Chapter 63 Zhang Bojun against his will to admit the "Zhang Luo alliance"

Originally, since the Anti-Rightists, Zhang Bojun and Luo Longji have long been the target of public criticism.However, ever since Mao Zedong published "Wen Wei Po's Bourgeois Direction Should Be Criticized" in the name of the People's Daily editorial, the criticisms of Zhang Bojun and Luo Longji were different from the past: in the past, the criticism was a criticism, and the criticism was a criticism. Link Zhang and Luo together and criticize them as the "Zhang-Luo Alliance". Among the many unjust cases in contemporary China, the "Zhangluo League" is a big unjust case, and Mr. Qian Jiaju even called it "the strange injustice through the ages". ②

In the China Democratic League, Zhang Bojun and Luo Longji are both vice-chairmen, but Zhang is Zhang and Luo is Luo. It is well known that they do not cooperate with each other.However, because Mao Zedong put forward the so-called "Zhangluo alliance" in the name of the "People's Daily" editorial, and turned a deer into a horse, it became an unjust case. In those years, the editorials of the "People's Daily" echoed everywhere, and critics followed suit, criticizing the "Zhang-Luo League" and labeling the "Zhang-Luo League" as an "iron case."

When "Wen Wei Po's Bourgeois Direction Should Be Criticized" was published, it coincided with the Fourth Session of the First National People's Congress being held in Beijing (June 26-July 15, 1957).Zhang Bojun, as a representative of the National People's Congress, is attending the meeting.The venue has become a "battlefield" for "anti-rightists". Amidst the accusations against the "Zhang-Luo League", on the morning of July 3, Zhang Bojun had to express his position on the issue of the "Zhang-Luo League" in the Anhui representative group.

Zhang Bojun put it this way: "I am in an alliance with Luo Longji in terms of ideology and work, but there is no formal meeting, and there are no clear guidelines. Therefore, the alliance with Luo Longji mainly means that there is no conflict of interest, the same thinking, and both have political ambitions. However, my relationship with Luo Longji was not good in the past. The reason why I want to form an alliance with Luo Longji now is to use Luo Longji to bring over the intellectuals under Luo Longji's influence." Although under strong political pressure, Zhang Bojun had to "admit" the existence of an "alliance" with Luo Longji "in terms of thought and work", he actually denied the "Zhang Luo alliance" because "there is no clear several guidelines".Because the "Zhangluo alliance" that Mao Zedong referred to was a political "alliance", not an "ideological alliance".

Besides, Zhang Bojun "wants to form an alliance with Luo Longji" because he just wanted to "bring over the intellectuals under Luo Longji's influence", while Mao Zedong said: "The whole spring, the sudden black clouds in the sky over China, the source Built out of the Zhangluo Alliance." Obviously, Zhang Bojun's words could not satisfy the critics. Also in the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Bojun was criticized again at the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, and once again expressed his position on the "Zhang Luo League".

Although the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party has held meetings to criticize Zhang Bojun, the vice chairman Huang Qixiang made such a denunciation: "Zhang Bojun is a vicious and ruthless careerist. After Lu Yuwen criticized Zhang Bojun's speech, Zhang suspected that Lu was a member of the Communist Party, and suspected that the Communist Party was going to attack him through Lu Yuwen. Someone told him that Lu Yuwen was not a member of the Communist Party, so he forced a wry smile , expressing his disapproval. This is his understanding of the Communist Party.”

But in the eyes of the CCP, this kind of criticism is too "weak and weak". For this reason, Xinhua News Agency issued a telegram on July 2, "The Central Committee of the Peasants' and Labor Party's Movement is Suspicious", pointing out: "Vice-chairman Huang Qixiang and deputy secretary-general Li Boqiu didn't speak out about their private room with Zhang Bojun"!Therefore, on the afternoon of July 3, the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party stepped up its "firepower" and convened a meeting of more than 200 people to criticize Zhang Bojun fiercely.

Zhang Bojun had to take another step back, that is, from recognizing the "Zhangluo Alliance" as an "ideological alliance" and "work alliance" in the morning, he stepped back to admitting that it was a "political alliance"! Zhang Bojun said: "This alliance started last year. It was an ideological alliance first, and then it developed into a political alliance. We have no platform." Zhang Bojun also said: "I have a set of ideas, plots, programs, plans, and steps." Please note that Zhang Bojun just said that "myself" "has a program", while "Zhang Luo League" has "no program".

At this time, someone unexpectedly revealed that there is still a "Zhang Huang Alliance" in the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party.This "yellow" refers to Huang Qixiang. Zhang Bojun replied: "I can't answer that question about the league. My style is bad, authoritarian, patriarchal. I've become a renegade now." As the Minister of Communications, Zhang Bojun was also criticized by the Ministry of Communications.On July 10, 1957, "People's Daily" published a report "At the Meeting of the Ministry of Communications Against Rightists, Zhang Bojun's Confidential Confidential Clique Inside Story", which wrote about Zhang Bojun's "confidant" Wang Yifan's exposure:

"Wang Yifan said that last September, the Zhangluo Alliance was formed." In this way, the date when the "Zhang Luo Alliance" was formed is very precise - before that, Zhang Bojun only said that it was formed "last year". Wang Yifan's so-called "last September" refers to August 1956 after Zhang Bojun returned to Beijing from Beidaihe. Under heavy pressure, Zhang Bojun had no choice but to admit the "Zhang Luo Alliance" against his will. It was Zhang Bojun's speech at the National People's Congress entitled "Bow Your Head and Plead Guilt to the People", in which a passage talked about the "Zhang Luo Alliance"①

■As for the Zhang-Luo alliance, before 1956, Luo Longji and I had a private power struggle.Since 1956, due to the same ideological understanding, we have embarked on the dangerous road of today's Zhangluo alliance. The most basic factor in the combination of our alliance is that we both stand on the bourgeois standpoint. My political views In line with his requirements, he opposed me being a high-level intellectual because he was close to him in the past, but he also changed his attitude of opposing me in the past and agreed to me.Luo Longji kept saying to me: "Where you go, I will follow you!" He proposed that Mr. Shen of the Democratic League should be the honorary chairman, and if I could be the chairman, he could be the first vice-chairman. I did not agree.Since last year, he has supported my views on the work of the Democratic League. In terms of personnel arrangements for the Central Committee of the Democratic League, such as Fei Xiaotong, Fan Puzhai, Pan Guangdan, Zeng Zhaolun, Wu Jingchao, etc., I have satisfied Luo's wishes. ■In the NLD division of labor, he is in charge of propaganda, and I am in charge of culture and education. The monthly "Zhengming" agreed to be led by him, and I did not ask about it.In particular, I support his strong emphasis on the issue of intellectuals in the Democratic League and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. That is, I also support him on the issue of his insistence on taking charge of the cultural club. Why should I compromise with Luo Longji?I want to gain a certain amount of political influence among the big intellectuals in the Democratic League, so I want to use Luo's relationship to make it easier for me to do work among the intellectuals.The big intellectuals in the League, such as Fei Xiaotong, Pan Dakui, Zeng Zhaolun, Wu Jingchao, Pan Guangdan, Qian Duansheng, Ma Zhemin, etc., have personal relationships with Luo. Here I need Luo’s support to achieve the goal of influencing the big intellectuals.Here, it can be said that from ideological sympathy to political alliance.Use each other and complement each other.