【新唐人2013年05月29日訊】曾一度被認為是鄧小平接班人的前中共總書記趙紫陽，1989年學潮運動期間，因同情學生和反對武力鎮壓，而招致當時的中共元老們鄧小平、李先念和李鵬等人的不滿，趙紫陽因此被免去黨內外一切職務，最終在軟禁中度過了生命中最後的15年。趙紫陽的口述回憶錄《改革歷程》一書中說，李先念在掀起「倒趙風」當中非常賣力，扮演了一個組織者的角色，李先念也是首先發言推薦江澤民為總書記人選的人。
1989年5月19號，時任中共中央辦公廳主任的溫家寶，陪同當時的總書記趙紫陽，於凌晨4點50分，前往天安門廣場，對學生發表了談話。
已經知道自己將要失去政治權力的趙紫陽，仍然在做最後的努力。
他當時對天安門廣場的學生喊出﹕「同學們﹗我們來得太晚了，對不起同學們了﹗」似乎，他已經隱約聽見了六四的槍聲響起。
趙紫陽的回憶錄《改革歷程》一書中說，「李先念在掀起『倒趙風』當中是非常賣力、非常積極的，扮演了一個組織者的角色。他既站在前臺，又是後臺。」
《改革歷程》是根據趙紫陽生前口述，並秘密錄製的30盤錄音帶整理而成。
趙紫陽認為﹕李先念是中共元老中，反對改革開放最突出的一個代表。他之所以對趙紫陽仇視，主要是因為趙紫陽執行改革開放。而李先念當時不便公開反對鄧小平，所以集中目標在趙紫陽身上。
「六四」人士鄭存柱﹕「我認為當時反對趙紫陽的是老一代的，他們認為改革的最終目地就是共產黨要放棄一黨專政，要走向民主政治，那麼，這一點他們肯定是反對的，因為，他們認為共產主義，共產黨的執政就是所謂無產階級要永遠執政下去的，所以當然他們會反對趙紫陽、反對胡耀邦，走向民主的政治改革。我覺得他們跟鄧小平一樣。」
《大紀元》新聞網引述《改革歷程》中趙紫陽的話說，李先念是從1953、1954年調到北京來以後一直管財經工作的，包括文化大革命。所有中國的經濟成就和經濟問題，都和李先念分不開。而現在的任何改革就是改革過去的體制、制度的問題，也就是否定李先念過去的功勞。所以他一直是思想上有牴觸。所以他就對趙紫陽的改革措施反對，因此老罵趙紫陽說﹕你改就是改我的成績，你批判就是批判我的成績。所以李先念比較恨趙紫陽。
原「中國政法大學」講師吳仁華﹕「一般都把李先念看做是保守力量的代表性人物，然後把趙紫陽看成是中共黨內的改革派的代表人物，所以說，在倒趙的問題上，李先念是非常積極，包括李鵬在六四日記裡頭，都明確提到這一點，就在89學運起來之前，李先念就專門找鄧小平談過，就是希望把趙紫陽給換下去。所以在89學運之前，李先念已經在做這個工作就是了。」
1989年在「中國政法大學」任教的吳仁華，寫下了《天安門血腥清場內幕》及《六四事件中的戒嚴部隊》兩本書。吳仁華表示，中共高層在決定六四鎮壓之前，李先念作為政協主席，在主持全國政協會議時，應該是帶頭表態，擁護中央的鎮壓決策。
吳仁華﹕「六四事件以後，趙紫陽下臺，然後在推薦新的中共總書記的人選上，那陳雲跟李先念兩個人是積極推薦江澤民，作為上海市委書記的江澤民，在招待所謂中共元老方面，他是做得非常到位的，所以跟他們的私人關係很好。江澤民能夠出任中共總書記，李先念是出了很大的力氣的。」
《大紀元》報導，1986年，江澤民曾在雪中站立四小時，給時任中共國家主席的李先念二奶送生日蛋糕，因此獲得李先念的賞識。而江後來替代趙紫陽成為中共總書記。
報導說，江澤民作為新任總書記，從5月底就已經開始批閱文件了。
採訪/朱智善 編輯/周平 後製/鐘元
Zhao Ziyang: Li Recommended Jiang
Zhao Ziyang was once considered to be the successor of Deng
Xiaoping, the former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader.
During the student movement in 1989, his sympathy for them
and his opposition to the forcible suppression
upset prevailing party elders, including Deng Xiaoping, Li Xiannian, and Li Peng.
Zhao Ziyang therefore was dismissed from all his
posts inside and outside of the Party.
He ultimately spent the rest of his life under
house arrest lasting 15 years.
In Zhao’s oral memoirs, “The Reform Process” Zhao said
Li Xiannian worked very hard to dismissing him, playing the role of an organizer.
Li Xiannian was also the first to speak out and recommend
Jiang Zemin as a candidate of General Secretary.
On May 19th 1989, Wen Jiabao, then director of
the CCP Central Committee General Office accompanied
General Secretary Zhao Ziyang to go to Tiananmen Square
at 4:50 am, and delivered a speech to the students.
Zhao already knew that he was going to lose political
power, but he still made a final effort.
Facing students at Tiananmen Square, he shouted,
“Students! We came too late, I’m sorry for you all!”
It seems that he had already heard gunfire sounding on June 4.
Zhao Ziyang’s memoir, “The Reform Process”,
said Li Xiannian was very aggressive in dismissing Zhao.
He played the role of an organizer. Li stood in the foreground,
but also was the background.”
“The Reform Process” is based on oral documents of
Zhao Ziyang, from 30 secretly recorded tapes.
Zhao said Li Xiannian was the most prominent
representative of veteran Communists in China going against reform and opening up.
The reason why Li hated Zhao Ziyang was mainly
because Zhao Ziyang supported the reform and opening up.
Li was unable to publicly oppose Deng Xiaoping,
so he focused on Zhao Ziyang.
Zheng Cunzhu (Activist of June 4th): “I think it was the
older generation who were against Zhao Ziyang.
They believed that the final destination of reform was to
abandon one-party dictatorship, to move towards democracy.
Therefore, they had to oppose it.
They believed the communist ruling proletariat
would go on forever,
so obviously would oppose Hu Yaobang and Zhao
Ziyang’s political reform towards democracy.
I think they were the same as with Deng Xiaoping.”
The Epoch Times news network quoted from
“The Reform Process ”.
Li Xiannian was transferred to Beijing between 1953 and 1954
to be in charge of Finance, including the Cultural Revolution.
All China’s economic success and problems
were inseparable with Li Xiannian.
So any reform of past institutional problems was deducted
from Li Xiannian’s past credit. So he had been against it.
Li was against Zhao’s reform measures, telling Zhao
“your reform was to change my success,
your criticizing was on my results too”. So Li Xiannian hated Zhao Ziyang.
Former China University of Political Science Instructor
Wu Renhua: “Generally Li Xiannian was seen as a
representative figure of the conservative forces,
and Zhao Ziyang as a reformist representative.
So in dismissing Zhao, Li Xiannian was very positive.
Li Peng made this point in his diary during the June 4 period.
Before the student movement in 1989, Li Xiannian had talked
specifically to Deng Xiaoping, hoping to get rid of Zhao Ziyang.
So before the student movement in 1989,
Li Xiannian had already been working on it.”
Wu Renhua, wrote two books, Bloody Tiananmen Square
Clearance Insider and Martial Law Troops in June 4 Event.
Wu Renhua said before the CCP leaders’ decision of
the crackdown of the students on June 4th,
Li Xiannian, as the chairman of the CPPCC,
when presiding over the meeting, he always took the lead to support the repression.
Wu Renhua: “After June 4 incident, Zhao Ziyang stepped
down, and then recommend a new candidate as the CCP General Secretary.
Chen Yun and Li Xiannian strongly pressed for Jiang Zemin.
Jiang Zemin, as Shanghai CCP secretary, worked the best
in treating the so-called party elders, maintained a good personal relationship with them.
Jiang’s being able to serve as general secretary of the CCP,
was due to Li Xiannian’s great efforts.”
The Epoch Times reported that in 1986, Jiang Zemin
had to stand for four hours in the snow,
to send a birthday cake for the Mistress of Li Xiannian,
who was the President of the CCP, and so got Li Xiannian’s appreciation.
Jiang later on replaced Zhao as General Secretary of the CCP.
It was reported that Jiang Zemin, as the new General Secretary,
had already started marking files from the end of May 1989.
