has a circumflexed love song called "Kangding Love Song". This song is a folk song in southwest my country and originated in a place called Xikang. Many people are not familiar with Xikang. In fact, Xikang was once a province of our country decades ago. Xikang Province was established in 1939 and abolished in 1955. It has existed for 16 years. Today we will talk about the story of the first chairman of Xikang Province during the Republic of China. His name was Liu Wenhui, also known as the "king of Xikang."
Liu Wenhui was born in Dayi, Sichuan in 1895. He was born in a farmer’s home. His family attached great importance to education. Even though there were many brothers and sisters, Liu Wenhui was still sent to school. This also paved the way for Liu Wenhui's future military career. The guide of Liu Wenhui's military career was "Sichuan King" Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui were a family. To talk about their relationship, let's summarize it like this: Liu Wenhui's father and Liu Xiang's grandfather are brothers, and Liu Xiang is Liu Wenhui's cousin.
When Liu Wenhui graduated from the military academy, Liu Xiang was already a man of the Sichuan Army. After graduating from the military academy, Liu Wenhui entered the Sichuan Army under the care of Liu Xiang and soon became a brigade commander. Of course, Liu Wenhui cannot do it alone. Liu Wenhui cannot do without Liu Xiang's care. After all, they are a family.
After Liu Xiang became the commander of the Second Army of the Sichuan Army, through his own relationship, his uncle Liu Wenhui was promoted to brigade commander of the mixed brigade. Since then, Liu Wenhui also has his own territory. Liu Wenhui also has an older brother named Liu Wencai, he is a big landlord in Sichuan, and his family has countless fields. Liu Wencai and Liu Wenhui are brothers. In order to support Liu Wenhui's development, Liu Wencai did everything he could to make money through his own means, and finally supported Liu Wenhui continuously. In this way, with the support of his nephew Liu Xiang and his brother Liu Wencai, Liu Wenhui quickly became one of the four major forces in Sichuan. Liu Wenhui, who developed
, wanted to unify Sichuan, so he inevitably had conflicts with Liu Xiang. After that, Liu Xiang contacted Deng Xihou, another force in Sichuan, and the two teamed up to defeat Liu Wenhui. Seeing that he had failed, Liu Wenhui quickly admitted to Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang also didn't rush to kill his uncle, leaving him 20,000 soldiers and horses for him to develop in Ya'an.
Liu Wenhui gradually stabilized after a period of development in Ya'an. Because of the support of Liu Xiang and Liu Wencai, after the establishment of Xikang Province in 1939 in the Republic of China, Liu Wenhui became the best candidate for the first chairman of Xikang Province. After becoming the chairman of Xikang Province, Liu Wenhui took control of Xikang's military and political power, and was therefore called the "king of Xikang".
There is another interesting story about Liu Wenhui when he took charge of Xikang. Liu Wenhui once left a famous saying: "If the county government is more beautiful than the school, the county magistrate will rectify the law on the spot." According to the reporter's field investigation at the time, it was found that Xikang was indeed a school whose environment was significantly better than that of the county government.
At the end of the Liberation War, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to use the southwest as the rear of the liberation battlefield and continued to resist stubbornly, so Jiang Jieshi tried his best to win over Liu Wenhui. However, Liu Wenhui had a deep conflict with Chiang Kai-shek because of the issue of Sichuan's ownership after Liu Xiang's death, so he catered to Chiang Kai-shek while preparing for himself.
In 1949, after Chiang Kai-shek stepped down from the opposition, the Kuomintang retreated steadily. Finally, Chiang Kai-shek led the remnants to escape to Taiwan. However, Liu Wenhui did not choose to flee to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek because of his previous disagreement with Chiang Kai-shek. He chose to stay in the mainland, and finally in December 1949. On the 9th, the uprising was electrified, separated from the Kuomintang reactionaries, obeyed our party's command, and Xikang province was peacefully liberated. After the
power uprising, Liu Wenhui was appointed as the vice chairman of the Southwest Military Commission, and later he was appointed as the vice chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress. In 1959, Liu Wenhui was transferred to Beijing as Minister of the Forestry Department. In his later years, Liu Wenhui has been committed to the construction of forestry undertakings in the motherland. He has personally participated in the development and deployment of my country’s forestry undertakings and made great contributions to China’s forestry undertakings.
In 1976, Liu Wenhui died of illness at the age of 82.
References:
"Ordinary Past: Recalling Grandfather Liu Wenhui" Liu Shiding
