In the years after the founding of New China, most of the country's was in a state of exhaustion. In order to understand the national conditions, Chairman Mao often traveled throughout the motherland.
In order to better and faster determine the development situation of Zhejiang, Chairman Mao rushed to Zhejiang by special train in June 1955 to conduct on-site surveys. The clanging sound of the steam locomotive was a sign of the times. Compared with modern trains, there is another obvious feature, the mushroom cloud on top of the train that looks like a hat. When the train quickly passed through the west gate crossing of Xiaoshan , a strange thing happened. A round hole the size of a thumb suddenly appeared in the train window. The hole looked like a bullet hole.
Steam Train
The people on the train immediately became nervous. They began to carefully check the train and its surroundings. After confirming that there was only one hole, they immediately contacted the local police. Under the close investigation of the local police, the murderer finally surfaced. But when the murderer was caught by the police, everyone was incredulous about the murderer's true identity. The strange thing was that Chairman Mao was not angry when he saw the murderer. He also smiled and tried to persuade the local police to show mercy. No. If we hold him accountable, what on earth is going on? Why was Chairman Mao so special to this "murderer"? Let’s find out.
Chairman Mao on the train
After the founding of New China, Chairman Mao traveled all over the country. We all know that airplanes are not faster than trains. Therefore, if foreign leaders travel, they must choose the means of transportation. It's a plane. But our Chairman Mao is different. He likes to ride the more down-to-earth green train . Chairman Mao's green leather train was similar to the one that ordinary people took at that time, except that an office desk was added to the train. In order to ensure Chairman Mao's safety, the doors and windows of the train were specially made and bulletproof. This simple green leather train was not only Chairman Mao's means of transportation, but also Chairman Mao's mobile office. Foreign guests were sometimes received on this train. But on such a special train during an inspection trip to Zhejiang, an unexpected and strange thing happened.
Chairman Mao in the office
In order to solve a series of problems arising from rural production cooperatives, Chairman Mao conducted an on-site inspection of Zhejiang in June 1955. At that time, it happened to coincide with the visit of the Soviet delegation headed by Malenkov to China, So , he and the chairman boarded a special train to Zhejiang. The inspection ended on June 18, and it was initially decided to return to Beijing from Hangzhou at 7:30 pm. But in order to save time, Chairman Mao asked the train to leave 20 minutes earlier. So the train left Hangzhou on time at 7:10, and Chairman Mao and Malenkov were talking about life insights in the carriage. Nothing unusual happened at that time, until a sudden noise broke the tranquility.
html At 17:10, the green train carrying China's top leaders left Hangzhou Station. Considering the special nature of this train, the security work was particularly rigorous. The person in charge of the security work at the time was Zhejiang Province Wang Fang, director of the Public Security Department, don’t look at the unpleasant name. This person is an old policeman who has been responsible for Chairman Mao’s security work many times when he went out for research. But this time the actual departure time of the train was twenty minutes earlier than the scheduled departure time, which made Wang Fang a little worried. It is precisely because the train was dispatched in advance that Wang Fang was extremely cautious about the deployment of all aspects of the police force. All the security personnel are nervous. It can be said that the saddle never leaves the horse's back and the armor never leaves the body.
Read Chairman Mao in the book
When the train arrived at the west gate crossing of Xiaoshan, suddenly, a sharp cracking sound appeared. The sound seemed to come from a certain carriage. Wang Fang suddenly panicked, something was definitely going to happen. He immediately took the police officers to check the situation. In order to understand what happened, they began to conduct a blanket search of Chairman Mao's special train. When they found that the carriage where Chairman Mao was in was intact, Wang Fang's hanging heart was finally relieved. Although Wang Fang breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that the crisis had not been resolved. Then, he first added more manpower to protect the carriage where Chairman Mao was located, and then led the security personnel to search and inspect the entire train. When the guards checked the sixth car, they found a round hole about the size of a thumb on the right side of the car's glass, and several cracks appeared around it. It was obvious that it was very hard. The traces left by the impact of impact objects, such as bullets. Thinking of this, Wang Fang's heart was about to jump out. If Chairman Mao was sitting in this carriage, the seriousness of the matter could be imagined. Thinking of this Wang Fang I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
This was probably because some gangsters were coming to attack Chairman Mao. Thinking of this, he did not dare to delay for a moment and immediately told Chairman Mao the whole story. When Chairman Mao heard this, he immediately made it clear that Wang Fang would not be allowed to make any big announcements. The current job was to ensure safety and carefully inspect the scene after getting off the train. As soon as the train arrived at Zhuji Station, Wang Fang immediately contacted The local public security bureau got in touch, and he and the local deputy director Lu Jianguang launched a thorough investigation as soon as they met.
Zhuji Station old photos
During the investigation by Lu Jianguang and Wang Fang, he also contacted Pan Zhenduo, director of the Xiaoshan County Public Security Bureau. After all, this happened within the area under his jurisdiction. Since the matter was serious, Lu Jianguang simply explained the time and location of the incident. He did not reveal much about Chairman Mao's itinerary. When Pan Zhenduo learned about this incident, he was first shocked and then frightened. Once the matter is rectified, he will definitely be involved. So he immediately made a decisive stance, saying that he must get to the bottom of this matter and bring the murderer to justice as soon as possible. So he sent most of the police force to the scene of the incident to investigate.
Lu Guangjian not only contacted the Xiaoshan Police Station, but also reported the matter to his superiors and told Xu Jianguo, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security. When Xu Jianguo heard this, he realized that the chairman's safety was threatened, so that's okay. He was a resolute person and set off immediately, the same day. Arriving at the crime scene. Xu Jianguo carefully observed the surrounding environment, and then came to the sixth carriage where the incident occurred. He looked at it, thought for a while and said: "The hole in the glass may not be caused by bullets, maybe it may be caused by stones." "Pointy and hard objects", He suggested questioning the local residents to see if any of them had seen the train when it passed by that night. Once a target is set, the prey is always easily discovered. It didn't take long for the local police to locate the target next to Caojiaqiao Village, and then began to investigate and question the local villagers one by one.
Chairman Mao’s old photos
Finally, under careful observation and questioning by the police, a very suspicious villager named Cao Wensheng was discovered. After careful cross-examination, he himself understood the seriousness of the matter and admitted that he had seen the train that night. But after seeing the problem, did anything strange happen? He began to be confused and spoke unclearly, but he just didn't want to explain the development of the matter in detail. During the interrogation, the police officer carefully explained to him the stakes involved. At this time, Cao Wensheng was finally willing to tell the details and admitted the wrong thing he had done. He threw the train away when he saw it passing by. Hit a stone. His testimony was also confirmed by Cao Peixing, another villager in the same village. Seeing that the case became more and more clear, Pan Zhenduo told Chairman Mao the details of the case. After seeing it, Chairman Mao said: "This is just an innocuous moment. This person is just a fool." Chairman Mao also said that he must have never seen a train before and was too curious to throw it at the train. To be honest, ignorance is not guilty of Shi Zi's mistakes. He himself would not have thought that his simple action would cause such a big ripple. Educate him and let him know that he can't do this in the future, and don't punish him too severely, let alone embarrass him.
After learning that Chairman Mao actually said good things for Cao Wensheng, Xu Jianguo no longer insisted on punishing him, but criticism and education were still indispensable. Finally, the Xiaoshan People's Court sentenced Cao Wensheng to 3 years in prison for "undermining railway traffic safety". Some people must feel that this punishment is a bit harsh, but in fact, Cao Wensheng was sentenced to 3 years in prison after 23 days in prison. was let out. Even if was released, he still didn't know that the train he accidentally smashed that day actually contained Chairman Mao. He would not even know that the reason why he was released early was because Chairman Mao begged for mercy.
Indeed, rural areas were relatively backward, and trains were rare in those days, so people always had a sense of curiosity when encountering novel things. However, throwing stones is indeed an extremely dangerous behavior, not to mention that it is more likely to cause traffic accidents on railways. Cao Wensheng is lucky. Chairman Mao's extrajudicial mercy resulted in minor punishments and major admonitions for him. But as a person, I hope he can know that no matter where he is, he must behave himself and do things with his own sense of proportion. In this matter, Chairman Mao's magnanimity towards Cao Wensheng also reflected his generous style of dealing with others, which fully demonstrated that Chairman Mao has always served the people.
