In a live broadcast, Hu Liren claimed that Liu Yuan, son of Liu Shaoqi and a general, currently controls 30,000 to 40,000 armed police troops in Beijing and is exerting a check on Xi Jinping in high-level politics.
According to the video, two brigades of the 38th Army arrived on the outskirts of Beijing in March, with Liu Yuan and Li Zuocheng commanding from Baoding.
In July 2024, Zhang Youxia and Liu Yuan seized military power into their own hands, after which Zhang Youxia drove Zhong Shaojun out of the Central Military Commission.
Overseas sources claim that after Xi Jinping collapsed from a stroke in July 2024, Zhang Youxia ordered the troops to fully enter Level-1 combat readiness, and via Liu Yuan connected a red hotline with Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao within four hours.
Starting at the end of 2023, Liu Yuan wrote to the Central Committee titled "Superfluous Words," publicly advocating for the nationalization of the army and the abolition of following the Party's command.
In 2015, Liu Yuan did not obtain the vice-national-level CPPCC vice-chairmanship, subsequently withdrew from the political stage, and was assigned to a related position in the National People's Congress.
During the expanded meeting of the Central Military Commission, Liu Yuan brought into the hall a photo of Gu Junshan's luxurious general’s residence built in Puyang, Henan, and demanded an investigation into related issues.