In October 1980, three whistleblower letters were delivered to the desk of Huang Kecheng, executive secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission.
Everyone had already read the contents of these three letters before, and they really couldn't make a decision before sending them to Huang Kecheng.
All three letters are about Hua Guofeng. How did Huang Kecheng deal with the letter after seeing it?
Huang Kecheng
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has attached great importance to the problem of corruption within the Party.
In April 1927, the Central Control Commission was established at the 5th Congress, mainly aimed at the problem of corruption within the Party.
At that time, the conditions were harsh, and it can be said that there were no conditions and foundations for corruption at all, but the establishment of this body has also shown our Party's attitude toward corruption.
After the founding of New China, it was renamed the Discipline Supervision Commission, with 11 internal members and led by Mr. Zhu.
Later, over time, during special periods, this organ was abolished.
It was not until December 1978, at the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, that the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection was reinstated.
After the restoration, the leadership lineup of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission this time is also very strong.
Executive Secretary Huang Kecheng, First Secretary Chen Yun, Second Secretary Deng Yingchao, Third Secretary Hu Yaobang.
Strictly grasp the party style
Huang Kecheng was born in 1902 in Yongxing County, Hunan Province, to a poor family, but he was very intelligent since childhood.
Later, with the help of relatives, he went to a private school for 8 years, was admitted to the Third Normal School of Hunan Province, came into contact with Marxism, and began to participate in the patriotic movement.
He joined the Communist Party in 1925, studied at the Central Political Workshop jointly organized by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the second year, and after graduation, he participated in the Northern Expedition.
Later, he participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, and on the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was also appointed secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, responsible for the local anti-bandit war land reform and the resumption of production.
In October 1958, he became the chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, and in the second year at the Lushan Conference, he was censored for his righteous speeches, and his position was revoked, which was greatly damaged.
In 1977, he became an adviser to the Central Military Commission.
As an old revolutionary, Huang Kecheng had a very high reputation inside and outside the party, and he was strict with himself and had a straight personality, and Chairman Mao respectfully called him "Huang Lao."
After many considerations, the Central Committee appointed him as the executive secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
At that time, reform and opening up had just taken place, domestic conditions had also improved, and many leading cadres had also been greatly tempted, and even the pursuit of materials and corruption and degeneration had occurred.
Huang Kecheng drafted the "Several Regulations on the Living Conditions of Senior Cadres," which were formally promulgated after examination and approval by the central authorities, and hoped that all leading cadres would strictly abide by them.
But at the time, some leaders didn't pay much attention to the regulations. The Discipline Inspection Commission has received many letters from the masses reflecting the problems.
After Huang Kecheng received it, he seriously investigated and solved the problem, and his former old subordinate Yang Yong was reflected.
Admiral Yang Yong
Untouchables
Yang Yong was also an old revolutionary for many years, serving as deputy chief of staff in the General Staff at that time, and there were two generals to be transferred from the General Staff that year, and there was a newly transferred leader.
Yang Yong set up a banquet at the hotel, both to bid farewell to old colleagues and to welcome new comrades-in-arms, when the banquet cost 400 yuan, and this money was spent from public funds.
Some people reported the matter to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Huang Kecheng immediately looked for someone to investigate.
When the investigators questioned Yang Yong, Yang Yong expressed that he did not care, and felt that the Central Discipline Inspection Commission was making a big fuss.
This made Huang Kecheng very annoyed, and personally called him to severely criticize: You are old, the tiger's ass can't be touched!
Yang Yong knew that the old leader was really angry, and he also realized his mistake.
Hastily took out 400 yuan from his salary and returned it to the organization, and made a review at the meeting to ensure that he would never commit it again.
The Minister of Commerce once invited guests to dinner, and there may have been no reason why he did not bring enough money at that time.
Only part of the payment was paid, and the remaining part was not made up, and later this matter was also reflected in the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
After investigation, Huang Kecheng found that the matter was true and ordered the Minister of Commerce to make up the arrears.
At that time, the People's Daily also made a special report, criticizing the commerce minister by name.
This style of behavior of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has also aroused the dissatisfaction of some people.
At a meeting, some people said that Huang Kecheng was too fussy and too hurt the face of his comrades-in-arms.
After Huang Kecheng heard about it, he specifically found the person and confronted him face to face, saying:
Today's masses are very dissatisfied with some special leaders, and after finding out the facts, they will neither allow them to say anything nor criticize them; how can they still gain the trust of the common people?
He also said: If our leading cadres have done something wrong and cannot even criticize them in person, they are still party members! What's so bad about listening to the voices of the common people?!
Is the special whistleblower letter true or false?
After the establishment of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, more than 6,000 whistleblower letters were received in half a month.
Comrades also attach great importance to this matter, investigate clearly the problems reflected by the masses, and then reply specifically to the letter recipients.
It has effectively solved the problem, eliminated the discipline within the party, safeguarded the party's image, and won the recognition of the people.
In January 1980, three special whistleblower letters were delivered to Huang Kecheng.
Among them, the problems reflected in Hua Guofeng, to sum up, there are three points:
First, during the inspection in Jiangsu, martial law was imposed without authorization, causing traffic congestion and seriously affecting the lives of the people.
Second, when Hua Guofeng went to the party school to give a report, one of the chairs he had sat on was sent to the museum.
Third, Hua Guofeng's hometown of Shanxi built a former residence for him.
Hua Guofeng was already the top leader in China at that time, and after Huang Kecheng saw the content of the whistleblower, he thought that this was a cult of personality and ordered a strict investigation.
At that time, there were still people around me who persuaded me to think about it again, after all, it was the chairman of the Central Committee who wanted to investigate.
However, Huang Kecheng said: Bold investigation, I have something to bear, no matter who violates the party style and party discipline, we must check it correctly.
He first wrote a letter to Hua Guofeng, asking whether these three things were true and what the situation was.
On the other hand, investigators were sent to the local area to inquire and find out the truth of the incident.
Truth
Hua Guofeng was also a little shocked after seeing the letter, he did not know these things in particular, and later contacted the leaders of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and the Party School to learn the truth of the matter.
During the inspection in Jiangsu, the local provincial party committee took the initiative without authorization and imposed martial law, which affected the lives of the people.
In response to this matter, Hua Guofeng criticized and entrusted the leader to apologize to the local people on his behalf.
The Central Party School did put that chair in the museum.
When Hua Guofeng learned of this, he sternly demanded that the party school immediately take away the chair and not allow such a cult of personality to be carried out again.
In response to the last thing, Hua Guofeng also explained that he had participated in the revolution for many years and had left his hometown very early, and he did not have his own property in his hometown.
The so-called repair of the house is the brother of the old family building the house. But considering that the masses have misunderstood, they have also made the brother stop.
Hua Guofeng gave an explanation, and soon after, Huang Kecheng got the results of the investigators of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission, which basically coincided with Hua Guofeng's explanation.
It was determined that Hua Guofeng did not engage in a cult of personality, and the problems reflected by the masses also had a reasonable explanation.
Huang Kecheng did not put the matter lightly, but instead specially published hua Guofeng's reply letter in a magazine to explain it to the masses and warn the leading comrades in the party to prohibit the cult of personality.
I've known each other for a long time
In fact, Huang Kecheng and Hua Guofeng have known each other since a long time.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Huang Kecheng served as the secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, and Hua Guofeng was the secretary of the Xiangtan County Party Committee at that time.
The two also had contact at work, and Huang Kecheng was also very familiar with this young man who did practical things and told the truth.
Later, for various reasons, Huang Kecheng was treated incorrectly, and Hua Guofeng went from Xiangtan to the central government and later became the leader of the country, and both of them trusted each other's abilities and virtues.
Huang Kechang was appointed executive secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which was also approved by Hua Guofeng.
The two are very familiar with each other, Huang Kecheng knows each other's character very well, and thinks that he will not do such a thing.
But if you let it go unchecked and don't find out the truth, the false rumors may also confuse a group of people for a long time, so I made up my mind to find out these few things.
When Huang Kecheng was the executive secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, he had always been selfless and diligent with an iron face, but when he served as the standing secretary, he was already 76 years old, and his health was getting worse and worse.
Later, he even went blind in both eyes, but even so, he continued to work and made great contributions to straightening out the party style and rectifying wrong cases.
Refusal of treatment
In 1986, he was unable to work properly, and when he was treated in the hospital, he refused to take any drugs and even removed the infusion needle.
Because in his view, he is already old, he can no longer continue to contribute to the party and the people, and to take medicine to treat diseases is completely a waste of the country's money, hoping to leave the medicine to comrades who need it more.
Later, the medical staff had to forcibly treat him, but he would still object when he woke up.
On December 28, 1986, Huang Kecheng died of illness at the age of 84.