In the office of the county education bureau, Li Qiming was seriously looking at the manuscript of Wang Hongju's big-character poster, and he felt that the spearhead of Wang Hongju's big-character poster was aimed at him, and the more he looked at it, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and the more he looked at it, the more angry he became. Li Qiming felt that it was not rude to come and go, and that Wang Hongju should be treated as a typical example of the right-leaning of the county education system, and after paying attention, he threw the manuscript into a drawer, and then hurriedly walked out of the office, boarded a bicycle, and went to Wang Hongju's school.

In front of the school's big-character poster column, Principal Han and several other school leaders accompanied Li Qiming to look at the big-character poster, and Li Qiming pointed and talked with Principal Han and others in front of Wang Hongju's big-character poster with a straight face. Seeing that the number of onlookers was gradually increasing, they returned to the principal's office. After a while, Principal Han issued a notice on the loudspeaker that all party members of the school would hold a meeting after school in the afternoon.

After school, in the small hall of the school, Principal Han personally held a meeting of the whole school's party members, and Li Qiming attended the meeting as the leader of the bureau.

At the beginning of the meeting, President Han briefly commented on the recent teaching situation and then directly pointed out the theme of the meeting, President Han said in a serious tone: "Comrades, our school has recently carried out a vigorous movement, our party members have responded to the party's call to actively participate in it, and many people have put forward many good-natured criticisms and suggestions on the work of our party and government. These comrades are users of the party and the government! But in this movement we also heard some discordant voices, a very small number of party members and cadres did not stand firm on their proper class position, and they used their loud voices to oppose the party. The propagation of bourgeois ideology has had a very bad impact on the teachers and students of the whole school. Here, on behalf of the party committee of the school, I would like to make a serious criticism of him! ”

"Who is this man?" Someone at the bottom asked.

"Wang Hongju." Principal Han blurted out. As soon as these words came out, the participants turned their eyes to Wang Hongju as they had agreed in advance.

President Han just spoke. Wang Hongju felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere of this meeting, but he did not expect that he would become the focus of this meeting.

Wang Hong stood up from the chair after stabilizing his emotions, and he asked President Han without humility or arrogance, "President Han, I consider myself a qualified Communist Party member, and everything I do abides by the party's constitution. I don't understand your slander against me, please explain it to me and everyone. ”

Principal Han asked Wang Hongju rhetorically and said, "I should know what I do!" The bourgeois rhetoric that you preach in that big-character poster. What is it that is not against the party? ”

"Principal Han, since it's a big debate, let's debate it one by one. I am against rash conclusions without debating the issue clearly! Isn't it a bit subjective for you to do this? Wang Hongju asked another question.

Principal Han didn't think about how to answer this question, he was speechless for a while, and Li Qiming, who had already been impatient, took the opportunity to take over the conversation.

"Comrade Wang Hongju, since you have proposed to debate. I can debate it with you! ”

"Good! You say it first. ”

"When we study politics, we often mention that New China is a socialist country with the working class as the leading class. The broad masses of poor and middle peasants are the basic force of the Chinese revolution, and the intellectuals are the force that can be united. However, you say that intellectuals are laborers on an equal footing with the workers and peasants, and should also be counted as proletariats. ”

"Mental work is very hard, mental work is also labor, and intellectuals are also labor. This is my personal opinion and I never deny it! Next, Wang Hongju wants to explain this point of view in detail in public. Li Qiming stopped him unceremoniously: "Wang Hongju, I don't allow you to spread right-leaning remarks in public!" ”

"Wang Hong, shut up! Listen to Director Li. Some people shouted at Wang Hongju. Wang Hong raised his hands and smiled helplessly.

Li Qiming glared at Wang Hongju. He said to all party members in a sonorous tone: "Comrades, some abnormal phenomena have recently appeared in the mass movement that has been loud and unleashed, and some people have jumped out to vent their dissatisfaction with the party and slander the party's principles and policies; these people are class dissidents hidden in the party, and they represent the line of right-leaning ideology. ”

As soon as Li Qiming's words fell, some party members present began to question Wang Hongju word by word.

"Wang Hongju, I think that if you oppose the leadership of laymen and insiders, you look down on cadres from workers and peasants, and at worst, you are against the leadership of the party!"

"Wang Hongju, you are a party member, I remember you wrote in the big-character poster: In the socialist construction, the power of knowledge is infinite, let me ask you, is the spiritual power that people radiate in the socialist construction is large or the power of knowledge is large? In the final analysis, I think you are taking the road of white dictatorship against proletarian politics.1"

The scene was full of excitement, and Director Li Qiming set the tone for Wang Hongju's behavior, and those who agreed with Wang Hongju's views were silent.

Wang Hongju did not expect that after Li Qiming's speech, he would become the target of criticism by everyone, and this atmosphere made him feel very nervous, and he loudly defended himself: "Comrades, you have a one-sided understanding of what I mean! Can you listen to me? ”

"Shut up! Don't spread poison, we won't listen to your explanation! ”

"You have to give a good account of your right-leaning words and deeds!"

At this time, Wang Hongju was enraged, and he shouted loudly: "Loud and loud is to let people speak freely about their thoughts and opinions, why don't you let me speak?" ”

As soon as Wang Hongju finished speaking, he fell into the siege of your words and his words. He couldn't defend himself at this time, even if he defended a few words, he was hard to beat, Wang Hongju, who was usually good at speaking, was sweating in the condemnation of everyone, and he wanted to leave the venue in a fit of anger but was stopped.

Wang Hongju questioned Li Qiming loudly. "Director Li, now that Da Ming has given me the right to express different opinions, I don't understand why you organized people to besiege me?"

Li Qiming rolled his eyes and said, "Yes, it should be done in a big way." And it's so timely! If you hadn't made a big noise, how could you hidden anti-party elements jump out! These people are not besieging you, but defending the correct line of the party! ”

Wang Hongju saw that in addition to the gloating look in Li Qiming's eyes, there was also a sinister aura. His heart immediately tightened, and he felt a bad omen come to him with a chill in his hands and feet. But he was unwilling to give in easily, and he said: "Comrade Li Qiming, you are just you, you cannot represent the party, and it is not an anti-party act for me to give you advice!" Please don't just button your hat! ”

Li Qiming saw that Wang Hongju had fallen behind, so he said categorically: "You are the most typical anti-party element in our county's education system!" This hat is not wrong for you at all! ”

Li Qiming looked at the participants with blazing eyes and asked, "Comrades." Are you saying I'm right? ”

"Yes!" Everyone in the hall replied in unison. In the face of such a scene, Wang Hongju, who had seen the world, couldn't cope with it, and he was about to collapse.

After this party and league member meeting, Wang Hongju has always felt that he is very wronged, and he has been frustrated for several days because no one understands him. But he insisted on his point. It didn't take long for him to be convicted as the only rightist in the school, and he was expelled from public office and sent to re-education through labor. Soon, the news that Wang Hongju was classified as a rightist was known to the people in the county education system.

Yang Xinmin learned that his former rival in love has now become a shameless rightist, and the evil anger that he had been holding back for several years was finally vented, and he felt that he should drink to celebrate. When he was about to get off work, he invited his father-in-law, Principal Fang, to come to his house for dinner to drink.

When it was almost dinner, Principal Fang came to his son-in-law's house. As soon as he entered, he saw a sumptuous meal on the dining table. He asked his daughter inexplicably, "What is a good day today?" Isn't it just to drink some wine, how did you set up such a big table of food? ”

Principal Fang's daughter said with a smile on her face: "Dad, Xinmin is very happy today, he asked me to prepare this table of meals. ”

Principal Fang said to himself: "It's strange, he didn't get promoted, he didn't get a raise, and he didn't hold his son, what is there to be happy about?" ”

Yang Xinmin came out of the kitchen with a bottle of liquor and said, "Dad." Sit down, let's have a drink and talk. ”

After Weng son-in-law sat down. Yang Xinmin handed a glass of wine to Principal Fang and picked up another glass of wine himself.

"Dad, I'm so happy today! Come, let's do this wine! ”

"What are you happy about?"

"Dad, you know about this matter. Wang Hongju, who beat me to death a few years ago, was designated as a rightist, and he was also expelled from public office and sent to a labor camp. Do you say I can be upset? The bad guys will be punished after all! Relieve your anger! Yang Xinmin drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

Principal Fang didn't pick up his glass, he said in the tone of an elder: "Xinmin, it has been several years since you and Wang Hongju had a grudge, and it was wrong for him to beat you back then, but he also paid a great price for beating you. Besides, I know the reason why the two of you have a feud best, isn't it just to compete for a woman with a bad style, if you hold a grudge for this matter, it means that you are too narrow-minded! ”

Principal Fang's words made Yang Xinmin feel very uncomfortable, but there was a smile on his face, "Dad, my heart is not so small. However, Wang Hongju has been found out as such a big rightist, which shows that our county's education system has made great achievements in the anti-rightist struggle. ”

"To tell the truth, Wang Hongju is arrogant and arrogant, I don't have a good impression of him, but I have read the content of his big-character poster, I think what he said has some truth, let's talk about the social status of intellectuals, you and I are both teachers, let's preach and teach to solve doubts, this is not labor, mental work is not labor? Sometimes it's more tiring to use your brain for a day than to do a day of physical work! I think we educators just belong to the category of working people. ”

"Dad, how can you say that, it's so good to hear it!" Yang Xinmin's wife hurriedly stopped him.

Yang Xinmin stopped his wife, "What are you afraid of when your family talks behind closed doors?" Let Dad finish his sentence. ”

Principal Fang took a big sip of his glass and said, "I just can't stand Director Li's attitude towards intellectuals, in his eyes intellectuals are petty bourgeoisie. I live on my salary, and I live in a dormitory on the school, and I don't have any property except for a little culture in my head! What am I not a proletariat? ”

"Dad, how can your words be the same as Wang Hongju's rightist remarks? By saying this, you are going against the current public opinion and standing on the same side as the rightists! ”

"The truth is often in the hands of a few, and not all of us. Besides, now we are making a big noise and encouraging everyone to speak their minds freely, but why did it turn into an anti-rightist struggle later? I can't figure it out! ”

"Anyway, I think Wang Hongju's big-character poster has had a very bad influence among the masses, and he is right-leaning and anti-party in his bones. I believe that in this movement, the organization will not wronged a good person, nor will a bad person be spared. ”

At the dinner table, Yang Xinmin and his father-in-law had a heated debate over whether Wang Hongju should be classified as a rightist. This kind of controversy was originally just a whisper within the family, but who knew that Yang Xinmin secretly reported his father-in-law's words to the county education bureau as a rightist remark. In the final stages of the Anti-Rightist Movement, President Fang was also classified as a rightist for his inappropriate remarks and was removed from his position as president. Yang Xinmin, a young teacher, took an active part in the anti-rightist struggle and also killed his relatives in righteousness, and soon succeeded his father-in-law as the principal of the primary school. The complacent Yang Xinmin had long been tired of his wife, who was ugly and rude, and could not have children, and after he was promoted, he divorced his wife in the name of drawing a class line. (To be continued......)