After losing his big patron Dai Kasa, he "took sides": Shen Drunk once wanted to poison and kill his "cronies" Mao Renfeng

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After Dai Kasa's death in 1946, Chiang Kai-shek asked his father and other 8 directors of the Military Command Bureau to discuss with Mao Renfeng, who was then deputy director of the Military Command Bureau, who would take Dai's place. This personnel adjustment was an important "stand- and stand-in" after my father lost Dai Kasa, the big backer. His father's choice is related to his future. During this period, my father had a profound understanding of Mao Renfeng, and the enmity between them was unimaginable to outsiders.

Regard Mao Renfeng as a close confidant

At that time, there were two candidates: one was Zheng Jiemin, who was highly qualified and had served dai as a deputy from the beginning of the establishment of the Military Command Bureau; and the other was Tang Zhong, a classmate of Dai Kasa at the Whampoa Military Academy and secretary of the secretariat of the Military Command Bureau. Zheng Jiemin was the chief secretary of the Military Command Bureau and the representative of the Kuomintang-Republican peace talks, while Tang Zhong was the chargé d'affaires of the Military Command Bureau and lieutenant general of the Presidential Office, and he was a confidential document for Chiang Kai-shek to be in charge of the national intelligence, police, and security agencies. His father believed that Tang Zhong was too cautious and did everything himself, and if he worked under him in the future, it would be difficult to develop. However, Zheng Jiemin has always disliked to grasp specific affairs, and the work in military unification is completely responsible for Mao Renfeng, and the election of Zheng Jiemin is equivalent to choosing Mao Renfeng to succeed him. Father thought that he and Mao Renfeng were dai's favorite cronies, and Mao Renfeng's coming to power would be very beneficial to his future development. Therefore, at the candidate discussion, his father preemptively proposed that Zheng Jiemin succeed Dai Kasa.

Mao Renfeng was very grateful for his father's good intentions. He knew that his seniority in the military command was shallow, and he had never been a station chief outside or a division chief inside. Today, he was able to gain a foothold in the military command entirely by the grace of Dai Kasa. Mao Renfeng and Dai Kasa were fellow villagers and classmates, and when Dai Kasa was poor and destitute, he had funded Dai Kasa with 20 oceans and encouraged him to go to the Whampoa Military Academy. After Dai Kasa took over the power of the Military Command Bureau, he deliberately invited Mao Renfeng, a small clerk in the county court, to be the secretary, and within a few years promoted him to the acting secretary of the major general. In addition to Being loyal to Dai Kasa, Mao Renfeng was always smiling and kind to the rest of the bureau headquarters, and never easily offended anyone.

In October 1946, the Military Command Bureau was reorganized into the Secrecy Bureau, and Zheng Jiemin was appointed director of the Second Department of the Ministry of National Defense and director of the Secrecy Bureau, and Mao Renfeng was made deputy director. Seven of the eight directors of the former Military Command Bureau were dismissed, but my father remained the director of the General Affairs Division of the Secret Service Bureau. Soon after, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Zheng Jiemin as vice minister of national defense, in charge of materials for the ministry of national defense. Mao Renfeng thought that zheng Jiemin would definitely give up the position of director of the Secrecy Bureau when he became the deputy director, and who expected that Zheng Jiemin would not only not give up, but instead send his own personal trust in the director of the secrecy bureau director's office, specifically leading the 8 deputy directors of the 8th National Bureau. At the same time, under the pretext of "streamlining the organization and eliminating the weak and retaining the strong," the original 50,000 staff members were reduced to less than 10,000, and the widows of the victims of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the those who were eliminated and unemployed were also dealt with in a one-time manner. My father and others were disgusted by this.

Once, my father complained at Mao Renfeng's house: "Mr. Zheng has thrown a big burden, but the trouble has fallen on my head." Nowadays, my widows and unemployed comrades often quarrel and make trouble with me, asking for replacement of living expenses and pensions, but there is no such expenditure in the bureau, so what should I do?! ”

Mao Renfeng pretended to be sympathetic and said, "Yes! Mr. Zheng has done too much in this matter, and it is really difficult enough for you. It's all up to your brother! The father smiled bitterly, "I am also a clever woman who is difficult to cook without rice!" ”

In order to further arouse his father's dissatisfaction, Mao Renfeng said mysteriously: "You are the youngest of us, and your future prospects are greater than ours!" However, you also need to pay more attention! You have a lot of opponents, especially the people stuck on your head! ”

My father was stunned at first, and then he laughed and said, "You are stuck on my head!" Mao Renfeng said without hesitation: "If it were me, would I still say such a thing?" The father couldn't help but blurt out, "You mean Zheng Jiemin?" Mao Renfeng looked at him with disgust and said, "You see, why do you have to say who it is, you pay attention!" ”

"I see that Zheng Jiemin hates this person very much, throw him off, won't you get up?" Mao Renfeng's wife suddenly interjected.

In order to break the convention of the Military Command bureau that Huangpu Sheng would sit in the first chair, his father also wanted to wait for Mao Renfeng to come to power and promote himself to deputy director. He understood the words of Mao Renfeng and his wife, and was determined to help Mao Renfeng squeeze out Zheng Jiemin.

Borrowed The birthday squeezes out the director of the Secrecy Bureau

As soon as his father returned home, he rushed to write a black material about Zheng Jiemin overnight, exposing his bad deeds such as shielding the station master of Beiping Station from embezzling Japanese and fake property, as well as his wife's bad deeds such as trafficking in opium, seizing public housing and cars, and reimbursing daily cosmetics and children's toys at the General Affairs Office. Mao Renfeng was extremely happy after seeing it, and instructed his father to collect some more materials.

The father knew that Zheng Jiemin's wife was greedy for money, and it was zheng Jiemin's 50th birthday that he simply used his wife to create some "opportunities". Father let the wind go out and let the big and small agents of the Linli special training class know that Zheng Jiemin was celebrating and should prepare a generous gift. Zheng Jiemin was actually very afraid of reaching Chiang Kai-shek's ears, and he had already told his wife not to do a birthday. Taking advantage of Zheng Jiemin's absence, his father encouraged Mrs. Zheng to say: "It is often said that '50 does not do, 60 does not send'. Mr. Zheng's 50th birthday must be done. Everyone wants to give some gifts, do your best! ”

Mrs. Zheng, who loves money, disregarded her husband's objections, held a banquet, and placed all kinds of birthday gifts on the hall according to my father's suggestion. My father took the opportunity to use a miniature camera to photograph the birthday ceremony one by one. At the same time, he also informed the widows in the guest house to go to the Zheng family to eat birthday wine. When the bereaved family rushed to the Zheng family with their children and daughters, the father rushed to take a few photos without hurrying.

Afterwards, the father handed over the photographs to Chiang Kai-shek, along with the previous materials. Chiang Kai-shek was furious when he saw this, and dismissed Zheng Jiemin from his post as director of the Secrecy Bureau and replaced it with Mao Renfeng. His father was particularly happy to hear the news, and he was busy for several months before and after saddle, and finally raised Mao Renfeng to the position of director of the bureau, so that he would soon be able to rise to a higher level. Therefore, he was assured and bold to go to Xi'an, Chongqing and other places to deal with the affairs left over from the war.

But my father never expected that when he returned to Nanjing after handling the last batch of materials left over from Sino-US cooperation in Chongqing, many "misfortunes" were waiting for him: First, before handing over the formalities, Zheng Jiemin had learned that his father had directed the birthday play, so he sent people to wantonly check the accounts of the General Affairs Office and even searched my house; although no corrupt behavior was found, he found a box of foreign locks bought from abroad by the bureau headquarters under the bed of his father's proud protégé, Deng Yifu, chief of the management section, and so he "guarded himself." The charge shot Deng Yifu. After that, Mao Renfeng came to power, sent people to check the materials and accounts of the General Affairs Office, and also disbanded the "Binhu Alumni Association" headed by his father on the pretext of "uniting more subordinates" and organized a "Unified Classmates Association" headed by Mao Renfeng.

Fall to Yunnan

Only then did my father realize that Mao Renfeng was going to cross the river and tear down the bridge. Because Tang Zhong had been transferred to the Police General Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as director and withdrew from the power struggle, the only person who would be qualified and capable of replacing Mao Renfeng in the future would be his father. Therefore, as soon as Mao Renfeng came to power, he began to clean up the people who posed a threat to him. His father was very uneasy, and felt that if he did not leave Mao Renfeng as soon as possible, sooner or later it would be deng Yifu's fate.

However, after working in the General Affairs Office for seven or eight years, he was so withdrawn that my father was unwilling. One night, he called Mao Renfeng, and Mao's aide-de-camp replied after questioning: "Mr. Shen, Director Mao is playing mahjong, and there is something for you to tell me." When my father heard this, he didn't get angry, said "Nothing", and dropped the phone, thinking: What's great! If it weren't for me, would you have ascended to the throne of the Director?—

The next day, my father went directly to Mao Renfeng's office, and after reporting on the work, he further probed and said: "I have been the director of general affairs in the bureau for 8 years, and now the inventory of Japanese and pseudo-property is basically completed. When Mao Renfeng heard this, not only did he not retain it, but he said very happily: "Good! There is a need for a young and experienced backbone like you. At present, many local cadres are not strong, but Taiwan and Yunnan are very important, and you can show your skills there! ”

Mao Renfeng's words made his father understand completely: he not only wanted to squeeze himself out of the headquarters of the bureau, but also to send them to the remote and desolate Taiwan or Yunnan like an army. The father was angry and hateful, and after returning home, he consulted with his mother and grandmother, and the whole family was unwilling to cross the ocean to the "wild island" of Taiwan, preferring to go to Yunnan. Soon after, Mao Renfeng happily appointed his father as the station chief of yunnan station. In May 1948, my father went to Kunming with his family.

In the spring of 1949, after the two major battles of Huaihai and Pingjin, most of the elite troops of the Kuomintang lost most of them. Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Renfeng fled with the Nationalist Government to Taiwan. However, Chiang Kai-shek was not willing to be defeated, and was determined to preserve Yunnan as the last stronghold of stubborn resistance. He appeased Lu Han, the chairman of Yunnan Province, while asking his father to keep a close eye on Lu Han and the anti-Chiang pro-democracy activists in the region. In early August 1949, Mao Renfeng personally called his father and ordered him to immediately get rid of Yang Jie, former president of the Central Army University, who was close to Lu Han and supported his opposition to Chiang Kai-shek; Chen Fuguang, head of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Kuomintang Revolution; An Sipu, the provincial civil affairs department; Xie Chongwen, chief of staff of the provincial security commander; and Long Zehui, commander of the security brigade.

His father was already disheartened, and he was not active in Mao Renfeng's instructions, using various excuses to delay time. He knew that if he got rid of Luhan's cronies, Luhan would never let him go. He was also unwilling to gamble the lives of his wives and children to give Mao Renfeng his life. Mao Renfeng sent 3 urgent telegrams in a row, urging his father to act quickly. The last urgent telegram said that Chairman Jiang hated Yang Jie to the bone and ordered his father to get rid of Yang Jie within 3 days. When his father heard that it was Chiang Kai-shek's order, he did not dare to be careless and decided to assassinate Yang Jie. Unexpectedly, this matter was discovered by my grandmother, who gave Yang Jie a chance to escape from Kunming. On the same day that Yang Jie fled Kunming, Lu Han, under pressure from Chiang Kai-shek, agreed to a major manhunt in Kunming. Mao Renfeng sent Xu Yuanju, head of the Southwest Special Zone of the Secret Bureau, to bring a group of spies from Chongqing to cooperate, and this is the "99 rectification" in history. However, when his father took people to Yang Jie's apartment, he had already run away. When Mao Renfeng learned of this, he was very annoyed and immediately rushed from Taiwan to Kunming to personally deal with the people and criminals arrested by the "99 rectification." As soon as Mao Renfeng got off the plane, he condescended to blame his father for not doing a good job and let Yang Jie go, which made Chiang Kai-shek very angry. The father nodded his head superficially and said yes, but he was very unconvinced.

On that occasion, Mao Renfeng lived in Kunming for nearly a month, the main purpose of which was to persuade Lu Han to kill a group of captured criminals and let Lu Han have the blood of revolutionaries on his hands to block his way back to the Communists; in addition, he ordered his father to stick to Yunnan and not leave without permission. This last one is undoubtedly to crucify his father in Yunnan and cut off his father's way to escape to Taiwan. In this regard, the father gritted his teeth in hatred and decided to treat him with color.

Throw two packets of poison down the toilet

At that time, my father had already sent our family to Hong Kong and moved Yunnan Station to his own home. Mao Renfeng originally lived elsewhere, but moved into our house for the convenience of receiving telegrams. His father was secretly happy, and he wanted to use this opportunity to put chronic poison in Mao Renfeng's drinking water or meals. The poison could only take two months to attack, and his father planned to attack Mao Renfeng before he left Kunming, so that no one would suspect him. After the idea was decided, he was ostensibly concerned about Mao Renfeng's diet and living. But Mao Renfeng was not grateful, and complained bitterly about his father's poor work; in addition, during this period, Mao Renfeng often brought a female dramatist to the house and flirted unscrupulously, which increased his father's resentment towards him.

In the blink of an eye, Mao Renfeng stayed in Kunming for more than 20 days, but due to Lu Han's non-cooperation, there was no progress in the work, and Mao Renfeng's mood was also very poor. One night, Mao Renfeng was reviewing documents when the power went out suddenly. In a panic, he knocked over the water cup on the table, and angrily slapped the table and scolded his father's personal aide-de-camp, Yan Qisheng. Afterwards, the more my father thought about it, the more angry he became, thinking: It depends on the owner to beat the dog! This is obviously not putting yourself in the eyes! Thinking of this, his old grudge against Mao Renfeng came to mind again, and he immediately took out two packets of poison from the safe and prepared them to put in his drinking water and meals the next day.

The next morning, my father went to Mao Renfeng's bedroom with poison, saw that he was doing exercises on the balcony, and greeted him in passing. For some reason, Mao Renfeng suddenly came over and patted his father's shoulder and said: "Old Shen, you have treated me consistently over the years..." The following words were not said, but it is not difficult to see from his eyes and expression that Mao Renfeng himself also feels sorry for his father.

Mao Renfeng's half-sentence and guilty expression actually made his father lose the courage to poison. Afterwards, he was also very annoyed by his weakness, and secretly decided to get rid of Mao Renfeng. Just as his father was preparing to act again, he found several telegrams on Mao Renfeng's desk urging him to return to Taiwan immediately. The father was very conflicted. He knew that if he didn't act again, he would never get a chance. However, once Mao Renfeng died, the Secrecy Bureau would certainly be in civil strife and the power would fall, and the foundation that Dai Kasa painstakingly founded would be destroyed in his own hands, how could he be worthy of Dai Kasa under the Nine Springs? My father was restless for several days, but finally decided to put two packs of poison into the toilet at the time of the "party-state crisis" and took the overall situation as the most important.

Before Mao Renfeng got on the plane, he repeatedly instructed his father: We must stick to Yunnan. Even if Luján mutates, he is not allowed to leave. Either they will pull up their subordinates and go into the mountains to fight guerrillas; or they will surrender and wait for the opportunity to move. His words made his father's heart half cold. Isn't this a determination to put yourself to death? Thinking of this, my father deeply hated his own indecisiveness. Therefore, when Lu Han coerced him with a gun to revolt, he was determined not to fight for Mao Renfeng anymore, and resolutely signed the uprising telegram. When Mao Renfeng learned of this, he was furious and ordered Chiang Kai-shek to send Tang Yao to Yunnan to attack Kunming, and to use a special plane to escort his father to Taiwan "after capturing Kunming", and at the same time sent secret agents to Kunming to prepare for the assassination of his father.

Later, Tang Yao was arrested, and his father was also imprisoned by Lu Han as a war criminal, cutting off contact with the outside world. The Taiwanese side thought that the father had been suppressed. Mao Renfeng may have felt guilty and decided to favor his father's "widow". When my mother remarried in Hong Kong, my great-uncle, the trustee, brought my four siblings to Taiwan. Mao Renfeng assigned Uncle Dabo a Japanese garden bungalow, paid his father's major general's salary to Uncle Dae every month, and also specially sent a cook and a student of the former Linli special training class to take care of them in order to seek their own peace of mind.

After Mao Renfeng arrived in Taiwan, the secret of being an official was all in "forbearance, waiting, and fierceness." He could smile when others slapped him in public; Chiang Kai-shek took off his shoes and punched him in the face, saying that this was "the leader's love"... He firmly believed that forbearance could avoid disasters and pave the way for promotion and wealth. On October 10, 1952, Mao Renfeng was elected as an alternate member of the Seventh Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang. In March 1953, he was appointed "Director of the Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense". In 1955, he plotted to harm Premier Zhou Enlai, who was attending the Asian-African Conference, but failed. He died in Taipei on October 14, 1957.

On November 28, 1960, his father was pardoned by the people's government and served as the commissioner of literature and history of the Cultural and Historical Materials Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In his later years, he chose to stay on the mainland and did not go to Taiwan and Hong Kong. "The division of the country is caused by our generation and should end in our generation," he said. Although the paths we have taken in the past have been different, from today onwards, whether a person has been living for hundreds of years or has been left behind for thousands of years depends on whether he has contributed to the reunification of the motherland, or the opposite. On March 18, 1996, my father died of colon cancer in Beijing at the age of 82.