So many number one documents emphasize farmers will always be farmers Because the constitution says so If we don't amend the constitution and let farmers always be farmers, we're finished The boundary between urban and rural areas needs to be broken for spatial allocation of resources If the boundary between urban and rural areas is not broken You can't allocate shit What China may lack the most is entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship between each other is lacking More importantly, the government also lacks entrepreneurship It often says something today and doesn't count tomorrow Says something else the day after and changes it again the next day So the number of documents issued in a year is probably more than the number of days I learn something new every day What's new today is still new tomorrow So when will the old documents be phased out? No one says Just now Comrade Li Jinhua shared with us his grievances If the top four leaders and two senior judges of our country can only grieve It shows this system is completely rotten Today, let's talk about Ren Zhiqiang's story Ren Zhiqiang has a nickname "Big Cannon Ren" It was given by Chinese netizens around 2005 The exact reason why he got this nickname is unclear now But one factor is very important Ren Zhiqiang has a very distinctive way of speaking First he has a very fiery temper Secondly, he speaks very directly Thirdly, he often speaks his mind and tells the truth he believes So when he accepts media interviews Or speaks in public He often attacks fiercely Attacks the public, attacks public opinion Attacks the media, attacks the government Wherever he goes, it's scorched earth with no life So he got the nickname "Big Cannon Ren" "Taiwan's democratic development" "Is not just because of Chiang Ching-kuo" "More importantly, it's their mindset" "They dream of having a democratic society" "To have their own rights" "So Lung Ying-tai urges everyone" "To take on your social responsibilities" "Tear down the wall in front of you" "Under China's current circumstances" "Our only social responsibility" "Is that everyone here makes an effort to stand up" "Tear down the wall in front of us" "And build our democratic system" Ren Zhiqiang's final cannon shot As we all know, it was in early 2020 Late February of that year An online essay with very long word count was circulating The context at the time was the outbreak in Wuhan, China had just happened Wuhan was locked down before the Spring Festival So China's epidemic prevention and control was at a critical stage At this time The CCP held a conference with 170,000 attendees Of course, as you all know this conference was certainly To summarize experience, summarize achievements Because the CCP always turns bad things into good things But soon after the conference This online essay spread This online essay made a direct rebuttal Of the narrative logic of this 170,000-people conference At the time At the same time, it directed the barrel at Xi Jinping It said Xi Jinping is a clown jumping beam with no clothes on A naked ambition to become emperor Whoever dares hinder such ambition of his He will destroy them You think these words are too harsh You think back then although Xi had amended the constitution, he hadn't had consecutive terms yet Everyone knew he wanted to become emperor But no one dared say it out If anyone dared say it, think of the consequences This was like beating drums and scolding Cao Cao during Three Kingdoms era It's an open letter calling for rebels So when I saw it back then I was shocked after reading this circulating essay online So I called a friend in China This friend in China was quite close with Ren Zhiqiang He vaguely told me on the phone Saying it was written by Ren Zhiqiang I immediately felt things had gone bad Ren Zhiqiang was bound to get in trouble Sure enough, on March 12, Ren Zhiqiang disappeared His good friend Wang Ying Even posted a missing person notice on WeChat moments Then on March 19, Ren Zhiqiang was taken away On July 23, the discipline inspection committee of Beijing's Xicheng district Announced Ren Zhiqiang's expulsion from the Party Saying "Ren Zhiqiang was disloyal and dishonest to the Party" "He smeared and distorted the Party's history, and blackened the Party, etc." These words are very severe Because for CCP members Expulsion from the Party is a very severe punishment Especially before judicial proceedings If your Party membership is revoked, what does it mean? You're no longer a comrade of the Party It also means During the judicial proceedings There won't be any mercy for you Sure enough, on September 22 The No.2 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing announced the verdict Ren Zhiqiang was sentenced to 18 years in prison On charges of corruption, bribery, misuse of public funds, abuse of power, etc. 18 years, think about it, Ren Zhiqiang was 69 when sentenced If no sentence reduction, He would be 87 by the time he finished prison term Given the conditions of Chinese prisons And Ren Zhiqiang was sentenced for criticizing Xi Jinping The possibility of him leaving prison alive is small He would most likely End his entire public life in this way of firing cannons "I think when you educate your children" "Do you tell them to lie or tell the truth?" "You must tell your child not to lie but tell the truth" "Why does everyone have to lie instead of telling the truth in society?" "I find it annoying. I think telling the truth is very important" "Of course telling the truth is important" "But in Chinese culture" "There has always been a culture of being reserved" "It seems being vocal in words and deeds" "Often doesn't lead to good endings" Seeing Ren Zhiqiang being sentenced back then, I wondered Why did Ren Zhiqiang open fire at Xi Jinping Reasonably speaking, Ren Zhiqiang was a thoroughbred second-generation red His father Ren Quansheng was deputy minister of China's Ministry of Commerce A senior CCP cadre On the other hand, he was Chairman of Huayuan Real Estate Operated very successfully and made a lot of money He had earned enough money in his life And he was retired At the same time he also retired So why not just live a carefree life after retirement Instead, he directly fired at Xi Jinping in 2020 Some people rumored that his article Was originally for a circle of a dozen close friends to see But later it spread But even so, it is still hard to understand That is, he should have thought of The consequences for himself if this spread So I'm very curious How did a second generation red Who later went into business and became a real estate tycoon And later became a public enemy on the Chinese Internet And then became "Cannon Ren" Finally became a tragic hero asking for the people How did he step by step get to this point Today I will share with you My understanding of Ren Zhiqiang's whole life Ren Zhiqiang wrote a memoir Which he wrote in a year after retiring I read his memoir carefully these days Only then did I realize that Ren Zhiqiang had not been jailed for the first time He was arrested in 1985 (Sentenced to) one year and two months And when he became a public intellectual in his later years He went to jail again So there may have been some factor in Ren Zhiqiang's personality That became a certain fate in his destiny Exploring his personality and resume I feel from a certain point of view We can also better understand Ren Zhiqiang Better understand this era "When I came out of prison in 1986, my hair was basically all white" "But in order to maintain a certain social image, I dyed my hair" "After retirement, I no longer have these obligations" "Restoring one's true self may be better than falsehood" "So you will like yourself more now" "I have always liked myself" "I also liked my past self" Ren Zhiqiang lived in a big siheyuan in Beijing since he was a child Because his father was a high-ranking official He joined the Red Guards when he was in junior high school which coincided with the Cultural Revolution His brother was the deputy commander Of the No. 1 Command of Beijing Red Guards Their home was often the base Of their student command, holding meetings and organizing activities He said a classmate's mother Was beaten to death by Beijing's female Red Guards So he didn't quite understand the looting and burning by the Red Guards But he was also caught up in the movement And went all over the country to connect But soon his father was overthrown If you are familiar with history You know the Red Guards in Beijing Were the first batch mobilized by children of Beijing high-ranking officials Soon after, after these high-ranking fathers were overthrown These Red Guards became "black five categories" And were marginalized Ren Zhiqiang was no exception He said he was idle for a year or two Climbing Xiangshan with classmates Beating other people's dogs to death and then cooking and eating them And going to Miyun Reservoir to catch fish After catching the fish, cooking them in a big pot at home Soon Mao called For urban educated youth to go to the countryside for re-education At that time, Beijing stipulated That all children in a family Could only have one Beijing quota The rest had to go to the countryside In Ren's family, his sister stayed in Beijing The rest had to go down to the countryside At that time, the place Ren went down to the countryside Was a poor mountain village under Yan'an Those who went with him included their school counselor Wang Qishan Wang Qishan was Ren's counselor when he was in junior high school They were both students at Beijing No. 35 Middle School Ren Zhiqiang was a grade 1 student Wang Qishan was a grade 2 student At that time, Ren Zhiqiang said their first counselor Was the son of Yao Yilin, and the third counselor was this Wang Qishan So you see, the school Ren went to was really not simple The mountain village under Yan'an they went to was very poor Seven or eight young men lived in a cave dwelling And did rough farm work every day He said that in winter When there was no farm work The farmers there would spend the winter together drinking When they drank too much, they would carry him out into the snow Then the women would drag their men back home He stayed in Northeast China for a few months Before he returned to Beijing injured After recovering from the injury in Beijing He did not return to Yan'an But went down to the countryside in Moerdaoga, Northeast China Moerdaoga in Northeast China actually belongs to Inner Mongolia But it is a forest area At the northernmost end of Inner Mongolia bordering Heilongjiang But the natural conditions there were much better than Shaanbei So the peasants had no problem eating He said that in winter When there was no farm work, everyone spent the winter According to his own account in the memoir "I felt quite disappointed when I arrived in Yan'an" Because at that time Yan'an only had one street And the street was dusty They climbed Mount Baota At that time the pagoda on Mount Baota was dilapidated They climbed to the top The top was full of "visiting here" everywhere They also carved their names on the pillar at the top of the pagoda After staying for a few months He returned to Beijing injured according to his own account After recovering from the injury in Beijing He did not return to Yan'an But went down to the countryside in Moerdaoga in Northeast China The recruits in Northeast China were called "soldiers of the children" Also known as "back door soldiers" He became a soldier in Company 4 of this Battalion 334 Starting in the cooking squad Later went to the special service squad He did not say that he joined the army through the back door But looking at Ren Zhiqiang's first half of his life His red second generation family background Really played a huge role for him Think about when he went down to the countryside in Shaanbei And returned to Beijing injured after a few months After recovering in Beijing, he did not return to Shaanbei But went to Moerdaoga After arriving in Moerdaoga after a few months, he joined the army The whole process would have been impossible without his family influence Including when he was in the army 他说当时他们的部队想要买汽车 He said when his troops wanted to buy a car He volunteered to Beijing to find his mother His mother gave him a note So he helped his troops buy a truck and drove it back Then he drove the truck with his fellow troops to go for a drive As a result, they crashed the truck into a tree During the counter-attack in self-defense Their troops were stationed on the Sino-Mongolian border, digging trenches every day Because Deng Xiaoping was going to attack Vietnam at that time He was very worried that the Soviet Union would respond to Vietnam in the north against China So the 38th Army was also stationed on the Sino-Mongolian border By then he was already a junior officer Before demobilization, he made it to the deputy chief of staff of the regiment "When I was in the army, my commander gave me a nickname called Chicken Ribs" "Why did the commander give me the name Chicken Ribs" "It was because the commander asked me to repair the shooting range" "My deputy commander brought a company" "The most famous Iron Company 8 in the country to the shooting range to shoot" "He said stop first" "Stop for two hours until we finish shooting and then go" "So I drove away the deputy commander" "Unless you go to consult with the commander" "I won't repair this shooting range" "I have to complete the commander's instructions" "You are smaller than the commander, sorry, go back" "The whole regiment was shocked that a deputy chief of staff dared to drive away the deputy commander" "So the commander nicknamed me Chicken Ribs" "Therefore, I must go into business instead of being a civil servant" "That is to tell you that I cannot be a civil servant" "Because I am just a chicken rib" "With my temperament and personality, I cannot be (a civil servant)" Around 1980, the whole society began to reform and open up He was demobilized and returned to Beijing At that time he had a cousin Who had set up a Beijing Youth Service Society in Beijing He was moved and thought it was quite good So under that Beijing Youth Service Society He also established an organization Appointing himself as the manager He said the first business he did was selling rabbit skins He went to Guangzhou to a former comrade's home And found that foreign trade company Then he signed a contract with the foreign trade company to purchase rabbit skins from farmers and sell them there Letting him experience the reform and opening up of Guangdong at that time Ren Zhiqiang was quite smart Because at that time, many units in Beijing were centralized purchasing and marketing Many things were sold within one unit They pulled business from many units That is, if your unit wants to purchase items I will give you a large batch at one time, equivalent to wholesale They actually did quite well He only did this for one or two years At that time, there was a Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing The head had a good relationship with their family and knew him The Agricultural Academy wanted to develop a third industry So they invited Ren Zhiqiang to do commissioned management Contracting the entire third industry of the Agricultural Academy Establishing a company with Ren Zhiqiang as manager So Ren Zhiqiang went to the Agricultural Academy He successively established several companies there The first one was called Every Day That is restaurants, frying pancakes from morning Cooking dishes at noon and evening There was also a typing and photocopying studio Hiring a group of high school graduates To do typing, photocopying, printing and other work for people at the Agricultural Academy The third was an engineering team Doing relairs for various units of the Agricultural Academy Building some temporary houses and the like He said in this process he also went through the back door Why? Because at that time, small restaurants in Beijing Generally could not sell beer And there was no beer to sell either At this time, his mother Was transferred to Beijing Second Bureau of Commerce as director The Beijing Second Bureau of Commerce, as you know If you've listened to my special supply episode Specialized in supplying the special supply system for central leaders He found his mother to wholesale beer to him So his Every Day restaurants could sell beer Beijing Second Bureau of Commerce As you all know if you've listened to my special supply episode It is responsible for this work So he went through the back door again Therefore, his Every Day restaurants could sell beer So it immediately became famous locally Did it for a few years, and he made the business thrive At the beginning of 1984 He met a man named Dai Xiaoming This Dai Xiaoming had actually joined the 38th Army with him But they were not in the same regiment during the 38th Army So they didn't know or meet each other But by some fortunate coincidence They met in Beijing At that time, the Xicheng District Committee of Beijing appointed Dai Xiaoming to establish a state-owned enterprise This enterprise was called Huayuan The two met late but soon became close friends So Dai Xiaoming invited him to join Huayuan At that time, Ren Zhiqiang put forward a condition Saying that he had been doing business on his own for years And would not be a deputy for others If he were to do it, they must establish an independent company for him After establishing this company, he would have the final say Even if they didn't give him money, that's fine Dai Xiaoming agreed So Ren Zhiqiang entered Beijing Huayuan "After demobilization, I worked in a union social enterprise in Beijing" "Worked there for over 4 years, frying pancakes" "Entering Huayuan was a coincidence" "It was because the boss wanted me to investigate one of my subordinates through me" "See how his work was" "He wanted to transfer that person to Huayuan" "During our conversation, he thought I was more suitable to go" "So I was transferred by coincidence" After entering Beijing Huayuan Huayuan established a subsidiary for him Giving him only 3 quotas for staff The rest had to rely on himself Ren Zhiqiang's first business at Huayuan Was actually selling smuggled goods His deputy general manager Zhang Xiaodong His wife was a small branch of the National Defense Science and Technology Committee At that time, this small branch was going to purchase 80 sets of photocopiers At that time, photocopiers were extremely expensive As soon as Ren Zhiqiang heard about it He asked Zhang Xiaodong to take the business Because at that time, many smuggled goods were coming in from Hong Kong to Guangdong. They got hold of these smuggled photocopiers. After returning to Beijing, they sold them to small subsidiary companies. They made a profit of 300,000 RMB from this business deal. 300,000 RMB was a significant sum and provided the initial capital. Initially, their main business was still trading. At that time, they were dealing with radios and calculators from the southern region. They brought them to Beijing and started selling. He said that when their business grew larger, they even imported printing machines to Beijing for sale. Their business model was essentially as middlemen. "I was in charge of this state-owned enterprise," "I tried to privatize all the companies under me." "Because I opposed state-owned enterprises." "If I can't change things above me, I'll change things below me." "You have to think of ways to survive." However, on September 29th, 1985, this day, He said this day was the Mid-Autumn Festival. The next day was National Day holiday. He received a call from the Discipline Inspection Commission of Xicheng District, Beijing. They asked him to come to the commission that afternoon to discuss something. He said he would go in the afternoon after dealing with matters at his workplace. The Discipline Inspection Commission agreed. At noon, they had a unit meal together. Right after the meal, he said the Deputy General Manager of his unit, Zhao Shengli, entered his room. He asked Ren Zhiqiang to go with him. Ren Zhiqiang said, "I'm going to the Discipline Inspection Commission later." Zhao Shengli replied, "Don't worry about that, come with me." Zhao Shengli took him without saying a word and pulled him out of the unit. They walked to a place near the north gate of the Yuantan Stadium. There, a car was waiting, and Zhao Shengli said, "Get in the car." The car door opened. Inside was a staff member from Xicheng District Procuratorate. And Ren Zhiqiang was arrested. He was taken directly to the detention center. Ren Zhiqiang wrote in his memoir about his experiences in the detention center in great detail. He was initially sent to the detention center in Xicheng District, Beijing. He said the conditions there were extremely poor. It housed violent criminals like rapists, robbers, and murderers. Each room had several prisoners wearing handcuffs and leg irons. He said sleeping arrangements were standing only. Everyone crowded onto a flat bed for sleep. They had to sleep standing, leaning to the side. Only the "bosses" of the cellblock had the privilege to lie down. Each cellblock had its own "bosses." Police relied on these bosses to maintain order. New inmates were interrogated about their professions. If someone resisted, they were beaten. If they still resisted, they were taken to the toilet for another beating. Inmates who were beaten into submission were made an example. This was how they maintained order in the detention center. They were told to defecate at fixed times every morning. The rooms had makeshift toilet pits. The smell was unbearable if they weren't cleaned. He spent around six months in this detention center. Then he was transferred to another detention center in Beijing. This one in Beijing was called "Halfway Bridge." Meaning, you're just half a step away from the afterlife. Here, he was held for about another half a year. He said it was quite interesting in this detention center. He shared how inmates found ways to entertain themselves. The biggest source of joy was smoking. He said they would scavenge for cigarette butts. If they spotted one while being taken for interrogation, they'd pick it up. They'd meticulously extract the tobacco from it. Then, at night, they'd ignite a wooden stick and put the cotton and tobacco together. This makeshift cigarette would be passed around for everyone to take a puff. He said it was quite interesting inside this detention center. He talked about how these inmates found enjoyment amidst their hardships. Their greatest pleasure was smoking. He asked, "How can we find cigarettes?" If they saw cigarette butts on the way to the interrogation, they quickly picked them up. Once back in the cell, they would carefully extract the tobacco from the butts. Then, they would roll the tobacco into very thin strips using paper. At night, they would create fire by rubbing wood together. They came up with a way to use cotton and wood to ignite the fire. After preparing it, they would take turns inhaling the smoke. He said there was another way to have fun. They guessed the color of the female nurse's underwear. When the female nurse came to administer medicine while they pretended to be sick, They would collapse on the ground. Suddenly, they would catch a glimpse of the color of her panties. Back in the room, they would start boasting and making jokes with each other. After Ren Zhiqiang was arrested, Initially, they believed he was charged with several offenses. The first was that he embezzled and misappropriated bonuses and public funds. Because, at the end of 1984, He gave himself a bonus of 16,000 RMB. 16,000 RMB was a significant amount at that time. In 1984, I hadn't even started college. I started college in 1986. When I was in college, My family gave me 50 RMB for monthly expenses. Think about it, I could live on 50 RMB for a month in college. I graduated from college in 1991, earning 240 RMB a month. So, think about it, in 1984, he gave himself a bonus of 16,000 RMB at the end of the year. Why did he give himself such a high bonus? Because he had an agreement with the Huayuan Group at the time. If the subsidiary companies made a profit, they would split 91% with the parent company. The parent company would take 90% and let them decide how to distribute the remaining 10% among themselves. The parent company wouldn't interfere with how the bonuses were distributed. This was recorded in the meeting minutes and implemented as a policy. So, in 1984, they made a lot of money, so he gave himself a bonus of 16,000 RMB. His deputy, Zhang Xiaodong, also received 16,000 RMB. Then, they each bought a scrapped Lada car. The Soviet imported car. Perhaps it attracted attention, and people felt it was too conspicuous, so they reported him. However, because Dai Xiaoming testified that there was indeed such a policy in their subsidiary company, after the prosecutor's office investigated for a while and found no evidence, they returned the money detained in the prosecutor's office to his sister. Afterward, they continued to investigate his other issues. They investigated his business with Xiaofeng Company, which involved the purchase of counterfeit typewritten copies. Eventually, they found out that Zhang Xiaodong had misappropriated kickback payments from the money they earned. Because after buying goods in Guangdong at the time, the other party required them to return over 100,000 RMB as intermediary fees under the guise of furniture payments. Zhang Xiaodong had misappropriated this money for a while. Although he eventually paid it back, the prosecutor's office deemed it embezzlement due to the misappropriation lasting over three months. But Ren Zhiqiang didn't know about this, so when Zhang Xiaodong testified in court, he made it clear that Ren Zhiqiang had no knowledge of it, and Ren Zhiqiang indeed had no idea. This is the second charge. The third charge. When they were constructing the Jianhuawei Building, They bought a batch of steel. However, the steel they purchased didn't match the type required for the building. So, he sold the steel. This was considered speculation. They claimed the value of the case exceeded 60,000 RMB. In the end, in late 1986, He was sentenced to two years in prison with a three-year probation for the charge of speculation and profiteering. When he was about to be released, his lawyer told him that he would definitely be released immediately. Even if the crime was relatively minor, he would certainly be released on the spot. When he returned to the cell, The inmates in the detention center were very happy for him. So, everyone began writing notes. Why? Because in those days, people held in detention centers had limited contact with their families. So, their families wanted to know about their situation. It all depends on the friends who are released from prison to send them messages after they go out. So I know that Ren Zhiqiang is going to be released from prison. These people wrote notes to their families one after another. So that morning when the guards started calling Ren Zhiqiang out of prison, Ren Zhiqiang stuffed notes from more than a dozen people in the same room into his socks Then walked out of the jail He started appealing shortly after he got out The original judgment after the appeal is nullified So he actually ended up getting two years in prison and three years probation. This judgment was not carried out In 1996, his Huayuan Real Estate was listed in Hong Kong It suddenly broke out that Ren Zhiqiang had been in prison At that time, Xicheng District of Beijing also specially went to the Procuratorate Give him a clean slate So this is the first time in Ren Zhiqiang's life that he went to prison "Maybe many people don't know" "I have been in the team, I have been in the army, I have been in prison, and I have been divorced" "Maybe I have almost never done what I should do in life" "Except that I have never been a civil servant of the Communist Party" "Basically did the rest" Ren Zhiqiang belongs to the first group of people who went to sea after the reform and opening up At that time, people's understanding of the market economy was still very limited. In his own words, like a person locked up in a detention center There is a factory manager Just use Saturday and Sunday to visit other factories Help people solve problems, people pay him So he was arrested Ren Zhiqiang made money through his own efforts and gave bonuses It was also considered corruption So you can see that there were many rules and regulations in that era Afterwards, it seemed to everyone to be a very normal thing At that time it was considered abnormal And the first group of people who went to sea In fact, the person who breaks the rules Ren Zhiqiang is bolder So I went to prison once in a daze He himself says in his memoirs that he doesn't regret going to prison. why? He said that this is also one of the wealth of life Remind him that no matter how big the business is in the future, Do your best to be legal At the same time, because people have experienced the adversity of going to prison like this I also know that no matter how great the achievements in life can't be proud And I found another point Ren Zhiqiang is a more charismatic person He can find a way to survive in any situation For example, the judge who tried him was named Wu He said that after interrogating that person, he firmly believed that Ren Zhiqiang was innocent. So in order to think that Ren Zhiqiang is innocent And resigned himself as prosecutor Later, he went to sea and became a lawyer. After Ren Zhiqiang was released from prison This prosecutor surnamed Wu became a lawyer Also became their legal counsel for Huayuan Real Estate You think it's actually quite an interesting experience, right? ok i will stop here today Let's talk about Ren Zhiqiang's story after he went to sea tomorrow "Report, report" "It seems that I have higher honor than the president" "So he said it was a weapon of self-preservation" "A weapon of self-defense for citizens" "Today the State Internet Information Office ordered" "Order Sina Tencent and other websites to close Ren Zhiqiang's Weibo account in accordance with laws and regulations" “Jiang Jun, spokesman for the Cyberspace Administration of China, said” "Cyberspace is not a lawless place" "Taiwan's democratic system is built not only because of Chiang Ching-kuo" "It's more about their thoughts" "They dreamed of a democratic society" "Have Your Own Rights" "That's why Longyingtai encourages everyone to take on your social responsibilities" "Tear down the wall in front of you"
