A few days ago, we introduced two of the "three musketeers" of the military command: Shen Drunk and Xu Yuanju, and today we will look at the last one - Zhou Yanghao.
Among the "Three Musketeers" of the military command, Zhou Yanghao is a relatively special one, first of all, he is a native of Jiangshan, Zhejiang, and he is a fellow villager with Dai Kasa, and there is no doubt that he has more advantages than Shen Drunk in Hunan and Xu Yuanju in Hubei.
Secondly, Shen Zhui and Xu Yuanju both joined the military command at the age of 18, which can be called specially trained secret agent talents, while Zhou Yanghao, who graduated from the famous Shanghai Law School, did not join the military command until the age of 23, and was known for his "gentle and elegant, fierce heart".
In addition, Zhou Yanghao also has a layer of relationship, that is, Mao Renfeng's niece and son-in-law, which undoubtedly makes him more promising in the military command.
This person is also very business-minded, during the period when he was the director of Xifeng Prison, he saw that the prisoners inside had nothing to do every day, so he opened a factory and a farm, let the prisoners work, and paid them wages, so the prisoners' lives were not so bad.
Yang Hucheng was in this prison at that time, Zhou Yanghao respected him quite a bit, often went to accompany him to play mahjong, Yang Hucheng once said such a sentence: "There is no good person up and down the Military Command Bureau, I think Zhou Yanghao is still a bit of a conscience." ”
But what Yang Hucheng did not expect was that it was this "still somewhat conscientious" Zhou Yanghao who became his murderer.
In 1949, acting President Li Zongren announced that he would release a group of prisoners, including Yang Hucheng, in order to win peace talks. But Chiang Kai-shek would not agree, and secretly sent Mao Renfeng to pick up Yang Hucheng, and Mao Renfeng gave this task to Zhou Yanghao, because no one but him could do it.
Zhou Yanghao saw Yang Hucheng and said, "President Jiang thinks that if Li Zongren releases you now, you hate him even more, so he wants to move you to Guiyang temporarily, and soon he will send you to Taiwan Island, and then release you with Zhang Xueliang." ”
Yang Hucheng, out of trust in Zhou Yanghao, agreed.
In September, Zhou Yanghao came to Yang Hucheng again and said that he would take him to Chongqing. As a result, just after arriving in Chongqing, Yang Hucheng was killed by the military commander.
Three months later, Zhou Yanghao was arrested and locked up with Shen Drunk, Xu Yuanju and others.
Introduced a few days ago, Shen Drunk's attitude of admitting mistakes is very good, actively cooperate with the transformation, Xu Yuanju is worse, after being warned, he began to accept the transformation, and Zhou Yanghao, who has always been very uncooperative, often sings "Su Wu Muyang", thinking that he is a "loyal subject".
Moreover, he was a graduate of the Shanghai Law School, understood the law, was well-eloquent, and often refuted the interrogators dumbfounded, and he was proud there.
Naturally, it is difficult for such a person to get amnesty. Shen was pardoned in 1959, and Zhou Yanghao was not released until the last batch in 1975, staying in prison for 26 years.
For this group of amnesty prisoners, the central government stipulates:
"Those who are able to do appropriate work; those who are sick are treated the same as our cadres and enjoy medical treatment at public expense; those who are incapable of working are raised; those who are willing to return to Taiwan can return to Taiwan, give foot and road fees, provide convenience, and those who are willing to come back after they go, we welcome."
Of the 293 prisoners, 283 chose to stay on the mainland, and only 10 asked to go to Taiwan to be reunited with their families, including Zhou Yanghao.
Zhou Yanghao has a total of 7 children, most of whom live in Taiwan, and only the youngest daughter is in the United States, so Zhou Yanghao chose to go to Taiwan to reunite with his children, which is also deserved.
During his stay in Xiangjiang, many reporters interviewed them, and Zhou Yanghao said: "I have visited industry and construction in various parts of China three times, and I have greatly praised the progress of the CONSTRUCTION of the CCP. If I am not unfavorable and suspected, I will stay in Taiwan, otherwise I will return to the mainland. ”
However, to the surprise of these 10 people, when they were excited to go to Taiwan, the Taiwan side refused, saying that these people "did not return to Taiwan to visit their relatives, but to do united front work for the CCP, and the CCP used their release to carry out united front conspiracies." We do not welcome any espionage or united front tools."
Please note that at that time, a major event occurred on Taiwan Island, that is, Chiang Kai-shek had just died, and The island was in mourning. In this context, the going of these people to the stage, obviously easy to have more interpretation, is also normal to be misunderstood.
Anyway, these 10 people could not go to Taiwan, one person committed suicide, two people stayed in Xiangjiang, three people returned to the mainland, Zhou Yanghao and four other people went to the United States together, and ran to their young daughter in the United States.
During his time in the United States, Zhou Yanghao was very low-key and refused to accept any media interviews, but once, when Duan Kewen, who went to the United States with him, published a book slandering the mainland's war criminals policy, Zhou Yanghao was very unaccustomed to it, and took the initiative to say to the media: "I can reunite with my family, and in the final analysis, I want to thank the chairman and the great policy of the Communist Party." He also said that Duan Kewen was always reactionary, and he should not believe what he said.
In 1990, Zhou Yanghao died of illness in the United States at the age of 80, and the Chinese consulate in San Francisco sent him a wreath.