After the end of the War of Resistance, civil war broke out. Out of its own interests, the United States sent Marshall to mediate the military conflict between the two parties. Premier Zhou Enlai sat on Marshall's plane and planned to fly to Yan'an. Premier Zhou took a nap in fatigue and accidentally shook off the top-secret documents of the central government. This document concerns important information of our Party, and it also involves an important person. How did Premier Zhou resolve this crisis? Who are the secret people in the intelligence? In this article, let's demystify Marshall's review of our party's ciphertext incident.
On August 15, 1945, Japanese imperialism unconditionally accepted the Potsdam Proclamation, and the Japanese Emperor announced his surrender. China's 14-year arduous war of resistance has finally ushered in victory. The desire of the Chinese people for peace and democracy is growing stronger. Chairman Mao advocated peaceful coexistence with the Kuomintang with the intention of safeguarding national peace. However, Chiang Kai-shek secretly gathered his army and wanted to wipe out his opponents. After the War of Resistance, Chiang Kai-shek's army was scattered throughout China.
Chiang Kai-shek's abacus was loudly played, and we must also be prepared to fight. In order to delay the time and prepare for war, Chiang Kai-shek sent three telegrams to Chairman Mao, inviting him to go to Chongqing to "discuss the great plan." Based on the original intention of peace, Chairman Mao agreed to Chiang Kai-shek's invitation and went to Chongqing for negotiations with Premier Zhou and other entourage. On August 28, 1945, Chairman Mao arrived in Chongqing, and after some negotiations with Chiang Kai-shek, the "Double Tenth Agreement" was preliminarily reached.
A year later, Chiang Kai-shek had secretly assembled his army, and a civil war was on the verge of breaking out
。 At that time, the United States, out of long-term development interests, did not want a full-scale civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communists. U.S. President Harry S. Truman sent Marshall to China for military mediation. Marshall first planned to come to the Communist side to mediate. Premier Zhou Enlai was responsible for receiving Marshall's arrival. On this day, Premier Zhou took Marshall's special plane and the group went to Yan'an to discuss the matter.
On Marshall's plane, Premier Zhou may also be extremely tired from the discomfort caused by the flight, and accidentally snoozed and fell asleep. A notebook that Premier Zhou was carrying happened to land on the plane. The Prime Minister did not realize that the notebook was missing until he stepped off the plane. This notebook records many important pieces of information of our Party, and in this notebook records information on an important spy of our Party in the Kuomintang.
This spy is Xiong Xianghui. Xiong Xianghui is a legendary figure in China's modern history. In 1936, he was admitted to the Department of Chinese of Tsinghua University, and in 1938, Xiong Xianghui was admitted to the seventh branch of the Whampoa Military Academy. In September 1947, he went to case Western Reserve University in the United States to pursue a master's degree in economics, and became a scholarly figure. Chairman Mao once praised Xiong Xianghui: One person can top several divisions. Xiong Xianghui can have such achievements, in fact, he also has a close relationship with his family.
In 1919, Xiong Xianghui was born into a family of eunuchs in Ye County, Shandong Province. His father was the county magistrate of Ye County, and he successively served as the director of the Criminal Division of the Hubei High Court and the president of the Hunan High Court of the National Government. Xiong Xianghui thrived under such a superior family. Xiong Xianghui is different from other stupid children, and is not obsessed with coveting enjoyment. From the beginning of his understanding, Xiong Xianghui aspired to be a person with lofty ideals.
Under the influence of family culture, Xiong Xianghui received excellent education and outstanding knowledge and literacy. In September 1936, Xiong Xianghui, who was only seventeen years old, was admitted to the department of Chinese of Tsinghua University. During his studies at Tsinghua University, Xiong Xianghui systematically accepted Marxist ideas and actively participated in the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Movement. During his time at the school, Xiong Xianghui served as the team committee member and secretary of the Chinese National Liberation Vanguard, propagating patriotic ideas and actively advocating the anti-Japanese resistance.
On December 8, 1936, after being introduced by the organizers, Xiong Xianghui secretly joined the Communist Party of China and became a glorious Communist Party member. At this time, the identity of Xiong Xianghui's communist party member was little known. A year later, Premier Zhou Enlai traveled to Wuhan to give a keynote speech on the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to the student body. The content of Premier Zhou's speech was impassioned, which deeply infected Xiong Xianghui in the audience. This is Xiong Xianghui's first acquaintance with Premier Zhou.
Premier Zhou's visit also had another purpose, that is, to recruit people with lofty ideals to join the Chinese Communist Party among the student body of colleges and universities, and then to send these outstanding young Communist Party members to the Kuomintang. At that time, the Party Central Committee realized that there was a risk of a rupture in the relations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and for long-term consideration, it planned to open up a "hidden front" and let some Communists go to the Kuomintang.
If the two parties can maintain friendly relations for a long time, then these Communists will also remain silent for a long time. After all, the Party Central Committee is for the sake of safeguarding national peace, and the fundamental starting point is not to install spies. Premier Zhou's speech was very successful, and he quickly attracted a group of people with lofty ideals, and Xiong Xianghui was also in this plan. Premier Zhou consulted Xiong Xianghui's personal information and gave Xiong Xianghui a very high praise, and also believed that Xiong Xianghui was very suitable for the role of "lurker".
Xiong Xianghui's real name was "Xiong Huiquan", and the name Xiong Xianghui was changed at the suggestion of Premier Zhou. Xiang Hui means moving towards the light. In 1937, Xiong Xianghui went to Changsha, and Xiong Xianghui's purpose this time was to break into Hu Zongnan's team. Hu Zongnan, the "King of the Northwest", was recruiting members of the Hunan Youth Field Service Regiment, and Xiong Xianghui rushed to sign up. Among the teams that signed up, there were many young talents from all over the country.
After Hu Zongnan saw these young talents, he was in a good mood. He decided to select a few excellent people among these young people and train them into his own people. Hu Zongnan looked at the roster on the table, which recorded the origin and background of each young man. Hu Zongnan saw the satisfactory name and would circle it after the name. The more circles, the higher Hu Zongnan's expectations for this person. When Hu Zongnan saw Xiong Xianghui's column, he deliberately called Xiong Xianghui over.
Hu Zongnan and Xiong Xianghui also have a classic dialogue. Hu Zongnan asked Xiong Xianghui: Why did he come to his army? Xiong Xianghui said unashamedly: His father said that he came here to do revolution. Hu Zongnan followed Xiong Xianghui's words and asked him, what is revolution? Xiong Xianghui replied that Dr. Sun Yat-sen's will and testament said that revolution is to expel the Tartars, while in China today, it is to expel the Japanese, and the anti-Japanese struggle is revolution.
Hu Zongnan asked Xiong Xianghui, "What if we don't resist Japan?" Xiong Xianghui had already made preparations, and he took out Chiang Kai-shek's words to answer Hu Zongnan, and Xiong Xianghui said: "Chairman Chiang Kai-shek has said that there is no distinction between the north and the south of the land, and no one is old or young, and all have the duty to defend the territory and resist the war. To resist the war is to be revolutionary, not to resist the war is not to be revolutionary, to sabotage the war of resistance is to destroy the revolution, and to oppose the war of resistance is to oppose the revolution. Xiong Xianghui emphasized that it was his father who said it.
When Hu Zongnan asked him: What should be done about counter-revolution? Xiong Xianghui replied: His father said, kill! In a series of answers, Xiong Xianghui kept stressing how his father said it. Such an answer is actually confusing. Xiong Xianghui considered in advance that in Hu Zongnan's place, in order to win Hu Zongnan's trust, it was necessary to cover up his own front. Exposing his thoughts and revolutionary feelings to Hu Zongnan is undoubtedly a dangerous move, and if he is not successful, he will bring danger to his own life.
When Hu Zongnan asked, he answered in the way his father said, so that he could not only show that he obeyed discipline, but also showed that he did not have a mindful city government. Hu Zongnan was obviously very satisfied with Xiong Xianghui's answer, and on the roster, Xiong Xianghui's name was circled four times in a row. Whether it is Xiong Xianghui's Tsinghua University education, or Xiong Xianghui's family background, as well as Xiong Xianghui's conversation, they have won Hu Zongnan's great love.
Under Hu Zongnan's arrangement, in May 1938, Xiong Xianghui entered the seventh branch of the Army Officer School and became the 15th student of Huangpu. After graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, Hu Zongnan arranged for Xiong Xianghui to serve as his confidential secretary. It can be seen that Hu Zongnan does not generally like Xiong Xianghui. And all this is in Premier Zhou's arrangement.
Marshall and Zhou Prime Minister
Xiong Xianghui acted decisively and astutely, and was deeply valued by Hu Zongnan. Hu Zongnan's secret orders have always been signed by Xiong Xianghui, and even Hu Zongnan's orders were drafted by Xiong Xianghui. Xiong Xianghui is also very much in line with Hu Zongnan's "temperament", and the articles and speeches he drafted have won Hu Zongnan's praise. Gradually, Hu Zongnan became very trusting of Xiong Xianghui. Xiong Xianghui is also secretly providing intelligence for our party.
During the critical period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1943, Chiang Kai-shek issued a secret order to Hu Zongnan, ordering Hu Zongnan to blitz the Communist troops stationed in Yan'an with 500,000 troops. Xiong Xianghui knew this all too well, and he realized that the order was a fatal blow to the Communists. He hastened to secretly send relevant information to our party. The Party Central Committee quickly ruled over Dong Biwu, who was stationed in Chongqing, and asked Dong Biwu to deliberately leak Chiang Kai-shek's secret orders to the outside world.
In the end, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to abandon his plan to blitz Xi'an. Hu Zongnan had always been greatly puzzled about this matter, how this secret order was known to the Communist Party the next day. Hu Zongnan realized that it was possible that someone inside had leaked secrets. Hu Zongnan immediately organized an investigation team to investigate the matter strictly in the Kuomintang, but still did not find out who had leaked the secret. Hu Zongnan did not suspect Xiong Xianghui's head.
Xiong Xianghui has been lurking within the Kuomintang for several years, providing our party with important intelligence information. In Premier Zhou's notebook, there was information about Xiong Xianghui. If the information of this notebook is revealed by Marshall, then Xiong Xianghui's situation will be very dangerous. However, Premier Zhou did not find that the notebook had fallen off until after getting off the plane, and he could not turn it back to look for it.
In order to ensure Xiong Xianghui's safety, Premier Zhou secretly met xiong Xianghui overnight. After Premier Zhou saw Xiong Xianghui, he directly told Xiong Xianghui about dropping his notebook on the Marshall plane. In this notebook, where the names of our senior intelligence officers are recorded, there is a word "bear" in the record. If this information is cracked by Marshall, then Xiong Xianghui's situation will be very dangerous.
After Xiong Xianghui learned of this incident, he firmly told Premier Zhou that he had put his life and death aside, with the intention that he would not betray the party and could sacrifice his own life if necessary. After pacifying Xiong Xianghui, Premier Zhou made new arrangements for him, first letting Xiong Xianghui go to Shanghai for temporary refuge, and if there was danger, then transferring him to the Liberated Areas of Northern Jiangsu, and finally returning to Beijing.
Mr. and Mrs. Xiong Xianghui
After arranging everything, Premier Zhou bid farewell to Xiong Xianghui. After the premier got off the plane that day, Marshall immediately got the prime minister's notebook. Marshall made a photocopy before returning the book to Premier Zhou. Marshall immediately asked his men to study the contents of the photocopy. Eventually, Marshall learned from his subordinates that Xiong Xianghui might be a spy for the Communists. Marshall was surprised.
Out of consideration for the interests of the US side, Marshall thought twice and decided to tell Chiang Kai-shek, who chose to be pro-Us, about this matter. However, when Marshall came to Chiang Kai-shek's mansion, Marshall put a hot face on his cold ass. Chiang Kai-shek was not at all interested in his intelligence, and even came up with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and Marshall left in a rage. Naturally, the contents of the intelligence were not told to Chiang Kai-shek.
When Premier Zhou learned that Marshall had not succeeded in leaking the intelligence, he felt that there was still a chance to remedy the matter. Premier Zhou took the initiative to invite foreign friends to watch the play together, and deliberately put the book on the table during the play. When Marshall saw such a move, he began to doubt his original judgment, believing that he had mistakenly treated the book as a secret. When he returned, Marshall destroyed the photocopy. The crisis has now been lifted.