Chapter 47 Chapter Eighty-Nine

In the spring of 1974, Jiang Qing could be said to be proud of her spring breeze. When she was proud, she suddenly wanted to ride a horse, and several tough and tame tall horses were led into Beihai Park.Since the Cultural Revolution, Beihai Park has been closed to the outside world, and it has become a place for Jiang Qing and his gang to play.To add to the fun, she specially called Wang Hongwen to invite her here.At the Tenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China last year, Wang Hongwen became the vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He appeared to have a higher status than Jiang Qing, but in reality he was not. Therefore, Jiang Qing came as soon as he was invited.

The horses were brought from the army stud farm, and each person rode on them one by one. Several soldiers led the horses and walked slowly.Wang Hongwen took the rein by himself and said, "I don't need anyone to lead it, I will do it myself." He clamped the horse's belly and let the horse trot.Jiang Qing also wanted to control the reins by himself, and a group of crowds persuaded: "Don't be reckless, it's better to let someone lead it." Jiang Qing said: "Okay, then let's run too." The soldier leading the horse led the horse and ran , Wang Hongwen reined in the horse and waited in front, and the two quickly ran to parallel.Zhao Kang, a young Peking opera actor, was also called to ride a horse together. At this time, he also tried to control the reins by himself, and chased after him from behind.

The three horses ran slowly on the concrete road by the Beihai Lake, and Jiang Qingju felt very comfortable being surrounded by one on the left and one on the right.While the young warrior leading the horse ran bravely, he turned his head from time to time to observe the running conditions of the three horses, and there were several soldiers in charge of the horses following behind, ready for emergency treatment at any time.In the middle of Beihai Park is a hill, on which stands a Nepalese-style white pagoda, surrounded by lakes.Several people ran around the road down the mountain for more than a circle. Jiang Qing felt that he was sweating, so he got off the horse with the support of the saddle.Both Wang Hongwen and Zhao Kang were reining in their horses and circling in circles, Jiang Qing said: "You are willing to run for a while." Wang Hongwen let go of the reins, and started to gallop around the road at the foot of the mountain again.Zhao Kang rode on the horse and turned around a few times, looked at Jiang Qing, and decided to get off the horse, handed the reins to the soldier in charge of the horse, and said, "I won't ride anymore."

Accompanied by a group of people, Jiang Qing strolled along the lakeside, and several horses were led and followed. The horses snorted from time to time, shaking their powerful muscles, showing the vigor of being ready to gallop at any time.Zhao Kang said with a smile: "These horses are easy to ride, and I must have chosen a more tame horse." Jiang Qing looked back at the horse strolling with its mane shaking, and said, "No matter how wild a horse is, I can tame it " Zhao Kang said: "This can't be so absolute, horse training is a specialized skill." Jiang Qing said: "Do you know the story of Wu Zetian's horse training?" Zhao Kang scratched the back of his head and smiled comically Said: "I don't know." Jiang Qing glanced at the muscular Zhao Kang, classified him as the same person as a horse, and said: "Wu Zetian once told a very capable and rebellious minister how she tamed a horse. , she said this: "The former Taizong had horses, fat and incompetent.I am a court lady, and I said: "I can control it, but I need three things, one iron whip, two irons, and three daggers. If the whip is not satisfied, its head will be broken, and if it is not satisfied, its throat will be broken. 'Taizong strengthens my ambition.' Do you understand?" Zhao Kang's long square face was covered with a fat smile, and he said: "Understood, first whip with an iron whip, then hit with an iron, and if it doesn't work, stab with a dagger." Jiang Qing smiled and said : "There is no fierce horse in the world that cannot be subdued."

They stopped by the lake. A row of chairs had already been prepared under the promenade along the lake. After Zhao Kang waited for Jiang Qing to sit down, he sat down next to her.Jiang Qing waved his hand back and said, "I won't ride the horse anymore." The horse was led away.The feeling of holding the fat horse between her legs just now still remained on the inner side of her legs. The horse was tall and fat, steaming hot, with a kind of turbulent vitality, and now it made her feel as if she was sitting on a boat. Wang Hongwen rode two more laps, got off the horse, put down the reins, took the towel handed over by the service staff to wipe off his sweat, and sat down beside Jiang Qing, crossed his legs, and watched the spring scenery on the lake with Jiang Qing.On the opposite side is the famous Wulong Pavilion in Beihai. The five pavilions are connected in the water by the lake, and the willow trees on the opposite bank are already swaying with the wind.Jiang Qing sat on a rattan chair specially prepared for her, put her hands on the armrests of the rattan chair, turned her head to Wang Hongwen with a very full and calm political mind, and said, "Just now I told Zhao Kang the allusion about Wu Zetian's horse training." Wang Hongwen nodded with a smile and said, "I know this allusion. I heard it from you: one iron whip, two irons, and three daggers. It is very bold." Sitting there, he looked humble and confident, with the appearance and posture of commanding thousands of troops.Jiang Qing looked at the crowd standing around, and said calmly: "Wu Zetian is a great statesman and the only real empress in Chinese history. The evaluation of her in the past was unfair. She is actually a very accomplished person. He is a great politician." Wang Hongwen leaned his right arm on the back of the chair, clasped his hands, and said in a chic way: "Many evaluations in history have to be reversed."

Jiang Qing glanced at Zhao Kang, he seemed a bit useless because of Wang Hongwen's presence.Jiang Qing went on to say: "China has a tradition of male superiority and inferiority since ancient times. It is much more difficult for Wu Zetian to control and consolidate the political power under the siege of this tradition than for a man to be the emperor. Some people in history said that she was cruel and murderous. Many, it is unfair, she did not kill for no reason, because the forces opposing her are too rampant, she has no legal orthodox status, in order to consolidate her regime, she has to implement a policy of resolute suppression. As long as the threatening political opponents are eliminated , she can relax the policy as soon as she can.”

Wang Hongwen said cooperatively: "Yes, it is the same as we are now. We will be able to implement the policy if we overthrow the counter-revolutionary countercurrent." Jiang Qing talked about Wu Zetian's achievements again and again.Wang Hongwen and Zhao Kang listened from left to right and nodded frequently.Jiang Qing pointed to Beihai Park with her wristband, and said, "It seems that it is understandable for Empress Dowager Cixi to build the Summer Palace." Both Wang Hongwen and Zhao Kang turned their heads to look at her, listening to her talk about another empress dowager in power in China .Jiang Qing said: "She handles so many important national affairs every day, and she always needs a place to relax. Where else can she go? There are so many parks in Beijing now, and it is right for one or two of them to be closed like Beihai. We only have a place to go around, and we can’t engage in absolute egalitarianism on this issue.” Zhao Kang finally apologized with a smile: “That’s right, we can’t open all the gates of Zhongnanhai, and anyone who wants to go in can go in. Ah." Jiang Qing laughed, and said: "Yes, then the chairman can't do anything, and the people around are shouting long live, how can he bear it!" After a pause, she said: "Zhongnanhai is Zhonghai, Nanhai , and Beihai is the three seas. Now, Zhonghai and Nanhai are the chairman’s place, and Beihai is my place, and I will block the northern cold current for the chairman.” After speaking, the three people laughed heartily.

Someone brought fruit snacks, Wang Hongwen ate two pieces, took a towel and wiped his mouth, stood up and said: "I have to go to the Central Military Commission to attend a meeting, and arrange to continue to carry out the 'criticize Lin Biao Confucius' campaign in the army." Jiang Qing said: "Then send my greetings to everyone." Wang Hongwen nodded and said, "I will definitely bring it." Jiang Qing continued: "I will also prepare some more materials about 'criticizing Lin BiaoConfucius' Send it to the troops. It is particularly important to carry out the campaign of "criticizing Lin Piao and Confucius" in the whole army, which is one of the important areas of the national campaign of "criticizing Lin Piao and Confucius." Wang Hongwen nodded and said: "Yes, Comrade Jiang Qing's I will pass it on to everyone.”

Surrounded by several people, Wang Hongwen hurried away.Jiang Qing ate a few slices of apples and a piece of cake, turned to look at Zhao Kang who was munching on the side, and said, "Go after you eat, I want to rest alone for a while." Zhao Kang threw the last piece of cake into his mouth, He chewed and swallowed full, nodded, stood up at the same time, took the wet towel handed over, wiped his mouth and hands carefully, and walked away with a smile waving his hands.Jiang Qing was still sitting on the wicker chair, and someone bent down behind her and asked softly, "Comrade Jiang Qing, do you want to go back and rest?" Jiang Qing shook her head and said, "I'll just sit here and read a book for a while, thinking I have some questions, bring me the books I brought." A stack of books and documents were placed on the chair next to her, which was the chair Zhao Kang was sitting on just now, and when Jiang Qing reached for the books, she felt Zhao Kang The warm body heat left on the chair.She smiled hazily, waved away all kinds of distracting thoughts, and started to read.

Now she learns from Mao Zedong everywhere, Mao Zedong likes to read, she reads, Mao Zedong likes to read Chinese history, she reads Chinese history, Mao Zedong likes to read Lu Xun, she reads Lu Xun.When reading and reading history, I found that what I was most interested in was the history of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty.She opened the book and saw Tang Gaozong's concise record of Taizong's talented Wu family as Zhaoyi: "At the beginning, Concubine Xiao Shu was favored, but the queen was sick. The superior is also the prince. When he entered Taizong's service, he was very happy to see the talented Wu family. When Emperor Taizong collapsed, the Wu family became a nun. On the day of his death, he went to the temple to hold incense. Seeing it, weeping. After hearing about it, Yin ordered long hair to accept the harem. He wanted to be favored by the imperial concubine Shu. The Wu family is clever and powerful. After entering the palace for the first time, after the body was condescended; later, she was praised for its beauty, and after a long time, she was worshiped as Zhaoyi, and later, the favor of the concubine Shu fell, and she became more familiar with her, and the superiors did not accept it." Jiang Qing read this paragraph. Text, showing a knowing smile.Wu Zetian was originally a talented woman of Tang Taizong, and she was favored by Tang Taizong's son Tang Gaozong. Tang Gaozong's queen was jealous of Concubine Xiao Shu, and wanted to use her to separate her favor from Concubine Xiao Shu.Wu Zetian had the right skills, first gained the trust of the queen, and then won the exclusive favor from Tang Gaozong, excluding the queen and concubine Xiao Shu.Just this concise text made her think of Wu Zetian's wit as a woman. She didn't need to experience Wu Zetian's tortuous beginning, but she understood Wu Zetian's cleverness.

She flipped through it casually again, and saw how Wu Zetian achieved the thrilling means of abolishing the queen: "The queen, Concubine Xiao Shu and Wu Zhaoyi even complained about each other. After she pityed her, she teased her, and when she came out, Zhaoyi submerged and strangled her. At the top, Zhaoyi Yang laughed happily, her hair was ignored, and she cried out in shock when the girl was dead. Ask the left and right, and they all said: "The empress is coming here. The superior said angrily: "I will kill my daughter!" Zhaoyi cried out to count her crimes. The latter has nothing to explain, and the superior has the ambition to abolish the establishment." In order to overthrow her stumbling block, Wu Zetian did not hesitate to kill her own daughter to frame the queen, and finally abolished the queen.Naturally, Jiang Qing does not have obstacles like Wang and Empress, and she does not need to strangle her own daughter to overcome anything. She does not need to be so cruel. However, things depend on the essence, and Wu Zetian must learn the essence. All methods require enough decisiveness to kill and enough cruelty.She squinted her eyes to appreciate Wu Zetian's intelligent, courageous and vicious character. It was the necessary and powerful act of killing her own daughter that cleared away the most important obstacle for her to finally ascend to the throne of queen.Wu Zetian must be a slender and plump woman. She is graceful and charming, and she is very cute. The hands she used to strangle her own daughter must be beautiful and flexible. She strangled her daughter to death with a very beautiful movement. It was with these beautiful and flexible little hands that she stepped towards the throne of sole control of the country.Wu Zetian's cry in front of Emperor Gaozong appeared vividly in front of him, which is really ingenious and dazzling. She flipped through it again and read how Wu Zetian "suited to chase the poor with the remaining bravery" and completely wiped out the rivals Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu who had been defeated by her: "In October in winter, the Queen Wang was abolished as a commoner, and Zhaoyi Wu was established. The family is the queen. After the Baiguan Dynasty, it was in Suyimen. Therefore, the queen Wang and Shufei Xiao were imprisoned in other courtyards. If you think about the past, you will see the sun and the moon again. It is very fortunate.' Shang said: 'I will deal with it.' Hearing this, Empress Wu was furious, and sent people to cut off their limbs and throw them into a wine jar, saying: 'Make the two women drunk!' He died in a few days, and beheaded again. Later, I saw Wang and Xiao as troublesome, as when he died, so most of them were in Luoyang, and dare not return to Chang'an." Wu Zetian's cruelty is heinous, but facing Tang Gaozong's indecision This is another measure that Wu Zetian must take to protect her status. It is precisely by virtue of step by step that she does not leave any hidden dangers for herself, Wu Zetian finally ascended to the throne of imperial power.She has to admit that she is still inferior to Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian should be soft, soft, charming, decisive, and cruel. This is all necessary for a female politician like Wu Zetian to enter the stage of history. talent. Flipping through it again, I saw how Wu Zetian began to help Tang Gaozong deal with state affairs: "In the early days, the wind was so bitter that we couldn't ignore the affairs of the hundred divisions, or let the queen decide them. Later, he was sensitive, dabbled in literature and history, and handled everything well. Since then, political affairs have been entrusted, and power is in the hands of others." A hazy smile appeared in Jiang Qing's eyes. "Her nature is bright and sensitive, dabbling in literature and history, and doing things well", which quite reminds her of herself.She is also a smart and keen person. She has also paid attention to dabbling in literature and history for many years, and now most of the things she handles satisfy Mao Zedong.And "the first time was bitter and dizzy, and I couldn't see Baishi's work", which reminded her of Mao Zedong's increasingly aging and sick body. Mao Zedong is 81 years old this year, and he often shows a state of being more than capable but not able to deal with major domestic and foreign affairs. He is just 60 years old this year. The 20-year-old difference is just the difference between two generations. She is now in a situation where she may succeed Mao Zedong. in its historical position.Liu Shaoqi once served as Mao Zedong's successor, but later fell down.Lin Biao served as Mao Zedong's successor again, and then fell again.None of the established successors have stood still, but potential successors may be gradually forming. She is full of confidence in her future.In the eighth year of the Cultural Revolution, she felt that she had fully matured. She no longer looked at issues from the role of asking for credit in front of Mao Zedong, but from the perspective of a Chinese leader.She asked herself more and more like this, learning Mao Zedong's art of handling party affairs, government affairs, military affairs and state affairs from all aspects. She was preparing a comprehensive foundation and ability for "succession". She seems to be no stranger to leading the country's revolution politically. She assisted Mao Zedong in launching the campaign of "criticizing Lin Biao and Confucius" that has been carried out across the country since the beginning of this year.Lin Biao collapsed on September 13, 1971. It is relatively logical to investigate Lin Biao’s anti-party clique and criticize Lin Biao’s counter-revolutionary coup conspiracy. However, how to give this struggle a broader and deeper revolutionary significance is a big question Thanks in part to her efforts.It was she who sent a group of people to thoroughly investigate Lin Biao's Maojiawan residence, and found the connection between Lin Biao and the Tao of Confucius and Mencius.Lin Biao and Ye Qun wrote and presented banners with the same content to each other many times: "In all things, this is the most important thing, self-restraint and return to propriety." Confucius said in "The Analects of Confucius Yan Yuan": "Restraining oneself and returning to propriety is benevolence. One day self-restraint Restore the rites, and the world will return to benevolence.” Comparing Lin Biao’s banner with Confucius’s, Lin Biao is linked with the Tao of Confucius and Mencius.Lin Biao once said: "There must be a president of the country, there is no president of the country, and the country has no head. If the name is not right, the words will not go well." In "The Analects of Confucius·Zilu", he once said: "The name must also be corrected! ... If the name is not right, the words will be wrong." If things go well, if words don’t go well, nothing will happen;…” This is another rare correspondence.Because she appointed a group of people to carefully clean up the relics of Lin Biao and Ye Qun, and conduct a comparative study with the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, today's vigorous "criticize Lin Biao and Confucius" movement that swept the country came into being.Mao Zedong always affirmed Qin Shihuang and denied Confucius. Her discovery can be regarded as "all worthy of purpose". Therefore, with Mao Zedong's affirmative support, she gained a greater right to speak politically.Mao Zedong's leadership of political movements has always been based on models, and she has fully mastered this important art of command. All major strategic deployments since the Cultural Revolution have been made in cooperation with Mao Zedong's grasp of models.Now, the "Criticize Lin Piao and Confucius" campaign has once again proved her talent. She put the book in her lap and gazed thoughtfully at the waters of the North Sea.If she can take over, there are three conditions: first, political foundation; second, organizational foundation; third, ability.Regarding the political foundation, after much deliberation, she felt that she was doing her part.Lin Biao collapsed, who else can compete with her?In the list of consistent revolutionaries, there are only her, Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, and Kang Sheng. Kang Sheng is old and sick, and will not live long. Yao Wenyuan is purely a scholar. Wang Hongwen is also simple-minded and unpopular. force.She is Mao Zedong's wife and the standard-bearer of the Cultural Revolution. In China after Mao Zedong, it is probably the most reasonable for her to inherit Mao Zedong's legacy.After smashing the Lin Biao anti-party clique, a letter from Mao Zedong to her on July 8, 1966 was published. This letter, written in the early days of the Cultural Revolution, gave her a lot of political capital, which fully demonstrated Mao Zedong’s trust in her. Mao Zedong only confides his heart to her at an important juncture of the revolution, and no one can compete with her in this regard.Regarding the organizational foundation, people like Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, and Yao Wenyuan are her cadre foundation. From now on, she will also pay attention to the construction of other fields.Political advantages can be transformed into organizational advantages. Since the "criticizing Lin Piao and Confucius" movement, she has paid special attention to caring for the army. Cultivating and commending the typical models of "criticizing Lin Biao and Confucius" in the army are all her conscious actions.Mao Zedong will not leave this world in a short time, and she still has enough time to "bring the emperor to lead the princes" and steadily expand her political and even organizational advantages.As for ability, she is already enough. She has learned everything about Mao Zedong after being with Mao Zedong for many years. In the future, she will do it more vigorously and impressively. There was a hazy and yearning smile in her eyes again, and because of the excitement of eagerly trying, she found that her palms were sweating. After she calmed down for a while, she thought more. The most important thing now is that during the years of Mao Zedong's life, she must always gain Mao Zedong's trust and gradually inherit Mao Zedong's political legacy.When she thought about the specific situation of the struggle within the party, all kinds of faces appeared in front of her eyes, and Wu Zetian's cruel smile appeared in her eyes. She knew that someone would go to Mao Zedong to destroy her image, and fighting against these conspiracy activities It's about her life and death.She flipped through the book very familiarly, and she turned to the page she wanted to read. Here, the history book recorded how Empress Wu Zetian overcame the crisis of being deposed: , Therefore, it was established on the basis of the crowd's opinions; and when it was achieved, it was dedicated to the prestige and blessing, and the upper movement was controlled, and it was unbearable. After discussing it, Yiyin said: "The latter will be unrestrained, please abolish it." 'The above is the imperial edict of life.Left and right ran to tell the queen, and then suddenly went to the private prosecution.Shang was ashamed and couldn't bear it, so he said: "I didn't have such a heart at the beginning, and Shangguan Yi taught me." Yi first and Fu Sheng both had an accident with Prince Zhong, and then Xu Jingzong made Xu Jingzong falsely play Yi, and Fu Sheng and Zhong plotted a big rebellion. Go to prison, and Fu Sheng all die, and give loyalty to Liusuo. Liu Xiangdao, the right minister, sits with Yishan, let it go, there are many people who demote the imperial scholars. Since then, every time the superiors look at things, the latter will be left behind, and the government will have no Big or small, all are predicted. The power of the world belongs to the middle palace, and the emperor just hands it over. It is called the "two saints" at home and abroad." Jiang Qing closed the book, thinking dimly that someone went to Tang Gaozong to sow dissension. Tang Gaozong decided to abolish Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian discovered it in time and counterattacked in time. Mao Zedong's relationship is definitely not the relationship between Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong, and Mao Zedong is by no means indecisive and weak like Tang Gaozong; however, history often has similarities in some essential senses. How to prevent people from falsely accusing themselves and destroying themselves in Mao Zedong, How to "prosecute" Mao Zedong in a timely manner is exactly the same.Therefore, a very specific question is how to better communicate with the people around Mao Zedong.I can't go to Mao Zedong's residence often. However, I should have sharp ears and eyes, and I can "tell the left and right" whenever there is a situation. This is a very specific and very important thing.In a trance, she thought about the relevant personnel details again.It was not easy for Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian was able to finally ascend to the throne of the queen, going through all kinds of difficulties and dangers.History has reached today, and she wants to reproduce the performance of Wu Zetian, a female politician, at a new level. Thinking of this, she was a little excited, crossed her fingers on the back of her head, leaned back on the wicker chair, looked broadly at the lake, and began to list the conditions that she had more advantages than Wu Zetian's ascension to the pinnacle of power: First, Wu Zetian After all, I was in a feudal society, and the traditional concept of "men are superior to women" at that time suppressed and prevented women from taking control of state power; I was in a modern society, and although the idea of ​​"men are superior to women" still exists, it is much smaller than feudal society. , she has less resistance and more opportunities than Wu Zetian.Second, as the queen of the feudal dynasty, Wu Zetian can only be active in the court; while she can be active in various fields inside and outside the party and across the country. Her vision is much wider than that of Wu Zetian, and the scope of activities is far beyond what Wu Zetian can do Compared with Wu Zetian, this is where she is greatly superior to Wu Zetian.Third, although Wu Zetian listened to politics behind a curtain, it was difficult for her to make public performances; and she has established a lot of public performances since the Cultural Revolution, establishing her own political image throughout the country.Fourth, she has more experience and experience than Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian just went from court to court, but she has experienced decades of ups and downs in China's revolution.Fifth, Wu Zetian dabbled in literature and history; while she has a wider range of knowledge, she even understands art, drama, photography, geography, and diplomacy... Thinking about it this way, she feels that her advantages are very considerable.What Wu Zetian can do, she can do; what Wu Zetian can't do, she can also do.She will become the greatest female politician in human history in the twentieth century. She squinted her eyes and looked forward to it for a while, feeling refreshed. She put down her crossed legs, turned her head and asked, "Where's the horse?" A group of people waiting at a distance behind all came over and said, "You let them go away." Jiang Qing waved his hand and said, "Take them back again. I will ride independently this time."