In 1952, Sichuan Provincial People's Government was officially established. Li Jingquan served as the first secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and the chairman of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government, becoming the "top leader" of Sichuan. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the leadership of Li Jingquan, Sichuan's grain harvest year by year. In order to store grain, Li Jingquan also ordered the construction of many granaries. However, during the three-year natural disaster period, the grain stored in these granaries was urgently transferred to other parts of the country, and Sichuan also made great sacrifices for national stability.
Li Jingquan served as the Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee for thirteen years. From 1952 to 1965, it can be said that he experienced all the movements in Sichuan in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially the "Great Leap Forward" movement that began in 1958 and the three-year natural disaster period that began in 1959. Li Jingquan experienced these important historical events throughout the whole process.
During the three-year natural disaster period, the granary built by Li Jingquan played an important role. From 1958 to 1961, Sichuan continued to transfer grain to other provinces in the past four years. According to statistics afterwards, in 1958, Sichuan transferred 3.96 billion jin of grain, and a total of 14.7 billion jin of grain was transferred in the following three years of natural disasters, which strongly supported the food tension in other provinces and stabilized the social situation.
However, with the continuous adjustment of grain, the situation in Sichuan is not optimistic, especially from 1960 to 1961. The whole country is a game of chess, and the part must obey the whole. Peng Zhen, who was in charge of Beijing at that time, called Li Jingquan many times and asked Li Jingquan to adjust the food in a prayer tone. Li Jingquan knew that the situation in Sichuan was not optimistic, so he couldn't help but complain to Peng Zhen and said, "You are the State Council, and I am still the small State Council."
It is also because of Li Jingquan's words that he was ruthlessly criticized and destroyed in the special period of the following ten years. In 1966, the ten-year special period began. At that time, Li Jingquan was commanding the construction of third line. Sichuan rebels Liu Jieting, Zhang Xiting and others launched rebels to criticize and fight against Li Jingquan, saying that Li Jingquan had ambitions and established the "little State Council" to be the "local emperor" and to establish a "independent kingdom."
Because of Li Jingquan, his wife was also criticized and criticized. Li Jingquan's wife was named Xiao Li. She was born in a wealthy family. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, she served as deputy director of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Light Industry and other positions. After the ten-year special period began, Xiao Li was impacted. However, at that time, the rebels were still mainly criticized and criticized Li Jingquan. Although Xiao Li was criticized and criticized, the situation was not serious. Later, Jiang Qing called Xiao Li "landlord" and instructed the rebels to imprison her, resulting in Xiao Li being persecuted to death.
At that time, Li Jingquan was also the director of the Third Line Construction Committee. During his criticism, Guo Weicheng, deputy commander of the Railway Soldier, could not bear it and secretly hid Li Jingquan. Later, under the instructions of Premier Zhou, Li Jingquan was sent to Shanghai and recuperated for a while. After that, he went to Beijing to work unemployed.
Ten-year special period not only affected Li Jingquan himself, but also caused great harm to his family. During that period, Li Jingquan lost two families. In addition to his wife being persecuted to death, one of his sons was also beaten to death. Li Jingquan's son was beaten to death, his second son, named Li Mingqing. During the special period of ten years, Li Mingqing was beaten to death by the rebels from Beijing Institute of Aeronautics.
As a father, losing his son is naturally painful. In 1973, before the "Top Ten" was held, a large number of old revolutionary cadres were liberated and returned to work, including Li Jingquan. After his comeback, Premier Zhou felt very guilty about Li Jingquan's son being beaten to death. He once found Li Jingquan and said that he could thoroughly investigate the case.
Li Jingquan felt particularly sad after hearing this, but he endured the grief and said, "Don't pursue it anymore. If it is pursued, people will die." Including the persecuted death of Li Jingquan's wife, he also said that he would not pursue the matter again. In his later years, Li Jingquan also served as vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and other positions. He was a vice-state-level cadre of New China. He died of illness in 1989 at the age of 80.
