Wake up（87）

 

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Many memories are painful and helpless. Memories are a wordless song. The silence makes people's eyes dim with tears. Recalling the past events of the 7,000-person meeting, it can be said that Mao Zedong's prediction was correct. However, the 28-day conference completely deviated from the scheduled track, and there were many waves, and the turbulent waves reappeared. For Mao Zedong, the dramatic turning point and climax in the course of the congress were particularly intriguing and unforgettable.

Discussions within the "Twenty-One Report Drafting Committee". While extensively discussing the draft report drafted by Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping, the conference also formed a 21-member report drafting committee to re-discuss and revise the report draft. This work, still presided over by Liu Shaoqi, is carried out simultaneously with the discussions at the conference. The members of the drafting committee were mainly the central and local leaders at that time. The opinions and results formed by the drafting committee's discussions played a pivotal role in the conference and would also play a decisive role in Mao Zedong's final judgment.

The drafting committee discussed five issues: 1. Should the first draft of the report be overturned and start from scratch? 2. Has the opposition to decentralism grasped the main contradiction? 3. Is the indicator high or low? 4. Reasons and responsibilities for mistakes; 5. What are the three red flags?

For Mao Zedong, the latter two of the five issues were naturally the most sensitive. And it was precisely on these two issues that someone fired a cannon. On the issue of mistakes and responsibilities over the past few years, both Liu Shaoqi and Tao Zhu believed that the 1959 Lushan Conference only opposed the right and not the left, which was the main source of the mistakes. Liu Shaoqi also believes that the ideological root of these mistakes is the lack of long-term understanding of socialist construction.

But Liu Lantao pointed out bluntly that the reason for making mistakes in the past few years is that the life of the party has been seriously damaged, and people dare not tell the truth. He also bluntly stated that loyal ministers have been persecuted in recent years, and the opposite is "horse horses and cows", that is, watching the wind to make the rudder, bragging and flattering the horse. This is a very serious problem and a lot of bugs are caused by this situation. When loyal ministers were persecuted, treacherous ministers became arrogant. Liu Lantao not only really compared Mao Zedong to the emperor, but also dared to hold the emperor accountable.

But the one who publicly called out Mao Zedong on this issue was Peng Zhen, then member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, and vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Peng Zhen boldly stated: Our mistakes are first of all the responsibility of the Central Secretariat, including the Chairman, Shaoqi and the comrades of the Central Standing Committee, including as many mistakes as there are. Chairman Mao did not make any mistakes. The transition from three to five years and the cafeteria were all approved by Chairman Mao. Our view of Chairman Mao is not granite but also sedimentary rock. Chairman Mao's prestige is either Mount Everest or Mount Tai, and it is still so high after taking away a few tons of soil. Now there is a tendency within the party not to raise opinions or review mistakes, and once they do, they will collapse. If one percent or one thousandth of Chairman Mao's mistakes are not reviewed, it will leave a bad influence on our party.

Peng Zhen's words received tactful and implicit support from Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqi. Although Chen Boda's refutation of Peng Zhen's words later made the discussants realize the seriousness of the problem, and Zhou Enlai cleverly smoothed things over. In the end, the discussion did not go further on this issue, but this open challenge of "daring to act" spread to Mao Zedong. From his ears, one can imagine the feeling in his heart. So at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, it is not surprising that Mao Zedong was the first to attack Peng Zhen, who presided over the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, and used this to direct the fire to Peng Zhen's "backstage boss" who was "behind the scenes".

When discussing the Three Red Flags issue, at least four members of the Standing Committee, namely Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Chen Yun, had varying degrees of reservations. However, due to Mao Zedong's prestige, it was inconvenient for them to speak in depth. Or say some ambiguous words "tactfully" in the past.

For example, Liu Shaoqi said: "Three red flags that are more difficult to say", what does that mean? That is, "the people's commune is still a bit big and dutiful. It will be seen in the future, but it is difficult to say now." The implication is that the people's commune was set up too early, and it has surpassed the stage, and it expresses that people are allowed to doubt.

Chen Yun spoke frankly during the discussion: Some issues can only be affirmed in principle. Some people think that they are not specific and still have doubts. Doubt for several years.

Although Zhou Enlai had ideas, his use of the doctrine of the mean was always ingenious. When people complained a lot about the three red flags, he suggested: In the report, we should say a few more words about the superiority of the people's communes.

As for Deng Xiaoping, he simply compared the People's Commune to a premature baby, which has two meanings of "untimely birth" and "more care"; This is Deng Xiaoping's cunning.

Discussion is one thing, writing is another. I believe that no one in the drafting committee wants to be Peng Dehuai's second.

The sharp words that damaged Mao Zedong's "prestige" that were spoken out in the discussion were either retracted or replaced with a subtle and euphemistic statement. negative things. For example, "The revised report added the following content when describing Mao Zedong's contribution to correcting mistakes: If many of our comrades can better understand Mao Zedong Thought and be good at using the methods of seeking truth from facts and investigating and researching that Comrade Mao Zedong has always advocated, And earnestly implement the guiding opinions put forward by Comrade Mao Zedong at every critical moment, then some mistakes in the work in the past few years can be avoided, or can be greatly reduced, or can be corrected more quickly after they occur. "

It is a pity that Mao Zedong will never believe such flattery.

Where there is struggle, there will be memory. In a struggle, you can't resist, and there's nowhere to escape. For those in high positions, memory is the epitome of society. What is worth remembering is always unforgettable, especially when former comrades-in-arms suddenly became enemies, and former friendship turned into bitter and sad hatred. Friendship also has a shelf life, and all promises have a deadline, and this deadline is a short moment. After the shelf life, the past vows and alliances can be said to be just a lie.

From the speeches and discussions of the 16 members of this committee, Mao Zedong has roughly figured out which people have begun to "slander" him for a long time, which "close partners" or colleagues for many years have had different dreams with him, and which so-called "loyal" His fellow travelers have begun to evolve into his political opponents, or will part ways with him after all.