A person's experience as a teenager has a significant impact on the formation of values later. Without a good education, driven by profits, one may embark on the path of treason.
Before the founding of New China, the domestic situation was turbulent. Especially at the end of the Qing Dynasty, unequal treaties were signed with the great powers many times, and the Qing government's oppression of the people deepened, and the people's lives became more and more difficult.
In this environment, some people inevitably become traitors. In their view, the Qing government could not give them any benefits, but instead intensified its exploitation. If you choose to turn to foreigners, you can also live a better life.
Zhang Benzheng was a traitor who defected to the Japanese during that period. He lived in the late Qing Dynasty, the family conditions were very difficult, the whole family depended on his father to go out to sea to fish for a living.
Zhang Benzheng was able to go to private school, but later Zhang Benzheng's father went to sea and encountered a storm, the family lost its top pillar, zhang Benzheng had no money to continue to go to school, and had to make a living in society. He had worked many jobs, but he couldn't satisfy his ideas.
He wanted to reach a higher position and was not willing to live the lowest life all the time. He also went to business, but he lost money and had to return home.
However, his business experience has taught him to be left and right, and Zhang Benzheng is handy in courting powerful people. In order to have a chance to get in touch with celebrities, he took a job in a hotel.
Zhang Benzheng, who is good at left and right Fengyuan, mixed well in his work and quickly attracted the attention of the hotel owner. The owner of the hotel is a Japanese businessman, and another identity is a spy sent by Japan to China.
At that time, in the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, Japan sent a large number of spies to lurk in China in order to find out the intelligence of the Qing government. The identity of a spy is spread across all walks of life.
The owner of the hotel where Mr. Zhang worked contacted him several times and found that he was indeed a suitable person to gather intelligence. So he persuaded Zhang Benzheng with a generous reward, and he became a lackey of the Japanese from then on.
He used his status as a Chinese to inquire about intelligence and also paid for officials. There were many traitors like Zhang Benzheng who worked hard for the Japanese, and There were many traitors during that period, and Japan also learned the secrets of the Qing government.
After the Japanese army captured Lushun, it launched a massacre against the civilian population, and Zhang Benzheng turned a deaf ear to it, and still bothered to fight for the Japanese. Later, he was wanted by the Qing government and fled to Shandong.
With the help of the Japanese, he chartered two Japanese ships and carried out maritime trade. After the outbreak of war between Japan and Russia, he took advantage of the convenience of maritime trade to transport arms and supplies to Japan and inquire about intelligence.
A man named Zhang Delu was discovered, who also used the sea trade to collect intelligence for the Russians, so he reported it to the Japanese. The Japanese solved each other, he took the opportunity to annex each other's assets, and the scale of maritime trade expanded a lot.
Later, Zhang Benzheng's company grew larger and larger, and developed into the largest shipping company in North China. Zhang Benzheng also became a famous rich man. After more money, he naturally did not skimp on it, and built a luxurious house of more than 1500 square meters.
For the Japanese who supported the growth of his company, Zhang Benzheng took it to heart and gave the Japanese a lot of property. For such a very "loyal" person as him, the Japanese also decided to cultivate more and let him hold some positions.
Zhang Benzheng also became more and more inflated, very flattering to the Japanese, but not soft on ordinary people, and constantly increasing the exploitation of workers.
After Japan launched the war of aggression against China, Zhang Benzheng even more brazenly supported the Japanese, using the company's steamships to transport arms to the Japanese. It also raised 740,000 yuan for the Japanese.
Later in the war, the Japanese were increasingly disadvantaged on the battlefield, and the strength of the air force was seriously weakened, so Zhang Benzheng spent a lot of money to buy 40 fighters for the Japanese army. In addition to material support, Zhang Benzheng also publicized Japan's behavior in newspaper public opinion.
These actions greatly touched the Japanese authorities, and invited him to Japan to award a number of awards, and the Japanese emperor personally received him. Such a traitor who betrayed the country and sought glory was liquidated after the founding of New China and finally sentenced to death.
In June 1951, Zhang Benzheng was shot at Houshan, Labor Park, Dalian.