In the early period of China's 14-year Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek has been committed to eliminating major warlords in various parts of the country, and finally through different means such as economic, military and political, they nominally recognized the dominance of the central government in Nanjing. The Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang became the king of Sichuan from years of warlord melee with the support of Chiang Kai-shek.
However, Liu Xiang cherished the righteousness of the family and the country, and after the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance, he was determined to fight against the Japanese invaders. Liu Xiang, who was unfavorable in his apprenticeship, died suddenly after just one battle . After hearing the news, his far-away widow attacked Chiang Kai-shek. Several demands made Chiang Kai-shek very difficult to handle, and it was rare to show embarrassment.
Why did Liu Xiang die suddenly, who was his widow, and what difficulties did he create for Chiang Kai-shek? After watching this article, you can leave your wonderful speech in the comment area, or you can press and hold for 2 seconds to like it to express a strong recommendation
Liu Xiang and his wife
After the outbreak of the Central Plains War in April 1930, Liu Xiang was connected to electricity Expressed support for Chiang Kai-shek, and then gained Chiang Kai-shek's support during the fight for Sichuan with his uncle Liu Wenhui. The fiercest and cruelest war between warlords in the history of Sichuan ended when the generals of the Sichuan Army jointly called on Nanjing to elect Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui to accept Chiang Kai-shek's order to go to Xikang .
Liu Xiang finally became a veritable " King of Sichuan " in 1933, and was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the commander-in-chief of Sichuan "bandit suppression" to besiege the Red Fourth Front Army .
Chiang Kai-shek assisted Liu Xiang in unifying Sichuan in order to bring it under his wing and expand the influence of the Nanjing government in the southwest. Liu Xiang is well aware of each other's mutual use, in the encirclement and suppression Red Army often release water ,Even reached a secret agreement with Li Zongren and Yan'an in 1936, donated 300,000 oceans to Yan'an through underground party members.
Liu Xiang
After the Xi'an Incident, Liu Xiang and Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng exchanged telegrams many times, and after Chiang Kai-shek returned to Nanjing, he called for a peaceful solution to the Xi'an problem, which led to widespread rumors in Sichuan Liu Xiang intended to oppose Jiang.
Liu Xiang expressed his loyalty and agreed to the request of He Yingqin to go to Chongqing on July 5, 1937 to hold the Sichuan-Kangjun Army Reorganization Conference. After the July 7th Incident , the Chuankang Army Reorganization Conference ended in a hurry. Liu Xiang quickly sent electricity to the Nanjing government to ask for resistance to Japan, and after that, he continued to electrify the whole country, asking to unite with the Communists, and to fight Japan to the death.
At that time, Liu Xiang had been suffering from stomach problems for many years and newly diagnosed diabetes . His secretary-general Deng Hanxiang and others advised him not to go to Sichuan to fight the war in person. Liu Xiang said: "After many years of civil war, his face is not very glorious, and now he is serving the country, why would he dare to protect the rear?" It was a happy event for Chiang Kai-shek. can not only prevent him from continuing to create public opinion of the Communist Party in the whole country, but also reduce the strength of the Sichuan army without a single shot. He appointed Liu Xiang as the commander-in-chief of the seventh theater, and sent Liu Xiang to quickly repel the Japanese troops landing in Zhejiang on the condition that Liu Xiang promised to send 300,000 troops and 5 million to the strongmen, and not to receive food from the National Government .
Sichuan's war of resistance against Sichuan was a very tragic scene in history. They wore straw sandals and held earth-made weapons and fought against the Japanese army with modern and advanced equipment. Nanjing Yuhuatai battle almost exhausted 100,000 Sichuan troops Liu Xiang was heartbroken.
Liu Xiang, who realized that Chiang Kai-shek wanted to kill with a knife, left Nanjing in anger and planned to return to Sichuan from Wuhan. In the archives of the "National History Museum" in Taiwan, there was a secret report, which was a message from Dai Li asking Chiang Kai-shek to prevent Liu Xiang from returning to Sichuan.
Chiang Kai-shek and Dai Li
Whether Chiang Kai-shek actually deployed the murder of Liu Xiang is still a mystery. In history, Liu Xiang, who had a big appetite, accepted the invitation of his colleague Zhang Qun in Nanjing, and happily participated in a crab feast. During the banquet, he happily ate eight crabs in a row and drank a bowl of sweet white fungus soup before returning to the marching place contentedly.
During a military meeting with his staff and officers, Liu Xiang suddenly vomited blood, then fell into a coma and was sent to Wuhu Hospital for treatment. Five days later, he was transferred to the Wanguo Hospital in Hankou , and only recovered after the doctor's full-scale rescue.
To In this case, the official explanation is that Liu Xiang's stomach disease recurred and he vomited blood and fell into a coma , and we have no way of knowing whether Zhang Qun deliberately took advantage of the dangers of taking crabs, white fungus, red dates and other sweets at the same time.
Nationalist Government Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhang Qun
On January 20, 1938, Liu Xiang died in Wanguo Hospital. Before he died, he still vomited blood due to stomach problems, but he left the last sentence righteous and awe-inspiring, " the enemy. If the army does not leave the border for one day, the Sichuan army vows not to return home for one day”, which made all the Sichuan army generals and the frontline Sichuan army mourned.
It took less than two months from Liu Xiang vomiting blood and hospitalization to his death ,People have speculated about the cause of his death, and they suspect that Chiang Kai-shek is a stumbling block, but Liu Xiang's death can only be summed up by a violent death.
After Liu Xiang's death, officials of the National Government, especially the Seventh War Zone, began to arrange his funeral, and it became a difficult problem to inform Liu Xiang's family. The subordinates of the Sichuan Army who were familiar with Liu Xiang refused and did not dare to accept this hot potato, probably because Liu Xiang's wife Zhou Yushu was an unusual warlord's wife.
Zhou Yushu
Unlike many wives of warlords, Zhou Yushu is a strong, heroic woman . She always maintains a righteous and awe-inspiring expression on her dignified face, speaks and acts resolutely, and often provides Liu Xiang with a lot of reference in her career.
Contrary to her appearance and personality, Zhou Yushu has never read a book. She only knows that her husband is an anti-Japanese hero and a domineering warlord, and he spends more of his mind on maintaining her small family.
Zhou Yushu wears his hair in a bun that is commonly used by middle-aged women at the bottom all the year round. He wears clothes made by himself to manage the housework. He doesn't look like a warlord's wife. He can even find a few patches on his clothes.
Liu Xiang in the middle
Liu Xiang respects his upright and virtuous wife very much. In the era when his mind was not fully liberated, Liu Xiang, who was in a high position, did not even think about taking a concubine. The feelings have always been good.
There are rumors that not long after Zhou Yushu and Liu Xiang were married, Liu Xiang's subordinates joked in front of Liu Xiang's concubine. Zhou Yushu immediately stood up and pointed at the subordinate for more than ten minutes, so embarrassed that everyone present was embarrassed, and he never dared to say such a thing again.
After going back, Zhou Yushu smashed many things in Liu Xiang's room again, showing his hot temper. Therefore, Liu Xiang's subordinates did not dare to be the one who notified her of Liu Xiang's death. Everyone blamed each other several times, and finally found Qin Dejun, the only female senator in Liu Xiang's army.
Qin Dejun disguised as a man
Qin Dejun knows Zhou Yushu's character,It is speculated that she may do something unexpected after learning about Liu Xiang's death, and is very embarrassed about the task of conveying the news of Liu Xiang's death.
After discussions with several senior officers under Liu Xiang, Qin Dejun decided not to tell her the truth before arriving in Wuhan. Zhou Yushu had a conflict with the neighbors over the drying wheat and the millet in those days. When Qin Dejun came over, she was still arguing with the people over the issue of the mill.
Qin Dejun tried to use a calm and calm tone to say that the general's stomach ailment was getting worse and hoped that his wife would take care of it in person. The woman who often complained about her husband's inability to take care of her small family immediately stopped her work and went back to the house to pack her things.
Zhou Yushu knew that Liu Xiang was diagnosed with diabetes by a doctor two years ago. She called it " rich and noble disease" because of her low level of education. She only knew that this disease would not kill people. The most worrying thing was Liu Xiang's stomach problem. Has Xiang vomited blood again?
Liu Xiang
According to the news that Qin Dejun learned from the army, Liu Xiang went straight back to the combat department after leaving the crab feast to deploy the mission, but suddenly fell to the ground and fell into a coma. His personal doctor and the doctor sent by Zhang Qun quickly organized a rescue for him, barely holding Liu Xiang's breath.
But Liu Xiang didn't hold on for long. Before he died, he spurted a lot of blood from his mouth. He looked angry and seemed unwilling to die.
Qin Dejun didn't dare to say a word about these situations, only vaguely stated that he didn't know the specific situation and needed his wife to go quickly. Zhou Yushu was well aware of Liu Xiang's love of food and stomach problems. Hearing Qin Dejun's words, he complained incessantly that Liu Xiang could not take care of his health well when he left him, while packing his luggage and planning to go with Qin Dejun.
After the plane arrived in Hankou, most of the people who came to greet him at the airport wore a small white flower on their chest.Zhou Yushu, who had a traditional ideology, did not realize the meaning of the white flower. He followed the people who greeted him all the way to Liu Xiang's mourning place set up in the concession, and then slowly began to realize that something was wrong.
The Funeral Ceremony of the Republic of China
When Zhou Yushu walked to the door, he saw wreaths with elegiac couplets hanging on them. Hearing the constant whistle blowing and mournful music inside, Zhou Yushu's mind was blinded for a while, and he couldn't believe what was going on, so he just dragged Qin Dejun's hand and walked inside.
When she saw the coffin in the mourning hall and the quilt she was familiar with Liu Xiang, Zhou Yushu finally realized that her husband was no longer alive. At the moment when her tears fell, she asked Qin Dejun beside her if she had known about this long ago. Qin Dejun said that she was afraid that she would jump out of the plane with emotion.
Zhou Yushu resolutely made Qin Dejun and the adjutant in the mourning hall to be Liu Xiang's younger brother and sister to wear sackcloth and filial piety together. When he was still ten feet away from the coffin, he swooped over and started to cry loudly, making everyone behind him feel uneasy. Qi.
Funeral of the Republic of China
When Qin Dejun and others helped him to condolence and condolences, Zhou Yushu shouted that they should go to Chiang Kai-shek and work hard to expose the fact that he poisoned Liu Xiang.
In the next few days, Zhou Yushu came out of sadness and often smashed things in the room, causing many people who came to express their condolences to dare not approach her. Rumors that Liu Xiang and Chiang Kai-shek were at odds have been around for a long time. Qin Dejun also believed that Chiang Kai-shek was involved in Liu Xiang's "violent death", but he could only persuade Zhou Yushu to cheer up and receive guests.
Zhou Yushu met Nurse Tao who had been taking care of Liu Xiang under Qin Dejun's reminder. He learned that Liu Xiang had been unable to eat due to illness a few days before his death. and die.
Sichuan Army
So on the day Chiang Kai-shek came to pay his respects, Zhou Yushu fell to his knees with a plop in front of Chiang Kai-shek,While crying aloud, while crying about Liu Xiang's tragic death, he kept cursing Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek is a self-proclaimed person from the upper class, and most of his contacts are people with good etiquette upbringing.
In the end, Zhou Yushu was tired of crying and scolding, so he borrowed the donkey under the slope to stand up with Qin Dejun's help, and got a promise from Chiang Kai-shek that he would take care of Liu Xiang's funeral and take care of the whole family. Zhou Yushu nodded with satisfaction and returned to Sichuan from Hankou with Liu Xiang's coffin on the second day of Liu Xiang's memorial service.
On February 4, 1938, Chiang Kai-shek allocated 100,000 yuan to hold Liu Xiang's public sacrifice ceremony at the Wuhou Temple in Chengdu. Zhou Yushu and four children, three men and one woman, cried and scolded Chiang Kai-shek at the public sacrifice meeting, which made the officials who had the sacrifice interrupted at a loss, and hurriedly sent a message to Chiang Kai-shek for instructions.
Liu Xiang's Tomb
Zhou Yushu's crying was actually to gain benefits for his own children and to force Chiang Kai-shek to fulfill his promise of " to settle Fu Cheng's funeral and family members ". She asked the officials sent by Chiang Kai-shek to contact him: First, build a cemetery for Liu Xiang as compared to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum; second, build a "Liu Xiang University" in Sichuan to commemorate; third, The seat of the chairman of Sichuan Province was handed over to Liu Shiying, Liu Xiang's eldest son, and the fourth and second sons must be awarded the rank of major general.
Chiang Kai-shek was in the Presidential Palace in Chongqing, leaving the embarrassing environment of Zhou Yushu kneeling in front of him crying and scolding, and his self-confidence was rebuilt. He only agreed to one of the requests, granting the title of Major General to Liu Xiang's eldest son and second son respectively.
Chiang Kai-shek
It's a pity that Zhou Yushu's future for his children by using the death of his husband did not last long. These two young "major generals" of the national army both died in the war.Zhou Yushu took the remaining son and daughter away from politics and war. After his son graduated from Sichuan University, he went to study in the United States and opened up his own business territory. Zhou Yushu lived with his daughter who graduated from college until 1971. passed away.
Liu Xiang's death is still an unsolved mystery. His wife Zhou Yushu was also considered a rare strong woman in the era when women were not yet liberated. She used her only ability to fight for the best interests of her children.
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