In 1974, he was commissioned to investigate an unjust case. As things progressed, it was discovered that the two letters that had been identified as evidence of Chiang's guilt turned out to be the life-saving straw for ** to wash away the grievances.
Suffered in the "Cultural Revolution".
At that time, ** and *** presided over the work of the Military Commission, and after ** was defeated, ** pointed the finger at **, and from August 1966, ** everywhere to meddle and "seize power" rumors spread everywhere.
In December 1966, ** and his wife were protected in the West Flower Hall. Because ** was determined to bring down **, he had to decide to send ** and his wife away. **The couple were sent to Xiangbigou, Xishan, where the 1st Division of the Garrison was stationed, and was guarded by a PLA company outside.
In 1967, the ** task force with Kang Sheng as the team leader and Ye Qun as the deputy leader was formally established. The task force took away all the bedding and pillows, and the couple could only sleep on a bed without bedding and use their arms as pillows. After that, under the pretext of water difficulties, the task force cut off water for 45 days, and only had a small pot of drinking water every day, and the rest of the water could only be solved by receiving rainwater.
At the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the position of the sole vice chairman was confirmed by the Party Congress. He began to be reckless*** in a more difficult situation, and his health was getting worse and worse. In January 1969, the task force stipulated that the drugs brought by ** should be confiscated, and they were forced to move and leave the place of residence arranged by ***. ** diabetes worsened dramatically, acidosis appeared on June 8, but glucose was injected, and died in Hospital 301 on June 9. Without instructions from superiors, doctors do not dare to inject glucose. In order to cover up the guilt, ** was hospitalized and his wife Xue Ming was not allowed to accompany him. The next day, the head of the task force held a meeting and said: **'s death report "should be written in detail" and "we have been taken care of by doctors, and we have fulfilled our responsibilities".
On May 17, 1971, the special case group submitted to Kang Sheng and others the "Review Report on the Crimes of Collaboraters and Conspirators Who Uspured Military Power," proposing to expel them from the party and the military, and to publicize their crimes within a certain scope. In the end, the "Review Report" was released in the form of a task force report.
Instructions to be "rehabilitated".
On February 29, 1973, ** said to *** in the Zhongnanhai swimming pool: I don't think there is a problem. I have shortcomings, listen to one side. Instructions to be rehabilitated. However, ** neither conveyed to the Politburo, nor did he set out to rehabilitate **. On December 21, at the enlarged meeting of the Military Commission, he said: I think I have made a mistake and we must overturn the case, otherwise it will be bad if there is no **. He also said: It's all **, I listened to one side, so I made a mistake. ** Done self-criticism and took responsibility. In this way, the work of rehabilitating ** can begin. **Entrusted this heavy responsibility***
**I know that at the end of 1973, especially after the "approval of forests and holes" in January 1974, ** was in a difficult situation. The "Gang of Four" did not agree to be rehabilitated. In addition, the task force has compiled a lot of materials and fabricated countless charges for **, and it is not an easy task to clarify them one by one. And it can't be bad, otherwise, not only can it not be rehabilitated, but it will also cause the "Gang of Four" to be completely rehabilitated.
Identified the "problem".
After talking to ***, I quickly sent someone to send a package of materials to ***.
The most critical material is that Li Zhonggong, a democrat in the early days of the "Cultural Revolution", sent two letters to **. Li Zhonggong was the head of the Secretariat of the General Headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army. After Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12" coup d'état in Shanghai, he was arrested for instigating anti-Han (Wuhan**). Therefore, he held a grudge against **, and on March 28, 1968, he forged two letters to frame **. Li Zhonggong framed him and said that the two letters were written to him in Wuhan in 1929, signed by He Yunqing, and asked him to forward them to Chiang Kai-shek. The content of the letter was ** expressing his desire to defect to Chiang Kai-shek.
It's impossible! In July 1927, the Nanchang Uprising was brewed, and he joined the Communist Party after the Nanchang Uprising. If he really wanted to defect to Chiang Kai-shek, he would not have led his troops from Wuhan to Nanchang to lead the uprising.
**Report to ***, and send someone to Li Zhonggong for review. Later, he found Li Zhonggong's younger brother. He said that after the outbreak of the "Cultural Revolution", Li Zhonggong knew that ** had been impacted, and he thought that he could make meritorious contributions by handing over the letter. Therefore, these two letters cannot be incriminating evidence for **.
At the same time, ** asked the Ministry of Public Security to do a technical appraisal of the two letters. The test results showed that both the letter paper and the ink were produced after the founding of the People's Republic of China. **I am very happy to report the results to *** soon.
Subsequently, **let*** and *** draft a report of rehabilitation and a notice of **. On September 15, 1974, the "Notice of the Communist Party of China on Restoring the Honor of Comrade **" was reported
On September 29, 1974, with the approval of ***, the "Notice of the Communist Party of China on Restoring the Reputation of Comrade **" was issued as Document No. 25. On June 9, 1975, the seventh year of his murder, a ceremony was held to place his ashes, which restored his reputation publicly.