Written by | Zhang Wei Wang Hao Edited by | Fu Ning
On August 27, the farewell ceremony for Wang Dongxing's body was held at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, where wreaths sent by seven Politburo Standing Committee members were placed. However, the news broadcast that night did not broadcast the scene of the live farewell.
The news broadcast by Xinhua News Agency on the same day said: "During and after Wang Dongxing's serious illness and after his death, Comrades Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan, Zhang Gaoli, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and other comrades went to the hospital to visit or expressed deep condolences to Comrade Wang Dongxing's death through various forms and expressed deep condolences to his relatives. ”
The small editor of the Political Knowledge Bureau (WeChat ID: bqzhengzhiju) learned that on August 27, there were also high-level officials who went to Babaoshan to bid farewell to this old comrade who "once held an important leadership position in the party".
As a defender of Mao Zedong for 29 years, on August 27, Wang Dongxing's body bid farewell to mao Zedong's descendants, Mao Xinyu, in addition to some other "red descendants", including Zhou Enlai's niece Zhou Bingde, Hua Guofeng's son Su Hua and Su Bin. In addition, there are members of Mao Zedong's Guard Corps and their descendants.
The centenarian said goodbye to the world and traveled alone. Xiaobian also remembers that he also said goodbye in 1980, that is, to say goodbye to the high-level political arena, and several others withdrew from leadership positions almost at the same time as him.
So, when the people who withdrew from the stage with Wang Dongxing died, who went to bid them farewell?
Hua Guofeng:
The members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the third term were basically complete
Hua Guofeng
There is no doubt that it has appeared prominently on the Chinese political stage.
He served for more than ten years in Xiangtan, Hunan, Mao Zedong's hometown, presided over the foundation of the Shaoshan Mao Zedong Museum, and served as the first secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee. In 1971, Hua Guofeng was promoted to the Central Committee and later attended the meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee. In 1973 he was elected to the Politburo and rose to the core of power as Mao's successor. There is no doubt that hua Guofeng played an extremely important role in smashing the "Gang of Four". The First Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee in 1977 elected Hua Guofeng as chairman of the Central Committee and one of the members of the Politburo Standing Committee. Later, when the curtain of reform and opening up opened, Hua Guofeng gradually faded out of people's sight. In 1981, he resigned as chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission.
On August 31, 2008, Li Yuanchao, then director of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, Ling Jihua, director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and Ma Kai, secretary general of the State Council, went to Beijing Hospital to receive the spirits, and Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang, Zhou Yongkang, Zhu Rongji, Li Ruihuan, Wei Jianxing, Li Lanqing, Luo Gan, and many other then leaders came to bid farewell to the remains.
Chen Xilian:
Two members of the Politburo Standing Committee came to bid farewell
Chen Xilian was a general with military merits, who participated in the Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the War of Liberation, and after liberation, he served as the commander of the artillery of the People's Liberation Army and the commander of the Shenyang Military Region. In December 1973, Chen Xilian became the commander of the Beijing Military Region. In January 1975, at the end of the Cultural Revolution, Chen Xilian was promoted to a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission and vice premier of the State Council. For nearly a year after February 1976, he presided over the Central Military Commission as a member of the Politburo. When the situation was unfavorable to the "old chief" Deng Xiaoping, Chen Xilian did not stand up and speak out. In January 1980, Chen Xilian resigned from all leading positions and was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Committee.
On June 21, 1999, the farewell ceremony of Chen Xilian's body was held at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, and Li Peng and Li Lanqing, then members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, came to the scene to bid farewell. In addition, there are also well-known names such as Zhang Wannian, Gu Mu, Deng Liqun, Huang Hua, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, and Wu Bangguo, who later became a member of the Politburo Standing Committee.
Ji Dengkui:
Hua Guofeng and Wang Dongxing both came to BabaoShan
Ji Dengkui was a young man with great ambitions, and in 1951, Mao Zedong listened to his work report on the special train, then Xuchang's propaganda minister, and this time, Ji Dengkui left a deep impression on Mao Zedong. Subsequently, the People's Daily publicized the propaganda experience of the Xuchang area, and in the same year, the 28-year-old Ji Dengkui became the secretary of the Xuchang Prefectural Party Committee.
At the Ninth National Congress 18 years later, Mao Zedong introduced Ji Dengkui to all the deputies as an "old friend" and arranged for Ji Dengkui to speak at the meeting. Since then, Ji Dengkui has successively become an alternate member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, a vice premier of the State Council, and a member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee. In 1980, Ji Dengkui resigned and was removed from party and state leadership positions.
Eight years later, Ji Dengkui died, and qiao Shi, then a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, tian Jiyun, then a member of the Politburo and vice premier of the State Council, Qin Jiwei, then a member of the Politburo and minister of national defense, and Xi Zhongxun and Ni Zhifu, then vice chairmen of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, attended the farewell of the body. Hua Guofeng and Wang Dongxing also came to the scene.
Wu De:
There were no leaders to bid farewell in public reports
Wu De participated in the rectification of Yan'an, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as vice minister of the Fuel Industry Department, mayor of Tianjin, and first secretary of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee. In 1966, at this crucial historical moment, Wu De came to Beijing from the northeast and served as acting mayor of Beijing Municipality, secretary of the Secretariat of the North China Bureau, and later deputy director and director of the Beijing Municipal Revolutionary Committee. In May 1972, Wu De's titles included director of the Beijing Municipal Revolutionary Committee, first secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, and political commissar of the Beijing Military Region. Beginning in August 1973, Wu became a member of the Politburo. In January 1975 and March 1978, he was elected vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fourth and Fifth National People's Congresses, and from May 1978 to April 1980, he was the deputy secretary of the Party Group of the Fifth National People's Congress Standing Committee.
At about the same time as Hua Guofeng, Wang Dongxing, Ji Dengkui, and Chen Xilian, in 1980, Wu De resigned from his post and faded out of politics.
When Wu Died in Beijing on November 29, 1995, people's daily reported on the cremation of his body without mentioning that a leader had gone to bid farewell. After Wu De's death, the party and state leaders at that time expressed their condolences in different ways for the death of Comrade Wu De and expressed their condolences to his relatives.
Chen Yonggui:
Hua Guofeng low-key participated in the farewell of the remains
Similar to Hua Guofeng, Wang Dongxing, Chen Xilian, Ji Dengkui, and Wu De, Chen Yonggui was also promoted during the Cultural Revolution.
Chen Yonggui was originally a farmer, and his name is closely related to Dazhai. He was the secretary of the Dazhai village branch and the director of the Dazhai Agricultural Production Cooperative. Later, the Dazhai Production Cooperative was praised and commended by the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, and Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, who once issued the call for "Agricultural Science dazhai", and Chen Yonggui himself was also rated as a national agricultural labor model. In 1967, Chen Yonggui became deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Revolutionary Committee, and in 1969, at the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Chen Yonggui was elected as a member of the Central Committee. Chen Yonggui was on the path to power step by step, becoming a member of the Politburo in 1973, vice premier two years later, re-elected as a member of the Politburo two years later, and again appointed vice premier in 1978. Just two years later, as Wang Dongxing, Ji Dengkui, Wu De, and Chen Xilian all resigned, Chen Yonggui also applied to resign as vice premier of the State Council, becoming a farm consultant in the eastern suburbs of Beijing from 1983.
In his later years, Chen Yonggui suffered from lung cancer, because of the articles in the press criticizing Ku Dafu, Chen Yonggui once lamented: "Alas, I am dead, and I am not like Ku Dafu to tell me a mess?" He wanted to die in Dazhai, but did not make the trip, and eventually died of illness in Beijing in 1986. Subsequently, Chen Yonggui's family received a phone call asking if any leaders had participated in the farewell of the remains, and if so, he would not go.
Later, in Babaoshan, the person on the other end of the phone finally appeared. The man who got out of a high-end car with discolored glasses was None other than Hua Guofeng.
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