When talking about the fine qualities possessed by human beings, persistence and courage are always mentioned first and are pursued and loved by people. In the modern history of our country, there have been many outstanding revolutionaries with these two qualities. They stick to their beliefs and devote their lives to the revolution. It can be said that such persistence is a kind of courage.
But in addition to their admired ancestors, in those chaotic and dark years, there were many people who sought profit and avoided harm. They only made their own glory and wealth, regardless of their country and compatriots, and they committed themselves to invaders or reactionaries and gained temporary power.
But when the revolution was successful, their ending was already doomed. What we are going to talk about next is a "traitor" who committed himself to the Wang puppet government, whose name is Ye Peng. One day in 1901, Ye Peng was born in a place called Yejiawan, Hubei. He was born in an ordinary family. Like children of the same age, he grew up gradually with the company of his parents and had a strong patriotic heart under the influence of the surrounding environment.
In the first half of life, the mental outlook shown by Ye Peng was almost irrelevant to the "traitor". At the age of youth, Ye Peng saw his country decline and being bullied, and his heart was ignited with a strong desire to serve the country.
For this reason, he not only joined the student army early, but later he was admitted to Baoding Military School with outstanding performance.
In the military school, Ye Peng received an extremely good education and eventually graduated successfully at the age of 17 and became a military talent.
17-year-old Ye Peng has bright expectations for the future. He does not hesitate to think that he will be valued and will contribute to the country. But soon, the cruelty of reality broke his beautiful fantasy and pushed him to years of loneliness.
After graduating from the military academy, Ye Peng was assigned to the Beiyang Army Middle School. However, because he was born in Southern , it was difficult to stand out in the Beiyang Army, which was mostly northerners. So after being the warden for several years, Ye Peng had to return home lonely and spent eight years in the local army.
In these eight years, Ye Peng has been dissatisfied with his situation countless times, and gradually developed a different kind of emotion in this dissatisfaction. He longs for success and fame and status, and for this reason he even gave up his persistence for many years and put a sincere patriotism behind him.
Driven by this idea, Ye Peng finally chose to join the Wang Puppet Government after several twists and turns and became the head of the military academy founded by the Wang Puppet. After that, Ye Peng had been serving in the Wang Puppet Government and was gradually promoted to the position of division commander and chief of staff. In this process, Ye Peng finally gained the status and power he had always dreamed of.
But in contrast, he also did a lot of things that were not conducive to the country and the people under the arrangement of the Wang puppet government. The once passionate young man has become a veritable "traitor", and the immersion of people in Ye Peng's body is clearly reflected in Ye Peng's body.
says that traitors don’t have a good ending, and this sentence also applies to Ye Peng.
After the Japanese invaders retreated step by step, Ye Peng gradually discovered the disadvantages of his situation and began to seek ways to turn things around. But what made Ye Peng feel scared and disappointed was that because the identity of a traitor had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and had done all the bad things over the years, he had almost completely lost the ability to defend himself.
After being arrested in 1947, Ye Peng was quickly sentenced to shooting for "traitor". After the sentencing was issued, Ye Peng finally clearly felt the approaching of death. He could not struggle, nor could he struggle, and could only wait for the day of shooting.
At this time, Ye Peng once again thought of himself when he was young. At that time, he was full of energy and patriotic ambition. He couldn't help asking himself, if he had persisted at the beginning, would there be a different ending today, but the only answer to him was the sigh of the times.
Before the execution of the gun, Ye Peng was still denied his identity as a "traitor". For him, this may be the last comfort and struggle for his ridiculous life.
At the same time, he also hoped that he would not be called a "traitor" after his death, but this wish was not realized as he expected. On the day of the shooting, Ye Peng's mood turned gray. He rarely let go of his dignity and asked the executioners to shoot the gun accurately. After the gunshots, his life finally came to an end.
In the long history, Ye Peng left his own traces, but these traces were stains and will be deeply imprinted on him over time.
