In late July 1965, he attended a grand banquet held in the Great Hall of the People to warmly welcome Li Zongren, the former representative of the Kuomintang who returned from the United States. After traveling in Switzerland, Pakistan and other countries, Li Zongren successfully avoided the pursuit of Kuomintang spies and successfully returned to the embrace of the motherland. At the airport, he met the old opponents such as *** who came to greet him, as well as Zhang Zhizhong, Huang Shaohong and others.
Against the backdrop of the five-star red flag, Li Zongren felt that his inner loyalty to the country had been rekindled. With full courage, he asked *** to recommend himself as vice chairman of the National People's Congress, hoping to do some practical work for the country in his lifetime. However, ** did not immediately agree, but gave three reasons. Is the general twilight?Li Zongren was born in 1891 in Guilin, Guangxi Province. His military career began at the age of 17 when he was admitted to the provincial army primary school.
After several years of Xi, he joined the Dian Army. After joining the Kuomintang, Li Zongren gradually grew his power and became the most promising of the "Three Giants of the Gui Family". After the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Zongren served as the commander of the Fifth Theater of the Kuomintang, responsible for commanding the main battlefield combat missions of the anti-Japanese war in Xuzhou, Wuhan, southern Henan and other places. In 1938, he commanded the famous Battle of Taierzhuang in Xuzhou, and finally achieved a proud record of destroying more than 20,000 enemies.
At the beginning of 1949, Li Zongren succeeded Chiang Kai-shek and served as the **deputy** of the Kuomintang. During his short term as a deputy official, he tried his best to resolve the contradictions between the two parties through peace talks, but he was unsuccessful. Eventually, he refused to travel to Taiwan, instead transiting through Hong Kong and going to the United States to live in seclusion. When he first arrived in the United States, Li Zongren was 58 years old, and he was still in the prime of life for a soldier who had fought for half his life.
More than ten years of overseas seclusion not only whitened his temples, but also made him examine his past. Unlike Lao Chiang's poor soldiers, our party devoted more energy to improving the living standards of the people. Li Zongren once regarded communism as a beast of prey, but he had to admit that the current China far exceeds the China of Chiang Kai-shek's time, and the phrase "the Chinese people have stood up since then" is loud and clear. For Li Zongren, however, returning to China is not the end.
He asked *** to recommend himself as vice chairman of the National People's Congress, hoping to do some practical work for the country in his lifetime. Hearing his request, ** did not immediately agree, but gave three reasons. Is the general twilight?Li Zongren has always harbored a desire to return to China, because that is where he really belongs. After careful arrangements, he finally arrived in Beijing safely. After communicating with relatives and friends, he gained a deeper understanding of New China.
Despite his advanced age, he is still passionate about his ambitions on a wider stage. However, ** patiently explained to him and proposed a new political positioning. In the end, Li Zongren put aside his personal appeals, accepted the suggestion of ***, and devoted himself to the work as a person outside the party.