Chapter 94 The key to success is to shout Long Live Mao! 1949

Journalist: “You’ve taken down the whole country and are about to ascend the throne, right?”

Mao: “Yes, on October 1, 1949, I held the ‘Founding Ceremony’ at the Tiananmen Tower, and I shouted, ‘The Chinese people have risen!’ In fact, I want to say ‘I Mao Zedong stood up!’ But I was too embarrassed to say so. I represent the people, say the people stand up, the essence is that I stand up. There is also the next sentence, I want to say but did not say it for the time being, is ‘Are you ready to bow down to me.’ A few years later, several million rightists were actually on the ground for me. After a few more years, tens of millions of peasants bow down forever.

At that time, people in the square called out ‘Long live Chairman Mao!’ I also formally called out ‘Long live the people!’ But what I was thinking in my heart was long live myself.”

Journalist: “Oh, what you have in mind is: ‘You stand up, the people have to get down?’”

Mao: “Yes, I can do whatever I want. In 1949, the March of the Volunteer Army was set as the national anthem, and once the ‘Rise and Shine’ song was sung, the Chinese people ‘fell down’ and have not yet risen. From the land reform, political movements, ideological reform, anti-American aid, three against five against, anti-rightist movement, three red flags, people’s commune, go up to the mountains and go down to the countryside, cultural revolution, I have committed heinous crimes.”

Journalist: “You defeated Chiang Kai-shek in less than 4 years, what’s the secret?”

Mao: “I wiped out Chiang’s army of 8 million in 4 years, and won the civil war at once. China and abroad were amazed and commented on me a lot, and these 4 years were the peak of my life, criticizing me the least and praising me the most, both in the East and in the West.

Even the critics who scolded me the most said that I was “a great revolutionary”. I can summarize the reasons for my success in a few points.

1)I have a strong desire for power and leadership, and I must be the leader. Since the Jiangxi era, I have been killing those who do not obey me, and I have been bloody cutting down everything, fighting the AB League and the whole wind. Anti-Japanese victory to form a coalition government, I when the vice, not on, non-stop fight to the head of the inevitable.

2)By stubbornness, light power desire is not enough, but also stubborn, Hunan mule, I am the most stubborn, regardless of everything, not up to no rest, no matter how many people die, no poison, no husband, by any means, no mercy, absolutely no humanity to speak of.

The above two, is the basic. Specific methods are several:

1)By rectification and rectification of people, by organizational measures, terror control.

2)by violence, the barrel of a gun first, with the military has the right to have the party, the party is the military feed. Chiang Kai-shek also relied on the army.

3)by propaganda, Snow for me. The story is made up, it does not matter to deceive, can capture the hearts and minds of the people, for my service.

4)rely on fools third power, advocate democracy, help me against Chiang, for my use, Chiang will not use.

5)rely on united front, buy all anti-Chiang forces, into the internal, intelligence spies, for my services, Chiang can not do.

6)by violent land reform, inciting the peasants to join the front, forming a peasant war, and a constant supply of soldiers, Chiang would not, and had to be beaten.

7)rely on political work, ideological brainwashing, disintegration of enemy troops, reform of prisoners, and strengthening our army, Chiang will not.

Journalist: “Wow, you have so many magic words! So what about the new China? “

Mao: “The so-called New China, is built on this basis, my policy after the founding of the country, is a continuation of the above measures, nothing new, which sowed the seeds of the scourge of my subsequent 30 years in power, resulting in an unprecedented national catastrophe.”

Journalist: “Your success, there are many tricks, is there a relatively simple secret?”

Mao: “My simple secret to defeating Chiang Kai-shek is one sentence: ‘endure to the point of shamelessness, ruthlessness to the point of ruthlessness.’”

Journalist: “Can you briefly explain these sentences?”

Mao: “I hated Wang Ming to the bone and hated to fix him up, but when he came back with Stalin’s holy orders, I shamelessly shouted Long Live Wang Ming! All my life I had to bring down Chiang Kai-shek, but when I had to go to Chongqing to negotiate, I shamelessly shouted long live Chairman Chiang too! This is to endure to the point of shamelessness. Ruthless to the point of ruthlessness, that is, I want to kill whoever I want to kill and bring down, no matter what love this person has for me in the past, I have to ruthlessly kill and bring down.”

Journalist: “In your life on the road to success, you have also had a dark time of crisis?”

Mao: “I have had two dark crisis times. The first time was the meeting with Zhang Guotao, he 80,000 people, strong troops, I 8,000 people, the remnants of the army, I was within his control, Zhang Guotao can at any time any excuse to kill me, I can not do anything. The second was to Chongqing negotiations, nominally with the Soviet Union and the United States to ensure the safety, but people under the control of Chiang Kai-shek, he can at any time to create any accident such as a car wreck, easily kill me, and then kill two scapegoats to silence. These two times were the most powerless and darkest time of crisis in my life.”

Journalist: “Did you have any external conditions to go along with your success?”

Mao: “My victory was also due to the corruption, blunders and unpopularity of Chiang’s regime. Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi and other large families ‘accept the big members’ unlimited enrichment, causing public opposition, in 1947 the national ‘anti-civil war, anti-persecution, anti- starvation’, the target pointed at Chiang, the United States also on Song Ziwen Kong Xiangxi corruption loss of confidence, accelerating the collapse of Chiang’s regime. Chiang Kai-shek was incompetent and misdirected. I was most afraid of Sun Liren’s troops, and I put down a big stone when he transferred Sun Liren from the northeast. President Harry S. Truman fantasized about the cooperation between China and the Communist Party and forced Chiang Kai-shek to stop the Northeast for four months, which gave me time to breathe and turned the situation around, which helped me a lot. From then on, I went all the way.”

Journalist: “In 1949, you won the war and shouted at Tiananmen Square, ‘The Chinese people have risen!’ Was it really the people who stood up?”

Mao: “No, I stood up, the people all knelt down to me, calling me long live, 600 million people have become my slaves, I am the biggest slave master.”

Journalist: “What magic weapon did you rely on to win?

Mao: “I boast of several magic weapons, but the decisive is the U.S. empire indulged regardless, standing by and withdrawing from the mainland, Truman has a good feeling about me, do not trust Chiang Kai-shek, the U.S. President was cheated by me, my greatest fear, and Stalin’s greatest fear, is the U.S. interference, Truman arch to give me the mainland, the achievement of Stalin and I conspired to redress the mainland, the whole country people all kneel down to me, hail!”

Journalist: “You started with the barrel of a gun and came to power by conspiracy, what do you think?

Mao: “It is true that you rely on the barrel of a gun, but there are lies behind the barrel of a gun, and without lies and deception, the barrel of a gun cannot be held steady.”

Journalist: “You always speak so profoundly?

Mao: “I speak to whomever, always inscrutable, always leave words five points, let people to guess, not to let people peek into my real intention, the words are false, as if, if not, if people guess through, the bottom card is gone, I will be known, then I will think of a change of fancy.”