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Han Erniang and Chai Jianhua chatted at home about the "suspension of classes to start the revolution" during the Cultural Revolution. She believed that Mao Zedong's motivation for launching the Cultural Revolution was to eliminate opponents in the party, promote his revolutionary model to the world, and act as the leader of the world revolution. However, because he had already made many mistakes on the issues of "General Line", "Great Leap Forward", and "People's Commune", which led to three consecutive years of famine and tens of millions of people starved to death, it was difficult for him to follow the normal path. Eliminate a large number of objects of his suspicion in the party. Therefore, he did not hesitate to use methods to create chaos in order to win in the chaos. That is what he called "Great Chaos Governing the World". For this reason, he intentionally created chaos across the country and frantically encouraged young students to "rebel for reason."

Mao Zedong was unusually held on August 18, August 31, September 15, October 1, October 18, November 3, November 10, and November 26, 1966. A total of 8 The first time, I received Red Guards from all over the country on the Tiananmen Gate.

Once, Mao Zedong put on the armbands of the Red Guards, regardless of the dissuasion of the people around him, he just walked down from the Tiananmen Gate and sat on the ground in the square, showing that he and the young Red Guards "united, fought together, and won together" will.

Instigated by Mao Zedong, students in Beijing first started to rebel. They established the Red Guards organization, and first set off a frenzy of persecuting the principal and teachers in the school. Immediately afterwards, the beating Red Guards rushed to the society, beating anyone they wanted in institutions, factories, mines, and streets. According to statistics publicly disclosed after the "Cultural Revolution" ended, during the 40 days from August to September 1966, the Red Guards killed 1,772 people in Beijing alone, 13 of whom were school principals. Those days were called "Bloody Red August". Those who did not experience the catastrophe could hardly imagine the madness and cruelty of the bloody storm at that time.

At that time, a large slogan "Long live the red terror" was painted on Chang'an Avenue, and a cloud of terror enveloped the whole city of Beijing.

The situation was already so dire that instead of stopping it, Mao Zedong further provoked the students to rebel. On September 5, 1966, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a "Notice", expressing its support for the large-scale connection of students, encouraging students from all over the country to come to Beijing to learn Buddhist scriptures, and also mobilizing Beijing students to go to various places to carry out revolutionary connections, to "fan the wind of revolution, point Revolutionary fire".

Mao Zedong also used economic means to "gain benefits" from the Red Guards, announcing that all expenses needed in the series, such as travel expenses, accommodation expenses, and food expenses, would all be paid by the state.

As soon as the "Notice" was issued, a tsunami-like frenzy of tandems was set off across the country. Tens of millions of tandem students were honored as "Chairman Mao's guests" and ran to all parts of the country, impacting in all directions.

In the big series, some students established liaison stations in various places, attacked government agencies, factories, mines, and scientific research institutes, fought against "capitalist roaders", and destroyed places of interest in the name of "destroying the four olds".

The large-scale series caused the national traffic to fall into extreme chaos, seriously disrupted the social order, hindered the normal production and living order, and the whole country was paralyzed and semi-paralyzed.

Among the innumerable evil results of the grand series, the biggest evil result is that the Beijing Red Guards pushed the violence of beating people to all parts of the country. The students from other places were amazed to see the Red Guards from Beijing who went to the local area to beat people with their belts at every turn. Only then did they know that the Red Guards around Chairman Mao turned out to be rebellious like this! They also learned at once.

On August 18, 1966, Lin Biao delivered a speech at the "Cultural Revolution Celebration Conference", calling on the Red Guards to "destroy all the old ideas, old culture, old customs, and old habits of the exploiting classes", which is the so-called "destroying the four olds".

Due to the issuance of the "Notice" by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on September 5, the number of people in series has increased sharply, and the train has been overloaded several times. "Chairman Mao's guests" couldn't eat, drink or go to the toilet at all, because the toilet was also full of people.

In the extreme crowding, some students "stand" for a long time without their feet touching the ground. Quite a few students couldn't squeeze into the carriages at all, and couldn't stay in place indefinitely. In desperation, they organized a "Long March Team" to connect on foot.

Mao Zedong ignored the safety of these young people and stepped up incitement. On October 22, the "People's Daily" published an editorial "Red Guards Are Not Afraid of Difficulties in Expeditions", praising the Red Guards walking in series as a very meaningful "innovation".

Regarding the "big connection", the authorities repeatedly emphasized that it was "Chairman Mao's great care and love for the Red Guards" and "seeing the world through wind and rain."

Han Erniang said to Chai Jianhua: I was a middle school teacher at the time, many teachers were criticized, and the principal and secretary were also criticized. In retrospect, I think this was trading diamonds for bedbugs in exchange for a crowded and hungry tandem at the cost of students being out of school for life!

Han Erniang said that after more than half a year of the Red Guard rebellion, Mao Zedong saw that his greatest opponent Liu Shaoqi and his wings had clearly lost power in the chaos he specially created. This made him feel that the Red Guards were no longer worth using. He played the trick of "indulging in me" again, canceling his promise to the Red Guards to set off a new climax in the spring of the following year, and clearly no longer supported the Red Guards going out.

In November 1966, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Notice on the Issue of Revolutionary Connections between Revolutionary Teachers and Students", which decided that starting from November 21, before the warm spring season of the coming year, all visits to Beijing and other places for connection will be suspended.

On December 1, a supplementary notice was issued, announcing that starting from December 21, free food and lodging would no longer be implemented, and the Red Guard reception stations that provided free board and lodging in various places were quickly withdrawn.

Now that transportation, board and lodging have all been lost, the "big series" has become the end of the battle.

On March 19, 1967, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Notice on Stopping the National Mass Collusion".

Although the large-scale series has gradually stopped, schools across the country are still in a state of "suspension of classes and revolution". Tens of millions of "rebel young generals" who had just exited the all-powerful rebellion stage were suddenly unemployed, bored, with nothing to do, and nowhere to vent their energy.

Since "suspension of classes" means "making a revolution", of course the word "making trouble" should be used first. The classroom doors, windows, glass, blackboards, desks, and chairs were all smashed.

Since the principal and teachers can beat them, what's the point of smashing tables, chairs and benches?

After the big tandem was over, the teachers and principals of each school hid themselves and did not dare to show their faces, and I did not dare to go to school at that time.

As a result, the doors, windows, tables and chairs without hiding skills became scapegoats, and various school facilities were mainly destroyed at that time. Elementary schools suffered less damage, followed by universities, and middle schools were the worst.

Han Erniang said to Chai Jianhua: When "classes resume to cause revolution", if anyone can find three complete pieces of glass in a middle school, it will be a miracle. Today's students have difficulty understanding what the generation of students whose thinking was poisoned at that time did. At that time, fanatical political superstition was like a plague, sweeping the public through various media, making people lose their basic rationality. No wonder people often sigh: "It seems that students are indeed the easiest group to be used."

Destruction is everywhere. During the period of "suspension of classes for revolution", my school was also severely damaged. The original order inside and outside the campus has long since disappeared. The east and west teaching buildings, office buildings, libraries, and laboratories are all broken doors and windows. The teaching instruments, office equipment, books, electrical appliances, etc. inside have been demolished and taken away, leaving very little left.

During the period of "suspension of classes for revolution", the noblest and most civilized action is probably stealing books. The students smashed open the doors and windows of the library, and took all the books in the library for their own. Or the library has long been smashed, and the door is open, and people can come and go as they please. Some people actually become small bibliophiles by stealing books from the library. These students nourished themselves by reading stolen books and survived the era of cultural famine, and some even became talented by reading these "stolen books".

The laissez-faire "suspension of classes to start a revolution" continues sadly. For nearly a year and a half, the enrollment and course operation of all schools came to a standstill. Probably Mao Zedong was too busy "struggling with others" to take care of it. If he didn't speak, no one dared to mention the resumption of classes for students, including Zhou Enlai, who was in a high position.

In this way, from the 6 or 7-year-old primary school students to the 26- or 27-year-old university graduating students, all their studies were ruthlessly abandoned in the farce of "suspending classes for revolution" just because Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution.

Han Erniang said to Chai Jianhua with great emotion: "The first act of the farce of "suspending classes to cause revolution" is over. The second act of the farce of "resuming classes and making revolution", which exists in name only, has begun again.