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Today's younger generation is not only the largest in history, but also the most connected. Worldwide, youth are almost twice as connected online as the general population average. In developed countries, almost all young people use the Internet, while in least developed countries, young people are three times more likely to be online than the overall population average. In China, even with the strictest controls on the Internet, those who circumvent the firewall can still see and hear the outside world. Even domestic WeChat and Douyin will break out amazing news from time to time.

These young people gathered in the small hotel "Juyi Hall" are such a group of young people who want to learn about history and society.

Little Kong Ming, Li Si, San Pang, Wang Wu, Nan Yangsheng, and Cheng Yenan are discussing the events and people of the Cultural Revolution. Combined with the current situation in China, what they talked about most was Mao Zedong's last-ditch effort during the Cultural Revolution: criticizing Deng and fighting back against the right-leaning style of overturning verdicts. Deng Xiaoping also became the central figure of the biggest issue.

The eloquent and knowledgeable little Kong Ming and Li Si went straight to the point, and he said:

In the second half of 1975, Mao Zedong was seriously ill, and his contact with the outside world could only be communicated by his nephew Mao Yuanxin.

On November 2, 1975, Mao Yuanxin told Mao Zedong that Deng Xiaoping "seldom talked about the achievements of the Cultural Revolution, and rarely criticized Liu Shaoqi's revisionist line."

What Mao Zedong was most worried about was overturning the verdict during the Cultural Revolution. He said dissatisfiedly, "Some comrades, mainly old comrades, have two attitudes towards the Cultural Revolution. One is dissatisfaction, and the other is to settle accounts."

Because Mao Yuanxin, Mao Zedong's nephew and liaison officer, reported to Mao Zedong many times, saying that Deng Xiaoping "seldom talked about the achievements of the Cultural Revolution" and that Deng Xiaoping's "three instructions are the key link... In fact, there is only one instruction left, namely Production has gone up", Mao Zedong decided in November to solve Deng Xiaoping's so-called "rightist" problem; when criticizing Deng Xiaoping, he said: "The three directives are the key link. Stability and unity do not mean the absence of class struggle. The rest are eyes", "Xiaoping... this person does not grasp class struggle, and has never mentioned this outline. He is still a white cat or a black cat, regardless of imperialism or Marxism"; Mao Zedong also pointed out that "some people always want to If you are dissatisfied with this Cultural Revolution, you will always be blamed for the Cultural Revolution, and you will always have to reverse the verdict.”

However, Mao Zedong still told Mao Yuanxin that it was not to defeat Deng Xiaoping, but to correct mistakes.

On November 2, Mao Yuanxin once again told Mao Zedong that Deng Xiaoping never talked about the Cultural Revolution, but was actually dissatisfied with the Cultural Revolution. Mao Zedong expressed the hope that Mao Yuanxin would help Deng Xiaoping improve. In the afternoon of the same day, Mao Yuanxin called Deng Xiaoping and others to hold a meeting. At the meeting, Mao Yuanxin criticized Deng Xiaoping’s wrong line in presiding over the work of the Central Committee. Deng Xiaoping retorted that he had presided over the work of the Central Committee for more than three months. Practice has proved that the situation in the country has improved. Deng Xiaoping also said I am following Chairman Mao's instructions to start production. After the meeting, Mao Zedong listened to Mao Yuanxin's report and said that he would hold another meeting to help Deng Xiaoping.

On November 3, Mao Zedong approved the letter written by Liu Bing, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Tsinghua University, reflecting various problems with Party Secretary Chi Qun and Deputy Secretary Xie Jingyi. Write it to me, and it must be reposted by Xiaoping. Xiaoping is partial to Liu Bing. The issues involved in Tsinghua University are not isolated, but a reflection of the current struggle between the two lines." Wu De presided over the briefing.

On November 4, Mao Yuanxin convened a meeting of eight people. At the meeting, Deng Xiaoping continued not to mention the Cultural Revolution, and emphasized that it was correct to engage in production and achieve stability and unity. After Mao Yuanxin reported the situation to Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong was even more dissatisfied with Deng Xiaoping. He decided to expand the meeting, continue to have people enlighten Deng Xiaoping, and asked Deng Xiaoping to write a review.

Mao Yuanxin expanded the scale of Deng Xiaoping's enlightenment meeting. But Deng Xiaoping still did not admit that the Cultural Revolution was correct at the meeting. After the meeting, Deng Xiaoping wrote a written inspection, but only reviewed the shortcomings and mistakes in specific work, and did not talk about the Cultural Revolution.

Mao Zedong was very angry about this, thinking that Deng Xiaoping belonged to the petty bourgeoisie and was a capitalist roader in the party.

Mao Zedong decided to no longer let Deng Xiaoping preside over the daily work of the central government. In addition, Mao Zedong instructed Mao Yuanxin to convene a Politburo meeting to continue to enlighten Deng Xiaoping, and the Politburo meeting could be presided over by Deng Xiaoping. However, Deng Xiaoping was right not to talk about the Cultural Revolution at the Politburo meeting. Deng Xiaoping wrote another written inspection with almost the same content.

At this time, Liu Bing, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Tsinghua University, wrote to Mao Zedong through Deng Xiaoping to report the problem. Mao Zedong believed that Liu Bing's letter contained dissatisfaction with the Cultural Revolution, and Deng Xiaoping's transfer of Liu Bing's letter did show that he was also dissatisfied with the Cultural Revolution.

On November 20, 1975, the Politburo held a meeting to discuss the evaluation of the "Cultural Revolution". Mao Zedong wanted to give Deng Xiaoping one last chance, and proposed that Deng Xiaoping preside over the formulation of a Politburo resolution evaluating the Cultural Revolution. And form a document affirming the Cultural Revolution. Lao Mao said that the Cultural Revolution scored seven points, and three points were not enough.

But Deng Xiaoping did not accept Mao Zedong's suggestion. Deng Xiaoping said that it was inappropriate for him to preside over the resolution. He was a native of Taohuayuan. Deng Xiaoping used his strategy of keeping a low profile and skillfully responded with Tao Yuanming's words, and declined Mao Zedong.

Deng Xiaoping's evasion and resignation made Mao Zedong very disappointed and very angry. Mao Zedong decided to launch a campaign to fight back against the right-leaning overturning the verdict, and held a greeting meeting before launching the campaign to warn those leading cadres who were resistant to the Cultural Revolution.

On November 24, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a "Greeting Conference". Deng Xiaoping read out the "Key Points of Greetings Speech" reviewed by Mao Zedong, and officially characterized it as "this is a rightist trend of overturning the verdict." Those who attended the meeting were largely silent. Mao Zedong was dissatisfied with the greeting meeting, so he decided to launch a nationwide campaign to counter the right-leaning reversal of verdicts.

On November 26, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Key Points of Greetings" to the whole country. The main points of Mao Zedong's speech at that time were: "The problems in Tsinghua University are by no means isolated. They are the result of the current struggle between two classes, two roads, and two lines. Reflect. This is a right-leaning trend of overturning verdicts.”

Deng Xiaoping was subsequently suspended from most of his jobs.

On November 26, the CCP officially issued a notice to "counter-attack the right-leaning style of overturning verdicts." The study began in various places, which marked the official start of the campaign of "Combating the Right Deviation and Overturning Verdicts".

Mao Zedong immediately decided to stop letting Deng Xiaoping take charge of the overall work and let him "specialize in foreign affairs."

At this point, Mao Zedong's idea of ​​Deng Xiaoping's succession was finally shattered, and a campaign of "criticizing Deng and countering the rightist overturning the verdict" was launched. It is imperative that Deng Xiaoping be defeated for the third time.

The party in the small hotel is over, the most unfortunate life is to live in unfortunate memories, the most unscientific life is to live in lies full of bad habits, the least ideal life is to live in troubled times, the most desperate life is to bury own beliefs. Nan Yangsheng fell into deep contemplation: the best years that people claim are actually the most painful, and it was only when he recalled afterwards that he decided to give up.

Nan Yangsheng said to his sister Nan Liwa: In the hourglass of memories, small things may be taken away and forgotten, and important scenes often linger and are difficult to cross. Looking down on the past, the ups and downs of the years, up to now, it is just a fleeting moment, the past is just a cloud of smoke. In the end, they will disappear in thin air under the guidance of the old man.