In mid-December 1937, when Nanjing fell, a vast number of Japanese soldiers entered the city of Nanjing and carried out a brutal massacre, and more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians died in a tragic death. After the massacre, the Japanese army completely occupied Nanjing. If they want to control Nanjing, they need to rely on the power of a group of people--the traitors.
The traitor Tao Xisan was extremely enthusiastic to become a pawn of the Japanese army, he had the experience of studying in Japan, and he had an inexplicable good feeling for Japan. In 1927, he encouraged the Chinese people to donate money and materials to the Japanese disaster victims, and after the fall of Nanjing, he saddled the Japanese and did a bunch of "dirty work".
Tao Xi invited senior Japanese officials to his home on the first day of the feast, and he chatted with the Japanese when he suddenly heard the screams of his daughter and aunt. He pounced on it and saw that several Japanese soldiers were insulting his daughter and aunt!
Tao Xisan saw this scene and made a shocking move. What did he do? How would senior Japanese officials handle this?
Tao Xisan's association with the Japanese
Tao Xisan is a native of Nanjing, and he studied at the Japan University of Political Science and Law. I don't know why, he has an inexplicable liking for Japan, although everyone has different clans and different ethnic groups, Japan has repeatedly launched wars against China since the Sino-Japanese War, and occupied China's Taiwan. But Tao Xisan did not have the slightest hatred for the Japanese, nor did he have the slightest idea of hating the japanese.
Tao Xisan served as a member of parliament during the New Deal reforms in the late Manchu Qing Dynasty, and although his status was not high, he did not play a big role. In 1927, he went to the sea to do business and launched a charitable organization of a religious nature.
Tao Xisan did not lead this charity organization to do anything good for the Chinese people, but did a lot of good things for the Japanese. In 1923, the Great Kanto Earthquake struck Japan. The earthquake was devastating, with more than 40,000 Japanese killed by fire and as many as 140,000 missing and dead.
More than two million Japanese people have no home for the destruction of their houses, and their property damage is as high as 6.5 billion yen. The earthquake also triggered the spread of cholera.
Tao Xisan was extremely distressed to see the disaster caused by the earthquake in Japan, so he mobilized many Chinese people to donate money and materials. The Chinese people are really kind and try their best to help. Tao Xisan ran to the scene of the earthquake disaster with supplies, probably Because Tao Xisan could speak Japanese and had contact with some Japanese.
I don't know if Tao Xisan knew it, shortly after he and some other Chinese rescue teams withdrew. The Japanese military police, armed with hammers and rods, brutally slaughtered seven hundred Chinese workers working in Japan. Many of these Chinese workers were abducted and deceived by pits, and they believed that these people had let them return to China with money, so they followed, who had wanted to suffer misfortune.
In 1931, the three eastern provinces fell and became a hell on earth. The Northeast Volunteer Army fought for many years with the Japanese.
In 1937, the Japanese army captured Nanjing, and Nanjing was also reduced to hell on earth. Tao Xisan, a native of Nanjing, was 62 years old at this time and also had his own children and family. But he turned a blind eye to the inhumane atrocities of the Japanese and instead stood on the same line.
The daughter and aunt were insulted by the Japanese soldiers
After the bloody massacre, the Japanese army wanted to govern Nanjing. The so-called governance, that is, wartime control, must make the Chinese people who are still alive constantly resist. In order to achieve their management goals, it is necessary to rely on the power of traitors. They used the governance of the three eastern provinces in Nanjing.
It is not easy to find out a large number of traitors. The people of Nanjing were killed too many times, and those who were still alive gritted their teeth against the Japanese and were unwilling to cooperate with them. Those with fame and fortune have long fled, and all that remains are ordinary people. It is a bit difficult to get them into the ranks of the puppet regime.
The Japanese side let out a wind noise, and sure enough, two big traitors heard the wind. The first is Sun Maorong, and the second is Tao Xisan. Sun Maorong knew very well that "the gun hit the head bird", so he used his relationship with the Japanese to push Tao Xisan to the front of the stage.
The Japanese army made Tao Xisan the "chairman of the Nanjing Municipal Autonomous Committee", and everyone knew that Tao Xisan was just a puppet. Tao Xisan was only responsible for listening to the words of the Japanese army, and he had no right to manage the rest.
Tao Xisan thought that his loyalty to the Japanese army and his "absolute sincerity" to Japan would be exchanged for the Japanese army's kindness and sincerity to him, and would make the Japanese regard him as their own. Wishful thinking led his men to put up a bunch of slogans on the walls of Nanjing.
"Co-creation of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japan is the ally of the East Asian nations"
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This kind of slogan makes the people in Nanjing city grit their teeth and hate to spit fire in their eyes. Tao Xisan seemed to be unconscious, doing this kind of work to brainwash the people all day long.
The purpose of their so-called "Nanjing Autonomous Committee" is to relieve the people of difficulties, restore transportation and local order, and revive industry and commerce. But what they do and what they say have nothing to do with what they say.
Tao Xisan and his men rushed into the refugee camp and smashed and burned in order to drive these refugees out and leave them with no safe place to shelter. Trick these refugees into handing out a bag of rice to each of them as long as they are willing to leave the refugee camp. None of the refugees believed it, but the situation was stronger than the people, and they didn't want to go out and were kicked out.
The Japanese army did not allow the existence of refugee houses, because the refugee houses were opened by foreigners and would publicize the Nanjing Massacre and all the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in The city of Nanjing. The Japanese army was not only to rob women of resources and human resources from refugee shelters, but also to drive out foreigners.
In addition to these unkind jobs, Tao Xi and other traitors were also responsible for finding comfort women for Japanese soldiers. They ran into institutions such as Jinling Women's College of Arts and Sciences and Jinling University, and took some girls away when they caught them. They were slandered as prostitutes and brought to comfort stations. In addition to going to schools to arrest people, Tao Xisan also went to refugee shelters and forced the women to go to comfort stations.
The Japanese army had a quantitative assessment of the tasks set by the traitors, and if they could not be completed, they would be slapped at any time or beaten by Japanese soldiers. Not only that, but some of the traitors' families were also killed by Japanese soldiers. The traitors themselves are difficult to protect, and whether they can survive depends on their own creation.
Tao Xisan saw that the treatment of the traitors did not feel afraid of the Japanese soldiers and turned away, but became more affectionate. One day, on a whim, he invited senior Japanese officials to his mansion. Prepared good wine and good dishes, courtesy several thoughtful and warm.
The senior officials of the Japanese army politely praised the dishes that were very appetizing, and Tao Xisan smiled like a spring breeze, accompanied by the senior officials of the Japanese army to chat, and did his best to flatter. As we chatted, we heard the screams of our daughter and aunt coming from the inner room.
Tao Xi did not count the behavior of the Japanese soldiers as he thought. He thought it was safe to leave his daughter and aunt at home, without any caution. Forgetting that "the heart of defense is indispensable", he thought that he was a very special existence in the eyes of the Japanese army, and he was his own person.
However, hearing the screams, Tao Xisan remembered the situation of those Japanese soldiers abusing Chinese women. Tao Xisan hurriedly left the senior Japanese officer and ran into the inner room to see what was happening. When he opened the curtain, he saw several Japanese soldiers insulting his daughter and aunt. The aunt and daughter were humiliated and shouted for help, but the Japanese soldiers turned a deaf ear and acted very roughly.
Tao Xisan was still a man after all, and he was angry. Rush forward to pull away the Japanese soldiers who are doing evil. Before he could reach him, a bayonet was placed around his neck. Tao Xisan thought to himself that he could not control these Japanese soldiers, and could only turn to the senior officials of the Japanese army for help.
He ran to the banquet hall to complain to the Japanese officers, asking the senior Japanese officials to stop the atrocities committed by the Japanese soldiers. Who would have thought, the senior officer of the Japanese army smiled indifferently and led Tao Xisan into the inner room.
In the inner room, the Japanese soldiers saw the officer's figure and stopped committing the atrocities. They hurriedly put on their clothes and sorted out their military appearance. Only Tao Xisan's daughter and aunt were left, frightened and only crying.
Tao Xisan's heart was extremely sad and indignant, this group of beasts! Tao Xisan thought that the senior Japanese officers wanted to punish these Japanese soldiers for himself, but he heard: "Your daughter and aunt are very beautiful, I like it, give it to me, thank you very much!" ”
Tao Xisan was like five thunderbolts, stunned on the spot, and did not react at all. Tao Xisan's face was pale and trembling, and he wanted to speak, but he couldn't open his mouth.
At this time, the senior Japanese officer opened his mouth and turned to the Japanese soldiers: "Quickly bring Mr. Tao's daughter and aunt back to the barracks." ”
The Japanese soldiers heard the order, quickly wrapped Tao Xisan's daughter and aunt in a futon, and carried them away.
Tao Xisan interceded with senior Japanese officials, but unfortunately, the other party did not listen and threw himself away. The disciple left Tao Xi Trinity alone, looking at the empty room, not knowing what he was thinking.
After the senior Japanese officers left, Tao Xisan lost his soul and fell. He finally realized that there was no good end to being a traitor. The Japanese did not treat them as human beings, and they could not even protect their wives and children. Tao Xi thought twice and decided not to do anything for the Japanese anymore.
Tao Xisan seemed to have aged a few years overnight, and he rested at home for a few days and wrote a resignation letter. Hand it to the Japanese. However, the Japanese did not approve it, and many times did not approve it. Getting on this thief ship, it is not so easy to get off the ship.
Tao Xisan's daughter and aunt did not come back, Tao Xisan was very strong, although he was old, he could carry it.
Tao Xisan once thought how high he was, how remarkable, and thought that when he spoke, the Japanese would give him three thin noodles. But the Japanese didn't take him seriously.
The roof leaked during the overnight rain, and Tao Xisan soon saw the real attitude of the Japanese army towards the traitors. A group of Japanese soldiers broke into his home and stole all their possessions. Includes some collections of books. The Japanese soldier threw a postcard at his home before leaving.
Tao Xisan trembled and picked up the postcard, which had the number of the Japanese soldiers written on it. He took a postcard to the Japanese secret service to ask for a thorough investigation of the matter and to give him justice. The authorities told him that the person on the postcard had not inquired and that the identity information should have been falsified.
The robbery was not resolved, and after two months, Tao Xisan officially wrote his resignation report. In his resignation letter, he elected Sun Maorong to take over. This time, the Japanese agreed. Tao Xisan's relationship with the Japanese came to an end, but he did not stop, and he took the relationship with Wang Jingwei's puppet regime.
After Wang Jingwei surrendered to the Japanese, the Japanese supported him in establishing a puppet regime. In Wang Jingwei's puppet regime, a large number of "talents" such as Tao Xisan are also needed. Whether Tao Xisan recommended himself or was recommended to the Wang puppet government, detailed information could not be found. The only thing that can be confirmed is that Tao Xisan served as a legislator in the Wang puppet government.
On August 15, 1945, Japanese imperialism surrendered and withdrew its troops in ashes. When the war is over, it is necessary to liquidate traitors and war criminals. Whether it is a big traitor like Yoshiko Kawashima or a traitor like Tao Xisan, all of them have been liquidated.
The Nanjing First Class High Court sentenced Tao Xisan to eight years in prison, and Tao Xisan was imprisoned. At the same time, all his property was confiscated by the authorities.
Although Tao Xisan did not meet Chiang Kai-shek, the Tao Lu bath he once operated was confiscated by officials and given to Chiang Kai-shek as a gift. Chiang Kai-shek was satisfied, so he transformed it into a private hot spring villa. Tao Xisan, who had served his sentence in 1948, died of illness only two months after his release.