Wang Hongwen is a main member of the "Gang of Four". In his early years, he was just a security officer at the 17th National Cotton Factory. In 1966, after the ten-year special period began, Wang Hongwen entered the political stage with the help of rebellion, gradually gained a foothold in Shanghai, and served as deputy director of the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee.
Wang Hongwen entered the attention of high-level officials after the July 20th Incident in 1967. After the July 20th Incident in Wuhan, the top management discovered that the social order in Shanghai and Wuhan were very different. In addition, they learned that Wang Hongwen was a "worker, peasant, and soldier", so they remembered Wang Hongwen.
In September 1972, Wang Hongwen was transferred to Beijing. At that time, he took his personal secretary Liao Zukang to Beijing with him. In the early days of his arrival in Beijing, Wang Hongwen was very uncomfortable. It was only after working for a while that he learned the true intentions of the top management. After that, Wang Hongwen stayed in Beijing with peace of mind and served as vice chairman in 1973, reaching the official level.
On October 6, 1976, Wang Hongwen was arrested. In fact, before his arrest, Wang Hongwen seemed to have predicted his future fate. On October 4, two days before his arrest, Wang Hongwen asked his secretary Liao Zukang to return to Shanghai with his son. At that time, Liao Zukang was about to get married, and this time he returned to Shanghai to hold a wedding. Wang Hongwen naturally knew about Liao Zukang's situation. Before he left, he specifically asked Liao Zukang to go to the office to get 500 yuan, and handed his son to Liao Zukang.
Wang Hongwen said to Liao Zukang: "There is a saying in our hometown that I would rather follow a mother who is a beggar than a father who is an official. My black gauze hat may be taken off one day. , Not only will he lose his official position, but he will even go to jail." Seeing what Wang Hongwen said, Liao Zukang didn't say much, and returned to Shanghai with Wang Hongwen's son, and handed 500 yuan and the son to Wang Hongwen's wife Cui Gendi.
In fact, Wang Hongwen's idea dates back to the end of the first session of the Fourth National People's Congress. In 1975, our party held the first session of the Fourth National People's Congress in Beijing. Premier Zhou and Wang Hongwen were responsible for the preparations for this meeting. Originally, the "Gang of Four" was prepared to regard this meeting as a good opportunity to seize power, but Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou made the far-reaching "Changsha Decision" and the conspiracy of the "Gang of Four" went bankrupt.
After the first meeting of the Fourth National People's Congress, Chairman Mao realized that Wang Hongwen was not capable of working, so he sent Wang Hongwen back to Shanghai to conduct research and accumulate work experience. After Wang Hongwen returned to Shanghai, he spent most of his time eating, drinking and having fun, and had very little time for actual work. At ten o'clock in the evening on September 18, 1975, Wang Hongwen, accompanied by Wang Xiuzhen, visited the National Cotton Factory No. 30. At that time, Factory No. 30 was being rebuilt. The cadre of the factory was a person named Ying Wumei.
During the visit, Ying Wumei said: "After the factory is built, I will invite Vice Chairman Wang to come and visit." This sentence touched on Wang Hongwen's pain point, and Wang Hongwen replied: "I don't know where I will be by then?" Then, Wang Hongwen explained to Wang Xiuzhen and Ying Wumei that he might be imprisoned in the future and would not be able to come. Or make a mistake and be dismissed from office.
This shows that Wang Hongwen still has a clear understanding of his future, which is the main reason why he asked his secretary to take his son back to Shanghai before he was arrested. On October 6, 1976, one day after Liao Zukang's wedding, Wang Hongwen was arrested in Huairen Hall, Huairen Hall, and has since been imprisoned.
After Wang Hongwen was arrested, his wife and children were hardly implicated. Cui Gendi was an ordinary worker and did not participate in political affairs. Wang Hongwen's children were still young at that time, and they were basically unaware of what Wang Hongwen did. After the public trial of Wang Hongwen, Wang Hongwen's wife and children still lived in Shanghai and lived an ordinary life. From this aspect, Wang Hongwen's wife and children were indeed not affected much.
