In 1978, the "murderer" Jiang Aizhen was sentenced to death by the court for killing three people with guns and seriously injuring one person, but the broad masses of the people took the initiative to petition and intercede for it, and the People's Daily even published a 7,000-word article to help him.
What exactly is going on here, and what happened to Jiang Aizhen afterwards?
In 1972, Jiang Aizhen, who had just graduated from junior high school, responded to the state's policy of going to the countryside to provide assistance and took the initiative to choose to go to the countryside for support, and because his brother was a soldier in Xinjiang, Jiang Aizhen also chose to go to Xinjiang, and finally settled in the 144 regiment, 1 battalion, 1 company.
After arriving in Xinjiang, Jiang Aizhen has been carrying forward the spirit of hard-working and hard-working, not only completing her own work conscientiously, but also often taking the initiative to help others to do some things, so people around her are very fond of this girl from Jiangnan.
Not only that, jiang Aizhen also participated in the short training class for nursing staff in 1974, and stayed in Tuanchang Hospital as a nurse after graduation. Because of her outstanding performance, in 1976, Jiang Aizhen gloriously joined the Communist Party of China, and soon after was elected as a member of the hospital party branch and secretary of the league branch.
And these things of Jiang Aizhen also reached the ears of his brother, and Jiang Aizhen's brother was very happy when he heard these things, and he was also proud and proud to have such a sister.
Out of love for his sister, he wanted his sister to suffer less, so Jiang Aizhen's brother contacted Zhang Guozheng, who was then the deputy secretary of the party branch of the 144 Regiment Hospital, because this Zhang Guozheng and himself were old comrades-in-arms, so Jiang Aizhen's brother thought of asking Zhang Guozheng to help take care of his sister.
After hearing the request of his old comrade-in-arms, Zhang Guozheng immediately said bitterly that he would definitely take care of Jiang Aizhen as his sister.
Therefore, Zhang Guozheng took great care of Jiang Aizhen in his later daily life, plus Zhang Guozheng and Jiang Aizhen had to come and go frequently because of their work relationship, so the two of them were relatively close during that time.
At that time, Zhang Guozheng was the deputy secretary of the party branch of the hospital, and there were many senior doctors under him, who were very dissatisfied with Zhang Guozheng's superior. Therefore, they often want to find opportunities to deliberately target and smear Zhang Guozheng, they are Li Peihua and Xie Shiping.
However, Zhang Guozheng was an upright person and very strict with organizational discipline, so this also made Li Peihua and Xie Shiping have no way to take Zhang Guozheng.
However, when Li Peihua and Xie Shiping saw that Jiang Aizhen and Zhang Guozheng were relatively close, they decided to make a fuss about it, hoping to bring down Zhang Guozheng.
You must know that in that era, if two people at work had an improper relationship, then this person would be identified as a stain, and the person with a stain would be looked down upon, and the job would be lost, which was also the result that Li Peihua and Xie Shiping wanted to see.
Li Peihua and Xie Shiping waited for the opportunity until March 18, 1978, when Jiang Aizhen was approved to return to Zhejiang to visit relatives.
Because Jiang Aizhen's journey back to Zhejiang was relatively long, and a girl was alone, on the evening of the 17th, Zhang Guozheng, who could not rest assured, called another person together and deliberately went to Jiang Aizhen's bedroom (surgical duty room) to instruct her what she should pay attention to on the road.
However, Li Peihua and Xie Shiping believed that Zhang Guozheng and Jiang Aizhen were going to have a relationship that night, so Li Peihua and Xie Shiping joined forces to prepare to wait for the night to catch the two of them. At two o'clock in the middle of the night, Xie Shiping broke into Jiang Aizhen's bedroom and searched around, but he did not see Zhang Guozheng.
But even so, Li Peihua and Xie Shiping were unwilling to let go of this great opportunity.
The next day, Xie Shiping also filed a complaint with the league party committee, claiming that he had personally seen Zhang Guozheng and Jiang Aizhen do ulterior motives last night, and that he had wantonly fabricated and distorted the facts between his words, slandering Zhang Guozheng and Jiang Aizhen.
It can be said that "good things do not go out, bad things go thousands of miles" The rumors maliciously fabricated by Xie Shiping soon spread in the local area.
Coupled with the fact that Xie Shiping's wife at that time forged her identity as an eyewitness and deliberately walked around the room, and made things up in front of people, many uninformed people believed it at the time. For a while, Jiang Aizhen and Zhang Guozheng had an improper relationship, which became a small talk after dinner.
The pressure of public opinion overwhelmed Jiang Aizhen, and the pointing points of the people around her were like needles, piercing into Jiang Aizhen's heart socket, making her feel painless.
She asked the organization to conduct a detailed investigation of this matter and return her innocence, but the organization ignored it, not only that, Feng Junfa, the party secretary and head of the regiment, because he did not deal with Zhang Guozheng during the "Cultural Revolution", so he always wanted to destroy Zhang Guozheng, so he not only did not investigate the truth of the matter, but also chose to slander Jiang Aizhen together.
Seeing this, Jiang Aizhen was extremely angry, but forced by the low position, so she had no way, so she began to go on a hunger strike to protest, on the third day of the hunger strike, Jiang Aizhen's brother specially came to visit his sister, and after his brother's persuasion, Jiang Aizhen began to eat.
Because of this, it also led to the arrogance of Li Peihua and Xie Shiping, who not only began to spread rumors outside, but also forced Zhang Guozheng and Jiang Aizhen to admit what happened that night.
In this way, due to the destruction of her spirit day after day, Jiang Aizhen began to become a little mentally disturbed, often sitting there alone, crying for a while and laughing for a while.
One night, Jiang Aizhen suddenly disappeared, and everyone also hurriedly began to look for it, and finally in the hills of the vast Gobi, they found Jiang Aizhen sitting alone on a small mound in a single dress, waiting for everyone to walk in, only to see Jiang Aizhen staring at the distance with his eyes blank, saying in his mouth: "Mother is coming, mother is coming to pick me up, mother you are finally coming to pick me up."
Hearing that the corners of everyone's eyes were wet, someone took off their coat and put it on Jiang Aizhen, and then Jiang Aizhen was sent to Shizihe Hospital for examination, and the final result was schizophrenia.
However, in the face of such a miserable Jiang Aizhen, Li Peihua and Xie Shiping did not intend to let her go, and also said that Jiang Aizhen was deliberately pretending to be crazy and stupid, hoping to evade investigation.
Not only that, Li Peihua and Xie Shiping also pulled Jiang Aizhen in front of everyone, verbally humiliated her in public, and once again forced her to admit that she and Zhang Guozheng had done improper things, and also demanded that Jiang Aizhen be examined for gynecology.
This made Jiang Aizhen mentally collapse again, and at one point she wanted to commit suicide, and the whole person was sometimes awake and sometimes abnormal.
After a period of time, on the 28th, Jiang Aizhen, whose condition was slightly stable, was informed by the militia platoon commander to participate in the target shooting the next day.
After hearing the notice, Jiang Aizhen also secretly made a decision in her heart, that is, "Since you don't want her to live, then don't live, fight to the death of one counts one, fight to the death of two to earn one."
On the 29th, after receiving the gun, Jiang Aizhen quietly loaded the bullet and took the gun to find Li Peihua and Xie Shiping.
First walking to the door of the internal medicine department, Jiang Aizhen pointed a gun at Li Peihua and said, "Dr. Li! Don't you want me to die? Then don't live" Immediately pulled the trigger, li Peihua fell down in response.
Then Jiang Aizhen went straight to the surgical corridor, saw Zhong Qiu was talking to someone, raised his gun and said, "Tell you to make rumors!" The words rang out, knocking Zhong Qiu down. Li Peihua's lover Dai Shuzhi heard the voice and asked, "What' the heck?" Jiang Aizhen said, "What? Tell you to spread rumors! "Knocked Dai Shuzhi down again."
She walked out of the surgical door and happened to meet a doctor who had also slandered her, so she raised her gun and shot her, but she did not hit. Jiang Aizhen went straight to the dormitory, looking for other targets to retaliate, and was surrounded by the crowd on the court, holding each other for more than an hour and then arrested.
After Jiang Aizhen was arrested, after the court trial, sentenced her to counter-revolutionary homicide, and sentenced her to death in the first trial, not only that, but also Li Peihua and Xie Shiping, who were killed by Jiang Aizhen, were posthumously named martyrs, and a memorial service was specially held for the three people.
However, as soon as the verdict came out, it immediately caused an uproar in society, and the broad masses of the people were also very dissatisfied with the verdict.
Moreover, Wang Xinru, president of the Shizihe District Intermediate People's Court, and Li Zongru, director of the regional public security bureau, also immediately went deep into the local area to investigate after hearing about this incident, and after visiting a large number of people, the ins and outs of Jiang Aizhen's case gradually became clear.
Not only that, in the process of visiting, many local people took the initiative to find Wang Xinru and Li Zongru, and both begged them not to kill Jiang Aizhen, saying that Jiang Aizhen was forced, and if jiang Aizhen was killed, it would be difficult to tolerate heaven.
As a result of such a visit and the people's request, Wang Xinru and Li Zongru already had a deeper understanding of this matter.
The two also immediately interrogated Jiang Aizhen, and after listening carefully to Jiang Aizhen's story, Wang Xinru and Li Zongru also mastered a large amount of materials.
At the meeting, Feng Junfa, secretary of the party committee and head of the regiment, first began a long speech, but in his speech, the facts were obviously distorted, and he only repeatedly told how Jiang Aizhen killed Li Peihua and Xie Shiping, but did not mention anything about the humiliation that Jiang Aizhen suffered before killing.
At the end of his speech, Feng Junfa also said in a righteous and righteous manner: "With regard to this matter of Jiang Aizhen, I think that first of all, Li Peihua and Xie Shiping's arrest of Jiang Aizhen at that time was indeed a matter of fact, and then the matter of catching Jiang Aizhen was also correct and worthy of affirmation; we have arrested it in the past, and we will arrest it in the future; finally, the murder of Jiang Aizhen is a counter-revolutionary murder case, and there is no doubt about it."
Hearing this, none of the people present at that time spoke out to refute it, and after Wang Xinru and Li Zongru discussed softly, Wang Xinru said:
"The rape arrest incident you just mentioned is wrong in many places and violates the laws of the state, and the state law stipulates that when trying a case with a private circumstance, it cannot be tried in public, but you have repeatedly used the name of the party organization to convene mass meetings, which has intensified the contradictions, so that it has also caused great psychological trauma to Jiang Aizhen, causing problems in her spirit, and what you call counter-revolutionary killing does not exist, and I have visited the broad masses of the people. Coupled with the interrogation of Jiang Aizhen and the analysis of the case, it can be confirmed that this has nothing to do with counter-revolution, and finally Li Peihua and Xie Shiping persecuted and slandered Jiang Aizhen many times before their lives, and have violated the laws and regulations of the mainland, but you posthumously recognize them as martyrs, which is a great insult to the glorious title of martyrs."
Wang Xinru's speech was unusually calm, but it made Feng Junfa dumbfounded and irrefutable.
The final case study meeting was also unhappy.
However, shortly after the end of the meeting, due to the forced intervention of some leaders in the Shizihe area, the Jiang Aizhen incident was finally characterized as a counter-revolutionary murder case, and it was decided to still sentence Jiang Aizhen to death and immediately execute him.
Not only that, although three of the several people who persecuted Jiang Aizhen at that time had been shot and killed by Jiang Aizhen, there were still several people who were at large, such as Xie Shiping, who not only did not have the law, but also promoted to an official, from a small pharmacist to the director of the 144 Regiment Movement Office, and another Yang Mingsan was transferred to the Pingdingshan Coal Mine in Henan as the chairman of the trade union.
In Wang Xinru's heart, since he had committed a crime, he should be punished by the law as he deserved, but if he added some false accusations to the prisoners, then this was unacceptable to Wang Xinru.
But although Wang Xinru has been trying to speak out for Jiang Aizhen and find evidence for her, her personal strength is too small, and Wang Xinru's righteous voice is also drowned in a highly tendentious clamor.
After collecting a large amount of information, Wang Xinru personally drove 500 miles to Urumqi with the information, truthfully reflected Jiang Aizhen's case to the party and government leaders of the autonomous region and the high people's court of the autonomous region, and also specially sent thousands of words of letters to the People's Daily, which also described Jiang Aizhen's case in detail.
In this way, after learning of the course of the case, the Higher People's Court of the Autonomous Region also immediately informed the Shizihe area, asking the region to try Jiang Aizhen's case again and demanding that the relevant leaders in the case be held accountable.
In this way, Jiang Aizhen, who was supposed to be executed immediately, was also postponed.
Not only that, people's daily is also very concerned about this matter, because not only Wang Xinru sent a letter to people's daily.
Moreover, the editorial board of the People's Daily and the Shihezi Intermediate People's Court received more than 20,000 letters from people from all walks of life in 5 months, which proposed from different angles: Jiang Aizhen's murder should be punished according to law; But she is not a counter-revolutionary and wants a lighter sentence; Those who framed Jiang Aizhen should be held legally responsible.
The seriousness of the matter can be imagined, and it can be said that this is a great discussion on democracy and the legal system in China.
The People's Daily also deliberately published an article of more than 7,000 words, telling the unsuspecting people in detail the real reasons for Jiang Aizhen's murder, and at the same time profoundly exposing the lawless behavior of replacing law with power in society at that time, and putting forward the viewpoint of strengthening democracy and the building of the legal system earlier in the public opinion circles.
Eventually, under the pressure of public opinion, Jiang Aizhen's case was retried, and the 7,000-word article published by the People's Daily was also broadcast on a loop for three consecutive days by the Xinjiang People's Radio and Television Station.
At this time, Jiang Aizhen, who was in prison, burst into tears after hearing the broadcast of the TV station, and the people guarding her also shed tears of sadness.
At this moment, Jiang Aizhen's case has touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of people, and everyone is paying attention to Jiang Aizhen.
Everyone began to write letters to Jiang Aizhen, most of the letters were concerned about Jiang Aizhen, and the warm words also made Jiang Aizhen's heart rekindle hope, and some people began to donate daily supplies and clothes to Jiang Aizhen.
At that time, an elderly female teacher from Sichuan wrote in the letter: "I was already alone, and now I have a deposit of 10,000 yuan, if I can, I want to recognize you as a daughter, if you are in prison, then I will also go to sit with you, okay?"
Not only that, but a soldier of the Guangxi Border Defense Force sent one of his military merit badges to Jiang Aizhen, and in the letter he also said that he was killing the enemy in the front, and Jiang Aizhen was rooting out adultery and evil in the rear, so he admired Jiang Aizhen very much, so he was willing to give his military merit badge to Jiang Aizhen.
A well-known lawyer in Hong Kong also requested to organize a team of lawyers to defend Jiang Aizhen for free.
There are many of the above things, although some people say some things that are a bit extreme, but this also reflects a desire of the masses of the people, the desire for democracy and a society ruled by law, and the deep hatred of bureaucracy.
After seeing everyone's encouragement to herself, Jiang Aizhen also became more and more positive, she would learn every day, and actively participate in the reform labor, waiting for the arrival of her case being retried.
During this period, the guards were already very sympathetic to her, and after knowing that Jiang Aizhen's case would be retried, they also quickly rearranged the bed for her, and specially purchased a new mattress for her to ensure that her daily necessities were complete.
After seeing that Jiang Aizhen liked to study, she also specially bought a table and chair bench for her to facilitate her to study.
At that time, in the detention center where Jiang Aizhen was located, a director was about to be transferred, and when he left, he was not at ease, and he also specially came to visit Jiang Aizhen, and also specially purchased new clothes for Jiang Aizhen, and also instructed Jiang Aizhen to make a good transformation.
Hearing this, Jiang Aizhen could no longer control her crying, not only regretting her reckless behavior at that time, but also because of everyone's concern, she had a renewed desire to live.
Yes, she was originally humiliated and held the mentality of mortality, but now she has received so much care, which makes her originally suppressed heart get some comfort.
Today, she insists on learning every day, not only insisting on learning some medical knowledge, medical nursing knowledge, but also learning some knowledge about law every day.
When she was in the detention center, a person named Xiao Pan in the same room also gave her a copy of the Xinhua Dictionary, so Jiang Aizhen would write down her own reading feelings and reading notes every day, and her positive performances deeply affected other people in the detention center, and everyone became more and more positive, so Jiang Aizhen was also commended by the detention center, and the detention center also specially recorded a great contribution for her.
In this way, it was seven years, and many things changed in seven years, and Wang Xinru, who was trying to speak out for Jiang Aizhen at that time, had also been transferred back to Beijing to work, and Xie Shiping and Yang Mingsan, who had been promoted to an officer who had escaped justice in Jiang Aizhen's case at that time, were also arrested and arrested and awaited trial.
On January 12, 1985, such a notice appeared on the streets of Urumqi, where heavy snow was pouring, and it said that Jiang Aizhen's case would be reopened.
After seeing this news, everyone began to rush to tell each other, and the news was quickly spread.
Therefore, on the day of the court's judgment, the open-air judgment court in Urumqi was crowded with people interceding for Jiang Aizhen, and some people who could not enter the court lay on the wall to listen to the people inside pronounce the verdict.
In the end, after the court's judgment, Jiang Aizhen's death sentence was changed to 15 years' imprisonment and deprivation of political rights for five years.
When Jiang Aizhen's verdict came down, the cheers on the field were tremendous for a while, and everyone was happy for this girl, happy that the girl could have such a result.
Later, in prison, Jiang Aizhen has been actively performing, obeying the reform arrangement, actively cooperating with labor reform, and never forgetting to study, so she has also obtained the opportunity to reduce her sentence many times, so she was released from prison early.
After being released from prison, Jiang Aizhen still engaged in her favorite profession, became a doctor in Zhuzhou, Hunan, although she was a health doctor, but this also made her feel very satisfied, and then her mother called her and said that she missed her very much, so she decided to return to her mother's side to take care of her mother, so in the end Jiang Aizhen also returned to Shaoxing, Zhejiang.
In October of the same year, Jiang Aizhen's hukou was also transferred from Xinjiang to Shaoxing City, and after returning to Shaoxing, Jiang Aizhen also started her own old business and entered a local hospital.
During her work in the hospital, Jiang Aizhen thinks about others everywhere, she gets along with her colleagues, once she encounters any dirty work, she will rush to do it, just like this, in a short period of time, she has won the trust of everyone, and everyone has unanimous praise for her.
The following year, she was rated as an advanced worker by her unit.
Not only that, in Jiang Aizhen's later life, she also met the love that really belonged to herself, and also successfully formed her own family, and had her own children, living a quiet and good life like ordinary people.