When it comes to the history of fighting corruption and promoting clean government, we have to mention Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan, and the "Liu and Zhang incident" not only showed the "first knife in the fight against corruption" after the founding of New China, but also left a strong mark in history.
Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan originally had a bright future; under the cultivation and education of party organizations, they all performed heroically in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and made remarkable meritorious contributions to the independence of the Chinese nation.
However, after the end of the revolutionary war, during their leadership in the Tianjin area, they were tempted by the decadent ideas of the bourgeoisie, not only colluding with profiteers and making huge profits, but also defrauding state property and wantonly squandering it. From the spring of 1950 to November 1951 alone, the two embezzled more than 17 billion yuan, which was a huge and terrible amount for the devastated and ruined new China at that time.
The actions of Liu and Zhang soon attracted the great attention of the Party Central Committee, and on February 10, 1952, the Liu and Zhang trials were held in Baoding, and the two were finally sentenced to death. As the saying goes, "one person has a case and affects three generations", after Liu and Zhang were executed, their children were more or less affected by their fathers.
Zhang Zishan has married two wives in his life, the first wife Li Lieyan is the eldest miss of a rich family, received a good education from childhood, and has a high cultural accomplishment, but her "big miss" willful temper is very heavy, and Zhang Zishan's stubborn and old-fashioned nature is incompatible, the two original personalities are incompatible, plus their son Zhang Tiexiong died of pneumonia at the age of 3, resulting in the two feelings gradually weakening, and finally divorced and broke up.
Zhang Zishan's second wife, Zhao Yuxiu, had no bad family conditions, Zhao Yuxiu was also born into a famous family, and his grandfather was a famous local doctor with great prestige. His father was both a professor and a lieutenant colonel. Originally, Zhao Yuxiu also wanted to follow the path of his grandfather's medical practice, but because he was not accustomed to school life, he began to lead the work of the women's and children's group after returning to his hometown. After the introduction of the party organization, Zhao Yuxiu met Zhang Zishan and married him. The two were married for three years, the time of reunion was very short, the gathering was less and more, and the two did not have children, that is to say, Zhang Zishan ended without a future.
Compared with Zhang Zishan, the situation of Liu Qingshan's descendants is much better. When Liu Qingshan was executed, the eldest son Liu Tieqi was 7 years old, the second son Liu Tiejia was 4 years old, and the third son, Liu Tiebing, was only a few months old. The execution of his father, coupled with the fact that his mother remarried someone else, almost made Liu Tiejia and Liu Tiebing lose hope in life and want to resign themselves to fate. Fortunately, Liu Tieqi is more sensible, not only studying hard, but also helping his mother take care of his two younger brothers.
The eldest son, Liu Tieqi, was the most contentious one, with excellent academic performance, and also signed up for the examination of the Beijing Petroleum Institute, although his results were very good, but because of his father's reasons, the school held a research meeting for him, and after discussion, he agreed to enroll. It's just that in school, many teachers and students have a very bad attitude towards Liu Tieqi, after all, Liu Qingshan has a bad reputation. Fortunately, Liu Tieqi endured, not only succeeded in his studies, but also gained love, had a son and a daughter, and his wife opened a private clinic after retirement, which had good benefits. Unfortunately, because of his father's reasons, Liu Tieqi's dream of joining the party of four in the family could not be realized after all.
The second son, Liu Tiejia, compared with his brother, Liu Tiejia's cultural level is not high, but he is down-to-earth and can endure hardships. In 1976, with the help of his brother, Liu Tiejia became an oil pipeline worker, and with his hard-working and capable personality, Liu Tiejia eventually became the head of the electrician's squad. Liu Tiejia's wife is a temporary worker, and the two have two sons.
The third son, Liu Tiebing, graduated from high school, he once had a dream of joining the army to serve the country, because of his father's reasons, he could not get his wish, it was best to go to work in the coal mine, Liu Tiebing had 3 children, two sons and a daughter.
During the period when Liu Qingshan's descendants grew up, the Party Central Committee and the state did not abandon them because of Liu Qingshan's reasons, but took great care of the three brothers, and kept them pensions and living expenses until they reached adult employment. The three brothers have been grateful for the policies of the Party Central Committee and the state all their lives, but their father Liu Qingshan has brought them wounds that can never be healed, if Liu Qingshan is not greedy, but a good official, perhaps the fate of the three brothers will be very different!