1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Weiwei is a "careful person" and has long been preparing for the possibility that one day Iwai Eiichi might introduce her to higher-ups in Japan...

Looking at Yuan Shu's ardent admiring eyes, Fujiwara no Kanezane couldn't tell for a moment whether it was true admiration or false.

An agent who can leave his name in history is really amazing... "Haha, you are not bad."

Fujiwara no Kanezane patted him on the shoulder and praised him: "Dongchang... Northeast China needs talents like you."

Yuan Shu was quite sensitive and immediately realized that Fujiwara no Kanezane had not called him here to ask him to "please pledge allegiance to the Empire of Japan," so he asked carefully:

"Your Highness, do you have a special mission for me? Is it from the Five-Star Eastern Republic?"

"Smart, Consul Iwai said you're talented, and I trust his judgment, so..."

After learning about Fujiwara Kanezane's plan, Yuan Shu was ecstatic!

I was just wondering how to find a reasonable excuse to interfere with Song Qingling's new government, and now this is just like a pillow appearing when I want to sleep!

"...Your first task is to find a way to infiltrate Soong Ching Ling's government or party. I will then give you new tasks."

"I understand, Your Highness. I fully obey your orders. Any other requests?"

"No... no, I still have a few requests!" Fujiwara Kanezane raised three fingers:

"First, no bribery with money. Second, no buying with beauty. Third, no gaining trust through assassination or selling intelligence. Do you understand?"

"...Understood, Your Highness. I will do it then."

"Well, let's go."

Yuan Shu left the room with an air of "I will serve Your Highness with all my heart." Iwai Ei--bewilderedly asked:

"Your Highness, why do you have to make these demands? Can't you just arrange for him to be in the position directly?" "This is a test for him. Only if he passes it will he be qualified to be reused by me. If he can't even escape the surveillance of the people I have assigned to Soong Ching Ling, then it means he is not the talent I want."

After saying this, Fujiwara Kanezane withdrew his gaze from Yuan Shu's departing figure and looked at Iwai Eiichi:

"Please hurry up with the new intelligence agency. Don't worry about the funding. I'll arrange for the Osaka Chamber of Commerce to call you."

"Yes! Your Highness!"

Iwai Eiichi was also a smart man. He immediately realized that the request that Fujiwara Kanezane put forward to Yuan Shu was also a request for the new intelligence organization he would establish in the future, and even more so a request for him personally.

Your Highness's demands are quite high...

If they don't rely on money and beauty to obtain intelligence, how can they maintain the operation of the organization? Iwai Eiichi fell into deep thought and decided to discuss it with Yuan Shu later.

On the other hand, Yuan Shu did not return to the organization immediately after leaving the consulate. Instead, he waited for a few days to confirm his safety before contacting his single-line superior Wang Zichun. He rarely requested to meet with Pan Hannian directly and then reported the matter.

At this time, Pan Hannian already knew that Chen Yi and Su Yu had met with Fujiwara Kanezane and were transferred from the Northeast to Shanghai. When he heard about this, he was suddenly in trouble.

This "King of the Northeast" probably has some special talent for selecting talent, right? He's specifically targeting CCP members?

And you picked someone who was particularly capable?

I really don't know whether to say that he has a good eye or a bad eye.

By the way, why do the requirements this person put forward to Yuan Shu seem so similar to the work requirements of our Central Special Branch...

Could it be that he discovered Yuan Shu's identity? So...wait, there's a possibility!

Pan Hannian also fell into deep thought.

"Old Pan, what should we do? Can you think of a way to let me in?"

"No, I think this might be a test and temptation for you, so we won't interfere at all. You figure it out on your own!"

470 I Eat Meat, You Get Beaten, That's Reasonable

Pan Hannian was reluctant to let his intelligence forces get involved in Yuan Shu's efforts to establish a spy agency against China and infiltrate Soong Ching Ling's new government under Fujiwara no Kanezane's orders. This was not only due to security concerns, but also because he had a very important task to do recently:

Kill the traitor.

This is the most legitimate and justifiable thing for any recognized organization. Even the enemy would not think there is anything wrong with it. However, the CCP has set up even stricter "standards" for killing traitors:

1. Former member of the Communist Party of China or close associate of the Communist Party of China;

2. Betray the Party and serve the enemy wholeheartedly;

3. Causing huge losses to the Party or posing great potential harm.

In other words, the CCP will not kill ordinary traitors (such as those who simply declare that they have left the party and no longer believe in communism).

In recent years, when it comes to the traitor who posed the greatest threat to the CCP, caused the most serious losses to the CCP, and was hated the most by the CCP, Gu Shunzhang is second to none.

He was caught performing magic in public to pick up girls and make money (because he had spent all his funds on prostitution), and then he immediately defected. After the defection, he originally wanted to use his special status to control Chiang Kai-shek in exchange for better conditions;

As a result, the award did not interest him at first, and after just a little play, he completely lost his temper (fearing he would be killed), and started to sell out all the secrets of the Party.

Wan Yagang, a veteran spy chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (now called the "Party Affairs Investigation Section"), who had been in the spy business for decades and had once trained with Gu Shunzhang in the Soviet Union's KGB, commented on him this way:

"Although his training time is not long, he is proficient in both literary (makeup, acting, magic, psychology) and martial arts (firearms, blasting, bare hands)... He can be said to be an all-round spy... No one can match him."

In the words of Xu Enzeng, a leader of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics:

"After Gu Shunzhang's transformation, our achievements in fighting the Communist underground all over the country suddenly became brilliant, and the cases were no longer as difficult to handle as before;"

"...He was like a living dictionary. Whenever we encountered any difficulties (in suppressing the Communists), we just had to talk to him and they would all be solved..."

"These repeated crackdowns dealt an unprecedented blow to the Communist Party's underground organizations across the country. In the severely damaged areas, it was completely impossible to restore the organization..."

Chen Geng said to his subordinates with deep concern:

"Judging from his (Gu Shunzhang's) behavior, I'm afraid we'll see his betrayal in our lifetime."

In fact, Gu Shunzhang did not "lose" the reputation that everyone had given him. Positive proof is that after the "April 412 Incident", under Chiang Kai-shek's extreme white terror, Gu Shunzhang still led the entire Central Special Branch to kill several important traitors, including Bai Xin, the former secretary of the Central Military Commission;

Negative evidence: He indulged in drinking, whoring, and gambling, forced Qian Zhuangfei to reveal his identity, forced the entire CPC Central Committee to evacuate Shanghai, arrested Chen Geng, and (assisted in) the arrest and killing of over 800 revolutionaries including Cai Hesen and Yun Daiying;

The harm caused by Gu Shunzhang's betrayal was not only that he knew and sold out the party's secrets, but also that his betrayal caused the Kuomintang to begin to systematically change its methods of attacking the CCP.

Although the KMT had previously recruited CCP traitors, these were mostly "accidental" and "fortuitous." After Gu Shunzhang, the top leaders began to realize the importance of high-ranking CCP traitors and consciously recruited them.

Later, the Kuomintang actively accepted Zhang Guotao and other rebellious senior CCP leaders, which was closely related to the great "contribution" that Gu Shunzhang made to them.

This former member of the (temporary) Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, Wu Hao's assistant, the person in charge of the actual work of the Central Special Branch, and the direct leader of the "Third Team" (the Anti-Traitor Team) posed a huge threat and caused too much damage.

It may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that it "almost interrupted the process of China's revolution", but it is extremely appropriate to say that it "almost destroyed the entire Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the white area intelligence organization."

Therefore, the CCP never stopped investigating and assassinating Gu Shunzhang, but this guy was so cunning and was under strict protection by the Party Affairs Investigation Section, so the CCP couldn't even touch his hair.

In fact, it's not just the CCP. Since there's no direct contact to record the data, even the agents and UMP45 don't know where this guy is hiding unless they put in a lot of effort to investigate.

Originally, with someone's temper, he didn't care whether Gu Shunzhang lived or died. If he happened to meet him like Zhang Zongchang, he would have chopped him off with a single blow. But since he didn't meet him, then "let the CCP do its best!"

However, after a crazy mess, someone realized, damn, that bastard Gu Shunzhang knows too much and knows too many people, he really can't be allowed to live;

Especially when "Twilight" was told that Chiang Kai-shek actually planned to send Gu Shunzhang to him as his subordinate to establish a new intelligence network in Northeast China.

Damn it, bringing this bastard to Northeast China, not to mention whether it's disgusting or not, wouldn't that mean selling out a large number of CCP members, including Chen Geng, for nothing?

It's not possible to stay in Shanghai!

Nie Rongzhen and others were severely suppressed by Gu Shunzhang back then. So after much deliberation, it was better to kill this traitor as soon as possible.

An old man with gray hair and a hunched body appeared at the dock between Nanjing and Shanghai. He was leaning on a cane and trembling as he walked. People were worried that he might fall.

Several kind gentlemen came forward to ask the old man if he needed help and where his family was, but the old man smiled and waved his hand to decline.

No one knew that this old man who looked to be at least 60 years old was actually Gu Shunzhang, a former central leader of the Communist Party of China and a big traitor, codenamed "Dawn".

Gu Shunzhang's makeup skills are indeed very good, at least much better than that of a brigade commander who was caught all the way. Even his walking posture is almost the same as that of an old man, and people who are not familiar with him cannot recognize him at all.

In order to keep it secret, he had no companions with him this time. There were only a few agents from the Party Affairs Investigation Department disguised as passengers following him closely for protection and surveillance.

Humph, idiot! When I become the head of the Party Affairs Investigation Section, I will punish everyone who has disrespected and disapproved of me during this period!

To this day, Gu Shunzhang still dreams that "as long as I sell enough important intelligence, I will definitely be reused by the Party and the country."

As he was detained for a long time and his channels to the outside world were almost blocked, he didn't even know about the several subversive defeats suffered by the Kuomintang and the fact that China was once again falling apart.

This time, Gu Shunzhang came to Shanghai for the "connection" at the order of Chiang Kai-shek himself, and he volunteered to do it. It was also the operation of Xu Enzeng, the head of the Party Affairs Investigation Section.

There is only one goal - to disrupt Dai Li's arrangements and the rise of the Renaissance Society, and to connect the Party Affairs Investigation Division with the top agent codenamed "Dusk"!

Last time, when someone, with the help of Ms. Song and Ms. He, went to Chairman Chiang to pretend to be a student, Xu Enzeng happened to be in Shanghai to arrange for the reception of Chuntian and was unable to return in time to meet "Huanghun";

Boss Xu didn't care much about it at first, but later in a conversation with Chiang Kai-shek, he found that the other party seemed to attach great importance to that person, and so did his rival Dai Li, so he became interested.

Haven't you, Section Chief Dai, been trying to reach out to and win over my "Dawn"? Then I'll try to reach out to your "Dusk" too!

Dai Li also wanted to let the golden cake that was protected tightly by the Central Bureau of Investigation come out to "get some fresh air", so he went with the flow, and the two of them jointly reported to Chiang Kai-shek, which led to the scene today.

Gu Shunzhang didn't know about this. He just felt that his chance to make a comeback had come, and he took the opportunity to put forward a lot of "very professional" opinions.

For example, "the first three rounds of contact must be tentative fake contacts", "only agree on the meeting method but not the meeting location", "do not send any telegrams, but meet offline"... and so on.

Frankly speaking, Gu Shunzhang's tactics were indeed quite professional. He himself had suffered losses in this way before. Overall, he was extremely cautious and careful, so logically, nothing would go wrong.

(After Gu surrendered, Cai Mengjian and He Chengjun ignored his warnings and sent six telegrams to Nanjing to announce the good news, but they were intercepted by Qian Zhuangfei.)

But some of the blows are far ahead of their time and are of a dimensionality-reducing nature.

Xu Enzeng had long been included in the Yuntu surveillance network by his agents, so who else could it be except Gu Shunzhang, the target he specifically contacted before this operation and then set out from Nanjing to Shanghai?

Therefore, "Dawn", who had disguised himself well and carefully set out to Shanghai to meet "Dusk", had not even left Nanjing when the person he was meeting with had already given his entire route to his mortal enemy for free.

According to historical development, Gu Shunzhang would be squeezed dry of all his value a few years later, and would be involved in the power struggle between the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and the Military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. He would also foolishly plan to establish a "new Communist Party" and would be ordered to be executed by Chiang Kai-shek.

But this time, he won't live that long.

Soon, a familiar yet unfamiliar figure entered the sight of the Central Special Branch personnel.

"...Are you sure that old man is Dawn?"

"Sure!"

Nie Rongzhen, who was temporarily called over by Pan Hannian to help, gritted his teeth and said, "I would recognize him even if he turned into ashes!"

"Comrade Xinghua, what about you?"

"Yes, I think it's Dawn too."

Qu Qiubai's wife, Yang Zhihua, who was still working in Shanghai at the time, also nodded in approval:

"No matter how much makeup he puts on, his expression and some of the details of his body movements are still difficult to change. I'm 90% sure it's him."

Pan Hannian also asked several comrades who had worked closely with Gu Shunzhang and even been won over when Gu betrayed him. They all suppressed their excitement and anger and said that they had not admitted their mistakes.

The top traitor Gu Shunzhang is actually coming to Shanghai?

When we received Comrade Pan Hannian's private oral report before the operation, everyone's first reaction was disbelief.

Damn it! How dare that bastard come to Shanghai?!

Is he really getting carried away, or does he think that our former colleagues are no longer able to handle a knife?

The Party Central Committee and the Soviet Central Government had already issued a "Wanted Order," stating that anyone could kill Gu Shunzhang without permission!

"In Soviet areas, if you encounter this traitor, you should arrest him and bring him to the revolutionary court for trial. In areas of white terror, if you encounter this traitor, every revolutionary fighter, every worker, peasant and poor member has the responsibility to eliminate him!"

Such harsh wording, which can be called a "Jianghu Killing Order", is the first time in the history of the Communist Party of China, and may also be the last time.

But the Shanghai of today is not the Shanghai after Gu Shunzhang's rebellion!

It would be fine if he sneaked in here without being discovered, but if we found out, he would never be able to leave Shanghai alive!

In fact, the moment he saw the "old man", Pan Hannian basically confirmed that the other party was Gu Shunzhang, but he was still worried about making a mistake.

The saying "It is better to kill the wrong person than to let him go" is not easily allowed in the Communist Party of China, especially in the Central Special Branch.

After Gu Shunzhang's rebellion, Wu Hao personally led his men to strangle his family, which was criticized and ridiculed by later generations as another "black spot";

But some keyboard warriors knew that the people he ordered strangled were those who knew a lot of the Party’s secrets, who, after many conversations, still firmly supported Gu Shunzhang, and even expressed their willingness to betray the CCP with Gu Shunzhang!

Don't kill them, keep them for the New Year?

If he were the Kuomintang, Gu Shunzhang would not be able to leave a nephew, a son and a daughter alive, and the earthworms in his home would have to be chopped into pieces to make sauce.

(Moreover, his nephew later betrayed another CCP member, Wang Shide, who was arrested and defected. His wife and daughter went into hiding after the founding of the People's Republic of China. After the reform and opening up, they gave interviews to various media outlets and frantically whitewashed Gu Shunzhang - and they are still doing so 19 years later.)

(“I think my biological father was very capable and did a lot for the underground party. But I have always felt resentful towards the nine relatives who were inexplicably implicated”—he did not mention the revolutionary predecessors who died because of Gu Shunzhang’s betrayal.)

The CCP is still too soft-hearted.

This kind of "leniency" is certainly harmful to ordinary "heroes", but it is not entirely true for an organization like the CCP that aims to liberate all of China, Asia and even the world.

In the short term, it did cause some losses, but in the long term, it established its own strong political credibility in the hearts of people from all walks of life;

This kind of political credibility is worth a fortune, so much so that when Taiwanese politicians in later generations said they had received death threats from CCP spy organizations and tried to win sympathy, they were mocked by Taiwanese netizens themselves, saying, "Do you mistake the National Army for the Communist Party?"