Although the War of Resistance Against Japan has ended for many years, we only remember those heroes. Few people pay attention to the end of those who served as traitors in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Have these people been duly punished after liberation? What kind of things did they do after the Japanese surrendered. Today we will talk about one of the traitors, who has been a traitor to the Japanese army for 57 years. The final outcome can be said to be very happy.
This man's name was Zhang Benzheng. Listen to the name is still a very knowledgeable, cultured person. But that's not the case. When he did not come into contact with the Japanese, he could be said to be a useless person. With the help of the Japanese, he opened a bank, ferry and other companies, not to mention how brilliant he was at that time. In order to be a "running dog" of the Japanese, he did something even crazier than the Japanese. The level of cruelty is abhorrent. Even in order to support the Japanese to lead the Japanese army to slaughter the city in China for 4 days, there were corpses everywhere, and the picture was unbearable. In the end, he will also pour out his family property and buy 44 fighters for the Japanese army to attack his compatriots, which is simply a loss of conscience.
Born in 1865 in Lushun Huangnichuan Tunguzi Angou, Zhang Benzheng originally had no skills. Although I have studied private school for so many years. After that, he was useless. At the age of 19, he went to work as a small worker in a hotel owned by Japanese. Generally, when I first went to work, everyone was careful, worked hard, and became a simple and innocent person. But Zhang Benzheng is not like this. He is very good at pleasing the boss, doing things very smoothly every day, and often giving the Japanese boss a pat on the back. Over time, he discovered the true identity of the Japanese boss.
It turned out that this boss was not an ordinary hotel owner, but an undercover agent sent by rikou to spy on the military intelligence of the Qing army in the northeast at that time. Zhang Benzheng is naturally very willing to serve this boss. In order to curry favor with the boss, Zhang Benzheng used his identity as a Chinese to obtain intelligence for the boss. Since then, Zhang Benzheng has gained the opportunity to counterattack at the grassroots level. Due to Zhang Benzheng's betrayal of the country, it indirectly led to the leakage of the military plans of the Qing army, and also led to the defeat of the land war in the price and anger war. A rat spoiled a pot of porridge. Although Zhang Benzheng was very unremarkable, the harm he caused at that time could not be ignored.
Later, the Japanese spy saw that Zhang Benzheng was a "malleable talent". He began to cultivate him slowly, and even opened a maritime transport company for him. Zhang Benzheng was even happier. He began to guide the Japanese. Guided the Japanese army to Lushunkou and helped the Japanese army contribute to Lushun. This also led to the outbreak of the Lushun Massacre that shocked the world. The massacre here for 4 days and 3 nights was caused by Zhang Benzheng. Such inferior people led to the death of more than 20,000 innocent people in Lushun. The streets are littered with corpses, and the level of cruelty can no longer be described in words.
In 1896, Zhang Benzheng and the Japanese opened a maritime transportation company, and by 1901 his company had grown much. He independently chartered two Japanese ferries and opened a company in Yantai. Here he serves as a manager and the business has grown to be involved in more than a dozen places around. Here we have to admit that Zhang Benzheng is still very business-minded. Although he was a profiteer, he was successful in this regard at that time.
During the Russo-Japanese War, Zhang Benzheng's ships repeatedly transported arms, grain and other military supplies for the Japanese army. After the war, the Japanese authorities wanted Zhang Delu, a Russian colleague who ran a shipping line, as a Russian traitor. At this time, Zhang Benzheng used his evil head to come up with a bad idea, and he took the opportunity to buy two ships at a very low price and take them for himself. It might have cost a lot of money when renting. Now he bought the ship for very little money. Then he began to slowly grow his company. development of maritime transport,
In the days that followed, Zhang Benzheng became bigger and bigger, adding an average of three or four ships every year. The company has raised 10 million yuan (hourly coins), 21 ships, and employs more than 2,000 people. The company grew bigger and bigger, not only operating in China, But Zhang Honjong also reached the port of Japan. He has basically taken the route that China can take. The business is getting bigger and bigger. From a small handyman to a local tycoon boss. Money meant little to him.
When the Japanese army was in trouble, Zhang Honjang stepped forward and dedicated dozens of ships to transport troops to the Japanese. This also gradually affected the situation on the Songhu battlefield. Look at your own strength can make so much impact. Zhang Benzheng was even happier. He was getting more and more aggressive as a traitor. After World War II, the situation of the Japanese became worse and worse. At this time, Zhang Benzheng was even more ruined, using all his assets to invest in the Japanese army. He even called on other traitors to buy fighters for the Japanese. It is reported that Zhang Benzheng provided 44 fighters to the Japanese at that time. Liu Yutian, who was a traitor like Zhang Benzheng, also sold his property to provide 2 fighters for the Japanese army. They let the Japanese use these fighters to attack our people. Such scum has become a dog traitor in the mouth of the common people.
In the face of Zhang Benzheng's performance, the Japanese are naturally very happy. He was also received several times by the Emperor of Japan. Even in order to perform Zhang Benzheng, Japan also wrote his "patriotic behavior" into Japanese textbooks. For Zhang Benzheng, this may be the "highest honor" in his life. He began to be a traitor to the Japanese with an iron heart. As long as the Japanese have needs and can do it themselves, they will definitely do it for the Japanese.
Zhang Benzheng, who has become a traitor and a traitor, always feels that he has a big backer, and walking on the street is also to stand up and look up, not to mention how much drag. He would never have imagined that Japan would end in failure, and all his efforts would become a joke. He hadn't thought about what he would do if the Japanese failed. From this point of view, he did not leave a way back for himself at that time, and he was also a fool.
Soon the Japanese announced their unconditional surrender. Zhang Benzheng's upper hand finally arrived. At this time, Zhang Benzheng was still fantasizing that the Japanese would take themselves to Japan. For this reason, he often went to the Japanese gendarmerie headquarters to intercede. But in the end, the Japanese did not take him with them, but stayed in China. At this time, Zhang Benzheng realized that things were not good. If the Japanese did return to Japan, they would become street rats, shouting and shooting, which was a foregone conclusion. In order not to let such a thing happen, he began to flee in all directions, and the original big house could not be lived. He began to disguise himself and fled in Dalian, Tianjin, Shanghai and other places. But in the end, it did not escape the disaster. In 1949 he was arrested and imprisoned.
On June 10, 1951, when the traitors were executed, Zhang Benzheng, Liu Yutian and other traitors were taken to the execution ground and shot. Among the many traitors, these two were the most loyal and supported the Japanese to their deaths. Zhang Benzheng has been a traitor for 57 years, and Liu Yutian has also been a traitor for decades. Zhang Benzheng was 86 years old when he was shot. And Liu Yutian is also such an age. Both men thought they had been brilliant before they died and had no regrets.
After Zhang's arrest, the government liquidated the property in his name and found that he still had 1.715 million yuan in savings. That number may not be much for now, then in those days. Such an amount can be said to be richer than a country. In addition, Zhang Benzheng also has 1050 acres of land, real estate, etc. under his name, and 1886 rooms. If you estimate according to today's price, the value is not lost to Zhang Yimou. His former home is even more magnificent. From such assets, we can imagine that the money he spent on 44 fighters for the Japanese was a dime a dozen for him, and it was not worth mentioning.
According to the data, at that time, Zhang Benzheng not only had a maritime transport company, but also opened a money house, an oil mill, a factory, a tile house company, and even opened a lot of banks. In addition, he also has dedicated warehouses in many places. The business of design is very extensive. Here we can see how much of the people's hard-earned money he exploited. It is reported that after the July 7 Incident, he donated 750,000 yen just to the Japanese. It is no wonder that such a contribution was received by the Emperor of Japan, and he also received the "Fifth Class Ruibao Medal" and a gold medal.
Zhang Benzheng's former residence is still there, and it is located in Luanjin Village, Ganjingzi District (now the Seventh People's Hospital of Dalian). The house was built around 1920, with a construction area of 1500 square meters, and a family temple of 480 square meters on the outside. At that time, Zheng Benzhen built a two-story building, and there was another floor underground. The decoration is even more palatial, and the European-style architecture is not to mention how grand. From the design and decoration of this house, we can see what a rich man Zhang Benzheng was.
After Zhang Washeng was sentenced to death, the house was confiscated by the government and converted into the Fifth Combat Service Hospital of the Brigade University in December 1950.
Although Zhang Benzheng finally got the punishment he deserved. At that time, counting the year zhang Benzheng was shot, 57 years had passed since the Sino-Japanese War. Such a trial seems to have come a little late, for those martyrs who died. Zhang Benzheng's fate is still a bit light. His death did not cost the lives of those heroes. It can't change history. Being executed in such an era, in fact, Zhang Benzheng's life was over. Even if you don't get shot, you probably won't live long. So this is also the reason why many people are not satisfied with the final outcome of Zhang Benzheng.