Zhang Yu (1906～1941.6) was originally named Zhang Furong and given the courtesy name Bohua. Now he is a native of Zhaowangzhuang, Qidu Town, Linzi District. His family was poor when he was young, so he was able to enroll in a private school in his village until he was more than ten years old. He relied on the income from his father and his second uncle, who looked after the tombs of landlords, to complete his studies at the Fourth Provincial Normal School. Later, with help from others, he went to the Kuomintang Boshan County Party Headquarters and became a clerk. Soon after he saw the truth about the intrigues and self-enhancement within the Kuomintang, he left angrily and taught at the Xindian private Tonghui Primary School and the county Xiguan Primary School. In January 1938, when the Japanese army entered the country, Zhang Yu organized an anti-Japanese self-defense group in his hometown, joined the Linzi Third Brigade, and served as the company commander of the first company (squadron). After the establishment of the anti-Japanese democratic government of Linzi County, he was transferred to the district chief of Linzi District 1. In December 1940, he was promoted to the county chief.
Anecdotes
When he was the county magistrate, he attached great importance to the construction of the militia. In addition to handling daily administrative work, he focused on organizing militia learning, training and field exercises, and extremely The earth has improved the political awareness and combat defense capabilities of the militia. More than 200 people from the 24th Shandong Security Brigade stationed in Huantai County invaded Linzi Huaishuwu Village in an attempt to capture people and seize food. The entire village and soldiers defended themselves behind closed doors and held for two hours, but the enemy failed in the end.
Because Zhang Yu was born in a poor family, he developed the habit of being hardworking and simple and loving labor since he was a child. After becoming the county magistrate, he had no official airs and set an example everywhere. In the anti-Japanese base areas, digging communication ditches connecting villages (also called anti-Japanese ditches) was a strategic measure to persist in plain guerrilla warfare. As an ordinary citizen, he dug and lifted soil with the masses at the construction site every night... He often said: "Working without sweating is not like a farmer." During the busy farming season, he led the staff to put into production. He can do heavy work, such as pushing carts and carrying loads, and clever work, including lifting stacks on the field. To this day, the old people who lived in Linzi District 5 and experienced the Anti-Japanese War still remember him fondly and say that he was a "good villager and county magistrate".
In the spring of 1941, people's lives were very difficult. His wife came to him from thirty miles away with her children, asking to stay for a few days and bring some money back to tide over the famine. Zhang Yu looked at his scrawny children and his wife in ragged clothes. He was silent for a long time and said, "Go back! It's very difficult everywhere now. The troops are also tightening their belts and fighting hard. Just hold on until the wheat harvest!"
In June 1941, the Party Committee of Qinghe District, Shandong Province mistakenly implemented the instructions of its superiors to "suppress the trust" and secretly carried out the so-called struggle to eliminate the Trotskyists. Zhang Yu was falsely accused of being a "Trotskyist" and was an innocent victim. On October 20, 1981, the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Lu Fa (1981) No. 52" document, explicitly ordering the redress. Posthumously considered a revolutionary martyr.