During the ten-year special period from 1966 to 1976, rebels in many places continued to attack local authorities, causing serious consequences. For example, in January 1967, under the planning of Wang Hongwen and other rebels, the "January Storm" occurred in Shanghai, and the Shanghai Municipal Committee was seized from power. Soon after, the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee (referred to as the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee) was formally established.
With the establishment of the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee, revolutionary committees were established in various places. Guizhou was the first province to establish revolutionary committees at that time. There is a reason why Guizhou established the Revolutionary Committee earlier. The main reason was that Li Zaihan, then deputy political commissar of the Guizhou Provincial Military Region, took the initiative to "seize power." At the same time, Li Zaihan was also the first military cadre to take over the power of the Revolutionary Committee. . So, what’s the story about Li Zaihan? What will be his ending?
Li Zaihan was born in 1919. After the Anti-Japanese War broke out, Li Zaihan began to participate in the revolution. He first studied at Shanbei Public School for a period of time. After graduation, he was active in the Taihang Military Region for a long time, mainly engaged in propaganda and Organizational work witnessed the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. During the War of Liberation, Li Zaihan followed the Second Field Army into the southwest, did some work for the liberation of the southwest, and also witnessed the liberation of the southwest.
After the founding of New China, Li Zaihan stayed in the southwest to work and served as political commissar of the Yunnan Military Region Cadre Training Corps. In 1962, Li Zaihan was transferred to Guizhou and served as deputy political commissar of the Guizhou Provincial Military Region. It was also in this post that he Li Zaihan went through a special period for ten years. It is worth mentioning that after the ten-year special period began, Li Zaihan was very active. He was one of the earliest cadres in the army to get involved in the movement.
At that time, many "rebels" also appeared in Guizhou. They continued to fight and made the local situation a mess. In this context, the cadres of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee did not dare to express their stance easily, otherwise they might offend another group of mass organizations. However, , Li Zaihan has no worries in this regard. He is a military cadre and will basically not be attacked by the rebels. It can be said that he has his own protection. This also made Li Zaihan extremely active during that period. He continued to send telegrams to the central government in his own name, reporting on the situation in Guizhou and criticizing the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee. For this reason, Li Zaihan quickly stood out and was reused.
In February 1967, the Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee was formally established. After the establishment of the Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee, it replaced the Guizhou Provincial People's Committee and became the highest administrative unit of Guizhou Province. Li Zaihan, who had outstanding performance, was also appointed as the director of the Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee and became the "top leader" in charge of local work in Guizhou.
Li Zaihan came to power by "seizing power". Naturally, he lacked proper leadership skills and made a lot of jokes. For example, during that period, there was a slogan that read, "I wish Chairman Mao a long life and Vice Chairman Lin eternal health." But Guizhou is different. When Guizhou shouts this slogan, there is another sentence after it: "Li Zaihan is healthier."
In addition, as he occupied a high position, Li Zaihan also made many mistakes. It is particularly worth mentioning that when he was in charge of Guizhou, he participated in the persecution of many outstanding revolutionary cadres. For example, in February 1968, after Li Zaihan's approval, six original leaders of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee and some leading cadres of Guiyang City were identified as "traitors" and "special suspects". In addition, 38 officials 101 bureau-level and division-level cadres were detained and criticized. Some of these people were even outstanding cadres who had worked during the Agrarian Revolution. Under Li Zaihan's instructions, they were ruthlessly persecuted. It was not until the end of the ten-year special period that their injustice was finally redressed.
Li Zaihan's actions also attracted the attention of his superiors. In 1971, Li Zaihan was dismissed from all his posts. After that, he stayed away from the political stage. He mainly lived in Dalian in his later years. He died of illness in 1975 at the age of 56. .
