In order to thoroughly break through the "leftist" resistance and fundamentally change the passive situation in which the backlog of cases in Province H is piled up, at the end of 1979, the provincial party committee of Province H made a careful study and decision to ask Sun Likun, in his capacity as first deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, to concurrently serve as head of the provincial leading group for the correction of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, and to be responsible for the work of screening and correcting all unjust, false and wrongly decided cases throughout the province on behalf of the provincial party committee. As soon as Sun Likun took office, he first put the review and rehabilitation of the Yangshan fake party member group case, which had the greatest influence, the most contradictions, and the most serious resistance in H Province, on the agenda, and immediately dragged Minister Bai of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee down to Yangshan.

A large number of historical materials show that the historical facts of the Yangshan fake party member group case are clear - the perpetrator of this case is a road construction worker named Jiang Tao, who has little education. Jiang Tao joined the Communist Party of China in 1939, but left the party the following year due to the destruction of the underground party organization, and lost contact with the organization for 12 years. In the past 12 years, out of ignorance, this road construction worker has developed many party members on his own initiative, and has also established an underground party branch in Yangshan, and has really done a lot of work: protecting the factory, engaging in strikes, and so on. As soon as Yangshan was liberated, this matter became a problem, and the Yangshan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China did not admit the existence of this underground party branch, nor did it admit the existence of this group of party members. In the "*****", this incident became a bombshell for the rebels to bombard the provincial party committee, and until today, when the chaos is put in order, because of factionalism, many people still think that this is an iron case that cannot be reversed. However, Sun Likun read the materials but decided that the historical screening conclusions were realistic, and today's review has to return to the path of seeking truth from facts.

Therefore, when he was sitting in the car and rushing all the way to Yangshan, Sun Likun said to Minister Bai: "The case of the fake party member group in Yangshan City is a typical unjust case, which is caused by the specific historical environment of ten years of turmoil!" We must be responsible for the political lives of these 42 veteran comrades involved in the case and extricate them as soon as possible. Eight have already died in '**', and I heard that two more have died of illness this year, which is really sad to think about. ”

Minister Bai was careful and said: "However, Secretary Sun, I have to remind you that the case of this fake party member group in Yangshan City is indeed very complicated, not only involving factional issues, but also involving the contradictions between the underground party cadres and the southbound cadres in our province, which was controversial during the trial of cadres in the 50s. ”

Sun Likun waved his hand and said, "I don't care about this." My Sun Likun was only transferred to Province H in 1964, and I was neither an army cadre who went south, nor a local underground party cadre, and these historical contradictions had nothing to do with me. As the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee in charge of organizational work and the head of the provincial leading group for correcting unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, what I want to do is to find out these problems in a realistic way, solve them, and overturn all the untruths imposed on them. ”

Minister Bai said: "Also, you have no stake in them, so you are more detached from dealing with them. ”

Sun Likun couldn't help but think of Zhou Xiuyu, smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "It can't be said that it is completely detached." Minister Bai, you know, my ex-wife Zhou Xiuyu has also been wronged for many years like these comrades in Yangshan. Such a talented playwright, a female comrade who joined the revolution in her early years, was wrongly classified as a rightist and almost died in Anhui! I always think of her these days, and the scene when she wrote "3442 Heights" always dangles in front of me......"

Minister Bai was a little surprised: "Oh, Secretary Sun, "3442 Heights" was written by your ex-wife? ”

Sun Likun nodded: "It was written by her, starring the famous Ping Opera actor Comrade Liu Ruhua." Now, Zhou Xiuyu has been rehabilitated, but Comrade Liu Ruhua has died unjustly! I also saw the news in the newspaper not long ago, and I only learned that this famous actor died so miserably in '*****', so tragically......"

Minister Bai sighed: "Ten years of turmoil, whose life is better?" Secretary Sun, aren't you also branded as a capitalist roader, and you have fought more than 200 battles in the province? At that time, I was the secretary of the county party committee below, and I was also fought more than 100 miles! ”

Sun Likun said: "Yes, if we don't fight to our heads in the end, and if we don't take the class struggle to the extreme, to the point where everyone is in danger, there will be no chaos today!" ”

Minister Bai smiled: "Hey, Secretary Sun, that's a good thing, this is dialectics!" ”

Sun Likun asked, "Minister Bai, guess what?" During the ten years of turmoil, what stimulated me the most? ”

Minister Bai thought for a while: "Suddenly planted from the clouds, feel that the whole world is unreliable?" ”

Sun Likun shook his head: "Not yet." It was that slap in the face that one of my junior children gave me. I have held this child since I was a child, and I was born when I was resisting US aggression and aiding Korea. His father is my old subordinate, and his mother is my niece. He rushed to the stage at the criticism meeting and slapped me! This slap made my heart cold......"

Just talked to Minister Bai all the way to Yangshan.

After arriving in Yangshan, Sun Likun called Sun Chenghui and wanted to talk to Sun Chenghui about Zhou Xiuyu. never thought that the first person to answer the phone was Liu Yuanchao, who slapped him back then. When Sun Likun waited for Sun Chenghui to pick up the microphone, he asked: "Chenghui, was the person who answered the phone just now to aid North Korea?" ”

Sun Chenghui said: "Yes, Sixth Uncle, when he heard your voice, his face turned white with fright. ”

Sun Likun said: "What are you afraid of? When young people make mistakes, God forgives! Cheng Hui, you told the aid to the DPRK that the sixth grandfather didn't retaliate against him! I am the most active in rehabilitating these 'four or five' heroes! ”

Sun Chenghui said: "I said that I was about to find an opportunity to apologize to you!" ”

Sun Likun said: "Okay, I also want to meet him and have a good talk with him." This time I'm going to stay in Yangshan for a while, and I'll have him come to me when I have time. Oh, Cheng Hui, you know what? Xiuyu's rightist problem has also been corrected and rehabilitated......"

Sun Chenghui said: "I heard about it. Sixth uncle, I still guess with Cunyi, will you remarry this time? Aunt Six is a good person! You should also have a good talk with Aunt Six! ”

Sun Likun sighed: "Cheng Hui, I just want to discuss this matter with you, what do you say I should talk about with Xiuyu?" ”

Sun Chenghui was silent on the phone for a long time before saying, "Sixth uncle, I'm ...... I really don't know what you should talk to Aunt Six. You are a big cadre and know more than I do. If you want me to think, even if it's an apology. Sixth Uncle, you left Aunt Sixth at the most difficult time, always ...... It's always bad. ”

However, Zhou Xiuyu did not accept Sun Likun's apology at all.

On the long-distance phone call, Zhou Xiuyu's voice was surprisingly calm, saying that he didn't apologize to anyone, that he was not a rightist, and that he did not propose a divorce. He was just a cog and a screw in the party's machine, and when he was engaged in anti-rightism, he naturally had to stand on the party's standpoint and actively oppose the right. Now that the chaos has been put in order, we will certainly stand on the party's standpoint and actively oppose the "left" and go all out to correct all unjust, false and wrongly decided cases. Therefore, she understands him and sympathizes with him.

After putting down the phone, Sun Likun's heart was torn apart, and then he realized how deeply he hurt his ex-wife.

Later, I had an unpleasant conversation with another enemy, Liu Yuanchao.

When Liu Yuanchao came to apologize to him, he immediately forgave Liu Yuanchao, and took Liu Yuanchao's hand and said sincerely, this is not a personal responsibility, it is a mistake of the times, just like his divorce from Zhou Xiuyu, it is a mistake of the times.

Liu Yuanchao disagreed with Sun Likun's point of view, saying: "Sixth grandfather, this is indeed my personal mistake, I can't rely on it, let alone push everything to the times." I am a person with thoughts and brains, not machines, and even less gears and screws. If you don't think independently, you will inevitably make mistakes......"

Sun Likun was stunned: "Hey, aid the DPRK, you wait, wait, what are you talking about?" What do you mean, it seems that making gears and screws has become a problem? Let me ask you to aid the DPRK: Can a political party and a country succeed without a unified will? Everyone thinks independently and goes their own way, won't the world be in chaos again? During the '*****' period, it was precisely because our party's machine was smashed and thousands of gears and screws were scattered that we caused an unprecedented catastrophe that lasted for ten years! ”

Liu Yuanchao argued: "No, sixth grandfather! I don't think it's the party machine that has been smashed, it's that the party machine is running in the opposite direction, and everyone should be held accountable as the cogs and screws of this machine. Sixth Grandpa, I came to apologize to you today, just to assume my share of responsibility. ”

Sun Likun suddenly became angry: "Comrade Liu Yuanchao, if you want to say this, then I refuse to accept your apology!" I still think it's a mistake of the times! The mind must be emancipated, but everything must not be doubted. If some of the basic principles that we have adhered to since the day we joined the party, such as the gears and screws in the party's machine, are regarded as mistakes by you young people, how can this be?! ”

Liu Yuanchao did not back down: "Sixth grandfather, take a step back and say, even if you are the cogs and screws on the party's machine, it does not mean that you have to give up your independent thinking." Today, we are all reflecting on how our country has come to this point. Sixth grandfather, I think that thousands of party members and cadres have lost their ability to think independently, which is a major mistake! Let's not talk about anything else, just think about the martyr Zhang Zhixin, what else do we have to say in the face of Zhang Zhixin?! Sixth grandfather, think about it, if you and thousands of party members and cadres think independently like Zhang Zhixin, will you be able to rise into turmoil in the past ten years? ”

Sun Likun was asked, and he really didn't know how to answer this young man's challenge for a while.

However, Sun Likun is still Sun Likun, Zhou Xiuyu's sarcasm, and Liu Yuanchao's challenge have not shaken the principles he has adhered to since the day he joined the party, and he is still sincerely the party's cogs and screws. In accordance with the spirit of the Central Committee and the Provincial Party Committee, under inexplicable pressure and blatant interference, they rehabilitated the Yangshan fake party member group case, freed Jiang Tao and other 42 veteran comrades, overthrew all the slanderous and untrue words imposed on these veteran comrades by the party henchmen of "***" and "***" in H Province, and won the warm applause and tears of gratitude of these veteran comrades.