Chapter 14 Section VIII

The story of this revolutionary couple cannot be generously written to the end, and the reason is well known: During the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Jingwei and Chen Bijun betrayed the country and surrendered to the enemy, and were nailed to the pillar of shame in history. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Wang Jingwei, then vice president of the Kuomintang and president of the Executive Yuan, witnessed the strength of the Japanese army, the disunity of various military forces in China, and the heavy cost of the war of resistance. ".After many secret contacts and discussions with the Japanese side, he made a major decision: to leave the anti-Japanese camp, join the Japanese-occupied areas, cooperate with Japan, and launch a "peace movement" to achieve "curve to save the country."

After this decision, Wang Jingwei, in the eyes of the Chinese people, is no longer the passionate hero and righteous Wang Jingwei.In his life, the big hero and the big traitor are so sharply divided. On December 18, 1938, Wang Jingwei, Chen Bijun and other family members and subordinates flew away from Chongqing, the wartime capital of the Republic of China, and arrived in Kunming; on the 19th, Wang Jingwei and others flew to Hanoi, Vietnam; turned to Japan. "Yantian" wrote in the form of "suggestions" to the Central Committee of the Kuomintang and Chiang Kai-shek. The telegram said: "The purpose of China's war of resistance is to seek the survival and independence of the country. After more than a year of war, it has caused great pain. When the war is ended in a just peace, the survival and independence of the country can be guaranteed, that is, the goal of the war of resistance has been achieved."

Chiang Kai-shek was disgraced in front of the people of the whole country by the defection of Wang Jingwei, vice-president of the Kuomintang. He announced that Wang Jingwei would be expelled from the party and dismissed from all his posts.As a result, Zeng Zhongming, Wang Jingwei's secretary, temporarily switched bedrooms with Wang Jingwei, and Wang Jingwei escaped from birth. On March 20, 1940, Wang Jingwei, who had reached a cooperation with Japan, announced the "return of the capital to Nanjing" and the establishment of the "National Government". He served as the "Chairman of the National Government" and "President of the Executive Council".In the Chinese territory occupied by Japan, there were two main puppet regimes, the Puyi puppet Manchukuo in the northeast and the Wang Jingwei Nanjing puppet government in the southeast.

Wang Jingwei, the hero in the eyes of the Chinese people, threw himself into the sun and became the No. 1 traitor in Tianzi. This greatly damaged the morale of the Chinese soldiers and civilians in the Anti-Japanese War, and gave great encouragement to the traitors.After Wang Jingwei's treason, there was a countercurrent of defection to Japan during the Anti-Japanese War, and the army of the Nanjing Puppet Government expanded rapidly, reaching more than one million at its peak, which played a very bad role in the Anti-Japanese War. The name Wang Jingwei has changed from "thunderlike" to "notorious".During the Anti-Japanese War, in many places such as Zhejiang and Chongqing, people imitated the statue of Qin Hui and his wife kneeling in front of the West Lake Yue Temple in Hangzhou, and made kneeling statues for Wang Jingwei and Chen Bijun.

A generation of heroes has been condemned by thousands of people. "Bringing swords into one piece, not to lose the head of a young man", is the blood still flowing in Wang Jingwei's body? Knowing that he was reviled by the masses, and considering the reputation of future generations, Wang Jingwei shed tears on many occasions.What he said privately before can be regarded as his self-defense: "It is better for me, Wang, to give away the country than others. There is no limit for others to send the country, but there is a limit for me to send the country. We cannot let them give away the country. "

As the victory of the Anti-Japanese War approached, Wang Jingwei's health deteriorated day by day, and Japan sent the best doctors to diagnose and treat him, but they were unable to recover. In March 1944, Wang Jingwei went to Japan for medical treatment; on November 10, 1944, Wang Jingwei's condition worsened and he died in Nagoya Imperial University Hospital.Two days later, under the escort of Chen Bijun and Japanese military officers, his body was transported back to China by special plane, and buried in Meihuashan, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing according to his last wish, to show that he was a follower of Sun Yat-sen.

Wang Jingwei, who died before the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, escaped trial.After Japan surrendered, his cemetery was blown up by Chiang Kai-shek, and his widow, Chen Bijun, was brought to court. On April 16, 1946, Chen Bijun, who admired and supported Wang Jingwei all his life, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime of traitor.Chen Bijun remained aggressive in court, denying all the allegations against her and Wang Jingwei.When receiving the verdict, she also said: "I have the courage to die, but I don't have the patience to go to jail, so I hope the court will change the death sentence."

On June 17, 1959, 68-year-old Chen Bijun died in prison.