.

In order to protect these three nephews, Yang Kaizhi paid a lot. After graduating from agricultural university at the age of 27, I have always had a decent job. First, I went back to Hunan to be the director of Changde Forestry Bureau, and then worked as a teaching assistant in the Agricultural College of Nanjing Central University. But since he took the risk of picking up his nephew, he has given up everything. He and his wife cruelly sent their 10-year-old daughter Yang Zhan to their grandfather's house and took refuge in their nephew's house.

For more than a year, Yang Kaizhi didn't have a good sleep, for fear that the enemy would suddenly rush in, and white terror always accompanied them. Once, they fled to a relative's house. When they opened the door and saw three children, they quickly closed the door and refused to open it again.

An open intellectual, down and out, has become a person everyone hides. Yang Kaizhi, who was born in a noble family, never felt that life was so hard. But what can we do? This is my sister's flesh and blood. Blood is thicker than water. How can you throw it away?

193 1 in the spring of, Yang Kaizhi finally got in touch with the underground traffic organization in China. Mao Zemin, the children's uncle, asked Yang Kaizhi to send them to Shanghai as soon as possible and give them to the organization for care.

It's hard to break Yang Kaizhi. How can we ensure that our nephew will not be found on the road? How to ensure their safety? He made a detailed plan.

In order to lower his goal, he can't go by himself, so he can only let his 60-year-old mother and wife pretend to take their three children to visit relatives in Shanghai. The group first took the train to Wuhan, then took a boat from Wuhan to Shanghai, and finally successfully handed over the children to the organization. In this way, Yang Kaizhi, together with his wife and mother, protected the chairman's children.

China people are the most helpful. It is not only Yang Kaizhi but also his father who is kind to the Mao family. When Mr. Yang Changji was alive, he regarded Mao Zedong as a proud disciple. 19 15 when Mao Zedong was studying in Hunan, he was almost expelled from school because he launched a campaign to expel the principal Zhang Qian. At this time, it was Yang Changji who bravely stood up and defended him.

Later, when Mr. Lao Yang was seriously ill in bed, he took out his pocket watch and gave it to Mao Zedong, telling him:

Looking at the seriously ill teacher, Mao Zedong took the pocket watch with tears in his eyes and said firmly, "Don't worry, sir! I will be good to her. " This is his promise to his parents-in-law as a prospective son-in-law. His family is a noble family, but he is just a poor boy from the countryside. Willing to marry his daughter is his greatest recognition.

However, in the end, Yang Kaihui died at the hands of the enemy for his faith. Get the news wrote a letter to Yang's family, the letter wrote:

This kind of guilt and apology is addressed to everyone in the Yang family, including the late teacher, elderly mother-in-law, and those who doted on their younger sister since childhood.

There are both good intentions and apologies. Why did Mao Zedong refuse to find a good job for Yang Kaizhi? Is it because Yang Kaizhi is really an incompetent mediocrity?

No way! Yang Kaizhi, 1898, born in Bancang, Changsha. He grew up under the education of his father Yang Changji. He studied hard since he was a child and made progress as much as his sister. Later, he was admitted to the National Beijing Agricultural College, which is now China Agricultural University. At school, he also took part in various activities to improve his life. After graduation, he even held an important position in Beijing Women's Normal University. During the Anti-Japanese War, he returned to Hunan to engage in production techniques such as agriculture and forestry. At work, he has also been conscientious and has not made any mistakes.

It can be said that no matter from which aspect, it is correct for Mao Zedong to transfer Yang Kaizhi to Beijing. Yang's family is very kind to him. Yang Kaizhi was a martyr's family, and his sister and daughter both died for their country. He also holds a university degree and has many years of working experience in agriculture and forestry. Although he was not as good as his father, he was an excellent talent at that time. Such a person got an official position in Beijing. Who can gossip behind my back?

But Mao Zedong just didn't agree. The reason why he did this is simple: no special cutting! Otherwise, this kind of thing will become a trend in the future and there will be a second one.

According to the statistics of Mao Zedong Chronicle, in more than a year after 1949 and 10, Mao Zedong replied to about 170 letters from various relatives and friends. The content of the letter is nothing more than two things: one is that there are difficulties in employment, and the other is that there are difficulties in the economy.

These people include Mao relatives, cousins and others who grew up with Shao Shanchong. There are also some classmates and friends I met when I was studying in various places. For these letters, there is nothing that Mao Zedong can't answer.

Although the revolution won, there were fewer and fewer relatives around him. My parents died long ago, and my younger brothers, Mao Zemin and Mao Zetan, died for their country. None of them saw the day when the new China was founded.

Most of the people who write to him now are his closest relatives, and he cherishes it. What's more, many of them have helped him more or less. So he basically replied to these letters, but the most common content is the following words:

Rejected firmly, but in order to ease the tone, Mao Zedong often added "I am very comforted to receive your letter" before and after these words, followed by "I don't think so".

It is Mao Zedong's principle not to engage in kinship, uniqueness or nepotism. No matter who kisses again, he treats everyone equally in this matter. Therefore, these relatives and friends did not complain after hitting the wall. After all, the chairman didn't target anyone, and he didn't even take special care of his big brother.

After writing back to Yang Kaizhi, Mao Zedong was afraid that the local government would take the initiative to take care of him because of his relationship, and also wrote a letter to Wang Shoudao, then deputy director of the Changsha Martial Law Committee:

Chairman said so, Wang Shoudao will naturally act according to the rules. So after liberation, Yang Kaizhi has been engaged in agricultural technology research in Hunan. Yang Kaizhi has no complaints in this regard. He has been working hard in his post, giving full play to his specialty and never pretending to be a relative of Mao Zedong.

As a matter of fact, the author thinks that Yang Kaizhi didn't go to Beijing for his own fame and fortune. He is over 50 years old and probably just wants to take his mother to work in Beijing. My sister and daughter are gone, the home is deserted, and there is no mistress. As he wrote in his first letter to him, he and his mother miss Brother Mao very much. When they go to Beijing, they can still feel the warmth of home.

For this, Mao Zedong is actually very clear. He is very kind to Yang's family. Just seven months after her request was rejected,1May, 950, it was Mrs. Yang's 80th birthday. Busy Mao Zedong didn't forget this day. He couldn't go there in person, so he asked his son Mao to celebrate his birthday. Mao is a sensible child. Without his grandmother and uncle, he wouldn't be alive today.

The birthday felicitations, Mao Zedong personally wrote such a letter, let son take:

The honorific title at the beginning of the letter is "Dear Mrs. Yang". The old lady was very happy when she saw such a letter. The child has not forgotten himself. She remembers that more than 30 years ago, she was still in love with Yang Kaihui and often went to Yang's house. At that time, her husband was still there and her son Yang Kaizhi was still young. Thinking of this, he said to Mao, "I used to cook something delicious for him, but now I can't do it ..."

Yes, young people were discussing state affairs in the study at that time, and she often cooked them something delicious. Mao Zedong always praises Jenny's cooking.

Since then, Mao Zedong often sent his two sons back to Changsha to visit their grandmothers and uncles. 1962165438+10. In October, the 69-year-old received the bad news of Mrs. Yang's death and was extremely sad. At that time, the chairman of the poor health wrote the last letter to Yang's family, which was still addressed to:

500 yuan was sent with the letter, which is the filial piety of the Chairman. Yang Kaizhi was deeply moved when he emphasized twice that "two families are one family". The war took the lives of several relatives of Mao family and Yang family, but many feelings will not change with their departure.

13 years ago, his job application was severely rejected, but his brother-in-law never forgot Yang's family and his sister Yang Kaihui. For many years, Mao Zedong has been sending his mother living expenses every month without interruption. He understands that his brother-in-law is just a clear distinction between public and private, and he keeps everyone in Yang's heart. For Yang Kaizhi, maybe that's enough.

In his later years, he lived alone in Changsha, where the Yang family had lived for decades. There is a wooden sign hanging on the front door of the former residence, which reads the three characters "Bancang Yang". On the wall of the main room, rows of photos are neatly hung: father Yang Changji, sister Yang Kaihui ... People passing by here will look inside from time to time, and sensible children will bow to him.