Chapter 122 Yang Siyi died in the "anti-rightist struggle"

Compared with Sha Wenhan, the fate of Yang Siyi, the vice governor of Zhejiang Province, was even more tragic—he died in the "anti-rightist struggle"! Yang Siyi has the habit of keeping a diary every day.On June 13, 1957, he and Sha Wenhan were attending the Fourth National People's Congress in Beijing.He wrote in his diary that day: In order to cooperate with the family's struggle against Song Yunbin and Li Shihao, the Zhejiang group also criticized Song and Li.But when we began to see Song and Li's rightist words and deeds published in "Zhejiang Daily", we had great concerns and doubts in our minds. We wondered whether it was appropriate to attack Song as the rightist leader and Li as the rightist?So hesitated and wavered for a few days.On this point, Sha and I have basically the same problem, but Sha is more skeptical than I am.He was afraid of being passive in the future, so he once advocated not to quote the materials published in "Zhejiang Daily" when criticizing, and told Xinhua News Agency not to publish the materials of Song and Li for the time being.Later, I felt that the family was fighting, and we couldn't cooperate if we didn't cooperate. We made up our minds to fight, and we just don't wear the rightist hat for now.Tan also pushed us, which made up our minds. ①

The Song Yunbin and Li Shihao mentioned here, as mentioned above, are the "top figures" of the "rightists" in Zhejiang. "Sha" means Sha Wenhan.Later, Yang Siyi was included in the "right" list, which was also related to his so-called "protection" of Song Yunbin and Li Shihao. Yang Siyi fell ill during the "anti-rightist struggle".However, Ke Qingshi gave an order: "I won't leave, bring it here"!Yang Siyi's wife, Zhang Wenjun, recalled: By October 1957, the four-level provincial cadre meeting was held, and the "anti-rightist" struggle within the party reached its climax.This meeting went on for a long time.More than half a month before the conference, Comrade Si Yi was hospitalized due to heart attack and high blood pressure.But he was concerned that the meeting would be held, and he was rushed out of the hospital to attend the meeting before he recovered from his illness.A few days later, the fundus was bleeding again, so I had to stay at home and listen to the secretary's report on the meeting every day.The atmosphere of the meeting became more and more tense every day. I heard that Comrade Ke Qingshi announced: "Those who are sick and hospitalized should also come to participate, and they will not leave, so they will be brought here." Comrade Si Yi was forced to attend the meeting while sick.At this time, he has been running a low-grade fever.

Yang Siyi's wife Zhang Wenjun recalled Yang Siyi's death in this way: Finally came the night of December 17, which I will never forget.At that time, Comrade Siyi had already packed two sets of labor clothes, several Marxist-Leninist works, and other clothes in two large net baskets, and was going to take them to the countryside for labor reform.I know that he is good at and likes to get along with the people in the countryside, and he is not afraid of any hardships. It's just that his body is so thin and his mind has been so traumatized, which makes me very worried.But he said to me calmly: "We are going to be separated for a few years. In three to five years, I can go to Beijing and explain my problems to the central government."

This night, I told him to go to bed early.Inadvertently, we found a new sentry post on the small soil slope near the west window, between our home and the main person in charge.This is probably because we are afraid that we will mess up.Comrade Siyi shook his head and said to himself: "I, Yang Siyi, can't be like this!" That night, he didn't go to bed until after ten o'clock after studying. At about twelve o'clock, I vaguely heard the sound of "tick-tick-tick" footsteps.Looking up, I saw that Comrade Si Yi's whole body was sticking upright against the wall next to the door, but his feet were walking in place, as if he was looking for a toilet but couldn't find the door.He trembled all over, felt nauseous from time to time, and held his head in his hands, looking very painful.I quickly helped him to the toilet, and then helped him back to the bed to lie down.Uncomfortably, he hummed repeatedly in a low voice: "I can't see, I can't see...." Later, probably because he knew that the situation was not good, he said intermittently: "You...you must listen to the party!...Listen The party's words..."

The hospital's phone line couldn't be reached, and the children were too young to help, so they waited helplessly until dawn before sending him to the First Hospital of Zhejiang Province.Doctors diagnosed cerebral hemorrhage.At that time, he was in a deep coma, lost consciousness, and could not speak.When I was a little awake, I only saw him panting in pain and crying.After being in a coma for three days, Comrade Siyi finally stopped breathing on the afternoon of the 20th.This Communist Party member who was brave and fearless in the struggle against the enemy, worked hard and forgot to eat and sleep in the socialist transformation and construction, was not killed by the enemy's shells, nor was he hit by sugar-coated shells. Unjustly passed away due to the harm.I am deeply saddened by the loss of my revolutionary partner!

In addition to Sha Wenhan, the "rightists" in the provincial cadres exposed by the "anti-rightist movement" include: Pan Fusheng: First Secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, Alternate Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the Hebei Provincial Political Consultative Conference. Sun Zuobin: Governor of Qinghai Province, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Sun Diancai: Vice Governor of Gansu Province.

Ou Baichuan: Vice Governor of Guizhou Province, member of the National People's Congress. Chen Yi: Deputy Minister of Culture of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Li Shinong: Vice Governor of Anhui Province. Wang Han: Deputy Minister of Supervision, alternate member of the Eighth Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China. Zeng Yanxiu: pen name Yan Xiu, deputy editor-in-chief and vice president of People's Publishing House. It is worth mentioning that among the officers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, more than 5,000 people were classified as "rightists"!