In the fall of 1970, Edgar ** came to Beijing to participate in our National Day activities. The old man spoke highly of him, I haven't changed, and you haven't changed.
This content was recorded in my own article, and I was asked to talk to the "old man". ** Also very direct, he asked the old man, when did you obviously feel that you had to get rid of Liu politically?
The old man made it clear that January 1965. The actual grievances have been going on for a long time, and since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the two have had contradictions in their thoughts one after another. For example, I talked about Lao Gao before, and sent Lao Gao to check "Fengtian**", but generally speaking, throughout the fifties, the relationship between the two was quite normal. Even if there are contradictions, they can still compromise with each other. It was not until the sixties that face-to-face conflicts developed. And the starting point of all this came in 1962. This year is also a turning point in the relationship between Mao and Liu. Three events this year have completely changed the direction of the relationship between the two.
First, on the "7,000 people", natural disasters and man-made disasters made the elderly feel a lot of pressure. Second, Liu advocated that rural production should be delivered to households, which the old people believed was a return to capitalism. The old man criticized Liu, you are too anxious. Liu retorted to the old man, if so many people starve to death, the history books will not spare you and me. Third, the old man once again conducted a secret investigation of Liu, trying to prove that Liu had knelt at Jiang's feet and acted as a mole.
It was these three events that caused a direct conflict between the two and completely changed the direction of their relationship.