He is one of the most corrupt officials in my country. He embezzled 17.1 billion yuan in just one year. After he was sentenced to death by the Supreme People's Court, some people asked him to be spared in consideration of his past achievements. From 1950 to 1951, when Liu Qingsha

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He is the most corrupt official in our country. In just one year, embezzled 17.1 billion yuan (old currency) . After being sentenced to death by the Supreme People's Court , some people took into account his past. The function of requires the network to open some .

He is also a great hero of our country's revolution. In the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation, he fought bravely, and his name will always be on the credit book.

His name is Liu Qingshan , and what is the story behind this huge corruption case?

1. Why did the revolutionary heroes become corrupt?

In November 1951, the Third Representative Conference of Hebei Province of the Communist Party of China exposed Liu Qingshan’s crimes.

Liu Qingshan

During the period from 1950 to 1951, when Liu Qingshan was the leader of Tianjin region, he committed corruption with the help of his colleague Zhang Zishan.

They stole nearly 3 billion yuan in flood control and water conservancy funds, 2.89 billion yuan in local food funds, 400 million yuan in disaster relief food funds, and 140 million yuan in relief food funds for cadres' families.

In addition, they resold migrant workers' food and made a profit of 2.2 billion yuan, earned 370 million yuan from migrant workers' food supplies, and deducted 540 million yuan from migrant workers' food subsidies. In addition, they defrauded 6 billion yuan in bank loans in the name of construction.

Zhang Zishan

But their crimes went far beyond that. They had people pretend to be the People's Liberation Army , and used disaster relief funds to buy 4,000 cubic meters of wood from the Northeast. After making illegal huge profits, they lived an extremely luxurious life, Liu Qingshan even became addicted to and .

The actions of the two men have seriously affected people's production and life, affected social stability, affected the country's development, and caused irreparable losses to the country.

These two people were originally the great contributors to the red revolution, but why did they fall to this point?

In 1931, 15-year-old Liu Qingshan was recommended to join the Communist Party. In 1941, Liu Qingshan actively participated in the frontline work of the Anti-Japanese War, organized local anti-Japanese armed detachments, and led the team to smash many Japanese and puppet campaigns.

The Japanese and puppets hated him deeply. For this reason, the Japanese and puppets even offered him a reward of 1,500 yuan.

After the May Day Sweeps

"May Day Sweeps", the domestic environment became very bad for a time. In order to deal with the local anti-Japanese armed forces of our party, the Japanese and puppets developed many traitors in our party, which caused great harm to our party's anti-Japanese activities. encountered considerable obstacles.

In order to reverse this situation, Liu Qingshan once again led the suppression of the counter-revolutionary movement . With his organizational skills, the armed squad under his leadership severely dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the enemy agents and traitors, and the local anti-Japanese situation began to improve .

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu Qingshan was entrusted with the important task of being the Secretary of the Tianjin Prefectural Committee because of his devotion to the revolutionary cause. However, this also became the beginning of his path to becoming a monster. .

After becoming famous, Liu Qingshan, in order to satisfy his own selfish desires and his extremely corrupt and extravagant life needs, relied on his authority to ignore the laws of the country, regarded the suffering of the people as nothing, broke the law knowingly, and began to make money wantonly.

Liu Qingshan was even addicted to drugs . According to their confessions, their own expenses and gifts alone amounted to more than 300 million yuan. In order to destroy evidence of corruption, he burned nearly a thousand documents each time.

After this incident was exposed, no one dared to believe that the former great hero of the Red Revolution could become so corrupt. During this period, their and other criminal behaviors were countless.

Left Liu Qingshan Right Zhang Zishan

North China General Administration quickly intervened in the investigation after receiving reports from the masses, and quickly controlled Liu Qingshan and related personnel.

The Hebei Provincial Party Congress exposed his crimes and expelled him from the party, hoping to serve as a warning to others and prevent similar acts of corruption from happening in the future.

However, during the further trial, different opinions emerged within the party ?

2. "Do you want him or do you want China?"

After Liu Qingshan and his party members were arrested, the Hebei People's Government voted unanimously to impose the death penalty on him , but for insurance reasons, they still reported the case to The North China Administration approved .

just added a bracketed note after the reported handling opinion - or with a two-year reprieve. This consideration is not unreasonable. After all, he is a great hero of the revolution. If he is executed easily, it will inevitably cause discussion.

As a local government, they don't dare to make a conclusion easily on this matter. Maybe there will be a better trial result after the central decision-making.

Soon, Chairman Mao also learned about this matter and expressed great importance to it. He personally supervised the handling of Liu Qingshan's corruption case and said that the matter must be dealt with strictly and resolutely. Punish severely.

At that time, New China had just been established. The sugar-coated bullets of bourgeoisie would be that was "more dangerous and serious than war." problems. Based on this point alone, Chairman Mao issued to severely punish corruption. No mercy on .

However, Huang Xie, who served as Secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, was moved to feel compassion . He had watched Liu Qingshan grow up with his own eyes. Although he could not believe that Liu Qingshan would commit such a corrupt act, he still hoped to intercede for them and be exempted from the death penalty .

Huang Xie said to North China Bureau First Secretary Bo Yibo:

"Liu made serious mistakes and should be sentenced to a severe sentence. However, they were born and died in the war years, had meritorious service, and had great influence among cadres. Should they report to Chairman Mao?" Talk about it, don't shoot them, give them a chance to change."

At Huang Xie's request, Bo Yibo brought the words to Chairman Mao. After hearing this, Chairman Mao said:

"It is precisely because of their high status and merit. They have great influence, so we must decide to execute them. Only in this way can we save more cadres who have made mistakes of varying degrees."

Mao Zedong continued without allowing Bo Yibo to speak again. : "New China has just been founded, do we want him or China? "

Under the supervision of Chairman Mao, this case soon had the final trial result . The corruption criminals headed by Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan will Immediately was sentenced to death, and was required to be implemented immediately.

New China has just been founded, and everything is waiting to be done. China will absolutely not allow any moths to harm the country or usurp people's interests, let alone a huge corrupt person like Liu Qingshan? Because of his corruption, has harmed many people..

On February 10, 1952, Liu Qingshan and a group of his accomplices were taken to Baoding Dongguan Plaza and executed.. Liu Qingshan, then 36 years old, ended his sinful life at that moment.

But the matter did not end there. Considering Liu Qingshan’s revolutionary achievements during his lifetime, Chairman Mao also issued an instruction.

3. Chairman Mao’s wise act

Liu Qingshan is a hero of the revolution, but his crimes are heinous and he deserves the death penalty. But the death penalty cuts off his sins, but the country will never forget his achievements.

Chairman Mao also issued an instruction after Liu Qingshan's death, that is, to appease Liu Qingshan's descendants , and the government will raise them up.

Liu Qingshan’s wife is Fan Yong. They have three children, the eldest son Liu Tiequi, the second son Liu Tiejia, and the third son Liu Tiebing.

When Liu Qingshan was arrested, his eldest son had just turned six years old, and his youngest son was less than two months old. However, with the arrest of Liu Qingshan, the mainstay of the family, the lives of the four mother and son began to become stretched.

The government decided to give the family a monthly living allowance of 50 yuan, which is enough to provide food, clothing, housing and transportation for the mother and son for a month. When the children go to school, the government will also bear the tuition fees of each child.

These subsidies will continue until the eldest son Liu Tieqi graduates from college and joins the workforce. By then Liu Tieqi will be able to have a certain financial ability, and the other children will have grown up.

But compared to the tight economic conditions, the bigger problem they face is the gossip and pointing fingers at from the people around them. The reputation of "corrupt father" will accompany them throughout their lives, and will be difficult to erase whether they are studying or working.

Fan Yong finally failed to withstand the pressure brought by rumors, and chose to remarry . The remarried family is not wealthy, but it will reduce a lot of pressure on Fan Yong. The government stopped their living allowance, but the children's learning subsidies are still .

Fortunately, the three children have lived up to expectations and have excellent grades in school, especially the eldest son Liu Tieqi. A few years later, Liu Tieqi was admitted to Tsinghua University with his excellent results.

However, Tsinghua University took into account Liu Tieqi's background and rejected Liu Tieqi on the grounds that he failed the political review. In the end, Liu Tieqi went to a petroleum university.

But at Petroleum University, Liu Tieqi still couldn't escape the rejection and discussion of by his classmates. Liu Tieqi once became the isolated object of all his classmates. In this way, Liu Tieqi graduated with a stumble.

Liu Tieqi

After graduation, Liu Tieqi entered the Pipeline Bureau Supply Department . Although his grades were excellent, he was only assigned to work in the workshop. Although his talent was buried in , Liu Tieqi had nothing to do.

Not long after, Liu Tieqi married his childhood sweetheart Liu Jixian. At first Liu Jixian's family did not agree with the marriage, but they could not overcome Liu Jixian's persistence, and finally agreed.

After getting married, Liu Tieqi and Mr. Liu Ji had a son and a daughter. Under the careful care of the two, they were both admitted to university and now live a happy life. After two generations, they finally got rid of Liu Qingshan's crime and lived a normal life.

But Liu Qingshan's second son Liu Tiejia was not so lucky. He was about to go to college when the country was in turmoil, so he had to return to his hometown to make a living by farming, and suffered a lot.

Fortunately, Liu Tiejia is an honest, hard-working man, and his living in farming is quite prosperous. Later, on the recommendation of my elder brother, I joined the Plumbing Bureau and became a plumber. Later I got married and had children, and my life was pretty good.

As for Liu Qingshan's youngest son, Liu Tiebing, after graduating from high school, he originally planned to join the army, but unfortunately he failed to pass the political review. Finally, he got an indicator from the county and entered the coal mine.

Time flies by like a fleeting moment, and history, like smoke, will eventually dissipate. Nowadays, people no longer think of the most corrupt person since the founding of the People's Republic of China, but their children have spent their entire lives in the shadow of his crimes.

We should not forget his contribution during the war years, but we cannot tolerate the disaster he brought to the people.

When heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to this person, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and deplete his body.

Liu Qingshan withstood the test of revolution , but he could not withstand the impact of capital . After the war, he forgot his responsibilities and original intentions. He was greedy and drunk for a long time, and it was difficult to distinguish between life and death in the next life , is it all really worth it?

Reference materials:

1, "China News Network | Liu Qingshan: From Little Red Devil to Big Corruption Criminal"

2, "China Communist Party News | Cases of Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan"