Chapter Twenty-Six: The Prison of Words

In March 1978, when Chen Zhaojun was frantically collecting everything he could collect related to * and this era, an incident happened.

After Chen Zhaoping entered the Chinese People's University, he not only felt the charm of China's highest university, but also felt its enthusiasm. In the current environment, some people have begun to dare to say something, and the most prominent performance is the institution of higher learning. Many of them firmly believe in their ideals and pursuits, and they are all enthusiastic young people who can shed blood and sacrifice for their beliefs. All this is even more prominent in the Chinese People's University, which is known as the cradle of Chinese politicians.

When he first arrived at the university, Chen Zhaoping still seemed a little constrained, but after a long time, some of his habits of being an official came out again (good or bad as a militia company commander, in fact, the children of the army have a little bit of these problems). Because he learned a lot of philosophical theories, Chen Zhaojun instilled in him a lot of advanced political ideas. Chen Zhaoping gradually began to enjoy debating with other classmates. Perhaps, there is a saying that there is still some truth in the time, that is: the facts are not clear, and the truth is not clear. Let's not say that there is too much idealism in this sentence. But at the very least, our classmate Chen Zhaoping gradually liked this. As the debate deepened, Chen Zhaoping began to have doubts about some of the political ideas of the time.

In order to give Chen Zhaoping an insurance policy, Chen Zhaojun had already stated the central idea of the article "Practice is the Only Criterion for Testing Truth" during a family debate, and Chen Zhaoping certainly benefited a lot. After all, these statements are more reasonable and acceptable. After entering the university, in order to better find a support point for his theory in the debate, Chen Zhaoping began to read some philosophical books very systematically, and as he deepened his study, he also felt more and more that the theory of "two whatevers" put forward by the central government at that time seemed to violate the basic principles of Marxist philosophy and was a purely idealistic argument. So, at the end of March 1978, an unsigned article entitled "Is the Formulation of 'Two Whatevers' Scientific" was sent to Guangming Daily. Suddenly, the entire Guangming Daily boiled over as if a bomb had been thrown. Everyone knows that the phrase "two whatevers" was first put forward by the party and state leaders at that time. In that era when everything could be put on the platform, doubting and criticizing the words of the party and state leaders was tantamount to counter-revolution, and the political consequences were very serious. Chen Zhaoping also knew the consequences of this, don't think he dared to send it to the newspaper, but he didn't dare to sign the article yet.

Chen Zhaoping's article was quickly forwarded to the then newly reconstituted Ministry of Public Security, where it was characterized as counter-revolutionary rhetoric. For this reason, the Ministry of Public Security has set up a special task force to investigate the matter.

The investigation team soon entered the Chinese People's University, and all the teachers and students knew that the Ministry of Public Security had come to the university to investigate a counterrevolutionary case. Others didn't understand what was going on, but Chen Zhaoping knew that it must be his own article that caused the trouble. At this time, he also panicked. * The lesson of ten years teaches everyone that once you get into these troubles, maybe this life will be ruined. Chen Zhaoping didn't know when the task force would find him, but he knew that it wouldn't be too long, after all, some of the things he had said in public at school recently could be used as proof.

When he thought of this, Chen Zhaoping was afraid. He knew that if something went wrong with him, it would affect his whole family. Now he doesn't know what to do anymore.

Secretly looking for an opportunity, Chen Zhaoping hid outside the school and made a phone call home. Fortunately, the call was answered by Chen Zhaojun. On this day, Chen Weixiong has a meeting and does not know when he will come back, and Zhang Guimei will not come back this night because the hospital is on duty.

"Hey, who is it?" Chen Zhaojun was sorting out his collection, and he was impatient that someone called at this time.

When he heard that it was Chen Zhaojun, Chen Zhaoping was relieved. He has always believed in his younger brother very much, and the facts have proved that his younger brother is very far-sighted.

"Zhaojun, there's one thing I want to tell you, don't you tell your dad yet?" Chen Zhaoping said cautiously. Fortunately, the place where he called was a single phone room at the post office, so he was not afraid of being eavesdropped.

As soon as Chen Zhaojun heard his eldest brother's words, he knew that something must be in big trouble. Usually Chen Zhaoping calls Chen Zhaojun "the third", only when he is very nervous, he will unconsciously call him "Zhaojun".

"Big brother, what the hell is going on? You say! ”

"That's right, I wrote something。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 , Now that the Ministry of Public Security has come, I'm afraid that sooner or later it will find out about me, what do you think I should do? Chen Zhaoping explained the incident in great detail, and then asked Chen Zhaojun for his opinion.

At this time, Chen Zhaojun had a headache. He knew that the denial of the "two whatevers" occurred in 1978, but he did not remember exactly when it happened, but one thing is certain, that is, the denial of the "two whatevers" occurred after the publication of the article "Practice is the Only Criterion for Testing Truth". At this time, Chen Zhaoping put it all together, and he didn't even have the article "Practice is the Only Criterion for Testing Truth." Then Chen Zhaoping is destined to go to prison. Chen Zhaojun knew that in the previous life, Chen Zhaoping broke his liver when he went to the mountains and countryside, and later died because of this. In this life, he doesn't have to go to the mountains and the countryside, but Chen Zhaojun believes that if Chen Zhaoping is allowed to go to prison for a few days, there is a chance that he will get liver disease. He didn't want to lose his big brother for this again. But even if you want to write it, can't you wait until the article "Practice is the Only Criterion for Testing Truth" comes out?

"Big brother, don't worry. Listen to me, when you go back, you will immediately burn the manuscript of this article you wrote, but don't touch anything else, otherwise others will see that you are deliberately disguised, and then whoever asks, you don't admit it. You have to be aware that in order to investigate this case, there is a good chance that the Ministry of Public Security will isolate you. It is said that you must pay attention to the news, and when you find out that the whole country is discussing the article "Practice is the Only Criterion for Testing Truth," you can admit that it was what you wrote. "Chen Zhaojun can't take care of too much now, let's keep the eldest brother first.

"What is "practice is the only criterion for testing truth"? What does this have to do with me? Chen Zhaoping didn't understand. Of course, no one understands it.

"You don't care about that, hurry back to school now, how is usual, how is it now. Be careful. ”

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After putting down the phone, Chen Zhaojun shook his head with a wry smile. He was thinking about whether to start writing the article "Practice is the Only Criterion for Testing Truth" immediately, but after thinking about it, it seemed that there was no need for this, because within a month, the article would be published in Guangming Daily.

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Soon, Chen Zhaoping was isolated by the Ministry of Public Security, and the case also affected Chen Weixiong's family in the shortest possible time. Chen Weixiong was immediately suspended for review, and his home was carefully searched. It turned out that the seven-barrel radio made by Chen Zhaoping and Chen Zhaojun, the 5.56mm carbine made for the sake of ZHA medicine, and the 5.56mm carbine made for fun suddenly became evidence and were taken away by the Ministry of Public Security.

Facing Chen Weixiong, who was frowning all day, Chen Zhaojun didn't know what to say. However, he didn't seem to be too worried or sad, after all, he knew that spring was not far away.