New China was founded on October 1, 1949. A month later, the Party Central Committee held a not-so-grand banquet in Zhongnanhai. Xiong Xianghui, who had returned from the United States, and Zhang Zhizhong's former KMT representatives participated in the peace talks.
Zhang Zhizhong and others were shocked when they saw Xiong Xianghui, because Xiong Xianghui is Hu Zongnan 's right-hand man. He has always been a senior general trusted by the Kuomintang, so he shouldn't be here.
Zhang Zhizhong asked dumbfounded: "Brother Xiong, when did you rise up?" Premier Zhou on the side heard that he laughed and patted Xiong Xianghui's shoulder with a smile and said, "He is not an uprising, he is returning to the team. !"
Xiong Xianghui is a native of Ye County, Shandong, born on April 12, 1919. At that time, his family could be said to be a family of officials. His father was the county head of Yexian at that time. From Xiao Xiong Xianghui, he was also a good food. With a good background, Xiong Xianghui also received advanced education. Coupled with his talents, he was admitted to Tsinghua University at the age of 17.
During his university studies, the current situation was turbulent, and Xiong Xianghui felt sorry for the tragic experience of the Chinese people. He who studied in the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University clearly knew that the life of the Chinese people should not be like this, and now everything is caused by backwardness. Therefore, he was determined to change the chaotic world and let China take off again and stand on top of the world.
In the university, Xiong Xianghui actively participated in patriotic activities organized by various schools. Living in the dark and looking towards the light, such outstanding talents are exactly what our party is striving for. After a series of investigations, Xiong Xianghui secretly joined the Chinese Communist Party and became the backbone of the Chinese National Liberation Vanguard.
In June 1937, Tsinghua University merged with Peking University and Nankai University into the National Changsha Provisional University.And moved the campus to Changsha. It was also at this time that the Kuomintang Hu Zongnan was preparing to select members at the university to form a youth field service group, with the purpose of expanding the Kuomintang’s talent pool.
At that time, it was during the KMT-CPC cooperation period, but Premier Zhou took precautions and thought that although the two parties are in the honeymoon period, the future cannot rule out whether the other party will have an anti-communist plan. He decided to go ahead and take the opportunity in his own hands. Therefore, taking advantage of the southern part of Hu Zong to recruit people, it is definitely a good strategy to install an undercover agent. But the undercover matter is no small matter. If the enemy sees through, the consequences are immeasurable, so the choice of candidates can be said to be the top priority.
Premier Zhou conducted a series of analyses on Hu Zongnan. He believes that Hu Zongnan is greedy for power, pays attention to appearance, and is in the Whampoa camp. Then through these selections, in addition to being bold and careful, the undercover candidate should also be born in an official family or a prominent family. The external image should also be magnificent and prosperous, and must be patriotic in words and deeds. The image of youth.
After summarizing the characteristics required by the undercover , Premier Zhou quickly approached Jiang Nanxiang, the head of the underground party of Tsinghua University, and asked him to select suitable candidates as soon as possible. Jiang Nanxiang took a look at the note, and he immediately had a candidate in his mind. These conditions are just like tailor-made for Xiong Xianghui, all features are met. So decided on this candidate. Xiong Xianghui did not hesitate to take up the post after learning of this task.
Xiong Xianghui
At the reception meeting of the Wuchang Youth Battlefield Service Group, Hu Zongnan personally went to take charge of the interview. During the interview, he held a roster in his hand and called the names one by one. Whenever the person being called stood up, he would ask a few questions, hoping to pick out some pillars from the answers.
In order to successfully complete the organization’s tasks,It left a deep impression on Hu Zongnan. When Xiong Xianghui was called, Xiong Xianghui did not stand up to answer like everyone else. Instead, he sat straight on a chair and calmly raised his right hand to indicate: "I am."
Hu Zongnan then asked. : "Why did you choose to join the army?" Xiong Xianghui replied: "Participate in the revolution."
Xiong Xianghui's indifferent attitude shocked everyone present, because at the time, the word "revolution" was mostly used You can only hear from the mouths of Communists. Hu Zongnan was also slightly taken aback. His attitude seemed a little cold and he continued to ask: "Mr. Xiong came to the army to participate in the revolution?"
However, Xiong Xianghui was not scared. To the contrary, he replied: "Mr. Sun Yat-sen confessed that the first sentence of his will was "I am committed to the National Revolution for 40 years". The foreign title of your army is , the 1st Army of the National Revolutionary Army, so I came to the army, of course I was participating in the revolution.”
As soon as this remark came out of the audience, Hu Zongnan has always regarded himself as a follower of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and has always adhered to Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s revolutionary philosophy. He has already thought about this answer. .
Next, Hu Zongnan continued to ask, "What is a revolution?"
"Anti-Japanese is a revolution!"
"What do you mean if you don't want to fight against Japan and oppose Japan?"
A true revolution, passive resistance to Japan is a fake revolution,Unwilling to resist Japan is unwilling to revolution, and opposition to Japan is counter-revolutionary. "
The tit-for-tat Q&A ended, and the audience was silent. Hu Zongnan’s heart for cultivating Xiong Xianghui can be described as a straight rise.
After the interview, Hu Zongnan’s adjutant summoned Xiong Xianghui secretly and told him that everyone on the roster There are marks under the names, most people are one or two, and Xiong Xianghui has four under his name, which shows how high Hu Zongnan's evaluation of him is.
Hu Zongnan
In this way, Xiong Xianghui successfully became the hidden son of our party, staying by Hu Zongnan’s side, quietly waiting for the opportunity to shine. Premier Zhou knew that the plan was successful and sent eight words:
In early May 1938, Hu Zongnan sent Xiong Xianghui to Whampoa Military Academy for further study. In less than a year, Xiong Xianghui graduated from the military academy with honors and was immediately transferred to Hu Zongnan. Xiong Xianghui quickly gained the trust of Hu Zongnan and was promoted all the way from a deputy to a confidential secretary.
Xiong Xianghui himself was a step in the game by Premier Zhou to prevent the Kuomintang from turning over. Sure enough, Premier Zhou was right to plan ahead. Yes, Hu Zongnan later followed the instructions of and Chiang Kai-shek and turned the gunpoint of the anti-Japanese war to the friendly forces. So Xiong Xianghui formally entered the battle and began to perform the task of obtaining intelligence.
After the official start of the task, Xiong Xianghui has been paying attention to the information of the Kuomintang. Because of his status as a confidential secretary, the top-secret information he comes into contact with every day is like a cow. In 1943, Xiong Xianghui learned a shocking news:
Chiang Kai-shek was about to take advantage of the dissolution of the Communist International to quickly launch an offensive against Yan'an and win the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region in one fell swoop
Yan'an
Xiong Xianghui knows,Once this plan is successful, it will be a fatal blow to our party. The plan was to attack the border area on July 9. Fortunately, Xiong Xianghui sent the news back to the Party Central Committee as early as July 3.
The central government quickly made a decision. On the one hand, it decided to make the news public, exposing the Kuomintang’s criminal actions of passive resistance and active civil war. On the other hand, it quickly drew troops from the surrounding areas to defend Yan'an.
On July 4, Hu Zongnan suddenly received a telegram from Marshal Zhu De. The telegram clearly pointed out the accusation of undermining the unity of the War of Resistance. On July 6, the embassies of various countries successively issued statements expressing their dissatisfaction. The media of various countries made this information public, and there was an uproar in public opinion. Under such pressure, Chiang Kai-shek had to abandon this plan.
The conspiracy of the Kuomintang was revealed. Chiang Kai-shek believed that someone must have leaked the secret. After a thorough investigation, he had no clue and had to give up. No one thought that the level of this inner ghost would be so high. In this way, Xiong Xianghui hid again, but because of a mistake made by Premier Zhou, Xiong Xianghui was almost exposed.
On June 7, 1946, Premier Zhou took a special plane from Marshall back to Yan'an. After a few intensive work all night, Premier Zhou fell asleep leaning on the inside of the plane unknowingly as soon as he got on the plane. After getting off the plane, Premier Zhou habitually took out a small book from his pocket, only to find that the book was missing.
Premier Zhou was shocked in a cold sweat. The book remembered most of the daily trivial matters, , but it happened to record Xiong Xianghui's temporary address in Nanjing. Two days later, Marshall sent someone to send a tightly wrapped box with a message saying that there was a confidential document inside. The Prime Minister opened it and found that it was a small notebook that was lost on the plane.
Based on Premier Zhou's knowledge of Marshall, he knew that the intelligence must have been leaked.
Premier Zhou made a decisive decision and immediately asked Xiong Xianghui to talk about the matter. After Xiong Xianghui heard it, he was also in a cold sweat.But he calmly said: "For the party and the people, I am not afraid of death!" The prime minister heard that he held Xiong Xianghui's hand and said: "We are trying to recover the loss. You first go to Shanghai to hide for a while, and wait until you receive it. After the reliable news, you will return to Nanjing to continue the procedures of staying in the United States."
So Xiong Xianghui hid in Shanghai for half a month. After receiving the security letter from his fiancee in secret, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly returned to Nanjing. , The procedures for staying in the United States have been completed. Before leaving the country, he went to Xi'an to visit Hu Zongnan, but Hu Zongnan's attitude towards him remained unchanged, and he even held a banquet for him.
The way Premier Zhou handled this intelligence leak is legendary.
In fact, when Marshall got the little book, he immediately sent someone to investigate the details of Xiong Xianghui. Although he didn't find out anything, he instinctively felt that there was something wrong, because Xiong Xianghui was the confidential secretary next to Hu Zongnan. Marshall admired Premier Zhou very much at the time, but at that time the United States and the Kuomintang were on the united front, and he had to share the information with Chiang Kai-shek.
At this moment, Premier Zhou solved the problem with just a few theater tickets. Intelligence may be leaked. After thinking about it, Premier Zhou finally came up with a solution based on the current situation.
He sent someone to invite his friend Fu Jingbo to ask him out for a cup of coffee. After chatting, he gave Fu Jingbo a few Peking Opera tickets. Fu Jingbo was the secretary of the US ambassador to China Stuart , and Premier Zhou knew that the relationship between Stuart and Fu Jingbo was quite good, and he would definitely give all the extra votes to Stuart.
A key premise of this plan is that the prime minister gets the news in advance,Stuart had deliberately wanted to join Marshall. And Marshall is a well-known Peking opera lover, Stuart borrowed a ticket to narrow the distance between Marshall and Marshall.
Stuart
Things developed as Premier Zhou expected, and Marshall went to watch a Peking opera at the invitation of Stuart. This Peking opera is the scheduled play "A Meeting of Heroes".
"The Club of Heroes" is a traditional Peking opera adapted from "The Club of Heroes Jiang Gan Zhongji" in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Anyone who has watched the Three Kingdoms knows the story of Jiang Qianzhongji. When the play "The Book of Jiang Qian" was played, Marshall was suddenly alert. As a China expert, he also dabbled in the story of "Jiang Qian's stealing the book". Thinking of the book of Premier Zhou that he accidentally obtained recently, Marshall guessed that he was "Jiang Gan".
Marshall thought carefully, how could a person such as Premier Zhou be shrewd and prudent, leaving a book with top-secret information on an American plane? In case Premier Zhou set up a trap, he stepped in and gave false information to the KMT, then he would be embarrassed by a dignified American general. At this point, the notebook's photocopy was not given to Chiang Kai-shek, and Xiong Xianghui was also able to escape.
On November 6, 1949, at a banquet held by the Party Central Committee, Xiong Xianghui smoothly returned to the embrace of the Party in front of Zhang Zhizhong’s senior KMT officials. He has been hiding in the enemy's core like walking on thin ice for nine years, and the information he has passed back is countless, and he has also encountered the danger of nine deaths.
After the founding of New China,Xiong Xianghui entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to continue his work, and during his diplomatic career he also achieved great achievements several times.
1954 Geneva Conference , Xiong Xianghui is the director of the press office of the Chinese delegation.
Xiong Xianghui attended the United Nations conference as a Chinese representative in 1971, and China resumed its seat this year.
In 1972, he became the first Chinese ambassador to Mexico.
On September 9, 2005, Xiong Xianghui died of illness in Beijing, ending a magnificent life at the age of 86.
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