"The King of Yunnan" Long Yun's eldest son, Chiang Kai-shek's "righteous son", his father was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek, and he participated in an uprising against Chiang Kai-shek. Why did he defect to Taiwan and seek skin for tigers, and finally came to this end?
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In 1884, Long Yun was born in En'an, Yunnan. Because of its remote location and no school, Long Yun did not receive enlightenment in the early days. 1 In 890, Long Yun's father passed away, and Long Yun went to live with his mother in his uncle's house. Only then did he start school. Later, Long Yun followed the martial arts master Ma Desheng and others to learn martial arts, and got acquainted with Zou Ruoheng . The three became brothers and were called the "Three Musketeers of Zhaotong". In May 1912, Long Yun entered the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall to study.
While studying in the Yunnan Army's Jiangwu Hall, another incident happened. It was this incident that made the leader of Yunnan Tang Jiyao notice Long Yun. One day, a French boxer came to the lecture hall and asked Tang Jiyao to set up a ring to challenge the people in the lecture hall. The ring was set up for a total of three days. On the first day, those who went to the ring to fight, whether they were officers or soldiers, were easily defeated by the Frenchman. By the second day, almost no one has challenged.
On the third day, the Frenchman thought he had a chance to win.At this time, a humble person came out to challenge. This man is not tall, with dark skin and wearing straw sandals. He is Long Yun.
The competition began. After a few rounds of fighting against Long Yun, the Frenchman was punched by Long Yun. This punch caused the French boxer to suffer. He asked to check whether Long Yun had a weapon hidden in his body. Long Yun immediately took off his shirt to show his innocence. Then Long Yun went into battle shirtlessly. In the second round, Long Yun flew up and hit the French boxer. He immediately fell to the ground. It took a while before he came back, and walked away humiliatedly.
In 1914, Long Yun graduated. On December 25, 1915, the Yunnan Protectorate Uprising broke out. On the recommendation of Zou Ruoheng and Long Yun's performance in the lecture hall before, Tang Jiyao transferred Long Yun to an official position. Tang Jiyao can be regarded as Long Yun's nobleman. Tang Jiyao is the founder and leader of the Dian Army and the leader of Dian warlords. He participated in the Chongjiu Uprising, the Kunming Uprising, and the National Defence War, maintaining the unity of the country. Since then, Long Yun has followed Tang Jiyao's side, which can be regarded as peaceful.
In 1927, because of dissatisfaction with Tang Jiyao's rule, Long Yun and the other four guards rallied to force Tang Jiyao to resign, and launched the "26th" coup, which overthrew Tang Jiyao's rule. Tang Jiyao died in May of the same year. After Tang Jiyao's death, the four of Long Yun began an internal fight. In March 1929, Meng Kun, the commander of Long Yun, turned his back. The defeated people formed the anti-long "Jingdian Army". In the winter of the same year, Longyun won a big victory, and Yunnan has been unified since then.
The Nanjing government appointed Long Yun as the chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government, laying the foundation for ruling Yunnan. Since then, Yunnan’s military and political power has been controlled by Long Yun.Until 1945, he was also called the "King of Yunnan". And Long Yun's eldest son Long Shengwu was also adopted by Chiang Kai-shek as a "righteous son".
On July 7, 1937, the Lugou Bridge Incident shocked the whole country and Japan launched a full-scale war of aggression against China. Although Long Yun seized one side, he had a long-term vision and actively responded to the anti-Japanese war. On August 8, Long Yun left Kunming for Nanjing. During his stay in Nanjing, he met with representatives of the Communist Party of China such as Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Ye Jianying, and the two sides began to establish contact and cooperation.
Long Yun agreed to send 20,000 troops to support the national war of resistance, and took the initiative to ask Chiang Kai-shek for orders to build the Yunnan-Burma Road to open up the international passage for the resistance against Japan. In August, when Long Yun participated in the National Defense Conference in Nanjing, he made a loud voice: We should use all the local human and financial resources to contribute to the country, sacrifice everything, and fight to the end. Everyone can serve for the country", representing the people of all ethnic groups in Yunnan, demonstrating their determination to resist the Japanese war resolutely. On August 22, the anti-Japanese army under the command of Lu Han was formed, with approximately 40,000 people.
On September 9, 1937, the first batch of officers and soldiers of the Yunnan army formed by Long Yun set off with great momentum and walked more than a thousand kilometers to reach the assembly in Changsha, and immediately rushed to Taierzhuang on the Anti-Japanese Front Line. In December, Yunnan began to build the Yunnan-Burma Highway. Although the funds, technology, and equipment were not sufficient, everyone was enthusiastic. The number of people mobilized to repair roads was no less than hundreds of thousands. In eight months, more than 900 kilometers of roads were built.
In March 1938, the army formed by Long Yun participated in the Taierzhuang battle . The brave Yunnan soldiers were not afraid of sacrifice. After they emptied their guns, they started hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army. After winning, the Yunnan army shocked the enemy.The reputation is far-reaching, but there are only 20,000 of the more than 40,000 soldiers. During the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, although Yunnan was far away from the first front of the Anti-Japanese War, Long Yun's contribution to the war against Japan was not less than that of others. During the Anti-Japanese War, he organized and dispatched more than 200,000 troops. The Dian Army experienced more than 20 major battles and suffered more than 100,000 casualties. This is one of the most praised aspects during Long Yun's administration.
Although Long Yun seized Yunnan, it also maintained the stability of Yunnan on the one hand. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Long Yun had a firm attitude and resolutely resisted Japan. He carried out a series of reforms in political, military, economic, cultural and other aspects. After Long Yun came to power, he proposed the goal of building a new Yunnan. Long Yun was not influenced by the ideological and political orders of the National Government. He actively promoted democratic policies in Yunnan.
In terms of military affairs, Long Yun strictly divided the power of the army during his leadership in Yunnan, implemented the " conscription system", actively trained low-level sergeants, trained the army in a different way, and allocated special funds to the army to purchase New weapons.
Economically, Long Yun rectified finances and taxes, established industries, suppressed bandits, and built transportation.
In terms of culture, Long Yun established the first Yunnan opera art research institution-Drama Improvement Society, which has played a positive role in the types of dramas in Yunnan.
In terms of education, Long Yun also attaches great importance to it. He has donated money to establish schools many times,Long Yun also paid great attention to sending people to study at public funds to fight against a group of universities that were transferred to Yunnan during the war.
During this period, Yunnan had clear politics, stable society and strong democratic atmosphere.
After Chiang Kai-shek established Nanjing National Government , this "King of Yunnan" can be said to be sorrowful. He has planned to take down the military power of Longyun and the leadership of Yunnan area several times. He sent generals to Yunnan many times, and finally after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, he launched a coup to remove the rights and duties of the "King of Yunnan" Long Yun.
After Chiang Kai-shek released Long Yun's military power, he first forced Long Yun to come to Chongqing, and then put Long Yun under house arrest in Nanjing after arriving in Nanjing. No one thought that Long Yun had successfully bought the Flying Tigers during the period of house arrest. Later, with the help of the Flying Tigers, he took the opportunity to arrive in Hong Kong, and then stayed in Hong Kong for a while.
In 1949, Long Yun had an electrified uprising in Hong Kong and formally declared his opposition to Chiang Kai-shek. During the Long Yun Power Uprising, his eldest son Long Shengwu also followed his father's uprising and opposed Chiang Kai-shek. Today we will talk about the ending of Long Yun's son Long Shengwu.
Long Shengwu was born in 1906. Since he is Long Yun's first son, he has high hopes for him. After Long Shengwu grew up, he was also sent to the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall by Long Yun to study. After graduating from , Long Shengwu went to study in France and graduated from , Saint Cyr Military Academy in France.
As the old saying goes, the tiger father has no dogs, and Ryu Shengwu has learned sufficient theoretical knowledge.It should be possible to build military merits, and honour the ancestors. But Long Shengwu did not have any good record during the war. It was only because of his father Long Yun and Long Shengwu that he was on the same footsteps, from official to brigade commander. In 1937, when the Anti-Japanese War broke out, Long Yun ordered Lu Han to lead his army to resist the Japanese.
In 1942, Long Shengwu stationed in Tengchong, Yunnan, did not discover the Japanese offensive line. On May 4, the Japanese army suddenly attacked Longling County, which is adjacent to Tengchong. This news spread to Tengchong, and the residents of the county panicked. At this time, Long Shengwu not only did not take any defensive measures, but began to speed up the search for people's property. The residents asked him to organize to defend against the enemy, but he ignored it.
On May 7, a company escorted by a road guard camp, Long Shengwu hurriedly fled back to Kunming with the opium, jade and other property found in the search. On May 8, Tengchong no longer had any government or military management. In addition, there were countless wounded soldiers and refugees, and the whole city was distracted, and everyone fled everywhere. On the 10th, the Japanese army occupied Tengchong City without expending a bullet. Long Shengwu, who fled without a fight, has also become a target of ridicule by the people of the whole country.
In 1945, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the "King of Yunnan" Long Yun was ousted from his military power by Chiang Kai-shek and was put under house arrest. In order to win over Long Shengwu, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Long Shengwu as a major general in the presidential palace to join the army. This is a false position and has no rights, but Long Shengwu does not care. In 1949, Li Zongren became acting president, and Long Shengwu was promoted to be a lieutenant general in the presidential palace to join the army.
At that time, Long Yun escaped from the place of house arrest to Hong Kong with the help of the Flying Tigers. In August 1949, Long Yun energized the uprising in Hong Kong. To support my father,Long Shengwu also chose to follow his father's uprising and formally opposed Chiang Kai-shek and the Nanjing National Government. On August 13, Long Yun and others issued a statement in Hong Kong, expressing a complete break with Chiang Kai-shek. After this, Long Yun also contacted Lu Han, who was in charge of military and political power in Yunnan at the time, and suggested that he revolt against Chiang Kai-shek. 1 In December 949, Lu Han announced a peaceful uprising in Yunnan. Long Yun also made great contributions to the liberation of Yunnan.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Long Shengwu was given an official position as a member of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government. However, because Long Shengwu stayed in Hong Kong for a long time, he did not take office in Kunming in time. In 1950, Long Shengwu's younger brother, Long Sheng, was killed by the People's Liberation Army because he wanted to support Chiang Kai-shek in an uprising. After that, Long Shengwu stayed in Hong Kong and did not take office in Kunming. In 1954, Long Shengwu, who was invited by Chiang Kai-shek, arrived in Taiwan and took refuge in Chiang Kai-shek.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek also tried to "counterattack the mainland" and made a comeback. Because Chiang Kai-shek knew that the Long family had been operating in Yunnan for many years, and Long Shengwu was familiar with the situation in Yunnan, he wanted to use Long Shengwu to attack the mainland and regard Yunnan as a base area. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek paid special attention to Long Shengwu.
After Long Shengwu arrived in Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek gave him an idle position of "lieutenant general in the presidential palace". With the passage of time, Chiang Kai-shek gradually became aware that "counter-attack on the mainland" was no longer possible, and as Chiang Kai-shek became sober, Long Shengwu naturally had no effect. The aging Long Shengwu finally chose to convert to Buddhism in Taiwan, where he lived in a simple way, eat fast and recite Buddha, and finally died in 1995 at the age of 89.
Although Ryu Sheng Wu's final fate is not bleak, it is the result of his own fault. I don’t have real talents, I live in my father’s aura, but I mistakenly think that I’m shining,It really feels like a fake tiger.
Compared with his son, Long Yun's life can be said to be frank and frank, worthy of the people. Although Long Yun has been active in people's sight as a warlord force for a long time, he does not cherish his feathers like other warlords, and let the people live in dire straits.
During his administration in Yunnan, Long Yun has repeatedly funded the establishment of schools and cared about people's livelihood. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Long Yun was willing to send troops to fight against Japan, and the soldiers put his life and death aside. During the War of Liberation, Long Yun was not stubborn. Although as a senior general of the National Government at that time, he openly opposed Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship, promoted democracy, and contributed to the peaceful liberation of Yunnan.
At the ceremony of Long Yun, Chen Yi was in charge of the public sacrifice ceremony, and then Liu Wenhui read the eulogy. In the eulogy, it said: "Long Yun's life is for the country and the people, bright and upright." A comment like is really rare for a former Kuomintang general.
At the 100th anniversary of Long Yun’s birth, there was such a speech, "Mr. Long Yun is a famous democrat and patriotic general, and the leader of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. He He has a history of cooperating with the Communist Party of China for many years and is a sincere friend of our party. He has made important contributions to the cause of the people. His life is the life of a glorious patriot."
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