【新唐人2013年05月29日讯】曾一度被认为是邓小平接班人的前中共总书记赵紫阳，1989年学潮运动期间，因同情学生和反对武力镇压，而招致当时的中共元老们邓小平、李先念和李鹏等人的不满，赵紫阳因此被免去党内外一切职务，最终在软禁中度过了生命中最后的15年。赵紫阳的口述回忆录《改革历程》一书中说，李先念在掀起“倒赵风”当中非常卖力，扮演了一个组织者的角色，李先念也是首先发言推荐江泽民为总书记人选的人。
1989年5月19号，时任中共中央办公厅主任的温家宝，陪同当时的总书记赵紫阳，于凌晨4点50分，前往天安门广场，对学生发表了谈话。
已经知道自己将要失去政治权力的赵紫阳，仍然在做最后的努力。
他当时对天安门广场的学生喊出﹕“同学们﹗我们来得太晚了，对不起同学们了﹗”似乎，他已经隐约听见了六四的枪声响起。
赵紫阳的回忆录《改革历程》一书中说，“李先念在掀起‘倒赵风’当中是非常卖力、非常积极的，扮演了一个组织者的角色。他既站在前台，又是后台。”
《改革历程》是根据赵紫阳生前口述，并秘密录制的30盘录音带整理而成。
赵紫阳认为﹕李先念是中共元老中，反对改革开放最突出的一个代表。他之所以对赵紫阳仇视，主要是因为赵紫阳执行改革开放。而李先念当时不便公开反对邓小平，所以集中目标在赵紫阳身上。
“六四”人士郑存柱﹕“我认为当时反对赵紫阳的是老一代的，他们认为改革的最终目地就是共产党要放弃一党专政，要走向民主政治，那么，这一点他们肯定是反对的，因为，他们认为共产主义，共产党的执政就是所谓无产阶级要永远执政下去的，所以当然他们会反对赵紫阳、反对胡耀邦，走向民主的政治改革。我觉得他们跟邓小平一样。”
《大纪元》新闻网引述《改革历程》中赵紫阳的话说，李先念是从1953、1954年调到北京来以后一直管财经工作的，包括文化大革命。所有中国的经济成就和经济问题，都和李先念分不开。而现在的任何改革就是改革过去的体制、制度的问题，也就是否定李先念过去的功劳。所以他一直是思想上有抵触。所以他就对赵紫阳的改革措施反对，因此老骂赵紫阳说﹕你改就是改我的成绩，你批判就是批判我的成绩。所以李先念比较恨赵紫阳。
原“中国政法大学”讲师吴仁华﹕“一般都把李先念看做是保守力量的代表性人物，然后把赵紫阳看成是中共党内的改革派的代表人物，所以说，在倒赵的问题上，李先念是非常积极，包括李鹏在六四日记里头，都明确提到这一点，就在89学运起来之前，李先念就专门找邓小平谈过，就是希望把赵紫阳给换下去。所以在89学运之前，李先念已经在做这个工作就是了。”
1989年在“中国政法大学”任教的吴仁华，写下了《天安门血腥清场内幕》及《六四事件中的戒严部队》两本书。吴仁华表示，中共高层在决定六四镇压之前，李先念作为政协主席，在主持全国政协会议时，应该是带头表态，拥护中央的镇压决策。
吴仁华﹕“六四事件以后，赵紫阳下台，然后在推荐新的中共总书记的人选上，那陈云跟李先念两个人是积极推荐江泽民，作为上海市委书记的江泽民，在招待所谓中共元老方面，他是做得非常到位的，所以跟他们的私人关系很好。江泽民能够出任中共总书记，李先念是出了很大的力气的。”
《大纪元》报导，1986年，江泽民曾在雪中站立四小时，给时任中共国家主席的李先念二奶送生日蛋糕，因此获得李先念的赏识。而江后来替代赵紫阳成为中共总书记。
报导说，江泽民作为新任总书记，从5月底就已经开始批阅文件了。
采访/朱智善 编辑/周平 后制/钟元
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.
