History is written by people, and some people just go with the flow, while others have the courage to rebel and rewrite history. In the long history of China for thousands of years, countless people have gone down in history with their own abilities, they are loyal ministers, traitors, white-faced and black-faced, leaving endless legends and evaluations for future generations.
However, there is always a preconceived bias when we evaluate historical figures, which often leads us to lose objectivity.
In the torrent of history, some people will lose themselves under the power and ignore the interests of the people. Chiang Kai-shek is such a typical example, he left a deep mark in history, once had unlimited scenery and wore many hats, but was eventually abandoned by the people.
He lived up to Sun Yat-sen's expectations, did not shoulder the responsibility for the rise and fall of the world, but used his power to seek personal gain, and did many regrettable bad things. His failure warns us that we must always uphold the interests of the people and not be corrupted by power.
Under the leadership of the four major families, taking advantage of the chaotic period of the war, they tried their best to consolidate the monopoly position of bureaucratic capital in the national economy and took the opportunity to make a fortune in the country.
They carried out merciless plundering of the workers, peasants, urban petty bourgeoisie, etc. Chen Boda clearly pointed out in the book "The Four Great Families of China" that under the banner of the War of Resistance Against Japan, they actually amassed people's wealth and squeezed out as much as 20 billion US dollars.
Chiang Kai-shek was once in the limelight, and his one-word difference made the whole country mispronounce it, and even the Xinhua dictionary changed it to a polyphonic character. This word is the "Pu" in the Whampoa Military Academy.
The Whampoa Military Academy was approved in January 1924, after the First National Congress of the Kuomintang was held in Guangzhou, and the proposal to establish an army officer school to train the revolutionary army was adopted.
With the help of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union, this military academy was eventually built in Huangpu, on the eastern outskirts of Guangzhou, which is known to us as the Whampoa Military Academy.
After Sun Yat-sen established the Whampoa Military Academy, he served as the premier of the military academy, and Liao Zhongkai served as the party representative of the military academy. In the selection of the president, Sun Yat-sen preferred Tan Yanhong, while Chiang Kai-shek was only an alternative.
You must know that the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy at that time was not only responsible for managing the school, but also responsible for selecting and promoting officers of the revolutionary army. This was also evidenced by the fact that Chiang Kai-shek later became a strong contender for power.
According to common sense, this position is coveted by countless people, especially when Sun Yat-sen was very old, and this position is very likely to become his ** person. However, Liao Zhongkai directly refused the position and gave Chiang Kai-shek a chance.
After Chiang Kai-shek became the rector, he attached great importance to the training of his own lineage officers, because in his opinion, only his own henchmen could hold important positions in the army.
During that period of history, there were still many enthusiastic young people who dedicated themselves to the country and did not follow Chiang Kai-shek to the road of destruction, but found the right direction in the struggle and became staunch communists.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, five of the ten founding marshals came from this school of great historical significance. The school was undoubtedly an important base for the training of military talents, and it was tasked with sending outstanding talents to China, although Chiang Kai-shek's carefully planned and nurtured lineage eventually stood in opposition to himself.
The Whampoa Military Academy has five faculties, including the Infantry Section, the Artillery Section, the Engineer Section, the Manager Section, and the Political Section, and has trained many military commanders who played an important role in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and these people have also been remembered by later generations.
The prestige of this military school attracted aspiring young people at that time to rush in, because as soon as they stepped into the door of this school, it meant that a grand chapter in their lives was opened.
For example, the yearning of young students for Tsinghua University is the same as the longing for the Whampoa Military Academy back then. Therefore, the enrollment conditions of the Whampoa Military Academy that year were very strict.
In the 12th issue of the "Red Heart Review" magazine, the Whampoa Military Academy released an admission brochure, which listed a series of strict conditions: first, applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 25, secondly, they must have excellent academic performance, thirdly, be in good physical health, and more importantly, they must meet the standards in all aspects of their body, such as height, weight, eyesight, hearing, etc.
These are all mandatory requirements, and as long as one item is not up to standard, it will be ruthlessly eliminated. Therefore, if you want to enter this school at that time, you need not only a patriotic heart, but also excellent physical conditions.
Among the Whampoa Military Academy, Hu Zongnan is the only exception. When he applied for the Whampoa Military Academy, he was just an unknown little man. Because he was less than 1.6 meters tall, the interviewer eliminated him directly.
However, Hu Zongnan did not give up, he cried bitterly on the spot, which was moving. Liao Zhongkai, who was the representative of the school's party at the time, was deeply moved and decided to give him a chance. As a result, Hu Zongnan successfully became a cadet of the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy with excellent results.
Although the Whampoa Military Academy is very famous, at the beginning, the word "Pu" was not pronounced "pu (three tones)", but "bu (four tones)". Because the Whampoa Military Academy was originally established in the "Tai Po" area of Guangzhou.
It turned out that in the Whampoa Military Academy,"Pu"The pronunciation of the word should be:"bu", but when Chiang Kai-shek was the principal of the school, he pronounced it because he did not pronounce it correctly or did not see it clearly"pu"。
As he repeated this in public speeches, students and faculty members in military academies began to follow suit. Although one may ask why Chiang Kai-shek's pronunciation was not corrected at that time, allowing his mistake to affect the pronunciation of the Chinese people, in fact, this is how it happened.
At that time, no one dared to challenge Chiang Kai-shek's position as the principal. Every word he says can affect a person's future, and who wants to trouble themselves because of the pronunciation of a word?
Thus, although the students of the Whampoa Military Academy used Chiang Kai-shek's name later in life, their influence was so far-reaching that people read it as the correct pronunciation.
Therefore, the Xinhua dictionary respects this historical fact and lists "Pu" as a polyphonic character, especially referring to the place name Huangpu. References: "Whampoa Military Academy", etc. (Picture network, invasion and deletion).