textChen Hao
After his death on September 9, 1976, the "Gang of Four" stepped up its activities to usurp the party and seize power. At that time, he served as the first vice chairman of the Communist Party of China and the premier. After his death, he was the actual "number one" of China. Therefore, the "Gang of Four" decided that they wanted to usurp the supreme leadership of the party and the state, and the most important thing was to bring down the party. At the same time, they also took into account that it is not too difficult to bring down ***. First, although it was personally selected by ***, it was ***'s wife, **Wang Hongwen and Yao Wenyuan were deeply trusted by ***, and they had longer experience working by ***'s side than ***; Second, the working time from the local to the local is not long, and the roots in the first place are not deep, while they are working from the very beginning. After the incident, they held a lot of leadership from ** to the locality, so their roots in ** were deeper than ***; Thirdly, ** has been doing local work for a long time and has no roots in the army; Fourth, within the Politburo, there are some people who support them; Fifth, ** is peaceful, speaks modestly, and seems to be politically weak. However, after all, he now holds the position of the first vice chairman of the Communist Party of China and the prime minister, and he is the person he trusted during his lifetime. In view of this, the strategy they adopted was: pressing step by step, forcing *** to hand over power.
However, he is superficially humble and does not budge on key issues. He withstood the pressure from the "Gang of Four" on three major matters.
One thing is the custody of documents and manuscripts during ***'s lifetime, especially in the year or two before ***'s death. After her death, she offered to keep the documents. **When this request was made, it seemed reasonable. She is the wife of ***, and during ***'s lifetime, she was also one of ***'s secretaries for a period of time. Therefore, ** felt that it should be kept by her. However, it is recognized that the preservation of documents from the time of death is a major problem. At a time when the current political struggle is fierce, whoever holds these documents will have the initiative. Because the documents before ***'s death, especially the manuscripts of the year or two before ***'s death, involve core secrets, and are one of the bases for proving what major decisions were made at that time. Whoever masters these documents has the right to interpret the major decisions made during his lifetime. If it is kept by **, she will use some of ***'s handwriting before her death to explain it indiscriminately, as the basis for the "Gang of Four" to usurp the party and seize power. Therefore, it was decided that the documents of *** could not be kept during his lifetime. In mid-September, ** asked *** many times to mess around, and she had to keep ***'s documents before her death, but *** just didn't agree. Later, ** directly found Zhang Yufeng, a staff member around *** before his death, and asked Zhang to hand over ***'s documents to her. Zhang Yufeng didn't dare to hand it over to ** without authorization, so he went to ask for instructions *** and said very simply: **The documents before his death were handed over to the ** General Office for safekeeping, and Wang Dongxing was responsible for it. This decision smashed the conspiracy of the "Gang of Four" to control the documents before his death. handed over these documents to the ** General Office for safekeeping, and Wang Dongxing was responsible for it, which also showed his trust in Wang Dongxing and played an important role in winning Wang Dongxing's support later.
Zhongnanhai "swimming pool". *Lived and worked here since August 1966.
The second thing is the issue of Mao Yuanxin's stay at **. Mao Yuanxin was originally the secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee (the first secretary of the provincial party committee system was implemented at that time, and the secretary of the provincial party committee was equivalent to the current deputy secretary of the provincial party committee - author's note), deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee, and he was left as a liaison between the political bureau and the Politburo. After his death, he was no longer needed as a liaison. However, ** proposed to keep Mao Yuanxin at ** to work, the reason is: Mao Yuanxin is ***'s own nephew, and he served as a liaison between *** and ** Politburo before ***'s death, so it seems logical to keep him at ** work. Asked this many times, but just didn't nod. Because *** knew in his heart that Mao Yuanxin was closely following the "Gang of Four", and he was a helper of ** at that time, and leaving him to work in ** was a threat to the party. **Seeing that *** disagrees, he simply brought this issue to the Politburo meeting. She temporarily proposed to convene a meeting of the Politburo, transfer *** to the Great Hall of the People, and force the palace to ***", asking him to express his position and let Mao Yuanxin stay in ** to work. ** Just don't take a stand. Wait for **enough trouble,** said very simply: Mao Yuanxin returned to work in Liaoning and dismissed the meeting! In this matter, the conspiracy of the "Gang of Four" was crushed.
The third thing is the problem of the "Gang of Four" tampering with *** dying will. **In the last few months of his life, he said to ***, "I don't worry about you doing things" and "do it according to the past policy", and also wrote these words on paper. But at the same time, ** also said to *** "according to the established policy". Originally, there was no essential difference between the connotations of the two sentences "according to the past policy" and "according to the established policy", but the crux of the matter is: whoever masters this sentence will have the right to interpret the final will. Between *** and ***, ** has the advantage: ** not only said this to him before his death, but also wrote it on paper for him. Shortly after it was written, this sentence was conveyed at the Politburo meeting, and it was personally decided to make him the first vice chairman of the Communist Party of China and the prime minister before his death, so mastering the "acting according to the past policy" grasped the key to his legal status and the key to explaining the content of his deathbed will. Compared with ***, it is obviously at a disadvantage. Because "according to the established policy" is only said to *** to *** one person, there is no second person present, and there is no circumstantial evidence. Although he also said this sentence in a small area, he did not publicly show it at the Politburo meeting, let alone write this sentence on paper. Therefore, ** said *** said this, it cannot be confirmed, and he is not convincing in explaining ***'s dying will. However, the "Gang of Four" has obviously recognized the role of mastering this sentence, and in order to grasp the right to interpret the dying will, they took the risk of throwing out "according to the established policy" and saying that this sentence was the final will of ***. On September 14, 1976, after the "Gang of Four" conspired in Building 17 of Diaoyutai, on September 16, they publicly wrote in an article in "People's **", throwing out "according to the established policy" in bold type.
Zhongnanhai Huairen Hall.
** immediately noticed the problem, and of course realized the seriousness of the problem, but he still held back and did not say anything about the problem for the time being. Watching, waiting, what does he watch? What are you waiting for? He was looking at the attitude of the old comrades in the Politburo, and waiting for the old comrades in the Politburo to express their positions. Sure enough, ** took this "People**" and found *** and said that this sentence in bold on the newspaper is different from what you conveyed at the **Politburo meeting, reminding *** to pay attention to this issue. In this way, ** has a bottom in my heart. He decided to strike back at the "Gang of Four". On October 2, in the "Speech of the Head of the Chinese Delegation at the 31st Session of the United Nations General Assembly" submitted by Qiao Guanhua, the head of the Chinese delegation, the words "according to the established principles" were deleted, and he criticized on the side: "Comrades Jianying, Hong Wen, and Chunqiao: I have read this item, and the main point is accurate, but the instructions quoted in the article are correct, and I checked it correctly, and I made the wrong three words written by *** myself. ** What was written and what I conveyed in the Politburo was 'follow the guidelines of the past', and I deleted it in order to avoid further miscommunication. It is suggested that the matter be explained to the Politburo. This criticism is a powerful response to the "sword from above" that the "Gang of Four" attempts to grasp the right to interpret ***'s deathbed will.
** with ***
** Not only did he resist the pressure from the "Gang of Four" on three major issues, but he also made the decision to crush the "Gang of Four" when he understood that he was threatened by the "Gang of Four". In **alone, he knows that in order to smash the "Gang of Four", he must get the support of old comrades such as ***. He knows better that these veteran comrades are on the same page as the "Gang of Four", and at a critical moment in history, veteran comrades such as ** will support him. He decided to find *** first, tell *** about his decision, and ask *** to go to *** to discuss. At 11 o'clock in the evening on September 23, ** came to ***'s house and said to *** anxiously: Now, those people are pressing, please find *** to discuss a solution. **Promised to find *** On September 24, **in the name of visiting the botanical garden, I took a car out of the city, but the car turned to the residence of *** in Xishan. **conveyed ***'s opinion to ***, **immediately expressed support*** and decided to go to ***'s home in person to discuss this matter with ***. On September 25th, ** went to the home of *** in Shijia Hutong and exchanged views with ***. At the same time, they decided to follow the method of the "Four King Kongs" (i.e., Huang Yongsheng, Wu Faxian, Li Zuopeng, and Qiu Huizuo -- author's note) who were arrested in the past, and let them come to a specific meeting venue in the name of convening a meeting, and then arrest them on the spot, and finally hold a Politburo meeting to make a decision. ** Consider, for this move to succeed, the key person is Wang Dongxing. At that time, Wang Dongxing was the director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China and the director of the Security Bureau, and he had his support. He wanted to discuss with Wang Dongxing in person. On the same day, ** went to find Wang Dongxing. Wang Dongxing said: "I listened to Premier Hua and Vice Chairman Ye. Wang Dongxing also discussed with *** the specific method of arresting the "Gang of Four".
After smashing the "Gang of Four", **Wang Dongxing and others took a group photo
It can be seen from the above that not long after the death of ***, he was already determined to smash the "Gang of Four". However, on the surface, he remained quiet, but while trying to win the support of his old comrades, he adopted a strategy to paralyze the "Gang of Four." There are four measures he took to paralyze the "Gang of Four": First, according to ***'s opinion, ** has decided that Mao Yuanxin will return to Liaoning Province to work, but Mao Yuanxin will not leave, he still lives in Zhongnanhai, which is a challenge to ***, and it is also a time bomb installed in **, but ** is not in a hurry to drive Mao Yuanxin away, and still allows Mao Yuanxin to live in Zhongnanhai. Second, when the "Gang of Four" is approaching step by step, it does not give in on issues of principle, but on the surface it is not very quiet, and it is not in a hurry to fight back, but blindly tolerates it, making the "Gang of Four" feel that it has no ability and no strength. Third, one day in September, ** also deliberately took a photo with **, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, Mao Yuanxin, Wang Dongxing, and ** in front of ***'s body, so that ** and others felt that ** had no major differences with them, and even thought that Hua was with them. Fourth, after his death, on the one hand, he did not make concessions to him on issues of principle, but at the same time, he often expressed comfort and condolences to him, and gave him enough respect. He comforted ** many times, which had an obvious paralyzing effect on ** and others. Later, when ** was arrested, he repeatedly asked to see *** to find Hua to "ask for an explanation", and also said that *** was a "traitor". This is clear proof that the paralyzing measures taken against the "Gang of Four" before crushing them played a big role. These tactics adopted deceived **, others and others, making them think that it was impossible to attack them, so they lost their vigilance against ***, which laid the foundation for the transfer of *** Wang Hongwen and others to Huairentang in the name of holding a meeting on October 6 to successfully arrest the "Gang of Four".
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