Wake up（177）

 

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Chai Jianmin said to He Jiafu, Li Tiandao, Lin Huiting, and Wanyan, that when I went to the house just now, I casually looked through the old newspapers and clippings stored in the box, and saw the "Sixteen Articles" materials collected before.

Chai Jianmin continued to tell about the past:

After the Eleventh Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee announced the "Sixteen Points", workers in some factories also threw themselves into the Cultural Revolution Movement. Beginning on November 16, 1966, the central government held a national industrial and traffic symposium. The meetings are usually presided over by Tao Zhu, and the Prime Minister presided over the meeting when the Prime Minister attended.

At the meeting, the "Twelve Instructions Concerning the Cultural Revolution in Factories" (draft) drafted by Chen Boda was first discussed. This document was discussed by the Central Cultural Revolution Group. The main content of the document is to point out that the working class is the leading force and the most active factor in the Great Cultural Revolution, and that they bear great responsibility for the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. , is unstoppable. The document proposes that factory workers can establish Cultural Revolution organizations, link up with each other, and exchange Cultural Revolution experiences with students.

However, under the chairmanship of Tao Zhu, the meeting adopted a completely negative attitude towards the "Twelve Points" put forward by the Central Cultural Revolution Group, making it useless. In order to vent their dissatisfaction with the Cultural Revolution, ministers such as Lan Bo, Lu Zhengcao, and Lu Dong made a lot of noise and left their seats. Therefore, under the auspices of Tao Zhu, Yu Qiuli and Gu Mu organized people from relevant departments to draft a document in opposition to the "Twelve Articles": "Several Regulations on Industrial and Communication Enterprises Carrying out the Cultural Revolution" (referred to as "Fifteen Articles") ). Requirements: The Cultural Revolution in industrial and mining enterprises should still be carried out in combination with the deployment of the "Four Cleans-ups", by phases and batches, positive education, no "Big Four", no collusion, and insist on eight-hour production.

The matter was reported to Chairman Mao, who denied the "Fifteen Points". He asked Gu Mu and others to take people to several big cities first, to listen to the opinions of workers from various factions, and then come back to discuss. the

The next meeting will be presided over by the Prime Minister. The Premier asked the State Council and the Central Cultural Revolution Group to sit down for discussion, and based on the "Twelve Points" proposed by Chen Boda, the "Eight Points of Opinion on Grasping the Revolution and Promoting Production" was drafted. Ten articles were added after discussion.

Chai Jianmin paused, and said: This is the origin of the slogan "grasp the revolution and promote production" during the Cultural Revolution.

Chai Jianmin continued:

Then the chairman asked Lin Biao to chair the Central Standing Committee to discuss the "Ten Points." Lin Biao spoke at the meeting, and he spoke very powerfully. He said that the trade fair was not held well this time, and some people's thinking was very wrong, and a 180-degree change was needed. He said that we should not be passive, but should take the initiative to let this revolution enter factories, rural areas, and society. The Cultural Revolution is "unstoppable", and we should not stop it, but go forward to meet it. The revolution is not to brake, but to expand. Let this revolution sweep every field. Lin Biao had his own views on industry. He believed that industrial and mining enterprises should strengthen political leadership. Lin Biao had a particularly strong opinion of Bo Yibo, and he specifically criticized some of Bo Yibo's previous practices on the industrial front. At this time, Bo Yibo had already been investigated for the "Sixty-One Traitor Case", so he did not participate in this symposium.

Premier Zhou also spoke at the meeting. The Prime Minister said that generally speaking, most comrades did not understand the Cultural Revolution, so resistance and complaints arose. He said, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake, just change it! Be responsible and don't be intimidated. Back then when we were fighting, we could go to the mountains of swords and into the sea of fire; when we were doing underground work, we could go to prison or go to purgatory. What is there to be reluctant to do now? He also pointed out that some cadres are afraid of the state of mind of the masses, they must be mentally prepared and able to stand the test. The evil results caused by work mistakes in the past must be learned, educated, and prepared to be tested. Build up Chairman Mao's thought, prepare to endure hardships and lose meat. These punishments are caused by our past work mistakes. If we don’t bear it, who will bear it? If we don't go to hell, who will go to hell? If we don't enter the tiger's den, who will enter the tiger's den? There is no mental preparation. This battle must be fought. If you are mentally prepared and lead well, it will not be so serious.

These words of Premier Zhou were often cited later to show that the Premier opposed and resisted the Cultural Revolution, and it was a kind of helpless humiliation.

Chai Jianmin continued: This is not true. In fact, among the materials in my collection, some memoirs say that the Prime Minister’s understanding of the necessity and importance of the Cultural Revolution was basically the same as that of Chairman Mao, and it is definitely not flattery. On some specific practices, due to the different problems faced or the different perspectives, he, the chairman and the Central Cultural Revolution Group will have some differences of opinion. However, generally after he knows the chairman's intentions, he will immediately adjust his views.

After the Prime Minister said, "Who will go to hell if we don't go to hell? Who will go to the tiger's den if we don't go to the tiger's den?" Then he said to a leading cadre, how did you start the revolution back then? Back then, people were not afraid of death when they fought wars, went to prison, entered a tiger’s den, and went to hell. Now, under the conditions of the dictatorship of the proletariat, what’s so terrible about carrying out the Cultural Revolution? At most, he will lose some meat and get sick, so he should be dismissed as an official! We must consider the Cultural Revolution as a whole.

The debate that arose at the Gongjiao Symposium had decisive significance for the development of the Cultural Revolution movement at that time. The industrial and diplomatic front was the battlefield of life and death that determined the success or failure of the Cultural Revolution. The Cultural Revolution movement cannot rely solely on the Red Guards. The national economy and the overall situation of the country depend on the industrial and mining enterprises. Whether the Cultural Revolution can be successful depends on whether the working class can take action. After taking action, will it stand on Chairman Mao's side or on Liu Shaoqi's side? Therefore, this is not a question of formulating a "ten point" or "fifteen point", but whether we should unite and organize the working class to fight against the capitalist roaders and their counter-capitalist line.

In fact, regardless of their attitude towards the Cultural Revolution, people like Gu Mu and Yu Qiuli are also good people. The personal relationship between Wang Li and Gu Mu was quite good. Later, after Wang Li was censored, Kang Sheng proposed that Wang Li had joined the Kuomintang before. At this time, Gu Mu came out and said that our underground party sent Wang Li to join the Kuomintang. Gu Mu was one of the leaders of the northern underground party at that time. Gu Mu came out to speak for Wang Li when he lost power. Yu Qiuli is a one-armed general, and he is also great.

Everyone knows that in a country as big as ours, production cannot stop for a moment. Factories, railways, coal mines, power plants, there are always a lot of problems to deal with. If production stops for two days, a society will be in chaos and cannot sustain itself. This is a common sense question. the

These few people from the Central Cultural Revolution cannot manage production well. Therefore, Chairman Mao always let the prime minister take charge of production, and asked the central cultural revolution and the prime minister to cooperate well. The slogan he put forward was "grasp the revolution and promote production", and revolution and production should be balanced.

Chai Jianmin sighed:

In my opinion, the fundamental problem at that time was not, as some opponents of the Cultural Revolution accused, that the Central Cultural Revolution Group used the revolution to sabotage production. On the contrary, some people who opposed and resisted the Cultural Revolution were always doing everything possible to suppress the revolution by grasping production. And when the Cultural Revolution movement directly affected the vital interests of these people, they did not hesitate to suppress the revolution by destroying production.

During the conversation, several elderly people believed that the Gongjiao Symposium was an important turning point of the Cultural Revolution. From then on, the working class took part in the Cultural Revolution movement as the main force. The Cultural Revolution has entered a new stage. But few people pay attention to these things these days.