Chapter 8 The Party Central Committee's first "popular project" in northern Shaanxi

With the initial resolution of the military crisis, Mao Zedong freed up his hands to deal with Liu Zhidan's case in an all-round way. Liu Zhidan, the "modern robber Robin Hood" described by Snow, has only a short life, but it is full of ups and downs and legends... This hero in troubled times was born in a wealthy farmer's family in Bao'an, northern Shaanxi. The tenant farmers of their own family resisted paying their own tax and became famous among the poor. In 1925, when Liu Zhidan was still a middle school student, he became a member of the Communist Party under the influence and training of several "Communist" teachers such as Wei Yechou and Li Zizhou. The fourth batch of students in the military academy.

Liu Zhidan's first narrow escape after participating in the revolution was one day in July 1927.Feng Yuxiang, who had followed Chiang Kai-shek's anti-communist order, ordered Liu Zhidan, Xuan Xiafu and other more than 20 Communist Party members engaged in political work in his ministry to be loaded into two boring cars, sent out of Wushengguan, and left at Xiaozidian station in Hubei, in an attempt to borrow the warlords of Hubei. hand to kill them.Unexpectedly, Liu Zhidan was extremely vigilant, not only escaped the enemy's conspiracy, but also found the party organization through underground connections through many twists and turns.

Taking Liu Zhidan's life as an example, the period from 1929 to 1932 was a kaleidoscope.According to the decision of the party organization, he would serve as regimental commander in one army for a while, and deputy in another army for a while.In the past three years, Liu Zhidan experienced countless failures, setbacks, adventures and narrow escapes. In 1932, Liu Zhidan and Xie Zichang finally broke with the warlords completely and pulled up an armed force of their own, which truly belonged to the Communist Party-the Shaanxi-Gansu guerrillas of the Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants.With this armed force as the foundation of the "home", the strength grew bigger and bigger, and finally owned a base area-the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Soviet Area and two revolutionary forces-the Red 26th Army and the Red 27th Army.

In September 1935, the Red Army in northern Shaanxi had another opportunity to make a fortune. The Red 25th Army led by Xu Haidong and Cheng Zihua arrived in northern Shaanxi from Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi, and joined forces with the 26th and 27th Army in Yongping Town, Yanchuan.Immediately, the three armed forces jointly formed the 15th Red Army, with Xu Haidong as the head of the army, Cheng Zihua as the political commissar, and Liu Zhidan as the deputy head of the army and chief of staff.At this time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China during the Long March received information about the existence of Liu Zhidan's Red Army in northern Shaanxi, and was happily planning a big move to move closer to Liu Zhidan's troops in a Guandi temple in Hadapu.

One month later, the Central Red Army led by Mao Zedong arrived in northern Shaanxi and was warmly welcomed by the leaders of the 15th Red Army Corps and the people of the Soviet Area.However, among the welcoming crowd, Mao Zedong could not find Liu Zhidan. It turned out that Liu Zhidan and the other founders of the northern Shaanxi base were all in prison at this time. After listening to reports from the local masses and cadres in the border areas, Mao Zedong, who has rich political experience, sensitively realized that the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Area is now performing the tragedy of eliminating counter-revolutionaries that occurred earlier in the Central Soviet Area...from the masses' righteous indignation towards this matter and their disapproval of the incident. In the high love and evaluation shown by Liu Zhidan, Mao Zedong clearly realized that the handling of Liu Zhidan's case was essentially the first "popular project" after the Party Central Committee came to northern Shaanxi.By winning the hearts of the people, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will be able to settle down among the masses in northern Shaanxi.

The problem is as simple as that, and as serious as it is. "Stop the arrests, stop the censorship, stop killing, and let the central government handle everything."This is the first order issued by the Party Central Committee to the Northwest Delegation and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Shanxi Provincial Party Committee. 21 characters, every word is worth a thousand dollars.In order to provide an organizational guarantee for correcting "Left" errors, on October 24, the Central Committee held a working conference in Xiasiwan and made four decisions: 1. The Northwest Delegation and the Northwest Military Commission were abolished, and the Northwest Office of the Central Military Commission was established, with Zhou Enlai as the chairman, Liu Zhidan as the vice chairman, and Zhang Yunyi as the chief of staff; 2. The Shaanxi-Gansu-Shanxi Provincial Committee was abolished, and the Northwest Office of the Central Democratic Government was established; 3. Recognition The Shaanxi-Gansu border and the northern Shaanxi workers' and peasants' democratic government; 4 Ding Wayaobao is the seat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Wang Shoudao, Liu Xiangsan, and Jia Tuofu made considerable contributions to the handling of Liu Zhidan's case. The three of them were personnel sent by the CCP to Wayaobao in advance to handle the matter with full authority.The three of them led a radio station and a platoon of troops, first took over the Northwest Security Bureau, and controlled the situation; then investigated and collected evidence, and the "Left" opportunists imposed on Liu Zhidan. overthrow.It provides important reference materials for the Party Central Committee to retry the number one unjust, false and wrongly case in northern Shaanxi.

On December 13, Mao Zedong came to Wayaobao, the former Shaanxi-Gansu-Shanxi Provincial Committee and now the seat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, with the gift of victory in the Zhiluo Town Battle. From November 10, 1935, when the Northwest Office moved to Wayaobao to the end of May 1936 when the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China moved to Baoan, the city of Wayaobao was the seat of the Northwest Office of the Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic and the seat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The status occupies a place in the history of Chinese revolution. Mao Zedong lived here for more than 6 months, and directed scenes of live dramas that affected the course of history.

Qualifying and rehabilitating Liu Zhidan's case was the first major event Mao Zedong did during his stay in Wayaobao. "The arrest of Liu Zhidan and other comrades is completely wrong, it is a groundless frame-up, it is opportunistic, 'madness', and should be released immediately." When Mao Zedong announced this conclusion, northern Shaanxi was boiling!Wang Shoudao recalled: "After Mao Zedong's instructions and the news of Liu Zhidan and other comrades' release came out, the army and civilians rushed to tell each other, rejoicing and cheering enthusiastically, 'Comrade Liu Zhidan has been saved!' 'Northern Shaanxi has been saved!'."

If we say that the battle of Zhiluo Town was the groundbreaking ceremony for the Party Central Committee to place the revolutionary headquarters in the northwest militarily, then the correct settlement of Liu Zhidan’s unjust case was the political consolidation of the Soviet regime in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.