Preface
He was still an unknown man when he joined Tongmenghui in October 1910.
He, from 1913 to 1925, unified Guangxi in just 12 years and became the new head of the Kuomintang Guangxi warlord.
He once led his troops to Yuyu Taierzhuang, but he fought stubbornly in the three major battles.
He was once very glorious and reached the peak of the Kuomintang's power.
He was displaced in his later years and was fortunate to return to the embrace of his motherland.
He is the first-class general of the former National Revolutionary Army and the leader of the "Guijima" of the Kuomintang - Li Zongren .
His life was loyal, obsessed, passionate, desolate, full of energy, and falling leaves. He returned from a lonely boat in the Pacific Ocean to the harbor of his motherland.
After returning to China, Li Zongren showed his willingness to become the executive vice chairman of the National People's Congress. After thinking about it, the chairman politely declined.
Two good things
Zhou Enlai once commented on Li Zongren: "He did two good things in his life, one is Taierzhuang and the other is returning to China."
Taierzhuang battle can be said to be fame hundred generations. As the first great victory achieved by the Chinese army on the front battlefield against Japan, it is worth remembering by all Chinese people. However, Li Zongren's return to China has become a secret compared to the Taierzhuang battle.
Li Zongren Once, as a senior general of the Kuomintang, he even sat in the position of acting president. He was a very honorable minister and was very glorious. Although has anti-Japanese achievements such as the Taierzhuang Battle, has also led to the outbreak of the War of Liberation. refuses to accept confusing actions such as " Domestic Peace Agreement ".
Finally, under the general trend of national liberation, the Guangxi army under its command retreated step by step, and the fish were defeated and the birds scattered. Li Zongren, who had lost his capital to survive, had no choice but to retreat to Hong Kong in the name of "seeking medical treatment" and then fled to the other side of the ocean, and began his 16-year displaced life.
On July 20, 1965, Li Zongren and his wife returned to Beijing and set foot on the land that he had defended with blood again. He couldn't help but burst into tears and held Premier Zhou's hand who came to pick him up for a long time and refused to let go.
Before this, Li Zongren had proposed the intention to become the executive vice chairman of the National People's Congress. After careful consideration, the chairman listed three major reasons and politely rejected Li Zongren's proposal, which Li Zongren happily accepted.
So what happened in the past 16 years, and what is the reason that an old man desperately wants to return to his hometown and want to become the vice chairman of the Republic? . Chairman Mao used . What three reasons did he let him give up this idea and happily accept the life arranged for him by the New China?
The lonely boat drifted
In December 1949, Li Zongren set foot on a plane from Hong Kong to the United States. Before boarding the plane, he stopped on the gangway for a long time, watching the Chiang regime subvert, and the red of the Communist Party was held in people's hands and dyed the whole country. He sighed and got into the cabin. With the roar of the engine, he wandered in the Pacific Ocean like a small boat.
Life in the United States is not satisfactory either.
Despite the connections and wealth accumulated over the years of hard work, Li Zongren can be a rich man in the United States and spend the second half of his life in wealth. But what comes out of the gun will not be willing to be dull, and the foreign moon will eventually be inferior to the roundness of my hometown.
Watching the new China thriving, the sleeping lion in the past regained its mighty style, is like a great sun rising in the east again, he couldn't help but re-examine his former behavior.
A group of wolves are surrounded by new China, but Li Zongren keenly realized that this is a brand new country. Unlike the warlords' melee and intrigue in the Republic of China, New China is a completely belongs to the paradise of the Chinese people.
Li Zongren was tired of The days of wandering outside.
Instead of becoming rootless duckweed, it is better to become a fallen leaf that returns to its roots.
Doing the country through paintings
When it comes to Li Zongren's return to China, there is one person who can't avoid it.He is Li Zongren's personal secretary Cheng Siyuan , and he is also his fellow Guangxi.
When Cheng Siyuan was 18 years old, he was the recruitment document of the Northern Expedition Army led by Li Zongren. With his strong strength as the first place, he became Li Zongren's personal secretary. The relationship between has also become an important bridge connecting Beijing and the United States in the future.
Cheng Siyuan can be found in the information before and after Li Zongren's return to China, and he eventually became one of the heroes who matched Li Zongren's return to China.
Cheng Siyuan was very politically foresighted at that time. He believed that military could not go long. In the end, played a decisive role in must be political depth. Yu is Cheng Siyuan studying abroad in deep learning political science under the instruction of Li Zongren of . However, after studying abroad and studying abroad, its politics was not reflected in the War of Liberation. When Li Zongren fled to the United States, Cheng Siyuan did not go with him, but lived in seclusion in Hong Kong.
In 1955, Cheng Siyuan, who was living in seclusion on the banks of the Xiangjiang River, received instructions from Premier Zhou, asking him to find a way to contact Li Zongren, who is in the United States.
It turned out that Li Zongren had previously clearly expressed his support for the reunification of the motherland. made Premier Zhou and other leaders see the hope of Li Zongren's return, so he asked Li Zongren's old friend to contact him.
After Cheng Siyuan met Premier Zhou in 1956, he wrote to Li Zongren to tell him about this matter, but unexpectedly he was criticized by Li Zongren:
"The trip to Beijing is of great importance and should be fully discussed."
In fact, it is not only New China and Li Zongren who are waiting and watching each other, but many old Kuomintang subordinates who are exiling are also paying attention to the trends of the motherland. Before Li Zongren, they had not yet understood the central government's policies and related treatment.
Li Zongren is their weather vane, and Li Zongren's attitude influenced these old subordinates scattered everywhere. Li Zongren has been waiting for an opportunity to show his return to China.
959, Li Zongren seized the opportunity. 1 In October, Cheng Siyuan informed Premier Zhou of Li Zongren's idea of donating famous paintings he collected when he was the director of the headquarters in , Peking .
Premier Zhou praised this very much, so he rushed to receive and inspect the cultural relics transported to Hong Kong, but found that the situation was not as Li Zongren said. Li Zongren said that he spent more than 110,000 US dollars to collect these calligraphy and paintings. As a result, after the experts from the Forbidden City identified, most of them were fakes. According to the market conditions at that time, they were only worth $3,000 at most. The huge difference between
makes Li Zongren's inner thoughts clear. Li Zongren said that is using "painting" to contribute to the country, but in fact he is throwing a stone to ask for directions. After Zhou Enlai reported this to Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong laughed:
"He said more than 110,000, so he gave him 120,000!"
news was sent back to the United States, and Li Zongren was very happy and praised him one after another:
"The Communist Party is not simple, it is aware of the goods.
The journey back to China is much more difficult than expected. At that time, China and the United States had not established diplomatic relations. When a Chinese former Kuomintang general wanted to return to the embrace of the motherland, as expected, the "free and democratic" America would interfere with "human rights" again.
Li Zongren's heart was like an arrow. , but due to obstruction by multiple parties, he tried to operate many times and the road to returning home was still It's very slim.
But fortunately, there was a turning point in 1964.
With the successful test of China's first atomic bomb in 1964, the United States, which was originally secretly stumbling, suddenly became silent.
Premier realized that this was an excellent opportunity. He tried his best to help Li Zongren return to China, and finally went to China with Li Zongren himself. With the effort of , he finally got his wish and embarked on the journey of returning home as he wished.
Li Zongren once again stood on the gangway. Looking back 16 years ago, it seemed like it was yesterday. But there was no time for him to miss it. hesitation on the way to return home will bring danger, not to mention that his wife's behavior of selling real estate has attracted the attention of those "nails" in the dark.
went around in circles, and the plane landed smoothly in Beijing, without any danger along the way. After 16 years, Li Zongren set foot on this familiar land again. Zhou Enlai and his leaders had already been waiting by the runway. So the scene at the beginning of the article appears.
The old man was crying, but we don’t know whether it contains regrets or attachment to his hometown.
Three reasons
Li Zongren has returned to China, and the most urgent task is to solve his resettlement problem in China.
Li Zongren once revealed that he wanted to take up the position of executive vice chairman of the National People's Congress. After discussion on this, the Chairman used three reasons to persuade Li Zongren to obey the organization's arrangements.
Although Li Zongren has returned to China, it does not mean that the problem has been solved.
On the contrary, Li Zongren's resettlement problem is where all forces in are eyeing each other. This is a difficult problem, because has to consider both the various behaviors of Li Zongren and his current motivation.
Before returning to China, Li Zongren also thought carefully about how to speak to find a relatively suitable position for for himself.
He is old and no longer has any political ambitions or political demands. He returns to China more to seek peace of mind for himself. After thinking about it, he set his sights on the position of executive vice chairman of the National People's Congress, which not only showed that he had no ambitions but also wanted to win respect.
How can the central government not understand this implication, but the central government has considered it more.
Li Zongren served as the acting president at the time of the Kuomintang, which was the national level. Now after he returned to China, he only sought a false position at the vice-national level.
Although former Kuomintang generals Cheng Qian and Zhang Zhizhong also served as executive vice chairman of the National People's Congress after the War of Liberation, it is obvious that there is a great difference from Li Zongren's previous position. If they are caught by someone with a heart and exaggerated it, it will not be conducive to demonstrating the Communist Party's enlightened policy. If the deputy national level is not suitable, can I give it a national level? Someone had such a question.
After all, Li Zongren is still a guilty man. Even in his speech at the airport on the day of his return, he said:
"For 16 years, I have been treating crimes overseas. I feel that under the wise leadership of the Communist Party of China, the country has flourished... I resolutely returned to China from overseas, hoping to follow the people of our country to participate in the construction of socialism in , and to contribute to all the patriotic and anti-imperialist causes."
Chairman Mao actually considered Li Zongren's arrangements for his return.
Premier Zhou later told Li Zongren about Chairman Mao’s thoughts.
"It's not that the chairman doesn't let you behave, you have to understand his good intentions!"
Zhou En said three reasons for the chairman:
First, the original position of Li Zongren is too far from the position he is seeking now. If Li Zongren takes office, it will be aggrieved him;
Second, Li Zongren's original identity in the Kuomintang can better attract overseas Kuomintang generals to return to China, influence them to give up resistance, return to the new China, and build a new China together;
Third, Li Zongren can also contact his old subordinates as the Kuomintang. If he joins the Communist Party, there will be gaps.
After hearing the Chairman's three major reasons, Li Zongren happily accepted the Chairman's treatment arranged for him by the Chairman, but there was no arrangement for any position.
1968, Li Zongren was diagnosed with rectal cancer and left his last words in Beijing Hospital :
"I took the right path when I resolutely returned to my motherland from overseas in 1965. In this great era, I deeply feel that it is an incomparable honor to be a part of the Chinese people."
Conclusion
Li Zongren spent his whole life fighting in the south and north, and once could reach the stars, and he was also low in the dust.He has been happy and confused, but fortunately he returned to his motherland in his later years. This is the most correct choice he made in his life.
Historian Tang Degang This evaluation "A single man is responsible for the safety of the world".
It must be so unlucky, and it must be so reckless.
After Mao Zedong saw the poem written by Li Zongren in the hospital, he said emotionally: "Take care, the Communist Party will not forget you!"
The head of the eighteen characters is green and the leaves are abundant, and thousands of troops are colorful.
has the blood of Dayi Taizhuang in his heart, and he is resistant to the soreness of Xikou.
The president talks about his words and talks, and the country changes hands to receive Western food.
Return to the root of the Yellow Vein, and he will never forget the peace of China until his death.
——Li Zongren
