In the office of the Mayor of Shanghai on July 14, 1949, the 48-year-old Shanghai’s first mayor, Chen Yi, looked at a report submitted by Shanghai Public Security Commissioner Li Shiying and Deputy Commissioner Yangfan with anger in his eyes. .
In the report, the director and deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau asked Chen Yi whether he would shoot a cadre named Ou Zhen. This Ou Zhen is not a counter-revolutionary, nor is he a local ruffian, but a military representative of the Shanghai Military Control Commission.
The reason why he was going to be shot is because after he entered Shanghai, he relied on his power to privately raise the concubine of a Kuomintang officer, causing a huge scandal.
Looking at the report in front of him, Chen Yi's ears sounded like the "curse" of the Kuomintang reactionaries when they evacuated from Shanghai: " Shanghai is the big dye tank! "
He couldn't help but think: ", we are here to liberate Shanghai." What about transforming Shanghai? Or was the Shanghainese chased away and asked the Shanghainese to transform us? ”
Thinking of this, Chen Yi seemed to have made up his mind and smashed the table with his fist. A shot was fired.
Chen Yi
So, what determination did Chen Yi make? How was this Ou Zhen caught?
Take over Shanghai
May 27, 1949, is destined to be a day of eternal history. On this day, Shanghai, which has been under the rule of the Kuomintang's white terror for a long time, finally ushered in its liberation.
Shanghai is different from many large cities liberated by our army in the past, and its status is very important. At that time, China's GDP was only more than 10 billion yuan, of which Shanghai alone was 2.274 billion yuan, and even the GDP of Beijing, the capital planned by our party at that time, was only 100 million yuan. It can be said that Shanghai at that time was the economic lifeline of the new China to be established.
The problem is that most of our soldiers came from poor families and are not familiar with big cities. There were a lot of jokes when Hangzhou was liberated.For example, washing dishes with water from the toilet.
Obviously, it is difficult for such cadres to take over Shanghai and maintain order in Shanghai. Moreover, the prosperous Shanghai is a famous international metropolis after all, and it will be a great test for the soldiers' ideological awareness.
Shanghai people celebrate the liberation of Shanghai
For this reason, the East China Military Command issued the People’s Liberation Army's "Discipline for City Entry" long before the liberation of Shanghai, which clearly stipulates: "All organs and military personnel should remain arduous and simple. The style of work is not allowed to receive gifts privately, take public property privately, and oppose corruption, corruption and degeneration. Those who violate city policies must be thoroughly investigated and dealt with according to the severity of the circumstances. ”
At the same time, Chen Yi He also specially brought the southward cadres who were about to take over Shanghai to Danyang, Jiangsu for training, so as to avoid the situation that the soldiers did not "stain Shanghai" but were instead "stained black" by Shanghai.
It is precisely because the People's Liberation Army attaches great importance to Shanghai. When the People's Liberation Army entered Shanghai, it was warmly welcomed by the Shanghai people. The Shanghai people twisted yangko and sang "The Sky of the Liberated Area", cheering and welcoming the arrival of the PLA soldiers.
On the day the People's Liberation Army entered Shanghai, the Shanghai Military Control Commission was established, and the first highest authority in Shanghai was officially established.
People's Liberation Army soldiers stationed in Houshui Street, Shanghai
Soon after, a cadre of the People's Liberation Army named Ou Zhen was appointed by the Public Security Department of the Shanghai Military Control Commission as a military representative of the Yulin Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau.
When Ou Zhen, wearing the PLA uniform and the armband of the Shanghai Military Control Commission, walked on the street, feeling the admiration and admiration cast by the people of Shanghai, Ou Zhen was smug in his heart and thought: "Lao Tzu finally The time has come!"
Seeing the sights
Ou Zhen is a native of Jiangsu, who just turned 25 this year. Regardless of his age, his resume can be said to be very "rich". He once served as a superior soldier in the 1st Battalion 2 Company, 1st Brigade, 2nd Regiment, 202 Division of the Kuomintang Army.Later, he "turned to the north and south" and worked as a security team leader in Taizhou, Zhejiang for a while, and a policeman in Nanhui County for a while. Later, he mixed with the Kuomintang "Lingting Troops" and became a company commander.
Kuomintang officers and soldiers
1948 Huaihai Battle broke out, Ou Zhen became a prisoner of the People's Liberation Army. Because he had not done anything evil, the PLA released him after some education and gave him a return home fee.
Ou Zhen knew that when he returned to his hometown, he could only be a farmer facing the loess and back to the sky. He was unwilling to live like this for a lifetime, so he tried every means to get into the Jinan Police Academy of the Shandong Provincial People's Government and became a revolutionary cadre. Later, he followed the southern army to participate in the Crossing the River Campaign and the Shanghai Campaign. Because of his outstanding performance, he won the trust of the organization.
On June 8, 1949, Ou Zhen received an order from his superiors and was ordered to work with comrades from the Ministry of Public Security to go to the house of Bi Xiaohui, the director of Radio 21 of the Kuomintang Air Force Command. Someone reported that they had hidden guns and anti-Communist materials in their home.
Regarding the situation of Bi Xiaohui’s family, Ou Zhen knew something about him. He knew that he had fled to Taiwan on the eve of Shanghai’s liberation. Because he ran too fast, he didn’t even have time to transfer his family property and concubine, so he ran away by himself, one wife and one concubine Stayed at home in Shanghai. However, Bi Xiaohui's wives and concubines were all traditional women, and they could not go out of the door and the second door, so Ou Zhen had never seen them.
Leading cadre of the Shanghai Military Control Commission
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" A knock on the door broke the tranquility of an alley in Yulin District, Shanghai. After a while, I only heard a "squeak~". The door of Bi Xiaohui's house was opened by a beautiful young woman.
Ou Zhen, who knocked on the door, saw the woman and asked sternly, "Is this Bi Xiaohui's home?" After seeing the military uniform on Ou Zhen, the young woman immediately showed a surprised expression. He lowered his eyebrows and said, "He disappeared more than a month ago, and I don't know where he went."
Upon seeing this, Ou Zhen said seriously: "Tell you the truth.He has gone to Taiwan a long time ago, who are you? "The woman seemed to have foreseen this situation a long time ago, without much surprised expression on her face, she said in a low voice: "I am his aunt Zhu Ying. "
Ou Zhen nodded and took out the search warrant and said, "We are the special commissioners of the Ministry of Public Security. The main purpose of coming here today is to find out about your husband, Bi Xiaohui, and also to search your home. , I hope you can cooperate with our work. By the way, is there anyone in your family?
Zhu Ying nodded cautiously to express that she would cooperate, and said: "And Mr. Bi's eldest wife." "
The cadres of the Military Control Commission
After that, Ou Zhen and other comrades of the Ministry of Public Security searched Bi Xiaohui's home and found several guns that had not been reported to the government. To the two ladies After the review, the investigators decided to treat them leniently and not to pursue them as they were indeed unaware of the matter and were very cooperative with the search.
Although Ou Zhen left Bi Xiaohui’s home, he Zhu Ying’s heart stayed inside. The young, beautiful and elegant Zhu Ying made him startled.
After returning to the dormitory that night, when Bi Xiaohui lay on the bed and closed his eyes, Zhu Ying’s smiles and faces always appeared vividly. Before his eyes, especially when Zhu Ying opened the door and saw him in a military uniform, the look of fear and panic on his face made Ou Zhen's heart hot.
Ou Zhen at this time is at the age of spring love, and then In addition, he participated in the revolution for a short time and had a weak conception of the legal system. Under impulsiveness, he left all the discipline of the army behind and made an irreversible decision.
After Ou Zhen got up from the bed, he rushed regardless. Out of the dormitory, under the shining of the exotic and colorful street lamps, Ou Zhen walked quickly to the door of Bi Xiaohui’s house, hesitated for a moment, tidyed up his military uniform, put on a "serious" expression, and knocked again. The door of Bi Xiaohui’s house rang.
Women wearing cheongsam (not Zhu Ying)
Zhu Ying still opened the door. At this time, she has not rested because she is worried.He was wearing a light blue silk and satin cheongsam, and a white handkerchief was held in front of the shirt. His temperament was vividly revealed.
When Zhu Ying saw that the PLA came again during the day, she immediately showed a very surprised expression. I saw Ou Zhen strode unceremoniously into the living room, and Da Ma Jindao sat on the sofa with Erlang's legs, and said to Zhu Ying with a serious face: "When we came to investigate this morning, you didn’t Make it clear that if it were not for me to say a few words for you, your life would not be so comfortable, maybe you would have to be shot!"
Having said that, Ou Zhen paused on purpose, and Zhu Ying hurriedly took it when he saw it. After igniting a cigarette, Ou Zhen took the cigarette and took a sip, staring at Zhu Ying and said: "Your business is now over for the time being, but...what will happen in the future, it’s hard to tell. Mrs. Bi I’m a smart person, I don’t know what to do, right?”
Zhu Ying heard Xiange’s elegant meaning, and immediately heard Ou Zhen’s extraneous words, quickly turned around and trot to the desk, took out 4 silver dollars from the drawer, trembling tremblingly He handed it to Ou Zhen and said, "I would also like to ask you to take care of you, sir."
Silver dollar
After receiving the silver dollar, Ou Zhen stuffed it into his pocket and made a gesture for Zhu Ying to sit down and stare. She said: "Now, the Communist Party must investigate the crimes committed between your husband and you. However, your case is my responsibility, and I will try to excuse you as much as possible." Seeing that Zhu Ying was obviously relaxed. With a sigh of relief, Ou Zhen showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, and said, "When the time comes, how do you plan to repay me?"
Zhu Ying was uncomfortable by Ou Zhen and said, "It's up to you, as long as I can do it.
Ou Zhen couldn't bear it anymore, and walked directly to Zhu Ying to sit down, and put her in his arms. Zhu Ying, who didn't dare to resist, knew that he was stronger than others, so he half pushed and half on the spot. Obeyed him.
A silver dollar
After the one-night stand, Ou Zhen's ambitions have become greater. He wants to occupy Zhu Ying for a long time and become a "long-term couple". The problem is that if he runs to the house of the former Kuomintang officer in two days, every individual can see that there is a problem with him. After thinking about it, Ou Zhen decides to "Golden House Cangjiao".
Soon after, he found an old policeman kept in the police station,Ask him to help him buy a house in a remote alley.
People's Police
After that, Ou Zhen found Zhu Ying again, seduced by marrying her as his wife, and asked Zhu Ying to take a sum of money hidden by her husband to live with him in the "new home". When meeting neighbors in the neighbourhood, Ou Zhen told them that this was his fiancée from his hometown in the country, who had just come to join him a few days ago.
The four silver dollars that Zhu Ying gave to Ou Zhen before were put in his own drawer in the police office, and he did not dare to let others see it. Because Shanghai had just been liberated at that time, all PLA soldiers and government officials implemented the supply system with very few allowances.
As for the silver dollar, I don’t even have to think about it. From leaders to ordinary police officers, all silver dollars held by them need to be turned over to the government to subsidize the reconstruction work in Shanghai.
However, as far as Ou Zhen is concerned, the fact that Zhu Ying can be "conquered" in a few words will inevitably make him feel complacent. Whenever there was no one in the office, he would quietly take out one to play with it carefully.
This afternoon, Ou Zhen had nothing to do with his "entertainment activity" in his office again. At this moment, the office door suddenly opened, and colleague Lao Liu hurriedly walked in from outside.
People's police after liberation
As the saying goes, don't do anything wrong, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, the moment the office door opened, Ou Zhen felt his whole body froze. After less than a second, he reacted. He opened the drawer with his right hand and swept down with his left hand. After the silver dollar fell into the drawer, he straightened his chest and bumped it forward, making a series of actions in one go. Later, Ou Zhen greeted Lao Liu unnaturally: "Come?"
Lao Liu was an experienced underground party before the liberation of Shanghai. He had a pair of keen eyes and also studied psychology. Originally, he would not come to the office at this point, but there happened to be a meeting today, and he wanted to come back to get an important document. He knew that Ou Zhen was on duty today, so he pushed the door directly in, and at a glance saw the silver dollar in Ou Zhen's hand and his unnatural expression.
As an old underground party, Lao Liu did not show any strangeness.After greeting Ou Zhen, he picked up the file and left. While Ou Zhen breathed a sigh of relief in secret, Old Liu quietly found Liu Yongxiang, the director of the Yulin branch, and recounted what he had just seen.
The public security officers at the beginning of the liberation
Liu Yongxiang attached great importance to this matter. If there are cadres who are really "blacked" by Shanghai, it will definitely affect the prestige of the people's power. Moreover, Ou Zhen is also a military representative. If he knows the law and breaks the law, it will also deal a heavy blow to the public security system. Therefore, Liu Yongxiang immediately ordered people to find Ou Zhen. After looking at him for a while, he asked: "Where did your silver dollar come from?"
After hearing this, Ou Zhen was so scared that he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't have a silver dollar! "As soon as the voice fell, Old Liu and another comrade came in with the silver dollars in his drawer. Upon seeing this, Ou Zhen hurriedly changed his words: "It was given by a friend!"
Liu Yongxiang "hum" and picked up one. A piece of paper and a pen were photographed on the table, and he looked at Ou Zhen and said, "Which friend gave it? You write down his name now, and I will send someone to verify it!"
Facing the director's question, Ou Zhen became more flustered, hesitated about how to answer, but resolutely refused to admit that he had done something that violated discipline. Upon seeing this, Liu Yongxiang immediately ordered Ou Zhen to be brought under control, and at the same time set up a task force to investigate him.
Old Shanghai police
The old policeman who helped Ou Zhen find a house did not immediately come forward to report him when he learned about Ou Zhen's arrest. Because he was worried that the Communist Party, like the Kuomintang, said it was catching corruption, but in fact it was just acting.
He didn't believe that the Communist Party was serious about anti-corruption until he saw the investigating cadres tirelessly promote the party's policies, and indeed conducted investigations on the ground.
So he summoned the courage to find an investigating officer and said that he wanted to report an important clue about Ou Zhen's case:
"One day in June, Ou Zhen said that his hometown had come and asked me to find a place to live for him. As you know, I am an old policeman, and I feel a bit inferior to his southward cadres, so I took the initiative to help him find a house for him and a woman to live in for free. According to Ou Zhen himself,That woman is his fiancee from the country. "
With this important clue, the task force immediately found the place where Ou Zhenjin’s house was hiding, and found a large amount of Bi Xiaohui’s property. After some admonitions of love and reason, Zhu Ying cried bitterly. He confessed his own experience of being deceived by Ou Zhen and his own psychological history at the time.
The police officer in the interrogation
The evidence was present, and Ou Zhen could no longer quibble, so he had to admit his own. Crime.
Shanghai's first anti-corruption shot
Not long after, Liu Yongxiang took the case report to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau and directly reported to the director Li Shiying. Seeing that Li Shiying's face was getting worse, Liu Yongxiang said cautiously "Ou Zhen is a southward cadre anyway. If it is dealt with publicly, it may have a bad political influence. "
Li Shiying immediately took the case and said: "When we were on standby in Danyang, we repeatedly educate the cadres going south, how many days did he come to Shanghai? If you dare to act so boldly, it's really unforgivable! The nature of this matter is extremely bad and must be severely punished. Don't be afraid to make a fool of yourself. There are one or two scums out of a team of thousands of people. It's no surprise. Only when he is dealt with publicly can he be killed and prevent corruption from breeding again! "
Li Shiying
After finishing speaking, Li Shiying picked up the pen and wrote 22 characters under the report: " Ou Zhen extorted, seduced women, and became lawless. He should be shot to maintain discipline." ”
After various reports, Song Shilun, commander of the Husong Garrison Command of the East China Military Region, and Guo Huaruo, political commissar, also issued instructions: "Execute the shooting."
On July 14, Li Shiying found Chen Yi with a report and requested to be shot to death. Ou Zhen's report was submitted. Chen Yi angrily hammered the table with his fist, then took the pen and wrote: "Agree to be shot! "
Chen Yi's "Agree to be executed" instruction
One month later, on August 14,Major newspapers in Shanghai have published reports introducing the crimes and verdicts of the European earthquake.
During the rule of the Kuomintang, it was not uncommon for people to be shot. Such cases of shooting cadres for corruption are rare. A year ago, Jiang Jingguo's anti-corruption "fighting tigers" is still fresh in the memory of the people of Shanghai. Therefore, when they learned that a PLA representative was about to be shot, they rushed to the streets to take a look at this "rare thing."
On the afternoon of the same day, the execution ground for the execution of Ou Zhen was full of onlookers. The law enforcement officers of the Military Law Division of the Husong Police Headquarters coldly took a last look at the trembling Ou Zhen. Slowly raising the pistol in his hand and squeezing the trigger, Shanghai's first anti-corruption shot was fired, and the case of Ou Zhen has also come to a perfect end.
This day is the 79th day after the liberation of Shanghai.
Some friends may think that the death penalty for Ou Zhen's crimes is a bit too heavy. Regarding this issue, in the "Jiefang Daily" published on the second day after Ou Zhen was executed, an article titled "Insulting military reputation, undermining discipline, Ou Zhen was sentenced to death" in the column "Knowing the law and breaking the law, the crime is not amnesty" In, made an answer.
"Liberation Daily" report on the case
The article believes that the shooting of Ou Zhen demonstrates the high degree of discipline of the army and people’s government led by the Communist Party. This discipline will not be basic nationwide. Win and relax.
When the Kuomintang reactionaries were stationed in Shanghai and other big cities after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, they made the "five sons denke" never and would not be allowed to appear in the revolutionary ranks. (After the Kuomintang officials entered Shanghai, they robbed the people of Shanghai’s gold, houses, cars, tickets, and women. They were called the "five sons of Dengke" .) Punishing people like Ou Zhen can do a lot The "anti-virus" function can maintain the purity and health of the revolutionary team.
Sure enough, after the publication of "Liberation Daily", the prestige of our party and our army in the hearts of the people has increased.
The first five-star red flag raised in Shanghai
The people of Shanghai, who had suffered from war and chaos, finally ushered in the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan. After the restoration of Shanghai, the Kuomintang’s "five sons enrolled in the Imperial College" directly led to the loss of the Kuomintang’s hearts.
After the People's Liberation Army entered Shanghai, the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army slept on the streets and did not commit any crimes against Renmin Qiu. Corrupt elements like Ou Zhen were quickly dealt with. As the saying goes, those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world. This is the "magic weapon" for our party and our army to finally defeat the "Scratch the People's Party."
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