1on June 30th, 973, Zhang Tiesheng, an educated youth, wrote a letter to the "respected leader" on the back of the test paper and handed in a "insightful and thought-provoking answer sheet". Subsequently, newspapers and periodicals all over the country reprinted them one after another, and overnight he became a famous anti-trend hero who dared to hand in a blank paper. The Gang of Four and others were full of praise for Zhang Tiesheng's White Paper. From 65438 to 0973, Zhang Tiesheng was successfully admitted to the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Tieling Agricultural College. 1975, elected as the fourth the NPC Standing Committee; 1In August, 975, he was promoted to deputy head of the leading group and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Tieling Agricultural College ... Since then, Zhang Tiesheng, who is very popular, has frequently participated in social activities. After the downfall of the Gang of Four, Zhang Tiesheng's political backer fell apart. 1On March 23rd, 983, Jinzhou Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhang Tiesheng to 15 years' imprisonment for counter-revolutionary crime, and he spent a long time in prison. It has been thirty-five years since the "White Paper Incident" this year. What happened to Zhang Tiesheng?

"A thought-provoking answer sheet"

1968 10, Zhang Tiesheng responded to Chairman Mao's call after graduating from junior high school in Xingcheng County, Liaoning Province, and went to jujube hill Brigade of Baita Commune in this county to jump the queue and settle down.

1973, Zhang Tiesheng joined the league as the captain of the production team.

On June 30th 1973, Zhang Tiesheng was recommended to take the unified cultural examination of college enrollment in Xingcheng County. In the serious examination room, he wrote "a letter to the respected leader" on the back of the examination paper (see the seventh issue of this journal in 2007 for details).

Before writing this letter, Zhang Tiesheng had taken an examination of Chinese, Mathematics and Physics. The exams are all open books, allowing you to turn over the books. Zhang Tiesheng Chinese 38 points, math 6 1 point, physics and chemistry 6 points. The composition topic of the Chinese exam is "the experience of learning" Serving the People ".

After Zhang Tiesheng's letter was discovered by Mao Yuanxin, his fate changed.

1973 In the late autumn, Zhang Tiesheng, who was full of ambition, was successfully admitted to the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Tieling Agricultural College and developed into party member. 1975, the fourth national people's congress was held in Beijing, and he was elected as a member of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC). Jiang Qing and Wang Hongwen personally met with him.

1976 in the first half of the year, Zhang Tiesheng spared no effort to give a full performance on the political stage: he published articles and made reports everywhere, creating public opinion for the Gang of Four to usurp the party and seize power. He became a thug tied to the chariot of the Gang of Four, unable to control himself.

Smashed the anti-party clique of the Gang of Four. 165438+ 10/8, Shanxi daily published "counter-revolutionary noise in February", exposing Zhang Tiesheng's words and deeds of inciting counter-revolution in Shanxi in February 1976, and began to expose and criticize it.

During the trial, Zhang Tiesheng did not entrust a lawyer to defend him. He refused the court to appoint a defender for him. He spoke in the court debate, saying that he was just a "teenager" who didn't know the truth and made a "mistake" of tolerance and understanding in the complicated line struggle. He refused to accept the indictment and the sentence of 15 years imprisonment and deprivation of political rights for 3 years, and appealed. The appeal was dismissed and the original judgment was upheld.

After that, Zhang Tiesheng served a long term in Lingyuan Prison, Liaoning Province.