After the founding of New China, the Kuomintang headed by Chiang Kai-shek was not willing to accept defeat, and they always wanted to "counterattack the mainland." Moreover, the Kuomintang also left behind many secret agents on the mainland. From October 15 to November 1, 1949, the relevant departments held the first national public security conference in Beijing, which discussed many important topics, including analyzing the current situation of hostilities at home and abroad, determining the main tasks of public security organs, and pointing out the direction for public security work in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
On October 19, 1949, the superior officially appointed Luo Ruiqing as the first minister of the Ministry of Public Security, and on November 5, the inaugural meeting of the Ministry of Public Security was officially held, and Luo Ruiqing, as the minister of public security, also delivered a speech at the inaugural meeting, encouraging the soldiers of the Ministry of Public Security (at that time, public security belonged to the army), and the Ministry of Public Security was also formally established.
The man we want to talk about today joined the public security department in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and his name is Xu Zirong. In the early days of the Ministry of Public Security, Xu Zirong served as the director of the General Office of the Ministry of Public Security, and later he was appointed vice minister of public security. So, what is the story of Xu Zirong? What about his ending?
Xu Zirong was born in 1907, a native of Henan. In 1924, at the age of 17, Xu Zirong joined the Communist Youth League and began to participate in the student movement under the leadership of our party. In 1927, Xu Zirong became a full party member, and soon after, he went to Beiping (present-day Beijing) and was admitted to the Republic of China University, where he continued to work underground in the north under the cover of a student status.
In 1931, Japan planned the September 18 Incident and occupied the northeast of the mainland. However, the Nationalist government insisted on a policy of non-resistance, which made Xu Zirong particularly angry, and he began to publicize the anti-Japanese resistance in Beiping and expose the truth of the Kuomintang's passive resistance to Japan, and he was hated by the Kuomintang for this. In 1932, Xu Zirong was arrested by the Kuomintang reactionaries, and in prison, he was unyielding and unyielding, and was successfully released from prison after organizing rescue.
After his release from prison, Xu Zirong went to Shanxi and continued to engage in anti-Japanese propaganda work. In 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in an all-round way, the Eighth Route Army established the Jin-Cha-Ji Anti-Japanese Base Area behind enemy lines, Xu Zirong also rushed to the Jin-Cha-Ji Base Area, served as the director of the Propaganda Department and the director of the Organization Department, and did a lot of propaganda work for the development and expansion of the base areas behind the enemy lines and the War of Resistance, and was one of the heroes who won the War of Resistance.
During the Liberation War, Xu Zirong was appointed as the political commissar of the first brigade of the first column of the Central Plains Military Region, and during the breakthrough in the Central Plains, the troops led by Xu Zirong undertook the task of covering the breakthrough of the large troops. What is unexpected is that under the command of Xu Zirong and Pi Dingjun, the First Brigade and more than 200,000 Kuomintang troops Zhou Xuan traveled more than 1,000 kilometers in 24 days, successfully covering the breakthrough of large troops, and the 7,000-strong formation of the First Brigade only lost 2,000 people, creating a miracle in the history of war. When it comes to the Central Plains breakthrough, many people think of Pi Dingjun, in fact, Xu Zirong is also indispensable.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xu Zirong entered the Ministry of Public Security and served as the director of the General Office of the Ministry of Public Security, and since then he has successively served as vice minister of public security and executive vice minister, and has done a lot of pioneering work with minister Luo Ruiqing, such as carrying out nationwide "three antis and five antis" work, suppressing counter-revolution, stabilizing the social situation in the early days of the founding of the people, and creating a stable living environment for the people.
However, in 1966, after the beginning of a special period of ten years, Xu Zirong's body and mind were persecuted, and the 59-year-old Xu Zirong was also "overthrown". The reason for Xu Zirong's "downfall" was related to Lin Zong, because of his opposition to Lin Zong, he was listed on charges and imprisoned. In 1969, Xu Zirong was persecuted to death in prison and died young, at the age of 62.