Chapter 17 Chapter Fifty-Nine

The Beijing Hall of the Great Hall of the People was brightly lit. Accompanied by Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, Chen Boda, Kang Sheng, Jiang Qing, Yao Wenyuan, Xie Fuzhi, Huang Yongsheng, Wu Faxian, Ye Qun, Wang Dongxing, Wen Yucheng, Huang Zuozhen and other top leaders of the party, government and army An emergency summons was arranged for rebel leaders at the most important university in Beijing.Accompanied by many subordinates, Mao Zedong showed a calm and generous interest in the reception tonight.Seeing Wu Keqin, Ma Shengli and others sitting in front of him in a panic, he deeply felt that today's actions were overwhelming.

The situation in the whole country has basically stabilized, and the cultural revolution has basically completed the task of seizing political power, but the two factions in several universities in Beijing are fighting continuously.In order to solve this "persistent difficulty" problem, under his personal instruction, tens of thousands of workers in Beijing formed the "Mao Zedong Thought Propaganda Team of Capital Workers" and began to station in various colleges and universities in the capital; however, the station encountered resistance.This morning, when the Worker Propaganda Team composed of thousands of workers entered Beiqing University to collect weapons, dismantle the fortifications, and stop the fighting, they encountered stubborn armed resistance at Beiqing University.Especially in the Eastern School of the Northern Qing Dynasty, the Jinggangshan Corps led by Hu Changsheng attacked the workers' propaganda team with spears, guns and grenades, killing and injuring hundreds of people. Black backstage!" "Suppressing the student movement will never end well!" The situation was very serious, and Mao Zedong decided to personally solve this problem.

Now, except for Hu Changsheng who has not yet arrived, the other student leaders are already sitting here to receive his instruction. The reason why he wants to put the top team of the party, government and army here today is to show that today's decision is extremely solemn.Hu Changsheng was the chief figure in the fight against the Workers Propaganda Team entering the school. Before he was present, the interview had no formal significance. As usual, Mao Zedong talked and laughed calmly as if there was no one else around, and Zhou Enlai sat beside him and said: "A special car has been sent to the North Qingdong School to pick up Changsheng." Mao Zedong nodded, and Zhou Enlai explained: "Now the workers' propaganda team will call Changsheng. The entrenched command building was completely surrounded, and ordinary people did not dare to come down to pick him up, so the Central Cultural Revolution and the Beijing Garrison went to people specially." Mao Zedong smiled, looking very leader and humorously said: "This Hu Changsheng is also now He is a lonely hero who hides in the deep mountains and old forests and dare not come out." Zhou Enlai and the top leaders of the party, government and army present all expressed their understanding of this humor and nodded with a smile.Zhou Enlai understood that the interview could not start successfully without Hu Changsheng. He raised his wrist to look at the time, and the time had already pointed to 3:30 in the morning. At this moment, the staff came in to report: "Hu Changsheng has arrived." Zhou Enlai immediately stretched out his hand to signal: "Let him in quickly."

Sitting back on the sofa, Mao Zedong looked radiant and interested.The door opened, and Hu Changsheng was ushered in. With his thin face with protruding cheekbones and sunken cheeks, he hurried in like a stray dog, looked left and right behind the group of students opposite Mao Zedong, and took his seat in a state of embarrassment. .Mao Zedong stretched out his hand to signal him to sit in front, and Zhou Enlai amplified Mao Zedong's voice: "The chairman wants you to sit forward, Hu Changsheng." Hu Changsheng stood up, just passed the person sitting in front, and stood there holding his hand. The face burst into tears.I followed Chairman Mao from birth to death for two full years in the revolution, and today was the first time I was received face-to-face by Chairman Mao; and most of the dozens of buildings occupied by the Jinggangshan Corps led by him have been disarmed by the workers’ propaganda team. The next command building resisted in a corner.Mao Zedong waved his hand and said: "You want to catch the black background of the workers' propaganda team, and I am the black background!" Zhou Enlai said to Hu Changsheng: "It is the workers' propaganda team sent by the chairman. This is Chairman Mao's great strategic plan. .Okay, Hu Changsheng, sit down." Hu Changsheng sat down while wiping endless tears.Zhou Enlai clapped his hands gently twice, and said: "The chairman said that a man will not flick his tears lightly." Mao Zedong smiled like a kind parent at this time, and said: "If you don't flick it lightly, you will still flick it at critical times." .” Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, Chen Boda, Kang Sheng and others all smiled.

Mao Zedong looked at Lin Biao, Huang Yongsheng, Ye Qun and others sitting on the left, then at Zhou Enlai, Kang Sheng, Chen Boda and others sitting on the right, and finally his gaze fell on the student leaders opposite. Changsheng was wiping his last tears with the back of his hand in aggrieved manner like a child. He began to speak: "Today I am looking for you to discuss the issue of stopping violence in universities. What should we do? The Cultural Revolution has been going on for two years, and now you are not fighting. The second is not to criticize, and the third is not to change. Fighting is fighting, and a few of your colleges and universities are engaged in armed struggle. Now the workers, farmers, soldiers, and residents are not happy, and most of the students are not happy. Even the faction that supports you You are not happy. You have broken away from the majority of workers, peasants, soldiers, and students. Some schools have organized gang fights, but not enough, because they are divided into two factions and are busy with fighting. Now there are so many free and easy factions. To fight against criticism and reform, but to fight against criticism and disband. I said that universities must be established, and science and engineering are taught, but they will not be established without liberal arts. However, the old system and old methods are no longer good. If we want revolution, we need literary struggle and not violent struggle."

Mao Zedong's opening words directly entered the theme. His words have always been eloquent, circling and circling, covering the entire sky.His expression, voice and words are all calm and irresistible. He likes his calm and irresistible image very much.He admired the big hand stretched out by the Tathagata Buddha. This big hand could not jump out of his palm despite Sun Wukong's somersaults.When his palm stretches out calmly, it can level the whole world.Seeing the pause in Mao Zedong's speech, Zhou Enlai answered the words very well: "The great leader Chairman Mao personally received you. This is the happiest thing for you. You have fought hard, and you have indeed lived up to the expectations of the people of the whole country. The Great Revolution took a very good lead in the early stage, but you got carried away afterwards. You must immediately rein in the precipice and turn your back on the shore. Chairman Mao proposed to meet you today, and you must earnestly understand Chairman Mao’s great strategic deployment. The chairman, Kang Sheng, Chen Boda and other leading comrades of the central government all attended the interview, just to tell you that this is the unanimous voice of the entire proletarian headquarters. You must implement every word Chairman Mao said today to the letter. "

Mao Zedong raised his face again, and at the same time raised a little hand to continue speaking.Zhou Enlai stopped talking immediately and turned his gaze to Mao Zedong.Mao Zedong stretched out four fingers in sequence, and said: "Now we propose four methods: first, implement military control; second, divide one into two, that is, the second faction can be divided into two schools and live in two places; third, fight and criticize and leave; Four, continue to fight, fight hard, fight it for ten or eight years, and the earth will still rotate. There is no need to answer this question now, you go back to discuss it, discuss it, and discuss it.”

Wu Keqin adjusted his glasses, raised his yellow and white face and said courageously, "We will resolutely follow Chairman Mao's instructions." Hu Changsheng has also passed from grievances and tears, and is listening to and judging every word of Chairman Mao with a high degree of attention. His eyes are blinking behind the glasses, thinking, for him, this is the past two years. Absolutely impossible to expect the situation.Mao Zedong continued: "I said that you are divorced from the masses. The masses just don't like civil war. Some people say that the Guangxi notice is only applicable to Guangxi, and the Shaanxi notice is only applicable to Shaanxi. Now let's issue a nationwide notice." Lin Biao and Zhou Enlai, sitting on the left and right, immediately nodded in agreement.Mao Zedong went on to say: "Whoever continues to violate the law, beats up the People's Liberation Army, destroys traffic, kills people, and sets fire is a crime." He stretched out his big hand and waved: "If there are a few people who don't listen to dissuasion and insist on not changing, they are bandits and the Kuomintang. They will be surrounded," he drew a circle with his hand, "if they continue to resist, they will be wiped out."

At the end of Mao Zedong's words, the ten or twenty student leaders who had called the wind and rain during the Cultural Revolution all stood there tremblingly.This is the harshest parental reprimand, and this is a non-negotiable decision.In front of Mao Zedong, these rebel leaders who once dominated the world had no room for bargaining.This is not only because of Mao Zedong's lofty status in their minds, and not only because of Mao Zedong's huge power, but also because Mao Zedong can always use all the forces to form a overwhelming momentum with circling tactics.Every word he said was calm and magnanimous, calm and peaceful, and irresistible.He sat there with the most central position, the largest body, the most weather-beaten face, the highest art of handling political conversation, and when he spoke one by one with such casual waving gestures, he was in the flow. free state.

Meeting him in person today is not only necessary for political struggle, but also what he likes to do.When he led the top team of the party, government and army to meet these lawless student leaders who almost listen to no one in China, he had a double enjoyment.He not only demonstrated to the student leaders that he is surrounded by left and right in the entire regime, but also let the political team see how he can easily make these "no one is afraid" and "no one listens" The rebel leaders obediently obeyed. Hu Changsheng burst into tears as soon as he arrived, instead of making him angry, it aroused a bit of paternal tolerance in him, making all his teachings today more like a parent's.

In China's political arena, he is very used to playing the role of a parent. He is generous, dignified, and decides everything.Although he is at the peak of power, his understanding of student leaders like Hu Changsheng is far higher than that of Lin Biao, Kang Sheng, Chen Boda and others.These student leaders began to rebel under his own call. Now, these forces have become an obstacle to the in-depth development of the Cultural Revolution. He personally resolved it. For the national political system, cadres, army, workers, and peasants, he is very important. On behalf of their wishes, these lawless students were cleaned up; and for these lawless students, he played the role of a kind leader who was definitely not just to teach and punish.He knew that today's interview was very necessary. He would make these rebels accept a norm that they had to accept, and they would disappear from the political arena of the Cultural Revolution. At the same time, he would make them feel grateful to the great leader. Announcing the purpose of the interview and issuing instructions to end the fighting, it was completed almost without any resistance.None of the student leaders were able to raise objections and dare to argue.The rest of the time is listening to Mao Zedong calmly talking about the past and the present, discussing the Cultural Revolution in the process of talking about the past, and calmly admonishing these student leaders in the process of discussing the Cultural Revolution. Today's occasion gave Mao Zedong a lot of interest in the conversation. He always liked to sleep during the day and work at night. This early morning conversation was a lively program for him.It has been more than two years since the Cultural Revolution was fully launched, and there are limited occasions like this that arouse his interest in talking.Facing the student leaders who listened to his instructions, and the subordinates who accompanied him around him, all constituted a good atmosphere for his conversation.In this kind of conversation, no one will intervene impolitely like Liu Shaoqi, and no one will raise any objection to any of his words. He can be calm enough, as long as he is in the posture of continuous speech, any of his pauses There is no need to worry about someone interrupting, and he doesn't need to worry about silence. Every paragraph of his speech will be supplemented and accompanied by people on the left and right.This is a scene completely under his control, all eyes are on him, when he looks left and right, respectful faces will immediately respond to him, when he speaks with gestures from time to time, the whole scene is like It was the water in the swimming pool that he allowed to sway.He seldom cared about the top figures in the party, government and army. He even seldom gave Lin Biao a chance to speak, and he seldom asked Zhou Enlai, Kang Sheng, and Chen Boda for their opinions. He let them serve as his own students.He also sometimes realizes that he doesn't take them into consideration at all, but this consciousness is fleeting, and he doesn't care, he is completely in the state of ruling the world and controlling everything. During the entire speech, he only had a clear feeling for Lin Biao sitting on the left and Zhou Enlai sitting on the right.Lin Biao was thin, well-behaved, and sitting motionless next to him. A vice-chairman hardly interjected a few words on such an occasion, which made him feel a little pity for this obedient and careful vice-chairman.Whenever he saw Lin Biao's submissive attitude when facing him, he felt a sense of generosity to cultivate the other party more.Sitting on the right is Zhou Enlai, an assistant who has always made him feel at ease. Zhou Enlai is cautious, thoughtful, loyal, and follows the rules. Over the years, among the top party and government cadres, only Zhou Enlai has always made him feel comfortable.The ancients once said that "accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger", and this "tiger" is not a good companion. It is rare to have a character like Zhou Enlai, who belongs to the category of Xiao He and Kong Ming. The conversation went on until dawn, and there was already an atmosphere of ending. Zhou Enlai observed whether Mao Zedong looked tired, and occasionally looked at his watch.At this time, Hu Changsheng had already awakened his political thinking from the grief and indignation of being besieged by the workers' propaganda team and the harsh facts contained in the leader's meeting tonight. He adjusted his glasses, looked around, and then raised his face to look at Mao Zedong. , took great courage, and asked a question: "Today, we have Chairman Mao's leadership, we can distinguish right from wrong, and follow Chairman Mao's revolutionary line. If one day Chairman Mao, you old man, leaves us, who should we listen to?" What should we do?" Zhou Enlai immediately responded seriously to this extremely inappropriate question. He said with piercing eyes: "The great leader Chairman Mao is in very good health, and we also have Vice Chairman Lin who is the successor of the great leader Chairman Mao. People." Lin Biao didn't show his displeasure at Hu Changsheng's question, he smiled awkwardly and sat upright with his eyes downcast.Mao Zedong did not shy away from this question, and even liked this seemingly loyal question very much. He didn't know that this was the most daring way for Hu Changsheng to show his loyalty.Mao Zedong didn't care about Zhou Enlai's interruption just now, and he didn't care that Lin Biao, the successor, was beside him. He slowly waved his big hands, leaned back on the sofa, and said in a somewhat old Hunan accent: "Just take what I say now, I don’t know if I can care about the future. I’ve said everything I need to say, and I’ll leave it for you to refer to tomorrow. The earth will continue to rotate if it’s away from everyone. You can tell who is Marxism-Leninism and who is revisionism. After these few decades, the historical mission has been fulfilled, and I can’t control you for a hundred or two hundred years.” Speaking of this, he looked at the audience with a bit of interest, hoping to have some refreshing questions.However, Hu Changsheng's boldness had already been exhausted, and none of the other student leaders dared to ask any questions.Zhou Enlai looked at his watch again, and said to Mao Zedong: "Chairman, are you here today? Let Xie Fuzhi discuss the remaining matters with them in detail, and draw up a resolution to implement the chairman's instructions." Mao Zedong half-opened his mouth and looked around. , he was obviously a little reconciled to the end of the conversation, as if a parent and a group of children were having fun, but the children were about to leave suddenly; however, he had no reason to keep everyone, Zhou Enlai, as the big housekeeper, was deciding everything.He could only nod expressionlessly, maintaining the dignity of the leader.