In April 1946, the National Government Court sentenced Wang Jingwei to life imprisonment for collusion with the enemy and treason. After that, Chen Bijun has been detained in prison to serve his sentence.
During the first few years of jail, Chen Bijun kept threatening to "being tried by the people's government and not wanting to live in the life imprisonment sentenced by Chiang Kai-shek in ." Chen Bijun originally thought that after the People's Liberation Army beat Chiang Kai-shek away, she would be able to regain her freedom, but unexpectedly, the People's Liberation Army did not change her sentence after taking over the prison where she was detained.
Just when Chen Bijun was anxious about this, Soong Ching Ling asked Chairman Mao to pardon Mrs. Wang Jingwei at a meeting in the central government.
Chairman Mao pondered for a few seconds after hearing this, and immediately agreed, but put forward a condition that stated that as long as Chen Bijun agreed to this condition, the government would pardon her and let her regain her freedom.
So, what are the conditions proposed by Chairman Mao? Did Chen Bijun agree to this condition?
Wang Jingwei
Traitor couple
During the Anti-Japanese War , there were always a group of traitors who were considering the people and bowed to the Japanese who invaded China, showing their servitude and charm to the fullest. Among them, Wang Jingwei and his wife Chen Bijun are typical examples, and they are also called "traitor couples" by the world.
In 1937, Japan launched a full-scale war of aggression against China. After that, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party achieved cooperation and turned their hostile targets to Japan and jointly resisted foreign enemies.
At that time, Wang Jingwei was also the "vice president" of the Kuomintang. His political power was only under Chiang Kai-shek. Wang Jingwei, with such an identity, should have been running for the matter of the Anti-Japanese War, serving the country, and leading the people to expel the Japanese from China.
But what people never expected was that Wang Jingwei, who was in a high position, had no intention of war, abandoned the overall situation of the War of Resistance, and went further and further on the road of traitorism, becoming an absolute "traitor" and "big traitor"!
Chen Bijun
As Wang Jingwei's wife, Chen Bijun also joined her husband's "traitor" camp.
In June 1938, the Japanese launched a fierce attack on Wuhan, the "capital" where the Kuomintang government is located. The Wuhan Battle started. After a period of fierce battle, the Kuomintang government made the decision to retreat, intending to temporarily retreat to Chongqing, use Chongqing as the "capital" and launch a new attack on the Japanese army with Chongqing as the base.
"Accompanying capital" can be understood as a "sub-capital" set up outside the capital. For wartime needs, after Wuhan fell, Chongqing became a "sub-capital" temporarily established during the war, and its role was the same as that of the capital.
At that time, Wang Jingwei and Chen Bijun were flinched when they saw that the Kuomintang could not even defend the "capital" Wuhan, and they felt that neither Chiang Kai-shek nor Mao Zedong were the opponents of the Japanese. If they continued to fight like this, they would only lead to self-destruction.
Under such an idea, on December 19, Wang Jingwei and his wife Chen Bijun fled to Hanoi, Vietnam, and left Chongqing, the "capital" and embarked on a path of no return to the enemy and treason. Chen Bijun also became an important member of the Wang puppet traitor group, and began to assist her husband in doing things and spy on Chinese intelligence for the Japanese.
In March 1940, with the support of the Japanese, the Wang Puppet Government was established in Nanjing, and Wang Jingwei served as the acting chairman of the puppet government.
The news that Wang Jingwei was the acting chairman of the pseudo-government quickly spread and spread throughout the country. Chiang Kai-shek was furious when he heard this and cursed Wang Jingwei in front of his subordinates, threatening that if Wang Jingwei, a traitor who colluded with the enemy and treason, fell into his hands, he would definitely want Wang Jingwei to look good.
Since the establishment of the Wang Puppet regime, Wang Jingwei has begun to follow the requirements of the Japanese and carried out governance of the occupied areas of Nanjing. In terms of the education system, the Wang Puppet government has re-established a number of primary, middle and universities to carry out "slavery education" and adopted "anti-communist and peaceful establishment of the country as the educational policy."
History, we are all accustomed to calling the Japanese " Japanese pirates ". In order to reverse the bad impression of Chinese youth of the Japanese, the Wang puppet government wiped out the word "Japanese" in the historical textbook and defended the Japanese that the "Japanese pirates" mentioned in history actually refer to pirates.
In addition to reprocessing history, the Wang Puppet Government also implemented the Japanese teaching, listing Japanese courses as a compulsory course in primary schools. As for the textbooks for Japanese classes, they use four volumes of Japanese textbooks compiled by the Japanese East Asia Co-Literature Academy. Almost all of the contents in this set of textbooks are promoted in Japan's "New Order of Greater East Asia", "Co-Prosperity of East Asia", and "Japanese Imperial Army".
As for Chen Bijun, during this period, she was not only the "first lady" of the Wang puppet regime, but also served as a member of the Central Supervisory Committee and Guangdong political instructor.
Wang Jingwei, who promoted the "slavery idea" and served the Japanese, should have been sentenced after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, but unfortunately, Wang Jingwei died before the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan and died of illness in Japan in November 1944.
After Wang Jingwei's death, his wife Chen Bijun inherited his will and continued to engage in the cause of traitor. She returned to Guangdong as soon as she finished the funeral, and her brother-in-law Chu Minyi also became the president of pseudo-Guangdong Province . In this way, with this relationship, Chen Bijun continued to maintain her political influence in Guangdong and interfered in Guangdong's government affairs.
Chen Bijun's good days came to an end soon. She never expected that Japan would lose so quickly and embarked on the road of surrender in 1945.
After learning that The Japanese Emperor issued an edict to surrender, Chen Bijun couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well. He was anxious all day long and looked for ways to avoid arresting the Kuomintang army.
sentenced by the National Government
Chen Bijun finally failed to escape the fate of being arrested. Chiang Kai-shek hated Wang Jingwei, a traitor, and also had hatred for Wang Jingwei's wife Chen Bijun. Shortly after Japan announced its surrender, Chiang Kai-shek immediately called his confidant Dai Li and instructed Dai Li: "Chen Bijun is a sinner of history, this person must You must be caught in prison alive."
After receiving the order from Chiang Kai-shek, Dai Li summoned the Guangzhou Station Director of the Kuomintang Military Affairs Bureau Zheng Jiemin , and asked him to handle the matter with full authority, and instructed: "Chairman Jiang attaches great importance to this matter."
After receiving the order, Zheng Jiemin first sent spies to find out where Chen Bijun was. After learning that Chen Bijun was hiding in Chu's mansion, Zheng Jiemin personally went on the battle and knocked on the door of Chu's mansion.
Zheng Jiemin did not express his intention, but said that he had greeted Mrs. Wang according to the above order.
Chen Bijun saw that Zheng Jiemin and his group were polite and didn't seem to be coming to catch her, so she didn't resist much. Unexpectedly, she was actually caught in Dai Li's trap. Zheng Jiemin and his group did not take her back to the guesthouse at all, but took her directly to the Nanjing Detention Center and imprisoned her in the detention center.
Since the National Government had not yet applied legal regulations to deal with traitors, it was not yet tried to conduct a trial on Chen Bijun until December 6, 1945, after the promulgation of the Regulations on the Punishment of Traitors, the National Government's trial of Chen Bijun was put on the agenda.
It is worth mentioning that while Chen Bijun was waiting for trial, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the explosion of Wang Jingwei's tomb in January 1946, and used 150 kilograms of German explosives to razed the Wang Jingwei's tomb in Meihua Mountain in the eastern suburbs of Nanjing to the ground. It can be seen how deep Chiang Kai-shek hated Wang Jingwei. In order to punish this traitor who colluded with the enemy and treason, he actually did the traitor who disturbed the death and blew the tomb.
Shortly after Wang Jingwei's grave was bombed, the Jiangsu Provincial High Court held a trial of Chen Bijun.
April 16, Chen Bijun, who was standing in court, did not regret at all, but loudly accused Chiang Kai-shek of what was wrong. She denounced:
"If Mr. Wang sells the country, the areas under Chongqing rule cannot be sold. The three northeastern provinces , North China and East China have long been occupied by the Japanese army. Isn't it all Chairman Chiang bowed to the Japanese? Take Guangdong for example. When the Japanese army attacked, the senior provincial government chief fled and heard the news. How could he fulfill his responsibility to defend the land? Is this Chairman Chiang's responsibility or Mr. Wang's responsibility?"
The judge saw that Chen Bijun attacked Chiang Kai-shek, the supreme leader of the Kuomintang, and quickly rang the bell to stop Chen Bijun's voice.
When Chen Bijun saw the judge stop her call, he smiled contemptuously and continued to tell "Mr. Wang"'s achievements, accusing Chiang Kai-shek of being useless and disrupting the order of the entire court in a very chaotic manner.
On April 22, the Jiangsu Provincial High Court held another trial of the case.
The "Regulations on Punishing Traitors" stipulates that as long as one of the 12 crimes committed by colluding with the enemy and treason, the perpetrator will be sentenced to death or life imprisonment.
In the end, the judge ignored Chen Bijun's defense and sentenced Chen Bijun to life imprisonment in accordance with the provisions of the "Regulations on Punishing Traitors". Since then, Chen Bijun has lived a dark life of imprisonment and was escorted to Jiangsu Third Prison in Shizikou, Suzhou.
In prison, Chen Bijun never admitted that he was a sinner and still regarded himself as "Mrs. Wang". Once when he was named by the guardian, Chen Bijun angrily scolded:
"You are just a little prisoner who makes a living in prison. How dare you call me that? The founding father, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, never called me directly, and your Chairman Jiang never called me directly. What kind of thing do you think you dare to call me directly?"
The guardian was criticized by Chen Bijun and could not find any words to refute it at all. It was not until the warden arrived that the matter was calmed down.
Because Chen Bijun's fierce personality, the prison party was unable to communicate with her. In order to avoid Chen Bijun doing something that hurts her, the prison party had to choose to compromise or call Chen Bijun "Mrs. Chen", and was also very accommodating to Chen Bijun's behavior in prison.
Song Ching Ling
Song Ching Ling requested a pardon, Chairman Mao asked for a condition
During the jail period, Chen Bijun did not forget to pay attention to national affairs. When he heard that Chiang Kai-shek was defeated by the People's Liberation Army and was about to be prepared to escape elsewhere, Chen Bijun was very excited, thinking that as long as Chiang Kai-shek retreated, he would not care about her and she would be able to regain her freedom.
However, Chen Bijun never expected that even if he was at a dead end, Chiang Kai-shek would not intend to let them go. Traitors like Chen Bijun were sentenced to life imprisonment. Chiang Kai-shek ordered that prisoners detained in prisons would be released as long as they were not life imprisonment. Those sentenced to life imprisonment would be transferred to Taiwan to continue serving their sentences.
However, before Chen Bijun had time to be transferred to Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek, the People's Liberation Army took the lead in liberating Suzhou and took over the Jiangsu Third Prison where Chen Bijun was imprisoned. After
, Chen Bijun was transferred to Shanghai Train Basketball Prison by the People's Liberation Army. Due to Chen Bijun's special identity and his frailty and sickness, the prison gave Chen Bijun leniency, gave her a cell with good ventilation, and gave her humanitarian care in terms of dressing and keeping warm and eating.
In addition, the People's Liberation Army also allows Chen Bijun's family to visit relatives.
Chen Bijun felt the PLA care for her and felt a little grateful to the PLA, but despite this, Chen Bijun still did not intend to plead guilty.
When the discipline cadres talked to her, she stubbornly believed that she was not guilty at all, and misinterpreted what she and Wang Jingwei did as "the successful one is the king and the loser is the enemy", and did not admit at all that she and Wang Jingwei had done something to sell their motherland.
Facing Chen Bijun who was stubborn and did not listen to any advice, the discipline cadres had no choice but to understand the truth from their superiors.
He Xiangning
Later, after Soong Ching Ling heard about Chen Bijun, he found Chairman Mao together with He Xiangning (the wife of Mr. Liao Zhongkai , a pioneer of democratic revolution, and pleaded for Chen Bijun and requested Chairman Mao to pardon Chen Bijun.
He Xiangning said: "Wang Jingwei was a crime of treason for collusion with the enemy. As Wang Jingwei's wife, Chen Bijun cannot refuse to blame, but Chen Bijun is just a participant after all, not a decision maker of the Wang pseudo-traitor group. We heard that her physical condition was very bad, and we were a little worried. We wanted to ask for love for her. Can she pardon her? "
Chairman Mao thought about the request of Soong Ching Ling and He Xiangning for a while, expressed his agreement, and put forward a condition: "Yes, but Chen Bijun needs to write a confession statement first."
After receiving Chairman Mao's approval, that night, Soong Ching Ling and He Xiangning wrote a letter to Chen Bijun:
We have been with the country's father Mr. Sun for many years, and we know each other well. You are a stubborn and capable woman, and we respect you very much. Always sympathize with your painful situation after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
This morning, we met with two leaders of the Communist Party. They made it clear that as long as Mr. Chen issued a brief statement of repentance, your freedom will be restored immediately.
We know your personality and it will be difficult to accept.
can bend and support a real man. I hope you accept our opinions. My good sisters sincerely look forward to your separation at Qingling’s residence in Shanghai and Xiangning’s residence in Beijing as soon as possible.
Chen Bijun replied to Soong Ching Ling and He Xiangning:
Since you understand my personality, you should also understand my determination. I am willing to send my last years away in prison. Thank you sincerely for your concern and love for me.
Chen Bijun had the opportunity to reform and get forgiveness from the government, but she rejected the government's kindness and was willing to work hard in prison for a lifetime, and refused to repent until her death.
After 1957, Chen Bijun's physical condition was getting worse and worse. Based on humanitarianism, the prison sent Chen Bijun to the hospital for free treatment.
In her later years, Chen Bijun suffered from a variety of diseases. In addition to serious diseases such as heart disease and pneumonia, she also suffered from various minor diseases. Chen Bijun was very grateful to the Communist Party for its humanitarian care. In her later years, she was actually better than ordinary prisoners in addition to not having freedom.
On June 17, 1959, Chen Bijun died of illness at Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison Hospital at the age of 68, and has since passed through her life.
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