[The Chinese Communist Party’s "One Hundred Thousand Whys"] Why did this high-ranking Communist Party official who stayed behind in the Soviet area begging for food with 13 gold bars?

　　China News Service, Beijing, April 13th (Reporter Wang Kai) Liu Qiyao, a native of Longkou Township, Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province, has worked as a long-term worker, spared a wooden raft, and was born out of hardship. Later, he actively participated in the revolution. Chairman of the Soviet government.

Can you imagine it?

It is such a "highly powerful" CCP member who had the experience of begging for food while carrying 13 gold bars and a large amount of money.

　　Is it because Liu Qiyao is too stingy if he has money but doesn't spend it?

This starts from the origin of his huge wealth.

In October 1934, during the Long March of the Red Army, Liu Qiyao was ordered to stay in the Soviet area to fight guerrillas. Jiangxi Provincial Party Secretary Zeng Shan gave Liu Qiyao a coat for safekeeping. It contained all the funds for the activities of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, including 13 gold bars and a large number of silver jewelry, etc. .

　　In 1935, Liu Qiyao led his troops to break through in a bloody battle. The troops were dispersed. He himself escaped after being wounded.

At that time, the Soviet area was already shrouded in white terror. He could not go back if he had a home. He could only survive incognito, and he had to find ways to protect the organization's funds.

　　In order to find an organization, Liu Qiyao brought "dogs and sticks" and walked through the villages to beg for rice.

No matter how hard life is, even if he suffers from hunger, he has never thought of embezzling every cent of the revolutionary funds.

Who would have thought that a beggar with a yellowish face and thin skin in ragged clothes would be a "high-ranking official of the Communist Party of China"?

　　After suffering, Liu Qiyao finally found the higher-level organization after several years of tossing, and handed over the funds, which had been kept for several years, to the organization along with the list of funds.

And this legendary experience also left him with the nickname of "wife with a lot of money for rice" in the history of the party.

　　In fact, Liu Qiyao's meticulous and "stupid" treatment of public funds has been reflected in his previous work.

During the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, the Central Soviet Area was heavily surrounded by enemies and faced economic difficulties.

Liu Qiyao tried all kinds of ways to save money, and his level of stinginess is unimaginable for ordinary people.

　　When the pencil is too short to hold, tie it to a small bamboo stick and use it three times on a piece of paper.

It is not easy for others to be "extremely thrifty", but he has used practical actions to earn himself the nickname "Twelve Thrifty Chairman".

　　Later, the situation in the Soviet area became more tense. In order to save money, Liu Qiyao simply brought his own food to work for the party.

Sometimes I don't have time to bring rice from home, so I ask my wife to pick rice from home more than 100 miles away.

　　The wife jokingly said: "My husband and husband, I want to pay for it." Liu Qiyao responded: "The revolution is successful, and there is no shortage of food and clothing."

　　In 1946, Liu Qiyao died of illness at the age of 47.

When he died, he was still wearing a tattered gown and patched trousers, and he didn't even leave a photo for future generations.

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping mentioned this story of Liu Qiyao when he was inspecting work in Jiangxi before, and emphasized that only by inheriting and carrying forward the party’s fine traditions can we cope with the "four major tests" and overcome the "four dangers" and correctly handle public-private relations. , Get rid of the "four winds" stubborn disease.

　　Nowadays, many of the previous "bitter days" have become history, but it is precisely at this time that it is more educational and warning to relive the story of Liu Qiyao begging with gold bars on his back.

There used to be a bowl of "poisonous chicken soup" on the Internet-there is no such thing as loyalty or firmness, but the temptation is big enough.

In the face of various "tempts" in development and construction in the new era, can it withstand the test like Liu Qiyao?

Can the public and private be as clear as Liu Qiyao?

This is a "must-answer question" faced by every Communist.

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