After the end of the Cultural Revolution, the old cadres returned to work one after another, but a new problem arose. Although these veteran cadres are experienced, they are on the older side, and their knowledge structure and way of thinking can no longer keep up with the pace of reform and opening up.
In order to meet the needs of the new era, we advocate "younger cadres" and select a group of young cadres with innovative spirit and courage across the country. However, ** stressed that there are three types of people who must not be chosen.
* and *** stressed that those who followed the "Cultural Revolution" and started a rebellion by counterrevolutionary groups, those with serious gang ideology, and those who smashed and looted should be strictly examined, and none of them should be promoted to leading posts.
They believe that these people may become troublemakers when the situation changes. They demand strict selection of talents and resolutely implement these principles.
There are many leaders who believe that they should not be blamed for the special phenomena that have occurred in those special circumstances. In this new situation of reform and opening up, we should not blame the past and boldly promote and reuse capable people, instead of dwelling too much on their past mistakes.
However, ** insisted on his own point of view, and even wrote a letter to *** to express his opinion: "For factional backbone elements and smashing and looting elements, I firmly believe that they cannot be promoted to important posts.
I still don't change that view. ......For those who are only involved for various reasons, we should adopt a policy of understanding and striving for them, but for those who are deeply trapped, we must record them and not selectively forget. ”
*'s words do make a lot of sense. We can forgive those who are only related to the event and those who are forced to participate for various reasons.
But we must not be soft-hearted to those who are the backbone and those who have committed the most heinous crimes. The fact that they were able to make waves in that era shows that their hearts are extremely bad, they are essentially "bad people", and the distinction between good and evil is clearly their forte.
Therefore, we cannot easily believe that they have really changed for the better just because they are pretending to be pathetic and kind now. As Ji Xianlin once said: "Good people have one of the biggest weaknesses, that is, they believe that bad people can become good." ”
* Knowing the true face of these people, they are glamorous on the surface, but in fact they have hidden evil intentions. When the time comes, they will make waves again. Therefore, such people must be resolutely resisted and cannot be reused.
At the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, ** expressed a two-sentence suggestion to the secretary: "We must promote a large number of young cadres, not just a few people; At the same time, none of the three types of people during the Cultural Revolution can be promoted, and those who have been promoted must be eliminated from the leadership team. ”
Speaking at the conference, he explained: "If these three types of people enter the leadership team, many years later, when the time is right, they will jump out again to harm the country and the people." ”
According to statistics, by May 1987, a total of 5,449 "three kinds of people" had been cleared out of the whole country (except Guangxi), and this action greatly purified the cadre contingent and provided a guarantee for the smooth progress of reform and opening up.