Chen Xiaojin, the son of Chen Pixian, the former secretary of the Secretariat of the East China Bureau, wrote: Zhang Chunqiao's pursuit of Jiang Qing was not out of admiration, but had other plans.
From an account written by his wife, Li Wenjing, after the "Gang of Four" was crushed, it is not difficult to see his true intentions.
Chen Pixian
Li Wenjing wrote: "In the spring of 1964, Jiang Qing lived in Shanghai and wanted to fish for political capital... Later Zhang Chunqiao went. Zhang Chunqiao gave up all his work and single-mindedly threw himself into the task of "changing the play" entrusted to him by Jiang Qing. Jiang Qing was very happy, the two people were very talkative, and the relationship was getting closer and closer. ”
Jiang Qing Zhang Chunqiao
"Zhang Chunqiao said to me that Jiang Qing has a variety of ideas, and that she just came up with an idea today and will completely deny it tomorrow, as if she had never said anything before. It is estimated that he may have heard some wind from the chairman, immediately changed his mouth, and did not admit that he had originally said it wrong. I asked him, 'What do you do?' He said, 'What's the solution, what can she say, I can still stab her?' Her self-esteem is strong! ’......”
Zhang Chunqiao
"I advised him to distance himself from Jiang Qing, and he stared at me and said loudly: 'I can't get close to the chairman without going through her!' ”