On the night of March 13, 1951, Chairman Mao, who was still dealing with administrative affairs, was writing a letter of complaint, and the secretary Ye Zilong knocked on the door and walked solemnly and quickly, Chairman Mao sensed that something bad had happened, and immediately asked: "What is the matter?" ”
Ye Zilong presented a telegram in his hand and said: "The Shandong Military Region has just sent an urgent telegram, and Huang Zuyan, deputy director of the Political Department of the Military Region, has been assassinated and sacrificed!" ”
Chairman Mao's pupils were slightly dilated, and his face was incredulous, but after reading the telegram, he had to accept this cruel fact, and the deputy director of the political department who sacrificed was none other than his secretary Huang Zuyan!
Chairman Mao immediately issued instructions, ordering Luo Ronghuan, director of the General Political Department, and Luo Ruiqing, minister of public security, to personally investigate and handle the case.
What is even more unexpected is that in the next month or less, Chairman Mao gave three successive instructions on this matter, which showed his resolute attitude.
So, what is the cause of this sensational assassination of a senior cadre in New China? Who is the murderer? Why did Chairman Mao attach particular importance to this? What kind of story does he have between him and Huang Zuyan?
Twice accompanied the chairman around
The relationship between Chairman Mao and Huang Zuyan goes back to 1933.
At that time, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was in the midst of a struggle against "encirclement and suppression," and external worries had not yet been resolved and internal troubles were emerging one after another, and because of the influence of Wang Ming's mistakes, Chairman Mao also fell into a trough of the revolutionary cause.
At that time, huang Zuyan, as the chief of the secretarial section of the Soviet government, took the initiative to choose to be chairman Mao's side as a secretary, so that the position of chief of the secretarial section of Huang Zuyan was also like a fictitious position.
The arrival of Huang Zuyan has made a lot of changes in Chairman Mao's work and life, as the leader of Chairman Mao shouldered a heavy responsibility, busy with work can not take care of eating and resting, although Huang Zuyan is also a man, but taking care of the chairman's life is very careful.
Moreover, Chairman Mao was good at writing, and he needed manpower to sort out a large number of materials, and the famous "Investigation of Wu Wu" was compiled by Huang Zuyan with the help of Chairman Mao.
In 1934, in order to save the Red Army after the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, Huang Zuyan followed Chairman Mao to Yudu to carry out research and expansion.
Because of the long-term busy work, Chairman Mao fell ill, huang Zuyan looked at Chairman Mao's cheeks on the wooden bed, his cheeks were emaciated, his cheekbones protruded, his body burned hot, his heart was very uncomfortable, and he felt particularly guilty.
As Chairman Mao's secretary, he failed to take good care of the chairman's health and life, but Huang Zuyan did not understand medical skills and could only be in a hurry, this place is 180 miles away from Ruijin, most of them are difficult mountain roads, and it will take two days to send doctors from Ruijin to come to say less.
Huang Zuyan looked at the chairman's weak look, if it is delayed any longer, I am afraid that it will cause unpredictable consequences, no matter what, we must try it.
Huang Zuyan immediately summoned the guard Wu Jiqing and said, "Go and report to the central government, please send a doctor immediately, hurry!" ”
When the central authorities learned of this situation, they immediately dispatched Fu Lianzhang, president of the Central Red Hospital, to come to the rescue, and Huang Zuyan paced back and forth by Chairman Mao's bedside, looking out the door from time to time, hoping that Fu Lianzhang would appear in the next second.
After waiting for a day and a night, he still did not wait for Fu Lianzhang, and Huang Zuyan could not sit still, and instructed the guards to take good care of Chairman Mao and go alone to greet Fu Lianzhang.
Huang Zuyan thought that Fu Lianzhang was not familiar with the road and would definitely take the big road, so he searched all the way along the big road, and when he saw Fu Lianzhang, his tears of excitement were about to fall.
When the two arrived at Chairman Mao's residence, three days had passed since the chairman's illness, and after examination, it was confirmed that Chairman Mao was suffering from falciparum malaria, because it had dragged on for too long and almost caused a big mistake, and if Fu Lianzhang came one step later, the consequences would be unimaginable.
After Chairman Mao's condition stabilized, Huang Zuyan kept busy taking care of him, did not sleep soundly for several days, and finally felt at ease after the chairman recovered.
After experiencing this incident, Huang Zuyan also paid more attention to Chairman Mao's life and life, and the Red Army was forced to turn into a long march after Huang Zuyan was seriously ill, thanks to Deng Ying letting the horse out and taking him for a while, he was able to survive.
Chairman Mao immediately transferred Huang Zuyan to his side after arriving in Yan'an, which was enough to show the degree of trust that Chairman Mao had in him, but this time the two did not last long before the two separated again.
In 1938, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chairman Mao sent Huang Zuyan to work in the New Fourth Army, and Huang Zuyan successively served as deputy political commissar of the Second Column and Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army and deputy political commissar of the Bohai Naval Region, making outstanding contributions to the victory of the revolution.
In March 1950, Huang Zuyan was transferred to the post of deputy director of the Political Department of the Shandong Military Region, although the lung disease had not healed, he had been dragging his body to work, but what he did not expect was that only one year later, Huang Zuyan was assassinated and sacrificed...
Sensational assassinations
On the afternoon of March 13, 1951, Huang Zuyan was about to leave with his bag after packing up his clothes, and his wife Zhou Ze rushed to order: "Come back early after making the report, your head is still hot, and the road is slower!" ”
His wife's thoughtful concern made Huang Zuyan's face full of happy smiles, and before leaving, he did not forget to advise: "Remember to help me prepare the documents for the next day, and if you come back too late, you will eat with the children first." ”
At more than 6 p.m., Huang Zuyan rushed to the municipal government auditorium located on Jinan's Jinger Road, and this evening the Cultural Department of the Military Region wanted to hold a work forum, but the Military Region Auditorium had not yet been built, and could only borrow the government auditorium to hold a meeting.
There were more than 200 cadres attending the meeting, and when Huang Zuyan entered the auditorium, it was almost full of people, and the auditorium was not large and the equipment was relatively simple, just a rostrum and a row of wooden chairs.
Huang Zuyan went straight to the first row, and according to the arrangement, he should sit in the first row with Xu Shiyou and other military sub-district chiefs, but because he was alone in his official duties, sitting alone in the first row seemed a little empty, and it was precisely because of this that he was doomed to a tragic fate.
At 6:30 p.m., the symposium was officially held, and Huang Zuyan returned to the first row after his speech, and after the meeting, the Jinan qu art community performed the program.
As the entertainers took the stage to perform, there was a burst of warm applause from the stage, and the atmosphere of the whole venue was also brought up, but there was a man in the fourth row who seemed to be incompatible with the lively scene.
The man was dressed in a military uniform, the brim of his hat was pulled low, and his eyes were as murderous as when the beast hunted, only to see his right hand in his pocket, staring dead at Huang Zuyan, who was sitting in the middle of the first row.
No one knows that the man was carrying a gun in his pocket, and at that time, in the early days of liberation, the soldier still retained the habit of carrying a gun with him during the war years, but the gun in the man's pocket was different, it was an imported revolver.
At about 9:10 p.m., with the thunderous applause at the venue, the third program Shandong Kuaishu performance ended, taking advantage of the high cheers, the man felt that the time was ripe.
The man pulled out his loaded revolver, got up suddenly, and aimed at Huang Zuyan, who was sitting in the middle of the front row, with both hands steadying the gun.
After the "bang" of a gun, the venue was instantly quiet, after all, the participants were well-trained soldiers, the scene was not chaotic, most of the people quickly crawled on the floor.
The deputy director of the Direct Work Department of the Political Ministry, who was the first to react, looked back at Yu Xin, and the man standing with a gun in the fourth row looked particularly dazzling, and immediately shouted: "There are assassins!" Get him! ”
Just when YuLuxin wanted to rush forward to subdue him, he found Huang Zuyan sitting in the first row leaning back in a chair and convulsing, and when he stepped forward, he found that the murderer had hit his vital part, and the blood was still gushing.
At this time, the man did not intend to stop there, nor did he have the slightest intention of escaping, and continued to raise his gun to shoot at other cadres, but after hearing the gunshots, most of the people found cover and shot several shots on the pillars in a row.
The man watched as the people around him pounced on him, and without hesitation, pointed the muzzle of the gun at his head, and chose to end his life by committing suicide.
From the time of the gunshot to the end of the time, only a minute later, most of the people immediately gathered around Huang Zuyan's side after waking up and immediately arranged for a special car to send him to the provincial hospital for rescue.
At the same time, Zhou Ze, who was sorting out documents at home, also received the news of Huang Zuyan's assassination, and immediately rushed to the provincial hospital with three young children, but unfortunately Huang Zuyan had been rescued and sacrificed.
In the corridor of the hospital, Zhou Ze's heart-rending cries were heard, and the children around him also cried and cried together, and the leaders of the military region who heard the news had also rushed to the hospital, and they were also very tormented when they looked at the appearance of mother and son.
On the other side, Huang Zuhuang, then deputy commander of the 70th Division of the 24th Army of the People's Liberation Army, huang Zuyan's fourth brother, was even more distraught when he learned of this news while studying at the military academy.
Recalling the tragic past of the family, the father was imprisoned and died in prison by the reactionaries, the mother was starved to death in the wandering after the family disappeared in order to escape persecution, and the two brothers Huang Zubing and Huang Zuyin were killed one after another in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" battle.
Now that the eldest brother Huang Zuyan has ushered in victory, it is really heart-wrenching that he was brutally killed before he could taste the fruits of victory.
Xu Shiyou, commander of the military sub-district, drafted a telegram to the central government while drafting a telegram to report to the central authorities, and on the other hand launched an investigation into the identity of the assassin.
The murderer's name was Wang Jumin, neither a secret agent lurking in the Kuomintang nor a bloody feud with Huang Zuyan, who was the deputy chief of the Propaganda section of the Political Department of the Huimin Military Sub-district.
The reason why Wang Jumin brazenly assassinated high-ranking cadres was because he was born into the landlord class, and not only was the family's land divided during the land reform, but his father was also educated and criticized, so he abused his power to suppress the local people in the name of the organization.
The local people jointly reported the situation to the Huimin Military Sub-district, but the letter was sent to the wrong place and was mistakenly demolished, and more seriously, the letter also reported that Wang Jumin had betrayed two underground party members, and he had the idea of retaliation after learning about it.
Just when the symposium was held, Wang Jumin implemented his own revenge plan, if Xu Shiyou attended the meeting that day, perhaps his target would not be Huang Zuyan.
Therefore, the hatred in Wang Jumin's heart is not directed at a certain person and a certain cadre at all, but pure class hatred.
Chairman Mao on the other side, in addition to being shocked and sorry for receiving the telegram, was more angry, and not only ordered Luo Ronghuan and Luo Ruiqing to strictly investigate the case, but also gave three consecutive instructions in less than a month.
Chairman Mao's three instructions
At that time, the news of the death of Chairman Mao's eldest son, Mao Anying, in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea had just come back, and although Chairman Mao pretended that sacrifice was normal and necessary on the surface, the pain of losing his relatives could not be shaken off.
Chairman Mao could clearly feel it in his heart, so he asked the central authorities for leave of absence in the name of rest and went to Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, to recuperate.
When secretary Ye Zilong informed Chairman Mao of this matter, the chairman was overwhelmed and sad, recalling the deep revolutionary friendship between the two men, and not only regretting that a general who could write and fight was assassinated in this way, and this matter certainly could not be stopped like this.
Chairman Mao immediately ordered Luo Ronghuan, director of the General Political Department, and Luo Ruiqing, minister of public security, to personally investigate the case thoroughly; although Wang Jumin was dead, there was no guarantee that there were still class elements within the country, and counter-revolutionaries must be thoroughly punished.
On March 18, 1951, after learning the news of Huang Zuyan's sacrifice, Chairman Mao remained immersed in his memories until this day when he suddenly drew up a circular explaining Huang Zuyan's sacrifice and saying that comrade Huang Zuyan's blood should not be allowed to flow in vain, and that the counter-revolution should be resolutely suppressed!
After being examined and examined by the leaders, this circular was immediately sent to the subordinate units of the major military regions, as well as to the party committees of all provinces, municipalities, and districts, with the aim of arousing the great attention of the whole party and the whole army.
On the third day after the circular was issued, Chairman Mao wrote a paragraph of instructions in his pen on the document submitted to the Central Committee by the Shandong Branch Bureau:
"The following is the instruction issued by the Shandong Branch Bureau to the prefectural committee of the municipal party committee to which Comrade Huang Zuyan was assassinated, and the central authorities believe that this instruction is correct, and hereby forward it to you to discuss it together with the instructions issued by the Central Committee on This matter on March 18, and make your own decision, guide your subordinates, and resolutely implement it. The Central Committee has seriously aroused your attention, and it is imperative that we pay attention to this matter and do not neglect it. ”
After writing it, Chairman Mao repeatedly reviewed it several times, and after feeling satisfied, he wrote three capital English letters "A" on it, which means that this document belongs to the special express report, and also means that Chairman Mao attaches great importance to the assassination of Huang Zuyan and the sharp problems exposed.
On April 12, Luo Ronghuan, Luo Ruiqing, and the comrades involved in the investigation of the case jointly submitted a report to Chairman Mao, and five days later, the report was sent to various units across the country, with a paragraph of Chairman Mao's instructions on it.
"I will send to you a report on the investigation of the assassination case of Comrade Huang Zuyan by Comrade Luo Ronghuan and Comrade Luo Ruiqing. Counter-revolutionaries like Wang Jumin have long shown many evil manifestations, and if there are such people in the whole party and the whole army, we must pay attention to dealing with them in a timely manner! ”
In less than a month, Chairman Mao gave three successive instructions on the assassination of Huang Zuyan, which was unique in the history of our Party, and thus set off a huge campaign to suppress counter-revolution.
More than half a century has passed since this movement, and most of those who witnessed it at that time may have forgotten it, but history is eternal, and the deep revolutionary friendship between Chairman Mao and Comrade Huang Zuyan will not fade with the passage of time.
Although the assassination and sacrifice of Huang Zuyan came to an end, it was never finished in Chairman Mao's heart, and after a gap of one year and seven months, when Chairman Mao came to Hero Mountain and stood in front of Comrade Huang Zuyan's tombstone, the knot in his heart was finally opened.
Hero Sleep on Hero Hill
On October 26, 1952, Chairman Mao boarded a train bound for Shandong to inspect the work, and chairman Mao came to Shandong for the first time after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and soon after the collapse, he called Xu Shiyou and asked: "Where is Comrade Zu Yan's tomb?" ”
After Chairman Mao said this question, Xu Shiyou was stunned, and Xu Shiyou knew very well that New China was in a period of waste and waiting to be rebuilt, and Chairman Mao had many affairs to deal with, but he did not expect that the first sentence when he came to Shandong actually mentioned the revolutionary comrades-in-arms who had suffered together.
Xu Shiyou's nose flashed with a hint of crystal in his sour eyes, and he was also touched by the deep revolutionary friendship between Chairman Mao and Huang Zuyan, and immediately replied: "Comrade Zuyan is buried on the Four Mile Mountain in the southern suburbs." ”
Speaking of Huang Zuyan Chairman Mao's eyes, the past appeared in front of his eyes, and after a long time, he turned back and said, "I want to go to Zuyan's cemetery to visit." It has been 14 years since Yan'an bid farewell in 1938 and let him go to Gannan to pick up Chen Yi's troops and form the New Fourth Army. ”
Four Mile Mountain (present-day Hero Mountain)
"Unexpectedly, that parting was a farewell." When I set out from Beijing this time, I planned to visit Comrade Zu Yan's tomb after going to Jinan. ”
Xu Shiyou did not expect that Chairman Mao would even remember the last time of their separation so deeply, and immediately said: "Well, I will arrange for tomorrow to go to the Four Mile Mountain." ”
The next morning, Chairman Mao, accompanied by Xu Shiyou, went to the foot of the Four Mile Mountain in the southern suburbs, and the two of them walked side by side toward the mountain.
The winding mountain road in front of him is like the mood of the chairman at this time, thinking back to the last time the two met like yesterday, but in the blink of an eye 14 years later, the two worlds are separated.
Chairman Mao sighed as he walked: "Comrade Zu Yan has worked by my side for many years, and I have a very deep and very good impression; he is a good cadre of our party, and he should handle solemn funerals for him, so as to comfort the heroic soul and educate the vast number of cadres and the masses." ”
"He was a rare talent, able to write and fight, and he was very loyal, of good quality, serious about his work... He took good care of me in my life and acted as a staff assistant at work. He was strict with himself and united and fraternal to his comrades. I miss him. ”
During the conversation, the two men came to the martyrs' cemetery halfway up the mountain, and in addition to Huang Zuyan, there were many revolutionary martyrs buried on the Four Mile Mountain.
At the highest point of the cemetery, Huang Zuyan's tombstone came into view of Chairman Mao, and watching Chairman Mao's expression on chairman Mao's tombstone of the martyr Huang Zuyan gradually became solemn, he just stared at the tombstone without saying a word.
A moment later, Chairman Mao stretched out his big hand and gently stroked the three big characters of "Huang Zuyan", the words were cold, but Chairman's heart was warm, and a warm current secretly flowed out of the corner of his eyes.
After a long silence, Chairman Mao opened his mouth and said, "Zu Yan is a good comrade and loyal to the party. For the revolution, his family sacrificed four relatives. His sacrifice was a great loss for our Party and our army. ”
Because of various reasons such as busy official duties, most of Chairman Mao's close comrades-in-arms were not able to personally mourn, but when they came to Shandong after a year, Chairman Mao visited the martyr Huang Zuyan first thing, which is enough to show how deep Chairman Mao's feelings for Huang Zuyan are.
postscript
More than seventy years have passed since the martyr Huang Zuyan's sacrifice, and most of his children have joined the ranks of building the motherland.
As the saying goes, "a tiger father has no dog", Huang Xin, the son of the martyr Huang Zuyan, served as the deputy political commissar of the Air Force of the people's liberation army of the Chinese, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general of the air force, compared to the martyr Huang Zuyan, he must have been extremely proud of him under the Nine Springs.
A sudden assassination has caused our party to lose an excellent comrade, but what reflects is the profound revolutionary friendship between Chairman Mao and Huang Zuyan, which makes people can't help but be moved, and it shows even more that our great leader not only has strict requirements for cadres, but is also a good chairman who values feelings!