However, some cadres still advocate extravagance, especially in the northern region, which is very serious. After Chairman Mao inspected Shenyang and learned about the situation, he was furious and ordered an investigation.

When New China was founded, the leaders adhered to the principle of being diligent and thrifty, and saved a lot of money for national construction.

However, there are still some cadres advocating extravagance, especially in the northern region, . The situation is very serious. After Chairman Mao inspected Shenyang and learned about the situation, he was furious and ordered an investigation.

After the crackdown, tens of thousands of corrupt officials were found across the country, 42 of whom behaved particularly badly and were sentenced to death. What is going on with

? Let’s start with Chairman Mao’s censorship.

Chairman Mao's Review

After the founding of New China, our country focused its construction on development, and the northern region was the top priority for industrial construction.

In order to better build New China, Chairman Mao planned to conduct on-site inspections to lay a solid foundation for future strategic development.

Chairman Mao's first stop was Harbin . Before that, he emphasized that China is now facing a period of development and must not throw a big banquet. This will only waste people and money, and keep everything simple.

Although the mayor of Harbin agreed quickly, he still prepared delicacies on the day of Chairman Mao's review.

The dishes are so diverse that even Chairman Mao was dazzled.

Since there were many friends from the Soviet Union present at the time, it is understandable that the mayor took the courtesy of the host to the extreme.

However, Chairman Mao felt very distressed when he looked at these expensive dishes.

If the money saved from this banquet is used to develop industry, I am afraid that several more tons of steel can be produced.

Afterwards, Chairman Mao personally held the mayor accountable for this extravagant banquet, with a hint of reproach in his words.

Considering the arduous task of inspection, Chairman Mao instructed to criticize the mayor of Harbin for a few words before continuing with the rest of the trip.

What he didn't expect was that Changchun, his second stop, would follow the former's lead and still hold a banquet on and .

Not only that, the dishes on the latter banquet are more luxurious than the former.

Seeing this situation, Chairman Mao's face instantly darkened, and his heart was filled with anger.

Before this, Chairman Mao emphasized again and again, keeping everything simple and keeping everything simple, but no one was willing to abide by it.

On the surface, it is just the prevalence of extravagance, but it is not difficult to see from behind that there may be a deeper problem.

After all the inspections were completed, Chairman Mao felt that it was necessary to rectify the political atmosphere across the country and conduct a thorough investigation of those leading cadres.

Such a massive nationwide anti-corruption campaign began.

This operation was personally ordered by Chairman Mao, and involved more than 900,000 leading cadres at all levels. 400,000 of them received varying degrees of warnings, more than 10,000 were imprisoned, and 2 were sentenced to death..

Our country is particularly cautious in the sentencing of death sentences. Only those extremely vicious people, or those whose conduct is extremely serious, will consider the death penalty.

Chairman Mao sentenced 42 prisoners to death after a thorough investigation. What kind of unjust things did they do? So much so that life is needed to atone for sins.

Corruption

Among these 42 people, the most serious ones are Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan.

Both of them were heroes during the revolutionary period. They fought with the army and made great contributions to the founding of New China.

However, after the founding of New China, the two of them were tempted by capitalist sugar-coated bullets and advocated a decadent lifestyle.

The price of this lifestyle is that it requires a lot of money to support it. In order to maintain their luxurious life, the two relied on their leadership positions in the Tianjin area to embezzle financial allocations and did things that are not justified by nature.

During their tenure as leaders, the two men stole 2.9 billion yuan (old currency) in food funds and 3 billion in water conservancy funds allocated by the central government.

In order to make more profits, the two also worked together to resell the country's steel products, defraud bank loans, and engage in a large number of illegal business activities.

What's even more unscrupulous is that they misappropriated the materials originally used to aid the disaster areas and sold them to unscrupulous merchants at low prices, seriously affecting the living order in the disaster areas.

The two used their embezzled money to carry out various corrupt activities , which completely violated the code of conduct as communists. During the

period, Liu Qingshan started taking drugs in order to seek excitement. A variety of drugs were used at the same time, which made his desire for money even stronger.

Liu Qingshan and others are the "big tigers" uncovered by Chairman Mao during this anti-corruption campaign.

There are many corrupt leading cadres like him. They all embezzle national finances and bring huge losses to the country and the people.

In order to punish these leading cadres with particularly serious crimes and give everyone a warning, Mao Zedong decided to give them the death penalty.

Within the next year, our country conducted multiple public trials of Liu Qingshan and others, and finally issued a death sentence in 1952. There are many "little flies" who were caught out together with Liu Qingshan and others. They are like grasshoppers on a rope, almost forming an illegal group organization.

Didn’t anyone discover the behavior of these corrupt officials during this period? Why didn't anyone report it?

Delayed Justice

The people are most affected by the various actions of these corrupt officials, and the people are also the group who know their actions best.

It’s not that no one is willing to speak out, but Liu Qingshan and others have formed a bully group in the local area. Even if the people want to speak out, there is no suitable channel.

Certain local organizations have long been colluding with corrupt leading cadres and have turned a deaf ear to the voices of the people.

Not only that, they will also hire some thugs to "punish" people who dare to report, so that the people are afraid to move. During the

period, some cadres who still had consciences petitioned many times, but they did not achieve the desired results.

Their report letters are as if they have disappeared into the sea, which is extremely chilling.

Justice may be late, but it will never be absent. Under the wise command of leaders such as Mao Zedong, these "big tigers" were finally defeated , giving an explanation to the party and the people.

In any era, corruption must be severely combated. Now our country's anti-corruption is moving to a new height.