In 1966, after the beginning of the special period of ten years, Jiang Qing gradually became active, especially in the cultural circle. Jiang Qing began to cultivate his own power. For example, Yu Huiyong, who once served as Minister of Culture, was a close confidant trained by J

1966, after the beginning of the special period of ten years, Jiang Qing gradually became active, especially in the cultural circle, Jiang Qing began to cultivate his own power. For example, Yu Huiyong, who once served as Minister of Culture, was a close confidant trained by Jiang Qing. Yu Huiyong also served as Minister of Culture and became a ministerial-level cadre in New China.

Today we are talking about is also a cadre promoted by Jiang Qing, and he is also a senior official at the vice minister. He has served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture and other positions. His name is Liu Qingtang. It is worth mentioning that after taking an important position, Liu Qingtang gradually lost himself, followed Jiang Qing to do a lot of bad and wrong things, and persecuted many cadres. So, what stories do Liu Qingtang have?

Liu Qingtang is from Gai County, Liaoning Province. After the founding of New China, he was sent to the Soviet Union to study ballet . He was one of the earliest male ballet dancers in China. If there were no subsequent special periods of ten years, Liu Qingtang would be an excellent artist. However, the beginning of the special period of ten years completely changed Liu Qingtang's fate and made him sink into the wave of that era.

During that period, Liu Qingtang took the initiative to write letters to Jiang Qing, who was active in the literary and artistic front, and Jiang Qing also admired Liu Qingtang very much and met Liu Qingtang many times. On November 28, 1966, at the "Capital Arts and Art Conference" held in Beijing, Jiang Qing even named Liu Qingtang to take the rostrum. However, due to many oppositions, Liu Qingtang did not take the rostrum, and Jiang Qing also comforted him specifically afterwards.

During that period, Jiang Qing proposed the statement that "the literary and artistic team is seriously impure", and Liu Qingtang deeply agreed. With Jiang Qing's support, Liu Qingtang persecuted many revolutionary cadres. For example, in 1968, he wrote letters to Jiang Qing many times, falsely accusing the leading cadres of the ballet troupe Yang Shaofu, Li Wenze and others of "counter-revolutionary revisionists." Against this background, Yang Shaofu, Li Wenze and others were under investigation, and Liu Qingtang also arranged personnel to torture them and beat Yang Shaofu, Li Wenze and others. After the review, Yang Shaofu, Li Wenze and others were detained for eight years.

In mid-August 1969, with the support of Jiang Qing, Liu Qingtang organized a special project team in the Bacao Dance Troupe to conduct a so-called "investigation" of many members of the Bacao Dance Troupe, which caused a large number of cadres and the masses to be criticized and severely damaged by physical and mental health. At the same time, Liu Qingtang also intervened in the "inspection" activities of the Central Orchestra , China Opera and Dance Theater , Beijing Dance School, and Central Conservatory of Music , torture and confession of teachers and cadres. Some people were even forced to jump off the building during the "inspection" activity.

Because of his hard work, Liu Qingtang was also promoted by Jiang Qing. In January 1975, after the first session of the Fourth National People's Congress, Liu Qingtang served as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture and became a senior official at the vice minister level. After that, Liu Qingtang became more and more obedient to Jiang Qing and continued to persecute the founding fathers and revolutionary cadres under Jiang Qing's instructions. It is worth mentioning that at the end of October 1975, Liu Qingtang secretly went to Shanghai to have a secret talk with the "Gang of Four" Shanghai remnants Ma Tianshui, Wang Xiuzhen and others, preparing to carry out conspiracy activities, and committed serious crimes.

However, Liu Qingtang, who was deliberate, finally waited for the fate of being quarantined and investigated. On October 6, 1976, leaders such as Hua Guofeng attacked and arrested Wang Hongwen and others, completely shattering the "Gang of Four". After smashing the "Gang of Four", Liu Qingtang was also quarantined and investigated. At this time, he was still obsessed with it and took the initiative to write a letter to Hua Guofeng to shirk his responsibilities. After a period of isolation and review, the task force obtained evidence of Liu Qingtang's crime, and Liu Qingtang was transferred to Qincheng Prison to be detained. In 1983, the Beijing Intermediate People's Court sentenced Liu Qingtang to 17 years in prison. This senior deputy ministerial-level official who made serious mistakes in a special period of ten years was eventually severely punished by law.