In 1952, when Yu Jiaxiu, a company commander stationed in the border area, returned to his hometown to visit relatives, he witnessed a shocking scene. His old father, Yu Tonghai, was severely oppressed and persecuted by Jiang Yanxian, a village cadre, and was physically and mentally exhausted. As the son of a soldier, Yu Jiaxiu burst into tears on the spot and was determined to seek justice for his father.
However, Yu Jiaxiu's road to reporting was full of obstacles. Although he spared no effort to report the truth to his superiors, the corrupt local officials covered up at various levels, resulting in a nine-year delay in the matter that could not be completely resolved. Just when Jiaxiu was desperate, a founding general stepped forward and decided to deal with the matter personally and support the people.
Who is this general? How did he find out the truth in the face of many obstacles? How did those corrupt elements oppress the people and force the villagers to be silent? All the mysteries will be solved one by one in the following stories.
The founding general Zhang Yunyi personally intervened
In the spring of 1952, a letter of accusation from Wendeng County, Shandong Province, was sent to Zhang Yunyi's desk. As Zhang Yunyi, who has just been transferred to work in Shandong, this is undoubtedly a major test. The letter described in detail the various vicious acts of Jiang Yanxian, a cadre from Xiaotun Village, Wendeng County, who had bullied the people and embezzled and accepted bribes over the years, as well as the unfair treatment suffered by the families of Yu Jiaxiu's military personnel.
After reading this urgent letter, Zhang Yunyi suddenly became furious. As the founding general of the People's Republic of China, he knew very well that while the officers and men of the army were fighting bloody battles and heroically killing the enemy on the front line, their families were being bullied in the rear, and this was a blasphemy against the revolutionary cause! Zhang Yunyi immediately took the case and said through gritted teeth: "The soldiers shed their blood and sacrificed their lives for the country in the front, while their families are suffering such grievances in the rear, and the cadres who have embezzled and accepted bribes are sorry for the people! I must be responsible for this matter to the end, and I want to see who dares to stop it!"
In this way, Zhang Yunyi personally intervened in this seemingly ordinary case. As a founding father, Zhang Yunyi could have entrusted the matter to his staff, but he decided to take matters into his own hands. The reason is very simple, Zhang Yunyi knows very well that behind such a serious problem there must be a more corrupt power-for-money trading and benefit transmission chain, which cannot be completely eradicated by the power of the lower levels alone.
In order to grasp the first-hand information, Zhang Yunyi decided to send his secretary to Xiaotun Village, Wendeng County, to secretly investigate. However, what is disappointing is that after the secretary returned, he only reported that the person in charge of the county said that "he will handle this matter" and "not bother the big leaders to worry about it". In the face of such a perfunctory attitude, Zhang Yunyi affirmed his judgment even more - this is by no means a simple matter, there must be a bigger conspiracy hidden behind it!
So, Zhang Yunyi made a decisive decision, regardless of the bad weather at that time, and personally rushed to Xiaotun Village, Wendeng County, with the investigation team, determined to find out. On the way, Zhang Yunyi said to his subordinates: "This matter has dragged on for so many years, if I don't come forward to solve it personally, I'm afraid no one can really solve it." ＂
After arriving at Xiaotun Village, the first thing Zhang Yunyi did was to meet the poor old man Yu Tonghai. As soon as the two met, Yu Tonghai burst into tears and was speechless for a long time. As a soldier's father, he never imagined that the founding general would personally come to do justice for them. In the face of Tonghai's emotion, Zhang Yunyi also had deep feelings, he said that he was also a soldier, and seeing Yu Tonghai, as a family member of a soldier, being so oppressed, he felt the same and was heartbroken.
Next, Zhang Yunyi began to carry out a comprehensive investigation of Jiang Yanxian. He not only personally visited door to door, but also organized his subordinates to closely monitor Jiang Yanxian's every move. Soon, some shocking facts emerged......
The rampant behavior of corrupt officials and corrupt officials
Before Zhang Yunyi personally intervened in the investigation, the people of Xiaotun Village in Wendeng County had been oppressed and exploited by Jiang Yanxian, a village cadre, for a long time. Jiang Yanxian not only embezzled and accepted bribes, but also did all kinds of evil and was overbearing to the villagers.
Jiang Yan was born in a peasant family and made some contributions to the revolutionary cause in her early years. But after he was appointed secretary of the party branch and head of Xiaotun village in 1949, he began to be tainted with bad bureaucratic style. At first, it was just a trivial matter, such as occupying public food and deducting villagers' work. But soon, his greed was completely ignited.
In 1951, Jiang Yanxian began to loot the land and property of villagers on a large scale. He first forcibly confiscated the ancestral land that had been passed down from generation to generation by the villagers on the pretext of "tidying up the land", and then sold it to his cronies at a low price. Jiang Yanxian was even more merciless to the recalcitrant villagers, using lynching to beat and detain them, and some villagers were even beaten to death under his hands.
In addition to land, Jiang Yanxian also coveted other belongings of the villagers. He spared no effort to extort money from the villagers, whether it was his family's savings, food, or livestock and poultry. He also took away the last savings of some villagers' families, leaving the family with no money to treat serious illnesses.
What's even more outrageous is that Jiang Yanxian actually stretched out his wolf claws to the women in the village. He instructed the thugs to kidnap several young women, imprison them in their own homes, and humiliate them. These poor women were subjected to unparalleled humiliation and torture, and some were even abused to death.
In the face of Jiang Yanxian's heinous crimes, although the villagers complained, no one dared to openly resist. Jiang Yanxian had a group of big men under him who acted as thugs, and were responsible for beating and intimidating the villagers who did not obey. They had clubs, steel wool balls and other murder weapons in their hands, and they committed unbridled murder.
The old man Yu Tonghai was one of Jiang Yanxian's victims. As the father of a PLA soldier, he should have been treated preferentially, but Jiang Yanxian not only robbed him of his land, but also took the military family subsidies issued by the state as his own. Old man Yu Tonghai tried to seek justice for himself many times, but was violently suppressed by Jiang Yanxian every time. Once, he was hanged by Jiang Yanxian's men for a day and a night, and almost lost his life.
In the face of such rampant power, the villagers are silent, for fear of causing trouble. Even if someone wants to expose Jiang Yanxian's crimes, they have no way to start. Because Jiang Yanxian not only has a lot of hands in the sky, but also colludes with some local corrupt elements to form a huge umbrella network. Any voice that is exposed will be nipped in the bud, intentionally or unintentionally.
In this way, Xiaotun Village fell into darkness, and the villagers lived a life of fear. It wasn't until Zhang Yunyi, the founding general, stepped forward that Jiang Yanxian's rampant behavior was finally completely revealed.
Yu Jiaxiu's unremitting efforts were finally taken seriously
In the face of Jiang Yanxian's unscrupulous and domineering, Yu Jiaxiu did not choose to retaliate, but insisted on solving the problem through legal and compliant channels. As a soldier, he is well aware of the importance of discipline and must not do anything that violates the law and discipline.
In 1952, after Yu Jiaxiu returned to his hometown from a family visit, he burst into tears when he saw his father Yu Tonghai suffering such a devastation. After learning more about the situation, Yu Jiaxiu is determined to seek justice for his father and make Jiang Yan pay for his crime first.
First of all, Yu Jiaxiu tried to solve the problem through the channels in the village. He approached the other members of the village party branch and hoped that they could work together to stop Jiang Yanxian's illegal acts. However, due to the excessive power in Jiang Yanxian's hands, none of the other village cadres dared to take a step beyond Lei Chi.
As a result, Yu Jiaxiu could only hope for the higher departments. He began a long and difficult road of reporting, sparing no effort to write letters to government departments at the district, county, city, and provincial levels to accuse Jiang Yanxian of his crimes. However, due to serious corruption problems among local officials, Yu Jiaxiu's complaint letters have repeatedly sunk into the sea.
Despite this, Yu Jiaxiu was not discouraged. He persistently complained again and again, and even reported the situation to the State Council. In the past nine years, Yu Jiaxiu has submitted more than 80 letters of accusation, but unfortunately none of them have received an effective response.
Just when Jiaxiu was desperate, a glimmer of hope finally appeared. In 1957, a letter of accusation from Jiaxiu was received by Zhang Yunyi, and the founding general decided to intervene in the investigation himself.
Zhang Yunyi first sent his secretary to Xiaotun Village in Wendeng County to secretly investigate, but when the secretary returned, he only reported that local officials said that "it will be dealt with." In the face of such a perfunctory attitude, Zhang Yunyi was even more convinced of the seriousness of the matter, and decided to personally lead the investigation team to Xiaotun Village regardless of the bad weather.
After arriving at Xiaotun Village, the first thing Zhang Yunyi did was to meet the poor old man Yu Tonghai. As soon as the two met, Yu Tonghai burst into tears and was speechless for a long time. As a soldier's father, he never imagined that the founding general would personally come to do justice for them.
In the face of the moving face of Tonghai, Zhang Yunyi also had deep feelings. He said that he was also a soldier, and he felt empathy and grief when he saw Yu Tonghai, as a family member of a soldier, being so oppressed.
Next, Zhang Yunyi began to carry out a comprehensive investigation of Jiang Yanxian. He not only personally visited door to door, but also organized his subordinates to closely monitor Jiang Yanxian's every move. Soon, some shocking facts surfaced.
It turned out that Jiang Yanxian not only embezzled and accepted bribes, robbed villagers of their land, but also stretched out wolf claws to women, and even instructed thugs to kidnap and abuse young women. In the face of such rampant power, the villagers are silent, for fear of causing trouble. Even if someone wants to expose Jiang Yanxian's crimes, they have no way to start, because Jiang Yanxian has colluded with some local corrupt elements to form a huge umbrella network.
In this way, Xiaotun Village fell into darkness, and the villagers lived a life of fear. It wasn't until Zhang Yunyi, the founding general, stepped forward that Jiang Yanxian's rampant behavior was finally completely revealed. It was Yu Jiaxiu's unremitting efforts that finally won Zhang Yunyi's attention and ended a new beginning for the darkness of Xiaotun Village.
Justice will be done
After Zhang Yunyi's personal investigation and evidence collection, Jiang Yanxian's crimes were finally exposed one by one. In the face of ironclad facts, this village cadre, who had done wrongdoing, had no place to be ashamed of himself, and could only honestly accept the trial.
According to the evidence obtained by the investigation team, the fact that Jiang Yanxian has embezzled, accepted bribes, and oppressed the people for many years is beyond doubt. He not only embezzled a large amount of public property, but also robbed villagers of their fields and property, and tortured and ill-treated those who did not obey. What is even more outrageous is that Jiang Yanxian actually stretched out his wolf claws to the young women and instructed the thugs to kidnap and abuse them.
In the face of such a crime, Zhang Yunyi was unrelenting and decided to punish him severely. First of all, he ordered that all of Jiang Yanxian's illegal gains be confiscated and all returned to the victimized villagers. The ancestral land, the only savings and livestock and poultry that have been passed down from generation to generation by the villagers have all been spared, and all of them have been returned.
Secondly, Zhang Yunyi severely punished Jiang Yanxian and his cronies for their crimes. Jiang Yanxian was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of embezzlement, bribery, and dereliction of duty. And those thugs who worked for him were also punished accordingly.
Most importantly, Zhang Yunyi sought justice for the victimized villagers and regained their dignity. At Zhang Yunyi's insistence, the old man Yu Tonghai not only regained the glorious title of "Home for Military Families", but also issued various preferential care subsidies issued by the state. What's even more gratifying is that those women who were abused by Jiang Yanxian finally got the compensation and resettlement they deserved.
In this way, under the personal promotion of Zhang Yunyi, the darkness in Xiaotun Village was finally dispelled. The villagers have regained their old lives and are living a good life in peace and contentment. And the old man Yu Tonghai can finally raise his head that has been suppressed for many years, and he is extremely proud of his son Yu Jiaxiu.
This incident not only demonstrated the concern and importance that the founding generals attached to the people, but also demonstrated the firm determination of the party and the state to punish corrupt elements and uphold justice. As the saying goes, "the brave wins when we meet on a narrow road", as long as we adhere to justice and work with one heart and one mind, we will be able to overcome all dangers and obstacles, and let the sunshine stay in the world forever.