One early morning in March 1948, a gunshot shattered the calm of Peiping No. 1 Prison.
At the same time, along with the sound of gunfire, Yoshiko Kawashima also ended her sinful life.
When it was time to collect her body, people found holding a small note in her hand that revealed the cruel insult to her Japanese adoptive father.
So what exactly is written on the note? What cruel thing did her adoptive father do to her?
1. Juvenile misfortune, adulthood humiliation
Yoshiko Kawashima, whose real name was Aisin Jueluo Xianxuan, was born into a noble family, and was a gege of the late Qing Dynasty at that time, and her father was the King of the Qing Dynasty, Ai Xinjueluo Shanqi, and her status was revered.
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At the beginning of the 20th century, when the situation in China was turbulent and the Manchu Qing court was on the verge of collapse, the Qing dynasty king Ai Xinjue luo Shanqi attempted to maintain the rule of the Manchu Dynasty by wooing the Japanese and gaining their support.
As a result, Zenki became acquainted with a Japanese named Kawashima Nanasu, who was then a sheriff in the Japanese occupation zone and had a higher status in the Japanese army.
For Yoshiki at this time, Kawashima's wave speed was a springboard for him, allowing him to contact more high-ranking Japanese officers.
Kawashima Wave Speed (left) Zenki (right)
However, before he could gather enough power, the Qing government collapsed.
However, Zenki did not give up, and at the instigation of Kawashima's wave speed, Zenqi planned to establish a political power in the Manchu and Mongolian regions, "ZTE" the Manchu Qing.
Therefore, in order to further win over the Japanese forces, Zenki passed on the then young Xianju Gege to Kawashima Nanasu.
And wrote in the accompanying letter: This is my gift to you, and I hope you can like it.
As a result, the 6-year-old Xianxuan was brought to Japan by Kawashima Nanasu and renamed Kawashima Yoshiko.
Yoshiko Kawashima in a kimono
Yoshiko Kawashima, who first arrived in Japan, was often bullied by the people around her because she was not satisfied with the water and soil and did not understand the language.
Her biological father, Shan Qi, never cared whether her daughter was adapted to life in Japan, but said in many letters:
"The most important task in your life is to restore the Qing Dynasty!"
Yoshiko Kawashima grew up in Japan with this in mind.
In high school, she was arranged by her adoptive father to enter the Matsumoto Higher Girls' School, where she received a strict militarist education.
At the same time, he also learns the systematic political, military, intelligence and other aspects of training.
At this time, Yoshiko Kawashima's thinking had been solidified, and her behavior was no different from that of the Japanese, and she had become a Japanese through and through.
According to Kawashima Yoshiko's sister, Kawashima Yoshiko at that time did not look like a girl at all, with a radical personality, doing her own thing, disobeying the teacher's instructions in the class, and often working against boys.
For Kawashima Yoshiko's performance in school, Kawashima Nanasu did not care, in his eyes, Kawashima Yoshiko was just a pawn to restore the Manchu Qing.
In 1922, Yoshiko Kawashima left home at an early age, and when she heard the news, her heart did not waver.
However, what she did not expect was that this was the beginning of Yoshiko Kawashima's tragic life!
With the death of Zenki, the old fox Kawashima Noboru no longer suppressed himself, and his eyes became obscene when he looked at Yoshiko Kawashima.
But at this time, Kawashima Yoshiko still has a brother in China, in order not to tear their faces with their family, Kawashima Nanasu decided to test the attitude of Kawashima Yoshiko's brother.
Exactly in 1923, Yoshiko Kawashima's two older brothers came to Japan to study, which was warmly received by Kawashima Nanasu.
At the dinner table, in a conversation with Yoshiko Kawashima's two older brothers, Kawashima Nanagi did not hide his dirty thoughts in and out of his words, intending to infect Yoshiko Kawashima.
Kawashima Yoshiko's brother Kenkai thinks he is joking, and although he is not angry in his heart, he is forced by the power of Kawashima's wave speed and laughs it off.
His brother's weak attitude fueled Kawashima's anger, so it wasn't long before he extended his claws to Yoshiko Kawashima.
In October 1924, Kawashima raped Yoshiko Kawashima, a night that Yoshiko Kawashima could not forget for the rest of her life.
Afterwards, Yoshiko Kawashima wrote a poem about her death, which was the verse she held in her hand when she was shot.
"There is no home to return, and there are tears that have nowhere to fall." There is law that is unjust, and there is a grievance against whom"
Yoshiko Kawashima, who was humiliated, planned to commit suicide but suffered this tragic encounter.
So she aimed her home pistol at her chest and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Fortunately, the neighbor heard the gunshot, the search came, saw Yoshiko Kawashima lying in a pool of blood, and the neighbor rushed to take Yoshiko Kawashima to the hospital for treatment.
Fortunately, the rescue was timely, and the shot only broke the left rib and did not hurt the heart.
After the suicide was unsuccessful, Kawashima Yoshiko did not want to swallow so much, so she made her experience public, accusing Kawashima Ofu's animal behavior, intending to bring down Kawashima's wave speed.
Kawashima Wassei was horrified, and in order to prevent the further expansion of the impact of the situation, he sent Yoshiko Kawashima to Kagoshima to recuperate.
Yoshiko Kawashima's two older brothers are also deeply resentful of Kawashima's beastly behavior, but they are powerless to resist in a foreign country, and can only get rid of Kawashima's wave speed control and seek a way out.
Yoshiko Kawashima, who was recuperating in Kagoshima, although she hated the shameless Kawashima Nanasu in her heart, she also understood that she was only a tool to maintain the relationship between Japan and the Manchu Qing, and even if she endured such humiliation, who could support her?
Since then, Yoshiko Kawashima has been addicted to power, and in her opinion, only by taking power in her own hands can she not be so powerless in the face of coercion.
In her eyes, men are the actual rulers. Since then, Yoshiko Kawashima has maintained a men's hairstyle and wore men's clothing, which is shown in men's clothing if it is not necessary.
Second, returning to the homeland endangers the country
In the late 1920s, as Japan began to set its strategic sights on northeastern China, Yoshiko Kawashima keenly sensed the timing.
In pursuit of power, and in order to complete the legacy of her biological father Zenki, Yoshiko Kawashima returned to China.
Under the arrangement of the Manchu Qing dynasty and the Japanese high-ranking people, Kawashima Yoshiko married the Mongolian royal family Kangyur Zhabu.
At that time, both sides intended to realize the so-called "Manchu-Mongolian alliance" through this political marriage, thereby splitting China and restoring the Qing Dynasty.
Yoshiko Kawashima also wants to gain a place in the field of power through this marriage.
Although Yoshiko Kawashima and Kangyur Zarbu have known each other since childhood, they have no emotional basis.
This laid the groundwork for the divorce of the two after that!
After the marriage, Kangyur Zabu had no great ambitions, and Yoshiko Kawashima really could not see the hope of the future, and she felt that she could not be trapped here.
So, after two years of marriage, Yoshiko Kawashima divorced her husband.
After the divorce, Yoshiko Kawashima did not return to Japan, but returned to Lushun.
Yoshiko Kawashima believes that in order to achieve the great cause of the "Manchu Qing revival", it is still necessary to rely on herself and the Japanese behind her.
Due to her previous military education at school, Yoshiko Kawashima began to approach the Japanese Kwantung Army, changed her name to Jin Bihui, and obeyed the orders of the Japanese as a secret agent.
Under the arrangement of the Japanese army, Yoshiko Kawashima approached the officers of the Northeast Army through seduction to obtain intelligence.
In fact, Yoshiko Kawashima is not a beautiful woman, but after professional training, between the hands and feet, you can attract the eyes of men.
This method makes her invincible in the social arena, and it also becomes a weapon for her to betray the country and endanger the motherland.
With her beauty and skill, Kawashima succeeded in seducing a Northeastern officer and learned from him of the itinerary of the Northeastern warlord Zhang Zuolin.
The Japanese army therefore planned the 1928 Northeast "Huanggutun Incident", and Zhang Zuolin was killed by the bomb.
Zhang Zuolin
Later, in order to further show her ability, Kawashima Yoshiko began to collect information about Zhang Xueliang.
It wasn't long before intelligence on the garrisons of the Tohoku Army was sent to the Japanese Kwantung Army.
In 1931, relying on the intelligence gathered by Yoshiko Kawashima, the Japanese army planned the "918 Incident" and gradually encroached on the three northeastern provinces.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Japan intended to establish a Manchurian government in the northeast with the intention of splitting China. So he sent Yoshiko Kawashima to secretly welcome back Empress Wanrong to prepare for the establishment of a puppet Manchu government.
Empress Wanrong
At that time, due to Puyi's defection, Wanrong was closely monitored by the Kuomintang in Tianjin.
After Yoshiko Kawashima arrives in Tianjin, she uses her identity to infiltrate Wanrong's residence. However, it is easy to come in and difficult to go out, and the outside is a gate set up by the Kuomintang.
So Kawashima Yoshiko designed to kill one of the Gege in the palace, and then stole the beam for the pillar, and smuggled Wanrong out of Tianjin.
Then, in order to avoid the pursuit of officers and soldiers, the two disguised themselves as men, changed a variety of means of transportation along the way, and finally traveled a long distance to Lushun.
The incident was successful, and Yoshiko Kawashima was promoted to at least the rank of Aza. It also expanded her ambitions.
Old Shanghai
In 1932, Yoshiko Kawashima went to Shanghai alone.
Using men's clothing, he infiltrated the Shanghai Sanyou Industrial Society, instigated the migrant workers with high patriotic enthusiasm, and beat up the monks specially sent by the Japanese army to provoke.
This hand "borrowed a knife to kill people", which made the Japanese army use this as an excuse to launch the "128 Incident".
Later, he relied on his own beauty to travel all walks of life in Shanghai in various identities, spying on the intelligence of the Kuomintang army, so that the Japanese army has always had the upper hand in the war.
Yoshiko Kawashima rose to fame by means of the "128 Incident".
As a result, she was appointed by the Japanese army as a female commander of Manchukuo, and the following year she was appointed commander-in-chief of the Manchukuo Security Army.
At this time, Yoshiko Kawashima was invincible and wantonly squandered her power. He commanded the army several times to attack the anti-Japanese army in the northeast region.
However, Yoshiko Kawashima did not have the ability to unite the army, and repeated command mistakes led to the obstruction of the Japanese army's plans.
Coupled with Yoshiko Kawashima's public criticism of the Japanese army's "mainland policy" at that time, the Japanese army used this to send her back to Japan.
This dismissal was a big blow to Yoshiko Kawashima, but she did not restrain her ambitions.
In 1934, Hideki Tojo came to power, and in order to further invade China, he instructed Yoshiko Kawashima to go to China in order to win over the Kuomintang members.
Hideki Tojo
And under the recommendation of the traitor Zhou Fohai, a secret agreement was reached with the Kuomintang top level to "unite against the communists."
With her wrists, Yoshiko Kawashima was in Beijing, her hands stained with the blood of her compatriots.
Her sinister cunning has ruined most of China, and Chinese hate her to the bone.
And how could such a person who sells for glory get the true use of the Japanese?
Yoshiko Kawashima, who was proud of her achievements, was arrogant and arrogant in her daily life, which made the Japanese military high-level have great opinions about her.
Yoshiko Kawashima was already an old man at this time, and could no longer provide useful information to the Japanese army in the field of espionage.
This made the Japanese believe that Yoshiko Kawashima had lost its use value at this time, so they threw her to Dalian.
Yoshiko Kawashima realized that she had lost her use of the Japanese army, so she often attacked the japanese army's policies, and the Japanese army also hated her.
But even so, Yoshiko Kawashima, who lost her political career, did not repent, but instead set her sights on making a fortune in the country.
With her many years of connections, Yoshiko Kawashima has made a lot of noise in Beijing.
She joined forces with the Japanese gendarmes, who sang red faces, arrested well-known entrepreneurs in north China, tortured them, and charged them with crimes
Then Yoshiko Kawashima sings whiteface and is responsible for coordinating, so that the entrepreneur's family can pay a high price to buy and get out of prison.
This "fishing law enforcement" has benefited both her and the Japanese army, but private enterprises in North China have complained bitterly.
In addition, she also sold military supplies into the underground black market and made a lot of money.
She also raised dozens of young boys and girls, lived a desolate life, and did not hide at all.
In the face of Kawashima Yoshiko's shameless behavior, her sister can't look at it and can't help but ask her if she is not afraid of retribution if she does this?
Yoshiko Kawashima doesn't care about this, all she cares about is the power and money in her hands.
On August 15, 1945, with the defeat of the Japanese army in the Pacific Theater, Japan could no longer afford the wear and tear of the war and announced its unconditional surrender.
Yoshiko Kawashima suddenly felt that her end was near, so she planned to flee China.
But justice will not let her go, and the day before she fled to Japan, the Kuomintang agent Zhang Peizhi arrested Yoshiko Kawashima in the 49 alleys of Beiping East and sent her to prison.
3. Final Judgment
In October 1947, the trial arrived.
During the trial, Yoshiko Kawashima continued to argue her crimes and shirk her responsibility.
On the other hand, he turned to Kawashima Nanasu, who was far away in Japan, and asked him to provide his Japanese identity.
But at this time, Kawashima Wave Speed has given up the useless Yoshiko Kawashima.
Isolated and helpless, Yoshiko Kawashima can only emulate her best friend Li Xianglan, saying that she is Japanese, that the crime of adultery is not established, and that even if she is to be tried, she should be in a Japanese court.
Unexpectedly, her adoptive father, Kawashima Nanasu, not only did not provide her with written materials on her Japanese identity, but also revealed that he was the daughter of Prince Su of the Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, the judge of the trial held that since Kawashima Yoshiko's biological father, Zenki, was a Chinese, she was also Chinese, so she was convicted of adultery and rejected Kawashima Yoshiko's defense.
In addition, Yoshiko Kawashima had close contacts with many Japanese political leaders, participated in the "128 Incident", and served as the commander-in-chief of the puppet Manchu government, and the evidence is conclusive.
In the end, the judge convicted Yoshiko Kawashima of treason, espionage, and adultery, and sentenced Yoshiko Kawashima to death.
In March 1948, Yoshiko Kawashima was shot at The First Prison of Peiping, ending her sinful life.
The Japanese monk, who had a friendship with Yoshiko Kawashima, collected her body and found the poem in her hand.
This poem was written as early as the age of Yoshiko Kawashima at the age of 17, which can be said to be a portrayal of Yoshiko Kawashima's life, and also reveals the insults and sufferings she suffered on the night she was 17 years old.
Born in China, but serving the Japanese, he eventually became homeless: he was born into an aristocratic family, but he was insulted so much that no one could complain.
IV. Conclusion
The tragic experience of the early years created a wrong life of Yoshiko Kawashima, and gradually reduced her from a noble personality to a heinous female traitor.
Her life was shameful, hateful, and pathetic, but she did not deserve sympathy.
The injustice of fate should not be a reason for her to confess to being a thief and betraying the country.
Her behavior brought heavy suffering to the poor people on the mainland, which was hateful, and finally ended up with a shooting, which can be regarded as relief.