Chapter 45 4. Fu Zuoyi went to Suiyuan in person

At the very delicate moment in Suiyuan, Fu Zuoyi himself felt very uneasy, knowing that he had a heavy responsibility. On July 14, he wrote a long letter to Mao Zedong, at the end of which he wrote: Because the situation has reached an emergency stage where either enemies or friends, the reactionaries will use sabotage methods, and a small number of elements may be used by Yan (note: referring to the remnant forces of Yan Xishan in Shanxi) to persecute Dong Qiwu, Wang Kejun, etc., or give birth to other mishaps.In order to avoid procrastination and long-term dreams, my opinion is that the Suiyuan issue must be resolved quickly and thoroughly so that it can become a liberated area and part of the PLA in the shortest possible time. Stand up and continue to step up ideological education, and cooperate when the time is right. The People's Liberation Army fought and made meritorious service for the people.Due to the urgency of the current situation, I would like to ask the chairman to give special support. What should the military do?What should politics be?What should be the funding?

Appoint personnel to draw up a specific plan, put it into practice, and implement it thoroughly, so that the Suiyuan troops can have the opportunity to cooperate with other People's Liberation Army to attack Ning, Qing, and Gansu, and share the glorious task of liberating the Northwest. After this letter, there was also a telegram sent by Wang Kejun from Guisui asking Fu Zuoyi to go to Suiyuan in person. Two days later, Mao Zedong, accompanied by Nie Rongzhen and Bo Yibo, met Fu Zuoyi and Deng Baoshan, affirmed Fu's opinion, and made it clear that he would follow Fu's opinion.

At the beginning of August, Mao Zedong met Fu Zuoyi again and asked him to go to Suiyuan with Deng Baoshan to resolve the Suiyuan issue peacefully.Mao Zedong also told Fu Zuoyi: "After the Suiyuan Uprising, there is no need for military management. A military and political committee can be established, with Mr. Yisheng as the chairman." Under the auspices of Nie Rongzhen and Bo Yibo, the North China Bureau and the North China Military Region held a special meeting for Fu Zuoyi and Deng Baoshan to go to Suiyuan, and invited Zhou Beifeng and Yan Youwen who were close to Fu Zuoyi to participate. preparation.

First is the issue of security.For this reason, Feng Zi, the former division commander of the 35th Army under Fu Zuoyi's subordinates, secretly entered Sui, met Zhang Shizhen, the division commander of Dong Qiwu's main independent seventh division, and selected Meidaizhao (note: Mongolian) located between Guisui and Baotou. The temple is called Zhao) as a residence, which was originally a castle-like temple built by Alt Khan, the leader of the Tumote tribe, in Tumochuan. Daqing Mountain faces the Tumochuan Great Plain and faces the Yellow River in the south, with beautiful scenery and quiet environment.Zhang Shizhen transferred a reinforced regiment from the Seventh Independent Division to serve as the guard.On the way to Guisui, a special armored train was prepared.

Second is the issue of funding.The People's Bank of China appropriated 150,000 yuan in cash, and Fu Zuoyi raised another 50,000 yuan from the "struggle fund" of his original army, bringing a total of 200,000 yuan in cash.At the same time, he also brought a wagon cloth. On August 20th, Fu Zuoyi and Deng Baoshan carried the autograph letter written by Mao Zedong "not to use force to solve the Suiyuan issue", and their entourages Li Shijie, Wang Kejun, Yan Youwen, Yuan Qingrong, etc., accompanied by Pan Jiwen, director of our Liaison Office in Suiyuan , Leaving Peiping for Suiyuan.Nie Rongzhen and Bo Yibo saw them off at Qianmen Station.The North China Military Region sent a battalion of guards to go with the car.The car arrived in Fengzhen, and was warmly received by the leaders of the Suiyuan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government Gao Kelin and Yang Zhilin.The car arrived at the banner camp, and was warmly welcomed by the leaders of the Suiyuan Military Region, Yao Zhe and Pei Zhouyu.In the banner battalion, the guard battalion of our army handed over the guard task to the guard battalion led by Wei Jinglin sent by Dong Qiwu.When the armored train arrived in Guisui, the whole city was under martial law. Dong Qiwu led all the senior civil and military officials to greet him at the station. Liu Wanchun, who was no longer in the same heart with Fu Zuoyi, dared not come to the station to greet him.

After Fu Zuoyi arrived in Guisui, he first listened to Dong Qiwu's detailed report, and then received key officials including Liu Wanchun.Three days later, they were transferred to Meidaizhao, and continued to see all the officers of the army and several local officials, talking one by one, and doing work one by one.He also went to some troops to meet and speak with all officers and soldiers.At the same time, the cash they brought was used as condolence money and distributed to the troops, two yuan per soldier and five yuan per officer.The cloth brought in was handed over to the clothing factory to make military uniforms.

Just when Fu Zuoyi was working hard to peacefully resolve the Suiyuan issue, calming the emotions of the military and government personnel, and persuading everyone to resolutely follow the Communist Party to take the peaceful road of building a new China, Chiang Kai-shek asked Zhang Qingen, the chief inspector of the western party affairs of the Kuomintang and the head of the Central Union spy They sent Fu Zuoyi telegrams one after another, including those from Chiang Kai-shek, Acting President Li Zongren, and Premier Yan Xishan. The telegrams said nonsense "congratulations" to Fu Zuoyi for "escaping" from the tiger's mouth of the Communist Party, and asked him to come immediately. Guangzhou discusses major plans together.In a telegram, Chiang Kai-shek also cited the Xi'an incident as an example, thinking that Fu Zuoyi's visit to Suiyuan this time was like returning to Nanjing from Xi'an back then, and hoped that Fu Zuoyi would make a decisive decision and fly to Chongqing.All these telegrams were thrown away by Fu Zuoyi.However, at the same time Chiang Kai-shek ordered Mao Renfeng, the director of the Secrecy Bureau, to arrange spies to kill Fu Zuoyi.Mao Renfeng then sent a telegram to Zhao Enwu, the chief of the military reunification agent lurking in Suiyuan: "Fu Zuoyi lurked in Suiyuan, trying to instigate the troops to surrender the bandits, and assassinate them on the spot. The mission is completed, and the bureau should reward you." Zhao Enwu received the telegram After the order, deterred by the strict protection of the Independent Seventh Division and the enthusiasm of the masses for the peaceful road, they finally dared not take risks.

After many efforts, the vast majority of military and political officials in Suiyuan expressed their willingness to follow Fu Zuoyi, Deng Baoshan, and Dong Qiwu on the road to peace. On September 11, Fu Zuoyi sent a very long telegram to Nie Rongzhen and Bo Yibo. In the telegram, after reporting the situation in Suiyuan in detail, Fu Zuoyi proposed his specific measures: ... Principles of handling: (1) Adhere to unity and patient education, so that the majority of cadres can be fulfilled; (2) Eliminate secret agents so that they cannot spread reactionary propaganda and cause damage; (3) Small units with poor discipline need to be carefully arranged , so as not to act too hastily, becoming local bandits and thieves, affecting public security and production construction; (4) The army is gradually reorganized and educated, and finally transferred to industrial and agricultural production.

... Implementation steps: (1) After Dong Qiwu and others send out the telegram, they will completely become the Liberated Area and the People’s Liberation Army, completely sever ties with the reactionary regime, and stand in a hostile position; (2) After Dong Qiwu and others send out the telegram, immediately resume traffic; (3) They They asked me to guarantee them, and asked me to be in charge of reorganization. Therefore, after Dong Qiwu and others sent out the telegram, a military and political committee was established, and it was planned to carry out ideological education for several months and adjust personnel to gradually separate the progressive and backward cadres.Because they still have confidence in me, they think it is right for me to deal with bad elements.If the CCP personnel deal with it directly, other cadres will become suspicious and fearful.Therefore, after the establishment of the Military and Political Committee, except for Gao, Yang, Pan, and Yao (note: Gao Kelin, Secretary of the Suiyuan Provincial Party Committee, Yang Zhilin, Chairman of the Suiyuan Provincial People's Government, Pan Jiwen, Director of the Liaison Office in Suiyuan, and Yao Zhe, Commander of the Suiyuan Provincial Military Region), each Collaborate with comrades, in addition to design and decision-making, please send some senior comrades to assist in ideological education and inspection work.However, political personnel in the army and personnel directly handling affairs within the provinces and departments are not allowed to intervene for the time being.Once the thinking is cleared up, the doubts and fears are eliminated, the two provincial governments are merged into one, and the political system of the army is established, that is, they are in perfect harmony and integrated into one.

Chairman Mao trusted his younger brother extremely, and the two brothers also fully understood their younger brother.At present, the Suiyuan cadres have asked my younger brother to be responsible for the guarantee.My brother understands the actual situation, if you don’t do it, you have to do it, and if you do it, you must be responsible and do it well, so that you can live up to Chairman Mao’s kindness in fulfilling them, and you can also have a better influence in other parts of the country.This is my brother's current responsibility.The above sections are my proposals based on the current situation, but my understanding of the whole policy is different, but it is indeed necessary to deal with this complicated and contradictory situation, so I know everything, and I would rather speak ugly. Before, don't want to ask for redress after the fact.What's your opinion, please send a telegram.

Two days later, Fu Zuoyi received a call back from Nie Rongzhen and Bo Yibo, agreeing to his four principles and three steps for dealing with the Suiyuan issue.The telegram stated that no matter what methods and steps are taken, as long as Suiyuan and its army can become a Liberated Area and Liberation Army like the whole country, it will be good and can be followed.It is understandable that some people who ran back to Suiyuan from Beiping felt dissatisfied.When we dealt with this issue in the past, many people dealt with it with somewhat hostile feelings, so it was handled poorly, and we are currently reviewing it.In the telegram, Mao Zedong's original words were also conveyed to Fu Zuoyi: "The 17,000 people who have returned to Suiyuan should all be taken in and given proper placement and education." appropriate." When Fu Zuoyi read this reply, he was deeply touched by the Communists' strict self-discipline and broad mind.Of course, he didn't know that the telegram was revised by Mao Zedong himself before it reached him. After nearly a month of hard work, various difficulties in the Suiyuan Uprising were gradually overcome.At that time, the national situation was rapidly developing in a direction that was very favorable to the revolutionary people, and in addition to the small environment created by Fu Zuoyi and Deng Baoshan's arrival in Suiyuan, the remnants of the Kuomintang in Suiyuan did not dare to take any major sabotage actions. . On September 16, Dong Qiwu asked Li Zhongfu (former director of the Suiyuan Provincial Office) and Yan Youwen to draft a telegram to Mao Zedong for the Suiyuan Uprising. After being approved by Fu Zuoyi, it was sent to Beiping for the Party Central Committee to read.Mao Zedong read it on the same day and put forward specific amendments. On September 18, after making various preparations, Fu Zuoyi and Dong Qiwu decided to officially electrify on September 19, two days before the opening of the National Political Consultative Conference on September 21, announcing the Suiyuan Uprising. At this juncture, Chiang Kai-shek sent people to make trouble again. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek had fled to Chongqing, and he sent Xu Yongchang again.Chiang Kai-shek knew that Fu Zuoyi and Suiyuan generals had some relationship with Xu Yongchang in the past, so there would be no danger for Xu Yongchang to come to Suiyuan at this time.So Xu Yongchang flew directly to Baotou on September 17 to see Fu Zuoyi.In view of the old relationship in the past, Fu Zuoyi couldn't see him.Xu Yongchang brought Fu Zuoyi letters from Chiang Kai-shek, Li Zongren, and Yan Xishan, insisting that he go to Guangzhou.Of course Fu Zuoyi refused.At the same time as Xu Yongchang arrived, both Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan sent telegrams to Sun Lanfeng, Yan Xishan also sent a telegram to Dong Qiwu, all urging Fu Zuoyi to go to Guangzhou, Li Zongren also expressed his willingness to come to Suiyuan for an interview in person, but all None of these had any effect.At this time, the old and cunning Xu Yongchang came up with such a bad idea: he already knew that there would be a big move in Guisui on September 19, and that the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference would open in Beiping on September 21. Fu Zuoyi and Deng Baoshan Even Dong Qiwu had to return to Peking for a meeting on the 20th at the latest.In order to sabotage the operation on September 19, Xu Yongchang pretended to be sick and asked to be admitted to the hospital for treatment on the 18th.He thought that Fu Zuoyi and Deng Baoshan couldn't expel him from the hospital and return to Suicheng because of their past relationship.As long as he is still in Suiyuan, it is impossible for Suiyuan to hold a peaceful uprising. Facing the scoundrel Xu Yongchang, after discussing with Deng Baoshan, Fu Zuoyi adopted Li Shijie's idea and used a more clever method than Xu Yongchang. When Deng Baoshan came to Xu Yongchang's residence, he first warmly asked about the cold and warm, and then said: Dong Qiwu has arranged a hospital for you, and he will take you to the hospital for treatment soon.Fu Zuoyi, I, and Dong Qiwu don't want you to leave Baotou. They all hope that you can recuperate here and don't go back to Guangzhou.Because Suiyuan is about to hold a peaceful uprising, and you are also from Jinsui, famous, and qualified. Everyone recommends that you lead the uprising here. After the uprising, everyone will go to Peking to meet Mao Zedong. When Xu Yongchang heard this, his face changed drastically. He was afraid that he would be listed as the leader of the uprising, and he quickly said: "I don't know the Communist Party yet. I will leave tomorrow morning and will not hinder your affairs." On the morning of the 19th, Xu Yongchang He hurriedly took Zhang Qingen and a group of spy leaders and fled by plane.