Chapter 22 Chapter 21 At the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China

The "Resolution Concerning Certain Historical Issues" was basically passed at the plenary session of the Seventh Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on April 20, 1945. On April 21, the preparatory meeting for the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held.Mao Zedong made a report on "The Work Policy of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China", pointing out that the policy of the conference is to "unite and strive for victory" and called on "the whole party to unite, like brothers and sisters, to strive for the victory of the country. Victory will never cease!" Zhang Wentian was elected to the seven presidiums.The seven presidiums approved by the preparatory meeting consisted of the following 15 people: Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Lin Biao, Peng Dehuai, Kang Sheng, Chen Yun, Chen Yi, He Long, Xu Xiangqian, Gao Gang, Zhang Wentian, Peng Zhen, and Ren Bishi.

On April 23, 1945, the Seventh National Congress opened.Mao Zedong made a political report "On the Coalition Government" on the 24th, Zhu De made a military report "On the Battlefields in the Liberated Areas", and Liu Shaoqi made "Report on Revising the Party Constitution".At the plenary meeting on May 2, Zhang Wentian made a long speech, emphasizing on the new work style in the last paragraph of Mao Zedong’s political report—“This is mainly a style of combining theory with practice, closely connected with the masses of the people. common style and self-critical style.”

Zhang Wentian sincerely reviewed his petty-bourgeois style of keeping his theory out of reality, out of touch with the masses, and lacking self-criticism for quite a long time, as well as the resulting "leftist" behavior during the period from the Fourth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee to the Zunyi Conference. Leaning on the wrong line, using wrong lessons to illustrate "what kind of destructive effect the petty bourgeois thought and style of the party will have on the party and the Chinese revolution."Zhang Wentian also explained, "After the Zunyi Conference (in fact, I started with the Long March, that is, I was with Mao Zedong in the Central Committee against the military line of another part of the comrades in the Central Committee at that time), generally speaking, I worked under the leadership of Comrade Mao Zedong. Therefore, there was no wrong line.” Zhang Wentian actually used his personal experience of both positive and negative historical experiences before and after the Zunyi Conference to vividly and concretely demonstrate that Mao Zedong’s style of combining theory with practice, linking up with the masses, and self-criticism is the key to leading the party. The style of the proletariat that has won victory in the revolution; the struggle against "Left" errors within the party is a struggle between proletarian ideology and petty bourgeois ideology; our party cannot move forward without overcoming petty bourgeois ideology and style. , the victory of the Chinese revolution is unthinkable.

Zhang Wentian frankly described his personal experience in the rectification movement and the painful process in the process of ideological transformation to the representatives of the Seventh National Congress, explaining that "my proletarian soul is like this, slowly gaining the upper hand in the struggle."He profoundly analyzed the weaknesses of revolutionaries who were born as petty bourgeois intellectuals by comparing two styles of thinking: one is "arrogance" and the other is "frivolity and impatience", the essence of which is "divorce from the masses"; The style of work "is an honest and honest style of thinking, which is infinitely profound and at the same time infinitely simple", "is the development of Marxism in China", and its entire spirit is what Mao Zedong said in his political report "wholeheartedly for the Chinese people". The spirit of "serving" and the spirit of "taking the final and greatest responsibility to the people".Zhang Wentian pointed out that it is an urgent task for the Chinese Communist Party to grasp this spirit and establish the views of the masses.If we can do this, "then, our arrogance will disappear, our frivolous and impetuous attitude will be corrected, and individualism and sectarianism will be gone."Zhang Wentian said: "In the future, I must learn from Comrade Mao Zedong's thoughts and style in practical actions with an open-minded attitude, a solemn and prudent attitude, so as to truly serve the people."

Zhang Wentian’s speech not only made a profound review of the mistakes he had made with humility and sincerity, not only made a realistic summary of his gains and experiences from participating in the rectification movement in the past three years, but also used his personal experience to learn from theory. Combining with reality, it profoundly dissected the thoughts and style of the petty bourgeoisie, and expounded Mao Zedong's excellent style of combining theory with practice, contacting the masses, and self-criticism. Scientific overview and evaluation. Zhang Wentian's speech at the plenary meeting of the Seventh National Congress was welcomed by the representatives of the congress.

On May 24, Mao Zedong said in his report "The Election Policy of the Seventh Central Committee" at the Congress that some comrades made very good self-criticisms, and our comrades at the Congress unanimously welcomed these self-criticisms.The most popular among them are Zhang Wentian and Zhou Enlai. In his report on May 24, Mao Zedong also clearly affirmed the historical achievements of Zhang Wentian and other comrades who made mistakes in the line and corrected them.He said: "In the past ten years, from the Zunyi Conference in January 1935 to the Seventh Congress today, what is the state of the Central Committee in these ten years? The Central Committee mainly The members of the Central Committee were elected by the Fourth Plenary Session and the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee. Now there are only five members elected by the Sixth Central Committee. They were elected by the two plenary sessions of somersaults. Three were also elected by the Sixth Plenary Session. Precisely in the past ten years, there have been fewer somersaults and fewer disturbances, and our work has made progress. This one Is experience very important? It is a very important experience. The Zunyi Conference in January 1935 was those who actively supported the Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Committee, that is, those who made mistakes in the third "Left" line , came out to oppose the third 'Left' line, they and other comrades opposed this 'Left' line. Now hang this account on me, I want to declare that none of these comrades and many other comrades opposed the 'Left' Without their sponsorship, all comrades of the 'Left' line, including some very important comrades in the third 'Left' line error, would not have been possible. The second was the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee, As you all know, the Sixth Plenary Session is an important key. Without the Sixth Plenary Session, the situation today would not be as great. If we did not overcome the tendency at that time, that is, we did not approve of and were afraid of the line of mobilizing the masses. The tendency to restrain oneself willingly, if one does not agree with the principle of mobilizing the masses, developing oneself, developing the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, expanding the Liberated Areas, not being bound by the policies of the Kuomintang reactionaries and at the same time not breaking away from the united front, then today's situation will be difficult. Not the same. Who are the people participating in the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee? It’s not just such a group of people. Without the sponsorship of comrades who have made mistakes in the past for this line, the Sixth Plenary Session would not be able to correct the right-wing capitulation tendency.”

At the meeting on June 10, Mao Zedong specifically told the delegates about Wang Jiaxiang's achievements because Wang Jiaxiang was not elected as a member of the Central Committee the day before, "I hope everyone will elect him."In the speech, Zhang Wentian's achievements were once again affirmed.He said: "The Zunyi meeting is a key point, and it has a great impact on the Chinese revolution. However, everyone must know that if the two comrades Luo Fu and Wang Jiaxiang did not split from the third 'left' line, it would be impossible to open Good Zunyi meeting. Comrades put good accounts in my name, but they must not be forgotten."

In the election of members of the Central Committee of the Seventh National Congress on June 9, 1945, Zhang Wentian was elected with more votes and became one of the 44 official members of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.After the closing of the Seventh National Congress, at the First Plenum of the Party’s Seventh Central Committee on June 19, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee was elected. Thirteen people were elected as members of the Politburo, and Zhang Wentian was one of them.The 13 Politburo members are: Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Ren Bishi, Chen Yun, Kang Sheng, Gao Gang, Peng Zhen, Dong Biwu, Lin Boqu, Zhang Wentian, and Peng Dehuai.