Lishu County was the area hardest hit by Japanese imperialist aggression and slavery. Since 1905 after the Russo-Japanese War, the people of Lishu have suffered from oppression, robbery and ravage.

On September 18, 1931, the Japanese imperialists launched the "September 18th Incident" to invade and occupy Northeast China. The next day, they occupied Lishu with armed force and first occupied Siping Street in District 2 of Lishu County. At the Second Police Precinct, the police disarmed all their guns and took control of Siping Street, where the telephone exchange and other key institutions were located. At the same time, all members of the Guojiadian Xishan Japanese Camp and Japanese merchants mobilized and posted notices in the street announcing the occupation.

On September 20, the Japanese army invaded Lishu City. Over the next three days, Japanese planes circled over Pear Tree City, twice dropping two bombs each. There were large and small groups of Japanese troops on the ground, harassing and shooting. There was chaos in the city, and the people were panic-stricken. They helped the old and the young and fled here and there. On September 22, the first detachment of the 1st Division of the Japanese Field Force arrived in Siping and disarmed the Sitao Railway Bureau road guard police. At this point, the entire Siping Street area fell.

On September 25, the Japanese puppet "Manchuria Independent Guards Headquarters" moved to Siping Street. In the evening of the same day, eight vehicles drove from Siping, carrying more than 200 heavily armed Japanese guardsmen, and entered the county to seize the guns of the county security brigade. After hearing the news, the security brigade all fled to the Lamadian area of ??District 9. When the Japanese troops entered the city, there was no sign of the security team. They failed to disarm and became angry. That night, 15 people were selected from the "male envelope" where prisoners were temporarily detained. Some of these people were illegal because of gambling, and some were purely innocent people. However, they were all dragged to the literary inkstone southeast of the county government by the invading Japanese army, and they were stabbed to death with bayonets one by one, screaming in agony that could not be heard.

The Japanese imperialists formed the "China-Manchuria Independent Autonomous Association" in Siping Street and announced the revocation of county power in five counties including Changtu, Lishu, Kaiyuan, Huaide, and Liaoyuan (today's Shuangliao). "All general affairs in each county shall be handled by this association." Make Siping Street the axis of governance for "each county".

On October 5, Siping Street was upgraded to a city, called "Siping Market", and the "China-Manchuria Independent Autonomous Association" was also renamed "Siping Street Municipal Office", and the Japanese Kenzo Akita was appointed as Advisor, traitor Zhai Shutian became mayor and separated Siping Street from Lishu County. On the 11th, Lin Qing, captain of the gendarmerie, was assigned to lure Lishu County Magistrate Bao Wenjun and Public Security Bureau Chief Li Fuzhai to Siping in the name of a banquet. After coercion and intimidation, they were placed under house arrest. Dozens of Japanese military and political personnel were secretly sent to Lishu County to closely monitor all county government agencies. That night, he planned to establish the "Lishu County Four People's Autonomy Maintenance Association". On the 13th, the "Lishu County Four People's Autonomy Maintenance Association" was established. With Kan Chaoshan as the chairman and Meng Qingzhang as the vice-chairman, 21 members including Chen Wen, Fan Daquan, Han Jingtang, and Yang Zuodong convened a people's meeting in the county seat to order the entire county to replace the county power with the "Four People's Autonomy Maintenance Association". On November 1, the "Four People's Autonomy Maintenance Association" was changed to the "Lishu County Local Autonomy Maintenance Association", and another "people's" election was held. This "Local Autonomy Maintenance Committee" is composed of honorary advisor: Lin Qing (captain of the Siping Street Military Police Division); advisors: Shigeyoshi Kiguchi, Zezo Soeda, Tokushirō Sato; Chairman: Kan Chaoshan; Vice Chairman: Meng Qingzhang; Committee members: 14 people including Chen Wen, Han Jingtang, Zhu Shien, Fan Daquan, Zhang Yunxian, Yang Zuodong, Zhai Shutian, Li Dongpu, etc.

The Japanese invaders were very worried about the situation in Lishu and sent 4 autonomous instructors to Lishu. They were sent to Lishu from Fengtian Provincial City that night. Murakami Terufumi served as police and judicial guidance; Gao Fu Eijiro is the financial director; Iyama is the industrial director; Nakagawa Fuji is the general affairs and education director. And urgently ordered Lishu to establish an "autonomy executive committee" as soon as possible. On December 1, the "Lishu County Autonomy Executive Committee" was established, replacing the "Local Autonomy Maintenance Committee". This executive committee, in addition to the four major instructors, is chaired by Kan Chaoshan and vice-chairman Meng Qingzhang. Members: Han Jingtang, Zhu Shien, Fan Daquan, Zhang Yunxian, Yang Zuodong, Zhai Shutian, Li Dongpu. The Executive Committee abolished the six divisions originally maintained by the committee and established five divisions: General Affairs Office, Police Department, Finance Department, Education Department, and Industry Department. It also expressly stipulates: “All administrative affairs in the county shall be carried out in the honor of the chairman after being resolved by the committee.

"The "Autonomous Guidance Department" of Fengtian Province requires that "it depends on the dedication and hard work of all the guidance officers to work hard and obey the public, so that the county government in the chaotic current situation can gradually get back on track. ”

On March 28, 1932, the Fengtian Provincial Government appointed Qu Lianben as the first pseudo-county magistrate in Lishu County. In April, the Lishu County Office was established, and the five offices were changed into one section and four bureaus: The General Affairs Section, the Internal Affairs Police Bureau, the Finance Bureau, the Education Bureau, and the Industrial Bureau changed the "Autonomous Executive Committee" to the "Autonomous Committee", and dispatched the Japanese Sawai Teima as the prefectural counselor, and Matsumura Kenji and another Japanese official as the county office counselor. Deputy Counselor of the County Office. On December 25, the County Office established the Qingxiang Bureau and the Autonomous Maintenance Committee. 80 of these two organizations were Japanese. All agencies, units, factories, mines, groups, and schools in the county appointed Japanese. As a deputy, the real power was firmly in the hands of the Japanese invaders. At this point, the entire county, from towns to villages, and all levels of government were controlled by the Japanese, and the entire Lishu County fell.