is known as the "cultural courage". He is praised by Chiang Kai-shek as the "perfect person in the contemporary world" by Chiang Kai-shek. Since being favored by Chiang Kai-shek in 1927, he became his senior aide until he committed suicide in 1948. For this 21 years, he has always been Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted confidant.
In 1947, after the peaceful negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Republic of China were announced to be broken, Zhou Enlai, the head of the Communist Party of China delegation, was about to return to Yan'an. After learning about this, Chen Bulei immediately came to Zhou Enlai's office. The two talked for more than three hours before Chen Bulei stood up to say goodbye.
Before leaving, Zhou Enlai held Chen Bulei's hands tightly and said: "I'll do your business, so don't worry! Goodbye." Chen Bulei waved goodbye and got into the car. Who would have thought that Zhou Enlai received news of Chen Bulei's suicide a year later, and he was filled with emotion for a moment.
So what's going on? Chen Bulei is Chiang Kai-shek's confidant, why did he ask Zhou Enlai for help? What did he ask Zhou Enlai to help? What is the result?
became Chiang Kai-shek's confidant
Chen Bulei was born in Cixi, Zhejiang in 1890 and was a fellow villager with Chiang Kai-shek. In October 1911, after the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, Chen Bulei, who was passionate, immediately devoted himself to the struggle against the feudal dynasty, support Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and support for the democratic revolution. Because Chen Bulei is good at writing, he wrote "Talk about E" in sharp words and published it, which inspired the general public.
On New Year's Day in 1912, Mr. Sun Yat-sen served as the interim president. His speech was drafted in English. In order to be published as soon as possible, the then Minister of Foreign Affairs of the National Government, Wang Chonghui , was responsible for translating it into Chinese. Wang Chonghui knew nothing about English. At this moment, he thought of Chen Bulei. Chen Bulei successfully translated the English manuscript into Chinese and published it in the Tianduo Daily, becoming exclusive news.
1920, Chen Bulei came to Shanghai to work and served as editor-in-chief of the Business Daily. Mr. Sun Yat-sen once praised: "The Business Daily is a real party newspaper!" Chen Bulei's article coincided with the Kuomintang and was the same as the Communist Party's propositions. Therefore, the Communist Party leaders, Xiao Chunu, and others have praised his articles.
1927 was the year when Chen Bulei's fate turned around. This year, with the recommendation of his elder brother, he went to Nanchang to Chiang Kai-shek's invitation, and Then he joined the Kuomintang under the introduction of Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Guofu . Chen Bulei and Chiang Kai-shek's relationship depends on his cousin Chen Qinghuai .
Chen Qinghuai was Chiang Kai-shek's secretary before, but as time passed, he became older and older, so Chen Qinghuai recommended his younger brother Chen Bulei, who was 18 years younger than him.
When Chen Bulei and Chiang Kai-shek met for the first time, they happened to meet Chiang Kai-shek in urgent need of a speech. Chen Bulei used his strengths to write the famous "Letter to Huangpu Classmates" according to Chiang Kai-shek's requirements. It is precisely because of this that Chiang Kai-shek had a good first impression of Chen Bulei.
In April 1927, Chen Bulei became Secretary-General of Zhejiang Provincial Government 1. In May, he came to Nanjing to serve as Secretary-General of the Secretariat of the Central Party Committee of the Kuomintang. He also served as professor of the Chinese Liberal Arts News Group of Fudan University, mainly teaching "Editorial Practices".
When Chiang Kai-shek was forced to step down by the Guangxi regime, He Yingqin , Chen Bulei also resigned from his position within the Kuomintang and went to Shanghai to establish "New Life Weekly". It is worth mentioning that at that time, Chen Bulei was running a newspaper while traveling around, and also planned the location for the first date between Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling. Not long after, Chiang Kai-shek resumed his position, and Chen Bulei was brought back to Chiang Kai-shek again.
1928, Chen Bulei drafted the very important and influential "Salute to Premier Sun" for Chiang Kai-shek. It was this article that Chiang Kai-shek was praised as the legal heir of Mr. Sun Yat-sen. In 1929, Chen Bulei served as the director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, and since then he became Chiang Kai-shek's confidant.
Chen Bulei originally planned to be Chiang Kai-shek's personal secretary and use the words he is good at serving Chiang Kai-shek who has a kindness for him. However, when he received Chiang Kai-shek's repeated support, he became deeper and deeper in politics.
1931, when Chiang Kai-shek was forced to step down again, in order to advance and retreat with him, Chen Bulei resolutely resigned from his post and returned to the Shanghai newspaper industry; in 1933, Chiang Kai-shek urgently summoned Chen Bulei to Nanchang and asked him to be his consultant; in April 1934, Chen Bulei bid farewell to the Zhejiang Education Bureau and turned to Chiang Kai-shek to work, helping Chiang Kai-shek revise his speech every day.
After the outbreak of the "September 18th" Incident, the Xi'an Incident of Chiang Kai-shek adopted the policy of "not resisting" , which shocked China and the world, immediately triggered the Xi'an Incident of . In order to curb the aftermath for Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Bulei wrote the famous "Half Moon Record of Xi'an", which beautified Chiang Kai-shek's thoughts in the hearts of the public. At the same time, Chen Bulei was also very angry that he obeyed Chiang Kai-shek's orders and was also angry that Chiang Kai-shek's "not resisting" policy, but he had no choice but to tell his entanglement in his diary.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Bulei wrote many passionate manuscripts for him under the order of Chiang Kai-shek, which also brought a lot of good reputation to Chiang Kai-shek. For example, in July 1937, Chiang Kai-shek's speech "The Last Quarter" in Lushan, his majestic language infected many people.
Since 1936, Chen Bulei has served as deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang Central Political Conference and director of the Second Division of Chiang Kai-shek's attendant office. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War , Chen Bulei noticed that Chiang Kai-shek still had the idea of launching a civil war , but he did not stop it, but insisted on following Chiang Kai-shek. He also joked that he "is like a married woman, ending with one end" .
Although Chen Bulei was loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, he had a noble character and never corrupted with other officials. He also admired those literati with real talents and knowledge. For example, after the failure of Revolution in 1927, Guo Moruo was wanted by the Kuomintang for writing fierce articles against Chiang Kai-shek, and then went into exile in Japan. During the Anti-Japanese War , the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated with each other, Guo Moruo wanted to return to China. After Chen Bulei found out, he quickly persuaded Chiang Kai-shek, which allowed Guo Moruo to return to China safely.
Chen Bulei drafted documents for Chiang Kai-shek and formulated policies for a long time, so he was called Chiang Kai-shek's "literary courage". Chen Bulei is Chiang Kai-shek's chief attendant. He followed Chiang Kai-shek and focused on helping him handle confidential documents on the party and government. Those piles of documents and conflicted information will soon become clear after being sorted out by Chen Bulei.
However, as Chiang Kai-shek's confidant and confidant, Chen Bulei, his daughter, son-in-law and son, all fell into the arms of the Communist Party.
daughter stepped into the "threshold" of the Communist Party
Chen Lian is Chen Bulei's youngest daughter. She should have loved her very much, but her childhood was particularly miserable. After Chen Bulei and his wife Yang Pinxian got married, the couple fell in love with each other and gave birth to 3 boys and 2 girls in 6 years. It is also because of this that when she gave birth to her youngest daughter Chen Lian, Yang Pinxian fainted due to excessive childbirth and exhausted qi and blood. Later, she suffered from " puerperal fever " and died after a few days of persistence.
Chen Bulei learned that his beloved wife died and thought Chen Lian was the nemesis, so he planned to drown him in the spittoon. Fortunately, Chen Bulei's mother-in-law discovered it, , but at this time Chen Bulei had already lost his mind and actually threw Chen Lian out of the window. Fortunately, he was caught by the bamboo shed outside the window. From then on, Chen Lian had the name " Lian'er ".
Chen Lian's name was chosen by Chen Bulei after she went to elementary school. On the one hand, it means that she changed her mind and thought the child was pitiful; on the other hand, it corresponds to Chen Lian's sister Chen Xiu's name.
1937 broke out, Chen Lian actively participated in the craze for promoting anti-Japanese war. During this period, Chen Lian kept writing articles for Zhejiang folk publication "Wartime Life". Many of the contributors in this magazine were Communists, such as Zhang Aiping, , Du Guoyang, , etc.Chen Lian often reads "Wartime Life", so his thoughts have also changed dramatically.
1938, Chen Lian was admitted to the girls' high school. While she was studying, she participated in the Anti-Japanese National Saving Movement . It is worth mentioning that she also used her special identity to convey internal news about the Kuomintang to the county party committee many times.
In July 1939, Chen Lian joined the Communist Party through an introduction. Surprisingly, Chen Lian, who graduated from high school, did not pass the Central University , which was close to the distance, but applied for the Southwest Associated University , which was far away in Kunming, because there were famous professors such as Feng Youlan and Wen Yiduo.
On this day, Chen Lian came to Chen Bulei's office to say goodbye to him: "Father, I'm going to Southwest Associated University to go to school, I'm here to say goodbye to you." Chen Bulei nodded and said, "Liang'er, what department are you applying for?"
Chen Lian said, "It's the geology department." Chen Bulei said with great satisfaction: "That's right. Although my father is getting further and further in politics, I don't want my children to take this path as well. You are still young, just study technology hard, don't get involved in politics..."
Chen Lian hurriedly said, "Dad, resist the Japanese. Everyone is responsible for saving the country. I am patriotic! "Chen Bulei smiled bitterly and said, "Liang'er, Dad was also patriotic before. I don't object to patriotism, but I don't want you to participate in any activities that oppose the government, do you know? "
" Father! The soldiers in the front are fighting bloody battles, fighting against the invading Japanese army, but what are the officials in the rear doing? They are intrigue and making money from the national crisis! Wang Jingwei has now become a traitor. Why do young people care about national affairs and say they are anti-government by you? " Chen Lian was particularly excited when he said these words.
"This...this..." Chen Bulei was speechless for a moment, and then said, "Lian'er, I don't oppose your pursuit of progress, but you also have to consider the situation of being a father..."
Chen Lian looked at his father's gray hair and sighed and said, "I will not do things that are sorry to the country, and I will maintain my innocent family style." Chen Bulei fell into deep thought...
Chen Bulei to Zhou Enlai to find a woman
In January 1941, with the outbreak of the Southern Anhui Incident, the Kuomintang reactionaries cruelly killed the New Fourth Army soldiers and detained the New Fourth Army commander Ye Ting, while blocking the news and distorting the facts. When Chen Lian and others learned the news, they were very angry and posted the copy of the "The Truth of the New Fourth Army's Southern Anhui Army being surrounded and annihilated by the Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of China" inside the campus, which aroused the indignation of all the teachers and students in the school for a while. After the spy knew about this, he quickly sent someone to investigate the initiator. Even the spy leader, Kang Ze , rushed from Chongqing to Kunming, preparing to launch an army to question the crime, but Chen Lian and others had already left the school. Under the leadership of Yuan Yongxi, students such as Chen Lian were scattered and hidden in various areas, preparing to fight guerrillas in the countryside.
On Chen Lian's life path, this is her first time facing the test of fighting. Although it was the first time, she was not nervous at all. Instead, she calmly returned to the dormitory to clean up the bed, and then wrote the so-called "last letter" to her sister, and then "disappeared".
The news of Chen Lian's disappearance made Chen Bule very uneasy. At this time, Chen Xiu handed the letter written by his sister to his father. Chen Bulei read it repeatedly, thinking that his daughter must have gone to Yan'an, so he entrusted his nephew, and Weng Zeyong, also Guo Moruo's secretary, to find a way to find it from the CCP.
On this day, Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao went to Guo Moruo's residence in Chongqing, and Weng Zeyong took this opportunity to tell them about Chen Bulei's daughter. At this time, the Kuomintang's second "anti-communist" climax had been repelled by our party, and the situation gradually began to ease. Zhou Enlai frowned after hearing this, and later said, "I understand this matter. I will send someone to investigate later. If it is really in our place, you can ask."
Zhou Enlai immediately sent a telegram to the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army and Yan'an, but surprisingly, they all replied that Chen Lian did not go to the anti-Japanese base.Zhou Enlai told Weng Zeyong the news and asked him to tell Chen Bulei: "Since Chen Lian is not ahead and has not gone to Yan'an, it is very likely that he has been hidden, or he has been caught by your spy. Let's go and look for it."
Chen Bulei was very grateful when he learned the news and said repeatedly: "Thank you so much, thank you so much!"
A few days later, Chen Bulei published a missing person notice in newspapers in Kunming and Chongqing: "Liang'er, come home quickly when you see the words, father said."
So where is Chen Lian at this time? After she followed Yuan Yongxi away from Kunming, she came to Shiping County Advanced Normal University to work as an English teacher. Unexpectedly, an accident happened not long afterwards. With the beginning of the new semester, many teachers were assigned to Shiping County , including graduates from the United Nations University. In order not to reveal his identity, Chen Lian and others had to resign and go to a nearby village. Since they didn't find a job, they had to eat and read books and newspapers.
Around the Spring Festival in 1942, Yuan Yongxi used his winter vacation to come to Chongqing and then asked the Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of China what to do next. Yuan Yongxi first connected with Deng Yingchao through Shen Junru's niece, and then took Zhou Enlai's car with a designated secret code to meet Deng Yingchao.
As soon as we met, Yuan Yongxi reported to Deng Yingchao the list of party members evacuated by the UN General Assembly and the hidden location. It was really easy to get it. Deng Yingchao quickly asked Yuan Yongxi about Chen Lian's whereabouts: "Do you know where Chen Lian is?"
Yuan Yongxi said: "She is now in the rural area of Yiliang, but she has been hiding at home because she has not found a job to cover her identity." Deng Yingchao shook her head after hearing this and said: "This is too dangerous, it is easy to expose her identity."
Not long after, the party organization took Chen Lian back to Chongqing, and the daughter of "missed" for nearly a year finally returned to Chen Bulei's side. He was overjoyed, and a rare smile appeared on his shriveled face.
Chen Bulei "entrusted his orphan" to Zhou Enlai
Chongqing negotiations failed, Chiang Kai-shek, with the instigation of the United States and the support of the planes and cannons, was determined to fight a civil war with our party. On February 27 and 28, 1947, the Kuomintang successively notified the Communist Party of China to serve as representatives in Nanjing, Shanghai and other places to serve as negotiating and liaison work, and that all must be withdrawn from Yan'an before March 5, and announced that the peaceful negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were completely broken.Chen Bulei was depressed for several days after learning that Zhou Enlai, the head of the Communist Party of China delegation, was about to leave Nanjing, and he was pacing back and forth in the office, not knowing what to do. One night, Chen Bulei called his attendant Ju Yiqiao to get on the car. He first walked around under Zijinshan for several times, and then came to the CCP’s office in Nanjing.
After entering the CCP’s office in Nanjing, Chen Bulei said to Ju Yiqiao: "You wait downstairs now, I will go back." Then he walked straight to Zhou Enlai’s office.
During the Kuomintang-Republic negotiations, although Chen Bulei was not a formal representative of the peace talks, as the director of the attendant room, he often participated in the peace talks as Chiang Kai-shek's private representative, and therefore had many contacts with Zhou Enlai.
Chen Bulei admires Zhou Enlai's knowledge, demeanor and character very much. In addition, Zhou Enlai had helped him find a daughter, so Chen Bulei has a good impression of Zhou Enlai. At the same time, although Chen Bulei is loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, Zhou Enlai admires his character very much.
Chen Bulei sat in Zhou Enlai's office for more than two hours, and did not leave slowly until midnight. He and Zhou Enlai walked downstairs together. When they reached the garden in front of the building, the two stopped to continue talking. It took about half an hour to talk before Chen Bulei officially bid farewell to Zhou Enlai.
When we were about to leave, Zhou Enlai and Chen Bulei held their hands tightly together, while Zhou Enlai said firmly: "I'll do your business, so don't worry." Chen Bulei also said: "I hope Mr. Zhou can come again and come to Nanjing again."
On the way back, Ju Yiqiao looked at Chen Bulei with surprise. Although he knew that Chen Bulei and Zhou Enlai had a personal relationship, he couldn't understand the purpose of Chen Bulei's trip.Chen Bulei noticed Ju Yiqiao's gaze and said, "I'm not here for business, but for private matters."
Several years later, Ju Yiqiao realized that Chen Bulei asked Zhou Enlai for his orphan that night. He was for his children's affairs, and hoped that Zhou Enlai could take care of them more.
In August 1947, Chen Lian and Yuan Yongxi, who were in love, got married, but the happy days had not lasted for long, and they both went to prison. What's going on?
htmlOn September 6, more than 30 spies in plain clothes were ordered to arrest Chen Lian and Yuan Yongxi. In fact, the spies did not know the identities of Chen Lian and Yuan Yongxi. They only learned from a traitor that a person in charge of the Peking Underground Radio was named Yuan. Then they searched Yuan Yongxi's business card on him, and then determined that Yuan Yongxi was a Communist.After Chen Lian and Yuan Yongxi were arrested, the enemy adopted a fraudulent confession against them. Although the two had no experience in fighting in prison, they always believed in the cause of communism and sweared to never bow to the Kuomintang. No matter how the enemy threatened and tempted them, neither Chen Lian nor Yuan Yongxi spoke, which also led to the enemy's gaining nothing.
Since the spies could not determine the true identity of Chen Lian and his wife, but could not easily release them, they decided to use this opportunity to embarrass Chen Bulei and take his daughter and son-in-law to Nanjing to see what he would do.
Chen Bulei had known for a long time that his daughter and son-in-law were arrested, but he pretended to be indifferent on the surface. But after months of silence, Chen Bulei could no longer hold on. He knew that Chiang Kai-shek wanted to express his own opinion, so he wrote a letter to Chiang Kai-shek. The letter roughly meant that because his daughter was suspected of being a "communist" and they had been taken to Nanjing. If this is true, there is no need to consider the father-daughter relationship between them, just handle it impartially.
After Chiang Kai-shek received Chen Bulei's letter of "destroying relatives for justice", he immediately ordered his subordinates to investigate clearly.
1947 One day at the end of 1947, Chiang Kai-shek set up a house in his mansion. After the banquet, he deliberately left Chen Bulei and said, " Bulei , I have received your letter. I have sent someone to investigate the matter of your daughter and son-in-law."
After Chiang Kai-shek finished speaking, he stopped talking, but looked at Chen Bulei. Chen Bulei didn't know what Chiang Kai-shek sold in the gourd, so he didn't speak, just nodded. Seeing this, Chiang Kai-shek smiled and said: "Bulei doesn't have to be so nervous. Your son-in-law is the 'Minister', not the Communist Party..."
Chen Bulei has been with Chiang Kai-shek for so many years, so he naturally understands what he means, so he quickly bailed his daughter and son-in-law. Not long after, Chen Lian and Yuan Yongxi were released on bail.
As time passes slowly, Chen Bulei watched with his own eyes the Jiang family dynasty he had participated in is shaking. He was filled with emotion and disappointment arose in his heart. As a literati influenced by traditional culture, Chen Bulei chose the simplest and most direct method - stern advice.
Chen Bulei hated civil war from the bottom of his heart. Whether in the past or present, he believed that compatriots who suffered from eight years of war of resistance should rest. He repeatedly suggested to Chiang Kai-shek that civil war should be stopped, but was criticized by Chiang Kai-shek for "a scholar who ruined the country."
Chen Bulei was dissatisfied with the corruption of the Jiang family, Song family , Kong family and Chen family. He has repeatedly made suggestions to Chiang Kai-shek, asking him to take out the hidden US dollars to build the country and improve people's lives. Who would have thought that Chen Bulei's suggestion was not only opposed by Chiang Kai-shek, but also resented by Chiang Kai-shek for this reason.
11 On November 13, 2019, Chen Bulei committed suicide by taking sleeping pills.Chen Lian was more regretful about his father's death. Although she betrayed this family and hated her father for embarking on a path of being enemies with the people, he was his father after all, and she still loved her father deep in her heart.Not long after, Yuan Yongxi and Chen Lian took advantage of the opportunity to escort Chen Bulei's coffin to Hangzhou for burial, and successfully entered the liberated area with the help of the Shanghai underground party. With the peaceful liberation of Beiping , Yuan Yongxi and Chen Lian followed the party organization into Peiping to welcome the birth of New China together.
After the national liberation, Zhou Enlai asked Chen Lian to talk about his father at a meeting. Chen Lian said this:
"My father has always held a wish in his life, that is, 'cultivation, family management, governing the country and peace in the world', but he failed to realize his original intention, but instead became a burial object in the old society. It was the wrong consciousness that made my father embark on the wrong path..."
