Lin Biao's time from being established as Chairman Mao's successor to his death in a foreign country after the September 13 incident was only a short period of more than two years. What happened in the past two years or so that Lin Biao underwent a reversal in Chairman Mao's eyes?
Over the years, countless experts and scholars have been studying and proposing many explanations, but there is an important fuse that has to be mentioned, that is, the phenomenon of Lin Liguo's "super genius".
Lin Liguo is Lin Biao's only son, born when he was 38 years old, so he has been extremely fond of Lin Liguo since he was a child. Lin Liguo, a child who was also very intelligent, was admitted to the physics department of Peking University in 1965 and aspired to become a physicist. However, the following year, the "Cultural Revolution" broke out, and Lin Liguo's studies were forced to be terminated, and he had to return home to work.
At this time, a decision by Lin Biao put him on a bright road, but also a road of death.
At that time, after consulting with Ye Qun, Lin Biao sent Lin Liguo to the Air Force Department of the Nanjing Military Region and handed it over to Deputy Political Commissar Jiang Tengjiao. Jiang Tengjiao was Lin Biao's absolute sworn enemy, and as long as Lin Biao said a word, he would even dare to provoke Xu Shiyou, commander of the Nanjing Military Region. Therefore, on the first day that Lin Liguo came to the Nanjing Military Region, Jiang Tengjiao held a grand welcome banquet for him, and said with great emotion: "Vice Chairman Lin was able to send Liguo to us, which is the greatest trust, the greatest concern, and the greatest encouragement for us." For our Air Force, it is also the greatest glory, the greatest happiness, the greatest pride. ”
——Listen, such a sea of sentences is deeply rooted in Lin Biao's essence!
However, the Air Force Department of the Nanjing Military Region was still only a springboard for Lin Liguo, and two years later, Lin Liguo was transferred to the Air Force Headquarters. The commander of the Air Force at that time was Wu Faxian, one of the famous Lin Biao's "Four King Kongs". I have written about this person before, who is very commendable in essence, helpful, and grateful, but in order to repay Lin Biao's great kindness, he did not hesitate to embark on the road of destroying his conscience.
When Lin Liguo arrived at the Air Force Headquarters, Wu Faxian naturally did not dare to slacken off, and immediately appointed him deputy director of the headquarters office and deputy director of the Operations Department, equivalent to the rank of deputy division. For a recruit who has only been in the army for less than three years, this is definitely a rocket promotion.
(Picture: Lin Liguo, second from the right)
In 1970, Wu Faxian also put forward a very famous "two everything" theory: "Vice Chairman Lin sent Lin Liguo to the Air Force, which is the greatest concern for us." He is now the deputy director of the War Department, and the future leadership of the Air Force will depend on him to succeed him. Lin Liguo represents Vice Chairman Lin. He can command everything in the Air Force and mobilize everything in the Air Force. ”
Moreover, Wu Faxian also asked everyone: "Comrade Liguo's instructions should be conveyed and handled in a timely manner, and resolutely followed." ”
In this way, a 25-year-old recruit turned out to be the actual leader of the Chinese Air Force, which is also a record.
In August 1970, the Air Force held a congress of activists, four-good companies, and five-good soldiers in Beijing, referred to as the "Third Generations" for short.
In front of thousands of deputies, Air Force Commander Wu Faxian solemnly said: "Who said that there are no all-rounders and handsome talents in the world?" Li Guo is an all-rounder, a handsome talent, and a superior talent. The best leaders of the masses, outstanding politicians, excellent military men, brilliant thinkers, genius theoreticians, brilliant scientists, bright lights of the night, superstars of the universe, the head of the proletariat, the red sun of the seventies, the third generation of successors..."
Oh my God, I'll take a break and digest it slowly.
It was precisely this unprecedented star-making movement, which had risen to the level of a "cosmic superstar," that infuriated Chairman Mao. It is said that when Chairman Mao heard about this incident, he scoffed and said: "What good is it for people in their twenties to be regarded as 'super geniuses'?" ”
Perhaps it was this incident that became an important fuse and ignited the hidden pain in Chairman Mao's heart.
Finally, let's introduce the story of Lin Liguo's "concubine selection".
In 1969, in order to find an unprecedented good daughter-in-law for his son, Ye Qun, like the current draft, set up several competition areas across the country, and dozens of standards were listed, and selected "concubines" for Lin Liguo nationwide.
For example, Wu Faxian's wife, Chen Suiqi, picked a girl from the Military Academy of Arts and said that it was "Xi Shi Ren"; Qiu Huizuo's wife Hu Min also picked one from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, saying that it was "Yang Guifei second"; the most outrageous thing was that Li Zuopeng's wife, Dong Qicai, actually picked a man from Harbin and said it was "Sai Pan'an". Later, this "Sai Pan An" became Li Zuopeng's son-in-law and ate kickbacks.
It is said that the "Yang Guifei Second" recommended by Hu Min also entered Ye Qun's eyes, so he placed her in Hu Min's home, serving her with good food and vegetables every day, and half a month later, this "Yang Guifei Second" gained a lot of weight. Ye Qun skimmed her lips and said, "She is so fat like a winter melon so quickly, can't she come to my house to eat my food?" Send it back! ”
In this way, after countless rounds of competition, the final winner was Zhang Ning of the Nanjing Military Region's Cultural and Labor Corps. However, before the two could get married, the 913 incident occurred, and Zhang Ning also married someone else.