On May 19, 1950, in Babacho, Taipei, an old man in a suit and leather shoes was taken to the execution ground and faced with an executioner, he shouted: "Shoot me in the head!" Then, the mouth chanted: "Man dies, the spirit does not die!" ", to the end of life.
Soon, this news reached the ears of Tang Enbo, who was in the Three Gorges Township, and Tang Enbo was like a mourning concubine, wandering around the room all night, in pain, setting up a spiritual hall in the house, and writing many elegy in a row.
Who is this man? Why is Tombaugh so sad? The reason is very simple, he is Tang Enbo's righteous father, and also one of Tang Enbo's nobles who flew Huang Tengda, and the reason why he was tragically executed was betrayed by his righteous son Tang Enbo, whose name was Chen Yi.
Chen Yi, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and Chiang Kai-shek are both fellow countrymen and classmates, both of whom graduated from the Fifth Artillery Section of the Zhenwu School in Japan, although they are not as close as Dai Jitao and Chiang Kai-shek, but the relationship between the two is also quite good.
In 1907, Chen Yi returned to China after completing his studies and served as a second-class clerk in the War Department, and during the Wuchang Uprising in 1911, he joined the Zhejiang Independence Movement, serving as the director of the Military and Political Department of the Zhejiang Governor's Office, and the principal of the Army Primary School, and in 1914, he was promoted to military counselor of the Office of the Commander of the Army and Navy.
In 1916, he went to Japan again to study, returned to China three years later, served as an adviser to lieutenant generals in the presidential office, in 1920, returned to Zhejiang, served as the chairman of the Zhejiang Local Industrial Bank, and after Sun Chuanfang entered Zhejiang, he served as the commander of the First Division of Zhejiang, the commander of the 1st Army of the Five Provinces Coalition Army, the governor of Zhejiang Province, and the commander of the Nineteenth Army.
At that time, Chen Yi was not worse than Chiang Kai-shek, and it was also during this time that Chen Yi met Tang Enbo.
At the time of the encounter, Chen Yi was in a high position of authority, and Tang Enbo, just a poor student of the Zhejiang Sports College, Chen Yi, who had no son, was very fond of Tang Enbo, not only let him go to the Army Primary School as an auditor, but also sent him to study in Japan twice, the cost was also Chen Yi, and later, he also married his righteous daughter to him and introduced him to Chiang Kai-shek.
It can be said that without chen Yi's help, there would be no later Tang Enbo, who was also grateful to Chen Yi, and the name "Tang Enbo" was to express gratitude to Chen Yi (Tang Enbo, formerly known as Tang Keqin).
Tang Enbo was also a native of Zhejiang, a fellow countryman with Chiang Kai-shek, and later when he went to Japan to study, he also had the same subject as Chiang Kai-shek, and with the help of Chen Yi, he could be described as an official and prosperous, and became one of the few big figures under Chiang Kai-shek.
Of course, after the founding of Tang Enbo, did not forget Chen Yi's gift, for more than 30 years, Chen Yi was regarded as his biological father filial piety, in 1948, he was also recommended to be the chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Government, the relationship between the two, in the Republic of China period, is still a good story, however, in January 1949, Tang Enbo betrayed Chen Yi, what happened?
It turned out that as early as 1934, after Chen Yi became the chairman of Fujian Province, underground party members headed by Hu Yungong came to Chen Yi's side one after another, and in the work project, they not only won Chen Yi's trust, but also gradually influenced Chen Yi's thinking.
In the summer of 1948, with the change of the situation, Chen Yi became more and more dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek, and he once said to people: "This situation cannot drag on for a long time!" ”。
Immediately afterward, the Kuomintang suffered a crushing defeat at the Liaoshen Campaign and the Battle of Huaihai, the main force of the Nationalist army suffered heavy losses, the defeat was decided, and then, in the Battle of Pingjin, Fu Zuoyi surrendered and revolted, all of which deeply stimulated Chen Yi, and under the persuasion of Hu Yungong and others, Chen Yi decided to emulate Fu Zuoyi and abandon the dark and surrender to the Ming.
At that time, Tang Enbo, together with Chen Cheng and Hu Zongnan, was one of Chiang Kai-shek's three favorite generals, and he had a heavy army, in order to win over this army, and in order to let Tang Enbo have a way to live, Chen Yi decided to plot against Tang Enbo.
On January 27, 1949, Chen Yi sent his nephew Ding Mingnan to Shanghai to deliver a letter to Tang Enbo, who was stationed in Shanghai, in which Chen Yi listed five conditions, including the release of political prisoners, the cessation of construction fortifications, the protection of public finances, and the change of the original troops.
After reading the letter, Tang Enbo did not say too much, but put the letter into a pocket, Ding Mingnan saw the situation, and then said that Chen Yi hoped that Tang Enbo would open up several ferries on the Yangtze River to meet the People's Liberation Army.
Hearing this, Tang Enbo was silent for a moment and told Ding Mingnan that there were many eyes and ears of Chiang Kai-shek around him, and the things Chen Yi said were not ripe yet, so let Ding Mingnan go back to his life first, and he would take time to go to Hangzhou.
After returning home, Ding Mingnan told Chen Yi about Tang Enbo's words and his attitude toward the uprising, and Chen Yi was very happy, and on the evening of January 30, he also listed many terms that needed to be discussed after meeting with Tang Enbo.
Unfortunately, after waiting for two weeks, Tang Enbo did not come, and in desperation, Chen Yi once again sent his nephew Ding Mingnan to Shanghai to see Tang Enbo.
This time, Tang Enbo was still polite and polite, and when he heard that Chairman Mao's representative, Hu Yungong, also welcomed him; at the same time, Tang Enbo left Ding Mingnan in the name of "secretary." During the conversation, he raised his doubts to Ding Mingnan, that is, the People's Liberation Army listed him as a war criminal and scolded him on the radio.
Immediately after the second contact with Tang Enbo, it was the Spring Festival, and in order not to make Chiang Kai-shek suspicious, Chen Yi also made a special trip to Chiang Kai-shek's hometown of Xikou Town to meet Chiang Kai-shek.
After the return, Chen Yi said in an interview with reporters: "The Kuomintang and the Communists should show the courage of peace, proceed from the interests of the people in everything, and immediately cease war to conform to the people's hearts!" ”。
A few days later, Chiang Ching-kuo made a special trip to Hangzhou to "visit" Chen Yi, and Chen Yi did not shy away from saying to Chiang Ching-kuo: "I think your father had better temporarily go to South America to recuperate, wait for the change of form, and if appropriate arrangements are made for him in the future, please ask him to come back!" ”。
Chen Yi's words have been made very clear, that is, he does not intend to follow Chiang Kai-shek anymore, so that Chiang Kai-shek himself can do it himself.
At the same time, Tombaugh was also hesitating what to do next.
Tang Enbo was a famous general, and even with the fiasco of the three major battles, the Elite of the Kuomintang was lost, the morale was scattered, and it was impossible to be an opponent of millions of People's Liberation Army, and the defeat was certain.
However, he did not dare to revolt, because he had encircled and suppressed the Red Army several times, and even defeated Ruijin, and in the War of Liberation, he was even the vanguard of Chiang Kai-shek and commanded several major wars, and it was not too much for both sides to say that the blood sea was deep and deep, although it was not too much to say that the underground members of the CPC had assured him that as long as there was an uprising, they would cancel their status as war criminals and assign him a considerable post, but Tang Enbo was still afraid of settling accounts after the autumn.
In addition, around Tang Enbo, Chiang Kai-shek's eyes and ears were innumerable, and even Mao Renfeng sent his wife Hu Dezhen to monitor Tang Enbo, and as long as he made any changes, he would be detected.
More importantly, on the eve of Chiang Kai-shek's retirement, he gave him the task of garrisoning Shanghai, and also allocated 200,000 taels of gold to him as military expenses, although Chiang Kai-shek beat him to death in 1947 because the 74th Division and Zhang Lingfu were killed in battle, beating him to the point of blood, but now this trust has touched Tang Enbo, and also made him have the idea of "knotting the grass to repay the king." ”
What to do? Just when Tang Enbo hesitated, he suddenly found that the letter he had locked in the drawer and written to him by Chen Yi had been peeked at, which made him sweat coldly, and he immediately thought of Mao Renfeng's wife Hu Dezhen, because she was a secretary at Tang Enbo's headquarters, and if the content of this letter reached the hands of the military commander, then The life of Tang Enbo's whole family would not be guaranteed...
Soon, Tang Enbo had a decision, he found Mao Sen, told Chen Yi to persuade him to revolt, and pretended to be angry, saying that Chen Yi had been calling him, scolding him for not knowing how to lift, not knowing current affairs, and so on, and sending a plane to pick him up to the Liberated Areas.
After some consultation with Mao Sen, Mao Sen came forward and went to find Mao Renfeng and asked Mao Renfeng to intercede with Chiang Kai-shek.
Although he decided to betray Chen Yi, Tang Enbo still had some unbearable feelings in his heart, and he made the only request to Mao Renfeng, that is, to save Chen Yi's life, for which he was willing to fight to the death with the People's Liberation Army and rush the materials to Taiwan as soon as possible.
Soon, Tang Enbo's contact with Mao Sen and Mao Renfeng was discovered by the comrades of the underground party, and at the same time, there were also many rumors about Tang Enbo, such as the two children had been sent to the United States, such as the house and car in Shanghai had been sold, ready to run, and so on.
But based on more than 30 years of "father-son love", Chen Yi did not want to believe it, and he also said to people: "There are many rumors on the beach, don't believe it, I have known Tang Enbo for 34 years, he will not fail me!" ”。
Worried about Chen Yi's safety, Hu Yungong risked being arrested and came to Chen Yi, hoping that he would hide, but Chen Yi said: "There must be a source for your party's news... Ember's relationship with me, you know, he's almost like my own son... He hated Jiang, he hated Chen Cheng, he hated Hu Zongnan...".
In a word, Chen Yi had great trust in Tang Enbo.
On February 17, 1949, newspapers published news that the Executive Yuan of the National Government had passed a resolution to reorganize the Zhejiang Provincial Government, and Chen Yi and others had been dismissed.
At this time, Hu Yungong once again did not care about life and death, found Chen Yi, and said to him: "The Executive Yuan in Guangzhou, only the name of old Jiang is from, indicating that Tang Enbo has betrayed you... You hurry up and try to go, it is impossible to cross the river by plane, how about going underground or going to the base area? ”。
But Chen Yi refused again, saying that he had just spoken on the phone with Tang Enbo, and tang Enbo did not know anything about this matter, and said that Chairman Shen in Jiangxi and Chairman Li in Fujian had recently been dismissed.
On February 24, Chen Yi was put in a prison van and on April 30, sent to Taiwan, where she was imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek on charges of "colluding with the Communist Party and conspiring against the Communists."
After his imprisonment, Tang Enbo found Zhang Qun, the leader of the "Department of Political Science", several times, asked Zhang Qun to help him say peace, let Chiang Kai-shek open a net, and let Chen Yi go, which provoked Chiang Kai-shek's anger: "Chen Yi committed such a big crime, is he tang Enbo not clear?" No one can intercede for this! He wanted to speak for Chen Yi, and I didn't see him! ”
Lin Wei, director of Chiang Kai-shek's attendant office, also advised Chen Yi to confess his mistake to Chiang Kai-shek and write a letter of repentance in exchange for freedom, but Chen Yi refused, saying: "What is wrong with me?" I am not wrong, he is not happy, he can kill me, I am more than half a hundred years old, I am dead, I can't write a book of repentance! ”。
Lin Wei added, "We must let Mr. Jiang step down." ”。
"It's his business not to get off the stage, and I didn't let him arrest me!" , the conversation broke up...
On May 19, 1950, the court sentenced Chen Yi to death, and Chiang Kai-shek's original intention was to let Tang Enbo personally execute Chen Yi, but Tang Enbo swore to die and had no choice but to let Tang Enbo's brother-in-law Yuan Shouqian and others "act as agents."
Immediately after that, there is the scene at the beginning of the article, Chen Yi generously died, at the age of 67, Tang Enbo set up a spiritual hall at home to mourn him.
Because he refused to kill his relatives in righteousness, Chiang Kai-shek also began to dislike Tang Enbo, and later, Tang Enbo's purchase of a house in Japan in 1949 was known to Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek was even more annoyed, angrily saying: "No wonder Shanghai and the southeast coast lost so quickly, it turned out that he had already made preparations to flee to Japan!" ”。
In 1954, Tang Enbo went to Japan for surgery due to a tumor in the duodenum, and died on the operating table at the age of 56 due to excessive blood loss.
Chiang Kai-shek, who heard the news, reacted very coldly, saying only one sentence: "It is better to die!" ”。
If Tang Enboquan knew, when he heard this sentence, he didn't know how to feel...