In the mid-century China, there were two celebrities named Wang Li, one was Wang Li, a famous linguist and professor at Peking University; the other was Wang Li, who served as Minister of the League of China in the 1960s and was known as the three "pendants" of the Cultural Revolution Group during the Cultural Revolution. What we are going to talk about today is the latter one.
He was once a hot celebrity in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. He was proud of his youth in the early days of the Cultural Revolution, but he quickly fell from the altar and his life was ups and downs.
young talent, received help from noble people
Wang Li, born in August 1921 in Huai'an County, Jiangsu Province, joined the Communist Youth League at the age of 14 and joined the party in 1939. Wang Li, who was upright in his youth, quickly showed his prominence in the party. In addition to his high level of cultural theory, more importantly, he had "noble people" to help him, and this person was Kang Sheng.
Kang Sheng at that time boasted of himself as a party theorist, was arrogant and had good poetry and essays. This is very close to Wang Li, who is also a literati. The two of them have more and more frequent interactions. They often savor poems and papers in their spare time, which is a great time to talk to each other. is like this. The two of them are obviously in a superior and subordinate relationship, but in fact they have a close personal relationship. Kang Sheng admires this young man very much.
There are two crucial steps for Wang Li’s life: one step is to transfer from a cadre from Shandong Branch to as director and secretary-general of the Propaganda Department of the East China Bureau of the Communist Party of China. This step made Wang Li become a cadre in charge of the central bureaus of several provinces in the south, and his position level also became one of the few department-level cadres at that time.
The second step is to transfer the department-level cadres of the East China Bureau from to the central government and be listed as cadres who went to Vietnam to support the anti-French aid to Vietnam. This step made Wang Li a cadre in the central government and was also listed as one of the "seedlings" that the central government should cultivate. Wang Li’s ability to take these two steps depends entirely on Kang Sheng’s promotion and recommendation. Therefore, it can be said that Kang Sheng is Wang Li’s “teacher”.
became famous with a pen and a hit
In October 1955, Wang Lifeng, who was participating in the anti-French struggle in France, was transferred back to China and was awarded the treatment of a return hero, and became famous. In 1958, the Central Committee founded the magazine " Red Flag ". Kang Sheng named Wang Li to join the editorial board, and later appointed him as deputy editor-in-chief. He was promoted to the deputy ministerial level in his early 30s, which was a success. In 1963, he served as Deputy Minister of the Foreign Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee.
In September 1965, the central government decided to publish the article "Long Live the Victory of the People's War" in the name of Lin Biao, and let Kang Sheng be the organizer and reviewer of this article. When Kang Sheng selected the writer, he clicked Wang Li again. Wang Li also knew very well that this was a major life opportunity for him, so he was happy to be ordered and quickly completed the task successfully.
After Lin Biao saw it, he personally met Wang Li and praised him. Mao Zedong also quickly saw this article and praised it very much. As soon as the news spread, senior leading cadres of the Communist Party of China appreciated Wang Li, the young deputy minister of the Allied Forces Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. It can be said that Wang Li became famous by writing this article.
is associated with Jiang Qing, and he only has Jiang Qing
On May 28, 1966, the Central Cultural Revolution Group was established. Among the group members, he ranked very high in , Xie Tongzhong, and Yin Da. Soon after that, Xie and Yin were excluded from the Central Cultural Revolution Group. In this way, Wang Li became the "master" in the Central Cultural Revolution Group second only to the group leader and deputy group leader.
In the Central Cultural Revolution Group, Jiang Qing treated Wang Li as the number one official. He asked Wang Li to discuss any important matters. If there were any important articles, he also asked Wang Li to write them.
In January 1967, Tao Zhu was defeated. On January 8, Mao Zedong decided to establish a central propaganda group (equivalent to the central propaganda department), which was nominated by Jiang Qing. With the approval of Mao Zedong, Wang Li served as the group leader.
In the Central Cultural Revolution Group, Jiang Qing is actually the leader. Therefore, after Wang Li joined the Central Cultural Revolution Group, he strongly flattered her. He does whatever Jiang Qing asked him to do, just like a pug, holding Jiang Qing's "thighs" tightly.
From then on, Jiang Qing also happily accepted it and regarded Wang Li as his general.In his eyes, there were only Jiang and Kang, and it was a distance from the thoughts and actions of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others, which also became an important factor in his final "submarine".
fanned the flames, fearing that the world would not be in chaos
On July 20, 1967, a mass organization questioned and criticized the Central Cultural Revolution members Wang Li and others in Wuhan, namely the "July 20 Incident". Wang Li led a group of people in Wuhan to suppress the faction, which directly ignited the fire of the "July 20 Incident" and disrupted the overall situation of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai's efforts to stabilize Wuhan.
Wang Li was not at peace after returning to Beijing. He met with the Red Guards and local rebellion organizations many times, introduced the "July 20 Incident", and pushed the blame to Chen Zaidao, slandering the "July 20 Incident" as a private mutiny by Chen Zaidao, and was a major "counter-revolutionary" act. The Beijing Red Guards and rebels from all over the country quickly launched a critical attack on Chen.
Wang Li didn't just stop messing with the army, he also extended his hands to more departments and created a "chaotic" situation on many fronts across the country. Wang Li fanned the flames and incited the rebels of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to attack the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to smash and loot. Even the then Minister of Foreign Affairs 1, Chen Yi, did not let it go.
On August 22, the rebels and Beijing Red Guards actually burned the British agency in China, causing protests from the UK and causing extremely bad international influence. This also made Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai suddenly realize that Wang Li had a problem with his motive.
Diaoyutai was "taken for leave and review", and since then it fell from the altar
htmlOn August 26, the central small meeting was held at Diaoyutai on time, and Zhou Enlai presided over the meeting. At the meeting, Zhou Enlai solemnly ordered Wang Li and Guan Feng to "take leave for review" and asked Qi Benyu to suspend his post to make a thorough inspection.
After hearing Zhou Enlai's announcement, Wang, Guan and Qi's faces changed drastically. Jiang Qing and Kang Sheng's faces also changed drastically, and they were unable to speak for a long time. However, since Zhou Enlai announced the instructions of Chairman Mao, no one of them dared to object. Immediately, Wang, Guan and Qi were taken away by the guards.
On January 26, 1968, Wang Li was detained in Qincheng Prison. At this point, this "central chief" who was very popular in the early days of the Cultural Revolution began a long life, which was truly a sin and could not survive. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party, the Central Committee also tried Wang Li's issue when it decided to re-trieve the cases of Lin Biao and the "Gang of Four". On January 28, 1982, he was released.
Since then, Wang Li has lived the life of an ordinary citizen, buying groceries and cooking with his wife, and living a low-key life. Some scholars who study history, especially the "Cultural Revolution", visited him, and he always cooperated more objectively.
In May 1996, Wang Li was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer , but it was too late. On October 21, Wang Li died of illness at the Beijing Cancer Hospital at the age of 75.
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