Wake up（154）

 

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When Pan Guangfu chatted with Chai Jianmin, He Jiafu, and Li Tiandao about Lin Biao's past on the eve of the Cultural Revolution, Pan Guangfu sighed: "My grandfather Mai Changhong, like many veteran cadres in the army, stood firmly on the side of Mao Zedong and Lin Biao at that time. No one would have thought that the Cultural Revolution would happen later. My grandfather never realized that Lin Biao and Luo Ruiqing had deep conflicts, and the brutal power struggle in the military only slowly surfaced now."

On November 27, 1965, Luo Ruiqing traveled thousands of miles to Lin Biao Palace in Suzhou, and respectfully reported to President Lin for instructions. Lin Biao politely asked Luo Ruiqing to sit down, and after exchanging pleasantries, he said to Luo Ruiqing with a smile on his face, "Eat candy, eat candy, this is the authentic orange candy in Suzhou".

Lin Biao then asked, "How is your health?"

Luo Ruiqing replied: "It's just a toothache"!

Lin Biao said: "Duck stewed with lotus seeds is specially used to treat toothache. Lin Doudou eats this, and it will be good once you eat it."

The two talked very cordially, and the atmosphere was calm and peaceful. Before leaving, Lin Biao specifically asked with concern to eat stewed duck with lotus seeds.

Luo Ruiqing later recalled: "This conversation was more cordial and more relaxed than any previous one." He never thought that bad luck was about to come!

At that time, Luo Ruiqing held seven positions: Secretary General of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, Chief of General Staff, Minister of Public Security, Vice Minister of National Defense, Director of the National Defense Industry Office, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Luo Ruiqing is a key figure for Lin Biao to realize his ambition. It's impossible not to pull Luo Ruiqing to his side. However, Luo Ruiqing "doesn't know what to do and doesn't buy it". More than a year later, he did not show courtesy to Lin Biao, nor did he really show his loyalty to Lin Biao.

The relationship between Luo Ruiqing and Lin Biao was mediocre. On the contrary, he has a close relationship with He Long and Luo Ronghuan. On the issue of studying Mao Zedong's works, Luo Ruiqing sided with Luo Ronghuan. Luo Ruiqing said: "The highest is the liveliest. Is there a second level of liveliness? At the top, is it possible that Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought are no longer developing?" He said, "Describing the theory of the revolutionary mentor as the pinnacle itself violates Mao Zedong Thought." Luo Ruiqing retorted against Lin Biao's "live learning and application", saying, "Memorize Mao Zedong's works by rote, find ready-made answers from books, and get immediate results, and do not seriously study the spiritual essence of Chairman Mao's works. This kind of learning method violates the Combining theory with practice is a revolutionary style."

Luo Ruiqing's point of view greatly offended Lin Biao. Therefore, Lin Biao hated Luo Ruiqing deeply, and made up his mind to remove this "big rock". At the same time, Lin Biao attacked Guo Huaruo, deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region.

In December 1964, Guo Huaruo, the deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, went to the countryside in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province to "squat" and preach the "23 Articles" to the poor and lower-middle peasants. Mao Zedong had a comment on Guo Huaruo's report, which included: Comrade Guo Huaruo's body can stay in the countryside and gain something.... Guo Huaruo is out of tune with me, and has been like this for decades. Guo Huaruo was branded as a "three-anti" element because of Mao Zedong's criticism of "decades of incompatibility" in his squatting report.

Guo Huaruo is from Fuzhou, Huangpu Phase I. After liberation, he successively served as the commander of the Shanghai Public Security Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the commander of the Shanghai Garrison District, and the deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region. When he was awarded the title in 1955, he did not accept the rank of lieutenant general. He said, "Whether in the Kuomintang or the Communist Party, those in the first phase of Huangpu are generals." He was Chairman Mao Zedong's part-time military secretary. When he was in charge of military training in the Nanjing Military Division, he thought the Soviet system was unreasonable, and he didn't buy it. But he was rarely seen in public, for a while, with few shared responsibilities at work, and a long recuperation from illness. Guo Huaruo wrote the book "An Annotation to Sun Tzu's Art of War", which is well-known in the world. He is all-rounder in both civil and military affairs, and he is a great scholar. He and Deng Tuo, the editor-in-chief of the People's Daily, were fellow villagers and close friends, and they exchanged poems and essays. He is also a famous authentic calligrapher.

In the spring of 1965, Lin Biao seized on Mao Zedong's words and publicly criticized General Guo Huaruo.

Pan Guangfu said: "My grandfather Mai Changhong participated in this criticism meeting."

The Logistics Department of the Nanjing Military Region held a meeting to criticize Guo Huaruo's crimes of "anti-Party, anti-Mao Zedong Thought, and anti-socialism" in the logistics auditorium. The participants are all cadres above the battalion level. Entering the venue, a huge banner with black characters on a red background was drawn above the auditorium, and the inscription "Open fire to Guo Huaruo, a member of the Three Anti-Three Rebels" was written in 10 characters. The criticism meeting was presided over by Xu Fang, deputy director of the Logistics and Political Department. The logistics chief Xie Shengkun, Fu Quejian, and Yu Xinhua attended the meeting. The deputy political commissar of the military region chief Bao Xianzhi also attended the meeting. The atmosphere of the meeting was tense and serious. Only the criticized "protagonist" Guo Huaruo himself was not present. This shows that the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission, and Comrade Mao Zedong had no intention of defeating Guo Huaruo, but only "back to back" batches of criticism. Neither inside nor outside the party has made any disciplinary decisions. He is still the deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, a member of the Communist Party, and has not been expelled from the party. His political treatment and living treatment are "nephew lighting a lantern to take care of his uncle (old)". In fact, Comrade Mao Zedong protected him and did not let Lin Biaohu come.

In 1968, the Logistics Department of the Nanjing Military Region held a large-scale Mao Zedong Thought study class to "struggle against selfishness and criticize revision", and dragged Guo Huaruo out to criticize. General Guo Huaruo's hat is "anti-Party, anti-people, anti-socialism".

From 1965 to 1978, General Guo Huaruo was wronged for 13 years until the "Gang of Four" collapsed and Deng Xiaoping came back to preside over the work of the Military Commission. Guo Huaruo was completely rehabilitated.

Pan Guangfu added: "I have seen a lot of reports about that year from some materials."

December 8, 1965, Shanghai. On behalf of the Party Central Committee, Lin Biao presided over the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. Shaoqi, Xiaoping, Peng Zhen, He Long, etc. attended the meeting. They did not know the content of the meeting in advance, and they were not mentally prepared. At the meeting, Lin Biao announced the quarantine review of Luo Ruiqing, and Ye Qun "revealed" his problems. Only then did the participants figure out that the central Shanghai meeting was to punish Luo Ruiqing.

Central leadership comrades are skeptical of Ye Qun's 10-hour "reveal". Lu Dingyi said "an anecdote". Liu Shaoqi said, "Don't trust me." Deng Xiaoping said, "Liu Yalou is dead, and there is no proof of his death." On the third day of the meeting, Luo Ruiqing was brought to the venue and told to "explain the problem".

Luo Ruiqing was very angry and asked to see Mao Zedong and Lin Biao. Lin Biao set three disciplines for him: "Don't see Chairman Mao, don't see Lin Biao, reflect on and explain the problem carefully."

On December 16, 1965, Lin Biao met Chairman Mao Zedong and said a lot of things that were unfavorable to Luo Ruiqing. Mao Zedong said: "He opposes you, but he has not opposed me! Even if he opposes me swimming in the Yangtze River, he still has good intentions. This is one. If there are no these three (anti-Lin, anti-emphasis on politics, reaching out to the party) you can put Hang up the problem first. Hanging on for hundreds of years is not enough, hanging on for 10,000 years." Mao Zedong also said, "Luo Ruiqing has achieved success in his work. We are also responsible for this matter. We did not find out and educate him in time. Tell President Luo to return to Beijing."

However, Lin Biao put Mao Zedong's instructions aside, and he ignored the opinions of Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping and others. At the meeting, it was announced that Luo Ruiqing would be dismissed from all positions.

From March to April 8, 1966, Lin Biao arranged to criticize Luo Ruiqing in Beijing, and labeled him "three antis".

On March 18, 1966, Luo Ruiqing was forced to commit suicide by jumping off a building. The sky has eyes, Luo Ruiqing deserved to die and broke a leg. Lin Biao also convicted Luo Ruiqing of "suicide in fear of crime", "a traitor to the party", and "opposing Chairman Mao and Mao Zedong Thought". Lin Biao's minions Xie Fuzhi, Qiu Huizuo, Wu Faxian and others rushed forward, saying loudly: "Deputy Commander Lin has uncovered an ambitious person in the party and eliminated a hidden danger for the party."

A few months later, the unprecedented "Cultural Revolution" began, and Luo Ruiqing suffered a lot. He was put in a basket and carried around to accept "criticism, criticism, and criticism". The slogan at the time was: "Down with Liu Dengtao"! "Down with Peng Luo Lu Yang"!

After Lin Biao's explosion, Luo Ruiqing did not rehabilitate him, and still carried the blame. After the "Gang of Four" collapsed, Deng Xiaoping presided over the work of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, Luo Ruiqing was rehabilitated, resumed his post, and sent him to Germany to heal his leg. Unexpectedly, when he saw the light of day again, Luo Ruiqing got cancer and passed away soon.

Pan Guangfu said: "At that time, my father, Pan Renshu, never talked about politics, but only studied. My mother, Mai Shu, did the same. Only my mother's elder brother, Mai Mang, joined the army because his grandfather was an old Red Army. He also I often talk about politics with my grandfather Mai Changhong, but he is a fan, and his views are completely different from Mai Changhong. He actually stood on the opposite side of Lin Biao."