The reason why Chiang Kai-shek failed in the end was closely related to his terrible way of employing people. Aspiring people did not get the appreciation of Chiang Kai-shek, while cruel and ruthless people were doing well in the Kuomintang.
This includes Dai Li, Dai Li can be said to be Chiang Kai-shek's right-hand man, a famous spy leader, and countless underground Communists and patriots who were tragically attacked by him.
But such a cunning person eventually passed away unexpectedly due to a plane crash.
Afterwards, there were many different opinions about the cause of Dai Li's death. Chiang Kai-shek even didn't believe that Dai Li was really dead for a moment. Lao Chiang's disbelief was not because of his reluctance to Dai Li, but because of worrying that the other party would deceive himself by pretending to die.
So, why did Dai Li die? What is the real reason?
01 Dai Li passed away unexpectedly
On March 17, 1946, Dai Li took a plane from Qingdao to Xuzhou , and then from Xuzhou to Nanjing. However, the plane that was originally planning to land in Nanjing had to contact the ground due to weather reasons and transferred to other airports to land.
So, the special plane Dai Li had to change the route to Shanghai. However, at this time, the sky above Shanghai was covered with dark clouds and heavy rain. In this case, the plane obviously could not land, and Dai Li's plane became a place where the headless flies could not find their place.
From Shanghai to Nanjing, the weather in both places was not optimistic, so he had to order to fly back to Xuzhou again, and it was on the way to Xuzhou that the plane crashed, and all the people on board, including Dai Li, were unfortunately killed.
Once the news of Dai Li's accidental death spread, it caused a lot of sensation across the country. You should know that, as Chiang Kai-shek's right-hand man, Dai Li has always killed many people, almost called the target of everyone's criticism.
Even within the Kuomintang, Dai Li did not have a good reputation because Chiang Kai-shek was suspicious by nature. For this reason, Dai Li investigated many people who opposed Chiang Kai-shek, and even deliberately murdered them, including Li Zongren , Bai Chongxi and others.
Therefore, Dai Li's death is a very satisfying thing for almost most people, but Chiang Kai-shek was uneasy about it. As soon as he learned about Dai Li's death, Chiang Kai-shek arranged for someone to find out the authenticity of the matter.
In addition, there are many different opinions about the reason for Dai Li's death, and some people even directly stated that it is very likely that Chiang Kai-shek sent someone to secretly kill Dai Li.
After Dai Li's death, his son also wrote letters many times to ask for the cause of his father's death. After that, with the continuous investigation of the matter, the truth behind Dai Li's death was gradually revealed.
This matter starts with the issue of traitors in Peking in 1945.
02 The real cause of death
At that time, the director of the Peking Treason Prevention Committee was a senior officer of the Military Affairs Bureau and the director of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Peking Ma Hansan . As the saying goes, the new official took office three times. After Ma Hansan took office, he acted decisively and arrested many political, cultural and economic traitors one by one.
Ma Hansan's "rectification" made the atmosphere of Beiping become tense for a moment, but at this moment, a businessman bribed Ma Hansan and was acquitted.
The other party handed over to Ma Hansan 18 golden arhats, each of which was 500 taels of gold. In other words, Ma Hansan accepted a sky-high bribe, which is also well-known in the circle, and Dai Li naturally heard about it.
Although Dai Li didn't say anything at that time, it was because Dai Li was still in another place and had no time to pursue the matter.
When in March 1946, Dai Li finished his work and took a special plane to Peking to start an investigation into the matter.
After reading the list of traitors handed over by Ma Hansan, Dai Li did not see the name of the merchant after rummaging over and over again. Not only that, Dai Li did not see the name of Jinbihui in it.
Suddenly, Dai Li was furious and asked Ma Hansan what was going on.
You should know that Jin Bihui is a nationally recognized traitor. In addition to Jin Bihui, she also has another name, that is Kawashima Yoshiko .
She once committed heinous crimes when the Japanese invaded our country. Yoshiko Kawashima was originally a Korean, but later bought by the Japanese and called a spy.
The reason why Yoshiko Kawashima's name is not on the list of traitors is naturally because she gave Ma Hansan a certain bribe. She once bribed Ma Hansan with many calligraphy, painting and antiques, and a sword.
Then, Ma Hansan, who got the benefits, tried every means to send Kawashima Yoshiko back to Japan on the grounds that the Japanese wanted to repatriate Kawashima Yoshiko.
But now seeing Dai Li pursuing this matter, Ma Hansan had no choice but to confess that Yoshiko Kawashima who was being sent back to China. Soon, Dai Li interrogated Yoshiko Kawashima and investigated the bribes Ma Hansan accepted clearly.
Then, Dai Li asked Ma Hansan to hand over all the bribes, otherwise he would be sentenced to death for corruption . Seeing this, Ma Hansan naturally begged for mercy and handed over everything to Dai Li, including the sword.
This sword is not an ordinary sword, but obtained from Qianlong's coffin. After Dai Li learned that the sword was a treasure, he did not punish Ma Hansan any more.
But Ma Hansan didn't think so. He had long heard of Dai Li's ruthlessness, and since then he has been worried about his personal safety every day.
After a period of time, Ma Hansan decided to take the initiative to attack instead of waiting for death. So he discussed with his confidential secretary Liu Yuzhu to murder Dai Li.
In addition to being Ma Hansan's secretary, Liu Yuzhu is also Ma Hansan's mistress. She is very supportive of the latter and even undertakes the arduous task of assassinating Dai Li.
On March 16, 1946, Dai Li flew from Peking to Qingdao on a special plane. Liu Yuzhu received Dai Li in Qingdao under the arrangement of Ma Hansan.
You should know that Dai Li is as lustful as Ma Hansan. After seeing the beautiful Liu Yuzhu, Dai Li was also moved, and then he stayed with him in Qingdao for a night.
Before leaving, Dai Li was even more reluctant and said bluntly that if it weren't for the important matter, he would have played with him in Qingdao for a few more days. At the same time, in order to express his sincerity to Dai Li, Liu Yuzhu was even more responsible and conducted a careful inspection of the plane before Dai Li got on the plane.
However, , a behavior that seems a bit considerate to outsiders, was actually Liu Yuzhu had planned for a long time. She quietly installed a bomb on the plane while checking Dai Li.
This bomb is a time bomb and is expected to explode on time at 12:30 noon that day. Although Dai Li boarded the plane an hour earlier than expected, due to multiple weather reasons, the plane flew back and forth in the air for a long time.
Finally, an explosion occurred on the way to Xuzhou, killing people.
03 Chiang Kai-shek and Dai Li
After learning about Dai Li's death, Chiang Kai-shek quickly asked someone to investigate the matter. Chiang Kai-shek was not very related to Dai Li, but for decades, Dai Li, as Chiang Kai-shek's confidant, had a lot of confidential information in his hands. Chiang Kai-shek was worried that Dai Li did not really die, but defected by making fake death.
If this is true, it will be a huge blow to Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek was originally suspicious, even Dai Li was no exception. The relationship between the two was not as harmonious as it seemed on the surface, and there were many unknown stories behind it.
Dai Li and Chiang Kai-shek met at Whampoa Military Academy . Chiang Kai-shek was Dai Li's teacher and gave him a series of training. Since then, Dai Li joined Chiang Kai-shek's camp and became his political follower.
After the September 18th Incident, Chiang Kai-shek ignored the invitation of the Communist Party of China to fight against Japan and insisted on resolutely defending the country before fighting against foreign countries. This is completely contrary to the people's War of Resistance.
During this period, Dai Li showed absolute loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek, and was keen to provide Chiang Kai-shek with various "suppression" communist intelligence, so he quickly gained the attention and appreciation of Chiang Kai-shek and became a person that Chiang Kai-shek trusted. After
, Dai Li directly obeyed Chiang Kai-shek, conducted internal investigations for Chiang Kai-shek, and was responsible for Chiang Kai-shek's safety.
In 1932, after reaching a compromise with Wang Jingwei, Chiang Kai-shek re-ruled and was appointed as the chairman of the Military Commission.
. In order to grant Dai Li the power, Chiang Kai-shek specially set up an intelligence agency, which is the predecessor of the Kuomintang military intelligence department Military Intelligence Department , the secret service office, and Dai Li was the director.
1936, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng Xi'an Incident was something Chiang Kai-shek never expected, causing the Nanjing government to fall into chaos.
Although we know that Zhang Xueliang would not do anything to Chiang Kai-shek, at that time, Chiang Kai-shek's safety was indeed threatened and everything was unpredictable.
Others in the Kuomintang were even more coveted by Chiang Kai-shek's power. Among them, Dai Li's approach was very prominent. He ignored his personal comfort and accompanied Song Mei-ling to Xi'an for negotiations.
It was also at this critical moment that Dai Li sincerely gained Chiang Kai-shek's full trust .
So after that, Dai Li was promoted to Chiang Kai-shek's confidant. With Chiang Kai-shek's support, Dai Li quickly established his own team within the Kuomintang and his power grew stronger and stronger.
As the saying goes, has a great impact on the main . Over time, Chiang Kai-shek became alert to Dai Li. You should know that the Kuomintang Military Control Commission at that time almost penetrated into various departments, and even had a certain influence internationally.
Even Chiang Kai-shek's guards were controlled by the Military Control Commission, and Dai Li was the number one figure in the Military Control Commission. As a result, Chiang Kai-shek had to be wary of it.
It is impossible for Dai Li to be unaware of Chiang Kai-shek's change in attitude. What followed was fear, worried that he would die sooner or later in Chiang Kai-shek's hands.
For this reason, Chiang Kai-shek also had a power dispute with Dai Li for a period of time, but at this moment, Dai Li's plane accidentally crashed.
However, after Dai Li's death, Chiang Kai-shek gradually realized the importance of Dai Li. In the past, Dai Li always helped him get rid of danger and gave him advice.
But now it is too late, and Chiang Kai-shek can only regret it.
Conclusion:
There are many factors that make Chiang Kai-shek fail, the most important of which is the failure of to employ people .
An upright person with lofty ambitions in his heart does not receive corresponding attention from the Kuomintang. A person like Dai Li who should be cut into pieces but loyal to him will be suspected by Chiang Kai-shek in the end.
Chiang Kai-shek never understood the principle of hiring people without doubting , which is really sad!
