Zhao Zongfu
Born into a rich family
When Zhao Zongfu was studying at Yenching University, the president Situ Leiden gave him a comment: "Born into a rich family, his thinking is fierce. These eight words provide us with a key to open up his legendary experience.
Zhao Zongfu's father, Zhao Daiwen, was born in 1867 to a farming family in Dongzhi Town, Wutai County, Shanxi Province. In 1905, at the age of 39, Zhao Daiwen crossed to Japan and entered the Hongwen Academy in Tokyo to study. There, he became friends with Wutai's fellow villager Yan Xishan and joined the League. The following year, he and Yan Xishan returned to China with a bomb, and when he entered Shanghai, he successfully passed the customs clearance under the cover of Yan Xishan, who was hiding a bomb, showing his extraordinary courage and wisdom.
After the Xinhai Revolution, Yan Xishan took charge of the military and political power in Shanxi, and Zhao Daiwen has always been the second number one person in Shanxi's political arena, and enjoys the reputation of Yan's brother and military master. In addition, he held important positions in the National Government, such as Minister of the Interior and President of the Control Yuan.
Thoughts are intense
Perhaps because he was born in such a family, Zhao Zongfu was more willful when he was a child. In middle school, Zhao Zongfu studied at Jinshan Middle School. Because his thinking became increasingly "left-leaning", he met a person named Pan Jianye (pan Jingye). A native of Shouyang, Shanxi, Pan had just returned from studying in Japan, and he later changed his name to Zhang Panshi to join the revolution and became one of the founders of the People's Daily.
Pan Jianye and Zhao Zongfu met by Zhao's sister. Because of their similar interests, Pan interacted with Zhao as a tutor. In 1932, after Zhao Zongfu was admitted to Yenching University, Pan also came to Beiping to engage in underground activities.
The author of "Zhao Zongfu and His Comrades-in-Arms and Students" often only said that Zhao Zongfu joined the Communist Party of China in 1933, and after joining the party, he "participated in the ranks of the international intelligence struggle and began vertical leadership, single-line contact and intelligence activities." Chang only surnamed Zhang, has been engaged in intelligence work for a long time, and later when he was the director of the Taiyuan Intelligence Station, he received a large amount of information sent by Zhao Zongfu, so what he said should be correct.
Subsequently, Zhao Zongfu developed the Zhao Zhongshu of "Hanging Er Lang Dang" as his own downline. Zhao Zhongshu was the son of Zhao Pilian, a senior aide to Yan Xishan, so some people called them "Red Dashao" and "Red Ershao" respectively.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhao Daiwen and Yan Xishan and others took a group photo at Kenanpo
Long-term incubation
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zhao Zongfu accepted a new task: to return to Shanxi, infiltrate the Yan Xishan clique, and obtain new strategic intelligence.
At first, Zhao Zongfu served as the chief of the propaganda section of the Second Theater Field Mobilization Committee (hereinafter referred to as the General Mobilization Committee) led by Xu Fanting, and got in touch with Cheng Zihua, a permanent member of the CCP.
In the autumn of 1940, Zhao Zongfu and Zhizhan were sent to the Chongqing Central Training Corps for training. Prior to this, for highly classified intelligence work, Zhao Zongfu married the daughter of a farmer in the western Jin dynasty. This woman was adopted from nowhere, because she had no culture, and everyone only knew that her name was "Xi Bao". After the two married, Zhao Zongfu gave her the surname Zhao and took a consonant name "Xi He". The enlightened Zhao Daiwen was very dissatisfied with his son's choice, but he had to accept it.
At the end of 1947, Zhao Zongfu first became the director of the Shanxi Provincial Information Department, and the following year he served as the acting director of the Department of Education. At that time, with the progress of the civil war, Taiyuan also became an isolated city under siege. In order to cooperate with the attack on the periphery, Zhao Zongfu not only used his intelligence to develop a way out and send many students out of Taiyuan, but also used them to send intelligence outward. In August 1948, he was arrested and confessed to Zhao Zongfu, so he was put under house arrest. In this case, he took the form of a false surrender to write two confessions, which although he temporarily escaped a disaster, but buried hidden dangers. During his house arrest, he continued to use every possible means to send intelligence outward.
The only group photo of Zhao Zongfu and his wife
In February 1949, he also drew detailed maps of the ming bunkers and trench tunnels in the Taiyuan area and sent them out, which was highly praised by the front-line command system. In addition, he wanted to plan an army uprising in order to cover more people through the blockade line. However, this work was affected by the intellectual exhibition to the Liberated Areas and was not realized.
At the end of March 1949, Yan Xishan flew to Nanjing for a meeting. Before leaving, liang Huazhi asked him how to deal with Zhao Zongfu. Yan because of his friendship with Zhao Daiwen. Tell him not to act presumptuously. Later, Liang originally wanted to poison Zhao Zongfu, but because the general trend had gone, he failed to succeed.
On April 24, 1949, after the People's Liberation Army captured Taiyuan, Zhao Zongfu was rescued. At the same time, his confession became a major political issue.
After careful scrutiny, he was given the following conclusion: this is "an act of political rebellion ... shall be subject to expulsion from the Party". However, considering that "Zhao's confession did not harm the party organization" and that he later "continued to work tirelessly ... Overthrow the former confession", so "they may be allowed to re-join the Party".
In September 1949, Zhao Zongfu served as a member of the Shanxi Provincial Government, deputy director of the Cultural and Educational Committee, director of the Department of Culture and Education, and vice president of Shanxi University.
——Excerpted from Writers' Digest Bound Edition No. 259