Chapter 88 14. The Heterogeneous Among the Traitors——Zang Shiyi

When the Northeast fell, civil and military officials surrendered to the enemy one after another, and four of them were high-ranking officials, known as the "Big Four" of high-ranking puppet Manchukuo officials.These four people are Xiqia, who used to be the teacher of Zhang Xueliang's martial arts lecture, Zhang Jinghui, Zhang Zuolin's brother, the chief executive of the Eastern Province Special Zone, Ma Zhanshan, the acting governor of the black province's police commander, and Zang Shiyi.Their experiences of entering the Manchukuo regime are different.Zhang Jinghui was half-abandoned by the Northeast Army Group before the "September 18th" because of his poor performance in the first Zhifeng War. 1. Xiqia was ordered to guard Jilin. Because he was always pro-Japanese, after the "September 18th" incident, Domen Erlang, the head of the second division of the Japanese army, went to Jilin to persuade him to surrender to the enemy; Ma Zhanshan was a famous anti-Japanese general, in February 1932 Under the oppression of the Japanese army, he tried to "fake surrender" to preserve his strength, but the Japanese army saw through it, so he defrauded a batch of supplies and raised the flag of righteousness in April, becoming the mainstay of the early resistance in Heilongjiang Province.

Among these traitors, Zang Shiyi should be regarded as a tragic figure.His defection to the enemy was a last resort. Zang Shiyi (1885-1956), courtesy name Fengjiu, was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, originally from Zhucheng, Shandong.Followed Sun Liechen in his early years.Later, he was appreciated by Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang, and served as Lieutenant General Chief of Staff of the Security Command of the Three Eastern Provinces and Chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Government.Zang Shiyi is a rare and outstanding figure among the old bureaucrats in China. After the Northeast changed its banner, he served as the chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Government. He carried out drastic financial and financial reforms, and contributed a lot to the stability of the Northeast. However, he himself has no style of work, and he can be regarded as an outlier in the Fengxi group. At first, he rented a few tile-roofed houses in the provincial capital, and his family was completely bare. Later, Zhang Xueliang really couldn't see it. Because of his reputation, he bought a house for Zang Shiyi out of his own pocket. In the "September 18th" Incident, Zang became one of the four giants of the puppet Manchukuo after being captured.After Japan's defeat, he was imprisoned by the Soviet Red Army, and later extradited back to China, where he died in the Fushun War Criminals Management Center.

On September 21, the "Shengjing Times" reported a large piece of news, fabricating that: "Consul Morioka visited Zang Shiyi. Zang expressed his approval." This means that Zang Shiyi, who stayed in Shenyang under Zhang Xueliang's order, agreed with the Japanese army's capture of Fengtian.In fact, Zang's attitude towards the Japanese was very firm.On the very next day, September 22, the Japanese military police detained Zang Shiyi, Director of Education Jin Yukuo, and President Feng Yong of Fengyong University. Zang Wei was a deep and sophisticated man. When Zhang Zuolin was bombed to death, he was the actual military leader of the Northeast Army outside the pass.Under the tense situation, Zang was the mastermind and lied to Zhang Zuolin that Zhang Zuolin was only injured, and deceived the Japanese side, waiting for Zhang Xueliang to sink.And secretly the whole army is ready to resolutely meet the Japanese army when it takes action.At that time, Lao Sa's grandfather was living in Xiaoheyan Hospital, and plainclothes officers of the Northeast Army went there to inspect the terrain, obviously preparing to fight the Japanese army if necessary.Under this two-pronged approach, Zhang Xueliang left the customs safely, completed the change of flag, and China was unified. Before the "September 18th" Incident, Zang accurately judged that the Japanese army was about to launch a war, and warned Zhang Xueliang many times. The answer he received was a message issued by Zhang Xueliang to Zang Shiyi, acting chairman of the Liaoning Political Committee, and Rong Zhen, chief of staff of the Northeast Army, on September 6. Yudian", saying that "no matter how troublesome the Japanese are, we must tolerate them in every possible way, and we must not resist them and cause troubles... we must pay attention to it."In view of this, there was Rong Zhen's instruction on September 18, 1931 not to resist the North Camp. The "September 18th" incident happened. Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Zang Shiyi shed tears and asked Rong Zhen and others to leave Fengtian and go south in order to counterattack. On the other hand, he said that he was responsible for defending the land and refused to leave. He tried to deal with the Japanese and strive to keep the Northeast. .Zang was immediately held hostage by the Japanese army and became the first Chinese provincial official captured.Facing the Japanese army, Zang Zeng risked his life and was unyielding, dealing with the Japanese invaders for more than forty days.Zang's mother is also a person who understands righteousness, and hides opium when sending him items, in order to persuade her son to commit suicide.

But in the end, Zang did not eat the opium his mother sent him, and chose to give in and take up a fake job. This move was regarded as a betrayal and was reviled by thousands of people.However, Zhang Xueliang mentioned in his later years that Zang's appointment as a false post was neither true nor intentional, and he also harbored secret thoughts.On the one hand, he used "inter-provincial self-government" to fight against the Japanese "Manchukuo" plan, on the other hand, he secretly sent someone to Zhang Xueliang to inform Zhang Xueliang of his strategy for recovering the Northeast and his determination to serve as an internal response.But at this time, Zhang Xueliang was ill both physically and mentally, and he had no intention of recovering, so Zang Zhi's painstaking efforts turned into a painting cake.Later, Puyi saw Zang's intentions, and in order to strengthen the basis for competing with the Japanese for power, under the pressure of the Japanese, he gave up Zheng Xiaoxu and asked Zang to be appointed Prime Minister.The Japanese side had also been alert to Zang for a long time, so they forcibly launched the pro-Japanese Zhang Jinghui.Since then, Zang was excluded from the core of the puppet regime in Northeast China and placed under surveillance.He chose to follow the crowd until Japan surrendered, and he was arrested as a war criminal of the Puppet Manchukuo, and he had no intention of defending himself.

In the first half of his life, he was honest and upright, and devoted himself to serving the country; in the second half of his life, he was sentenced to be a traitor, which is indisputable.Perhaps, in Zang Shiyi's heart, the shame and coldness can no longer be added. Zang Shiyi's reputation as a traitor is hard to wash in this life, but he may also elicit a sigh of emotion-how can there be so many traitors when the country is doing better? General Zhang Xueliang said in person: "I failed Zang Shiyi."