There's a well-known motto –"Not only the top, not only the book, only the truth"., for example, he did this very well at the "Conference of 7,000".
At the beginning of 1962, an enlarged meeting was held, which was personally presided over by the first party, to summarize and correct the mistakes made since the "Great Leap Forward".
The meeting was generally successful, and both *** and *** and others made criticism and self-criticism, and unanimously agreed that the economic situation in the country has passed the "most difficult period".
However, ** disagrees with this statement, believing that the "most difficult period" has not yet passed, and we should not take it lightly, but must make a painful determination to completely reverse the situation.
However, in that environment at that time, ** also knew that if he objected, it would not be effective, so he simply did not speak, neither expressing support nor opposition.
His attitude also attracted the attention of ***, so he asked him to speak by name and talk about his views.
* said that he is investigating and researching, this work has not yet been completed, and it is a little early to speak.
** did not give up, and asked him to speak by name three times, but** never opened his mouth and refused to express his opinion.
In fact, everyone also knows that in that environment at that time, "not speaking" had already expressed their attitude, so everyone also pinched a cold sweat for **.
However, ** still adheres to his motto - "not only the top, not only the book, only the truth", and would rather not express his opinion, and never echo the opinion that he does not agree with!
Afterwards, ** said with emotion:"Comrade ** never speaks easily until he has investigated everything clearly. For example, there are no words in favor of the people's communization, the Great Leap Forward, the Great Iron and Steel Making, and so on. ”
Many years later, ** explained the reason for not speaking at this congress that year, saying:"In the 1962 7,000-person conference, ** asked me to speak, but I didn't speak, mainly because it was not my ** character with the mud, and at the same time, I couldn't embarrass ***. ”
* This explanation, the previous part and what we said is the same truth, that is, I don't want to "and thin the mud", but his last sentence is still beyond our guesses.
It turned out that ** refused to speak at the conference, also out of consideration for the overall situation, that is, "you can't embarrass ***".
At that conference, ** took the initiative to make a review, saying:"All the mistakes made by ** are directly responsible for me, and I also have a part indirectly, because I am the ** chairman. I don't want others to shirk their responsibilities, and some other comrades are also responsible, but I should be the first to be responsible. ”
After saying these words, everyone was very moved and applauded.
In this case, if you want to say something against it, it will be inappropriate, whether he is sincere or not, it will be considered that he is deliberately "embarrassing ***".
Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, I chose to keep my mouth shut.
However, it is not uncommon to say that after the end of the 7,000-member congress, he presided over an enlarged meeting of the Politburo, and made a long speech in which he made a comprehensive and truthful analysis of the current economic problems, which was also unanimously approved by everyone.
Therefore, ** is a very methodical person, knowing when to say and when not to say, so as to achieve his own goals.
(Reference: "*Biography", "*First Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection**", Changes in the Situation - The Beginning and End of the 7,000-person Conference).