In early summer, Lin Wenlong came to his office in the Chinese Department of Jiang University, said good morning to his colleagues, sat down to make a cup of mellow Longjing tea, and picked up the newspaper, which was the "People's Daily" just sent by the school worker. Today's front-page editorial is titled "Why is that? "A single line of words is shocking" It is necessary to be vigilant against a handful of rightist elements attempting to take the opportunity to overturn the working class and the great cause of socialism in the name of helping the rectification of the work style! ”

Lin Wenlong couldn't help but take a breath and continue reading, with mixed feelings in his heart, how could this be, but the last words of the article made him feel a trace of warmth: "The party still has to carry out rectification and listen to all the good-natured criticisms of people inside and outside the party." ”

"My suggestion should be considered well-intentioned." Lin Wenlong comforted himself, but he was nervous, hurriedly packed up his things and went out, explained to his colleagues, and went directly to the newspaper office to find Ruan Mingchuan, who told him that the central authorities had also issued a directive entitled "Instructions on Organizing Forces to Prepare for Counterattacking the Attack of Rightists," and the situation was very unclear.

The two of them spent a long time, but they still didn't understand the essentials, and they couldn't figure out what the central government meant.

A week later, the People's Daily published an editorial entitled "Bourgeois Trends in a Period of Wen Wei Po," which directly pointed at Wen Wei Po and Guangming Ribao, and the leaders of these two newspapers were Zhang Bojun, vice chairman of the China Democratic League, chairman of the Peasants' and Workers' Party, and Luo Longji, vice chairman of the China Democratic League.

Lin Wenlong was like falling into an ice cellar, he was chilled, he insisted on reading it, took out the cigarette case and wanted to smoke a cigarette, but he couldn't wipe the match with a trembling sound, someone knocked on the door, he wanted to say come in, but his throat couldn't make a sound.

Chen Nan, who came in, looked worried and asked his uncle, "Professor Lin, have you read today's newspaper?" ”

Lin Wenlong said: "Yes, you don't have to worry about it, we are responding to the call of the ** department, and it is a kind opinion and suggestion." ”

Chen Nandao: "I think so, the party can distinguish between loyalty, treachery, good and evil. ”

Suddenly, the door was pushed in, and a group of students and school workers frowned, and the young teacher led by him said, "It just so happens that Chen Nan is also here, and you two will go to the auditorium with us to accept criticism." ”

Lin Wenlong was just about to defend himself, but his arm was twisted by two co-workers, and he had to go if he didn't go.

The auditorium of Jiangdong University can accommodate hundreds of people, and a banner is hung in front of the stage: "Resolutely criticize the anti-party, anti-socialist, bourgeois rightists!" ”

Lin Wenlong and Chen Nan looked at each other, when did they become rightists?

A bespectacled female teacher held a newspaper and read impassionedly: "Some people say this is a conspiracy, we say that this is a conspiracy, because we told the enemy in advance that the cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods can only annihilate them if they are out of the cage, and poisonous weeds can only be hoeed if they are unearthed!" ”

Lin Wenlong and Chen Nan were charged with the same crime, conspiracy to usurp the party's leadership in colleges and universities, disseminate anti-party rhetoric, incite the masses against socialism, preach the capitalist system, and demand the replacement of socialist political, legal and cultural education with bourgeois political, legal and cultural education.

There are also more than ten professors who were criticized together, all of whom were ** party members without exception, some people were labeled as dissatisfied with the socialist system just by complaining about low salaries, and some people were told that opposing party members was opposing the party and opposing the proletariat.

In the face of hundreds of angry people, these professors all trembled, and some tried to justify, and their voices were drowned out by the roar of the crowd.

After criticizing for two hours, the criticism meeting ended, and Chen Nan said to Lin Wenlong: "It's really wronged, I'm going to go to Secretary Zheng of the Provincial Party Committee to express my grievances." ”

Lin Wenlong said: "Let's take a look at the situation first, and forget it after the criticism." ”

Unbeknownst to them at this point, this was just the beginning.

……

Beijing, Chen Mansion on West Chang'an Street, Chen Zikun finished reading today's newspaper, covering his scroll and pondering, Liu Ting came over with a teacup and said: "I heard that the Ministry of Communications held a meeting to criticize Zhang Bojun." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Zhang Bojun and Luo Longji are beyond their strength, they deserve to be criticized, they actually want to take turns with *** to sit in the world, isn't this a rebellion." ”

Liu Ting said: "The intellectuals hope that the ruling party can fulfill the promise of the year, and after ending the **** of the Kuomintang, take the road of constitutionalism." ”

"Ridiculous!" Chen Zikun said, "People have been revolutionizing for decades, and tens of millions of people have died, can they give up the world to these scholars?" After I defeated Jiangdong back then, who dared to let me give way, I found a reason to condemn him and not let him be comfortable. ”

Liu Ting said: "But ......"

Chen Zikun said: "You don't need to say, I know what you want to say, at this time and that time, it was necessary to unite with the ** party to deal with Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang together, and to say something they like to hear is also the needs of the situation. ”

Liu Ting hurriedly handed over the teacup: "Dissipate your anger, don't get excited." ”

Chen Zikun said: "I'm not excited, I just feel it, and among those fools who deserve to be unlucky, there is no one who is not me." ”

Liu Ting said: "Back then, everyone really believed it, just like the vow when they got married, didn't the sea vow come from the heart? After a few years of emotional discord and divorce, I really can't get by. ”

Chen Zikun said: "The Ming Fang initiated by the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, I said that I was sick and did not participate, I was just worried about my family, Wenlong and Xiaonan are very enthusiastic about politics, which is not a good thing, Xiaobei and Chunhua, and Yan'er don't worry." ”

Liu Ting said: "I'm not at ease, let's go back and take a look, remind them not to talk nonsense, if they have already caused trouble, someone must clean it up." ”

Chen Zikun said: "You go back as soon as possible, and call me for a long distance if you have something." ”

……

Lin Wenlong was dismissed from the post of head of the department, stopped teaching, and waited for treatment at any time, he was uncertain, and came to the Huaijiang Daily office to inquire about Ruan Mingchuan, but was stopped by the doorman at the door.

"Comrade, who are you looking for?" Huaijiang Daily is a party newspaper, and you need to register when you enter the door.

"Oh, I'm looking for President Nguyen."

A disdainful smile appeared on the corner of the guard's mouth: "You said that Ruan Mingchuan, the leader of the rightists, you came to the wrong place, he is not in the society, he is detained in the public security bureau." ”

Lin Wenlong was shocked: "What's the matter, why was President Ruan arrested?" ”

The doorman said: "He is no longer the president, he was removed from his post and investigated, he was arrested in accordance with the law for rampant attacks on the party and the state, and what awaits him will be severely punished by the law, by the way, which unit are you from?" What is your name? ”

Lin Wenlong was frightened, how dare he report his unit and name, and left in despair, the doorman looked at his back and sneered: "Hmph, a nest of snakes and rats, you know that you are a rightist at a glance!" ”

On the bus, Lin Wenlong was frightened, his heart was pounding, and he heard two people behind him talking.

"Has your unit recently held a criticism meeting?"

"It's open, I pulled out Gong Zijun, a rightist, and criticized him fiercely."

"If you want me to say, you should fight every day, criticize every month, beat these remnants of the bourgeoisie, and then step on one foot, so that they will never be able to turn over."

"It's just that it's too arrogant to want to overthrow the leader of ***."

Before arriving at the station, Lin Wenlong got off the train. He couldn't figure out why those who responded to the call to put forward opinions were all branded as rightists, and he wanted to go to Vice Minister Bai of the ** Ministry to ask for an explanation.

As a result, he naturally did not even enter the gate of the provincial party committee.

In the office of Zheng Zeru, the first secretary of the provincial party committee, Bai Liang of the ** Ministry and Xu Tingge of the Public Security Department sat on the table, and on the table was a list of ultra-rightists in the province.

Not surprisingly, the list is full of leading figures of various ** parties in Jiangdong, including Lin Longwen of the Democratic League, Gong Zijun of the Democratic National Construction Association, and Ruan Mingchuan, a non-party **person, and the most unexpected is that there is also a student of Jiang University, Chen Nan.

Bai Liang said: "There are two main hard-hit areas where rightists in our province gather, one is Jiangdong University, and the other is Huaijiang Daily, and there are several ultra-rightists, among which the Lin Wenlong Chen Nan clique of Jiang University is the most frustrated, and they actually conspired to usurp the party's leadership in colleges and universities, and their anti-party remarks were supported by the newspaper Ruan Mingchuan, and these remarks were actually published on the party, causing a very bad social impact. ”

Xu Tingge said: "Ruan Mingchuan's arrogance is very arrogant, when we went to arrest him, he spoke wildly, frantically attacking the party and the government, I suggest that he be reformed through labor and sentenced to ten years and eight years." ”

Zheng Zeru pointed to Chen Nan's name and said: "I know this person, it is Chen Zikun's second son, or a student, how did he become an extreme rightist?" ”

Xu Tingge said: "Secretary Zheng, Chen Nan is not a student, but a cadre of the newspaper who is studying off-duty, he and Lin Wenlong are in collusion to form a small group with family as the link, the crime is obvious, and it has been registered in the Ministry of Education, and then linked to what Ruan Mingchuan did, I suspect that they have a behind-the-scenes general backstage." ”

Speaking of which, he deliberately sold it and stopped talking.

Zheng Zeru said: "You go on." ”

Xu Tingge said: "It is the former governor of Jiangdong, Chen Zikun, Ruan Mingchuan and Gong Zijun are his old subordinates, Lin Wenlong is his brother-in-law, Chen Nan is his son, every ultra-rightist is connected with him, is this a coincidence?" ”

Bai Liang coughed dryly and said: "I agree with Director Xu's opinion, it is worth digging deeply, and it is not possible to dig out a huge *** group." ”

The thoughts of the subordinates, the first secretary Zheng Zeru can be understood, that is, they are eager to make meritorious contributions, but they have not considered it thoroughly, Chen Zikun is a person under the jurisdiction of the central government, even if he is a rightist, it is a matter of the central government, Jiangdong Province has no right to intervene, otherwise there is a suspicion of overstepping the bounds.

It is not surprising that Chen Zikun ruled Jiangdong for more than 20 years, and none of the political, economic, and academic intellectuals was not his subordinates.

Ruan Mingchuan and Gong Zijun on the list are strict, but Lin Wenlong and Chen Nan are Chen Zikun's family, especially Chen Nan is Chen Zikun's son, Zheng Zeru knows this young man, his impression is not bad, and he wants to protect him, but Jiang University is a university affiliated to the Ministry of Education, and this time I am afraid that I can't keep it.

Thinking of this, Zheng Zeru signed the document and completely condemned these people for anti-party and anti-socialist crimes.