Chairman Mao's younger brother Mao Zemin
In 1943, Chairman Mao's younger brother Mao Zemin was secretly killed by a warlord in Xinjiang. Six years later, New China was liberated and the warlords fled overseas. At this time, their former subordinates killed his father-in-law and his family.
When people in the world learned about it, they all said: "This is retribution!"
What is going on? Everything has to start from the beginning...
In 1933, Chief of General Staff Sheng Shicai launched a coup, ousting the original Chairman of Xinjiang Province Jin Shuren, and became the new "King of Xinjiang."
After Sheng Shicai came to power, he immediately promulgated many policies in order to consolidate people's support. These policies basically run through the ideas of "anti-imperialism, integrity, and peace." However, it was only when Sheng Shicai reached the position of power that he discovered that Xinjiang lacked talents. Even if he had the best methods and policies, no one would implement them.
At this time, Shengshi thought of asking the Soviet Union for help.
is strange. How come Shengshicai still has something to do with the Soviet Union?
In fact, it is not difficult to understand. Xinjiang is very similar to the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union is a "behemoth" among all countries in the world. If Sheng Shicai wants to monopolize power in Xinjiang, he must get the support of the Soviet Union and kick away other forces in Xinjiang. , so that he can become the king of Xinjiang.
On the other hand, in the Soviet Union, the main reason why they supported Sheng Shicai was for national defense. It has a border of more than 3,000 kilometers with the Soviet Union's Xinjiang. Japan and Germany have always wanted to seize this important position. Out of considerations of maintaining border security, the Soviet Union would naturally support Sheng Shicai.
When he seized power in 1933, Sheng Shicai promised the Soviet Union to implement communism in Xinjiang under the banner of "pro-Soviet and anti-imperialist". With these means, Sheng successfully gained the trust of the Soviet Union, and with the help of the Soviet Union, he eliminated all warlords in Xinjiang, including Ma Zhongying and Zhang Peiyuan, and unified Xinjiang.
So when Sheng Shicai saw that there were no talents in Xinjiang, he thought of asking the Soviet Union for support. The Soviet Union responded quickly. They instructed the CCP to put Xinjiang work on the agenda. After all, if Xinjiang is opened up, a new international route will be opened up, which will greatly help the development of communism.
In April 1937, Chen Yun, a representative of the Communist Party of China, came to Dihua to negotiate with Sheng Shicai about talent assistance. In the end, the two reached an agreement: the Party Central Committee would send military and political talents to Xinjiang to assist Sheng Shicai in developing Xinjiang. From 1938 to 1941, Mao Zemin also came to Xinjiang and served as director of the Provincial Department of Finance, coordinating Xinjiang's economic development.
Subsequently, Xinjiang promulgated a series of policies such as "restoring the economy," "reforming administration and finance," and "banning opium, gambling, and corruption." Soon, Sheng Cai won the support of people from all walks of life in Xinjiang.
Things were originally developing in a beautiful direction, but then something unexpected happened.
First of all, the Party Central Committee took advantage of the conditions of the united front to open new military camps in Xinjiang. Soviet instructors taught artillery, tank , medical, radio and other technologies. This was regarded as a step forward for our party to cultivate talents for the construction of its own mechanized army. One step out.
At first, Sheng Shicai didn't care, but gradually he began to doubt and he began to be afraid. He fears that having a CCP armed force at the center of his rule will cause disaster in the future. Under the pressure of the Soviet Union, Sheng Shicai had to accept all this, but he was always afraid of it.
In addition, in terms of economy and finance, it used to be that the "King of Xinjiang" had great power in the prosperous times, and the entire economic income of Xinjiang was his "private treasure trove". However, it was different after the Communist Party came, especially after Mao Zemin took charge of finance.
In order to prevent Xinjiang warlords and bureaucrats from extorting money, Mao Zemin designed many economic plans and financial systems. It can be said that these actions of Mao Zemin have greatly safeguarded the interests of the people of Xinjiang.
But this also means that the interests of the ruling class of warlords such as Sheng have been greatly impacted. Gradually, conflicts arose with Mao Zemin.
For example, Sheng Shicai's father-in-law Qiu Zongjun once wanted to appropriate vacant land in Dihua, Xinjiang from his son-in-law and buy and sell it privately. When Mao Zemin learned about it, he immediately stopped it and questioned Sheng Shicai.Mao Zemin emphasized that all land sales should be coordinated by the Department of Finance, and the costs should also be turned over to the Department of Finance for unified dispatch. After Qiu Zongjun's "little plan" was blocked by Mao Zemin, he became resentful of him. After that, Qiu Zongjun often spoke ill of Mao Zemin around Sheng Shicai.
Another time, Sheng Shicai saw that Xinjiang's finances were slowly improving and had a surplus, so he wanted to take away all the revenue from the financial department in the name of military spending. Mao Zemin firmly opposed it.
In short, all these things are piling up, and they are becoming more and more dissatisfied with our party.
As a result, Shengshi took subsequent actions. In order to weaken the influence of Xinjiang's party organizations, he transferred many key figures to remote areas and dismissed Mao Zemin from his position as director of the provincial finance department. But at this time, Sheng Shicai had not yet fallen out with the party organization. After all, after all, Shengshicai knew that he still needed the support of the Soviet Union, and things should not get too tense.
However, the Soviet-German War in 1941 became "the straw that broke the camel's back."
2. The Killing of Mao Zemin
The Soviet-German War in 1941 is known as the most tragic and huge war in World War II. This war was so tragic that it took me as far away as the heyday of Xinjiang to change my view of the Soviet Union.
Looking at the rapidly changing situation on the battlefield, Sheng Shicai judged that the Soviet Union might not be able to withstand the German attack this time, so he immediately changed his position and sided with Chiang Kai-shek .
It is worth mentioning that the reason why Sheng Shicai got in touch with Chiang Kai-shek so quickly was because Sheng Shicai had private contacts with the Kuomintang for a long time. This was regarded as a "fallback path" that he had laid for himself. Sure enough, when the Soviet Union became unreliable, this "back road" immediately played a big role.
At this time, Chen Lifu from the Kuomintang side also suggested that Chiang Kai-shek directly send the spy chief to Xinjiang to investigate the Communist Party, so that Sheng would completely fall to the side of the Kuomintang. Chiang Kai-shek readily accepted it and immediately sent Xu Enzeng to Xinjiang.
Sheng Shicai saw that the Kuomintang had established a good relationship, so he directly broke up with them and launched a conspiracy riot.
The first person he attacked was his fourth brother Sheng Shiqi. Sheng Shiqi had studied in the Soviet Union, had progressive ideas, and believed in communism. Sheng Shicai felt that his younger brother was an obstacle to him defecting to the Kuomintang, so he found a reason to secretly kill Sheng Shiqi. Later, in order to eliminate the root cause, he gave Sheng Shiqi's wife the title of "conspiring with Soviet officers to kill her husband" and directly arrested and executed her.
In order to avoid openly falling out with the Soviet Union, Sheng Shicai used the "international conspiracy case" to secretly arrest 656 people from the Soviet Union and the Communist Party stationed in Xinjiang, including Mao Zemin, the Soviet Consul General in Xinjiang, the Military General Counselor in Xinjiang and other senior officials Leaders all included.
At this time, Sheng Shicai paid attention. He did not do everything right. He only arrested these people and did not persecute them.
But Chiang Kai-shek would not allow him to "sway". He immediately made many arrangements and directly cut off Sheng Shicai's escape route.
Chiang Kai-shek first flew to Lanzhou with his wife Soong Meiling in 1942, and then invited Sheng Shicai to meet and discuss. Sheng Shicai was afraid that he would be detained by Chiang Kai-shek as soon as he left Xinjiang, so he rejected Chiang Kai-shek on the grounds that "the border situation was complicated and it was inconvenient to be separated."
After Chiang Kai-shek thought about it again and again, he decided to let his wife Song Meiling take his place and go to Dihua to meet Sheng Shicai in person. After some conversation, Sheng Shicai gradually became interested. In order to quickly win over him, Song Meiling promised Sheng Shicai eight official hats in one breath.
Not only that, Chiang Kai-shek also exerted military pressure on Sheng Shicai. He transferred a main division to the western end of the Hexi Corridor; then he sent part of the Central Army directly to Southern Xinjiang in the name of protecting the southern Xinjiang airport; finally, he transferred the 5th Cavalry Division of the Qinghai Navy lord Ma Buqing to Tibet. , forming a situation of oppression on three sides.
Chiang Kai-shek did this, on the one hand, to put pressure on Sheng Shicai to come to his side. Of course, more importantly, he wanted to find opportunities later to annex Xinjiang in one fell swoop.
Looking at the situation in front of him, Sheng Shicai decided to go directly to Chiang Kai-shek's side after many thoughts.In order to show his loyalty to the Kuomintang, Sheng Shicai began to openly massacre communists. In September 1943, he issued an order to kill Mao Zemin, Chen Tanqiu and others.
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But what Shengshicai didn't expect was that his retribution would come soon.
's first retribution was that he was kicked off the position of "King of Xinjiang" by Chiang Kai-shek. What on earth was going on?
It turns out that Sheng Shicai's public betrayal of communism angered the Soviet Union. At this critical moment, although the Soviet Union could not send troops into China to attack Sheng Shicai, it was very simple for the Soviet Union to support several forces that overthrew Sheng Shicai.
Soon, the Soviet Union found a "suitable" candidate - the giant bandit Usman. This man had been a bandit in Ashan all year round and had always been resentful of Sheng Shicai's rule in Xinjiang. With the instruction and help of the Soviet Union, Usman launched an armed rebellion in Xinjiang. Although Sheng Shicai sent troops to suppress it, with the help of the Soviet Air Force, the two sides ended in a stalemate.
Not long after, other regions in Xinjiang launched rebellions one after another. With the Soviet Union's encouragement, people in Xinjiang were panicked. By the spring and summer of 1944, Sheng Shicai's troops could no longer support the defense of Xinjiang. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Zhu Shaoliang, commander of the Eighth Theater Command, to lead four divisions into Xinjiang to quell the chaos. In the early days of
, Sheng Shicai was not aware of Chiang Kai-shek's "annexation" plan, but when Chiang Kai-shek asked the 29th Group Army in Jiuquan, Gansu Province to march into Hami, Xinjiang, Sheng Shicai realized that he had fallen into Chiang Kai-shek's trap.
But it was already too late. Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army had basically entered Xinjiang. Sheng Shicai was already struggling to cope with the squeeze of the rebels and the Central Army. Sheng Shicai regretted his choice very much, and only then did he realize that compared to Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek, his political methods were too weak.
But Sheng Shicai did not want to surrender. Seeing that the Soviet Union had gained the upper hand on the Soviet-German battlefield, he immediately had the idea of defecting to the Soviet Union again. So he imitated the last "conspiracy riot case" to purge communism and changed the soup without changing the medicine. Targeting Kuomintang personnel, here we go again.
Sheng Shicai arrested all the key officials of the Kuomintang stationed in Xinjiang. The charge was that they accepted bribes from the Soviet Union in an attempt to overthrow the current government of Xinjiang. In the eyes of discerning people, Sheng Shicai's move was to show goodwill to the Soviet Union and to fall out with the Kuomintang government.
But Stalin did not accept his tactics. He hated Shengshicai deeply and determined not to have any more contact with this wallflower. Sheng Shicai became anxious when he saw it, and decided to cut off the source of the Kuomintang's infiltration into Xinjiang's military and political affairs, regardless of the situation.
Sheng Shicai lied about convening an emergency meeting, deceived all the important party and government officials of the Kuomintang, and then sent them all to prison. At that time, there were a total of three to four hundred heads of agencies and commissioners. After doing this, Sheng Shicai declared martial law in the entire city of Dihua, cut off the telephone calls of all National Government agencies stationed in Xinjiang, and then launched an attack on the 7th Division of the Central Army stationed nearby.
Seeing him like this, Chiang Kai-shek knew that Sheng Shicai wanted to kill everything, but the time to annex Xinjiang was not yet ripe, so he first asked Zhu Shaoliang to appease Sheng Shicai, and on the other hand, he asked the three divisions around Dihua to advance immediately. If there is any change, make a strong breakthrough and win Dihua.
Although Sheng Shicai seemed to have broken the relationship with the Kuomintang, in fact he was very panicked. He only did some superficial tricks to show the Soviet Union. If the Soviet Union did not agree to accept him again, Sheng Shicai would immediately start to find a new way out.
But Chiang Kai-shek did not intend to give him a chance to sway. Under his instruction, Zhu Shaoliang told Sheng Shicai: "The central government has decided to transfer you to Chongqing, and you will be appointed elsewhere." Chiang Kai-shek's move was undoubtedly a deliberate move. If Sheng Shicai If he agrees, the Kuomintang will be able to take control of Xinjiang as soon as he leaves Xinjiang; if Sheng Shicai disagrees, this will also give the Kuomintang an excuse to march.
Shengshi realized that as long as he left Xinjiang, all his previous efforts would be in vain, and he would become a "sheep" raised by the Kuomintang without any power at all.But then again, if he didn't agree, he wouldn't be able to persist no matter what, due to the double attack of the Soviet Union and the Kuomintang.
After some ideological confrontation, Sheng Shicai decided to save his life first. He agreed to Chiang Kai-shek's request and left Xinjiang in despair, leaving the place where he had been operating for many years (he fled overseas in 1949).
3. Murder Case
Do you still remember Qiu Zongjun, the father-in-law of Sheng Shicai mentioned above? When Chiang Kai-shek was transferred out of Xinjiang in Shengshicai, the Qiu family had no backers in Xinjiang, so Qiu Zongjun quickly sold out all the houses and fields he had looted over the years and moved his family to Lanzhou.
But what Qiu Zongjun and his family did not expect was that the money they owned was accumulated from the sins committed by Shengshicai and numerous murderous crimes - retribution would eventually come!
In 1949, a murder case in Lanzhou shocked people.
Eleven people were killed in Qiu’s house at No. 69 Zuogong East Road, Lanzhou City. Gansu Provincial Capital Police Department sent criminal police captain Fan Zongxiang and his officers to the scene. The deceased were found to be: Qiu Zongjun, the father-in-law of the Xinjiang warlord Sheng Shicai; Qiu Dingkun, the son of Qiu Zongjun, who was Major General Gao Shen of the Northwest Military and Political Chief's Office; Fei Boping, the wife of Qiu Dingkun; Qiu Dingkun Kun's eldest son Qiu Guanghua, second son Qiu Guangrui, second daughter Qiu Guangli; Qiu's house driver Bi Dianjun, waterman Guo Shifa, bodyguard He Deyuan, servant He Defa, and commercial bank accounting director Chen Zongshi. At the same time, a batch of gold and silver ornaments and valuable medicinal materials were robbed.
It was obvious that this was a case of robbery and murder. Looking at the murderer's method of committing the crime and the target of his murder, it was obvious that the murderer had a sworn hatred against the Qiu family.
After this case occurred, the people of Lanzhou were very worried about public security. However, when people as far away as Xinjiang heard about it, they were all happy and said that this was the retribution of the Sheng and Qiu families!
When Sheng Shicai was in power, the Qiu family and his son acted as an aide and did all the most unscrupulous things. The Qiu family not only hunted and killed public officials, but also robbed the property of wealthy gentry and people of all ethnic groups. It can be said that they did all kinds of bad things.
After arriving in Lanzhou, the Qiu family and his son continued to spend money like water with the wealth they had collected previously. But when friends, relatives, and former subordinates in Xinjiang came to ask for help, the Qiu family father and son scolded them coldly and refused to help at all. Therefore, after the Qiu family murder case, many people were extremely happy, saying that evil people will have their own troubles.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the police also found two letters from Sheng Shicai at Qiu's house.
Sheng Shicai mainly wanted to let the Qiu family leave Lanzhou as soon as possible. He said that the People's Liberation Army was approaching Lanzhou and that Lanzhou was about to become a battlefield and very unsafe. In addition, in order to avoid revenge from enemies, it was best to move. The time when he read the letter was a few days before the murder occurred, but Sheng Shicai did not expect that others would take revenge on him so quickly.
Sheng Shicai, who was hiding in Taiwan Province at this time, was horrified and furious when he heard that his father-in-law's family had been murdered. He immediately asked someone to send a message to Ma Bufang, who was in charge of Lanzhou at the time, asking him to catch the murderer.
At that time, the police mainly investigated three places. One was the adjutant Qi Yutian who disappeared unexpectedly when the murder occurred; the second was the friends and colleagues of the Qiu family; and the last was various hotels, gold shops, pawn shops and other places in Lanzhou. After checking
, I really found something.
The most bizarre thing is that the whereabouts of Qiu Zhai's guard Qi Yutian are unknown. Under the supervision of all walks of life, the provincial capital police station established a "Crime Solving Committee", which consists of an interrogation team, an action team, a tracking team, and an investigation team, with a total of more than 200 police personnel. The criminal police team also selected 15 experienced and capable team members to form a "special high-level team".
Because of the seriousness of the case, the whole country is paying attention. First, they cast a wide net, conducting in-depth reconnaissance on complex public places, special industries, and gang organizations; conducting surveillance on postal and telecommunications, communications, and transportation; conducting direct and indirect interrogations and examinations of those originally related to the Qiu family one by one. Every effort was made to find the whereabouts of Qi Yutian; at the same time, he participated in the "Qiu Case Resolution Committee" to clean up the Qiu House property, discover suspicious points, and follow up on clues.
At first, the Gansu Provincial Government ordered "one week to solve the case." Unexpectedly, a week later, the case could not be solved. It can only be extended for another fifteen days. As a result, the case was still not solved after fifteen days.The police station had no choice but to offer a reward for the capture of the culprit: "If anyone knows his name, hiding place, and secretly reports to the bureau and solves the case, he will be rewarded 500 yuan."; Complete control of the three religions, nine streams, and seventy-two professions in Lanzhou City, 40 Several "suspects" were detained and interrogated.
html On June 16, volunteer intelligence officer Wang Yongjie reported: "Someone is selling antelope horns, eager to sell, and the asking price is very low." From this, the thread was found. After capturing this man, they found that the antelope horns were sold by the carpenter Zhang Zhansheng on his behalf. The next day, Zhang was captured, and the gold and silver jewelry, pistols, antelope horns, etc. that were lost in Qiu's house were successively found in his home. A telegram signed "Shan" was also found, which said, "Don't touch the things you keep." After exhaustive interrogation and torture, Zhang Cai confessed that the telegram was sent to him by Liu Yushan from Zhangye. 2html On June 22, Liu Yushan was captured from Zhangye. Based on Liu Yushan's confession and clues provided by Qiu Zongjun's son-in-law Wang Hongzao (Fu Zuoyi's Lieutenant General Gao Shen, who was responsible for handling the aftermath of Qiu's residence), the criminal police team captured the co-defendants Chen Yongchun and Sun Lixun in Lanzhou. , and at the same time issued a batch of stolen goods certificates. According to Chen Yongchun's confession, Guan Zizhang and Wang Xiangren were also captured.The mastermind of the murder was Jiang Deyu (former commander of the Xinjiang Cavalry Division during the Sheng Shicai period), and those who participated in the planning were Liu Zili, Liu Yushan, Sun Lixun, and Chen. Yongchun, Wang Xiangren, Dong Pu'an, Liu Zhongxian, Guan Zizhang, Qi Yutian, Zang Jingzhi, and Shang Derong went to Qiu Zhai on the evening of May 16: Liu Zili, Liu Yushan, Sun Lixun, Chen Yongchun, Wang Xiangren, Dong Pu'an, Liu Zhongxian, and Guan Zizhang. , Qi Yutian and 9 others. On June 27, Jiang Deyu was captured in Zhuoniboyu, and more than 100 taels of stolen gold bars, 49 taels (1 piece) of gold bricks, 4 pistols and many other valuables were dug out. Liu Zili, who was absconding with Jiang, He was also arrested in Zhuoni City.
So far, the whole case is 13. 8 people have been arrested. Except for Jiang Deyu, everyone else confessed.
After interrogation, the police found out that the mastermind of the Qiu family murder was a cavalry division commander under Sheng Shicai.
This is what happened. Sheng and Qiu Zaixin When he was in Xinjiang, he played with power and was unkind for the sake of wealth. He also killed many people's relatives and close friends. For example, one of the murderers was a man named Liu Zili. He was originally a lieutenant in the Dihua Command, but his younger brother's family of four all died. Sheng Shicai ordered him to be strangled to death on an "unfounded" charge.
The commander of the cavalry division also had a grudge against Sheng Shicai, so he colluded with Qi Yutian, the adjutant of the Qiu family, and led Liu Zili and several others who also hated the Sheng and Qiu families to break into the Qiu family directly on the night of the 16th. . Kill all the masters and servants of Qiu House without leaving any future troubles, a foolproof strategy. The
case has come to an end here. Afterwards, in order to express their excitement, people from all walks of life in Xinjiang elected representatives and formed a so-called "condolence group" to visit the "heroes" in the detention room of the Police Headquarters.
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From the perspective of the whole thing, Sheng Shicai did many evil things. He not only killed Mao Zemin and many other CCP leaders, but also tortured and exploited the people of Xinjiang for many years. His crimes are too numerous to list, and it can be said that death is not a pity. So this is why when the Qiu family murder occurred, instead of being sympathetic, the people said that this was Sheng Shicai's retribution.
