Chapter 7 Section 6

After the reporter was dismissed, Xu Yuanju became furious and asked Inspector An Guohua to find out how a "Communist reporter" ran into the director's office.Immediately sent a message to the headquarters of the Taipei Secrecy Bureau, asking for instructions on how to deal with it. How did the reporters know that the Second Division of the Southwest Chief Executive's Office is administratively under the leadership of the Office, but operationally it is under the command of the Second Office of the Nanjing Kuomintang's Ministry of National Defense; Under the secret leadership of the military command, the rear leadership line is even more important than the front and second lines.

When Zheng Jiemin and Mao Renfeng were competing for the leader of the military command, Xu Yuanju, the director of the second department, was in favor of both sides, taking advantage of the contradiction between Zheng and Mao to consolidate his position in the Southwest; Served twice as Southwest Chief of the Kuomintang, Head of the Department of Political Science), Liu Shoupeng, and Zhang Dulun (Yang Sen's former mayor of Chongqing).Zhang Dulun and Xu still have "nepotism". Mao Renfeng retired with Chiang and became an important member of the office of the president of the Kuomintang (Chiang Kai-shek), and actually directed the activities of the Secrecy Bureau.He instructed the Secrecy Bureau's Chongqing Station to be expanded into the "Southwest Special Zone". In addition to leading the Secrecy Stations in several southwestern provinces, he also commanded part of the "Hubei Station" and the "Northwest District".In fact, the "Southwest Special Zone" became the military command organization except for the "areas to be liberated" on the mainland at that time.

According to the principle of the military unified organization, a secret organization must be covered by an open agency, but the open agency must be led by the covered secret organization.The second branch of the Southwest Chief Executive's Office is an open agency, and it is also under the leadership of the Chongqing Station of the Military Command. After Mao Renfeng "resigned with Chiang Kai-shek", he established the "Southwest Special Zone", and Xu Yuanju was appointed as the head of the special zone. More importantly, he was needed to cover the "Southwest Special Zone" with two offices.

Xu Yuanju became the "District Chief" in one fell swoop, and became the leader of the open and secret dual-level military command, so he bowed to Mao Renfeng even more. In fact, as soon as Li Zongren's amnesty order was issued, Chiang Kai-shek was furious and scolded Mao Renfeng.On the day the amnesty order was issued, Mao Renfeng telegraphed Xu Yuanju from Chongqing that he would not let him go.At the same time, Zhang Xueliang was secretly transferred to Taipei. At this time, public opinion in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Wuhan was boiling, accusing Li Zongren's order as a dead letter.Li Zongren was furious, and called Xu Zhidao, the commander of the military, for questioning. Xu Zhidao faltered and said: "The former director Mao Renfeng did not hand over the prison to me..."

How did Li Zongren know Xu Zhidao's unspeakable secret.Probably only Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Renfeng understood the mystery.That was before Chiang Kai-shek went to the field, Mao Renfeng was secretly summoned to listen to instructions. "I'm going to retire, take off the heavy burden, and become an ordinary person. My retirement this time is not due to the pressure of the Communist Party, but because of a certain faction in the party. Do you understand?" The greetings were over, Chiang Kai-shek asked questions straight to the point in his unique way of talking. "Yes, the student understands." Mao Renfeng couldn't help being surprised: Lao Jiang was about to go to the wild because of the "forced palace" of the Gui family. Could it be that he didn't think he had killed Li Zongren?A few months ago, Mao Renfeng planned to assassinate Li Zongren, but he still failed. Now that the old man talked about it face to face, no wonder he was a little scared.

Chiang Kai-shek's eyes seemed to see through Mao Renfeng's thoughts, and he said in a gentler tone: "Don't worry, I called you this time to arrange your future work. You can resign as the head of the secrecy bureau. But don’t leave the whole organization behind, leave a face for Li Zongren and let him deal with it himself!” Mao Renfeng breathed a sigh of relief, letting go of his hanging heart.With several years of work experience, he immediately understood what Lao Jiang meant, thought for a while, and reported: "President, the students think that the Bureau of Secrecy can be moved to Shanghai and continue to carry out activities in the name of the Shanghai office. Everything depends on the president." The order is to follow. As for Li Zongren, send dozens of people there, and continue to stay in the Ministry of National Defense in the name of the Secret Bureau, let Li Zongren use it."

Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction: "Yes. But you have to understand that I am going to build Taiwan into an anti-communist base. I have to transport the headquarters of the bureau to Taiwan first, and the confidential documents must also be transported away. You continue to contact me directly and lead activities in various places. " Mao Renfeng nodded in agreement, and suggested: "You can let Xu Zhidao, the deputy director, and Lin Chao, the station chief of Fujian Station, be the director and deputy director, and deal with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi. Li and Bai have a good relationship."

Chiang Kai-shek nodded in agreement.In fact, Mao Renfeng handed over these two people, and there is still a little secret about him.Xu Zhidao is a Whampoa student who has officially graduated, and his qualifications for spy work are deeper than Mao Renfeng. He has always looked down on Mao Renfeng who only stayed in the Whampoa Military Academy for a few days and climbed up by working as a secretary. Mao Renfeng wanted to take advantage of this Opportunity, Xu squeezed out of the secrecy bureau, one less opponent for power and position.And what he relies on is Chiang Kai-shek's favor and fellow Zhejiang fellows.Chiang Kai-shek could not have expected these small calculations.

Mao Renfeng conveyed Chiang Kai-shek's instructions to Xu Zhidao, Lin Chao and others.In order to hold on to his position, Mao Renfeng appointed his confidant Tu Shoumei as the chief secretary. The "false" secrecy bureau has two divisions of general affairs and business. After bargaining, Mao Renfeng's confidant Huang Yigong was appointed as the director of business affairs, and Niu Dianchen, a relative of Xu Zhidao, was appointed as the director of general affairs. .However, this "Secret Bureau" is only used to fool Li Zongren, and there are no real field personnel and organizations, only 92 internal staff.It's really just an empty shelf.

After Mao Renfeng retired, he disappeared. At that time, a newspaper in Shanghai published a side story: "Where is Mao Renfeng going?" ".He could not be found, and not a single "political prisoner" could be released. In fact, Mao Renfeng had already rushed to Shanghai from Xikou at that time, and he lived in the mansion of Shanghai Police Chief Mao Sen. He received a telegram from Xu Yuanju from Taipei, and immediately replied: "Release a few CCP detainees appropriately, so as to relieve all Fang public opinion. Yang Hucheng is not allowed to be released without instructions from the president, but Zhou Yanghao can transfer him to Guizhou to avoid rumors..."

The No. 1 order issued by Li Zongren was in vain. Chiang Kai-shek controlled the political situation by remote control, and won the first round, which made Li Zongren unable to use his skills. Mao Renfeng would certainly win the first prize in terms of rewards for meritorious deeds.