Chapter 129 Zhang Bojun and Chu Anping died tragically during the "Cultural Revolution"

Luo Longji died suddenly at the end of 1965. According to Li Jiansheng, the news made Zhang Bojun frown for several days and sit for a long time. Zhang Bojun seems to think a lot, and think far. At home, Zhang Bojun became taciturn.He rarely said a few words, but the words were very profound. On November 23, 1986, the author interviewed Zhang Bojun's second daughter Zhang Yihe in Beijing.According to her recollection, Zhang Bojun once said to her: "In 1957, my original intention was to explore how to realize democratic politics under the socialist system." "I never said the phrase 'taking turns'. It was when others criticized me, they extended the meaning. Later, it became my words, to criticize."

"In the final analysis, I have no ambitions!" When he saw Yao Wenyuan's "Comment on the Newly Edited Historical Drama "Hai Rui Dismissed from Office"" published in the newspaper, he said after a long time: "The darkest era in Chinese history is about to begin!" Sure enough, he was hit by his misfortune—the ten-year catastrophe has begun! The "Big Right" bears the brunt.A middle school in the suburbs - Bayi Middle School, where the Red Guards simply occupied Zhang Bojun's home as the "Red Guard Headquarters". Zhang Bojun was quarantined for inspection.The wife was busy boiling water for the Red Guards all day long.

There are no more liaison committee members to contact, no more dinner parties, and no way to chat with old friends.The depression in his heart accumulated in his heart, and the depression accumulated in his heart. He gradually couldn't eat, and he became thinner and thinner. Depression is a catalyst for cancer.In the early spring of 1969, he finally couldn't take it anymore.However, the "big rightist" belongs to the "right" of "land, rich, counter-revolutionary, bad, and right".Belonging to one of the "five types of molecules", how can you be hospitalized?

His wife Li Jiansheng thought of Premier Zhou Enlai at this time of crisis.She wrote a letter to Zhou Enlai, ran to the back door of Zhongnanhai, and begged the messenger to deliver the letter to Zhou Enlai immediately.Li Jiansheng was so anxious that he cried. Seeing the guard, he quickly comforted him: "Old lady, don't cry, we will be responsible for delivering it to Premier Zhou." The next day, Premier Zhou Enlai notified the People's Hospital to immediately hospitalize Zhang Bojun.Premier Zhou instructed: In the future, no matter what kind of "ghosts and snake spirits" are sick, they must be treated in a timely manner without discrimination.

It was too late after being hospitalized for an investigation: gastric cancer, advanced stage. When his daughter Zhang Yihe came to see him, she couldn't help crying, but he said, "Don't cry, Dad will get well soon." Cancer made him unable to recover. On June 17, 1969, Zhang Bojun passed away in "the darkest era in Chinese history" at the age of 73. His second daughter, Zhang Yihe, who works in Sichuan, was said to have "reversed the case" for her father and was sentenced to 20 years in prison! Later, she spent ten years in prison - from 1969 to 1979.Her child was born in prison.

Like Luo Longji, Zhang Bojun was included in the list of five uncorrected "rightists" at the central level in 1980. Likewise, the CCP later took tactful measures to restore Zhang Bojun's political reputation. In early 1983, a memorial service was held in Beijing for Zhang Bojun who died of persecution during the "Cultural Revolution".After the meeting, Zhang Bojun's urn was unusually sent to the first room of Beijing Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. Her wife, Li Jiansheng, was promoted from a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to a member of the Standing Committee.

In 1984, Beijing made an exception to hold a symposium for Zhang Bojun’s 90th birthday—this “model” was later used on Luo Longji, Peng Wenying, and Chen Renbing, but Zhang Bojun was the first. Yang Jingren, the head of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China at the time, delivered a speech at the meeting and made a high evaluation of Zhang Bojun: "Mr. Zhang Bojun is a well-known patriotic democracy fighter and political activist." "Looking at the entire history and work of Mr. Zhang Bojun, he is patriotic and progressive. He has done good things for our country and nation, and he is worthy of our commemoration."

Similarly, Yang Jingren's speech also represents the CCP's evaluation of Zhang Bojun. Li Jiansheng, wife of Zhang Bojun, passed away on May 31, 1990.Daughter Zhang Yihe wrote this poem to mourn her mother: Chu Anping's fate after the "Anti-Rightist Movement" was also very tragic.His wife divorced him, then married another man, and lived in the south house of the Chu family.Originally, divorce, marriage and the like were not great events, and as long as the procedures were formal, there was nothing wrong with it.However, seeing Nanwu every day, Chu Anping's mood was extremely painful.

The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference arranged for him to go to work, and he couldn't ask for more.He herded sheep at the foot of the Great Wall.Although he really wanted to live there for a long time, to be with the grass and the sheep, but the leaders still wanted him to go back to the city.He still loves sheep.He raised sheep in the yard.One day, holding an iron can, he knocked on Zhang Bojun's door.It turned out that the jar was full of goat milk.He said to Zhang Bojun: "Sheep eat grass and milk. I raised this sheep and milked it myself. Goat milk is nutritious. Take it!"

Chu Anping has a large collection of books.When raising sheep, he immerses himself in reading.The sheep and the book accompanied him through those lonely days. When he was herding sheep at the foot of the Great Wall, he got acquainted with Mr. Li Rucang, who was sent to work.After returning to the city, Li Rucang became the only friend who kept in touch with him frequently. The "Cultural Revolution" suddenly broke out, and Chu Anping became the object of torture by the Red Guards.Beat and scold at will.Personal insults, everything. In August 1966, a group of Red Guards knocked on the door again, wanting to criticize the "Great Rightists."Chu Anping fled over the wall from the backyard.

He fled to Li Rucang's house, and stuffed a small note, which read: he's gone!Since then, people have never seen him again. At that time, dead bodies floated up every day in Beihai and the Summer Palace in Beijing.However, it was not possible to confirm which dead body was Chu Anping. he's gone!Since then, it has disappeared from the world. Mr. Li Rucang, his only close friend in his later years, was also a "rightist". He couldn't stand the struggle of the Red Guards, and the fire of life was finally extinguished.Therefore, the details of Chu Anping's "departure" are no longer known... After all, Chu Anping is the "big man".In order to find out his death, a special investigation team worked for two years, but failed to find out the result. In 1969, Kang Sheng muttered this sentence: "Chu Anping, a big rightist, no one is alive, no corpse is dead, what's going on?!"