In 1965, Li Zongren, who was haunted by the motherland, finally returned to his homeland after many hardships. When he stepped out of the cabin, he saw a scene of warm welcome, and leaders from all walks of life came to greet him in person.
However, at this moment, his friend Bai Chongxi in Taiwan, his motherland, was furious and even scolded loudly. The two of them fought side by side for many years and relied on each other, and Li Zongren also described them as "actually one person" in his memoirs.
However, in 1949, a turning point in fate led them to a different fate.
In 1965, ** and others accompanied Li Zongren and his wife out of Beijing Airport, from right: Guo Moruo, **Li Zongren, **Guo Dejie, Peng Zhen. In 1949, yes"Li Bai"A turning point in life.
Under the offensive of the People's Liberation Army, Chiang Kai-shek's main forces of the Kuomintang army suffered heavy losses, and the Chiang dynasty was about to come to an end. Chiang Kai-shek announced"Shimono"Later, Li Zongren began to preside over the peace talks.
With a long view, he decided to seize the opportunity to enlist the support of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi. He entrusted the task to patriots Zhang Shizhao and Yan Huiqing, among others, and expressed a desire to send the most suitable secret negotiator between the Communist Party and the Gui faction, Liu Zhongrong, an important senator and old friend close to him.
FigLiu Zhongrong, a native of Hunan, has long served as a senator around Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, and has close ties with the Communist Party. He has been running for many years to save the country and the people, and he is willing to take on heavy responsibilities.
He discussed with *** about the anti-Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, and under the personal arrangement of ***, he successfully got in touch. ** put forward the idea of giving up illusions and maintaining the entire Jiangnan situation, and gave Bai Chongxi a heavy responsibility and welcomed Li Zongren.
It's a pity that they didn't make an informed choice.
FigLi Zongren and Bai Chongxi were intervened by Chiang Kai-shek, and the peace talks failed. The People's Liberation Army's million-strong division forcibly crossed the Yangtze River and broke through the defense line of the Kuomintang army in one fell swoop.
Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi retreated to Guangxi in an attempt to continue resistance. However, in November 1949, Bai Chongxi's Gui troops were almost completely wiped out and suffered heavy losses, which left Li Zongren without his only support.
Forced to find a way out, he flew from Guilin to the United States via Nanning and Hong Kong in November of the same year for medical treatment, and began a 16-year exile. By December, the Gui troops were completely wiped out, and all the efforts that Bai Chongxi had painstakingly worked on for many years came to naught in an instant, and he became a lonely and helpless person.
Since the Northern Expedition, I have followed Chiang Kai-shek through good times and bad, and I must give an explanation to history for more than 20 years of history. Whether it's life or death, I don't care, you don't need to say it anymore. ”
Bai Chongxi's son Bai Xianyong once recalled that although his father knew that life was not easy after going to Taiwan, in order to follow the Kuomintang, he was willing to "live and die with the Kuomintang", and this tragic state of mind was also emotional.
On December 30, 1949, Li Zongren and his wife lived in New York, USA, while Bai Chongxi chose to fly to Taiwan. In order to show Chiang Kai-shek his loyalty to the party, he also had his relatives move to Taiwan.
However, Chiang Kai-shek did not seem to appreciate this.
Although they were both representatives of the Gui family, their relationship with Chiang Kai-shek was not harmonious. As early as the Northern Expedition, Chiang Kai-shek was troubled by their presence and eventually reorganized their Gui Army into the Seventh Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren In order to win over the Gui forces, Chiang Kai-shek invited Li Zongren to his office, proposed to exchange Lanpu, and became brothers. After several prevarications, Li Zongren still wrote down his own orchid score and handed it over to Chiang Kai-shek.
Thus, Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren became brothers. Chiang Kai-shek said with a smile: "We have added another layer of cordial relationship, and we will vow to live and die together in the future and strive for the completion of the national revolution." ”
However, in 1927, Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution and extended his ruthless butcher's knife to the Communists and revolutionaries. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi became his "executioners" and helped him launch a "counter-revolutionary coup".
In 1929, Chiang Kai-shek took control of Nanjing** and began to strike at other forces in order to strengthen his rule and maintain his own power. This led to the intensification of the contradictions with the Gui forces, and the outbreak of the Chiang-Gui War, which greatly weakened the Gui forces.
In 1930, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi joined forces with Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang in the Central Plains War against Chiang Kai-shek. In the thirties of the 20th century, the strength of the Communist Red Army continued to expand, and soon after the warlord melee between Chiang and Feng Yan ended, Chiang Kai-shek launched a large-scale "encirclement and suppression" against various base areas and the Red Army.
In order to encircle the Red Army, Chiang Kai-shek re-established contact with Bai Chongxi, and the two had their own plans. In the process of pursuing the Red Army, Bai Chongxi did not fully obey Chiang Kai-shek's command, causing Chiang Kai-shek to sigh: "This is really a 'foreign' army!" ”
From the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the War of Liberation, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi had anti-Japanese contributions, but in the civil war initiated by Chiang Kai-shek, although they belonged to the same camp as him, they had different ideas from him, and they would not work for him.
At the end of 1948, when the defeat of the Kuomintang was assured, Bai Chongxi sent two letters to Chiang Kai-shek, asking him to negotiate an armistice with the Communists and make a clear personal decision to avoid miscalculation in peace negotiations.
Eventually, under pressure, Chiang Kai-shek announced his resignation in January 1949 and was succeeded by Li Zongren, who was able to come to power smoothly with Bai Chongxi's support.
However, the military power on which Bai Chongxi relied for his survival was gone, and his status and influence had been greatly diminished. Such Bai Chongxi, although he had grievances with Chiang Kai-shek, but now that he has returned to the Chiang faction, how much voice can he have?
Chiang Kai-shek was an extremely calculating man. In the Xi'an Incident that year, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng made significant contributions to the anti-Japanese unity, but they paid a heavy price for it.
Zhang Xueliang was detained for many years and lost most of his freedom; Yang Hucheng was also imprisoned for a long time and was finally brutally killed. Looking at the liberation battlefield, those high-ranking Kuomintang generals who fought for him, such as Du Yuming, were captured, and his family could only live in Taiwan, and Chiang Kai-shek never cared about them.
If Chiang Kai-shek had a grudge against Du Yuming, then how much care did Zhang Lingfu and Huang Baitao, who fought to the death, give to their families? Zhang Lingfu's widow Wang Yuling could only live on a meager pension, and wanted to ask Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling for help, but only received a cold response.
Therefore, even if Bai Chongxi is loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, his past grievances will not allow him to be treated well.
Bai Chongxi suffered a major blow in Taiwan, which he was originally scheduled to do"Dean of the Executive Council"The post was in vain, along with all his original positions, and Chiang Kai-shek completely ignored it.
However, Chiang Kai-shek still had some use of Bai Chongxi, so he was put on hold for the time being. Although Li Zongren is abroad, Bai Chongxi's special relationship with Li Zongren makes him the focus of forces and attention from all sides.
In order to completely control Bai Chongxi, Chiang Kai-shek gave him one"Old girl"and send someone to monitor it 24 hours a day. Now, Bai Chongxi has not only lost all his powers, but even his personal freedom has been deprived and he is almost under house arrest.
Even in a difficult situation, Bai Chongxi still showed a high style and bright festival. In the face of Chiang Kai-shek's close surveillance, he did not choose to resist, but took the initiative to cooperate. He knows the truth that "people are under the roof and have to bow their heads", and in order not to cause trouble to the people around him, he even took the initiative to check out more when drinking coffee to hide people's eyes.
In addition, his care and care for the people around him is also touching. Once, when his car had a problem on the road, he immediately sent someone to help the other party repair the car, demonstrating his humanitarian spirit.
Despite Chiang Kai-shek's restrictions, his wife Ma Peizhang was always by his side, which brought him great comfort. However, Ma Peizhang's death hit Bai Chongxi very hard, and his mood was depressed from then on, and he even went to the grave of his deceased wife every day to recite scriptures to express his deep thoughts about his wife.
Bai Chongxi's story tells us that no matter what kind of predicament we find ourselves in, we should maintain a noble character and humanitarian spirit, and at the same time, we should also cherish the companionship and support of those around us.
FigChiang Kai-shek, Bai Chongxi, and He Yingqin, however, the difficulties he faced were far more than that. When Bai Chongxi lived a lonely life in Taiwan, Li Zongren, who was in a foreign country, always missed his hometown.
He showed goodwill to ***, and his old subordinate Cheng Siyuan made a matchmaking and made proper arrangements, and finally Li Zongren decided to return to the motherland. In 1965, Li Zongren and his wife left the United States and returned to their motherland.
On July 20, 1965, Li Zongren and his wife arrived at the capital airport, and the leaders of ** and other leaders waited here early to sincerely welcome his return.
He has many shortcomings, but I personally like him. We are all losers, and I am relieved of my failures because my mistakes contributed to the birth of a new China. I don't blame others for my mistakes, because they are my own. "During Li Zongren's return, Chiang Kai-shek has been trying to assassinate him on the road, and this is not the first time that Chiang Kai-shek has been malicious towards Li Zongren.
Fortunately, Li Zongren finally returned to his homeland safe and sound, and met with *** and *** as he wished.
German neighbors join the Communist Party, what face will I have in the future? In fact, Li Zongren's safe return meant that Bai Chongxi's value to Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang would disappear completely.
In the past, although Bai Chongxi was in the hands of Chiang Kai-shek, he could not touch him, which made Chiang Kai-shek grit his teeth with hatred. And now, the plan to assassinate Li Zongren failed, and Chiang Kai-shek's anger was all transferred to Bai Chongxi.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek ordered that the task of solving Bai Chongxi be entrusted to Gu Zhengwen, a special agent of the military command.
FigBai Chongxi was on the way to hunt, and the people sent by Gu Zhengwen loosened the screws on the bridge, trying to cause Bai Chongxi's vehicle to have an accident when crossing the bridge.
However, when Bai Chongxi's vehicle was about to pass the bridge, his adjutant spotted the danger in time and did everything in his power to push him out of the car to protect his safety.
Although this plan failed, Gu Zhengwen still managed to manipulate the drugs that Bai Chongxi usually took to threaten his life. On December 2, 1966, Bai Chongxi was found dead in his bedroom, naked**, and his pajamas and bed sheets were torn to shreds.
This famous figure in modern history ended his life in this way. There are different opinions about the cause of his death, and it has also become a major mystery that will be of great interest to future generations.
With the death of Bai Chongxi, the grudge between Chiang Kai-shek and him also came to an end temporarily. As for Li Zongren, although he never had the opportunity to see Chiang Kai-shek again, this time, he chose to stand with the people and make continuous efforts for the great cause of the reunification of the motherland.
Bai Jiansheng was naïve and straightforward, and looked forward to working with Chiang Kai-shek. But Chiang Kai-shek was a ruthless and unrighteous man, who could only play with power. He will call you a brother when he needs you, and if he doesn't need you, he will put you to death. ”