 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Xu akashanda semutungamiri weNanjing Military Region 195474, kutanga pasi peEast China Military uye Administrative Committee sachigaro Rao Shushi, uyezve kwemakore gumi nenhengo yeGang of Four Zhang Chunqiao semutungamiri wake wezvematongerwo enyika 196776. Iri basa raive rekugara kwenguva refu pane chero mutungamiriri weMasoja weMasoja akambonyorwa. Pakati pevabatsiri vake mukati memakore ekuma1960 vaive vatungamiriri vematunhu emunguva yemberi Sung Shilun, Wang Bicheng naTan Qilong. Sezvo mauto akadaidzwa kudzorera kutonga kwehutongi, akazova Sachigaro weJiangsu Province Revolutionary Committee 1968-1974 uye CCP First Secretary 1970-1974. Mukushandurwa kwemauto kwakatora nguva refu kwakatangwa naDeng Xiaoping, Xu akachinjwa kuti atungamire Guangzhou MR 197480. Xu uye komisheni wezvematongerwe enyika Wei Guoqing vakapa dziviriro kuna Deng Xiaoping muna 1976, apo mutungamiri wepamusoro-soro wenguva yemberi akacheneswa neBato reVane zvichitevera kufa kwaZhou Enlai. Xu akanga ariwo mukuru mukuru wemauto eChina muHondo yeChina neVietnammuna 1979. 