"Eight Hundred" Yu Hongjun historical prototype: with excellent English ability, expose the ambitions of the Japanese army to the international community
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"Throughout his life, he saw danger and gave orders, devoted himself to his wisdom, and realized the dry city of the country." This is the evaluation of Yu Hongjun by the National History Museum of Taiwan. When the Battle of Songhu broke out, Yu Hongjun, then mayor of Shanghai, relied on his excellent English communication skills to disclose the wolf ambitions of the Japanese army to the international world in order to win the sympathy and support of international public opinion.
1. Sternly refuse and resist courageously
In "Eight Hundred", Cao Weiyu played the character of Yu Hongjun. This character does not appear much in the movie, but he is actually a relatively important character. Yu Hongjun was born circa 1989 in Xinhui County, Guangdong Province. When he was young, he studied in Shanghai and later entered St. John's University in Shanghai with honors. During his studies at St. John's University in Shanghai, Yu Hongjun served as the editor-in-chief of John's Voice Newspaper with his excellent personal ability and outstanding English ability. Yu hongjun then graduated in 1919 with a bachelor's degree in arts.
During his time in school, he was very good, so he got the favor of the teacher and stayed in the school as a teaching assistant. Later, Yu Hongjun worked as a reporter for the English-language "Continental Daily" in Shanghai. In early 1927, he followed Chen Youren, minister of foreign affairs of the Nationalist government, as his English secretary. He then returned to Shanghai. At this time, in addition to his excellent ability, he also had a wealth of work experience. After returning to Shanghai, Yu Hongjun served as the English secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Government and the head of the Propaganda Section, after which he was promoted all the way to the mayor of Shanghai. In July 1937, after the Lugou Bridge Incident, the situation in the metropolis of Shanghai became very tense.
On August 9, the Japanese army harbored evil intentions, deliberately created the Hongqiao airport incident, and pushed the blame to the Chinese side. On the night of the incident, Yu Hongjun immediately took measures, hoping that the two sides could peacefully resolve the incident by diplomatic means. The Japanese army cooperated on the surface, but behind the scenes, it was secretly Chen Cang, and a large number of military forces were increased. In the face of this practice of the Japanese army, Yu Hongjun was greatly annoyed, and he constantly refuted the Japanese army and no longer compromised on the demands of the Japanese army. Later, on August 13, Japanese Marines tentatively attacked Zhabei and encountered Chinese troops as they crossed the Bazi Bridge, which immediately returned fire.
The Battle of Songhu thus broke out. Later, Yu Hongjun also participated in matters related to the retreat of the Sihang Warehouse Defenders, in which he did his best, constantly negotiated, and was very responsible. However, the concession was not trustworthy, and he failed to successfully rescue the Defenders of the Sihang Warehouse.
2. Outstanding personal ability
After the fall of Shanghai, Yu Hongjun was transferred to Wuhan. There, he served as a standing director of the Central Trust Board and conducted foreign affairs in Hong Kong. Later, in 1939, Yu Hongjun went to Chongqing at the request of Song Ziwen and Sun Xiangxi to serve as the parliamentary secretary of the Ministry of Finance. He later served as Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Finance.
In August, he was appointed as a member of the Foreign Exchange Administration Committee and the Director of the Central Trust Bureau, an elected member of the National Water Conservancy Commission (of the National Government), the Minister of Finance of the National Government, and the Director of the Economic Research Division of the Central Bank in the same year.
In these posts, his outstanding ability and proficiency in financial affairs were highly appreciated by Chiang Kai-shek. In 1948, when the Kuomintang government was facing political, economic, and military collapse, Chiang Kai-shek reorganized the government to save the crisis, and appointed Yu Hongjun as the president of the central bank, and asked him to carry out currency reform to save the crisis.
From the change of Yu Hongjun's position, it can be seen that this person's career is extremely smooth, indicating that his personal ability is very prominent, and he is a veritable talent.
3. Diligence in later years
In 1948, Yu Hongjun, who was admired by Chiang Kai-shek, was appointed president of the central bank and carried out currency reforms to save the Kuomintang from its fiscal crisis. Later, after Yu Hongjun arrived in Taiwan in 1949, he successively served as minister of the Ministry of Finance of the "National Government", president of the "Central Bank", national policy adviser of the "President's" Government, chairman of the "Taiwan Provincial Government", and president of the "Executive Yuan". For a time, he was in the limelight. After that, Yu Hongjun served as chairman of the Taiwan provincial government and concurrently served as the commander of the Taiwan Reserve Command. But later, he was impeached for refusing to be questioned by the Control Yuan. But he still did not change his due diligence and created good results.
After resigning in July 1958, Yu Hongjun became the "President of the Central Bank" of the Taiwan authorities. Because Yu Hongjun was too involved in work, the result was that he became ill with overwork, and then, unfortunately, he fell ill and his condition was very serious, and in less than two days, he was unable to return to heaven. Finally, Yu Hongjun died on June 1, 1968 in a hospital in Taipei, Taiwan.
In order to commemorate Yu Hongjun's spirit, the Taiwan authorities issued a "commendation order" to praise Yu Hongjun's contributions and to remember this figure.
Yu Hongjun was not a soldier who went into battle to kill the enemy, but in the face of the unreasonable demands of the Japanese army, he did not have the slightest fear and still resolutely said "no" to the Japanese army. This practice fully embodies the face of a patriotic son and daughter.