In 1949, on the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Beiping City was preparing two extremely important things, one was the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, and the other was the CPPCC Congress. At that time, senior CCP cadres and highly influential democrats will gather in Beiping, which will be an unprecedented grand event that will attract the attention of the whole world.
However, the Kuomintang was not happy about this; although they had already defeated and retreated to Taiwan at this time, Chiang Kai-shek did not intend to give up on this, and the ambition of "counterattacking the mainland" still existed; he planned to take advantage of the founding of New China and under the cover of the enthusiastic atmosphere of the whole country to arrange a "high-standard" secret service mission, and premeditated to send agents to infiltrate Beiping City to approach Zhou Enlai in order to wait for the opportunity to carry out secret service work in the future.
Although Chiang Kai-shek's abacus was loudly beaten, sneaking into Beiping to get close to Zhou Enlai was really not something that ordinary people could do, and if the level of the agents was not enough, it would be easy to form a situation of "playing with a big knife in front of Guan Gong."
Chiang Kai-shek had dealt with Zhou Enlai for many years and was well aware of Zhou Enlai's greatness, so he was cautious in arranging secret service operations this time, and the candidates for the mission were also personally selected by him, and in the end, this task fell to a senior agent named Zhao Binggu.
Zhao Binggu, who once served as a deputy clerk in the Feng army and the Xiang Army, and later joined the "CC" secret service group in Nanjing, during his period as a secret agent, Zhao Binggu wrote a book called "Perspective of the Communist Party of China.", in this book, Zhao Binggu's ability to slander and spread rumors can be described as exhausted, and spared no effort to smear the Communist Party, so he was recognized by Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu, won the opportunity for promotion, and was later promoted to major general of the Kuomintang Military Commission.
In 1936, Zhao Binggu was in charge of the Kuomintang 's Sichuan Reflection Institute' and the "Camp Correctional Center", during which time he was devastated by the captured Communists and Red Army fighters, and Zhao Binggu's brutal nature was exposed and he owed a lot of blood debts. But his manifestation of such extermination of humanity, in the eyes of Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu, is all "credit" and is even more important to him. And Zhao Binggu himself, no matter how his position changes, he is always a senior agent, and the official position has become a smokescreen to cover his identity as an agent to some extent.
In 1945, after Japan's unconditional surrender, Zhao Binggu suddenly resigned from his post and became a businessman. Since ancient times, there have been many cases of throwing pens from Rong, and this case of abandoning officials and engaging in business is really rare. Not to mention that a senior agent has many secrets, it is not easy to calmly withdraw from the secret service agency. Simply abandoning the identity of a Kuomintang official and going into business is by no means a good choice.
There must be a demon when things go wrong, and Zhao Binggu can't escape this law, his "resignation from the government and business" is just a change to cover up his identity, his real identity is still a high-level agent, and the connection with Chen Lifu has never been interrupted.
In 1947, Chen Lifu secretly summoned Zhao Binggu to Nanjing to meet. At this time, Zhao Binggu's "businessman" status has been two years, and for two years, he has been engaged in various business activities, and in the eyes of people who do not know his secret agent identity, he has become a real businessman.
Chen Lifu secretly met with Zhao Binggu this time, instructing him on the direction of action in the near future, hoping that Zhao Binggu could use his status as a businessman to get acquainted with influential local democrats during his business dealings, especially to win Li Jishen's trust and even show an "anti-central posture" when necessary.
Li Jishen, the character Ren Chao, was originally named Li Jichen. Graduated from Beijing Army University, this national university is very remarkable, once trained many outstanding military talents, its existence even has a profound impact on China's modern military history. Li Jishen received professional military training here, and then went to Japan to study, and after returning to China, he successively served as vice president of the Whampoa Military Academy and commander of the Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
Later, Li Jishen repeatedly participated in anti-Chiang Kai-shek anti-Japanese activities, angering Chiang Kai-shek, and was "permanently expelled from the party" by Chiang Kai-shek three times.
Chiang Kai-shek's third "permanent expulsion from the party" coincided with 1947, the same year that Chen Lifu secretly summoned Zhao Binggu to meet. It can be seen from this that Chen Lifu ordered Zhao Binggu to approach Li Jishen's purpose, in addition to befriending him to obtain intelligence, there was also the intention of monitoring him, and once Li Jishen's actions had too great an impact on Chiang Kai-shek, it was difficult to guarantee that Zhao Binggu would not take further actions. In fact, due to Zhao Binggu's deliberate friendship and the "anti-Jiang" attitude expressed many times during the friendship, his friendship with Li Jishen soon improved.
In 1948, Chen Lifu met with Zhao Binggu again in Shanghai, Chen Lifu met at his home this time, and after seeing Zhao Binggu, he taught him the opportunity to find an opportunity to release the news that he was going to go north after returning to Hong Kong. Judging from Chen Lifu's arrangement, it is likely that the Kuomintang top brass already had the intention of installing Zhao Binggu in Beiping at this time.
After Zhao Binggu took command, he returned to Hong Kong and then turned to Sichuan, and after sichuan deliberately found General Chen Wanling, he made some "anti-Chiang" remarks in order to confuse the anti-Chiang Kai-shek people and gain their trust. It is worth mentioning that in order to cooperate with Zhao Binggu in completing the long-term lurking tasks in the future, the KMT side even did not hesitate to arrange a realistic "bitter meat plan." The KMT Secrecy Bureau and the "Sichuan Provincial Anti-Traitor Committee" detained Zhao Binggu for more than 40 days on the grounds of walking anti-Chiang Kai-shek remarks. In this way, Zhao Binggu not only sat down as a businessman, but also became a "progressive person" who had been "persecuted" by the enemy.
Chen Lifu was not the only one who planned the "bitter meat plan," but also a Kuomintang official named Ji Yuanpu, who was later transferred to the bureau of investigation at the Ministry of the Interior. Some readers and friends may not be familiar with this "Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of the Interior", but everyone must be familiar with the term "Central Unification", the full name of "Central Unification" is "Central Party Department Investigation and Statistics Bureau", which was reorganized into the "Central Party Member Communication Bureau" in 1947, and in April 1949, because the Kuomintang government fled south to Guangzhou, it was renamed the "Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of the Interior" again.
Although the scale has been repeatedly reduced, the nature of its secret service agency has not changed, so many people have continued their previous habits and continue to call it "Central Unification".
In mid-August 1949, the temperature in the mountain city of Chongqing was high and the heat was unbearable, and people called Chongqing a "stove", which is really appropriate.
There is a temple in Chongqing, called Shangqing Temple, whose history can be traced back to the Jiajing period, the heyday of the development of the market, people come and go is extremely lively, in 1949, Sanqing Temple has long declined, there are not many people coming and going.
Although the traffic is seriously insufficient, there is still a new restaurant opened near the Sanqing Temple, this restaurant has no luxurious decoration, the façade is not large, the house is cleaned up, usually there are no guests patronizing, if it is not hung on the door of the restaurant plaque, it is not even visible that this is a business place. Therefore, this store has been open here for more than half a year, but few people know about it.
In fact, this restaurant is not an ordinary restaurant, but a secret contact point set up by Kuomintang agents here. Although Chongqing had not yet been liberated at that time, the momentum of the Kuomintang's rout had been determined, and a secret contact point was set up so that after Chongqing was liberated, secret agents could continue to lurk, which was the role of this secret contact point.
At 7 o'clock that night, a slightly fat man in a black short shirt took a ride on a sliding pole, accompanied by a creaking sound, and gradually approached the restaurant, this person was no one else, it was the aforementioned Zhao Binggu.
Zhao Binggu came to the restaurant, got off the slider, and a small agent greeted him from the store at the right time and took him all the way to the backyard. There is a ginkgo tree that has existed for many years in the backyard of the restaurant, at this moment the branches are luxuriant, the tree is shaded, and there is a table and a rattan chair in the shade, and Ji Yuanpu, the leader of Zhao Binggu, is sitting on a rattan chair at this moment, waiting for Zhao Binggu to arrive.
When Zhao Binggu came to the backyard, someone moved a chair and wine and vegetables, Ji Yuanpu signaled Zhao Binggu to sit down, and the two of them chatted while drinking. Although the atmosphere created by Ji Yuanpu was relaxed, Zhao Binggu knew that this mission was not ordinary. Ji Yuanpu began to talk about the main topic after a few small talks.
He summoned Zhao Binggu this time, mainly to convey Chiang Kai-shek's orders, so that Zhao Binggu was ready to go to Beiping, and the core of his task this time was to become a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of the Communist Party, and then approach Zhou Enlai to seek long-term development of his career. Ji Yuanpu was obviously an old fox, he knew that this mission had a high risk, at the beginning he did not directly inform Zhao Binggu of the task, but first mentioned that Chiang Kai-shek admired him, personally made a decision for him to carry out this mission, and continued, in order to enhance the concealment of the mission, Chiang Ching-kuo flew to Chongqing for this matter, and the order conveyed to him in person rendered the mission that Zhao Binggu was about to perform into a very honorable thing.
Zhao Binggu had been a secret agent for many years, and naturally knew the stakes, and when he heard that Ji Yuanpu had asked him to go to Beiping for a long time to lurk and become a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of the Communist Party, he immediately questioned: "What qualifications do I have?" Please make it clear to the board. ”
Ji Yuanpu was not in a hurry to hear Zhao Binggu's questioning, which he had expected earlier, and Ji Yuanpu's reasons were three in total:
First, Zhao Binggu has been in business for about 4 years since he resigned, during which time he deliberately had deep contacts with celebrities in Sichuan, and with the support of these democrats and enlightened gentlemen, it is not difficult to enter the CPPCC in the future;
Second, Zhao Binggu's identity at this time is not an ordinary businessman, he has always preached "anti-Chiang Kai-shek", and has been detained for more than 40 days by using bitter meat tricks, and he already has a layer of "progress" on his body;
Third, the Communist Party is bound to march into the great southwest and liberate Sichuan in the future, and the progressive people in Sichuan will certainly be on the list to be won, and Zhao Binggu will also be on the list of the fight.
Zhao Binggu listened to it and was deeply impressed by Ji Yuanpu's remarks, and the two raised a glass to celebrate and drank it all. Ji Yuanpu then conveyed Chiang Ching-kuo's order, asking Zhao Binggu to go to Beiping this time, to get as close as possible to Zhou Enlai, and after gaining Zhou Enlai's trust, so as to achieve the purpose of long-term lurking, and even possibly be promoted and promoted.
Ji Yuanpu cautiously asked Zhao Binggu if he had met with Zhou Enlai before. After Zhao Binggu made a slight recollection, he shook his head and said that he had never met alone and chatted with a few people, only met Zhou Enlai in some public occasions, but he did not notice himself, and Ji Yuanpu was relieved and did not say anything more.
When Ji Yuanpu was about to leave, he also told Zhao Binggu that in recent days, a comrade familiar with Zhou Enlai would come to him and tell him some details of Zhou Enlai to help him carry out his work in the future.
A few days later, someone came to interview Zhao Binggu, this person named Zhang Lisheng, was a classmate of Zhou Enlai when he studied at Nankai Middle School in Tianjin, and went to France with Zhou Enlai to study, and then had the experience of working with Zhou Enlai. No wonder Ji Yuanpu said that he knew Zhou Enlai very well, which was true. Zhang Lisheng's specific understanding of Zhou Enlai is not known, but this person should not be underestimated, he has always advocated anti-communism, quite trusted by Chiang Kai-shek, once served as vice president of the Executive Yuan of the Kuomintang, and this time he came to Chongqing to help Zhao Binggu carry out this special task, and naturally he will spare no effort.
It can be seen that this time when Zhao Binggu was sent to Beiping to approach Zhou Enlai, how much Chiang Kai-shek hoped to "win" once, and in the end he could get his wish?
On the afternoon of September 3, 1949, a Huping Express from Shanghai roared in, stopped at The Qianmen Station in Beiping, and got off the train a couple of men and women, the man was Zhao Binggu who came to Beiping as a businessman, and the woman was his wife Yang Shuping, why did Zhao Binggu take her wife with him? Because he has a task and a family around him, he can increase a certain degree of credibility and is conducive to the development of his secret service work. Unfortunately, Yang Shuping did not know this.
After Zhao Binggu got out of the car, he took his wife to check into room 23 of the Toutiao Ying Hotel outside the front door. Since the day was only 18 days before the opening of the first Chinese Political Consultative Conference, Zhao Binggu acted very quickly, and the next day, he went to pay respects to Li Jishen according to the time agreed in advance.
Li Jishen and Zhao Binggu are old acquaintances, and have always been confused by his appearance of "pursuing progress" and "opposing Chiang Kai-shek", plus Zhao Binggu has a certain influence in Sichuan, and he also claims that he is planning a standby uprising of Sichuan Kang democrats, and when the People's Liberation Army enters Sichuan, it will be greeted together.
Therefore, Li Jishen had a good feeling for Zhao Binggu and did not have any wariness about him. However, Zhao Binggu was pregnant with a ghost fetus, and when Li Jishen received a phone call from the headquarters of the Democratic League, he heard that Li Jishen would meet with Zhang Lan tomorrow, and he pretended not to know, leaving Li Ji's depths, so he immediately called Zhang Lan and also agreed to meet tomorrow.
In this way, under zhao Binggu's deliberate arrangement, he and Li Jishen "met unexpectedly" at Zhang Lan's place, and after the three of them chatted freely for a while, Zhao Binggu saw that the time was ripe, decided to hit the iron while it was hot, and said the purpose of his trip.
After the fact, Zhao Binggu began to prepare for approaching Zhou Enlai according to the established plan. In order to achieve this goal, he made a special trip to meet Li Minghao.
Li Minghao, who graduated from the Tokyo Non-Commissioned Officer School in Japan, served as a senior Kuomintang official and later did a lot of work for the CCP, and was a revolutionary. His friendship with Zhou Enlai was very deep, and when Li Minghao was the commander of the Chongqing garrison of the Kuomintang, he often visited Zhou Enlai at the chongqing Eighth Route Army office, so he was hated by Chiang Kai-shek and dismissed from his post.
When Li Minghao came to Beiping this time, Zhou Enlai personally not only personally received him, but also set up a family banquet to wash the dust for him.
Zhao Binggu's visit to Li Minghao was to take advantage of his relationship with Zhou Enlai and to gain a precious opportunity to meet Zhou Enlai through Li Minghao's introduction and prepare for long-term lurking.
Zhao Binggu's plan seemed to be going smoothly, but he didn't know that there was already a pair of eyes on him!
In fact, long before Zhao Binggu went to Beiping to carry out his mission, Li Kenong had already received an intelligence:
"Chiang Ching-kuo made a special trip to Feiyu and secretly discussed with Ji Yuanpu, director of the Internal Investigation Bureau, the dispatch of agents to sabotage the new CPPCC."
Li Kenong, known as the "King of Secret Agents" of the CPC, was then the intelligence minister of the Central Military Commission and was ordered to be in charge of public security work; at the important time when Peiping was about to hold the CPPCC congress and the founding ceremony, this important piece of information he captured immediately attracted Li Kenong's attention.
After Returning to the Public Security Bureau, Director Tan Zhengwen summoned Feng Jiping, director of the Second Division, and showed him the information that Li Kenong had obtained; both of them were experts with rich experience; after discussion and study, they concluded that the possibility of the Kuomintang sending enemy special agents to infiltrate Beiping to engage in sabotage this time was very high, and that their means of carrying out sabotage were nothing more than two, one was to spread rumors and secretly provoke or plot against those who were about to join the CPPCC; the other was a relatively inferior means, directly resorting to violent sabotage, such as assassination and explosion.
Since intelligence has already shown that the mission order of the enemy special agent was issued by Chiang Ching-kuo in person, Tan Zhengwen and Feng Jiping analyzed that the purpose of the enemy special this time should not be violent sabotage, but is likely to provoke, plot rebellion, or lurk, otherwise Chiang Ching-kuo would not have had to personally run this trip.
At this time, our side still does not know any information about the enemy and the special forces, but only knows that the enemy special forces will infiltrate Peiping in the near future to cause sabotage, and under such extremely limited information, they can only carry out aimless investigations, and they must secretly explore the platoon to avoid striking grass and snakes, and also avoid causing unnecessary tension.
Just when the progress of the investigation was blocked, Li Kenong again obtained a piece of intelligence, the content of which was as follows:
"Ji Yuanpu, director of the Internal Investigation Bureau, secretly summoned a fat middle-aged man in a secret spot in Chongqing, whose identity is unknown, which lasted more than two hours."
Subsequently, article 3 was received:
"Zhang Lisheng Feiyu, staying for one day, the situation is unknown."
Li Kenong was most surprised when he saw the third piece of information, because he knew very well that Zhang Lisheng's flight to Chongqing at this time must be related to Chiang Ching-kuo's orders, and if there was a real connection between the two, the enemy's target of infiltrating Peiping would most likely be related to Zhou Enlai, because Zhang Lisheng knew Zhou Enlai the best!
So far, Li Kenong and others have almost accurately discovered all the enemy's plots by relying on the three pieces of information they have received, but the task of specifically arresting the enemy special forces is still arduous, and the current direct information on the enemy special personnel is only "middle-aged men with a slight fat posture."
In this case, Tan Zhengwen issued an order to the three places responsible for guarding work, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan, Li Minghao and other visitors, each of whom had to register and increase surveillance of the hotel. Soon, Because of his frequent movements, Zhao Binggu's name appeared in the registration books of many people's visits, which attracted the attention of Tan Zhengwen.
Soon, the bottom line of Zhao Binggu was clearly investigated by our investigators, and Zhao Binggu's past experience could no longer be concealed, plus his posture was slightly fat, and he was a middle-aged man, which was in line with the intelligence obtained by Li Kenong, so he was included in the suspect and was closely monitored.
At the same time, Li Kenong reported the matter to Ye Jianying, director of the Beiping City Military Control Commission, and when Ye Jianying learned of this matter, he knew that this matter was not trivial, and at that time, Li Jishen and Zhang Lan were about to become the vice chairmen of the Central People's Government, and their safety could not be half a point away.
Ye Jianying immediately sent someone to inform Li Jishen and Zhang Lan of the ins and outs of this matter, and when they learned of this news, they were greatly shocked, and they never expected that Zhao Binggu was actually such a person, and then, they told everything about the contents of their conversations during the meeting with Zhao Binggu and assisted the investigators in investigating and collecting evidence.
On the evening of September 20, 1949, the night before the CPPCC congress, Zhao Binggu, who was completely unaware of his own identity, was arrested and arrested in a deep sleep by investigators who fell from the sky, and it was only at this moment that Zhao Binggu knew that his identity as a secret agent had long been exposed, but it was too late, and there was no way back.
After interrogation, it was learned that Zhao Binggu's wife was unaware of the matter and was released in November of the same year, but Zhao Binggu was not so lucky, because of the depth of his sins, he was sentenced to death in March 1954 and was punished by law!
Ye Jianying, Li Kenong, Tan Zhengwen, Feng Jiping, like an insurmountable barrier, protected the safety of Peiping, enabled the first Chinese political consultative conference to be held smoothly, and the founding ceremony was held as scheduled, pouring out the arrogance of the enemy and the people, making people clap their hands and applaud!
Zhao Binggu's secret service this time was extremely concealed, not only as a cover for the identity of a businessman who had been prepared in advance for many years, but also as a shell of "progressive person" formed by shouting "anti-Chiang Kai-shek" for a long time. Today's life is not easy to come by, thanks to every predecessor and general, in the battlefield without gun smoke, still protect our great motherland!