I am well aware of the inside story of the Cheng Zerun case. Today, the beginning of this historical event can't be traced back.
The Tax Police Corps mistreated able-bodied men, and it was unbearable to hear that the Military Service Department of the Ministry of War was in charge of national military service, including the recruitment, supplement and training of new recruits (able-bodied men) and the training of national soldiers. The department is divided into recruitment and recruitment department, military service department, national soldiers department, supervision room and secretarial office. Cheng Zerun, Lieutenant General of the Ministry of Military Service, is also the head teacher of the Central Military Service Cadre Training Corps (the head of the Central Training Corps is Jiang Zhongzheng, and the director of education is Lieutenant General Wang Dongyuan). Cheng Zerun graduated from the early army university. Before the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang government sent Cheng back to Sichuan to win over Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang and others. Cheng is also one of the aides of the military and political minister He, and the relationship between them is quite deep. At that time, there were many disadvantages in conscription work, such as forced recruitment and forced sale, which were extremely common in various places. The most prominent incidents are selling young men and oppressing the masses in counties, districts and townships, especially Chief Jiabao. In addition, Latin, Ralph and corruption in some troops are also extremely serious. According to the statistics of the supervision office of the military service organs, there were more than 2,000 violations of military service in China during the two years from February 65438 to February 65438. At that time, the Ministry of Finance of the Kuomintang government set up its own tax police corps, which was not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Affairs. The salaries and clothing of officers and men are paid by the Ministry of Finance, and their personnel supplement is also independent. It is very serious that the tax police forcibly recruit able-bodied men and detain pedestrians to supplement new recruits. /kloc-in the summer of 0/944, a company of the tax police corps of the Ministry of Finance was temporarily stationed in a compound in the urban area when passing through Chongqing. Most of the company's "recruits" were forcibly dragged from counties along the east of Sichuan, including farmers, vendors, vendors and middle-aged and elderly people. These arrested "recruits" are all poor people and suffered abuse and humiliation along the way. Company commanders often beat and scold "recruits" in the compound. It is common for "recruits" to be punished and knelt, and sometimes even tied up and beaten. These humiliated "recruits" begged, cried, cursed and begged for mercy.
The sound, from time to time, reached the cross outside the hospital, which was unbearable.
The 50 th birthday was reported, and bad luck came. 1944 One summer day, Dai Anguo happened to pass by here. He heard the voice of reprimand and crying from the hospital. He stopped to look at the hospital and saw an officer (platoon leader) beating and cursing "recruits", which looked fierce. The "recruits" knelt on the ground, including the elderly who were over half a century old. The situation is tragic. He hurried to the south bank to talk to Jiang Weiguo about it. He is the son of Dai, president of the National Government Examination Institute. He and Wei Qin are like brothers and often chat together. Anguo told Guo Wei what he saw and heard, and Guo Wei told his father about it. When Chiang Kai-shek heard about it, he decided to go and see what happened, and asked Weft to go with the car.
At that time, the anti-Japanese war front was already very tight, and the people complained bitterly about the civil war, so Chiang Kai-shek was really in a bad mood. The relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and He has a declining trend. Although they are students studying in Japan, there has been a rift between Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Kai-shek since the Xi incident. Work related to military service is the business of the Military Service Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs. He was a military affairs minister at that time, so Jiang might pay attention to this matter. Jiang and his son drove into the city from the south bank and soon arrived at the gate of the compound where the "recruits" were stationed. As soon as I entered the door, I saw the hospital in a mess. When Jiang arrived, an officer was scolding the recruits and stopped punishing them. Seeing this, Jiang angrily ordered his entourage to call the military affairs chief immediately.
It happens that this day is director Cheng Zerun's 50th birthday, and he is celebrating his birthday in a newly-built mansion. That day, there were guests everywhere, and it was very lively. Celebrations were held by commanders (Lieutenant General) of provincial military regions, commanders (Major General) of divisional military regions, ministries and commissions, relatives and friends, and dozens of banquets were held. Just as the dinner was in full swing and cups were clinked frequently, suddenly the adjutant came in and reported, "The chairman summoned Director Cheng, please go at once." Cheng doesn't know why he called. Today is his birthday, and he feels very disappointed. But he couldn't help leaving, so he quickly stabilized the guests. A moment, please. Cheng drove the car to uniform. I don't know, it was bad luck. I was trapped in prison and went to the road of death.
Oppose Chiang Kai-shek and imprison the Military Justice Department.
When Cheng Zerun, director of the Military Service Department, drove anxiously to the police area, he saw Cheang Cheng standing there angrily. Cheng lizheng saluted. Jiang looked at Cheng calmly and said, "What's wrong with your military service department?" Cheng arrived in the yard, only to know that it was the tax police, not his. He immediately replied: "Report to the Committee, this is the team of the Tax Police Corps of the Ministry of Finance. They are all recruited by themselves, and they do not accept military service.
Department jurisdiction. Jiang was very angry and said, "The military service department doesn't care about conscription, who cares!" While reprimanding Cheng, Jiang raised his staff and said repeatedly, "The Military Service Department doesn't care about military service, who cares!" This made Cheng Zerun dumbfounded, and the tax police force of the Ministry of Finance did not belong to him. He celebrated his 50th birthday today and was humiliated here, so he was a little annoyed and blurted out, "Madam President, you can't just hit people! I am a country.
At home, if you break the law, there are national laws to deal with it. ..... "Ginger heard Cheng's retort and paused. Since Jiang seized the military power, no one dared to contradict him when he lost his temper except being detained in the incident. So today Cheng dared to do so. Unexpectedly, he had to say, "OK, I won't hit you." He went on to say, "Just stand here and have a good look at what this army has done."
Chiang Kai-shek said this and was ready to leave. Unexpectedly, this brought things to a deadlock, because Jiang's words were like "imperial edicts" at that time, and subordinates had to obey them. So Cheng Zerun must always stand there and watch.
Just as Chiang was about to leave, Qian Dajun (then Minister of Political Affairs of the Ministry of Military Affairs and Director of the Duty Room of the Chairman of the Military Commission) came. He heard that Jiang inspected the garrison and drove here. He quickly asked Jiang: "It is not the way for him (referring to Cheng Zerun) to stand here all the time. It is better to let him report to the Military Law Executive Director Department (referred to as the Military Law Department) and wait for processing. " Jiang looked at it and said, "Good, good." Then he drove away. Then Minister He drove over to comfort Cheng and said, "You go to the Military Advocate General's Office first, and I will talk to the Chairman."
At this point, Cheng had to report the case to the Judge Advocate General's Office in Datianwan at the intersection with trepidation. In fact, he accepted custody and waited for treatment. The lieutenant general was suddenly hit by this. The scene at that time was sad: the room full of guests had not dispersed, and his wife and daughter were anxious to go home. The general was put in prison alone, and his military career never came back. Many rescues are unforgivable in the end. After meeting his beloved wife, Cheng Zerun, he reported the case to the Military Justice Department during the period before sentencing. Lu, director of the Ministry, believes that Cheng, who is in charge of military service, should also be responsible for the abuse of recruits by such troops, but there is no need to deal with it by military law. Deer found it troublesome for Cheng to contradict Chiang Kai-shek. He thought that only after Chiang Kai-shek calmed down could he intercede for Cheng. Cheng received preferential treatment in the Judge Advocate General's Office. His subordinates, relatives and friends can visit him and talk with other detained generals. Cheng also knew that all parties were saving him, so he settled down to wait. This incident was soon known by the senior generals in Sichuan, and they rescued them in many ways. Deng Xihou, Wang, Wang Zuxu, Tang Shizun, Pan Wenhua, Yang Sen and other senior generals of Sichuan Army jointly requested Jiang Congkuan's handling and asked General Feng Yuxiang to intercede with Jiang. Chiang Kai-shek ignored this and urged the military and judicial departments to execute Cheng Zerun. Soon, He, chief of staff and minister of military and political affairs of the Central Military Commission, was transferred to the commander-in-chief of the army (this man was from Guizhou, and this time he was transferred to General Lu, but he was actually driven out of Chongqing by Chiang Kai-shek). When he arrived in Guiyang, he immediately sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek asking Cheng Zerun to be General Lu's chief of staff. Jiang knew what Cheng's clearance was and refused to transfer Cheng, so Cheng was still imprisoned in the Military Advocate General's Office, with no hope of being released.
Lu saw that the rescue of all parties was invalid. He wanted to do his best to save Cheng Zerun, so the military judicial department signed the interrogation and the opinions of the department to Jiang. General idea of submission: The crime committed by Cheng does not constitute the execution condition, so please be lenient. Shortly after the military judicial department issued the signature, Jiang Fa issued an order instructing the military judicial department to "execute it immediately". After receiving Chiang's instructions, the military judicial department felt embarrassed and thought that the execution process was a bit excessive, but did not dare to disobey Chiang's orders. What are we doing? I can't think about it. Finally, the military judicial department decided to let Cheng go home for a few days to meet his wife and daughter. However, the military and judicial departments decided to keep it a secret, and did not tell Cheng about the imminent execution for the time being.
Cheng was temporarily released to go home. When he met his beloved wife and daughter, his eyes filled with tears, mixed with sorrow and joy. Cheng's wife is about forty years old, tall, elegant, beautiful and elegant, and she is the daughter of a famous family in Yangzhou. Cheng loves his daughter very much and regards her as the apple of his eye. In order to cultivate her talented women, Luo Yongquan, a Cantonese who was inspected by Major Luo Ren, went to study in Hong Kong and graduated from a military school, was invited to teach her female English. This shows that the child's heart is also very heavy. Cheng was reunited with his family for about 10 days, and then returned to the military judicial department. Cheng didn't know that when he went, it was a farewell to his beloved wife and daughter!
When reading Shouyu, the general will despair, and only when he is executed will he seek full protection.
After Cheng Zerun returned to the Military Advocate General's Office, the Military Advocate General Lu could not bear to announce the verdict to Cheng, but Jiang's instructions were very tight, which made the Military Advocate General in a dilemma. Deer is Feng Yuxiang's old department. In the Kuomintang government at that time, he was a stable, upright and kind elder. At that time, he tried to save Cheng, but he couldn't save him. Finally, the military and judicial departments decided to carry out Chiang Kai-shek's orders and carry them out regularly. The execution place was in the south bank of Chongqing,1autumn of 944. Before the execution, the prison officer asked Cheng what he wanted to say to his family and asked him to convey it to him. Cheng asked the prison officer: Why should he be executed? What law did he break and according to what law? Hearing this, the warden was stunned and had to say, "Director Cheng, this is the chairman's instruction, which should be implemented immediately." Jiang took out the Shouyu and gave it to Cheng. Cheng finally despaired at this time. He knew that since Jiang had done this, it was useless to say anything, but he was still not satisfied. It was the most painful thing for him that decades of military career ended like this. After he felt desperate, he didn't want to say anything more. He waited for the execution of the death penalty. After the prison officer repeatedly urged the explanation, he suggested: don't break your head and ask to keep your whole body. The prison officer accepted his request and immediately ordered the execution.
1July 6, 945, Cheng was tied to the execution ground and shot in the suburbs. These allegations are:
"Cheng Zerun, director of the Military Service Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs and chief teacher of military service training, handled military service fraud. In June and July last year, he used his authority to call engineers to build private houses, saving labor and making profits. After the investigation by the generalissimo, he was handed over to the Military Justice Department, sentenced to death, deprived of public rights for life, and shot on the morning of the 6 th of this month! "
After the gunshots, a burly body finally fell, and a man in charge of national military service became a ghost under the gun. It's true: the lieutenant general's life is like dirt, and the army horse has been robbed for half his life.
After Cheng was executed, his family came to collect the body for burial, and his wife and daughter cried bitterly, adding a bit of sadness to this foggy mountain city. After Cheng's death, the whole family grieved for a long time. Later, I heard that Cheng's wife went back to her hometown in Jiangsu to do business in Shanghai.