Chapter 24 9. The support of the coaches

Just the sixth day after the crushing of the "Gang of Four", that is, on October 12, 1976, Ye Jianying sent his son Ye Xuanning to visit Hu Yaobang's home at No. 6 Fuqiang Hutong, Dongcheng, Beijing. Hu Yaobang said to Ye Xuanning: "Congratulations to your father, together with Chairman Hua and others, for making immortal contributions to our party and country." Then, Hu Yaobang said, "Now our party's cause is facing a resurgence. Zhongxing's great cause is based on the people's hearts. .” What is the human heart?Hu Yaobang asked Ye Xuanning to send three words to Ye Jianying.These three sentences are:

One sentence is "Stop criticizing Deng, and people's hearts will be smooth"; The second sentence is "justify the unjust case, and the hearts of the people are overjoyed"; The three sentences are "Strengthen production and make people happy." Hu Yaobang said to Ye Xuanning: "Please be sure to bring my words to your father." Hu Yaobang asked Ye Xuanning again: "Can you see Chairman Hua? If you can see Chairman Hua, please tell him the words 'Zhongxing Albert, people's hearts first'." Hu Yaobang told Ye Xuanning that he and Hua Guo Feng is very familiar, having worked together in Hunan for a year and a half.

Just at the moment when the "Gang of Four" was being smashed and everything was waiting to be done, Ye Jianying personally called Deng Xiaoping to announce the good news that the four scourges had been wiped out. On October 8, 1976, when Ye Jianying knew that Hua Guofeng proposed to continue to "criticize Deng and fight back against the Rightist style of overturning verdicts" at the central "greeting" meeting, she proposed to Hua Guofeng: "Hurry up and let Comrade Xiaoping come out to work and restore him. The original position." Ye Jianying clearly stated: "I suggest that Comrade Xiaoping come out to work, and our comrades here will not be afraid of him, right? He has joined the Politburo and resumed work, so he will not be picky with us, will he?"

At this time, Li Xiannian immediately agreed with Ye Jianying's words: "I completely agree with Ye Shuai's opinion! Comrade Xiaoping should be allowed to work as soon as possible." Deng Xiaoping's daughter Mao Mao wrote in the book "My Father Deng Xiaoping": "Ye Jianying, my father didn't work with him much before liberation, but after liberation, especially after the 'Cultural Revolution', the two were really in love with each other. Solve the national crisis together. I remember that in order to make my father come back for the third time, Uncle Ye asked his youngest son to drive the car himself, and secretly took my father who was still under house arrest to his residence. I was there at the time, and I clearly remember that the two of them When the two met, they were very excited, and my father called out 'brother', and the two held hands tightly."

Chen Yun is very prestigious in the CCP.As early as January 1935 when the Zunyi Conference was held, Chen Yun was already a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. In September 1956, the Sixth Standing Committee of the Politburo, namely Mao, Liu, Zhou, Zhu, Chen, and Deng, was formed at the First Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.At this time, Mao, Liu, Zhou, and Zhu passed away one after another, leaving only Chen Yun and Deng Xiaoping still alive.In this way, Chen Yun and Deng Xiaoping became the two most senior CCP veterans alive after the smashing of the "Gang of Four".

Relatively speaking, Chen Yun's situation is better than Deng Xiaoping's.Because Chen Yun was not involved when criticizing the "right-leaning style of overturning verdicts."After smashing the "Gang of Four", Chen Yun is still a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.With the support of Ye Jianying, Li Xiannian, etc., Chen Yun rejoined the leadership work. On March 13, 1977, Chen Yun made a written speech at the meeting, clearly supporting Deng Xiaoping.Chen Yun pointed out: smashing the "Gang of Four" counter-revolutionary clique is a great victory for our party and has great historical significance for the Chinese revolution.My views on the Tiananmen incident: (1) At that time, most of the people mourned Premier Zhou. (2) I am especially concerned about who the successor of the party will be after the death of Comrade Zhou Enlai. (3) As for the bad guys who mingled with the masses, they were very few. (4) It is necessary to find out whether the "Gang of Four" is involved and whether there are any tricks.Because the Tiananmen incident was a matter of concern to the masses, and there were similar incidents across the country at that time.Comrade Deng Xiaoping has nothing to do with the Tiananmen incident.For the needs of the Chinese revolution and the Chinese Communist Party, I heard that some comrades in the Central Committee proposed that Comrade Deng Xiaoping should rejoin the leadership of the Party Central Committee. This is completely correct and absolutely necessary, and I fully support it.

Wang Zhen also proposed to rehabilitate Deng Xiaoping at the group meeting: "Deng Xiaoping has a strong political ideology and rare talents. This is what Chairman Mao said and Premier Zhou conveyed. In 1975, he presided over the work of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council and achieved great achievements. He was the vanguard in the fight against the 'Gang of Four'. The 'Gang of Four' did everything possible to frame him despicably. The Tiananmen incident was a powerful protest movement against the 'Gang of Four' by the broad masses of the people, and it is the pride of our nation. Who would not recognize the essence of the Tiananmen incident and the mainstream, in fact defending the 'Gang of Four'."

Soon, on Ye Jianying's 80th birthday, Deng Xiaoping, Wang Zhen and others were invited to meet at his residence. That day, Ye Jianying's house was full of friends.Wang Zhen, Yu Qiuli, Yang Chengwu came, Nie Rongzhen and Xu Xiangqian came.Then, Deng Xiaoping arrived. As soon as Deng Xiaoping entered, he said with a smile, "All the old men are here for a grand gathering! I'm also here to congratulate." Ye Jianying immediately said: "You are also a handsome man, you are the leader of our handsome men." Ye Jianying's words reflected Deng Xiaoping's status in the minds of veteran cadres - "leader", that is, "leader".

On that day, Ye Jianying's 80th birthday, eight birthday candles were lit at home.Deng Xiaoping suggested adding another one to make it nine, which means "long-term".Ye Jianying's family immediately ordered another one.Ye Jianying laughed out loud...