1935年10月,中央红军经过二万五千里长征到达陕北。毛泽东听到陕北的干部和群众反映,陕北的党政军负责同志刘志丹、杨森、杨奇等一批人,在一个月以前被捕了,有的已经被杀害。而他们都是好人。毛泽东立即指示:杀头不象割韭菜,韭菜割了还可以再长起来,人头落地就合不拢了。如果杀错了人,那就是犯罪行为。他要求马上停止捕人,并且在一份材料上批示:“刀下留人!”同时派出有关同志进行调查。经过深入调查,证明刘志丹等同志是坚持党的正确路线的,他们之所以受了冤枉,是由于搞逼供信和坏人蓄谋捏造造 In October 1935, the Central Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi through the Long March of 25,000 miles. Mao Zedong heard reports from cadres and the masses in northern Shaanxi that a batch of people such as Liu Zhidan, Yang Sen and Yang Qi, responsible for the party and government forces in northern Shaanxi, were arrested a month ago and some of them have been killed. And they are all good people. Mao Zedong immediately instructed: head to cut is not like cut leeks, leeks cut can also grow up again, the human head falls to close together. If you kill the wrong person, it is a criminal act. He demanded an immediate cessation of arrests and instructed in a material: “Keep people under the knife!” Meanwhile, the relevant comrades were dispatched to investigate. After an in-depth investigation, it has been proved that Comrades Liu Zhidan and others insisted on the correct line of the party, and that they were wronged because they tried to forcibly supply credit and bad people