Without Chairman Mao, there would be no New China. Chairman Mao played an important role in The founding of New China , which made the people of our country stand up again, and at the same time he was loved by everyone. But everyone has the end of the day. At 0:10 on September 9, 1976, Chairman Mao Zedong passed away and ended his glorious and great life.
After Chairman Mao’s death, the world was grieved, and the leading cadres stayed up all night. Hua Guofeng and Ye Jianying immediately attended the Politburo meeting held at 8 o’clock, and discussed how to arrange Chairman Mao’s funeral.
1. Politburo meeting
This Politburo meeting is mainly to discuss how to deal with Chairman Mao Zedong's funeral. After the meeting was held and determined, Jiang Qing couldn't wait to go on stage to deliver a speech, but the content of her speech did not revolve around Chairman Mao's funeral, but instead stated that the topic of this Politburo meeting must be held in three aspects.
First of all, we must solve Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s party membership problem; second, we propose to let her keep all the relics left by Chairman Mao: third, we propose that Mao Yuanxin’s work cannot be transferred, and we must continue to stay in Beijing.
At this time when the whole country was in grief, Jiang Qing ignored Chairman Mao’s funeral and made the above unreasonable requests, which made everyone present angry. But Jiang Qing was in full swing at that time, and no one dared to say anything even if he had any ideas in his heart. In addition, Jiang Qing was particularly difficult to deal with. At this time, who would say something to her, would definitely be entangled by her, so no one said anything.
Jiang Qing saw that everyone had no reaction and even more motivated, and began to talk about things related to her. From how she went to Yan'an to the revolution, although the content of her speech was mentioned in memory of Chairman Mao, she was bragging about her experience throughout the article, and missing the chairman was just her introduction to show off her. Jiang Qing became more and more excited as she spoke. She said from 8 o'clock in the evening to twelve o'clock in the morning that she had no intention of stopping.
But everyone else was so sleepy that even Zhang Chunqiao, who was standing in line with her, couldn't listen. He stood up and said that the theme of this meeting was to discuss how to deal with Chairman Mao's funeral. This matter that had nothing to do with this can be put on for the time being. The meaning is to ask Jiang Qing to say something that has nothing to do with the meeting, but Jiang Qing ignored it and said whatever he should say.
At the meeting, the others closed their eyes and rested after they couldn't listen. Jiang Qing didn't care and kept talking nonstop, and said it straight until dawn. Maybe it was really too long to say that, and Jiang Qing stopped when she was tired.
After Hua Guofeng saw it, he asked Jiang Qing, "Have you finished speaking?" Jiang Qing nodded, so he seized the opportunity and said quickly, "Since Comrade Jiang Qing finished speaking, we will have a break." In this way, the Politburo meeting ended, but this meeting was far from the original preparation topic. Jiang Qing was going to discuss Chairman Mao’s funeral.
2. Smash the Gang of Four
Jiang Qing didn't expect that this meeting was the last time she did. After the meeting, Hua Guofeng decided to deal with the issue of the Gang of Four. During the Cultural Revolution, the Gang of Four committed crimes and persecuted leading cadres, and they should be smashed in time.
On September 10, 1976, Hua Guofeng told Wang Dongxing that he was not feeling well and wanted to take the guard to the hospital for treatment, but this time it was not really a doctor, but to avoid eyeliner tracking of the Gang of Four. Later, Hua Guofeng discussed the arrest of the Gang of Four with Li Xiannian and Ye Marshal. After they received their affirmation, the arrest began.
3. Batch processing
Crushing the "Gang of Four" activity is processed in batches.
On October 6, 1976, Hua Guofeng and Marshal Ye were waiting for the arrival of the "Gang of Four" in Huairen Hall . The first one to come in was Zhang Chunqiao and his guards. When he arrived at the door, his guards were stopped outside. Zhang Chunqiao felt very strange, but at this time the staff said that this was Wang Dongxing's decision, and all the guards had to wait outside, so Zhang Chunqiao was arrested when he went in. After being arrested, Zhang Chunqiao's reaction was still relatively quiet.
The second person to come in was Wang Hongwen. He was arrested when he entered the door like Zhang Chunqiao. The difference is that Wang Hongwen reacted a lot. He kept yelling and asking why he was arrested. It was not until Hua Guofeng took out the arrest warrant and read it to him that he felt a little relieved.
The third one is Yao Wenyuan, who is the quietest among the few people without any intense reaction. Jiang Qing is still left, and Jiang Qing was arrested not in Huairen Hall, but in his own home.
That day, Jiang Qing just returned home to rest and someone went in to arrest her. She was stunned at first, but later she shouted why three times. It was not until Zhang Yaoci asked her to hand over the key to the safe that she truly realized that her good days were over.
After Jiang Qing took out the key, he also brought a piece of paper, which wrote on it that Chairman Hua personally issued an announcement, and was arrested. At this point, the activity of smashing the "Gang of Four" was successfully completed. This activity was of great significance. It saved the party, the country, and the cause of socialism from danger!
