Chapter 31 Chapter 30 The Fierce Struggle at the Central Work Conference

In his speech, Lin Biao violently attacked Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping by name and name.Chen Boda's speech was as intense as Lin Biao's. Liu Shaoqi's self-criticism reached such a point that Lin Biao, Chen Boda, Kang Sheng, and Jiang Qing did not let him go. ※ ※ ※ A new fierce struggle was launched in the inner core of the party. Less than two months after the end of the Eleventh Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, from October 9 to 20, 1966, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a working conference in Beijing.

The meeting was chaired by Mao Zedong.Leaders of various central departments, bureaus of the Central Committee, and party committees of provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions attended the meeting.The theme of the conference was to "thoroughly criticize the bourgeois reactionary line", that is, to criticize Liu and Deng. The meeting was proposed by Mao Zedong.Originally, it was only planned to open for 3 days, but later opened for 7 days, and even opened for 19 days. Lin Biao and Chen Boda played the leading roles at the meeting.They all gave long speeches at the meeting, and the transcripts of their speeches were printed into a booklet and distributed widely as "study documents."

In his speech, Lin Biao violently attacked Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping by name and name.Excerpts from the original text of the brochure are as follows: ... There are a few leading comrades in the Central Committee, namely, Comrades Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping. They have adopted another line, which is the opposite of Chairman Mao's line.The Liu-Deng line is what Chairman Mao’s big-character poster said, “Standing on the standpoint of the reactionary bourgeoisie, implement the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, suppress the vigorous Cultural Revolution movement of the proletariat, reverse right and wrong, confuse black and white, encircle and suppress revolutionaries, and suppress differences. Opinions, the practice of white terror, self-satisfaction, the prestige of the bourgeoisie, and the aspirations of the proletariat, how poisonous it is.”…

Chen Boda gave a long speech entitled "Two Lines in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution", which was later changed to "Summary of the Two-Month Movement" and published.The so-called "two months" refers to the two months after the Eleventh Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Mao Zedong once gave the following instructions in Chen Boda's speech: Immediately send it to Comrade Chen Boda, read the revised manuscript, it is very good.Please consider whether the phrases "grasp the revolution and promote production" are added somewhere.It must be printed and distributed in large quantities, and printed into small books, with at least one copy for each branch and each Red Guard squad.

Mao Zedong October 24 at 22:00 The tone of Chen Boda's speech was no less fierce than Lin Biao's, accusing Liu and Deng of engaging in "political training" by the Kuomintang. Chen Boda's speech, in addition to talking about "the situation is very good" and "the continuation of the struggle between the two lines", also talked about two other issues, namely "get rid of the fear of words, mobilize the masses freely", "adhere to the class line proposed by Chairman Mao, unite most".Chen Boda shouted at the end of his speech: "The Chinese people armed with the great Mao Zedong Thought will surely sweep away all monsters and monsters!"

According to Chen Boda's own cloud, he spent three days rushing to write this speech.Chen Boda's speech, closely coordinated with Lin Biao's speech, set off a climax of "thoroughly criticizing the bourgeois reactionary line" throughout the party. Mao Zedong also spoke at the meeting.He spoke casually, without a manuscript.Judging from his speech records, his "tone" It is lower than Lin Biao and Chen Boda, and even mentioned that "comrades Shaoqi and Xiaoping cannot be blamed entirely".According to the transcript of Mao Zedong's speech, the excerpt is as follows:

I think it's good to flush.I haven't thought about it for many years, but I think about it as soon as I rush, it's nothing more than making a mistake.What wrong route, if you make a mistake, change it!Who will beat you?I don't want to knock you down, and I don't think the Red Guards want to knock you down either. ... Some comrades said that it is understandable that they did not make mistakes intentionally, but did so in a daze.Comrades Shaoqi and Xiaoping cannot be entirely blamed. They are responsible, and the central government is also responsible, but the central government did not manage it well.Time is short, new problems are not mentally prepared, and political and ideological work is not done well.After our 17-day meeting, it will be better.

Liu Shaoqi also attended the meeting.Faced with all kinds of criticism and censure, he had no choice but to conduct an inspection.Liu Shaoqi conducted many inspections during the "Cultural Revolution", and this inspection is the longest and most detailed.In Liu Shaoqi's speech, Chen Boda was mentioned several times. The following is an excerpt from the original text reviewed by Liu Shaoqi at the Central Work Conference on October 23, 1966: Comrades: I firmly support the instructions of the Chairman and Comrade Lin Biao, and agree with Comrade Chen Boda's speech.I read most of the briefings of the group meetings, and learned that some localities and some central departments made mistakes to varying degrees in guiding the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Many comrades have conducted self-criticism, which made my heart very heavy: because This is related to the mistakes I made during the previous period of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. ...

When the working group has been sent out, some comrades have already discovered the phenomenon of confrontation between the working group and the revolutionary mass movement, and proposed that the working group should not be used. Comrade Chen Boda, for example, had already put forward this idea.Comrade Chen Boda put forward this opinion based on the inspiration of Chairman Mao.At that time, if we could understand Chairman Mao's thinking, investigate and study a large number of facts, and immediately withdraw a large number of working groups, we would still be able to avoid making serious mistakes in line.But we didn't do that at the time...

Although Liu Shaoqi was compelled to conduct this inspection, Liu Shaoqi said that "Comrade Chen Boda had put forward such an opinion a long time ago", which made Chen Boda very happy, and seemed to prove that Chen Boda was "correct". "Calculate old and new accounts together" has always been a "popular" "whole person formula".Liu Shaoqi is no exception.In addition to being forced to admit the "wrong route" of dispatching a working group, he had to count his own inspections in February 1946, summer 1947, spring 1949, July 1951, 1955, 1962, and 1964. Another "wrong old account".

Liu Shaoqi's self-criticism reached such a point that Lin Biao, Chen Boda, Kang Sheng, and Jiang Qing did not let him go. Not long after the Central Work Conference ended, the fifteenth issue of the "Red Flag" magazine edited by Chen Boda published an editorial "Seizing New Victories", raising the tone of "criticizing Liu Deng". In addition to attacking Liu Shaoqi fiercely, Chen Boda also sharply criticized Deng Shaoping.In his speech on October 25, 1966, Chen Boda said that "Deng is the vanguard of the wrong line", "It would be dangerous if Deng's appearance is not understood by our entire party, he is flying the same banner as Liu", "Deng To build an independent kingdom" "In 1962, it was also Deng who said that the household production contract was implemented"... Under the violent impact of the "new upsurge" of "thoroughly criticizing the bourgeois reactionary line", Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping completely stepped aside and never showed up again. The "Central Cultural Revolution" replaced the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Chen Boda was in power for a while, and his "group leader" had more power than the general secretary. Although the newspapers criticized Liu and Deng's "bourgeois reactionary line" every day, most senior party cadres couldn't figure it out, just as Mao Zedong said when he received the Albanian military delegation Xiehu and others in May 1967: The "May 16 Notice" clearly raised the question of the line, and also raised two questions of the line.At that time, most people disagreed with my opinion, and sometimes I was the only one left, saying that my views were outdated. I had no choice but to bring my views to the Eleventh Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee for discussion. Through the debate, I only got a little more than half of the people. Agreed, there were still many people who still couldn't figure it out.Li Jingquan couldn't figure it out, and neither could Liu Lantao.Comrade Boda talked to them, and they said, "I can't get through in Beijing, and I still can't get through when I go back."In the end, we can only let the practice go to further test! Li Jingquan mentioned by Mao Zedong was at that time a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the first secretary of the Southwest Bureau of the CPC Central Committee; Liu Lantao was an alternate secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and first secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.Li Jingquan and Liu Lantao represent a large number of senior cadres who "can't figure it out"!