In early April 1938, on the eve of Qingming Festival, the Kuomintang Shaanxi Provincial Government sent a official letter to Yan'an . The official letter showed that Shaanxi Provincial Government would organize local officials to go to the Huangdi Mausoleum to worship the tombs and sweep the tombs. After soliciting opinions from other leaders, Chairman Mao decided to send a secretary general to participate in the name of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government.
Zhang Guotao, who had always been silent after arriving in northern Shaanxi, seemed to have known about this for a long time. After that, he went to Chairman Mao’s residence at the foot of Phoenix Mountain several times in a row, insisting on participating in the tomb sacrifice as the acting chairman of the border region government. Seeing that he was firm in his attitude, Chairman Mao and other leaders had to agree.
Zhang Guotao returned to his residence, and reversed the normal of sluggishness and was in a very high mood. He said to the guard Li Kaiguo: "Xiao Li, put the files, pistols, telescopes, and clothes here in that basket. We are going to go to sacrifice to Huangling ."
Since coming to northern Shaanxi, Li Kaiguo has rarely seen him so happy for more than a year.
No one expected that behind the happy ending was a conspiracy.
After this sacrifice to the tomb, Zhang Guotao left and never looked back...
Zhang Guotao and Chairman Mao were persuaded not to look back in northern Shaanxi
March 30, 1937 was the last day of the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. The meeting made the final decision on the mistakes Zhang Guotao made.
That night, the lights in Zhang Guotao's house were on all night.
After that, he became very seldom talking and rarely went out.
Once, the guard Li Kaiguo went into the house to deliver water. Zhang Guotao said slowly: "If someone comes, just say I am not here, no matter who it is!"
That time, the central government sent a communications officer to send a notice. Li Kaiguo came into the house and reported: "Chairman Zhang, notify you to go to the meeting..."
He wrote calligraphy while not looking at it. Li Kaiguo said: "Tell the communications officer, I will not participate, I feel uncomfortable!"
Shortly, Zhang Guotao asked to move to a Christian courtyard outside the small east gate of Yan'an, far away from the west mountain where the central leaders lived.
Not long, Zhang Guotao's wife Yang Zilie, her sister-in-law and youngest son came to Yan'an, and the organization arranged for them to be teachers in Shaanxi Northern Public School .
During this period, comrades such as Chairman Mao, Zhou Enlai, and Liu Bocheng often came to see him and talked to him.
He agreed to the heart-to-heart talks between the comrades on the surface, but he did not agree with them behind his back.
Soon after, Zhang Guotao proposed to move, so he moved to a temple in Dongshan, Yan'an, further away from the central leadership at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain.
After the July 7 Incident, the anti-Japanese united front between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was basically formed, and the Kuomintang had to verbally recognize the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government.
Therefore, more and more people were sent to Yan'an by the Kuomintang.
On a day, Li Kaiguo went to deliver things to Zhang Guotao. When he and a stranger were playing Go, they stopped talking when they saw him come in.
Zhang Guotao said to Li Kaiguo: "Okay, go rest, I'll find you if you have something to do."
Later, this person often came to play Go with Zhang Guotao, sometimes even until midnight.
Zhang Guotao
On April 4, 1938, the border region government rented a large truck for transportation from Yan'an Highway Bureau and sent a spy to Zhongbu County (now Huangling County ). At around 5 pm, he came to the gate of Zhongbu County Government.
At this time, the director of the Kuomintang Xi'an Camp and Chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Government who arrived in advance had already stood at the door to greet him.
Zhang Guotao got out of the car, Jiang Dingwen hurriedly walked over, and a person next to him quickly introduced: "This is Chairman Zhang."
said and pointed at Jiang Dingwen and said to Zhang Guotao: "This is Director Jiang."
While speaking, Jiang Dingwen stretched out his hand and said: "Chairman Zhang worked tirelessly and came to Huangling in person, which was unwelcome!"
Zhang Guotao also stretched out his hand and said: "Director Jiang, long-term, long-term."
Zhang Guotao's guard Li Kaiguo got off the car and saw that the person standing next to Jiang Dingwen was the person who often played Go in Yan'an and Zhang Guotao?
Later, he heard everyone call him Director Zhang. When he met Zhang Guotao, he looked like an old friend, smiling happily and very intimate.
On April 5, 1938, both sides of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party officially worshiped the tomb.
After breakfast, the guards came to Huangling with Zhang Guotao to attend the unified mausoleum sacrifice ceremony, and everyone visited the cemetery again.
Jiang Dingwen and Zhang Guozhuo visited in parallel, talking about the ancient and modern roads and the present, and they were like a lingering sound.
"Chairman Zhang's coach is recognized by the world. As early as the May Fourth Movement was anti-feudalism, he served as the chairman of the Peking Student Union. At that time, he was just over 20 years old, and he was outstanding! " Jiang Dingwen walked and said to Zhang Guotao.
Zhang Guotao sighed and said in a tone of unrecognizable talent: "That's the moment, this moment." "
Jiang Dingwen continued: "Since ancient times, there is a saying that when trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them; when sand is piled on the shore, the water will stagnate them; what is talent higher than the masses? Haha, OK, we won’t mention the past. Look, this Qiaoshan is really unique, and it is the best..."
Zhang Guotao has no chance of going out, and he hasn't said a word for a long time.
Jiang Dingwen
On the evening, Zhang Guotao talked secretly in Jiang Dingwen's house again, and returned to his room at 2 a.m. Li Kaiguo, who had been waiting, came in and asked: "Chairman Zhang, the sacrifice for the tomb is over today. Will we go back to Yan'an tomorrow? ”
Zhang Guotao took off his clothes and prepared to go to bed, while saying to Li Kaiguo: "No, Chairman Lin is in Xi'an, I have something to go to him. OK, you go back to sleep, let’s talk about other things tomorrow. "
Li Kaiguo did not dare to ask again, so he took him to the door and exited.
April 6, 1938, after breakfast, more than a dozen cars drove outside the door. The soldiers of the Kuomintang guard camp were separated from each side of the county government gate. Everyone carried two guns with long and short, full of spirit.
Kuomintang officials came out one by one, standing next to the car to get on the bus.
At this time, Li Kaiguo followed Zhang Guotao from the second hall to the gate, and the soldiers of the guard squad were standing outside the door.
Zhang Guotao walked quickly towards the front and said to Li Kaiguo behind him: "Take everyone back, if someone asks me, you say I'll go to Xi'an to find Chairman Lin. "
When he walked outside the gate, he pointed to the younger guard Zhang Hai and said: "Tell him to stay and go with me." "
Li Kaiguo walked to Zhang Hai and said: "Zhang Hai, you and Chairman Zhang go to Xi'an, and the other comrades get in the car! "
After saying that, he hurriedly put the back basket containing the files on the truck and told the driver to go back to Yan'an.
When he looked back, Zhang Guotao had already gotten into Jiang Dingwen's car, and it was obvious that they had already agreed.
A few hours later, Jiang Dingwen's convoy arrived in Xi'an. Zhang Guotao was arranged by Jiang Dingwen and moved into the Xijing Guesthouse dedicated to senior Kuomintang generals.
In the afternoon, Li Kaiguo and his truck returned to Yan'an. Comrade Wu Xiuquan asked: "You are back, why haven't Vice Chairman Zhang come back? ”
Li Kaiguo was a little panicked and hurriedly reported on the situation of Zhang Guotao going to Xi'an.
Wu Xiuquan immediately said: "Hurry up and report the situation to Vice Chairman Zhou, and I will go after I finish my work. ”
Li Kaiguo quickly came to Yangjialing Zhou Enlai’s residence. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he met the Minister of Social Affairs Kang Sheng. He asked about the situation briefly and said to Li Kaiguo: "You sit down first, I will report to Vice Chairman Zhou. ”
After a while, Zhou Enlai came back. As soon as he entered the door, he said seriously: "Tell me about Zhang Guotao's situation in Xi'an. "
When Li Kaiguo was about to finish his words, for some reason, he almost shed tears. Zhou Enlai's eyes flashed with bright eyes and said kindly: "Don't be afraid, this mission was completed very well. There is a problem with Zhang Guotao going to Xi'an, so I will set out to Wuhan tomorrow. "
" I brought back all the documents, pistols and telescopes that Zhang Guotao brought back." Li Kaiguo felt a little relaxed and added.
Zhou Enlai followed up and said: "You brought back the troops and the documents, which is very good. Let’s leave the things to Minister Kang to deal with. "
After Kang Sheng and Li Kaiguo left, Zhou Enlai quickly walked towards Chairman Mao's residence.
After Zhang Guotao arrived in Xi'an on the afternoon of April 6, 1938, he had been fighting with Jiang Dingwen and the so-called Director Zhang and others, and he never contacted the Central Office in Xi'an and Comrade Lin Boqu at once.
7th, Zhang Guotao said to Zhang Hai: "Xiao Zhang, bring everything with us, let's go to the train station. ”
After arriving at the railway station, Zhang Guotao said to Zhang Hai again: "Xiao Zhang, go and call the office and tell them, just say I'm at the railway station. "
It didn't take long, and Lin Boqu rushed to the train station, but at this time Zhang Guotao had already boarded the Kuomintang military train.
Lin Boqu asked Zhang Guotao: "Vice Chairman Zhang, where are you going? "
" I went to Wuhan to find Vice Chairman Zhou. " Zhang Guotao said.
"Live in the office for a few days before leaving..." Lin Boqu said.
"Let's talk about it later. " Zhang Guotao said unshakable before Lin Boqu finished speaking.
Zhang Guotao sat on the train and never got off.
whistle sounded, and the train finally started.
Linboqu
On April 11, 1938, the train arrived at Hankou Dazhimen Station.
Zhou Enlai, Luo Binghui, Li Kenong, Qian Zhiguang, Wang Ming are all waiting there.
Out of the station, Zhou En said: "Vice Chairman Zhang will live in our office. ”
Zhang Guotao immediately said: "No, I live in Dahua Hotel. ”
This is a high-end hotel run by a capitalist, so everyone had to follow him.
That night, Zhou Enlai came to the hotel and had a long talk with Zhang Guotao. The next day, Zhang Guotao finally moved to the office.
On the morning of April 13, 1938, Zhang Guotao suddenly said to Zhou En: " I want to meet Chiang Kai-shek . "
" Why do you have to see him? " Zhou Enlai asked politely.
Zhang Guotao had nothing to answer, but just said stubbornly: "Just want to meet. "
Finally, Zhou Enlai accompanied him to Wuchang and met Chiang Kai-shek.
Zhang Guotao did not care about having Zhou Enlai present and said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Brother, I have been confused for many years..."
Zhou Enlai followed up and said: "You are confused, I am not confused." "
After meeting, they were about to return to Hankou . Zhang Guotao was ulterior motives and waited for an opportunity to slip away.
Zhou Enlai found that he had not seen Zhang Guotao, so he called the office and asked several more people to search for it separately. After all, he finally found him in a small hotel.
After Zhou Enlai persuaded him, he had no choice but to find any excuses, so he went to the Hankou office together.
On April 14, 1938, just dawn, Zhang Guotao got up. He said to the guard Zhang Hai casually: "Xiao Zhang, go upstairs to see if Vice Chairman Zhou has gotten up. I have something to look for him. "
Xiao Zhang hurried upstairs. Zhou Enlai said as soon as he saw him: "What are you doing here? Didn’t you tell you not to stay away from Vice Chairman Zhang? "
Xiao Zhang told the reason, and Zhou Enlai quickly said: "Go down and take a look, he may have run away! "
Zhang Hai suddenly realized and hurriedly ran back. When he saw that Zhang Guotao was no longer there.
Zhou Enlai came to the door with everyone, watched for a while, but there was still no one, so he arranged for everyone to look for it separately. The comrades in the office searched for the whole day, and it was not until 10 o'clock in the evening that he found Zhang Guotao in a hotel, where he had already lived.
This person didn't persuade him, but the more he persuaded him, he became more stubborn and did not go back to the office.
Later, although Zhou Enlai repeatedly invited him sincerely, he still refused to move.
On April 17, 1938, Zhou Enlai came to that hotel again and had a heart-to-heart talk with Zhang Guotao again.
Zhou En said: "Vice Chairman Zhang, I would like to ask you to consider it again. I can propose three methods: First, go back and continue to work for the party. I guarantee my personality and do not blame the past. Second, you can ask the party for leave, rest for a period of time, and then go back to work. Third, you declare that you have quit the party and the Central Committee expelled you from the party. Where can you go?"
Zhang Guotao said indifferently: "Then let's make sure between two or three."
paused for a while, and he said: "Let's do it, give me two days to close the door and think about it carefully."
In fact, he contacted the Kuomintang secret service as soon as he slipped out, and his determination had already made up.
As he said, his determination has been made. What he decided to do would not change his mind.
That afternoon, he slipped away again in a car parked on the side of the road and never came back.
Zhang Guotao
His second half of his life
Zhang Guotao went to Nanjing and soon published a letter to Zhang Guotao's letter to the people. He thought that based on his experience, Chiang Kai-shek would reuse him. Unexpectedly, he waited in Nanjing for several months before Chiang Kai-shek gave him a false position as chairman of the Policy Research Office. In the following years, Zhang Guotao served as a member of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, a member of the National Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Military Bureau's design committee, a member of the Central Bureau's design committee, and a director of the Institute of Special Political Issues.
These positions are not high and their salary is not high. For Zhang Guotao, who has always been unwilling to live under others, it is obviously not the same as what he had previously imagined, and he is naturally depressed.
Political dissatisfaction led to Zhang Guotao's temper being very irritable. One day in the autumn and winter of 1943, Zhang Guotao and his wife Yang Zilie had a fierce quarrel because of some trivial matters. Zhang Guotao said: "I don't admit that you have shared hardships with me."
and Yang Zilie cried and said: "Who is like you? Look how good Enlai is to Yingchao."
In mid-1948, Zhang Guotao saw that the situation of the Jiang family dynasty was hopeless, so he followed the Kuomintang members and fled to Taiwan with his family, rented a house in Taipei.
He has lived in Taipei for nearly a year, and the Kuomintang neither arranged for him to "work" nor asked about his life.
Later, his housing in Taipei was also occupied by the Kuomintang’s “ Southeast Military and Political Office ”, and he had no place to live.
In the winter of 1949, he moved to Hong Kong with his family, with the pseudonym "Kaiyin", and served as the president of "Voice of China" magazine. During
, someone asked him: "Which knowledge is the most knowledgeable within the Communist Party?"
Zhang Guotao replied: "That's still Mao Zedong."
In 1950, after the US imperialists launched the war of invasion of North Korea, gold prices in the international market rose. Zhang Guotao took a desperate bet and used all his property as a deposit of 5,000 US dollars to resell gold on Hong Kong financial market to make a big profit.
As a result, the gold price fell. He lost all his money. In addition to relying on his son to teach to support the whole family, he made a living by betraying the history of our party to US Consulate .
Because the US intelligence personnel gave him very little money, he was like begging and was extremely miserable.
In 1956, when our party convened the Eighth National Congress , he wanted to return to the country, but he refused to reply to the prerequisite of public admitting his mistakes proposed by us, so he had to give up.
Around 1961, Zhang Guotao spent four years writing a memoir that turned black and white into a million words and beautified by himself in response to the appointment of the University of Kansas in the United States. Since 1966, the Hong Kong Ming Pao Monthly magazine has serialized it with the title "My Memories" and published it in 1971 in three volumes and spread it overseas.
The publication of "My Memories" gave Zhang Guotao a reward. In the next ten years, he relied on this copyright to make a living.
In 1968, Zhang Guotao and his wife Yang Zilie applied to immigrate to Canada and went to Toronto to join their son.
Zhang Guotao and his wife have three sons. The eldest son Zhang Haiwei studies mathematics in Toronto, the second son Zhang Chuxiang works as a doctor in New York, USA, and the third son Zhang Yuchuan works as an engineer in Toronto.
A few years after Zhang Guotao and his wife moved to Canada, they spent all their royalties and had no other economic income. The couple had to apply for a free nursing home held by the Canadian government.
On September 9, 1976, Chairman Mao passed away, and the world was shocked.
At this time, the London Daily remembered this senior leader in the early days of the founding of the Communist Party of China, so he made a special trip to interview him and asked him to talk about Mao Zedong . Zhang Guotao said 10 words with emotion: "Our era is over."
Later years Zhang Guotao
In December 1977, Zhang Guotao suddenly suffered from stroke at the age of 78, and was hemiplegic on the right side. He could not take care of himself and could not afford to take care of him. After applying to be admitted to a free elderly hospital in the city and was baptized into Christianity.
This elderly hospital is an official charity organization, with nuns acting as nurses, few doctors, and poor service attitude.
In December 1979, Toronto was covered in heavy snow and the weather was extremely cold.
2 At midnight on the night of the day, Zhang Guotao woke up from the cold and began to cough sharply, wanting to drink some boiled water to warm up his body, his trembling hands broke the thermos bottle. After
, the quilt and blanket covered by his body fell to the ground again, no one responded, and he couldn't pick it up. Zhang Guotao, who was wearing only a single underwear, lay naked on the narrow hospital bed.
The cold and ruthlessly attacked the 83-year-old man, his thin body began to curl up...
The next morning, when the nurse from the hospital went to deliver the meal, he found that he was already angry.
On December 5, 1979, Zhang Guotao was buried in Toronto Cemetery.
His wife burst into tears and lamented: 40 years, they have never enjoyed any happiness...
