Although Li Jishen has a gap with the first China, he can still serve as the vice chairman of New China.
On the occasion of the birth of New China, the list of the first leadership group of the **people** was released, and ** won the throne of the chairman of the **people** without any suspense. However, among the nominations of the six vice chairmen, Li Jishen's selection has caused a lot of controversy.
When he ascended the Tiananmen Tower at the founding ceremony, many veterans who had crossed paths with the Kuomintang were taken aback and discussed: "Why did he come?" Wasn't he an enemy of the Communist Party? ”
Liu Yazi was also very puzzled by Li Jishen's election, and said to ***: "What did he do to you more than 20 years ago, have you all forgotten?" ”
So, what is the grievance between Li Jishen and the Communist Party? **Why was he recommended for the position of vice chairman, regardless of his previous suspicions?
The contradiction between Li Jishen and the Communist Party is not due to hatred, but to differences in historical background and position. In the "April 12 counter-revolutionary coup", Li Jishen accepted Chiang Kai-shek's order to carry out a "purge" of progressives, resulting in a large number of people**.
Although he was carrying out orders, that did not deny him responsibility. However, Li Jishen also had a strong anti-Chiang consciousness, and was expelled from the party by Chiang Kai-shek several times.
He mediated the conflict between Chiang Kai-shek and the Gui family, but was considered to be Tonggui and was placed under house arrest. was later released after being rescued by Wu Zhihui. He participated in the Fujian Incident and tried to establish a people's revolution, but was eventually expelled from the party again because of this.
Although Li Jishen's behavior was wrong and contradictory, his anti-Chiang stance and concern for the people still deserve our respect and recognition.
Li Jishen contacted the ** Soviet District, hoping to cooperate in the fight against Chiang, but at that time, Wang Ming and other ultra-leftists held power and missed the opportunity for cooperation. Later, ** said with regret that if Jiangxi and Fujian had united, the Red Army would not have been forced to carry out the Long March.
After the Xi'an Incident, Li Jishen upheld the national righteousness, agreed with Yan'an's proposals, actively forced Chiang to resist Japan, and ran for the anti-Japanese cause. Although Chiang Kai-shek did not like Li Jishen, because of Li Jishen's huge power, he could only stare dryly.
After the War of Liberation began, the whole country saw Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary face clearly, and Li Jishen also issued a statement in Hong Kong, openly opposing Chiang, and was expelled from the party for the third time by Chiang Kai-shek.
In January 1948, Li Jishen, together with Soong Ching-ling, He Xiangning and others, established the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee in Hong Kong, and Li Jishen was elected as the chairman of the ** executive committee, calling on the people of the whole country to oppose Chiang Kai-shek.
Subsequently, Li Jishen issued a telegram to resolutely support the Communist Party's call for convening a new CPPCC and establishing a democratic alliance.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, our party has always advocated cooperation, and when New China was preparing for the founding of the People's Republic of China, it put forward the concept of absorbing people from outside the party to build the country together, so three of the six vice chairmen of the people were people outside the party.
Among people outside the party, there are many candidates who are qualified to serve as vice chairmen, such as Song Qingling, Zhang Lan, Li Jishen, Cheng Qian, and so on. Because of the high status and prestige of Song Qingling and Zhang Lan, they have become the long-awaited candidates for vice chairman.
At that time, Cheng Qian had already served as the chairman of Hunan Province and could not serve in **. Therefore, Li Jishen became the most suitable candidate. Li Jishen has high prestige among the leftists and democratic parties of the Kuomintang, and making him vice chairman of New China is conducive to doing the best work.
In addition, Li Jishen is a native of Guangxi, and his relationship with the Gui bigwigs Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi is extraordinary, which is conducive to winning over the Gui family. In fact, before the founding of our party, many democrats were invited to the north, and the first of them was Li Jishen.
However, after all, Li Jishen once owed a "blood debt" to our party, and he had a historical burden. Therefore, many people strongly ** made him vice chairman. In the movie "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", Li Jishen once said to *** worriedly: "I killed your Communist Party." ”
**After pondering, he said: "This time and that time, now we are on the same path!" ”
** Hold a special meeting to emphasize that everyone makes mistakes, and we must win him over and make meritorious contributions to the people. It is precisely because Li Jishen once had a holiday with the Communist Party that he should be wooed all the more so that we can unite more people and work together to build a new China.
Li Jishen was very grateful to the Communist Party for its generosity, and later actively offered suggestions and made great contributions to the development of New China. In 1959, Li Jishen died of illness at the age of 75.
Before his death, he left a poem expressing his expectations for the new China and his wish to realize Kyushu together with the people.