Introduction:
On August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally, declaring China a great victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan . For a time, the majority of Chinese people fell into unprecedented excitement and carnival.
However, for some people, this news made them frightened, who were traitors who worked in the puppet Manchukuo government. After all, they have lost the "backer" to help the evil, and what awaits them will be the judgment of history.
Therefore, many traitors from the puppet Manchukuo government want to escape, hoping to escape the liquidation. But in the absence of Japan's war, their plans were obviously disappointed. Many traitors from the puppet Manchukuo government were captured by the Soviet Red Army and escorted to the Soviet Union to be detained .
At that time, the Soviet Union was preparing to repatriate these war criminals back to China after the situation stabilized and let the Chinese side deal with it. But then, because the Kuomintang reactionaries deliberately provoked civil war, China has been in war, and these war criminals could only continue to be detained in the Soviet Union.
Until 1950 after the founding of New China, the domestic situation was stable, and the repatriation of these war criminals gradually began. In August, the second batch of war criminals such as the puppet Manchukuo Puyi , the puppet Manchukuo Prime Minister Zhang Jinghui , and other second batch of war criminals were escorted to the Fushun War Criminals Management Office .
Public Manchukuo Premier Zhang Jinghui
At that time, these people were ready to be sentenced to death because they had heard of this news before: The first batch of 200 war criminals who were deported had been executed .
As a big traitor, Zhang Jinghui was so sad that she couldn't help herself when she heard the news, because his biological son Zhang Shaoji was among the first batch of war criminals who were repatriated.
But what Zhang Jinghui never expected was that just when he arrived at the Fushun War Criminals Management Office, he saw a war criminals management office guarding . found that the other party turned out to be his "executed" son .
So, what is Zhang Shaoji's identity? Why was he able to become a guardian of the management office after being escorted back to China as a war criminal? Does Zhang Jinghui know what his son was doing in those years?
What I want to talk about in this issue is a past event about choice.
1: The young master who is rich and well-off
really wants to talk about it. This traitor Zhang Jinghui was in the Northeast back then and was also considered a self-made figure.
Zhang Jinghui was originally born in a poor farmhouse and her father died early, which made him start going out to make a living with his elder brother Zhang Jingquan, who made tofu.
Although I haven’t read for a few years, Zhang Jinghui has one advantage: is good at talking and is good at dealing with people . This also made the tofu shop business of the Zhang brothers better and better, and it is also well-known in the local area.
If the tofu shop can be managed well, then even in troubled times, the Zhang family can become a wealthy family by selling tofu.
But it is bad because Zhang Jinghui is not a person who lives a down-to-earth life at all. As soon as the tofu shop improved, he became involved in gambling habits and felt that gambling would be no longer necessary to make money by selling tofu.
Casino is a place where all the churches gather together, and most of the people who come here have the fantasy of getting something for nothing. Zhang Jinghui stayed in the casino for a long time, but she felt that the money in the casino was not fast enough. So he directly pulled up a group of gangsters, got some guns and ammunition, and started to rob the house.
As more and more warlords in the Northeast, Zhang Jinghui, who was a little crazy, simply captured a county town and turned the bandits under his command into the "insurance team" and served as the captain. Now, Zhang Jinghui's identity changed from a "bandit" to an "official".
Later, Zhang Jinghui took advantage of the backer of Zhang Zuolin . With the help of Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Jinghui's official position became bigger and bigger. After Zhang Zuolin's death, Zhang Xueliang took over the military and political power in the Northeast, and Zhang Jinghui was appointed as the Chief Executive of the Northeast Special Zone.
If it is just like this, then Zhang Jinghui is at most a good person.But no one expected that after Japan launched a war of aggression against China and established the puppet Manchukuo government, Zhang Jinghui directly surrendered to the Japanese invaders and became a complete traitor.
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According to later public information, the senior officials of the Japanese invaders at that time evaluated Zhang Jinghui:
has a certain reputation in Manchuria, but has no knowledge... and has no ambitions. They have all flatterers and no talents say... These people are just for the purpose of using...
From this passage, it is not difficult for us to see the attitude of the Japanese invaders towards Zhang Jinghui, just to make him a puppet who obeys the order.
And reality is just as the Japanese invaders expected, Zhang Jinghui is indeed a "fence-behind grass". Shortly after the establishment of the puppet Manchukuo government, Zhang Jinghui took office as the Prime Minister of the puppet Manchukuo government and became a puppet of the Japanese invaders' rule of the Northeast. Due to his early experience of selling tofu, the Chinese people once jokingly called Zhang Jinghui the "Prime Minister of Tofu Craftsman".
However, although Zhang Jinghui is in a state of affairs, she also has her own "weakness", that is, her biological son Zhang Shaoji.
Zhang Shaoji was born in 1922, when Zhang Jinghui was 51 years old. When he has a son in his old age, Zhang Jinghui naturally favors this son. However, Zhang Jinghui's favor is only reflected in the smooth flow of his son in material life. In other aspects, he is busy with social engagements and does not have the spare time to take care of him.
This led to Zhang Shaoji being a young master who was rich and frugal in his childhood. Later, according to what he said, "9 years old, he still couldn't carry his pants by himself, and he could reach out for his clothes and open his mouth for his food."
Although Zhang Jinghui himself was ignorant, after becoming a high-ranking official, he became fashionable and wanted to train his son to become a cultural person. So, after Zhang Shaoji learned to speak, he invited Zhang Shaoji to a Russian teacher.
At that time, what Zhang Jinghui thought was to let her son learn foreign languages, and there was light on her face. But what he never expected was that Zhang Shaoji not only learned fluent Russian, but also learned about Soviet culture and became interested in socialist thought. Such a change in thinking also made Zhang Shaoji begin to hate his father's actions from the bottom of his heart.
Until Zhang Jinghui became the Prime Minister of the Puppet Manchukuo State and his family moved to Changchun, Zhang Shaoji's idea became stronger and stronger.
On the one hand, this is because he is getting older and understands the right and wrong more; on the other hand, it is because of the contempt and mockery that the students around him cannot hide. The former playmates were gradually drifting away from him because of his identity as a "traitorous boy".
Zhang Shaoji (Zhang Mengshi)
These all make Zhang Shaoji feel unprecedented depression at the young age. In a fit of anger, Zhang Shaoji left a letter to his Russian teacher and ran away from home.
But in the Northeast, running away from home is not as simple as Zhang Shaoji thought. When Zhang Jinghui learned the news, he sent a telegram and Japanese and puppet spies from the Northeast were dispatched one after another. Soon, Zhang Shaoji was discovered and sent back home.
It can be said that at that time, Zhang Shaoji was full of despair, and at the same time, he also secretly swore in his heart: must break through the cage and find a carefree world !
2: Agent beside his father
Obviously, with his father who covers the sky with his hands in the Northeast, it is not easy for Zhang Shaoji to break through the cage. Fortunately, in 1938, he finally found a legitimate opportunity.
Zhang Shaoji was 16 years old at that time and was about to graduate from high school. Just at this moment, he received a letter from his cousin Zhang Shaoxiong from Japan, encouraging him to study in Japan after graduating from high school.
This undoubtedly made Zhang Shaoji see the dawn of leaving this reactionary family. When he told his father Zhang Jinghui about this, Zhang Jinghui had no doubt that he had him. After all, many of the juniors of the puppet Manchukuo ministers also went to Japan to study.
That's it. In 1940, Zhang Shaoji, who graduated from high school, boarded a passenger ship to Japan and began his overseas study at Waseda University .
Shortly after entering the school, Zhang Shaoji discovered something very strange: cousin Zhang Shaoxiong always carried him on his back and secretly interacted with some classmates .
Zhang Shaoji doesn’t understand. They are all his brothers, so what do you need to carry him on? He also asked his cousin specifically for this, but for some reason, his cousin was just talking about him and did not respond positively at all.
But what Zhang Shaoji didn't know was that at this time his cousin Zhang Shaoxiong had joined the "Northeast Youth National Rescue Association" outside our party.
The classmates whom his cousin Zhang Shaoxiong came and went back to him are all members of this organization. As for why you have to carry Zhang Shaoji on your back, it is actually easy to understand: Zhang Shaoji's identity is too special and he is the son of Zhang Jinghui, the puppet Manchukuo Premier Zhang Jinghui.
From left to right: Xu Zhiqing (Zhang Shaoji's mother), Zhang Jinghui, Zhang Shaoji, Zhang Shaoxiong
However, what Zhang Shaoxiong did not expect was that Zhang Shaoji's cousin was not as playboy as he imagined. On the contrary, his cousin also showed a strong interest in progressive thoughts.
So, Zhang Shaoxiong reported this situation to the organization and suggested that Zhang Shaoji join the organization. Since then, Zhang Shaoxiong often gave his cousin some progress books and also invited him to participate in some progress activities.
Finally, after learning the truth, Zhang Shaoji made a difficult choice: betray his reactionary family and join the great cause of resisting Japan and saving the country.
In the following years, Zhang Shaoji studied in Japan and took advantage of the holiday to visit relatives to spy on the Japanese and puppet military intelligence from his father Zhang Jinghui.
Just like in 1941, the Soviet-German War broke out. The Soviet Union urgently wanted to learn about the whereabouts of Japanese Lieutenant General Yamashita Tomomoto , known as the "Tiger of Malaya", to see whether he went south to invade or to go north to attack the Soviet Union with Germany.
Under such a severe situation, Zhang Shaoji was ordered to receive a special task: Use Zhang Jinghui's relationship to find out Fengwen's whereabouts within a week.
After receiving the task, Zhang Shaoji immediately returned home in the name of visiting relatives. Zhang Jinghui didn't think much about this, just thought that her son was homesick. Even when Zhang Shaoji asked to study in Zhang Jinghui's office, Zhang Jinghui thought his son was trying to share his worries and was so happy.
That's it. Zhang Shaoji checked a large number of confidential documents in Zhang Jinghui's office. After careful analysis, he really inferred the whereabouts of Fengwen at the foot of Shanxia: Fengwen at the foot of Shanxia has arrived in Sanya secretly.
Facts have proved that Zhang Shaoji's intelligence is accurate. Based on this intelligence, the Soviet Union also made corresponding military deployments.
If Zhang Shaoji's intelligence mission this time was a terrible test, then the next experience was the "highlight moment" of his lurking career.
1943, as Japan lost in Pacific War , Japan's mainland was constantly bombarded by the US military. For Zhang Shaoji's safety and for his greater role, the organization carefully considered it and decided: to let Zhang Shaoji finish his study abroad early, return to Zhang Jinghui, and work in intelligence work.
After returning to China, Zhang Shaoji was assigned to the Changchun Intelligence Team, and his mission was also clear: uses his family background to obtain Japanese military intelligence and assist in the installation of comrades in our party.
Zhang Shaoji (Zhang Mengshi)
So, after that, Zhang Shaoji's identity changed and became a Russian translation around his father Zhang Jinghui.
Zhang Jinghui was satisfied with this talented son, and she would give herself a face whenever she went. This also allowed Zhang Shaoji to come into contact with many Japanese and puppet executives and obtained a lot of important military intelligence.
Just like once, Zhang Shaoji was invited to attend a party of Shihase Jihoshi, the General Affairs Department of the Puppet Manchukuo Government. This Tanijikyu studied in Japan in his early years and was highly valued by the Japanese. He was the only Chinese deputy chief in the puppet Manchukuo government, with a large amount of confidential information in his hands.
Therefore, at the banquet, Zhang Shaoji flattered Gu Ciheng in various ways, and regarded himself as his junior. His "sweet words" made Gu Ciheng so happy.
As a result, Gu Jiheng was so proud that he began to show off various secrets to Zhang Shaoji, including the situation of the "Huo Yaohui", the highest decision-making organization that ruled the puppet Manchukuo government.
turned around and Zhang Shaoji sent this important information back to the organization. This also played a huge role in organizing the later anti-Japanese and national salvation movements of and cracking down on the Japanese and puppets.
Of course, Zhang Jinghui didn't know what Zhang Shaoji did secretly. On the contrary, he was quite pleased because his son was good at both the officialdom.
So, sometimes Zhang Shaoji wanted some "friends" to work in the puppet Manchukuo government department, and Zhang Jinghui turned a blind eye. After all, in his opinion, his son was paving the way for himself, so there was no need for him to stop him.
It can be said that Zhang Jinghui never thought about cooperating with the Japanese all day long to "prevent the Communist Party and destroy the Communist Party", but there was a "red agent" who was almost inseparable from his side.
3: A difficult and tortuous showdown
Since Zhang Shaoji is a red agent installed by our party in the puppet Manchukuo government, why was he taken to the Soviet Union after Japan was defeated?
is really about it, there are really twists and turns in it.
After Japan's defeat, the party organization arranged a new task for Zhang Shaoji: Use Zhang Jinghui's public identity translated by Russian, to establish contact with the Soviet army's "Changchun City Defense Command" .
, but the organization also made clear requirements: , the identity cannot be exposed .
This led to the fact that although Zhang Shaoji provided a lot of information to the Soviet army during this period, such as the escape of the senior officials of the puppet Manchukuo government and the whereabouts of the remaining bandits and bandits, the Soviet Union never knew Zhang Shaoji's true identity.
In the northeast, the Soviet Red Army
So, when Zhang Shaoji reported to the Soviet officers the escape direction of the senior officials of the puppet Manchukuo and assisted the other party in arresting these people, the Soviet army actually arrested Zhang Shaoji directly.
In this way, Zhang Shaoji and other war criminals were escorted to the Soviet Union's Boli Prison by the Soviet Union.
Because the incident happened suddenly, Zhang Shaoji had no time to explain the situation to the organization when he was arrested, and even his wife at home didn't know where Zhang Shaoji was.
As a serious red agent, he was arrested in prison as a war criminal. Zhang Shaoji's inner torment can be imagined, especially when he heard that the Kuomintang reactionaries deliberately provoked a civil war in the country, Zhang Shaoji was even more anxious and wished he could return to the country as soon as possible to continue fighting.
For this reason, Zhang Shaoji found Soviet administrators and reported his situation many times, hoping that they could send him back to China. But the Soviet prison administrator said: "HTM1, such a big world war, , has just ended, and there are too many things. Where can I have time to study and identify you alone? Once your government is established, I will send you back immediately. "
In desperation, Zhang Shaoji could only continue to suffer the pain of living like the years in the Soviet Boli Prison.
This is how it was, until May 1950 after the founding of New China, Zhang Shaoji, as the first group of war criminals who were deported, finally returned to the embrace of his motherland.
However, until this time, his identity was still not proven, and he was detained in Shenyang Prison as a war criminal.
Fortunately, not long after, the prison required every prisoner to fill in a resume. Zhang Shaoji immediately realized that this was the best opportunity to prove his identity. Therefore, when filling in, Zhang Shaoji wrote this passage on his resume: " participated in the Northeast Youth National Salvation Association ", and also indicated the proof person.
Coincidentally, Zhang Shaoji's proof was responsible for managing the prison at that time. Therefore, after Zhang Shaoji's resume was handed over, the organization quickly proved his identity and immediately released him and arranged his work.
returned to the embrace of the organization again and proved his identity again. Zhang Shaoji was also mixed with emotion for a while. Looking at the established New China, Zhang Shaoji knew that his dream had come true, so he applied to the organization to change his name to "Zhang Mengshi", which means "dream realization".
Zhang Shaoji (Zhang Mengshi)
Of course, these twists and turns are not known to Zhang Jinghui and other war criminals who have not been repatriated in the Soviet Union. They also heard that the first batch of war criminals who were repatriated have been executed. In Zhang Jinghui's heart, his son Zhang Shaoji "has been executed."
So, Zhang Jinghui and others were escorted to Fushun War Criminals Management Office. When they saw Zhang Shaoji, they were still a little incredible.
The reason why the organization arranged Zhang Shaoji as the guardian of the War Criminals Management Institute was also carefully considered. The organization also knew that war criminals such as Puyi and Zhang Jinghui were in a panic. Letting Zhang Shaoji contact them would undoubtedly make the emotions of these war criminals much more stable.
Looking at Zhang Shaoji (Zhang Mengshi)'s life, we will find that there is no choice for a person's background, but the direction of his future life can be chosen. "From the mud without being stained" is never a talk on paper, but something that someone has done!
Reference historical materials:
Zhang Mengshi's Red Legend——"Communist Party Member" 2017-04-03
"Infernal Affairs" at the home of Zhang Jinghui, the puppet Manchukuo Prime Minister Zhang Jinghui——"Lantai Inside and Outside" 2016-06-25
