In October 1967, the Beijing Institute of Technology (the predecessor of Beijing Institute of Technology) came with shocking news: Wei Siwen, the dean who had been removed from his post and the founding lieutenant general of the People's Republic of China, was criticized to death.
Although the situation is special, after all, there is a death, and he is still a senior cadre, which eventually caused ** boiling.
The deputy director of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission at the time instructed that the murder be handed over to the Beijing Garrison for interrogation. After a period of investigation, Wei Siwen was hastily buried, and the two students involved in the case were also released, and the case was closed.
Wei Siwen is not only a meritorious founding lieutenant general, but also a former leading cadre of the military academy, why can he be safe and sound?Things have to start with Wei Siwen's revolutionary experience.
In 1910, Wei Siwen was born in Wenshui County, Shanxi Province. Wei Siwen, who came from a poor family, came into contact with revolutionary ideas earlier, joining the party at the age of 17. In 1929, he was admitted to Beijing University to study, and during his time at the school, he actively organized and participated in the school
In 1932, Wei Siwen gave up his studies and was arranged by the party organization to engage in underground work in Inner Mongolia and Shandong. In the era of the spread of the White Terror, revolutionary work was fraught with risks, and Wei Siwen was once arrested by the Kuomintang authorities. In the process of losing his freedom, he was firm in his mind and faithful in his faith, bravely fought against the reactionaries, and endured both mental and physical pressure.
After the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began to cooperate in resisting Japan, Wei Siwen regained his freedom. During the Anti-Japanese War, he successively served as the Minister of Zibo and the Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the Shandong Branch, and participated in the guerrilla struggle behind enemy lines and grassroots party building.
During the War of Liberation, Wei Siwen cooperated with the troops to complete the process of liberating Shandong. During the march to the southwest, he served as the deputy commander of the second regiment of the southwest service regiment and participated in the process of liberation of the southwest region. After working in Sichuan for a period of time, the whole country was liberated, and Wei Siwen went to Beijing to work.
Organizationally, according to his characteristics, he was arranged to participate in the establishment of Beijing Institute of Technology, and later served as the dean. The Beijing Institute of Technology was restructured and expanded from the Yan'an Academy of Natural Sciences, and in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it undertook the important task of providing national defense talents for the army.
Under the leadership of Wei Siwen, the teaching work of Beijing Institute of Technology has been carried out in an orderly manner, and its scientific research team has participated in the research and development of rockets, anti-tank missiles and planetariums in New China, and has made important contributions.
During his work at Beijing Institute of Technology, Wei Siwen cared about the lives of teachers and students, and created good basic conditions for the development of the school. For Wei Siwen's performance in the Institute of Technology, ** is highly affirmed, ** and other ** leaders have praised his work in person.
Although Wei Siwen's overall performance at the Beijing Institute of Technology is remarkable, there have always been criticisms about him. The more controversial thing is two things:
First, in the late 50s, the army selected a number of outstanding officers and men to study at the academy. A small number of these officers and men are not up to the mark in terms of personal quality, and it is difficult for them to adapt to their Xi life and have repeatedly violated school rules. With Wei Siwen's approval, the decision to expel them from the school was made, which caused dissatisfaction.
Second, during the "Four Cleanups" period in the 60s, the teachers and students of the college went to the countryside to participate in labor, and Wei Siwen extended the working time without discussion, and the poor living conditions caused teachers and students to complain.
Wei Siwen didn't explain much about these two things. In addition, rumors of Wei Siwen's inappropriate private life have been circulating in the academy for a long time, although they have not been confirmed, but they still have a bad impact.
In 1966, the working group of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission announced the decision to remove Wei Siwen. Affected by the special historical period, the Beijing Institute of Technology successively established two factions of rebel organizations, both of which had a bad impression of Wei Siwen and looked for every opportunity to criticize him.
In early 1967, during the repair of Wei Siwen's house, construction crews found two pistols through a gap in the wall. Wei Siwen's house was the residence of a Kuomintang general before the liberation, and he did not change the frame structure of the house after he moved in, so he did not know anything about the pistol.
The students took this opportunity to force Wei Siwen to confess the truth, and Wei Siwen, who couldn't stand the torture, confessed his guilt arbitrarily and couldn't explain the specific details. After several days of interrogation, Wei Siwen was seriously injured and died.
The National Defense Science and Technology Commission, which is the competent department at a higher level, has done a certain amount of investigation, but because there are reasons for the incident and many obstacles, Wei Siwen's problem has not been properly handled in the end. Wei Siwen was the first university president to be killed by a martial arts fight during the special period.
In 1972, ** issued instructions to Wei Siwen, asking him to be posthumously recognized as a martyr. In 1978, ** made a decision to rehabilitate Wei Siwen and held a memorial meeting for him.