Chapter 60 2. Go to Taiyuan?

The rightist hat she had worn for 20 years was finally removed, and the Central Organization Department accepted the appeal materials. Ding Ling finally saw hope and was very excited. She wanted to express her gratitude to those who helped her, and at the same time, she would continue to appeal and strive for a complete solution. question. On July 24, Ding Ling wrote three letters, one to Hu Yaobang, one to the Central Organization Department, and one to Wang Zhen. The letter to Hu Yaobang said: "Comrade Hu Yaobang, hello! Now report to you: (1) On July 18, the Party Committee of Laodingshan Commune in Changzhi City announced the decision to remove my hat at a small meeting, and Give me the notice of decapitation. I spoke at the meeting, expressing my infinite gratitude to Chairman Hua and the Party Central Committee, thanking the Party for its wise and great policies, and approving me to return to the ranks of the people... (2) July 10 On the afternoon of the 8th, I received a reply letter from the Office of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the 6th. I followed your instructions and waited for the arrangement of the Organization Department of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee to stay in Taiyuan temporarily. (3) Recently, in the fifth article of "People's Literature" During this period, I was very surprised when I saw Comrade Lin Mohan’s signed article, which mentioned me. In order to explain the problems mentioned in the article, I wrote "From Nanjing to Bao'an" and "Thirteen Years in the Liberated Area" Please organize the two paragraphs for future reference. At the same time, I wrote "Twelve Years in the Northeast Reclamation Area" to briefly report the main situation in the twelve years after I was punished in 1958, as a reference for the party to understand me and deal with my political issues .”

The letter to the Organization Department of the Central Committee said: "In the winter of 1968, when Lin Biao and the 'Gang of Four' were rampant, they sent special personnel to the Baoquanling Farm in Heilongjiang to interrogate me all night. They asked me to write materials during the day. , For a whole month, I was forced to confess that "I was a spy of the Central Unification" who broke into Yan'an; and tried to frame Comrade Hu Qiaomu, Comrade Zhou Yang, etc. Their plot failed. In the explanation of nouns written by the Institute of History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for studying the five volumes of selected Mao anthology, it still said that I "concealed history and mixed into Yan'an". The article "Ideological Struggle on the Literary and Art Front Seventeen Years After Liberation" states: "The Ding-Chen Clique and the Hu Feng Clique are two anti-Party and counter-revolutionary cliques that have been hidden in the revolutionary ranks for a long time. One is hidden in Yan'an, the revolutionary base, and the other is Hidden in the Kuomintang-controlled area. They echo each other from a distance' and so on. Vice Minister Lin's few words are to designate me as a hidden counter-revolutionary like Hu Feng, so as not to implement the policies of the Party Central Committee and not to liberate Ding Ling. Excuses and reasons....Following the Party’s teaching of seeking truth from facts, I made a report on the journey to Yan’an and the thirteen years in the Liberated Area (September 1936-August 1949, when I entered Peiping) , make a brief statement to the party."

Attached are three materials: "The Passage from Nanjing to Bao'an", "Thirteen Years in the Liberated Area", and "Twelve Years in the Northeast Reclamation Area". The letter to Wang Zhen was full of emotion. Ding Ling thanked him for his care for her in many ways over the years: "Vice Premier Wang Zhen: Last time Chen Ming came back from Beijing and told me that you are in good health and spirit. I feel infinitely comforted. Recently I am rewriting the prose of Deng Wanrong, the pacesetter of the reclamation area (the first draft written in Baoquanling has been lost), and the 12 years of life in the reclamation area, as if before my eyes.... I have heard your story from many demobilized cadres in several farms Unfortunately, I did not have the conditions to collect these at that time, and the only excerpts and diaries were lost during the movement. Recently, the commune party committee held a meeting here and announced that I would be removed as a rightist. At the same time, I received a letter from the Central Organization Department A letter from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, saying that the comrades in the central government have already known my appeal and asked me to wait for it to be dealt with. They also asked me to live temporarily in Taiyuan City according to the arrangement of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee. I am now following their instructions and waiting for the arrangement of the Provincial Party Committee. When I When I saw the words "comrade" written on the envelope, I couldn't help but burst into tears. So many past events came to my heart. First of all, I can't help but think of your care and care for me for a long time. You first agreed with me to go to the Northeast Reclamation area; it is you who asked the leaders of the Land Reclamation Bureau to arrange our lives and strictly demand us politically so as to facilitate my transformation; it is you who asked me to bury my head and remain unknown. You care about the solution of my political problems; When I visited the reclamation area, I always encouraged me not to be disappointed, to believe in the party, and to look forward. But now, according to the provisions of the No. 11 document, the label of the rightist has been removed, and the heavy political burden of the past two decades has been lightened. I thank Party, I also thank you. Let me tell you: the twelve years of living in the reclamation area have been of great benefit to me. Although sometimes I feel that some good years have passed in terms of creation. I am seventy-four years old this year. But I I am determined to earnestly and work hard to complete my personal five-year plan, and to write more. In order to live up to the kindness of regeneration given to me by the Party.... But I can’t help but feel that there are some clouds and obstructions about my personal political future. Therefore, I recently gave Comrade Hu Yaobang Wrote a letter and part of the materials. I will make a copy for you so that you may know something. Please instruct me."

On August 26, Wang Zhen commented on Ding Ling's letter: "Comrades Qiao Mu and Li Qun from the Political Research Office of the State Council: please take the time to read this document. At that time, most of the young actors and other entertainers were Premier Zhou who talked to me personally. , received training in the land reclamation area. Among them, Ding Ling, Ai Qing and others, after long-term work, are now old. They should be given courtesy in politics and life, and policies must be implemented. Comrade Zhou Yang also discussed with them. Ding Ling, Ai Qing There are letters written by Chairman Mao himself. These should also be rectified and the source should be rectified.”

Ding Ling’s letter mentioned “Deng Wanrong, the pacesetter in rewriting prose reclamation area”, refers to the prose “Du Wanxiang” written by Deng Wanrong as a model. She once wrote the first draft at Baoquanling Farm, but it was lost during the “Cultural Revolution”.She rewrote the first draft of 20,000 words in seven or eight months, and planned to use it as a gift to meet readers when she returned to the literary world. In September and November, Ding Ling wrote complaint materials to the Organization Department of the Central Committee twice, requesting to maintain the conclusions of the Organization Department of the Central Committee in 1940 on historical issues.In the letter, Ding Ling also asked to go to Beijing to see a doctor.

September 17th was the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the evening, Chen Ming asked the leaders of the team to find dinner. Ding Ling didn't want to join in the excitement, so she stayed at home quietly.The moonlight was bright and the night was as cool as water. Ding Ling silently recalled Su Dongpo's "Huai Zi You" and couldn't help being filled with emotion. She went back into the house and wrote down her feelings in her diary: "Recalling decades of good times, quietly disappearing , the future is boundless, but the white hair is gray, the heart is high and the fate is low, and I don't feel sad. Only muster the remaining courage and struggle hard. It is difficult to stretch your waist and hold your head up before you are alive, and see your innocence after death. , have the opportunity to display their abilities, and serve the country and the people.”

But from September to November, the Organization Department of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and the Organization Department of the Central Committee did not move at all, and even the matter of going to Taiyuan was put on hold. On November 9, Ding Ling wrote to Luo Lan, an old comrade in the former Northwest Field Service Corps, saying: "The Shanxi Provincial Party Committee did not receive a letter, and the Changzhi City Revolutionary Committee only said when the house was ready and when to inform us to move. The Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China did not hear from us about our trip to Beijing to see a doctor. You asked me to pack my things. I did pack some of them early on, and now I have to take out the packed things again, because the weather has changed, winter clothes, etc. I dug it out again; and I have to order next year's newspaper. I have to buy vegetables and coal for the winter. Fortunately, more than 20 years have passed, and I don't care if I wait another year and a half. Anyway, we believe that the party will always Implement policies in a spirit of seeking truth from facts.”

All news is gone.Maybe I have to spend another winter in Zhangtou Village.Ding Ling was a little sad. There is no good news, but there is one bad news. In mid-October, son-in-law Zhou Liangpeng came to see them from Beijing. Before leaving, Chen Ming sent him to the train station.On the way, he told Chen Ming one thing: Zu Hui and Luo Lan went to Zhou Yang to inquire about Ding Ling's implementation of the policy.Chen Ming hurriedly asked: What did he say?Liangpeng said: "Zhou Yang said that Ding Ling's 40 years of performance can eliminate doubts, but not stains. I was afraid that my mother would be angry, so I didn't dare to tell her." But how could such important news be kept from Ding Ling? Chen Ming told her the next day.Ding Ling was naturally very angry. She understood that the stain Zhou Yang mentioned was still referring to her historical issues in Nanjing. Unexpectedly, he himself had been punished, and now that he had crushed the "Gang of Four", Zhou Yang still had this attitude.She said in her diary: "It can be seen that Zhou still insists on making mistakes and will not let go of me. Why do such people want to see him! It is all because of the kindness of Lorraine (or Roland)." "Lorraine is too simple, think things over It’s easy to think about people too well.” She also thought of Lin Mohan’s article: These people are still on stage, these people are still in charge, and they still insist on the views of 55 years and 57 years, so they want to solve the problem. The problem is very difficult.A few days later, Roland wrote to her again, telling her that Zu Hui went to the Central Organization Department and asked the Central Organization Department's opinion on Ding Ling's request to go to Beijing to see a doctor, and replied that Ding Ling could stay at Zu Hui's house when she went to Beijing.Ding Ling said: "Loran and Zu Hui are very simple and good people. How could they think that if my political problems are not resolved, I will not be able to live in Zu Hui's small house. I will die of sorrow."

It seems that if you want to solve your own problems, there is still a long way to go!