On November 21, 1951, baoding, the capital of Hebei Province, held the Third Congress, at which a total of 824 delegates attended, and Li Kecai exposed the corruption crimes of Li Qingshan and Zhang Zishan on the first day of the meeting, which instantly surprised everyone present, and Li Kecai said that the crimes of these two people were quite dangerous in this situation, because this move could easily be regarded as an anti-party behavior.
At the meeting, Ma Guorui, deputy secretary of the Hebei Provincial CPC Committee, explained Chairman Mao's relevant formulation and the work of the "three antis", and everyone began to discuss, Li Kecai stood up and made an hour-long speech on the phenomenon of corruption and corruption between the two men, and everyone present was very shocked.
Liu Qingshan did not attend the meeting for special reasons, and Zhang Zishan was offstage, at this time Zhang Zishan had already shown a panicked look, after Li Kecai took the risk of exposing the crimes of the two, it was obvious that this was the first corruption case in New China, how to deal with the results of the two people with revolutionary merits? And what made these two people gradually go down the road of corruption?
Pictured| Li Kecai
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In March 1949, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China spent 9 days in Xibaipo, Pingshan County, Hebei Province, before the last plenary session of the Central Committee before the founding of New China, at which Chairman Mao said: "We have never been afraid of the enemy's force, and now our soldiers have proved this, but the bourgeoisie's presence is likely to be able to conquer some people in our ranks, these people are not firm, perhaps he has never been timid in the face of the enemy's force, but in the face of the temptation of others, or will be defeated, we must beware of this!" ”
Pictured| Chairman Mao
Chairman Mao was very resistant to this kind of behavior, but such people soon appeared, and the appearance of Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan was more prominent among many people, and they were born into death during the revolutionary war years and won many meritorious services.
Liu Qingshan, born in Hebei in 1916, grew up poor, because of family reasons at the age of 15, he participated in revolutionary battles, until he officially joined the Communist Party of China in 1931, after which he achieved a lot of achievements, in 1932 Liu Qingshan organized a Red Army team in Hebei.
Picture | Liu Qingshan
He was once arrested by the Kuomintang, and even if he was tortured, he did not tell the secrets of the party, which showed his loyalty to the party, and then successfully rescued by the efforts of everyone, and entered the Kang Da in 1937 to study.
In 1941, he successively served as the secretary of the county party committee in many regions, and the most important thing was that in the "May Day" sweep carried out by the Japanese army in 1942, he actively organized the masses, so he gained a high prestige in the hearts of the people, and then he was transferred to the city work minister of the eighth prefectural committee of the CPC Central Hebei, and at the same time concurrently served as the director of the organization and the deputy secretary of the prefectural party committee.
Zhang Zishan, born in 1914, is also a native of Hebei, as poor as most families, with his own ability to be admitted to the simple teacher training at the age of 16, organized students in the school through the parade to promote the concept of anti-Japanese national salvation and protest, in 1933 Zhang Zishan joined the Communist Party.
Pictured| Zhang Zishan
Unfortunately, in 1934, he was betrayed and arrested by traitors, and after a long period of severe torture, he did not betray the organization, and even sentenced him to 5 years, and then the July 7 Incident broke out, taking advantage of the chaotic phenomenon Zhang Zishan escaped from prison, and in 1945 he met Liu Qingshan and worked with Liu Qingshan in the Organization Department of the Eighth Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China.
At that time, the Jizhong Tenth Prefecture Committee was a very tense area, located between Beijing, Tianjin, and Baoding, surrounded by enemy troops, and the revolutionary life was limited, but Zhang Zishan did not work hard and complain, but had a very outstanding performance in the Pingjin Campaign, organizing the people to support the logistics of the Pingjin Campaign, leading the people to dig the frozen Grand Canal, which ensured the logistics of the campaign, and then received the commendation of the Pingjin Campaign Front Committee.
These are the revolutionary courses of the two men, and it can also be seen that the two men have a reputation in the military, but it is these two well-known figures who have gone down the road of corruption after the founding of New China.
After the founding of New China, Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan began to relax, and even began to show a kind of arrogance in words and deeds, and also said such a sentence: "I think how much I suffered for the founding of the motherland, now enjoy something!" "Even after that, from time to time, rude words broke out.
Figure | Anti-Corruption
So to what extent is the two people corrupt? According to relevant records, Li Qingshan once wanted to eat leek dumplings, but did not want to eat leeks, but also had to have a leek taste, the chef can be embarrassed at this time, but at this time Liu Qingshan has begun to explode foul language, the chef can only do so, in order to have the taste of leeks, can only be wrapped in the outside of the dumplings when wrapping the dumplings, and then pull out the leek roots one by one after the dumplings are cooked, which avoids Liu Qingshan's "bursting coarse mouth".
This is just a change in Liu Qingshan's daily behavior, to say that corruption is to say that in 1950, during the state's construction of water conservancy, when the state distributed grain to migrant workers, Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan would exchange grain for bad grain and distribute it, so that nearly 2.2 billion yuan of cash was profited from the middle, which at that time 2.2 billion yuan can be said to be a large amount, and this practice led to many workers overworking in order to earn more grain and funds, and finally died, which made many people start to be angry.
Figure | before the execution
After the two sought this money, they began to splurge, especially Liu Qingshan, embezzled public funds to buy two high-end cars from Hong Kong, and then lived too luxuriously, and also contracted drug addiction, the two have squandered nearly 3.8 billion yuan in less than half a year.
After that, I always thought that no one found out about their behavior, and the courage became bigger and bigger, using their own authority to build funds for the construction of the airport into their own pockets, as well as shipbuilding funds, relief grain for cadres' families, etc. As long as they needed to pass through their hands, a large amount of money would be withheld, and it did not take long to withhold more than 17 billion yuan, and engaging in illegal business activities caused serious losses to the state, nearly 2.1 billion yuan of funds.
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In January 1951, it was Li Kecai who was in charge of the supply of cooperative river workers in Tianjin, and when he learned that Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan wanted to make money from it, Li Kecai told him that he could only add a little freight and not allow him to make money from it, which was illegal.
At that time, when the country's political affairs needed funds, the two had been embezzling and embezzling privately, and this amount was not a small amount in the current situation, and Li Ke secretly decided: Can't go on like this anymore!
Li Kecai was a native of Tang County, Hebei Province, joined the revolution at the age of 20, was transferred to Tianjin in July 1949 as deputy commissioner of the Tianjin Special Bureau, and worked with Liu Qingshan, who was the secretary of the Tianjin Prefectural Committee, and Zhang Zishan, the commissioner of the Tianjin Special Bureau, at that time Li Kecai still admired these two people, and the performance of the two in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation was undoubtedly his own example, but after the founding of New China, the original form of the two was revealed, and gradually let their image in Li Kecai's heart be greatly reduced.
Li Ke found that the two lived in a very luxurious, despotic and dictatorial behavior, as long as the embezzlement of public funds was learned by Li Kecai, Li Kecai would come to persuade and be obstructed every time, and he also made a struggle for different behaviors for this behavior of the two, but he did not succeed every time, which also led to Li Kecai's heart being extremely heavy.
The two people in the prefectural committee and the bureau are a big task, the local committee members are firmly grasped by the two people in the palm of their hands, no one dares to report at all, Li Kecai every time he wants to report will be persuaded by the people around him: "This matter is not your participation, there will be no relationship with you, don't wade through this muddy water." ”
But Li Kecai still couldn't bear it, so he applied twice to the provincial party committee organization, suggesting that the provincial party committee organization could be transferred out of the Tianjin Prefectural Committee, but it has not been agreed by the provincial party committee, at this time Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan also learned of Li Kecai's behavior, so they thought of pulling Li Kecai down, and he would not continue to report it.
Picture | trial
In July 1951, Li Kecai's child was born, Zhang Zishan personally came to the door to congratulate, the surface is to congratulate, in fact, he wants to pull Li Kecai into the water, holding 2 million yuan of cash in his hand, telling Li Kecai to buy some supplements for his wife and take good care of the child, but Li Kecai's mind is very clear, knowing that after he received this money, he became the same person as Zhang Zishan, so he absolutely cannot accept it, otherwise he can't say it clearly, so he successfully returned it under repeated rejections.
Later, on October 4, Li Kecai found a leader of the Hebei Provincial Government and informed Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan of the situation, but this leader had always known what these two people were doing, and when he came to Tianjin the next day to see Zhang Zishan, he not only did not pursue his responsibility, but supported Zhang Zishan's use of 1.25 million kilograms of local grain, and also informed Li Kecai of what he reported to himself that day.
This made Li Kecai's report more and more difficult, and then reported the situation to another leader in Hebei Province, but the leader did not let Li Kecai continue to speak, as if he knew something but did not dare to say more, until October 23, Chairman Mao proposed the task of "increasing production and practicing economy", so that he decided to go into the provincial party committee compound again, this time he did not go to find the two leaders he had seen before, but came to the office of Xue Xun, who was in charge of organization and discipline inspection work, to find Xue Xun, although Xue Xun was a woman However, the style is very strict and loyal to the party.
Figure | the facts of the crime committed by the two men
After listening to Li Kecai's story, he was surprised: "Are you sure that what you said is the truth?" Li Kecai said anxiously and firmly: "What I am saying is the truth, I know every incident of corruption, I have reported it to the two leaders of the provincial party committee before, but I ignored it, but I am still defending it, and I can assure the party and Chairman Mao that what I am saying is the truth!" ”
Xue Xun looked at Li Kecai, who had a firm look, and said: "I will definitely find out this matter, originally Xue Xun had heard about what Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan had done, but he didn't know that it was so strict."
After Li Kecai left, Xue Xun carefully read the information brought by Li Kecai and immediately sent the information to the conference room of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, which aroused the great attention of everyone.
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On November 29, Li Kecai, in front of many leaders, once again told Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan about the crimes, Zhang Zishan was very panicked, and was formally arrested during the meeting, while Liu Qingshan was still abroad.
On the 30th, Chairman Mao commented on the matter of Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan: Liu Qingshan, former secretary of the Tianjin Prefectural Committee of North China, and Zhang Zishan, current secretary of the North China Prefecture Committee, have been discovered and dealt with by the North China Bureau, and we will strictly prohibit such behavior, and we also hope that this matter can warn the central committee, the central bureau, the sub-bureau, and the provincial and municipal party committees, and we must pay attention to the corruption of cadres by the bourgeoisie and this phenomenon of corruption occurs, and once it is discovered, it must be severely punished!
On December 2, Liu Qingshan returned to Tianjin, and was arrested according to law just after leaving the Tianjin Railway Station, but Liu Qingshan seemed a little calm, perhaps he already knew that this day would come, and on the 4th, the Hebei Provincial Party Committee made a resolution to open Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan to the party, and at this time Mao Zedong began to meditate in the face of the first corruption case since the founding of New China.
After all, the legal system of New China at that time was not yet complete enough, Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan were still high-ranking cadres who contributed to the revolution, and they still had to be cautious about the results of their handling, so for the sake of prudence, Chairman Mao listened to the specific opinions of the Tianjin Prefectural Party Committee and the subordinate departments on the sentencing of Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan.
The Hebei Provincial CPC Committee found out the facts on the basis of the actual situation and put forward to the North China Bureau an opinion on the handling of the Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan embezzlement cases: Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan, relying on their own powers, stole state property, embezzled and enriched themselves, and were extremely intolerable to the state party discipline; as high-ranking cadres, they must also know the law and break the law, deceive the party organizations, exploit the people's hard-earned money and grain, embezzle the grain given by the state to the victims, collude with profiteers to commit illegal profits, and embezzle and corrupt to the extreme. If it is not strictly handled, it will not be recognized by the people, and it will cause serious damage to the party, so we have always been on the opinion that the death penalty should be imposed!
A total of 552 party members and cadres participated in the discussion, and 535 people agreed to the death penalty, 8 people advocated a suspended death sentence, 3 people advocated life imprisonment, and 6 people advocated fixed-term imprisonment for the results of the two people's handling. Therefore, the Tianjin Provincial Party Committee clearly stated that "the death penalty" or "the execution of the death penalty with a two-year suspension" was suspended.
Picture | Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan
In Chairman Mao's impression, although both of them had been arrested before, and even in the local prisons, they did not tell the party's secrets, and then they also organized a lot of activities, and they were also meritorious people, but now the two can no longer help the country, but when the country needs funds, they are detaining the people here, and the chairman's mind is more like Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan when they abuse the people. Many people have fallen into a difficult life, and when they think of this, Chairman Mao also has a firm idea in his heart: You must kill!
At the meeting, Zhou Enlai, Peng Zhen, Bo Yibo, and others also expressed their support for Chairman Mao's decision, and later some party members and cadres who had been born and died in the revolution with Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan were very sorry when they learned that the two were about to be executed, so they found Huang Jing, secretary of the Tianjin Municipal CPC Committee, and wanted to entrust Bo Yibo, the first secretary of the North China Bureau, to intercede for Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan, believing that the two had a high status and great merit, hoping to give them a chance to make up for their merits.
Pictured| Mao Zedong
After listening to what Bo Yibo said, Chairman Mao was very angry and said solemnly: "It is precisely because of the great merits and great influence of these two people that we will make up our minds to execute these two people, and the execution of these two people is also a warning to the other cadres, so that twenty, two hundred, two thousand, twenty thousand cadres who have committed such corrupt acts and violated law and discipline will be saved!" What's more, do you want these two people, or do you want China? ”
When dealing with Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan, four decisions were also made: bullets do not hit the back of the head and the back of the heart; the corpses are buried and the coffins are purchased at public expense; the relatives of criminals are not treated as counter-revolutionary families; and the children of criminals are raised by the state.
After the results of the handling were determined, the responsible person of the provincial party committee came to the prison on behalf of the court for trial, and read out: The provincial party committee decided, approved by the North China Bureau, expelled from the party, sentenced to death, and immediately executed!
Zhang Zishan panicked, and then stuttered: "I have no opinion on the death penalty, this can give all party members a reminder, after all, my crime is very serious." ”
Picture | Liu Qingshan family photo
Liu Qingshan also agreed to the death penalty, but his own children are innocent, and going to school is also a problem, speaking of this, the presiding judge said: "You don't have to worry about the problem of children going to school, the state will raise your children, it is you who break the law, the children are still innocent." ”
After hearing these words spoken by the presiding judge, Liu Qingshan seemed to regret it and sighed: "After so many years of fighting for the party to the death, the result is still ... Thanks to the party for cultivating me, thanks to the party's concern for my children, now I have nothing to worry about, waiting for the results of the party's handling. ”
On February 10, 1952, the day happened to be the fifteenth Lantern Festival of the first month, after the public trial of Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan was held in Baoding, all the property under the names of the two people was confiscated, at 1 p.m., on the field of Dongguan University in Baoding City, Hebei Province, many spectators watched, followed by two gunshots, Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishang were executed, this year Liu Qingshan was 36 years old, Zhang Zishan was 38 years old.
Tu | Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan were sentenced to death
After that, the people often sighed that with the lives of two people, they had exchanged their lives for at least 20 years of honest government in the Chinese officialdom, and Chairman Mao once said: "The execution of such a corrupt and corrupt person will not be a loss of the party, but a victory of the party, nor will it reduce the prestige of the party, on the contrary, it will increase the prestige of the party. ”
At that time, Liu Qingshan's eldest son Liu Tieqi was 7 years old, his second son Liu Tiejia was 4 years old, and his third son Liu Tiebing was just a few months old, the state would give Liu Qingshan's eldest son and second son a monthly living expenses of 15 yuan, and the third son was taken care of by Liu Qingshan's wife, after growing up, Liu Tieqi was admitted to Beijing Petroleum University, and then worked in the supply department of the Langfang China Petroleum pipeline bureau, Liu Tiejia became an oil pipeline worker, Liu Tiebing also became a worker after graduating from high school, Chairman Mao personally shot and killed corrupt people and treated his family kindly. Make people admire it even more.
Figure | executions were carried out by firing squad
After the two were shot, Li Kecai said: If the people who were around Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan at the beginning could have the courage to stop and report it, instead of contributing to the situation, if the leaders learned that Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan's direct call could arouse great attention and stop it, perhaps the final result of the two would not be the end of the situation now.
Later, many democrats wrote to the Central Committee on this matter: The Communist Party is very remarkable, dares to face up to and correct its mistakes, and will never cover up.
In 1995, Li Kecai again reported that a leader who had spent public funds for a long time, Zhang Pingyijie of the Hebei Provincial High Court, found that Ping Yijie often used public funds to rent high-end cars and use public property, and after obtaining evidence, he hurriedly wrote a letter to Comrade Wang Deying, deputy secretary of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission in charge of local areas.
Tu | Li Kecai (right) was appointed secretary of the Cangzhou Prefectural Party Committee
Li Kecai has been fighting against corrupt people all his life, and after learning of Ping Yijie's behavior, Li Kecai angrily said: "This is also too bad, as a Member of the Chinese Communist Party does not think about the people, where is there a Communist Party member, as long as he offends the people, offends the Communist Party, and chooses corruption, I Li Kecai will not tolerate it." ”
In fact, Li Kecai and Ping Yijie used to be good friends, before Ping Yijie would find Li Kecai as soon as he had time, and he had great respect for Li Kecai, and Li Kecai also said that this person was very shrewd and a very capable person after gradually getting to know Ping Yijie, but he never expected that he would reflect this ability in the luxury of material life.
Not long after taking office in Cangzhou, he began to occupy public furniture, color TVs, etc. free of charge by virtue of his local status, and when he moved, the objects in the home were filled with two large trucks, and these things were the items that Ping Yijie usually occupied for free.
Pictured| Li Kecai and his wife
In fact, the most intolerable thing is a "Nissan" car assigned to Ping Yijie by his superiors, who is not big enough to rent a Mercedes-Benz in Beijing, and the rent for three years has reached 360,000 yuan.
After Li Kecai retired, he was also known as a "veteran of reporting", and the China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Daily also invited Li Kecai to write an inscription, and then wrote: "Selfless and senseless, dare to tell the truth; expose corruption, do not favoritism" 16 big characters