Although, he has returned to institutions of higher learning; Although, in the constant thoughts of teachers and students, he won eternal life; Although it has been completely rehabilitated, in the more than 30 years after Zheng Siqun's death, the discussion between teachers and students of Chongqing University on why the old president was ruined has never subsided. To this end, nearly 40 years after his death, the reporter interviewed Zheng's colleagues and staff at Chongqing University.
Cheng Diquan (member of the Standing Committee of the Great Party Committee before the Cultural Revolution, organization minister, and secretary of the Great Party Committee after the Cultural Revolution): Zheng Siqun was found out by the working group for various unwarranted charges such as "three evils", "traitor" and "spy", and was criticized and isolated for review. At that time, I was marginalized and could not visit the scene of Zheng Siqun's death. Later, when I was detained in the "bullpen", I learned the whole process of Zheng Siqun's death from Zhang Yongsheng, director of Songlinpo Hostel. I think the details about Zheng Siqun asking him for cigarettes and chatting with him before and after Zheng Siqun's death that night are more true, and the "basic suicide" made by the public security organs to the deceased is more credible. As an old revolutionary, Zheng Siqun is strong-willed and indomitable. However, in just a few months, he changed from an old revolution to an old counter-revolution. He tried to understand, but in the end he couldn't understand. His inner despair is indescribable, and it is inevitable to choose a dead end.
Deng Shize (member of the Party Committee before the Cultural Revolution and deputy director of the Propaganda Department): There should be no doubt that Zheng Siqun committed suicide. First of all, he has many motives for suicide. He has a strong self-esteem. Overnight, he was convicted of all kinds of heinous crimes, such as hearing a bolt from the blue, which made him desperate and resolutely ended his life. Secondly, he is familiar with the way of suicide. In a chat with me before his death, he devoted himself to the topic of "suicide is actually very simple" for quite some time. He said vividly that as long as the carotid artery is found correctly and scraped with a small shaving blade, he can end his life immediately. Later, the sharp weapon he used and the suicide part introduced by the witnesses at the scene were strikingly consistent with the suicide weapon and suicide part he told me a few years ago.
In the reminiscence article about the Cultural Revolution, I mentioned Zheng Siqun's wife Wu Gengshu's views on this matter. Before Zheng was taken to Songlinpo for isolation, the husband and wife had a night reunion. On the morning of August 2, the working group informed Ng Wui School to bid farewell to her husband's body, and Wu explicitly refused. However, Wu assured the students that when she heard the news of Zheng's suicide from the working group, she had no doubt about the truth. "I believe he must have committed suicide." She told the students frankly that they stayed up all night on the night of bidding farewell to their husbands. Zheng made a lot of complaints to her, saying that Peng and Huang Kecheng had distinguished themselves and should be criticized. What is your career? What is the point of living?
Why did Zheng Siqun choose this way to end his life? No one can understand the helplessness of this professional revolutionary and educator. But what is certain is that Zheng Siqun died of the pressure of the movement and man-made persecution.
Truth lives forever, and heroism lives forever.