On April 27, 1949, after several months of fighting, Shanghai, China's largest city, was successfully liberated. Shanghai is almost the epitome of the entire modern history of China, condensing the humiliation and struggle of modern history. Shanghai can also be said to be the largest dyeing vat in China at that time, no matter who it is almost lost in the lights of Shanghai, Chairman Mao said before the liberation of Shanghai: "
Shanghai not only wants military liberation, but more importantly, political liberation."
。 Facing the liberated Shanghai, the first mayor, Chen Yi, carried a heavy burden. Soon after, an incident made Chen Yi furious and personally approved the execution. What the hell is going on here, let's review it together.
The situation before the liberation of Shanghai
The three major battles are about to be won, and the liberation of Shanghai is also on the agenda. At that time, the Huaihai Campaign had already won a decisive victory, and Chen Yi, a former member of the General Committee of the Huaihai Campaign, came to Xibaipo to report to Chairman Mao on his work. In fact, before Chen Yi came to Xibaipo, Chairman Mao had already discussed in advance with other central leaders about the selection of Shanghai mayor.
After careful consideration, it was believed that Chen Yi, who was both literate and martial, was the most suitable, but at this time it did not become a conclusive conclusion.
After Chen Yi arrived in Yan'an, Chairman Mao made a special appointment with Chen Yi, and when Chen Yi walked into the chairman's office, Chairman Mao quickly stood up, smiled and said to Chen Yi: "You are the mayor of The great city of Shanghai!" After hearing this, Chen Yi resolutely accepted this heavy burden and assured Chairman Mao: "We will certainly let this big city with flowers and greenery transition from the old society with sewage to the new society with clean and healthy atmosphere." Chairman Mao continued
"The Americans predicted that we Communists would have to withdraw within three months of entering Shanghai, which was simply looking at people in the cracks of the door and looking down on people, so our last counterattack was to govern Shanghai well." ”
After Chairman Mao's meeting, the five secretaries of the CPC Central Committee held talks with Chen Yi and formally appointed Chen Yi as the first mayor after the liberation of Shanghai.
On May 4, 1949, Chen Yi officially announced his entry into Shanghai at the conference of the East China Bureau to take over Shanghai, and before entering Shanghai, Marshal Chen Yi emphasized the issue of discipline, because discipline is the most important external expression of the spirit of a unit. Something that people see first.
Previously, after the troops entered the big cities, there were many inconspicuous and small things, although they were small things, but they caused great damage to the image of the People's Liberation Army. If discipline is relaxed, it may become Li Zicheng's second.
The story behind the "illegal weapons hiding case"
After the People's Liberation Army entered Shanghai, it quickly stabilized public order in Shanghai, but many remnants of the Kuomintang still lurked, posing a serious threat to social order. One day in June 1949, Ou Zhen, a military representative of the Yulin Branch of Shanghai Municipality, was cooperating with public security personnel in investigating a case of "illegal weapons hiding", and after some investigation, the public security department found key evidence and went to the suspect's home with Ou Zhen. After arriving at the door of the suspect's home, the public security personnel knocked on the door of the suspect's home, and Ou Zhen stood behind several public security personnel.
When the door opened, a beautiful woman appeared in front of Ou Zhen. Although Ou Zhen tried his best to cover up, he still couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
After entering the house, Ou Zhen saw another, younger and more beautiful woman, and ou Zhen's eyes were straight at this moment. However, due to the occasion problem, Ou Zhen still maintained restraint. After the search, only a few broken guns were found in the house, and there were no other abnormalities, and in line with the principle of leniency, there was no further investigation. It was over. However, Ou Zhen had a grudge against the beautiful young woman Zhu Shi, who had no one to rely on. After Ou Zhen returned home, he couldn't sleep after turning over and over, and the two beauties kept flashing in his mind, making him feel confused.
In the end, he was actually confused and came to the door again that night. After the door opened, it was Zhu Shi who opened the door, which made Ou Zhen excited. He pretended to help Zhu Solve the case during the day, hoping that Zhu could cooperate.
As a person from the old society, Zhu Shi immediately understood Ou Zhen's meaning and quickly handed over four silver dollars to Ou Zhen.
However, Ou Zhen's main purpose was not in money, but in the Zhu clan. Helpless under Ou Zhen's coercion, Zhu Shi could only agree to Ou Zhen's request. Ou Zhen actually wanted to be an underground couple with Zhu Shi for a long time, so he used his position to force the old policemen retained by the society to find a place for him to meet, and Ou Zhen and Zhu Shi lived an "underground couple" life.
Ou Zhen did not expect that not long after, this matter would happen in the east window.
A few silver dollars led to corruption cases
Soon Ou Zhen fox tail let people find out, a day idle, Ou Zhen a boring time in the office, he took out a few silver dollars from his pocket to fiddle with, suddenly a policeman walked in, just saw a few pieces of silver dollars that Ou Zhen fiddled with. Seeing Ou's shocked and panicked look, the police officer did not speak up, but reflected the matter to his superiors.
Because the salaries of public servants at that time were not high, it was generally impossible to own a few silver dollars.
After the police station leaders learned of this situation, they immediately tensed their nerves and first found Ou Zhen for a conversation, Ou Zhen denied it in every way, but did not admit it, and the leader decided to dispatch special personnel to review the case. After careful and rigorous investigation, the policeman who was looking for a house for Ou Zhen was found, and finally found Zhu Shi. Under the patient persuasion, Zhu Shi explained the ins and outs of the matter. When the leaders of the authorities heard the news, they were not only shocked but also sad, because Ou Zhen was only 25 years old at the time.
However, after tracing the source, it was found that the young Ou Zhen was a former Kuomintang soldier, and later concealed his identity and became a military representative who took over the work of the Yulin Branch of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau.
The impact of this matter is very bad, directly causing huge losses to the people's reputation for liberation, and in view of the huge impact of the results, some comrades in the party suggested that the internal handling should not be made public, so as not to cause greater adverse effects. But Li Shiying, then director of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, insisted on a public execution
。 He said: "We can win the support of the masses, not because we do not make mistakes, but because we dare to face up to mistakes and correct mistakes." ”
Finally, he wrote down instructions: Ou Zhen extorted and blackmailed women, seduced women, and was lawless, and should be shot to maintain discipline. Finally, the report was sent to the mayor Chen Yi, who after reading it, said angrily:
"We must not be soft-hearted towards such corrupt elements," he wrote in four big words on the trial book: Agree to shoot.
The news of Ou Zhen's execution quickly appeared in major newspapers in Shanghai and soon spread throughout the city of Shanghai, and on the day of the execution, the execution site was surrounded by citizens. After a gunshot, the crowd clapped their hands and applauded. After the incident, the municipal government decided to carry out a thorough cleaning of the police and completely eliminate the public security team.
Ou Zhen can be said to be the first shot in Shanghai's anti-corruption campaign, and its impact is far-reaching.