Mao's wife, Jiang Qing, urged the RG to turn their attention to what she called 'black dogs, slippery backsliders and rotten eggs; within the CCP. Main target was Lao Shao-Chi, who had taken over from Mao as head of state, the No. 1 enemy of Communism, 1969 he was expelled from the party after the RG breaking into his house and forcing him to write a confession, and died shortly afterwards.