On October 6, 1976, Hua Guofeng and other leaders launched a thunder attack and smashed the "Gang of Four". Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan and Jiang Qing were also imprisoned in the underground project for internal isolation and review. The specific time to smash the "Gang of Four" was around 8:30 pm. On that day, Hua Guofeng and Ye Jianying did not leave Zhongnanhai . At 9:00 pm, they held a meeting in the east hall of Huairen Hall .
not many people attended the meeting. The main leaders were Hua Guofeng, Ye Jianying and Wang Dongxing. The participants were mainly members of the special operation team arrested by the "Gang of Four" that night and the relevant leaders of the Central Guard Bureau of . At this meeting, Hua Guofeng informed the participants of crushing the "Gang of Four", and told the participants that the top priority now is to collect evidence of the "Gang of Four", appease the staff around them, and let them take the initiative to expose the "Gang of Four".
After this, Wang Dongxing announced the establishment of four working groups, one of two people, responsible for the inspection of the offices of the main members of the "Gang of Four", among which Fu Jiarui was responsible for the inspection of Wang Hongwen's office. That night, Fu Jiarui and his team arrived at Diaoyutai and officially began to search Wang Hongwen's office at 11 o'clock.
When he arrived at Wang Hongwen's office, the staff found that his office still maintained the way Wang Hongwen left, and the notepad also said, "Meeting at 8 o'clock in the evening, Huairen Hall." Seeing this scene, the staff speculated that the staff in Wang Hongwen's office did not know that Wang Hongwen had been arrested, so they called all the staff together and first held a meeting to convey the spirit of Hua Guofeng and others. There are three main contents of the
meeting: First, immediately hand over the weapons you carry, including guns and ammunition, and at the same time, hand over all office keys and file cabinet keys; Second, after handing over the items, go to the study class to actively expose Wang Hongwen's crimes; Third, except for personal items, no other items are allowed to be taken away.
After completing the above matters, the staff began to search Wang Hongwen's office. Wang Hongwen's office furnishings are very simple and can be seen clearly at a glance. There are desks, large and small iron filing cabinets, and a large wine cabinet. After opening the wine cabinet, the staff found that the upper layer inside was Moutai liquor and the lower layer was Zhonghua cigarettes. It is said that the cigarettes were sent from Shanghai, and most of the Moutai liquor was bought in the canteen. The drawer of the
desk is not locked. Some photos inside were just washed out by Wang Hongwen. It is said that he prepared it himself to "hang up the image". In addition, there are some inscription cards written by him in the drawer of the desk. It seems that he is practicing inscriptions and is ready to use them in the future.
Wang Hongwen's most important things are in the iron cabinets behind his chair. The cabinet is locked and the staff does not have a key, so they are just looking for someone to open the cabinet. There is a thick book here, all of which are "black materials" that falsely accused the founding fathers. Wang Hongwen also marked the word "top secret" on the cover. In addition, there is a separate piece of "black materials" for military cadres. Wang Hongwen's purpose is also very simple, which is to use these materials to suppress others in the future.
In addition, some of the iron cabinets are letters sent from the local area. Most of these letters are written by flatterers. They constantly advocate Wang Hongwen in the materials and express their loyalty to Wang Hongwen. Wang Hongwen seemed to be very useful and read these letters carefully.
At the same time, the staff also found some envelopes containing cash in the iron cabinet. These were living allowances issued by the Shanghai Municipal Committee to Wang Hongwen. At that time, the iron cabinet was envelopes from January to October 1976, with a total of about 1,000 yuan. This money was the search for all the cash found in Wang Hongwen's office.
Since Wang Hongwen was transferred to Beijing, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee has distributed cash to Wang Hongwen in the name of living allowance. This money is also a confusing account. Xu Jingxian, who was the deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Revolutionary Committee at the time, once raised objections to the money and even wrote letters to Zhang Chunqiao and Yao Wenyuan to complain, but they still paid Wang Hongwen every month.
