At that time, he was surrounded by Tian Jiaying and Ye Zilong, but he still depended on Hu Qiaomu.
1April, 939, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the May 4th Movement, China Youth magazine was reissued in Yan 'an. At that time, it was difficult to choose who was the editor.
Hu Qiaomu, a talented person, has just returned to Yan 'an, and his long-term struggle in propaganda posts has attracted the attention of the leaders. Subsequently, 27-year-old Hu Qiaomu became the head of this magazine.
Since we are commemorating the May 4th Movement, we should focus on young people. How to write and what to write for readers? This has become a lot of problems. Hu Qiaomu had just returned to Yan 'an and had an epiphany. He asked the magazine a question: How did I get back to Yan 'an?
All the comrades in the Propaganda Department admire Hu Qiaomu's thinking. At that time, China was at home and abroad, and the idea of "saving the country" spread rapidly. As a publication of the Central Youth Committee, it is a top priority to do a good job in guiding young people.
Some people joked that it would taste like "New Youth" hosted by Chen Duxiu.
Since there is a theme, we should interview and write. Hu Qiaomu led comrades of the magazine to interview many young people who had just returned to Yan 'an and found a lot of materials.
Subsequently, several major writers began to write the first issue. Hu Qiaomu is not only the leader of China Youth, but also published some articles in the magazine.
Different from other articles, this article not only deeply analyzes the profound historical reasons and practical significance of China youth's Marxist tendency, but also clearly points out several important factors that hinder the development of youth.
It can be said that everything is well-founded, coupled with fluent writing and profound writing skills, Mao Zedong, who has always paid attention to talent and literary talent, is full of praise for Hu Qiaomu.
It is said that after reading this article, Mao Zedong repeatedly praised: "This Hu Qiaomu is a talent!" Pave the way for Mao Zedong to personally appoint Hu Qiaomu as his secretary in the future.
1940, Yan' an "An Wuqing" training class was renamed "Mao Zedong Youth Cadre School", and Hu Qiaomu became the provost.
What really ushered in the dawn of Hu Qiaomu was 194 1 year. At the beginning of this year, Hu Qiaomu and his wife had a daughter, later Hu.
One morning in February, Wang Ruofei visited Hu Qiaomu and brought good news to Hu Qiaomu. He said: "Chairman Mao is short of manpower and needs a secretary. Why don't you go? "
Actually, Wang Ruofei means temptation, because Chairman Mao has named Hu Qiaomu. Hu Qiaomu said modestly, "I have been working in the propaganda post. Working as a secretary for Chairman Mao is no joke. I have no experience and have never been a secretary. "
Hu Qiaomu was shocked to hear that it was Chairman Mao's boss. This is not only Chairman Mao's approval for him, but also a test for him.
In this way, Hu Qiaomu began to work as a secretary beside Chairman Mao excitedly and on thin ice for more than 20 years.
So, what is Hu Qiaomu's ability? Can Chairman Mao tell his writing style from an article? In fact, this is related to Hu Qiaomu's accumulation over the years. Before Chairman Mao discovered him, he was already a well-known figure in the Party.
This laid a key foundation for him to become a "central pen".
At the end of Qing Dynasty, a young widow lived a hard life with her son Hu Qidong in Zhangben Village, Yancheng, Jiangsu. At that time, the Hu family was unable to support Hu Qidong's education because of poverty, but luck came to this family.
A large family in the village found a private school teacher to tutor their children, but the children were disobedient and annoyed, so they wanted to find a child in the class.
Just as Hu Qidong was about the same age as a child, this big family invited Hu Qidong's widow to the home, and Hu Qidong had the opportunity to learn. Not only that, he was very competitive, and it didn't take long for him to be admitted to the scholar, and Hu Jia became a scholarly family.
Hu Qidong is Hu Qiaomu's father.
19 12 June 1, born in Hu Qiaomu. Hu Qidong named his son Hu Dingxin, which came from the idiom "get rid of the old and innovate", and Hu Qiaomu was his later pen name.
Under the careful cultivation of Hu Qidong, Hu Qiaomu studied well from an early age. When he graduated from Juan Primary School, Hu Qiaomu was the first in the school. At that time, he was among the best and invincible.
Later, Hu Qiaomu entered middle school, and he first read articles by Chen Duxiu and Qu Qiubai. Since then, Hu Qiaomu's thoughts have been stimulated.
Especially after the failure of the Great Revolution, Hu Qiaomu chose science in high school, but he liked poetry and songs very much. Many of his poems were published by the school, which actually reflected Hu Qiaomu's literary talent at this time.
According to Hu Qiaomu's classmate Le, when Hu Qiaomu was in high school, he liked reading very much. Although he reads fast, he never forgets anything. It is natural for him to get good grades in school.
1929, there was a drought in Hu Qiaomu's hometown, and there was no harvest for a whole year. The burden of the family fell on Hu Qiaomu, and then the headmaster extended a helping hand to Hu Qiaomu, telling him that it was very important to get into a good school.
At the suggestion of her teacher, Hu Qiaomu, who was 18 years old, was admitted to Tsinghua University with excellent results, and has since reached the peak of her life.
At that time, there was a saying in Beijing: Peking University was old, Normal University was poor, and Tsinghua Yanjing lived.
This sentence is about the criteria for Beijing's mother-in-law to choose a son-in-law. Although it was crucial, it reflected the status of these universities in Beijing at that time.
Hu Qiaomu can enter Tsinghua, which shows his learning ability, but the atmosphere in Beijing was not good at that time, especially in the early days of the revolution, various forces were mutually exclusive.
Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek are fighting in the south, and students in Beijing will be detained if they are not careful. Nevertheless, Hu Qiaomu organized students to hold protests many times and took the lead in joining the Communist Youth League.
Because Hu Qiaomu studied science and had a preference for literature, he and his teacher suggested that he wanted to study history, and the teacher agreed to transfer Hu Qiaomu to the history department according to his talents.
However, fate is impermanent. For the sake of personal future, Hu Qiaomu decided to leave Tsinghua campus after fully considering his revolutionary ideal in 193 1. In other words, Hu Qiaomu's time in Tsinghua is only over a year.
Later, he was transferred to the Propaganda Department by the Beiping Municipal Committee, officially embarked on the revolutionary road, joined China in Yancheng, and 1935 worked in Shanghai.
Soon after Hu Qiaomu arrived in Shanghai, he learned the good news that the Red Army was coming to northern Shaanxi. Hu Qiaomu enjoyed it and made a splash in Shanghai. He wrote many articles about "overthrowing the Kuomintang" and was arrested by the Kuomintang.
At that time, he had a close relationship with the famous writer Feng Xuefeng. Although Feng Xuefeng was not familiar with Hu Qiaomu, he was advised to go to Yan 'an, because a large number of writers went to Yan 'an at this time, such as Ding Ling and others.
Hu Qiaomu worked beside Chairman Mao for 20 years. What contribution did he make? From before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, we can clearly see Hu Qiaomu's contribution and ability.
Because when Hu Qiaomu came to Chairman Mao's side, he was facing some major events, first of all, the Chongqing negotiations, then moved to Xibaipo, and then went to Beiping.
During the negotiations in Chongqing, it was very important to publish some insightful editorials in the face of the momentum of the Kuomintang. Hu Qiaomu wrote many good articles on this.
Hu Qiaomu said in his article that if Chiang Kai-shek goes on like this forever, there will always be a civil war in China, and democracy cannot be won by dictators, but by the people.
Now, we need to answer two questions realistically. First, can China achieve democracy through this dictatorship? Second, can China be reunified through this dictatorship?
After reading Hu Qiaomu's article, Mao Zedong was very satisfied. After he made a simple revision to Hu Qiaomu, he immediately instructed the article to be published in the full text of Liberation Daily, which not only made Hu Qiaomu famous, but also made the Kuomintang rule fearsome.
Subsequently, from 1945 to 1948 to Xibaipo, Hu Qiaomu was very mature in his work and politically a senior cadre.
Before withdrawing from Yan 'an, Hu Qiaomu had a new post, which was related to Xinhua News Agency. At that time, part of Xinhua News Agency followed Liao Chengzhi to Taihang Mountain, and the rest moved to Xibaipo. Hu Qiaomu was appointed editor-in-chief of Xinhua News Agency.
This position is very important to Chairman Mao, because as an important public media in the Party, anyone who publishes an article must be audited by Hu Qiaomu. But the reason why Chairman Mao gave Hu Qiaomu such an important position is also his trust in Hu Qiaomu's writing style and working ability.
During his stay in Xibaipo, it was a highlight of Hu Qiaomu, and most of his weighty articles were written at this time, such as Butcher, Slave and Idiot, False Peace and True Peace, etc.
These articles by Hu Qiaomu spread all over China through red radio waves. The radio that Chiang Kai-shek must listen to every day is Xinhua News Agency, and Hu Qiaomu has become a key figure around Chiang Kai-shek to compete with Dan Wen Chen Bulei.
It was at this time that the central leaders Zhou Enlai and Liu Shaoqi praised Hu Qiaomu many times. Chairman Mao even said that "living by trees" was a joke, but it showed his position in Chairman Mao's heart.
On the eve of the founding of New China, a lot of work is very heavy. Hu Qiaomu didn't dare to relax in his important post and didn't have a rest for several days. Chairman Mao was very distressed and wrote to comfort him.
1June, 949, Chairman Mao wrote a work summary to Hu Qiaomu, and wrote at the end of the letter:
The work above is very heavy, and it's all piled on you. Please pay attention to ask for leave, rest and sleep. After you finish writing, I'll help you revise it, so that you can save some energy.
Hu Qiaomu was deeply moved by the care of a generation of leaders for the secretary after reading the letter.
1949 10 1, the new China was proclaimed, that is, on this day, Hu Qiaomu was appointed as the director of the General Administration of Press, the spokesman of the Central People's Government, and changed from a secretary to a "news leader", which Hu Qiaomu had never thought of since he worked beside Chairman Mao.
However, due to heavy work and years of overwork, Hu Qiaomu's physical condition has been obviously uncomfortable. Although Chairman Mao wrote to comfort him, he still asked Hu Qiaomu to draft important documents.
After the founding of New China, Chairman Mao actually had many secretaries around him. Ye Zilong and Tian Jiaying could have helped Hu Qiaomu, but Chairman Mao mainly left everything to Hu Qiaomu.
First, Hu Qiaomu has been working as a secretary with Chairman Mao for a long time. There are some problems that need not be explained too much, and his writing is concise and not troublesome.
Second, Hu Qiaomu has played an important role, and some documents have saved the link of multi-person review. There were many things in the early days of the founding of New China, which is also the reason why Chairman Mao reused Hu Qiaomu.
But one thing startled Chairman Mao.
1February 26th, 950, is Chairman Mao's birthday, and everyone is very happy. Hu Qiaomu suddenly fell ill, vomited a basin of blood, and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.
It turned out that Hu Qiaomu suffered from severe gastric ulcer and gastric perforation because of overwork and irregular diet.
Hu Qiaomu is the director of the General Administration of Press by day, the deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC, and the secretary of Chairman Mao at night. Because Chairman Mao worked at night and slept during the day, his illness came suddenly.
Zhou Ze Numa, president of Beijing Hospital, personally performed the operation, and Hu Qiaomu's stomach was removed by more than half, which was considered as a major operation.
When Chairman Mao learned that Hu Qiaomu was ill, he immediately told the hospital that Hu Qiaomu's symptoms should be reported in time every day. On the day of the operation, Chairman Mao was worried that Hu Qiaomu didn't have a rest, so he called his health care doctor Wang Hebin: "Doctor Wang, go and show me the arbor. He is very ill and is in Beijing Hospital. "
Wang Hebin asked a few more questions because he was not familiar with Hu Qiaomu. Chairman Mao's eyes were red and he said, "He is a great man."
Because of the sudden incident, Premier Zhou also told the hospital to try his best to treat Hu Qiaomu. As a secretary, it is also the happiness of life to get such attention from the central authorities.
Since then, Hu Qiaomu's work has gradually decreased, and the secretary who has been active with Chairman Mao for a long time has become Tian Jiaying, but Hu Qiaomu still worked conscientiously until 196 1.
196 1 May, the Central Committee held a meeting in Beijing. As the drafter of the main document, Hu Qiaomu should attend the meeting, but he was unwilling to attend.
His daughter Hu recalled: "Dad was too nervous to pick up a pen and had to give up some jobs."
Three months later, Hu Qiaomu finally made up his mind to write a letter to Chairman Mao, saying that he was seriously ill and wanted to take a long vacation. Chairman Mao replied that he agreed, and specially asked:
In this way, although Hu Qiaomu was nominally Chairman Mao's secretary, he actually left his job and mainly rested at home, during which he wrote some letters and exchanged poems with Chairman Mao.
However, due to his serious illness, he never held an important position again. In five years, he only met Chairman Mao two or three times. Since 1966, Hu Qiaomu has lived in seclusion.
On Labor Day 1967, Chairman Mao rode back to Zhongnanhai and happened to pass an alley in Beijing. Suddenly, he remembered that this was Hu Qiaomu's home and immediately stopped the driver. He is going to visit Hu Qiaomu.
Chairman Mao appeared in an alley in Beijing, which attracted many people to watch. At that time, it was a happy thing to see Chairman Mao at close range.
Because he didn't know Hu Qiaomu's house number, Zhang Yaoci could only knock on the door by feeling, but he didn't find Hu Qiaomu's home. It turned out that the North Gate, which had been open at that time in Hu Qiaomu, had not been opened.
So many people know that Chairman Mao visited Hu Qiaomu, but the result turned out to be "not opening the door". The next day, the guards came to Hu Qiaomu's house. Hu Qiaomu knew that Chairman Mao had been here yesterday.
The guards told Hu Qiaomu that Chairman Mao would visit again today. As a result, after waiting for a day, Chairman Mao didn't come for something. He just said, "My heart is here."
Hu Qiaomu was not disappointed. He was very happy to hear this sentence and missed Chairman Mao very much. He hoped to visit Chairman Mao in Zhongnanhai and wrote a letter.
Then, unfortunately, Hu Qiaomu's wish never came true. In the following ten years, Hu Qiaomu, who lived with Chairman Mao for 20 years, never saw Chairman Mao again.
It's a lifelong regret for Hu Qiaomu that Chairman Mao visited his home and didn't see anyone.
After the death of Chairman Mao, Hu Qiaomu, on the recommendation of Deng Xiaoping, successively served as President of China Academy of Social Sciences, Deputy Secretary-General the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Director of the Party History Research Office.
1On September 28th, 992, Hu Qiaomu died in Beijing at the age of 8 1.
Hu Qiaomu's life is undoubtedly lucky. In the days around Chairman Mao, he had peaks and valleys. In his later years, he never forgot Chairman Mao.
He warned his daughter many times: always remember Chairman Mao's kindness and learn from Chairman Mao's spirit.