During the War of Liberation, our Party showed a tolerant and tolerant attitude, and we treated the captured Kuomintang generals and the generals who took the initiative to revolt, and some of them even gave them posts.
Among these former Kuomintang members was a man named Yang Hu, a sworn brother of Chiang Kai-shek, who chose to stay on the mainland and support the Communists when the Kuomintang failed.
At the founding ceremony, he was also invited to watch the ceremony with ***, which reflects the openness and inclusiveness of our party. However, in 1958, ** personally ordered the arrest of Yang Hu, what was the reason behind this?
Yang Hu, born in 1889 in Ningguo County, Anhui Province, a young man, since he was a child, his family was poor, at the age of 16, he entered the Qing Army Navy Wuben School to study, although he performed well during the study and entered the Nanyang Higher School, but he realized the decay of the Qing **, although he was in the Qing Army, but he had an anti-Qing heart.
He resolutely joined the China League, and he often preached revolutionary ideas to the masses of workers and students, and was full of ambition.
In 1909, the enthusiastic Yang Hu planned an uprising in the Qing army, but was forced to flee to Shanghai because of informants. On October 10, 1911, the Wuchang Uprising broke out, marking the beginning of the Xinhai Revolution.
The public's dissatisfaction with the late Qing Dynasty broke out instantly, and the revolutionary wave swept across the country. Yang Hu followed the trend and followed Mr. Sun Yat-sen and helped him successfully overthrow the Qing Dynasty. But the shameful Yuan Shikai stole the fruits of the revolution and ostracized Sun Yat-sen, making Sun Yat-sen prepare for a crusade against him.
When Sun Yat-sen was rushing, Yuan Shikai's ambition was exposed, not only sent people to hunt down Sun Yat-sen, but also ordered the dissolution of the parliament, the abolition of the provisional covenant, and the intention of restoring the imperial system was clearly revealed.
For his own selfish interests, Yuan Shikai spared no expense to buy Sun Yat-sen's supporters, including the up-and-coming Yang Hu. However, Yang Hu knew that the feudal monarchy would bring devastating consequences to the country, and he resolutely refused and refused to go along with Yuan Shikai.
In order to thwart Yuan Shikai's ambitions, Chen Qimei of the League formulated a plan for an armed uprising, which Sun Yat-sen agreed and appointed Yang Hu as commander-in-chief of the Jiangsu Army, while also sending Chiang Kai-shek, a capable general, to assist in the uprising.
On December 5, 1915, Yang Hu led a small detachment to attack the Zhaohe ship under the cover of night, and after the successful occupation, they used the first artillery fire to carry out a fierce bombardment of the Shanghai Manufacturing Bureau.
This event is known as the "Zhaohe Uprising".
In the face of the arrogance of Yuan Shikai and others, Yang Hu and others stepped forward and organized a counterattack. However, the uprising ended in defeat due to the outnumbering of the enemy. Nevertheless, this action played a huge role, not only deterring the reactionaries, but also inspiring many patriots who opposed the feudal monarchy.
It laid an important foreshadowing for Yuan Shikai's betrayal, and Yang Hu's achievements are indelible. From then on, Sun Yat-sen had great respect for Yang Hu, and Yang Hu became acquainted with another person who was deeply valued by Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek.
Yang Hu, a staunch idealist, knew the harm of warlord secession and feudal monarchy, rejected all kinds of glory and wealth, insisted on following Sun Yat-sen's footsteps, and participated in a series of revolutionary actions such as "** protecting the country" initiated by Sun Yat-sen, and his absolute loyalty was vividly demonstrated in the 1922 Chen Jiongming rebellion.
The road to revolution was still long, but he never wavered.
Sun Yat-sen wanted to remove Chen Jiongming from his post because of his sabotage of the Northern Expedition. However, after Chen Jiongming learned of this, he preemptively bombarded the location of the ** mansion, and also sent troops to surround it.
At this critical moment, Yang Hu, who was the captain of Sun Yat-sen's guards, personally selected two hundred warriors to form a death squad, who were armed with pistols and desperately defended Sun Yat-sen in the rain of bullets.
In the end, they successfully took Sun Yat-sen to board the Yongfeng ship and successfully escaped. However, no one could have imagined that Yang Hu would later become a loyal fan of Jiang. Yang Hu's transformation was inextricably linked to Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek's ** ambition was not a whim, but a long-planned plan. As early as when Sun Yat-sen was still alive, Chiang Kai-shek had made full preparations for his rise, and he always tried his best to make friends with powerful people.
Yang Hu and he are both important figures in the eyes of Sun Yat-sen, and they are both veterans in the Kuomintang, so he naturally will not let Yang Hu go.
During Sun Yat-sen's lifetime, Yang Hu and he jointly advocated the concept of "uniting Russia to support the Communist Party and resisting warlords". However, after Sun Yat-sen's death, Chiang Kai-shek's position within the Kuomintang gradually rose and he became hostile to the Communists, who he saw as an obstacle to his monopoly on power, and decided to eradicate the Communists.
To this end, Chiang Kai-shek tried his best to find people with whom he could cooperate, including Wang Ching-wei and Bai Chongxi, who, despite their rivalry with Chiang Kai-shek, were united in their position on the question of eradicating the Communists.
During this period, Yang Hu's status had changed, and he showed a thirst for power. Chiang Kai-shek noticed this, so he began to try to win over Yang Hu, and even married him with a different surname.
Yang Hu had firmly rejected many attempts to buy him, but he began to waver in the face of Chiang Kai-shek's **. Unlike the feudal forces and warlords of the past, Chiang Kai-shek claimed to be the heir of Sun Yat-sen, which made Yang Hu think that he had a different relationship with him.
Chiang Kai-shek also tried to inculcate Yang Hu's bourgeois road and capitalist ideas, telling him why Western countries should follow the Communist Party and suffer because they have become strong because of capitalism.
Under the influence of Chiang Kai-shek's "persuasion" and selfishness, Yang Hu's heart was moved, and he seemed to see a bright future for himself to be high above and respond to every call. In the end, Yang Hu chose to side with Chiang Kai-shek and decided to join forces with him to eliminate the Communists.
April 12 counter-revolutionary coup d'état"broke out, Yang Hu came forward to contact the three major leaders of the Shanghai gang, ** Rong, Zhang Xiaolin, and Du Yuesheng, and got their cooperation. In the early hours of 12 April, gangsters attacked the unsuspecting armed masses of Shanghai workers in a sudden and supportive manner with the support of Chiang Kai-shek's troops.
In this coup d'état, countless workers' revolutionary masses paid the price with their lives, including more than 300 communists and progressives, more than 500 people, and more than 5,000 missing, whose fate is uncertain.
Afterwards, Yang Hu was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the commander of the Shanghai garrison, and he colluded with Chen Qun to suppress the Communists, and Chen Yannian, secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, also died heroically in the process.
At that time, the people of Shanghai denounced Yang Hu and Chen Qun as "raising a herd of tigers", and their hands were stained with the blood of innocent people.
Yang Hu was deceiving himself, he thought it was for the unity of the country and the maintenance of the regime. But in reality, he was only motivated by power and wealth. He has forgotten his original intention, and he only bowed to him because of profit, and turned his back on him because of profit.
Some people become friends because of their loyalty, and they will not change in this life. Some people become brothers because of interests, but history tells us that cooperation for profit often turns against each other because of profit.
Yang Hu and Chiang Kai-shek are a pair of examples. Lao Jiang always likes to use power and glory to attract others, but if these people are attracted to wealth and power, he will be afraid, afraid that they will turn into tigers and hurt himself, which is really ironic.
After assisting Chiang Kai-shek in purging a large number of Communist Party members, Yang Hu was appreciated by Chiang Kai-shek for his outstanding performance. In the following ten years, he successively served as the commander of the garrison, the chief of security, and the commander of the Songhu garrison in Shanghai.
During these ten years, Yang Hu held great power, coupled with Chiang Kai-shek's trust, and his status in Shanghai was like that of the Emperor of the Soil, and both black and white were in awe of him. After having wealth and power, Yang Hu's self-confidence gradually swelled and he indulged in a luxurious life.
He privately spent a lot of money to build a luxurious villa called "Qingshan Baiju" in West Lake, which is comparable to a palace. He lived a life of luxury here, while at the same time using his position to extort money and satisfy his personal desires.
He saw himself as a true emperor.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek had already established a ** regime in the Kuomintang, overpowering Bai Chongxi, Feng Yuxiang and others. Chiang Kai-shek absolutely could not tolerate the arrogance and self-esteem of his subordinates.
Sworn brothers are insignificant in the face of interests. Chiang Kai-shek was dissatisfied with the "sworn brothers" who tried to sit on an equal footing with him, and began to suppress Yang Hu's power and transferred him to the National Supervisory Commissioner, a position that was only a fictitious position and had no real power.
This made Yang Hu dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek, and the idea of rebellion sprouted in his heart.
In 1937, the Japanese army attacked Shanghai, and although Yang Hu tried his best to resist, he had no choice but to flee Shanghai and go to Wuhan. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was considering moving the people to Chongqing, so he entrusted Yang Hu to go to central Sichuan to dredge up all forces and prepare for the relocation of the capital.
And during this trip to Chongqing, Yang Hu was able to meet with an important person-*. ** conveyed to Yang Hu the attitude of the Communist Party: knowing mistakes can be corrected, and treating everyone equally.
**At that time, he was busy in the Chongqing office of the Eighth Route Army, and Yang Hu's Kuomintang capital relocation mission made him meet *** unexpectedly. The Communist Party has always advocated tolerance, and since the revolution has not yet succeeded, our Party advocates the unity of all forces that can be united.
After meeting with Yang Hu several times, ** tried to find out what he thought, and the two talked about the "April 12 coup" that year. During this conversation, Yang Hu showed a guilty look because of his disagreement with Chiang Kai-shek.
** With his calmness and wisdom, he successfully resolved the resentment in Yang Hu's heart, and also made him deeply moved by ***'s tolerance and generosity. Although the words were direct, they deeply touched Yang Hu's heart, making him regret his past and gain a new understanding of the Communist Party.
And this secret move made by *** also gave Yang Hu a new understanding of the position of the Communist Party. At the moment of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the outbreak of the civil war, this move played an important role, successfully preventing the Kuomintang agents from killing the Shanghai democrats who supported the Communist Party.
This move is also an important contribution to the cause.
Wu Kejian, a veteran intelligence cadre, successfully rescued Zhang Lan and others by contacting Yang Hu and using his influence in ** and the Shanghai gang. This action was Yang Hu's vote, expressing his determination to abandon his old ideas and be willing to serve the Communist Party.
With the liberation of Shanghai, Yang Hu doubled his confidence and decisively refused Chiang Kai-shek's invitation to go to Taiwan. At the subsequent founding ceremony, Yang Hu was invited to participate, and specially arranged personnel to protect his safety, and even greeted him at the station in person.
This undoubtedly shows the trust and importance that the Communist Party attaches to Yang Hu.
Our party accepted the former enemy with a broad mind, and the chairman personally ordered the arrest of traitors, but in dealing with the issue of Yang Hu, he showed the spirit of forgiveness of our party. After the liberation, out of the overall situation of promoting national reunification, our party treated most of the former Kuomintang generals well, such as Du Yuming, Wang Yaowu and others still serving in the party, which fully embodied our party's spirit of treating everyone equally and tolerating.
Although Yang Hu failed to hold office in the party, the party organization did not pursue his past wrongdoings. Instead, they regarded him as a friend of the party and arranged a residence for him in Prince Gong's mansion, providing him with a living allowance of 300 yuan per month, as well as a special person to take care of the house, a private secretary and a special car service.
Although the Communist Party is poor and white, they still took such thoughtful care of Yang Hu after the founding of the People's Republic of China. This shows that the Communist Party really values his contribution and has put aside his mistakes.
Although Yang Hu enjoyed a quiet life and did not worry about food and clothing, he was dissatisfied because he had no power. The party did not let him enter politics in order to avoid repercussions, considering that his past crimes were too bloody.
However, Yang Hu was used to living a life of power, and not having that feeling of superiority made him feel uncomfortable. As the saying goes, greed is not enough to swallow an elephant, and if you are not satisfied, it will inevitably lead to evil consequences.
Yang Hu began to complain about the Communist Party, feeling that the Communist Party had treated him badly, and even had the absurd idea of returning to the Kuomintang again.
Yang Hu's son, Yang Anguo, returned from Taiwan to visit his father, and he relayed it to Chiang Kai-shek, expressing his dissatisfaction with the Communist Party. Yang Hu began to make contact with Kuomintang agents, but he did not know that his grievances had been detected by the party organization.
In 1955, Yang Hu instructed others to write letters to Taiwan and Japan, proposing an absurd plan for Taiwan and Japan to send troops, and he himself was responsible for "responding". However, his actions were always under the watchful eye of the party, and the letter was intercepted by the border guard before it could be sent.
The evidence is conclusive, and ** and *** are angry at this villain who doesn't know what to do.
In 1958, Yang Hu was arrested on suspicion of political crimes and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve. However, due to his old age and illness, he was allowed to serve his sentence outside of prison.
When the verdict was pronounced and sent to ***'s desk, the chairman deeply felt Yang Hu's kindness for saving the democrats back then, and considering his advanced age, he finally commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment.
In 1966, Yang Hu died of illness in Beijing at the age of 77. Yang Hu's life is almost dominated by the word "power". In his early years, he followed Sun Yat-sen, had great ambitions and pride, and also rejected **.
However, with the increase in status and power, he lost himself and went astray. If it weren't for ***'s generosity, he might not have been able to get a good death.
This reminds us that power and wealth must be put in perspective, otherwise these "drives" can be disoriented.