Li Zongren invited Shen drunk and asked why he didn't kill himself
In 1966, when Li Zongren was studying the "Selected Literary and Historical Materials", he stumbled upon a report about "Chiang Kai-shek's plan ** Li Zongren", which made him deeply confused.
Despite his political disagreements with Chiang Kai-shek, assassination was not a normal means of confrontation. In order to reveal the truth, he found Shen Zui, a former Kuomintang spy, and asked him: "17 years ago, why did Chiang Kai-shek order me to assassinate you, but I didn't succeed?" ”
Li Zongren's drunken narration deeply shocked Li Zongren, it turned out that he had already been regarded as a thorn in the side of Lao Jiang. Why, then, did the assassination plan not succeed? Let's listen to the intoxicating answers.
Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren were important political figures in the Chinese ** period.
In 1949, the Kuomintang withdrew from Taiwan, and Li Zongren became aware of Chiang Kai-shek's political methods. So he went to the United States** on the grounds of stomach problems and started an ordinary life.
However, during his time in the United States, he felt very lonely, deprived of his former glory and the sound of his homeland, which made him desperate to return to his homeland. As early as May 1955, when Cheng Siyuan went to Beijing with the Hong Kong and Macao delegation, he mentioned Li Zongren's idea of returning to China, but ** believed that the matter of returning to China should not be rushed, and it was necessary to wait for consultation and observation of the situation.
In October 1959, Cheng Siyuan visited Beijing for the second time, and personally received him and asked Li Zongren about his thoughts on returning to China and his ideological changes. When he learned that Li Zongren had leaned towards the Communist Party and socialism in his political stance, he was very happy.
Cheng Siyuan said that Li Zongren is willing to donate the calligraphy and paintings he has collected over the years to the country. ** expressed his willingness to receive this batch of calligraphy and paintings, but he believed that Li Zongren could not return to China at present, and could go to Europe to live first.
Soon after, the so-called $110,000 worth of calligraphy and paintings were sent to Beijing, but experts found that most of them were fakes, worth only $3,000 at most.
** After hearing the news, he smiled and instructed the Ministry of Finance to provide $120,000 for Li Zongren, and said that this was a political issue and could not be taken too seriously. In November 1963, after discussion at the meeting, it was considered that Li Zongren's time was ripe for his return, so he was allowed to return to China, and at the same time allowed him to go abroad again after returning to China.
Inspired by ***, Li Zongren was in high spirits, and he eagerly hoped to return to the embrace of the motherland as soon as possible. In his letter, he firmly stated that he was ready to return to his homeland whenever the opportunity arose.
In order to clarify his position, Li Zongren subsequently issued an open letter urging the United States to change its attitude toward China and adhere to the "one-China" principle. However, this open letter was condemned and insulted by the Kuomintang reactionaries, but Li Zongren always ignored it and firmly supported the Communist Party's ideas.
After many difficulties and dangers, Li Zongren and his wife finally arrived safely in Beijing in July 1965, and when he witnessed the great achievements of socialist New China, he was so excited that he burst into tears.
After Li Zongren returned to the motherland, he was warmly greeted by the party and the people. He devoted himself to the study of communism, reading communist books and newspapers every day, and already regarded reading as an indispensable part of life.
In the early morning of 1966, Li Zongren held a copy of the "Selected Literary and Historical Materials" published by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which recorded a series of major events in modern China in detail, each of which was written by the witnesses himself, so it was extremely realistic.
His eyes fell on an article titled "Chiang Kai-shek's Plotting ** Li Zongren's Dark Scheme", written by Shen Zui, a former Kuomintang spy. The title of the article alone made Li Zongren wonder, he and Chiang Kai-shek had worked together for decades, and the two were still brothers who married Jin Lan, how could the other party plan to assassinate him?
It turned out that as early as 1926, Chiang Kai-shek was still the mainstay of the Kuomintang, and Li Zongren was the commander of the 7th Army of the Revolutionary Army. However, Chiang Kai-shek did not put on a show because of his noble status, but personally visited Li Zongren's house with the attitude of a corporal of Lixian.
Li Zongren, who was originally convinced that his eldest brother Chiang Kai-shek would not assassinate him, began to have doubts after seeing Shen drunk. Shen Zui was a core figure in the military command, and was highly relied on by Chiang Kai-shek and Dai Li, and at the age of 28 he became the chief of the military command, the youngest general of the Kuomintang.
After Dai Li's plane crashed, Chiang Kai-shek asked the military commander to send a team to secretly find his whereabouts, and Shen Zui took the initiative to ask for help, which made Chiang Kai-shek trust him even more. As a powerful figure in the military command, Shen Zui undoubtedly mastered many secrets unknown to Li Zongren, in order to uncover the truth, Li Zongren decided to feast Shen Zui and ask him clearly.
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Shen Zui's memoirs reveal the reason why Li Zongren was not assassinated. As a military commander, Shen Zui did not have a good impression of Chiang Kai-shek, especially in September 1949, when the People's Liberation Army was about to capture Kunming, Chiang Kai-shek asked Shen Zui to "defend Yunnan to the death", and threatened that "if necessary, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent".
In order to prevent Shen Zui from escaping, Chiang Kai-shek also ordered Shen Zui to send his family to Taiwan. In desperation, Shen Zui had no choice but to do so, and as a result, he was arrested and imprisoned by the People's Liberation Army and imprisoned in Gongdelin until he was pardoned and regained his freedom in 1960.
After 10 years of transformation, Shen Zui's thinking has changed and he has become a loyal supporter of our party. After his release from prison, he was appointed Commissioner for Literature and History, responsible for writing about historical events.
In this context, Shen Zui created "Chiang Kai-shek's Conspiracy to Prepare to Assassinate Li Zongren", which caused a huge response. However, Li Zongren was puzzled by this, he thought he was **"Dai**" but he didn't know anything about it.
If Chiang Kai-shek had indeed been assassinated, he would have been killed long ago.
Li Zongren had always had reservations about Chiang Kai-shek's intentions, and he had ordered his assassination 17 years earlier, but in the end he did not act on it. He invited Shen Zui to the Li Mansion in Xizongbu Hutong through his secretary, hoping to find an answer.
After the meeting, Shen Zui bowed deeply in apology and recounted in detail the whole process of Chiang Kai-shek's attempt to assassinate Li Zongren.
In the Liaoshen Battle on November 2, 1948, the Northeast People's Liberation Army used 6The heroic sacrifice of 90,000 people was exchanged for the crushing defeat of 470,000 Kuomintang troops, opening the dawn of victory for the liberation of Northeast China.
This news made Chiang Kai-shek furious, and he threw away everything he could to vent his anger. At this historic moment, Chiang Kai-shek's "courageous" Chen Bui used his life to draw an end to the prophecy of the defeat of the Kuomintang.
Chiang Kai-shek was anxious about Li Zongren's rise, but he was more troubled by the growth of the Gui faction, which he feared would threaten his dominance. Since the establishment of Nanking in 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's rule has aroused opposition from all sides, and many warlords have united against him, and the Gui family is one of them.
The Gui family had a strong influence within the Kuomintang, and Bai Chongxi was invincible in the Northern Expedition and was known as "Little Zhuge ". In order to weaken the power of the Gui faction, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Bai Chongxi to attack Wuhan, but the Gui warlords saw through his strategy and decisively refused his order.
In this case, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to ** for the first time, he had a grudge against the Gui warlords, and after taking power again, he took aim at the Gui faction, which led to the collapse of most of the Gui faction's forces.
From then on, the struggle between Jiang Gui continued, and the brotherhood between him and Li Zongren began to crack.
In 1930, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, and the Gui faction united against Chiang Kai-shek, however, with the help of Zhang Xueliang, the Chiang Kai-shek clique emerged victorious. In 1936, Chen Jitang was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's anti-Japanese policy, and once again united with the Gui faction against Chiang Kai-shek, until the establishment of the National United Front in 1937, and the Gui faction was forced to join the Nationalists.
In 1948, the Second National Congress of the Kuomintang was about to be held, and the candidate was undoubtedly Chiang Kai-shek, but the candidate for deputy ** caused a controversy.
The United States believed that Chiang Kai-shek could not win the civil war and decided to prop up a new puppet, Li Zongren. Lee Jong-in received support from the United States and participated in the election in a high-profile manner. However, before Li Zongren ran for election, he had sought Chiang Kai-shek's opinion, and Chiang did not object.
However, when Li Zongren started his campaign work, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly said that Sun Ke would be appointed as deputy ** and asked Li Zongren to withdraw from the campaign.
In the face of Lao Chiang's high pressure, Li Zongren was unwavering, and finally succeeded in being elected as a deputy ** with the covert support of the United States. However, Li Zongren's election made Chiang Kai-shek furious, and seeing the growing Gui clique, coupled with the support of the United States for Li Zongren, Chiang decided to eliminate the leading figure of the Gui line.
In the middle of the night in November 1948, Shen Zui, the head of the Yunnan Station of the Kuomintang Secret Bureau, received a secret telegram from Director Mao Renfeng, asking him to go to Nanjing as soon as possible. Shen was drunk and did not dare to delay, and took a plane to Nanjing the next afternoon.
Upon arrival in Nanjing, he was sent to the "Chenglu", which was specially prepared for the reception of Americans, and was pleasantly surprised by the reception he received beyond expectations. After Mao Renfeng learned that Shen Zui had arrived in Nanjing, he personally came to "Chenglu" to meet him and revealed to him the secret of this mission - presiding over the assassination of Li Zongren.
This is a task ordered by Jiang ** himself. Shen Zui was very surprised when he heard this, because Li Zongren was the number two big man in the Kuomintang, and although there was no intersection between them, Li Zongren's ability and influence could not be ignored.
Mao Renfeng was worried about Shen Zui's reluctance to accept the task, so he specially instructed him that no matter what Lao Jiang said, he must show that he would definitely complete the task, because if he didn't do so, his life might be in danger.
Shen Zui knew Chiang Kai-shek's personality very well, he was fickle and treated his subordinates entirely according to his mood. If you annoy him, the consequences will be very serious. Soon, Mao Renfeng led Shen Zui to Chiang Kai-shek's residence, he thought that the old Chiang Kai-shek would be very strict, but to his surprise, the former serious Chiang Kai-shek looked very gentle and kind, and was very concerned about Shen Zui's work and family life.
Soon, Lao Jiang turned the conversation to the assassination mission, mentioning the examples of assassinations by many assassins in history, and encouraging Shen to complete the mission even if he lost his life.
Although Chiang Kai-shek said a lot of things, he never clearly instructed Shen Zui to assassinate and what tasks to complete, but only replaced them with "mission objectives", which showed that he was insidious and vicious.
Shen Zui realized that regardless of whether the assassination was successful or not, he might be used as a scapegoat by Lao Jiang.
Shen Zui assured Lao Jiang that the task would be completed, which made Lao Jiang very happy, and he praised Shen Zui for his loyalty and bravery.
Mao Renfeng, Shen Zui and others planned an assassination operation in the Secret Bureau, and two assistants, Qin Jingchuan and Wang Hanwen, also participated. They decided to carry out the assassination at the turn outside Li Zongren's residence, taking advantage of the slow speed of Li Zongren's personal vehicle to flank him from both sides.
In order to ensure the success of the mission, they set up a used book stall nearby, ostensibly to sell books, but in fact to monitor Li Zongren's movements. To make the assassination mission more hidden, they coated the bullets with lethal poison, which can kill people even if the bullets are only bruises**.
In order to prevent Li Zongren from leaving Nanjing, Shen Zui also arranged for people to monitor railway stations, bus stations, airports and other places, and prepared several sets of assassination plans.
When this assassination plan was presented to Chiang Kai-shek, he readily agreed, as if he had secured Li Zongren's death. The assassination team was already on standby, just waiting for Lao Chiang to order Li Zongren to be put to death.
However, in January 1949, the People's Liberation Army won the victory in the three major battles, and the millions of elite Kuomintang suffered heavy losses, and Chiang Kai-shek was questioned by internal forces.
Lao Jiang realized that he could temporarily withdraw and put Li Zongren in the front as a scapegoat, so he ordered to abandon the assassination order and announced his resignation, with Li Zongren serving as the ***
But in reality, the military and political power of the Kuomintang was still controlled by Lao Chiang behind the scenes. Hearing this, Li Zongren understood why Chiang Kai-shek asked Shen Zui to assassinate him, but Shen Zui didn't do it in the end, because he didn't expect Chiang Kai-shek to really want to kill him.
He said to Shen Zui that in the past, he always respected Lao Jiang and called him Mr. Jiang, but now it seems that he is simply inferior to a beast! In fact, on the way back to China in 1965, Li Zongren was also assassinated by spies sent by Chiang Kai-shek, but fortunately, *** came up with a foolproof plan to let Li Zongren return to China safely.
The historical decision of Li Zongren and *** fully reflects that Li Zongren's return to China is the right choice. His return shows the deep love and pride of the descendants of Yan and Huang for China.
At the same time, this also reveals that the reactionary regime of the Kuomintang has lost the support of the people, and only our party and socialism can change the old China, welcome the new China, and let China embark on the road of self-prosperity and prosperity!