As we all know, Chairman Mao has always opposed the specialization of cadres and hates corruption. In the early days of the founding of New China, Zhang Zishan and Liu Qingshan, who made great achievements in the revolution, committed corruption, causing serious losses to the country. Chairman Mao decided to kill one to warn him and executed the two.
Therefore, no matter how much the revolution contributes, in Chairman Mao’s view, as long as he is sorry to the people and the people, he should receive corresponding punishment. In 1940, the old Red Army soldier, Xiao Yubi, and found Chairman Mao with emotion, pointed to the scar on his body and said: Chairman, look at how many scars I have on my body. Xiao Yubi's move was obviously seeking credit for himself. Chairman Mao was most disgusted with the behavior of cadres and immediately scolded: I don't know the numbers. So, why did Xiao Yubi do this?
The combat hero visited by Chairman Mao twice
Xiao Yubi is an old Red Army and an old cadre. He fought bravely and was injured on the battlefield many times. Chairman Mao also visited him specially. Once, the Red Army attacked the county town by . The firepower of the defenders in the city was very strong, and our siege troops suffered a lot of losses and their morale was low. Just then, Xiao Yubi shouted: Firepower cover me! After saying that, he jumped out of the trench, held four grenades in his hand, and rushed towards the city gate.
With an explosion, Xiao Yubi was overturned several meters away by the bomb's air waves, and his whole body was covered in blood and fell under the city. Seeing this, the Red Army soldiers rushed forward, captured the county town, and rescued the dying Xiao Yubi back.
Xiao Yubi's body suffered countless injuries, and her physical condition was worse than before because of the injury. After a long period of rest, it did not gradually improve until the winter of 1935. Taking into account the specific situation of Xiao Yubi, the organization arranged him to be the director of the Yanchi Taxation Branch in Qingjian County .
During his tenure, Xiao Yubi was not afraid of hardships, was down-to-earth and willing to work hard, and was valued by the organization. At the end of 1939, Xiao Yubi was transferred back to Yan'an. After studying, he served as the deputy director of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Trade Bureau in charge of trade. The organization considered that Xiao Yubi was seriously injured in the revolution, so he treated him specifically and stayed in a hospital in Yan'an.
In September 1940, Chairman Mao took everyone to the hospital to visit the injured comrade. He found that Xiao Yubi was as thin as a bone and as angry as a haircut, so he specifically asked the doctor about the situation. After learning about Xiao Yubi's heroic deeds, he specifically instructed his secretary to give Xiao Yubi some milk every day to drink.
Half a month later, Chairman Mao visited the injured comrade again. After seeing Xiao Yubi, he found that although his physical condition was better than before, he was still very weak and asked the hospital to take good care of him. When Xiao Yubi saw Chairman Mao visiting him again, he was very excited. When he was about to get up, Chairman Mao gently pressed him down and signaled him not to move.
At that time, Xiao Yubi was a staunch revolutionary soldier. After being injured and hospitalized, Chairman Mao was very concerned. He visited him twice, which made countless Red Army soldiers envious. But Xiao Yubi was not upright intent, and Chairman Mao’s two visits became his political capital, showing off everywhere, laying the groundwork for his later pride, corruption, and depravity. .
Xiao Yubi embezzled 3,050 yuan. Chairman Mao ordered the shooting of
in Yan'an Hospital for a period of recuperation, Xiao Yubi's body gradually recovered. After being discharged from the hospital, he immediately asked the organization to arrange work for him. The organization considered that Xiao Yubi was from Qingjian County, in order to facilitate his care for his family, Xiao Yubi was arranged to serve as the director of the Zhangjiapan Taxation Branch of Qingjian County.
Xiao Yubi learned that her position was so low, and she complained and expressed her dissatisfaction everywhere. She also showed off the fact that Chairman Mao had visited him twice, hoping to get a higher position. Xiao Yubi believes that she is highly valued by Chairman Mao and has many years of local work experience. Being a small branch director is simply useless.
Although the organization explained to Xiao Yubi many times about this matter, he felt that his health was in poor condition and could not undertake such complicated work, and he would arrange it as appropriate in the future. Xiao Yubi, who was already confused, couldn't listen to anything. He felt that his purpose had not been achieved, so he went directly to Chairman Mao's residence.
One day, Chairman Mao was not surprised when he saw Xiao Yubi breaking into his dormitory angrily, and said with a smile: Comrade Xiao Yubi, is there anything you need to ask me? Xiao Yubi thought Chairman Mao would speak for him, and said with red eyes: Chairman, they asked me to be the director of the tax bureau, aren’t they bullying people?
When Chairman Mao heard this, he was shocked at first, and his face turned a little ugly. Xiao Yubi still did his own thing, talking about his revolutionary achievements in front of the Chairman, even lifting up his clothes, pointing at the scars on his body and saying: Chairman, count how many scars I have on my body.
Watching an old Red Army soldier becoming so depraved and making a fool of himself for his position, Chairman Mao was both angry and sad. Chairman Mao angrily scolded Xiao Yubi in person: I don’t know how to count!
Chairman Mao first criticized Xiao Yubi, and then told him to request obey the arrangement. I did not get the desired result from Chairman Mao. Xiao Yubi left with resentment and soon embarked on the road of illegal crimes.
When Xiao Yubi served as the director of the Zhangjiapan Taxation Branch of Qingjian County, he began to be corrupt and embezzled a total of 3,050 yuan of public funds through various means. Now it seems that more than 3,000 yuan is not as good as most people's wages, but in that era it was a huge sum of money. At that time, an adult could only earn a few dollars a month.
After Xiao Yubi's corruption was exposed, it spread in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, with a very bad impact. The local area quickly organized relevant personnel to hear the case and verified and tried the crimes committed by Xiao Yubi. In December 1941, the Border Region High Court pronounced a verdict on Xiao Yubi according to the law. The court held that Xiao Yubi used his position to embezzle and withdrew 3,050 yuan of public funds, and fled with the money, betrayed the revolution, and had an extremely bad impact, so he decided to impose the death penalty of on him.
Xiao Yubi was scared when he learned that he was sentenced to death and asked to write a letter to Chairman Mao. Considering that Xiao Yubi was once respected by Chairman Mao, Lin Boqu, chairman of the border region government, handed over Xiao Yubi's plea to Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao asked: How much money is Xiao Yubi greedy? After Lin Boqu told the truth, Chairman Mao asked again: What is Xiao Yubi's attitude? Lin Boqu replied: In his letter, he begged you to take the front line and die on the battlefield because of his achievements in fighting in the past.
Chairman Mao sighed and then asked: What is your attitude? Lin Boqu talked about the corruption of border cadres and demanded that this unhealthy trend must be stopped, otherwise it would cause great trouble.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Boqu said: Regarding how to deal with Xiao Yubi: Both the border government and the Northwest Bureau want to listen to your opinions. So I came here to ask for instructions. At this time, Chairman Mao mentioned a person named Huang Kegong, and he asked Lin Boqu if he still remembered it?
The Huang Kegong case in 1937 had a great impact, and Lin Boqu certainly could not forget it, so he nodded. Chairman Mao extinguished the cigarette in his hand and said firmly: Just like that time, I fully support the court's verdict!
Since Chairman Mao agreed to the court's judgment, the border court has no worries about Xiao Yubi's execution. At the end of 1941, Xiao Yubi was executed. Since then, the corruption rate in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region has dropped sharply. He killed one person to rectify corruption. Chairman Mao’s decision was very wise.
Conclusion
Merit is merit or demerit, merit or demerit cannot be offset, Xiao Yubi's revolution has made merits and corruption has made mistakes, and his crimes are too serious. Not killing is not enough to calm public anger and cannot stop the unhealthy trend.
Chairman Mao hated corruption. Although Xiao Yubi was a hero on the battlefield and suffered a lot of injuries to the revolution, the Chairman also valued him very much. But Xiao Yubi failed Chairman Mao's respect and trust in him. He was not only extreme in his thoughts, complacent in his credit, but even embarked on the road of illegal and criminal activities. He was really seeking death.
