Han Fuju

Han Fuju was born in Dongshantai Village (Chinese: 东山台村; pinyin: Dōngshāntái Cūn), Ba County, Hebei Province.

Nonetheless, while quite young, he had worked as a clerk in his hsien ("county") until his gambling debts forced him to run away and enlist in the army of General Feng Yuxiang.

In the Central Plains War in 1930, Han fought against the rebel troops of Yan Xishan and his former commander Feng Yuxiang in Shandong and was rewarded with appointment as governor of the province.

By commercial operations, principally in cotton, tobacco, and real estate, he grew rich and gave generously to schools, hospitals, and civic improvements.

[4] Han abandoned his army on January 6 and fled to Kaifeng, where he was arrested on 11th and brought to Wuchang and was later executed by Chiang Kai-shek for disobeying orders from superior commanders and for retreating on his own accord.