Chapter 43 2. Get out of prison

Although I am very happy to be reduced from life imprisonment to fixed-term imprisonment of 15 years, but in 1990, 15 years later, I will be 79 years old. Will I still be alive?In between.So I decided to take commutation of sentence as a new starting point, and strive to get out of prison as soon as possible.How to fight for it?At that time, I still hoped that the great and correct Communist Party would one day find out my revolutionary history and turn the reversed history upside down.But in the era of the "Cultural Revolution" when some old leaders of the party were imprisoned, who would dare to intervene in my unjust case?It seems that I can only beg God to extend my life so that I can get out of prison in my lifetime and see the beautiful scene of the socialist society that I have fought for most of my life!

Misfortune comes from the sky, and blessings come from the party.Sing the rooster and the world will be white. December 1, 1975.At 6 o'clock in the morning, the squadron leader talked to me.I went into his office, and he handed over my deposit to me, and said, "Hurry up and go back to the prison cell, pack your luggage, and wait to take the bus to Taiyuan."I hadn't packed my luggage when I got back to the cell; the duty officer told me to go to the big room for dinner.Braised pork and white noodles, eat as much as you can (usually limited). At 8 o'clock, a battery car took me out of the cell compound and arrived in front of the auditorium.There were already seventy or eighty prisoners there, as well as several large buses.Everyone entered the auditorium, and the political commissar of the prison gave a speech.He said: Sending you to Taiyuan to study has a lot to do with your future.Follow orders along the way.What is the purpose of coming to Taiyuan?Sitting in the car, everyone is still guessing.At around four o'clock in the afternoon, I arrived in Taiyuan and lived in a labor reform unit in the Taiyuan ballast yard.Hundreds of people from various reform-through-labor units in Shanxi have gathered here.The news here is relatively well-informed. It is said that after the study is over, an "amnesty" will be carried out.In the evening, Director Wang of the Shanxi Labor Reform Bureau went to each prison cell to meet with everyone, and said polite words such as "the hospitality is not good".This is rarely heard in labor camps.Everyone's food was also changed from steamed buns to steamed buns.During the day, everyone can move freely in the compound of the ballast field, but cannot go out of the gate.At night, the door of the cell is not locked.

On the morning of the third day, a meeting was held, and Secretary Wang of the Shanxi Labor Reform Bureau gave a speech.The main content of what he said was the excellent situation at home and abroad; he also arranged several study documents related to the situation.He finally said: The current excellent situation is closely related to your future, you should study hard. On the afternoon of December 13, another meeting was held for all those who came to study in Taiyuan.Secretary Wang of the Labor Reform Bureau summarized everyone's learning about the situation at the meeting.And announced: the government will release you leniently soon.Everyone applauded, rejoiced, and beamed with joy!Secretary Wang immediately announced several policies, (1) Except for the three major cities of Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai, those who have been released with leniency, whoever has a home to return to, can return to their original places. (2) Those who are homeless will be assigned by the government to employment units in reform-through-labour employment units and enjoy state employee treatment, and will be graded after 3 months. (3) People who want to return to the three major cities of Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai must meet the following three conditions: first, the original rank of the KMT is above the major general or above the pseudo-provincial government or the pseudo-provincial party committee; There must be immediate family members with permanent residence in the big city to receive; third, consent must be obtained from the Public Security Bureau of the big city to go. (4) For those who are willing to go to Taiwan, the government will provide convenience.After the meeting, the Labor Reform Bureau issued new quilts to those who came to study in Taiyuan.

On the morning of December 15th, the clemency release meeting was held in the auditorium of Zhaigou Coal Mine in Taiyuan.The chairman first announced that the second meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fourth National People's Congress decided to release all former Kuomintang party, government, and military special personnel at the county and regiment level and above who were detained.In accordance with this decision, it is hereby announced: clemency release for all of you.There was thunderous applause immediately, and it lasted for a long time.At this conference, about 700 to 800 people were released with clemency.Each person was issued a leniency release order and a residence permit.As a "major general of the Kuomintang", I also received a lenient release ruling and a residence permit to return to Beijing.The ruling states that citizenship is granted.Finally, a provincial leader spoke.He first congratulated everyone and announced that he would distribute RMB 100 to each person as pocket money.Everyone applauded.After the meeting, the government entertained all the released persons for a dinner. There was a table for every 10 people, and each table was accompanied by a cadre. The meals were sumptuous and the atmosphere was harmonious.In the afternoon, all the released persons were moved from the prison cell of the ballast field to several rows of prefab bungalows outside the field, completely breaking away from prison life.Soon, he moved to the newly built cadre dormitory in Zhaigou Coal Mine.