One night in January 1973, the war criminals in Gongdelin gradually entered their dreams. At this moment, Xu Yuanju suddenly rolled on the bed, making noises from time to time. As time passed, the sound of Xu Yuanju became louder and louder, which also alarmed the war criminals in the same room. They quickly got up to check.
Who would have thought that he would see Xu Yuanju's breathing was rapid, his eyes were protruding, and his nostrils were bleeding, and then he fell into a coma . The war criminals shouted loudly, and the guards rushed Xu Yuanju to the hospital. But not long after I was sent to the hospital, Xu Yuanju died of .
Xu Yuanju is a confidant of Dai Li . His performance in Gongdelin before his death was particularly outstanding, just to be released in advance. However, what no one expected was that such an active war criminal would die in Gongde Forest. After Zhou Enlai learned about this, he immediately ordered: "Find it thoroughly!"
So who is Xu Yuanju? How did he die?
became Dai Li's confidant
Xu Yuanju was born in Daye County, Hubei Province in 1914. He has been smart since he was young and is said to have the ability to remember everything he has. In 1929, 15-year-old Xu Yuanju was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy and became a student of the seventh class. After graduation, he was assigned to the Chen Cheng 's troops and served as deputy company commander. He also participated in the "encirclement and suppression" of the Red Army in Jiangxi.
However, Xu Yuanju’s ambition is not limited to this. He has no background and no connections. If he wants to make a name for himself, he must take a special method. 932, he escaped from the army and joined the predecessor of the Kuomintang Military Commission, Fuxing Society , and was directly led by Dai Li. So how did Xu Yuanju attract the attention of "spy chief" Dai Li? After the establishment of the Fuxing Society, a training class was held in Hangzhou, and Xu Yuanju was also sent there for training. He was very interested in the courses in the training class and the notes were the most detailed, so his grades were among the best, which was an important reason why Dai Li was concerned about it.
Later, Dai Li visited the school and listed Xu Yuan as a typical example among the students of the special training class. He gave him scholarships many times to encourage him. Although Dai Li noticed Xu Yuanju, he did not value him. After all, he had no background and was not Dai Li's fellow countryman. Therefore, Xu Yuanju worked for six years and was still an insignificant major.
Before the outbreak of the Songhu War, the Panchen Lama went to Nanjing for help. Chiang Kai-shek specially instructed Dai Jitao as honorary president of the Buddhist Association and sent envoys to escort the Panchen Lama back. In order to find out the situation in Tibet, Dai Li specially sent Xu Yuanju to accompany him, on the surface to protect the Panchen Lama, but in fact he was going to collect intelligence.
Xu Yuanju was not afraid of difficulties and led an intelligence team to Tibet. He worked for another five years, but his position was still major. However, Xu Yuanju has another advantage in doing this, that is, he is appreciated by Dai Li. With the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Military Bureau was officially established. Xu Yuanju was appointed as the stationmaster of the Military Bureau Xichang Station and was appointed as the colonel from a major. It was also from this time that Xu Yuanju had a name within the Kuomintang and gradually became Dai Li's confidant.
At that time, a large area of land in the southeast was lost, the population in the rear increased dramatically, and coupled with the Japanese army blockade, the supplies became less and less. Therefore, many unscrupulous businesses took the opportunity to raise prices, and the public was in a state of resentment. In order to stabilize the hearts of the people, the National Government ordered the establishment of economic inspection brigades in Chongqing, Sichuan and other places, which were respectively responsible for the military commander , , , and the Three Youth League.
Xu Yuanju is the third captain of the Chengdu Economic Inspection Team. His jurisdiction range is from Neijiang , Beiguangyuan, and it is very vast. Since Xu Yuanju covered the sky with his hands here and could report to Dai Li at any time, the local postal and telecommunications inspection offices and aviation inspection stations all bowed to him. Even the Provincial Police Bureau and the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway Inspection Office must act according to his expression.
However, there are also some powerful figures. Seeing that Xu Yuanju never showed up, he thought he was easy to bully, so he did not take the Economic and Inspection Brigade into consideration openly and secretly.For example, Wu Shaozhang from Xindu County started his business by gambling. Unexpectedly, he became the director of the Xindu County office of Sichuan Kang Bank. Later, with the recommendation of Sichuan 1 Liu Hangchen , he was appointed as the consultant of the People's Food Department. He thought he had a backstage, so he didn't take Xu Yuan seriously and did his own thing.
After Xu Yuanju learned about this, he decided to take Wu Shaozhang first. He first sent someone to arrest Wu Shaozhang, and then confiscated the more than 40,000 stone rapeseed oil and more than 6,000 stone rice that the other party had accumulated for several years. Xu Yuanju did not attack these "thorns". Before taking action, he would send someone to investigate the other party's bottom and specifically pick soft persimmons.
In 1943, someone sent a report letter to Xu Yuanju's desk: "The Sichuan Provincial Air Defense Command stocks up a large amount of cotton and wants to raise prices."
Xu Yuanju was very angry when he saw this letter. He slapped the table and immediately cursed: "The Air Defense Command is a national army, but they are unpredictable and make mistakes openly, which is simply unforgivable. I must investigate clearly and give an explanation to the people!"
For several days after that, as long as Xu Yuanju came to the brigade's office, he would tell his subordinates around him: "I must thoroughly investigate this matter. In my eyes, no matter how nice Xu Yuanju said, he would not take the next step.
Xu Yuanju knew that the air defense commander was Deng Xihou, director of the Sichuan-Kangsui Office, and the deputy commander was Chen Li, a senior general of the Sichuan Army. If he provoked these two people, it would make Chiang Kai-shek, who had won local strength. So he deliberately made a sound, trying to give the other party a warning, and in addition to reminding them.
In order to give the local people an explanation, Xu Yuanju sent military police to a week later. However, at this time, only one or two hundred kilograms of cotton were left in the air defense headquarters, and the remaining cotton had long been transferred. Xu Yuanju was very happy to see this and immediately said: "At this time, it was verified that it was all rumors, and this situation did not exist at all!"
Many subordinates and ordinary people who did not know the internal affairs department thought that Xu Yuanju was a tough guy and were in awe of him.
brutally killed more than 300 revolutionary patriots including Jiang Jie
Before liberation, Chongqing Municipal Party Committee Deputy Secretary and Organization Minister Ran Yizhi betrayed our party, not only confessed to a large number of Communist Party members, but also persuaded Tu Xiaowen, secretary of the Eastern Sichuan Prefectural Committee, to rebel, which also led to dozens of Communist Party members such as Jiang Jie, Li Qinglin , were arrested. All of this is related to Xu Yuanju.
At that time, Xu Yuanju captured Yu Yongan, who was unprepared in Chongqing based on the confession of Li Zhongliang . Yu Yongan confessed his superior "Lao Zhang" under the punishment of the spy. "Lao Zhang" is Ran Yizhi, the big traitor who was the first to betrayal, and Xu Yuanju did not spend much effort when catching Ran Yizhi.
At that time, Xu Yuanju didn't know Ran Yizhi's true identity, but only knew that he was a big fish, so he began to use their usual "one errone, two temptations and three temptations" against the other party. Like other traitors, Ran Yizhi refused to betray our party at the beginning, but Xu Yuanju's actions changed his original intention:
"Do you think you are the true 'Lao Zhang'? Let me tell you the truth. It is not only Yu Yong'an who provides you with us, but Liu Guoding. I might as well tell you directly that we have arrested Communist Party every day in the past few days, and we have no time to listen to how loyal you are to the Communist Party. You should say it as soon as possible, save me from getting angry and break your leg!"
Xu Yuanju beats and scolds Ran Yizhi, and finally lets several strong-looking burly men press Ran Yizhi on tiger bench . Before they could tie up Ran Yizhi, he "substituted his weapons and surrendered": "I am the deputy secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Minister of the Organization Department. I know many secrets of the Communist Party, don't kill me..."
Ran Yizhi has many secrets of our party in his hands, and these secrets surprised Xu Yuanju. Ran Yizhi revealed that Xu Jianye is a member of the Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Workers' Movement, Tu Xiaowen is the deputy secretary of the Eastern Sichuan Intermediate Committee, etc.In this way, Xu Yuanju sent someone to arrest him while interrogating him. The arrested people continued to be tried and then continued to be arrested after the trial.
Confidential Bureau Director Mao Renfeng learned that Xu Yuanju had arrested a large number of Communists, and he specially sent someone to assist him and guide the second arrest. In addition, Xu Yuanju developed a huge interest in Tu Xiaowen. He called Ran Yizhi to persuade him to surrender.
Ran Yizhi hurried to the prison and talk to Tu Xiaowen: "You have to recognize the current situation, not just what you want. Now we are all in control. The only way out is to defect to the Kuomintang and tell everything we know."
Seeing that Tu Xiaowen didn't say anything, Ran Yizhi continued: "I am following Director Xu now and have been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel Commissioner of the Second Division! We have been in the Communist Party for so long, but we have not seen any military rank. What's more, what's there to eat and drink here? What's there to be unsatisfied with? What? "
Tu Xiaowen was gradually moved by Ran Yizhi. He said: "Then you have to ensure that after I explain to the organization and party members, I can get the freedom and the reuse of the Kuomintang." Seeing that Tu Xiaowen was moved, Ran Yizhi hurriedly said: "Don't worry, everything is included in me!"
Just like that, Tu Xiaowen also betrayed. He not only explained the organizational structure of the Sichuan East Party, but also provided many outstanding Communist Party members, such as Jiang Jie , Li Qinglin and others.
Jiang Jie was arrested by spies in Wanxian County, and was then interrogated by Xu Yuanju himself. Xu Yuanju had a very irritable temper while interrogating Sister Jiang. Seeing that the other party ignored him, he wanted to use the old method used by the female prisoner to interrogate. According to Xu Yuanju's experience, these old methods will definitely allow Sister Jiang to confess.
When Jiang Jie refused to answer the questions repeatedly, Xu Yuanju couldn't bear it anymore and shouted, "Take off all her clothes, I want to see how hard her mouth is!" When the spies walked towards Jiang Jie, Sister Jiang shouted loudly, "Stop, stop me! Do you have no wife and daughter? You use such shameless means, aren't you afraid of being sorry for your mother, your wife?"
Jiang Jie's words made Xu Yuanju feel very embarrassed. At this time, Shen Zui , who was sitting aside, kicked Xu Yuanju with his feet and said, "Can't you use other methods to deal with her?"
Xu Yuanju asked the spies to give up their previous methods and use other punishments instead. But no matter what torture the spies used to attack Sister Jiang, she refused to betray our party and told our party's secrets. Xu Yuanju had no choice but to order Jiang Jie to Zhazidong to be detained.
Xu Yuanju and his old classmate Yan Qi were criticized and arrested hundreds of Communists because they were criticized and awarded by the Kuomintang. Yan Qi was also promoted to Major General Director of the Chongqing Security Bureau.
However, the good times did not last long. Before Xu Yuanju and Yan Qi could enjoy the joy of being rewarded, our army's cannons were built on the edge of Yangtze River , ready to launch an attack on the Kuomintang at any time.
Not long after, Xu Yuanju and Zhou Yanghao , under the orders of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Renfeng, directed the spies to brutally kill Yang Hucheng and Song Qiyun's family on September 6, 1949. Immediately afterwards, Xu Yuanju killed the deputy commander of the Northeast Army, Huang Xiansheng, who was also a famous patriotic general, and Zhang Xueliang, and Li Yingyi, the deputy commander of the .
In the "11.27 Massacre", Xu Yuanju, Zhou Yanghao and others created a massacre that shocked China and the world, brutally killed more than 300 revolutionary patriots and democrats.
As the situation changes, the Kuomintang is about to collapse. Xu Yuanju knew that he had killed many Communist Party members, and the People's Liberation Army would never let him go. So he fled to Chengdu in a hurry, and later came to Kunming by plane, hoping to escape from Kunming to Taiwan.
After Xu Yuanju escaped to Kunming, he hurried to find his old acquaintance, Shen Zui, the major general of Yunnan Station at the time. At this time, Shen Zui had already made Lu Han want to revolt. At this critical moment, he received a letter of appointment from the Kuomintang, allowing him to be the director of the Yunnan Commissioner's Office.In other words, Chiang Kai-shek meant that other spies could escape to Taiwan, but Shen Zui was not allowed.
Shen Zui was in a dilemma. If he fled to Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Renfeng would not let him go; if he stayed here and did not leave, then Lu Han would definitely not let him go after the uprising. So what should I do? Shen Zui thought about it and had only one way, which was to join Lu Han's uprising troops.
When Shen Zui decided to join Lu Han's uprising troops, he did not expect Xu Yuanju to come to surrender to him again. Shen Zui and Xu Yuanju are old friends who have known each other for many years. After thinking about it, he said to Xu Yuanju: "It's too late to go to Taiwan now, why not stay and be my deputy?"
Xu Yuanju refused decisively. He said: "When is it now? Why don't you run away from your life and become an official here? Don't say that you are the deputy of that year, even if you are the chief of military and political affairs of Southwest I will not do it! You have been a major general for seven or eight years, and I have been a four or five years. They can only think of us when they can use our place. Don't be stupid, run away quickly!"
Shen Zui saw Xu Yuanju make up his mind, so he agreed to get him a plane ticket while trying to delay the time. After Lu Han announced the uprising, Zhou Yanghao, Xu Yuanju and other evil spies were arrested by our army and then detained. It is worth mentioning that Shen Zui was also arrested by our army.
Xu Yuanju's death was miserable, and Zhou Enlai ordered a thorough investigation: On the afternoon of August 17, 1950, hundreds of senior Kuomintang military and political personnel detained in the Side Village Detention Center of Shangqing Temple in Chongqing were hit and announced that they would move the next day. When we returned to prison, we packed our luggage and dug up the feces, and we all guessed where we were going to move.
At this moment, Xu Yuanju said, "Anyway, I won't let us go, aren't it the same wherever we stay? What I worry most now is, will we take a bus tomorrow? Or walk? If you walk on the street in broad daylight, it would be so embarrassing!" The guards of
heard their comments and said loudly: "You are quite in a big mood? Putting you together to take care of the prison, not only is the prison environment better, but each person also has 16 yuan of food expenses. Generally, prisoners do not have this standard yet!" After hearing this, Xu Yuanju, Zhou Yanghao and others became happy.
Nearly a hundred prisoners lined up in two lines and walked towards the Baigong Mansion in Chongqing under the escort of the soldiers. Baigongguan was once the old nest where Xu Yuan issued orders, and it was also the place where he directed the search and detention of Communist Party members. He was very familiar with Baigongguan, but he didn't expect that he would now become a prisoner and wanted to personally taste what it would be like to be locked in the iron window.
Xu Yuanju knew very well that he had committed an unforgivable crime. Since he was bound to die, he did not have to act like he wanted to repent, so he acted like a "hero of the party and the country". Therefore, among many prisoners, Xu Yuanju became the typical example of refusing to reform.
Not long after, Shen Zui was also escorted from Kunming to Baigongguan, and met his old acquaintances here, Xu Yuanju, Zhou Yanghao, Song Xilian and others. Since Shen Zui had defected to Lu Han's uprising troops before, Zhou Yanghao and Xu Yuanju had no good expression on him.
When he became a prisoner, every war criminal had an idea in his mind, that is, when would the Communist Party kill itself? But at this tense moment, something big happened in Baigongguan. At that time, after the interrogator interrogated Zhou Yanghao, he asked him to sign the transcript. Who would have thought that he could see the "suggested death sentence" written on the handling opinion. In addition, there were Shen Zui's exposing materials.
Zhou Yanghao was shocked after watching it. He not only was worried about his fate, but he also hated the exposing of his Shen Zui very much. So when he returned to prison, he picked up a bench and smashed it at Shen Zui's head. Fortunately, Song Xilian, who was standing beside him, reacted in time, so it did not cause any major disaster.
Song Xilian and Xu Yuanju didn't know what was going on, so they quickly asked, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" Zhou Yanghao pointed at Shen Zui and cursed, "You traitor to the party and the country, a shameless villain!" As soon as Zhou Yanghao finished speaking, everyone instantly understood what he meant, and then many hatred eyes gathered on Shen Zui's face.
Shen Zui smiled bitterly and said, "I just explain my own problems. People who are in contact must explain clearly. What we have done before is not something that you can't find out if you don't explain them. Anyway, we won't live long, and the Communist Party will not let us go. It's better to say everything we did in the past and give ourselves a relief."
Unexpectedly, this provoked Xu Yuanju. He said, "Since everyone is a sure death, from now on, it's better to say their own good in front of the Communist Party! If I find out that betrayed the comrade, I will not let him go even if I go down to the underworld!" Shen Zui knew that he was in the wrong and didn't say much.
A new life has begun, but these are particularly unfamiliar to spies such as Xu Yuanju and Zhou Yanghao. They were interrogated by the People's Liberation Army. They were now interrogated by the Communist Party who were imprisoned in prison. They have now become them in prison.
However, Xu Yuanju also discovered the difference between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang. The Communist Party’s discipline staff not only do not beat and scold prisoners, but also do not have to shout reports by the door when going to the toilet. Sometimes the discipline staff squat on the yard to eat or smoke. When they see a prisoner passing by, they will call him to squat down and chat together, ask about the other party’s family situation, etc.
Every Saturday morning, war criminals have to hold a life review meeting. Everyone has to go on stage to review what they have said recently, what wrong things they have done, and what wrong ideas they have, they must report on stage.
Not long after, the war criminals were transferred from Baigongguan to Chongqing War Criminal Management Office. The leaders of the Provincial Public Security Department came to report to the war criminals and announced that the government would organize war criminals to go out for a visit. As soon as the news came out, Xu Yuanju and others were extremely excited.
Zhou Yanghao said: "It's really strange. I have thought of many ideas in the past, but I never thought that I could let the prisoners go out to visit. The Communist Party is really amazing!" Xu Yuanju also sighed: "The Communist Party's methods are indeed much more powerful than ours."
stepped out of the prison door, and the war criminals saw a dazzling new world, and the railway stations and department stores made them very excited. Many war criminals couldn't help but shed tears...
Xu Yuanju sighed: "Chongqing was always the old nest of Sichuan warlords. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was a escort capital. In the past, larger buildings were the residences of senior officials. People were never allowed to visit, but now it is very different. The Communist Party is for the people, and the Kuomintang really can't compare with this!"
In 1956, Xu Yuanju and others were transferred to the Beijing Gongdelin War Criminals Management Institute. After more than ten years of education and transformation, Xu Yuanju realized his mistake and told the public security organs: "I will never retain the mistakes I made before. I will explain whatever I have and will never expand and narrow it down!" Later, the prison organized war criminals to write historical materials of the Kuomintang. Xu Yuanju was also the one who worked hardest, and he wrote down everything he knew.
When celebrating the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, 33 war criminals including Du Yuming and Song Xilian were pardoned by Chairman Mao. Although Xu Yuanju is not on this list, he is also very happy because he hopes that he will be released one day. However, as time passed, everyone else was pardoned, but Xu Yuanju never saw his name on the pardon list.
This day, Xu Yuanju finally couldn't hold back his anger. He said angrily: "Compared with those who were pardoned, I also studied hard every day and reformed seriously. I was also the one who worked hardest in labor. I also actively cooperated with them to write historical materials. Why are others being pardoned, but I didn't? Where can I compare to them?" The manager of
comforted him: "Don't worry, you must wait patiently. As long as you honestly cooperate with us to transform, there will always be a day of pardon!"
In that special era, many people were detained in the Meritor Land War Criminals again, which also made Xu Yuanju particularly discouraged. He felt that he could not go out, so he often quarreled with others.
One day in the winter of 1973, Xu Yuanju was criticized for his unqualified work during his work. He believed that the other party was targeting him, so he made a big fuss. That night, Xu Yuanju took another cold shower before he could breathe, wanting to calm down.
Result, in the middle of the night, Xu Yuanju lay on the bed and rolled constantly, his whole body was hot, his eyes were protruding, and his nostrils were bleeding. He later died of cerebral hemorrhage on January 22, 1973.
