On July 16, 1977, the Third Plenary Session of the Tenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing, and at this meeting, after the unanimous approval of all the members of the Central Committee, Comrade Deng Xiaoping finally returned to work and resumed his duties as vice premier of the State Council and vice chairman of the Central Committee.
One month after the end of the Third Plenary Session of the Tenth Central Committee, the Eleventh National Congress of the Party was successfully convened, and more than 1,000 Party representatives from all over the country, representing a total of 35 million Party members across the country, attended the Eleventh National Congress.
This grand meeting also became a turning point in China's history, because it was the convening of the Eleventh National Congress that led to the reform and opening up that was later determined at the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, and only then did we have enough food and clothing today.
Of course, all this is inseparable from the comeback of a person, and it is precisely his comeback work that laid this historical situation, and he is the great Comrade Deng Xiaoping.
Speaking of Comrade Deng Xiaoping, every one of our Chinese is full of respect for him, and reform and opening up is closely linked to his name, so that when Deng Xiaoping is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is the title of the chief architect of his reform and opening up, but little is known about the revolutionary deeds he participated in in the decades before the founding of New China.
Of course, Comrade Deng Xiaoping's greatest contribution to New China was also reform and opening up, but what everyone did not know was that for a period of time before the reform and opening up was determined, Comrade Deng Xiaoping was still at the trough of his political career. In particular, Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback was not smooth sailing, but also experienced many twists and turns, and to clarify the ins and outs of these things, we had to start from the smashing of the "Gang of Four" in 1976.
After Chairman Mao's death, the "Gang of Four" revealed its ambitions and began to step up its time in an attempt to seize the supreme power of the state. At this time, Comrade Hua Guofeng clearly understood the face of the "Gang of Four", so he found some old comrades who were built in the party, especially Ye Jianying and other old marshals, and consulted with them, and finally successfully smashed the conspiracy of these people and put the country on the right track.
However, after the "Gang of Four" was smashed, some of the old comrades who had been framed by them have not yet been rehabilitated, and among these people, Comrade Deng Xiaoping is one of them. Therefore, after the "Gang of Four" is smashed, the most important thing is to resume the work of some old comrades who were once framed by them, and to rectify the chaos as soon as possible.
Under these circumstances, Marshal Ye Jianying, who was assisting Comrade Hua Guofeng in his work at that time, made a request to the Party Central Committee to let Comrade Deng Xiaoping return to work after the "Gang of Four" was smashed in 1976.
"I suggest that Deng Xiaoping come out to work immediately, and our comrades here will not be afraid of him, right?" He joined the Politburo, resumed his work, and never gave us a picky question. ”
Obviously, Marshal Ye Jianying believed that Comrade Deng Xiaoping should immediately return to work, but after Ye Jianying brought up the matter, Comrade Hua Guofeng, who was then chairman of the Central Committee, put forward a different opinion, believing that Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback was not the best time now, so he held an opposing attitude.
At the same time, Comrade Hua Guofeng later made an explanation for his own attitude, and Comrade Hua Guofeng said: "I think it is more appropriate to formally make a decision to let Comrade Deng Xiaoping come out to work after the Third Plenary Session of the Tenth Central Committee of the Party and the Eleventh Congress of the Party. ”
In fact, Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback work was carried out step by step in accordance with this proposal, so why did Hua Guofeng oppose Marshal Ye Jianying's proposal to make Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback immediately after the "Gang of Four" was smashed in 1976? Instead, it will be postponed to the Third Plenary Session of the Tenth Central Committee in 1977?
In fact, the issue of Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback is not as simple as it seems on the surface; in the words of Comrade Hua Guofeng, Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback must be ripe and completed, so it is necessary to find an appropriate time. The Third Plenary Session of the Tenth Central Committee is the best time for Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback in the eyes of Hua Guofeng, so what is the deep meaning of Comrade Hua Guofeng's move?
In fact, Comrade Hua Guofeng's consideration, if viewed from the perspective of a latecomer, is very mature, and to a large extent, it has laid a strong foundation for the formation of the party's second-generation core leadership collective, mainly Comrade Deng Xiaoping.
For example, before Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback, everyone knew that he had been wrongly criticized as the "number one bourgeoisie" in the party, so Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback needed the support of public opinion.
After the "Gang of Four" was crushed, Marshal Ye Jianying put forward a proposal to let Comrade Deng Xiaoping come back to work, although many people supported Marshal Ye Jianying's proposal, but in this case, it is not impossible to immediately let Comrade Deng Xiaoping come back, but this is not perfect. For at that stage there were still some comrades who did not know the truth, who were opposed because they believed that this was contrary to Chairman Mao's instructions.
Therefore, if Comrade Deng Xiaoping is allowed to return to work immediately, it will certainly cause controversy within the party and give some people with ulterior motives an opportunity to take advantage of it, and they will even take advantage of the problem to play and destroy the existing considerable situation. It is also under these circumstances that Comrade Hua Guofeng has considered far-reachingly, and he understands that Comrade Deng Xiaoping's coming out to work now is not the most appropriate time for national stability and Comrade Deng Xiaoping himself, so only by waiting for the opportunity is the best choice.
If Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback is delayed to the Third Plenary Session of the Tenth Central Committee, things will change, which is also what Comrade Hua Guofeng said. Because at the Third Plenary Session of the Tenth Central Committee, a formal resolution was made to smash the "Gang of Four," and all the participants unanimously held that at the crucial moment of the Chinese revolution, the party and state leaders headed by Comrade Hua Guofeng were completely correct in making this move, and the whole party, the whole army, the whole country, and the compatriots of all nationalities enthusiastically supported it.
And this resolution not only fundamentally smashed the mistakes of the "Gang of Four", but on the other hand, it actually re-evaluated Comrade Deng Xiaoping, and of course became a favorable support for Deng Xiaoping's comeback.
Secondly, Comrade Deng Xiaoping could not rush to make a comeback, and there was another important reason, and this was the "two whatevers" policy put forward by Comrade Hua Guofeng, which also played a great role at that time. As everyone knows, after the death of Chairman Mao, Comrade Hua Guofeng put forward the "two whatevers" in view of the future direction of China's development.
Of course, from the current point of view, the "two whatevers" do not conform to the objective law of historical development and are an extremely erroneous instruction, but everything cannot be separated from the special background in which we were at that time, so when we look at the "two whatevers", we must combine the historical background at that time, and it is precisely because of the special circumstances at that time that the "two whatevers" still become the truth that many comrades insist on.
Under such circumstances, if Comrade Deng Xiaoping makes a comeback, he will actually be in opposition to the "two whatevers." After all, Comrade Deng Xiaoping's mistake was approved by Chairman Mao, and Comrade Hua Guofeng naturally understood this issue, so he advocated that on the issue of Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback, we must adhere to the appropriate timing.
It is worth mentioning that after the comeback of Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the "two whatevers" were completely re-established, and the line and principle that "practice is the only criterion for testing truth" was redefined. In this regard, Comrade Deng Xiaoping also used his many years of revolutionary experience to redefine the "two whatevers."
Comrade Deng Xiaoping believed that a thoroughgoing materialist cannot always uphold 100 percent correctness; this is a mistake to be made, and if one wants to make no mistakes or make fewer mistakes, one should treat problems dialectically as Chairman Mao said. Comrade Deng Xiaoping also explained that even such great figures as Marx and Engels have not said "everything," and even Chairman Mao has not spoken about it, so we should practice and use practice to test the truth.
Returning to the main topic, Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback work is fundamentally the rising of an era, and before this era comes, we must make preparations, and Comrade Hua Guofeng has fully played his role, in that special era, he fulfilled his historical responsibility and fulfilled his historical mission, and he deserves the respect of every Chinese.
After Comrade Deng Xiaoping's comeback at the Third Plenary Session of the Tenth Central Committee, he said a few words from his heart to his old comrades, as well as to his old comrades-in-arms, and to the people of the whole country, and Comrade Deng Xiaoping said:
"As a veteran party member, I am personally happy to be able to do what I can for the party, the country and the people in a few years. When I come out to work, I can have two attitudes, one is to be an official, and the other is to do some work. I thought, who told you to be a communist? Since you have become an official, you cannot become an official, you cannot have selfish thoughts, and you cannot have other choices. ”
From this sentence, it is not difficult for us to find that Comrade Deng Xiaoping, who has gone through three ups and downs in his life, is still full of confidence in the future and insists on his purity after returning to work. Under such historically specific conditions, Comrade Deng Xiaoping has his own mission to fulfill, and he will lead hundreds of millions of Chinese people to the great reform and opening up.
Today, China has become the world's second largest economy, with the world's top military and science and technology, which is directly related to the reform and opening up advocated by Comrade Deng Xiaoping more than forty years ago. Deng Xiaoping, history will always remember his name, just like his flame of political life that will never be extinguished, forever engraved in the long river of Chinese history!