In 1951, 12 million yuan in cash was lost from the safe of Wuhan Second Hospital . Although the money was in old currency, it was an astronomical figure at the time. After the money was lost, all evidence showed that the suspect was an internal employee. Song Ying, deputy director of the Wuhan Municipal Health Bureau , and Wang Qing, secretary of the Party Committee of the Second Hospital, framed the case to an ordinary man named Ji Kaifu. employees and report it to Wuhan Municipal People's Government .
The Wuhan Municipal People's Government listened to Song Ying's remarks and did not conduct much investigation into the case. It determined that Ji Kaifu was a criminal. At the same time, the Wuhan Municipal People's Government also reported the case to the Central and South Bureau. However, Li Zhilian, who was the Secretary-General of the Organization Department of the Central and South Bureau at the time, found that there were many doubts about the case, so he sent the case back to the Wuhan Municipal People's Government. In the end, Ji Kaifu was exonerated and his reputation was restored. It can be said that it was precisely because of With Li Zhilian, this case that had a great impact in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China came to light. So, what’s the story about Li Zhilian? How did he fare afterward?
Li Zhilian was born in 1913 in Qiqi Village, Li County, Hebei Province. In his early years, he mainly studied in his hometown. While in middle school, Li Zhilian was exposed to progressive ideas. At the age of 16, he began to join the "Anti-Imperialist Alliance" led by our party. ” and officially participated in revolutionary activities. In 1930, Li Zhilian went to Beijing to study. During that period, he had extensive contact with progressive youth and joined the "Left-Wing Writers Alliance".
After joining the " Left Alliance ", Li Zhilian gradually strengthened his revolutionary beliefs. In 1933, he became an official party member. After that, Li Zhilian was mainly active in Peking, engaged in underground work, promoting our party's anti-Japanese ideology, and waiting for opportunities to recruit party members. However, the Kuomintang insisted on the non-resistance policy of "Anti-foreign forces must first pacify the internal situation", and arrested progressive people on a large scale to undermine anti-Japanese propaganda activities. In November 1934, Li Zhilian was arrested by the Kuomintang.
In May 1937, Li Zhilian was released from prison. Soon after, the Anti-Japanese War broke out. Li Zhilian also returned to his hometown, formed an anti-Japanese guerrilla team in his hometown, carried out armed anti-Japanese activities, and did a lot of work for the development and expansion of the Anti-Japanese Base Area in the Central Hebei Military Region. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Li Zhilian was sent to Northeast China and served as director of the Academic Affairs Office of the Northeast Bureau Party School. He did a lot of propaganda work for the liberation of Northeast China and witnessed the liberation of the entire Northeast.
In 1949, after the Crossing the River Campaign, Siye marched into Central and South China. Li Zhilian followed Siye all the way south and served as the Secretary-General of the Organization Department of the Central and South China Bureau. It was also during this tenure that Li Zhilian discovered the suspicious points in the Ji Kaifu case. At the same time, Li Zhilian suggested that the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee convene a meeting with the Discipline Inspection Commission, the Public Security Bureau, the Health Bureau and other departments, thus correcting the unjust, false and wrong case and making the Ji Kaifu case clear. The truth is revealed.
After that, Li Zhilian was transferred to work in the central government and successively entered the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC and the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee. In 1955, Li Zhilian was promoted to Secretary-General of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee. At that time, he was only 42 years old and in the prime of life. Logically speaking, Said that the future is limitless. However, in 1958, Li Zhilian was wrongly identified as an "ultra-rightist" and was not only expelled from the party, but also revoked from all positions. After
was dismissed, Li Zhilian was sent to Qinglong County, Hebei Province for labor reform. Soon after, he was transferred to Xinjiang and served as deputy director of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps' Agriculture, Forestry and Animal Husbandry Science Research Institute. During the ten-year special period, Li Zhilian was impacted and continued to be criticized. However, he was optimistic and positive and survived that period with his tenacious belief. In 1974, with the care of his superiors, Li Zhilian returned to work and was restored to his original position.
In 1978, Li Zhilian was exonerated and all his reputation was restored. After that, Li Zhilian joined the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. During that period, he sought truth from facts, did a lot of work to set things right and rectify unjust and false cases, protected and helped a large number of veteran cadres, and also liberated many outstanding young cadres. In 1996, Li Zhilian retired. In his later years, he mainly lived in Beijing. He died of illness in 2006 at the age of 93.
