He donated 740,000 yuan to Japan and sent 40 fighter planes, was received by the emperor, and was shot and destroyed at the age of 86

On June 10, 1951, more than 100,000 people gathered in the Dalian (then known as Luda City) People's Stadium, and the people who came and went could no longer even squeeze into the stadium, so they could only shout loudly outside: "Shoot!" Shoot the dog traitor! ”

On a high platform in the venue, an old man with a white beard was kneeling in the middle of the room, and at this time this person was already frightened and trembling, kowtowing vigorously like pounding garlic, shouting "The government spares life".

But the presiding judges on the stage took out photographs and documents, and read out his crimes word by word, and with each sentence, he would be a little shorter and mutter, "It's not me, it's not me." ”

After reading all the crimes, he had collapsed to the ground, looking at the blue sky above his head, the brilliant sun seemed to be laughing at what he had done stupidly and shamelessly, and suddenly he wailed: "Little Japan, you hurt me miserably!" ”

So good for me? You're my own father

In 1865, Zhang Benzheng was born in a fisherman's family surnamed Zhang in Lushunkou, Dalian.

Zhang's father was naturally very happy to be able to add a son, and the number of times he went to sea to fish gradually increased, just to make more money, so that his son could study in private school for a few more years, and have a chance to get ahead in the future.

But when Zhang Benzheng was eight years old, Zhang's father encountered a storm when he went to sea to fish, and everyone else ran home, only Zhang's father felt sorry for a boatload of fish that was about to be retracted, and insisted on staying at sea.

The bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish, that's because the risk is higher.

Sure enough, a wave hit, and Zhang's father slept at the bottom of the sea.

The pillar of the family is gone, and Zhang Benzheng can only drop out of school and go home, doing odd jobs everywhere to subsidize the family.

Shopkeepers, carpentry apprentices, small vendors walking the streets... In order to make a living, Zhang Benzheng has done all kinds of work, and after a long time in the market, Zhang Benzheng has trained a brain that sees the wind and steers and adapts to changes, as long as it is a job that can make money, Zhang Benzheng dares to do it.

At that time, Japan had already begun the Meiji Restoration, and the Qing government was also carrying out the Westernization Movement, and the two East Asian countries seemed to be secretly competing, both trying to prove to the world that they were the bosses of Asia.

In Japan's ambitions, China will sooner or later be in their pocket, so the infiltration of China has become an important task of the Japanese military, many Japanese spies disguised as various identities, diplomats, explorers, multinational businessmen... In order to infiltrate China and find out intelligence.

In Dalian, Zhang Benzheng actually encountered such a Japanese spy.

Zhang Benzheng

In 1890, 25-year-old Masashi Zhang was introduced to a newly opened Japanese restaurant, the owner of which was named Takahashi Tengbei, who seemed to be an ordinary tavern owner, but was actually a Japanese spy.

After Zhang Benzheng came, Takahashi keenly found that Zhang Benzheng was very short of money and was very tactful, he felt that this kind of person must be able to be used for himself, so he asked Zhang Benzheng about his situation.

After learning that Zhang Benzheng owed a debt for burying his father, buying medicine for his sick mother, and supporting his younger brother's education, Takahashi slapped his thigh.

Father died, mother and sick brother studied, isn't this the person I am looking for?

So Gao Qiao took out a sum of money to pay off Zhang Benzheng's debts, and bought two freighters for Zhang Benzheng, saying that he was willing to invest in him, but he needed to go to the steamship bureau of the Qing Dynasty at that time to register, and he must have a good relationship with the steamship bureau and the Beiyang sailors stationed at the dock, and he must tell himself as soon as he has any news.

Zhang Benzheng saw that Gao Qiao took such care of himself, and immediately wanted to kneel down and say, "Zheng Piao has been floating for half his life, he only hates not meeting the master, if he does not give up, he is willing to worship his father..."

No, this has to be my father, and my father is not so good to him.

In this way, with Takahashi's funding, Zhang Benzheng naturally got acquainted with a group of officers and soldiers in the Steamship Bureau and the Beiyang Naval Division.

After all, no one would have imagined that behind this kid was a Japanese, and he didn't come to make money in the first place, of course, he didn't want to win over these Beiyang sailors regardless of the cost.

Sure enough, in 1894, Zhang Benzheng had "made great contributions" after so many years of lurking.

I am a professional traitor

In July 1894, the Sino-Japanese War broke out, and in the early days of the war, Zhang Benzheng and Takahashi behind him undertook all the Beiyang sailors' food and drink at a loss, and even came to the store to eat and deliver food for free.

On the surface, it was a sacrifice army, but in fact, it was to find out intelligence, every word of what these Beiyang sailors said was remembered by Zhang Benzheng in his heart, and he wrote it down silently after he went back, and the "voice to text" function was understood by him.

After this information was sorted out by the Japanese military, it became a sharp weapon against the Beiyang Naval Division, and many Beiyang Naval Divisions were really defeated by the Japanese army because of intelligence leakage.

In October, the Japanese army was preparing to storm Huayuankou and then attack Dalian, when the Japanese warship was wandering under Huayuankou, a small boat with a Japanese flag slowly sailed over, and the people on board waved to the Japanese army: "Taijun, please come here." ”

It's Zhang Benzheng!

Relying on Zhang Benzheng to lead the way, the Japanese army attacked all the way to the mouth of the garden, into the port of Arthur, in just four days, more than 20,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians in the city of Arthur were brutally killed, and Zhang Benzheng came to a "good start" when he was a traitor, and was directly identified by the Japanese army as a "congenital traitor holy body", which greatly rewarded him.

After the people near Lushun found out, they were eager to skin Zhang Benzheng alive, and Zhang Benzheng's mother cried bitterly for two days and one night after learning what her son had done, and then died of anger.

After the First Sino-Japanese War, Zhang Benzheng was also wanted by the Qing Dynasty: Lushun Zhang Benzheng, a traitor to the country and seeking glory, will be rewarded with 200 taels of silver for those who are captured, and the official body of the eighth grade will be promoted to life and death.

Zhang Benzheng, who couldn't get along in his hometown, wanted to find Takahashi, but found that Takahashi had already run away, who would care about him as a traitor.

He could only escape to Yantai, Shandong, found the Japanese Chamber of Commerce here, and begged the other party to take him in with a handful of snot and tears.

After contacting Takahashi, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce learned that Zhang Benzheng was a very potential traitor, and was also ready to use him, so he gave him two boats to and from the coast of Bohai Bay, specifically to transport prohibited items to the Japanese.

Arms and weapons, tobacco opium, antique cultural relics, and even population, as long as the Japanese dare to load Zhang Benzheng's ship, they dare to send this goods to the Japanese, even if it is to pay for oil, they have to complete Taijun's task.

Now the Japanese are almost moved, they don't want money, power, or fame, and they concentrate on betraying the country, what kind of shameless spirit is this!

With the support of the Japanese, Zhang Benzheng opened the Zhengji Steamship Company, after more than ten years of operation, by the end of World War I, the Zhengji Steamship Company turned out to be the largest shipping company in the entire north, with a total of more than 1,600 crew members and more than 30 freighters, and the carrying capacity can make Zhang Zuolin salivate all the time.

Zhang Benzheng also knew that now these were all rewarded to him by his Japanese masters, and as long as the Japanese were not happy with him, they could change the head of the Zhengji Steamship Company at any time, so he did everything possible to please the Japanese.

Pu Yi is more patriotic than you

In 1927, the Japanese military held a "20th anniversary commemoration of the imperial army's entry into Liaodong" in Dalian, and called Zhang Benzheng and a group of traitors over and asked them to be the atmosphere group.

Zhang Benzheng is also very sensible, or deceived or pulled to get a group of unknown Chinese businessmen, after the arrival of everyone looked at the banner and blushed, today I participated in this party, I am afraid that my backbone will be poked by someone in the future.

Zhang Benzheng stood on the stage very proudly, he was over sixty years old, his face was full of red light, and he spoke loudly: "The imperial army has come to Liaodong, our good days are coming, and only the imperial army can let us have such a prosperous and peaceful life." ”

As soon as these words came out, the Chinese businessmen below were wide-eyed, and one of the more violent tempers spit directly on the ground, Zhang Benzheng saw all this in his eyes, but he didn't feel ashamed at all, but took the lead in applauding.

Zhang Benzheng's former residence

After the "918 Incident", in order to control the three eastern provinces, Japan used Pu Yi and a group of old and young people to summon the soul of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and established the puppet Manchukuo, Zhang Benzheng also hung nearly 50 various titles in the puppet Manchuria, and even some eunuchs said that Zhang Benzheng's actual power was greater than Pu Yi.

Although Pu Yi also took refuge in the Japanese, he still had some "emperor's pride" and had a dream of being a master, but Zhang Benzheng completely regarded the Japanese as his own father and catered to the Japanese without a lower limit, and Japan certainly preferred Zhang Benzheng.

Compared with Zhang Benzheng, Pu Yi even has some backbones, which can only be said to be better than rotten on this road, all relying on his peers.

After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, due to the weakness of the Chinese navy and its inability to compete with Japan, the Nationalist Government ordered that all Chinese ships were not allowed to enter the Yangtze River, let alone the coast, so as not to be destroyed and robbed by the Japanese army.

Zhang Benzheng didn't pay attention to this kind of order at all, if I obey the notice issued by your Chinese government, then am I still a traitor?

In this way, all the steamers under Zhang Benzheng were put into the sea to deliver supplies to Japan.

In the Battle of Songhu, Zhang Benzheng's steamer alone transported 70% of the materials used by the Japanese army, and he still deceived the Chinese army by hoisting the Kuomintang's "blue sky and white sun flag" and swaggered to send supplies to the Japanese army.

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Pacific War broke out, Zhang Benzheng's steamer still hung the "blue sky and white sun flag" to send supplies to the Japanese army, and the US air force was also shocked after discovering it, and after contacting the Chongqing government, he learned that this person was a traitor, so he launched many attacks on the Zhengji steamer.

Zhang Benzheng couldn't sit still after seeing his ship attacked, now he is completely betting on the Japanese, only if Japan wins he can continue to live, if the Japanese lose and he is caught by the Chinese side, then what awaits him will be a catastrophe.

In this way, he began a frenzied aid to Japan, donating 740,000 yen to Japan (at that time, the yen exchange rate was about 4 yen = 1 dollar, about two silver dollars), donating 40 fighter planes, and a ship with a draft of more than 4.4 tons.

These also made the Japanese trust Zhang Benzheng very much, and awarded him the "Certificate of Commendation for Meritorious Member" and "Certificate of Commendation for First-Class Meritorious", and he also arrived in Japan several times, and was received by Emperor Showa of Japan, and presented him with items such as the "Fifth Class Order Ruibao Medal" and "Chrysanthemum Gold Medal".

Zhang Benzheng got these things back by exploiting his compatriots, and he used the bones of countless compatriots to pave a road of glory and wealth for himself.

Shame on you, the end of the traitor

In 1943, there was a disaster in Dalian, and the Dalian Chamber of Commerce had no choice but to ask Zhang Benzheng if he could donate some money to his hometown, but Zhang Benzheng smiled shamelessly when he heard it: "What does this group of state people have to do with starving to death, there is not enough food to eat, then gnaw the grass and peel off the bark to deal with it, otherwise you can also eat some acorn noodles." ”

"Prefecture people", which is an insulting term almost equivalent to "Shina people", shows that this person no longer considers himself a Chinese at all, and he has completely brought himself into the perspective of the Japanese.

But it is said that the Japanese like him and appreciate him, and that is also because he is still useful to the Japanese, when he has no use value for the Japanese, and even the Japanese themselves are too busy to take care of themselves, then who will care about this Erwuzai.

After Japan's surrender in 1945, Zhang Benzheng was also desperate.

At the age of 80, he begged Japan to let him go to Japan and give him a Japanese identity, but no one paid attention to him from either the Japanese military department or the Japanese government.

In desperation, he actually set up a "law and order maintenance club", which was full of traitors and lackeys like him.

Zhang Benzheng tried to use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Nationalist Government, so that he could give himself dignity.

At that time, in order to fight a civil war with our party, the Kuomintang could be said to have frantically absorbed all armed forces, and even bandits, bandits, local tyrants and inferior gentry were absorbed by them, and Gangcun Ningci even became a military adviser to the Kuomintang.

But for Zhang Benzheng, even the Kuomintang feels disgusted, and for this kind of traitor, accepting it is to "make a big mess" on his face.

In 1947, Zhang Benzheng was arrested and tried by the Nationalist Government and sentenced to 12 years in prison in the first trial.

But two months after being imprisoned, Zhang Benzheng pretended to be sick and got the opportunity to go out for medical treatment, took the opportunity to escape from the hospital, hid in Tibet, and finally went to Tianjin incognito.

In 1951, the mainland conducted a census work, and Zhang Benzheng could no longer hide this investigation, and was arrested on the spot.

On June 10, Zhang Benzheng was dragged to Dalian for public trial, sentenced to death, and executed on the spot.

This 86-year-old man, his life is a life of pure traitor, always walking on the opposite side of the people, always taking his own interests as the standard, it can be said that he is a heinous crime and a dead innocent.

It is conceivable that traitors are definitely more hateful than the Japanese, and traitors are more hateful than enemies, and not only the original people hate traitors, but even the side of the traitors will not look down on such people.

When the two armies fight, the outcome is decided, but the people at both ends of the snake and the rat, the traitor and the one who seeks glory, will eventually be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

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"The best traitor" Zhang Benzheng, who donated 40 planes and 740,000 yuan to Little Japan, was shot at the age of 86 - the rule of law is safe in Xichuan

The oldest historical counter-revolution with the "seniority" who was executed in the suppression of the rebellion - the criminal life of the great traitors Liu Yutian and Zhang Benzheng - Shang Jinzhou. Party History.2011 (05)