With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Xu Wenbo's theoretical article "Adhering to the Socialist Road and Preventing the Peaceful Evolution of the West" published in the October issue of the party's highest theoretical journal [Banner] suddenly became popular.

Xu Wenbo was inspired by Xiao Yuanhang's return from the capital face-to-face teaching and his conversation, in order to cooperate with his father's decision, he spent a week consulting materials and writing articles, after the text was written, he personally sent it to the capital, and asked his father's office director Fan Shinan to check it, Fan Shinan as Xu Lao's office director, not to say that it was the first stroke in the capital, but also the top masterpiece, after his revision and polishing, it was published in the [Banner] magazine.

As soon as the article was published, some people thought that Xu Wenbo was cooperating with his father's actions to make up such an article and sneered at it, but out of consideration for Xu Lao's face, he neither supported nor opposed it, so he treated it coldly. And some people who disagreed with Xu Zheng only asked his subordinates to write two commentary articles, saying that Xu Wenbo was unfounded and too sensitive, and that such a huge socialist country as the Soviet Union could not be brought down by the so-called peaceful evolution of the West. After that, the stone sank into the sea, and the article did not make a single wave.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the forward-looking nature of Xu Wenbo's article was immediately reflected, and the upper echelons carried out a great study and discussion of this proposition in the whole party and the whole country out of political needs, although Xu Wenbo's political policy was too low. But the harvest is very large, reflecting his political acumen and forward-looking, and adding enough points in the hearts of the high-level!

After Xiao Yuanhang got the news. After reading the full text, Xiao Yuanhang had to admit that Xu Wenbo's article was very wonderful, and the conversation between Xiao Yuanhang and Xu Wenbo could only be regarded as a hint, but Xu Wenbo did his homework, from the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China to the reform and opening up, from the great changes in Eastern Europe to the severe shape of the Soviet Union. The analysis of one link after another, and the theoretical basis has been found.

Xu Wenbo mentioned at the beginning of the article that "peaceful evolution" is a long-term strategy of the West to subvert socialist countries. After the end of the Second World War. With the emergence of the socialist camp, the breaking of the US nuclear monopoly, and the emergence of the two major military blocs of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the Cold War period of unprecedented scale began. The politicians of Western countries realize that not only will it be difficult to defeat the socialist countries in a "hot war" with real guns and ammunition, but the cost of such a war will be difficult for the Western countries themselves to bear. Thereupon. A group of Western politicians and diplomats represented by Dulles and Kennan. The strategy of "peaceful evolution" of the socialist state was proposed. They are trying to influence and transform the minds of the people of the socialist countries, especially the second and third generations of young people, with the Western values, ideology, and way of life, so that the socialist countries will gradually become harmless to capitalism and gradually evolve into a "free world" like the West.

Xiao Yuanhang actually didn't know that the term "peaceful evolution" was coined in the late 50s and early 60s of this century, and was proposed by US Congressmen Dulles and Kennan, and thought that it was theoretically produced after the collapse of the Soviet Union. And the great Chairman Mao Zedong was keenly aware of this problem at the end of the 50s. Looking at Xu Wenbo's article, I couldn't help but feel ashamed, judging from Xu Wenbo's efforts on this theoretical article. Obviously, he attaches great importance to this, and if he wants to do something, he must do his homework, which is the expression of a mature politician.

In the late 50s, Mao Zedong was the first to perceive the danger of the imperialist forces' strategy of "peaceful evolution" against the socialist countries. In November 1959, he said: What Dulles said about peaceful transformation is the transformation of our countries, engaging in subversive activities, and turning the internal to the ideas that are in line with him. Dulles's peaceful evolution has a certain social foundation in a socialist country. In January 1964, he publicly denounced that US imperialism was "trying to pursue a policy of 'peaceful evolution' against socialist countries and to carry out capitalist restoration". In June of the same year, he further pointed out: Imperialism says that there is no hope for our first and second generations, but there is hope for the third and fourth generations. Imperialism does not work? I don't want it to be spiritual, but it can be spiritual.

Under what circumstances did Mao Zedong think that such a plot of imperialism might succeed? He said: "If we and our descendants fail to heighten our vigilance at all times, fail to gradually raise the consciousness of the masses of the people, fail to do a thorough job in socialist education, and have usurped the leadership at all levels instead of being in the hands of Marxists, then our country may still have to take a road of capitalist restoration." In order to avoid such a historical tragedy, Mao Zedong and his comrades-in-arms put forward many important ideas in the process of summing up the lessons and lessons of the Soviet Union.

The layout of Xu Wenbo's article is very clever, and it is introduced to the Soviet Union by Chairman Mao Zedong, the founder of New China, in his exposition on preventing the peaceful evolution of imperialism, and then begins to discuss the present form of the Soviet Union. "They are powerful, powerful, and rich, and they are special to the broad masses of the people and ordinary cadres." They became the main social basis for Khrushchev's revisionism. The systematic and erroneous viewpoint put forward by Khrushchev represents their interests and demands. He believes that these kinds of problems also exist in China, but fortunately, "we are beginning to recognize and start to solve them." ”

Xu Wenbo mentioned in the article: During the Khrushchev period, the Soviet Union led by him also pinned its hopes on "peaceful evolution" and put forward the theory that Western countries can "grow peacefully into socialism".

At the end of the article, Xu Wenbo wrote: Chairman Mao Zedong believes that in order to prevent our party and cadres in the ruling position from separating themselves from the masses and degenerating, they must not only adhere to communist ideals and beliefs and be strict with themselves, but also accept supervision from all quarters. He said, "It is the working people and the masses of party members who mainly supervise the Communist Party"; At the same time, there are also democratic parties. "Because a party is the same as a person, it is very necessary to hear different voices in the ears," so "it is more beneficial for us to have democratic parties." These ideas are still of great guiding significance today.

Since then, Xu Wenbo has established the political status of the second generation of the Xu family, and the political resources of the Xu family have been tilted towards him with all their might, and his political career has since entered the fast lane, and he will go further after the Spring Festival, but this is a later story. (To be continued......)