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Li Tiandao told Lin Huiting, Chai Jianmin, and He Jiafu about the military control during the Cultural Revolution. In fact, Mao Zedong always emphasized that the gun must be firmly held, and he would never allow chaos in the army. While using military control to control the army, he officially attacked Liu Shaoqi.

Li Tiandao said, I have seen some relevant data.

"Notice No. 1 of Shanxi Revolutionary and Rebel Headquarters" published in the special issue of "Express" by the Office of the Central Cultural Revolution Group on January 16. The announcement issued on the 13th declared: "The former Shanxi Provincial Party Committee's leadership over the Cultural Revolution will be taken over by this headquarters from now on."

Mao Zedong instructed: "Retire Comrade Wang Li."

On the 25th, "People's Daily" published an editorial entitled "The Great Victory of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in Shanxi Province".

On January 21, Mao Zedong read a telegram from the Party Committee of the Nanjing Military Region to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China regarding the liaison station of the Third Rebel Command of the Capital in Anhui and other units to hold a mass meeting in Hefei and requesting the Anhui Provincial Military Region to send troops to guard the venue. He wrote: “Comrade Lin Biao: The army should be sent to support the broad masses of the leftists. Please use discretion. In the future, any true revolutionaries who ask for military support and assistance should do so. The so-called non-intervention is false, and it has already intervened. It seems that this matter should be issued again. The order is void. Please exercise your discretion."

In the afternoon of the same day, Mao Zedong presided over an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to discuss the issue of the army supporting the revolutionary leftist masses, and asked Wang Li to draft an instruction as soon as possible.

On the same day, Mao Zedong read the telegram sent by the Party Committee of Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture to the Central Cultural Revolution Group on January 19 regarding two rebel organizations fighting to take over the "Yanbian Daily" and requesting the Central Cultural Revolution Group to intervene to stop the conflict. Send the power in your hands to seize it, please deploy it. Mao Yuanxin went to Yanbian to work for a month, and there has been a big improvement. He is going to Harbin today, if he has not left yet, you can talk to him."

On the same day, Mao Zedong read the telegram from Li Zaihan, deputy political commissar of the Guizhou Provincial Military Region, to the General Political Department and the Central Cultural Revolution Group on January 20 about the situation of the Guizhou rebels. The telegram said: The person in charge of the Red Guards of the Guizhou Rebels and a small group of people in their headquarters have recently directed the struggle against the army, kidnapped sentry soldiers and confiscated weapons and ammunition, threatened to take over the Public Security Bureau, courts, and procuratorates, and detained officials in power for a long time , and arbitrarily detained a large number of ordinary people and grassroots cadres. After the central government reiterated the instruction of "grasp the revolution and promote production", a large number of workers were still mobilized to hold meetings day and night, which seriously affected production. A dictatorship over them is hereby requested.

Mao Zedong instructed: "Prime Minister: It seems that Li Zaihan, the commander of the military region, individual revolutionary cadres of the provincial party committee, and reliable leaders of several mass revolutionary rebels, a total of about a dozen people, should be brought to Beijing to study, determine policies, and then call They go back to implement it. Please discuss with the Cultural Revolution Team to make a decision. It seems that every province and city can do the same and solve it one by one.”

On the 25th, Zhou Enlai asked Li Zaihan and others to talk. On the 26th, he listened to the reports of the students, workers, and cadres who came to Beijing from Guiyang, and began to study and solve the problems in Guizhou.

Mao Yuanxin, nephew of Mao Zedong. At that time, he was the head of the "Heilongjiang Provincial Red Rebel Revolutionary Committee". In May 1968, he served as deputy director of the Liaoning Provincial Revolutionary Committee. In December 1972, he was appointed Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. In February 1974, he served as political commissar of the Shenyang Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In September 1975, he served as Mao Zedong's liaison officer in Beijing. During the "Cultural Revolution", he participated in the activities of the Jiangqing counter-revolutionary group to usurp the party and seize power. After smashing the "Gang of Four" in October 1976, he was removed from all positions inside and outside the party, detained for review, expelled from the party, and sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Li Zaihan, in February, May, and December 1967, successively served as the director of the Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee, the deputy political commissar of the Kunming Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the first political commissar of the Guizhou Provincial Military Region, and the leadership core of the Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee group leader. Dismissed in May 1971.

At noon on January 22, Mao Zedong received senior generals who participated in the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission meeting in the Great Hall of the People.

Mao Zedong said: We must support the rebels. They are small in number, but they must firmly support them and make an appearance. Our basic policy is to stand on the side of the revolutionary left. In the past, it was false to not intervene. Do the work of the right-wing masses, so many people and many cadres can be saved. The army "jet" Liao Hansheng, Liu Zhijian, and Su Zhenhua, fighting for four or five hours, insulting personality, and punishing them physically. This method is uncivilized. Why is it reasonable for the rebels to rebel, why do they engage in "jet type"? It must not be too much, and if it is too much, it will be unpopular. It is not good to put on a high hat and engage in "jet style" at every turn. You can't engage in coerced confessions. Young people must be educated. These people do not know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth. They think that one stroke is enough, and if one stroke is not enough, then two strokes are enough. Your suffering, treat it as an experience. Your military agencies can't let him rush, you have to work. Arrest people at random, including the secretary of the provincial party committee, army cadres, and arrest people everywhere, how can it be done? If you make a mistake, you can be beaten to death with a stick. Which one does not make mistakes? I do too. People like Zhang Tixue and Jiang Weiqing have always done some work in the past and made mistakes. They should be given time to correct them, and they will be criticized if they make mistakes. Still follow the method of rectification in Yan'an: learn from past mistakes and avoid future ones, and cure diseases.

When Li Tiandao recalled these past events, he said that under the personal leadership and command of Chairman Mao, the military control during the Cultural Revolution was later extended to the nationwide left support movement. The military played a powerful guiding role in the Cultural Revolution.