Although Chiang Kai-shek still had the Chongqing negotiations with Chairman Mao in 1945, Chiang Kai-shek shamelessly asked the Chairman to appoint the head of a province. So how did the Chairman respond in the face of Chiang Kai-shek's outspokenness?

Introduction

Modern China is full of changes. After experiencing the fourteen years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the country did not get a temporary peace. The Kuomintang's reactionary forces are still clamoring, trying to divide China into two. As the leader of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek showed his ambitions without hesitation. He even publicly declared that he would engage in an civil war. Although Chiang Kai-shek still held the Chongqing negotiations with Chairman Mao in 1945, Chiang Kai-shek shamelessly asked the Chairman to appoint the head of a province. So how did the Chairman respond in the face of Chiang Kai-shek's outspokenness?

Ambition hidden after the Hongmen Banquet

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, the whole country was jubilant. Both the Party and the Central Committee knew that the victory of this war was hard-won, and this was obtained based on the flesh and blood of millions of Chinese people. In order to achieve the final victory, the country has paid a huge price. Today's land is already full of devastation, the people need to rest and the people need to live in peace. If a war breaks out again at this time, it will be another fatal injury to the masses.

However, the Kuomintang has long been impatient for launching a civil war, but even in this state, they still sent an invitation to the Communist Party for the Chongqing negotiations. The mutual talks between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party will inevitably lead to no peaceful results. When our party received the invitation from Chiang Kai-shek, the party members had a very clear attitude towards the Chongqing negotiations, and that was the only way to go. Chiang Kai-shek had already been Sima Zhao's heart at this time - everyone knows that the Chongqing negotiations are tantamount to a Hongmen banquet. If the chairman comes to the appointment, it means that he will face huge risks.

rushes to the "battlefield" for peace

Although most people in the central government do not agree with the Chairman going to Chongqing for negotiations, after fierce discussion and in-depth thinking, the Chairman still decided to go into the tiger's den. Even if Chiang Kai-shek's intention was not good, we were all willing to try actively in order to win a glimmer of peace. After the negotiation date was determined, the Central Research Institute formulated a series of terms to explore the sincerity of both parties. The differences between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have reached an irreversible level. The negotiations also involved multiple areas. Chiang Kai-shek's signal was peace and democracy, but during the negotiations, it was an extremely authoritarian dictatorship.

At this Hongmen banquet, Chiang Kai-shek hypocritically toasted and chatted with the chairman, but he was always revealing his ambitions. Chiang Kai-shek even intuitively expressed that he wanted the chairman to appoint the governor of Xinjiang Province . The Chairman did not give a direct response. From Chiang Kai-shek's words, we also got the peaceful establishment of the country. Although war is not what everyone wants, in a tense situation, adopting war is the only way.

1956 Response

After the Chongqing negotiations, he began to prepare for military activities. Chiang Kai-shek surely tore up the "Double Tenth Agreement", and the civil war broke out. Chiang Kai-shek believed that the ordnance within the Kuomintang was excellent, coupled with the support of the US empire, he would definitely win the war. The war that lasted for three years finally came to an end when Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan. The Chairman used practical actions to show Chiang Kai-shek how ridiculous what he said at that time was.

Since the Agrarian Revolution, the Chairman has been well aware of one truth--the power comes from the barrel of a gun. Chiang Kai-shek's various clamors during the Chongqing negotiations and even arrogantly demanding our party to hand over the leadership of the army, all led to the collapse of a cooperation. Chiang Kai-shek used his own failure to prove his past mistakes, and after his victory, our party did not use Chiang Kai-shek's petty heart to deal with the differences and contradictions between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

In November 1956, Zhou Enlai was asked by reporters whether Chiang Kai-shek would have a seat in the central government if Taiwan returns to the mainland. The Prime Minister replied very frankly, saying that if Chiang Kai-shek chose to take the initiative to unify the motherland, his position in the central government would at least match the position of Prime Minister. At that time, our party would be willing to provide Chiang Kai-shek with any place he would like to live, as long as his choice and decision is beneficial to the people and the country.

Conclusion

The devastating nature of the war was seen by that generation of Chinese people. When the Chairman was devoted to the establishment of the country, he was also considering the method of least damage. Whether it is the Chongqing negotiations or the response made in 1956, it is expressing to the people that the Party and the country will always accept anyone who is useful to the motherland with the broadest mind. But there are still Taiwanese independence elements who are afraid of being in chaos and destroying cross-strait relations. The Taiwan issue is still a historical legacy, but generations of Chinese people and leaders are looking forward to the moment when Taiwan returns.