Wang Jingwei is a well-known traitor, a sinner of the Chinese nation, who has been nailed to the pillar of shame all his life.
But few people know that his eldest brother, Wang Zhaoyong, is an out-and-out patriot who is very commendable.
Wang Zhaoyong was born in 1861, there are 9 brothers and sisters, he is the eldest, Wang Jingwei (Wang Zhaoming) is the fourth oldest, born in 1883, 22 years younger than the eldest brother.
The Wang family is a family of scholars, so Wang Zhaoyong passed the Xiucai examination very early, and later was admitted to the juren, but the three times he participated in the temple examination were all named Sun Shan, which made him very regretful.
Later, in order to make a living, Wang Zhaoyong did not insist on taking the road of imperial examination, but went to the governor of Liangguang, Cen Chunxuan, to become a master.
Because of his diligent and serious work, he often had extraordinary ideas, which were deeply appreciated by Cen Chunxuan, and a few years later he was invited to wear four pins by Cen Chunxuan.
When Wang Zhaoyong was 35 years old, his parents died one after another, and as the eldest in the family, he took on the heavy responsibility of taking care of and raising other siblings.
At that time, Wang Jingwei was only 13 years old and was in school, and his tuition fees, including the cost of studying in Japan later, were all responsible for Wang Zhaoyong.
You know, in fact, Wang Zhaoyong and Wang Jingwei are not born of a mother, but half-brothers, and Wang Zhaoyong can do this job, which is also very rare.
Later, Wang Jingwei followed Sun Yat-sen in making a revolution, making a lot of trouble, and even became the chairman of the National Government, reaching the peak of his life, and his family also ran to tell him because of such a big figure.
However, Wang Zhaoyong's evaluation of this younger brother was not so high, and he once said to his family worriedly: "The old fourth heart technique is not correct, and the feeling is very floating, and I am afraid that I will be in big trouble in the future." ”
Later, Wang Zhaoyong wrote many letters to advise Wang Jingwei to be pragmatic, to be sincerely revolutionary, and not to covet fame and fortune. However, Wang Jingwei turned a deaf ear and went his own way, so Wang Zhaoyong moved to Macau, and did not ask Wang Jingwei about it, and the two rarely contacted each other.
On December 18, 1938, Wang Jingwei openly defected to the enemy and became a notorious traitor.
Wang Zhaoyong learned this news from the radio, at first he thought that he heard wrongly, so he asked his family to confirm, when the family told him that Wang Jingwei had really become a traitor and gave his life to the Japanese, Wang Zhaoyong was heartbroken, and he knelt down in the direction of his hometown, saying that he had not educated his brother well, and he was sorry for the patriarchs.
To this end, he also wrote a long letter to Wang Jingwei, saying that the Wang family could no longer raise its head in his hometown, hoping that he would not think of himself as the Wang family in the future, and also hoped that he could restrain himself from the cliff and turn back to the shore.
Wang Jingwei still had great respect for the eldest brother, so he replied with a letter explaining his "bitterness" to the eldest brother, saying that he was "saving the country on the curve".
After Wang Zhaoyong read it, he still did not forgive him, and wrote to him again, scolding him for forgetting the great righteousness of the nation and that he would be punished in the future!
When Wang Jingwei received this letter, he was holding a wedding for his eldest daughter, and it was the letter that his wife Chen Bijun saw first, and as a result, Chen Bijun's nose was crooked. In order not to affect Wang Jingwei's mood, Chen Bijun directly burned the letter.
However, Wang Jingwei still learned the contents of the letter from his secretary, and may feel that he can't stand Wang Zhaoyong, so he specially sent someone to visit the eldest brother. However, Wang Zhaoyong threw the man out and scolded: "Those who do things for the Japanese, don't come near me, don't tarnish my reputation!" ”
The man was afraid that it would not be good to make a difference to Wang Jingwei, so he wanted to ask to see wang Jingwei with a dead face, and Wang Zhaoyong hated Wang Jingwei so much that he resolutely did not see it, and the man saw that there was really no way, so he had to leave in ashes.
In this year, the old family tree was repaired, and because Wang Zhaoyong was highly respected and cultured, he was elected as the general person in charge. After the revision work began, the first thing Wang Zhaoyong did was to remove Wang Jingwei from the family tree.
In order to win over his neighbors, Wang Jingwei invested a lot of money in his hometown, and also spent money to buy many clansmen to work with him, so in the township neighbors, many people were singing praises to him, advocating that Wang Jingwei's name should be added.
When the final draft was finalized, Wang Zhaoyong found that Wang Jingwei's name was still on it, so he waved a large pen and wrote two words directly next to Wang Jingwei's name: Han traitor.
After all, Wang Jingwei was in power at that time and could not be offended, so they made two versions, one with Wang Jingwei's name and the other without Wang Jingwei's name, and gave them to Wang Jingwei and Wang Zhaoyong respectively.
Because Wang Jingwei was a traitor, Wang Zhaoyong was very distressed, often sighed for a long time, and finally became depressed, and died of illness on July 28, 1939, at the age of 78.
Before his death, Wang Zhaoyong said to his descendants: "Even if the descendants of the Wang clan starve to death, they must not defect to the enemy and betray the country as traitors, and no matter what kind of life they live in the future, they will not be sinners of the nation!" ”
Wang Zhaoyong's children and descendants later became staunch revolutionaries and made great contributions to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the construction of New China.
(References: "Biography of Wang Jingwei", "Literature and History Expo", "Yanhuang Chunqiu")