1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

The fact that he called me on his own initiative was problematic.

From Dai Li's perspective, if he didn't go after me and bite me, he should at least have gone to complain to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek quietly, or just stood by and watched the joke.

There is a ghost.

Xu Enzeng pretended to be stupid and said:

"Director Dai means..."

"Chief Xu, I'm just saying there's a possibility. I don't know the details." "I don't think this person would make the same mistake twice." "Who knows? It's possible he stepped in two piles of dog poop on the street."

After a few words, Dai Li still didn't say a single definite word. However, Xu Enzeng was so experienced that he figured out a possibility in the process:

Dai Li might have been involved in the murder of Gu Shunzhang due to intelligence leaks, so he was unwilling to trigger a full investigation due to the "leak".

Boss Xu guessed part of it right.

Although the idea of ​​"letting Dusk lead Dawn to the Northeast to establish an intelligence organization" was discussed by the two of them, they also agreed to report it only to Chiang Kai-shek and then to "Dusk";

But in fact, Dai Li had consulted Huang Hun, a "favorite of the Generalissimo", beforehand, and confirmed that he also agreed before he agreed to carry it out.

Herein lies the problem.

When Dai Li asked him about the "Twilight" incident in person, he hesitated before agreeing. It was obvious that he knew Gu Shunzhang but had no good feelings towards him. He was just unwilling to disobey his superiors' orders easily.

If this were a normal organization, it wouldn't be a big deal. If Gu Shunzhang was safe and sound, it wouldn't be a big deal either. But this happened to be a spy intelligence agency, and something happened to Gu Shunzhang. So one possibility couldn't be ruled out:

"Twilight" used the CCP's hand to kill Gu Shunzhang, whom he disliked. This is too common in the work of espionage.

You can eliminate your target without getting your hands dirty, as long as you handle everything cleanly.

Although like Xu Enzeng, Dai Li did not believe that "Huanghun", who had no grudge against Gu Shunzhang and had never met him before, would do such a thing, but since this possibility could not be ruled out, it would be best not to get involved.

After all, it was Director Dai who told "Dusk" about "Dawn's" identity and future plans. If that one in a million possibility happened, it would be bad if Director Dai was implicated.

So, we can’t check it. What if we find something?

For a new organization like the Renaissance Society, which had just been established and had suffered a series of heavy blows, the most important thing now was to make achievements and gain greater trust and power, rather than to engage in internal strife with the Party Affairs Investigation Section.

Moreover, Dai Li also knew that it was impossible to bring down Xu Enzeng by relying on such a small matter as Gu Shunzhang's murder, and it was even more impossible to let the Fuxing Society replace the Party Affairs Investigation Section.

Since you can't defeat the other party in one go, why not do them a favor?

Xu Enzeng didn't know about these twists and turns, but with his years of experience in struggle, he realized that Dai Li was hiding something from him. He cleared his throat and tried to manipulate the other party:

"Director Dai, I think this matter needs further investigation."

Old fox!

He really won't take any loss and won't miss any advantage! Dai Li cursed in his heart, but said leisurely:

"It does require a thorough investigation, so I'm just giving Section Chief Xu a way of thinking. After all, this matter has nothing to do with our Renaissance Society. The Party Affairs Investigation Section needs to conduct a thorough investigation."

"...Well..."

Xu Enzeng was choked.

Indeed, no matter from which perspective, the party affairs investigation department, not the Renaissance Society, should conduct a serious internal investigation.

Even if Dai Li accidentally leaked the secret, so what?

It is impossible for Chairman Chiang to arrest Dai Li for this matter. He would probably just give him a scolding and a symbolic punishment.

In terms of the possibility of "who will be more unlucky if an investigation is really launched", the Party Affairs Investigation Section is far greater than the Renaissance Society.

For a long-established and successful organization like the Party Affairs Investigation Bureau, the most important thing was to maintain stability and avoid incidents. As long as nothing happened, even if Chairman Chiang thought they were "old," he would have no reason to take them down easily.

So, we can’t check it. What if we find something?

Xu Enzeng was still trying to struggle, but Dai Li's next words dispelled all his thoughts:

"By the way, Chief Xu, Gu Shunzhang's murder reminds me of another incident that happened after he betrayed the Communists. How did the Communist Party's pseudo-central government and its leader, Wu Hao, get the news ahead of time and escape capture?"

"I heard that shortly after that, one of your confidential secretaries...what's her name...seemed to have suddenly resigned?"

After some friendly exchanges, the two leaders of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and the Military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics quickly reached a consensus and unified their stance:

Gu Shunzhang, a jerk, was so frustrated by his long-term imprisonment that he went to Shanghai too conspicuously. As a result, his disguise was not careful, and he was recognized by the Communist Party's secret agents while walking on the street. After a fierce battle...

Everyone went down to make arrangements, and when they were done, they reported to Chairman Chiang.

Dai Li was fine. He had little to do with Dawn's trip to Shanghai to meet with Twilight, and he had only told Twilight himself, so he could have kept it to himself. However, Xu Enzeng was in trouble.

The people who guarded Gu Shunzhang, the people who knew Gu Shunzhang's identity, the escort and guards, the people who handled the whole process after Gu was killed, the people who completed all the records and evidence... and so on.

After all the cleaning up, Section Chief Xu was exhausted and lay back on the sofa. His new confidential secretary promptly handed him a cup of coffee, and then stood aside with his hands behind his back, waiting for orders.

Xu Enzeng was generally satisfied with this new secretary, who was taciturn but had strong practical skills. However, having learned from Qian Zhuangfei's experience, he did not fully trust her. After finishing his coffee, he sighed:

"Shiying, it's been almost three months since you came to our Party Affairs Investigation Department. Have you adapted to the work?"

"Reporting to the section chief, everything is going smoothly and there is nothing wrong."

After saying this, the secretary stopped talking. He was really frugal with words, but Xu Enzeng felt relieved instead.

People like Qian Zhuangfei, who had a wide range of friends and good relationships with both superiors and subordinates and were originally thought to be capable and competent, were now not liked by him.

"Well, our Party Affairs Investigation Section will definitely be expanded in the future. If you work hard, your contribution will be indispensable."

"Thank you, Chief. If there's nothing else, I'll get busy." "Go ahead! By the way, call Xiaohua and Xiaoshen over when you go." "Yes."

The young man left the room silently and went to the confidential secretary's office, but along the way he was thinking about Xu Enzeng's strange behavior.

To make everyone below speak with one voice, saying that Gu Shunzhang was killed because of his carelessness and exposure?

Why do this?

Is it just to shirk responsibility? Something is wrong, I feel like there is something else going on.

However, this bastard surnamed Xu clearly doesn't trust me completely, so I can't get any more information...

We need to find a way to dig deeper. Yes, this is a Communist.

Wang Shiying, a native of Shanxi, joined the Party in February 1925 and graduated from the fourth class of Huangpu Military Academy. He served as director of the political department and deputy battalion commander of the medical corps under Yan Xishan. Later, he served as deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army, secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and governor, and so on.

Incidentally, this veteran Party member, who had long been engaged in intelligence work, was surprisingly straightforward. He once openly wrote letters to the Party Central Committee and Li Desheng exposing Jiang Qing's past problems and strongly opposing Li Desheng's marriage to Jiang Qing.

During the Yan'an Rectification Movement, because Kang Sheng was arresting and attacking people without any reason, he stood up to defend the wronged comrades and even risked his life and honor to defend them. When Kang Sheng scolded him as a "big liberal", he responded by calling him a "mad dog".

In addition, he had worked with Zhao Ziqi, so it goes without saying what happened to him later - just two years after the Cultural Revolution began, Wang Shiying, who was already in the late stage of lung cancer and hemiplegic, was tortured to death in the hospital by Jiang Qing's personal order.

At present, Wang Shiying was sent by the party organization to the Nanjing Central Office to lurk, and then was promoted by Xu Enzeng and became one of the other party's confidential secretaries.

"Xiaohua, Xiaoshen, Section Chief Xu wants you to come over."

After entering the confidential secretary's office, Wang Shiying said coldly to the two young and handsome men and women:

"Hurry up, Chief Xu seems to have something important to tell you." "Yes."

Two young men who looked less than 20 years old stood up hurriedly and trotted towards the section chief's office. When the man passed by Wang Shiying, they exchanged a look without saying a word.

"Hello, Chief!"

"Hello, Section Chief!"

"Okay, okay, hello everyone. Thank you for your hard work in working overtime so late at night."

Looking at the perfect couple in front of him, Xu Enzeng showed an expression that was even more satisfied than when he saw Wang Shiying.

These two were also the products of his learning from Qian Zhuangfei's lessons.

Old hands have too many thoughts, and young people are easily deceived. So if I pick a young person and train him/her by my side, that shouldn't cause problems, right?

Where can you find subordinates who are young, well-behaved and not polluted by society? Of course, it’s students.

As a result, the selection scope of Party Affairs Investigation Section staff was expanded from the original "social department" to the "school department".

Soon, Xiaohua and Xiaoshen were picked out by him from Shanghai Nanyang Commercial High School.

They were both arranging work, but compared to being a little wary of Wang Shiying, Xu Enzeng didn't pay as much attention to Xiaohua and Xiaoshen, two young people who were still immature, and inadvertently revealed a lot of things.

Young people are smart and easy to fool. Although they still lack work ability, they are in control of the general direction. Isn't it Wang Shiying who is in charge of the specific details?

Nothing will happen!

Besides, the backgrounds of these two people are very "clean":

Xiaohua is a descendant of Huaxiang Yun, the founder of Huaxiang Yizhuang in Wuxi, Jiangsu. His family owns several tailor shops and fabric stores, and is considered a wealthy family. Xiaoshen is from a scholarly family in Taixing, Jiangsu, and is definitely one of us.

In Xu Enzeng's view, the Communist Party is a group of peasants who are determined to kill all the rich and educated people. Only fools would give up their good life to participate in their so-called "revolution."

But, isn't this a coincidence?

There are quite a few such "idiots" these days.

Xiao Hua, Hua Mingzhi, although he only entered Shanghai Nanyang Commercial High School in 1931, soon after entering the school, he came into contact with Communist Party members such as Lu Zicheng. He is currently an alternate member of the Communist Party of China, has performed well, and is about to be promoted.

After being selected by Xu Enzeng, he immediately reported the matter to the party organization. After receiving the approval of the party organization, he was assigned to the Party Affairs Investigation Section. Later, his superior Wang Shiying was also sent over...

Little Shen—Shen Anna—hasn't had much contact with the CCP yet, but because of her active performance in school and her association with Hua Mingzhi, she has been listed as a key target of attention by higher authorities.

These two became husband and wife in history, working together on the intelligence front, both of them penetrated the core departments of the Kuomintang and obtained countless important intelligence for the Communist Party.

Shen Anna became the first stenographer of the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee, the Supreme National Defense Council, the National Government Council, the Supreme Military Conference, and Song Meilin's personal stenographer.

Okay, here comes the question.

The Party Affairs Investigation Section has a confidential secretariat, which currently has only three secretaries:

A full member, an alternate member, and an "activist" destined to join the party;

You said that you, Xu Enzeng, did not do it on purpose, and that you, Xu Enzeng, did not have any ties with the Communists. Do you believe that?

It is no exaggeration to say that even if Wang Shiying, Hua Mingzhi and others were accidentally exposed, Xu Enzeng would probably have to hide it desperately and handle it in a low-key manner, and would never dare to make it public.

Otherwise, Dai Li or some other political enemy would certainly take this opportunity to bring up the fact that Qian Zhuangfei was a communist, had escaped after leaking the secret, and had been kept secret from Chairman Chiang by Xu Enzeng.

Oh hoo?

How many confidential secretaries were Communists?

After Qian Zhuangfei's incident, he didn't recruit anyone for a long time, but now he recruits three Communists?

Is your Party Affairs Investigation Section a Party Affairs Investigation Section of the Party-State or a branch of the Chinese Communist Party?

Chief Xu, I have a great memory recovery technique here. Come here and we will help you try it out for free. Please try to recall whether you are a member of the Kuomintang or the Communist Party.

This is the real meaning of “cannot be checked”.

Because if they investigate even a little, they will definitely find it on Boss Xu himself. What if they find something?

After receiving a bunch of tasks from Xu Enzeng, who knew nothing about the true situation of his subordinates, Hua Mingzhi and Shen Anna left the office. The latter asked the former with a confused look on his face:

"Senior, why are you spending so much time on this 'Observation Report'? This 'Dawn' is always so hedonistic and unrestrained... Is he truly heinous?"

"I'm not sure either. Anyway, we'll do whatever the section chief says. Oh, and remember to keep it a secret. Don't tell anyone."

Having said that, Hua Mingzhi turned around and told Wang Shiying everything, who immediately reported it to Pan Hannian in Shanghai.

Combining the intelligence he already had, Pan Hannian quickly made a judgment:

Dawn's adventure to Shanghai was no accident. He was there to meet with a powerful spy, becoming his subordinate and establishing a brand new intelligence network!

How terrifying must this unknown spy be to have Gu Shunzhang, a super-excellent agent recognized by the Communist Party of China, as his subordinate!

查!

Be sure to check!

What if something is found out?

472 Dawn falls, dusk rises

Putting aside the series of minor incidents after Gu Shunzhang's murder and the subsequent second round of the American-style anti-pornography and anti-illegal publication campaign, all major events were proceeding according to someone's predetermined plan.

When the Tax Police Corps rushed south, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang government, who were originally preparing to recall the troops mobilized to suppress the "Fujian Rebellion" to suppress the "Shanghai Rebellion", suddenly became quiet.

As a feudal emperor-like anti-human element with relatively good abilities, he could of course see what Song Ziwen meant by this move, and was immediately angry and shocked.

He was furious because he had been temporarily stuck in a bug. Regardless of whether his hometown would survive or whether he would be stabbed in the back, he had to protect the interests of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium before they publicly broke with him.

What was shocking was that when did Song Ziwen, that bookish, indecisive, shameless fool who never understood the situation, ever develop such ideas and decisiveness?

Something is wrong!

Something is obviously wrong!

Could it be that all of this, including Soong Ching Ling's rebellion, was a conspiracy by the Soong family or someone else from the beginning?