In May 1949, a patriotic democrat was arrested by Kuomintang agents, and mao Renfeng personally instructed: "Immediately execute him and sink his body in the Huangpu River!" ”
After learning this news, Premier Zhou personally ordered the Shanghai underground party of the Communist Party of China: "At all costs, we must go all out to rescue!" ”
At 3 p.m. on October 1, 1949, at the founding ceremony of New China, an old man with long hair and gray flowers stood next to Chairman Mao with great spirits, and the appearance of this person made the crowd cheer endlessly, and even more made Chiang Kai-shek angry.
Zhang Lan and Chairman Mao at the founding ceremony
Everyone thought that this old man had already died at the hands of the Kuomintang 4 months ago, but he did not expect that he appeared at the founding ceremony unharmed and was elected vice chairman of new China.
Who is this military command agent? Who is this vice president of New China who was rescued by him? What little-known things happened during the rescue process that year? The scrolls of history have been blown away by the breeze, only to see a page with a strong name written on it: Yan Jinwen.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > a lifetime of gratitude</h1>
All history seems to be destined by heaven, if there is no Yan Jinwen's sacrifice to save each other, perhaps Zhang Lan would have died in the Huangpu River, if there is no acquaintance between Premier Zhou and Yang Hu, perhaps Yan Jinwen could not have rescued Zhang Lan without hesitation, and the starting point of all "coincidences" stems from Yang Hu's kindness to Yan Jinwen.
Yang Hu
Yan Jinwen, who was born in a turbulent era, had no wealthy family, let alone a prominent life, and only three meals a day and the fate of the oppressed times. Yan Jinwen, who had no knowledge and no craftsmanship, began to make a living in society very early, and lived on the chaos of Shanghai Beach every day by hard work.
By chance, Yan Jinwen accidentally met Yang Hu, the elder of the Kuomintang, but at this moment, Yan Jinwen did not know that the appearance of this person would completely change the trajectory of his life.
As a brother-in-law of Chiang Kai-shek, Yang Hu had rich contacts and a very high status within the Kuomintang, and he could decide the life and death of an ordinary person and the rich and poor with a single sentence.
Since joining Yang Hu's gang, Yan Jinwen's performance has been very prominent, in order to be able to get Yang Hu's reuse, Yan Jinwen has completed every task very beautifully. Soon, Yang Hu found that Yan Jinwen was not only physically strong, but also flexible in mind and very decisive in his work, and since then, Yang Hu decided to focus on cultivating Yan Jinwen and try to make him his right hand man in the future.
After being appreciated by Yang Hu, Yan Jinwen worked harder when doing things, and for all the tasks given by Yang Hu, Yan Jinwen never asked about the specific situation, but each time it was successfully completed. Yang Hu gradually began to treat Yan Jinwen as a brother, and Yan Jinwen was extremely grateful for Yang Hu's kindness.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yan Jinwen, under Yang Hu's arrangement, entered the inspection office of the Kuomintang Shanghai Guard Headquarters as the deputy commander of the Third Guard Brigade. The inspection office ostensibly belonged to the Security Command, but in fact it was directly under the command of the Headquarters of the Military Command Bureau.
Since entering the Shanghai Guard Headquarters Inspection Office, Yan Jinwen has completely become a "big man" in the black and white of Shanghai Beach, in the underworld, he is the mainstay of Yang Hu's underground gang, and in the white road, he holds the title of secret agent of the military command.
With Yang Hu sitting behind his back, coupled with Yan Jinwen's own work and being very fierce, he soon became a red man in front of He Longqing, the director of the Inspection Department, and the momentary spring breeze made Yan Jinwen start to be a little overwhelmed, and it was during this period that Yan Jinwen did something that made him regret it later.
In April 1948, Wang Xiaohe, an outstanding member of our party, was arrested by Kuomintang agents in Shanghai, and soon after he was persecuted, at the age of 24, and it was Yan Jinwen who participated in the arrest of Wang Xiaohe.
Wang Xiaohe
In April 1949, the progressive students of Fudan University in Shanghai were subjected to frenzied retaliation by Kuomintang agents, and many students were mutilated and arrested, and the planner of this operation was also Yan Jinwen.
Although he worked in the Kuomintang secret service department, Yan Jinwen was obedient to Yang Hu's orders, even if he was already in an important position, Yan Jinwen still kept in mind Yang Hu's kindness of knowledge, and for every task assigned by Yang Hu, Yan Jinwen always replied with six words: "Guarantee the completion of the task." ”
Our Party cannot easily let go of any Kuomintang agent who has persecuted people of our Party, but Yan Jinwen is an exception; he has not only been forgiven by our Party, but has also received special treatment after the founding of New China. And all this is related to a correct choice he made at a critical moment.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="52" > Premier Zhou's dark line, the life-saving straw at a critical moment</h1>
In May 1949, on the eve of the liberation of Shanghai, Zhang Lan was being treated at the Shanghai Hongqiao Sanatorium when he was suddenly placed under house arrest by Kuomintang agents. Immediately afterward, Chiang Kai-shek personally instructed Mao Renfeng to execute Zhang Lan at the right time.
Mao Ren Feng
Soon, the information about Zhang Lan's arrest and imminent execution was intercepted by our party, and Premier Zhou personally gave an order to the Shanghai underground party of the COMMUNIST Party: "At all costs, we must go all out to rescue, please ask Yang Hu to help!" "One is a Kuomintang elder, the other is a Communist Party leader, why did Premier Zhou ask the Shanghai underground party to ask Yang Hu for help?" As everyone knows, Yang Hu's "dark line" has been buried by Premier Zhou as early as 1946.
As early as when Chiang Kai-shek insisted on the proposition that "foreign countries must first be safe inside," Yang Hu vigorously advocated resisting Japan with a very resolute attitude. Later, Yang Hu became acquainted with Premier Zhou by chance, and yang Hu expressed his guilt to Premier Zhou in person about the "April 12 counter-revolutionary coup" launched by Chiang Kai-shek, and Premier Zhou said to Yang Hu in a serious tone: "No one is a sage, who can be blameless." The Communist Party does not blame the past, and for a person, in addition to looking at his past, it is more important to look at his future. ”
For Premier Zhou's generosity and friendship, Yang Hu sincerely admired it. After many contacts with Premier Zhou, Yang Hu's thinking gradually changed, and the idea of moving closer to the Communist Party was born.
As early as the Kuomintang-Communist Chongqing negotiations, Premier Zhou had already detected Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy that "peace talks are false and provoking a civil war is true", so when the Communists withdrew from Shanghai, Premier Zhou buried the dark line of Yang Hu in Shanghai, but what Premier Zhou did not expect was that this dark line would play a huge role in 3 years.
Premier Zhou
After Wu Kejian, head of the Shanghai underground party of the Communist Party of China, conveyed Premier Zhou's instructions to Yang Hu, Yang Hu said without hesitation: "I will certainly try my best to do what Mr. Zhou asked me to do." Mr. Zhang Lan is known as the Saint of Beichuan, and he is also a person I respect very much, please tell Zhou Gong to rest assured, if I can't save Mr. Zhang Lan, I will have no face to face Zhou Gong from now on. ”
When Wu Kejian asked Yang Hu who he was going to send on the mission, Yang Hu confidently said: "I have two people available in my hand, these two people are not only absolutely trustworthy, but also let them save Mr. Zhang can be said to be a piece of cake, one is my son-in-law Zhou Lixing, and the other is my confidant Yan Jinwen." ”
After hearing Yang Hu say these two people, Wu Kejian's worries suddenly eased a lot. Since being arrested by the Kuomintang, Zhang Lan has been placed under house arrest in the Shanghai Hongqiao Sanatorium, and it is He Longqing, the director of the Inspection Department of the Shanghai Police Command, who is responsible for monitoring, of which Zhou Lixing is the deputy commander of the Shanghai Police Command and is a subordinate of He Longqing, and Yan Jinwen, as the deputy captain of the Inspection Office of the Security Command, is not only a subordinate of He Longqing, but also a fellow villager of He Longqing in Sichuan, so Zhou Lixing and Yan Jinwen can be said to be the best candidates to rescue Zhang Lan.
The reason why Yang Hu believed so much in Yan Jinwen was not only because Yan Jinwen was his confidant, but also related to Yan Jinwen's attitude toward Premier Zhou, who happened to visit when Premier Zhou was talking to Yang Hu, and when he heard Premier Zhou's description of the Communist Party's policies and beliefs, Yan Jinwen's heart also resonated strongly.
In order to test the attitude of Zhou Lixing and Yan Jinwen, Yang Hu also specially called the two people home, and revealed to them the idea of rescuing Zhang Lan, Yan Jinwen immediately said: "If you do not rescue Mr. Zhang Lan, Jinwen will never see Mr. Yang again." ”
As the specific executor of the task, Yan Jinwen's apparent identity was a Kuomintang agent, and if he directly contacted Zhang Lan, I am afraid it would be difficult to win the trust of others, so Yang Hu also specially sent his wife Tian Shujun to contact Zhang Lan in advance.
At that time, all the Kuomintang agents already knew that Chiang Kai-shek had the intention of executing Zhang Lan, so since Zhang Lan was placed under house arrest, his ward was full of Kuomintang killers, and as long as Mao Renfeng gave an order, these killers would immediately move, so it was urgent to rescue Zhang Lan.
Just when Yang Hu and Yan Jinwen were struggling with the time of the operation, Mao Renfeng suddenly issued an unexpected order, which forced Yan Jinwen to start this rescue operation in a hurry.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="53" > successfully rescued and received preferential treatment</h1>
On May 23, 1949, near the end of the Battle of Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek was fully aware that he was powerless to return to heaven, and when he withdrew, Chiang Kai-shek decided to take a series of retaliatory actions.
Chiang Kai-shek
On the morning of May 24, Liu Fangxiong, then director of the Shanghai Station of the Secrecy Bureau, ordered: "At 10 o'clock in the evening, in the name of transferring Taiwan, Zhang Lan was transferred to the 16 shop wharf, and even people took the car and sank into the Huangpu River. ”
After receiving the order, Yan Jinwen immediately informed Yang Hu's wife, Tian Shujun, of the intelligence complaint: "Mao Renfeng has issued a clear order to sink Mr. Zhang Lan into the river at 10 o'clock today. Tian Shujun stressed: "Mr. Yang let me tell you that success or failure in this move must be foolproof, only success is allowed, not failure!" ”
In order to ensure the success of the mission, Yan Jinwen also specially summoned his agents to a meeting, at which he said: "At 10 o'clock tonight, carry out the task of assassinating Zhang Lan. At the end of the meeting, Yan Jinwen also stressed in particular: "The task starts at 10 o'clock and cannot be changed!" ”
Zhang Lan
After everything was arranged, Yan Jinwen hurried to the Hongqiao Sanatorium, and then replaced all the surveillance personnel with his own cronies, and he also quietly revealed to Zhang Lan: "Tonight to rescue Mr. Zhang from danger, Mr. Yang Hu sent me, please believe me." ”
At 9 p.m., Yan Jinwen arrived at the security headquarters early, and he drove a car of the headquarters by himself. In order to confuse his agents, Yan Jinwen angrily walked into the room where Zhang Lan was imprisoned with a pistol, and then deliberately shouted: "Zhang Lan hurry up and get into the car, we are ordered to take charge of your transfer, and we must not delay it." ”
Soon, Zhang Lan got into the car of the Garrison Headquarters under the personal escort of Yan Jinwen, Yan Jinwen personally drove, all the way up, he did not dare to take the big road, tried his best to take the small road, but even so, there were still many checkpoints on the road, but Yan Jinwen not only had the car of the Garrison Headquarters as a disguise, but also had the real headquarters certificate, so at the beginning all the way was smooth, but just when Yan Jinwen was about to arrive at the Yang Mansion by car, a big trouble came.
Yan Jinwen did not escort Zhang Lan to the docks for a long time, which made the Kuomintang Shanghai Secrecy Bureau quickly perceive the abnormality, the Kuomintang immediately sent a pursuit of troops, under such a crisis, Yan Jinwen immediately got out of the car with Zhang Lan on foot to escape from danger, all the way to the wild before finally getting rid of the pursuit.
Years later, Yan Jinwen still had feelings when recalling the situation that night: "That night I personally drove to the Hongqiao Sanatorium, when the whole city of Shanghai was already under martial law, because I was wearing a military uniform and knew the pass order for that night in advance, so I could get through unimpeded." ”
Soon, Yang Hu's rescue of Zhang Lan and others was learned by Kuomintang agents, and Chiang Kai-shek was furious and immediately ordered a reward of 30,000 yuan to assassinate Yang Hu. When Yang Hu's life was in danger, our party did not hesitate to extend a helping hand to him, and Premier Zhou ordered Pan Hannian, head of the Shanghai underground party, to personally send Yang Hu to Beiping for protection; when Yang Hu arrived at the Beijing railway station, Mr. Zhu and Premier Zhou personally went to greet him.
After the founding of New China, Zhang Lan was elected vice chairman of the Central People's Government, and his life-saving grace to Yan Jinwen was never forgotten. Every time Yan Jinwen travels or visits Beijing, Zhang Lan will definitely entertain him with a "family banquet". Usually, Zhang Lan's family banquet is received by his wife, but Yan Jinwen is an exception, and every time he comes, Zhang Lan, as vice chairman of the Central People's Government, will definitely accompany him personally. It can be seen that Zhang Lan has always remembered Yan Jinwen's life-saving grace in that year.
Man itself is a complex synthesis, and no one can define his life with the word "good or bad", as Premier Zhou said: "No one is a sage, and no one can be blameless." For a person, we must not only look at the past and the present, but also look at the future! ”