2-3 "Braggart Jiang"

In 1966, Jiang Ze-min was 40 years old.

Mao Ze Dong launched the Cultural Revolution, in hope of regaining dictatorial power over the Party, power which he felt had fallen into the hands of Liu Shao Qi.

Mao incited students and workers at the lowest levels to revolt and seize power.

Within a short time, nearly everyone who had been in power was attacked, denounced, or even detained, and tortured.

In May of that year, Jiang Ze-min was appointed director, and acting Party secretary of the Wuhan Institute of Thermodynamic Engineering.

The appointment made Jiang Ze-min a 13-grade cadre, that is, he was vaulted into an elite circle of senior CCP cadres.

The truth is, Jiang Ze-min was terribly frightened during the Cultural Revolution.

He feared that he would be investigated, exposed, and criticized, and worried that his shady past during the time of Japanese occupation would be discovered.

Jiang Ze-min went first to Beijing, then on to Shanghai for several weeks to inquire about the political climate.

He repeatedly rejoined Wang Ye-ping: "Don't say anything!"

Wang Ye-ping advised Jiang Ze-min, to intentionally deviate from the Party line, on a few trivial issues, so as to divert the rebels' attention from the large ones.

Since he had been transferred there only recently, people could find little to criticize him about.

Jiang Ze-min was not much affected.

Jiang Ze-min took the attitude of admitting to all minor mistakes while denying wrong doings when it came to important matters.

When the masses criticized him for not doing solid work, only doing a lot of boasting, he criticized himself saying: "You are right, I'm braggart Jiang!"

Jiang Ze-min had been influenced by actors in Yangzhou City since as early as his childhood.

He always has a comb in his pocket, and would often take out to groom himself, even in other's company.

He felt good about himself, despite being somewhat effeminate.

When the populace was criticizing the capitalist roaders, they pointed out that Jiang Ze-min had a small comb, and a big head, and a bourgeoisie attitude.

Jiang Ze-min immediately admitted to it.

In 2003, during the National People's Congress, Jiang Ze-min told the delegation from Hubei Province:
" The rebels asked me what I fear the most.

I answered that I fear Chairman Mao the most.
And for saying that, I was publicly criticized for 3 days."
If he was guilty free, why would he fear Chairman Mao?
At that time, people couldn't love Chairman Mao enough.
Back then, the political investigation personnel poked everywhere to investigate and dig things out.
Even things that had transpired decades before, were exposed.
But Jiang Ze-min was never toppled since he had a golden status of being a martyr's foster son.
The martyr was dead, so was the investigation.
In 1969, martyr's foster son Jiang Ze-min went through the political investigation quickly, without incident, and was first sent to a May Seven Cadre School to work and to be tempered...