Seventy years ago today in history (February 10, 1952), a public trial of Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan was held at the Baoding Stadium in Hebei Province, and Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan were sentenced to death.

Today in history

Seventy years ago today (February 10, 1952), a public trial of Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan was held at the Baoding Stadium in Hebei Province, and Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan were sentenced to death and executed immediately.

The people attending the meeting shouted: Long live the Communist Party of China! Long live Chairman Mao! Resolutely support the verdicts against Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan.

Liu and Zhang made meritorious contributions to joining the party during the war, but after the founding of New China, they became corrupt and degenerate and became embezzlers who wantonly amassed wealth.

They deserved the title of heroes in the face of the enemy's guns and bullets, but they were defeated in front of the enemy's sugar-coated shells and became prisoners of the enemy.

When reviewing the first major case in New China, some people interceded for them, and the crime should not be killed. After listening to the summary of the news, Chairman Mao pondered for a long time and said: "It is precisely because of their great merits, high status, and great influence that we must make up our minds to execute them." Only by executing them can we save twenty, two hundred, two thousand, twenty thousand cadres who have committed mistakes of all kinds."

The execution of Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan shattered the desire of officials to get rich and accumulate wealth, and demonstrated new China's zero tolerance for corrupt officials.

Since then, the cadres of Chairman Mao's era have been basically honest and honest in performing official duties and striving to become servants of the people.

Remarks: Zhang Zishan has no children, Liu Qingshan has three sons, and the state has raised children to have jobs.