In late February 1975, Minister ** (Ministry of Public Security) went to Zhongnanhai Juxiang Book House with a document to ask for instructions. Twenty-six years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there are still a number of Kuomintang war criminals who are unwilling to repent. Huang Wei, Zhou Yanghao, and 13 other counter-revolutionary leaders were extremely fierce in the management center, resisting education, refusing to work, and resisting revolutionary reforms. Even in prison, these people are still stubborn, stubborn in their thinking, and it makes people sigh. **Haha smiled and said: "All of them are released, 100 yuan of pocket money will be given to each person, and those who do not want to stay in the (mainland) will be given foot travel expenses, and those who stay will be properly settled." * The minister was stunned on the spot. However, he read in the tone of *** the self-confidence and tolerance of the Communists.
As a result, 13 people, including Huang Wei and Zhou Yanghao, were granted amnesty, and finally 293 Kuomintang war criminals were released. On the eve of the amnesty, everyone had their thoughts in their hearts. On March 22, 1979, the Beijing Hotel was gorgeously renovated. A thick red banner hung in the auditorium with the words: "Amnesty Conference for War Criminals". Under the instructions of their superiors, the last group of Kuomintang war criminals were ceremoniously entertained. On weekdays, these Kuomintang people are all like ashes. Even in the management center, they do not want to be educated. When the people became the masters of their own affairs, these people felt extremely lost. Most of them were born in feudal bureaucratic families and were influenced by backward ideas since childhood. The Jiang dynasty fell, and the war criminals could not escape justice. However, when they heard the news of the amnesty, they were overjoyed.
Some people volunteered to put on the People's Liberation Army, some read *** quotations, and some talked cordially with the prison guards in the management center. However, these people have evil intentions in their hearts. Outwardly, the war criminals had gray hair and were old. But his heart is as innocent as a child. Huang Wei is a typical representative of this. On the battlefield of liberation, Huang Wei was defeated. The siege of General Huaye left him in a deep quagmire from which he could not escape. Even if he disguised himself as a gangster, he was still captured by our army. On December 15, 1948, except for the deputy commander Hu Lian (who fled in disguise), Huang Wei's 12th Corps was completely annihilated. The unit was fully equipped and was one of the five trump cards of Lao Chiang, but it disappeared in an instant under artillery fire. Eventually, Huang Wei himself was captured. Huang Wei, a diehard, no doubt. In April 1949, he was escorted to the Gongdelin War Criminals Management Center in Beijing.
The once built prison is located outside the Desheng Gate, almost isolated from the outside world, and is a unique design of the Beiyang warlords. Huang Wei was in the middle of it, looking at the high wall, his heart was like ashes. In his life, Chiang Kai-shek once gave him the kindness of support. However, Huang Wei was loyal, conceited, and arrogant, and he was at odds with our comrades in the reform of the religion, and he made up his mind to die to "fight". Every morning, Huang Wei was silent. When he saw that the other Kuomintang prisoners were actively repenting, his face showed displeasure and his heart was full of indignation. He firmly believes that "a loyal minister does not serve the two masters, and if he does not succeed, he will become benevolent." Huang Wei was moved by himself, but he didn't know that Chiang Kai-shek had long forgotten about his subordinates. And this thought of his is like a stone in a pit - smelly and hard.
When he came to Gongdelin, Huang Wei was sick all over his body. After being examined by our doctors, he was found to be infected with 5 types of tuberculosis and has extremely low immunity. After many years of running on the battlefield and seeing that the general trend of the Kuomintang had declined, Huang Wei felt filled with grief and indignation, which further aggravated his condition. Huang Wei did not accept our kindness at first. Whether it was an injection or a pill, he resisted. "Let me die early, I don't want to be insulted by you. He complained loudly, often frightening young comrades. Huang Wei's vicious dog bit Lu Dongbin, but the management of Gongdelin didn't care. According to the instructions of their superiors, these criminals were fully protected. For the next four years, the medical staff did their best to take care of Huang Wei.
Whether it is food, clothing, or mental and physical, he has received great attention. In prison, there was no limit to how long Huang Wei could be released (at first he was resistant to reform and was passively misanthropic). In order to dissolve his thoughts, the comrades also collected some old books and newspapers from the ** period for him. He gained notoriety for his stubborn refusal to change. In more than 20 years of prison life, Huang Wei's food is very rich. Every day, he can enjoy the meat **. Even during the "three-year difficult period", Huang Wei was often able to eat yellow beef (which was transported by hunting in Inner Mongolia). Milk and eggs were delivered every day, and the medical comrades silently cared for his body. Years later, Huang Wei understood. Why managers are getting fatter and fatter (body puffiness due to nutritional deficiencies) during special periods.
In the meritorious forest, there is another notorious "refusal to change" Zhou Yanghao. He was the director of the Southwest Secrecy Bureau, secretly planned the killing of Yang Hucheng's family, and was a well-known saboteur in the Sichuan-Chongqing area. In 1956, Zhou Yanghao was transferred to Gongdelin. However, like Huang Wei, he would rather die than change, full of sophistry. Zhou Yanghao was known in the Kuomintang for his ability to debate, and he was originally a talented lawyer. When Zhou Yanghao explained the problem, he pretended to be innocent, claiming that he was ordered to do things and should not be held responsible. However, ** and the people obviously do not approve of this sophistry. For many years, he has been outraging some leading comrades with such sophistry and rhetoric, labelling him as a "reactionary stubborn stand."
After the sixties of the last century, China granted amnesty to the first batch of Kuomintang war criminals, and when the news spread, hundreds of prisoners were shocked. Both Zhou Yanghao and Huang Wei were frustrated by this, and although they were held separately, they often recited poems against each other. Huang Wei sang "Su Wu Shepherd", while Zhou Yanghao sang "Jinling Nostalgia". Later, they were even isolated, and the Kuomintang war criminals drew a clear line. Under the anger, Huang Wei and Zhou Yanghao became extremely stubborn, and their words and deeds were flamboyant, which was a headache. Zhou Yanghao even pretended to be sick and dead, resisting the prison rules, causing countless troubles. In the end, with the approval of *** and **, the last batch of Kuomintang war criminals in 1975 were also pardoned, and 13 special elements, including Zhou Yanghao and Huang Wei, were also pardoned.
In December of the same year, Huang Wei was arranged to work in the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and his superiors did not interfere in his work and met his requirements. Subsequently, Huang Wei published a personal military monograph and worked deeply in the field of literature and history. After 27 years of transformation, Huang Wei's cold heart has also been warmed. In 1983, Huang Wei returned to the War Criminals Management Center and expressed his heartfelt thanks to the director, Jin Yuan: "Although the director was born as a red ghost, he wasted his youth on us meaningless people. That night, instead of spending the night in the guest house, he returned to Cell 2 to live. It can be said that Huang Wei, who has a duck-like hard mouth, finally recognized the reality. In early 1989, the Taiwan side invited Huang Wei to visit, but on the eve of his departure, he suffered a heart attack and failed to fulfill his wish to see Chiang Kai-shek again.
After his death, both sides of the Taiwan Strait held a grand farewell ceremony for him. However, Zhou Yanghao was always prejudiced and unwilling to stay on the mainland, and after receiving help from his superiors, he moved to the United States after the eighties. In 1990, Zhou Yanghao died of illness at his residence in San Francisco at the age of 80. It is worth mentioning that the Chinese embassy and consulates in the United States sent him a wreath.