The Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi once had a poem cloud: Zhou Gong feared rumors day, and Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time. If he had died first, his whole life would have been for who knows? It is true that in the midst of danger, it is better to test a person's will and loyalty. After Chiang Kai-shek launched the April 12 counter-revolutionary coup, the Central Special Branch led by Gu Shunzhang did achieve a lot of achievements.
However, Gu Shunzhang was proud of his achievements, did not think of making progress, and regarded underground work as a child's play, and the party organization transferred him from his post, and Gu Shunzhang was dissatisfied and took the opportunity to defect to the Kuomintang. With the help of Gu Shunzhang, the Kuomintang reactionaries accurately hunted down and killed Chinese Communists everywhere, and our party was almost at the right time to survive.
But what is puzzling is why Gu Shunzhang, the most dangerous agent in history, did not inform the Kuomintang and betray the red agent Qian Zhuangfei after the seller sought glory?
Figure Qian Zhuangfei
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In 1927, after the Eighty-Seventh Session of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to move the organs of the Party Central Committee from Wuhan to Shanghai, because the forces in Shanghai were intertwined, the Kuomintang reactionaries had some scruples, and our Party's activities in Shanghai had never stopped, and we knew the situation in Shanghai very well.
However, the reactionary forces in Shanghai are also extremely powerful, and our Party is facing an extremely serious threat by the intertwining of various factors, such as the rogue goons, the reactionary armies, and the forces of the great powers. Under such circumstances, it is very necessary to set up a covert force to secretly protect the security of our Party.
Under the direct command of Zhou Enlai and on the basis of the special section of the former Central Military Commission, the Central Special Section was formed. The main task of the Central Special Branch was to gather intelligence, suppress traitors, rescue revolutionary comrades and strengthen local contacts. In order to strengthen the ability of the members of the Central Special Branch, Zhou Enlai and others also deliberately began to study classes and systematically learn relevant knowledge and skills.
It is worth mentioning that in the spring of 1928, in order to evade the pursuit of the Peiping government, Qian Zhuangfei, a member of the Communist Party of China, was unexpectedly admitted to a radio training class, and with his outstanding talent, he became the confidential secretary of Xu Enzeng, the head of the Kuomintang secret service.
On the other hand, under the leadership of Zhou Enlai, the Central Special Branch developed rapidly, and in the April 12 counter-revolutionary coup launched by Chiang Kai-shek, countless Chinese Communists He Progressives fell under the butcher's knife of the reactionaries, but with the help of the Central Special Branch, more people were spared.
Among them, gu shunzhang of the central special branch performed prominently, and the red team under the leadership of Gu Shunzhang suppressed many counter-revolutionary traitors, and its position within the central special branch was also rising. After the April 12 counter-revolutionary coup, the Party Central Committee decided that Xiang Zhongfa, Gu Shunzhang, and Zhou Enlai would form a committee to lead the work of the special section, and Gu Shunzhang was already in a big position.
Figure Xiang Zhongfa
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After Gu Shunzhang became the main person in charge of the Central Special Branch, his mentality underwent tremendous changes, eating, drinking, gambling, gambling, and smoking, all five poisons, no one in sight, becoming more and more arrogant, and slowly forgetting his original mission as a Communist Party member. In order to save Gu Shunzhang and ensure the safety and stability of the work on the hidden front, the party organization sent Kang Sheng to replace Gu Shunzhang.
After Gu Shunzhang learned about it, he not only did not reflect on himself, but also had the intention of rebellion. In 1931, in accordance with the instructions of the Party Central Committee, Gu Shunzhang and others were sent to escort Zhang Guotao and others to work in the Eyu-Anhui Soviet District, and on the way back, they performed magic tricks under a pseudonym in public, and their intentions were self-evident.
Sure enough, he was recognized by the traitor Wang Zhuqiao and secretly reported it to the Kuomintang secret service. Everything was in Gu Shunzhang's plan, and the Kuomintang agents successfully found Gu Shunzhang's residence, and arrested and escorted Gu Shunzhang to the Wuhan Appeasement Office.
To the surprise of the Kuomintang agents, in the absence of severe torture and coercion and inducement of Gu Shunzhang, Gu Shunzhang actually confessed in one breath to more than twenty secret organs such as the Wuhan Border Region Special Committee of the CPC and the Wuhan Traffic War of the Central Military Commission, and almost all of the CPC's army in Wuhan was destroyed.
But this is only the beginning, and the Chinese Communist Party faces an extremely severe test. Because of Gu Shunzhang's leadership position in the Central Special Branch, Most of Gu Shunzhang's family members are also engaged in underground work, and it can be said that they are well aware of the situation of our party's hidden front. When Zhou Enlai and others learned the news of Gu Shunzhang's rebellion, they were shocked.
In order to ensure the safety of our party, Zhou Enlai, who has always been benevolent, had no choice but to eliminate gu shunzhang's family members who refused to leave with the central organs, but spared Gu Shunzhang's minor children. But even so, the party organizations in Shanghai that were too late to evacuate suffered a devastating blow.
A large number of Chinese Communists died tragically at the hands of traitors and enemies, and Gu Shunzhang's defection became a bitter lesson in the history of our Party.
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It is worth mentioning that the key reason why Zhou Enlai and others were able to smoothly evacuate, move to a safe place, and avoid the disaster of the Party Central Committee being destroyed was that Zhou Enlai learned in advance of the news that Gu Shunzhang and others had defected to the enemy, and the source of this news was sent by Qian Zhuangfei and others lurking inside the Kuomintang agents.
After Gu Shunzhang defected to the Kuomintang, in view of Gu Shunzhang's extreme viciousness and extreme evil, which brought great protection to the work on the hidden front, the CPC Central Committee decided to issue a wanted warrant for Gu Shunzhang.
In the history of the Communist Party of China, it can be said that it is extremely rare to issue a warrant for a wanted traitor, and Gu Shunzhang also knows that the Chinese Communist Party will not let itself go easily, and can only go black with the Kuomintang reactionaries. However, Gu Shunzhang was a man of two ends, and after defecting to the Kuomintang, he thought with his heart to promote his ranks and get rich, and he oscillated between the unification of the Kuomintang secret service department and the military command.
Under the influence of the desire for power, both sides ask for credit and buy well. Traitors will be looked down upon at any time and place, and Gu Shunzhang's behavior will soon disgust the people of the Central Command, and they will slowly snub Gu Shunzhang. In order to reflect his own value, Gu Shunzhang held training classes for Kuomintang agents.
Judging from Gu Shunzhang's seniority and underground work experience, it is also natural that the Kuomintang side entrusted the heavy responsibility of training secret agents to Gu Shunzhang, and then Gu Shunzhang also specially published several books related to the work of secret agents, but from the perspective of underground work ability, Gu Shunzhang is an excellent agent, perhaps this is also Gu Shunzhang's greatest value in the Kuomintang.
No matter from any point of view, the Kuomintang could not sincerely accept Gu Shunzhang, a traitor, and when Gu Shunzhang's interest value slowly disappeared, the Treatment of him by the Kuomintang side also plummeted, and the change from The Gate to the Gate seemed to be only overnight.
This is undoubtedly a fatal blow to Gu Shunzhang, who is keen on pursuing power. However, Gu Shunzhang did not disappear from this, but once again exerted his "traitor" nature, secretly preparing for the so-called "New Communist Party", and was informed by his subordinates, so that Gu Shunzhang also tasted betrayal.
After the Gu Shunzhang East Window Incident, Chiang Kai-shek decided to sentence Gu Shunzhang to capital punishment and die tragically in prison, ending the second half of Gu Shunzhang's criminal life.
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Looking at the second half of Gu Shunzhang's life of betraying the party and seeking glory, it will be found that Gu Shunzhang, as one of the principal responsible persons of the Central Special Branch, naturally knows that there are qian Zhuangfei and other underground workers of our party lurking within the Kuomintang, and if Gu Shunzhang immediately pointed out this matter at the beginning of the rebellion, Gu Shunzhang's fate might have been rewritten.
But this is not the case, is Gu Shunzhang a conscience discovery? The primary reason why Gu Shunzhang did not inform the Kuomintang in the first place was to ask Chiang Kai-shek for credit in exchange for higher status and greater power.
Therefore, Gu Shunzhang said this secret when he went to Nanjing to meet Chiang Kai-shek, which can bring the greatest benefit to Gu Shunzhang, on the contrary, if he tells others, in the end the credit is likely to not be his own, this thankless behavior, according to Gu Shunzhang's character, will not do it.
After all, man's calculation was not as good as heaven's calculation, and he Chengjun, the leader of the Kuomintang's Wuhan camp, reported to the Nanjing side in advance that he knew of Gu Shunzhang's defection, and was intercepted by Qian Zhuangfei and others, which led to the emergency withdrawal of the party Central Committee later. Then there is the fact that Gu Shunzhang wants to hunt down as many Chinese communists as possible and avoid hitting grass and snakes.
Gu Shunzhang's pursuit of power is endless, otherwise he would not have become a traitor, and finally even conspired to build a new Communist Party. Gu Shunzhang definitely knew about Qian Zhuangfei, but he did not choose to act immediately, but insisted on personally meeting Chiang Kai-shek before he was willing to tell this secret, and from Gu Shunzhang's point of view, this consideration was very necessary.
After all, compared with other Communists, Zhou Enlai and others undoubtedly appear to be more valuable, and in order to catch Zhou Enlai and others, it is necessary to maintain strict secrecy, not to let Qian Zhuangfei and others lurking in the core department of the Kuomintang secret service know the news, nor to let Qian Zhuangfei and others be "arrested for no reason."
After all, there were only a few people who knew about Qian Zhuangfei, so Gu Shunzhang could only choose not to inform. Finally, under the yin and yang error, Qian Zhuangfei, a red agent lurking in the Dragon Pond Tiger's Den, was safely evacuated.
And Gu Shunzhang in the end is also a bamboo basket to hit the water empty, everything is calculated empty, and after the most dangerous spy in history defected, choosing not to sell money zhuangfei can not be a conscience discovery, just to betray more thoroughly.