In 1997, the mainland released a spy war drama called "The Second Front", which tells the story of the underground party members in Beiping who selflessly contributed to the liberation of Beiping and even the liberation of the whole country.
In that era when there was a lack of entertainment projects, once the show was broadcast, it immediately aroused heated discussions among audiences across the country, and the ratings continued to rise.
Luo Qingchang, who served as deputy director of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army and head of the Central Investigation Department, also sat in front of the TV and caught up with the TV series after hearing about the incident.
Although many characters in this TV series use pseudonyms, as a veteran of the hidden front, Luo Qingchang can easily think of who their prototype is.
Soon, Luo Qingchang was fascinated by it, and when he saw the highlights, he couldn't help but applaud, however, as the plot progressed, the smile on Luo Qingchang's face disappeared, because in the TV series, a comrade on the hidden front of our party was described as a villain!
This surprised Luo Qingchang, it has been 48 years since Beijing was peacefully liberated, has his identity not been made public?
After thinking for a long time, Luo Qingchang walked to the desk and decided to write an article to correct the name of this former subordinate.
On July 10, 1997, this article was published in the Beijing Daily, titled "Dan's Heart Shines on Posterity-Remembering Comrade Yan Youwen".
Why Yan Youwen's identity has not been decrypted? The reason is very simple, in order to take care of Fu Zuoyi's emotions, why was he portrayed as a villain? This is because he has done a very "bold" thing!
Yan Youwen, a native of Rong County, Yuncheng, Shanxi, was born in a poor family, and dropped out of school several times because he couldn't pay the tuition fees when he was a child.
Fortunately, he is diligent and studious, and he is deeply loved by teachers, who do not want such a good seedling to lose the opportunity to study because of life, so they pool money to pay for his tuition.
In 1933, at the age of 19, he was admitted to the Law Department of Shanxi University, where he became acquainted with underground party members Du Renzhi, Zhang Youyu and others, and under their influence, embarked on the revolutionary road.
In 1937, when the war of aggression against China broke out, Yan Youwen and many enthusiastic young people from Shanxi University went to Yan'an together.
After graduating from here, Yan Youwen joined Ma Hongkui's unit in the Northwest Army, but he soon left, because in early 1938, Fu Zuoyi sent someone to see Chairman Mao, hoping that Yan'an would send some political workers to establish political institutions there.
Fu Zuoyi is a native of Linyi County, Yuncheng, and Yan Youwen is a fellow countryman, so the organization decided to let Yan Youwen use this relationship to break into Fu Zuoyi's interior.
Sure enough, Yan Youwen did not disappoint the organization, and in less than 9 months, he became the director of the Political Department of the Youth League in Fu Zuoyi's department, and it was at this time that Yan Youwen secretly joined the party.
At that time, his superior leader was Luo Qingchang!
Yan Youwen is a top student at Shanxi University, he is not good at fighting, but when it comes to writing articles, he is a good hand, and soon, his article appeared in front of Fu Zuoyi's eyes, Fu Zuoyi was full of praise after reading it, and directly transferred this little fellow to his side and asked him to be his secretary.
Not only that, Fu Zuoyi also asked Yan Youwen to concurrently serve as the director of the Political Propaganda Department, and asked him to use his pen to help him publicize the Anti-Japanese War and mobilize more people to join his troops.
At that time, Fu Zuoyi admired Chairman Mao in Yan'an very much, and many policies were based on the rules and regulations of the Eighth Route Army, which made the comrades from Yan'an handy.
However, the good times did not last long, because Fu Zuoyi's appointment of people from Yan'an attracted the criticism of the Kuomintang, saying that Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army had been turned into "seven and a half roads", and Chiang Kai-shek was afraid that Fu Zuoyi would fall to Yan'an, so in the autumn of 1939, he issued a secret order to let him clear the Communist Party.
Fu Zuoyi was still talking about the uprising, and when he received Chiang Kai-shek's secret order, he did not raise the butcher's knife, but replied to Chiang Kai-shek, saying that these people were invited by him, and he could not be sorry for his friends, and then sent his comrades out of the country.
The people who came from Yan'an were all cleared out, but Yan Youwen stayed, because he was from Ma Hongkui, and Fu Zuoyi did not know his identity.
At that time, the comrades were in a hurry to evacuate, and they didn't even have time to inform Yan Youwen, but he who stayed by Fu Zuoyi's side was not panicked, because he knew that as long as he stayed by Fu Zuoyi's side, the comrades would come to contact him sooner or later!
From this time on, Yan Youwen intended to be close to Fu Zuoyi, help him write articles, help him deal with government affairs, and give him advice, and gradually, the two were almost inseparable.
For Yan Youwen, Fu Zuoyi is quite reliant on it, especially in terms of text content, he often says that the manuscripts written by others always do not meet his requirements, but what Yan Youwen writes is just like what he wants to say.
Yan Youwen was relied on by Fu Zuoyi, and of course Luo Changqing and other comrades on the hidden front knew about it, however, during the entire Anti-Japanese War, they did not contact him.
Because Fu Zuoyi is also sincere in resisting Japan, and he maintains a good relationship with Yan'an, there is no need to use Yan Youwen, a "senior insider".
In August 1945, after the victory of the 8-year Anti-Japanese War, Yan'an finally decided to contact Yan Youwen, and the comrade who came to contact him was named Wang Yu.
I haven't been in touch for 7 years, and the comrades in Yan'an are not sure that Yan Youwen is still not the Yan Youwen of the year.
Therefore, after arriving in Guisui, Wang Yu was cautious, he first climbed up to an officer named Xue Qilu under Fu Zuoyi through his accent, excused himself to find his younger brother, and casually mentioned Yan Youwen.
After getting acquainted with Xue Qilu, Xue Qilu took him to meet Yan Youwen, because someone was present, it was inconvenient for him to use code words, and this meeting was fruitless. Helpless, Wang Yu could only look for an opportunity again.
A few days later, he inquired about Yan Youwen's residence, and came to visit with a gift box, for this inexplicable person, Yan Youwen was very vigilant, there was no way, Wang Yuzhi could tell the truth: "I am from Yan'an, and the Party Central Committee sent me to find you!"
Hearing this, Yan Youwen burst into tears with excitement: "How many years, I'm always looking forward to this day!"
After contacting Yan Youwen, Wang Yu took him to a cloth shop that he invested and opened, and told Yan Youwen that this was the contact point for the two of them, and he only had one contact person!
In addition, Wang Yu also explained to Yan Youwen that his task was to grasp and understand strategic political and military intelligence, as well as the relationship between Fu Zuoyi and Chiang Kai-shek, and leave the rest alone, so as not to increase the risk of exposure.
After Wang Yu transmitted the information back to Yan'an, Yan'an attached great importance to Yan Youwen, and in order to avoid his identity being exposed, this intelligence line was compressed into: Yan Youwen - Wang Yu - Luo Changqing.
Of course, Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou, and Li Kenong also knew about Yan Youwen's existence.
After connecting with Wang Yu, Yan Youwen quickly told Wang Yu about Fu Zuoyi's military strength, battle plan, and generals above the division level.
He also specifically told Wang Yu that Fu Zuoyi had been tied to a chariot by Chiang Kai-shek and would soon invade the Suidong Liberated Area.
At that time, he had just arrived in Guisui and had no communication equipment, so it was difficult to contact Yan'an, which was thousands of miles away, so he had no choice but to go to Suidong and report the intelligence to the relevant leaders.
It's a pity that the people of Suidong, in order to listen to Wang Yu's words, still feel that he overestimates Fu Zuoyi's military strength.
In June 1946, the civil war broke out in full force, and sure enough, as Yan Youwen said, Fu Zuoyi marched into Suidong, and the Suidong Battle broke out.
Because Yan Youwen's intelligence was not accepted, the People's Liberation Army in Suidong was not fully prepared and suffered heavy losses, including Jining, Fengzhen, Zhangjiakou and other places.
Fortunately, Yan Youwen is Fu Zuoyi's "shadow", and Yan Youwen will attend all major military and political meetings, and he will also be responsible for recording work, and Fu Zuoyi's important telegrams, documents, and speeches are all drafted by Yan Youwen.
Therefore, Yan Youwen knows the movements and deployment of Fu Zuoyi's army well.
After receiving Yan Youwen's intelligence, the troops began to avoid his edge and retreated strategically, without causing much damage.
In the Suidong battlefield, Fu Zuoyi was overjoyed, and he felt that he was very good, so he found Yan Youwen twice and asked him to help him write a letter to Chairman Mao, with only one theme, that is, "increase his prestige and destroy the ambition of the Communist Party".
Yan Youwen, who received this task, was very embarrassed, he was an underground party member, let him scold his own party, scold his own leader, he himself is unwilling!
I didn't know what to do, Yan Youwen told Wang Yu about it and asked him to ask Yan'an for instructions.
What Yan Youwen didn't expect was that after Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou learned about this, they actually instructed Yan Youwen to scold him more ruthlessly!
The reason is very simple: The more severely Yan Youwen scolds, the more he can arouse the common hatred and hatred of the people in the liberated areas, and the more Fu Zuoyi can be arrogant.
After receiving the reply, Yan Youwen was relieved, and he spent a night painstakingly contemplating a "Public Telegram to Mao Zedong".
When this article was placed in front of Fu Zuoyi, Fu Zuoyi was stunned, and without changing a word, it was published in the "Struggle Daily".
Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and others, who were in Yan'an, also applauded when they saw this article, and Chairman Mao asked the "Liberation Daily" to reprint it in full.
After seeing the article, Mr. Zhu, who was in Jinchaji, issued an order, asking the Jinsui and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Regions to read the article to cadres above the company level.
He also believes that "it is better to motivate the generals" and let the soldiers read this article to stimulate their fighting spirit even more.
This article had a great impact at the time, and many people who didn't know the inside story hated Yan Youwen to death, such as many of Yan Youwen's good friends, who directly announced that they would cut off relations with him, such as Mr. He, who didn't know the truth, threatened to expel Yan Youwen from the party.
In addition, at that time, comrades in many places tried to establish a secret relationship with Yan Youwen, but they were all "ruthlessly refused" by Yan Youwen, which also deepened the comrades' misunderstanding of him.
A person like this, if Luo Qingchang hadn't come forward to clarify for him later, I'm afraid that to this day, he would still be a "big villain".
Soon, the time came to July 1947, at this time, the People's Liberation Army began to shift from defense to offense, and Fu Zuoyi's combat power was stronger than before.
At this time, the most Fu Zuoyi's "shadow", Yan Youwen was more valued by the central government, when Wang Yu went to Beiping to find Yan Youwen, Li Kenong specially explained to him that in case of arrest, even if it was sacrificed, Yan Youwen must not be exposed!
In April 1948, Wang Yu entered Beijing for the first time, and after entering the city, Yan Youwen told him an important news, that is, Fu Zuoyi and Chiang Kai-shek had a contradiction!
Fu Zuoyi believed that the Nationalist Government was too corrupt, and he repeatedly suggested that Chiang Kai-shek carry out reforms in many fields such as politics, economy, and military, but Chiang Kai-shek did not care.
Fu Zuoyi was not very interested in this "North China Suppression", thinking that Chiang Kai-shek asked him to clean up the mess in North China.
Yan Youwen also told Wang Yu that Fu Zuoyi didn't want to fight a civil war now, and he was very chilled by the current situation of the Kuomintang.
According to the situation reported by Yan Youwen, Chairman Mao and others carefully analyzed it and believed that if there was a war in the northeast, Fu Zuoyi might not listen to Chiang Kai-shek's order and go to the aid of the northeast.
Therefore, Chairman Mao and they made a decision, asking Lin Biao to fight Jinzhou first and "fight dogs behind closed doors", and sure enough, during the entire Liaoshen Campaign, Fu Zuoyi did not make any big moves.
After the liberation of Northeast China, North China became dangerous, and according to Chiang Kai-shek's intentions, Fu Zuoyi directly pulled it to the south of the Yangtze River to strengthen the defense line of the Yangtze River, so that at least the south could be guaranteed.
In the end, he rejected Chiang Kai-shek's arrangement and continued to hold on to North China.
In October 1948, Wang Yu went to Beiping again to ask Yan Youwen for information on three aspects: first, to what extent the relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Fu Zuoyi had deteriorated; second, the military strength and plan of the "North China Suppression Command"; and third, Fu Zuoyi's next political move.
Soon, Yan Youwen got this information, and when he saw that Fu Zuoyi had decided to start a war with the People's Liberation Army in North China, and he also thought that the entry of our Fourth Field Army should be around May 1949, Chairman Mao had a plan in mind.
On November 30, 1948, the 800,000 Northeast Field Army ended its repair ahead of schedule, and the troops secretly entered the pass in three ways, and quickly completed the encirclement of Fu Zuoyi's 600,000 army.
This move caught Fu Zuoyi off guard, and there were only three ways in front of him, whether to fight, to go, or to peace, Fu Zuoyi couldn't make up his mind for a while, 600,000 against 800,000, his winning rate was not big.
Fu Zuoyi, who had no idea, was the first person to come to discuss with Yan Youwen, and at this time, Yan Youwen received a new instruction, that is, to strive for a peaceful solution to the Beiping issue.
What he pointed out to Fu Zuoyi was, of course, the third way - a peaceful uprising, and under Yan Youwen's careful analysis of the current form, Fu Zuoyi's heart was moved.
On December 17, 1948, Fu Zuoyi sent representatives to negotiate for the first time, but at this time, Fu Zuoyi had little confidence in the peace talks, because not long after the first contact, his 35th Army was completely annihilated by the People's Liberation Army in Xinbao.
Seeing Fu Zuoyi's thoughts, Yan Youwen could only find a way to persuade more people who wanted peace to persuade Fu Zuoyi, and took advantage of his position to bring Fu Zuoyi's old friends Liu Houtong and Du Renzhi to see Fu Zuoyi, so that they could have the opportunity to do Fu Zuoyi's ideological work.
On New Year's Day in 1949, Wang Yu entered Beijing for the third time, this time, he lurked in Beijing, Fu Zuoyi's daily political movements and ideological dynamics, Yan Youwen tried to tell him, and he tried to send information out of the city.
With Yan Youwen here, for the People's Liberation Army outside the city, Fu Zuoyi basically has no secrets here, and it is naturally much less difficult to take him down.
On January 22, 1949, Fu Zuoyi finally decided to revolt and held a press conference.
After the peaceful liberation of Beiping, Yan Youwen followed Fu Zuoyi and went to Xibaipo to meet Chairman Mao.
When he learned that the young man who was following Fu Zuoyi was Yan Youwen, Chairman Mao smiled and said, "Your article is very vivid!"
These words made Fu Zuoyi embarrassed, but Yan Youwen heard it, Chairman Mao was a pun and praised him for doing things well.
In Xibaipo, Yan Youwen met his upline Luo Changqing for the first time, and when he got along with Luo Changqing in private, Yan Youwen hoped that he could restore his organizational relationship, but Luo Changqing refused, because he was afraid that Fu Zuoyi would not be able to stand it.
Think about it, a "shadow" who has been with him for 10 years is actually a spy lurking around him, if Fu Zuoyi really knows about this, is it an angry cerebral infarction?
In this regard, Yan Youwen expressed his understanding, and never mentioned this matter again.
In 1950, Yan Youwen followed Fu Zuoyi's rebel troops to North Korea, and when he returned to China in 1953, Fu Zuoyi, who was the head of the water conservancy department, immediately named him to work in the Water Conservancy Bureau, and Yan Youwen became his subordinate again.
In 1958, Yan Youwen joined the Communist Party with Fu Zuoyi's consent, and in 1960, he was transferred to the post of director of the Grain and Oil Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture.
At that time, it was a three-year natural disaster, Yan Youwen was under great pressure, and in the continuous running around, Yan Youwen died of illness at the age of 48.
After Yan Youwen passed away, Fu Zuoyi also took a lot of care of his wife and children until 1974, when 79-year-old Fu Zuoyi died of illness.
Fu Zuoyi didn't know until he died that his closest fellow was a red agent lurking beside him.
After Yan Youwen's death, his wives and children encountered a strange thing, that is, every time they reached a critical juncture in their lives, this political trial always failed, which surprised them.
They approached the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, where Yan Youwen worked before his death, but they did not get a clear answer, and it was not until 1993 that they found the reason.
At that time, Yan Youwen's second daughter worked in the Beijing Public Security Bureau, and the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau was named Liu Guangren, who was also an old underground party before the liberation of Beiping and knew Wang Yu.
After a meeting, the two chatted about the past and mentioned Yan Youwen, and from Wang Yu's mouth, he learned that Yan Youwen was a deeply hidden underground party member.
Knowing that Yan Youwen's children were often stuck in political trials because of their father's relationship, Wang Yu began to campaign for them, and soon, the Ministry of Agriculture sent an official letter to the work units of his six children, proving Yan Youwen's identity.
However, this time it was proved that it was limited to the work unit of Yan Youwen's children, and it did not spread in the society, which is why Yan Youwen was portrayed as a villain in the TV series "Second Front".
Fortunately, this TV series was seen by Yan Youwen's boss Luo Qingchang, who wrote an article for him and published it publicly, which cleared his stigma and let the people know that there is such a legendary figure on the hidden front......