There is an old Chinese saying that "if you do things in qin with the land, you will hold your salary to fight the fire, and the salary will not be exhausted, and the fire will not be extinguished." However, during World War II, when the Japanese invaders kept burning and plundering the land of China, Wang Jingwei did not hesitate to betray the country and seek glory in order to save himself, and finally became the biggest traitor in Chinese history.
In fact, Wang Jingwei's personality of loving life and fearing death has been vividly reflected as early as the failed action of plotting to assassinate Zaifeng, and his personal situation often suffers from gain and loss in the face of difficulties, and even has the psychology of compromise, Wang Jingwei always believes that his life is only once, and then because of fear of confrontation with the Qing court, he turned to reconciliation.
After the "July 7 Incident," a great tide of resistance against Japan was set off throughout the country, but Wang Jingwei said in "Everyone Must Tell the Truth, Everyone Must Be Responsible": "Peace, at the beginning, there will be a little loss, but it will certainly be compensated later; but if there is confrontation, the war will definitely be defeated", and his attempt is to induce people to compromise with Japan from the public opinion and spirit.
Once, Wang Jingwei asked Feng Yuxiang, everyone says "the war of resistance to the end", where is this "bottom"? Feng Yuxiang said that hitting "Japan's unconditional surrender" was the end, and in this regard, Wang Jingwei scolded, "This is simply the arrogance and ignorance of Qiu Ba."
On March 30, 1940, Wang Jingwei completely fell to Japan and established a puppet regime in Nanjing, serving as "acting chairman of the National Government". On March 3, 1944, due to the deterioration of his condition, Wang Jingwei flew to Japan for treatment, and on November 10, the treatment was ineffective and he died in Japan.
Regarding Wang Jingwei's death, many historians believe that Wang Jingwei did not die in Japan, but was poisoned by Agents under Dai Kasa in the hospital room of Shanghai Hongqiao Hospital, which is recorded in articles such as "Records of the War of Resistance" and "The Disclosure of Several Historical Facts During the Pacific War".
After Wang Jingwei's death, the Wang puppet government declared to the outside world: "The time is very high, and in order to abide by the precepts of Mr. Wang, who does not work hard and not hurt the wealth, it has been decided that all efforts should be made to avoid the expenses and seek his simplicity." But in fact, at that time, the Wang puppet government required all the citizens of the entire occupied area to take a day off, and the primary and secondary school students in Nanjing had to go to the airport to greet the coffin, and in order to prevent the ceremony from being deserted, the Wang puppet government also stipulated that as long as the citizens came to participate in the funeral, everyone could get 20 Chinese storage coupons, which was equivalent to one month's salary of Nanjing citizens at that time.
Finally, Wang Jingwei's burial place was chosen at the top of Meihua Mountain, and opposite the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. After the surrender of Japan, the Wang Jingwei cemetery was blown up, and the Nationalist government built a small pavilion on the original site, which is now Guan Mei Xuan. Wang Jingwei had a total of 6 children, and after Wang Jingwei's death, except for the one who died young, the others all left the mainland.
In 1995, Wang Jingwei's younger son, Wang Wenti, returned from abroad to Nanjing to pay homage to his father, when there was a stone statue of Wang Jingwei and his wife kneeling on the cemetery, facing the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Shrine. After Wang Wenti saw it, he was silent for a long time, and then said 9 words, "If you do something wrong, you should be punished" and turned away.
Wang Jingwei has changed from a hero who supported the Xinhai Revolution to a traitor who has been left behind for thousands of years, and he sacrificed the interests of the entire country for his own power, which is an unforgivable crime for eternity. In this regard, netizens have expressed their affirmation of this sentence.
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