Chapter 40 6. Fu Zuoyi went to Xibaipo

After the conversation on February 8, Tao Zhu specially sent Fu Zuoyi a set of "Mao Zedong Selected Works" published in Northeast China and some books on the policies of the Chinese Communist Party.The North China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent him "Must Read for Cadres" and some books on Marxist theory.After Fu Zuoyi read some, he felt that it was very helpful to him.He asked Zhou Beifeng to talk to Ye Jianying, and he wanted to go to Xibaipo to meet Mao Zedong himself.This request was quickly reported to the Party Central Committee in Xibaipo.

On February 20, Mao Zedong clearly stated in a telegram to Ye Jianying that Fu Zuoyi and Deng Baoshan were welcome to go to Xibaipo.In the same telegram, Mao Zedong also invited Yan Huiqing, Shao Lizi, Zhang Shizhao, and Jiang Yong, four famous figures from the Shanghai Peace Delegation who were in Beiping at the time.Mao Zedong also instructed that only one entourage should be brought, and the location of the conversation should be kept confidential. On February 22, Fu Zuoyi and Deng Baoshan took their attache Yan Youwen (formerly the deputy chief of the political work department and press spokesman of the North China General Headquarters, and also Fu Zuoyi's confidential secretary) and the Shanghai Peace Delegation to Shijiazhuang by plane.Yang Shangkun, director of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Li Weihan, head of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, were waiting at the airport. They greeted the guests warmly and said, "We are here to welcome General Fu and General Deng on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao Zedong!"

After passing the winding mountain dirt road, the jeep stopped at the Xibaipo Guest House of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in a small mountain village, where Zhou Enlai greeted the guests.He, Fu Zuoyi and Deng Baoshan are old friends who have met each other. That afternoon, Mao Zedong came to the guest house.When Fu Zuoyi saw Mao Zedong, he stood at attention first, and then gave a standard military salute. After being seated, the first sentence Fu Zuoyi said was: "Chairman, I have been a soldier for half my life. Apart from resisting the Japanese, I have committed many crimes."

However, Mao Zedong said to him: "No, you have made merit. You have made great contributions in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and now you have done a great deed for the people. The people will never forget you, and the people will always thank you!" Mao Zedong said again: "In the past , we met on the battlefield, clearly; today, we are aunts and relatives, and we are inseparable. Chiang Kai-shek spent his whole life playing wharfs, but you finally got rid of him.” In this way, Mao Zedong used his inherent habit of talking, although he talked about the present and the past, but did not deviate from the theme, which made Fu Zuoyi's heart more and more hot, and threw some of the original anger out of the nine days.

When it came to the fact that many of Fu Zuoyi’s officers had already been captured and could do a lot of work for the people after being educated after release, Mao Zedong asked Fu Zuoyi: “General Fu, you have made meritorious deeds, and you have virtue and talent. Working in the government, I wonder what you want to do?" Fu Zuoyi didn't answer.Later, when Deng Baoshan said that when Fu Zuoyi was in charge of Suiyuan in the past, he managed water conservancy in Hetao, cultivated land and developed agriculture, and achieved great results. Zhou Enlai said: "Just managing Hetao is not enough for Mr. Fu."

Mao Zedong said: "As long as the Yellow River Loop is too small, you can be the Minister of Water Resources in the future and give full play to your talents. In addition, you have to take care of military affairs." The appointment of Fu Zuoyi as Minister of Water Resources and Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission laid the groundwork. Fu Zuoyi's trip to Xibaipo was very successful.In the words of Li Kenong, then Minister of the Social Affairs Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, "Chairman Mao's words made Fu Zuoyi a different person." Later, Fu Zuoyi assisted the Peking Joint Office with a very positive attitude to do a lot of work. It has played a huge role that others cannot play.

On the afternoon of March 25, Mao Zedong and other leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China specially invited Fu Zuoyi to participate in the military parade at Xiyuan Airport in Beiping. At the end of March, Mao Zedong met Fu Zuoyi and Deng Baoshan again in Beiping, and had a cordial conversation with them.Mao Zedong talked with them about how to govern the country and the army, and about life with them. Mao Zedong said: "We are already friends!" With a series of specific help and inspiration from the Communist Party of China, Fu Zuoyi constantly had an impulse and change in his heart, and he wanted to express it.At this time, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were holding peace negotiations in Beiping, which attracted the attention of the people of the whole country and the public opinion of the world.Most people in the Kuomintang negotiating delegation were serious about peaceful negotiations, but those in power in the Nanjing government used peaceful negotiations as a strategy and means, lacking sincerity for peace.At this important moment that concerns whether the whole country can truly achieve peace, Fu Zuoyi is determined to use his actual actions to do his best for the peace process of the whole country.So he delivered his famous peace telegram to the nation on April 1, 1949:

Chairman Mao of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, all democratic parties, people's organizations, democrats and patriotic friends of the Kuomintang: The peace work in Peking, which began on January 22, has been successfully completed.Beiping has never been damaged, the lives and properties of the people have not been lost, and cultural relics, historic sites, businesses, and buildings have all been preserved.The peaceful settlement of Peiping has been praised by all parties in the country, and it is regarded as the beginning of the realization of the peaceful liberation of the whole country.

Now when the whole country is discussing peace, at this time, I would like to explain my understanding and opinions to all parties in the country. During the two and a half years of civil war, my personal heart and actions, subjective and objective, were struggling painfully amidst extreme contradictions.The realization of peace in Peking is the result of self-suffering struggle from awareness to action. Looking back on the past now, I feel that my biggest mistake was implementing the reactionary anti-insurgency policy.When we carry out the so-called suppression of chaos, we talk about the people every day, but in fact all problems are to destroy and oppress the people everywhere.Our troops guard the homes of big landlords in the countryside, and serve as bodyguards for the privileged, wealthy, corrupt officials, and dirty officials in the cities.We not only protect these evil forces in the countryside and cities, but also continue to create and encourage these evil forces.The reason for this kind of error, reflected in politics, is corruption; reflected in the economy, it is collapse; reflected in culture and education, it is the control and suppression of the resistance of young students; The poverty of the country and the luxury and lust enjoyed by the upper exploiting class are increasing day by day; reflected in diplomacy, it is dependent on the United States; reflected in the military, it is changing from an advantage to a disadvantage.All of these are because they violate the interests of the people, so they do not get the support of the people and are finally abandoned by the people.

Why did the Chinese Communist Party succeed?This is because the Communist Party of China, based on the interests of the masses of workers and peasants and the people of the whole country, has completely solved the land problem in the countryside and won the support of the majority of farmers; it has implemented both public and private interests in urban industry and commerce, benefited both labor and capital, eradicated bureaucratic capital, and protected national industry and commerce. development of.The Communist Party's proposition of a democratic coalition government has won the support of all democratic parties and people across the country.New Democracy not only scientifically explains the content of the revolutionary Three People's Principles, but also correctly explains the past, present and future of the Chinese revolution.The national democratic revolution in the new era no longer belongs to the old category. It must be led by the workers and peasants and the Communist Party representing the workers and peasants in order to ensure the thorough implementation of revolutionary policies and the complete completion of revolutionary tasks.Since the Communists have a correct understanding of history and have the spirit of hard work to serve the people, they are succeeding day by day.A correct policy is the premise and guarantee of real peace.

Since the so-called anti-insurgency policy is completely wrong, and since the new democracy of the Communist Party is completely correct, we must openly oppose the so-called anti-insurgency policy, sincerely achieve peace, and stop hesitating, wandering, and going against the will of the people.Peace in Peiping means following the interests and aspirations of the people, having the courage to realize and act responsibly, conforming to correct policies, and conforming to the eight peace conditions proposed by Mr. Mao Zedong. This kind of peace is sincere peace.All patriotic military and political personnel of the Kuomintang should conduct a deep self-reflection, admit their mistakes, start with the peace in Peking, and strive to promote the rapid realization of peace throughout the country, and then start the construction of the country. Today, the cause of Chinese people's democracy is based on the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the alliance of workers and peasants, uniting all democratic parties in the country, progressive people of the Kuomintang, and all democratic strata in the country to work together. This is the trend of the times and the aspiration of the people.Zuo Yi knew this, and would like to support the leadership of Chairman Mao of the Communist Party of China in the future, implement new democracy, and peacefully build a new China. On the day when the telegram was published, Fu Zuoyi specially hosted a banquet for the KMT peace talks delegation, and distributed to them the peace telegram published in the newspaper that day.Zhang Zhizhong, head of the Kuomintang peace talks delegation, said: "What Yisheng (according to: Fu Zuoyi's word Yisheng) said on the telegram is not unreasonable." Shao Lizi even stretched out his thumb and said to Fu, "It's all from the heart." After this telegram, which Nie Rongzhen believed indicated that "Fu Zuoyi has completely stood on the side of the people", it not only had a huge impact on the whole country, but also played a great role in the peaceful liberation of Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Xinjiang in the future. , even in the international also aroused certain repercussions.At the World Peace Conference that was being held in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia at that time, this telegram was issued as an official document to all the delegates present at the conference, and was praised by many delegates. Mao Zedong read this telegram twice and was very happy.On the second day after the telegram was published, Mao Zedong wrote a reply letter to Fu Zuoyi: Power on and read on April 1.The policy of the reactionary Nanking government to launch a counter-revolutionary civil war is completely wrong.This government must be responsible for the catastrophe that the Chinese people have suffered over the years as a result of this counter-revolutionary civil war.However, the civil and military officials of the reactionary Kuomintang government who implement this policy, as long as they recognize right from wrong, feel remorse, are sincere, and show factual manifestations, which is conducive to the advancement of the cause of people's liberation and the use of peaceful means to solve domestic problems. No matter who you are, we welcome you. The peaceful settlement of the Beiping issue has been rewarded by your general.Your general wishes to stand on the side of the people in the future and participate in the construction of new democracy. We think this is very good and should be welcomed. After that, Fu Zuoyi contributed to the uprising in Suiyuan again, and served as the chairman of the Suiyuan Provincial Military and Political Committee and the commander of the Suiyuan Provincial Military Region.When the People's Republic of China was founded, he was a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Central People's Government, and a member of the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Commission. In 1954, he served as the vice chairman of the National Defense Committee. In 1965, he was elected vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee. In 1972, he resigned from the post of Minister of Water Resources due to illness. He died in Beijing on April 19, 1974 at the age of 79.Two days before Fu Zuoyi died of illness, Premier Zhou Enlai rushed to Beijing Hospital to visit him in his busy schedule, and leaned over and said affectionately in his ear: "Mr. Yisheng, Chairman Mao asked me to see you. Chairman Mao said you are right." He made great contributions to the peaceful liberation of Peiping." Regarding Fu Zuoyi's contribution to the peaceful liberation of Beiping, Mao Zedong also had a very vivid sentence, which was said by the two of them when they visited the Temple of Heaven together after the founding of New China.Mao Zedong said to Fu Zuoyi: "Yisheng, you are a great hero in protecting Beijing, and you should be given a medal as big as the Temple of Heaven." Together with Fu Zuoyi, General Deng Baoshan, who made important contributions to the peaceful liberation of Peking, also contributed to the Suiyuan Uprising together with Fu Zuoyi.After the founding of New China, he was appointed chairman of the People's Government of Gansu Province, governor of Gansu Province, and member of the National Defense Commission. In 1956, he served as the vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee. He died in Beijing on November 27, 1968 at the age of 74. Here is also an incidental introduction to the subsequent situation of several other important figures in the Battle of Pingjin. After Chen Changjie was captured, he underwent a long-term reform as a Kuomintang war criminal. He was a student of the famous Beijing Gongdelin War Criminals Management Institute.Because of his excellent performance in the process of reformation, he became one of the first 10 war criminals pardoned in 1959.After the amnesty, he worked as a commissioner at the Shanghai CPPCC Secretariat. Died on April 7, 1968. After Du Jianshi was captured, he was originally imprisoned in Baoding to study and reform. In 1956, he also went to Beijing Gongdelin War Criminals Management Center. He was granted an amnesty in 1963, and later served as the Commissioner of Literature and History of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for a long time. After 1978, he served as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He died in Beijing on November 7, 1989. According to the promise of our party and our army to the senior Kuomintang generals in Beiping that they would release them as long as they supported peace, 9 people including Li Wen, commander of the Fourth Corps, Shi Jue, commander of the Ninth Corps, and a few entourages were sent to Nanjing by plane sent by Fu Zuoyi.Li Wen joined his old superior Hu Zongnan as the deputy director of the Xi'an Appeasement Office and commander of the Fifth Corps.In the Battle of Chengdu, the last battle of the War of Liberation on the mainland, under the fierce attack of our People's Liberation Army, when several other corps commanders of the Hu Zongnan Group embarked on the road of uprising, he led the Fifth Corps to make the final struggle. Qionglai, Dayi, and Pujiang areas were wiped out. On December 27, 1949, Li Wen was forced to surrender to our army on the battlefield.Shi Jue was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the deputy commander of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison Headquarters. After the defeat in Shanghai, he led the remnant troops to flee to Zhoushan, and then fled to Taiwan.