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In 1980, Jiang Qing, who had been imprisoned in prison for four years, was taken to the Supreme People's Court to receive just sanctions and trial.
After the trial of the Supreme People's Court, Jiang Qing, who had brought disaster to the country and the people and committed the most heinous crimes, was sentenced to death. After the news came out, all the cadres and people who suffered greatly applauded, but Xu Xiangqian, Chen Yun and others were shocked when they heard the news:
"Jiang Qing must not be killed!"
What was the reason that Xu Xiangqian, Chen Yun and others agreed that Jiang Qing must not be killed? What was Jiang Qing's later ending?
What was the reason why Jiang Qing was sentenced to death
In 1980, Jiang Qing, the leader of the "Gang of Four", was sentenced to death. What was the reason for Jiang Qing to end up like this?
As the leader of the "Gang of Four," Jiang Qing has done many things that endangered the motherland and the people in the past 10 years. In 1976, when Chairman Mao died, she, Wang Hongwen and others even did not hesitate to brew a huge conspiracy to try to pull the Chinese people into the abyss.
At this critical moment, Hua Guofeng, Ye Jianying and others quickly saw through the conspiracy of Jiang Qing, Wang Hongwen and others, and the two adopted thunderbolt methods to quickly bring Jiang Qing, Wang Hongwen and others to justice and let them accept quarantine review.
Because there were still many important affairs to be handled in the Republic at that time, Jiang Qing, Wang Hongwen and others were not directly sent to the people's court during the period when they were being examined in isolation.
It was not until after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee in 1978 that the party and the state realized that it was necessary to give an account to the people about the past history of the republic, and Jiang Qing, Wang Hongwen, and others were sent to the Supreme People's Court to be tried by the people and history.
is the so-called "confess leniently, resist strictly", if Jiang Qing can honestly confess her crimes in the Supreme People's Court, then perhaps the Supreme People's Court can open up to her. However, during the trial of the case by the Supreme People's Court for ten years, Jiang Qing did not admit his crime, but also denied his mistakes by being silent and talking back, which disappointed everyone in the court.
However, Jiang Qing's own behavior of resisting the court trial could not erase his past historical crimes, and under the trial of the Supreme People's Court, Jiang Qing was finally sentenced to death, while the other members of the Gang of Four were punished to varying degrees.
It didn't take long for the news of Jiang Qing's death sentence to spread quickly throughout the country. When the cadres and people in China heard the news that Jiang Qing had been sentenced to death, almost all of them applauded -- as the so-called "world has suffered for a long time."
Jiang Qing's misdeeds over the years have not only brought the economic construction and development of the republic to a state of near stagnation, but also caused many innocent cadres and people to be treated unjustly.
As for Jiang Qing, after hearing the news that she had been sentenced to death, she no longer had the aura she had when she resisted the court trial at the beginning. She spent her days in prison without food or drink, and she seemed to be beginning to regret her mistakes, and she began to feel more anxious about her bleak future than ever.
However, when the news of Jiang Qing's death sentence reached the ears of Xu Xiangqian, Chen Yun and others, Xu Xiangqian, Chen Yun and others couldn't help but be shocked, and they all agreed: Jiang Qing must not be killed!
What is the reason that makes Xu Xiangqian and Chen Yun think that Jiang Qing must not be killed
In 1980, the Supreme People's Court sentenced Jiang Qing to death. This verdict was vigorously opposed by Xu Xiangqian, Chen Yun and others, for which Xu Xiangqian and Chen Yun even did not hesitate to quarrel with many generals. So what is the reason why Xu Xiangqian, Chen Yun and others unanimously oppose the death sentence of Jiang Qing?
Many people feel very incomprehensible about the attitude of Xu Xiangqian, Chen Yun, and others in opposing the death sentence of Jiang Qing: As the leader of the Gang of Four, Jiang Qing has committed great crimes during the past ten years, and has done many things that have brought harm to the country and the people, and harmed nature and reason.
What's more, in the Supreme People's Court, Jiang Qing resisted the court's trial by being silent and talking back, so Jiang Qing's various performances have reached the point where "not killing is not enough to anger the people" in the eyes of many people.
Xu Xiangqian, Chen Yun and others opposed the death sentence of Jiang Qing, which seems incomprehensible, but in fact they have many far-reaching considerations for the history and future of the republic: First, Xu Xiangqian and Chen Yun pointed out that although Jiang Qing committed a heinous crime, she has an undeniable identity, that is, she is Chairman Mao's third wife and Li Ne's mother.
Li Ne is Chairman Mao's youngest child, and he was especially loved by the chairman during his lifetime, and he was also the only blood between Jiang Qing and Chairman Mao. In 1980, when Jiang Qing was sentenced to death by the Supreme People's Court, Li Ne was still alive.
Since Jiang Qing was arrested and imprisoned in 1976 and subjected to quarantine review, Li Ne has been in tears all day long because of her mother's situation. In 1980, when the news of Jiang Qing's death sentence by the Supreme People's Court came out, Li Ne felt even more pained by this.
Xu Xiangqian and Chen Yun pointed out that if Jiang Qing is really sentenced to death one day, then Chairman Mao's daughter Li Ne will inevitably collapse. If the chairman's daughter has three longs and two shorts, I am afraid that it will be difficult for anyone to give an account to the deceased chairman, let alone the chairman's daughter Li Ne is innocent in the first place.
Secondly, the second reason why Xu Xiangqian and Chen Yun agreed that Jiang Qing must not be killed is that Jiang Qing once made a lot of nonsense when he was tried by the Supreme People's Court.
Perhaps believing that she could no longer escape the justice of history and the people, Jiang Qing refused to admit any of her crimes in court, and even tried to present herself as a "victim martyr" in order to confront the court.
Xu Xiangqian and Chen Yun believe that although Jiang Qing's image of dressing himself up as a "victim martyr" is certainly hateful, the republic's handling of Jiang Qing's case has to take into account the trend of public opinion. Once the Republic rashly sentences Jiang Qing to death, it is bound to cause some unnecessary rumors.
In the eyes of Xu Xiangqian and Chen Yun, instead of directly sentencing Jiang Qing to death and causing some unnecessary rumors, it is better to sentence Jiang Qing to life imprisonment and let her seriously regret her mistakes in prison for the rest of her life.
Finally, Xu Xiangqian and Chen Yun believe that in view of Jiang Qing's attitude of resisting the trial in the Supreme People's Court, many doubtful cases and mysteries during the past ten years have not been clearly explained. If Jiang Qing is rashly sentenced to death, then it is very likely that the clues about the historical mystery cases of the past 10 years will be interrupted as a result, and this will bring considerable difficulties to the republic's subsequent trial of the cases during the 10 years.
Based on the above considerations, Xu Xiangqian and Chen Yun believe that although Jiang Qing is extremely heinous, she must not be killed, and it may be a better punishment to sentence her to life imprisonment and let her repent for life in prison.
Jiang Qing's later ending, what was the end
In 1980, Jiang Qing was sentenced to death by the Supreme People's Court. This verdict was opposed by Xu Xiangqian, Chen Yun and others. So, what was Jiang Qing's later ending?
The news that Xu Xiangqian, Chen Yun and others opposed the death sentence of Jiang Qing was highly valued by Deng Xiaoping. After some careful consideration by Deng Xiaoping, Deng Xiaoping decided that the Supreme People's Court would hold a second trial to retry Jiang Qing's case.
Perhaps because Jiang Qing was sentenced to death for the first time, Jiang Qing felt the deterrent power of the Supreme People's Court for the first time. After the second trial, Jiang Qing showed repentance in court and confessed accordingly to the crimes he had committed before. In view of Jiang Qing's performance and other historical factors, the Supreme People's Court finally commuted Jiang Qing's sentence to life imprisonment.
The result of the court's sentencing of Jiang Qing to life imprisonment means that Jiang Qing will spend the rest of his life in a prison in the republic. Perhaps knowing that there was no hope of getting out of prison in this life, Jiang Qing put forward three wishes after his death when his daughter Li Ne visited him:
Jiang Qing's first wish was to hope that she could be buried with Chairman Mao. But when you think about it, you know how ridiculous this wish is. Chairman Mao's historical greatness and national hero, while Jiang Qing is an eternal sinner who has brought disaster to the country and the people, how could the two be buried together after their deaths?
Perhaps also considering the absurdity of his wishes, Jiang Qing said to his daughter Li Ne: If you can't be buried with Chairman Mao, then ask your daughter to bury her back to her hometown in Zhucheng, Shandong.
According to Jiang Qing's wishes, Li Ne bought a cemetery in Zhucheng, Shandong Province in advance, but when the people of Zhucheng in Shandong learned that Jiang Qing wanted to buy a cemetery in Zhucheng, they expressed their bad luck, and they even did not hesitate to petition the local government department to move Jiang Qing's cemetery to other places.
Li Ne considered that if Jiang Qing was buried in Zhucheng in Shandong Province in the future, not only would the local people be dissatisfied, but Jiang Qing's cemetery might also be destroyed, so it would be more reassuring to be placed in Beijing. Therefore, Jiang Qing's second wish also came to fruition.
Jiang Qing's third wish in life is to hand over the cultural antiques he has treasured over the years to his daughter, hoping that Li Ne can take care of himself. Jiang Qing used to be a film actor in her early years, because she was born in a literary class, Jiang Qing liked vassal elegance very much, and she collected a lot of literary treasures in her life.
She hoped that her daughter would be able to take care of her own life with these treasures, but unexpectedly, the selfless Li Ne handed over all these treasures to the state, so that these treasures can be displayed in museums today and seen by the world.
After all three of her wishes were shattered, Jiang Qing felt disheartened. Perhaps because she couldn't bear the loneliness in prison, or because she knew that she was guilty, in May 1991, Jiang Qing chose to end her life in prison, drawing an end to her absurd and sinful life.